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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1918)
uai.au ■ I ■ ! a i a . ■ i ■ i ■ i ■ i ■ ia t ata<i ■ a r a ia n a ia n an ■ i a i i ï a n ï The state Industrial accident com- ' mission reports that during the week ending September 6 It was Informed 1 ■ of a total of 536 accidents, two of them 1 ■ fatal. George Letch, of Dee, was (a- ft ■ ! tally injured while lumbering, and jjj P rin c ip a l E v e n ts of the W eek Bert Jones, of Portland, was hurt fa- [ tally while engaged in public service. I B rie fly Sketched fo r In fo r- Ira Hutchins, manager of the Ï Brownsville cannery, has been forced m ation of O u r R e a d e rs . ■ to call upon women for volunteer work I ers. The housewives of Brownsville Forest fires have done considerable have responded In large numbers and i damage to property In the western are now working alongside of the girls part of Polk county. children and the very few men in the The war department has ordered for effort to pack the heavy offering of the use of the allies 16,000,000 pounds fruit. i h a s a c o m p l e t e l in e o f p e n c i l s , l e a s e r s , p e n s , bo o k of Oregon prunes of the 50-60 size. A party of seven timber cruisers i STRAPS, LOI NTAIN PENS, PENCIL ASSORTMENTS, COMPOSI Close to 2000 sacks of sphagnum have spent the past two months mak moss were gathered from the Sand ing a cruise of the 87,000-acre tract of i TION PADS, SLATES AND PENCILS FOR LITTLE ONES, PEN I-ake moss bogs by citizens of Tills ♦he Booth-Kelly company which lies in i CIL BOXES, SPONGES, COMPOSITION BOOKS, NOTE BOOKS, mook county last week. northern Klamath and Lake counties, Here are American troops, blanket rolls on backs, rifles in hand, f t PAINTS AND DRAWING SUPPLIES, DIVIDERS, RULERS, ETC., I Colonel William H. C. Bowen, United It is understood that the estimate is debarking in England from the transport on which they made a safe journey ETC., AT PRICES LOW CONSIDERING MARKET CONDITIONS. States army, retired, has been ap- being made by the Long-Bell company from some “Atlantic Port” . i pointed commander of the students' w,th a view to the purchase of the So continuously do American soldiers pass through villages of south I army training corps at the University ; tract. eastern England, en route from some British or Scotch port where they of Oregon. General matters affecting taxation have left their ships to some channel port to complete their voyage to i E V E R Y T H IN G TO COMPLETE THE OUTFIT School at Dundee has been closed will be considered at the annual meet France on the small cross-channel steamers, that the residents call It the ■ to give the pupils and teachers an op ing of the State Taxpayers’ league, “ endless line” . portunity to assist in harvesting the which has been set for Saturday, Sep Fourth Liberty Loan bonds will provide more and bigger transport for PU RE DRUGS S PERFECT SERVICE immense crop of prunes grown in the tember 28, at 10 a. m., by Walter M. our soldiers and more destroyers to protect them from submarines. community. Pierce, of La Grande, president of the liiainaiaiiaiiiBiiaiiaiiainaiaiiiaiiaiiaii in ■nan a n maiiaiiaiiii A big farm tractor demonstration league. A large attendance is expect was held at Linneman Junction, 10 ed at the session, which will be held miles east of Portland. Twenty-six in Portland. PO LK COUNTY POST OITY AND COUNTRY U. S. Grant, of Dallas, president of makes of tractors and 53 different trac tors were entered. the National Mohair Growers’ associa Twice A Week 1 $50 BOND WILL BUY high explosive for 100 3-inch Stokes Trench Tell The Post. A. B. Mathews, o f Thurston, killed tlon, has received telegraphic notice Mortars. — x— Phone M. 621 a balky horse, had a complaint issued of the action on mohair by the war in 2 $50 BONDS WILL BUY trinitrotoluol for one 14-inch shell Additional short news items on for his own arrest on a charge of cruel dustries board. Secretary F. O. Lan 3 $50 BONDS WILL FEED 1 soldier 350 days. Page 3. ty to animals and paid a fine of $10 drum, of the association, wired that 4 $50 BONDS WILL BUY 5000 rifle or machine gun cartridges. — x— » mohair can be sold in the open mar In Justice WellB’ court. 5 $50 BONDS WILL BUY 2 light Browning machine guns. Miss Edhu Mills was here today. W. E. Durand, assistant cashier of ket, prices ranging above 85 cents per —x— the Redmond Bank of Commerce, was pound. Recent sales in New York are W e Word Butler is looking after busi- j killed when the automobile which he verified at 95 cents. ness in Eastern Oregon. was driving wont off the grade in the The Oregon Agricultural college will Miss Bessie Swope* will leave to eastern part of The Dalles. put special stress upon football and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tice were morrow for Woodbum where sfie In view of a probable shortage of other athletics this year. Because of lien; fj’oin Portland this week. goes to teach in the schools. labor for gathering the apple crop, the war conditions, it is even more im —x— —x— Hood River Apple Growers’ association portant than usual to have every man The Kaiser, the beast of Berlin at Miss Emma Henkle writes from is urging attendance at the annual physically fit, in the opinion of Presi the ISIS next Friday night, Sept. ¿0. Ogden, Utah, that she is is delighted dent Kerr, Intramural contests are packiug and grading school. —x— with the place ami the school. The annual Oregon conference of the being planned which are expected to Dr. R. E. Duganne, Dentist, Inde —x— Methodist Episcopal church is to be develop each man in college from a pendence National Bank Building. LOST- Between Independence and held In Portland, September 25 to 30, physical standpoint. Dallas, a black overcoat. Finder under the direction of Bishop William ' *“ — X - Highway work in Oregon will pro Miss Frances Eaton is visiting rel please leave at the Catholic rectory. Orville Shepherd of Chicago. ceed regardless of the recent order ol atives and friends in Independence. —x— United States Wood Administrator the fuel administration requiring ap — X— Mrs. Olon Whiteaker visited in Green has finished for the time being proval by the federal highways council School children will find a com Portland this week. She will begin the valuing of wools in Portland ware before further work be done. Secre plete line of supplies at Williams' her school at Perrydale next Mon houses. An additional 4,000,000 pounds tary Pennybaker, of the council, tele day. Drug Co. of wool was appraised in the past 10 graphed to the state highway commis —x— —x— days. a i v n c r R H t t n « i x v u ^ c i i u g-j a h e a d On Miss Irene Eddy will enter O. A. (’. | Miss Elsie Lemmon and brother, A new high record for packing all >*vik uuti - u u . i -a ... providing this year. She will specialize in mu Leonard, returned to their home in peaches was made by Mrs. Ed Everson material» tor »uca worn are available ttic. Portland last Thursday after a visit of Portland, who packed 210 boxes of Urrirawar» with yardt —x— with the W. R. Barnetts. peaches in nine hours and 5 UlillUlCB .h .— _____ ______ , . :__th: Bert Teats was recently arrested on the Frank Ogle ranch near The Willamette valley, foresee a sudden —x— and tlned $25 for fishing without a Dalles. end to the industry as a result of the rience the injurious effects of poorly fitted shoes Miss Madeline Kreamer left last license. The evergreen blackberry crop In government’s decision to prohibit the —how they ruin the feet and menace the gen Tuesday for Ashland where sin* goes — X— Lane county this year will aggregate manufacture of beer after December 1 Mrs. Bascne is having excellent to resume her school work as prin- 400 tons and bring $50,000 into the next. With picking under way in eral health and efficiency. Then let your boy Hales on her Fall hats so early in d »ml of ,hp s, hools fhpre- county, according to E. J. Adams, for most of the yards, growers are unde or girl profit by the lesson— — x— th e season. mer member of the state highway com cided whether to continue to harvest —x— Ladies, those smart hats at Mrs. mission. ~ •'*««*?. v the crop or to abandon the yards at *.*». Mis. II. A. Childs is here from Rescue's cannot he duplicated for -r- Use o f yellow pine for airplane con once?" Portland visiting her daughter, Mrs. tin* same money. Buy now while struction has been approved by the At a conference of bankers held in the selections are complete. W. J. Clark. government, and the Blue Mountain Portland a resolution was adopted rec —x— —x— region of the Whitman national forest ommendlng to the American Bankers The first meeting of the Eastern Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Allin will Is coming to the front with its quota association action to maintain gold Star for the season was held last spend two months on their farm. of material. production of the country at the pre Tuesday evening. Ira A. Hanshuett, a bachelor, who war volume. The conference was held Young William will remain here W — x— with Mrs. P. M. Kirkland and attend has lived alone on a farm near Fall under auspices of the executive com give little feet ample room to develop naturally, j creek, southeast of Eugene, for the mlttee of the Oregon Bankers’ associa Miss Lucile Craven has gone to school. past five or six yeHrs, was burned to tlon, and a number of bankers ot And w e know just how to fit them, having Hood River to resume touching her — x— i ileftth in a brush fire on his place sev Washington, Oregon and California studied the question thoroughly. school near there. Miss Mae Hopkins of Raymond, eral days ago. were present. • — —x— Wash., was the week end guest of Government disapproval of extensive Plans have been practically com Chief of Police Aneli has moved Mrs. .1. C. Collins. Miss Hopkins has I expenditures for road work induced pleted for training at least 200 and into the house recently vacated liy just returned from France ami re j the Douglas county court to issue an possibly 400 young men for special c a r r y f o r t h e m t h e l a t e s t s t y l e s a t p r i c e s t h a t Mrs. Snowie Kurre. lates many interesting experiences order suspending all highway improve- military purposes at Albany college a r e S u r e t O S a t i s f y . in that country. — X— 3 j raent, except where work is imperative this winter. The men will receive \ _____ One of those photos nutde ut Mich —x— - to keep the roads passable. special instruction in army band mu aels' Studio is just what the hoy The total fire loss in the state for sic, preparatory training in other mili .1. C. Ecker of Poison, Montana “over there" is wanting. was an arrival in Independent’« August, outside of Portland, was $636,- tary work and also in certain college Tuesday to visit with The Post fam i 415, according to figures prepared by courses. It is planned to send the first —x— Miss Mary Williams arrived ilv until further notice. ‘Dad" retir I Harvey Wells, state fire marshal. The class October 14 and continue the from Chicago Thursday and is ready <*d fixmi the new spaper game several most serious loss was that of $100.000 course of Instruction until June. A county cannot be a bidder for con to begin her duties as critic toucher. venrs ago anti in hi« tim e was one o f worth of hay near Lakeview. Owing to the continued dry weather struction of state highways, Attorney- She will make her home With Mrs. | the most aide and hest known edi torinl writers in the Missouri valley, j of the past summer which resulted in General Brown held In an opinion sub Ilattic Henkle, the drying up of springs in the coast mitted to District Attorney Hodgin, of mountains from which the water sup Union county. Union county offered ply of Dallas Is obtained, a water fam the best bid on two jobs of road work y® iivimiiBiiNiiniiiaiiiDiiniiiDimiiiNiiiwiiNiiiNniDiiMiiHi ine is feared unless the fall rains set to be done by the state highway com p mission in that county, executed the in earlier than usual. Finding of human bones In the ruins required bond and attended to other of the Washington county poor house formalities. Some money was needed at Newton, which burned Thursday, and the county made application to a ■ made It certain that John Relnberger bank for a loan. The bank questioned and Rudolph Strainer, two inmates the legality o f ths procedure. HE crude ovens pio who were missing, were cremated. After devastating ths high line ditch WHEN you sit down to a meal you like to know Both were about 80 years old. trail, Gold Hill's famous strolling tili tured here may be all 2 1 That Lloyd Anson, 18-year-old son of grounds on the heights north of the that your food came from a store where repu right for the preparation of • J. G. Anson, of Telocaset, captured five city, a forest fire which had been rag tation counts— a store where best quality goods Germans lone-handed while acting as ing for a week on the divide between food for the Mexicans, but are really best quality. message bearer for an engineers com the Rogue river and Sams valley on they would never serve the pany In France, Is the Information the south and Sardine and Evans creek purpose o f a bakery that caters to the people ft i coming to the parents. He was men valleys on the north, threatened th e ! This store gives you that advantage. W e buy ! tioned in dispatches for his bravery. city. The entire population, with the of this community. our stock more carefully than our most partic 1 With a lead of 97 eggs over the fire department equipment, resorted to j ular customer. f t second pen In the contest and but an backfiring to prevent heavy loss. The : I other month to go. indications are that burned area extends from Gold Hill j honors in the seventh annual inter northeast for nearly 20 miles and Is ■ STAPLE AND FAN CY GOODS national egg-laying contest at Victoria, from three to /Ire miles need the most modem of baking appliances, and ■ B. C., will go to ths pen o f Bar-ed Figures prepared by Professor J. O AT LOW PR IC E S also need expert care in their preparation. That f t Rocks entered by Orégon Agricultural Hall, engaged in preparing the biennial | college. report for State Labor Commissioner they are of superior quality is proved by the state I It pays to buy quality goods, particularly when Resolutions expressing the apprecia Hoff, show that 44.000 males of Oregon ■ ments of our large number of satisfied customers. you can get them at prices as low as ours. A tion . sympathy and condolences of the { over 18 years of age are estimated to ; ■ members of the state board of eontr->l ' be In military service or in occupations j fair trial here means a steady customer every ? have been adopted bjr that board it» i essential to winning of the war; 64.000 time. B i connection with the death recently of are engaged In agriculture, forestry ■ E. T. Moores, superintendent of the ! and animal husbandry; 700 In the ex ' Oregon school for the blind; A. E. traction of minerals. 25.000 In trans- h o n HONEST V A LU E S M AKE US GROW ■ Strang, chief engineer at the s'ate hos- portation activities. 85.000 In tncchan Ï pltal; C. M. Wilcox, head Of the poul- leal and manufacturing industries, 19.- £ try department at the state hospital, 800 in trade, 2600 in public service, ft and Fred W. Hendley. chief book- 6300 In professional service, 7300 In ......... -■ ■ ■ J 1 1 1 ■ 1 "1L keeper at the eastern Oregon state boe- domestic service and 2600 In clerical 71 occupations. II W • . VHDIIMilN'I'DTNj'DIiDrDIDirDliDiail.BMDIiVINUlNl, THE POST FOR EXTRA GOOD PRINTING. ft BE R E A D Y OREGON NEWS NOTES THE ‘ENDLESS LIKE’ ROLLS ON AND OH OF GENERAMNTEREST « FOR SCHOOL WHEN THE BELL RINGS 1 Ï i Williams ’ Drug Co. I i Lunch Baskets W a r Funds Go Up in Smoke, Take Huns Along With Them News Items of public interest are gladly received and much appreci ated. Bring them, send them, phone them or mail them. thank yon. You may know from your own expe A lw a ys Buy Shoes That Fit Our children’s shoes are designed to W e also fit grown folks perfectly and Conkey & Walker Best Groceries T Our Fancy Pastries A II L JOHNSON & COLLINS i Quality and cleanliness are the twin moltucs o f thb bakery at all times. C. A. Locbridge