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(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.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST
2,
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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.
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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
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NUMBER
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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»
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th
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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
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.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
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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
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...
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-
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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 ”