/ UJJ Z-r r r T he P olk C ounty P ost _____ _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________ VOLUME 1. _____ ~ ~ (TWICE A WEEK.) IKE W S GOING TO THE COLORS E arl M. McGee, Clarence M. D an iel an d Robert W ells left M onday for V ancouver to en ter the spruce division. The folowing w ill en tra in for C am p Frem ont, Cal., n ext T uesday: B enedict H artless, G rand Ronde; W alte r J. E rickson, D allas; Oscar Ray Zook, M onm outh; Robert Lee D radley, F alls City; Jacob K laasen, Lodi, Cal. On A ugust 15, Lew S. B allantyne of D allas and F red School an d R. R ay of M onm outh w ill leave for Spokane for tru in iu g u n d e r th e call for m echanics. " ' INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, ' " ---- ---------------------- FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, flfih + OUR DEER ARE DEARS W hile no deer are biting p ru n e trees in the Independ- ence section us is the case n e a r Dallas, there h as been some com pluint about dears boldly en terin g orchards and y ard s and eating fruit. ' , | ^ | | PAYS $500 TO FIRST CROSS NEW BRIDGE AT SALEM Salent—Vick B rothers, local au to mobile dealers, bid 3500 for the priv ilege of being the first to drive across the new M urion-Polk county bridge w hich w as dedicated Tues day, an d one of the firm 's m echanics drove a Fordson tractor across the big h alf m ile span, w hile thousands of people cheered. Mrs. W illiam F. Calucr of Polk EOLA MERCHANT GETS SORE county won the jfrivilege of being AND CLOSES STORE IN 1865 the first to tu rn aglow the lam ps --------------------- -------------- NUMBER + Benefit Concert FOR THE American Red Cross Given by BEN CLAIRE CROW, Baritone Mabel Clare Ground, Accompanist Independence, Oregon Monday Evening, August 5, 1918 Methodist Church 8:30 PROGRAM Prologue—“ Si puo, Signore?” (I may, so please you?) (From the opera Pagliacci) R. Leoncavallo A lbany—Because calico dropped “ «L1 lllg ,th * stru c tu re w hen ?he 1,1,1 Clare Guedy from 65 to five cents per y ard a n d * 10? um “ lls. cer?,uouy took P - ' 1', “ When Soft Winds Blow” o th e r goods in proportion, the pro- a t 8 « clock m th e evening. T h e; C. Olin Rice n rieto r of a general m erchandise ¡««'‘ey goes to the W illam ette chap “ Visions” (Manuscript) store a t Kola, Ore., tu rn e d the key ,c r of ^ e Red Cross, un d er w hose “ Twilight” Ethelbert Nevin in the door a t the close of the Civil j a u f ,ce." he « ^ “ tion w as held. b W. G. Hammond w a r an d never entered th e building ' ^ m iiitoi y and patriotic parade “ Cloud Shadows” or perm itted anyone else to en ter it place 1,1 ,the afternoon’ I ,e “ Mandalay” Oley Speaks for m ore th a n 50 years. The above p e a t e r y address w as given by- statem en t w as m ade th is w eek by P. h ra n k l)avey and others who spoke Intermission D. Gilbert, ch airm an of the Linn Pr°*ld*ni Curl G ^ 1)1 Caro Mio Ben’’ (Dearest believe) Giordani (Request) county council of defense, who says W illam ette m nV en\tyD u‘id ? r ’ Es' w» . ,___ ___________ , I th e r Pohl Lovejoy of P ortland. he has been in Eola and looked th ru Mon de sir” (My tlesire) Ethelbert Nevin (Request) The cost of the bridge w as a p th e w indow s of th e old store build re tes yeux bleus” Jules Massenet ing an d him self seen the tim e-worn proxim ately $¿50,000, of w hich Polk “ OuvT county paid $41,000 and M arion stock of goods w hich is one of the (Ope thy blue eyes) lan d m a rk s of the Civil w a r days county the rem ainder. Sjx hundred a n d fifty tons of steel have entered “ J ’ai pleure en reve” George Hue still left in Oregon. into the b uilding of the stru ctu re Eola is located in Polk county (I have wept a-<lreaming) and is little m ore th a n a ham let at an d th e piling supporting the bridge, if placed end iu end, u o u ld exieud *• .JoUl* S llZ O ll11 (Good day, Marie) E. Fessard the present tim e, but prior to the Civil w a r w as once the choice of a a distan ce of five miles. At the signal for the official open “ Votre to.ist, Je peux vouz le rendre” Georges Bizet large elem ent in Oregon as the site ing little Miss Rovena Eyre drew a for the state capital. (Toreador song from the opera Carmen) The proprietor of the store in ques cord w hich released upon the ch an nel span a flood of rose petals which Star Spangled Banner tion located in Kola in the 50s am i is - 1 said to have conducted a flourish had been suspended in two big flags ing business d u rin g the w a r period. in the cen tral arch. He w as ra th e r an eccentric old bach elor an d tiie sudden drop in prices JOURNAL GANG' INVITED w hen peace w as declared, leaving him w ith a stock w hich h ad been “ Last S aturday w as a lucky purchased at w h a t at th a t tim e w as day for the Post fam ily,’ says a fabulous sum , soured him ag ain st Clyde T. Ecker in his excellent the m ercantile business. He prom pt new spaper, the Independence ly closed th e store an d devoted his I Post, etc. ’, says the P ortland atten tio n to the care of a sm all or-1 Journal. ch ard w hich adjoined his m ercan Ju st for th at, the en tire edi tile business. torial start of the Jo u rn al is in vited to he the guests of The COPPER HOLLOW FARMER Post on our next lucky day, GETS LONG TERM IN PEN am i o u r good friend, Sam Rad- don, is delegated as a com m it D allas—W alter E. Johnson , a tee to see th a t everybody farm er living in th e Cooper Hollow comes. co u ntry is in tin* pen on charges lodg Bible Studies in the Independ ence Baptist Church are deepening in interest AUGUST SUGAR RULES Every sale is recorded. Every person is lim ited to two pounds a m onth. Those keeping boarders m u st get a p erm it before getting an extra am ount. 25 pounds is allowed for canning. Persons m ust buy th eir su gar at one store d u ring the month. V iolators of these rules are liable to prosecution. 34. EUGENE HOPS SELL AT 20C. The m orale am ong Independence section hop grow ers was som ew hat im proved this week w hen it w as re ported th a t a large bunch of hops w ere sold a t Eugene this week a t j , 20c. to be delivered October 1. Twen- l ty cents a pound, in view of uncer- j tain ty of things in general, is a good price and hope is cu rren t th a t m any HOPVILLE AUXILIARY MAKES $180 AT BRIDGE OPENING m ore hales can he disposed of a t th a t figure. The Hopville A uxiliary of the Bed Cross conducted a booth at the LOCAL REGISTRATION FOR STUDENT NURSES BEGUN bridge opening a t Salem and took in $180 us th eir sh are of the re Mrs. Clyde Ecker, ch airm an of the ceipts. local W om an's Council of N ational Defense, is in receipt of a letter from Mrs. C. 11. C astncr, ch airm an of Ore NO POST TUESDAY gon’s W om an's Council of N ational Defense, ask in g th a t Independence T here w ill be no issue of The enter into the drive for stu d en t Post on next Tuesday. Too nurses w hich is being conducted m uch business for the size of | th ru o u t the U nited States. Registra- our “w ar tim e" force is the tion will he m ade between July 30 reason. and Aug. 11 th ru the local defense councils. Young ladies of good | health w ith college or high school “FLAG YOUR HOME TOWN” A rrange- • ENTHUSES SOLDIERS ■ education are desired. | m onts have been m ade for registra- P. P. Storrs of the Eagle Hut In | I tion w ith Mrs. C. A. M cLaughlin London Is responsible for a popular j and Mrs. S herm an H ays at Red stunt at that cheery establishment. He . Cross headquarters. hns put up a large scale map of the \ United States and Cnnadn and adorn- j JEFF D. BEVINS AND ed It with a request to American and MISS ELLA MOFFIT WED Canadian soldiers or sailors to "flog their home towns.” Jeff I). Bevins of Buena Vista an d The boys have fallen for It, and Mi>s Ella Moffit of D allas were there Is always a group of happy faced lads around the map, and.In less than m arried a t Salem Tuesday. They a fortnight it Is already dotted thb-lr. will reside at the Bevins home near Middle Western towns between t‘ i Buena Vista on the Marion side of Alleghany mountains and the Mls-Jb the river. slppl have been flagged most. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bevins are well --------------------------and favorable know n over Polk Soissons has fallen. 'county. I been w onderful. Years of study a ,,d personal contact w ith celebrities hi,v'‘ to,Mfl nf i fo the perfect tones already acquired , ... by the youthful artist. inanity. No class of professionals j Miss Mabel Ground will appear at have been m ore liberal w ith th e ir the piano. She recently graduated talen ts th an m usicians the world j from the A m erican School of Music over. They have given freely of j in Chicago. Since then she has es tlieip tim e . and th eir program s have j iablished ft studio in P ortland am done more to increase the A m erican j h as already won m uch valuahb Red Cross funds th an any o th er t com m ent from the m usical critics of mode of en tertain m en t. Next Mon-1 th a t m etropolis. Miss Ground is a day evenjng Independence people | most satisfying accom panist at all will have the opportunity of hearing i times. Ben Claire Crow, baritone, of Chi- j The two a rtists will present this cago, in a program of excellent num program for the benefit of the local hers. branch of the Bed Cross and as we Mr. Crow has presented m any are self sustaining, everybody ed against him by one of his daugh- pleasing program s here. But since should show th e ir appreciation by ters, a girl still u n d er age. His a l then lie hns studied w ith the best going. You will he delighted with leged victim is a d au g h te r by a CAPTAIN MARK GRAVES DOES m usic m asters of the F.ast and his the m usic an d at the sam e tim e be EFFECTIVE RED CROSS WORK form er wife, the m other having died im provem ent in his chosen a rt has doing som ething for the Red Cross. M aking a m ental deduction that several years ago. A fter being brought to D allas, Johnson ad m itted p erh ap s a num ber crossing at MISS MILLS TO BE HERE IN Independence enroute to Salem to DEER RAVAGING ORCHARDS his guilt to officers. IN HILLS NEAR DALLAS HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK atten d th e bridge opening Tuesday Justice moved sw iftly in th is case Johnson w as indicted by th e g ran t' w ere com ing this way for the p u r D allas—Several p rune grow ers ju ry , plead guilty in Judge B elt's pose of m issing the Red Cross toll at Miss E dna Mills, em ergency home court, w as given a sentence of from the Salem bridge, C aptain Mark and farm ers living in the m o u n tain s dem onstration agent for Polk county 30 y^ars to life an d w as tak en to th e ! G raves did some charging him self west of tliis city have com plained wil be in Independence Saturday p en titen tiary w ithin 48 hours. on th e Independence ferry and col- for several w eeks th at deer have afternoon, A ugust 10, w here she entered th e ir orchards a t night and hopes to m eet all the ladies of the ------------------------- ; Iected about seven dollars w hich he Tell The Post. I tu rn ed over to the local Red Cross. stripped the young trees of hark com m unity. T h ru the kindness of an d foliage. A. V. M cCarter, a fa n n Messrs. H enkle and Nelson, the Isis er living about two m iles northw est th eater has been secured for the of D allas, says th at n n u m b er of m eeting. Miss Mills will present the h is prune trees have been killed by plan of tiie Home D em onstration deer in the past week. Last week work. She will give a dem onstra a doe and two faw ns w ere seen in tion or discussion of the different broad daylight in the C. R. ♦iund- phases as canning, drying or sa lt herg p rune orchard. Deer are more ing w hich is very practicable this plentiful in the m o u n tain s west of season as th ere is a shortage of cans here this year than lias I ipcii the o r som ething. ease in years, and steps a re being It is also Miss Mills’ intention to taken w ith the gam e com m ission to i conduct classes, not only in food see if som ething can he done to pre- 1 conservation, but in m illinery and vent fu rth e r dam age. Fences are no dress m aking. Everybody is urged h in drance to the an im als a fte r they to he present and co-operate with once get a taste of the ten d er shoots this splendid m ovem ent. of the p rune trees. ASKED FOR ONE BROWN POLK COUNTY SUPPLIES THE END OF THE WORLD FOL WAS SHOWN A DOZEN AIRPLANE MATERIAL LOWS A PERIOD OF GREAT VIO W ishing to see a friend, a private I LENCE IN THE EARTH, FAMINE, D allas—The big m ill of the W il in the arm y hy the nam e of Brown, DISTRESS OF NATIONS, LAW lam ette Vnlloy Lum ber com pany in put over oti him . Invading tiie quar- j LESSNESS AND CRIME. ARE this city recently shipped to the gov termnster department at Camp Fre- ernm ent cu tu p plant for air-plane mont, the young person announced YOU READY? lum ber at V ancouver, W ash., a car that she wanted to see Private Brown. “Certainly," said Captain Simpson, i load of choice hem lock lunilier. The big logs from w hich the lum ber was ready to oblige. Turning to the tele STUDIES FOR WEEK, AUG. 5-11, INCLUDE: sawed were taken from the Coast phone he called n top sergeant: •■¡send private tsrown over nere," “ Tbo End of the Awful T urk” m o untains west of here w here tiie trees grow to Im m ense size. Tiie the captain instructed. “ The Mistake of 1844” “But—’’ objected the top sergeant g rain of the wood is exceptionally “ Some Church Differenees” "Yes, I know,” replied Captain fine and w hen thoroly dried the Simpson. “Send all of him.” “ A Counterfeiter’s Master Jo b ” lum ber w eighs about the sam e as And a few minutes later some ten f ir . or twelve Privates Brown, of all heights und complexions, filed Into the The Allies continue their advance. office. WhereuDon the young person Don’t Miss One of These Studies. 8 p. m. Daily They are pushing the Huns back a fled w ithout looking to see if any of these Browns w as the right Brown. few miles each day. The Cady-Thu rslon E verything now adays is related to the great struggle going on in Eu- rope. Everybody is try in g to do ids . , . lut to alleviate the suffering- of hu- --------------------- THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS ACTRESS BILLÌE BURKE IN Arms and the Girl When the clouds burst and the Huns made their futule dash for the gates of Paris, “ the Girl” was there with as pretty a romance as piquant, dainty Billie Burke has ever played. There’s love, laughs, adventure and intrigues aplenty in this thrilling story of life “ over there.” When all other resources failed Billie Burke’s American wit and ingenuity and her entrancing personality saves her from the clutches of the Huns in this story of romantic adventures in war torn Belgium. ISIS THEATRE Sunday, August 4 SATURDAY NIG H T’S “ B LU E BIR D ” LITTLE ZOE RAE and TRUE BROADMAN in “ DANGER W ITH IN ”