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CLYDE T. ECKER. Editor.
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Ira Mix was a Sunday visitor in Portland.
Buy your electrical fixtures at Craven & H uff’s.
H. B. Fletcher was here from Portland this week.
Melvin Ray has received his release from the navy.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Morgan are here from Vancouver.
Billy McAdams got his regular job in the legislature.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Willing, who have been visiting her I
parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Mix, for several weeks, re I
turned to their home in Seattle Saturday.
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Tuesday was such a windy day that Captain Graves of
the good ship, Independence, ordered the crew to have the
life boats in readiness and the passengers to donn the life
belts.
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A number o f Post readers have called our attention to
the fact that the “ z ” was left out out the word “ influen
za” in a heading on our first page last week. They are to
be commended for being such careful observers.
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One of The Post reporters reports that as soon as the
flu permits two of our young people will have a meeting
and set a date for their wedding. Welcome to the army
of married folks! It looks awful nice from the outside.
Jeff Say,
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Reeves are back from a visit in Port
Dave Boydston “ laid o ff” the mail wagon this week,
land.
something very remarkable for Dave to do, and whenever
he does it always attracts notice and comment. Mr. Boyd
Olen Whiteaker has received his discharge from the ston has carried the mail between the depot and postoffice
army.
for the past two hundred years.
—that A used to think
he was getting more for
his money by buying a
big plug of ordinary to
bacco, until he ran across
Real Gravely. Now you
couldn’t make him switch
back to the ordinary plug
again. Gravely has that
Soap is a great flu preventative. Order a supply at Mc
Peter Kurre and John Palmer were in Kelso, Wash.,
Intosh’s.
Friday. Mr. Kurre says they tried 21 hotels in Portland
Saturday night for a bed and then had to sleep sitting up
Old timers say the recent cold spell was the longest we in a depot. I f Peter had thought he could have hit a po
have had in thirty years.
liceman in the eye and thus got a bed.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hubbard returned Monday from a
weeks visit in Portland.
BUENA VISTA
Wilber Devine is visiting his pat
returned to his home in The Dalles.
Postmaster W ood is on the job alone at the pastoffice
ek and is getting by in a tip-top manner.
Those who were shopping in Al
The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Les bany this week were Mr. and Mrs.
ter Murphy is quite ill with malaria. Knighton, Mrs. Roy Knighton, Mrs.
G. E. Harman, Merlin Prather and
Ed Harman and N. C. Anderson Mr. Moe.
shipped two crates of pigs last week.
Circuit court, scheduled to meet Monday, has adjourn
ed. Too much flu— even some of the jurors have it.
za.
Get a hot water bottle today at the Williams Drug Co.
The most handy thing to have in the house in case of sick
ness.
The G. B. Boman family have moved to their farm four
miles south of Independence which they bought o f H. H.
Brant.
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The 37th regiment of electrical engineers, o f which
De: n Baughman is a member, has been ordered home from
France.
good taste that every man
wants. It lasts so much
longer that you get the
tobacco satisfaction y o u
are looking for without
extra c o s t
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PEYTON BRAND
Real Gravely Chewing Plug
each piece packed in a pouch
with inflainatory rheumatism.
Our school will open nexf Monday
if there are no more cases of influen
It is said that Fred Young will become a full fledged
farmer and will locate in the eastern part of the state.
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D. W. Nickolls received word Sun
day that his sister had passed away
Mrs. W. G. Davis of Corvallis was a guest at the Crosby ents at Lebanon.
at her home in Vancouver, Wash.,
Davis home Wednesday.
Arthur Hale is confined to his bed with that dreadful disease flu.
The division o f which Captain “ M ike” Walker is a
member has been ordered home from France.
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The Independence National Bank
Established .1889
WIGRICH
Arthur Hale is confined to his bed
R. Peterson and G. E. Harman with inflamatory rheumatism.
each sold a load of hogs in Albany
The Ralph Porterfield family has
this w eek/
been nursing bad colds the past
There has been no services in week.
the church here for the last two Sun
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Chown visited
days because of the flu.
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Miss Evans and Alma and Etta Moore on Monday evening.
Wells, who have been sick wjjli the
The Cole family, who have been
flu, are able to be out again.
very sick with the flu, are reported
Jesse Moe, who was visiting his better which we are glad to hear.
cousins, Thelma and Alice Moe, has
The Misses Plant and Rose of
Buena Vista were Sunday guests at
the Major Rose and Walter Plant
Max Goldman
homes.
INTEREST PAID ON TIME
DEPOSITS
Officers and Directors
H. Hirscbberg, Pres.
D. W . Sears, V. P.
Ira D. Mix, Cashier
W . H. Walker
L A. Allen
O. D. Butler
A Successful Business Career of
Twenty-Five Years
THE POST P R IN T S THE BEST B U TTE R W R A PS.
Deals in
frCleanliness
Is Next to
Godliness”
Some eminent physician has said: “ To prevent
flu take a bath every day.” To do this requires
plenty of good cleansing toilet soaps.
“ CLEAN
BIDES
PELTS
WOOL
PURS
MOHAIR
CASCARA BARK
VEAL
PORK
BEEF
POULTRY
BUTTER
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See our window display of Toiletries. You can
find just the kind of soaps you and each mem
ber of your household will want in this “ Clean
Up” display.
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