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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1920)
•MNMMBMMMBMMMMMMMMMnBNWWIIHIIIMIHMIMIIIHIHMMMBHI [ It’s A Sad Home I _ ! W ithout Music ARSENIC IN COAL PRODUCTS j Recent Serious Case* of Poisoning Have Called Attention to Its Pretence in Quantities. W Thursday, Jan. 15, 1920 Arsenical poisoning by coal and fUf! coal products was recently discussed before the Frertch Academy of W ILL BE Science by Charles Richert in a pa Perhaps you can’t play any musical instrument, per per. haps you can’t sing— There had been aD outbreak of serious symptoms at a briquette That doesn’t matter. works. The name given to the dis order was the pitch disease. In many Just put a Grafanola in your home then any time cases there was cutaneous cancer of a The home will liven up, be more cheerful and when grave form, which even proved fa you can hear the world’s best musicians of all kinds, tal ; about 30 per ocnt of all the em guests come they will bedelightfully entertained. ployees were affected in this way. We have Grafanolas all prices, and all the records, A chemical analysis was made of the pitch, and arsenic was clearly too For the benefit of our many customers and users of D e Laval Cream found in it, and traces were also dis Separators we have established a, D e L aval Service D ay . covered in the dust at the works, in the hair of the workingmen (and O n this day we shall be glad to have any D e Laval user bring hit that in considerable quantities) and complete separator to our store for a thorough and careful inspection and in the blood of most of them. It was “ Horn* of the Grafonola” evident, therefore, tliat they were adjustment, which will be made free of charge. Should any parts, due to PERFECT SERVICE PURE DRUGS I under the influence of arsenic. unusual wear or accident, need to be replaced, this will be done, the only s It was ascertained that similar re charge being for the price of the new parts used. No charge will be sults have been met among tar dis tillers, road asphalters, tarred-paper made for the service. Ask Khaym—he knows, Monday makers and lamp-black makers. The CITY AND COUNTRY night. origin of this arsenic is to be sought A D e Laval representative will be with us to assist with this work. Tripp write« Ore insurance. in the coal. It has been tong known James Hunna was here from Fort Bring o your D e Laved Separator that day and receive the benefit of that certain varieties of coal contain John Feagles is in Independence land today. notable quantities of arsenical his advice on the care and operation of the machine, as well as the tiiia week. Dr. J. R. N. Bell was here from pyrites, but it is a new thing to find free service. It is our wish, and that of the D e Laval Company, that that arsenic is so widely to be found The city schools opened Monday Corvallis yesterday. every user of a D e Laval Separator get the maximum of service at the in coal. after a vacation of three weeks. Mr. and Mrs. A. Justin were here minimum of cost, and w e therefore urge you to avail yourself of this free Mrs. Dicky is quite ill at the home from Portland this week. IV0RY HUNTERS AVOID CEYLON of lier daughter, Mrs. Thos. Hart. and useful service. If you are going to saw wood call Neither Elephants Nor Buffaloes Have Tuaka Which Are of Any Value The interior of the postoffice is in at Willard E. Craven Hdw. store in Commercial World. being painted and otherwise im and examine the Wades Portable proved this week. Drag saw. An elephant without tusks seems The J. S. Cooper and J. G. Mcln- almost impossible, yet in Ceylon the It will be to your interest to read Willard E. Craven Hdw. ad this toshes ure the most recent victims male elephants have no tusks st til; Successor to Craesn • Huff Hdw. Co. week. to the popular “clothes line robbery." they have miserable little grubbers 1INDKPENDENCE I f such conditions continue it will projecting two or three inches from be necessury to sit up with your the upper jaw and incliniug down Mr. Henry Storley purchased "Wade’s” Fortable Drag saw from clothes while they dry. wards. Willard E. Craven Hdw. this week Nothing produces either ivory or With Mr. Underhill as director horn in fine specimens throughout LOST—Extra automobile wheel and Mrs. J. G. McIntosh as accom with Ure attached, between my place panist, the small boys' chorus has Ceylon. Although some of the buf Line Alley, Maniates; The Voice of thruout. and Independence. Please return to begun prac'ice. The leaders are de faloes have tolerably fine heads, they LATEST IN PAINLESS SURGERY the Big Mrs; lhe Recreation of Lena Keefe makes her debuf in will not bear a comparison with Henry McElmurry. lighted to find so many strong, those of other countries. The horns Recent Discovery Enables Operation Brian Kent, Harold Bell Wright; independence Tuesday night in I he Bent Twig, Canfield. j “The Challenge Accepted.” The ac- clear voices among the boys, and t* Be Performed Without Ren The Golforb Juvenile Co. at the hope to develop many good singers. of the native cattle are not above dering the Patient Unconscious. Children’s Books—Jack Among tion of the story takes place in the Isis Monday night was quite good, They huve already promised some four inches in length. the Indians, Grinnell; Rolf in the Blue Ridge mountains where in a considerable better than the negro pickaninny choruses for the Civic The elk’s and the spotted deer’s For many years, in fact, ever sine« Woods, Ernest Seton Thompson; U. S. army training camp we watch show the following night. antlers are small compared with deer anesthetics were brought into gen Prudence of the Parsonage, Hues- tjie transformation of a native of Club minstrels. of their size in India. This is the eral use, one of the aims of surgical ton; Helen and the Univited Guest,, the hills who objected to the draft Mrs. K. C. Eldridge accompanied The annual meeting of the stock more singular, as it is evident from scientists has been the discovery of Gilchrist; Helen and the Findout j and only subuiited to the law be- her son, Lawrence, to Portland, holders of the Farmers State Bunk the geological formation that at some some method of operating painlessly Club, Gilchrist; Helen and the Fifth 1' cause he lacked courage to evade it. where he submitted to a minor op Cousin, Gilchrist; Persimmons, eration at St. Vincent’s hospital Sat was held yesterday and the follow remote period Ceylon was not an without rendering the patient un Butler; Penrod, Booth Tarkington; Miss Keefe displays her versatility as the belle of the village who is a ing officers were re-elected: C. W. island, but formed a portion of the conscious by inhalations of ether or urday. Jessica’s First Prayer; Miss Tool- big factor in the boy’s patriotic en Irvine, president; J. B. Parker, vice mainland. It is thought that there chloroform. According to the Lon sey’s Mission; Laddie; J. Cole; lightenment. president; C. G. Irvine, cashier; G. must he elements wanting in the don Times, this desideratum is now When I Was a Boy in China, Lee; A number of Independence Mod Marguerite Clark in “Girls'* ern Woodmen will go to Salem next C. Smith, assistant cashier; C. J. Ceylon pasturage for the formation in accomplished fact, a system based About Animal;; Poems My Children Wednesday night will please every Thursday night to take part in a DeArmond, G. A. Wells, Edward of ivory. on the use of phenol having been Love Best of All; Grimm’s Fairy body. There is sparkling humor, class adoption at which time u Rex, C. W. Irvine and J. B. Parker, successfully employed by the sur Tales; Good Old Stories For Boys a vital theme and a gripping sory directors. A very prosperous year is large number of candidates will be REAL BABY ELEPHANT8. geons at the chief military hospitals and Girls; Tales of Laughter, Kate of a pretty but haughty little girl reported. initiated. in Milan for some thousands of op Douglas Wiggins. jilted in a childish flirtation,. She Four little Indian elephants wire Miscellaneous—My Four Years In swears a life-long hatred to the erations, among which were over 300 The Library Board resumed reg December 31st, 1919, marked the among a consignment of live stock ular meetings Wednesday. The Li- close of the most successful period brought from India to London by on the lungs, performed by Professor German, Gerard; Thoughts That In masculine sex and forms a man- rary has made a splendid record experienced by the Independence an animal dealer. The baby jumbos Bruschi of Como. The proposed line spire, vols. 1 and 2, Knox; Special haters' club with two girl chums. this year, and many new books are National Rank of this city, in sev stand about four feet high. They of incision is marked with phenol Methods of Teaching in the Grades. The other two members eventually succumb to Handsome Dan, the boy on the shelves. An annual report eral years and at u meeting of the are so docile that they make excel (carbolic acid) by dipping a steril god; and, despite her stubborn re AT THE ISIS NEXT WEEK is published in this issue of the directors on that day a dividend lent pets for children, to whom they ized scalpel into this liquid, and sistance, the &elf-styled man-hater Poet of 6 per cent was declared, covering are said to attach themselves de using the back of the point of the herself is forced to a delightful The newspapers have told you of the six months ending on that date, scalpel as a marker. After the lapse the marriage of Irene Castle, world capitulation bv the call of love. votedly. The members of the Crab Club and the remainder of the earnings of a few seconds, the scalpel is again famous actress and dancer. But did In "Come Again Smith," which motored to Dallas last Thursday placed to the "undivided profits" A VENGEFUL 8P IR IT . dipped into the phenol, and the tis you know that she spent part of her will have its showing Thursday evening and were delightfully en account. sues are cut with a slow and gentle honeymoon finishing "The Firing night J. Warren Kerrigan is seen tertained by Mr. and Mrs. Messner ‘‘Shall we ask the Jibways over for up-and-down movement similar to Line," the Sunday attraction? The as the son of a millionaire who tries of that city. The Messners at one « game of cards, Henry?” that used in sawing. What happens secret marriage of a society beauty to make his own way in the world. time resided here and were former AGREED. “Do, by all means. I want to get is that a film of phenol is formed on who repented of her hasty action He is pretty much of a failure until members of the Crab Club. immediately after the ceremony he is picked up by two New Yorkers Sadia — Say, even with John Jibway.” the blade when it is immersed, and h o n e st now. d s forms a basis for the story as pic- as a social experiment and put up “What’s the matter?” this anesthetizes the tissues as they turized from Robert W. Chambers' in The Civic Club committee for next you ilk a M ag flaT all luxury for a week. The ex “The last time I was at his house are cu t Frequent dippings are nec P a u lin a — W ell, Wednesday afternoon has ararngcd best novel. A spiritualistic warn periences that befall young Smith s h e 's c o t a ro o d he persuaded me to drink some of his a most pleasant session at the home essary to maintain the film, which is ing—a man who laid down his life heart an’ sh e home brew. I have some home brew rubbed off by contact with the tissues that his friend and the girl he loved during tihs week forms thebasis of Mrs. C O. Sloper on Main street m e a n s re a l w ell, of a story that is full to overflowing now.”—Birmingham Age-Herald. Several attracUve numbers will be b u t— might be happy—these are the sort with goo.l cheer, comedy and whole or washed away by blood. rendered and refreshments served. Sadia— N e ith e r of dramatic situations which make some drama. d o I. QUESTION OF DATES. Members and those interested in VALUABLE FIND. the picture unique in cinema-craft. Kvt’.ybody, young or old, enjoys club work who anUcipate becoming Theatre goers of Independence a story of youth and romance and “ Are you wearing your last year’s A nugget of gold weighing over members will enjoy the afternoon have a treat in store for them Mon clothes?” and to all a most cordial invitation LEATHER EXPORTS INCREASE. three pounds and worth about $1,- day evening, when Khaym, the ma the great outdoors. Add to that the funniest neighborhood feud in ths is extended. The meeting will begin “ It all depends on how you figure. 000, recently was found near Oro- gician marvelous, appears. In ad world and you have “The Heart of at 2 o'clock. Roll call will be an The value of all domestic leather If you count from when they were ville, Cal., by a mucker in the em swered by quotaUons from Ella and tanned skins, exported from tho ordered they’re last year’s clothes, ploy of the contractors for the con dition to the wonders of magic Youth,” the new Paramount picture which he demonstrates in the first which is coming Friday night Wheeler WUcox. United States during the fiscal year but if you count from when they'll struction of the Caribou power plant half of the entertainment, Khaym, Dainty Lila Lee is the star. She's ended June 30, 1919, amounting to be fully paid for they’re next year’s of the Great Weafe-s ? mm- in the last half gives tljg most com the spirited country maiden—the Mr. and Mrs. Oliver SmiUi left $126,471,264, broke all previous rec clothes.” plete demonstration of mental tele sort of part she plays so well—and psnv. last Saturday for California where ords and was three and one-half pathy which has ever been present Tom Forman is the city chap They they will enjoy the climate and times the value of similar exporta in ONLY SCARED. REPORT O r THE ed to an audience. Khaym is an 're “friendly enemies" until a» scenery of the southern state. They American born in India, his father startling twist of fortune, that you PUBLIC LIBRARY SECRETARY the prewar year of 1914. made a brief visit with friends in Doctor—Ah, yes. Very nervous, being in the consular service at the have to see to appreciate, brings southern Oregon. They will visit time of his birth. Khaym lived in them together. irregular pulse, palpitation of the (Continued from Page 1.) CAN'T STOP TALKING. San Francisco and other California heart and feverish, !.*t me see your Oppenheim; The Mystery of the 13th India until he reached the age of 12 "Man's Desire” with Lewis S. cities, and will return about Jan. Floor, Oppenheim; The Hero of the years, associating and playing with Stone Saturday night. His business ‘Oh, professor, while you were tongue. 20. Just before starting Mr. and North, Bindloss; Oh! Money, Money!» the Hindu children the same as pur w.'s v-e<*ked by one woman’s folly, playing I closed ray eyes. It was Young Man— I’m all right, doctor. Mrs. Smith were victims of the I just came to ask you for your Eleanor Porter; The Road to Under American children play together. and his sn»:g little home robbed of prevalent house robbery, losing $50. heavenly I” His early associations with the na “Thank you, madam. If the ladies daughter's hand.—Boston Tran standing, Eleanor Porter; The Mys tives of India, which is the home of his bride he loved by the brute who They expect to get a full measure she had married in her girlhood. tery of Ram Island. Ames; The of enjoyment from the trip anyway. would—ahem—close their mouths script. Treasure Trail, Marah Ellis Ryan; the Occult, made an impression on Lewis S. Stone plays the principal when they close their eyes the soul The Rising Tide, Deland; Ruth of him which led him to deep study role in this absorbing drama of the THE PROPER WAY. Dr. Thompson has p u r of an artiat would not be tortured.1* the U. S. A., Balmer; Starr of the along these lines. About five years northwest woods, a picture which ago he made a trip to India to do j moves with rapid action under the chased, and will operate “What do you think ought to be Desert. Bower; In Secret, Chambers; research work and at that time »he dynamic force of (he poweriui ect- REPREHENSIBLE CONDUCT. during 1020, one of the latest and Nomads of the North, Curwood; done about the blue laws?” ■tost scientific Instruments known Sage Brushers, Emerson Hough; title of “Khaym, the White Moham or’s personality. It's laid in God’s “ Ma, 1 gave young Mr. Smith his “Thsy should be put where they The Four Horsemen of Apocalypse, et," was conferred upon him at Ben great outdoore—a vivid portrayal of to optical science, which assures his could never !>e read.”—Exchange. patrons of absolutely correct glasses. conge last night.” Ibaux; His Family, Poole; The Har jares, India, by Mahrajah Singh, one life in the lumber camps, with pic ‘Law »«kes, Emma, no girl ought This brings his standard of exam bour, Poole; The Valley of Giants, of the noted teachers of the Occult. turesque scenes of the great forests HIS CHOICE. ination up to “second to none" in to give • young man presents liks Peter Kyne: Thankfuls Inheritance, The picture for the same night is and midwinter in the big woods. The following week's bill opens the state. Don't fail to have Dr. that.” Lincoln; Nurse Benson, McCarthy; Lillian Walker in “Embarasstnenl “Do you want a smart hoy. air?” The Land of Strong Men. Chisholm; of Riches." An unexpected legacy { with a Sunday matinee showing Thompson demonstrate, and exam “ No, I do all the work mvself ine your eyes, with this wonderful W. MrCalliater purchased a Port Wooden Spoil, Rousseau; The Red of a half million transforms over \ "Fires of Faith," the great story of “That’s just the kind of place I'd Signal, Lutz; A Summer in a Can night a factory girl into an heiress | the Salvation Army and Command- instrum ent Next visit Thursday, able Drag saw from Willard E. like, sir.” Craven Hdw. this week. Jan. 22. Beaver Hotel all day. yon, Wiggins; Amirilly if Clothes The story is intensely interesting | ®r Booth. m LÀŸAL SERVICE DAY Williams 9 Drug Co. f v COME EARLY W illard B. Craven Hardware