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THE POLK COUNTY POST
O N E H U N D R E D P E R C E N T IN D E P E N D E N C E
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SOCIAL SLASON OPENS [/Uul Hdiunvj
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Emerging from tbe long
quietude oi tbe ¡Summer,
tbe Autowins gathered at
tbe attractive it. B. Eietcb-
er home last Thursday even
ing tor the iirst meeting oi
the season.
An evening
with the Fletchers is a cov
eted pleasure and this oc
casion was most enjoyable.
Players enjoyed auction oOO
at four tables. In addition
to tbe regular eiub mem
bers Hisses Katharine Ar-
buthnot and Iv y Stanley
and Messrs. Norris and D.
Eidridge were present. Dur
ing tbe luncheon hour when
a delectable repast was
served, cabinet music also
added pleasure.
Standing out most prom
inently on tbe social calen
dar is tbe wedding of a
most popular couple, Miss
Florence Dur ton and Mr.
Chester lienkle. The ser
vice will be read at tbe Dur-
ton home at noon, Tuesday
Oct. lb.
it w ill not be a
large affair but will be ceie-
orated among relatives and
close friends of tbe partici
pants. Tbe announcement
did not come as a surprise
as close friends have known
since Miss Burton’s return
from Canada and tbe East
tbattlie romance would soon
lead to Hymen’s altar, h ol
lowing their wedding trip
Mr. and Mrs. Henkle w ill be
at home at tbe isirklam!
home on C street.
15, 1920.
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W E D N E S D A Y A N D T H U R S D A Y , OCT. 20-21
“Broken Commandments”
¿ y MARY
Club activities and social
gaieties have been resumed
tlie past week with an mi-
pelus wincb insures plenty
oi festivities tor tbe winter*
montlis.
OCTOBER
NE V ER-OLD FAIRIES.
W itty Witch was giving ii party and
o f course nit the fairies were Invited
The I rnunles were asked ton, thr
Bogey and Olnf fatally, the elves
irtKinii s, goblins and old Mr (limit.
Tie y all arrived on time and Witty
Witch made a low how as each one
can. ■ to her hnt and said.
“ Greetings!
I atu Joyous to se*
yo u !”
Over in a corner o f a hut sat man)
fairies in very dark pnlors. They wore
hiiods which « e r e dark too, and car
ried Inn crooked sticks. They had old
and wrinkled faces but under the
wrinkle - mie could see they were siail-
tnff. And their eyes looked young,
vry young and jolly and twinkling.
“ Are they witches?” asked «the
brownies, for they had never im't those
fairies.
“ No,” said W itty Witch, “ they are
not witch s, but they are fairies.”
‘T a llie s !” exclaimed the brownies.
“ How dot s It happen that v. e have nev
er met tlie'ii? Wo thought we knew all
the fairh s.”
“ Perhaps you will know these,” said ri|
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W itty Witch, “ when they put on their
party cloth s. They thought it would
be fun to show you their old clothes for
awhile.”
Now the Fairy Queen knew all about
them, but she didn’t say a word. And
the othey fairies knew, fo r they often
saw these fairies in their work and iu
tlielr play. Whenever the brownies or
gnomes had seen them th'ey had al
ways been dressed In their best.
“ Get ready! Change! Be beauti
fu l!” called out,one o f the fairies in
the Mack capo and hood, in the lovell-
An amazing story of a woman’s gamble, starring
G L A D Y S BROCK.\\ ELL. Alone in her cabin
home in a wild country, she put her trust in an es
caped convict,
llow was her trust repaid i An
amazing story, packed with thrills, in which a g irl’s
fate twice hung upon the cast of dice.
It tangles
human lives and loves, then snaps them asunder
with the cruelty and the kindness that is Life.
R o iin Com edy and Pathe News
F R ID A Y , OCT. 22
claba kimball young
in “ M A G D A .”
A stage classic with a big compelling theme, im
mortalized in films. A gripping drama of the home
in which a young g ir l’s youth and dreams are sac
rificed to the arrogance of an unreasonable parent.
Daughter pitted against father in a tremendous
struggle of wills. See the lesson that “ Magda”
points to mothers and fathers who arbitrarily at
tempt to rule 1 the lives of their children.
Comedy and International News
S A T U R D A Y , OCT. 23
HARRY CAREY
in “ S U N D O W N S L IM .”
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Human Harry Cary says: “ The hobo signs on the
water tanks are secret stuff to the bulls but some
times they’ve sent a poor fellow to your backdoor
to be fed. Th at’s real ‘ bread on the waters.’ ”
“ Some days life ’s road is awful hot and dusty but if
you’ll only keep hiking you’re sure to find a niee,
cool spring where you can rest.” Don’t miss “ Sun
down Slim.”
Ford W eekly and 2-reel Christy comedy
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Suddenly Changed Into Lovely Fairies.
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HIU MIMCE CASE
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CHANCE FOR A N EPIDEMIC
IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
TAKEN
“If matrimony ever breaks
out in the Isis theatre," said
\V. B. this morning, "it will
Like every single person con
nected wiJi the place in any
capacity.”
So
many Independence
people have been in attend
ance as witnesses at the H ill
livorce trial ¡it Albany this
•\ eek that a good many dol
M AYBE
THE
ROOSTERS
e's in mileage could have
W IL L
BUT
W E ’LL
BET
:>een
saved by holding the
TH AT THEY DON T
Rtire proceedings in the In
The Pill Box has received
a bushel of comments on so
lependeiice city hall. Then,
ciety hens— you know, society
•iguin it was very inconveni
hens are hens that don'» lay
ent for business men to be
eggs. The worst one is from
iway three days of the week
C. H. who says that in his
including
Saturday.' The
neighborhood they are all so
ciety hens and he hopes to
Dost was tied up in conse
see the day when the roosters
quence.
will quit looking for hawks
Both the plaintiff and de
and go to laying eggs.
fendant have been on the
(and and were vigorously
YES! YES! BUT W H E N DID
YOU
LE AR N
TO
TALK
ross
examined.
Among
MINNESOTA?
hose testifying have been
Minneapolis, Oct. 15—Mess.
Mrs. Stillwell, Dr. F. G.
Pill Box and Post—Arrived
Hewett,
James Helmick,
here fine and dandy.
Nice
Mrs.
James
Helmick, Char
weather and lots of fun eat
les Smith, Mrs. Charles
ing nt my sister’s place here.
E. E. T.
Smith, Mrs. Bush, James
Morgan, Mrs. Morgan, Dr.
L. L. Hewitt of Portland,
Dr. O. I). Butler, C. McBeth,
G. G. W alker, C. D. Cal-
breath, O. A. Kreamer, Mrs.
F. C. Eddy, Alpha Bascue,
Dr. H. C. Dunsmore, Mrs.
Jeter Virgin,
Mrs. Ben
Johnson and Mrs. Clyde
Hill.
Further consideration of
t he case has been postponed
until
Thursday morning,
Oct. 21. Among those sub
ROAD BUILDING LARGE TASK poenaed who may yet be
placed on the witness stand
President of National Highway»
are Mrs. Frank Smith, Mrs.
elation Tells How a Great Sya-
M. C. Williams, Mrs. O. A.
tem Can Be Built.
Kreamer, Mrs. E. E. Tripp,
Tlinnks to th<* pushful, pcrvnslv» Homer Hill,
Mrs. Homer
nntor enr, American rontl building haa
Hill,
Wendell
Denlinger,
J.
‘got n move on" nt lust. There Is ev-
‘!\\‘where the cry fo r rends. The draw- S. Bohannon, George D ick
nick hns been that, us yet, there ha« inson, Clyde Ecker, George
been no co-ordination of these multi*
Ruef, Mrs. George Ruef,
ludtnpus enterprises. The president
■ .if the National Highways association. Clyde Hill, Miss Vera John
| Charles Henry Davis, In a recent pnper son, Fred Oberson and J. W
dated that we spent last year $249,-
or more than two-thirds the Osborne.
d ia l o f money expended so far on the
Independence spectators
•(instruction o f the l ’nnnmn canal— arc as numerous as
wit
or mad Improvements throughout the
nesses.
country. Mr. Davis' contention is that
est voice. It sounded so young and a
like n wonderful burst of music.
S U N D A Y , OCT 24— (Afternoon and Evening.)
And ns W itty Witch’s guests looked i
the fairies who lmd seelned so old sud l
denly changed into lovely fairies who
As a prenuptial compli looked young and beautiful. Their
were o f gold and on tlielr
ment to Miss Florence Bur- costumes
heads they wore crowns of golden,
ton, Mrs. A. E. Thomas pre where the black hoods hud been.
Instead o f looking old and wrinkled
sides over an elaborate
their faces were lovely and young look
luncheon at her pretty home ing. Their skin was smooth and pink
on Third street Saturday. and their hair like gold with the sun
Tbe members of tbe Tatting shining through.
They were very, very beautiful and
Club will be guests of Mrs. they
laughed, oh how they laughed to
Thomas and will join with see the surprise o f the guests.
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“ You see,” said the fairy who had Bf
the hostess in wishing one
given tbe magic word o f command, “ we ■ Danger and high adventure with one strong man
of their most popular mem are'
n lly very, very old. W e’re almost
against two score in a fight to preserve a woman’s
bers unlimited happiness
the oldest fairies there nre. And yet i
honor. A drama grimly played beyond sight of land L
we look like this when we want to. i
That's because o f one great thing we’ve
Monday an informal re nev( r forgotten. And that great thing ii on the face of the fathomless deep.
ception is scheduled when is the understanding o f children.
Monkey Comedy and Outing Chester
“ We understand them.
We know 2(
tbe members of tbe Civic
what they like and what they want
club are hostesses to new and
so we always keep young. Anyone
comers and friends of tbe who always understands children keeps
club.
The club expects a young, you know. They may not be 1 1
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INDEPENDENCE i
able to wear our glittering costumes
season of much constructive but their voices, their eyes and their
Kl l i l i l í id ; l i - 1 1 11 1 1 11 1 Bi'i.i □ M i a 11 11 r i ¡ I :
ways are young. And children don't I ■ I ■ I ■ i E i !
activity.
feel they’re old.
“ Put the ones who don’t like chiIdrer.
The Library Hoard, too, —tb
“ Clean and W ide A w a k e ’
A Line of Tvue Or Two
v frow old right awny.
Oh.
has launched a period of they’re so old because they haVe miss
(Portland Examiner.) .
(By B. L. T.)
boosting.
If the stormy ed limb -ta ilin g tbe nice little people
“ They're the ones who sn.v, ’Oh dear,
weather does not abate it is what
It must be a inure relief
The Polk Countv Post,
a noise children do make.’ And,
probable that the “ Booster 'Ho nervous It does make me to hear to Hiram Johnson to be| published in Independence,
talking again. His steam Oregon,
and
edited
bv
day” period will be contin children piny!’
“ And they also say, forgetting en gauge registered a danger Civile Ecker. has the honor
ued thru next Saturday.
of being the first “ ex
tlrelv that they were ever, ever young ous nressure.
themselves, when they see some child
The .girls might relieve change” to reach the E x
The P. T. association is horn they have not seen for a year
the eve strain bv wearing aminer’s editorial depart
also planning an interesting perhaps.
ment. It is one of the clean
“ Ttenr : i . how you’ve grow n!’ Ye> green stockings.
wide awake
year.
“ Sees New Elizabethan est anil
tin y'r the ones who sny too.
appearing
newspapers
we
“ ’le t 's throw away all those old A ge.” — Dailvnooz.
W ell,
The High School has toys. Tie re's nothing hut trash here aren’t we still in the Lizzie have seen, and reflects cred
it upon its editor and pub
opened with many social They don’t know how fond children an | A g e i
of the old toys, and how they hate to
lisher.
“ Brown Beetle Attacking
functions already in embryo 1 be told all the tint- how they’ ve grow n
while the “ Frosh” have al And they can’t help making a noise f'om Observes Expert.” —
Births
Free
Press.
ready been sighted to upper when they play, because they ran t < 'arbondale
But as the expert appeared
-hout with Joy.
Born on Tuesday to Mr.
class men tricks at a “ get-
“ And because we've always under inoffensive, tbe
beetle re and Mrs. John Becker, a
acquainted” meet last Fri stood they call ns the I'alries-who-nev sumed its attack on the
daughter.
She has been
er-grow-old. and we're given the mag:
day night.
! com.
christened Claire Jean.
power of « hanging Into these wondroU*
Remindful of tho* testi
costumes, because we’re ever your.
On Tuesday a son arrived
On account of the ex- and always love the little people an 1 monial: “ M v mother-in-law at the home of M r. and Mrs.
their rames. thetr merry makings, their was lving for a long tirin’ at
remely
stormy
weather happy ways.”
D.'irl Pollan.
death’s door, and one bottle
“ Isn't It a fine reward?” asked Witty
Saturday,
the
Library
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Fred
of vour wonderful medicine
toard thought best to con- Witch as “he set ont the htg table for nulled her through.”
rickson are the parents of a
the games tlc y were all going to play.
daughter bom last Thurs 1
inue the Library Booster And everyone agreed it waa and that
Tell
The
P?*t.
day.
►eriod thru next Saturday. the fa lrfe» deserved I t
® J a c k L o n d o n ’s
THE PILE BOX
29.
:ood roads, ronds that run for thou-
ands of miles through state after
tale, are, properly, not the responst-
dllty o f the stnte, but of the nation.
He would have the federal government
•ulld a system of national roads Join*
the West with the East, the North
ind the South, connecting every part
>f the country, as Is the case with the
intiiinul highways o f Europe, and, us
history shows, such as was the essen*
dal equipment of every first class
¡lower o f ihe past, according to the
lioston Evening Transcript.
Mow would such an enonnoua con
traction he paid for and kept tip?
“ Suppose," asks this eminent engi
neer, “ the government built 100,000
miles o f properly planned roads, and
nt the same time purchased, sny, 300
M A R R IA G E S
Sidney Newton and Miss
Lily Pettit of Salem were
married Ihe flrst of the
week in Salem. “ B uck” is
one of the numerous sons of
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. N ew
ton anti a young man of in
dustrious habits. The bride
is a very popular young
lady possessing all the vir
tues that a good wife should
have.
They will reside
s o u t h of 1 ndependence.
The marriage of Miss E l
sie Schrunk and W ill D a
vies took place in Dallas
one day last week. They
will live in Albany.
Eldon J. Price of Inde
pendence and Miss Iona
Knapp of Monmouth were
married Thursday evening
by Justice Baker.
They
have gone to Seattle for a
brief visit after which they
will return to Independ
ence to reside.
most
Prayer Meeting
Gpod Road N eed«!.
feet ot Inml on either «Id**? Thin land
would so continually Increase In value
and in demand for lcn.«!ng on lontt
rental, that the coat o f the rond and
;!i, I jiik J p a r c h a 1 v oiild -..on be paid.
A rental rate o f fii.flS per nere would
pu y the Interest ou 'lie <■■ t o f con
MUTUvUoU. B u t such would rent nt vust.
A cottage prayer meeting
will be held Thursday even
ing at 7s30 at the EL L.
Churchill home ¡it the com
er of Sixth and F streets.
A ll are invited.
ly higher rates in cities and towns,
high enough to give tiie nation an
income equal to its total annual ex
penditures, from these national
highways uloue!"