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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1918)
% THE P O L K C O U N T Y P O S T . A Semi Weekly Newspaper. Published Twice a Week at Independence, Polk County, Oregon, on Tuesday and Friday Entered as second-class matter March 26, 1918, at the postoffice at In dependence, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates: $1.50 a Tear Strictly In Advance; Six Months $1.00; Three months 50 cents. All subscriptions stopped at expiration. CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor. The city o f Portland performed very creditably in en tertaining tlid recent G. A. R. encampment and won a host of admirers tliruout the country. Those dare devil boys of ours over in France who do not know when to stop when they get started got their tickets to Berlin when they went over and no stop-overs were wanted. OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAMNTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. Fire destroyed the Dufur Lumber company box factory and warehouse at Dufur. A move has been started In Cooe county with a view of installing visiting nurse system. An officers’ training camp for all county and state Christian Endeavor officers of Oregon is being held at Turner. One million pounds of Bartlett pears w ill probably be the record established this year for the Wallace orchard in Polk county. A total tax roll of $16,825,367, exclu sive of the public service utilities. In Klamath county was announced by Assessor J. P. Lee on completing his rolls. Mrs. M illie R. Trumbull, secretary o f the board of child labor inspectors, has advised Secretary of State Olcott that the appropriation for that board has been exhausted. The monthly payroll of the ship building industry in Oregon has in creased nearly fifteen-fold in the past 20 months, according to figures recent ly compiled by the statistical bureau of Portland’s chamber o f commerce. Whereas $302,400 was dealt out in De cember, 1916, reports show that $4,471.- 200 was paid to employes last month. State Highway Engineer Nunn has announced that the state has taken over completion of the Comstock- Leona section o f the Pacific highway- in Douglas county because o f financial difficulties experienced by Hall & Solen, contractors. The stretch covers about four miles, grading and macad am, and the estimate of cost is about $85,000. Numerous complaints are being re ceived at the offices of the Fish and Game commission regarding pheasant hunting out o f season. Reports of such violations are coming from vari ous sections and as a result State Game Warden Shoemaker has instructed his deputies throughout the state to en force a rigid patrol and punish all of fenders. You’ll find more tobacco sat isfaction in the condensed R eal Gravely Chewing Plug than in a thick piece of ordi nary tobacco. Peyton Brand Real G ravely Chewing Plug 10c a pouch— and worth it Craoolylattiiomaehlongeriteotti no mort to chtw than ordinary plag ly Tobacco Company B. ( The Fargo Orchards company, own ■lie, Virginia ing several hundred acres four miles 9 from Aurora, w ill harvest 10,000 boxes of apples this fall. Out o f a total of more than 500 men The principal objection to appointing rather than called to the colors from the number electing several state officers, as recommended by the con registered in Umatilla county, but six solidation committee, is that the wrong fellow in many men have failed to answer their calls France.) (From the Htars and Strip; Cranberry picking begins in the dis instances does the appointing. trict adjacent to Astoria about the xVt a pretty home wedding • high noon first o f September. Pickers will be yesterday Miss Eleanor Tracy ' k)wnes be- paid 25 cents per peck by growers came the bride of Mr. Bozweli Uexander this being the price determined by Spencer. Two score friends w. e present Crook and Deschutes county farmers the various associations. (From Yeoman Shield.) and bade the happy young couple lieu on a Secretary o f State Olcott has re and stockmen have placed an order for We should not misinterpret the statements being made ceived from forme/ governor Oswald four cars of sulphur consisting of 126,- two weeks’ honeymoon. Mr. Spei er is the by many writers to the effect that the war will soon be West the latter’s acceptance of the 000 pounds, through R. A. Ward, coun son of J. W. Spencer, the well ki wn fur prohibition nomination for the United ty agricultural agent. The extensive over. A t best these are merely the expression of personal States senate. nisher dealer, and the bride----- use of sulphur follows field demonstra opinion and all are based on the supposition that there will W e needn’t finish it. I t ’s just a typical -ociety” item Since the Emergency Fleet corpora tions based on experiments conducted be no relaxation in the efforts put forth by America and tion’s shipbuilding program was start by the Oregon Agricultural college ex tli/it we all read from time to time in the hom< town paper. her Allies to drive the Germans from France and Belgium. ed, the Columbia river district has periment station, largely at the south Gives us a funny sensation, doesn’t it? We realize launched 103 ships, with a total ton ern Oregon branch. Not one of these writers would venture the assertion that nage that some people still are getting married, i «1 going on of 461,200. Lumber operators and workmen com the military forces of democracy are at present sufficient a honeymoon and, for «ill we know, taking , ills in hot All records for peach packing were posing the central council o f the Loyal in numbers or equipment to drive the kaiser back to Ber broken by Miss Pearl Taylor, a 19- Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen and water. Not that we have any objection to Boz 'l getting lin should he elect to dig in and rely upon the strategy of year-old high school girl o f The Dalles, representing lumber interests in Ore married. W e ju st— but then we can hardly an » ’je it. w ho packed 151 boxes on a short hour gon, Washington and Idaho adopted defensive warfare. W e should not permit ourselves to be shift. But when we come across an item like this \e don’t The high record so far as resolutions at Portland thanking Col misled by suggestions which are not fully warranted by known has been 147 boxes. onel Brice P. Disque, head o f the have any trouble defining our emotion: tlu> conditions which confront us. There can be but one Eighty-four men left yesterday for Cam Governor WIthycombe has appointed spruce production division, for his outcome to the war. W e are bound to win. Let us not General Charles F. Beebe, o f Portland, services and pledging themselves to ----- . This is the largest single group to leav< overlook the fact, however, that it is still a considerable as acting adjutant general of Oregon, support him “ to the lim it.” since the declaration of war. to succeed Lieutenant Colonel John M. Slightly more than 500,000 cases, distance to Berlin and the road may not be so smooth as Williams, who has resigned to accept valued at $4,600,000, is the total pack And as the great preponderance of items is of tlu tter might be hoped. ion a commission as major in the regular of salmon on the Columbia river for trend there can’t be any mistaking the general impi the spring season of 1918, which closed the home paper creates. That our government is determined to push the war to army. W e know that the old gt is Mrs. Olive E. Osborn, of Medford, Saturday at 6 o’clock. The total is 4 a decision at the earliest possible day is clearly evidenced coming— with rifles and cannon and shells and » er and Dr. George T. Parrish, of Portland, equal to that of the average for the 4 by the request for extension of tin* conscription age limits were appointed by Governor Withy- last several seasons, in spite of unfav things to make war with, and that when they all get •« With an army'of live million men ready to engage in act combe as delegates to attend the an orable early indications. The cold ! — oh, boy! ual warfare, the United States will be at once recognized nual meeting of the American Hospital storage product, mostly plcklld salm as the most aggressive factor in the war. The moral effect association at Atlantic City, September on, fell 50 per cent below normal. 24-28. the week ending August 22 1 of this will be far reaching. This country could do noth There is a decided scarcity of teach a During total of 573 accidents was reported ing in addition to its present contribution of men, munit ers for the rural schools of Polk coun to the industrial accident commission i (From the Benton County Courier.) ions and provisions, that would cause such consternation ty and County Superintendent Fred S. and six of them were fatal. The fatal I t is not our intention to stand up for Henry Ford or in the ranks of the enemy. The military autocracy of the Crowley states that unless relief is in cases are P. V. Solberg, Multnomah, sight soon some of the smaller dis • Charle Pellette, Portland, belittle Theodore Roosevelt,but if Mr. Roosevelt was do Central Powers might continue* the struggle against a tricts w ill be unable to resume school sawmill; shipbuilding; Harvey Vincent, Klam ing as much at the present time to aid the government in comparatively small force, but it will talk a different lan this fall. ath Falls, lineman; Marten Saloski, this gigantic struggle as Mr. Ford is doing he would not The Oregon hens entered in the in Powers, logging; H. W. Stoddard, As guage when confronted by five million fully equipped have any time to be fault finding with what Ford said soldiers of the kind this country turns out. The forces of ternational egg-laying contest at toria, shipbuilding; W. H. Bryant, Cor some years ago. Storrs, Conn., by the Oregon Agricul vallis, lumbering. the kaiser will never consent to the peace terms America tural college are now 91 eggs ahead of LeRoy Childs, superintendent o f the Perhaps if we were to look into the past and dig around demands until they are out-generaled and out-numbered. their nearest rivals, having been Hood R iver experiment station, is ad some we might see things that “ Teddy” stated that would The most effectual way to hasten the end of the conflict is awarded blue ribbons for both June vising Oregon apple growers to apply not look rosy in print today. and July. a spray of arsenate of lead late this to increase its intensity. W e do not know whether Ford made the statements With the filin g of a $100,000 bond week or the first of next for control with the desert land board by the Jor of codling moth. Mr. Childs says that that are attributed to him or not. I f he did he has anoth dan Valley Land & Water company, the recent cool weather has retarded er think coming, for the flag of this old republic is going all is clear for Immediate progress to the development of moths to* such an up in many more places to stay than it has ever before begin on the lower unit of 38,000 acres extent that they w ill emerge and be- BRO O KLYN E A G LE : How doth the little busy boche In the Jordan valley Irrigation project .come active in large numbers when been placed, Berlin included. ^ improve each shining minute? He gets out of a salient as o f Malheur county. But the fact that Mr. Ford has turned his entire plant warm weather returns. Of 26 members o f the first and sec Excessive freight rates are causing over to the government for use in manufacturing war mu fast as he gets in it! ond summer m ilitary training camps Portland to be deprived of a prolific nitions and this without any profit to himself is something at the University o f Oregon who were source of fuel in screenings from the IN D IA N A P O L IS N E W S : The French find their examined for admission to the central Coos bay district, and a reasonable to be proud of and is an instance not found in many of the chief difficulty with the Yanks is in holding them back, artillery training school at Camp rate, probably about 75 per cent lower other industries of the country. Zachary Taylor, near Louisville, K y „ than that granted to Utah fields, would and the Germans are having th same trouble. W e should have more men of the Ford type in this coun almost all passed with exceptional bring such fuel into Portland from try, not in his peace policy, but in his big heartedness credit. bay, according to a letter sent to KAN SAS CI^TY S T A R : Probably the best man con Superintendent Churchill is sending Coos General Freight Agent Htnehaw, of during this great strife, and in doing all in his power to servation plan hit upon yet is that adopted by ten thous oat copies of the synopsis of the the Southern Pacific, by Public Serv put the necessary machinery on the front lines to bring course of study for Oregon high schools ice Commissioner Buchtel. and Germans Tuesday, who surrendered to the Allies. this war to a speedy victory. for the year 1918-19, covering all Lumber mills of western Washing I t is just such m^n as this that will bring the Hun to his schools outside of Portland. One and western Oregon, by a success RICHMOND T 1M ES-1) IS P A T C H : By means of a amendment has been made to the rul ton knees in the shortest possible time. ful speeding-up program, for the sec long-distance ceremony a girl in Maryland has been mar ings covering credits for the next ond consecutive week have cut more ried to a soldier “ somewhere in France.” I f this distance school year. than their normal capacity. Actual Early estimates of $50,000 for the production for the past week was 80,- can be maintained there is no reason why they should not evergreen blackberry crop in Lane 899,245 feet, an excess of 999,245 feet, live happily ever afterward. (From Medical Pickwick.) county will be eclipsed as the result or 1.25 per cent, over the normal pro In Yiddish the/ do moan and cry, of the recent heavy rainfall, In the duction of 79,900,000 feet at the 128 The Italian when in pain he lies, ,,Oi, Oi, Gewnlt—as tut mir wei." opinion of buyers, who are offerin g 6 mills contributing to the reports of “Oh Dio Mio"—softly sighs; And so each nation has its moan cents a pound for the product. The the West Coast Lumbermen’s associa A German when he’s sick or cnt W ill groan—“ Ach himmel!—lieber In its own style and special tone; picking season has just begun and will tion. W H A T ’S T IM E TO A G IR L In English, too, we groan nnd yell: Gott!" cover a period of several weeks. Charges lodged with Governor Three girls sat in a row on a street car the other day. The public service commission has WIthycombe by Dr. W illiam M. Camp And when a Frenchman is in pain. “ For the love of Mike—that hurts like hell.” All wore wrist watches. The time o f’ day, according to been notified that the interstate com bell, of Portland, against Major Rich Then "Oh, la la,” is his refrain. merce commission will grant a sup ard Deich, head of the m ilitary police, those watches, was 3:2,), 5:40 and 10:10. plementary hearing on diversion and have been forwarded by the executive reconsignment rules affecting ship W H E R E P A T R IO T IS M IS P R O V IN G P R O F IT A B L E ments of fresh fruits and vegetables. structions to have them presented to In the picture show at Paris, Missouri, every night at the hearing to be conducted by Clyde the general staff for consideration. It 0 o ’clock the lights are turned out 2 minutes SO that those B Aitchlson In Portland. September J3. is charged that Mr. Deich used lan present may breathe a prayer for the boys overseas— and His accounts short anywhere from guage unbecoming an officer when Dr. $500 to $3000, according to city of Campbell visited his office and d iffi hold hands with the boys over here. The management ficials, Claude W. DeVore, city record culties arose over certain claims which A Successful Business Career of started the plan for patrotic purposes, but it has proved a er o f Estacada, has disappeared, and wore presented by Dr. Campbell. Twenty-Five Years a complaint charging him with mis The state tax commission has voted good stroke of business. 1 Ti** appropriation of citjt funds haa been to Initiate for the election ballot In — X- filed In the Clackamas county courts November n bill providing that the TH E RING M A Y F A , L , L O FF A N Y T IM E n • I 1 , . - I at Oregon City. DeVore is believed to tax levy for 1919 include $940.000 In Due ot our girls has accepted an engagement ring from have gone to Berkeley, cai. excess of constitutional limitations, .£* ’ an out-of-town man with the understanding that “ it is A »ort of referendum on the queetion which will amount to an assessment of adding to the foreet reserve the of about 1 mill. The special amount not glued on.” southsrs tier of townships in Jackson provided by the measure, If tt is passed — X- county Is desired by Representative by the people, w ill be used to meet H. Hirschberg. Pres. D. W. Sears, V, HOW T IM E S DO CH ANG E Hawley, who haa introduced a bill pro necessary expenditures of state depart W. S. Kurre, Cashier When the Weddeds were married four years ago. they viding that the lands shall be added. ments for a year’s time that could not W. H. Walker L A. Allen 0. D. Butler planned to buy a big motor car soon, Now t h o v ’ r o i l f m i d The are* comprises about 100,000 be met under the 6 per cent tax llml- asrea. practically all of It steep and tatlon amendment to the stato consti somebody will give them one. • 1 reagh, and suitable Only for (Taxing. tution. THIS IS NO TIME TO “ SLOW U P ” OR LAY DOWN OLD HOME PAPER “ 0T, R THERE’ FORD VS. ROOSEVELT PERTINENT COMMENT OF THE NATION’S PRESS THE GROANS OF THE NATION JELLY, JUICES AND JAM — x— ¡jr / ie Independence N ational Bank Established .1889 INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS Officers and Directors P. / «