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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1919)
J . a I PU B L IS H E D I E V E R Y F R ID A Y T he P olk Subscription Rates: VOLUME IL INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, I I The Post has been asked by a number of readers to com ment on the 192u county bud get. This paper is not familiar enough with the financial af fairs of the county to offer ad vice, other than alhrm its op position to three items. We would vole aguinsl allow ing $lbUU tor the school super visor us his work can be hone und should be done by the school superintendent us is the case in other states. We would oppose the $1200 for un agricultural ugeiil until a majority of the farmers of the county voted in favor of establishing such un oliice. 80 per cent of them are opposed to it now. We would vote to cut the appropriation for county fair purposes from $1200 to $300. The town in which the fail' is held and which reaps the fi nancial benefits should provide additional funds if any be needed. I ship of the Pacific Northwest inter collegiate conference last year may handle the Lemon-Yellow quintet. Although no official offer has been made, Walker, who was for merlv graduate manager of the Eu gene institution, has heen urged to I take up the reins as mentor again. Walker's success with the Lemon- Yellow team last year was phenom-1 Water pipes and tanks began enal. Taking a bunch of inexperi- bursting Tuesday and today (Fri- . enced plavers.he moulded together slay) ther are but few people in a machine fhat wo„ pi ht oul of the town who have water. One silver nine games in the Northwest con lining in the dark cloud is that there ference and 11 out of 14 from teams Is sufficient snow to keep every- in the coast organization. body from getting thirsty and melt Two of his players, Durno, for ed snow is being used for cooking ward, and Chapman, guard, were and drinking. given places on the all-coast quin The biggest joke of the week is on F. C McLean. When he discover ed he had no water at his home Wednesday morning he worked a half a day covering his pipes and otherwise thawing out. After fin ishing, he learned that the water ¡had been cut off by the company. The power company cut off both light and water Tuesday night or Wednesday morning because of a breakdown which was fixed by two •o'clock Wednesday. The shutting o ff the water angered many citi zens who had froten pipes as they claim that cutting off the water caused the freeze up of the pipes. DECEMBER 12, 1919. CLYDE T. THE COUNTY BU D G ET « mbimhib • mll . n. :.¡ a ; ¿.tun»i:>«MiB>iiKiiR:iiaiiRimiaiiiaiiaiuiii HMkini ta i A N OLD TIMER QUOTED The worst storm in the history of the state struck Oregon Monday uight, several feet of snow failing and the temperature dropping as low as ¿0 below zero. Each night from Tuesday to Friday, local ther mometers have registered from ten to twenty below, breaking all re cords for Oregon. Such a cold w avy so unexpected and extraordinary, brought much suffering and incon veuience. 1 he people of Oregon arc not prepared for such weather and it struck them very hard. Accord ing to old timers there was a snow fall in 1884 equal to the one of this week, but it was not accompanied by such cold weather. In a cold country, where such weather is a part of the winter climate, people do not mind it so much because they are prepared and equipped to “dig trenches out” without inter ruption to traffic and business. Bui here, where even a snow fall is not frequent, such a calamity of weath er doomed Oregonians to business SA N TA CLAUS A ï i/IAN Y ih ih ir u K ilu ti 'i-.Vi»1 , n and a cessation of all traffic. Christinas shopping has been greuUy retarded by the storm aim COLD BLASTS will cause most oi me i>u)mg ... One resident reports that one come me last lew days. V. nnun in town refused water to the lui'ge turniture store oi ivioon neighltors & Walker will be the mecca lor an Uiose realizing the advantages oi Mrs. Nellie Barnett sustained a . u) nig luinnuie <i.- gins, in e size nous loss as all the plants and oi tiie pocKeihooii can he eaaiij other vegitation in her “green matched at Moore & W alker’s as House" were frozen. prices range from 25c to $300. This store certainly has an excellent Many sheds fell, among them be stock at very reasonable prices. ing the train sheds of the I, & M. The McIntosh Grocery will piovt m e awning on the south side of quite a popular place lor me pur oioper tiros, i i Cockle's went down chase of tiie Christinas eats and >.un a crash. treats. Mr. McIntosh is giving a $1 Christmas bargain that all The large amount of snow lodged mould take uilvaniage of. on the roofs of the flat buildings Dickson's Market is well preimmi made it necessary for them to be to handle all demands for all kinds shoveled off. The Masonic building of poultry. is the largest and biggest job. The suitable gifts offered by Sloper Bros. & Cockle will find a A was necessary to remove the ready sale. The shopper will sure paving from inside the S. P. tracks visit this store before making u sel tor a distance of half a block as the ection. paving swelled and would not let The always popular Williams the cow-catcher of the freight trains drug store is unsurpassed when it pass over i t conies to pleasing gifts. They are cleverly arranged in display and an The Isis had a show every night assortment is well provided. except Wednesday and more turn Willard E, Craven, Hardware, had ed out than you would expect under a very good stand-in with Santa the circumstances. The Wednesday Claus this year. The articles found night show had to be abandoned at this store were purchased with a liecause of the non-arrival of.films. view of catering to Christmas shop pers and the latter like them. W e know of one man who didn't For articles of gpneral merchan go to work Wednesday because he dise and groceries, Max Goldman's couldn’t open his doors, the snow store is visited. having banked so high against Youngsters are already filling up them. W e think they are open now Quartier’s. There’s many a nice but “ IH say that's being snow thing for grown-ups there, too. bound.” This year of all years, do your t * Christmas buying in Independence. Train service was suspended all day Tuesday and it was not until DEAN W ALKER MAY HANDLE late that night that a passenger 1920 LEMON YELLOW QUINTET train reached Independence. Since then train service has been irrgular EUGENE—Dean H. Walker who and not until Monday will trains coached the University of Oregon be on time again. basketball quintet to the champion No fanners ventured forth Tues day, but on Wednesday a few crawled out and the number has increased each day since. They were obliged to either walk or ride M horse. Probably there wasn't twenty.sleds in Polk county, but many made them and are using their Jo advantage. P ost $LSI a Tear Strictly in Advance; Six Months $1; Three Months 90 oenta. All subscriptions stopped at expiration. NUMBER 37. WORST STORIO IR county tet. MANY DEALS IN DIRT PU T THRU BY TR IPP E. E. Tripp reports the following i real estate sales: The Willis Rickman home and two lots near the training school to W. D. Cuth bert: 40 acres of the Whiteaker cs tae rfPar Dallas to W. D. Bierce; 40 acres of the Joe Anderson farm j south of town to Ii. F. Jerman of Salem; .10 acres of the F. F. Rider , hop ranch to W. \. Patton; ¿Garres of the Johnson estate to W. A. Pat ton . Tell The Poet. / ¿ T i THt SHOW QOtS ON I i ti i SPEND Y O U R E V E N I N G S W HERE IT IS I W AR M A N D C O M F O R T A B L E AND W HERE I THE B E S T P IC T U R E S A R E A L W A Y S SHOWN i » 5 S M I DJUMGt IS HEAVY Pe .pie have commenced to reckon how much damage has been sus tained by this storm. Thousands of bushels of potatoes have been froz en and possibly $5000 would not H T U L ö D A A , Dec. 1(>— M ary iviacijaren at her best S cover the loss. The blanket of snow i iu “ The W eaker Vessel.” is supjioscd to he a protection to i fruit trees, berries, hops and grains It will cost the people of Independ W E D N E S D A Y , Die. 17— Wallace Reid in “ The w MISS GENEVIEVE GILLESPIE WEDS MR. LEON McCLINTOCL ence $500 to replace broken water Love b u rg la r.” H e v\as the “ white black sheep” of ii pipes. liis family. He was the lies! thief of His time in his set until lie turned his talent to stealing a g irl’s heart. But she was a crook, so lie had to be a crook, too. I t ’s a corking good picture. Comedy, “ Among Those Present.” Family row— .rolling pins, bats, clubs, etc. n Frof. J. B. Horner hail an ar ticle in lust Sunday's Oregon Journal in which he described the occasion when the Cascade mountains arose from the Pa- citic ocean und gave us u place to live in. Ail old timer says he remembers that incident very distinctly hut he cannot recall the time when Oregon had such weather as at pres ent. HI ILSD AY, Dec. 18— Hedda Nova in “ The Spitfire oi ¿seviiie." Folks- -here’s a gr.it story, just full of the fire of life. A pepperpot of a plot with a handsome young American and a stunning Spanish girl. How lu* comes within an ace of losing liis precious young life and how she almost commits the deed makes a most fascinating story. An announcement of the marriage of Miss Genevieve Gillespie, daugh ter of Mr. unit Mrs. N. F. Gillespie of Ceutralia, Wash., and Mr. Leon McClintock of lloseburg. Ore., has been received by The Post. A Cen- tralia paper gives.an account of the wedding which is published below. Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie and their charming daughter, former residents of Independence, have a legion oi friends here who ure pleased to know of the happy event. In the presence of immediate rela live anil friends, Miss Genevieve Gillespie, of this city, und Leon Me Clintock, of lloseburg, Oregon, were F R 1 D A Y , Dec. lit— Lila Lee in Kate Douglas united in marriage by Hev. Win. W ig g in s’ “ Rose o’ the River.” Whether von de- J. Sharp, Sunday afternoon, Novein maud thrills, heart throbs or laughs, you’ll get just her 3(), at 5 o’clock. The ceremony what you want Friday night. It's the story of a took place at the Gillespie apart ments in the Peerless hotel, and green little country girl who got mixed up with a the bride was given away by hei slick “ city feller.” But green as she was, she turn ed the tables on him and made him the laughing P father, N. F. Gillespie. Masses ot I shaggy yellow and white chrysanth stock of all. emums used in profusion formed attractive setting for the cer< - und lent their beauty for the S A T U R D A Y , Dee. 20 Sessu Hayakawa in “ The I £ i inony G n y Horizon. The eminentJapanose screen actor S | occasion. The bride was lovely in cast as an Oriental artist who avenges the betrayal p j a cream batiste gown, made very simply in princess fashion and of his sister by murder and accepts guilt stoically trimmed with limey stitching and and without flinching when he realizes that the evi tiny buttons, setting off her rich col oring and chestnut-colored hair. Im dence that would save him would cause mortal pain mediately after the ceremony, the to a woman. wedding party were- guests at a delicious five-course turkey dinner p S W D \ V l)po. 21-— fAfternoon and evening)— at the Hotel Wilson, presided over 1 Catherine Calvert in Et'inor (Uyn’s “ The Career of by Mrs. N. F. Gillespie. The table was centered with a basket of tiny i Katherine Bush.” She had beauty and brains— and fluffy chrysanthemums tied with an i nothing more. But she used what she had— and airy bow of tulle. The happy couple 1 used men— to gain her heart’s desire— and she won. left for Portland where they will I Y o u ’ll like this one immensely. spend their honeymoon, after which they w ill he ut home to their friends in lloseburg, Oregon. The bride is one of Centralia's most charming and popular girls, and previous to 1 * ^ lI S L b E H E IN U E IN C E her marriage, taught one >of the primary grades in the Logan school. ll:■ lll■ lll■ lll■ ll!■ lll■ !ll■ lll■ lll■ IIIH II■ lll■ lll■ M !H IU II■ ll!n ln ll■ ll■ ll■ lll■ l|■ ll|■ |||■ |l|R Her goiug-away suit was of dark blue, with which she wore a large black velvet hat and black boots. T H E ST O R M (From Snowbound” ) The groom is an upright mun and is in partnership with his father in the (By John Greenleaf Whittier.) abstract and insurance business in Roseburg Ore. Many beautiful Unwarned by any sunset light gifts were received by the couple. The gray day darkened into night, Mrs. McClintock has many friends A night made hoary with the swarm in this city who take this opportuni And wliirl-dance of the blinding storm, ty of extending their best wishes to A s zigzag wavering to and fro ward her future happiness.—Cen- Crossed and recrossed the winged snow; tralia (Wn.) Chronicle. I | <^| s . T H E A T R E A n d ere the early bedtime came The white drift piled the window frame, And through the glass the clothes-line posts Looked in like tall and sheeted ghosts. So all night long the storm roared on: The morning broke without a sun; In tiny spherule traced with lines O f Nature’s geometric signs, In starry Hake and pellicle, All day the hoary meteor fell; And, when the second morning shone, W e looked upon a world unknown, On nothing we could call our own. Around the glistening wonder belt The blue walls of the firmament, No cloud above, no earth below,— A universe of sky and snow! The old familiar sight of ours Took marvelous shapes; strange domes and towers Rose up where sty or corn-crib stood, Or garden wall, or belt of wood A smooth white mound the brush-pile showed, A fenceless drift what once was road; The briillo-jMist an old man sat N\ itli loose-flung coat and high-cocked hat; The well-curb had a Chinese roof; Vnd even the long sweep, high aloof, In its slant splendor, seemed to tell O f Pisa’s leaning miracle. A prompt, deci: ivc man, no breath )ur father was od: “ Bovs a path!” m n (fo r when did farmer boy W ell pleased, Count such a summons less than joy i) Our buskins on our feet we drew; W ith mittened hands, and caps drawn low, (Continued on Page 4.) BLIZZARD BITS Fresh air fiends have been awak ened by snow flurries blowing into their faces. Neighbors have been borrowing “ hydrant puree" all week. We may never pay it back. We don’t know of any one who has supicioned that this unusual snow is a "Red" movement. If we had two old tennis rackets, instead of one, we'ed try making some snowshoes a la Reed college. “ I think we ll freeze to death be fore the 17th. There will be noth ing left for the end of the world to roast." We are reminded of the poem someone wrote about the horse, "He hasn't went yit" and we are glad he hasn’t. I' ruzen potatoes atld onions are good if you cook them before they thaw, but we know of no process by which this can be done. People are fortunate to have Eastern guests who know how to wield the snow shovel. We know of some who have guests like that. On awakening from their slum bers people have discovered icicles on their hair. We know this has huppened, even to red haired peo ple. Mr. McBeth, the pleasing plumb er, is the most sought man in town. We nre on his telephone line and ire prepared to speak—if we can get central. Some men who never worked be fore have been on the job shoveling snow, but one man who looks for Heavenly aid says “ The Lord put it there, let Him take il away.” “How deep is the snow at your place?” "It’s all over my head.” “Well, it’s not over mine here." “ It's not? How did you keep it off your roof.” "Daddy" Hedges says: “ If this snow goes with a Chinook we OREGON OIL POSSIBILITIES are alright, but if it goes with a BEING INVESTIGATED rain we had better climb the high est tree we can find.” We have the The Oregon Bureau of Mines and tree spotted. ideology has been conducting an in vestigation to determine whether We wouldn’t mind having an air or not there is oil in Oregon. The plane to ascend in, hut the Texas results of this survey are being pre newly weds have those all engaged pared for publication at the earli for Dec. 17 to escape the "end of the world" anil we can only qualify for est possible moment. an airplane in one respect. <IR AND MRS. HENRY OBER She:“ Are You coming home to SON LOSE IN FAN T SON lunch?" He: "No, I started, but I got half Edward, the three months' old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Oberson, n block and froze all my equipments died after ail hour's illness this so I went back." She: "Well, the chicken's in the morning. Their many friends deep ly sympathize with them in the loss oven but the pipes are hursted and of their first bom. Funeral services I can’t have a sign of a fire." will lie conducted Monday morning While living in Denver, during a iv Dr. II. C Dunsmorc. snow storm something like this, THIS WEEK n V E YEARS AGO Evelyn Thaw was appearing at a IN SOUTH POLK COUNTY Champa street theater. In front of the theater this sign was displayed: (From the Independence Monitor "We like the snow, hut oh, you December II, 1914.) Thaw!" If she appears nt the Isis within the ne\J few days, the same Hops went up to 13 cents. James Graves died at his home in sign will probably be appropriate. North Independence. Mrs. Ruth Con key elected worthy natron of the Eastern Star. Miss Cecil Marie Jones and Earl Rnef married by Dr. II. C. Duns more. Independcnce city elected W. H. Walker, mayor; It. F. Swope, re corder; G. N. Sloper, J. F,. Hubbard and C. W. Heiikle eouncilmnn. No silver thaw need apply. Both rural carriers started out Tuesday morning with their Fords. Wimiler of One made the circuit, hut Dickinson of Two had to cut off eight miles of his route. Since that time neither carrier has turned a wheel. Just when they will be able to make the rounds again depends entirely upon how long the snow »(ays. Have a snow water tocktaill