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TH E POLK
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PAST MATRON Popular Dances’ Origin
Dates Back to Indians Meet Our Meat
CLUB FORMED
Mrs. 0. F. Swope Chairman,
Mrs. 0. D. Butler, Vice,
Galeae otherwise provided lor, subscription» will he »topped at expiration
FIRST FUNCTION FRIDAY
HAS
LIVELY
EVENING GAIN IN FARM WAGES
Gathering
Consisted
Of
Alleoed Thief Leaps 40 Feet and
Lands on Auto.
Pay for Labor Has Tripled in
the Last Twenty Years.
Nine Past Matrons and
Then Me T rie» to Take 30-Foot Plunge
to Railroad T rack * but Police­
man Qeta Him.
Hired Men Qet Four Timea as Much
for Their Services as They Did
In 1879. *
The
New York.—This Is how Alex Ur-
banufr, twenty-six, an unemployed tail­
or, accused uf having rubbed a woman
of her pocket book containing $10,
spent an evening.
First returned the purse containing
the money at the Bridge Plaza ele­
vated station In Long Island city,
where he is accused of purloining it,
when his alleged victim confronted
him.
Ran when his accuser, Mrs. Mury
Howell
of 322
Crescent
street
screamed for the police.
Leaped from the end of the station
platform fb the tracks.
Made record speed for four blocks
when pursued by a special policeman
and a crowd of men.
At a point over the Diagonal street
viaduct he almost ran Into an ap­
proaching train.
To save himself he leaped 40 feet
for the street
He lanQed on top o f a swift pass­
ing automobile and was bounced off
to the roadway.
He saw Mounted Patrolman Kav-
anaugh coining toward him, ran to
the railing of the viaduct and was
about to leap to the tracks of the
Long Island railroad, a distance of 40
feet, when he was Intercepted.
Taken to Hunter's Point police sta
tlou he was Unger printed.
Suffering from shock and other In­
juries, be was removed to St. John’s
hospital.
Here he was found to have sus­
tained a bad Injury to hla left leg uud
shoulder and possibly Internal lujur-
Washington.— Wages o f hired men
on farms have more than doubled in
the lust ten years, tripled in the last
twenty years and were more than four
times higher lust year than they were
lu 1879. These changes are shown by
statistics of the Department o f Agri­
culture,
Wages paid by the month, without
board, averaged $64.95 for the country
us a whole lust year; ten years ago
they averaged $27.50 anl In 1879 they
were $10.43.
Day labor at harvest time last year
averaged $4.30, without board, aud at
other than harvest time $3.50.
Ten
years ago harvest-time labor was paid
$1.82 and ut other than harvest time
was paid $1.13 and non harvest-time
labor 81 cents a day.
California and Nevada farmers paid
their labor the highest prices without
board, the average in those states lust
year having been $107 a month. The
lowest average was in Mississippi,
where $41 was paid. The average for
the country us a whole was $46.95;
the northern Atlantic states averaged
$75,54, the south Atlantic $50.56, the
northeast central states $70.09, the
northwest eentral states $79.79, the
south central states $51.94 aud the far
western states $99.43.
For harvest-time labor, without
board. North Dakota paid the highest
rate with $7.40 a day, while at other
than harvest time South Dakota paid
the highest rate with $5.90 a day.
JAP’S DAUGHTER DENIED PLEA
W ithdraw» Application for Citlzen-
ahlp A fter United State» Agent's
Protest.
Tacoma, Wash.— Because women's
clothing is not provided with pockets
stealing Is Increasing among the Juve
nlle population. In the opinion o f S.
8. Healy, county probation officer
Having .no place In which to stow
away her money and valuables the
average woman daunts them In the
faces o f youths too weak to resist,
and careers o f crime are started, he
says.
Mr. Heal.v reports that almost every
day complaints are made o f boys
stealing money from women, but that
very rarely does u boy steal from a
man.
New York.— Miss Phyllis Mlrl Ko-
morl, an art student o f White Plains,
N. T., whose application for citizenship
w ai held up some time ago by Justice
•I. Addison Young of the Supreme court
ccause her father was a Japanese, al-
liough her mother Is an Amerlcun by
Not Improbable.
Jrta, withdrew her application when
"A re you friendly with the pollc*-
.1
federal agent appeared before the nian on your blockT"
jurist and announced the government
“ Oh, we speak cordially enough,"
would not permit a person of Japanese said the citizen o f a "d ry " town, "but
origin to be naturalized.
I was carrying home n box of “shoes'
The case of Miss Komorl, who was the other day and dropped It on tha
graduated from the White I’lnlns high pavement The package began to
school two years ago with high honors, I leak and ever since then Pve had an
has attracted wide attention la West Idea that he regards ine with raspt-
cheater county. Her mother la a pub cion.” — Birmingham Age-Herald.
lie school teacher lu this city. Her
father la now In Japan, where he has J
been since she was one year old, when
he abandoned her mother in London.
1 Try an ad in The Post!
U. S. Army Store
Present Patron
organization
of
a Past
Matrons’ club has been perfected
with Mrs,
B. F. Swope, chair­
man, and Mrs. 0. D. Butler, vice
chairman.
Last Friday the club
enjoyed their first social func­
tion, at 1 o’ clock luncheon.
Che
tables were beautifully appointed
and artistic decorations thv uout
the Chapter rooms also added a
note o f festivity to the occasion
The gathering consisted o f nine
Past Matrons and Dr. Duns-
more,
the
present
Patron
of
Adah Chapter.
South Polk County
U. S. Census Report
(Official U. S. Census 1920)
Eola, 256.
West Rickreall, 234.
Fourth Independence, 4Ü6.
Southwest Monmouth, 346.
Buena Vista. 486.
Suver, 271.
West Luekiarnute, 3U3.
East Rickreall, 290.
First Independence, 571.
Peoee, 326.
Northwest Monmouth, 210.
Southeast Monmouth. 263.
Northeast Monmouth, 289.
East Luekiarnute, 194.
Third Independence, 316.
Second Independence, 355.
Latust Word Reports
J. S. Gooper Improving
. The
many
friends .of J.
S.
Cooper will be happy to know
the
latest
news
“ Whatever one’s view concerning
the propriety of the ‘ fox trot,’ the
‘ lame duck* and the ‘grizzly bear,’
one fact about them may be o f inter­
est— animal dances are uot new,’’
says a bulletin issued by the Na­
tional Geographic society from its
Washington headquarters.
“ These dances recall the steps
long practiced by the American In­
dians and also by some primitive
peoples of the present day.
“ The red men engaged in the buf­
falo, deer, bear and eagle dances
with true poetry of motion and re­
ligious fervor.
Modern ballroom
artistry frequently is crude as com­
pared with the dances which long
existed among these earlier Ameri­
cans.
“ Ethnologists say the so-called
animal dances originated in the
stories which tribal braves told
around their fires to illustrate their
adventures and the actions o f their
prey during the bunt.
“ Travelers in the South seas
found the primitive peoples o f the
Society islands engaging in pastimes
which the}’ believe had a similar
origin.”
Head Beals Insomnia
“ It was when m_\ spirit had be­
come worn through my body like
elbows through the sleeves of an old
coat that I heard of this remarkable
recipe for insomnia,” writes Robert
Cortes Holliday in “ Peeps at Peo­
ple.” “ “Think of the top of your
head.’ That is what 1 was told to
do. ‘Think o f the top o f your head,’
I said to myself with some disdain
in the awful grip of the n igh t;«‘now,
how in thunder do you think o f the
top o f your head ?’
“ ‘ Do you think of your hair?’ I
asked, turning riiv eyeballs upward
in their sockets. ’ Do you think of
that lightly hidden baldness?’ striv­
ing to put my mind, so to say, on
the top of my head. ‘ How the Dick­
ens— can— yon— think— of— ,' but a
drowsy numbness pained my sense
as though o f hemlock 1 had drunk,
or emptied some dull opiate to the
dains one minute past, and Ix>the-
wards had sunk.
And I dreamed
that quite plainly, as though it were
some other fellow ’s, I saw the top of
my head.”
For A Big Reindeer Held
A Canadian company has ob­
tained a concession of more than
75,000 acres which it is proposed to
make use of for grazing grounds
for a great herd o f reindeer.
mes- j
Page that he is improving.
The
January and
have been
joined at intervals by the entire
family.
SAMPLE ROOM, CORNER OF BEAVER HOTEL
All
nell
Kiruls o f Army Coot Is at 1 a > ss
Than /Ve-lf ar l*ri< 'VS
Government Tents, Blankets, Shoes, Breeches,
Shirts, Underwear, Overalls, Variety of Leggings,
Sox, Trench Shoes.
$14 Navy Mouses f o r $5.70
What
Hr
H a ven 't in Stock We'll Get tor You
Let i s K now
Sen ice Our M o tto .
it
Yon
A Piano Bargain
Awaits You
You can have a piano installed in your
home tor a cash payment ol &10. Sub­
sequent payments just as reasonable.
This is a bargain you cannot afford to
miss. For full particulars -
re s s
AV 367, Polk County Post,
In d e p e n d e n c e , O re g o n
Mr. Barnes, U. S. Wheat Director Says:
“EAT MORE
BREAD
Anti reduce the high cost of living.”
HOLSUM
BREAD
IS THE CHEAPEST AS WELL AS
THE MOST WHOLESOME ON
THE MARKET TODAY.
BUY THAT
EXTRA LOAF
Your Grocer Has It.
C h e r r y C ity B a k in g C o
Victrola XI
Outfit
Miss O ’ Don-'
Los i
Outfit consists o f Victrola X I Ten DF. Record», Brush, 300 Needles
Angeles and is enroute to Min­
neapolis.
.j
The price o f the outfit is $158.50 and these special terms
have been made that you may easily own this Victrola
outfit now and have it delivered at once. You have
your ehoice o f either oak or mahogany cabinet, as well
as o f ten Black Label records.
has been
visiting in
Miss Learner's
Efficiency Recognized
In recognition of her efficiency
Miss
liretchen
k reamer
has
been re-elected music supervisor;
George Frankel, Prop.
Main Street
Buys This
Miss Winifred O ’ Donnell is a
Kuest at the home of her brother.
M. J. O ’ Donnell.
GUS MILLER
$15.00 Cash
$3.00 a Week
Coopers have been in Portland
Miss O’Donnell Guest
of Brother and Family
IN THE
Phone t i l l
Think of Top of Your
W ILL OPEN
May 6th
City Meat Market
from the Im­
perial Hotel conveys the
sine«
Meet our meat face to face and you’ll
find it first-class.
W e buy, butcher
and cut every pound of fresh meat
we sell on the following principle:
It Must Be Good for Our Patrons.
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