THE POLK COUNTY POST
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Published every Friday at Independence, Oregon.
B ie ra d
mb second class matter March 26, 1918, at the postottice at
Independence, Oregon, under the Act o f M arch 3, 1879.
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Miss Helen Jones is home from
Corvallis High where she gradu
ated with honors. There were
forty-seven in the senior class.
Mrs. J. N. Jones attended the
graduation exercises
of
her
daughter.
Through a typographical error
the name of Miss Leota Rogers
appeared as both a University
and Normal graduate, when the
name of Miss Margaret Bur
roughs was intended for the
Normal grad.
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C IT Y AM D C O U N T R Y
Ask Mr. Foster.
Big reduction on all trimmed
hats at Alpha Bascue’s.
Fir, oak and maple
Dickson & VV’ood.
It Is Claimed
wood.
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Miss Pearl Smith is home from
Corvallis for the summer, having
completed her school at that
place.
Make Her Happy — No wife
is as happy as she should be un
less she has a home o f her own.
She can have one on terms like
rent by seeing the Independence
Realty Co., Independence, Ore
gon. Ask Mr. Foster.
The shortest sentence in the
English language containing
all the letters o f the alphabet
is “ Pack my box with five
dozen liquor jugs.
The impossibility o f fulfilling
this command has caused un
told weeping and wailing and
gnashing o f teeth, bat re
member.
-The more thoroughly your
eyes are examined the more
eertain you are o f getting
satisfactory glasses.
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V IS T A
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Neal and
Miss Wagner o f Salem were vis
R. D. Cooper o f Alsea arrived iting friends in Lebanon Satur
at the Imperial and immediately day.
got into action. Mr. Cooper is
Mrs. Root o f California is vis
arranging details of the annual iting her aunt and uncle and
gathering o f the Cooper clan, cousin, Mrs. Morgan.
which numbers about 100 souls.
Mr. ind Mrs. Ed Minzer and
One year the family gathered at
daughter
of California are visit
The Oaks. This year the mobili
ing
Mrs.
Minzer’ s parents. Mi.
zation .point has rot been se
and
Mrs.
Simmons.
lected.—Portland Oregonian.
Miss Wagner o f Salem spent
“C O U R T S M A K E W O M E N T O U G H . " the week end with Mr. and Mrs.
J. K. Neal.
bones broken.
AUNT
The M. E Sunday school will
give a children's day program
the third Sunday in June.
Guy Prather was visiting
friends in Salem the tirst o f the
week.
Don McCann is on the sick list.
Lester Murphy und family and
Mr. and Mrs. Stark were up on
the Santiam fishing Sunday.
CULT SLAYS ENEMIES
Revelations in Raid on Society
Astound Tokyo.
Tokyo.— lU’ veluliun* oi the work
carried on by Uie "O m etok yo" cu ll,
which begun when the |mlke m ilieu
tli** liead(|tmrti*i» ol Uie organ ization
al A ya b e, near here, cou tin n e lo as
tuunU Hie p e op le o i m e em pire. N ew s
papers a ccu se leaders or Uie cu lt o i
aspiring to set up uu •Ouiotokyo"
dynasty, to w hich all .Japanese w ould
(lock witii tile hope o i a tlaiu iu g
world dom inion.
In the secret pa ssa ge leading from
lln* tem ple o f th e organ ization at
Ayabe to the re sid en ce o f W antsuhuro
ile g u ch i, lea der o i the so ciety, ilie p o
lice d eclare they d isco v e re d a portrait
of D egu ehi w earin g a costu m e resem
bling Unit usually seen on the im age
o i A u ta-T crasu, tin* sun goddess, Lite
traditional gran d an cestress o f the
Japanese im perial fam ily.
It is alleged that in the tem ple w ere
found cry p ts in w hich w ere placed
Uie bodies o f timse w ho were slain for
betraying tbe secrets o f tbe o rg a n iza
tion.
it is declared that “ unspeakable
crimes'' were committed against worn
eu by members oi tiie cult, who are
said to have bordemi on fanaticism
in their zeal.
Cartloads of alleged
seditious literature 1ms been seized,
including a fatuous volume bearing the
title of “ Fire.” This volume is inter
preted as embodying projects for a
social upheaval of a “dreadful nature”
and incompatible with the present gov
eminent of Japan.
It is said that the followers of “Omo-
tokyo” numbered 300,000.
When the police seized Uie collec
tion of pebbles representing the divin
ity of the organization, a band of tbe
faithful clinched their lists in fury,
declaring the act of the officers to be
sacrilegious. Headers made addresses,
urging forbearance and long suffering
In the presence of the desecration of
their deity by the "heathen.”
An Osaka newspaper owned by
I leguchi has issued an extra edition
denying reports that bombs were dis
covered in the temple and explaining
that swords found there had been
given to tiie temple
The newspaper
declares that followers of "O m olokyo"
have committed no crime.
mult
consider
that
it is
th«
greatest
Mr. Tyler came near meeting
with a serious accident Satur
day.
While hauling wood the
front wheels of
the
wagon
dropped in a ditch, throwing him j
off. He tell face down and was
badly bruised.
There were no
gilt* tor the bndt i f « rn iid rfi oil ititoufk hoi lit» of th»
«losoaoM jl kw frwadtklp», th» m p*fl cf h*»
arty. Moac* th«
ftoa«*« car» «howo ta «»1». Ii«f th»»» gilt», iha frralrf will h» lh» ■»■non»«
ro t will (!»• hat lator
i Selection« hoot o n Sock will b* ,<o»oaal oad prop»«
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INDEPENDENCE,
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Vulcanizing:
Manchester, N. H.— Farmers of Til
ton are up In arms. They declare their
cows are “ running their legs off" ev
ery time the town’s new tire whistle
sound*.
The whistle sounds exactly like a
calf In distress.
M .J . O ’D O N N E L L
Sh jp in building formerly occupied
by William* barber shop
Do It Now
Talk to all the DeoDle
thru The Polk County Poet.
TeU The Post About It I
N O W IS THE
TIM E TO GET OU T Y O U R
HOP SPRAYERS
A n d let us go over them so they w ill be in shape
to kill the bugs at the right tim e.
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TO Y O U
INCLUDES
Expert Machine Work of all Kinds
Auto, Truck and Tractor Overhauling
Sunoco Motor OH
The Oil that is different
Sound Tires
Sound all around
Michelin
Famous ring-shaped red inner Tubes
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INDEPENDENCE, OREGON
The independence JSulionul Bunk
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.
< )pen one with us today. It will pay you to do so.
Officers and Directors
H. Hirschberg, Pres. C. A. McLaughlin, V. P.
Ira D. Mix. Cashier
W. H. Walker D. W. Sears O. 13. Butler
$15.00 Cash-$3.00 a Week
Outfit C onsists of Victrola XI Ten
DF R ecord s,
B rush and Three Hundred Needles
The price o f the outfit is ¡$158.50, and
these special terras have been made that
you may easily own this Victrola outfit now
and have it delivered at once.
You have
vour choice of either oak or mahogany cabi
net, as well as of ten Black Label Records.
panod
in s young woman • life, and choose your gilts areord.ngly.
New Tires
Victrola X I Outfit
happiaeti than preparing for the Bnde in the family.
4J Y ou
matters.
M R S . IRENE SCO IT
“ What are your affiliations?” Phone 1690 SALEM 125 N. High St.
asked the registrar.
“ Why, boss, 1 don’ hav’ to tell
dent, do I ?*’ queried Aunt Susan in
dismay.
“ Answer the question,”
com Just Received a Shipment o f Tires.
manded the hard-hearted registrar.
“ But, boss,” protested Aunt Su
san, “ I don’ like to. He’s got a wife
Neatly and Promptly Done at Very
ant] five ch ildren !”
Reasonable Prices.
B uys This
Mr. Newton has moved his
family from town to the Sam
Irvine hop yard south of town,
j
tenderness or brings greater
Aunt Susan, an old Maryland
darky, was being registered for the
tirst time. Like many other women
who were torn between their desire
to vote and retain their youth, Aunt
Susan neither relished telling her
age nor discussing other private HAIR GOODS SWI1CHES MADE FROM COUBIMGS
I JOTÜ i
Raymond Strawn o f Newport
is working for Mr. Harris.
4 N otion« brings forth more
Manicuring,
Shampooing, Kl««ctro-
lysis, Hair l)ieasing, Permanent Wave,
Scalp Treatm ent. Wrinkle Treatment.
Electolytic Massage, Bleaching and
Tinting.
Special Acne
Treatment,
Marinello Preparations and Hair Good*.
Whistle Sounds Like Calf.
T e m p le of the Secret Organization Hid
the Bodies of Foes of W orld
Dominion Movement.
Mrs. Frank Smith visited rela
One o f the deputy sheriffs in civil
tives and friends in Portland last court is opposed to woman jurors.
G. E. Harman,
wife and
week.
daughter
and
Casey
McCann
The atmosphere o f the court tends
to make them cynical, hard-hearted spent Sunday with Mrs. Gene
Mias Helen Butler spent the and heartless, he believes.
Holcomb near Albany.
“ Why, 1 know a woman in this
week end with her sister, Mrs.
Miss Ruth Prather spent the
building who isn't afraid o f a mouse
Robt. Smith in Corvallis.
week
end with her uncle, Frank
any m ore,” he said, according to the
FARMS AND ACREAGE WANTED
Milwaukee Journal. “ T he other Cole, and family at Corvallis.
Mary M. Hart, aged mother of day a mouse came into the room
Robert Mutts motored up from
For real service and results list
Edelbert A. Hart o f route one. where she was and when she
Portland
Saturday to get his your property with us. W e have
Independence, died last Friday couldn’t find anything else to throw
at the age o f 82 years. She at it she pulled off her pump and wife and daughter who have six salesm en w ith m achines. W e
pasaed quietly away from old was goin g to kill the poor thing been visiting ner sister, Mrs. N. inspect and photograph your prop
erty and advertise extensively, and
age.
Mrs. Hart was born in with it. When she came into the C. Anderson.
Nunda, N. Y., on July 28, 1839. court some years ago she was the
Robert Hornbuckel .ind wife have a dem and for properly at all
She is aurvived by her son at the meekest little thing.
o f Salem, after spending a week times. Fred W . German Co., 732
“ Yes. sir, keep the women out o f
Cham ber o f C om m erce Bldg., Port
home near Independence, and a
with his sister, Mrs. M. V. P ra -‘
land, O regon.
4-3
sister and brotner, Miss Link and court if you want them to retain ther, retim ed home Saturday.
their gentleness and kind-hearted
Hiram Link, of Perry, N. Y.
ness."
Some o f the farmers have cut |
their clover.
The ¡ate »own
grain and gardens are in need of
rain as the hard wind last week
dried out the ground.
The Best Beloved
Marinello Cosmetic Shop
S U S A N ’S D I L E M M A .
TO R E A L I Z E T H E
M O ST M O N E Y
W e buy everything you
want to sell and sell
everything you want to
buy. Cash or trade.
Bring in everything you
want to sell and I will
sell it for you on a
commission.
MAX
COMPLETÍ HBUSC
Salem, Oregon
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