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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1918)
WIT M M HOS OF THE WOO • " so bad English, I know it is of very difficult of understand but my relation and me will yet tell that we admire you and thank you for name of France. 1 allow of write to you Madam because yours sons say to me that you shall is glad. Goodbye dear Misses you get very much friendship of a family of France. A little Frenchman of 14 years. CECIL LESCK, Donjeux. | A letter written in t lie name of his country and his fam ily by Cecile Lcske, a 14-year-old French boy, thanking her for the sacrifice she made in sending her three sons to assist in beating back the Hun, has been received by Mrs. R. Robertson of Eugene. The letter is as follows: Doujeaux, 1 September 1918. Dear Misses: My parents and me we are happy to speak to you about your son. You may to be are proud Misses, since you are given of so generous-soldiers for for bidden the good cause and believe that France always grateful to you. Not weep Misses, your boys is brave and shall to come back again soon toward you. You know sure the news of the battle. You see that a great many of Bodies is dead and very prisoners. I beg your pardon Madam 1 am such ashamed to write A negro soldier’s letter to his sweetheart: Dear Sue: De battle am goin’ on. You would faint if 1 tole you de full details. A h’m standin’ in blood up to mah knees, and every time Ah moves Ah step on a daid Stepane Lauzanne in the Forum: I visited a public German. ^ \\ e ve too close to use our rifles and w e’re bit in ’ school in a small French village and asked of an 8-year-old an gougin ein. At one time me and two other niggahs boy, “ What do you think of America?” was hangiu’ onto de Crown Prince wid our teeth, but old “ America is the only country in the world with which Rapa Kaiser done beat us off wid a fence rail. France has never fought!” The child’s ingenuous reply was accurate as a matter A ^ ankee in the Canadian army was bringing in a batch of fact; between America and France there has never been of prisoners and noticing that one of them looked gloomy the smallest quarrel or the slightest disagreement. Better and downcast, he inquired the reason. One of the Ger- still: Thruout history we have an infinity of points in com (continued below.) I Don’t Wait Until I I Jack Frost Conies 1 Buy a Heater Now I | ■ | BUT BE SURE ITS A WELCOME Why shiver around on ST EI G E R a KERR’S these cold mornings a and evenings and in B vite the germs of colds, A - “ grip” and influenza to attack you or mem tfr \ bers of your family? Ÿ V ^ « L \ Keep warm, keep dry, a keep clean and breathe I pure air and you’ll soon ■ save the price of the stove in doctors’s bills and medicine. W ELCOM E WHEN IT COMES TO C H O O S I N G THE K IN U OF A STOVE, THERE’S BUT ONE RIGHT CHOSE AND IT ’S A W E L C O M E I H ARDW ARE COMPANY in v ili llllVIIVIIVIIVIMIIIVIIVIIVIIVIIVIIVIIVIIVIIVIIVIIVIIVIIVIIVIIVlinill DON’T WAIT HAVE YOUR PICTURE MADE NOW AT Killed JOE CLARK ROY JOHNSON Died In the Service JOHN O. NASH LOTTIE h e d g e s m c in t o s h Teacher of Voice and Piano Local representative of Western Conservatory of Music, Chicago Diplomas granted. Severely Wounded HARRY H. STALNAKER ARMIN D. YOUNG Residence Phone 4821. Prisoner of War LIEUT. RALF A. FLOYD MRS: ALLEN CHASE FIELD OF CANDIDATES ENTERS FOR CITY ELECTION ' TEACHER OF VIOLIN INSTRUCTION GIVEN AT (Continued from Page 1.) PUPILS’ HOME. CoiiMcilmen—(six to elect)—W. E. Craven, J. S. Bohannon, M. W. Mix, Phone Farm 3013 C. D. Calbreath, W. S. Grant, W. H. Cockle, G. G. Walker, W. M. Huff, H. I.. Fitchard, J. L. Donaldson, R. E. Dugunne and M. Pengra. A number of the candidates for councilmen are disqualified from holding the office if elected under the provisions of the city charter 1 which provides that “no person shall he eligible to the office of Mayor, i Councilman, Recorder or Treasurer unless he shall own taxable real T H E F I R E CAT. property within the corporate limits thereof upon which he pays or is “Tab,” said Daddy, “belonged to the liable to pay a city tax." firemen of an engine bouse. He was a great pet and everyone loved him, [ CRAVEN & HUFF î SOUTH POLK COUNTY ROLL OFHONOR aa be had been with them since he had BODY OF JASPER E. RHODES BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL been a baby kitten. ALWAYS SOLD BY MICHAELS’ STUDIO And save the advance price which is coming in material, also a shortage which piay confront us. Have your Photo ready for— CHRISTMAS GIVING “ OVER H ERE” The body of Jasper E. Rhodes, who died about two years ago, was brought to Independence today from Eastern Oregon and buried in the I. O. O. F. cemetery. Mr. Rhodes at one time lived on what is now. known as the Hanna farm and was one of the directors of the Independence National Bnnk. SEVENTH GRADE PUPILS GIVE DEMONSTRATION AT NORMAL Monmouth—Miss Katherine Ar- butlinot, seventh and eighth grade critic teacher of the Independence Training school, represented the fac ulty Wednesday at the chapel period of the Normal. She presented her seventh grade pupils in a demon- sration lesson on Current History. By the use of pictures, characteristi cally explained by Miss Arbuthnot, the work was made doubly interest ing and the knowledge of the sub ject displayed by the pupils was re markable. AND Notice “ OVER THERE” On account of the high price of feed we are compelled to raise the price of milk, beginning November 1, as follows: Pints—$1.50 to $2.25. Quarts—$3.00 to $3.50. Bv the gallon—30c. to 40c. CI.OVERLEAF DAIRY. Otto Hilke. We can satisfy the most fastidious customer. MICHAELS’ STUDIO Taken Up WOMEN! CONSERVE YOUR ENERGIES FOR WAR WORK! DON’T fatigue yourself over the wash tub every week, so that you are no good for de mands mad4 on you for Red Cross work and other things. THE INDEPENDENCE STEAM LAUNDRY Will do the work for you at reasonable prices. NO DAMAGE TO YOUR CLOTHES LATEST IMPROVEMENTS PROMPT SERVICE DELIVERY SAYS I TO MYSELF SAYS I THE POST IS THE PAÇER TO BUY. mon. We were conquering our interior liberty at the same tune America was conquering her exterior liberty. . e ba\e always had the same ideal of independence, the same passion for democracy. And we have the same colors for our flag. By the undersigned on the Vernon place, five miles north of Independ ence, two Jersey cows—one white and one red. Owner to pay for keep and advertising. . ED MEKKF.RS. T. J. GRAVES Republican Candidate for County Commissioner “Now It was only a shout time after he had grown from a kitten Into a cat that a big fire broke out, and the fire alarm was sent tot >e engine house. “Tab was alert and awake In a mo ment. 'Meow, me-ow,’ he kept say ing. And he say the firemen hurrying this way and that. “He had learned before that when a fire broke out the main thing for the firemen to do was to hurry. No time for petting then. Every minute count ed, and as soon as Tab heard the fire bell he went hurriedly to his own little box and kept out of the way of the red- shirted men and the. prancing white horses. "They loved Tab for being so good and every time after they came from a fire, Tub had a special meal and was told what a good cat he had been. “But this time that an alarm came in he was really a cat, and a cat he told himself should be able to do a great deal more than a kitten. “He knew Just where all the firemen kept their things, their shoes, or boota, and many of their other belongings. 'I shall help them now that I have grown to be a cat,' said Tab. “He rushed this way and that, keep ing out of the way of all the firemen, so they could hurry nnd not be afratd they would step on him. They loved him so they would never hurt him, and they had to hurry. “Tab knew this and so was most es pecially careful not to get In their way, and he kept from under the horses' feet, for he kneA how excited they always became as they were getting ready to rush out to a fire. “But while the firemen were getting on their fire suits Tab rushed from one to the other, carrying each fireman his boota. ‘You might have thought he would have made mistakes. Boots look so «a SPECIAL MEALvS) mans told him that “ F ritz” had just received a furlough that day and had expected to leave on the morrow to see his wife and babies. Turning to “ Fritz”, the Yank yell ed: “ Say, you Fritzie with the home ticket—beat it! Trot away faster than a tin lizzie, too, for I ’m going to com mence shooting at two hundred yards! “ F ritz” lost no time in getting into motion. On the eve of his departure for France, Lieutenant Les lie Tooze wrote his father: “ We leave for France soon, I expect to return. But if l fall, you will know that my life has been purchased at the highest price it could ever command, for the greatest cause history has ever known, the great cause of human liberty in the world.” Instead of eating dinner in Paris, the kaiser and his gang will do blamed well if they arc able to get a lunch in Berlin by next Spring, Bert Walker says. quite satisfied that he had made no mistakes. He knew he hadn’t, for ev ery man had put on the things he had brought to him. “How happy and elated and proud was T ab! He was a real engine house cat now, he felt sure they'd say so when they came home from the lire. “And wasn't he petted when they did come home! They told everyone about Tab, the fire cat, and many of their friends came to see Tab. ^ “He would do his tricks for the guests because it pleased his firemen masters, for they were thg only ones he cared about. “And after a time he lenrned all the alarm bells that came In when fires broke out. He knew the differences between yiein, and always, from the time when he considered he hud be come a cat, he helped the firemen hurry to the fire. “He never made a mistake In giving each one the right things, and he nev er made a mistake In the fire bells. “But one day a fire broke out In the house next door. Tab smelt smoke— he knew the kind of burning smell It was, for the firemen always were full of It after they had come home from the fire. •“He felt sure It was next door, but still he couldn’t understand why the alarm hadn’t come In. He went to one of the firemen who was on duty but who had not noticed the smell of smoke. “Tab sniffed and made the firemen see what he meant. And sure enough, there was a fire next door, and Tab was the one who had sent In the alarm. “The fire was put out before It had a chance to get very far, and the peo ple In the house said, ‘To think of liv ing next to a fire house and to have the cat save ua and our house by send ing In the alarm.’ And the firemen were still mor^proud of their fire cat Tab." Save* by R adiation E very Ounce o f heat is saved for your hom e. Cole’s Pow erful Radia ting Body transm its all the warm th and cheerful ness into your room s w ith Cole’s Original AIR-TIGHT Wood Heater Holds Fire 36 Hours Save that F rosty Morn ing’s trip to the kindling pile. G et up in a warm room and enjoy solid com fort. N o fires to build w ith this remarkable fuel sav ing heater. There is a size and style to fit your need. Investigate today. On a Big 8helt. Little Nettle (In berth of steamer)— Mamma. I want to go to bed. Mamma—Why, you are In bed, dear. Little Nettle—No. I’m not, mamma. Pm on a big shelf. Do Not Hoard Canned Foods if You Have a Large Supply. What a difference a long row of canned food« In your fruit closet makes In your state of mind. It answers the question, “What am I going to have for dinner tonight and how am I going to get It?” It also doe« «way with the terrors of the un expected guest. Your problem Is solved, the row of canned foods has simplified life for you. Last summer the entire country was smitten with the healthy contagion of canning. Women who bad always deli cately avoided even speaking of what went on In their kitchens, rolled up their sleeves and spent hours studying and putting Into effect the “cold pack” method, other women who generally only "preserved,” last summer cunued vegetable«, meats, soups and, some of them, even fish. Now that we have all this canoed foodstuff on band, don't hoard, use It 1 much alike. But Tab knew them all— every one, and he got every pair for the Buy an atomizer at the Williams right owner. Drug Co. and keep your nose and General Election “He carried many of thslr other be mouth in shape lo cornimi the germs longings to them, and It saved them a, of Influenza. Nov. 5. great deal of time and hurrying. “Tab had lived long enough In the SWOPE & SWOPE engine house to know that every min ute counted after the firs alarm had LAWYERS come In. I. O. 0. F. Building "Now the men hadn't time to thank their pet for his cleverness then. And Independence, Oregon (Paid advertisement by T. J. Graves) Tab understood that, tool Buy Youn Today. J. D. HIBBS & CO. No. U1 Max Goldman Deals in HIDES PELTS WOOL FURS MOHAIR CASCARA BARK VEAL PORK BEEF POULTRY BUTTER EOOS FARM PRODUCE WOOD WOOD GROCERIES SHOES FURNISHINGS DRY OOODS CASH OR TRADE
