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by M c C la r * N e w s p a p e r S y n d ic » !* 1
During the early part of an after
noon I was sitting on the veranda of
a pretty little cottage well situated In
C. F. Glover of Clatskanie w ill be
a town o f central New Hampshire.
principal of the Monmouth schools
Mrs. Dawson, my hostess, on com
next year.
ing out, remarked: “ Here are George
ar.d May com ing;" and looking up I
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The subucription price of The
noticed a young couple.
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32c
Polk County Post w ill be $2 on and
"W hat Is the special Interest?" I
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after June 1.
asked. “ Well, If It Isn't Just like me
Block Hogs, 125 to 1501b 22l/4o
to forget that you do no^know them
t and probably have not heard their
A baby girl was born to Mr. and
You w ill noC feel satisfied un
story. In a town like this all news
Mns. Muller of North Independent
til you get our services.
Is meat and drink to us. and I will tell
last Monday night.
you the story about George and May,
If you care to listen.
Miss Ulla Dickinson will play a
“ Now ," said she, “ I mentioned that
leading role in the Normal class tudents told stories, ,-iayed games
George and May were coming, as It Is
play, "The Road to Yesterday."
and enjoyed the wienies. Before only lately that they have been seen
lepurture, the boys threw their non- together. This was not always so."
In the circuit court of Jackson are into the water and watched it she continued. “ Since their early days
county last week, Mrs. Florence -rift away while their thoughts they had lived side by side on farms
Whiteaker was given a divorce turned to the subjects of tomorrow. about three miles out from the vil
from Jess Whiteaker.
i nus ended a most happy event lage, and ns a necessity for the com
panionship o f playmates they were
for the Independence Hi.
more rather than less together.
Daddy Hedges has been forced
“ Back from the house about a mile
to stay in from the ranch this week -*AST CHANCE TO GAIN
or so there Is between the farms equal
on account of illness. However, we
A MILLION VOTES ly divided ns to ownership, a piece of
are pleased that he Is much im
woodland that was the playground of
proved.
A 5-year subscription to the Polk George and May until the time came
County Post (only $7.50) represents when the village school nnd academy
Last week Mrs. Frank Dickson 15.000 REGULAR votes.
were unable to teach them more.
went to Portland where she was
“ George, graduating first, was to
Twenty-six 5-year subscriptions
the guekt of Miss Leona Hanna (amounting to $195.00 in business) lenve for college; and while his en
The same Chtengo orchestra which so delighted the boys o f the A. E. I'. In France In the closing days of the
for a few days. Mrs. Dickson ie means 390,000 REGULAR votes.
thusiasm ran high In his preparation
war is coming to delight Ellison-White Chautauqua audiences this summer. Eight charming girls constitute this
for new scenes, fear clutched at the
now
at
the
hospital
taking
the
rest
Then,
in
addition
to
the
REGU
splendid organization. They play with dash, life, and yet with real musical accuracy. Their two programs on the
i heart o f May that George, while he
cure.
Her
friends
are
hoping
she
third day are o f almost -ndless variety; choruses, orchestral selections, vocal and instrumental solos, duets, quar
LAR votes issued on each subscrip ! was away, might learn to care more
tets, readings, etc. Every member Is a musician of real ability, and the unusual ensemble work is the result of will be greatly benefitted.
tion, 50,1X10 Special Extra votes are for the university city nnd Its young
years c f •ssoclation and splendid preparation.
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ullowed on each "club” of $15 turu- people, and forget the home folk.
Three champion anglers—J. S en in. $195.00 constitutes exactly
“ Tw o years o f waiting and loneli
Cooper, J. G. McIntosh and Clyde thirteen “clubs ', and thirteen times ness. waiting for George, had passed.
Williams—went to Elk City last
“ One of May’s fnvorltp walks was
means 050,(HK) SPECIAL EX
REALLY A LUCKY HAPPENING Monday for an outing. They re 50,fKX)
down through the woodland to the
TRA votes.
turned Wednesday evening with
Therefore, twenty-six 5-year sub meadow where ran tlie little brook
“ Busted Thumb” Taught Mr. Bings choice trout which the fishermen
scriptions
(new or renewal) means that, an old Indian hnsket weaver had
Many Things He Had Not Previ
declare were victims of their rods 390.000 REGULAR votes, plus 650,- told her, was called by Ills people tho
ously Thought Of.
and reels. We know that J. S. can (XXi SPECIAL EXTRA votes, or u ‘Wishing’ brook, n e told her the In
dian legend, nnd he suld that anyone
land the game, but of the others grand total of 1,040,000 votes.
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., head of
who drank of the water and breathed
we are not so sure. Where fish
Dear
Candidate,
haven't you a wish at the same time, would have
the Republican Publicity associa
are concerned “we are from Mis twenty-six good friends who will the wish granted,
tion, said at a dinner, apropos of a souri."
“ And here on this afternoon.^tired
help you to the extent of a 5-year
political misfortune:
subscription to help you win the from her exertions In-the work o f the
“ We learn from our misfortunes
There was a meeting of the Li Maxwell touring car (worth $1,230.- morning, taking a hook, she sought for
We are, or should he, like Mr. Bings. brary Board last Wednesday. Rou IX)) before Saturday night ut 9:00 the last time, she said to herself, the
Wishing brook nnd its charm Finally
“ ‘ I busted my thumb with a ham tine business was dis|xwed of and o'clock?
reaching the hank, she steeped over
C O M M E N C IN G S A T U R D A Y , M A Y 29th.
mer yesterday,’ said Mr. Bings.
the book committee spent some
Dear Subscriber, will you not be the stream, and cupping her hands,
“ ‘What a m isfortune!’ said his time cataloguing new books. The one of twenty-six to help your fu- brought the water to the level of her
SE A SO N A N D W E E K E N D T IC K E T S
bonrd is pleased to announce to the vorite candidate win that magnifi lips nnd unconsciously said aloud:
friend Bangs.
“ ‘ Misfortune? Nothing o f the public that a new Winston's Cumu cent capital pi ice. You've nothing ‘Dear brook, let me have my wish.
Send my love to George, and let It
kind.’
And
Mr.
Bings smiled iative Loose Leaf Encyclopedia to lose; your friend l«s so much to
bring him home to me safe.’
has been ordered and will arrive win.
bravely. ‘ That accident is one of
"It was Just ns well for her pence
soon. The loose-leaf editions will
TOMORROW W IL L
BE TOO
the best things that ever happened
o f mind that she had not seen two tine-
be revised and kept up to date LATE!
looking young men who. «lien they
to me. I t has taught me, you see, to which will be an excellent advan
snw her approaching, stepped behind
appreciate my thumb. I never knew tage for students as well as the
trees where, watching her, they could
Lewisville Convention
before how'valuable it was. Why, general public.
remain unseen.
sir, I have already found out that
“ She wns conscious only o f a deli
, (Monmouth Herald)
cious sense o f rest; and ns she sat
Mrs. F. L. Chown was hostess to
there are 376 things for which l use
The officers elected for the Lewis
iny thumb every day without giving the Buena Vista Rural Club at her ville Sunday School District last there It seemed strange I lint on the
other side of the brook, which seemed
afternoon.
it a single grateful thought. Here, home last Thursday
Sunday at the convention held in wider than usual, there were several
The
ladies
devoted
the
session
to
open this knife for me. Thanks.
the church at Lewisville were as Indian tents that she had never no
the study of "Americanization. follows:
President—W. C. W il ticed before. And fhe young people
That
makes 377.’ ” — Washington
Roll call was responded to with
liams; Vice-president—E. A. Ted- —and the children—surely she knew
Star.
patriotic quotations. The committee
rowj
Seeretary-Treas. — Emery them, hut only In an Indefinite way. If
having charge of the cafeteria din
For particulars inquire of Local Agent
Whitaker;
Home Department—Mrs. was strange, also, that none of them
ALMOST A WRECK.
ner reported $91.15 receipts. This
apparently noticed the brook— perhaps
Victor Bullantyne; Supt. Cradle
the children had been told to keep
amount (laid the indebtedness on
Roll DepL—Mrs. Ed Lehman; Supt. away from It. Hut. see ! Here comes an
W e were going to a Christmas
the community piano and some re
Boys’ DepL—Dell Tedrow; Supt. Indian maiden. ‘Certnlnly,’ said May.
party in typical Christmas weather.
mained in the Club's general fund.
‘I know her; perhaps she will come
Th e funny little trolley car in the These club ladies are interested in Girls' Dept.—Mrs. Chloe Seymour.
The convention was well attended and talk with me.' The Indian tnald
JO H N M. SCOTT,
varsity town was crowded when our all the worth-while activities of the
and one new feature marked the approached fhe brook; dipping Into
General Passenger Agent
bunch got on. It was my lot to oc- community nnd have some praise
afternoon. This was the meeting the water with a cup made of birch
I cupy a seat in the front facing all worthy undertakings which we are
of separate Boys' and Girls' Con hark, she looked to the heavens nnd
to hear of later. Spring blossoms
j the passengers.
ferences.
So well pleased were cried aloud: ‘Oh, Great Spirit o f the
The oar moved slowly up the steep added a note of color for this or both the special conferencs that Wish, send my love to m.v brave nnd
bring him safely bnrk to me.*
grade just above the railroad which one«ion and Mrs. Chown served de officers were elected in each session
"May was all ready to eall out, when
licious
refreshments.
crossed the trolley tracks at right
and plans were laid for similar con the maiden and the tents slowly faded
ferences at future Conventions.
angles.
We stopped. The brakes
from view, and In their place wns the
The officers in the Hoys' Confer house o f an enrly settler. 'W ell, that
would not take hold. The sand did
The Wo-he-los and Wanahton's,
not avail. Slowly we slipped back two literary societies of the High ence are: President—iM el ford Nel seetns queer,’ May thought, ’and Just
as I wns going to speak to her. Now
ward downhill until we struck the School, zealously competed for lion son; Secretary'—Mr. Osborne. The I wonder who occnples that old-fash
Girls'
Conference
decided
upon
the
ors in selling tickets for the Alaskan
railroad.
lonel little house, and where they
following young ladies as their
came from. I thought that I knew nil
With startling suddenness I shot entertainment which they spon
officers;
President--Miss
Roxie the people that live near here. I am
forward and landed with my head in sored last week. The Wo-he-los
Secretary—Miss
Bernice sure that I <lo not know this girl who
predominated, tho the Wanahtons Crook;
the pit o f the stomach of my foot
la coming now, although her rlothes
played them a close second. Per Stewart
ball hero, the captain o f the varsity
look like some that are In our attic
haps there is something in a name
team.— Exchange.
at home.' This wns going through her
after all for Wo-he-lo is a romhinn
HEDGEHOG Q U ILLS USEFUL.
mind as another girl enme toward her.
tion of the words, “work, health,
LUCKY.
“ She, too, Came on. and as May
love" and should mean success
Several years ago the mole sprang looked at her she smiled n welcome.
“ Winson had wonderful luck at “To the victor belong the spoils," so
The girl was thinking deeply, so deep
the defeated Wanahtons toasted into importance because its skin be ly that she never noticed May and her
’"go lf yesterday.”
and roasted their competitors at a came fashionable for women's coats. smile. Dipping a pewter mug Into the
“ Did some fast playing, eh?”
wienie roast on the river Wednes Ft is the turn now of another lowly brook, she lifted It to her lips nnd
“ No, his playing was rotten, but
day evening. The gathering was animal, the common hedgehog, to cried aloud: ’Maker o f the Universe,
he found a nest of 18 perfectly good
held in the woods near the Homer come into prominence. Some one send my lore to my man nnd bring him
here to me.’
eggs some farmer’s hen had hidden Woods home. A lurge bonfire was
not long ago discovered that hedge
“ May could stand their Indifference
in the grass.” — Wichita Eagle.
built around which the faculty and hogs’ quills make excellent needles
no longer.
Even this Inst girl, who
for phonographs— in fact they bring now wns accompanied at the brook
out the sound more effectively than side by the Indian maid and her brave,
m ■ ll■ lll■ lllM ll■ ll■ lll■ ll■ lll■ ll■ ll* ll■ lll■ ll■ l■ lil■ ll■ ll■ ll■ ll■ lll■ ll■ l■ ll■ l■ ll^ metal needles. The walls of a hedge together with the colonial maid nnd
her lover, also clad In the garb of an
hog quill are o f a hard, horny sub
early settler, did not notice her.
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stance, and the partly hollow in
"Only this Inst girl, the one who
terior contains a pith.
looked like her, was alone, nnd she
Baptist “Bar”— Mission Hut, Powers, Ors.
The hedgehog prowls si night, must be made to speak and tell who
thpy all « ere and why she alone had
- w nit’ll tt be, boys I" Is still a popular query in this Ituptlst Mission Flut
and runs with more agility than one
her wish unanswered.
is ths Oregon timber lands And the husky lumberman quaffs his fresh butter
would imagine ,its short legs and
“ As May called out. she heard an
milk, or hla hot chocolate with undlmlnlshed relish. The bar Is still running
dumpy body would permit. It has unrestrained laugh, and opening her
full fores and Is one of ths many feature* Mint fhe Westerner likes about
a stomach of strong digestive power, eyes ihe lost sight o f the lovers, snd
tbs "hut." Ha can get anything there from I'.lbles to buttermilk—tnovles to
And
are
putting
out
the
best
bread
on
the
market.
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eating the bark o f trees, earthworms, llier* In their plaep«tood George laugh
missionary tracts—and above all, he gets «1 . t - rare In ihHl lonely country-
human com pan I on ah Ip.
It is more like Mother’s bread. Clean and baked § slugs, snails, frogs, dead birds and ing and r a i l i n g to her.
“The brook had resumed Its normal
by electricity.
-j e g g s .
size, and ns May stood up George
leaped ai-roaa the brook, and ns in an
THE REASON.
Try it; You will like it.
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swer to her wish, he rente near and
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clasped her In his arm*.
“ Why does that orator walk two
George nnd May are again coming
or three times across the stage be towned« Ihe house, hut this time from
the o fp :stte direction. Between their
fore he begins to speak?”
com I At and their going. If Indications
“ I sup;x>se it is the prc-amble to count for anythng. these two will be
his remarks.”
together for lUe.
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Lumber Men Now Gather in Huts
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