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VOLUME IL NUMBER 43.
"THE BLUE RIBBON
COUNTY OF OREGON"
(Lynu Davis in Portland Journal)
CLYDE T. ECKER, PUBLISHES
IMHMIlElhL I T¡ Jllfiil'EMl iNUBil:
TWO WARDS COUNTED
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j The official census for the
| second and third Independence
I has been completed, if any one
| living in either one of these pre-
j cincts was missed, they should
| inform the mayor or recorder
| at once.
| The count in the first and
| fourth Independence wili not be
j completed for several days yet.
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“ POP" GUNN NOT HERE
Boitgl
Fairbanks I
Mrs. Charity Gunn and two
daughters of Wisconsin are here
to visit at D. M. Hampton’s.—
Monmouth Herald.
CNMCE-FOR i n
1111EP EU C E
THREE IMPORTANT EVENTS
Incomparable in size or strength
j
ON WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR
’n,e opportunity has been pre-
to any of the other seven districts
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rented to Independence to have a
j
Mrs. O. D. Butler entertained very ,unnery- The company owning the
of tiie Willamette valley, the right
j
informally, but very pleasantly, plants at Brownsville and Corval-
oi i'oiK county to l>e called "'the
last Friday afternoon, for Mrs. j liis lltts expressed a desire to build
blue iUbbon County of Oregon"
Richard Wells of San Francisco. ,,ere if $ 'ye the support of the city,
has otteu been questioned, but jus GRAY LHEViNNE CONCERT
•nests for the afternoon included
^ committee of business men are
IS GREATLY ENJOYED
tification lor this claim lies in the
:■ few old time friends of the hon uow considering the proposition
quality and abundance of its diver
urea.
j and hope that satisfactory arrange-
Long live the High School!
sified products.
—
meats can he made and the cannery
Long live Estelle Grayl
When the lands contained with
Mr. and Mrs. H. Mattison were ,>s*«hl;shed here,
Long live Mischa Lhevinne!
in the boundaries of bulk county
ery delightful hosts to the Kill
.s " f™«ent acreage must be sec Ur
The Gruy-Lhevinne concert given
were first brought under cultivation under the auspices of the High
Kara Klub last Friday evening
Juftify the company in coming
tiiey were devoted to the usual dry School at the Isis Theatre Tuesday
he evening w .e
w JT a I £ ,
TWO NIGHTS—THURSDAY AND FRID AY
land iurin crops, such as wheat, evening was a decided success
ion Five Hundred, closing with an turns possible from berry and veg-
oats and barley. It took only a from every standpoint. The concert
xcellent luncheon.
etable growing, there should be
lew years to prove that the soil was assumed the nature of a story-lec
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1,0 difficulty in securing the liberal
SA T U R D A Y , JAN . -4 — SJtjSoUJb r a i a e a w a
ncn enough to produce far more ture recital with Estelle Gray as the
Mrs. George Carbray was a most support of farmers and gardeners
interesting story-teller. The out
telightful hostess to tho S. S. Club for « proposition that will aid them
proutame crops.
in “ xne itiau Jaeneatn.' 'm e barrier or blood stood
• eduesday afternoon.
A brief greatly.
present some of the finest ber- standing lealures of the evening was
between tins ingli caste Hindu and tiie pretty
business session was followed by a
Not only tho farmers and garden-
iy laruis, orchards, nut groves and simplicity, both the artists believing
iScotcii girl he loved, lie accepted, wild the fatalism
that to make an audience xeel nap
social afternoon.
Roll call was
but every citizen oi independ
^u. 1 . j sum s in tne state aie iocaieu py and tree, the entertainers siiould
answered with “worth while e- ence should get behind the propo
of ins luce, the man-made barrier winch made him
m uus district. Apples, cherries, act as hosts and very natural ones
vonts." Mrs. Conkoy told a very sition and push it thm to success.
“ liie Man .beneath.” viomeuy and jeora Weeniy.
pears unu peaches nourish, and at that. When presenting violin
enjoyable story of the “Gold Stripe,” It is nn opportunity to add to the
ioQutiDernes and strawberries thrive solos, Estelle Gray told in conversa
a tribute to the heroes of the Great growth and wealth of the city and
uuuur me combination oi an ex tional way, the story of the compo
War. Social converse and a very n6 efforts should be spared to "put
SUNDAY, JAN. 2.3— (Afternoon and Jbvening)—
sitions. Many of tnese were novel
cellent soil and an ideal climate.
appetizing luncheon filled the re- it over."
DUriUX
ri
Y
D
ib
it
in
“
i'll
Get
m
m
yet.”
The
great
i*i maindcr of the afternoon with good
t ola county occupies an unique ties ny trench composers oi de
story oi the g in who juu a railroad, felu couidn t s j fellowship.
WHY THE COUNTY JAIL
position in the Willamette district, scriptive music. One group pictur
make him love her because she was a bloated railroad
IS ON THE SQUEEGEE
„ c . g nan within the \v iliameue ing laim iite made a decided hit.
one also demonstrated that she
GIVING A SHAM BATTLE
talley itself and half within the could play the classics with a sure,
magnate— and he hated railroad magnates and the
FOR COLLEGE GIRLS (From the Polk County Observer.)
cAiast range mountains.
touch o f a g irl’s money. ¿She had to run away with
nrm tone and technique, Her lium-
A county official opined: “ Every
As a means of comparison, it oers were given with an ease tnat
(From the Monmouth Herald)
her father's whole railroad— cars, engines, tracks
man that comes to town asks why
nas olten been pointed out that its seemed to take no consideration ol
Mayor Wolverton rounded up two it is that the county jail is on the
and everything—to win him.
lUtl square miles of territory is just the difficulty of the composition.
autos of Independence boys who ; squeegee. That is easily explained,
She
uses
a
Cremona
nearly
200
one-tlurd the size of the state of
have been in the custom of driving ; When the jail was built the surveyor
years old. Mr. Lhevinne is a bril
noleware.
M ONDAY, JAN. 2«— BESSIE BAREISCALE g up and down in front of the Nor- j set the stnkes for the man who was
liant
pianist,
who
produces
a
sing
t he half qf the county in the val
in “ Rose O’Earadise.” Comedy “ Lions and L adies." ! mal popping their autos until it to dig for the foundation. During
ley proper lies at an elevation of ing. virile tone and who is decided
sounded like a bombardment on the the night along came a drunken
ly poetic. Several numbers were his
Vrgonne front, and showed the hoys man, who lnid down on one of
from 400 to 800 feet and is mainly own compositions and were partic
TU E SD AY, JAN. 27—Miss LOUISE GLAUM in
the ordinanec forbidding such prac-1 the stakes, knocking it over. When
rolling in character. Soil is deep ularly interesting.
Estelle Gray,
♦ ice. The boys promised to desist he men came to work in the morn
“ Shackled." Comedy, “ liis Lucky Blunder." New
and fertile in character and readi who in private life.is Mrs. Mischa
in the fututre.
ing they drove the stake in where
ly adapted to diversified farming.
Lhevinne, and Mr. Lhevinne live in
Screen Magazine.
they thought it belonged, with the
Small hills extending along the Oakland, Cal. At their home is a
THIS WEEK FIVE YEARS AGO
result that the building does not line
side of the county bounded by the little nursery they tell you about in
IN SOUTH POLK COUNTY with the street, as the foundation
W E D N ESD AY, JAN. 28— LILA LEE in “ Rust
Willamette river really make a sep interview and a little l»y five
was in and the building partly e-
months
old,
who
already
possesses
ling
a
B
ride,"
a
tale
o
f
the
cowboy
West.
arate valley out of the lower lands.
(From the Independence Monitor rected before the facts were discov
a
piano.
We
shall
eagerly
await
a
This territory is drained by the
ered. But candidly the old build
January 22. 1915.)
The High
Luckiamute river and La Creole return engagement.
TH
U
R
SD
A
Y
AND
F
R
ID
A
Y
,
JAN.
29
and
JO—
Seth Fawk and Miss Janie Young ing is a disgrace to the county and
Schoolers realized $52 profits from
should be replaced. As it stands
creek with a anyth area in the the entertainment.
married by Dr. II. C. Dunsmore.
The
greatest
o
f
them
all,
the
renowned
DOUGLAS
Uncertainly is a terrific knock to
northern part drawn upon by the
FAIRBAN KS in ‘ His Majesty, the American.”
Yamhill river. All these streams EX-INDEPENDENCE GIRL
Janies Shelby Cooper III. horn to Dallas find Polk, county.”
A big, new picture of laughter and love, thrills and
flow into the Willamette.
Mr and Mrs. J ,S. Cooper, Jr., Tues
MRS. LOTTIE BOYD DIES
VOOTERS IN PRECINCTS
day, Jan. 19.
The entire valley section is suit
surprises— a romance with a regular hero, and hero
CHANGED MUST REGISTER
ed to the growing of fancy fruits
"Auntie” Ingram received the sad
ine and oodles o f vilains an’ everything. And such
V. & S. railroad surveyors were
and vegetables, and to intensified intelligence u few days ago of the
a hero! He cleans up everything from New York to
Because of the changes in the
in town.
dairy and stock farming. In the death of Mrs. Lottie Boyd, a former
boundaries of those election ’pre
the
Mexican
border
and
then
hops
to
Europe
to
show
vicinity of Dallas, the county seat, resident of this city. Death followed
The Independence city council cincts, it is necessary for legal vot
them how to handle a revolution. .I f there’s any
there are 5000 acres of prune farms un operation for appendicitis. For
refused to levy nn occupation tax ers of Oakdale, Airlie, Lewisville
alone and many more young or the past 20 years she has lived in
thing wrong with your stomach, liver or something,
on “eating houses” there being and the several Dallas precincts to
Sacramento, Cal. Still cherishing
chards coming into bearing.
eight of them i;i town at the time. register again.
better go and see the joy specialist.
a love for Independence and for the
Apple culture is really in its in
Methodist church, Mrs. Boyd has
fancy in this section but in future reaped an annual pleasure from
PEDEE NOW ON MAP
INDEPENDENCE TO GAIN______
SA T U R D A Y , JAN. 31- W ILLIAM DESMOND
years it is believed tha* this will sending a box of Easter lilies from ■
POSTOFFICE ESTABLISHED
NINE BUSINES8 CONCERNS
be one of the most profitable in her southern home to be used to a in “The Blue Bandanna." A rollicking good story
During the months of January and
The Pedee postoffice was opened
dustries of the Polk county section. decorate the altar of her “old home
wherein Desmond turns crook, bandit and detective
February, Independence will gain
today
with
V.
J.
Love
as
postmaster.
About 50 car loads of this fruit was church." The ladies of the Aid sent
for love o f a girl. A snappy, fast drama. Comedy
Mail is carried over the V. & S. nine business concerns of varipus
shipped to various sections of the words of comfort to the bereaved
and
Ford Weekly.
sorts.
from Independence.
wishing
that
her
spirit
may
he
as
country this season.
English walnuts, filberts and al bright and happy arcuud the
Heavenly Altar as the lilies which
monds are being produced success
they have all so greatly enjoyed.
fully. Hops have been a staple
crop for this district and at one
■ R ^
M ^
IINDEPEINDEINCE . “ -
time Polk county was second in WENT UP IN SMOKE;
1
TWO
NOTES
ARE
BURNED
rank in the production of this crop.
IIIIBIIiailMlIBIIIBIIIBilIBIIIHIIIHlliHülHIIIHIUIIiailiBlllBilIHllIBlItl
bumiibhibï
From the Polk county orchards
Last Wednesday afternoon the
millions of pounds of fruit are pack
Ladies Aid of tiie Methodist church
ed annually for shipment to all held a celebration. They have just WHEN EAST INDEPENDENCE W A S’NT ORVILLL
parts of the world. The district paid two heavy debts which hung
has two large packing plants of its over their church, and during the I
soon lie dark. One of the men said:
(By Virginia Southern)
own and plants in other counties afternoon, burned two notes, one he- i
Did you ever, ever in your life do “You ought to be a good walker '
draw from the products of this ter ing for the sum of $500. At inter something you couldn't explain I tolcf him I wasn’t a Mazama.
ritory. Other packing and refrig vals they drank tea, ate, and blew why? The only tiling you were After convincing me the hike
erating plants are to be built next the smoke away. These energetic sure of was that you did. You have would be perfectly safe, or they
women still have $100 in savings j
year.
have you not? Maybe you have wool go with me. I started down
There are still many acres of at the hank and declare they have 1 not. Perchance you have and did the O. E. track, bent for Orville.
many other things to accomplish.
n’t want to tell. Well, I’m going to At first I began swearing vengeance
good fruit land in Polk county sell What next?
be generous enough to tell you a- against tiie entire Butler clan, fur
ing at from $125 per acre up. There
bout my doings, because fun is not if there had never been any Boi
is also a small amount of berry cul MEETINGS AT THE BAPTIST
fun and pleasure is not pleasure lers, there wouldn't have been an
ture land still available at what
CHURCH WILL CONTINUE unless you share it with some one. Orville station, as it was named for
may be considered nominal prices
Orville Butler. Then East Inde
Last Tuesday, ns I was returning
under present conditions.
Because of the increased interest from an Oregon metropolis via pendence would have been the cor
rect place to stop. This thought
In addition to the berry, fruit and ‘ ¡,, (he meetings at the Baptist
O. E., I had purchased n ticket to
cattle industries there is still an church, it was decide dto continue Orville, with serious intentions of came to me: “This is a new'experi-
other that is a valuable asset to the them another week. Rev. and Mrs. \ reaching said place aliout 4:45 p. ence, why not abandon the fear of
county; that is the timber industry. W. C. Driver are a great help to m.; but when East Independence bandits, hears, black cats, tramps,
The half of the county that lies the church and their work in this was called, it sounded so familiar etc., and bask in the beputies of
about two miles of Ihe glorious
in the .Coast range mountains is ommunitv is bearing fruit. T h e1 and homelike, I calmly descended Willamette valley. I believe you
plain sermons and gospel songs are the steps of said train and said
covered with dense stands of Doug
know, I think if you can’t get
leading men and women into the |
las fir and other classes of timber. right relationship with The Lord good afternoon to E. I. I peered something worth while out of
around for the supposed awaiting things that confront you, one might
Altogether it is estimated that there Jesus Christ.
bus. It wasn't there. Neither was
is more than 8,000,000,000 feet of
Tiie pastor will preach Sunday th<* train by this time. As I saw as well go back to goose-grease and
flannels. Then I looked at the sun.
standing merchantable timber. Al morning at 11 o'clock. The Sunday
the rear coach fading into the dis
most all of this is privately owned, school took a jump from 37 to 57 tance, my mistake dawned upon me It seemed to tukc time to smile and
as only one sixteenth of it is with and more are in sight. We hope for the first time. About five other wink at me, and 1 thought just a
I fr a s o n a b le in p r ic e
in the confines of the Siuslaw Na »o increase our Sunday school to passengers had also gotten off the short time ago this same sun hud
100 and more. If there are any train and were still at the waiting been shining on the dear folks at
tional forest reserve.
E ith e r c a s h o r te rm s
Christian children who are not in room. I exclaimed, “Do you know home. I looked at it, not from an
At Dallas there is a sawmill with Sunday school anywhere, you are
astronomical standpoint, for I was
I should have too bufty counting ties to think of
a daily capacity o< 125,000 feet. Oth invited to come here ; we have a what I've done?
er sawmills are scattered together teacher for you and a class for your \ gone, to Orville and here I am at sun spots, craters and such scien
with
box
factories
over
the age. If you love a live church and East Independence.” One very kind tific things, but as a good pal, who
entire territory. The Iumoering in good preaching and singing, you j lady said: “You go right up to my would lie my companion on this trip.
house and stay until the next train;
dustry is quite important aud in ought to come to the Baptist j it Will 4>c along about two and » Together we saw some pussy wil
lows, tho we kept going, buds on
sures a futur * development an I church.
The public is most heartily in I half hours.” The party at once the trees, tho it was quite cold,
wealth even though all other assets
formed themselves into an “ad seemed ready to burst, and insist
vited.
should fail.
REV. FROPPF-, Pastor visory hoard.” At last after I had that spring time was just around
asked «bout a milliorn questions, the comer. A flock of wild geese
But Httle. if anr, unappropriated
they decided it would be better for
land remains within the confines of
Governor Olcott is winning laurels I me to walk down the track to Or were returning to the northern
climes, f thought geese had enough
Polk county, fcs the report of the de- by his vetoes of bills passed by the j
ville and wait there, for at East
IBM B I N I E l BU B I BHNII BH B irB 'liB !llB !r.B ll« I’BIIB 'I B lB T B H B U 'B U lB M M lW M H r
orgy special session.
(Continued in Section Two.)
(continued on Page 4.)
Independence everything would
In “His Majesty The American” *
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T H E A T R E Br
For Sa]le
Ford Cars
R oadster and Touring
Ford Trucks
Used but fu lly guaranteed
Ace G ara g e