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Published every Friday at Independence, Oregon.
a la n d aa aacond claaa matter March 26, 1918, at the poatolhce at
laJapandanca, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Editor and Publisher.
CLYDE T. ECKER
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SHORT STORIES Of
TOWN AND COUNTRY
Mrs.
O liver
Smith
went
BELIEFS ABOUT PLANTS
A rutting of a stolen pinot will sure­
ly grow.
Ureek» helleve that
have Immortal »oui».
to
Seattle W ednesday to visit w ith
m en us.
made a
A chllfilesx woman 1» , believed by
the IriHli to have the strongest power
over herb», especially those used for
maladies of children.
busi­
ness trip to Portland the middle
o f the week.
Buren and Joe Smiley,
K elly,
Earl
and
left on W ednesday
In Mexico there is an herb that Is
popularly called Uie ‘‘r a t t l e w e e d I f
horses eat of It, It 1» believed that
they will go mad.
Gerald
Leslie
Clemo
m orning
It Is believed In ('<oruwull, England,
that household plants will wither and
die soon after there has been a death
In the house, unless a piece o f black
cloth Is tied to them.
for
an outing, including a hike to Sr.
M a ry ’s Peak.
The Saylps Motor C ar Co.
made
sale8
to
the
Plants having "lady” attached to
their names, were formerly dedicated
to the ancient goddesses; hut Christi­
anity clulmed these tlowers for the
Virgin Mary. They are of good medi­
cinal virtues.
has
follow ing:
lira. Dorothy Turner, a D odge;
Ira M ix a five passenger L e x in g ­
I f a little fresh dirt taken from
the grave of a child which has been
baptized within a twelvemonth. Is
sprinkled on potted plants, it will
make tin in flourish and have large,
haudson
tlowers.
ton.
Valiton’s Style Shop in Salem
is
offering
values
some *
for
w onderful
Chautauqua
July 25 to 31.
week, (
die frocks reduced 331 per cent.
blouses and j
Faculty to Conduct Normal
Until President Is Named
Three m em bers of the
tbe
school,
ler,
Oregon
faculty
state
including
A rth u r
normal
J. B. V. But­
Beattie
and
a committee
beeu appointed as
to couuuct the in­
stitution pending the election ot
a
president
Ackerm an.
to
succeed J.
H.
This announcement
w as made yesterday
by the e x ­
ecutive committee of the board
o f regents.
ordinarily
a
perxormeu hy
the president ol the normal.
A m eeting ol the board ol re­
gents ol the uormui
will be nelu
some time during the month ol
when
successor
Mr.
w ill be
A ck erm an ’s
elected,
ih e
lo u r men moat prominently men­
tioned
in
D.
connection
with
superintendent
public
E.
K.
Carletou,
oi ^the
Eugene
schools; J. A . Churchill,
state superintenueiito! public in­
struction, and
county
Men’s nion Suits
Men’s Work Shirts
Always sold for $2.50, now at
Regular $1 .5 0 value to go at
98c
78c
Misses’ $5.00 Shoes
Galvanized Buckets
To sell at
Worth 5 0 c to go at
$1.98
29c
Children’s Koveralis
Boys’ Overcoats
Regular $ 1 .0 0 for
Values to $ 3 0 .0 0 to sell at
$ 4 .9 8
48c
Consumers 9 Trading House
Opposite Miller’s
3 7 3 377 Court Street
-
SALEM, OREGON
q mammmmmmmr * a — m
-w-mr RKMHMKvrauniHrvmaKi«
To express kilometers in miles, mul­
tiply by six nnd divide hy ten.
The cricket “ chirps” by rubbing Its
wing coverings against each other.
W . C.
thirty-two.
The “ safety” bicycle (with two
wheels of equal size), made Its first
appearance In 1880.
Nearly all savages have sound teeth.
Imperfect teeth are a product, there­
fore, of civilization.
The horse mackerel gets Its nntne
from Its great size, some specimens
having been taken that were ten feet
long and weighed l,.r>00 pounds.
have it understood,” re-
marked the boas, “that my will i*
*T11
law.”
getting
on
difficult
“You re
ground,1 ’ rejoined Senator Sor-
ghum. “Whenever a man says that
he may as well expert considerable
trouble with the enforcement fa-
cilitioa.’
MICKIE SAYS
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W e know a woman who, when she needs
to purchase necessary things for the home or the
family, puts on her shopping costume, dabs a bit
of powder on her nose and sallies forth.
street
She shops
here and
there
up one
chases
and
and
down
D IF F IC U LT Y IN SIGHT.
e>o««\
Alderson,
superintendent
T w o K in d s o f W o m e n
The ox has the same number of
the
Dressier oi O regon A gricu l­
college;
$2.48
A pound o f the finest spider web
would reach around the world.
presidency o l the normal are E.
tural
11c
Arab superstition provides the slork
with a human heart.
w ill meet daily to discharge tne
A u gu st
Regular $ 5 .5 0 to go at
Kilo, from the Greek khlllot, slgul-
fles 1.000
It w as said that this committee
duties
to go at
Mias teeth ns In the moulhs of humans,
Jessica Todd, the latter dean ol
women, have
25c v ilue
Kilometer, properly defined, means
1,000 meters.
shoes all reduced.
of
7
R e g u la r
Men’s Leather Work Shoes
TERSELY TOLD
organ- 1
Adorable
Coats, suits, skirts,
plant»
I f the dirt front your plants fa ll»
lo the floor, you will aoou see a new-
ly made grave.
.
W . B. H u ggin s
some
_
We are still
on the job
with low
prices. Every
article ii0 the
s t o r e has
been reduced
- to sell at a
gait. Compare
our p r i ces
w i t h others
and be con-
vinced
Men’s Good Cotton Sox
of
schools tor Multnomah county. — I
another hunting and h u n-t-i-n-g. When
a
she gets home she is j z y and j-a d-e d. She feels
z
all mussed up mentally and physically
W e know another who has learned the art of read­
ing the advertisements before she starts. She finds
out what she wants and where to get it. Then goes
straight
down
town
and
right to the store that has IT.
In this way she saves time money and effor
and come? home fresh as a daisy and ready to get
friend husband a good dinner instead of taking
him to the cafeteria.
Salem ¿talesm an.
M
FUNNY AMBITIONS
Tli* qnestloo: “ What would you
Bk* to b«T” has brought out many
rtavwr and amusing answers.
Here
are a few of them :
The sun, bees use It Is alwuy» sure
o f a rise.
tevovAW
ivi
M at . o i l «
The letter “ f,” for 1 should always
be In the mhlst of comfort.
OMCf
A »h<M»bl««k, h*vnu«e I should be
roatlnually shining liefore my fellows.
A prom ot«r of baby «how«. hccau«*
I want to make a howling aacroM of
something bifore I dio.
a
Som ething
Unheard of
Coming next
Week.
hicli one are you?
W ITCH 10 II
NEXT WEEK’S
ISSUE
Cl otti i n g,
Shoes, Fur-
n i s h i n g s,
Crockery and
Cooking Uten­
sils at unpre­
cedented cut
prices. X visit
to our Store
is all we ask
of you. Come
and be pre­
pared to buy
all you need.