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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1921)
T he P olk C ounty P ost LARGEST CIRCULATION VOLUME IV . IN SOUTH % POLK COUNTY INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 9 , 1 9 2 1 CITY BAKERY tarly CHANGES HANDS Hops Are Being this « (Contributed) ' Smith & Son are not “ bakers Hop picking starts this week and candlestick makers” but in all its glory. Preparations are they are bakers and confection ers. Last Monday they pur- now under way and soon the chased the City Bakery f r o m , ^ 1* y®rds wil1 be filled with Mel Baldwin and took possession ro8y f: ced and haPW children. of the new business at once. overall-clad girls, the old folks tbe folks Since the “ fire” Smith & Son and ad tbe res!: Everybody will be happy and the have been unable to operate goose will hang high. The hop their pool hall and have devoted I I their time to the confection ¡ry 1 house dances will soon be in full part. Wishing to broad¿n in swing and for a couple o f weeks business they have taken over Independence will be one of the the bakery and will for the pres ent operate both, and it is evi dent they will make a success of their new business. Mr. Bald win has owned the bakery for several years and has been de cidedly successful in every way. He will remain with Smith & Son for a short time and will rusticate in the mountains for a while before entering again in bu iest places on the map. It is well to say here and now that all the yards are going to do their best to make the picking season as pleasant and profitable as pos- » sible for the pickers, but they will not only expect, but de mand and enfpree clean picking. The last f§w years the hops nave been picked so dirty that the « Oregon hop has become a joke on the market. The buyers have notified the growers that if they do not pick cleaner this year that to active business; as he says he feels he has a rest coming after his close confinement. He has many substantial friends here under no circumstances will they who hope he will heed the call pay for a pound of hops that is They have also of Independence when he set* picked dirty. notified the growers that if they ties down” again. do not pick cleaner hops this year that it will ruin the market C. E. Hicks has arrived from for the future on ail Oregon Portland and assumtd manage hops. The hop business of ment o f the tractor and imple Oregon distributes more money ment department o f the Stewart all over the country than any Motor Co. Mr. Hicks was for other line of agriculture, making merly with the Ford Motor Co. it possible for many children to of Portland and has had a num get school supplies, and furnish ber of years’ successful experi ing work for a large army of ence along the sam - lines in people at a time when it would other cities of the good old U. be extremely dull were it not for S. A. He will have entire charge the hops. In view o f this fact, o f the tractor sales and service who wants the great hop in for the Stewart Motor Co. Mr. dustry to be discontinued? No Hicks is a man of pleasing per one should. They help to keep sonality who displays push, up this paying industry by doing energy and perseverance it is your part. Pick clean. certain he will give service that Seeing Oregon’s Scenic 0 Beauty from a Motor Car the Columbia, another reason as greased lightning, and our was it is a shame, almost a crime car commenced to skid, and a f to speed over such a magnificent ter skidding several yards turn drive and stand a chance of ed completely around on the hill. missing any of the natural scenic No damage was done to the car, beauty as well as the artificial but none of the party will ever beauty of the great highway. I have talked with a number o f tourists and they all agree that Oregon surpasses them all for the scenic beauty and granduer , ighways are. Some o f the rich- A Tailored to Measure Suit $25.00 to $60.00 Made by the International Tailoring Co. Come in and look over the different lines we have to show yon. The cloth is much finer this year than usual. -0 . L. F. j versity in 1902, earnin. his M. S. i degree at Georgetown university j in 1905 and his Ph.D.degree at Chicago university in 1915. His teaching record follows: J rin- Fred C. Ayer, formerly pro cipal Wancona, la , high school. fessor of education at the Uni 1901; instructor Marion, la., versity of Oregon but at present 1903; professor , South Dakota homing a similar position with normal, 1904; professor Arizona the University of Washington, state normal, 1905-1910; profes was selected as president o f the sor of education, University of state norm il school at Monmouth Oregon, 1912-1916; professor of to succeed president J. H. Ack education University of Iowa, erman deceased,at a meeting of 1917; professor ot education Uni the board o f regents of the school versity of Washington 1918-1921. aere this afternoon. Professor A jer, who was se With a good crew of men and lected from a list of 23 applicants Ayer Elected President Of State Normal lor the position, is well known efficient “ bosses” , work on the to the teaching fraternities ol alley pavement from (J to Mon- Urgeon through his connection rr‘outh was ba'shed yesterday. with institute work in the state Today the biock from C to B was Ycurs truly. O. A. Kreamer INDEPENDENCE, OREGON Miss Eva Robertson | Weds Gejrge DeWitt TERRIFFIC AFFAIR Announcements have been r e Between 3 and 4 o’ clock last « Last Saturday morning amidst jest o f the Eastern states haven’ t ceived here o f the marriage of Saturday morning Independence the peals of thunder and the a foot of paved highway. The Miss Eva Robertson and Mr. people needed no alarm clocks The event to start them on their antici flash of lig ’ tning,* a party com- people of Oregon are, and ought George D. DeWitt. was celebrated at a charmingly posed of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. ; to be, p r o u io f their highways, pated journeys. A flash of Foster and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde ' their beautiful natural scenery, simple service at the B ptist lightning and a bolt of thunder Ecker, .started to Seasioe by their trout streams, their pro- church in Oregon City last Mon equal to the "crack o f doom” wav of Portland and Astoria. dnetive soil, and their mild and day. The pastor o f the church made Easterners think they Everything was lovely and the temperate climate, even if it read the service in the presence were “ Way Down East” and Oakland worked beautifully un- does rain a little in winter. The of a few friends and relatives also served to awaken the re til we got a number of miles out next five years will bring to the including a sister, Mrs. W. H. mainder o f Independence popu of Portland on the way to Asto- Willamette valley and to Oregon Craven, Miss Lucile Craven and lation from their peaceful slum Paul Hall from Illinois, a house ria. We left Portland at 2 p. m. in general the latgest bunch of bers. However, the D. P. Me- guest at the Craven home. Fol driving over the splendidly paved homeseekers that nas ever been Carthys on B street were more lowing the service the wedding highway, viewing the beautiful j known here People are getting disturbed than anyone. The party made the trip over the lightning unstrung the tele scenery and negotiating the tired of the long cold winters scenic Columbia Highway. Later phone and light wires and also magnificent curves and drinking and the hot and uncomfortable a wedding repast was served. slightly demolished the roof, but of the rare beauty of Oregon, summers in the East and North, Mrs. De Witt is the daughter of aside from extreme fright no when all at once the driver’s and the automobile is making it Mrs. S. E. Robertson o f this further damage was sustained. possible for them to make a trip heart sank into his shoes upon city. She is a charming young near ng a strange and weird both of pleasure and hemeseek- ody o f many admirable quali for some of Independence’s most sound somewhere under the hood ing that is not so expensive as ties and is thoroughly capable of beautiful home-. of the motor. Upon investiga the old way of traveling, and making a real home. Mr. De Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt are at tion we found that the fan had they have time to see more of Witt is a brother o f Mrs. Bertha present at the Palace Hotel in broken, and had torn a hole in the beauties of Oregon and the Ferguson and formerly lived Portland until their home on the tne radiator and the precious great highways are such a draw here. He is an architect of East Side, which is under con cooling water, which is the life’ s ing card that many of them will ability and is accorded the credit struction, can be completed. blood of a motor on a long drive, make homes here that ether- was fast ebbing away. We \ wise would never seethe state. turned and made a garage man We made the last 25 mile lap to a few miles back on the trail Astoria after night, and none of ‘There Is Nothing So-Destructive o f happy by unfolding to him our the party will soon forget their J» Business as Is Uncertainty’ initiation to Astoria. We had to woes, and after spending two hours’ time, some money and make a detour over the moun By HERBERT C. HOOVER, Secretary of Commerça much profanity, we were again tains to Astoria Heights, and in on our way. We drove less than going dowi^-into the town we The relation of trade associations and trade insti hill almost as | 60 mi es an hour. One reason had t ' desfcVnd tutes to the anti-trust, luws has been discussed at great for our leisure was the speed steep as the roof o f most houses, length in the administration. Of the many thousands cops are by far too active along and the pavement was as slick of such organizations there is a small minority who look the same again. Sunday we drove to Seaside over a de tour and had some f arther thrills. The paved road was closed to traffic and we had to drive back satisfies. Ficnic at Wilhoit of its highways. It. is my opinion over the roughest and slickest About forty-six pleasure bent that we Oregonians become so mountain this side of kingdom Dr. F. G. Hewett is making Independence people enjoyed a familiar with the natural beau come. However we are all still his professional visits in a new good old-faihioned picnic dinner ties of our state that we fail to alive and proud o f it, but the at Wilhoit Springs last Sunday. Oakland coupe. fully appreciate what an asset to flistation with the undertaker the state of Oregon the great will not soon be forgotten. Just Think of It NO. 12 during his four years with the Oregon university and comes ’ to qis new position with the recom mendations of some o f the oest known educators m the west. Frolessor Ayer received his B.S. degree at the Upper Iowa uni. finished. Everything was given the “ rush act” except the ap proaches which were carefully constructed by John Bohannon. have degenerated into ways that make for restraint of trade. All are agreed that the purposes and actions of the vast majority of national associations are a con structive contribution to public welfare. Many of them collect information as to produc tion, stocks of raw and other#material, percentage of industry in active operation, total orders in hand— all #f which when available to the public contribute both to stability and increasing efficiency of industry and to protection of both the smaller manufacturer and the consumer. A smaller number of such associations have been engaged in the col lection of data on the prices for the exclusive use of their members. Some of these associations have been charged with delimiting areas of com modity distribution among their members and other misuse of informa tion. Whether these latter practices constitute a violation of the anti trust laws must be determined by the courts, and this the attorney general is proceeding to find out. All this raises anew the question of the authority of the federal trade commission. The original conception of the commission was that it should, among other things, advise business men what constituted a violation of the restraint of trade laws, but these powers were struck out in the course of actual legislation. It seems to me that seven years’ experience with the commission should now enable a reconsideration of its powers with a view to giving it a more constructive function, subject, say, to review by the attorney gen eral, by which it conld remove the uncertainties from the minds of business men as to the line between the field of co-operation and promotion of pro duction and trade and the field of practices against public interest There it nothing so destructive of business as is uncertainty. Notice to theFarmers W e now have a representative in the East who will send us buyers for all kinds of farms. W e are also carrying ads in the Eastern papers that are bringing us in touch with people who want to buy farms. We will soon be able to furnish you a buyer on short notice. W e want to show your farm when the buyers come, so please come in or write us your list at once. Yours for a quick sale. INDEPENDENCE REALTY CO. Independence, Oregon “ Smiling” Billy was here this week. 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