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% D O IN G S OF THE V A N LOONS It looks like breakers ahead for Father C T H LAU B A yol » B E A T W OM B?r TH&.-1 HAVE x*> -rneifa KNITTINCI k NO M A T T E R L W here , j rrn e y A u g. 1 I L i . ------------- 1 T 2 SIP. H & J -t-o E V S R N W tt& R E . ; r TMA.T e V E Ä V w H 6 R E . -------'S V r>+Ä v j? I’M K N rT in t o < ^ -m e A « fa CARfaVII H o u se w ool , .1 j — M X F O L K i , '/ ^ n _VVHY J t h a t s k n it t in c o k d br cd * y BY M R 4 . , VA N LOON . S-VERYWHERfi,*. C E * T M N I _ ^ <3LAD THAT TH E KUlTTINC < B A Z E HAS/VTI H IT B o V i . W H A T ’S Ydu TH£ I 40 m e OP vttmm ENEMY BUNDED ’ BY DIS OWN DU New Hun Weapon Proves to Be Double-Edged. ARE SORRY THEY STARTED IT Concentrated Chemical la More Deadly to Teut Savages Than to Troops on Whom It is Directed— Remains Active In Vicinity Where Shell Ex plodes for Long Period— Hune Suf fer Severely From Own Poison. SYRUP OF APPLES The Post has been requested to publish the formalu for m ak ing syrup of apples which was given by Miss M ills last Satur day. To 7 gallons of apple cider, add 10 tablespoons full of pow dered calcium carbonate and boil rapidly for five minutes. Set aside to settle for 6 or 8 hours; add another spoonful of carlionnte, boil down to syrup consistency, set aside to cool slow ly until it is thoroly set tled, pour in jars and seal. This makes a delicious syrup and can be used for table and cooking purposes; also it w ill save an abundance of apples that might otherwise go to waste. Hun Ingenuity in prodnclng gas with which to overwhelm the enemy has •not always worked out as intended or wholly to the advantage of those em ploying It. In the recent offensive the NON-SINKABLE LIFEBOAT Intensive gas shell bombardment with which the Hun precedes his attacks California Invention Tried and Ap has had occasionally unforeseen after proved by Federal Authorities, effects upon the Germans themselves. Built like a raft with passenger com For the purpose of the offensive the partments on both the top and bottom enemy employs u shell containing a so that the craft is always right side double-purpose chemical, affecting first up, and equipped with a movable cen- the eyes and then the skin. It Is a 1 ter weight for stability, with a self- modification of the normal “ tear gas” balling device, a “non-slnkable” life- shell, and the usual distinctive odor is ! boat recently Invented by Capt. Wtl- very much reduced, so that the gas Is i 11am Jacobs of San Leandro, Cal., was not so easily detected. Men who suf tried out by the federal Inspectors in fer from its effects are temporarily Oakland with very satisfactory re blinded, and close contact with the sults. fumes produces an unpleasant skin The boat was launched In the water Irritation. For the average case eight bow first. It dived under the water, or teh days’ hospital treatment Is righted Itself, and then took a normal necessary, but the gas Is neither fatal position after the balling valves had nor does it inflict permanent injuries, emptied It of water. The Inventor fo r our men are not exposed to it long. claims that because of the self-balling So much for eur side of the question. device the craft cannot sink. New Weapon Two Edged. From the Hun point of view the ESKIMOS HELP RED CROSS weapon has proved decidedly double edged. This was especially the case on the Somme during the last offensive. Some In Alaska 8ell Furs for Friend to Aid Soldiers. The chemical was so concentrated that The world war has even extended It was markedly less volatile than the usual gas shell content, and wherever to the polar regions and jarred the Es a shell exploded a considerable propor kimo Into making some comforts for tion of the charge Impregnated the soldiers. It was learned through W il surrounding ground. The fumes sus liam T. Lopp, chief o f the Alaskan di pended In the air dispersed fairly rap vision of the bureau o f education. “The Eskimos raised money by sell idly, but the actual -site of the explo sion remained virulently poisonous. In ing furs, cutting Ivory and longshor- the usual way the spot where a gas lng for ships that visit their Isolated shell has burst Is dangerous for 48 homes,” said Mr. Lopp, who has Just hours or so, but this concentrated reached Washington from Alaska. “ One village which has been sav chemical remained active for a much ing up for years for a sawmill and had longer period. The result was decidedly comic, for accumulated $130, gave $100 of its it was evidently one of the many little scanty hoard,” he added, to Indicate things that the “ grosser general stab" the way the peaceful Eskimo is sac omitted In Its calculations. The Hun rificing for the savage white man. artillery lathered the allied positions with gas shells in the most lavish man ner. Every redoubt, support line, ruined village and road center was plastered Mesdames M. C. W illiam s and with the stuff. The great assault was launched and the allied line yielded Geo. Carbray were Portland callers ground. The Huns moved up and this week. —x— occupied It. Their bombardment had been miles deep; their advance was In. Between the Sabbath question, proportion. the end of the world and the mystic Poisoned by Their Own Gas. “ C” , life is full of argue. Thousands of Hun troops poured up Into the gns-infected area, sat down J. N. Jones is hnving some re-pair for cover In virulently poisoned shell ing done on Ids bouse. Both interior holes, billeted themselves In abandoned hntments sprayed with their own gas— and exterior w ill be beautified. — x— and only begnn to notice the effect Harold Boll W righ t’s “ Eyes of the about six hours later! During the action our men had been exposed to W orld", an extra attraction at the the fumes for a short period, but the ISIS on next Friday evening, Aug. Huns came and In their ignorance lit 33. erally steeped themselves In It. — x— Exhausted men lay down In the dusk Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Sibley of Port on dew-wet ground where the stuff had | burst; they woke later to find th e ! land were visitors at the K. C. El- venom actually corroding their bodies dridge home this week. Mr. Sibley through their clothes. Forward ma returned home Monday. chine gun units dug emplacements In — x— Innocent-looking shell holes. Two Mrs. A. L. Thomas is spending a hours later the men were wandering fortnight at Newport. She is with about blind and screaming In their her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hibbs pain and terror. at their Nye Beach cottage. A day or two of wet weather seemed — x— to clear the Infected areas; new troops were marched up, the remnants of the ; A fter a very enjoyable outing of old divisions withdrawn and the terror ten days on the Tillam ook benches, o f their own gas hushed up and for I)r. and Mrs. B. E. Duganne return gotten. Then came the blazing sun j ed home the first of the week. drying up the clay and loam, heating — x— the earth surface Inches deep. The Mrs. Lou Jones of Medford was a latent poison awoke again and for no guest at the Verd H ill home Inst apparent reason shelters and dugouts week. Mr. and Mrs. H ill met Mrs. that had been safe and habitable for Jones when on their wedding trip to days became deadly as pull adders. The unsuspecting troops were over Honolulu. —x— whelmed. The work of remodeling the store The Huns are sorry that they ever started gaa; still sorrier that they Im building on Main street which w ill proved IL But one can feel ao pity be occupied by the Farmers’ State for them. The effect on their morale Bank was begun this week. A ll the Is bad, for no man can tell now what front end has been tom down. terror of their own sowing larks In —x— the ground that they occupy at the cost Tell The Post e f thousands o f lives. CITY AND COUNTRY Eyes Z World By HAROLD BELL WRIGHT incidents are dramatic, and some scenes elaborate, still the production has achieved a high position among the few really notable motion pic ture releases and the picture is quite as satisfying ns the much heralded “ mighty^ spectacles" of filmdom. One reason is tho careful selection of characters, in which Mr. W right himself, took a part. KINGS VALLEY Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Ayers returned from Portland Monday where he has been under the doctor’s care. -------------------------------------* OVER THE TOP Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Logan and son, John, went to Seattle Tuesday to visit their daughter, IN 9 REELS AND 1000 BRILLIANT SCENES WORLD’S FINEST PRODUCTION OF A NOVEL SIX MONTH’S MAKING AT UNLIMITED COST ISIS THEATER FRIDAY AUG 23 . ADMISSION 20 and 30c. (B y J. D. Taylor, 24Cy2 Yam hill SL, Portland, Ore.) Mr, and Mrs. Cover Ayers visited Over the top was the General s com mand, his parents Thursday. See the enemy coming, they are n ear Mrs. Rowland Mnxfield of Corvall- at hand, lis arrived Thursday to visit a few An we game to the trenches, there days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. w e could see, A. F. Ayers. Some Mother’s Boy on bended knee, Going over the top. The last of the week a baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bayless Over the top, with all their might, Moser o f Hoskins. W e see men marching, to defend the right, Mrs. Nellie Smith and children visited W ednesday with her parents, W e passed into the trenches, in a spirit of glee, Mr. and Mrs. T ip Mnxfield. And there saw a boy on bended Rev. Plowm an preached at the knee, church Sunday evening. Going over the top. The Red Cross of W ard w ill give a social Saturday evening, Aug. 17. Over the top, he is listening to hear. The command of the King, that is A quilt and ice cream w ill be sold. ever near, There w ill be a Sunday School And as he looked up, in a spirit o f picnic at the church grounds on joy, Friday, Aug. 16. A ll are invited to He thanked the King, that he was come and bring lunch. some mother’s boy, Going pver the top. Mr. Moody, who got hurt pulling stumps, died Friday evening. He Over the top, it m ay be the time, leaves a w ife and three children. For some mother’s boy to cross o ver The funeral was held nt Pedee Sat the line, urday afternoon. And then if ready, to meet his fate, Mr. Gross was also buried Satur It w ill end his w ar at the golden day afternoon at the Pedee ceme gate, tery. For he went over the top. RICKREALL MAN EXONERATED Over the top, he is now above, CHARGES NOT SUSTAINED Douglas Fairbanks in “ The Mod ern Musketeer” at the ISIS Sunday night, August 18. — x— Ed Lorence arrived W ednesday from W alla W alla, Wash., to visit relatives and friends in Monmouth and Independence. Mrs. Lorence has been here for several weeks. — x— Mrs. Mary H arvey and Mrs. Flora Burns of Pendleton were recent guests at the Verd H ill home. They were motoring to Coos county and stopped for a visit w ith the Hills. — x— Mrs. F. O. Parker has received word from her son, H arry Miler, who is in France, that he has just finished a three months medical course and has been promoted to sargeant. —x— Wm. Bordeau, now livin g at Bridgeport, was a visitor at the C. McBeth home Sunday. Mr. Bordeau and Mrs. McBeth are cousins and this is the first time they had met in twenty years. —x— Mrs. L. Crane came in from Port land Tuesday to visit relatives for a few days. She w ill be joined here later by her daughter, Miss Helen Eaton, and the two w ill leave here next Tuesday for Los Angeles to spend the winter. —x— Donald Stuart w ill answer his country's call to service some time this month. Mrs.Stuart nee NclUe Damon has offered her services to the Government. They w ill no doubt accept her at once as she is said to he an excellent nurse and an expert in X-ray work. —x— Miss Lavilla Cooper w ill go to Camp Lew is in a short time to go into training for nn arm y nurse. She has nlroady had four months training at the Good Samaritan. In dependence w ill claim Igivilla on its list of Student Nurses thereby going "over the top" In the quota o f stu dent nurses to be enrolled. The lectures at the Baptist church continue to attract good crowds. Last Monday night Dr. Cady lectured on life in the South Sea Islands. He showed a hundred stereoptican view s of the islands and sang songs in the native tongue. —x— Salem Journal: Miss Elizabeth Levy and Miss Lena Belle Tartar left Monday for Newport where they went oil professional business. On the w ay they stopped at Corvallis for a short visit with Professor and Mrs. T a rta r and w hile in Newport they are guests at the Damon. They are planning to return Saturday. — x— First Lieutenant Chas. L. Stidd of the Independence Home Guards failed to show up for drill Wednes day night and he w ill not he court- martialed as an 8 V 2 pound boy ar rived at his home Monday noon. The new arrival at once took com mand and began crying out orders that the lieutenant was I khiih I to obey. Mr. and Mrs. Stidd are both graduates of the O. A. C. and twenty years hence Mr. Stidd, Jr. w ill also be. —x— The Butler automobile party re lum ed home last Monday morning at 2 o’clock. The O. D. Butlers are charter members of the Owl club so thereby hangs the reason. They vis ited Bninier National Park, Camp Lewis and other places of interest. The J. B. V’. Butlers hnve a son, Dr. W illis Butler, stationed at Camp Lewis. Th ey report a delightful run tho too much fog to get a good view from Rnnier’s summit. The party consisted of Dr. and Mrs. O. D. But ler, Prof, and Mrs. J. B. V. Butler and Jay Butler, Jr. “EYES OF THE WORLD” IS A HEAL FILM EVENT Continued from Page l ) selection of a "quiet" story for such a magnificent production as was an ticipated for this feature. The nar rative is< neither spectacular nor sensational inherently, tho certain The report of the executive com mittee of the Polk County Council of Defense regarding the delinquency of L. C. Sherwood, highway foreman in the Rickreall districe, to purchase war savings stamps during the re cent campaign, was interpreted by the county court as finding the de fendant not guilty as charged by the twenty six citizens of that com munity, who petitioned the court to strike Mr. Sherwood's name from the payroll because of his not hav ing possessed himself of stumps.— Polk County Observer. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION TO BE HELD AT LEWISVILLE At a Sunday School picnic to be held in the popular picnic grove nt Lew isville on Sunday, August 18, several prominent speakers of the W illam ette valley w ill speak on "Relation Between the Sunday School and the Public School"; Prof. E. C. Gardner of McM innville w ill give a talk on “ W hat a Teacher Ought to Know.” Dr. J. 0. Hall of Salem w ill deliver a sermon. Spec ial music and conferences w ill he held by prominent county men nnd women. Paul Blnckstone of Mon mouth w ill hnve charge of the music. Baptist Church Services Rev. Wr. B. Stewart, Associational Pastor oi Baptist churches, w ill con duct services in the First llnptist church o f Independence next Sun day morning and evening. Every body invited lo attend both services. Looking to see the ones he loved, Mother and friends are coming thru the air, To meet him and others already there, That went over the top. Over the top, thru the gntes of gold, W e see the King within the fold, And hear Him say, enter into m y joy, For I perceive you arc some moth er’s boy, That went over the top. * Max Goldman Deals in Hn>ES ~ ; * r i PELTS WOOL 1 ( FURS | MOHAIR j CASCARA BARS VEAL r 1 PORK . | BEEF POULTRY BUTTER EOOS FARM PRODUCE | WOOD ( WOOD GROCERIES | 8H0ES | FURNISHINGS j DRY GOODS CASH OR TRADE Christian Church Services Lord's Day, August 18, 191R. Bible School at 10 A. M. Commun ion services at 11 A. M. Subject, "W h y Pnrtake of the Communion?” Evening preaching services begin at 8 o'clock. Subject, “ Cloakes For Sin." A ll are invited and welcome. M. L. Pctelle, Pastor. S W O P E ft S W O P E LAW YER S | I. 0. 0. F. Building Independence, Oregon , . .
