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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1921)
FOLK COUNTY PO ST! oesk is ;NTERE3TING reuc . r*d every Friday at Independence, Oregon. second clans matter March 26, 1918, at the postoliice at nenrience, Oregon, under the Act oí March 3, 1879. A desk now owned by Mrs. E. C. ('aril of 16 East Chestnut street, FHKER Editor and Publisher. Augusta, Me., first saw the light of day on the bay of Campeachy, in J Mexico, hundreds of years ago, and ■u R a t e s t was first owned by Daniel Gookin in 50c. 1620. On the writing slab of this $ 1.00 desk a letter was one day written by $ 2.00 this ancestor of this Augusta lady . ■ ,%« provided for, sub.-criptions will be stopped at expiration in which Daniel Gookin negotiated with Ferdinando Gorges for pur chase of Gorges’ claim to the prov Man v are the words of praise bestowed upon ince of Maine. Thus it read: a stranger to you, you may ' ■ ... nor Ben Olcott because ot the merits of his “Though have heard my name, because my gpouitments. In fact, his whole administrât on father, who bore the same name, intimately acquainted with . u such as to win much applause. 1 he was your father, Sir Ferdinando Gor governor is scheduled for another term. ges.” In 1687 the affair was set tled, the Gorges claim purchased for £1,250. Capital punishment was restored in this state The Gookins originally came from " ;* h hope that it would lessen the number oi Fingland. Captain Gookin, his fam and Reverend Thompson went to ii m n s but men go right ahead killing their ily Maryland to live, acquiring land • r pat d less. near Annapolis. But the captain wmited to live among the Puritans, so, leaving servants to care for his N i many men could plantation, he sailed for Boston.' .ime, tho it may turn out that This was after 1639. Six days aft er arriving in Boston, Capt. Daniel • ù him as a “— x ” goat. Gookin, tall, grave, robust, dignified gentleman of thirty-one years, wa*. admitted to the First Church of Boston. let’s pack up and go to CALIFORNIA “Winter’s Summer Garden” S, i er or later everyone goes to California where the V'irht warm sunshine greets you; where the delightful ■i. ti the sweet scented flowers and the lure of the s-ea welcomes you to this land of beauty and charm. FOUR DAILY TRAINS ‘•California Express" “ San Francisco Express" •‘ T h ; Shasta’ ’ •‘Oregonian" Portland to San Francisco and New Through Sleeping.Car Service Seattle, Tacoma and Portland to San Franciico and Los Angeles FrovMa'comfartable accommodations and excellent aervice. Winter Excursion Tickets are on sale to Southern California Your copy of our new booklet “California for the Tourist" will be mailed F R E E on request inquire of local agent for fares, routes, sleeping car reservations and train service or write "CUTHERN P A C I F I C LINES JO H B M SCOTT. G an eral Passenger A gent P ortlan d, Oregon . - » I . t l ilt 1 s, U. S. Wheat Director Says: “ tA T MORE BREAD : ret luce the high cost of living.” 1 HOLSUM BREAD IS THE CHEAPEST AS W ELL AS THE MOST WHOLESOME ON THE MARKET TODAY. i * BUY THAT EXTRA LOAF Your Grocer Has It. i C h e r r y C ity B a k in g C o i*.' «Anana, & LOGANBERRY TIPS and STRAWBERRY PLANTS OF ALL KINDS -ALSO Champion of Oregon Strain of 0 .1. C. PIGS H E N R Y YUNG INDEPENDENCE, ORE. 3 miles south—first house east of I. O. O. F. cemetery VALLEY & STLETZ TIME TABLE ON twenty-eight offices, and all my associ ates in these offices have been tau g h t how to p r a c t ic e p a in le s s dentistry as well as 1 can do it myself. We have fixed up the teeth of over a million people, and call our way of practicing “the E. R. P a r k e r System.” If your teeth are bothering you, and you want them put in good shape without hurt ing and w ith o u t pay ing a fancy price, come to our n e a r e s t office, w h ic h you w ill find located at living a hundred miles or more away come to my offices to have their teeth fixed up. I make it a rule that those from a d is ta n c e sh a ll be w a ited upon immediately and their work be completed first, so they cun go b a ck hom e as soon as possible. Years ago.I discovered how to extract and fix teeth with out hurting, and was so s u c c e s s fu l that people ca lle d me “P a in le s s ” Parker. My practice has grown until 1 now havo 'i '- - - S rn te «S í C o m m e r c i a l S t s « , , S n ! j m “Perhaps You Don’t Know” says th e Good Judge Effective Oct. 24, 1920, trains will run as follows: Train arrives Independence 11:05 A. M. Train departs Independence 1:00 P. M. Daily except Sunday. L. E. WATSON, Supt. The modern women is making her way into the d e c corporations known as the London city com pa-’ nies. A few days ago a woiua. proved her right to admission in i’ the Spectacle Makeis company, on of the few city companies that re quire their members to have passed an examination. Some of the 12 great companies nd the 63 minor companies were founded by men and women inter ested in the industries they repre sent and some received their char ters from queens, but nowadays it is the exception for them to admit women to membership. The Com pany of Turners, whose craft dates back to Roman times, has enrolled one woman, a master turner who did important work in munition fac tories. TOUGH Painless Parker The Famous Dentist P eople W O M E N A D V A N C IN G . How long a little of the R eal T o b acco Chew will last. Nor how much gen uine chewing satisfac tion the full, rich real tobacco taste will give. Ask any man who uses the Real Tobacco Chew, He will tell you that this class of tobacco will give more satisfac tion—and at less cost— than the ordinary kind. DO YOUR » X« ■ P u t up in two styles WITH W -B C U T is a long fine-cut tobacco R IG H T C U T is a short-cut tobacco W e y m a n -B ru to n .C o rrtp a n ÿ , t IO r B ro a d w a y . N e w Y o rk C ity TROJAN ■ POWDER W HAT IS u £ I T £ f i Safe to use No headaches. BARBERS. for a Sunday dinner than a fresh dressed, «lean, well fed chicken? It is a delicacy to the average household, but many refine to buy dressed poultry unless they know cleanliness is observed in the dressing. You can buy our dressed poultry with safety. ITe was dirty, tousled of hair and generally unkempt, being of the type quite familiar in the days when Salem, Albany, “tighthood” was in flower, and he Corvallis, Eugene glanced about uneasily as he sidled up to the owner of a drug store, an 1 I Local Dealer remarked in a studied attempt to be L. E. HASELTON, Rt l quite casual and unaffected: Independence, Ore. “Gimme a quart of bay rum.” “We are not selling bay rum, and if we were I am pretty sure 1 would not sell any to you,” said the pro ÜBH BÜ HilJil!< S 'liBll Hilfl.l B I.B? HiliB prietor. “Well, I don’t know what us bar bers is goin’ to do,” resignedly re A. G. Williams, Prop. plied the unshaven one, as he shuf fled toward the door. All kind of barbering Hauser Bros. M eat Market MILLER A SMITH m WIND MILL SHOP S T IM U L A T IN G TRADE. | I I g i done and satisfaction guaranteed. L a d i e s ’ shampooing and mas- I saging given special at- 1 tention. ¡Shine in con- ■ nection. ' Ç An exchange of exhibition trains for showing in one country the products of ¡mother is a recent trade- extension project that is attracting attention in Canada. The Canadian ~BJtB;iB I B,l ■ l,B'l:B B l B I B 1 B I Sfili National railways have arranged for the transportation of exhibits of French goods through Canada, and Canadian manufacturers will lie TO REA LIZE THE able to secure a similar exhibition of their goods on a train that will be MOST MONEY takeu through the principal cities of France. A B A R G A IN . Tt was evidently another caw of the family trying to find a house to rent or buy that caused a «mail child in a picture show to pass the follow ing remark as otic of the homes of the “400" flashed on the screen: "Gee. daddy, if you could get that for $300 you’d get a bargain, wouldn't you’ ’’ For Sale.—Sharpless tubulai littiia H a H ia ta iia M H .B im iM ia iw w a n a iiw ia iiB t suetion feed cream separator Practically new. Can be seen a Sloper Bros & Cockle’s. The Post has a larger circu lation in South Polk Coun ty than all other Polk coun- . ty papers combined. PRUNE TREES On It Waa W r itt e n L etter Which Ne gotiated for the Purpose of Province of Maine. TARMS AND ACREAGE WANTED The Independence National Bank Established .1889 AN ACCOUNT in a commercial bank is the most convenient aid to modern business. It systema tizes payments, is a check on all expenditures and shows you just where you stand each month. Open one with us today. It will pay you to dc so. MEMBER ^FEDERAL RESERVE^ .SYSTEM, Officers and Directors H. Hirschberg, Pres. C. A. McLaughlin, V. P. Ira D. Mix, Cashier W. H. Walker D. W. Sears O. D. Butler We buy everything you want to sell and sell everything you want to buy. Cash or trade. Bring in everything you want to sell and 1 will sell it for you on a commission. BIG SUBSCRIPTION O FFER MAX GOLDMAN SWOPE Si SWOPE LA W YERS Ofllee ever Craven A Walker’s Mere For real service and results list your property with us. We have Independence, Oregon six salesmen with machines. We inspect and photograph your prop erty and advertise extensively, and Advantages of a Large Circulation have a demand for property at all Talk to all the people times. Fred W. German Co., 732 thru The Polk County P o st Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Port land, Oregon. A3 TaU The Pool About Iti You Cat ALL FOUR of Thoao M A G A Z IN E S and O U R N E W S P A P E R Year^Each F0R $ 2 - " 7 5 Order Now THIS EXCEPTIONAL OFF £ R ,9 A sbecriptu n» m ay b « new o r ren ew al. v -.if t . «■» GOOD FOR A SHO^T T IME O NLY All ren ew a l t a ht c f lf d o o i w ill b e u K u d e d fo r one r r e - e n t d a ta o f e x p ir a t io n . 1