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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1918)
jjjB'l'MiMlllBIIJfeli ■laiiiaiimiaiiiaiiiaiiiaiiwiiaiiiaiiiaiitaiiiaiiiaiiintiaiiiaiiMitBiiMiii WILLIAM B. BARNETT 18 I I UPWARD! Mr. McClain can vacate. THIS WRECKS HUN TRENCHES ACCIDENTLY »TTJ.En Mrs. Robert M uhs of Salem is vis § iting her sister, Mrs. N. C. A nder Continued from Pa«« 1) m ass of flowers, ferns and house son. The Muhs are m oving from § plants, and the floral offerings were Salem to P ortland the coming week. m any and beautiful. B rothers of the Gladys and Harold Reynolds, Gil K nights of P y th ias acted as pall bearers, und the Home G uards, of bert und Alfred Loy and M arvin which Mr. B arnett w as a m em ber, W ells have entered O. A. C. Besides com m anded by L ieutenant Stidd, the college studies, the last four will and a num ber from Salem in uni take up m ilitary train in g also. form attended in a body. The choir WE HAVE A SU PPLY OF EVERYTHING F rank Fisher of P ortland w as a consisted of M esdames G. W. Conkey week end visitor at the Doc Black and P. H. D rexler and Messrs. W. H. W alker and L. E. B arrick. At the I. home. He w as accom panied hom e by O. O. F. cem etery, the last rites of the Mrs. Fisher and duughter who had NEEJ)S IN THE LINE OF POWDERS, ROUGE, P ythian Order were given by P relate s[>ent a week a t the later’s parental honje. PERFUM ES, TOILET WATER, NAIL POLISH, Larry Fitzgerald, Rev. Pace spoke a few w ords and u m ilitary salu te was FACE CREAMS, MASSAGE CREAMS, DENTI- Mr. and Mrs. Nelse A nderson of ■ fired by the Home Guard. McMinnville and Miss C hristena An FR iES, TOILET SOAPS, ETC. “Billy" B arnett loved life and he derson of P ortland visited the E. J. got more out of it th an the average Anderson home W ednesday of last being. A resident of Independence week an d attended the state fair on THE MOST FASTIDIOUS TASTES for m any years, he w as well known T hursday retu rn in g home the sam e CAN BE FULLY SATISFIED HERE and well liked by every m an, woman day. This . .... 155-mlllmeter and child in it. Of such good n ature _ . „ trench cannon Is the grandfather of all the small and at all tim es ap p aren tly extrem e Mr. and Mrs. Jessie T ann moved trench artillery. The Germans at first had much superior small guns for ly happy, his presence anyw here at to Salem this week w here J. E. will trench smashing at short range, and life in British lines in Flanders was any tim e m eant sunshine. He loved work on a dairy ranch. They were made miserable by the Hun “minenwerfers." Then the Stokes trench m ortar I PERFECT SERVICE PURE DRUGS flowers, anim als, in fact everything accom panied by Mrs. W alter Divine was taken to France to make things hot for Heinie. The French gun shown th a t w as elevating and refined; kind, a sister of the later, who will m ake above is F ritz’ worst hate. Your share in the Fourth Liberty Loan will help IIIIUIIMIII ■ IIIW R U R IIIII R I'U IR II HiHiimiii niniiii m erciful, very loyal to his friends her home w ith them as her husband turn the tables on the Boche. and lenient tow ard those w ith whom belongs to selective service com b. ..I»dl«<l ou, o, Lib- • “ • “» he disagreed in opinion or action. pany of Uncle Sam. CITY AND COUNTRY POLK COUNTY POST We can tru th fu lly say th a t “Billy" Twice A Week B arnett had no enemies. It w as a Mr. and Mrs. T. D. McClain who Make your Dollars Fight! Buv Llh. Tell The P o s t M*n A ? dy,nB *° defend y°u- Hew Buy Lib- many Liberty Bonds are you Buyina coincident th at he should m eet his recently rented th eir ranch, have erty Bonds. —x— Phone M. 621 to defend Yourself? death in the sam e accidental w ay as rented the Bob Em m ons place in A dditional short new s item s on News Item s of public interest ‘a re did his father before him w hen W il Buena Vista and will reside there P a g e 3. for the present. T heir m any friends —x— gladly received and m uch appreci liam w as but a lad. W illiam B. B arnett w as bom in are glad thy are not m oving fu rther Elsie F urguson at the ISIS S un ated. Bring them , send them , phone Missouri on Aug. 24, 1858 and was aw ay but they are undecided yet d a y night. them or m ail them . W e th an k you. at the tim e of his death 50 years, one w hat they w ill do o r go. — x— m onth and nine days old. He is Mrs. J. W. K irkland has been visit School opened M onday w ith Prof. Ever get tired building fires? Coles survived by his wife, Mrs. Nellie in g relatives in Portland. Reynolds of Salem for high, Miss Original Air Tight Wood Stoves hold Lemmon B arnett, one son, Lemuel, —x— Mary Hale, interm ediate, and Miss tire all night. Better look at one at and his aged m other, Mrs. A. M. Everybody get ready for the street Evans of M onmouth as prim ary' J. D. Hibbs & Co. Booth of Mosier. "B illy" w as his c a rn iv a l next S atu rd ay night. teacher. The school sta rts out w ith —x— m other’s only child. To them , The —x— Mrs. Allen M artin (nee Frances Post, in behalf of the entire town a large enrollm ent of earnest w ork Mrs. D. B. Taylor is at he hom e of Patterson) and sm all son, Allen and com m unity, extends m uch felt ers in teachers and pupils and all lie r niece, Mrs. W. E. Crnven. M artin, Jr. were guests of Mrs. J. G. sym pathy foe Certainly it can be said a r looking forw ard to a successful ^ """* — ~x— term. this week. Miss Inez Mix returned F riday McIntosh tH a tln the little world in w hich he - . . , -____ T ' from an extended visit in Seattle. lived, his death w ill be m ourned and Ml’< and Mrs. Everitt Cook and he will be greatly missed. W e are not sure w hat life beyond Mr. and Mrs. K. C. F.ldridge xnotoc- baby were guests of Mr. and Mrs. ed to P ortland Monday, retu rn in g Pearl Hedges this week. The Cooks the grave m eans or w h at it w ill be, but we do know th a t "B illy" B ar are m oving to Portland. T l nirsday. nett, good h u sband, good father and —x— —x— Consult a palm ist on The Trail good friend, will he plentifully re Works So Fast That Even the Chester H enkle attended th e Un d e rta k e rs ’ convention in P ortland next Saturday night. There are w arded. “He w as a good fellow here Enemy Stops to Watch m any things you’d like to know and he will be a good fellow there." th is week. The following relatives attended about your future. She will tell you. Crazed Redskin’s Actions. —x— rience th e injurious effects o f poorly fitted sh oes the funeral: His m other, Mrs. A. M. —x— Mrs. Brown bus closed h er press One North Dakota Indian Is a match Hoop of Mosier, his au n t, Mrs. Jam es ' Mrs. Nancy W hiteaker has just —h o w th e y ruin th e feet and m enace th e gen in g parlors on Main street an d gone received a com m unirafion from her Nichols of A lbany, Mrs. B arn ett’s j for 20 Germans, according to a letter. eral health and efficiency. to Portland. T h en let you r b o y son, Boy, stating that he is still in a m other, Mrs. M. J. Lemmon m o«- —x— E. H. Tostevin, now tn service in or girl profit b y the lesson— Mrs. Johnson is here from San hospital suffering from the effects of lom, her broth erf}, E. L. Lemmon of France. The Indian is Charlie Rogers, P ortland, A. J. Lemmon of Salem a full-blooded Sioux of the Standing F rancisco visiting h er sister, Mrs. being gassed. and P. S. Lemmon of Salem , her sis Rock reservation, and a member of the —x— J. E. Hubbard. The ISIS will have a highly d ra ter, Mrs. J. A. A dkins of Junction Eighteenth United States Infantry. —x— “You ought to have seen that Indian Miss Lucile Craven is home on a m atic production on S aurday night, City, and Mrs. A. J. Lemmon of the first time the Boche made a raid tw o w eek’s vacation. She is teach - 1 October 12, entitled “W inner Take Salem. on our trenches,” writes Sergeant Tos All." The second show commences in g n e a r Hood Biver. tevin. “He leaped over the parapet about ten o’clock. —x— Card of T hanks swinging his old rifle over his head. —x— Clarence Ireland an d ----- Kerens i H e let out a yell that he had saved for o f G rants Pass w ere guests a t the J. I FOUND—In the cem etery at the years, and It was a genuine warwhoop W e w ish to th an k all our friends Barnett funeral, a ladies’ black hand S. Cooper home th is week. by one of the people who made war- give little feet ample room to develop naturally. hag containing num erous articles. and neighbors who extended us so whooping famous. —x— m uch sym pathy and loving kind And w e k n o w just h o w to fit them , having Among Uncle S am ’s boys home on Owner m ay have the sam e for pay “The Germans were pretty close be ness in the deep sorrow and dark ing for this notice. fore we mixed. Rogers, of course, had studied the question thoroughly. ti furlough last Sunday w ere W ayne solitude th ru w hich we have just his guu loaded with five rounds, and —x— lla n mi and Henry Oberson. Don't w orry about p reparing your passed in the loss of our beloved his bayonet fixed. After swinging his husband and father. We greatly ap gun around his head a couple of times, Elden Park h as been here from dinner at home S atu rd ay evening. preciate the m any beautiful floral he brought It down to his shoulders carry for them th e ¡latest styles at prices that Go down and eat a good Cafeteria P o rtla n d visiting his father, W. H. offerings w hich are symbolic of the and emptied his shells at the enemy, dinner at the Street Carnival and I ’^ irk, who has been <piito sick. are sure to satisfy. bright cheerful life he lived. To the swung it again, yelled and jabbed, and enjoy the fun w hile you eat. —x— used the butt of his gun to smash the Home G uards and Homer Lodge of —x— The Civic League and the Liberty K. of P. we w ish to also to express skull of another. Dp. H. C. D unsm ore sjsike at tin« C h o ru s will m ake a m erry tra il in “I had my hands full all this time, our deepest gratitude. Presbyterian church last Sunday In the city next Saturday night. but the crazed Indian's actions were Mrs. Nellie Barne.tt. m orning. The doctor and congrega so fast that we half watched him, Ger —x— Lemuel Barnett. mans and we fellows alike. It was The J. S. Coopera have lieon noti tion have been tak in g a vacation, only a small fracas anyway. The fied- th at Major George P ark er h as and all w ere glad to h ear him again. crazed Indian’s actions terrorized the BUENA VISTA —x— been 'transferred to W ashington, 1>. Huns ¿md they beat it for their lives. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Huff have C. *’’«• “Rogers never got a scratch. It been in P ortland w here they took Boh Em m ons Was over from Al was in fact very much a one-man —x— their son, Boyd, for m edical exam i Mr. and Mrs. Claude H ubbard bany W ednesday. scrap, almost an exhibition. I never w ere here from P ortland visiting nation. The little fellow hurt his saw a man move so fast in my life, busi- N. C. Anderson transacted F a th e r and M other H ubbard this arm several weeks ngo and it lias and I guess the Germans hadn’t either.” ness in A lbany Monday. not healed properly. week. Rogers is now being utilized as a Carl C ryderm an of Seaside is vis sniper, and Is enjoying himself pick ing off enemy snipers. Sergeant Tos iting relatives and friends here. tevin adds, and says that other In iiiiwiiHiiia!iiaiimimimianiiBimii»iiiaiimmiiim«imn«iiwiii » i m i m i mi uni! dians in the regiment are being used I F.d Lichty and wife and Mrs. Ellen for scouting and patrol duty because ■ j Gordon w ere shopping in Albany of the natural Instinct which fits them T hursday. HE crude ovens pic for this kind of work. N. C. A nderson and wife tran sact tured here may be all ed business in M onmouth and Salem SEES SON IN MOVIES right for the preparation of W ednesday. Mother Recognize« Boy Among Sol- food for the Mexicans, but Jan etta McCnllum of Suver is at WHEN you sit down to a meal you like to know dler* on March. they would never serve the tending high school here m aking “If you ever see a moving picture that your food came from a store where repu the trip horse back. camera while on the march, wave your purpose of a baker]* that caters to the people tation counts—a store where best quality goods arm, smile and say ‘Hello, mamma!’ of this community. Miss L aura Hide left S aturday for Perhaps I’ll see It,” was the parting In are really best quality. for Salem w here she will teach in junction of Mrs. n . G. Bass of Atlanta, Ga., to her son, Lieut. Arthur Bass, as 1 the high school this year. he left them for service “over there.” This store gives you that advantage. We buy A Mrs. M. V. P ra th e r oud Merlyne Recently Mrs. Bass, watching a our stock more carefully than our most partic i P ra th e r spent S unday w ith relatives screen show, suddenly screamed and need the most modem of baking ^ppftmces, and and friends at Plym outh. cried: ular customer. also need expert care in their prepaflMen. That "There he Is; see him smile and G. W. M cLaughlin and wife and look. I can hear him saying; 'Hello, they are of superior quality is proved by the state house guest. Miss Jacks, spent S un mamma!’ ” I STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS ments of our large number of satisfied customers. The picture showed the Yankees ■ day in Salem w ith relatives. AT LOW PRICES marching smilingly down a long muddy I Mr. and Mrs. Otis Cole and Mrs. road toward the trenches, when sud Quality and cleanline»» are the twin mottoet m m w m vu Kinig of Corvallis were Sunday call denly there came Into view the young ■ o f this bakery at a ll time». It pays to buy quality goods, particularly when ers at the B. E. P ra th e r home. lieutenant, who waved his hand jaunt you can get them at prices as low as ours. A ily and his lips moved as If obeying his F. L. C.hown and wife were shopp mother’s Instructions. fair trial here means a steady customer every ing and visiting in McMinnville and The picture was continued several time. i» P ortland the Inter part ot the week. days in the hope of showing other At lanta hoys. ■ Bay Ground left F riday for Palo HONEST VALUES MAKE US GROW r Alto, Cal., w here he will enter col Deg Eats Stamp*. § lege and also take up m ilitary train- ! A dog belonging to a Malvern (Ark.) druggist ate $4 worth of one-eent post ■ ing. age stamps one day. The stamps had s T. D. McClain has rented his farm been left on a desk by the dog’s mas s to a Mr. Christenson of T am hill Co. ter. The dog's owner believes the THE POST FOR EXTRA GOOD PRINTING. who will take possession as soon ns I d o g js a c ^ v io ^ irv irn jite j^ ^ jiiiiitrto tis n K pHMURBHMiiaiiwtiicRiiifliiwiiiiiiiaiLBii.aiimiiaiiiaiiiaiiiBiiiaiiiaiiiamaiiMiiiRRiwiiB There is an upward trend in f the prices of all Toiletries I i MILADY I I Williams9 Drug Co. WAR WHOOPING INDIAN CHASES 20 GERMANS You may know from your own expe Always Buy Shoes That Fit Our children’s shoes are designed to W e also fit grown folks perfectly and Conkey & Walker Best Groceries I T O ur Fancy Pastries I C. A. Locbridge JOHXSOX & COLUXS