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NO. 10
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 , 1 9 2 1
VOLUME IV.
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Camp Life at City Park
Among the Tourists
Is there a better time in life to
fall heir to a fortune than when
(BY VIRGINIA SOUTHERN)
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you’re turning or have well
Just at this time, the city j
The
turned to the shady side of life?
park is the most interesting spot
3T U c:
We think not, and if we can’t;
within the boundaries of I de
have it all the time, send it a-
pendence, because here there j
long for the decline. That’s just
are tourists California bound and
HAD OLD DARKY GUESSING
what happened to Mr. and M rs..
tourists Canada bound. And to
How Profeeeor
John Haun.
Mrs. Haun nas
me there’s nothing so interest Hard to Understand
Could Have Known What Those
just inherited a small fortune
ing as people who have traveled
Particular Chickens Would Do.
Lady— What did you do to get
and of eourse she’ll divide with
from pole to pole and know the
that medal ?
An expedition was sent from the
her husband, John Haun, who
This capital to one of the southern states
Tramp— I got it for bravery. I world in its many phases.
to observe the re
admits he is 70 years old. The took it away from a man twice my personal contact and shoulder to
cent eclipse of the
couple married just a few months size.
sun. The day be
shoulder meeting is worth while i
fore the event one
ago. They lived in the country
and furnishes a little spice for
• of
Its members
and were contented but when
said to an old
simple living. For most of these
HI
d a r k y betonitlnx
the $75,000 came they 'had
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tourists are an animated, good-
to the house where
he was staying:
dreams of town life and a home
natured, Goth-like horde, roving
•Tom, if you will
all “ bungalowed” and modern
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of eye, cheerful of countenance watch your chickens tomorrow they’ll
to go to roost at 11 o'clock.”
ized. The F. S. Stewart bunga The very sad news of the and amiable of disposition.
I all Tom
was skeptical, but. sure enough,
low on the north side of Main death of Herbert Hoyser reached must tell you about a family at the time predicted the sky dark
street satisfied their dreams. here Wednesday from Oklahoma from Kentucky. Father, mother ened and the chickens retired to roost.
The negro, amazed beyond measure,
The place was purchased and where the young man had lived and all the children were so in sought out the scientist.
Mr. and Mrs. Haun are enjoying for some time. His parents, Mr. love with Oregon they said. “ We "Professor,” he said, "how long ago
did you know dem chickens would go
life in a way they once nardly and Mrs. G- M. Hoyser of East want to stay; where can we get to roost?”
“About a year ago,” he replied with
anticipated.
Independence, had written him | some place to live?”
Some a smile.
“Well, If dnt don’t beat all. Why,
a few days before asking his ad- booster in my crowd directed
professor, a year ago dem chickens
vice about what make of car to them to the Independence Realty wa’n’t even hatched!”
purchase. When the message. Co. Later I saw them. They
came, they expected the con- said, “ One member of the Real- AWARDED PRIZE FOR VIRTUE
tents to express his choice of car ty Co. made us homesick; he Picturesque and Ancient Ceremony
That Is Annually Performed In
for his parents. Instead, tue looks like a Kentucky Colonel.”
French Municipality.
terrible blow—* death message. I said, “ That has been my
W, H. Street has sold the C
Every year, in the week following
The young man was about 26 opinion for a number of years.” Pentecost, the municipal council of
Street Meat Market to E. C.
years of age and has many in fact I had assigned that cog Faremoutlers, following - a tradition
three centuries old, solemnly awards
Ott of Portland. Mr. Ott is a
friends here who will be deeply nomen to Mr. Hubbard several the prize for virtue established by M.
meat man of experience, having
Lambert of Mee, a civic benefactor. In
grieved.
years ago. Then they gave me the
year 1604.
been connected with markets in
He was a member of Homer j this poem about the “ Blue Grass The presentation follows an original
the city. He will take possession
and charming ceremony, every detail
Lodge K. of P. and daring the j State” ;
of which was arranged by the foun
of his newly acquired business
der. Thirteen maidens, chosen as the
war belonged to the U. S. navy. I t's down in old Kentucky,
Monday. Mr. Street will de
Where they never have the blues; most virtuous In the community, pre
He had the distinction of being
sent themselves before the municipal
vote all his time to ranch life.
on one of the “ subs” that Where she Captain kills the Colonel. Council which selected them. In an
Mr. Ewing, who has been in
urn are twelve blank ballots and a thir
And the Colonel kills the booze.
escorted President Wilson on his
teenth bearing the following words:
charge of the market, is unde
Where you get up in the middle of “God lias chosen me.” Each candi
return trip from Frauce.
the night
date, with eyes closed, draws a ballot,
termined just what he will do asi
His body will be in charge of
and she who draws the ballot with the
To
let
the
cat
in,
and
it
takes
two
several things are being con-j
motto is forthwith declared winner of
Oklahoma K. P.s and will be Doctors three days
the rose of virtue.
aidered.
forwarded to Salem for com-
To pick the buckshot out of you.
Tills year Destiny chose Madeleine
Thomas, a dressmaker, sixteen years
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mittal. This order will have Where a cyclone bloweth you
old. Amidst general acclamation, the
For printing-from postal to j charge of the ritualistic part of
Into your neighbor’s wife bosom;
happy winner was escorted on the arm
And your neighbor’s wife husband
poster—try the Post Printerie.
the funeral service.
of the mayor, who presented her with
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Measurements correctly and accurately
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INDEPENDENCE, OREGON
Bloweth you into Abraham’s bosom
Before you have time to explain.
Where th t frogs are afraid to holler,
And the birds are afraid to sing;
For it's hell in old Kentucky;
They shoot ’em on the wing.
“ So one of these days we’re
going to buy a home from the
Independence Realty Company
and live among you.”
Next I interviewed some Cali
fornia people.
You won’t be
lieve it, but they frankly ad
mitted that the beauties of Ore
gon surpassed that of California.
The man of the party had with
him a machine to sharpen lawn
mowers ar.d was diligently work
ing to make mowing for some
body a pleasure rather than
drudgery.
Ai other party from Oklahoma
to'd about the Osage Indians
just cutting another 'melon' ;-nd
how the pale faces would marry
the squaws and get a fortune
and almost at the* same time a
divorce.
In vehicles of all sorts they
came, from touring cars with
neatly arranged cases containing
baggage to big lumbersome
bodies mounted on “ flivver”
chassis.
From the windows
eager faces of children peer and
from the sides blow strings of
vari-hued “ wash” from “jazz
n>a, «
u sheuf of flowers, to the home of her
parents, while a musical society, es
pecially organized for the occasion,
I played appropriate airs.—From Le Pe
tit Parisien.
French Amazons.
The FTench, transferring some sol.
dlers from WrangeJ's army to tlielr
own foreign legion, have discovered
one of them to be a woman. They
have engaged her as a nurse; but
there have been many cases In which
they have allowed women to bear
arms in tlieir service. There were,
for Instance, the Sisters F’erulg, who
fought at Jeminappes, and of whom
Dumeurlez reported that “they were
even more remarkable for the remark
able propriety of their behaviour
than for their reckless daring.” One
of them suved a Belgian’s life, killing
two Uhlans In order to do so; and
the Belgian, having recovered from
his wounds, vowed that he would seek
her out and marry her. It took hint
years to track her down; hut the quest
was eventually successful. .The mar
riage was duly celebrated, and two of
the children horn of It did well In the
world, one of them becoming honorary
counselor at the Doual Court of Ap
peal, and the other Inspector general
of the Belgian prisons.
The Rickreall bridge is closed
to traffic on account of repairs.
garters” to “flesh kickers.”
In the park, license tag9 from
several statvs have mingled their
colors and their combination of
numerals.
Some parties have
been on the road for months;
others have just started. They
are ail out for a good lime. They
are going -omewhere. Where;
they don’t know. “ We’re see-
in» the country,” they say.
“ It's a great life.”
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Delightful Social Function
At Rogers Farm Home
Wm. Cockle, of Sloper Bros.
& Cockle hardware store, and
Jas. Robbie are sure they can
e isily land a job with the Pinker
ton Detective Agency, not only
a job but one at a fabulous
salary.
Their extreme confi
dence in their slever ability was
thoroughly established when a
picnic party, composed of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Cockle. Mr. and
Mrs. Jas. Robbie, Mr. and Mrs.
C. O. Sloper and Mr. and Mre.
Fisher of Buena Vista were re
turning from Falls City last Sun
day. The Sloper car and Robbie
car had spun along together for
a while when Mr. and Mrs.
Sloper decided they’d take the
Fishers to their Buena Vista
home. All was well until the
Cockles and Robbies reached
home and no Slopers had ar
rived. Hours went by and still
no Slopers showed in the sha
dows. There was but one thing
to do. Cockle and Robbie im
mediately formed a searching
party and started on the high
way to Falls City. They knew,
the kind of tires the Sloper
wheels bore and just the kind of
“tracks” they made, so they
could locate them if they had
missed the road. So cleverly
did they “detect” that they fol
lowed some suspicious “tracks”
for miles and peered into evary
fence corner and wayside ditch
expecting to find the stranded
party. For miles and miles they
went until despair turned thorn
homeward, arriving here about
eleven o’clock. The two de
tectives halted at the Robbie
home.
Mrs. Robbie decided
she’d call the Sloper residence,
but of course expected to get no
answer. To her glad surprise
there was an answer.
Mrs.
Sloper responded. ”Yes, we’ve
been home a long time; we just
went to Buena Vista to take the
Fishers home. ” ’Tis suspicioned
the Slopers were on their second
honeymooa while “the rest of
the world went by.”
Mrs. Joseph Rogers graciously
entertained Tuesday at
her
country home for her daughter,
M¡98 Loeta, a recent graduate
from Oregon U, and Mrs. Clyde
Ecker. The table was beauti
fully appointed and covers laid
for eight.
A three course
luncheon including all the de
lectable features of a ranch
home was served. Following the
luncheon the party motored to
Salem where the hostess enter
tained at a theater party at the
Oregon where “ The Rainbow
Trail” was shown and thor
oughly enjoyed.
At their pretty country home
the Rogers are “ monarchs of all
they survey,” possessing about
300 acres of fertile land and
surrounded by the most delight
ful neighbors.
Miss Lo.ta will be leaving
soon for Ashland where she will
teach English in the High
School of that city. She special
ized in dramatics at the Uni
versity and was leading lady in
the Senior class play of ’21. She
is also considered splendid in
French and was vice president
of the University French club.
Mrs. Huggih« Enjoying
Her many friends are delighted
Visit from Her Father
she has secured such a splendid
W. C. Kolb is a guest at the
position.
home of his daughter, Mrs. W.
B. Huggins. Mr. Kolb is travel*
M otor Co. A dd s Equipm ent ing salesman for an undertaking
W. B. Huggins of the Sayles establishment and has traveled
Motor Car Company has enlarged in the Coast country for about
the repair department.
More twenty years.
He says that
equipments have been installed while his business is a “dead”
and everything is complete for business, it’s a mighty good one
doing all kinds of repair work.
and a very necessary one.
The Reason Why
You can patronize the Independence
Realty Co. with confidence, pleasure and
profit:
Every Customer Is an advertiser.
INDEPENDENCE REALTY CO.
Independence, Oregon
Phone M 1 8 1 1