THE POLK COUNTY POST MUST PAY HIGH Published every Friday at Independence, Oregon. ntered second class matter March 26, 1918, at the postotlice at Independence, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879. as CLYDE T. ECKER Editor and Publisher. Subscription Rates: THREE MONTHS SIX MONTHS ONE YEAR L alea s otherwise provided lor, subscriptions w ill 50c. $1.00 $2.00 be stopped a t ex p iratio n Harding to Give Effect To Jones Marine Act Washington—One of the early acts o f the Hard­ ing administiation will be to put into effect the jones Act for the promotion and maintenance of the American merchant marine. This act was finally approved by President Wilson June .S, 1920. It provided for the ap­ pointment of a new shipping board to cons’st of seven members. The President, however, did not send in their names to the Senate until after electijn. By that time the Senate had become convinced by a majority oi seven millions of votes that the people were not in tavo. ol the confirma­ tion of Democratic office holders. So the Wilson nominees were not confirmed and on March 4 their appointments expired. With the appoint­ ment of a new boad, four of them Republicans and three of them Democrats, the law will go into effect. In the new law it is stated as a national policy “ that it is necessary for the national detense and for the proper growth of its foreign and domestic commerce, that the United States shall have a merchant marine of the best equipped and most suitable types of vessels sufficient to carry the greater portion ot its commerce and serve as a naval or military auxiliary in time of war or naval emergency, ultimately to be owned and operated privately by ci izens of the United States; and it is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to do whatever may be necessary to develop and encourage the maintenance of such a mer­ chant marine, and, in so far as may not be incon­ sistent with the provisions o f this act, the United States Shipping Board shall in the disposition of vessels and shipping property as hereinafter pro­ vided, in the making of rules and regulations, and in the administration of the shipping laws, keep alway» in view this purpose and object as the primary end to be attained.’ ’ Arthur Wells Hails Troni Danville Says Two National Celebrities Came Out of That Illinois Town— “ Me and Uncle J oe" p n n n iA A R A h T A lUll i H U v l U f l l u European Countries Tax Ameri­ cans Equivalent of $10, the Rate Here. LESS FOR OTHER TOURISTS P re s id e n t M itc h e ll o f th e R ed S ta r L in e Su g g e e tt A c tio n by the U nited S ta te s C h a m b e r o f C o m m e rce — P e a s a n ts Go B a c k to L a n d . New York.—According to 1‘ercy V.