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NUMBER It.
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and their Money’ 1
&
HEREAFTER
A fellow paid The Post
and the preacher Thurs
day. Good investment.
The Post gives him a tip
on what goes on in this
world and the preacher
keeps
him
informed
about the one to come.
m e HIGHWAY
IS
Independence wgs given
As stated bv The Post
Starring EMMY WEHLEN. An amusing, highly
a hard iolt by Uncle Sam in
last week it is proposed to
entertaining,
true
to
life
story
of
Society
and
its
the census returns and
build what is called the
new social climbers. Where a real man proves more
must go for ten years hand-
\V lllamette highway which
alluring than a family tree and showing that golden
icaped with a pitiful show
would
pass directly thru
THE REASON
ing as to population. A
love cannot be bought with gold.
Independence from north
striving little city of ap
to south.
The Salem com
Also the LAST episode of the great serial,
proximately two thousand
mercial
club
has begun a
Because of a break
people must be content to
campaign
in
its
behalf. It
t
let the world believe that it
down The Post is very also has the endorsement of
has but 1145. T hink of it!
Senator Patterson. Here is
tardy in reaching its the
B u t... perhaps Independ
route as proposed:
ence . is partially to blame
readers
this
week
and
“
Branching
off the West
THE HUMAN CHAIN
for it.
No special efforts
Side highway at Davton,
two columns of local 32.4 miles southwest of
were made to assist the
A smashing melodrama of risk and romance in the
enumerators and they—
reading matter had to Portland, and extending up
great outdoors, in the lumber camps, the football
young women not well ac
the w est, side of the W il
field and the mountains.
15 weeks of adventure!
quainted here—did their
be omited. Now, in or lamette river to a junction
best. Numerous complaints
der to get 'O schedule with the Salem-Dallas high
were made after the count
way at West Salem. Which
had been completed by peo
time it will be neces of the, existing roads Will be
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, AUG. 11-12
ple who alleged that they
used is not vet determined,
sary to “ sluft” the next but
had not been listed.
in any event a connect
. Concerning the popula
issue and'carry but a ion will he made with the
tion of “ the twins“ the
VVheat land ferrv. This sec
small amount of reading tion
Monmouth Herald says:
between Davton and
“ The census was taken in
West Salem will be about
matter.
January and at that time REVENUE OFFICERS CAPTURE
22 miles in,length. It pre
A sensational melodrama of thrills, romance, com
1
he
Post’s
two
phones
neither Monmouth and In
sents no difficult problems
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ISLAND
edy and hairbreath adventure. As the result of a
dependence had recovered
of construction and will
have
beeu
ringing
con
bright idea the "little princess and the big princess ™
from the slump occasioned
open
up a section that now
Six revenue officers and
and everybody lived happily ever after—all except ; tinually since Friday has no railroad facilities.
bv the, desertion of rural
population for Portland in Sheriff Needham of Marion
the unlucky fellow at the end of the rope.
m night and many have
“ From West Salem to
war, industries. An enum county visited Tice’s Is
Brunk’s corner the recently
land
and
located
what
they
Rolin Comedy and Pathe News
| called at the office look completed pavement o f the
eration in July would have
shown a considerable in claim is the largest still yet
highway will
ing for “ our” Post. We Dallas-Salem
crease. In Monmouth also found in the state. Thev,
be used, and here the W il
also
napped
W.
W.
Buck
the mass of our student
■ feel highly compliment lamette highway will turn
FRIDAY, AUG. 13
population is not counted. ner. alleged to be the chief
to the south and pass thru
ed that such an unusu Independence. This section
Also Mr. Canterbury and dispenser, and he is now in
the
Multnomah
county
jail
his family of nine fine chil
al large number should of road is one of the most
dren did not arrive until awaiting the action of the
heavily traveled in the
spring, too late to help federal grand jury.
notice
its
non-arrival.
state
and is in urgent need
ff
“ The still was of the
in “ THE PROBATION WIFE.
swell our total of popula
of
paving.
standard
‘ old-fashioned’
tion.”
“ The route south o f In
GLACltZR IS MAKING RECORD
pattern of 80 gallons capac ■Î A s t o r y New York life, fr o m the d r e g s t o th e
dependence has not vet
What a difference be ity. The outfit with four
c r e a m , f r o m th e Bowery to Millionaire Row. From
been made up, but if the
tween Independence when barrels of mash, three boxes
'••at at G rind e lw a ld, Sw itze rlan d , S
a d a n c e h a ll to the P e n ite n tia ry . After t w o years in
plans of the state highway
the census was taken and of prunes, several iugs and
to Be M o v in g at a Pace T h at
la Phenom enal.
now.
Then, owing to war a, 30 gallon keg of ‘ white
commission prevail, and the
the pen, escape and th‘*n— the Probation W ife!
West Side highway is ex
conditions that brought liauor’ were found in a
A Btnmge Alpine phenomenon tended south from Mon
Comedy and Intern» tionai News
plenty of work to Portland, small cellar that had been
a large number of our excavated from the river
in taking i >I hcc * mi (¡rn n h 'w ald, tlmt mouth $o Corvallis, then ef
houses were un-occupied, bank. About 60 pounds of
mon n I a in eCnlei' much beloved by forts will be made to get an
many store buildings were sugar was also found. A c
touriste al' nil uationalitiee, both in extension of the Willamette
SATURDAY, AUG. 14
vacant. The city was down cess to this still room was
•milliner ami «inter, with its little highway south from Inde
to the mimimum.
Now, gained thru a small brush a
town clustering under great rang! pendence on a route nearer
homes are at a premium, screened aperture in the
of v. bite mounla:iiH. Many who the river to Albany, and
thence over the river road
store buildings are occu liver bank.
have stood on the famous Urimlel-
to
Corvallis. The last nam
pied. and more people are
“ A long string leading
eald glacier have Leen unconscious ed section is already estab
coming in every day. It from Buckner’s shack to
in “ OVERLAND RED.”
¡bul ihey were moving, for the h < v lished as a state highway
will not be surprising if the the dug-out, and attached
tion of the ice as it [lushes toward by lav/, but no work has vet
Here’s one of the most enjoyable photodramas you
population of the city today to a cowbell had been rig
the valley i- so slow nr. to be imper been done on it.
is double what Uncle Sam ged up as a warning to
’ve ever laughed and thrilled thru— the rollicking
ceptible- an ordinary pace for u
“ It will be noted bv an
savs it is.
romance of a happy-go-lucky knight of the road
moonshining operating the
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glacier often being a few yards in inspection of the road map
But the people of Inde still in case of a raid.
who passes suddenly from poverty to riches— with
50 years. But the Grindelwald gla of the Willamette valley
pendence can tell the world Buckner told the officers
vigorous, humorous Harry Carey keeping you
cier has been moving at the rate ot that the proposed new high
that Uncle Sam made a big that the signal had never
chuckling all the time. Best thing Harry ever did.
mistake in his counting; been used.
four feet to mix feet a »lay for over a wav will serve a great deal
that while we was pretty
week. It Inis a I ready obliterated a of territory not now served
“ The island proved to be
Ford Weekly and 2-reel Christy comedy
bv good roads, and a high
lean and lank then, there a good hiding place, for the
pine forest and a stone bridge ucross
way will also furnish seve
was more than 1145 of us. moonshiners, a preliminary
the Black l.atchine. as the ice river
ral diagonal cross connect
W e can point with pride to search over the 40 acres of
makes its way across the water to ions between the West Side
our present self, claim two thick undergrowth failing
SUNDAY, AUG. 15
r
the upper hanks. It is thought the and the Pacific highways.
thousand
conscientiously, to disclose evidence of the
rapid movement is due to the enor
“ It will start on the West
tell of our present standing reported still.
A keg of
mous
amount of snow and ire on the Side highway . at Dayton,
and then if any doubter moonshine in the brush was
higher portions of the glacier press touch the Pacific highway
vet doubts we can tell him found just when the officers
ing it downward; but visitors and f't Salem, and will connect
to count them himself. had decided thev were on a
in
“
THE
THUNDERBOLT.”
those
making observations are back to the West Side high
They’re here.
cold trail. Confronted with
Dallas gained 403 in the this evidence. Buckner re
watching
with interest, and realiz wuv at Independence by
A kissless bride of hat«* in the romance of the
past ten years and now has pudiated his professed in
ing that wlint would have taken a wav of the connection with
strangest marriage on record. The story of a man
Monmouth. It will then
2527. Monmouth has 582. a nocence as to knowledge of
thousand years to do gradually is bo-
connect
vith the Pacific
who deliberately marries a beautiful woman to
gain of 91 and Falls Citv illicit liauor operations and
ing aceom[dished before their eyes
highway
at
Albany, and fi
has 994 gaining 34.
deny her the right to motherhood. But woman’s
in his boat conveyed the
at topspeed.— Christian
Science nally with the West Side
The state of Oregon gain searchers to the hidden
wit and Providence intervene with startling results.
Monitor.
burn wav at Corvallis.”
ed 10.4 per cent, boosting opening in the river bank.
Such a route would be
its population from 672,765
Monkey Comedy and Outing Chester
“ With their prisoner, the
D E T E R M IN IN G S T A R C O LO R.
level,
scenic and shaded in
to 783285.
raiding partv brought in a
many
snots. It would be
iug of the liquor as evi
A new means of determining star attractive to tourists from
NO GUARD DRILLING
dence. The remainder of
colors, de\ ise<i bv Dr. K. S. King, every ant^le and would bo
DURING HARVEST SEASON the moonshine is rated as
is'described in the Journal of the the favorite wav of travel
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British Astronomical association. for the greater portion of
Bv an official order of fore leaving the island. The
Over
the tel sei pie objective is traffic. Regardless o f where
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Adiutant General White still was demolished and
place»!
a piece of plate glass (com the West Side is built—
drilling
during
harvest thrown into the river.”
mercial glass is good enough for the whether south from Inde
among the various com
Pro Patrla
Smoked a pipe all dav
GATES
LAD
DROWNS
HERE
pur pore), which is coated with m pendence or Monmouth—
panies of the Oregon Na
And the twins both
Willamette highway
IN
THE
WILLAMETTE
RIVER
gelatin
film, one-half of which is the
tional Guard is dispensed
chewed.
(This is the original of the poem,
could be built on what is
stained
yellow
and
(he
other
bn!?
with.
Palria" which is much quoted
now known as the river
Fav M. Starr, acre ,16, of "Pro
But Tip kept a digging
There didn’t appear to be
blue. The images of the stars ar<-
today. It was written by Benzine
road from Independence to
And he never lost heart.
much complaint among the Gates was drowned in the Bird of Claremont, Virginia.)
lhen phot» r.:pin I out of fne-us on Buena Vista and serve a
at East In
For the dogs hunted
K bovs when this order was Willamette
isoohroniatii plates. Each image,
rabbits therefore, appeals as a disk, one por large territory that is vet in
received. All of them will dependence Monday after Tip Sams had twins
the mud.
And thev caught a right
iovfullv help with the har noon. He was wading and Anti a razor-backed sow.
smart. tion of which shows the effect of the PHONE RATES ADVANCED
vest.
Second Lieutenant stepped into a hole. The Five dogs and a mule
blue light, and the oilier the effect
And the bone-spavined
Mix has not found a place, bov was visiting his uncle And an old roan cow;
FOB BUSINESS HOUSES
fillv if the yellow light. The two hal.ef
having rejected an offer who lives near East Inde A bone spavined fillv
of the image are then compared by
And the mule pulled a
from Yerd Hill of a dollar a pendence. Burial took place And a one-roomed house.
Telephone rates of Inde
(mans of n photographic wedge or
P
low
,
at
the
Buena
Vista
ecme-
And a little wrinkled
dav.
pendence
business houses
by
some
similar
means.
terv. Rev. C. T. Cook con
„
woman And they lived off the,
were
advanced
75c. accord
HURLET HELD INNOCENT;
givings
ducting the services.
Just as meek as a mouse.
ing to bills rendered Aug.
stH
TRIALS.
TESTIMONY DECLARED FALSE
Of the old roan cow
1. Fifty cents of it being
Old Tip raised tobacco ,
CAMP MEETING TO GO ON;
And the acorn-fatted
“ They say she is extremely par- the monthly increase and
And
he
trafficked
in
skins,
OUTSIDE
ATTENDANCE
GOOD
farrow
Indictments against Jul
the twenty five cents being
FV>r he hail seven sons
ticular in all her ways.”
Of the razor-back sow.
ian A. Hurley in the federal
half month
in July
In
addition
to
the
twins:
“ rv>
So Hiit?
she is»
is. IV
It was
a dreadful
wttï’ n
ri n u t in 1 for
. •
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The P e n t e c o s t a l m e e t in g s
court were dismissed today.
But
here
the
story
closes
And
every,
mother’s
son
M
to
her
«hen
in
the
»
»
r
d
t
;
.he
that
the
n
e
w
rate
applied.
It was held that the testi are to be c o n t in u e d . The j
Of mv little romance.
couldn’t get refined a u gu r.”
mony against him was a t t e n d a n c e has,been good, And the little mammv.
(Continued an taut pag<<.)
Tell The i'-art.
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Jude,
best on the outside tho.
“ maliciously false.”
I ‘Smashing Barriers
“TH
E SU
PER
M
AN
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NORMA TALMADGE
HARRY CAREY
KATHERINE MCDONALD
THEATRE