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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1920)
INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS i T he P olk C ounty P ost SECOND sacmoM Entered as second class m a tte r M arch 26, 1918, a t th e postofflce at Independence, Oregon, u n d er the Act of Marth 3, 1879. VOLUME a JANUARY 9, 1920. NUMBER 41. CLYDE T. ECXER, EDITO» CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND ITS EVILS. ISIS THEATRE, MONDAY JAN 12 ■ (Usual Pictures Also) KHAYM | THE WHITE MOHAMET And his full company of mental masters in a ni^lit of Oriental Mystery. Interpretations. Two hours of wonderful demon- strations of the Occult surrounded with an atmo- sphere of the Orient. HE ANSW ERS ANY QUESTION ON ANY SUBJECT. Prices: Children, 30c; Adults, 55c, including war tax ASK KHAYM—HE KNOWS 1 foW b y tfte bank book An effort is to be made to restore capital punishment in i Oregon. Whenever an unusually brutal crime is com mitted there is always a general desire that the murderer be killed. Perhaps the wretch deserves it and if the popu lace is unrestrained it would proceed to do the killing without delay. Men who would willingly assent in killing - while in a frenzy could not be hired for any amount of | money six months later to spring the trap or press the m P button that would send the same wretch into eternity. g Thus is it proven that the craving to kill is the result of ^ passion running wild. y This is not an argument against capital punishment. There is some merit in the contention that a “ life for a life” is right, but any contention that capital punish F ment cures or lessens crime is an error. Crime is every where and just as frequent where capital punishment is legalized as where it is not. The greatest evil of capital punishment is that some times it strikes the innocent. A foul crime is committed and there is strong circumstantial evidence that a certain unpopular individual is guilty. A prejudiced community would send him to the gallows. With capital punish ment in force in Oregon, Pender could have been hung, Branson and Mrs. Booth could have been hung; even the Howell boy in Coos county could be hung. They may all be guilty or all innocent. Nobody knows. If capital punishment is to be legalized it should be weighed down with “ reservations” sufficient to protect the innocent in all cases. Then after all—is it right? “ VELVET” A T ’S what those Savings De T H positors at the Farmers State Bank received in the form of IN TEREST on their money January first. I t ’s a fine way to encourage one to save—and w e’d like to have YOUR name upon that list of thrifters here. G. W. IRVINE, J. & PARKER, C. » . IRVINE, QUn C. Smith Präsident. Vice President. Cashier. Asst. Cashier. FARMERS STATE BANK BRYAN IN THE RUNNING (From the P ortland Telegram .) C om m enting on the revival of the great commoner, The Telegram ask ed pointedly: “W hat is B ryan going to do?” And the editorial page had scarcely been m ade up w hen the Associated P ress brought the news th a t his friends in M ichigan were preparing to enter him in the presi dential preference p rim ary w hich takes place early in April. There's the answ er. B ryan has set out to capture the nom ination, for we m ust assum e th a t his friends consulted him in advance, and th a t he did not deny them . T his announcem ent will accenu- ate the natio n al in terest in his speech a t the Jackson day dinner, Ja n u a ry 8, and the principles he prom ulgates on th a t occasion may be tak en not only as his platform , but as the “irreducible m inim um " w hich the Dem ocratic party can of- fer the people in the cqm ing cam paign. Bryan will sound the key note. W hether the adm inistration w ing of the party will harm onize w ith it rem ains to be seen. W ill B ryan’s friends in other states which have adopeted the pres idential preference prim ary follow M ichigan’s lead? Doubtless. It m ight be argued th a t a com prom ise between Bryan and the a d m in istra tion is w ithin the possibilities, and th a t the three-tim es stan d ard bearer m ight be induced to w ithdraw , but Bryan is not noted for self-abnega tion or self-effacem ent, and the a d m inistration is not given to compro mise, except w ith foreign powers. It ap pears a t this tim e th a t Bryan is earnestly in the running, and we look to see his nam e on the presi dential preference ticket in Oregon, and you will be safe in hazarding your ultim ate dollar th a t his vote will not be the lowest. HI JOHNSON AND HIS MANAGER “JIM” “ I F s Like Finding Money” says the Good Judge When you take a little chew of this real quality tobacco, and the good tobacco taste begins to come. You’ll find it keeps com ing, too. The rich to bacco ta ste la sts and lasts. You don’t have to take a fresh chew so often. Any man who uses the Real Tobacco Chew will tell you that. Put Up In Two Styles • RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco y r r o n -B r j t o n C o m p a n y , 1107 B ro a d w a y , N e w York City ! The Post has more readers in the Inde pendence territory and publishes mare news of South Polk county than any other paper. Because it is one hundred percent Inde pendence, does not attempt to build up another community at the expense of its own, and is a booster rather than a knocker. That’s why it receives the support and as sistance of all progressive people who have the welfare of the community at heart. (From the Benton County Courier) Jim Stew art is the m an in front of the Hi Johnson cam paign in Oregon. Now we have the best opin ion of Mr. S tew art and if there is anybody in the state who we believe m ight be able to put Hi across it is Jim. Big, good-natured, argum en tative, convincing Jim . W e have but little to say about his choice of band w agons, he m ay be w rong he m ay be right. H iram is from the west and would n atu rally see things with the eyes of a w esterner and if lightning should strik e in such a m aim er th at he w ent into the pro sidential ch air he would ho a better Republican for the place th an some of the easterners. From the stan d point of D em ocratic politics we have no fight ngainst Johnson—in fact we would he more th an pleased to see him w in the Republican nom ination. There are two reasons for this, we like Jim Stew art in spite of his politic^ and second, we are not scared of Johnson. Oregon Republicans and all oth er w estern Republicans m ight do well to boost for a home m an. Johnson will at least be able to carry his own state and th a t is m ore th a n m ight be said of some o th er a sp iran ts—Wm. E. Borah, for instance. The two or three stand-pat Repub licans of the old school who m ay still be found even in the progres sive west, will oppose Johnson. They are still sore over the stand he look on H ughes and his w hiskers, hut we have a hunch th a t these hard-shelled old school politicians will be p itifu lly in the m inority. Anyway, we have an abiding con viction th a t Jim will show Oregon the light and a thousand reasons w hy Johnson is the reasonable rh o ire of w estern or a t least Oregon Republicans. COMPANY K NOTES, N, G. O. W e have observed th a t one of our newest recruits is w earing his over coat for o ther th a n m ilitary p u r poses and believe us, it is fortunate for him th a t our C aptain lives out of town, for chances are we would have the privilege of w itnessing a court martiAl in the n ear future at his expense if he had been seen by the above m entioned gentlem an. Col. D entler, of the U. S. Army, and A d jutant General Stafrin in spected Co. K last T hursday night in the an n u al inspection and the Com pany stood it well. A dinner w as given the inspecting officers be fore the inspection began. The m en w ere instructed a t Tues day’s non com school to fasten th eir sh irt collars all the sam e way. For fu rth er particulars, report to Sergt. The C aptain distinctly to>d the Diek»on. Com pany th a t clothing or any of Cook Cox has sold o u t his share thp equipm ent w as not to be worn o th er th an for m ilitary purposes u n of The Palace to N. •. J. B. Violette d er a penalty of recom m endation and we presum e he will now devote more tim e in doping out fancy dish for a court m artial. es for o u r weekly feeds. It seem s th a t m em bers of the Com pany and officers are w orking S eargent Dickson announces th at a h ard sh ip on the reporter of this Co. K will stage an o th er sm oker in colum n by th e ir absence of news about two weeks in an effort to re item s and we w ish they would get deem itself in the eyes of the dear public. T his he m eans to do by p u t busy hereafter. Mr. Barnes, U. S. Wheat Director Says: “EAT MORE BREAD And reduce the high cost of living.” HOLSUM BREAD IS THE CHEAPEST AS WELL AS THE MOST WHOLESOME ON THE MARKET TODAY. BUY THAT EXTRA LOAF Your Grocer Has It. Cherry City Baking The Independence National Bank Established .1880 AN ACCOUNT in a commercial bank is the most convenient aid to modern business. It systema tizes payments, is a check on all expenditures and shows you just where you stand each month. Open one with us today. It will pay you to do so. Member Federal Reserve System Offioers and Directors H. Hirsehberg, Pres. D. W. Sears, Y. P. Ira D. Mix, Cashier W. H. Walker L A. Alien 0. D. Butler ting on a good card a t reduced prices. The last sm oker w as not a success from a financial sta n d point from all reports. The non-com officers’ train in g school is proving to be a g reat suc cess and the ottendance is increas ing each week. W e observe a few privates in attendance also. One of our m ost efficient corporals, we are informed, is p u ttin g in every spare m inute in studying m ilitary tactics which ought to send him up the line in jig time. This no doubt will be an incentive to others to follow in his footsteps. His nam e will not he published. Don’t forget th a t Independence w ants and needs a new arm ory and she should get one even if it has to be stolen. Lost—Key to locker. No rew ard has as yet been offered. Co. K has a new basket ball but aside from th a t nothing more can l>e said on this subject. Co. K h as several new m em bers and m any more are expected. The new equipm ent is fine. All m em bers should be w arned bout K. P. duty. The room in the ear of the independence National Hank, form erly used by the Com pany, is badly in need <t cleaning. 7HE THRICE A WEEK EDITION O r THE NEW YORK WORLD The present presidential cam paign is the most im portant in our history. The Thrice-a-W eek W orld which is the greatest exam ple of hibloid journalism in Am erica will ive you all the new s of it. It will keep you as thoroughly inform ed as :i daily at five or six tim es the price. Besides, the news from Europe for a long tim e to come will be of over w helm ing interest, and we are deep ly and vitally concerned in it. The i’hrice-a-Week W orld will furnish you an accurate com prehensive re port of everything th a t happens. The Thrice-a-W eck W orld’s regu lar subscription price is only $1.00 per year, and this pays for 156 pa per*. W e offer this unequalled new spaper and The Polk County Post together for one year for $2.00. The reg u lar subscription price of the two papers is $2.50. Max Goldman Deals in ài» “ w WOOL russ TEAL PORK FOULTXY TAMM WOOD WOOD O R O O S»» shoes fu r n u h d im D BT HOODS CASH OR TALLEY A TIME T A B U Effective April 1, trains wlU ru n as follows: No. 2 arrives from Hoskins 9:15 A. M. daily No. 4 arrives from Camps 4:00 P. M. daily except Sunday No. 1 dep arts for Camps 10:50 A. M. daily except Sunday No. 3 dep arts for Hoskins 4:15 P. M. dally F reight service 2:30 P. I f. on T uesdays and Saturdays SWOPE & SWOPE LAWYERS I. O. O. F. Buildinf Independent)«, The Polk County Post has a large num ber of pretty type faces for engraved calling or visiting cards.