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J. L. Hanna is in town.
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Mrs. J. J. Fenton and children are
in California.
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POLK
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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is a brother of A. L.
Mrs. Jtoy Hall and children left
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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
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Seventh street. Mr. W illiam s is E.
Mrs. F. G. Hewitt and children re L. Townsend’s right hand man at
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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.
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young man as well.
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Mrs. B. F. Swope and Miss Bessie
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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.
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Miss Addie Gobat of Stiver is visit
ing in Hillsboro.
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Piano ami Furniture for sale.
Phone Main 6422.
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Major and Mrs. Hose spent last
week at Newport.
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Mrs. C. S. McDevitt has returned
Henry Hogan lias traded for prop
from a visit in California.
erty in North independence known,
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as the Pearl Cooper place.
Go Over the Top with Empey at
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the ISIS next Friday night.
.Mr. and Airs. Joel Booth and Mrs,
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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Mrs. Grover » Mattison left for New dependence Saturday and Sunday.
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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.
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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*|
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submarine menace is being held. The
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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,
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have been put into the water here and
C A L L IN G CAR D S
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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
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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
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Portland
Wednesday.
Her lathe
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Irvine have
js getting (.alone splendidly, she re
returned from a visit in Portland.
ports.
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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
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parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Frank
Mrs. A. J. W ard spent.a fortnight Schrunk.
with her daughter in Kings Valley.
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John Hramherg has been busy
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Sloper made this week patching up the holes in
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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
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pendence.
Independence.
Mr.
Reeves has
Mr. Denhaip, a Portland attorney,
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been in Portland for eight months
was a week end guest of I. Claggett.
Bay Beeves, who was seriously
taking treatments for rheumatism
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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
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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.
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Baptist Church Services
the past month.
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Rev. W . B. Stewart, Associational
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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
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day morning and evening. A cordial
Friday evening, Aug. 2.
Mis. Louise Girtln of Portland is
invitation is extended to the public
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the guest of her mother, Mrs. J. W.
to attend.
Monmouth Herald: J. W . Eliott
Kirkland.
of Shady lame picnic fame recently
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Methodist Church Services
acquired a house in Dallas by trade
.The W illiam s Drug Co. lias added
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a new piano to its hospitality de and w ill move there to reside.
I)r. Talbot o f Salem, president of
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partment.
the W illam ette
University, « i l l
Miss
Mary
W
hitman, a former preach at the Methodist church next
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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.
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Allies’ Grip on the Enemy Con*
stantly Increasing.
AS NAVAL EXPERT VIEWS IT
AISSCO CAMERAS
I W illiams 9 Drug
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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
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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-
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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
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, they hatched. He took the remaining
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' who have been visiting her parents, In-nltli w illi college or I gh schim
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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.
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T a y lo r last week.
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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.
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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.
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