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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1919)
P U B L IS H E D E V E R Y F R ID A Y T he P olk C ounty P ost s z Subscription Ratos: VOLUME II. $1.50 a Tear Strictly in AOvands; Six Months $1; Three Months 50 cents. INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, NUMBER 19. All subscriptions stopped at expiration. AUGUST 8, 1919. CLYDE T. ECKER, PUBLISHER COUNCIL DEMANDS ADEQUATF FIRE PROJECTION NEXT WEEK’S PROGRAM I fold b y the Bank Book Page 91. At its regular meeting Wednesday night, the city coun SUNDAY, AUG. 10— FRED STONE in “ Under cil took action to require the Mountain States Power Co. I the T op.” You just get linished rattling every rib FOR A N Y B O Y OR G IR L to maintain a water pressure o f eighty pounds in case o f laughing when he’s off again with some more circus- tire to comply with the contract between the company and ■ fooling and you either have to close your eyes or if city. In a recent fire there was hardly any pressure and ONE ot‘ those Farmers State Bank 1 quit. Some o f the biggest circus scenes that ever ^ it aroused much uneasiness among citizens in general. Savings Bankbooks is about the i f came down the pike. best thing in theworld for you to The local manager o f the company was present at the '1 introduce to each o f your young council meeting and stated that he did not hear the fire I sters. Lt will represent a Savings M ONDAY, AUG. 11 and TU ESD AY, AUG. 12— ■ bell nor was he notified by the telephone company that I Charlotte, the w orld’s greatest skater in “ The Froz- | there was a tire. In regard to pressure he stated that the Account whi?h the boy or girl can keep growing up right along with en ’Warning.” Thrilling, exciting and laughable. necessary amount could he secured if he was on hand to himself or herself. start the pumps. During the discussion which followed W E D N E SD A Y, AUG. 13— SH IR L E Y MASON | it was learned that in case he was not in town at the time Liberal Interest on Savings in ’ “ The Winning Girl.” . Winning “ Stanley” was of a fire, it would he a matter of doubt whether the pumps one thing. W inning his haughty, aristocratic old would he started to get the required pressure. The mem C. W . IRVINE, President mother was another. She did it, ail right, tlxo! How ? bers o f the council were quite surprised at this state o f af J. B. PARKER, Vice President C. G. IRVINE, Cashier. Elope? Talk her around to it? Nope! Spunk? Lots fairs and propose to take such action as will secure proper L. C. FITZGERALD, Asst. Cashier. and lots o f spunk! She was an easy-going sort of protection for the city in case of fire. girl—until HE wa% in danger. Then she became a regular little tigress. That one moment when she CHANGES OF 50 Y E A R S SEEN B Y J. S. COOPER corners the “ human snake” — that’ll satisfy your , (Portltuid Journal.) desire for thrills. Cock-eyed Ben Turpin and crew in “ East Lynne W ith Variations. For nearly 50 years J. S. ( ’ooper has been a resident of and personally identified with the agricultural and finan No Show Thursday. cial interests o f Polk county. Much o f this time he has — been a resident o f Independence. Mr. Cooper says that F R ID A Y , AU G . 15— DOROTHY DALTON in during this time lie has seen many changes take place and “ Hard Boiled.” In this picture she is a prima don has watched with interest the effect produced upon the na and reveals the difficulties o f stage life in a rube people by the new conditions. “ The family carriage and town, tlio the only thing “ rubie” about Dorothy is the span o f matched bays has been discarded for the high her lips. She surely does give the gossips something power automobile, hop fields have been supplanted. by to chew on. loganberry patches and the weekly trip to town for the mail is no longer necessary because the daily paper is de S A T U R D A Y , AUG. Iff— BESSIE BARRISCALE livered each day by the rural carrier. The old fashioned in “ A Trick of F ate.” She’s a scream in tights; she’s lantern and the coal oil lain]) have been consigned to the a whizz as the naughty-naughty Paris dancer; you ’ll attic. Individual electric light plants are now to be found W h y this good tobac lov her as the Virginia village belle. Sensationally g on most o f the farms. W e get the market quotations by daring and happily wholesome— a rapidly moving g telephone and do things on a comfortable and business like co costs less to chew. play which incites interest and holds suspense with g scale up in Polk county now,” said Mr. Cooper. Y o u get real tobacco a dash o f mystery. " sa isfaction with a MRS. M cCRACKEN HOLDS HIM B Y INJUNCTION sm ill chew. It gives SUNDAY, AUG. 17— D. W. G R IF F IT H ’ S “ A | you the good tobacco (Salem Journal.) Romance o f Happy Valley. ” (A page from the book g cas e. It lasts andlasts. o f life.) “ Y e p ,” he was bound to see the white lights g Fearing that the husband from whom she was seeking Y ■5:i d o n ’ t n e e d a and the Broadway chickens. All right, let him go, i a divorce might remove his personal property from the hut you HI want to see what happened to him and to g county beyond the jurisdiction of the court, Esther May Tcuh chew so often, his trus'ing sweetheart back on the farm— an inno- g McCracken o f Orville secured an injunction preventing it aves you money. country maid with a bad, bad man after her. True g Sherman G. McCracken from selling his Scripps Booth love certainly runs up against it hard. “ auto or disposing or incumbering it in any way, or o f dis THE REAL r TBACCO CHEW posing o f his personal property. Her fear that her hus- put up ■ ! tw o styles band might leave and take all his possessions with him liN D E P E N D L lN C E | was based on a letter which he had written August 2, and R IG H T C U T is a shori at fobacco which is in part as follows: “ 1 fully expect to resign the JIBIIBIIIW IIHIIiniM IIIHIIIH IIH IIIBlIlUlinilBIIBIIM IIIHIIIBIIinilBIIIBIIIBIIIBIIIH IIiailHIliaill position Wednesday morning and be out o f here by the- W -B CL T i • ;■ ! Mg fine-cut *o last o f the week. Some things I am going to keep and- place and I want to apologize to her j France in case of an unprovoked at send to a place for safe keeping and the rest I will leave for the defamation that I have done i tack. They have probably forgotten for you and you can come and get them. I do not expect the time when Lafayette crossed the K. P. HARRIS TRAVELS; jack rabbits with the big car owners in the past. t to see you again and I think I have seen you for the last There was one thing made me feel | ocean at his own expense at the WILLAMETTE VALLEY BEST making fun of the Ford, but the time and you have probably seen me for the last time.” head of an army of Frenchmen and Ford was getting there just tfTe good. That was that every one that j A GOOD COMPANION i a ‘M aybe nobody has.fold you,” . says the Good Judge— 1 11 T H E A T R E I J. Independence, August 1—To The Polk County Post—In company with Charley Bennett I have just return ed from a visit to Eastern Oregon, Kastern Washington and Southern Idi\Jio. We went by way of the Ford and had a great visit in the country where the younger days of my life were passed. When I left that coun try there was no automobiles there so I thpught to drive up with my Ford nnd show them something, but I found autos almost as thick as same. But the world moves on and most of the older people that I knew there have passed away and the most embarassing thing was to have a strange young lady or young man run up to me with "Hello Grandpa!” or “Hello Uncle Jim!” Well, since I have been here I have contended that the Willamette-valley could not grow crops to compare with the up per country, but this year the old Willamette has the best crops of any talked with in Oregon was in favor j joined with Washington’s little army of the League of Nations. The peo- | of patriots who were fighting for pie of Oregon with their two sena liberty in their uniforms of home- tors are standing for the league. spun coats and buckskin breeches. They read the Oregonian and Tele They fail to realize that we are un gram and pass it up. But in South der obligations to France for the ern Idaho, the home of Senator Bo very liberty that we are so proud to rah and of the Idaho Statesman we boast of. They fail to realize that find some minds poisoned until they only for France we would be strug are opposed to the League of Nations gling along under British domina and we also find some, of them bit tion just as Ireland is today. .1 K. P. HARRIS. terly opposed to the United States agreeing to go to the assistance of Tiie Tilings that Count LIBER TY- HUMANITY— JU STICE- RIGHT LIVING- HOLSOM BREAD- Good Bread I Made of pure, wholesome materials. A plain loaf— the kind of a loaf that is made in the homes of the country. Plain Virtues— Plain Living— Plain Food— are the things that count and win out in the long run. * IT H A S B E E N D E M O N S T R A T E D ! CHERRY CITY BAKING CO. C IT Y AND COUNTRY Francis Brown last week was ex hibiting a spider which he captured i that owing to its size was much of I a curiosity. No one in their recol ■I lection ever saw one as large. The work of paving the Main street fill is progressing rapidly and the substance will all be laid in a few days. The road will be open for traffic between Sept. 1 and 15. An event of importance will be the meeting of. the rural carriers in Independence on Sept. 1 and prep arations should be made to make their stay in our city as pleasant as possible. OLD SOLDIER B A D L Y H U RT Wjllqtm Burned, an old soldier living south o f Inde pendence, was seriously hurt last Saturday in a peculiar manner. He was leading a eolt on the public highway ami the animal reared striking Mr. Harned on the head with his hoofs. The old gentleman was found by passersby wandering about in a stupor, but still holding to the Colt, and as soon as the extent o f his injuries was ascertained, he was taken to the hospital in Dallas where he is slowing recovering from his injuries. ■ ! we m u ! OR TRADE FOR ‘ The Oregon fife and drum corps, ..of which Charles Bascue is a mem ber, may go to Columbus, Ohio, in September to play at the G. A. R. national encampment. All expenses are to he paid and Comrade Bascue looks forward to the journey with much pleasure. A representative of the Ellison- White Co. was in Independence th.* first of the week attempting to in terest our people in a lecture course. She did not succeeed in securing the necessary guarantee. Our citi - 1 zens are loath to sign up for a new ■ one as long as the memory of the last one lingers. BLACKBERRIES uiKium it. it. E m I l-Z c. E l. W e furnish crates NO B E R R IE S R E C E IV E D ON S A T U R D A Y OR A F T E R 4 P. M. A N Y D A Y W h y Pay More When You Can Buy For Less at J. G. MCINTOSH’S GROCERY C STR E ET. A Cool Refreshing Place to Trade