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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1918)
i O: y h tjb'SA f l L/ a 77 T he P olk C ounty P ost VOLUME L RAIN « LAST: DROUTH E H D (TWICE A WEEK.) INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, A “BACK EAST" TRICK A reg u lar all wool and a yard w ide “Back E ast” th u n d er storm cam e up M onday after noon a n d lived up to its rep u ta tion. A fter flashing an d ru m bling aro u n d for a tim e and settling the dust, it blew aw ay just as one of them things does. TUESDAY, JULY 23, 191A The War Just * Beginning For Us A fter a d ro u th of over three m onths, th e W illam ette valley was favored w ith a ra in of considerable The Allies sweep onward tho as they advance the re volum e last n ig h t an d today. sistance of the enemy grows stronger. The Huns have Its benefits are m any, tho it cam e brought up reinforcements to cover the retreat for every too late to help or save some crops. SERVICE FLAG UNFURLED; B ut potatoes, beans, oats, hay and THREE PASTORS SPEAK indication points to a retirement to the line they held fru it needed it badly an d it will do when they started their drive toward Paris in April. If a world of good. P a stu re s w ill re The service flag dedication cere so the gains of April, which wTere secured at a tremendous cu p erate from the long dry spell m onies held at the C hristian church and m ake a little feed for th e stock. Sunday evening w ere very im pres sacrifice of life, have been lost as well as thousands in the sive. The pastor, H. T uttle, m ade OREGON GATHERED ITS an excellent and m asterful address. present battle of the Marne. With over 1,200,000 Americans in France General Foch, LARGEST CHERRY CROP He said the Nation today as never before is possessed w ith a con commander of the Allied forces, evidently believes that P o rtlan d —T h at Oregon th is sea sciousness of destiny, a conviction of a world m ission, th a t the eyes of he is strong enough to take the offensive and keep it. son gathered its g reatest crop of cherries n o tw ith stan d in g the earlier the entire w orld w ere tu rn ed to us When the vast Allied army does take the offensive, it reports in m any q u a rte rs th a t the appealing for freedom. He paid a reverential tribute to means the beginning of the end of the greatest war of the crop w as a n ear failure, is now an o u r brave boys who are suffering, world’s history and no doubt the last one. It means the assured fact. The ch erry crop is still being m ark eted an d the volum e bleeding and dying to purchase for the w orld th e priceless inheritance, destruction of German militarism; the birth of a new era show s little signs of dim inishing. W hile it is considered tru e th a t peace. He insisted th a t th is Nation when democracy will reign the world over for autocracy the trees of the W illam ette valley m ust realize its responsibility to will fall everywhere. did contain a few less cherries th is God, an d th a t even this, the blood When the great offensive is begun it will mean a large season in the aggregate th a n has iest of w ars m ay be m ade a glorious been show n for several seasons, the occasion by the dedication of our loss of life among the Americans for they will bear the fact th a t w eath er conditions w ere selves to God’s service. A program of patriotic songs w as blunt of attack. Unless the German defense crumbles ideal for th e picking an d th a t no sung w ith Miss G retchen K ream er from within and the German people force a peace at any fru it w as spoiled on th is account, gave th e total o u tp u t a g reater a t the piano. W hen the flag w as re vealed it bore seven stars represent price, we must expect and become ascustomed to long am ount. ing the following; Dean B aughm an, casuality lists and we must take it as a part of the price Carl B ingm an, Percy Gobell, Guy “NO MAN’S LAND” SOUVENIR we pay that some of the boys we know will find a grave on RECEIVED AT DALLAS Newton, Cyril R ichardson, M arvin the blood soaked fields of martyred France For us the R ichardson an d Glen Sm ith. At the B aptist church both m orn war has just commenced. Heretofore it has only been a D allas—Miss Helen Poling of th is city has received a souvenir from ing an d evening, Rev. W. B. Stew art time for getting ready. Now we are going in and going h er brother, H arold Poling, w ho is of M cM innville, A ssociational pas w ith an engineer regim ent in tor for B aptist churches, spoke on in to win. We only can guess how long it will take. It France. It is a sm all piece of a in terestin g an d in sp irational topics. may be two months, it may be two years. There is to be G erm an a irp lan e w hich th e young Rev. Stew art is a clear sp eaker and soldier saw fall one day in "No those atten d in g his services are re no compromise; it is a fight to a finish; until such a time Man s I-and” a fte r a battle w ith ceiving a clearer u n d erstan d in g of as the kaiser and the military clique which now control the Allied aviators. That night young theii duty to God and m an. Rev. T. D. Y arnes spoke at the German empire have their fangs torn out by tin* roots so Poling and a conrade craw led out M ethodist church. In the m orning that not only the people of the Allied countries, but the u n d er th e cover of d ark n ess and c u t aw ay pieces of th e w recked he chose for his subject, "P ray er.” people of all nations, Germans as well, will never again be m achine to send to th e folks back His talk will undoubtedly prove helpful to his hearers. He em pha robbed, enslaved and murdered. home. sized the thought th at high ideals and desires to bo effective m ust he K. C. ELDRIDGE BACK; POSSIBLY SOME “L” BOYS NO COMPLAINT FROM THIS ENDS MONTH’S VACATION em bodied in prayer. MAY BE IN BIG BATTLE FARMER ABOUT DROUTH Rev. Y arnes w ith his fam ily ex pects to take a vacation soon. K. Eldridge is hack at his desk D allas- The last word th at came Kugenc T here is one m an in Ore a t th e Independence C ream ery after from Captain Conrad Stnfrin, com gon w ho isn ’t com plaining about POLK COUNTY WOMEN TO a m onth ’s vacation spent in Cali m anding the D allas company of the ASSIST THE FARMERS drouth. His nam e is Alex Lewis, fornia. His son, S haler, is now sta lfi2d infantry, w as to the effect that and he lives just the o th er side of tioned at M are Island, hut is expect his com pany had been broken up Donna in the M ohawk valley. He The “W om an's Land A rm y” is to ing to be tran sferred E ast or to and all but about r»0 of his old men lie formed in Polk county, an d every has 2H acres, and 100 acres are France a t any time. assigned to o ther regim ents as re u n der ditch. Mr. Eldridge reports th a t all Cali able-bodied w om an w ithin its bor placem ents. It is probable th a t thru “Does irrigation pay, you ask m e?” fornia is ablaze w ith the w a r spirit d e r s will be asked to enroll fur ser this arran g em en t some “L” boys Mr. Lewis said to a visitor yester an d w ith the large n u m b er of sold vice on the farm s, tho none will he m ay have been in the fight at the day. “W ell, I w ouldn’t trad e my iers and sailors stationed n e a r San perm itted to w ork unless they have Marne. Mohawk valley farm and its w ater a doctor's certificate show ing physi Francisco th a t ci^y is distin ctly m il right for the best farm in the W il itary and one would im agine th at he cal fitness. It is not thought that any of tin lam ette valley w ithout a w ater w as near the real b attle front. hoys from this section are in the right. T h a t’s w h at I th in k of irri LYMAN DAMON GOES ON M arne battle unless it he some of gation after six or seven years e9 TOUR OF INSPECTION HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT those w ho enlisted with the regu- perience w ith it.” LOCATED IN POLK COUNTY la rs. Lym an Damon went to Bend S at This m orning it w as learned that INDEPENDENCE FOLKS GO; Miss E dna L. M ills, em ergency urday to visit his d au g h ter, Mrs. ! M arvin R ichardson, with the hos FAMILY GATHERS IN CITY S tu art. Before retu rn in g tie will al hom e d em onstration ag en t, is now i pital corps of the m arines, was at perm anently located in Polk coun so visit in B u rns and look after one ! the front on the Marne. An autom obile party consisting of his farm s on the old reservation. ty. It is Miss M ills’ intention to conduct classes, not only in food Lym an says h e’s going to find out of Mr. an d Mrs. E. N. Johnson. Ro HORACE M. REEVES KILLED conservation hut in dressm ak in g w hat will grow o u t there and will he land Johnson, Sam Irvine and Miss BY A FREIGHT TRAIN Em m a H enkle drove to P o rtland aw av about three weeks. 1 and m illinery. S unday to visit the Jirn H annas and i -------- also Miss Gladys Irvine w ho cam e! (Chillicothe, Mo., Constitution.) down from A storia to pass the week Horace M. Reeves, a pioneer resi- end. F a th e r and M other Irvine dent of Livingston county, was run have heen visiting at the H anna down and killed by a M ilwaukee home for several days. i freight tra in about 10 o’clock Wed- --------------------------j nesday, July 17. The accident oc curred about, th ree m iles north of 0. A. KREAMER GOES THRU OPERATION EXCELLENTLY Chillicothe. Mr. Reeves, who was -------- j 08 years old, an d quite deaf, w as en- O. A. K ream er w ent th ru a serious route to C hula from a visit with operation one day last week and is j C hillicothe friends and w as walk now resting com fortably and ap-1 *nK on the railro ad track, parently on the way to recovery, The accident occurred near a w hich is the best of new s to all his curve and the engineer of the freight is approaching and the far-sighted housewife | friends here. As you can 't keep a train , after repeated w arning signals j will this year above all others buy her require- | good m an down long, we expect to and seeing th at they were not heed-1 see O. A. come stepping down the ed, w as unable to bring his train to j ments early. I street alm ost any tim e now. He is a stop before the accident occurred j g I D eath w as alm ost instantaneous. in a P ortland hospital. We advise that you do not delay in buying all § Mr. Reeves w as born in Living : of the jars that you need as a traveling sales- § , | ston county ju st west of the city, | and spent m ost of his life in this FORGET ME NOT DAY man told us that only about ten per cent of the ■ county. He followed farm ing and j glass factories in the United States are run- ■ stock raising for rr\any years on Next T hursday is Forget-Me- w h at w as know n as the Reeves ning. We have quite a generous supply on Jj Not day th ru the United States. farm , no rth of the city. It is a Belgian day, observed in hand and are selling Mason’s for— m honor After the death of his wife, Mr. I of the beloved Queen Reeves moved to Independence, Ore j Elizabeth, whose favorite flow Pints ................................. 86c doxen ■ e r is the forget-me-not. Her gon, w here he resided until two Q u a r ts............................... $1.0 doxen ¡j birth d ay is Ju ly 25. years ago, w hen he moved to Moult - \ tain Grove, Mo. Almut a m onth ago i y2 G allon s...................... $1.25 doxen m he retu rn ed to C hula w here lie p u r Zinc C a p s........................... 30c doxen ■ CORPORAL DEAN GIRARD chased property and w here he ex ON WAY OVER THERE pected to m ake his future home. Yours Truly, ■ Mr. Reeves is survived by four Corporal Dean M. G irard of the sons an d three daughters. M arine Aviation forces, son of Mr. ( Mr. Reeves is a brother of J. D. and Mrs. G. W. G irard, has d ep art Reeves of Independence and L. G. R iw w a u m m iia iiiB ia M ia H m B im O T iw w s iw W B * ed for the other side. Reeves of Portland. Canning Season JOHNSON & COLLINS | (TWICE A WEEK.) MARVIN IN MARNE FIGHT M arvin R ichardson is in the thickest of the battle on the M arne, unless he w as unex pectedly transferred w ithin the past m onth. In a letter receiv ed from him th is m orning he w rote th a t had been “in hall for fiva days, constantly expos ed to gun fire and with the big sheila exploding a round him.” As a m em ber of the hospital corps he goes out on the but tle field an d helps to bring in the w ounded an d gives “first aid.” TWO VALUABLE COWS ARE KILLED BY LIGHTNING Salem —Two valuable Holstein cows belonging to Gideon W elty, a farm er living east of Salem , were killed by lightning d u rin g the th u n d er storm yesterday afternoon. A lbany—Soon after H. J. M clnnes, residing six m iles east of A lbany, had finished placing ahodt 50 tons of new hay in his barn, the stru ctu re w as h it by lightning and entirely destroyed by fire Monday afternoon. One horse, a q u an tity of farm ing im plem ents an d harn ess were also burned. The loss is $3000 w ith but little insurance. NUMBER 32 . HORST [LOSES T E M I» The Horst Co. evaporator p la n t has closed down tem porarily. All the vegetables on hand have been dried and the plant will rem ain idle j for a few days until a new supply 1 is received. The plant has given em ploym ent to a large num ber of local people, both m en and women. “THE BLUE BIRD” AND BLUE BIRD PICTURES “The Blue B ird” tom orrow n ig h t has no connection w ith the Blue Bird pictures. “The Blue B ird” is world famous and is considered one of the greatest tales ever w ritten. The Isis m anagem ent certainly de serves a vote of th an k s for securing this w onderful attraction. 52 POLK COUNTY BOYS DEPART FOR CAMP LEWIS 52 Polk county hoys departed from D allas Monday m orning for Cam p Lewis w here they will be enrolled in the great arm y of Uncle Sam. T his practically takes all th e class one men of Polk county. FINE FARM HOME OF BENEFIT FOR RED CROSS SCOTT CAMPBELL BURNS PLANNED FOR EARLY DATS D allas—The fine farm home of Scott Campbell, located on the Luck- iam ute river, a few m iles south of Dallas, w as totally destroyed by fire S unday afternoon. Most o f the household goods w ere burned. The cause of the fire is unknow n, as m em bers of the fam ily w ere at the barn doing chores when it started. The loss will exceed $3000, w ith no insurance. P lan s are being m ade for a Red Cross benefit to be held in Inde pendence some night soon. It. is thought there will he a street dance, m usic hy the hand, drillin g by the home guards and perhaps a parade in which all civic and pa triotic bodies will participate. The governm ent will take over the telegraph and telephone lines. MAETERLINCK’S “BLUE T) BIRD (Symbol of Happiness.) THE CENTURIES OLD STRUGGLE FOR H APPINESS THROWN ON THE SILVER SHEET UNDER THE SPELL OF A MAJIC WAND. A PHOTODRAMA THAT LIFTS DARK THOUGHTS INTO THE SUNSHINE. THE WHOLE WORLD WILL FIND H APPINESS IN THIS MIGHTIEST OF ALL PHOTO PLAY SPECTACLES. EVERY HUMAN HEART WILL THRILL AND PULSATE AT THIS COLOSSAL MOTION PICTURE. “ THE BLUE B IR D ” APPEALS TO YOU WHETHER YOU ARE MAN, WOMAN OR CHILD. ISIS THEATRE W ednesday, July 24 SATURDAY NIGH T’S “ B L U E B IR D ” CARMEL MYERS in “ The Marriage L ie”