TH E POLK COUNTY POST
HOW DID YOU DIET
(By Eilniinui Vance Cooke.)
And though you be done to the
Published every Friday at Independence, Oregon.
death what then?
If you battled Uie best you could,
Entered as second class matter March 26, 1918, at the postottice at
If you played your part in the world
Independence, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
of men,
Why the Critic will call it good.
Death comes with s' crawl, or comes
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with a pounce,
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A gentleman in the back row of seats rises to remark
that apparently Hoover is willing to vote either the Repub
lican or Democratic ticket providing he is the ticket.—Mon
mouth Herald.
And should the identity o f his running mate give him
reason to hold back at all, this objection can be overcome
by nominating Airs. Herbert Hoover for vice president.
While there might o f been some doubt in the past,
there is no question now but what the Polk County Ob
server is living up to its title of being ‘ the only Republi
can paper in Polk county.” The Observer emits ‘ ‘ Repub
licanism” in solid chunks continually and regardlessly,
week in and week out without reservation or amendment,
logically and illogically. I t ’s whitewash is pare white
and its tar is pure black. No, sir! ¡Should any one arise
to question the Republicanism of the- Observer, knock
him down; the jury would bring in a verdict of acquittal.
All Republicans are going to Heaven* all Democrats to
hell, and the Observer may be right. We don’t know;
neither does the Observer.
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TH E R H Y M IN G S U M M A R IS T
Yes, you go to the meetrn' house
i wo or tnree times on sunuay,
You u near enougn to Keep you good,
.at least till tne I olio w mg ivionuay;
The preacners woras are sweet to near,
His advice is on the level,
Hay and night
It is a light
To lick the ornery devil.
Proppe is a swell young man
And hits right from tne shoulder,
Cook is a wise and good old scout,
A .words of wisdom molder;
So you sinners go to church,
Hear the prayers and singing,
And the collection box
Put in the rocks
To keep the old bells ringing.
Frits Torgeson took a record home,
The shimmy kind they’re making,
Now he must prevent the best he can
His Methodist leg from shaking;
The air is pure and the birds do sing
And plant life it is starting,
I f you’re not a nut
Get out the rut
From whines and gloom departing.
(From the Portland Oregonian.)
The public learns through the
ready medium of the newspapers
that there is a flesh-and-blood Mrs.
Charlie Chaplin, and that she wants
a divorce. The fact that Mary Pick-
ford had a real husband became
generally known oidy in the same
interesting way, after the demure
Mary had shed copious tears about
her many trials in the uncongenial
role of a wife before i sympathizing,
but very remote, Nevada judge. An
other great him hero, Mr. Douglas
Fairbanks, appears to have been
able to surmount every barrier to
happy life—see any Fairbanks pict
ure—but the one of domestic infidel
ity.
There are doubtless others,
but their names and records just
now escape us. The three are
enough.
What is there about the role of a
great movie star that makes mar
riage difficult and in many _ cases
impossible?
One might say that
they fall into the habit of simula-
lation of all the virtues for the
screen and automatically transfer
their viewpoint to real life. But it
would be true only of some.
The real trouble lies in too much
money, too little restraint, too much
adulation, too great self-esteem.
They become spoiled. They lose
their perspective.
They have
everything that most people covet
and they lose interest and a proper
sense of duty and responsibility and
covet what someone else has. They
want it all. If they got it, they
would be as far from real happiness
as ever.
If Little Mary would rear a fam
ily, and keep house, and pose for
the screen only when her time and
service were needed, and for the
public not at all between times; and
if Doug Fairbanks would use his
well developed muscles at spading
the garden for half a day six days
per week, and dispense his radiant
smile upon his wife and family and
not alone for the photographer; and
if Charlie Chaplin would confine all
his stumbling habits to schemes of
amusements of others and not of
himself—if they will all learn the
great fact that there is only one
safe rule of conduct for all alike,
and cease to look upon themselves
as something better and apart, it
will aid them to find and keep caged
the blue bird of happiness.
The 5 Per Cent Interest Rate BilL
not better pleased with "The Ro
mance of Taman."
"Carmen of the Klondike,” which
will .be the attraction on Tuesday
night only, is a strong story laid
in the burren woods of the vast
Northwest. The plot, which is im-1
pressive and tense with suspense,!
deals with a girl who deserts the
vaudeville to go lo Alaska and mar
ry the man she loves. In the little
Northern settlement she meets with
thrilling
adventures
and goes
through the entire picture, until
the finrfl climax, believing that the
man to whoh she is bethrothed is
a traitor to her love.
In addition to the Co. K benefit
on Wednesday night, Constance
Talmadge appears in “Romance
and Arabella.” This picture has
five separate love stories although
the heroine is the same in each
one. It is the tale of a young widow
who decides that her second hus
band must supply her with thrills
and romance. After a few weeks
of romantic men she decides that
after all her first and prosaic sweet
heart is the right man. No more
romance for romantic Arabella.
May Allison in “The Walk-Off"
Thursday and Friday nights. Miss
Allison plays the role of a young
society woman, a penniless parasite
on her many wealthy friends. The
production has been mounted with
all the luxurious settings in the
clubs, studios and homes of the
wealthy that was required by the
story. Fashion and artistic effect
were the guides of the producers,
with the result that a most captiv
ating picture for the eye and one
appealing to the heart has been ac
complished. It is a swift moving,
beautiful story that leaves one a-
glow with the satisfaction ofhaving
seen something worth while.
“Go Get ’Em Garringer", the Sat
urday night show, is a story of
strongly organized border bandits of
the West, of a sweet girl enmeshed
in their web of infamy; of a two-
fisted, quick-shooting he-man, who
revelled in the sport of hunting
down criminals. It is a regular
Western drama of the “wild wooly
days,” with occasional flashes of
good comedy and tender glow of
benutiful sentiment.
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I All kind of barbering
and satisfaction
§ guaranteed. L a d i e s ’
£ shampooing and mas-
g saging given special at-
jjj tention. Shine in con-
g nection.
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11E rotation of crops may be
likened unto the turnover of
stocks in the mercantile
store. Full advantage should be
taken o f the maximum productiv
ity o f the land—as the merchant
takes advantage o f the season
able needs of customers.
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The Farmers State Bank makes a study oi
{arming trom the diiierent angles of hun
dreds ol farm customers. So, you see it pays
to talk things over with us.
C. W iRVINE,
J. B. PARKER.
C. G. IRVINE.
Glen C. Smith
President.
Vice President.
Cashier.
Asst. Cashier.
FARMERS
STATE BANK
Independence
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‘Here’s Something (or You to Remember”
says the Good Judge
And any m an who uses th«
Real Tobacco Chew will tell
you so.
You get a lot more satisfac
tion In a little of the Real
Tobacco Chew than in a big
chew of the old kind.
And it costs less to chew.
The full rich, real tobacco
taste lasts so m uch longer.
P u t U p In T w o S tyles
RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco
W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco
A LEG OF REAL LAMB
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makes as fine a dish as any
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one could wish for.
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But
real lamb is not so easy to
get.
You can do so here,
however.
TO R E A L IZ E THE
We guarantee it.
Try a leg and the very first
M O ST M O N E Y
morsel
you
put in your
mouth will tell you the dif
(Contributed.)
ference.
Professional paid circulators in
W e buy everything you
Portland are endeavoring to gejt
want to sell and sell
signatures to the proposed ^ per
everything you want to
cent and 5 per cent interest rate
buy. Cash or trade.
bill, but they are meeting with very
MILLER A SMITH
poor success. People realize that
Bring in everything you
instead of lowering interest rates
want to sell and I will
in Oregon this bill will produce a
condition under which it will be im
sell it for you on a
possible to borrow money in Oregon
commission.
at all. They fully understand that
money will not be loaned in Oregon
M A X G O LD M A N
The Independence l\ulional Bank
at 5 per cent when it can be loaned
in adjoining states at 8 per cent.
Established .1889
The present low price of Liberty
Ronds on the open market presents
an interesting phase of this sittia
A N A C C O U N T in a commercial bank is the most
S W O P E & SW O P E
tion. Liberty Bonds can now be
convenient aid to modern business. It systema
purchased nt a price which will net
tizes payments, is a check on all expenditures and
the owner between 5 per cent and
LAW YERS
shows you just where you stand each month.
6 per cent If money could not be
Open one with us today, it will pay you to do so.
loaned in Oregon nt a greater rate
than 5 per cent naturally’ persons Ofilca over Craven A Walker's Store
Member Federal Reserve System
with money to loan would buy Lib
erty Bonds instead of loaning their Independence,
Oregon
money.
Officers and Directors
If this measure should pass, every
H. Hirschberg, Pres.
C. A. McLaughlin, V. P.
loan in Oregon which is now in ef
fect would be called when it be
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Mix,
Cashier
VALLEY A
comes due. This would mean the j
W.
H.
Walker
D.
W.
Sears
O. D. Butler
TIME T.
foreclosure of practically every Ore
gon mortgage, and business houses
Effective April 1, trains will
which have to finance themselves
run aa follows:
with borrowed capital, would be
No. 2 arrives from Hoskins
forecd out of business.
9:15 A. M. daily
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4:00 P. M. daily except Sunday
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No. I departs for Camps
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Sweeter than the songs of Apollo
10:50 A. M. daily except Sunday
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are the cues of a flock of wild geese
No. 3 departs for Hoskins
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0 . A . C. B A R R E D R O C K E G G S for hatching.
V ing north.
4:15 P. M. daily
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Freight service 2:30 P. M. on |
These
are
from
their
heavy
laying
strain.
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Tuesdays and Saturdays
Meat Market
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Pirector General of the United Simultaneous Financial Campaign of the intact
church World Movement
Crop Rotation and
Money Turnover
Weyman-Bruton Comoany. 110/ Broadway, New York City
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Told by the Bank Book
For Sunday matinee, Sunday ev
ening and Monday night. “The Rn
mance of Tarzan" in shown. This
is the sequel of Tarzan of the !
Apes” which was here a few days
ago. The romance is more inter-I
eating than the preceding picture
and the hundreds who liked “Tar
zan of the Apes" will be as much if
FOR B A G G A G E
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