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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1920)
T he P olk C ounty P ost ONE HUNDRED PERCENT INDEPENDENCE ■ _i ____ - ________ »---- . .-------- - " VOLUME I . I J I« T - ■ H I. .«'m u I NUMBER r INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, OCTOBER 1, IK *. m. T I D I U LIKELY CHOSE FOR CAPIMI) OF T Second Lieutenant Frank E. Dickson will likely be chosen as captain o f Co. K, Oregon National Guard, to succeed Captain C. L. Stidd. Ordinarily, it could be ex pected that the first lieuten ant would be promoted, but Ira D. Mix. present incum bent. declares emphatical ly that he doesn’t wish the place. Much can be said in D ick son’s favor. He is popular with the company, has ex ecutive ability, is a young man o f splendid character and would be satisfactory to the “ higher ups.” He has been a member since K was started and has at all times assisted Captain Stidd and Lieutenant M ix in keeping the company up to standard and pounding in “ p e p ” when things were growing stale. Lieutenant Mix feels that he has not the time to give that is required o f the com manding officer. To show their appreciation of his ser vices. the bovs will probably elect him anvwav and then he can decline if he wishes. Lieutenant Dickson does not want the place, but prob ably could be persuaded to take it if elected. The entire community naturally in terested in the com pany’s good welfare realizing that it stands or falls according to the efficiency and inter est of its officers, is favor able to Dickson’ s election. The election mav be held on Friday evening. Oct. 8. Request has been made of the Adjutant-General to bal lot at that time. I f permis sion is given at least fifty per ceflt o f the members must be present to make the election legal. The captain must not necessarily be h member o f the company at the present time and any member is eligible if possess ed o f the necessary ability and qualifications. MRS. LENA STEIGER SENTENCED THEN PAROLED BY JUDGE Salem — Pronounced bv Circuit Judge Kelly and District Attorney James G. Heltzel to have been one of the most expensive and dif ficult criminal cases ever tried in Marion county. Mrs. Lena (M. Steiger. t>2, was' paroled bv Judge Kellv a f ter he had imposed a seven year sentence. Tuesday morning. . A jury in department 2, circuit court, for Marion countv. convicted Mrs. Stei ger o f complicity in the at- tempted murder o f her hus band. T. W . Steiger. The verdict was returned Sept. 22. Jesse Mullinix, self- confessed accomplice o f Mrs. Steiger, is serving out a seven-vear sentence for the crime. “ This is the most difficult problem vet placed before m e.” stated Judge Kellv, prior to granting parole. “ In view o f Mrs. Steiger’s extreme age and in view of the fact that the most sad ly wronged party, the hus band. has recommended le niency. the request for pa role is granted and the pris oner will be required to re port to the state parole o f ficer as required bv law.” One stipulation exacted o f Mrs. Steiger bv the dist rict attorney and the court was that she avoid anv meeting with her husband and remain away from her former home. AU RE VOIR KING HOP I I I I I I Once again another hop harvest has been completed and th e “ fruit” is in the bale. Our thousands o f extra people have gone to their homes, and what a differ- ence a few years has made in the wav in which they came and went. Used to be that a large number o f them arrived ragged and broke, many o f them walking in. Now they ride in first class, hundreds having auto mobiles. well dressed and coin iingling in their pockets. They go awav the same wav and have more to show for their labor than in the old davs. The Post congratulates the growers upon the re sults o f the 1920 harvest and trusts that nothing will interfere to prevent them from realizing a splendid profit. 'll! fl 1 f I I I I SUNDAY, OCT. 3— (Evening Only.) N A Z IM O V A THE GREAT, in “ THE HEART OF A CHILD.” § The life romance o f a cockney girl from the tene I! a i i ■ i ■ § ments o f limehouse; o f the London theatre; and of f British aristocracy. It is a big and beautiful exper 1 ience.' It is an experience that thrills and tugs ut I the heart; one that evokes many a chuckle; many a ■ smile; and the smiles are often half-wistful. The other woman— with merciless adroitness of her so ciety training— had trapped Sally; had tricked her into a compromising situation with the man they both loved. Was Sally’s dream to be shattered on the very threshold of happiness? Admission 20 35c. INVITATION OP PROPRIETOR Monkey Comedy and Outing Chester MONDAY AND TUESDAY, OCT. 4 5. JUST WHAT WE WAS GO ING TO ASK IF THE NEWS HADN'T BEAT US TO IT Bookie says there is noth ing wrong in women weuring socks so far as he can see. W'hattayoumeanbyUiat?- New Brighton News. DOROTHY DALTON As a sort o f a celebration in honor o f Henry Ford, who has so magnanimously reduced the price o f all the products o f the great com pany o f which he is the head, without depreciation o f quality or reduction of wages to his thousands o f employees, and further be cause o f the prosperous busi ness the A ce Garage is en- ioving with peace and har mony among its employees, each and everyone employed in the last named establish ment. including the ladies, were the guests of F. C. M c Lean. the proprietor, at a banquet spread at the Bea ver hotel Tuesday night. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. F. C. McLean. Mr. and Mrs. W alter Plant. Mr. and I Mrs. Rice Cook. Mr and Mrs. ! Kimberling. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Ggiesbie. Mr. ami Mrs. ’Joe Guilds. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Flood. C. Cox. F. B. Ventries and Miss Fave Johnson. Dell Grigs- bv was the lone exception. He was out o f town and did not get back in time to par ticipate. A fter the inner man had been replenished amid much pleasntrv, the entire roartv.Vwent to the home o f Mr. McLean where several more hours were consumed in plaving games, tricks, etc. The whole even ing was so delightfully spent that there will always be a longing in the hearts o f all for like events in the future. PRUNE CROP DAMAGED CRACKED BY THE RAIN Can a woman reform? What part does man’s love play in helping her win back to the* straight and narrow path? She was queen of the dance halls— he a penniless seeker o f gold. “ Black Jack” want ed to keep her because she was the “ Flame” that singed many moths for him. See this wonderful struggle for a woman’s soul. Pathe Review and Lloyd Comedy WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, OCT. 6 7. DORIS KENYON in “ TWILIGHT.” A sympathetic drama o f extraordinary power. The ad\ entures o f a beautiful foundling girl, discovered when an infant, in a partner strapped to a lost burro in the heart of the North Carolina hills. Roiin Comedy and Pathe News FRIDAY, OCT. 8. NORMA TALMADGE in “ THE W A Y OF A WOMAN.” A tale of a Southern girl, o f aristocratic family, who marries a dissolute New Yorker for his money. When she comes to New York, she is enmeshed in a series o f trials and tribulations out of which she fi nally emerges to her well-earned happiness. It) is Norma Talmadge at her best in a story that grips the beholder every minute. Comedy and International News SATURDAY, OCT. 9. CARMEL MYERS THIS WOMAN WILL DO BETTER NEXT TIME Letter received by an insur ance company: "Sorry to have been late with remit tance but have had sickness* in family also 10 ib. daughter but will do better next time." CONCERNING THE LAYING FUNCTIONS OF A HEN “ B. T. Merrill is having much success with poultry on his ranch south of I »depend ence. He has thc knack and knowledge of knowing how to keep the hens laying eggs," says The Post Beg your pardon but The Pill Box would like to ask the Hou Post what a hen (thorobred or garden scratcher) would be laying if she wasn't laying eggs? in “ THE FLAME OF THE YUKON.” ACE EMPLOYEES BANQUET TH E PILL BOX GUY A. NEWTON AND MISS GUSTA SETAK MARRIED Justice Siblev at Dallas vesterdav morning united in marriage Guv A. Newton and Miss Gusta Setak, and friends who accompanied them, let all the world know what had happened bv dec orating the automobile car rying the bridal party. Mr. Newton is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W .W. Newton and is a fine voung man. He served his country during the war after which he has been farming and stock raising. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Setak. liv ing south of Independence, and is an accomplished voung ladv. Both have manv friends who wish them much iov. ■ f POLK HAS THIRTY JAPS I ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATOR « Í Frank Davev. appointed i bv Governor Olcott to inves i tigate the Japanese situa in Oregon, has complet I tion ed the and filed his re I port. iob Concerning Polk ■ countv. Mr. Davev savs: i “ In Polk countv some Í seasons of the vear there is ■ a Japanese population of ■ over 200 engaged in the vari duties connected with i ous hoD growing, but the per i manent Jap residents ofthat i countv are said, to number i not more than thirty.” s i i i i i KURTZ PRUNE DRYER GOES UP IN SMOKE; LOSS $17000 DALLAS P m FllO iS DOM COMPROMISE Evidently there is a move on in Dallas to compromise with the State Highway Commission in the Polk countv road controversy. Concerning the same, the Observer savs: Of the two cases brought against the state highway commission the people of Polk countv have won one and lost one. It would seem that there is but one solution in sight, and that is a compromise. In saving this The Observer believes that it speaks for a great maioritv of the people af fected. and is further of the opinion that Dallas has ev erything to gain and nothing to lose bv a reasonable and iust compromise. The great outstanding reason for this stand is that, no matter what defense has been made or will be made, a great proportion of the re mainder of the state is and will remain of the opinion that Dallas and Polk county are obstructionists. It is held bv the people south and north of Polk countv that there can be no reason for anv countv taking a stand that will result in a delay in road construction. No a- m ount-of 'propaganda has been able to beat back this belief. The result will be that Dallas and Polk county will -soon (find themselves plaving a hand against the remainder of the state. To trulv win under such condi tions is almost impossible. This newspaper believes that the members of the state highway commission have been taught a needed lesson. It has been brought home to the members of that bo(lv that thev must be fair if thev expect to win in the end. Thev have also been taught that thev must be fair to the towns as well as to t)he dounties. and that other people than county iudges live in the different, counties. Such being the case we believe that the time is opportune for a fair compromise. We believo that if a fair offer is public ly made bv Polk countv that the highway commission will be forced to accept the ternis thereof. A refusal bv the commission to accept a fair open and shut offer from this county at this timo would, we believe, sweep the commissioners from office. A state administration could not long stand the odium that would attach to such an unreasonable stand. It is novv admitted bv manv that if Polk countv people and members of the commission had had an in terview before the^case was brought it would not have gotten into the courts. The commissioners claim that thev were bluffing when thev ordered the suspension of work on the paving from Brunk’s corner to Dallas. If that order had not been given Dallas would not have joined in the k*ourt cases, if this is all true, and we be lieve that it will be admitted that such is the case, there was never anv real reason for these trials, if there was no reason for the eases hav ing been brought it follows that there is no reason for their continuance. Polk countv insists that the com mission cannot be relied up on to live up to its agree ments. The commission makes the same charge a- gainst Polk countv. * here- fore. the more reason for both parties demonstrating that thev are reliable. (Monmouth Herald) J. K. P. Harris. Thei in “ FOLLY’S TRAIL.” A $17.000 loss ensued Post prune editor, declares | The story of gay butterfly in New Y ork’s Bohemia when fire destroyed the that the prune crop has been I who learns she has a heart when she meets the right ■ prune evaporating plant of iniured fifty percent bv the hop pickers’ rain and the man; o f a love that is stronger than reason and of ■ F. A. Kurtz last Tues<hi\ crop will be that percentage « fhe mental upheaval which follows the clash of op- j morning. Fire was discov ered at about 7 o ’clock in the short. This mav lead to an i i morning and made headway advance in price for those « posite temperaments. who have not contracted. > i Ford Weekly and 2 reel Christy comedy J so fast that nothing could stop it. The drver which is The nature o f the iniurv i s ' one of the largest in the that the fruit cracked and I country, had been running will not be available for J many commercial purposes. 1 at full capacity and there were several tons of fresh Bv the wav. a member o f, I * 1 ¡IN D E P E N D E N C E and dried fruit in the build The Post staff asked Air. « Harris how prunes were ■ ■ H ; B ^ a i « l'B ll i B ^ | l l B ll B I « I B ia i 'B < I B i ia L B i l : B 'l « l l B i l l B I « < l i B l l « i | « | « i ing at the time of the fire and which were lost. About picked and he replied sol $0.000 insurance was car emnly that the picker shook 1 the tree and caught the fruit Tillamook’s Versatilitv berries. venison, flour, hon- ried. The Kurtz company, (By Fred Lockley.) when it fell. ev. wool, beeswax, coal, ced- owner of the plant, is asso itr shakes, Indian baskets, ciated with others in the GOING THRU INDEPENDENCE A glance at the Tillamook dried and canned fruits, ownership and management ON W A Y TO STATE FAIR countv exhibit will prove eggs and poultry, deer of the Monmouth orchards that the countv is one of heads, cougar and bobcat south of this city. The most excellent weath varied resources. Here are hides, wild ducks and geese er o f the w eek has made it j some o f the products I saw and manufactured goods SAM MeELMURRY ATTENDS a STATE TAIRS STRAIGHT possible for the State Fair in the exhibit: Cheese, tim show that Tillamook countv this vear to beat all records | ber. salmon, trout, clams, is self-contained and self- (Salem Journal.) for attendance. Because of butter, com . wheat. Fiats, sustaining. clover, alfalfa, barlev. cow' S. H. McElmurrv and wife a bad stretch o f road on the PETER KURRE MUST HURRY East side a large portion o f peas. mint. kale, beets, tur Got Thtir Namaa In a City Pipar of Independence are camp (Salem Journal.) TO GET MILL STARTED south state traffic has been nips. sunfitiwers. rhubarb, ing at the state fair grounds ELECTION BETS ARE FEW coming thru Independence. sugar beets, horseradish, this week. Mr. McElmurrv HOW ABOUT INDEPENDENCE? Peter Kurre onlv has ten There has been one car after ground cherries, onions, i>o- Willard Craven and Clvde attended his first fair in tatoes anti all the regular Williams. Independence Oregon in 1872. anti he has more davs in which to g e t ; another all the week. Onlv a few bets have been vegetables and merchants, are here this not missed a fair week since. Of course, evervbodv in garden the mill started, otherwise he will go broke buving Polk county was in attend fruits, cascara bark, mush w eek, with their families Rain or shine he is always made on election results. How will Independence gof rooms. cranberries, huckle enioving the fair. on hand. hats. ___ j -' ance. I S I S T H E A T R E | \