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T he P olk C ounty P ost ONE HUNDRED PERCENT INDEPENDENCE « — i— INDEPENDENCE, OBEUON, DECEMBER 10, 1020. VOLUME HL NUMBER 17. _______ L.______ Christmas Seals Sold FARMERS CASH STORE’S The sale of After an illness extending over C h r i s t m a s a period of several months, Mrs. Seals under Madaiint Muhlman, wife of Sam the auspices Muklman, and a sister of Mrs. of the Civic Club officially William Quartier, died at the opened Mon home of her daughter, Esther, day afternoon in Salem Thursday. Funeral ser about three vices were held from the home o'clock. By noon Tuesday the of a daughter, Mrs. Arch Justin, news, "sold out,*" was forward in Independence Friday and in ed to headquarters in the Selling term ent was made in the I O. bldg. This is a record time. 0. F. cemetery. Besides her The committee in charge includ husband three sons, Sam jr., ed Mrs J. S. Robbie, Mrs. Guy Fred and Ben, and three daugh Walker. Mrs- C. 0 . Sloper and ters, Ella, Alice and Esther, sur Mrs. Claire Irvine. Volunteers vive. from the club who assisted in the Mrs. Muhlman was born in sale were Mrs. J. E. Hubbard, France in 1866 and has been a Mrs. Walter Plant and Mrs. Gir resident of Independence and ard. Mrs. Hubbard has the dis vicinity for many years during tinction of selling the largest which time she made a 1 .rge amount. There were many other number of friends who are great volunteers but the campaign was ly grieved because of her death. so brief the committee did not call them out. Post Makes Change £ * ] Pre-Inventory Sale December | 2 , to January / | • For 12 days we will give the people of Inde pendence a feast of bargains never before hfeard of. Come and join the crowd. I' 0 ■ H ere A re a Few o f o u r S p e c ia l B a rg a in s ■»< g 1 1 lb s . S u g a r $1.00 $ 1 .5 0 U n d e rw e a r 69c 3 0 e . S p e c ia l B le n d C o ffe e 19c 49c R o y a l C lu b c o ffe e 42c MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK R ese rvation T ook It* N am e From the C olor of Its M a n y C e d a r and R lnyon Trees. !i H $ 1 ,5 0 an d $ 2 .0 0 W o rk S h irts M M ’ 98c, $ 4 .0 0 and $ 5 .0 0 * L a d ie s ’ H a ts 2 0 b a r s b e s t W h ite L au n d ry S oap $1.00 1 0 an d 1 5 c . L ace In s e rtio n s 2 2 b a rs Savon L au n d ry S oap $1.00 $ 6 .0 0 an d $ 7 .0 0 M e n ’s P a n t s 2c A m e r ic a n C lu b C o ffe e ì price $ 4 .0 0 and $ 5 .0 0 U m b r e lla s $3.11 7 5 c. B ro o m s 44c $ 2 5 0 and $ 3 .0 0 U m b r e lla s $1.98 29c $ 1 p lu g H o r s e s h o e , S t a r a n d C lim a x I o b . 4 0 c . X m as C andy H a lf P o u n d 14c 5 5 c . S ilv e r K in g C o f f e e , 3 9 c . 3 lb s $1.00 4 5 c . P in e a p p le B e st H a rd W h eat F lo u r $2.45 1 5 c . a n d 2 5 c . L a d ie s H a n k e rc h ie fs P e r f e c t io n F lo u r $2.15 2 5 c. Sugar P eas 7 C ans n y in OH-b Cn 0b 3 5 c . R . C. C a ts u p T w o p in t b o ttle s 48c. $1.00 A rm and H am m er Soda 5c It Pays To Trade at the I mers Cash Store Independence, Ore. •■aia All right, ’b y .” W ith a b e a t i n g h e a r t sh e p l a n n e d r d a i n t y su p p e r , r e m e m b e r i n g t h e old s a y i n g t h a t th e q u ic k e s t w a y to a, m a n ’s h e a r t w a s th r o u g h his s t o m a e h . ! P r o m p t ly a t seven Ben k n o c k ed a t By G R A C E O W E A T H E R B Y . t h e door, a n d his g r a y e y es g le a m e d ' a t t h e sight of I. ■ ' y in h e r f r e s h blue d re ss, h e r c h e c k s ( Im b ed like a girl's. E). 1920. b y M c C l u r - N . w . p a p . r S y n d i c . t p ) M u te ly he offcrc;! his roses, w h ite ones, T h e l a t e nflernr! in sun s t r e a m e d in to p e r f e c t in th e i r p a le b e a u t y . W ith a t h e sjHitless lit t le k i tc h e n o f R e b e c c a little c r y of glnilne s Becky h u r le d h e r Hollis, n sp i n s t e r , b a t h i n g t h e figure In fa c e In th e f r a g r a n t m a s s, a n d he r t h e r o c k in g c h a i r in a w a r m lig ht. e y es filled w ith q u ic k tenrs, f o r d i d n ’t Reeky, a s «he w a s m o r e o f t e n called, w h ite rose s m ea n p u r e love? rocked vigo ro u sly back a n d f o r th , th e "C o m e on to s u p p e r , Ben.” s h e said, a n c i e n t c h a i r s e n d i n g out Its p r o t e s t In b r i s k l y enough. n e rv e re c k i n g s q u e a k % Rut B e c k y 's ’ D u r i n g t h e c h ic k e n s a l a d a n d hot thoughts w ere f a r away. S h e w a s t r y b i s c u it s Ren w a s very quiet, a n s w e r ing to d e c id e J u s t w h a t a c t i o n to tn k e ing h e r only In m o n o sy lla b les , h u t his with Ben Abbott. Ben w a s th e vil g r a y e y es sp o k e volum es. T he a ir lage p o s t m a s te r , a n d a s nice a m a n s e e m e d full o f s u p p r e s e s d e x c ite m e n t. a s any* w o m a n co u ld w is h for. Becky A f t e r s u p p e r Ren w iped th e d ishe s, - n e w h e th o u g h t a g r e a t ileal of her. w ith slow d e li b e r a t io n w hich w-as so a s h e w a s a f r e q u e n t visitor, a n d al- unllk'p B e c k y 's qu ick m o v e m e n ts v a y s b r o u g h t a gift of so m e kind with S c a r c e ly a w ord w a s spoken. Then h im — h u t Ben w a s b a s h f u l . Night a f t e r w llh h e r h e a r t h e a t i n g fast. B e cky l<*d r ight h e w ould sit t h e r e , « u n i t , n e r v t h e w a y to t h e f irep lac e In th e cozy sif ously tw i s t in g his fingers, t r y i n g to tin g room. A f t e r a m o m e n t ’s silence. find s o m e th i n g to say. B e c k y 's p a B e n s a i d : “B e ck y , you h a d s o m e '' - tie n c e w a s «orely tried. special to say to m e tonight, did n 't “I d e c l a r e Ben t v ' ■ 'm e t i r e d : he y o u ? " The rich c olor flooded B e c k y ’s h a s n ’t e n o u g h g c • r. to kill n fl( a. le t a lo n e m a k e l o r e to a w o m a n . H o w c h ee k s, hut Ben did not n o tic e It. “ W hy, yes. Ben. I did. I w a n t e d to e v e r can 1 m a k e Uitn pi ,.k?" sh e c oughed S u d d e n l y t h e a •. lent h d r c a m e to a sk you If you . . . " nn a b r u p t « m n d s t ll l . a n d its o c c u p a n t ’s a n d fell silent. T h e le a p y e a r p r o posa l w a s n ’t e as y . Ben rose a n d took hack s t r a i g h t e n e d “T h e ve ry t h i n g ' " ‘•ho e j a c u l a t e d . a c h a i r n e a r e r . “I su p p o s e It Is d o w n r i g h t Im p o r " I t never, d a w n e d on me t h a t th * w a s t a n t . o r yon w o u 'd n 't h a v e a s k e d me iea p y e a r ! I’ll a s k h 'm m y s e l f ! " S h e w e n t to t h e t e ’e p h o n e a n d c alled np h e r e to n ig h t, h u t I w ns coming, a n y Ben. ’’C o m e o v e r to *npp r to n ig h t . how, fo r I’v e s o m e th i n g I w a n t e d t o Ben. I w a n t t o a s k yon a b o u t som e s p e a k to you a b o u t m yse lf." Now , t h is w a s ve ry u n lik e Ben, a n d thing. Tes, a t se v e n w ill do. . . . ‘ REBECCA PROPOSES I Mrs. Sam Mahleman Dead Becky f a ir ly h e 'd h e r b r e a t h . w e n t fo r his h a t a n d coat, a n d as s h e “ P e r h a p s I’d b e t t e r h a v e mv say n n n d e d t h e m to him t h e m an flung f irst," Ben w e n t on m anlike, “ ntul then t h e m a s i d e w i t h a n e x c l a m a ti o n a n d you can fell we w h a t ’s t r o u b li n g you." c a u g h t B e cky in his a rm s . B e c k y nodded. “ You know , Becky, my “ D o n 't look so, B e c k y ; you know t e r m ns p o s t m a s t e r r u n s out n e x t t h a t h o u s e Is f o r you a n d me— w e ’ll he m o n th , a n d I’m gtdng to q u i t t h e Job. h a p p y t h e r e , w o n ’t w e ? D o n 't yon like I’ve b o u g h t a fa rm o u t on the W eston t h e i d e a ? ” road, a nice little pla c e It !s, too and Suc h w a s Ben A b b o t t ’s p r oposa l, b u t I’m going to t e a r do w n t h e shuck t h a t 's th e w o m a n In Ids a r m s fo u n d It highly on t h e p lac e no w a n d build o n e of s a t i s f a c t o r y . It w a s a f t e r ten when t h e m b u n g a lo w s — you know, a long, B e cky a g a i n h a n d e d Ben his h a t a n d low. r a m b l i n ’ kin d of a house." He c o at. As he d e s c e n d e d t h e porch ste p a p a u s e d a n d glanc e I a t lie c k y '* a v e r t e d he s to p p e d s u d d e n l y a n d c a m e ba ck. face. “ W ell, a n d so I went- dow n to , “B e ck y , w h a t w a s it you w e r e going .fob P a t t e r s o n 's a n d It" s a y s le- can t o a s k m e a b o u t t o n ig h t ? ” build rig h t a w a y , a n d I’m lookin g m i r “Oh. n o t h i n g m uch. Ben ; I w a s Just thp p ia n o with him tom orrow o't go in g to p r o p o s e to you. I t ’s lea p know, d e c id in g w h e r e to' put tile p a r y e a r , you k now . B u t — you sa v e d m e lor, a n d how big to m a k e 'tie k itc he n, t h e t r o u b le . ” a n d I w a s w o n d e r n ' If y o u ’d r p r o to go W H A T ’S IN A N A M E ? a lo n g a n d sort o f h e lp m e out. W om en h a v e p r e t t y good Ideas on th is su b “ Is that dog of yours vicious?” ject. W a n t to go?” Becky fa ce d him, h**r b r o w n eves asked the timorous person. very n e a r t e n r s of v e x a tio n , l i e h a d n 't “Oh, no,” replied the owner of a p ropose d, a f t e r all ’ ferocious looking brute that wavde- " W e l l ? " snld Ben, with a s p e ri t y . ing his best to break the leash, at “ \V do you an y ? ” tached to his collar. “Why, this dog •• y. of c ourse, Ben,” «he sta na was named after a friend of mine, me- ” 1— I’d love to go." ”, \ l l r 'g h f then. I’ll call f o r you a t one of the g^itlest men who ever to m o r r o w ." lived,” T h e n a silen c e fell. T h e clock “That doesn’t mean anything to • tr u e ! n in e w ith t a n t a l i z i n g delil ' r a me. Nearly every day George Wash tion. Re- '-.r w a n t e d fn throw n.-rs ;f dow n on ’he hr-d anil hat'* a '/end cry. ington is haled to court charged " W h a t w ns yon w a n t i n g to a s k me with violating the prohibition law, a b o u t B e c k y ? " sk e d th*' man. petty larceny or some other offense. " O h - - I — n o th 'll* notch. Ben. I w o n ’t Just looking at your pet, I don’t be b o t h e r roil *v ; |i :t telilgli:." A n o t h e r s!b*i»ei Ben a r o s e “ Well. lieve he lives up to his name, either.” — Birmingham Age-Herald. I m n s t he g e tt i n g a long." Becky, a s pe r he r usua l eusftim. Mesa Verde National park, Colo rado, is fifteen miles long and eight miles wide, rising from the valley on the north side, its top sloping south ward to the cliff bordering the Val ley of Mancos on the south. The Mesa Verde or Green Mesa, is so called from the cedar and pinyon trees which impart to it a green color. A large human population lived in the cliff dwellings in prehistoric times. They obtained their liveli hood by agriculture on the tops of the mesa. Game w a s scarce and wa ter was, at that time, rare and found only in sequestered places near The heads of canyons, but ^he inhabi tants cultivated their farms and raised their corn, which they ground on stones called metates, and baked their bread on a flat stone griddle. The population of the cliff dwell ings, due to increase in numbers, emerged from their caves and built their homes in the open on top of the mesa in the form of pueblos or community houses. These later fell into disuse and were for yeare indi cated by mounds of stone and earth. ground that such an expression was justified by the extent to which gas fuel is employed in the fundamental processes of our basic industries. It is interesting to note, in view of this estimate, figures on our gas industry which have just been compiled. From these it appears that 1,166 ar tificial gas companies in the United States are now supplying more than 300,000,000,000 cubic feet of gas ot one sort or another to 8,500,000 cus tomers.—Scientific American. MANY 8 C U L P T O R 8 ID L E . According to American Art News, the sculptors complain that there is little work at present in their line of endeavor, and even the leading men are “waiting.” The commem orative war statues and patriotic groups that were to decorate cities, towns and cemeteries, have not thus I far materialized. The unsettled con- * ditions of the country, they contend, which are holding up building, are accountable for the present “dol drums.” ( C O I N C I D E N C E IN D A T E S . The dates of Monday and Tuea- dav, the 19th and 20th of January, whep placed side by side, giye us the date of the present year, 1020. The last time such a sequence gave the date of the year was over a hundred vears ago, namely in 1819. In what year will it occur again? Not be fore 2e21._______________ O T H E R DAYS. The Post made a very desir- oble "swap" this week. We have been handicapped for some time by a defective type setting machine and when the opportun ity was presented to dispose of it and get a more proficient mach ine, said opportunity was instant ly embraced, tho it means some inconvenience for the next two or three weeks until the new machine can be installed some time in January. We can assure our readers that after the new machine is on the job that things will get. to going "lovely" again and that the Post will appear every Friday, bigger and batter than ever. Alienation Suit Begun j Mrs. Armine Young has com -; menced action in the circuit court against Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Young, parents of her husband, in which she alleges that they alienated the affections of her husband and asks for five thous and dollars iamages. Births . t Cards have been received by friends of Mrs. Eva Huston Hall announcing the birth of twin 'iris who were born in Napa, California, a few days ago. A son was born recently to Mr. and Mra. Leon McClintoek, ne« Genevieve Gillespie, at Rose- burr. The young man has been christened Richard Gillespie. LUCKY AND UNLUCKY OMENS S u p e rstitio n s Connected W ith Brid a l F lo w e rs A re Com m on In A ll P a r ts of the W orld. Superstitions with respect to flow ers are world-wide. The bride car* ries a bouquet of white roses, all un conscious of the fact that somewhere on the earth are people possessed of the notion that to smell white rosu» is “bad for the brain.” Nor reck* she, as she sees the same bottq' II tom apart by her girl friends in I * grand scramble for it, that to pull • flower to pieces—as is inevitable un der the circumstances— is a surf sign that you will die of consum e tion. Had she worn no veil it woull have been bad luck to show any flowv erst at all in the hair. Tuberoses thf bride must not wear, as they portenl mourning; in Scotland bluebells a rt barred, as bringing on insanity. Again, happy is the bride who se ^ white flowers first on her wedding tnorn ; if they be red, look out fot sorrow and care. A lucky marriage may, however be guaranteed hy putting some flow ers on the bee hives and “telling th« bees.” «1 want to get back to the good old fifty-fifty days,” remarked the reminiscent person. Mrs. Jan o tte “What do you mean by ‘fifty-fifty* o f Springfield is days?” ‘T h e days when there was twice her daughter, 50 cents’ worth in every doll*».” Kream er. Richardson the guest of Mrs. O. A. ^