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INDEPENDENCE, ORJ l UON, MARCH 19, 1920.
H E N R Y AND HARRY
A few weeks back The Host
called him Henry Uiff. It was
a sort of a mental lapse, and as
Harry never kicked about it no
harm was done. But it sounded
awful funny to some of his
friends when we called him Hen
ry and they have been tickled
about it ever since.
The proper names of Henry
and Harry are closely related—
in fact Harry is an offspring of
Henry. Henry means the “head
or chief of the house.” Harry
means nothing in particular so
Henry has it on Harry in that
way. A Henry doesn't care much
if you call him Harry but if you
want to get a Harry fighting mad
just call him Hank.
NUMBER SL
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SPECIAL MATINEE
S a t u r d a y , m c h . 20 .
2:30
Dustin Farnura in “ The Virginian.”
You who missed seeing tins sensationally successful
stage and screen masterpiece of a few years ago,
may see it now. Only one performance. Evening:
Virginia Pearson in “ Impossible Catherine.”
FARMERS: READY! 00!
I
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1
Independence at the present
time is having u murked increase in
industries and population. It is not
a boom, for booms are not perman
ent
and
only
of
benefit
while they last and do much dam
age after they are over, but a
S U N D A Y A N D M O N D A Y , M CH. 21-22
steady and reliuble growth.
Today there are no modern homes
(including Sunday Matinee.)
in the city to rent and as a result
many families to avoid living in a
moving van part of the time are
buying homes pf their own. Own
ers of “unimproved” residences will
in “ A V E R Y GOOD Y O U N G M A N ”
find it to their financial advantage
to “modernize” at once as they are
i H is fam ily’s reputation was in sad need of a vacuum
sure to secure a permanent renter.
W HY NEWSPAPERS CANNOT
?
! cleaner after lie got done repudiating his previous
Homes are being purchased in In
ALW
AYS
“KINDLY
PRINT”
?
saintly reputation, but it got him the girl— and what
dependence for a sum a .great deal
less than it would cost to build the
J do you care for his famih reputation if you get fun
Tiie Post within a week has re
houses. When all residences that
* and he gets the girl.
can be purchased at a reasonable ceived exactly forty letters from
figure are sold, then the city has a members of college faculties, grad
Burton Holmes Travel Picture and Comedy
uates and students urging us to
problem on its hands to solve.
Independence wants more people support what is known as the mill-
and is getting them, but the time is age bill. The proposition is prob
T U E S D A Y A N D W E D N E S D A Y , M CH. 23-24
near at hand when new comers will ably a very meritorious one and
be unable to get houses to live in worthy of the approval of the peo
and will not, as a consequence, be ple.
The greater number of these cor
come residents of Independence.
Another tiling they w ill not do and respondents enclosed articles, ar
that is to pay exorbitant prices for guments and statements relative to
In “ T H E L I G H T O F W E S T E R N S T A R S ”
rent. They will not stand for a the millage bill which they asked
us to "kindly print.” If we had
“hold-up.”
In a wild moment Gene Stewart boasted he’d marry
The high price of lumber and complied with their request, the mat
the first girl who came to town— that is the start of
building materials prevents many ter submitted would have filled six
Zane G re y ’s red-blooded, gripping story. One of
pages
of
The
Post
and
two
columns
from erecting homes. They would
the most pictureque and impressive Westerners un
rather build their own homes than besides and cost us over $50. This
rolled on the screen. It is rich in human interest
buy one for in most cases one can explains why the leading papers of
not buy a house that exactly suits. the state cannot be as "kind" as
and engrossing adventure. The production is su
But because of high prices there they would like to be.
perb for the great West has probably never been
Besides each paper receives from
there are not going to he many resi
more impressively filmed. See the wild auto race
dences built by private individuals five to twenty pages of other “re
against
time and death— one of the hundred thrills.
quests
to
print”
each
week.
Unless some inducemtns are given
them in the way of financial sup
Comedy and International News
port—the inauguartion of some plan C. F. SMITH HOME ROBBED
by which homes can be built and
GET JEWELRY AND MONEY
paid for on easy payments.
Many cities and towns of the
T H U R S D A Y A N D F R ID A Y , M CH . 25-26
The home of C. F. Smith, living
country are threatened or have a south of Monmouth, was robbed
house famine. Citizens aroused by Sunday afternoon while tpe family
the menuce of such a situation are was absent. The thief or thieves
resorting to various methods to re carried away seven or eight dollars
lieve i t The people of Independ in cash and some jewelry belonging
in 1 ‘P L E A S E G E T M A R R IE D ’ ’
ence are face to face with it and to Mrs. Smith. A watch valued very
if they realize the seriousness of highly by Mrs. Smith, fortunately
Mated ideally they thought they were married and
such a condition w ill take every was overlooked by the theif. No
maybe
they were but—
means possible to eliminate it. The clues we're left, but Mr. Smith would
There is a lonesome twin-bed, snow white and soft to touch
loss in dollars and cents in not be like to learn more about a stranger
It’s the one in the play, but they don't use it very much.
ing able to have a population in ex who he saw walking on the V. &
Note the house detective, the slicker with a gun,
THERE WERE ’VISIBLE EFFECTS’
cess of a certain figure is great. S. railroad track when he and Mrs.
He took a keen enjoyment in spoiling all the fun.
MR. PORTLAND OREGONIAN
Every man in this city engaged in Smith left home.
And
Muriel,
of
course,
would
have
blushed
if
she
had
known,
any business or occupation in which
But she didn’t, don’t you see, so why should she live alone?
If any man can drive over Polk
he depends upon the public for sup THE ANNUAL SHAMROCK TEA
Don’t blame Ferdie Walton, he thought she was his bride,
county rouds—except in the vicin
port loses financially when one
But was she? See the picture and then you can decide.
ity of Monmouth and Independence
family is deprived of a chance to REPLENISHES LIBRARY FUNDS
—and not pray for repairs, he has
I
t ’s all about a honeymoon— the strangest honey
l.ve here. When the number gets
The Annual Shamrock tea at the
lost all his religion. In one short
into the dozens or scores one can
moon on record— a kissless bride in a mirthful farce
trip over the highways the top of
then commence to realize what it Library last Wednesday was a most
of embarassed newlyweds.
It ’s rich! I t ’s great!
the editorial cranium struck the
means. Such a situation is near at pleasant event. The decorating of
the
Library
was
given
over
to
a
auto cover as many as six times.—
hand in Independence and what arc
Rolin Comedy and Pathe News
committee from the High School, in
Dallas Observer.
we going to do about it?
Without visible effects, of course.
It should be the leading question cluding the Misses Kathleen Skin
ner
and
Thelma
Williams
assisted
—Oregonian.
of the hour and every individual,
S A T U R D A Y , M CH . 27
There were “visible effects,” Mr.
club or organization that has the by George Bulloch and Gerald
Hewitt.
Many
suggestions
of
Erin’s
Oregonian.
The same week he
welfare of the city at heart should
Isle were used about the rooms.
wrote that Independence-Monmouth
get busy.
Flags of Old Ireland, shamrocks and
had been shown partiality in the dis
tribution of county road funds. Ov
emerald streamers were all com
FARMERS AT MONMOUTH
er here we had concluded that the
bined with good effect. During the
MAP OUT TEAR’S WORK 1
in “ P R O F I T E E R S ”
afternoon, Mrs. Chas. Fitchard, Mrs.
insides of the editorial cranium had
become deranged on the trip, but
Oliver
Smith,
Mrs.
O.
D.
Butler
and
“ The Public Be Fleeced” was the motto of the prof
Farmers held a meeting in Mon
were
not going to mention it. The
Mrs.
H.
A.
Childs
presided
over
the
mouth Saturday afternoon in the
iteers who took advantage of Amt rica’s pre-occu
Oregonian butting in changed our
Mrs. Cal
interest of farm bureau work. The tea and -coffee urns.
pation with affairs of war. They cornered the food
charitable intentions.
following program was worked out breath, Mrs. Spurr and Mrs. Hays
markets; stole and plundered; fought with under
of
the
refreshment
committee,
were
for 1920:
handed, backdoor methods; “ framed u p ” innocent
HE DIDN’T JOY RIDE
Support of the county-wide gray- assisted by a number of girls from
Training
School,
i n-
women in order to “ get back a t” at their husbands;
digger campaign, and to see that the t h e
OVER MONMOUTH HEIGHTS
Kathrine
Russell, An
rodent law is enforced. Canvas the cluding
greedily and criminally swelled their bank accounts
acreage of land in the community in na Peters, Mildred Bush, Verna
(From Monmouth Herald)
at the expense of patriotic Americans. “ The Prof
need of drainage to the end that the Peterson, Catherine Chandler, Dor
A Dallas editor thinks that Mon
iteers” exposes the whole “ hag o ’ tricks” in a vastly
owner of a ditching machine may othy Wood, Marylou Myers, Ruth
mouth and Independence have been
entertaining
and thrilling manner.
Bennett
and
Clara
Fleming.
These
be interested in coming in. Fut on
unduly favored with road work at
a series of poison trials with pocket little Misses also rendered several
the expense of the rest of the coun
Herold Lloyd Comedy and Ford Weekly
gophers. SecOre fifty acres fruit to most enjoyable songs. Another add
ty, impressions gleaned while joy
market through the Oregon Growers ed pleasure of the afternoon was
riding through our midst.
We
Co-operative Association.
Secure the quartette of charming High
wonder if by chance his route led
twelve pnembers for a county live School girls consisting of the Misses
over Monmouth Heights.
stock breeders' association, if such Winona Wood, Ruth Dickinson,
IIN L > K M E IN L > E IN C K
is formed. Put on a community ex Thelma Williams and Marjorie
THIS WEEK FIVE YEARS AGO
hibit at the County Fair. Secure Reynolds, who played their “ ukes"
IN SOUTH POLK COUNTY
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and
sang
clever
songs
for
the
callers^
thirty individual exhibits for Coun
ty Fair; twenty individual exhibits The girls added much cheer and
(From the Independence Monitor
for Independence Corn Show; one pleasure to the occasion. Besides
W H E N IT C O M E S TO V O T IN G TO K I L L
March 19, 1915.)
corn club; one pig club; forty mem the social pleasure afforded, the
Ten persons of the Pentecostal
neat
little
sum
of
about
$25
was
bers for farm bureau work.
faith were baptized in the Willam
(From the Portland Journal)
netted for the Library. This w ill be
and stiff corpse within a few days,1
ette river at the ferry landing.
expended for new books which will
who i ti c time to vote
Many say they have no scruples. many jurn
CO. K TO VAUDEVILLE;
soon be on the shelves.
Library tea nets $57.
And they think they have none, comes, find if convenient and pre
BIG NIGHT, MARCH 31
ferable to vote for a lesser verdict in
nut when they sit in a jury Iwix day
Keith Roberts won silver cup in
order to escape from the conscious
Co. K is preparing for a big AIRLIE W ILL PIO BABLY LOSE
after day and look into the eyes of
ness of having helped take a human Hoy Scout physical contest.
vaudeville night at the Isis on
ITS LOCAL SWITCH BOARD the defendant; when in their own
life.
• D. Oiesley Bones teaching in the
Wednesday, March 31, in connection
solemn thoughts there comes to
Independence high school.
with the pictures A program in
The Sunrise Telephone Co. has pe them a vision of the dying strug
which many local celebrities will titioned the public service commis gles, the death throes and the jerk Rev. Yarnes In For Curtain l<ectiire
NOW, OIRLS, GET BUSY!
take part is being arranged. Re sion to discontinue its switch board ing limbs of a man whom they have
CATCH HIM SOME W AY
ceipts for the benefit of Co. K. at Airlie. Despite its name the tele \nted to kill; when brought fare to
The Mystic Club of Lebanon re
There is no doubt the boys w ill be phone girls could not get up early face with the consciousnesss that the cently met with Mrs. T. D. Yarnes
well patronized and a crowded enough in the morning to take in living, breathing defendant before and discussed ways and means of ] All hoping for some lenp year wed
ding»—at least in June.
them is to be, if they so will, a stark ’’Educating a Husband.”
house greet them.
sufficient money to pay expenses
VIOLA DANA
FANNIE WARD
ISIS
THEATRE
o
K « INCREASE
« I NOTICEABLE
Come to look around and in- |
| vesligutc the Minnesota weather |
1 I we had last December did no
* j damage to 1920 crops as far us
| seen and search revealed. Bully!
§ | Now Mr. and Mrs Farmer you do
In another column on this page
j | the rest, but don’t forget to pray
l'lie Post has spoken of tiie growth
§ | for rain Remember the motto: ot independence by population. An
§ | “ If I raise plenty now, 1 can increase of population is a sequel to
I raise ----- later on.”
more business uuU industry, l'lie
growth ol industry is uppareiit—
the following coming to our mind:
JOHN DICKINSON, AOE 82,
The independence Garage now oc
CELEBRATES HIS NATAL DAY cupies two buildings instead of one.
Whereas, before two men spent
Tuesday, March 10, was the birth part oi their time m promoting real
day of our honored townsman, John estate sales tiiere are now five giv
Dickinson, he being 82 years of ing ail their time to it.
age. Such an occasion it would
the Polk County Post which “got
hardly do to let go by and so his along with two people part of last
children, grandchildren and a num
fi ber of friends made the day inter year now bus three and expects to
very soon add another.
“ esting for him and a very enjoyable
H ie patronage at the Isis has in
? time was hud in the ufternoon and creased one hundred per cent over
~ evening. The Family all gathered lust year.
is for dinner and in the evening he
Two muchiue sltops are about to
..us
completely surprised when open.
they all returned Tlgaiu.
The Ace Garage has remodeled its
The same day was the 50th birth building, is employing four addi
day of his son, Percy R., and the tional people, and because of its in
latter came in for some honor too. dustry has been given the exclusive
P. R. declares fifty is as high as he agency in South Polk county for
is going We hardly think h<> will Ford and F'ordson tractors.
do it. A woman can but a man—
Willard E. Craven Hardware lias
why he doesn't care if he has two greatly increased his stock in order
hundred birthdays.
to take care of un increased busi
ness.
THE DEATH ROLL,
O. A. Kreanter lias sold his jewel
ry business in order to devote all his
Mrs. Margaret Ann Wells.
time to clothing und has increased
Mrs. Margaret Ann Wells died at his stock.
her home in Monmouth Wednes
Tiie Auto Utilities Co. recently
day and w ill be buried in the K. of opened un agency for the sale of
P. cemetery today. She was 89 Nash und Maxwell cars and has a
years of age.
very promising future before i t
Mr. Berry, tiie local manager, is
Mrs. Simmons.
well liked by everyone.
Mrs. Simmons, a former resident
Sloper Bros. & Cockle, J D. Hibbs
of Independence, died in Portland & Co, the Independence National
Wednesda\
She was over eighty Bank, Max Goldman, Eddy & Car-
years old. Burial w ill take place bray, W illiam Uuartier, the Farm
at the I. O. O. F. cemetery near In ers State Bank, the Independence
dependence Saturday. Rev. H. L. Bakery, Calbreatli & Jones, the W il
Proppc will conduct the last rites at liams Drug Co., J. G. McIntosh,
tiie grave.
Conkey & Walker and Moore A
Walker have gained in business
Arthur Kingsbury
and Miller & Smith of the City Mar
Arthur Kingsbury, son of Mrs. ket report that their patronage is
James Oberson, passed away at his climbing day by day.
home in Independence Sunday,
March 15. Funeral services were LIKELY TO NAME
held yesterday, interment in the I.
COMMISSIONER SOON
O. O. F. He was born in Idaho and
was nearly twelve years old.
(From the Polk County Observer)
\
n i miianiB i
It is whispered about that at the
next meeting of the county court a
county commissioner will be ap
pointed.
Men who have been mentioned as
candidates for the place at the forth
coming election have in some cases
been asked to withhold notice of the
fact until after the April meeting of
tiie court. The reason given is that
it is believed that a satisfactory
man will be named, and that this
fact may change the situation for
some of those who are considering
the making of the race.
Several rumors are in circulation
us to the man who has been select
ed, but it seems that no one has
been ugreed upon; that it is merely
believed that the county judge and
the commissioner will be able to get
together on the matter and name a
man to the vacancy.
APPROVE OF GYMNASIUM
ASK FOR BOND ELECTION
Voters and taxpayers of the In
dependence school district had a
meeting Monday night and voted
unanimously to petition the school
hoard to call a special election for
the purpose of issuing bonds in the
sum of $15000 for the purpose of
building a high school gymnasium.
F. L. TUBANDT OF AIRLIE
LOSES BARN BY FIRE
The large barn of F. L. Tubandt,
living two miles southwest of A ir
lie, which was erected last summer
at a cost of $1000, was destroyed by
fire Tuesday forenoon. Grain valu
ed at $500 and fifteen tons of hay,
were also burned. There was some
insurance.
GIRL IS ELECTROCUTES
W HILE PLATINO AT SCHOOL
Grace Lochner, age 14, was in
stantly killed Tuesday at the Mc
Farland school house, four miles
south of Albany. She ran into a
“guy" »wire, while playing, and was
instantly killed.
For some un
known reason the wire became
"live." The power company will be
sued for damages.