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
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VOLUME II.
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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
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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
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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
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position Wednesday morning and be out o f here by the-
W -B CL T i • ;■ ! Mg fine-cut
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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.
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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