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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1919)
/ T he P olk C ounty P ost VOLUME L (TWICE A WEEK.) INDEPENDENCE, OBEOON, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1919. (» NUMBER 65. OLD KING HOP IS BACK ON THE THRONE L 1 1 VATION, WILL AGAIN BE COMBED AND C OAXED TO YIELD ITS FULL CAPACITY OF THE FR U IT WHOSE FRAGRANT ODOR IS AS SWEET TO THE NOSTRILS OF THE NATIVE SONS AND DAUGHTERS AS THE AROMA OF THE HONEY SUCKLE IS TO THE BEES. IN YEARS BY TEN THOUSAND GATHERED IN THE GOLDEN HARVEST AND FOR FIFTY CENTS A BOX FURNISHED THE CLIMAX OF A SEASON OF HOPE ANXIETY AND FOND ANTIC IPATION. SOME TIMES IT W AS WORTH W HILE AND ABUNDANTLY FILLED THE PU R SES OF THOSE WHO OWNED WHILE AT OTHER TIMES, MEN LOST THEIR ALL OR A GOODLY PORTION OF IT. IT W AS A GAMBLE, PURE AND S1JV1 ULE, SOMETIMES YOU WON AND OTHER TIMES YOU D ID N ’T. THE TENDENCY OF THE NATION TO LOOK WITH DISFAVOR UPON THE BEVERAGE FOR WHICH THE HOP IS MOSTLY USED AND LEGISLATION OF A PROHIBITORY NATURE WHICH IN A FEW W EEKS BARS BEER FROM AMERICA, ORDINARILLY WO ULD MEAN THE F IN ATE OF HOP RAISING. BUT THE GREAT1 WORLD W AR REVIVED IT IN A MOST WONDERFUL MANNER. IN THOSE BATTLE-SCARRED COUNTRIES OF EUROPE WHERE BEER IS A S COMMON AS MILK, NATIONAL NECESSITY DEMANDED THAT ACREAGE OF HOPS BE TURNED INTO FIELDS OF WHEAT OR OTHER BREAD PRODUCING GRAINS. THE W A R ’S ENDING FOUND ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM, GERMANY AND AUSTRIA W ITH OUT ITS ASCUSTOMED BEER. PROHIBITION H A S NOT AS YET GAINED A FOOTHOLD IN THESE NATIONS, SO A CRY GOES UP FOR BEER THE HOP FIELDS ARE GONE AND THE OLD WORLD TURNS TO AMERICA. THE WORD COMES OVER l’O BUY—CONTRACT FOR THE 1919 1920 1921 CROPS AND AGENTS GET BUSY. PRICES OF OVER TWENTY FIV E CENTS ARE OFFERED AND IT HAS BEEN THE MEANS OF GUARANTEEING TO EVERY GROWER IN THE YEAR OF 1919 A SUBSTANTIAL PROFIT UPON HIS CROP. AS A RESULT EVERY AVAILABLE ACRE IN THE INDEPEND ENCE SECTION WILL BE USED FOR THE GROWING OF HOPS. ONCE MORE THE GLORY OF THOSE SEPTEM BER DAYS OF HARVEST WILL COME BACK TO INDEPENDENCE; THAT ERA OF THRILL AND EX- ( I TEMENT WILL BE AS OF YORE. TRUE, THE “ K ICK ” WILL BE GONE BUT THE FLOW OF SHEK ELS WILL BE JUST AS ABUNDANT AND JU ST A s MUCH NEEDED AS IN THE TIMES WHEN C STREET WAS A HOWLING, FIGHTING MASS OF HUMANITY. INDEPENDENCE BIDS WELCOME THO SE OLD DAYS, NOW “ REFORMED”, ONCE MORE. CITY AND COUNTRY CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN fi - Clark Hembree is here from Willows. Cal., this week. Page 3. Miss Arbutlmot spoke at a teachers’ meeting near Cor vallis today. EVERY BANKING DEPARTMENT The county court has appointed M. W. Mix to look after the ferry here. * ‘A DOG’S LIFE’ Clifford Wells has returned home after more than a year in the radio service. AT THE John Linn and family left Wednesday for Wyoming, after having spent the winter here. ISIS •«r fo ld b y th e B a n k B o o k AMONG the complete facilities and services afforded by the Farmers State Bank are— Marvin Richardson writes his mother that he soon ex pects to be back in the U. S. A. i I Among the soldiers returning from France last week was Hugh W illiam s of Airlie. Checking, Savings and Time Deposit Ac counts; Bank Money Orders, T r a v e l e r s Cheques, Letters of Credit, CoUectlons and Safe Deposit Boxes. We invite you to make use of such- of these conveniences as may best suit your purposes of banking. z Miss Leo B. Petre, John Weinart and K. L. Williams took the examination for the Airlie postmastership last week. . C. W. Irvine President ' à ® * ! ® N W EDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHTS, MARCH 19&20 Rev. Skaggs, recently from Tennessee but now of Mc Minnville, is conducting a series of meetings at the Bap- tist church. FARMERS STATE BANK m In d ep end en ce '<5; ) re ^ o n Mrs. 6 . A. Macy and daughter were arrivals in Inde pendence today and will visit with relatives and friends until Monday. Misses. Frances Eaton and Dorothy Childs have been assigned parts in a class play, “ Nothing But the Truth”, ■tit the O. A. C. Tho annual convention of the l ’olk County Sunday School Association will be held in the Christian church at Monmouth on March 19, 20 and 21 commencing on the afternoon of the first day. Morning, afternoon und Mrs. M. 0. Fluke, retiring president of the Eastern ¡Star, entertained the members with a prettily appointed T H E B IG G E S T luncheon after the routine business Tuesday evening. AND MOST E X Chester Cooper of Airlie, who was recently honorably PENSIVE .PIC T discharged from the navy, died at Dallas last ¡Saturday. URE YET MADE The funeral was held at the home Tuesday, interment at BY THE UNDIS Kings Valley. PUTED KING OF The Buena Vista Woman’s Rural Club is very active. i THE SCREEN. They have adopted a Belgian orphan and have endorsed THE MOST COMICAL OF THE COMICS the League of Nations, notifying the Oregon senators at Washington of their action. evening sessions will be held wit special muqjc for each of them. D Carl 6. Doney will deliver an ai dross on Thursday evening. Thei arc many numbers on the prograi of much merit. ! DICKSON’ S M A R K ET ! CARRIES BUT THE ! B ES T Q U A LIT Y OF M E A T S C H O IC E HATCHING EGGS These S. C. White Leghorn Eggs are from the foundation stock and will guarantee good strong - hicks and fertiUty. of the 0 . A. C. winter laying strains PRICE PER SETTING 15 EGGS $1.50 Also will take orders for Day Old Chicks, with or without mother hen. Price Day Old Chicks 15c. each. Price of Mother Hen $1.25 each W . B. CRAVEN PHONE 7011 INDEPENDENCE, OREGON i I I In addition to Charlie Chaplin in “ A D og’s L ife” at the Isis on Wednesday and Thursday nights, March 19 and 20, * Pauline Fredricks in the 5-reel feature, “ The Love That Lives.” Two nights of a big show, and no raise in the price of admission. i The most enjoyable and elaborate social function of the * week was the supper-dance given at the J. S. Cooper home Thursday evening when Miss Genevieve Cooper, assisted by Mrs. J. S. Cooper, Jr., and Mrs. Maude Ireland, enter tained for the Merrimakers. The music was inspiring and lovers of the terpsichorean art indulged in the pastime until a late hour. At intervals cards were also played.. The supper was a dainty repast with Hoover and his at tendant restrictions far removed from the joyons occasion. The spacioup home was beautifully decorated in trailing greens and many bowls and vases of Spring blossoms. It was the conclusion of the several guests present that a trio of more charming hostesses could not be fopnd. ! Ì PRICES ARE RIGHT OUR PLANT IS SANITARY IN EVERY RESPECT TRY OUR HOME MADE BACON AND LARD POULTRY AND FISH IN SEASON TWO DOORS SOUTH OF POSTOFFICE ON MAIN STREET INDEPENDENCE i DICKSON’S MARKET • ♦♦ ♦♦♦i
