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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1920)
BUENA VISTA Jake Nash and son, Harvey, have a new Chevrolet. WOULD REVIVE THE - FAMILY AS UNIT G. A. Wells and wife were Inde pendence callers Saturday. Church Heads Seek to Stimulate Common Interest and Offset R. Peterson went to Suver Sat urday for a load of lumber. Too Much Individualism. Ed Lichty sold five beef cattle to an Independence butcher last week. Saving the A m erican fam ily from Jess Tann has bought the John Donaldson property where he is living. Prather Bros, have a crew of men rafting logs for the C. H. Spaulding company. Ed Prather and N. C. Anderson are getting 500 piling for a party at Astoria. A WORLD REBUILT Babe Steele and Leland Prather are working for Stump & Pattef- son at Suver. J. M. Prather and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Prather’s moth er, Mrs. Margaret McClain. By the Golden Rule not by the rule of Gold Alice Moe, who has been sick with bronchitis the past three months, is not much better. HIRTY denominations of the Church are uniting in a simultaneous campaign in the week of April 25th- T May 2nd. Arthur Hale and wife are enjoy ing the sunshine in California, Mr. Hale being in poor health. They are uniting because the task before the Church is too great for any one denomination; because there must be no duplication of effort; no waste. These churches know that the world needs many things; but it needs Faith most of all. They know that there can be no final solution of our economic problems that is not a spiritual solution, based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and His Golden Rule. The Godwin family are all able to be out again after being confined to their home with the mumps. Merlin Prather returned home Sunday from Eugene where he has been visiting his brother Lair and wife. ( They have had the courage to survey the whole task, and to ask for a budget large enough to sustain (l) the work abroad, (2) the work at home including the church's part in the huge task of Americanization, (3) the colleges and (4) hospitals supported by the Churches, (5) the reli gious training of the young, and to provide (6) a living wage for the Church’s ministers. Frank Fisher and family moved here from Portland last week and are living in the M. V. Prather house. Prof. Reynolds, G. E. Harmon, R. E. Prather, N. E. Anderson and mother were shopping in Inde pendence Thursday. The budget is large in the aggregate; yet if each person who loves America would increase his contribution by only a few dollars the whole amount would be easily subscribed. W e face the task of rebuilding the world. Let the cornerstone be a strong and vital church in every American community; and the measuring rod by which the builders build must be the Golden Rule. Mrs. E. J. Anderson and grand daughter, Blanche Harmon, were week end visitors with the E. B. Gobat family at Albany. Jake Torgeson, south of town, who underwent an operation in the nospital at Albany last week for enlarged glands, is getting along fine. The Ladies Rural Club met at the home of Mrs. Cleve Prather Thurs day. Mrs. J. A. Reynolds of Inde pendence presided at the meeting. Light refreshments were served. April 25th to United Financial Campaign May 2 nd Arthur Black and Verd Schrunk left Wednesday morning for south ern Oregon where they are inter ested in land to be given to the soldiers by the government. They are overseas boys. CM NTERCH URCH Washwoman's Union Bumped World M ovement Dallas—The Dallas Washerwom an’s union, which was organized two weeks ago, with Mrs. G. Hard er as presiding officer, received a serious setback at the beginning of T in publication o f this advtrtutm tnt u made posttble by the its career. (»operation t f thirty denominations. The women of the city refused to meet the increase in rates for washing and ironing as charged by the members of the union. As a result, tubs and other wash ing materials that had been dis carded have now appeared, and the women are doing their own work, thus cutting down both the high cost of living and also the incomes of the washwomen. It is said members of the union have heretofore made wages equal to those of men practically every And are putting out the best bread on the market, g day of the week. o f ¡M irth i America i Have Installed Electric i Oven s It is more like Mother’s bread. by electricity. Clean and cooked | i Klamath Falls—Mint growing on " Klamath county tule lands will be Try it; You will like it. Independence Bakery | in III ill I 111 Hill 111 I 111 111 Mint Growing Promised I I I « I 111 I I K I IBM I I I I 111 I I » I « I I 111 I ¡ V I 111 111! 11 1 1 i i ! n i w i « i i n i i n i i w i i n r ' W i ; W i i » i i n i ii i i ' | li i V i m i a m i B T W i « i a i B li ' B ! r a ii a ! r B i i i ' INDEPENDENCE WOOD YARD j DICKSON & MATTISON, Props. -Dealers in- an important industry in the fu ture, says John M. Davies, reputed to have been the largest peppermint producer in the Willamette valley before disposing of his farm near Independence. Davies was here for a few days recently investigating local conditions and willl organize a company to operate on a big scale. Local marsh l^nd is the ideal for mint growing, according to Davies and other experts, and should yield from 75 to 100 pounds to the acre of peppermint oil. The oil is worth, at average quotations, about $8 a pound. How To Fall AU Kinds of W ood ! ■ B I S 'I B K I V M I B t l W I B i i m B I I ! B I I M I l B l l i a i l l B I I I B I I I B l l l B I I I B I I I B I i l B I I ! M i l B I M ||i m B |V THE POLK COUNTY POST Has More Readers in South Polk County Has More South Polk County News Has More Independence Advertising Than Any Other Newspaper With slippery walks there is tmieh in knowing how to fall. Fat people, having good buffers fore and afi. sel dom are hurt. Slim ones should fold arms and look out for the head; the rest of the anatomy will care for itself. The nearer one can form into the shape of a ball, the less danger of damage.—Portland Oregonian. Save your coupons f(>r your fav orite in the big automobile contest. “over-em phasized individualism ” Is a n nounced as a leading purpose of the New W orld M ovem ent of N orthern B aptists. “T h ere Is too much talk of living one’s own life and too little o f th e unit good,” said Dr. II. A. H eath of th e G en eral B oard of Prom otion o f th e N o rth ern B ap tist C onvention. “It Is an un- usuul fam ily th a t h a s any v ital common In terest.” To unify the fam ily In Its church life a t le a st 10,000 B ap tist churches th roughout the cou n try a re being re organized on the basts of w hat Is known as th e F am ily G roup P lan. E very local church of the denom ina tion In th e N o rth ern s ta te s will be di vided into fam ily groups, w ith not m ore th an ten fam ilies In a g ro u p ; a lead e r will be appointed, an d the v ario u s group leaders, w ith th e p asto r, w ill form a church cabinet to p u t local and denom inational pro g ram s Into effect. “F am ily S unday” will be observed a t least once each th re e m onths In all th e B ap tist churches in th e country. E v ery th in g about the services, songs, tex t and serm on, w ill be chosen from the p o in t of view o f in te re stin g th« fam i ly. M em bers of th e fam ily w ill be a sk ed to sit together, and in th o u san d s of row s of se a ts In th e U nited S ta te s fa th e r will head th e row an d tow -head son will occupy the end seat. C h ristian lead e rs say th a t fam ily p ra y e rs a re held a t th e p re se n t tim e In not m ore th an one out of every ten fam ilies of church m em bers. T he B ap tis t cam paign will m ake an effort to revive the custom in all th e hom es of th a t denom ination. T he various m em bers of each fam ily group in the church will be expected to e n te rta in each o th e r in th e ir homes. Since th ese divisions will be m ade w ithout referen ce to social sta tu s, p e r haps on an alp h ab e tical b asis o r in som e o th er equally Im p artial way, this will m ean a real test of C h ristian de m ocracy. T he lead e rs believe th a t th e m em bers of th e v ario u s co n gregations will come th rough th is acid te s t tr i um phantly. “B rotherhood ought to be an actu a l w orking principle in o u r chu rch es and .not an idle w ord,” Dr. H eath said. “If It is not an a ctu a l w orking p rinciple th is Is th e tim e fo r us to find It out. I f th ere Is C h ristian snobbishness It should be uprooted. B ut, as a m a tte r o f fact, th e F am ily G roup P lan is be ing m et w ith fav o r w herever It Is being tried out in o u r churches, and fam ilies w rite In th a t they w elcom e th is op p o r tu n ity to m ingle w ith those of vary in g view points.” F am ily w eek-end m eetings will also be Introduced Into m any local B a p tist churches, a t w hich th e v ario u s m em b ers of th e fam ily w ill come to g eth er fo r readings, recitatio n s, m usic, gam es an d ch at. T hese pro g ram s w ill not n ecessarily be religious a t all, th e church lead ers say. T he church can safely be used fo r fam ily en jo y m en t in th ese m odern tim es, they declare. D r. H e a th contends th a t th is re o r g an izatio n o f the church on th e fam ily b asis Is both w ise and n a tu ra l. “T h e fam ily Is the n a tu ra l division w ithin th e church as we)l as o u tsid e of It,” he said. “T he B a p tist C hurch Is sim ply recognizing th is fa c t in th e New W orld M ovem ent. If th e m ovem ent re su lts In a stro n g e r w elding o f fam ily ties an d In helping to se ttle the n a tio n al d isco n ten t through th e m ingling of v ario u s classes th e church, th e hom e and th e n atio n will all be th e b e tte r fo r It" BOY SCOUTS HELP TAME WILD TRIBE K avalt, M adras P residency, In d ia, Ja n . 10.—U nder th e direction o f th e B ritish In d ian G overnm ent A m erican B a p tist m issio n aries a re a d a p tin g oc cid en tal m ethods In ed u catin g and o th erw ise m aking good citizen s of one of the so called crim inal trib e s of India. T h is trib e, know n a s the E ru k ala s, Is m ade up of w h at in a n o th e r country could be called gypsies o r b rig an d s and h as been rounded up by th e govern m ent Into th is region. T h e "w ild” men and women o f the trib e n re being ta u g h t to w ork, an d the boys an d girls of th e tribe, a re put In school w ith o th e r children of th is place. T he “crim in als," as they a re called, n u m b er tw o -th ird s of th e enrollm ent In th e school. E x h ib itio n s from tim e to tim e of th e w ork of th e pupils bro u g h t o u t a procession of th e E ru k ala s, and th e sig h t o f one of th e ir children re c it ing In a class w as a source of Intense pleasure. So responsive have th e E ru k a la boys proven th a t a p a g e a n t w as given re cently dealing w ith th e G reat W ar. S everal rovernm ent officials who w ere p re s e n t a t the p ag ean t w ere su rp rised a t th e discipline. D iscipline h as been aided by th e In tro d u ctio n o f th e Boy Scont m ovem ent. T h e H ead M aster o f th e K avall School first took th e tra in in g (n M adras, and then he put som e tw enty o f th e boy« th rough the train in g . T h e a d m in iste r ing of th e S cout’s o ath an d th e p resen ta tio n of stav es and scout h a n d k e r chiefs w as an unique ev en t and w as a t ten d ed by sev eral o fictals. T hla Is th* only tro o p In the M adras P residency th a t h a s boys from th e crim inal trlb ea In I t JERSEYS AT AUCTION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14,1920 At the McKee Farm, Independence, Oregon BUTTER FAT RECORDS UP TO 639.5 LBS. This offering of 30 head of high-grade Jerseys is the entire grade herd of S. J. McKee and a few choice heavy producing grades front the herd of Harry 1). lliff being sold to make room for registered Jerseys. The females offered are practically pure bred but cannot be registered. They are the result of years of breeding, developing and selecting and we have testing association records to show for their production. 'These records show every cow to be a profitable, and are up to 11582.7 lbs. milk and 639.5 lbs. fat in one year with two milkings per day and herd care. Also there are a number of excellent heifers (sired by registered bulls) from these dams, and two young choice registered bulls. The blood of Rinda Lad of S. B. (21 R. of M. daughters), Rosaire Olga Lad (31 tested daughters) and- St. Mawes (sire of four highest record full sisters in the world) predominate in this herd. The cattle are in excellent condition and you are taking no chances in buying from the herd as they are free from disease and we can show positive proof of their produc tion. A descriptive leaflet will be published, giving description, age and pro duction of the cattle to be sold. Send name to either owner or sale m<jn-. ager and one will be supplied. Place—Sale will be held on the S. J. McKee Farm about 2i/2 miles south and one mile east of Independence.— Time—Lunch at 11:30. Sale starts at noon. Come early and exam ine the cattle carefully before sale starts. Terms—Those desiring credit must arrange for samp before buying. Sale Held Under Tent, Rain or Shine S. J. McKEE, HARRY D. ILIFF, Owners, Independence E. A. Rhoten, Salem, Sale Manager. Col. J. W. Hughes, Forest Grove, Auctioneer. C h u r c h 'A n n o u n c e m e n t s Methodist Services Mixer at the church. Supper wil ! be served at G p. in. followed by Last two Sundays a fine attend program ami get acquainted meei ance at Sunday school at the M. j ing. All Baptists and their friend E. church. March 28, there were : aVe invited. We want to get ai 110 in attendance; April- 4th there quainted with you. Better conn wqre 130. ,The church was filled [ There will be music, speaking, et< at both services last Sunday. The j Remember tlie date, April 16, at Sunday school program by the o’clock. Plan to come. Nex children was fine. The choir con Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. the pasto cert packed the bulding, and was a will begin a series of lectures" c great treat. the short hooks of the Bible. Hi Come next Sunday to the follow will lecture on “Philemon” nex ing services. Sunday school at 10 Wednesday. If you want to get ac a. m. At 11 a. m. the theme for the quainted with your Bible now i: sermon, "Hindered Christian.” At your opportunity. You will be wel 7:30 “Astrayed, but Recovered." come at all these meetings. Prayer meeting Wednesday even ing at 7:30. You are welcomed to Calvary Presbyterian Church this church. C. T. COOK, Pastor Rev. Geo. S. Pratt, of Berkeley At the Sunday school last Sun Calif., will preach in Calvarj day the giving was quite interest Presbyterian church next Sundaj ing. The Primary department gave morning. Services at 11 o’clock $4, Alberta Williams giving the The public are cordially invited. most, with Celestia Cuthbert 2nd. In the other department, Miss Christian Church Services Boughy’s class was honor class in giving. Russell Jones was the There will be services at tli largest individual giver. $24 in all Christian church both mornin was given. and evening Sunday, April 1 Rev. Husband of Eugene will spea Baptist Church Announcements. You are welcome. Come. (Contributed) Take tis announcement and put it where you can look at it readily and then mark the calendars for these dates so you will he sure to remember them and be present. Sunday April the 11th, Rev. II. L. Proppe will preach at 11 a. m. on “The Lord's Table” and following the sermon the Lord's Supper will be celebrated. Then a week from this Friday, which will be April 16, there will be a great big Baptist ALWAYS Over Tw ice as Many to Educate But Only H all as Much Money to Educate With That is why the Oregon Agricul tural College the State University and the Normal School cannot maintain themselves on the old basis. In 1913 they Had Only 2 2 5 0 Students, but they Now Have 5 4 0 0 Students In addition, their income in 1913 had twice the buying power of their income in 1920, dne to the worldwide rise in costs over which they could have no control. The foregoing is one of the many equally good reasons why you should vote for the Higher Educa tional relief bill at the election on May 21. Save the quality of higher “Fine car you got. How much did education in Oregon, and give YOUR boy and girl, and YOUR it set you back?” “No expenditure sets me back,” NEIGHBOR'S their rightful educa said the profiteer with dignity. “My tional heritage. income piles up faster than I can (Paid advertisement . inserted by possibly get rid of it.”—Louisville Colin Dyment in behalf of the Joint Alumni Belie/ Committee for High Courier-,1 ournal. er Education in Oregon, 511 Pittock Block. Portland.) Phon« the news to M2113.
