T he P olk C ounty P ost
I n d e p e n d e n t
I N A L L T H IN G S
SECOND
S E C T IO N
Entered as second class matter March 26, 1918, .at the poatoffice at Independence, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
VOLUME
II.
NUM BER
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON,
12.
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1919.
CLYDE T. ECKER, EDITOR
Chief ol Police’s Notice of Sale ol ENGLISH DEMAND FOR HOPS
August 31st, 1918, in the sum ol A N N U A L REPORT OF THE
Roal Proparty for Delinquent
$11.50, and said installments and
CIVIC LEAGUE PRESIDENT
CAUSES ADVANCE IN PRICE
Street Assessment In
said interest are now delinquent
stallments.
and unpaid and have been for more To the Independence Civic Club
(Portland Oregonian.)
Page 63.
than 30 days prior to this date, and Visitors:
•
Another lioom of respectable pro
Notice is hereby given that the
namely since August 31st, 1918; and
The report I'm bringing you is
portions has struck the hop market.
! that pursuant to said.warraut, the not one of round figures because I Recorder of the City of Independ- English buyers have come in strong
ence, Oregon, has transmitted to me
■ charter and ordinances of said City, so recently gave a resume of the
for spot hops, especially the older
11 have levied upon and will on the Club year's work and a repetition u warrant for the collection of de growths, and appear disposed to
Y O U can carry an account here at
30th day of June, 1919, at the hour would be uninteresting and because linquent und unpaid installments clean up the supply. The afhount
on the assessment for the improve
'the Farmers State Bank no matter
of one o’clock P. M. thereof at the you will gain _a definite knowledge
of business doing is only limited by
ment of “C” street by grading the
front door of the city hall in said of the moneys received and expendi
where you live. W e accept de
tlie extent of the offerings. Prices
same to sub-grade, paving the same
City, offer for sale at public auction tures from the other officers. How
have naturally responded to the in
posits and permit withdrawals by
the full width thereof from curb line
to the highest bidder for cash in hand ever, I wish to state that something
creased buying.
mail making it easy and convenient
to
curb
line,
with
a
concrete
base
to satisfy said delinquent install over $500 bus been raised by the
There is also some inquiry from
for anyone to utilize our unsur
ments and the unpaid installment t.Mib thru benefits, Club member and bitucrele top dressing and the eust, which was hardly to be ex
building
concrete
curb
lines
thereon,
I of said assessment, and interest due ships, etc.
passed facilities in d
services.
pected. Whether the eastern trade
commencing at the West line of is figuring on near-heer consumption
thereon at the rate of 6 per cent per
Service is the touchstone by which
W rite us for information as to how
2nd street und running West to tiic
annum from August 31st, 1917, to ail activities of today must l>e tied.
or incliqed 40 speculate is not clear.
to do it.
date of sale, cost of said warrant, The current year found us in the West line of 7th street in front, of The actual buying, however, is for
cost of sale and accruing costs due throes of the great world war, artd the hereinafter described real prop London account.
1 Percent Interest on Savings Deposits.
upon each tract or parcel of landTLs it needed only the sense of duty to erty in said City, uad which assess
The big block of English-owned
hereinafter
described, and that each impel* us to, do our part. As you ment was in the sum of $236.68, pay hops that accumulated in this coun
C. W . IRVINE,
President.
tract or parcel of land w ill be sold know our efforts were turned most able in 10 annual installments, of try during the war is beginning to
J. B. PARKER,
Vice President.
which the- first three have been paid
separately,
and subject to redemp
move to its ultimate destination.
C. O. IRVINE,
.
in a financial direction. Our
Cashier.
in
the sum of $71.01, together with
tion, which land is described as fol plans this year were handicapped
Strauss, Bird and Wigan & Richard*
L. C. FITZGERALD,
Asst. Cashier.
lows, tckwit:—Beginning at the S. by the epidemic influenza, tho the interest thereon for the 3 years cov sonhave secured steamer space for
E. corner of Lot 3 in Block 1; run- organization has been kept very ac ered by suid installments so paid, in their holdings, amounting to thou
, ning thence North 24 ft., thence tive and the membership increased the sum o l $38.34: and the 4th in sands of hales, and the movement
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! West 74Vfc ft.; thence South 24 ft.; from aliout ten paid up members to stallinent is now delinquent and un of the hops is accompanied *by the
; thence East 74Vfe ft. to place ol be sixty dependable members who can paid in the sum of $23.67 witii one buying of tnorè.
| ginning; Also, beginning at N.. E. he trusted in every emergency. Just year's interest due January 1st, 1019,
The crop in Oregon undoing ex
| corner of lot 4 In Block 1, and run here we wish to give tin uks to God in the sum of $9.94, and said install ceedingly well. The growth is slow,
; ning thence South 36 ft.; thence that the grim reaper did not thrust ment anu suid interest are new de as might he expected with the cool
linquent and unpaid and have been weather, hut the vines are sturdy,
! West 74y2 ft.; thence North 36 ft.; his sickle into the membership of
lndeps>nds»ncc>
for more than 30. days prior to this Old-time hop men say Oregon will
I thence East 74yfc ft. to place of be- our Club during the year?«.
' S â on
date,
namely since January 1st, 1919; this’ year have the biggest yield per-“
a
- ginning, and all situate in Henry
To the executive board and the
und
that
pursuant to said warrant, acre ever known.
Hill’s Town of Independence, Polk Liberty chorus I wisli to eifteiul
the
charter
and ordinances of said
county, Oregon, assessed to Ole thanks for their splendid co-oper
Peterson, and owned by Winslow & at ion. To each committee appoint City, I have levied upon and will on OBITUARY OF A N EX-RESIDENT
REV. CLYDE W . STEW ART
Endicott ol Salem, Oregon. That ed during the year, I wish to ex the 30th day of June, 1919, at the
the delinquent and unpaid install pros» appreciation, not one has fail hour of one o'clock P. M. thereof, at
(Contributed.)
ments of said assessment amounts ed to rise to the needs of tlie occas the front door of the city hall in said
Clyde W. Stewart was born at
to the sum of $95.74, of which $38.30 ion. To the several social commit city, offer for sale at public auction
is against said 1st described tract of tees we are indebted for the splen to the highest bidder for cash in Burr Oak, Kansas, Nov. 29, 1882, and
land, and $57,.44 is against the 2nd did progrhms furnished and in ad hand to satisfy said delinquent in died June 13, 1919, at Banks, Ore. He
stallment and the unpaid install was a student of Kimball School of
described tract of land.
vance we wish to thunk this after
ments of said assessment, and the
He
Dated, May 30th, 1919.
noon's committee.
The acknowl interest due thereon at the rate of Theology ut Salem, Oregon.
F. O. PARKER,
edged ability of tiiose who have the 6 per cent per annum from Januury wus the minister in charge when
the Jusou Lee Methodist church wus
Chief ot Police. afternoon in charge is an assurance
1st, 1918, to the date of sale, cost of built. He was married to Fern L.
of. its excellence.
warrant, cost ot suie and accruing
Notice That Certain Street Improve
Our year’s work proper closes to costs due upon said tract of land as Banks of Bunks, Ore., June 15, 1919.
ment Bonds W ill Be Paid.
day with on(y a “ booster meeting" hereinafter described, and that said To this union three children were
to follow on Wednesday, Jutie 25, tract of land will be sold subject to born. He leaves a wife, three small
children, father and mother of Mon
Notice is hereby given that there at which time the hooks and all
redemption, and which land is de mouth, Ore., uud one brottier, Carl,
are sufficient funds in the Street business will be turned over to the
Improvement Fund of the City of In new officers and board and ull scribed as follows,>o-wit:—The East of Chehulis, Wash. He was the
ne half of Lot 5 in Block 29, in
dependence, Oregon, to take up for standing
committees
appointed. Henry Hill's Town of Independence, pastor at Bend, Ore., for two years
and sevdn months. Before going to
payment and cancellation Bonds However, the grand finale to the
Polk County, Oregon, assessed to C. Bend, lie was pastor of the M. E.
Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11, 18 and 19 bearing yeur's work will be our monster
B * M ay Smith and o ^ ed by J.C?Jchun;h at Int,ependence
He was
date July 1, 1914.
Fourth of July celebration for the
That on July 1st., 1919, each of said success of which every member o*f MickaUon of Falls City, Oregon. Sco(jt Mat)ter at Bend‘ and also
That the delinquent and unpaid in Scout Master at Independence,
t bonds will be taken up and cancell the Club is working. Just here 1 ‘
stallments of said assessment a-
where he is fondly remembered by
ed and paid in full, principal and in would life to recommend, first, that
mounts to the sum of $165.67.
inutiy boys now grown to young
terest to date and thereafter will we adopt "Boost for Independence’’
Dated, May 30th, 1919.
cease to bear interest.
manhood.
as our slogan and, second, tiftit
F. 0. PARKER,
Put up in two styles
Funeral services were held ut
Dated and published May 30, 1919. apart from our study and civics,
Chief of Police.
Clough’s undertaking parlors, Salem
C. W. IRVINE,
which
I
hope
will
play
a
most
R I G H T G U T is a short-cut tobacco
Ore., June 14. Rev. C. T. Cook of
City Treasurer.
prominent part in our club life, that
Attention Veterans I
Independence gave a talk on Mr.
W -B C U T is a long fine-cut tobacco
in the face of the promise of abund
An earnest appeal is made to all
Stewart’s
life. Doctors Talbot, Ham
Figures Never Lie
ant harvests, we turn to finance at veterans of the World’s W ar to ap
every opportunity. It is my am pear in uniform and to take part in mond and Sherwood gave a talk on
(Journal of the American Medical bition to see the cornerstone of our
“ Mr. Stewart as a Student."
the military parade on July 4. All
Association.)
Chief ol Police’s Notice of Sale of thereon, commencing at South end
Community Memorial Building laid refreshments and entertainments
In January, 1910, there were in nq^ later than next Memorial Day.
Card of Thanks
Real Property For Delinquent
of the bridge over Ash creek South
will be furnished free of charge to
■>
Street Assessment
to south line of D street in said the United States 62,683 single men
The exegencies of war have de men in this uniform. Come out and
We wish to express our thanks
Installments.
City, in front of he hereinafter de insane and 26,047 married men in veloped rapidly the work of the
give the home folks an opfiortuiiity and appreciation to the many
scribed real property in said city, sane—which shows that the crazy woman’s club because so many
friends at Independence for their
to show their appreciation.
Notice is hereby given that the and which assessment was in the men stay single. At the same time things sprang up at our country's
kind words of sympathy in our be
B. M. CAMPBELL,
Recorder of the City of Independ sum of $229.80, payable in 10 an there were 37,115 single women in call and seemed to need the touch
reavement and for the beautiful
Chairman of Military Section 4th.
ence, Oregon, has transmitted to me nual installments, of which the first sane and 35,975.married women in of an organized body. The object
floral for the funeral of our beloved
of July Parade.
a warrant for the collection of de- 6 installments have been paid in the sane— which shows that in January, of the Woman’s club is first of ull to
husband and father.
linquent and unpaid installments! sum of $134.06, together with the 1910, married life made more develop the individual woman.
Mrs. Fern Stewart and children.
When the "Empress of Ireland"
on the assessment for the improve-! interest thereon for the 6 years cov- women crazy than it did men. And With the return of normal condit
went down, 140 Salvationists, trav
ment of 1st street by grading the ered by said installments so paid, in the more you study these figures ions in this reconstruction work we
Our Governor as an Aviator
eling to a convention, were drown
same to suhgrade, paving the same ; the sum of $51.26; and the 7th and the crazier it makes von.
may find much in the war-time ed. When the sea gave up its deud
Considering bis general level
the full width of said street from 8th of said installments are now de
regime worthy of adoption and not a Salvationist was found with a headedness so far, Oregonians have
Miss Summer arrived Monday and adaptation.
curb line to curb line with concrete j linquent and unpaid in the sum of
Instead of numerous life belt ou. Why? The Salvation no great cause to worry if Governor
base and a concrete top dressing | $48.26 with two years’ interest due will stay until September.
bodies and associations each pull Army wus built and exists on the Olcott does go “ up in thè air.”—
ing in its own way, there has devel basis of self-sacrifice.
Salem Capital Journal.
oped a system of team work and
the results demonstrate the aptness
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of the adage that in union there is
strength.
And now comes the
crowning event of the year—Pence
—a world peace. “The tumult dies,
the captains and the kings depart"
for this war will have been in vain
if it bring not peace, enduring peace
to all mankind
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. CLYDE EC.KER,
I f you are considering on building a Silo in
.
President.
vestigate the Ko Keel constructed of Port Ox
Told b y the Bank Book
NO MAHER WHERE YOU UVE
FARMERS
STATE BANK.
“ S o m e S a v in g !” says the
G ood Judge
You men are saving
every cent you can. You
ought to know that this
quality tobacco costs less
to chew—not m ore!
You ta k e a s m a lle r
chew. It gives you the
iood tobacco taste. It
asts and lasts. You
don’t need a fresh chew
so often.
f
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THE REAL TOBACCO CHEW
THE KO KEEL SILO j
UBERTY"
HUMANITY—
JUSTICE-
RIGHT LIVING—
HOLSOM BREAD-
Good
Bread 1 Made
of
! » i «i i mi in i
ft
pure, wholesome materials.
IT H A S B E E N D E M O N S T R A T E D I
CHERRY CITY BAKING CO.
P R IC E S :
8x30
12x30
10x30
$ ? 3.46
108.00
146.00
10x30
14x30
$ 02.40
124 44
For furi lier information write or see,
; WALTER K. TAYLOR
C o rv a llis, O regon
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I f in doubt as to durability or serviceability
of this Silo write to any one of the numerous
users in Coos County.
A. Thomas, long yean
experienced
photograph
er, has opened the Inde
pendence Studio and will
do all kinds of work in a
pleasing and satisfactory
manner.
Plain Virtues— Plain Living— Plain Food— are the things that
count and win out in the long run.
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PHOTOGRAPH
G A LLE R Y OPEN
A plain loaf— the kind of a loaf that is made in the homes of the
country.
k
ford Cedar and lias been in constant use in Coos
County for the past 19 years, over three hun
dred in use at the present time.
Celebrate in Independence.
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