T H E
P O L K
C O U N T Y
A Visit To Scotland
P OST.
A Semi Weekly Newspaper.
(Continued from Page 1.)
in those days, it was necessary to
build their homes and castles. This
Published Twice a Week at Independence, Polk Coaatjr, Oregon, on
Castle was the stronghold of the
Tuesday and Friday
Scots, who in the early days were
much persecuted by the English. It
Entered as secpnd-class matter March 26, 1918, at the postotflee at In
withstood many attempts, but was
dependence, Oregon, under the Act of March 3,1879.
captured by the English at one time
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and held by them for over thirty
years when it was retaken by the
Subscription Rates: $1.M a Tear Strictly In Advance; Six Months
Scots and ever since held in their
$1.00; Throe months M cents. A ll subscriptions stopped at expiration.
possession. Hollyroad Palace, the
former home of Mary Queen of Scots
is perhaps the next most interesting
CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor.
place. The long street connecting
these two historic buildings, is called
N ow fo r an era o f good feelin g and prosperity.
the Royal Mile and one can imagine
the pomp and show of the traffic in
those historic Umes of grand ladies,
M r. Hohenzollern d id n ’t even w ait to get his hat.
helmeted knights, prancing steeds,
powdered chignons, much love and
The terms o f peace are satisfactory to everybody w ith
more hate. Their plan of building,
even of residences, at that time were
the gentleman from O yster Bay, M r. R oosevelt, y e t to
always one of protection.
First,
hear from.
there was a narrow hall way made
of solid stone which opens into a
Th e eight or ten progressive Republican senators have
court where several families live,
but all must enter,, and leave by the
given n o tice to the standpatters that they don’t propose
one entrance. This was to protect
to stand pat.
the home» and families agiynst the
marauding English and other clans
who perhaps were enemies. This
A lo n g w ith many other vices, W ilhelm , late o f G er
hall way entrance was built as a
many, has a yellow streak. Instead o f staying w ith “ D er
fortress, so that a few men could
F atherland” and take what comes, he liees to Holland.
hold it, as it would be impossible
for the attacking marauders to come
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NO TIC E OF D IS S O L U T IO N OF P A R T
N E R S H IP
en masse because of its narrow
D U S T Y courier slid off his m otor-cycle at the b ig double hut
walls.. .Above each entrance still are
engraved, in the solid stone the
in
a
F
rench
tow
n
and
tram
ped
up
to
the
canteen.
(F ro m the Benton County Courier.)
name of each close and you will see
T O D E R V O R L D A L T O G E D D E R — M e und G ott iss
“ G ot a note for the secretary from m y com m anding officer,**
well known Scotch names such as
not togodder von by each no more. F o r mine bersonal bro-
he said. H e handed a piece of paper across the counter to a sm iling VO MacGregors, MacDonalds, MacKen-
zies, Campbells, Gordons, Big Jack
dection I haf seberaded togedder by m ineself und all I
m iddle-aged man.
and Little Jacks* One can but look
vant iss to be le ft alone already. Besides dot bartnersiiip
at this and realize why.the Scotch
This is the note the Secretary read:
business vas mostly kami-kamer-, kamchlo-, 1 cand schpell
race are such great fighters today.
it, it vas inasdly heiseloof. Eods od times I vas der only
It is in the blood for they have al
W e landed h e re th ree day a ago— m iles fro m anyw here. ,
von vat agreed dot der vimmen and children on der
ways had to fight to live. Hollyroad
Palace is a beautiful spot and in an
Can y o u send us som e supplies, especia lly w ritin g
Louisetamm fired on mine brafe soldiers first yet. V o r all
excellent state of preservation. It
debts contracted in der bast, you must seddle m it der bal
p a p e r? T h is is the firs t chance the boys have had
»has been four times laid to the
ance o f der firm. Signatured, W ilh elm R. I. (R e g u la r
to w rite hom e and we have n o p a p er to g iv e them .
ground by the English revolutionists
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Id io t.)
whose great endeavor was to over
power the Scotch, but the portion of
T h e older m an looked u p and grinned.
the building wf»ich contained the f
S N E A K IN G OF THE D IS A D V A N T A G E S OF W A R
private apartments of Mary Queen
“ G ot you a w a y off in the woods, have they?**
of Scots was left injured. The bed.
“ I’ll say they ^ a v e l ”
(F ro m the Salem Capital Journal.)
which she occupied is still there as
There w ill no longer bo the slightest excuse fo r the
well as chairs, candlesticks and
“C an you carry anything?”
paintings which adorn the walls.
state m ilitary police o r the State Defense Council w ith
“A ll you’ll give me 1 ”
The w^lls of her privnte supping
its $300 a month employes. H a v in g to tolerate such or
From the shelves the secretary took big packages of paper and ■» room and dressing room are cover
ganizations is one o f the things that justifies Sherm an’s
ed with priceless tapestries. The en
envelopes.
definition o f war.
trance! into her private dressing
room is very low and twisting and
“Too m uch?” H e ask ed
you
think what a queer mere little
STAR B E A M S
“It w ill be gone ten m inutes after I get back I ” said the boy*
entrance it is in all this grandeur,
but there is a reason as anyone at
“Tonight,” the secretary w ent on, ‘T il drive out a truck
(F ro m the Kansas C ity Star.)
tempting to take, the queen’s life,
(Dorset makers complain o f being hampered by the steel
w ith m ore supplies and a m an to stay w ith you. A n d tell the boys
while she would be in this-room,
would have to stoop, passing thru in
shortage. W h y not use boarding house celery?
that if their letters are finished, Til brin g them back w ith m e tonight*
a crouching! position, making a turn
half way where they could be easily
and get them into the m ails.”
A nother w ar benefit that perhaps should be noted is the
bayoneted from within by her at
A n hour later that m otor-cyclist w hizzed into cam p, loaded
fact that a pin shortage has struck the shirtmakers. I t
tendants. .It is so narrow that only
one could enter at'a time. An inter
now is possible to get all the pins out o f a new shirt in one
dow n w ith w ritin g paper, and in ten m inutes letters w ere being
esting little closet of her supping
evening*m»
w ritten to 200 A m erican homes.
»
room was where the the grand ladies
of court passed their heads thru that
T h e United W a r W o r k organizations know w h at letters mean
W hen anFort Scott housewife heard that the A llies had
their hair might »be powdered. It
to Am erican soldiers. They know that fighters w an t to get letters <~ was in this private supping room
captured 22b,000 German prisoners since the middle o f
that .Rizzio,..the Italian .musician»
July, she exclaim ed: “ W ell. I hope th e y ’ll make them
and w ant to write letters.
was killed byi-the. hired ruffians of
eat cornmoal.”
»
So in every hut and on every ship your boys find w riting paper,
Lord Darnley. Guess it was the
same old apple, but anyway a brass
envelopes, ink, pens and pencils, and tables w here they can get off by
plate marks the place in the queen’s
themselves and tell the folks back home how things are going.
private audience chamber where his
body was dragged and when discov
Millions of sheets are given aw ay free every w eek to Am erican
ered had 57 bayonet thrusts. The
chapel at the side of the Palace is
boys overseas. That is w h y the letters you get from your boy are
still in a state of ruins, having never
written on the stationery of one of these organizations. It is one o f
been restored, and is a monument
now for many proud old Scots who
the plans to bridge the A tlan tia H elp keep the letters coming I
point with pride and remembrance
Y ou r dollars w ill supply a whole Com pany for several days. D ig
%
of how the Scotch race was perse
cuted by the English at that time*
deep today; help to bind together France and here.
They have wonderful memories
—i t doe* bent a ll how men
ly taste, and learn for him
these Scots and their pride still
arc taking to R eal Grave-
self how much longer the
stings. The beautiful gardens on
b i now that they know it
small G ravely chew stays
F“
Princess
street which occupy one
coata nothing extra tochew
with him than a b ig chew
side is today a beautiful park with
tins d a ta o f tobacco. A ll
o f ordinary plug«
W h y you should give tw ice as m uch
promenades, seats, bandstands and
you have to d o is to get a
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gorgeous flowers and shrubs, but in
as you ever gave before 1
man to take his first plug
the olden days it was moat of huge
It i
Tha naad Is fur a tarn o f 10% gnmn* than any gift avat aakad for ainoa
o f G ravely. L et him get
world bufan. Tha Qovafnmant has fixad this sum at |17*,500,000 l
M a gH Ik* t**4 H it* * f tkii
dimensions and length which sur
By giving to thaaa savin organizations all at ooca, tha coat and affort of sis
the pure, satisfying G rave
•ft
rounded the Castle as a means of
didonal campaigns la aavsd.
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protection. W e visited Port Seton,
Uni ass Americana do givs twice an much an soar bafora, nor aoldiem and
may not enjoy during 1919 thair:
Portebella where a huge red stone
PE Y T Ö N ftP AM D
building
stands as a monument o f
$,600 Recreation Building«
*,500 Libraries supplying 5,000,000
Germany’s intrigue of today. Pre
1.000 Miles of M ovie Film
85 Hostess Houses
100 Leading Stage Stai«
15,000 Big-brother “ secretaries”
sumably it was to be a chocolate- .
1.000 Athletic Directors
Millions of dollars of boma comforts
factory, but it has walls and floors n
12 to 15 feet thick which were really
Whan you give double, you mass aura that every fighter haa the cheer and
C y A v E L Y T f > r » A< C O C O .
DANVILLF
v a
comfort* of thsae seven organizations every step of the way from home to the
to be gun emplacements. A siding
front end back ngain. You provide him with a church, a theatre, a cheerful home,
was run from the main line and
a store, a school, a dub and an athletic field—and a knowledge that the folks back
everything was complete as they
home are with him, heart and soul I
You have loaned your money to supply their physical needs
thought. Today it is used as a bar
Mow givs to maintain tha Morale that la winning the war I
racks for our soldiers, a use for
which the Hun did not plan. We
visited Preston Pan, the scene of a
Established .1889
great conflict between the Scotch
and English in 1745. They tell of
A Successful Business Career of
another time when the English sail-
T w e n ty -F ite Y ears
ad into Preston Pan on one of their
marauding expeditions.
All the
w .
women of the village run to the
.water's edge to see what strange
IN T E R E S T P A ID O N TIM E
styt> was coming in. The English «
thought they were men in kilts and
D E PO SIT S
promptly heat it for the kilted sold
iers were then as they are to d a y -
Officers and Directors
feared. The Huns call them the
“Women from HeR" and he must
H. Hirscbberg, Pres.
D. W. Sears, V. P.
know by this time that they are in- t
Ir a D. M ix, Cashier
deed. (A t this place in Mrs. Camp
W. H. Walker c I. A. Allen
O. D. Butler
bell's letter a portion had been eras
This space is paid fo r by patriotic citizens who wish to impress upon th eir fellow ed by the censor.)
Am ericans the great im portance o f raising this money fo r “ ou r” boys “ over th ere.”
(To be concluded next week.)
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letters come to
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Tobacco Stare
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