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Hurrah, the race is over!
The Polk County Post's big sub­
scription campaign has come and
gone, and the strain under which
everyone connected w ith it has been
laboring during the past few weeks
is happily relieved. And now that
the end has come, and the results
are announced, everyone is pleased
and satisfied.
Naturally the greatest struggle
was for t£e grand capital prize— the
M axwell touring car, now worth on
the local market $1330. It repre­
sented handsome and liberal com­
pensation for the successful con­
testant The secondary prizes, also,
w ill be truly enjoyed by those w in ­
ning and possessing them.
A ll
were prizes o f real m e r it But The
Post was w illin g to pay liberally for
good work, and certainly received
it, for never has there been a more
successful subscription campaign
conducted in southern Polk county
than the one just concluded by this
newspaper.
The aggregate vote totals reached
enormous figures, and our reco. <i j
show by actual count that our
fam ily of readers has been nearly
trippled, by far the m ajority o f
whom reside in Independence and
tributary trade territory.
As to the contest itself, the figures
show for themselves.
T o those whose energy has car­
ried them through this cam paign to
success Th e Post extends hearty
congratulations. W e are proud of
all participants in this campaign,
and w e hope the winners, who have
just claimed their prizes by right
of conquest, w ill, in turn, be proud
o f their rewards.
In addition to the beauty and in­
trinsic value o f the prizes which
ha\e been awarded there are other
considerations to be taken into
count
In their individual campaigns
the candidates have fade new and
pleasant
acquaintances.
Many
have formed more correct ideas
along business lines and most of
them have developed a sense of
observation that w ill pay future
dividends. The competition was a
splendid training and a valuable
experience to all who participated.
It overcame inherent tim idity; it
taught the value of,courage self-re­
liance, perseverance, resourceful­
ness, all o f which must be under­
stood by those who would experi­
ence life ’s richest rewards.
Of course, it is inevitable in a
race o f this kind that all cannot
win the grand capital prize. Right
or wrong, Nature's rule o f the sur­
vival of the fittest must apply here,
as elsewhere.
Gladly would w e
suspend the rule and g iv e aw ay a
dozen automobiles to as m any w ill­
ing workers, but automobiles come
so high nowadays that w e had to
be content with only one to give
away.
During the cam paign w e have
dealt largely with ladies. Our re­
lations with them have been very
pleasant. They, in turn, have dealt
with an organization which has en­
deavored to make the campaign one
long to be remembered for its
wholesome
character
and
fair
dealings.
To old and new readers o f The
Post contributing to the success of
this campaign the managem ent is
truly grateful and indebted.
On
behalf o f the candidates and the
paper this acknowledgem ent is
made, w ith a sincere “ thank you "
thrown in for better measure.
The campaign was brought to a
close promptly at 9 o'clock last
Saturday night, strictly in accord
with the rules set forth in the open­
ing announcement. In the presence
o f the contestants and other inter­
ested parties, the judges unlocked
the ballot box which had been
placed in the Fanners State Bank
during the week, thus enabling all
candidates to make their reports
direct and secretly.
The voting
value o f reports made during the
week was determined by the judges,
and added to the totals published in
The Post last week.
The recent Polk County Post
i subscription contest was a suc­
cess, inasmuch as the object was
attained. The Post wanted more
readers and it got them. It was
I | not satisfied with, three, four, five
or six. hundred subscribers but
| wanted uiore and got them. In
II fact it got more than anticipated
11 and most of ihem are here— In
| dependence, Buena Vista, Suver,
I Monmouth, Airlie, Kings Valley,
Hoskins, Greenwood.
Now anyi>ody can say some-
I thing thru The Post to the people
| of south Polk county and every-
| lxRly w ill hear it.
CONSTANCt TAIM DGE
pvA ct M tosH u x m a *0« ea
T H E V E IL E D A D V E N T U R E ’
OOOSUO**. M kO«T AMN TV
A laughing romantic comedy plus drama. By day
she wits a manicurist— at night she was a society
girl. H e said he had no use for a woman who would
steal or lie and that no woman could get
him to elope w ith him. She made him change his
mind! B etter find how she does it. girls.
Jeff and Mutt Comedy and Fox News
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M O N D A Y , M A Y 31 A N D
TUESD AY, JUNE 1
“ W it W in s
■ GOVERNOR ASKED TO COMPEL
OBETANCE OF ROAD LAW
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W ith Florence Billings. The story o f a beautiful
girl who was caught in the whirlpool o f financial
strife. She staked her life, love anti honor in ¿1 bat­
tle o f wits. A11 unconventional nivsterv drama.
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M EMORIAL D AT SERVICES
TO BE HELD M ONDAT
Once more the boys o f ’61 w ill
“ fall in” and to the music of fife
and drum proudly marth behind
Old Glory. Monday is Memorial
day and members o f the G. A. R„
W. R. C., Spanish-American and
W orld W a r veterans w ill assemble
at the G. A. R. at nine o'clock and
march to the training school where
beginning at 9:’0 pupils w ill ren­
der a program in harmony with the
day and Prof. J. B. V. Butler w ill
deliver an address. Then the pro­
cession w ill move to the W illam ette
river where the W . R. C. w ill per­
form the memorial rites for depart,
ed sailors. Independence business
houses w ill close during the occa­
sion.
In the afternoon the veterans w ill
be the guests o f the Normal at Mon­
mouth.
A W A R D O r PRIZES BT
ADVISORT BOARD
Independence, Ore., May 22,1920.
— W e, the undersigned, acting in the
capacity o f judges in The Polk
County Post’s prize automoblie sub­
scription campaign, now closed, af­
ter canvassing the findings in the
sealed ballot box, and adding the
results thereof to the totals last
published in The Polk County Post
(issue o f May 21, 1920) do hereby
declare, to the best o f our knowledge
and belief, the follow ing contestants
to be the winners:
Maude McElm urry ........... 2,907,540
W inner o f the Maxwell Touring
Car, valued at $1230.00
Mrs. Gail A lexan der........... 1,256,050
W inn tr o f the Free Vacation
Trip to Yellowstone Park,
5-day tour o f same.
A lm a Sanderson ................ 1,069,510
W inn er o f Diamond Ring, valu­
ed at $125.00.
Faye Johnson .................... 740,920
W inn er o f Columbia Grafonola
valued at $100.00.
Louise Bauman ................. 709,000
W inner o f the purse of gold,
value $50.00.
Caroll Smith ...................... 656,060
W inner o f the purse of gold,
value $25.00.
(Signed:
H. C DUNSMORE,
B. F. SW O PE,
W. H. W A L K E R ,
W. L E W IS ROSE, Major,
VERD H ILL.
M EN W H O RUN BANKS
COME TO INDEPENDENCE
Group T w o of the Oregon Bank
ers’ association is meeting in Inde­
pendence today. It comprises the
district consisting of the counties of
Marion, Lane, Linn, Benton, Polk,
Lincoln. A t noon the visitors were
the guests of the Monmouth Nation
al Bank, the Independence National
Bank and the Formers State Bank.
Th is afternoon a business session is
being held at the Isis. There w iil be
a number of addresses on banking
On the basis o f total votes re­ subjects followed by interesting dis­
ceived by each candidate the awards cussions.
were made in the manner indicated
by the signed report o f the judges W k H. MACK DIES
SUD DENLT OP APO PLEXY
appearing elsewhere in this issue
The judges have the thanks of
This community
was
greatly
The Post for the time they spent in
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counting.
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Also the fifth episode of the great serial,
‘ S m a s h ir i) Barriers
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THE L IV IN G G R AVE
A smashing melodrama o f risk and romance in the
great outdoors, in the lumber camps, the football
15 weeks o f adventure!
field and the mountains.
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Determined that the State High
way Commission shall comply with
the law and route the West Side
Highway thru Polk County accord­
ingly, Independence and Dallas
have combined to indicate to the
above named commission that it
w ill not be permitted to designate
a different route than the one au­
thorized by law. With this aim in
view petitions are being circulated
addressed to the Governor in which
he is respectfully requested to com­
pel his subordinates “to keep faith
with the people of this county."
The petition reads:
Johnson
carried
Oregon but
Wood won in Polk.
The total
county vote was Wood 1050, John­
son 506, Hoover 284, Lowden 203.
McAdoo, the only Democrat on the
ballot received 486.
For delegates at large to the Re­
publican convention, Boyd, Carey,
Rami and McCamant led in Polk.
McCamaut, Carey, Rand and Olson
were elected. T. V- Crawford and
M ill E. Purdy were elected as
Democratic delegates, the other two
being yet in doubt
For Republican delegates from the
first district, Walter L. Tooze Jr.
carried every county, including
Polk. The other place is yet in
doubt.
Vote for U. S. senator: Abraham
593, Stanfield 1179, Chamberlain
624, Starkweather 298.
Stanfield
and Chamberlain nominated.
Secretary of State: Koser 770,
Jones 352, Parsons 260, Loekley 220,
Wood 170, Schulderm&n 127, Co­
bum 86. Koser nominated. There
was no Democratic candidate 011
the ballot.
For Joint Representative, D. E.
Fletcher defeated Gso. W. Gerlinger
by a vote of 1179 to 758. The noip
ination assures election. Mr. Fletch­
er has probably received the Demo­
cratic nomination also.
Perry O. Powell, Republican, ami
L D. Brown, Democrat, are the
nominees for Polk County Repre
sentative.
For county commissioner the Re­
publican vote was Hart 782, Teal
702, Wolverton 603.
Democratic
Gardner 468, White 268.
For surveyor, Edgar J. Howe
won the Republican nomination by
a vote of 947 to 742.
J. N. Hrlgereon, Republican, and
E. K. Piasecki, Democrat, will
fight it out this fall for district at­
torney.
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The following Republicans were
nominated
without
opposition:
Floyd D. Moore, clerk; John W. Or**,
sheriff; Fred J. Holman, assessor;
Josiah Wills, school superintendent;
A. V. R. Snyder, treasurer; Robert
L. Chapman, coroner. There were
no Democrats on the ballot for these
offices.
All the measures on the ballot
carried in the state.
The Polk
county vote was as follows:
Extending Eminent Domain Over
Roads and Ways—Yes, 1778; no,
946.
Limitation of Four Per Cent State
Indebtedness for Permanent Roads
Yes, 1908; no, 1063.
Restoring Capital Punishment—
Yes, 1843; no, 1169.
Crook and Curry Counties Bond­
ing Amendment—Yes, 1238; no, 905.
Successor to Governor—Yes, 148’ ;
no, 1339.
Higher Educational Tax A c t -
Yes, 1905; no, 1202.
Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Marines'
Educational Aid Revenue Bill—Yes,
1560; no, 1355.
State Elementary School Fund
Tax—Yes, 2093; no, 962.
Blind School Tax Measure—Yes,
1954; no, 987.
To His Excellency, Governor Ben VV.
Olcott, Salem, Oregon:
When the measure known as the
road Ixmding act was proposed at
thp 1917 session of the Oregon Legis­
lature, much opposition was en­
W E D N E S D A Y AN D THURSDAY, JUNE 2 3
countered in tlie House of Repre­
sentatives.
Numerous conferences
were held between sponsors of the
bill and members of the House, and
a draft of th proposed art was sub­
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mitted and discussed. No provision
was made at first as to which if
any towns in Polk county should l>e
on the Pacific Highway, and the
favorable vote of a majority of the
Representatives could not be count-
The thrilling advtVflt: ••<*. d' a female “ Jimmy Val­
ed on. To, secure thy support of
the Representatives
from
Polk
entine.”
Site had friends, wealth and position—
county, viz., Hon. Conrad Stafrin, of
and a mania fo r crime. A society belle by day and
Dallas, and Hon. ¿Walter V. Fuller
a th ief by night. The story of a girl with a double
of Dallas, th© proponents of the
personality— a female “ Dr. Jekyl and Mr. H yd e.”
measure then agreed with these
members that Dallas, Monmouth
Rolin Comedy and Pathe News
and Independence should be on the
Highway, and changed the draft of
the hill to effectuate this under­
standing. Messrs. Stafrin nnd Ful­
F R ID A Y , J U N E 4
ler then joined with 35 other Repre­
i
sentatives in introducing the bill;
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which was passed by the House on
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February 17th, later passed by the
1
Senate, and is now designated as
in “ T H E F O R B ID D E N C I T Y ”
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Chapter 423, Laws of 1917. On the
passage of the bill in the House, 32
B A thrilling story o f old China showing Miss Tal-
members, including the Polk county
1 madge as San San and Toy.
A Cliinest mandarin
delegation voted yea, 27 members,
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offered San San to the Em peror but when they
including six who signed the hill,
I found her half American baby the Emperor ordered
voted nay, and one member, who al­
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so joined in introducing the bill,
San San to the “ Hall o f Flashing Spears.”
was absent. Without the affirma­
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tive vote of both Stafrin and Fuller,
Comedy and International News
the bill would have failed to pass.
The measure was then submitted to
the voters of the State, under refer­
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endum provisions contained in it,
and in the vigorous campaign
which ensued your petitioners defln-
ately understood that the approval
of the act would place the 3 towns
named on the Pacific Highway, nnd
in “ TODD OF T H E T IM E S .”
voted with this understanding. The OASOLINE SHORTAGE BITS
T od d ’s dream was to he* managing editor o f The f measure received the approvol of
INDEPENDENCE SARD
Times. W hen he ceased dreaming and started tig- ? the electorate, and was proclaimed
to be a law. The State Highway
The gasoline shortage became
grossive action, then his dream was realized. A - Commission then adopted a route
became very acute in Independ­
splendid mixture o f comedy and drama with ti lead- ~ for the Highway, running from
ence this week.
Th© Standard
ing role which fits br ink Keenan like a glove.
Bellevue, Yamhill county, through tanks were empty and the Union
Bnllston, Dallas, Monmouth and In­
Herold Lloyd Comedy and Ford Weekly
■ dependence, in Polk county, and a held on to Wednesday afternoon
when the Sayles Motor Co. was ob­
map showing this location was liged to limit the amount to each
given out and published. later, customer. They are expecting a
nnd after changes in the personnel supply in today. F. G McLean an
o f the Commission, this route was nounces that he has been assured
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IN D E P E N D E N C E
* abandoned, the Commission an­
I nouncing that the road would be by th© Standard Oil Co. that the
Ace Garage w ill be supplied with a
HR HHiliRIIRilKiliR IR i ■ I ■ 112 H B I« 1 N I ■ 1 • I ■ I H IB I O I ■ I III I IB 1*1 IB HR I constructed from Amity by way of liberal amount of gasoline Monday
Holmes' Gap, Rickreall and Mon­ which will he sold at two cents be­
mouth to Corvallis, with a “ stub", or low the pric© before the shortage.
"spur” , to Independenie.
Dallas
S U M M E R C H A U T A U Q U A IN IN D E P E N D E N C E
would not be on the Pacific High­
DOCTORS
THREE COUNTIES
w ay; but n post road, with the as­
HOLD MEETING HERE
sistance of the Federal Government
Sunday is Community Dny. Ther
Independence is in the mi<l*t of
nnd the ( ’.minty o f Polk should be
The Polk-Marion Yamhill Medical
its five days summer Chautauqua. w ill l*e a union meeting al Hie tent 1
constructed from Salem to Dallas.
Society was held here Tuesday ev
The program o f yesterday and to at 11 a m. Dr. G. S. Price will
Surveys were then made, nnd con­
ening with about thirty M. Da In
clay ha« been« splendid and tin* at spe'ik. The service w ill be followed i
tracts let for the proposed Salem
Every 1
attendance. There was a banquet at
tendance has been exceptionally by a Community dinner.
Dallas |>ost road, nnd for disconnect­
body bring a well filled haakel
large.
the Reaver hotel, the hoard being
ed stretches of the proposed Pacific
laden with w p II prepared dishes.
Tom orrow (Saturday) the after The ladies of the Civic Club will
Highway.
The speakers of the evening were
noon begins with a concert prelude furnish coffee for everyone. Don't
by the Overseas orchestra. This is forget to put sugar and cups in y o u r! Recently the Commiwion an Drs. Richard Dillehunt and J. Guy
followed hy a lecture “ Human Life baskets. In the afternoon and the nounred that the Highway shall run | Strohen of Portland. The subjects
in Relation to Am ericanization" by evening thf. Regmers w ill provide | south from Monmouth, and not by 1 were: “The Treatment of W ar In
M. Pirie Beyea R. N., first volunteer mu«ic and entertainment. In th e , way of Independence, and has order­ juries as Applied to Industrial
American Red Cross nurse. In the evening Dr. Chas. S. Price w ill give | ed the County Court to prepare the Injuries," and “ Routine Waeaer-
evening ther© is a concert by the his illustrated lecture "lim itin g j road for naving. This the County; mans." The next meeting will be
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Overseas orchestra.
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held in Dallas.
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“T h e am p”
NORMA TALMADGE
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