T he P olk C ounty P ost
SECOND
SECTION
Entered as second class matter March 26, 1918, at the postofflce at Independence, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
VOLUME IL NUMBER 9.
INDEPENDENCE, OREOON,
FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1919.
CLYDE T. ECKER, EDITOR
CLiei of Police’s Notice of Sale of Chief of Police’s Notice ol Sale of
A Metric Bit for Marjorie
NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL
A Crook Play that is DilfenaL
Real Property For Delinquent
Heal Property for Delinquent
MEETING.
Street Assessment
Street Assessment ln-
(Dean Collins in Portlund Telegram)
“De luxe Annie,” Normu Tal-
The Polk County Post, coming by
, Installments.
|
stallments.
mudge’s latest Select Picture, which
Notice is hereby given to the legal
marked copy from Clyde Ecker, of
will be shown on Monday and Tues
Notice is hereby given that the Independence, hath a little para voters of Schol District No. 29, of
Notice Is hereby given that the
day, June 2nd and 3rd at the Isis
Independence, Polk County, State of
Recorder of the City of Independ Recorder ol the City of Iudepend graph in it which runs as follows:
Theatre, is vastly different from the
Oregon, that the ANNUAL SCHOOL
“Marjorie wants Dean Collins to
ence, Oregon, has transmitted to me ■ once, Oregon, has transmitted to me
average crook play, and, by the
MEETING of said District will be
a warrant for the collection of de a warrant lor the collection of de write something she can paste in
same token, iniinctcly superior. It
held
at
The
Public
School
Building;
linquent and unpaid installments linquent and unpaid installments her scrap book. And whatever Dean
is the story of a finely bred woman
to begin at the hour of 8 o’clock P.
on the assessment for the improve on the assessment lor tile improve might write for Marjorie should go
whose
husband
is
interested
M.
on
the
third
Monday
of
June,
ment of 1st street by grading the ment ol "C" streej by grading the something like this:
in
criminal
pliyschology
and
being
the
ltith
day
of
June,
A.
1).
same to sub-grade, paving the same saline to sub-grade, paving the same “As honey from the flowers the bee 1919.
who
is
herself
trans
doth sip,
the full width of said street from the lull width thereof from curb line
formed into a criminal by accident.
This meeting is culled for the pur
Ho tries to be loving and bites at
curb line to curb line with concrete to curb line, with a concrete base
The crime she practises is the “de
pose of electing One Director to serve
her lip.’’
base and a concrete top dressing and bitucrete top dressing and
luxe game," an adaptation of the
three years and one clerk to serve
Probably the editor of The Post is
thereon, commencing at South end building concrete curb lutes thereon,
old badger game in which the woui-
one year and the transaction of busi
of-the bridge over Ash creek South commencing at the West line ol better acquainted With Marjorie
an poses as a seller of de-luxe edi
ness usual at such meeting.
to south line of D street in said 2nd street aial running West to the than we, but he’s wrong about what
tions aild inveigles some individual
Dated this 24th day of May, 1919.
City, in front of he hereinafter de West line ol 7th street in lront ol we should write. What we will
with a weakness for pretty girls,
J. S. BOHANNON,
scribed real property in said city, the hereinafter described real prop write for Marjorie’s scrapbook must
whereupon her male confederate
Chairman Board of Directors.
and which assessment was in the erty in said City, and which assess go something like this:
breaks into the scene and black
Attest:—
Marjorie
sum of $229.80, payable in 10 an ment was in the sum of $236.68, pay
mails the victim whom he has found
HATTIE 1IENKLE,
nual installments, of which the first able in 10 annual installments, ol A metric song for Marjorie, for Mar
in an embarrassing position with
District Clerk.
jorie, for Marjorie,
6 installments have been paid in the which the first three have been paid
his “wife".
A rhyme her scrapbook to adorn
sum of $134.06, together with the in the sum ol $71.01, together with
Norma Talmudge is especially
NOTICE OF SCHOOL MEETING
TROUBLES OF THE FARMER
and brighten up its page,
interest thereon for the 6 years cov interest thereon lor the 3 years cov
suited for the title role in this screen
etao
ered by said installments so paid, in ered by said installments so paid, in What shall I write hantgtof
drama since it calls for not only
Notice is hereby given To the legal
■‘Put out poisoned wheat to kill beauty, style and a high order of
the sum of $51.26; and the 7th and the sum of $38.34: and the 4th in What shall I sing for Marjorie, some voters of School District No. 29 of
rhyming thing for Marjorie,
the squirrel^” is the substance of ad artistry in the star, but also for an
8th of said installments are now de stallment is now delinquent and un
Polk County, State of Oregon, that
That has a swing for Marjorie her
vice by County Agriculturist Smith innate intelligence and an intellec
linquent and unpaid in the sum of paid in the sum of $23.67 with one
a SCHOOL MEETING of said dist
of Coos County.
her fancy to engage?
$48.26 with two years' interest due year's interest due January 1st, 1919,
tual background \ouchsuud by the
rict will be held at Public School
“Pojsoned wheat Hills the birds gods to but few of us. Miss Tal-
August 31st, 1918, in the sum of in the sum of $9.94, and said iustall-
Building on the 16th day of June,
$11.50, and said installments and l inent and said interest are new de I know not much of Marjorie, of 1919, at 8 o’clock in the afternoon to that'kiil the pests that kill more madge's performance however—
Marjorie, of Marjorie,
crops than the squirrels kill, and be and her myriad admirers need hard
said interest are now delinquent linquent and unpaid and have been
vote on the proposition of levying a
Or whether old or young is she, or
sides its against the law to put out ly he told this—brings out every
and unpaid and have been for more for more thun 30 days prior to this
special district tax.
yet brunette or blonde.
the wheat and I'll have the law on shade of emotional feeling in her
than 30 days prior to this date, date, namely since January 1st, 1919;
The total amount of money needed
namely since August 31st, 1918; and and that pursuant to said warrant, Is she a tiny Marjorie, a baby bit o' by the district during the fiscal year any fanner that kills birds with portrayal of this crook part, lift
Marjorie,
poisoned wheat” is the substance of ing it far out of the commonplace
that pursuant to said warrant, the the charter and ordinances of said
beginning on June 16th, 1919, and
Or is it grownup Murjorie of whom
an uitimutum from Game Warden by the force of her vivid personality-
charter and ordinances of said City, City,'I have levied upon and will on
ending on June 30tli, 1920, is esti
Thomas.
1 must be fond?
f have levied upon and will on the the 30th day of June, 1919, at the
as well as by the odd physchological
mated in the following budget and
Both officials represent the slate twist of the story.
30th day of June, 1919, at the hour hour of one o'clock P. M. thereof, at
includes the amounts to be received
of one o’clock P. M. thereof at the the front door of the city hall in said Oh, listen, blue-eyed Marjorie, my from the county school fund, state of Oregon. What is the pest-ridden,
"De Luxe Annie" uppeared as a
dainty, dew-eyed Marjorie,
squirrel-bitten former to do? His two-part story in The Saturday Ev
front door of the city hull in said city, offer for sale at public auction
school fund, special district tax, and
To pleasure you I’d—Marjorie, I’d
life is one long fight with microbe,*, ening Post; later it was made into a
City, offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in
all other moneys of the district:
do most anything;
vermin, weather, rodents, »logs, play by Edward Clark and achieved
to the highest bidder for cash in hand hand to satisfy said delinquent in
Budget.
blight, frost, bacilli, pheasants and considerable success in New York.
to satisfy said delinquent install stallment and the unpaid install I’d sing for blue-eyed Marjorie, for
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES
hunters who break down his fences After considerable competition for
gentle true-eyed Marjorie—
ments and the unpaid installment ments of said assessment, and the
1. Teachers’ salaries........... $6660.00
or leave his gates open to let stock the phbto play rfghts to this metro-
But maybe brown-eyed Marjorie
of said assessment, and interest due interest due thereon at the rate of
2. Furniture ...............
250.00
are you to whom I sing.
in on whatever crops the pests have- politun stage “hit", Select Pictures
thereon at the rate of 6 per cent per 6 per cent per annum from January
3. Apparatus and supplies,
1st,
1918,
to
the
date
of
sale,
cost
of
the farmers to get together in earn Corporation secured it for Norma
annum from August 31st, 1917, to
such as maps, chalk,
ties of the state of Oregon owe it to Tulmadge's Select Star Series. The
date of sale, cost of said warrant, warrant, cost of sale and accruing Brunette or blonde, my Marjorie, of
erasers, stoves, curtains,
costs
due
upon
said
tract
of
land
as
n t eaten or destroyed. The authon scenario for the screen production
you
I’m
fond,
my
Marjorie;
cost of sale and accruing costs due
etc...................................... 500.00
est to tell him what to do that he was prepared by Paul West and the
My word and bond, my Marjorie, I
upon each tract or parcel of land as hereinafter described, and that said
4. Library b o o k s............... 100.00
tract
of
land
will
be
sold
subject
to
may be saved, instead of fighting direction is by Roland West.
give
to
serve
your
whim;
hereinafter described, and that each
5. F lags...............................
50.00
each other.—Oregon Voter.
Miss Talmadges leading man is
tract or parcel of land will be sold redemption, and which land is de i’ll write a verse for Marjorie, I will
6. Repairs of schoolhouses,
rehearse for Marjorie,
Eugene
O’Brien, who performed a
separately, and subject to redemp scribed as follows, to-wit:—The East
outbuildings or fences... 250.00
And none the worse for Marjorie
similar ftmetion-in “Ghosts of Yes
tion, which land is described as fol cue half of Lot 5 in Block 29, in
Extra I “Podunk” Located
7. Improving grounds...................
terday” and “By Right of Purchase"
my rippling rhymes I’ll trim.
lows, to-wit:—Beginning at the S. Henry Hill’s Town of Independence,
8. Playground equipment.. 50.00
for this star: another important male
E. corner of Lot 3 in Block 1; run Polk County, Oregon, assessed to C.
9. Transportation of pupils ......... (From the Congressional Record.)
role has been entrusted to Frank
ning thence North 24 ft., thence B. & May Smith, and owned by J. G. And if your ears, O, Marjorie, this 10. Tuition of pupils......................
Mr. CAMPBELL of Kansas. A Mills, whose polished acting is
singing cheers, O, Marjorie,
West 74% ft.; thence South 24 ft.; Mickalson of Falls City» Oregon.
11. Janitor’s wages ............ 1000.00 man who will take $50 a month and
familiar to both playgoers and film
Just seize your shears, O, Marjorie,
thence East 74% ft. to place of be That the delinquent and unpaid in
12. Janitor’s supplies______
75.00 go and sit at an Indian agency is
fans. Other leading members of
and clip the verse in haste,
ginning: Also, beginning at N. E. stallments of said assessment a-
13. Fuel ...................... ’. . . . . 500.00
not worth two whoops in Podunk.
the cast include Edward Davis, Fred
The verse I wrote for Marjorie, a me
corner of lot 4 in Block 1, and run mounts to the sum of $165.67.
14. tight .............................
45.00
Mr. UPSHAW. 1 would like to II. Stanton, Joseph Burke, David
Dated, May 30th, 1919.
tric note to Marjorie,
ning thence South 36 ft.; thence
15. W ater.............................
45.00 ask a question just as a matter of
F. O. PARKER,
Burns and little Harriet Jenkins—a
And hade it float to Marjorie for
West 74% ft.; thence North 36 ft.;
16. Clerk's sa la ry ............... 115.00 information. I am a new man here.
Chief of Police.
winning aggregation in the support
her to clip and paste.
thence East 74% ft. to place of be
it. Postage and stationery..
25.00 I would like to (lave the gentleman
of the supreme star.
ginning, and all situate in Henry
18. For the payment of bond
please give us the geographical posi
The play is keyed with suspense
Pigs Is Pigs.
River Refuses to Give Up It’s Dead.
Hill’s Town of Independence, Polk
ed debt and interest there
tion of Podunk. [Laughter.]
and moves swiftly from one transi
county, Oregon, assessed to Ole
on, issued under Sec
Mr. CAMPBELL of Kansas. 1 tion to another. It is an absorbing
(Los Angeles Times.)
(Benton County Courier)
Peterson, and owned by Winslow &
tions 117, 144 to 148, and
think it is down in Georgia, if you story with a deep human interest
Fifty blooded hogs were sold in
Seven days have passed and the
Endicott of Salem, Oregon. That
422 of the School Laws
have any Indians down there. and n tremendous surprise at the
the delinquent and unpaid install Nebraska for over $1000 each. This mystery surrounding the disappear
of Oregon, 1917 ............... 2065.00 .[Laugthe.]
close. As the fifth of Norma Tal-
ments of said assessment amounts may help to explain why the once ance of Rev. J. Cronenberger re
19. Telephone................
22.00
Mr. UPSHAW. I deny the allega mudge’s Select Star Series produc
to the sum of $95.74, of which $38.30 simple and homely pork chop has mains unsolved.
20. Paving assessment....... 140.00 tion, hut 1 do not, citify the “nllegn- tions, it lives up to the high stand
Admitting that the body is in the
is against said 1st described tract of now become the fodder for billion
21 Insurance ...................... 150.00 tor.”
ards she has raised for herself and
aires.
First
thing
we
know
we
will
river the efforts of the searchers
land, and $57,.44 is against the 2nd
Mr. CAMPBELL of Kansas. This marks another bed-letter day for
be paying $1.25 for a phonograph have been unrewarded although dy 22. All other purposes....... 200.00
described tract of land.
23. Sinking fund and High
man that have referred to is, of Select Pictures.
namiting has been done Saturday
record of the squeal.
Dated, May 30th, 1919.
* School B on ds................... 2000.00 course, a total failure as a farmer.
and again today in an effort to bring
F. O. PARKER,
He does not know, in the first place,
PRICES 63 YEARS AGO.
Chief of Police. Paid $205 Dollars for Keg of Water. it to the surface.
24. Total estimated amount
how
to
feed
or
milk
a
cow.
He
does
From
Tuesday
until
Thursday
A Portland man paid $205 for a
of money to be expended
not know how to take care of a half
Somebody dug up an old copy of
Special election Tuesday, June 3. keg of water one day this week. Of night the grapplers kept at work
for all purposes during
a dozen shoals. He does not know the Salem Statesman of 1856 the
and
every
possible
inch
of
the
river’s
Several important measures.
j course he didn’t know it was water.
the y e a r ........................ $14,242.00 how to take care of a pair of mules, other day and found the following
bottom was probed without success.
lie knows absolutely nothing about list of prices: Wheat $1, oats 62c,
The same people had been on the
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS.
farming, and therefore cap teach potatoes 50c, beuns 2c, baron 11c,
job for three days and at last it was
From county school fund
nothing to the Indians, and yet he butter 20c eggs 15c ami flour $4 a
decided to keep a strict patrol of the
during the coming school
is the farmer at the agency, and the hundred.
river until later.
year ....................................$2850.00 money that is paid to him and the
Saturday afternoon a number of
From state school fund dur
348 New Laws
money that is expended under his
.
Page 51
charges of blasting powder were ex
ing the coming school)
Three hundred and forty-eight
#
direction results in no good to the
ploded about the edge of the bank
year .................................. 2125.00 Indians.
new state laws take effoct in Oregon
where it was thought most likely
The future welfare of the Indian today, one for each week day in
that the body had lodged. This, af Cash now in the hands of
the district clerk.............. 1300.00 makes it necessary, however that he tile year and a few odd ones for
ternoon the blasting has been con
Cash
now in the hands of
Sundays. Salem Capital Journal.
shall be taught farming.
tinued over more territory. The
the
county treasurer, be
west bank pf the river carries the
longing to the district............. .
current for almost a quarter of a
Estimated
amount to be re
mile and the entire distance was
ceived
from all other
•
covered with underwater shocks.
sources during the com
The original plan to throw a fence
ing school year .............. 2350.00
across the river had to be given up
because of the force of the current
and instead a boat is kept on the wa Total estimated receipts,
not including the money
ter ami three trips are made daily
to be received from the
for a distance of six or seven miles
tax which it is proposed
down stream and back. There is al
to vote ............................... $8625.00
"The Headquarters Bank”
ways the possibility of the body
passing in the night but this cannot
President.
C. W. IRVINE,
RECAPITULATION
be cared for in any other manner
Vice President.
J. B. PARKER,
Total estimated expenses
than
the
one
being
employed.
«
Cashier.
C. U. IRVINE,
for the year ....................$14,242.00
Asst. Cashier.
L. C. FITZGERALD,
Total estimated receipts not
Rise In Social Status.
including the tax to be
voted ...........................
8,625.00
(Knoxville Journal.)
The bootlegger we patronize usual Balance, amount to be raised
by district tax ............... $5,617.00
ly says when he was a bartender few
of his customers appeared.to notice
Dated this 24th day of May, 1919.
him on the street, while now they
J. S. BOHANNON,
follow him around like he's some
Chairmari Board of Directors.
distinguished visitor.
•V
Attest:—
Dean Collins suggests that a mon
HATTIE HENKLE,
R IG H T C U T is a sht r t -.a t tobacco
District Clerk.
ument be erected to the drummer
W -B G U V ,‘ s long fine-cut tobacco
who killed the man who started
Celebrate in Independence.
jazz music.
*
DANCE
INDEPENDENCE
WEDNESDAY
JU N E 4
Music by the
Celebrated Tillotson’s
Singing xnd Dancing
Jazz Dance Orchestra
fold by the bank book
What About tbe Valuable Papers
ARE you carrying or burying your
deeds, notes, mortgages, insurance
policies, bonds and other valuable
papers? If so, you are in danger
of loss from fire, theft and forget
fulness. Better pay the small an
nual rentl on one of those Farmers
State Bank Safe Deposit Boxes
, and be SAFE instead of SORRY.
‘May be nobociy has to!d you,”
says the Good Judge—
Why this flood tobac
co costs less to chew.
You get real tobacco
satisfaction with a
small chew. It gives
>ou the good tobacco
taste, ft lasts and lasts.
You d o n ’: n eed a
•fre^li chew so often,
it saves you money.
THE REAL OËACCO CHEW
put up in two styles