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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1921)
THE POLK COUNTY POST Published every Friday at Independence, Oregon. ■JtMVd m Mcond C |«N matter March 28, 1918, at the postothce at Independence, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879. C L Y D E T. E C K E R Editor and Publisher. Subscription Rates: TH REE M ONTHS S IX M O N T H S ONE Y E A R K 50c. $1.00 $2.00 'fleas otherwlM provided lo r, eubecriptioii» will be stopped at expiration SHORT STORIES OF First Reunion of the TOWN AND COUNTRY Lie 08sce"llan,s Descendants of Nicholas and | For Sale— Modern 9 room house Sarah i ee. Oregon pioneers of at a bargain; easy payments. 1847, recently held their first an For information phone 4821. nual reunion at the home of J.D. Lee, state representative, 4828 Thirty-second avenue southeast, Peter Cook and wife of Rick- Portland. reatl were in town on Saturday The pioneers from whom the on business. attendants at the reunion sprang were among Oregon’s first set Mrs. McKinney and son, El tlers and crossed the plains from mer, have moved from Portland Iowa in the same train with the here and are located in the By parents of Edwin Markham, the ers property on Fourth street. Oregon poet. Mrs. McKinney is well known Those present were: Orval here having frequently visited Butler. Norman Humphreys, her daughter, Mrs. Jas. Robbie. Ralph Odell, Anita Odell. Mrs. Aletha E. Kisaberth, John Lee Kisaberth, Elisa Odell, Charles E. Kullander has returned Odell, Evaline Odeli, Lois Hum from Portland where he has phreys, Florence Odell, Howard been receiving treatment. He Guynn. Mrs. Eliza J. Smitr, is much improved and expects to Mrs. Victoria A. Williams, J. D. return to the city for a more ex Lee, Mrs. Mary Butler, Mrs. tended rest. Martha Odell, Mrs. Sarah L. Bean, John I. Kisaberth, Mrs. The enrollment in this year’s Mabel Odell, Albert Odell, Lillian summer school at the Normal, Odell, Mrs. Alda Smith, Walter which opened Monday, June 27, Smith, Mrs. Sadie Smith, Mrs. is a source of gratification to the Dean Butler, Orville Butler, Dr. Normal and ail its friends. A l Frank Butler. Mrs. Frank But Mrs. Sadie Humphreys, ready nearly 625,have registered, ler, many more than last year when Wiley Humphreys, Haven Smith, the total enrollment for the en Vance Butler, J. Dean Butler, John Odell and Frank W. Odell. tire session was 448. Prices cut lower than the already cut slash prices. Cold type never before told such a story of w anton and deliberate sacrifice. T h is is the one G ran d O pportunity. It m a y never occur again. Y o u r com m on sense judgm ent w ill enable you to see the im portance of the event. I dem and that e ve ryth in g m ust be sold in the next few days. 0 FR EE Money and Merchandise Thrown to the Public -------- You Can’t Beat These Prices-------- R egu la r $8 00 One lot M en’s fine Regular $ 1 .7 5 Regular $ 7,50 R egular $ 3 .5 0 ladies’ White Canvas pumps Ladies’ Tan Dress Oxtords Children’s White Dress Canvas Shoes 9 8 c $ 3 .9 5 $ 1 .7 8 Ladies’ Fine Dress Shoes Children’s Patent Leather Dress Pumps $ 1 . 3 9 only 9 8 C R egular $ 4 .0 0 Regular $ 1 .7 5 Ladies’ White Dress Shoes $ 2 .3 9 Children’s Scullers Only a few Days More M e -’s C an vas R ubber Soled Shoes $ 1 . 9 8 Caps . $1 50 ,.$4 0 Panam as $ 1 .9 8 $4.00 Felt Hats 1.69 M en's tine D ress S h iits y 98c M en’s heavy weight Canvas G loves 8 c pr. 29c Consum ers’ Trading House SA LE M , ORE. a 39c Regular $ 3 .0 0 & $ 4 .0 0 $*2 50 M en’s Union S u its ____________ _ 98c 3 7 3 3 7 7 Court St. 89c $20 and $25 O V E R C O A T S StaLd rd makes, m ostly all nzee $4 9 8 $3 5 0 R egular $ 2 .7 5 $ 6 -$ 1 0 DRESS SHIRTS WE QUIT Opposite M iller’s Don’t Forget the Time and the Place. Thousands of other bargains which w e do not enum erate are here at sacrificing prices. CHANGED HIS MINO Biggest of Graduating Classes TO R E A L IZ E T H E Thomson’s Remnant Store, 214 North Commercial street Salem, started a gigantic closing out sale Wednesday. An ex ceptionally large crowd of people were ready to avail themselves of the opportunity to purchase real bargains as Mr. Thomson haa marked everything down to atartlingly low figures. Nothing is being held in reserve; all fix tures are included. The sale will continue until the entire REASON ENOUGH 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. everything you want to sell and I will sell it for you on a commission. B r in g in M AX “ You ought to make a good oat*»- | path.” Judge What is your plea? Guilty “ W hy?” or not guilty? "Because you have such a nice Prisoner— I intended to plead O. L. Foster of the Independ wav <>t nibbing it in.” guilty, but after talking to my law ence Realty Co. wants to see you yer I ’m convinced that I'm inno cent, so I plead “ Not guilty.” Phone the news to 7022. face to face. GOLDM AN stock is sold. Is “Something Doing” in Berlin? SPARRO W S VANISHING. Robins are one** again hopping over the lawns in the suburban dis tricts; the advance guard of the crow blackbirds, their natural and inveterate enemies, have reappeared, though not as yet in aufficient force to give battle, and those who watch these things are again ponderikg the question, “ What has become of the English sparrows?” Census figures are not available, but to even the most casual ob servers it is plain that they are fast disappearing front city and country alike, while the native birds are com- | ing into their own again in aorre- sponiiing degree.—Boston Globe. TA S K Ttil* photograph. «napped tha other day In Berilo, »how* t.«*nernl Ton llln- denburg In onnfervnee with Hugo Stirino* Germany'* richest man, and Krau Stinnett Moat o f the country'* large*! !n<Ju«trt*l enterprise* and many of Its newspaper» are controlled by Stiline*. [ I The University of California itrmluatcii the largest class in the worl<1 this year !6.r>1. The photograph shows the procession of graduates anil, at the left. Ur. David P. Barrows, president of the university. LENSES DUPLICATED Dr. G B. O’Neill OPTOMETRIST-OPTIC!« “Janet” Adopts Kittens Bueh Bank Bldg. Salem, Oregon ! I New Tires Just Received a Shipment o f Tires. Vulcanizing Neatly and Promptly Done at Very Reasonab e Prices. M .J . O ’ D O N N E L L Shop in building form erly occupied by W illiam s barber shop FOR A SOLOMON “ Mr. Jibwav is not in his office.” “ H e’s serving on the ju ry." “ Important case?” “ V ery He and 11 other good men ami true are trying to appm .e a broker heart " ttxcaratlon In Mexican ruin* ha« re vealed road* paved with huge block* i SW O PE & SW OPE o f atone. LAW YERS Thar* are «aid to or more «tatué* of A aheep ranch in Alberta ha* been Victoria In axlatence than of equipped with a motor ambulance de- on es over Craven A W alker's Steve other peraol). man or woman who signed for the care o f *hcep. being able Mved J to carry ten aueh patients at a time j Independence, Oregon j g l a s s e s f it t e d Marinello Cosmetic Shop MUCH IN LITTLE “ Janet." a monkey owned l>y Mr». Mary K. Hal pin. .\*ioria. I.. |„ moth ering" two of the four kitten« which «lie ha* adopted. The mother cat left the ktt* In Mr* Hatpin'« vnrd and then disappeared "Janet” found the tiuy animals crying, picked them up and brought them Into the ban««- Manicuring. Shampooing, Electro lysis, Hair Dressing. Permanent Wave, Scalp Treatment, Wrinkle Treatment, Electolytic Massage, Bleaching and Tinting. Special Acne Treatment, Marinello Preparations and Hair Goods. Nil* 8000S SWITCHES MADE FROM COMBI NCI MRS. IRENE SCOTT Phone 1690 SALEM 125 N High St.