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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1921)
■ Historical society * TWO REALTY DEALS OF THE PAST WEEK Chautauqua Without Good Things to Eat Would Not Be Complete. The S. B. Walkers have pur chased the residence lot on Fourth and C streets from J. D. Hibbs and expect to erect a Modern bungalow. Gaylord Godfrey hxi also in vested in real estate having pur chased from Sherman Hays a lot on B street between Third and Fourth. Mr. Godfrey expects to build a modern home on the property. For all your meals we can supply your table with the best quality of groceries at prices that are right. Have everything you need for the community dinner. J. G. McIntosh Grocery HOME OF GOOD GROCERIES C. L. Stidd and family were here from Portland this week. Polk County Farmers Union R. Barrett, bond dealer of will give a picnic at Elkins Portland was a guest of O. L. j school house. May 25. All farm ers invited. Basket dinner will i Foster the first of the week. Perrydaie defeated Independ be served at noon. eoce Sunday by a score of 9 4. There’s another day coming. Claude Hubbard and H. Olson Smith & Son have leased the J. W. Kirkland building on Main street now occupied by the Roll Walker plumbing establishment. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Halladay, Mesdames Frank Smith, Robt. White, and Otho Smith and A. W. Sperling were in Salem Mon day. of Portland were visiting the J. E. Hubbards Iasi Saturday. They returned home Sunday ac- ci mpanied by Mrs. J. E. Hub bard and Mrs. Sara C. Young. Miss Lucile Craven was home several days last week on ac- count of her Portland school be ing closed as a result of diph theria among pupils. She re turned to Portland Sunday. Carvath Walls, In Plctura and Stary, Take« Chautauqua Audiancaa Through W ild Junglaa of Malay Peninsula. F o r xlx y ears t'a r v e th W ells, of Loo- dou, R agland, form erly le c tu re r a t Im p e ria l College, London U niversity, lived In the wild Jungle lands of th e M alay Peninsula. H a w as official ex plo rer for the B ritish G overnm ent and Mrs. Shirley Dies as Result of Accident Office Phono 1811 O. L. FOSTER, M gr. s th e experiences w hich h e encenotered >n th a t period of tim e form one of the moot thrilling and in te re stin g stories ¡tow being told ou the A m erican p lat form . Mr. W ells brought back with ulm a rem arkable collection of views of th e anim al, reptile an d p lan t life of th a t stran g e tropical country ana he will present these on the screen at U uautauquu ou the fo u rth night. Solons Send Pages to Witness Circus Sacram ento, Cal. — "M ister 9 p e a k e r-r-!” “T h is is circus day,” said A ssem blym an F rank L. Coombs, when th e assem bly convened. "I think ti n t If this assem bly could tak e u day off yesterday to go to the ball gam e it m ight let th e pages have th e afternoon to go to the circus. We w ere all boys once, except those of us w ho were girls." T hen Mr. Coombs, whose suggestion w as approved u nani mously, glided th e lily by ta k ing up a collection to pay the pages’ adm ission, buy th e ir p ea n u ts and o therw ise m ake the day b right, and five sm all boys stepping high and sm iling w ide ly, le ft fo r the la ir of the bipod- sw eating behem oth. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Keeney and baby Keeney have arrived T O U G H Y E A R ON ’ EM from Salem and are comfortably “It seem« like a mad world.” located at the Rose-Plant ban- “It is. There is so much unrest galow on Main street. Mr. and about.” Mrs. Keeney express themselves “Yes. With everybody seeming ly intent on violence I fancy this is E. Kullander and sons, A. L. as being highly delighted with going to be a bad year for baseball and Roy, and John Kullander Independence. u m p ire s .” motored to Portland Monday, re turning Tuesday except E. Kul Mrs. J. S. Cooper and Miss lander who remained in Port: Genevieve were here Sunday land at the Rest Sana'orium. and Monday attending to busi i ness matters. The Coopers are now located at King’s Hill Apart That’s what we tell our buyers F g l a s s e s f it t e d --------------- 1 ments in Portland. and that’s what we get. Every LF.NSES DUPLICATED ..First Class Stuff.. OPTOMETRIST-OPT CIAN Bush Bank Bldg. L. Salem, Oiegon Stuart of Winlock, Wash., was also a guest of her oarents, Mr. j and Mrs. L. Damon last week Ì end. prefer our Ranges 8 i I a I ■ Main Street mm Army Goods Salel LAST CHANCE TO GET GOVT. GOODS Govcnuacat Blanktu, $4.00 Governraeat Raise eats, . . . . Govarnment Poaches. . Gevarament Shirts, All klads Overalls, per pair, $14 soldier B l o u s e s .......................................... Overseas Caps . . . . . Geveraaient Work Skirts, sack All kinds Government Underwear, per mix Sovernaeat Cota, each CovemnMnt Towels, s a c k ............................... 2.50 * 1 4 G ov ern m en t L eather L egglns 4M 1 .3 0 3.30 1.15 1.7$ 25c 40C 1.23 3.80 13c Union Suits, a null ............................... 1.30 •overiuneat C a p a ............................................ 1.50 $14 Sailor Blouaaa . . . . . 4 M AU klads Coveralls, p a i r ................................ 1.30 Government Teats at a sar$ala. All klada Government Trench Shoes 4.50 All klada Govtrameat orsaa Shoes, par pair 0 .00 Govcraacnt Overcoats, each 2.50 All klads Mess Kits aad caateens, each . 45« AU kinds Govsramaat Sax, formerly SOc, aaw, pr. 23c Govcrnaeat Rubber Boots, par pair 4.00 sat Khaki Breeches. B AU kinds Governawat AU klads ef Woolsa Govt. Breeches, aU All sizes Govt. «Tool Silt Sluts FrMsy mominiif, May 21 Closes Moaday nl|bt, Mq 23, it 10 o'clock G eorge Frankel, Prop. Simple Room Biner Hotel, Indepsidegp ¡ mm Big Furniture Sale >aa— 3'- r ! Hundreds are attending it each day and purchasing bargains worth while. Thousands of. dollars’ worth of furniture and house furnishings are being sold at pre-war prices. One of our cook stoves or ranges in your home will insure well cooked meals and be the pride of-a good housekeeper. i GUS MILLER “ Home of the GrafonoU” PERFECT SERVICE PURE DRUGS Don’t Miss No matter how efficient a cook may . be her efforts are nseless if she works with a poor stove. I Phone 611 Market Williams Drug Co. lU n illH I B I K B I II B I II B I II B I II B I liB lllB I M B I I IB I tlB I I I B I I I B I I I B I I I W I IB I I IB I I IB llta iV jGood Cooks 1 ■ M eat “Tea, I'll tell you why my complexion fft Improving so. “I'm using Jonteei toilet preparations. They not only please the eye but give pleasure to tie skin. They are known the world over as the best in their line. Soap, Powder, Cream pare wholesome, n Joy to the most delicate skin." ■n taiuBiiiBiia ! ■ to buy pound of meat that goes over our counter carries with it our guarantee that it’a first class stuff. City T t T T T ecrets Mr. and Mrs. Marion Butler of Portland and Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Smith of Corvallis were guests of the Word a Butlers last week end. D r, C . B . O ’N e ill, i the ¡T L. r ?,here un Mrs. t‘y-Z‘t,"i, Damons. S Donald I mm now ■ m em ber o f th e Facili« A gency B ulletin S ervice. W hen *eu liet y o u r p ro p e rty w ith m e it ia copied a a d te n t to th e head office in P o rtla n d la nd th e n re-copied end se n t to over 100 o f th e beet re a lty a g e n ts in both O regon and W ashington. In f a e t w hoa you list w jU rm a, you a re listin g w ith o v e r O ne H undred A g en ts. T his aoats m e M ossy. b u t is fre e to you. Call in and let m e ex p lain th e te rv ic e to yeu. Y ours for quick action. IN BEAVEX HOTEL BUILDING Mrs. S. O. Shirley, who was hurt in an automobile accident in Portland last week, died in the Good Samaritan hospital Wednes day without having regained consciousness. Mrs. Shirley was a sister-in-law of Henry Patter son and had many friends in Independence. Mr. and Mrs. Hussey of Sa- Think This Over Independence Realty Co. Polk Fanners to Picnic - At Elkins School INDEPCNDINCK, OREGON SHORT STORIES OF TOWN AND COUNTRY A TRIP TO THE JUNGLE You look at them before you buy. See the BANQUET in our window. ft I Back o f them is our guarantee o f quality . Only High Grade Merchandise Here i ft ft I I ft a This Sale of Startling Reductions Will Conutinue until Saturday, May 28 WILLARD E. CRAVEN HDW.i C. S. HAMILTON, SALEM, ORE. § iimimnam