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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1921)
I Tell Friend W ife I Y ou’re Leaving Soon Oregon Agricultural C ollege- Pig club members of Oregon will get a chance at $400 in prizes of i § fered by the Union stock yards § i I of Portland through G. A. Pier ft I i son, president. Pigs must be I I exhibited at the Pacific inlerna- I • tion 1 Livestock Dxposition, Rem emb er how y o u ’ve ulwayn sort of » where the cash prizes will be started gentle like in breaking the news § awarded. t h a t you were going h u n t i n g this season? p I The purpose of the Union peo i I W e ’ve all done it. T h a t ’s h alf the fun. ple is to give the boys and girls Ï The o th e r half is ge tti ng the prop r Ï encouragement for feeding pigs e q u ip m e n t for the ope nin g day. T h a t ’s I for market and to demonstrate I p the rate of gain in v. eight as where we can help. g « I associated with cost of grain and a. profit. Any pig club member in M the state is eligible, and those B Rittes and Shotguns. Full Line of C am pin g ■ who compete will not be barred and Fishing Outfits. from any other contest. Four pigs from the same litter f d for market for a period of four months, entered at the start of the feed period, and records kept for three months, are the § INDEPENDENCE, OREGON rules. County club leaders will I supervise the work and records. irHllK:M lllBIIIHIIUIIIKIHllHlllHilH!l!HilifliiiKIIM rilHilHII!8i!lHII:KI!Hi!!fl [IB t i l HV4; For prize awards the state will Mrs. Homer Wood and son. be divided into three districts, Dale, went to Portland, Wednes- each district to get a first prize I day to pass the week with of $40, second of $33, third of $25, fiurtn $20, and fifth $5. friends and relat ves. The first district will consist The state game commission of Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook, It pleases as to please you. has had several million small Washington, Multnomah, Clack Independence Realty Co. trout fry planted in the Lucki - amas and Yamhill counties; the mute and Siletz river the past second of Polk, Marion, Lincoln, Miss Ulla Dickinson was a week. Benton, Linn, Lane, Douglas, week end visitor of friends in Coos, Curry, Josephine and Amity. The city of Dallas, acting for Jackson; and the third to consist M. H. Pengra, has brought suit of all remaining counti s. Rev. Victor Morris of Gugen. in the Marion county circuit will speaK at the Christian court for $771 81. The suit is church both morning and even against Walter i'. Pugh and ing. The public cordially in Henry Sauer and the American Surety Company. It is alleged vited. that Pugh & Sauer contracted Lila Holland, 8-year old daugh with the city of Dallas to lay Miss Ruth Girard is here pass certain cement sid walks for ter of Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Hol ing her vacation with her par $7000, the firm to furnish all the land of the Spring Valley dis ents, Mr. and Mrs. George material and labor, • nd that dur trict in northeastern Polk coun Girard. She is a member of the ing August and September, 1920. ty, was burned to death Satur office force of the Carmen Manu M. H. Pengra furnished the con day afternoon in a barn which facturing Co., of Portland. tractors sand and gravel to the caught fire when matches with vaiue of $771.81 and that the de which the girl and her sister had been playing ignited oil in the Mrs. Willis Dugger has been fendants refused to pay him this rear rear s ta t of an automobile. amount. — Statesman. quite sick for the past week. When flames Hared up from the car, one of the girls hurried to the farm home and gave the alarm. By the time Mr. Hol land had reached the barn, riames had enveloped the hay mow and his daughter had been cremated. Buildings and farm imple No m a tte r w hat you buy «>• ibis store you g et it ments were destroyed. at a fa ir price, and w hat is m ore im p o rta n t, you get ----------1--------- good, clean stock w orth th e price you pay for it and fu rth e r we sell only goods th a t are w orth y o u r w hile GENIUS FOR COINING NAMES to buy. T h a t is our in te rp re ta tio n of p la y in g square W rite r A ccords John B u n /a n P re-em i w ith you all the tim e. nence in D eviting Cognom ens fo r Deer Season Opens Tomorrow II 1 WILLARD E. CRAVEN HDW. SH0ÎÎT STORIES OF Spiing Valley Girl Cremated in Barn Fire Playing Square with You all the Time J. G. McIntosh Grocery H O M E OF GOOD G R O C E R IE S C o u r te o u s a n d I n te l li g e n t S e r v ic e INDEPENDENCE, OREGON Im p ortan t The most im p o rta n t part of th e in«-al is th e m eat course. If the m eat is a failure, the e n tire m eal is spoiled. We can satisfy th e m ost d isc rim in a tin g culin ary artiste. M eats or all m eals. City Phone 611 M eat Market M ain Street GUS MILLLR H is L ite ra ry C haracter*. A SUNNY SMILE. The Delights of the Through the hurrying throng I caught a glimpse Of a face so set and gray, It seemed us though the cares of the world Upon those shoulders la . Of a sudden the eyes looked into mine, The face lighted up with a smile That was like the sun breaking through a cloud, And it made life more worth while. Its radiance warmed my very soul And I thought ‘‘If we only knew That a smile makes sunshine on dark est days We ill would keep smiling, to«.’’ I passed it on to a woman old And bent with the »eight of years; tier face lighted up with gratitude, Her eyes filled with sudden tears. The crippled newsie waved a paper at me, 1 passed him that radiant smile— “Gee, lady,” he said: “you look like my roa 1 ain’t seen for a long, long while.” 1 thank you, kind friend, for that sunny smile, It warmeu me through and through, So I ’ll pass it along, that its glow and warmth May lighten the heart of you. -C . C. FOSS. *ARM CHIMNEYS NEED STUDY T h e y Should S ta rt From Gro und and Not Be Placed on B rackets— Make Foundation Solid. All chim neys for farm buildings should s ta rt from th e ground. Those placed on b rack ets a re u n safe and often increase the ra te of insurance. Ill a properly designed house of mod e ra te size, one or a t m ost tw o chim neys, each containing several flues, w ill serve every purpose. If possible, n flue should he provided for each stove, as much b e tte r d ra fts a re th e re by obtained, say sp ecialists of th e U nited S ta te s T>epnrtment o f A gri culture. T h e chim ney should have a solid fo undation of brick or stone, and If of brick, of course, an e x tra footing should be laid. T he e x te rio r w alls should be tw o bricks thick and the division w alls one brick thick. In ease th e chim ney Is lines! w ith one of th e p a te n t fire-clay linings now on th e m ark et one brick will prove of sufficient th ick n ess fo r th e ex terio r w alls. In ease it is necessary to c a rry a stovepipe any considerable d istan ce Inside a p a rtitio n to reach th e chim ney, a te r ra cotta thim ble should be used, and w here a pipe passes com pletely th ro u g h a p a rtitio n it should be pro tected w ith a v en tilated th im ble. PLAN TO WEAN CALVES EARLY Much T i m e and Annoyance Saved If Youngster Is Taken A w a y When Quite Young. T he cow ow ner w ho neglects to wean his c a lf because It Is too much trouble is m aking ten tim es th e tro u ble fo r h im self by lettin g it n u rse Its m other. It is su rp risin g how soon a •nlf can lie ta u g h t to drin k from a bucket, If one Is determ ined enough. And the freedom from b o thering w ith a hungry young hull a ?**w w eeks later, charging down, tram p lin g one's feet and in sistin g upon having his way, Is w orth a lot. SEASHORE anil MOUNTAINS appeal to many thousands each year. Ba one of th* merry throng that go there thia summer for Health, Bust, Recreation and Amusement. Round Trip I Summer Excursion Tickets are now on gale to many delightful places. N e w p o r t . Ideal for the family, is thia charming old place that is free from conventionalities. C r a t e r L a k e , One of the greatest scenic wonders of the world, is this beautiful lake of indescribable blue. T illa m o o k C o u n ty B e a c h e s . Located amidst a wealth of beautiful natural surroundings, are these resorts just a few miles beyoad the Coast Range. O th e r R e s o rts Detroit (Breltenbuah Hot Springs, Mt. Jefferson Country), McCiedie Hot Springs, Josephine County Caves, Shasta Mountain Resorts, Yosemite National Park. “ O *egon O u t d o o r s ” 0ur new illustrated and de- scriptive booklet will help you decide on the resort of your choice. Let us assist you by providing a copy free on request. For further information inquire of ticket agents. SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent , “ N O W - A - D A Y S ” says the G ood Judge A man can get a heap more satisfaction from a small chew of this class of tobacco, than he ever could get from a big chew of the old kind. H e finds it costs less, too. The good tobacco taste lasts so much longer he doesn't need to have a fresh chew nearly as offen. Any man who uses the Real Tobacco Chew will tell you that. Put up in two stylus , „V W-B C U T is a long fine-cut tobacco R IG H T C U T is a short-cut tobacco W e / . m a n - G r u t o n C o m n n i i y , MO? U rc K K lw .iy . N r . v 1 •. The Independence National B ink Established .1888 AN ACCOUNT in a c o m m e rc ia l b a n k is . most c o n v e n ie n t a id to m o d e rn b u s in e s s . I t s \ - '■ em a - tiz e s p a y m e n ts , is a ch e c k o n a ll e x p e n d itu r e s and sh o w s y o u j u s t w h e re y o u s ta n d e a c h oi a th . O p en o n e w ith u s to d a y . I t w ill p a y y o u to d o *o. O fficers and Directors H . H ir s c h b e r g , P r e s . C. A. McLaughlin, V. P. Ira D. Mix, Cashier W . H . W a lk e r D. W . S e a rs COVER OR BLANKET FOR COW A N OBSO LETE A H T . Good W a y to Keep Files From Bother ing W h ile Milking— Obviates T a ll Switching. There are difficulties in the re vival of the waltz, now going for-« To keep flies from b o thering w hile ward in Paris. Most persons have diking, m ake n cover or blan k et fo r forgotten how to dance it. No mat th e cow from a large gunny sack, ter what the beat of the music, they ripp -d open, and provided w ith strin g s slip into the modern dances, regard for fasten in g under forelegs, and less of rhythm. The result is awk- strin g acro ss hack to hold In place over the rum p. If both the cow being ] ward ness. All this only goes to show how, milked nnd the one behind th e m ilker are so p ro tected th e re will he very under the malevolent influence of little tail sw itching. the eccentric modern steps, grace of carriage has become almost a lost S E E K IN G H O O S IE R W IF E . art. Perhaps the elders may find it A. D. Maddox of Clovis, N. M., difficult to relearn. But there will lias written Mayor Charles W. be ho(»e for the next generation if Jewett for assistance in finding for it be brought up on the waltz.— Philadelphia Inquirer. himself a Hoosier wife. “ I am a house mover,” he write*, lint ter W raps— The Post ‘thirtv -four years of age. five feet nine inches tall; weight 150 pounds; Prints ’em. own 180 acres of land and some city property, and could you get me gn Indiana woman for a wife? Hope you can help me out. “ I have b lu e eves and red hair.” —Indianapolis News. Bnnvan has hern described as a (all, red-haired man, stern of ooun- tenanee, quirk of eye and mild of speech. Hi? mildness of speech, I fancy, must have been an acquired mildness. He loved swearing as a hoy, and as “The Pilgrim’s Prog ress” shows, evpn in hi- later life he had not lost, the humor of calling names. No Other Knglish author has ever invented a name of the laM ing kind equal to that of Mr. Worldly Wise man—a charaeter, by the way, who does not appear in the fir-*V editiop of “The Pilgrim’s Progress,” but came in later as aq afterthought Congreve's “Tribulation Spintext” and Dickens’ “laird Frederick Veri- sopht” are mere mechanical con trivances compared to this triumph of imagination and phrase. , TRANSFER Bunvan’s gift for names was in “Citv people come to the seashore its kind supreme. Hi* humorous fancy chiefly trs»k that form. Even to he ct»ol.” “ Yep,” replied the stat ion master. atheists ran read him with pleasure “ And what do the regular resi for the sake ot his names.—From “The Art of letters,” by Hubert dents do?” “They go to the city to get warm.” Lvnd * I O. D. Butler TIME CARD Valley & Siletz Railroad Motor Leave* Independence Daily 10:60 a. m. Motor Leave* Independence Daily Except Sunday 4:10 p. m. Motor Arrive* Independence, Daily 9:60 a. m. Motor Arrive* Independence, Daily Except Sunday 3:60 p. m. Freight aerviee daily except Sunday, Leave Independence 7 30 a. m. L. E. WATSON. «»hi ! CLASSES FITTED LENSES DUPLICATED Dr. C . B. O ’Neill OfTOMETIIST-OTICIil Bu.h Bank Bide- Salem, Oiegoa Morris Optical Company Oregon’s Largest Optical Institution SWOPE * SWOPE Salem Bank of Commerce Bldg. SALLM, OREGON Office over Craven 4 W a lk s* M an jfifckw ■? Fattened Pigs to Bring $400 to Boys and Girls . «*inni«i« LAW YERS Independence, Oregon j f