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NUMBER 3.
1 IB IM IIIH IIB 1 I
SUNDAY AND MONDAY, APRIL 18-19
(Including Sunday Matinee.)
MONROE SALISBURY
YOUR FRIEND’S SUCCESS
W hen you h e a r some one say:
“I knew every one in the circle at
in “ SUNDOWN TRAIL”
the m instrel show M onday night,
“Doan Yo' lis e n '" for he d id n ’t and
A great picture of the golden days of old California
he w on’t w hen he finishes this,
—when
whole communities of men lived for months
either, for the w riter is sw orn to
without
the sight of a woman, lured to lives of ad
secrecy and of course w ouldn't di
venture by the chance of striking it rich. A story
vulge an y th in g for half a kingdom .
Of course the end m en don’t care if
of great heart appeal, made still more delightful by
you know who they were, for, hon
the marvelous ksierra settings, the charming old
est, w ouldn’t it be h ard for W ord
fashioned dresses and amusing stove-pipe hats, the
B utler to disguise his "figger" so
courtesy of the men and the beauty of the women.
one w ouldn’t know him —an d w hat
A picture in which that fine actor, Monroe Salis
would W illard Craven do w ith his
French beard? W ell, it ju st has to
bury, tills the eye and heart.
be so a fellow alw ays knows them
MR. JOE MARTIN, the Monkey comedian
because th e ir w ork, too, is so clever
IF
a professional couldn’t discount
t V f t AusT
OjoixrH
them . T hen Charley H untley re
news i* -rve
veals his identity in his p lantation
P A P t r v -rv,
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 21
m elodies and rem iniscences. They
5V>ir voi/-
are so good a fellow can im agine
■ÖTND im
he’s down in de cotton fields of the
Southland. Capt. Stidd, the fourth
end m an, w as unable to be present.
B. R. W olfe, w ith his flesh paint
The motion picture with a new thrill. A gigantic,
handsom e and his good looks has
swift-moving, thrilling drama adapted from the
an d lip rouge, never looked so
GRADE
COWS
AVERAGE
$180
stage
play. Snap— Dash—Fire—Romance—Youth
been the subject of conversation
AT McKEE-ILIFF SALE
am ong the ladies ever since; coupled
—Thrills—Excitement—Big Scenes—Splendid Ac
w ith his looks, he m ade a fine in ter
tors. See the dashing fox-hunt scenes; the blood
The McKee-Iliff Jersey sale at the
locutor, too. His im pressive style
tingling auto disaster, the race between the auto
McKee
farm
W
ednesday
w
as
a
t
of oratory an d dignity w ere pleas
and train, the terrible railroad wreck and the win
ing, both in his m iddle w ork and in tended by a crowd of ready buyers.
ning races at the track.
the clever m onologue w hich he de The day w as too disagreeable for
livered in the second p art of the spectators so practically everyone
Comedy and International News
program . The pickaninnies have present w as a buyer or an intended
said they d id n 't care if we m ention buyer. The grade cows brought on
ed th eir nam es, so here goes. The an average of $180 and nearly all of
two d ear little “picks" who sang them were purchased by farm ers
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, APRIL 22 23
“Bubbles" w ere: Gordon an d M ar and stockm en in other localities.
■
jorie P lant. “Doan Yo Lisen’ " w as
BIG
NIGHT
FOR
KNIGHTS
given by little A nna Johnson, and
M ANY VISITORS ENTERTAINED
Ruth U nderhill, "S usan Sim pson,"
d au g h ter of “Sam bo Sim pson”, ap
M onday night w as another bright
peared in th e “Topsy Song”. M ar
g aret Eddy and M arjorie P lant spot in Pythianism . The local lodge
w ere th e pickaninnies in “M am m y’s en tertained a num ber of visitors
L ullaby.” “The Golden Gate,” by from Salem , D allas and Falls City.
Five Black Dots, cam e from the T here w as m usic, speaking, m irth
High School but they say, “Nay. and w ork in the knight rank. The
The great story of AkCska, absorbing in heart inter
nay, don’t tell.”
The Double fraternal grip gripped tig h ter th an
est, and freighted with big, practical issues of life,
ever
before.
At
a
late
hour,
Chef
Q uartette of High Born Steppers
and a vital document of days, of scenes and of
were also from the High School, P eter K urre called all hands around
events that will never return.
but they have said, “If you talk in the banquet board and covered him
your sleep, don’t m ention my self w ith glory by the feed he sup
Rolin Comedy and Pathe News
nam e." Somebody has ju st 'phoned plied. May there be m any other
n
ights
for
the
knights
like
it.
and said, "You m ight as well tell
who sang ‘Down in A rk an sas’ ”—but
I'm not going to.
However, we D W IG H T D. D AVIS DEAD
SATURDAY, APRIL 24
HAD BEEN IN IL L HEALTH
w ouldn’t m in d h earin g it again;
would you? Clever I should say!
Dwight D. Davis died a t his home
Maybe you know who did the step
dancing
W ell, if you do, so in Independence on Sunday, April
do I, and you th in k like I did th a t 11. He had been in ill health for
in “ THE GIRL FROM BOHEMIA”
he's pretty good at th at. Moses an d some time. He w as 47 years old at
D inah? W ell they are ju st "Moses the tim e of his death. Mr. Davis
America’s famous actress and one whose whole life ¡¡j
an d D inah” and nobody would had been a resident of Independence
has been a story of charming romance hack again in g
doubt th a t poor Moses w as h en for over ten years.
F u n eral services were held at
the greatest of all her screen successes. She has g
pecked. But sny, w ouldn’t you love
to have th a t juicy pie Moses stole? Salem on W ednesday m orning at
long been known as the “ best dressed woman in g
Everybody knows Mr3. A----- (I a l St. Joseph's Catholic church, in ter
America” and her gowns and costumes in “ The g
m ost told, but not quite) m akes m ent at .the Catholic cemetery.
Girl
from Bohemia” fully support her reputation g
Mr. Davis is survived by his wife,
m ighty good pies. Ever since the
in this regard—all of them are veritable “ crea- g
Normal orchestra prom ised to fu r two sons, Elm er and Lenore, and
tions” over which the patronesses of the motion §
nish m usic for the event, the m an two daughters, Mrs. Floyd Bewley
agem ent had been jub lian t and In and Miss Clara.
picture theatres will rave. The story—how a girl g
dependence people thoroughly en
brings
New York Boheinianism to a sleepy village, g
joyed the several selections rendered THIS W E EK FIVE YEARS AGO
hy the tw enty-piece o rch stra und er
IN SOUTH POLK COUNTY
Herold Lloyd Comedy and Ford Weekly
the capable leadership of Miss
H
Schuette.
As m any have stated, (From the Independence Monitor
“The orchestra m usic alone was
April 16, 1915).
w orth m ore th a n the price of a d
Friday, April 9, 1915, w as such an
mission." Not know ing ju st how
INDEPENDENCE
a circle of black faces m ight act, ideal day th at the Stiver school
teachers
and
pupils
moved
out
the m anagem ent thought best to
have the sheriff of Polk county on doors where studying and reciting im in iii
the scene. So John W. O rr proved w as done.
one of the big hits of th e evening
The first rose of 1915 bloomed for
in "Carry Me Back to Ole V irginny.” Mrs. N. L. Butler.
THIS SECTION AND THE MILLAGE BILL
Glen H olm an of D allas also deliv
M arried d u ring the week .Bohn
ered a “h ard shell B aptist nigger
This community has an unusual interest in the millage
serm on.” Miss W innflfred P lan t of T. Osborn apd Mrs. Emily Cham
Salem , who had long before this berlain of Independence and Miss hill other than its advantages to our young men and
danced h er way into the h earts of M yrtle A. W ithrow of Silver and S.
women who might seek special training at one of our three
Independence people, m erited all the A. Ram sdell of Dallas.
applause received for h er aesthetic
state institutions. This community should he keenly in
rendition of “Till We Meet Again." w a n t c. a . M c L a u g h l i n
FOR REPRESENTATIVE terested in the success of the millage hill because one of
D ainty and petite in costum e and
the three educational institutions, affected hy the bill, is
grace, her m ovem ents were rh y th m
Q uite a num ber have suggested
ic alm ost beyond conception. She
located in our midst. The Oregon State Normal at Mon
loves interpretive a rt and hopes to n om inating C. A. M cLaughlin for
mouth
is an important factor in our affairs—socially,
be able to continue h er study. For representative from Polk county.
a recall she gave a clever in terp re
educationally andfinaneially. To retard its usefulness
tation of "The Irish W asherw om encore. To all the outside talent
for
want of funds would be a detriment to ourselves.
an".’’ A fitting finale th a t lent and to the Nomal students especial
The millage hill should receive the unanimous vote of
elegance to the occasiop w as a scene ly, and to Miss Grace G raham ,
from the pretty Japanese operetta pianist, the am usem ent staff ex this section.
"Yokoham a M aid” u n d er th e su-, tends sincere appreciation.
No
pervision of Miss Hales, the physical less prateful do we feel to our home
instru cto r of the Normal
Seven people.. The Isis th eatre was filled
SINCE THE HENS HAVE BEGUN TO VOTE
teen Norm al students, one m an and w ith people and the people were
a bevy of pretty girls, attired in filled w ith laughter.
The Club
hen w ould, hut if he seem s to lie
(From P oultry Culture)
sm art O riental costum es, m ade a will net som ething near $100 from
It is not m uch trouble to get* a uneasy, rem ove the chicks and try
pretty picture. They w ere no less the evening, and together w ith the
dainty and graceful th an th e m aids $100 which has been on interest capon started brooding chicks. At him again the next night. After
of the Orient, Whom they represent for the past year, we feel ju b ilan t dusk, place the chicks under the ca doing this the second tim e, the ca
ed. The songs and dances were over having $200 in savings ac
pon's wing. U sually, the capon will pon usually takes to the chicks and
bautifully rendered and the girls count for a Com m unity Memorial be ta k in g care of the chicks the m others them the sam e as a hen
gracefully responded to an insistent fund starter.
next m orning just the sam e as a would.
Cv
T H E W HIP”
R e x B e a c h ’s
“ THE SPOILERS”
IR EN E C A S T LE
THEATRE
THEY’ RE OFF IN A BUNCH
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DEPENDS ON YOU
With a Flying Start, a Clear Field,
and Applauding Friends Aleng
the W ay, Contestants Begin
Exciting Race for Polk
County Post’s Prize
Anto.
And now the race begins!
The sta rte r tap s the bell, and
shouts the word for all to “Go!"
W ith never a m ore even start,
never a track m ore clear, never a
more handsom e a rra y of trophies at
stake, and never a fairer chance to
w in them , has it been the privilege
of any p articipant anyw here, to
enter u race of this kind.
At the goal—now only five weeks
aw ay—the distribution of aw ards in
The Polk County P ost’s big cam
paign for new subscriptions will be
made.
First, there’s the fine new Max
well touring car w orth $1230, now
on display a t the garage of the
Motor U tilities Co., of Independence.
Second, the free vacation trip to
Yellowstone P ark, w orth ju st w hat
it costs.
Third, the $125 diam ond ring,
purchased from and now on exhi
bition at the A. L. H ollander jewel
ry store in Independence.
Fourth, the $100 Colum bia graph-
onola, purchased from, and on ex
hibition at the W illiam s drug store»
Independence.
Fifth and sixth, $50 and $25 in
gold, respectively.
Last, but by no m eans least,apro-
vision w hereby every non-prize
w inning
p articip an t
rem aining
active throughout the cam puign
will receive 20 per c<pit commission
on m oney collected.
In connectiqp w ith th is repeated
reference to prizes it is im portant to
rem em ber th a t all prizes of m er
chantable n ature have been pur*-
chased from reputable home deal
ers. The rem aining prizes repre
sent values of 100 cents on the dol
lar. They are values w hich cannot
be discounted.
Moreover, bear in m ind th at
each and every one of the prizes
will rem uin in the com m unity, to
be enjoyed by those whose efforts
during the next five w eeks deserve
best recognition as show n by the
relative standing of votes.
Could Anything Be Fairer?
One week before announcing the
conditions under w hich th is cam
paign would be conducted The
Post, on its own account, stated
th a t it would be a clean-cut, neigh
borly, com m unity affair.
T hat is precisely w hat it has
been, a n d precisely w h at it will
continue to be.
Not only prim arily, but to the full
extent, the purpose of th is cam
paign is to obtain a subscription in
every one of the approxim ately
1500 homes in Independence and
su rrounding territo ry —and do it
quickly.
S u re ly , th a t is a com m endable
am bition. The potential influence
of a new spaper w hich reaches all
the people of a com m unity is recog
nized by all th in k in g m en ns an
asset of inestim able vulue in com
m unity building.
It w as never
HERE'S HOW TO JUMP INTO
LEAD IN THE BIG AUTO
COBITEST
On each 5-year subscription to
The Polk County Post, or ap
proxim ately its equivalent in
sho rter term orders, 25,000 votes
are allowed, providing sam e is
turned in d u ring the “first
period" schedule of votes now in
effect.
Then, in addition to the regu
lar num ber of votes allowed on
each subscription, 50,000 SPECIAL
EXTRA votes are given on tvery
"club" of $15 in subscriptions re
ceived.
Therefore, two 5-year subscrip
tions (am ounting to $15 in busi
ness) m eans a n even 100,000 votes
So, it can readily be seen, by
glancing at the vote totals below
th a t ju st a few such subscrip
tions for any one of the various
candidates would at once fur
nish a nejtv leader in the race.
In fact, an entirely new can
didate who, a t this tim e has no
if»s ni all, could, by a little
enthusiastic action on p a rt of
his o r her friends, clim b to the
top of the list and thereby ac
quire the leadersheip for the
big prize automobile.
And, when one takes into con
sideration the value of the prizes
to be aw arded, and the extrem e
ly short tim e the cam paign is in
force, they are certainly w orthy
of any effort they m ight take to
secure.
Let’s go!
more essential th an in this day and
age.
Now, Than—
T here are only three or four
m ethods by w hich a publisher m ay
build up a subscription list:
1. W aiting for volunteer grow th.
(A lifetim e job.)
2. Prem ium s. (Too slow an d ex
pensive.)
3. House to house canvass.
(Slow, and by far too expensive.)
4. Automobile contests.
(Quick
results, and not m ore expensive
th an o ther m ethods.)
In o ther w ords, by the contest
method The Post hopes to accom
plish in six w eeks’ tim e even better
results th an m ight be obtained by
other m ethods of subscription list
building covering a period of sev
eral m onths, and a t no greater cost.
In achievem ent of th a t am bition
The Post m ain tain s th a t in helping
itself it will help the com m unity in
generous proportion.
100 Per Cent True.
"Everybody w ins!" By th is tim e
that has become a well-worn slogan
in Independence. But isn ’t it tru e,
as applied to this cam paign? The
contestants will be paid handsom ely
or fairly, in proportion to the vary
ing degrees of th eir success. The
Post will be In position to m ake
needed im provem ents and extend
the (lower of its influence, and th a t
will be of benefit to the com m unity.
Each subscriber will receive his or
her m oney’s w orth for subscription
money puid. It is 100 per cent tru e
th at everybody wins, and nobody
loses, in this proposition.
(Continued on Page 3)
Standing of the C a n d i d a t e s
Watch the figures grow from week to week. Why
don’t YOU step out and win that new Maxwell car for
yourself? Make the start today.
LEMUEL BARNETT, Independence................
HELEN CORNELIUS, Monmouth ....................
CACILIA BURKHOLZ, Independence..............
CECIL RUEE, Independence ..............................
VERA McKJNNEY, Independence....................
FAYE .JOHNSON, Independence........................
LILLIE CALKINS, A ir lie .....................................
B. H. HABEKOTT, S u v e r .....................................
HELEN BUTLER, Independence........................
FRANCIS BROWN, Independence, Rt. 1 ..........
MRS. MAUD McELMURRY, Independence...
VIRGIE 1. WHITAKER, A irlie................
ALMA SANDERSON, independence, Rt. 1 . . . .
CAROLL SMITH, Independence .........................
MRS. GROVER MATT I SON, Independence . . .
DEL T. HARMAN, M onm outh............................
BOBBY IRVINE, Independence ........................
BILLY BAKER, Independence ...........................
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