Injured in Auto Wreck
THE POLK COUNTY POST
Published every Friday at independence, Oregon.
John Bayless o f Kings Valley
Atene as Mcood class mattar March M , 1918. at the poatotfice at
lad*p*fu1*nc«, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Editor and Publisher.
Subscription Bates
THREE MONTHS
50c.
SIX MONTHS
$ 1.00
ONE YEAR
2.00
A camper outfit mounted on
$
by a Valley & Siletx work train
near his farm.
Cigarette
T ° a o a l In t h *
delicious B u rley
t o b a o o o fla v o r .
It ’ s T o a s t e d
counted
what seemed to be a brand new one o f the wisest authorities in
Q'ZZZZ j * -g
Henry Ford passed up one o f America on advertising, states:
Tillamook's main streets one day
“ In these days o f high cost of
this -eek and stopped while the white paper and printing the ad­
Boost
driver went into a grocery store, vertiser could not print a full Boost your city, boost your friend;
presumably to purchase supplies page ad and buy the white pa­ Boost the church that you attend.
for the family larder.
On top o f per at the small cost the news­ Booat the «treat *n
one side o f the auto was lashed plete page delivered to the home
That is to say,
which
o f emotion.
more for
They can g e t along without you,
their Boost fo r every new improvement;
A couple o f ladies money than anything else they
paused for a moment to view could
buy
at the same price.
Coase to be a chronic knocker;
activity, vertiser, provided the advertiser Boost it to the final tetter.
—Exchange.
and perching at a point o f van­ has the right kind o f message
tage on the wires, suddenly ex­ and the right kind o f merchan­
into vocal
WORKADAY WISDOM
claimed: “ Say, papa, aint this dising plan back o f his adver­
cackled
derisively,
Then
it tising.”
pre­
cocious appearing kids had the
bad manners to laugh immedi­
ately.—Tillamook Headlight.
N o parrot like that haB halted
in Independence.
Letter-burning before the letter Is
mailed may save many a heart burn
later.
while its
adopted mamma and two
The Ox seem» to have originated
arouml the Mediterranean, particularly
In Syria, Palestine.
Often we could mend the ragged
edge o f care If we simply took a
stitch In time.
A Piano Bargain
A w aits You
HEAD
AY 367, Polk County Post,
H0LSUM
BREAD
.
18 THE CHEAPEST AS WELL AS
THE MOST WHOLESOME ON
THE MARKET TODAY.
BUY THAT
EXTRA LOAF
^ Your Grocer Ha a I t
C h e r r y C it y B a k i n g
“ H e married Mrs. Jones and
Miss Jane, too,” insisted the boy.
“ Miss Jane said so.”
“ Oh, no, dear, yon are mistaken.
Mrs. Jones is the wife. Miss Jane
is her sister.”
“ But, mamma,” persisted the
boy, "M ia « .lane always calls Mr.
Jones ‘our husband.’ ”
A N E S T H E S IA .
“ Why do you blow smoke from
your pi pe on that angleworm Indore
you put it on your hook?”
“ W ell, ma’am,” said the ancient
angler, with a twinkle in his eye.
“ I ’ m a humane man and I hate to
think »bout sticking a fishhook
through a worm while he is still in
complete possession of his faculties.
A fter he gets a whiff from this old
pipe o f mine I don't believe he cares
what happens to him.” — Birming­
ham Age-Herald.
D IA M O N D S
IN
C H IN A .
The gold mining bureau of
Kwangvinshan,
Krin
province,
China, has discovered deposits of
diamonds in a gold mine now being
worked, says Millard's Review. The
•tones are large and of an appreci­
able fineness, and specialists have
given the opinion that the deposit
I » is worth while as a working propo*
•ition.
HE W ONDERED.
“This i» a wonderful age. Harry.”
said. “ W hy, people can talk
•h e
by wireless.
Think o f speaking to
a man over t.000 mile* away 1 I
wonder if it*» distinct! I wonder
if yon’d hear me all that way off,
Harry.”
“I wonder.” said Harry, wist-
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A good swimmer ought easily to
realize that keeping one’s heud above
the waters o f failure depends a good
deal on how one handles d efea t—
Brooklyn Eagle.
Don’t make light o f the fat man
who Is trying to reduce, he’s only try­
ing to mend his weighs.
In the art of making and using pa­
per we are not in line with the Chi­
nese and other Asiatics, who not ouly
muke the finest paper In the world, hut
apply It to all sorts of uses, making
window panes, umbrellas, fans, sand­
als and even clocks an4 garments o f 1L
■ ft
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F A M IL Y .
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Address
And reduce the high cost of living.”
OF T H E
A small boy had fallen in love
with two little girls. Full of con-
o*rn for his future if he married
only one, he asked his mother if
'ne couldn’t marry both.
“ No, dear,” answered the moth­
er. “ N o man can marry two women
at the same time.”
“ Mr. Jones did,” contended the
boy testily.
“ Mr.
Jones!”
exclaimed
the
mother.
“ W hat makes you think
You can have a piano installed in your
home tor a cash payment of $10. Sub­
sequent payments just as reasonable.
This is a bargain you cannot afford to
miss. F or full particulars
“EAT MORE
BREAD
DURHAM
syis TOBACCO
Still, It’s better to keep on winding
j up the old alann clock every night
than to wake up some morning to find
one’s affairs wound up by the sheriff.
* Dr. Burdette
As to paying compliments, Ezra,
lot’s not forget that to many folks
nonsense Is Incense.
Mr. Barnes, U. S. Wheat Director Says:
BULL’
Moat of our worries are like a
cracked mirror- -they won’t bear look­
ing Into.
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White Russia in tha west, Ukranla
la the aouth, Don, Tourtda, Kuban,
Terek and Georgia In the southeast
have declared themaelvea free soviet
republic*.
Independence, Oregon
GENUINE
In making good, the -peed at which
i we travel matters less than the direc-
j tion in which we’re going.
Boost the stranger and the neighbor.
A ll at once That is what makes newspaper Cease to be a progress blocker;
the bedraggled pr soner seemed advertising so valuable to the ad­ I f you’d make your city better;
one helluva tow n!”
The person who determines at all
costs to make his day dreams come
true need never wake up.
Rooster Hatched Out Family.
In the poultry yard of a I*eii%*yl-
vanla » a n is a bantam rooster which
i jg caring for four little chicks if
hutched out recently. About eight
weeks ago the family missed the crow­
ing of the bantam rooster, which usu­
ally began at 4 a. in. ami eoutluued
for an hour or more. It was found sit­
ting on the nest, clucking like a hen.
All efforts to make him leave the nest
failed. Seven eggs were put under him,
four of which hatched.
Boost the man fo r whom you labor;
the strange visitor.
galvanised
for 10c from
one sack of
Booat the goods that you are selling.
Boost the people ’ round about you—
parrot seemed casually taking in read it and because they know Boost fo r every forw ard movement:
they get
5 0 ^ or! cigarettes
liliBlIWrail .1 M l ■,! ■¡I H I.H !:■
apparently
the sights without the least bit that
II'
you're
disgruntled, the readers o f a newspaper buy But success will quicker find them
perched a big green parrot. The the paper because they want to I f they know that you’ re behind them.
and
Bayless’ small
dwelling.
one o f the piles o f bedding on paper charges him for the com­
a bird cage, and therein, dusty by invitation.
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when his automobile was struck
him, was slightly injured.
Publicity Expert
States V iew s on
Newspaper Ads
William H. Rankin,
result o f serious injuries suffered
child, who was in the car with
otherwise provided for, euhecriptiou* will be »topped at expiration
What’s the Matter,
What’s the Matter,
What’s the Matter?
is in the Dallas hospital as the
LUCI
STRIKE
C LYD E T. E C K E R
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Levied on Skunk tor rur.
\ most amusing and unexpected Idt
of evidence as to the resourcefulness
of wild animals was seen by a Fort
Collins Colo., man who bus a pet
skunk and h squirrel caged together.
The two animals are Ann friends, but
when the squirrel wanted material to
build a nest It priweeded to chew
enough fur off the skunk’s back. Now
Ibe Innocent skunk has a bald spot as
Idg as a saucer, and the squirrel has
a nest made, partially at least, o f
| skunk fur.
House Furnisher