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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1919)
New Culture Is Dream of Reds MISS EMILY FARNUM BOSTON STREETS CONGESTED BY CAR STRIKE Huge Sums are Expended by the Morosoff palace were held weekly competitive soirees, which M. Lunntch- Bolshevists to Promote arsky and even ‘our mighty Illtch’ (I. e., Lenine) did not shrink from at Their Propaganda. SEE WEIRD EFFECTS IN ART Democratized Paintings are Splashes of Color That Outdo the Work of Cubists— Newspapers and Books are Scarce. tending, though tl»e ordeul for Lenine, who is a cultivated man, must have been hard. Bolshevik poets read aloud their verses, and bolshevik puinters showed how hopelessly they hud left post-impressionists, cubists and ex pressionists behind. Two of their paintings shown to me at Stockholm were mere splashes of color, framed in zigzags of common tar. Many Papers Suspended. London ‘T’roietnrlanlzing Russian “Tlie plight of proletarian culture culture, Is one of the tasks attended has grown markedly worse during the to by the bolshevik government of Le- lust few mouths, mainly owing to lack idne and Trotzky. What this process of paper. In Petrograd, instead of consists of is told by the Copenhagen nine newspapers, there have appeared correspondent of the London Morning since April 1 only five. The bolshevik Post. He says: propaganda Is still turning out many If the bolshevik system, as seems thin political pamphlets, some of which likely, disappears altogether from Rus 1 have seen; but book publishing has sia during the present summer, a curi almost entirely ceased; and the best ous experiment in ‘culture’ thereby known Itusslun novelists, Aiulreyeff, Streets und sidewalks in Boston are congested by persons walking or riding to work in any sort of conveyance will be brought to an end. Beyond Kurpin and Merezhkovsky, are begin Miss Emily Farnum of New York doubt nine-tenths of bolshevism is ning the publication of their writings city, for many years connected with during the car strike, which has tied up transportation. common murder and plunder—the bol with Bonnier of Stockholm. The In the department of commerce, has been shevik dictator, Zlnovilieff, In a speech ability to produce books at home will nnmed chief of the appointment divi of May 10, admitted that ‘three-quar certainly continue for years.” sion for the 1920 census. APACHES HOLD THEIR LAST TRIBAL MEETING ters of the 140,OCX) soviet officials care only for their own pockets,' but the other tenth is honest funaticlsin with the customury foundation of delusions. ‘‘One delusion is thnt there can be a specific ‘proletarian culture.’ Last month the Moscow provincial soviet (in the Intervals of shooting old men and boys whose kinsmen of service age refused to fight) set about organizing blograph and graphophone entertain her offer of about $125,000 the pro ments in the villages, ‘at which,' says Aunt Reimburses Gotham Lieu of the Krasnaya Gazetta, ‘In addition to tenant for Money His Uncle ceedings will he dropped. Had Never Qualified. showing plctorlaily and screaming Mr. Quinn’s report states thnt Lieu stridently the infamies of our former Squandered. tenant Dechert’s mother, Lillian F. foes, we are providing renl proletarian Dechert, died in Connecticut in 1898, education, art, science, philosophy, his and named Flanagan, her brother, t t tory.’ It Is culture stamped with the executor under her will and guardian Irresistible ‘proletkult’ mark. This VICTIM OF CONFIDENCE of her son. The referee states that ‘proletkult,’ a word concocted by he never qualified as the guardian Of Lunatcharsky, Is the official name of a his nephew in New York and had ro slate department with headquarters In Share In Estate of Grandmother Catherine street, Petrogrnd, and In the Misappropriated by Former Con authority to receive property here as his guardian. Moscow Morosoff palace. The con gressman— Nephew Accepts Set The accounting of the executors to cocted word goes with Sovnarcom (for tlement After Court Action. which Lleutennet Dechert objected Council of People’s Commissaries), Glavsakhar (for chief sugar monop New York.—As the result of n set was filed in 1910, and stated that the entire residuary estnte of Mrs. Flana oly), Sovdep, and other barbarous announced, Jnmes F. Dechert, gan had been distributed In 1900 among The remaining members of the famed Apache tribe, COO in number, hekl their lust encampment at Mesculera. N. M„ neologisms which, with bolshevism, tlement who served ns a lieutenant In France, four beneficiaries, each of whom was recently. The tribe was once the most feared and populou s of Indian groups In the West. The ceremonies this year have enriched the language of Tur- will receive $125,000 ns his share of the entitled to $113,000. The share allot genleff and Tolstoy. estnte of his grandmother, Mrs. Sarah ted to Lieutenant Dechert consisted of took the form of ceremonial dances, feasting and other exorcises dear to the heart of the redman. Millions Expended on Cult. Flanagan, who died in 1900, al mortgages for $54,000, $40,000 and $19,- ‘‘The commissariat of education, J. though Ida uncle, De W itt C. Flana 000 respectively. Mrs. Shannon Joined MADE FROM CARTRIDGE SILK over which Lunatcharsky presides, gan, formerly a congressman from New in tl.is accounting. DIRIGIBLE EXPLODES; THIRTEEN KILLED spent in 1018 2,900,000,000 roubles Jersey and original promoter of the (nominally $1,450,000,000), and the es Cape Cod canal, misappropriated his GAMBLERS SET UP ‘REPUBLIC’ timates of its expenditure for the first share of $113,000 In his grandmoth half of 1019 alone amount to 4,007,000,- er’s estate. 000 roubles, nominally about 00 per Halted on Way to Present Demands cent more thnn the whole nunual bud The settlement under which the pay for Recognition to the ment is to be mnde by his nunt, Mrs. get before the war. Of the first men Gertrude E. Shannon of 121 Madison King of Italy. tioned sum over 250,000,000 roubles, nvenue, follows the report of John the Kraynaya Gazetta says, was Quinn, named In 1910 ns referee to Geneva.—An Interesting situation on the encouragement of literature and hear objections by Lieutenant Dechert has arisen at Campione, the Italian the arts, ‘that is, of the specific artis in the accounting by Mrs. Shnnnon, Monte Carlo, near I.ugnno. tic and literary forms which are glor and At the Instance of the Swiss author Flanagan, his uncle, ns execu ities iously known as ‘proletkult.’ Thus art tors Mr. the Italian government closed the under his grandmother’s will. and literature are violently democra gambling plnce recently, whereupon Takes Testimony Two Years. tized. the residents, consisting of several ‘‘During the whole of Inst winter, In Mr. Quinn took testimony In the case hundred male voters, declared Cam for two years In order to determine the an independent republic, with accountability of Mrs. Shnnnon for the pione the object of reopening the Casino, acts of her brother, and finally de which, during months of Its cided thnt the decisions In simllnr existence, mnde the n few Fortune Teller Takes profit reported to cases compelled him to hold that both be more thnn n million dollars. Long Trip She Predicted Mrs. Shannon and Mr. Flanagan chief shareholders were Austrians. The should necount for Lieutenant Dech Kansas City, Mo.—“Mister, ert’s $113,000, with interest since A delegation, hended by the mayor, with n petition and proclamation, was you ore going on a long, long . the way to Rome to Interview the Journey," said Allle Rico, n for 1000 Counsel for Mrs. Shannon objected on king when stopped at the Itnlinn fron tune teller, to Detective Harry to the liability ruling against her on The delegation was sent home; Arthur. the ground that she had ncted Inno tier. the papers were seized and the dele "I want company; come with cently and had been guilty only of gates were threatened with nrrest. me to police headquarters," Ar blind trust In her brother, but before thur told Allle. the attorneys for Lieutenant Dechert In police court Allle was fined had presented n decree to the surro WIRELESS THROUGH EARTH $200 and costs. She was given gate directing the payment of the $113,- a stay on condition she close up 000 with 13 years’ Interest, overtures Naval Officer Makes Discoveries Which her establishment. for a settlement were mnde, and as n W ill Revolutionize result of the acceptance by her nephew Radiography. San Diego, Cal.,—Radiography will Below, the Go dyeor blimp, which exploded above the loop district of revolutionized by transmission WHO KNOWS WHAT KIND OF FISH THIS IS? be Chicago nnd fell into a bank, killing ten bank employees nnd three members through the earth and water, instead of the crew. Above, the skylight of the bank building through which the of the air ns the result of discoveries mnde at a little experiment station lo The ordnnnce bureau of the war de blimp crashed. cated on a barge in San Diego bay, It partment Is offering to the dress goods Is predicted by Lieut. A. A. Morton of trade 18,000,000 yards of material STEAMSHIP GRAMPIAN HITS AN ICEBERG the navy radio laboratory at Mare Is will be a complete novelty to mi land, who conducted the experiments. which It Is a special silk mnde for First proof of the success of the new lady. wrapping cartridge bags, of a quality method of rndlo transmission through which should two or three the earth, it was revealed, was mnde dollars a yard. retail To for prove that the when the United States navy depart cloth In suitable for dress goods. ment sent a message from the Anhapo- E. E. Garrison bad a dress made Col. Its station to the British admiralty fitted to his secretary. Here it Is. and thnt the dirigible R-34 had been sight ed off the Amerlcnn coast. Should Be Careful. Lieutenant Morton was at his Instru Every spring in Venice the ques ments, heard the message and copied tion arises : "Shall the bathing suits it in its entirety, he said. be censured?” They were discussing the m atter nt the Woman’s club the LIVE HIGH ON STRIKE BONUS other night nnd one prim member said: Genoa Longshoremen Get $6.50 D a y - "Really, I do think that the pres ent costumes nre rather underdone. Hire Underlings at $2 to Do Work. I know they are better for swimming and all that, but you never know who Genoa.—Genoa longshoremen recent sees you under the water, with all ly converted themselves In twenty-four these submarines about.” hours from striking workmen to em The Canadian Faciflc steamship Grampian In St. John's harbor with her ployers oi labor. An' Ever*thing. bows stove in ns a result of striking an Iceberg. No damage wns done under They obtained through the strike a Martha, "h e 1« about ready to finish the water line. Tbe Grampian steamed under her own power from Cape Race, day wage rate of $0.50 and the follow her kindergarten, had roen the circus j where it hit the berg, back to St. John's. ing day hired other men for their Jobs parade, and, at dinner, was telling her | at $2 a day. thereafter living easy Uvea father of the wonderful sights. “An’, Bricks are being manufactured I on the remaining $4.50 for eight hour« papa, I saw one o’ those grea', grea' TRADE BRIEFS the United Kingdom at the rate of 4( management of the $2-a-day underling. big potnmusses; an' a whole lot o’ Instances of strike winning with sub- shepherds (papa's questions developed January is the wheat harvesting sen- 000,000 a week. The Co-operative Wholesale socle! sequent subletting of Jobs according to she meant leopards) an’ white m ens; son of Australia. Huge and unknown fish caught by mackerel fishers In a net at Torbay, the Genoa idea have been prevalent an* some elephants playin' crack the Sheep are used ns beasts of burden of Manchester, England, has decld« England. It was IS feet long and was of a species unknown to tbe fishermen, during the Intermittent labor troubles whip, hoi’ o’ each other's tails; an'— in northern India and carry 20-pound that Its employees, numbering 30.00 should Join Dudes unions. being a sort of cross between the man-eating shark and the gentle dolphin. throughout Italy. Returned Yank Given $125,000