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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1918)
UPWARD! w iau au w ta iiM tiM iiaiisiiiau aiiw iM n M ii OREGON NEWS NOTES Tender of 62 acres of land la south eru Oregon by a Mr*. Findlay to tb< state, to be used as a boms for crip pled children, la made In a letter tc Secretary Olcott. Some buildings arc i Included on the tract. Tbe richness o f the copper veins in P rin c ip a l E v e n ts o f the W e a k the Salmon mountain district, 20 miles B rie fly Sketched fo r In fe r* aoutb o f Powers, haa attracted outaide financiers. C. E. Bradford, 8an Fran m ation of O u r R e a d e rs . cisco mining magnate, after having tbe metal assayed, has decided to In The seventeenth annual Polk county vest In the property and start develop fair was held at Dallas last week. ment work In the near future. Mrs. Barbara Loennig. aged 83 years, James 8cbuyler, Jr., highway engin and a resident 6f Oregon for 50 years, eer In tbe office o f public roads, has died at Baker. established a camp eaat o f Prineville The first Pacific coast smut confer In the Ocboco national forest, and will ence ▼.-ill be held at the Oregon A g ri have charge o f the crew making a cultural college October 4 and 6. location survey o f the Wheeler county At a recent meeting o f Klamath section of tbe Ochoco canyon road, a Falls teachers It was voted to sub forest road to be built under the fed scribe for no Hearst publications. eral aid act. Six hundred farmers from all sec Attorney General Brown baa advised tions o f Linn and Benton counties at Secretary K lein o f .'_e state highway tended a big tractor demonstration at commission that the bid o f the T illa This 185-mlllmeter trench cannon Is the grandfather of all the sm all Albany. mook county court on tbe contract for The Germans at first had much superior small guns fo r The fourteenth annual convention of the Three Rivers highway project, in trench artillery. trench smashing at short range, and life in British lines In Flanders w i * the Oregon State Funeral Directors’ Tillamook county, la illegal. The es association w ill be held in Portland timated cost la $100,000. The county made miserable by the Hun "minenwerfers.” Then the Stokes trench m ortar was taken to France to make things hot for Heinie. The French gun shown I P E R F E C T S E R V IC E PU R E DRUGS October 4-5. court submitted a bid much lower than above Is F ritz’ worst hate. Your share in the Fourth Liberty Loan w ill help The Oregon Retail Jewelers’ associa any other bid. turn the tables on the Bocbe. ff;aii«i!W iM iii«i!«i!W iiwi!W iiwiiwim iM iiiBiiiBiiiM i«iia|i|w iw tim i«iM ii|aiiMHii«i tion has beaten every state In the Tbe Capital Isauea committee baa Waste not, Want not—-Save and Buy Union In gain in membership during notified Senator McNary and -Repre Don’t be swindled out of your Lib- Liberty Bonds, the past year. erty Bonds. sentative Slnnott that no approval can AND COUNTRY P O L K C O U N TY POST The plant of the Albany Fru it Juice be given to the proposed bond issue for Maks vaur Osila— w i-h .i a . ... Men * re dyln«> to defend you. How Twice A W eek company, of Albany, w ill be used sev tbe Warm Springs irrigation district Tell The Post erty Bond* * " ' I L U berty Bond, are you Buying eral months each year hereafter in the for tbe reason that it is desired to to defend Yourself? — x— Phone M. 621 manufacture of Jellies. conserve labor, material and capital Additional short news items on • A community board to adjust any and the project Is not deemed essential N e w t Items of public interest are Page 3. gladly received and much appreci differences between capital and labor as a war enterprise. — x— The war time house dress, made of Douglas Fairbanks at the ISIS j ated. Bring them, send them, phone that may develop w ill probably be named in Albany soon. flour sacks and looking like a much Sunday night. them or m ail them. W e thank you. A prune dryer on the farm o f S. A. more expensive garment, was one of — X— Lasselle, about two miles southeast of the creations shown In the made-over J. S. Cooper made a business trip The world today la producing rorty Albany, was entirely destroyed by fire, garments division o f the woman's de to Corvallis Monday. per cent, less beet sugar than the pre causing a loss of $10,000. partment o f the Lane county fair. The — x— war average. Wednesday Bend held a special elec dress was made by Mrs. Emily Chris Wanted to Kent—A five-room mod Counting the American, Allied and tion for the purpose o f voting $20,000 tensen, of Eugene, from 3 ‘/j flour sacks ern house. Inquire of Post. Qennan-Auatrlan crops, as well as the to Install adequate fire equipment tc of the 100-pound size. —x— neutrals, the U. 8. Food Admiulstra The establishment of a co-operative Hey. T. D. Yarnes is attending con tlon bus estimated that the world insure protection to t]ie city. The erection of the first Y. M. C. A. grocery store as a means of halting shortage created by the light crop of ference in Portland this week. 1917-1918 Is at least three and a half hut in Coos county has been started the advancing cost of living is being — x— at Powers, where about 50 soldiers of advocated by the workers In the saw million tons. Mrs. James Hanna is visiting rela- That the 1917-1918 crop o f cane sug the spruce division are employed. mills, shipyards and members of the ti\< s and friends in Independence. ar was two million tons In excess of The Tillamook, Fairvlew and Blaine Loyal Legion of Lumbermen and Log — x— the previous year does not relieve the Red Cross organizations joined In a gers at North Bend. The store w ill Klton Hewitt, a cousin of Dr. L. L. general shortage. moss gathering picnic and brought in be financed by the sale of stock In Hewitt, has been wounded in France Cuba and Java produce one-half of the world cane crop, and the Java sug more than 1000 sacks o f sphagnum shares of $10 each to the workers. Construction o f the proposed over ar is too far removed from America to moss. K. E. Tripp reports that he will A ll Albany newsdealers have signed head crossing at Divide, Lane county, commence work on the section Mon transport when shipping Is badly need - *w4wvt.Y uni a y f j p g s f f 15 ed to transport and maintain the mill an agreement not to handle any Hearst is being delayed because of the in day. tary forces in France. publications for the period o f the war, ability of the Lane county court and — x— In Java a large part o f the old sugar Mr. and Mrs. Charles Irvine have crop Is still awaiting shipment. Since or until recommended to resume their the Southern Pacific company to agree sale by the national council of defense. to the extent to which the county shall rience the injurious effects o f poorly fitted shoes returned to Independence for the It requires 150 to 100 days for each With the arrival of $35,000 worth of assume liability after completion of boat that Is sent to Java, the poaalhtll — h o w they rain the feet and menace the gen winter. machinery, active mining operations the crossing. Contracts for construc ties o f ohtulning adequate shipment* —x— T h en let your boy will start at the holdings ut tiie oet- tion were let recently uy me state eral health and efficiency. A Welcome addition to any home o f Java sugnr this season nre remote. fern company, of New York, on their Allies’ Production Falls. or girl profit b y the lesson— highway commission. is a Welcome stove sold by Craven Tnklng the Allied nations ns a group black sand chrome deposits in the Word has been received from The A Huff. official reports show that beet sugar southern part of Coos county. Dalles that Father Othmayer, O. S. B., — x— production Is less by one-third than tin- The big paper mill strike ordered of St. Benedict’s Abbey, Mount Angel, Don’t forget the meeting of the pre-war average. In Oregon City, West Linn, Camas and who strayed away from Tufa Heights Civic Club at the library next Tues French beet sugnr Industry has suf Lebanon last October, and which orig on August 20 and for whom the entire day afternoon. fered most hy the war. The French inally Involved more than 1000 men, Mount Angel community had searched yield o f beet sugnr Is now only 29.1 — X— was called o ff at a meeting of the the hills in vain, had safely reached Mandamus Saran Irvine and Sarah per cent, o f the pre-wnr average. striking m ill workers in Oregon City. the Catholic parsonage in The Dalles, For the five years preceding the out Young are visiting at Hood Kiver Enthusiastic over the results of the with his clothing somewhat tattered break o f hostilities In Europe, France- and The Dalles. produced an average o f 752,542 tons o f past season’s work in handling fruits but otherwise entirely well. — x— sugar ench year. For 1917-18 the and berries the directors of the Linn Eastern Oregon chrome deposits are give little feet ample room to develop naturally. Frank Dickson went to Toledo this French production was 219,418 tons. and Benton Growers’ association have being opened with such rapidity that A n d w e k n o w just h o w to fit them, having week where he will visit home folks With 61 factories operating, as com decided to erect a cannery at Albany within a few months Prairie City has pared with more than 200 that were studied the question thoroughly. and hunt for a few days. in time to take care of next season’s developed into a bustling mining cent In existence before the war and before —X— crop. er and the federal government Is rap We are requested to announce that j the general campaign o f destructive Development of a power site at idly improving the road between that ness launched hy the German armies. there will lie no services at the Cath-1 France nevertheless managed to manu Crescent, in northern Klamath county, city and John Day to facilitate the carry fo r them the latest styles at prices that olic church next Sunday. facture more beet sugar In 1917-18 has been undertaken by Dr. N. E. transportation of ore by trucks and —x— than In 1910-17, when the total output Wlnnard, of Heppuer. The power will are sure to satisfy. teams from the Indian-Ptne-Dog creeks Mrs. Van Patton of Sacramento, was 202,415 tons. be used for pumping water on lands district to the Sumpter valley railroad. Cal., is visiting at the home of her j Italy In 1917-18 produced 100.800 in the Fort Rock district In Lake A message received by Manager tons of beet sugar, which was 58.000 daughter, Mrs. J. S. Cooper, Jr. Frank J. Chapman, of the Salem com tons less than the previous year and county. — x— Some Oregon hopgrowers are still mercial club, from Senator Chamber- 110.250 less than the annual output of How cheaply can you heat y ou r1 sugnr for the live year pre-war pe harvesting their crops, but fully 20,000 lain, says that the surgeon general of liome with Cole's Original Wood riod. hales have been abandoned. It is fig tbe war department Is impressed witb Heaters? Better ask J. I). Ilihhs A One o f the great difficulties experi ured that only 10,000, or at the most, the possibility of converting the Ore enced In Italy’s beet sugar Industry Co.—it will surprise you. 15,000, bales will be saved. The bulk gon state fair grounds into a recon was finding sufficient labor to hnndle —x— of these harvested hops had previously struction hospital. The senator is of The local Hod Cross has received | the crop. Thousands o f men usually been sold on contract. the opinion, however, that the depart employed in beet sugar production a rush order for Belgian women's were called for military service. The The government dredge Montlcello ment w ill not consider converting the dresses to he completed by Oct. I. 1 yield per acre amounted to approxi has been ordered to Cascade Locks to grounds into a cantonment Considering the busy times, res|Rinse ! mately half o f the usual quantity o f dredge the upper and lower entrances. Reports from Washington are to the for workers has been very good. beets harvested. Slit brought by the freshet has been effect that contracts under which the deposited in the locks and It Is es newly-organized Klamath irrigation timated the Montlcello will be em district assumes liability to the gov uaiiiBiiaiiiBiiBtiiBiiaiiBtiaiiBiiBiiiBiiBiiBiiBiiBiiBiii mai « iiB iiB iiB iia iiB iiB ii ployed there about a month. ernment for payment o f operation and Governor Wtthycombe notified At maintenance of the project for years | I torney-General Brown that he desires subsequent to 1918 have been approved ■ an investigation of the situation at by Secretary Lane. An announcement HE crude ovens pic- ■ 9 2 I the state penitentiary, growing out of Of the contract says the maximum ’ tu i tured here may be all | the recent discovery bringing to light amount for which the district becomes ' right for the preparation of i possibilities of Irregularities In the liable is approximately $1,360,000. p S securing of paroles for convicts. food for the Mexicans, but That aircraft production may be p W H E N you sit down to a meal you like to know During the week ending September speeded up beyond even the present I they would never serve the 19 a total o f 642 accidents were report phenomenal record o f 18,000,000 feet I ! that your food came from a store where repu purpose of a bakery that caters to the people ed to the state industrial accident o f selected material shipped last ■ tation counts— a store where best quality goods commission, and three o f these were month, a group of Portland loggers of this community. 5 | fatal. They are: Mike Jlovltch, Garl- have joined forces in a pledge to Col are really best quality. 1 1 baldl. quarrying: James Scraggs and onel Brice P. Disque, commander of ■ 9 Fred A. McIntyre, Portland, shipbuild the spruce production division, to con This store gives you that advantage. W e buy duct selective logging over large tracts ■ ing. j The people of Medford and Jackson- at cost without profit. The effort is our stock more carefully than our most partic need the most modern of baking appliances, and S ville are up In arms and will fight the in aid of the campaign to produce 30,- ular customer. also need expert care in their preparation. That s | proposal of President S. S. Bullis to 000,000 feet a month o f clear airplane either stop the operation of the South stock and thus supply the emergency they are of superior quality is proved by the state ■ ern Oregon Traction company railroad need o f Uncle Sam and his allies. S T A P L E A N D F A N C Y G O O DS ments of our large number of satisfied customers. ■ between Medford and Jacksonville or Electors of the state will be called A T L O W P R IC E S I dismantle It and dispose of the rails upon to vote on 11 national and state | t to the government. offices at the general election in No ■ It pays to buy quality goods, particularly when In further reference to a conference vember in addition to senators and 1 Senator Chamberlain held some time representatives in the legislature in you can get them at prices as low as ours. A ■ ( ago with the W ar Industries board the various districts, county officers in fair trial here means a steady customer every ■ concerning the interests of Portland the respective counties and municipal time. ■ merchants and the Christmas trade, officers in the cities and towns. In the board submitted to the senator Its addition seven measures will be sub ■ ' programme for conserving resources, mitted under the Initiative and refer ■ labor and material. It Is urged HONEST V A L U E S M AK E US GROW endum. Municipal elections will be i merchants sell chiefly useful gifts; held with the state elections under I that people be encouraged to buy only the provisions of the constitutional ■ useful gifts: that they buy early, carry amendment passed in 1916. Ballots the goods home and mail early every for city smd for state and county elec- 1 thing that is to go by post. T H E P O S T FO R E X T R A G O O D P R IN T IN G . | tlona will be separate, however. < im M lW W lW I’H iflT B T I !’■ IN T I r B I 'B > ■ I ■ l ■ I ■ > ■ I N H B ia 'lU * ! OF GENERAMNTEREST There is an upward trend in \ the prices of all Toiletries | MILADY WE HAVE A SU PPLY OF EVERYTHING ■ NEEDS IN THE LIN E OF POWDERS, ROUGE, PERFUMES, TOILET WATER, N A IL POLISH, FACE CREAMS, MASSAGE CREAMS, DENTI- FRIES, TOILET SOAPS, ETC. THE MOST FASTIDIOUS TASTES CAN BE F U LLY SATISFIED HERE | W illiams 9 Drug Co: ,IT Y Y o u may k n o w from your ow n expe Always Buy Shoes That Fit O ur children's shoes are designed to W e also fit grow n folks perfectly and Conkey & Walker T Be st Groceries i Our Fancy Pastries : 9 Quality and cleanliness are the twin mottoes o f this bakery at all times. C. A . Loclm dge I JOHNSON & COLLINS