\i Society X im ’i ' H E p o l k c o u n t y p o s t ONE HUNDRED PERCENT INDEPENDENCE . !—LL- ■ .. ... m l ..- ^----- ------Q_!-----------jL-ZliL-iLL_X.tr INDEPENDENCE, OKCOON, SEPTEMBER 19 192ft. I__ L-- Li —__ VOLUME m. no SUIT BEGUM IN I 0 U 0 EM M S CO. K .’s FIRST SMOKER lim iM iia iiN iM iia n iB iw iiH M im n iia iiii itaiiM im iM iiM iiM iiaiiiaN aM iaiM riiB i' i fl Co. K . N. G. O. will stage their first smoker of the season at the opera house Friday evening. ¡Sept. 17 at 8:30. Nothing but clean ath letic sports will be al lowed. Every event of the evening is guaranteed to be real. No frameup fights will be permitted. The boxing commission and Bud Anderson will have this part of the work under their super vision. The net pro ceeds will go to the ath letic funds of Co. K. Co. Jv. needs the sup port of every citizen of Independence. Ladies will be welcom ed. Come out and boost for your home boys. Ringside tickets on sale at Williams drug store. Athletic Committee, Co. K . N. G. O. § I Another chapter in the Polk county road contro versy has opened with the filintr of a suit in the circuit court of this countv bv J. W. Haste. Portland attor ney. to compel the construc tion of the west side high way thru that county along the route as laid out in the maps published at the time of the referendum vote on the legislative act provid ing for the issuance of bonds to finance the state road building project. The suit is filed in the name of four Polk county residents. M. W. Mix, S. H. McElmurrv, Max Goldman and John N. Conn, and cites the members of the state highway commission, the Warren Construction com pany, Oregon Independent Paving company and the CITT AND COUNTRY county court of Polk coun ty as defendants. Seeking to have all sub Miss Mabel Boughev is sequent routings of the visiting friends in Portland. highway thru Polk county made bv the highway com Somebody stole “ Uncle mission set aside, the com Billie” W right’s 1920 peach plaint alleges that the route crop rcentlv. His big or described in the maps issu chard yielded iust one peach ed at the time of the elec- this year and Mr. Wright lowtion is the only one treasured his crop consider which can legally be follow ably. ed in the construction of the road, inasmuch as it was the The list recently authen- understanding of the vot cicallv compiled shows that ers in approving the legis 80 Oregon men lost their lative act that the highway lives in the navy service dur ing the world war. The only was to follow this route. The route sought by the one from Polk county was plaintiffs provides that the John Nathan Nash of Buena road be built from Amity or Vista. McCov to Dallas viik Perry- dale. from Dallas to O rr’s J. K. P. Harris recently comer, thence thru Mon contributed h very inter mouth to Independence and esting letter to the Port from Independence south land Journal on the current issues of the day. Mr. Har to Corvallis. In view of the recent an ris is an enthusiastic advo nouncement of R. A. cate of the League of Na Booth, state highway com- tions. niissioner. that no further work would be done in Polk Word Butler has return county pending the settle ed from the high jinx of the ment of all litigation, the insurance bovs which was suit just filed promises to held at Rainer Park. Word hold up construction activi savs it was a jolly affair ties on the west side high , but a mixed meeting would way for several months, ¡be more interesting. We There is every indication think he’s right. that however the Polk county circuit court mav Fav Dunsmore recently rule in the new suit, the had an exciting experience case will be carried to the at Newport, R. I. He was supreme court for definite on a submarine which m «decision. coming to the surface came up under a schooner with The Post expects to get disastrous results to the back to normal after its next schooner. The sub escaped without injury. issue. ? i I FRIDAY, SEPT. 17 CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG in “ SHIRLEY KAYE. If T H E P IL L B O X I I Ü 1 NOT KNOWN WHERE HE BURIES HIS BONES NOW Bryan Tripp is dead and his carcass has been buried in the family garden where the cabbage leaves will shade his grave all summer long. At a subsequent date a slab will be placed in the vicinity and these immortal words engraved thereon: “Here lies Bryan Tripp; Wherever he is now, it is hoped he can re member where he buried his bones." i ■ i “ All the world loves a lover” and also a pood fight ■ i er. The Shirley Kaye whom Miss Young protrays 1 I wins the world’s love doubly for she makes a great § i 1 I i I i fight against her own ignorance of finance to save her father, and in an even harder battle she over comes Western prejudice against the effete East. A breezy tale shot with scenes of society splendor. Comedy and International News 9 I i SATURDAY, SEPT. 18 § § i I HARRY CAREY 5 •3 in “ HUMAN STUFF.” A picture fulll of chuckles and thrills—quick trig ger adventure in the land of romance. The tale of rich man’s son, who finding a business career in the East irksome, goes West and takes up ranching. He should have been happy, but he learned anew the B old truism that man was not made to live alone. Ford Weekly and 2-reel Christy comedy SUNDAY, SEPT. 19— (Afternoon and Evening.) “THE RIVER’S END” i i Ì g § p I p ■ i ■ I I I i 1 I i ■ i i « I I I 1 s 1 B A smashing story of God’s Country, of Love and i 1 Adventure. Officer of Royal Mounted in a thrilling chase after an outlaw across the snow wastes of the ii frozen north—fugitive returns to civilization to masquerade in name of pursuer, who dies—strange love for sister of dead man who mistakes outlaw for her brother—mysterious spell thrown over white girl Chinese prince in disguise—battle in opium den and burning of place with murderer doped and held prisoner. Admission 20-35c- HOLDING UP HIS PANTS IS A MAN’S JOB A fiend writes that before women wear trousers they should first learn the great responsibility of suspendker buttons. OPENING! Co. K ’s big smoker. Fri day night. Sept. 17. will be a top notcher. Don’t miss it. Some of the hops have have fallen, the McLaugh lin vard being the worst struck. While no great fi nancial loss results, it is very annoving and makes the picking more difficult. Monkey Comedy and Outing Chester e rs “ The Best of Lu c k ” i Featuring Kathryn Adams and Jack Holt. See the airplane chase, the death-ride on a motorcycle, the descent in a submarine, the duel in the deep. The story is intensely dramatic, filled with pulse-quick ening climaxes. It is one of those pictures which makes you hold on to your seat. You r I ft I « 1 w 1 w P ic k our numerous THEATRE articles used IIN D B P E IN D B IN C B by hop pickers The Mason an<l Dixon checkers were doing a rushing business in the game around the shell hole during a lull in the fight. Most of the re mains of the comp;my pay was gath ered in the steel Stetson, which was doing duty as the First National National bank, and the big boy from New Orleans who held the bones was conscripting all the oratory in hia vocabulary for the occasion “Come seven, come seven,” hs * chortled. “We wants action. Ac tion’s what we wants—” Then a belated 77 exploded near by, cutting off his flow of speech just as the cubes left his hand. For a moment after the echoes died away there was a dead silence, then an Bacon— I understand you have a agitated voice arose: piano ? “Man, oh man, be careful how Egbert—Yes; can you hear it up you assemble yo’ numbah9, or dis in your apartment? crap game am gwine to be broke “ No, we cannot I suppose there up.”—Home Sector. are other good points about it, too ?” Announces the re-opening of her residence studio Oct. 1.----- A limited number of pupils accepted.----- Phone now for class reservations----- High School credits given. Studio Monmouth and 7th. Sts. Phone 4821 P ic k Of Pathe Review and Lloyd Comedy SATURDAY, SETP. 18 , I will ha on dis play a complete line o f Street and Dress Hats, also one-piece Dresses in silk and LOTTIE HEDGES MclNTOSH TEACHER OF PIANO AND VOICE wool materials. I Affiliated with North went cm Conservatory. Chicago.) Everyone is cordially invited to attend this opening. Harrv N. Ord has been iriven a commission as a ¡ captain iu the U. S. cavalry. The “ hop pickers rain” the first of the week ex ceeded considerably the amount required to put everybody in the best of spirits and as a result some of the pickers jumped the Marion Butler was here job and departed hence. from Portland the last of Among the pickers there the week. Eire many familiar faces and Walter Plant, U. G. Ber former residents of Inde- There is Mrs. J. rv, J. S. Robbie ând C. O. oendence. Richardson and Mr. and Sloper had an enjoyable af W. Mrs. Cvril Richardson. The fair at the Robbie domicile latter recently from France yesterday. The “ heads” of is enioving herself im the families are visiting in the hop fields and the men, mensely. taking advantage of their absence, mussed tilings up , Arthur Ward will have to in general. Mr. Robbie carry a rabbit’s foot or some spread himself in the culi- thing. Not long ago he was nerv department and got injured in a premature ex awav with it as no calls for plosion of a gun. Last week a physician have been nec while riding a bicycle he was run over bv an automobile essary. and had a few bones broken. The Minneapolis Sym Next thing we know he’ll be phony orchestra will appear getting married—there’s no at the Normal School cnap- telling when hard luck quits el Sunday afternoon, Oct. 3. coming. .1 L FALL MILLINERY F. M. Brown is plautina ten acres of berries. SHAKING THE SHIMMY IN SEATTLE Ad (in Post-Intelligencer: Lost out of automobile be tween Graham’s and Ballard, one lady’s waist and cami sole. while working in the ll■lll■lll■lll■lll■lll■lll■lll■lll■lll■lll■lll■lll■lll■lll■ll!■lll■ll■lllWl■lll■lll■lll■lll■lllnll■l ALPHA BASCVE A WEEK’S NEWS IN SHOII PARAGRAPHS yards or for house keeping # during the picking season, An- ticipating a big yield of hops this year we have stocked up well and can fill every | want at reasonable prices from tape to an oil stove. f WILLARD E. CRAVEN HOW. 1 SUCCESSOR TO CRAVEN A HUFF HDW. CO. ■ ■ ■ n M iM N ia iiia iu a M ia iiia iim u a iiiM iia iiim im im iim iim ia iiia iim im iiM im iii iM ia m im « n i« i* iiw ia iiia H ia iiia iia tm ia iia iiia iiiB iifa H i^ Have Installed Electric O ven==^ And are putting out the best bread on the market. It is more like Mother’s bread. Clean and baked by electricity. Try it; You will like it. Independence >flBHiah«ki