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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1919)
th e lxlwnrlptlmi Batatt VOLUME IL P olk The recent storm has started a discussion as to whether it was the worst one Oregon ever had. Old timers are arguing the question back and forth and one says this and one says that. An unquestion able authority is the man who has lived in Oregon longer than any present resident; a man who was born in Oregon 81 years ago. We introduce Cyrus H. Walker of Al bany, who says: “The big flood of 1861 began about December 5, caused by a three nights’ rain and a drizzle during the days, with a very warm wind. Considerable snow had fallen in the mountains, but there was no snow on the valley proper. The records in Albany show that on December 8 the Willamette was 36 feet above low water, the biggest flood known to white men in the Pacific North west. At Salem the Willamette was said to have risen three feet per hour, water rolling in great waves. Following the flood came freezing weather with a few inches of snow. About January 1, 1862, came a large . fall of snow, being added to until fully two feet deep, and about this depth was kept up until near March 1; for we had several short thaws with rain, that settled the snow. Probably 12 to 15 feet fell as a total, as some assert. In February we had some clear and intensely cold weather. It was reported that at Portland the mercury fell to 20 de grees below zero. At any rate, the river was frozen so that teams crossed. The snow did not all dis appear until in March, and then by the sun’s rays. “There have been several very hard winters in Oregon since then but 1861-62 was undoubtedly the hardest. With the exception of the winter of 1874-75, when a blizzard began January 9,1875,1 kept a diary during the “freeze-ups." The 1875 freeze closed the Columbia river and the Willamette was again frozen over at Portland so that teams could cross. From the flies of the Albany Democrat, we learn, under date of January 22, 1875: ‘Last Sabbath morning the thermometer stood at 16 degrees below zero, which was colder than ever before known in this valley. On that day the river was running full of ice, but it did not entirely close up until Tuesday morning, when it was completely gorged with ice and snow. During the forenoon three men crossed on the ice at Pierce’s ferry, which is something that the oldest inhabi tant never saw or heard of before, and it is probable it may 'never oc cur again in a lifetime.’ ” CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN INDEPENDENCE The cold and sloppy weather of fie past week has greatly retarded fhristmas shopping which means or the next four days, the stores rill be crowded. It is indeed a leasure to see that the bulk of In- ependence people are doing all heir buying at home, remembering he oft repeated saying that “a own that is good enough to live in i good enough to trade in." People are coming from every di- ection to buy Christmas gifts of loore & Walker. TTiey have leam- d that this store is a real bargain louse and are taking advantage of t Dickson's Market will furnish the rincipal item for everybody's rhristmas dinner. Quartier's is packed. Extra clerks .re already on the job. It is a big tore full of joys for kiddies. Right next door Willard E. Craven 3 also very busy. There is a great emand for the practical gifts that e carries. The Williams drug store is a de- ightful place to Christmas shop, ¡verything is so nice and beautiful. Special prices to those buying andies and nuts in quanities and a ig dollar special features the Mc- atosh grocery’. Going to Sloper Bros. & Cockle's i a pleasing habit people are ac- uiring—so many useful articles to e found there. Max Goldman for groceries and eneral merchandise. Photographs make very nice hristmas presents and there's a ;ry good photographer in this town. Settle your Christmas day dinner r attending thf Isis in the evening. at $LM • T u t Stateti? In Aivsnce; Six Mantas $1; Thres Montai M INDEPBNDENCE, OREGON, NUMBER 38. WAS IT THE WORST OR WAS IT NOT? county post IHi»liBillBil.C I S ; SIlBIIlHJIwmilMMIimiMIII THE END DIDN’T COME SUVER HUSBAND AND W IFE ARE BURIED TOGETHER Albany—The funeral of two of Oregon's oldest pioneer's, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred R. Smith, was held Thursday. The Rev. W. H. Lee, of the First Presbyterian church, con ducted the services. Interment was in Riverside cemetery. These pioneers had been living for the last ten years at Suver in Polk county, and died there within two days of each other, the wife on De cember 13, and the husband on De cember 15. Deceased are survived by two sons, E. R., of Suver, and Claude L., of Monroe. Mr. Smith was bom in Missouri on January 28, 1839, but came to Oregon in a prairie schooner with his parents and three older, brothers, only one of whom is still living, William F., at Natron, the place at which the family first stopped this side of the mountains. Later they moved to Albany. It was here he married Miss Martha Ingram, who was bom in Albany on August 23, 1851, and spent all of her life on the Pacific coast. BUTS 20-GALLON STILL TO RELIEVE CHILDREN’S COLDS Salem—E. E. Wells of Talbot ar rested here this week for buying a 20-gal Ion still said he intended to use the output of the device in re lieving his children who were suf fering from severe colds. County Budget Meeting The county budget meeting will be held at the county court house in Dallas on Friday, December 26, at 10:30 a. m. CLTDI T. y. A § ? ■ g i MONDAY, DEC. 22— DOROTHY GISH in “ Out i of Luck.’ ’ A very clever and charming story. s S TU ESD AY, DEC. 22—MAE MURRAY in “ The Big Little Person.” A most appealing picture of a little woman whom adversity could not conquer play ed with charm, strength and feeling. I t ’s the sea son’s truest love story and a drama for everyone o f every age. L. M. HALL IS DEAD; POLK COUNTY PIONEER The many friends of the family ex tend condolences. iiiiB iia iiM HOLIDAY WEEK PROGRAM The end didn’t come and we’re all here. It was kind of foolish for anybody to think that the end was coming Dec. 17, wasn’t it? No astronomer ever said that the end of the world was at hand. Nobody ever said that the end would come Dec. 17. It was just a wave of hysteria spread by sen sational newspapers without cause or reason. Why even the fellow that they said said it says he never said itl (From the Monmouth Herald.) The death of Lawrence Marion Hall, familiarly known as "Lark" Hall, occurred at his home in Mon mouth Wednesday night. His death followed a stroke of paralysis some days ago. Funeral services will be held at the home of Claud Skinner in Independence at 11 a. m. Satur day. Mr. Hall was one of the pldest residents of Polk county. He came to Oregon with his parents in 1846 from Bureau county, Illinois, where he was born November 20, 1839. A, part of the company who made the trip from Illinois was the famous Donner party which sepa rated from the others and died of hardships in the Sierras. The Halls reached Oregon safely and wintered at Elkton in. the Umpqua valley re gion. In 1847 the father, Reason B. Hall located a donation land claim at Buena Vista. He was the founder of that town and his family lived there for years. The Halls were a martial race. Reason's fath er, a Georgian, fought in the Revo lution under General Greene. Rea son B. Hall was a veteran of the war of 1812 and of the Black Hawk war and Lawrence Hall served in the Oregop Indian wars. In October 1863 L. M. Hall was married to Laura E. Watson of Missouri who died in 1863. They have a daughter living, Mrs. Jasper Miller of Portland. In October 1864 Mr. Hall was married to .Mrs. Rachel May. They have eight children: Mrs. Ada Davidson who died some years ago; Mrs. Clara Stover of Weiser, Idaho, Mrs. An na Herren of Monmouth; Mies Dora Hall at home; Miss Opal of New York; Mrs. Ethel Skinner of Inde pendence and Miss Erma Hall. Mr. Hall was prominent among the dem ocrats of Polk county and was sher iff from 1878 to 1882. He was an Odd Fellow and a Mason and leaves a wide circle of acquaintances to mourn his departure. DECEMBER 19, 1911. W ED N ESD AY, DEC. 24— VIVIAN MARTIN in “ Louisiana.” She was a little country bumpkin who meets a “ city feller,” but “ Louisiana” is different. The “ city feller” turns out good in this story, while the country boy is the villian. Y ou ’ll enjoy seeing the tables turned— in fact, things are delightfully mixed up. MRS. SIDNEY DREW in “ A Sisterly Scheme.” Love and Cupid in bathing suits! TH U RSDAY, DEC. 25— MONROE SALISBURY in “ The Man in the Moonlight.” “ No man who wouldn’t fight for him— no girl he couldn’t kiss.” Another fine Canadian Northwest Mounted Police story with punches and thrills galore. A big even in g’s entertainment— one you ’ll greatly enjoy. F R ID A Y , DEC. 26— CHARLES RAY in “ Hay Foot, Straw Foot.” “ I will roll up my sleeves, ladies and gentlemen, to show you that I have nothing con cealed” — but Charley couldn’t roll up ins “ biled fron t” and thereon hangs a tail and—Betty. He said he could never love her because she was an act ress because to him, the country rube, the stage was worse than the devil. One of the “ gol-dam dest” best pictures Charles Ray has ever made. i i i ■ I ■ I MERRY CHRISTMAS The Post wishes each and all of Sts readers a most merry Christmas and trusts that San ta Claus will do his full duty and leave not one home un- visited. And being 100 percent Inde pendence, we hope that the community stocking will be fill ed to overflowing with progress, liberality and enough bull dog grit to tell the knocker to go to that warm place where the temperature is said to be seve ral degrees above the boiling point. STIMM STORIES: FIM O M i l t While the big snow came like a lion it went away like a lamb; it disappeared in such a manner as to remove all possibilities of a flood. I rue, the old Willamette is a raging torrent but it has not reached such a high stage as to be threatening to the property abutting its banks. Since the storm, Independence has developed a great liking for the plumbing trade and many of its I male population have forsaken their INDEPENDENCE COUPLE WOULD W ED BUT NO usual vocations and are now engag R ed in fitting, cutting and adjusting water pipes—most generally in their (From the Dallas Itemizer.) I The cruel hand of the law inter own homes. ■ fered with a love-sick young couple An old shack, on the corner of B 5 from Independence getting married I Sunday. Saturday the young cou- and Main streets, used in the past ; pie appeared at the office of the as a blacksmith shop, fell in this I county clerk to secure a marriage week and when the debris is cleared I? I license, but as they did not have a away another unsightly object will q | witness were denied the precious be removed. document. An appointment was The rural mail carriers are back made with Deputy Clerk Lief Fin- fl seth to meet them at the court house on the job and are assisting in mak it a merry Christmas for the a Sunday when the witness would be ing farmers. Christinas day is not a present. The appointment was kept and all parties were present. The holiday for the carriers—they must | license was about to be issued when carry the presents around. § ! another person appeared. He was The concrete foundation of the | Sheriff O it , who had been advised 1 i from Independence to prevent the house on the “model farm", south marriage as neither the prospective of Independence, gave way and the building, or part of it, dropped into B bride or groom were of legal age, the basement. witness to the contrary not I their withstanding. The license will not The Independence schools—both i be issued until the parental consent high and training—have suspenden is secured for both parties. until Jan. 5. Both buildings were B quite badly damaged- INDEPENDENCE WELL B REPRESENTED AT O. A. C. 4* FRUIT MEN NEED NOT WORRY i i i i g i i i i SATU R D A Y , DEC. 27— BESSIE BARRISCALE in “ Kitty Kelly M. D.” The town of Fracas, A ri I OVER POSSIBLE CROP DAMAGE Oregon Agricultural College, Cor- zona, met the train to give the new she-doctor the u vullis—Independence students have (By C. I. Lewis.) “ razz” but when she stepped off the platform— B made an excellent record at the col If the loganberry vines behave as lege. .Orin D. Dadman, a captain young, pretty and blonde— there developed an epi they did in 1908 they will throw out of one of the cadet companies and demic o f masculine ailments theretofore unheard of. member of the Sigma Nu fraternity, quite a large number of vigorous SUNDAY, DEO. 28— (Afternoon and Evening)— MAURICE TOURNEUR presents “ The White Heather.” The sublime, but forbidden, love that prompted a man to so risk his life in a desperate un dersea battle for a woman, will rest in your memory always. The sheer beauty o f the scenes actually photographed on the ocean’s fioor will leave you gasping in amazement. “ The White Heather” is nothing short o f a miiacle. j? ■ 3 = 'a ¡ 1 ^ ^ 1 1 5 ^ ^ T 1 IN H D E E R E A TRE I IN ID E IN C E “ | " ■ ¡in iiiim iw iM iim iiiB iiiM iim ia iiia im iiia iiiM ii-iiiia im iw iim ia tin iim iiM iiw iiw in iT CHRISTMAS IN OREGON (By Mary Carolyn Davies in Oregon Journal.) They dreamed of home, a year ago, And of our faces, W ho kept their Christmas (as we know), In alien places. They dreamed of home, and frail and blue, Against the sunny Christmas sky H ood ’s snow shone out— how well they knew That peak! They dreamed o f roses, too; And great green firs against the sun. — And now their journeying is done. As in their dream, the firs tower high Against the blue and sunny sky; And the mild air is made more sweet By frost-pinched roses at their feet, As here they keep, with sun and rain, Christmas in Oregon again! IT BAN NIGHT ’FORE CHRISTMUS An Tillie sit smilin' chewin' her gum. Ay standt oop my feet, Tillie stop rockin', Ay handt her present, two red vool stockin', She yump oop glad, laffin' loud as she cud, It ban night fore Christmus, there An say, "Ole, yu’re slow, but yu also ban no one tu bodder, ban glide." No vun ban rount, not even h er! She take little tree, vat she say mis- seltoe, fodder, Tacks it on wall and sits down he Ay sits wid my Tillie, yet my heart low, ban so sunk. Ay don't know beeznis vat she do Ay felt so gee funny like Ay ban vid tree. sure drunk; An she kepp a smilin' an lookin’ at Dat girl ban peaches, Ay’d give her me. my, life, An Ay vanted to ask her if she ban At last she say, “Ole, Ole, yu ban so green, my vife. Sumtime Ay hate yu, tank yu ban But, by yumping yeeminy, vords not (Continued on Pe§e 4.) cum, (While the Post Poet was on the editorial staff of a Middle West daily he wrote this “pome” which was generally published over the country at the time and is now found in several books of Swedish dialect.) is prominent in student affairs. Last year he was president of his class and manager of the junior week-end. Gladys Reynolds, a senior in home economics, is prominent in the P. M. C. A. Last year she was a mem ber of the Beaver annual staff and secretary of the Cauthorn club. Wen dell H. penlinger, a junior in chem ical engineering, is an active menu ber of the Miners’ association. Made line Kreamer is registered as a soph omore in home economics. Charles G. Dawes is a freshman taking com merce. Opal E. Ilewett is a first year student in pharmacy. Rollo McKinney is registered as a fresh man in civil engineering. Harry C. Miller is a freshman in pharmacy. Delos Eldridge is a special student in music. Both Frank B. Smiley and Pete A. Stoltenberg are special students in agriculture. Cyril and Marvin Richardson, formerly of Independence, are also enrolled. THIRTEEN OF OUR LADS TAKE A PERILOUS JOURNEY The Dramatic Order of Knights of Khorassan functioned in Dallas last Saturday night, 71 men taking the trip into the unbeknown. No fatalities are reported. Homer Lodge No. 45 furnished thirteen of ftie candidates as follows; Gail Alexander, Sim Bush, Sam Cox, H. Chas. Dunsmore, Frank Dickson, Emerson Groves, Jim Garber, John Hiltibrand, Herb Hoyser, Grover Mattison, John Nelson, Murshall Pengra and Glen Smith. The boys were chaperoned by several of the "wiser" who had “been thru the mill.” The local lodge of Knights of Pythias is a live nest. THIS WEEK FIVE YEARS AGO IN SOUTH POLK COUNTY (From the Independence Monitor December 20,1914.) Clarence E. Smith and Miss Iva Cox married. Buena Vista pupils planted trees on the school grounds. Pi esbyterians at the Burton home held a reception for Rev. and Mrs. Lirchett. Genuine winter weather with much shivering and goose pimples. Many water pipes broken. A. C. Moore and Dean Walker bought out Rice A Gilbreath. R. M. Walker bought Moore’s interest in the hook store. laterals below the snow line, and these will bear considerable fruit If the loganberries are not killed above the snow line, it would in some ways be bad news for western Oregon, because it would mean that there is u tremendous area in the United States that can produce lo ganberries commercially. The cold spell came at a very fortunate time as far as fruit trees are concerned, because they are as nearly dormant now as they ever will be. It will pay fruit growers to watch their trees carefully to note whether or not the bark splits on the trunks. If the bark splits, it will become loose over the entire body of the tree, will curl up and the tree will die. The cheapest and quickest remedy to this trouble is to get large bill posting tacks and tack the bark to the tree on either side of the split. There is considerable concern over walnuts. We feel that the last cold snap would do very little damage to the average walnut trees. The wal nut is an extremely hard tree when dormant. It is a little early to determine peach injury. Growers who are in terested can cut thru the fruit buds with a sharp knife, and if they find the center badly damaged, the chances are that the buds are bad ly damaged. The peach has a very tender bud. AIRLIE AND LEWISVILLE VOTING PRECINCTS CHANGED I At the meeting of the county court this month several changes were made in the voting precincts of tho county. Airlie precinct No. 11 is now as follows: Beginning at the inter section of the Big Luckiamute river nnd section line between Sections 26 and 27 Tp. 9 S. R. 6 W. of the Wil lamette Meridian; thence down said river and its meanderings thereof to its its intersection with section linn be! ween sections 14 and 15 Tp. 9 R. 5 W. of the Willamette Meridian; thence .south on sAid section line to the west line of Wm. Parker's D. L. C.; thence in a southerly direction on said D. C. L. line between sec tions 22 and 27 in Tp. 9 S. R. 5 W. of the Willamette Meridian; thence west to the southwest corner of Section 22 Tp. 9 S. R. 5 W. of the Willamette Meridian; thence south to the south line of Polk county: thence west along the south line of Polk county to section line between (Continued on Pace A)