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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1918)
■J lu m i i ; b i ■ i » l a v a ¡ '■ i b i ■;! B'i ■ I B i ■: I !■: i i a. i 11*. i 111' Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hibbs went to ■ Newport Wednesday and w ill spend a , a month or two at their Nye beach j cottage. : *ii !• ; i !■! li*'1 !■! STOP! I . ARE • YOU W HERE? \ O N T H A T O U T IN G ! * Then Buy One of Those Splendid | Co. f Before You Start Anscos are of amateur simplicity with professional quality and efficiency, capable of the most diversified work j ' ■ ----------- | NO BETTER NO CHEAPER j PRICES FROM $2.75 to $16 j iirmiBiiwnHiiwimiaiiMirwnBiitaiiwiiamHiiiainaiimiHiiiBiiwiiaii.Hiiimimnw C IT Y A N D C O U N T R Y J. L. Hanna is in town. — i — Mrs. J. J. Fenton and children are in California. — x— POLK — x— Miss Emma Henkle w ent to Rose- burg Saturday morning to visit an old college friend. She w ill be Seven Million Tone of Shipping Enter away about a month and while there or Leave British Porte Monthly-_ w ill visit the adjacent places of in Supplies Are Being Carried In Great* terest. er Volume Than a Year Ago— Sub marine Menace Being Held— Strength —x— of Allied Armlet Growing Rapidly. M o i» m o u t h Herald: W alter COUNTY POST Twice A W eek Phone M. 621 News Items of public interest are gladly received and much appreci ated. Bring them, send them, phone them or mail them. We thank yon. Brown has built a tent house near the bungalow he is occupying and with enlarged quarters w ill be join ed by his sister who -will manage his domestic affairs. — x— Mr. and Mrs. S. H. McElmurry, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Alexander and Hen ry McElmurry took a trip over the Columbia H ighw ay Sunday to be hold the wonders of nature and the improvements of Man. --x — 0. A. Macy, who is with the spruce division of our army of national de fense, is now located at Toledo, Ore. Mrs. Mncy and daughter joined him there this week. They have rented rooms and w ill do light house keep ing. — x— Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Thomas and fam ily of Jefferson spent the Week end at the home of their son, A. L. Clifford W ells has returned to Jersey City, N. .)., to resume his At the same time W. E. Thomas a'nd fam ily came down from Portland duties in the navy. and joined the fam ily group. W . E. - x— is a brother of A. L. Mrs. Jtoy Hall and children left — x— today for Trinidad, Colo., where they Mr. and Mrs. A. G. W illiam s have w ill make their home. moved into the Wood bungalow on — x— Seventh street. Mr. W illiam s is E. Mrs. F. G. Hewitt and children re L. Townsend’s right hand man at —x— turned Y\ ednesday from a visit with the barber shop, and is not only a Mrs. E. E. Paddock .was a passesn- relatives at Jacksonville. good workman but a very sociable ger to Portland Monday. —x— young man as well. —x— Mrs. B. F. Swope and Miss Bessie — x— Mrs. Emma Clark is in a Salem returned this week from a visit n The m arvel of motion picture hospital for an operation. Portland and Oregon City. photography brings to life before Mrs. Ernest Tice is in Independ ence this week. —x — Miss Addie Gobat of Stiver is visit ing in Hillsboro. —x— Piano ami Furniture for sale. Phone Main 6422. — x— Major and Mrs. Hose spent last week at Newport. —x— — T — Mrs. C. S. McDevitt has returned Henry Hogan lias traded for prop from a visit in California. erty in North independence known, —X— as the Pearl Cooper place. Go Over the Top with Empey at — X— the ISIS next Friday night. .Mr. and Airs. Joel Booth and Mrs, —x— I I. Gnif icT of Toled were guests of Dr. and Mrs. O. Lt. Butler were in Mrs. S. E. Owen over Sunday. Portland one day last week, — x— —X— Mrs. A. C. Moore and son and Lew Stapleton was looking things daughter deserted the mayor this over in Independence today. week mid are visiting in Eugene. — x— — x— Mrs. Cannii- Buchanan of Salem Mr. and Mrs. Philip Thurston hav is in Independence this week. returned to their home in Silver a fie spending a few days on the coast. — x— ■ — X— Hev. T. 1*. Values and family are taking their annual vacation. Grover Mattison and Dole Pome roy w e r e visiting their wives in In —x— Mrs. Grover » Mattison left for New dependence Saturday and Sunday. — x— port Tuesday for a few weeks stay. your very eyes tfie pulsing, breath- ng pages o f “ the most w idely read look of the twentieth century.” Go over the top with Empey at the ISIS on next Friday night, Aug. 2. —X— nl ^ the C ■ h ild R i g h t — s s a s f f iL S f 1 The necessity of keeping an eye upon the Importance of sea power In expe the present conflict, despite the close attention claimed by the land battles. rience the injurious effects of poorly fitted shoes Is emphasized by Archibald Hurd, the — h ow they ruin the feet and menace the gen naval expert, writing in the London Dally Telegraph. eral health and efficiency. Then let your boy “ We have been apt during the recent or girl profit by the lesson— offensives on the western front,” Mr. Hurd writes, “ to overlook other as pects o f the war— notably the funda mental factor, which Is sea power. After a period of fifteen months, dur ing which our strength in ships has steadily declined, the downward ten dency now has been definitely arrest ed. Not only is our sea power Increas ing, but our grip on the enemy is firm er than at any previous period of the war. give little feet ample room to develop naturally. 7,000,000 Tons of Shipping. And w e know just how to fit them, having "Seven million tons of shipping en ter or leave our ports monthly. Each studied the question thoroughly. ship Is the target for enemy subma rines, yet there have been days in the present week when the enemy has not secured a single ship. carry for them the ilatest styles at prices that “Twelve months ago we were with are sure to satisfy. difficulty maintaining one stream of traffic, namely, that which brought us food and raw material. Today sup plies are flowing through this main artery In greater volume than a year ago. At the same time another stream o f traffic has started and merchant shipping has been made available for the greatest transport movement which has ever been carried out. “ For three months past American troops have been coming across the Atlantic by tens of thousands, far fast er than at any time the balance be- tween the ullies and the central pow- \ ers is being adjusted in fuvor of the former. Reason for Confidence. Is fully equipped to do your printing at the very lowest Viewing the war in Its various as- pects— nu^r miuturv"nmi economic— I prices consistent with good work. W e have the very Y o u may k n ow from your ow n Always Buy Shoes That Fit Ciur children’s shoes are designed to W e also fit grow n folks perfectly and Conkey & Walker THE POST latest type faces and other materials. Call and look our s i m nles over. W o are sure'you will be delighted with ing, let us hope, for the last time. Th*| — x— submarine menace is being held. The . II. C. M iller was in town today re allied armies are increasing in yela- th6Hl. I f yOU <Ui*6 ill n66d Of newiug old acquaintances who an- j tive strength. The food position ol always glad to have him call. He at tiiis country, of France and of .Italy Is LE TTE R HEADS, one time run a bicycle shop on C Improving, and shipbuilding, both in p m v e x -OPES street and now owns a lot on the British and American yards, is pro ceeding at a greatly accelerated pace. same street. His sons, L. B. and L. n * laments E. are among Polk’s industrious There is assurance that by the end of December at least 4,000,000 tons will B U S IN E S S C A R D S farmers, ( have been put into the water here and C A L L IN G CAR D S -- x— in the United States and that figure may be considerably exceeded. Monmouth Herald: Gordon Bags M ORTGAGE B LA N K S "On the other hand, the enemy’s dale, form erly of Monmouth but now sinkings of British and allied tonnage NOTE B L A N K S of Malheur county, was a visitor have been ,so considerably reduced ow here Wednesday at D. M. Hampton's. ing to the activities of the allied navies R E C E IP T S Mr. Ragsdale and his father own and the courage and resource of their I tJHK) head of sheep in Malheur merchant seamen that it is practically S H IP P IN G T A G S county. He was married Wednesday certain there will be a balance of ship C IR C U L A R S ping on the right side. lo Miss A lien of Oak Point. “ In a word, the relative naval, mili PAM PHLETS — x— tary and economic strength of the al Polk County Observer: M iss Mil lies is steadily increasing at a moment POSTERS died Clemens, who had a number when the enemy Is feeling the cumula on the Chautauqua program as lec tive effects of the blockade maintained Or any other printing give us a trial turer on Hawaii, formerly resided over a period of nearly four years | near A irlie, in this county, and w ill with increasing stringency, and of the regret it. W e can r%ve you money. be remembered by many people in war on land, which not only has re II in f section as well as in Dallas, sulted In heavy casualties, hut has drained the central powers of indus where she afterwards attended trial workers.” school. M i " Grctchen Kreamer was in — x— Portland Wednesday. Her lathe Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Irvine have js getting (.alone splendidly, she re returned from a visit in Portland. ports. — x— — x— Mr. and Mrs. Glen Newton have Mrs. Edith Sperling of Boise, Ida iiecn visiting friends in Portland. ho, is a visitor at the home of her — x— parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mrs. A. J. W ard spent.a fortnight Schrunk. with her daughter in Kings Valley. —x— John Hramherg has been busy Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Sloper made this week patching up the holes in — x— a trip to Seattle by auto this week. the paving on the streets of Inde Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Reeves and Grandpa Adams have returned to —x— pendence. Independence. Mr. Reeves has Mr. Denhaip, a Portland attorney, — x— been in Portland for eight months was a week end guest of I. Claggett. Bay Beeves, who was seriously taking treatments for rheumatism — X— hurt w hile at work in the Columbia and returns much improved, but is Dr. H. E. Duganne, Dentist, Inde ship yards in Portland, is able to pretty much crippled yet. The Post pendence National Bank Building. resume work. in behalf of his many friends w el —x— comes him home and all feel confi Mrs. Sherman llays returned dent that he w ill soon he all right. Mrs. Alice Kurre am children are visiting her mother, Mi Molile Bul Monday from Seaside where she lias enjoyed the ocean breezes for lock. • Baptist Church Services the past month. — x— Rev. W . B. Stewart, Associational —x— It is said that E. E. Hewitt and One of the greatest w ar pictures Pastor of Baptist churches, w ill con family are intending to move to ev er filmed, so go over the top with duct services in the First Baptist Ashland. Empey at the ISIS theatre on next church of Independence next Sun — x— day morning and evening. A cordial Friday evening, Aug. 2. Mis. Louise Girtln of Portland is invitation is extended to the public — x— the guest of her mother, Mrs. J. W. to attend. Monmouth Herald: J. W . Eliott Kirkland. of Shady lame picnic fame recently — X— Methodist Church Services acquired a house in Dallas by trade .The W illiam s Drug Co. lias added ~ 4'.' a new piano to its hospitality de and w ill move there to reside. I)r. Talbot o f Salem, president of — x— partment. the W illam ette University, « i l l Miss Mary W hitman, a former preach at the Methodist church next — x— loucher in the schools here, but now Sunday morning. No evening ser Miss Genevieve Cooper visited her oí Corvallis, spent the week end vice as Rev. Yarnes is absent on Ids sister, Mrs. John Krause, at Aurora with friends in Independence. vacation. this week. — x— Allies’ Grip on the Enemy Con* stantly Increasing. AS NAVAL EXPERT VIEWS IT AISSCO CAMERAS I W illiams 9 Drug I -x ~ Monmouth Herald: Clark Hem bree came up from W illow s, Cal., where he is engaged in rice culture this week for a visit and returned with u wagon in tow of his automo bile. G O IN G ? MASTERY OF SEA FIRMER THAN EVER and you w ill net \c ON PANCHO’S MULE United States Ranchman Now Ride« His White Animal. Francisco Villas famous milk-white mule is to be seen every time L. C. Able, a rancher near Fort Hancock, Tex., comes to town for fresh supplier of beans hnd bacon. The mule was ridden in the field in Mexico h.v Villa when ills wounded leg was too sore for him to ride a horse. He said this par- (icular mule had a gait like a rocking horse, and it was for this reason he rode it except when directing a battle. The mule was brought across from Mexico by a Villa agent and later sold to Mr. Able by a rancher. His name is I ’ancho Villa. Pancho being the diminutive form o f Francisco in Mexican. PHOTO BUTTONS BARRED Order Issued Stripping Them From Uniforms of Soldiers. Girls, don’t be disappointed or angry when you see your soldier frieud from his camp and find he has taken off that little picture he carried In a patent button on his uniform. An or der has been issued to the effect that alt patent buttons In which pictures or any other articles can he concealed or carried are to be removed from uni forms. LO CAL REG ISTR A TIO N FOR Miss Lydft Parks o f Eugene is Mrs. Jesse Jackson of Missouli, STU D ENT NURSES BEGUN Montana, is visiting her sister, Mrs. here attending Slimmer Norm al at . Monmonnth. Site is m aking her | Harry Steele. Continued from Pape 1) Findi 48 Snake Eggs. home with her aunt, Mrs. J. Dorn-1 — x— jihrupiJt tin- United States, llcgistm - Harvey Hedrick of Rockhlil, Pa.. sife. Mrs. Dole Pom eroy visited in Eu I lion w ill lie made between Juiv 30 j found 48 copperhead snake eggs un- —x— gene and Mabel several days the ’ and Aug. It thru the local defense d ,r ^ he w"* removing. He placed first of the week. Mr». Ethel McGee and children, 1 councils Young Indies of good four of th*‘nl ln " warm p!, e * ,,n,, 9000 . „ .............. . . , they hatched. He took the remaining — x— ' who have been visiting her parents, In-nltli w illi college or I gh schim 1 , ... _ ■ , . . , eggs, mashed them in the road and Mrs. W illiam son of Hoyton county Mr. and Mrs. J. McLeod, have moved education are desired. \rinngf* ^ little coptH-rhiUds were released. visited her daughter. Mrs Clara to Newport to make their future ! ments have I k - i - ii made for aegis) ra,- f Hedrick allied meui alt. j home. • lion at Red Cross headquarters. * T a y lo r last week. - / A JSu H E old Egyptians were famous bread bakers of their time, but their baking ability was confined almost exclusive ly to bread It is different with us for we specialize in all the good things a modem bakery produces. T Our Pies are particularly appetizing and in such variety as will suit any taste. Even if we do say it our selves, the best of home cooks can’t beat them. They are an ideal dessert to place on any table. Q uality and cleanliness are the twin mottoes o f this bakery at all times. Loclmdge Butter Wraps TIE POST