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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1921)
------------------------------- -- ---------- - , New Sum m er Dresses Much Activity Shown By Baptist Members tas, C an ton Crepes, Organdies and Voiles rived from N e w York. just ar Silk D re s s e s .............................. $ 18 .5 0 to $ 3 9 .5 0 O rgandie and V o ile Dresses . . $ 8 .2 5 to $ 2 4 .5 0 Silk Skirts •a all the new and popular fabrics— prices range from $1 1.50 to $ 2 4 .5 0 . A complete line of new f umps and Oxfords. V aliton’s Successor to Fullerton's , day. C an H a v e A n y R e sp ect for C r u s t y Old Ma n. „ , . . o iug. And as he drove up to her house j Our fast growmg Sunday ; oul jui„ H School m eets at 10:00 o ’ clock SHORT STORIES OF TOUR HOD COUNTRY a. C Street Meat Market you w ill w an t to hear, Gire Us u Trial th e sub- want to hear this, come Mrs. l.iuth Ireland, of Corval O. L. Foster and wife were in lis, was a guest of her brother, Salem the early part of the Charles Rohrer, and also her week. nephew. Dr. Butler, last week. Gretchen and Madeline Kream- i Mrs. Josie Lehman returned er spent last week end in Port- * Monday from Salem where she land. I had been taking the rest cure for several weeks. Mrs. Frank Miller was taken Robert Craven and Johnnie to a Salem hospital the early Becker went to Tillamook Sat part of the week. She has been urday night and spent the fol having trouble with her throat lowing day landing some “ big and hopes to be benefited. game.” Mrs. Mollie Allen, of Portland, | has been visiting Mrs. W. H. | Feeling the need for a rest a f ter several years of labor, Wil Walker and other friends. liam Setak, of this city, a retir ed farmer, left Saturday on a Miss Helen Jones, of the Cor month’s trip to various parts of Mr. Setak will vallis High School, passed the North America. week end with her parents here. first go to Vancouver, B. C., and thence east to Alaska and then to the eastern part of the United Messrs- Palmer, Ka.vser and States. Mr. Setak recently sold 0. A. Macey, accompanied by a farm located near Indepen their wives, were here Saturday dence on which he rad lived for evening. The gentlemen came many years.—Capital Journal. to assist in giving Mr. Macey the third degree in Masonry. The work was followed by a fra* ternal feast at the festal board. The party returned to Portland Sunday, with the exception of Mrs. Macey and daughter, Mar garet Dunsmore, who remained as guests of Dr. Dunsmore until Tuesday. ~ 1 G L A S S E S F IT T E D __> LENSES D U P L IC A T E D O C C U L T IS M Y ou wi l l OPTOMETRIST-OPT CUN Bush Bank Bldf. . < Salem, Oiegon > ------------ * and you w ill be a steady customer Full Line Fresh and Cured STREET & EWING, You are wel- bors like discouraging their daugh ter’s beaus. I ’ ve got two old maid daughters myself just a few years older than the two who live here.” — Indianapolis News. OF A U T O M O B IL E A t a recent hill-climbing contesi i held in France a curious cydeear or ] diminutive automobile, whichever you wish to call it, made over 60 miles an hour on 10 per cent grade. The machine, known as the * “ Spider” because o f its light con- \ structiou, is driven by a six-horse-1 power twin-cylinder, V-type motor cycle engine mounted at the rear. It is steered by pulleys and cables in very much the same manner as the usual airplane. The driver’ s legs extend into the hood of the machine while the passenger’ s legs and feet rest on side pieces.— Scientific American. C O U N T R Y 'S O L D E S T M IN E R . i r . a i i . c An unprecedented wave o f o<- oultism is sweeping over Germany Berlin and other large cities are filled with card readers, astrologers, clairvoyants and mediums. There are hundreds o f societies organized for the study of spiritualism, the osophy, occultism and astrology and not a few of them have long lists of members. Large sums are asked for investigation work by these or ganizations and in manv eases the money is quickly forthcoming. “ H e ’s my idea of a good n eigh -! bor.” “ In what wav?” “ Just as soon as he sees me out digging in the garden he drops everything to come over ond v ia it: with me.” I I Owing to unseasonable weather and because of the late arrival of many lots of this season’s merchandise, i we find ourselves overloaded in every section of the store. Therefore we have resolved to take radical price reducing measures for immediate unloading. See Window Display. Phone 611 GUS MILLER Main Street ■ I i i I i I I i i ■ i 5 ■ Portland Cloak and Suit Co. Court and Commercial Sts. SALEM. ORE. ■ i llllM l■ llM ll■ lll■ l■ l■ ll■ ll■ ll■ ll■ lll■ llm u m ll■ llM llW l■ m t«ll■ ll■ !ll■ lllr'llt■ lll■ lll■ lll■ lll■ lll■ lll■ llla lll■ lll■ lll■ ;ll■ ill■ ll HEAR YE! Hamilton’s Big Furniture Readjustment Sale is Running Full Blast T h o u sa n d s of D o lla rs’ worth of h igh ture is g o in g at B ig Reductions. grade furni- A big 50 lb. Tuftless Felt M attress, w orth $40.00, w ill be given w ith every complete home outfit sold from now to June 1st. Market I ■ When you buy your meats at our market the scales show the actual weight and you get every ounce— sixteen to the pound. City M e a t I ■ I Our Special Offer to June Brides AU klnda of meata for all klnda of meala. P i F U L L W E IG H T We Dny at correct weight and we make aure to give you full weight. ■ll.«lll■lll■ll.■ll•ll■eìl■lu Unloading Sale Japan’s embarkation on an elab- ; orate program o f naval aviation if ? to be expected, in the opinion o f of- H ficials in Washington, by the recent 9 activity o f its government in pur- ; 9 chasing airplanes in Europe and in ■ enlisting the expert advice o f Brit- ■ ish naval flyers. \ 5 Phone the news to 7022. Independence, Oregon l ■ l l ■ l l ■ l l ■ l■ l■ l¡■ lll■ ll« ll■ ll■ lll■ lll i L ; * 11 . The honor of being the oldest ! B miner in the country is bestowed on 9 W illiam James of Smoke Run, Pa., ¡B who, after 78 years in mines in this i ■ country and in Wales, laid down his1 j§ tools on July 3, 1920. James be- ■ gau work in the mines when he was ^ six years o f age. b J A P S TO FLY. o( IN G E R M A N Y . G IV E S H IM A REST. Dr. C.B. O’Neill BEST MEATS; FIRST-CLASS SERVICE dog back into bis house and talked atfably with the lawyer. The lawyer, too, was surprised. H e voiced his, “ Wi ll, you certainly are a good scout,” he said. “ Most men would have hseu mad over my dog fighting yours.” “ No, sir. I ’ m a good neighbor," the old man said, and the girl began to feel more kindly toward him thai she had ever felt before. But the next minute her kind feeling de parted. For he finished, “ I wouldn’t do a niPan trick to any o f my neigh- ject being: “ Four Impossible Things In An Age of Possibili- ties.” Our growing Young Peoples Society will meet at 7:00 p. m.. Miss Mildred Goodman acting as leader. A t 8:00 o’ clock in the evening Rev. Proppe will preach on the subject: “ The Great R e fusal.” Our mixed quartette will sing the famous song “ 1 he F A ST C L IM B IN G Mrs. J. E. Hubbard and Mrs. Sara Claggett Young returned Friday from a week’s visit with friends at Portland. Recent tests conducted in Mont real indicate that appreciable in creases in the strength o f concrete may be obtained by the judicious U6e of stone screenings in the aggre gate, or by the substitution of finely crushed stone for ordinary sand. Some o f the results showed that as much as 22 per cent additional strength was -enured by admixing stone screenings to the extant of 5 per cent o f the weight o f the aggre gate in a given mixture, continue« the Times Engineering Supplement, while in the case of mortar, where ordinary sand had been replaced bv crusher sand, increases in strength from 15 per cent up to 79 per cent were observed in test specimens. is our A r c h ie Justin Salem Ore. 1 1 4 N. Liberty St. 4 1 5 State St. his lk>g H aiu) t.Un, llod SC R E E N IN G S . with the dog of the man who lived next door to her home. Then the fight began and it lasted long and n ew su p erin ten d en t, Mrs. W a lk was hard. But finally the two dogs er h a v in g re s ig n e d as she h a s , . . ... . ___. . ., , nr . were parted ami the girl stood fear- m oved to th e cou n try. W e h a v e * # .. , ,. ... . . . . . . . . fullv awaiting the “ balling out she classes and tea ch ers fo r a a ges. , 7, .. . . . aa ■ > • r, „ was sure her crust v neighbor would A t 11:00 o clock R ev. P ro p p e | her W t ,H U| Bl|t he did noth_ w ill preach on e o f those serm on s ! illtf of the >ort ,le klcked hU owa m. sharp. S in n er and the b o n g . * Will Be L o n g Befo re Y o u n g W o m a n Ihere will be services The other evening a young law- Baptist Church both Sunday r took his bulldog in his machine morning and evening next Sun- v' tleli he 10015 lus best i^rl out Jnv* . A laige assortment of summer dresses in T a ffe REVISED HER GOOD OPINION STONE I C. S. Hamilton, Salem, Ore.