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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1921)
! THE POLK COUNTY POST Published efery Friday at Independence, Oregon. ntered a* second claaa mattar March 28, 1918, at the posto thee at Independence, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Editor and Publisher. C L Y D E T. E C K E R Subscription Rates; THREE MONTHS SIX MONTHS .ONE YEAR 50e. $1.00 $2.00 L u isa * oth erw ise provided for, subscriptions w ill be stopped at expiration Over-Taxation Test Suit Against Polk County Filed at the farm home o f F. P. Grounds next '••ednesduy night. Mr. Buck and family attended church services in Albany Sunday. The first o f the proposed suits to test Polk county’s supposed over-tax- o f Albany are picking hops for Mr. ' ation was filed this week in the cir Pankella north o f town. cuit court. j U. S. Grant et ux are the E. B. Gobat and family and M. I. demand in their Conger and family o f Suver were | complaint a refund o f $13.92 o f 'the Buena callers Sunday. plaintiffs and they ta x e r they have paid for their 1920 assessment. It is expected another suit will be filed soon by other parties to mandamus the county school super intendent to compel a refund o f taxes from the county high school There «rill be quarterly meeting at the o ’clock. it will be up to the circuit court to de E. church Sept. 12 at t w o ; This is the last quarterly for ! this conference year. Harold Reynolds and Verd Schrunk fund. Thus, with these two different suits, M. went to the Cascades to hunt last John Bedford and family o f W est taxes shall be made, if made at all. — Salem were guests o f Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bedford Dallas Item izer. were form er residents o f this place. N. C. Anderson and w ife and Nor man T yler were shopping in Albany Saturday. N . Anderson and w ife o f McMinn ville and Mrs. Anderson’s nieces e f Vancouver were guests of ths R. Pettsraons and N . C. Andersona Sun day. Frank Burch o f eastern Washing ton was a Buena Vista caiisr Sunday. E. M. Lichty and w ife were business callers in Salem Saturday. Harley Hall and w ife o f Portland visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hall Sunday. Once you’ve enjoyed the toasted flavor you will al ways want it week. cide from which fund the refund of B U E N A V IS T A O seal in the delicious Burley flavor T Mrs. Robert Emmcre and daughters Greenwood Rancher Wants $500 For Dead Bull CANTALOUPES OF FINESTJJUALITY Into place, as is frequently done. In ju r) caused by squeezing can be pre vented if packers are careful not to force in over-sized melons when fin ishing the crates. Tlte reduction of serious market losses from over-ripe and decayed mel ons Is dependent to a large extent upon the promptness with which they are placed under refrigeration. They should lie loaded Immediately In Iced refrigerator cars, and, while being hauled from packing shed to the car loading platform, should be covered to protect them from the sun. Cantaloupes should preferably not be wrapped. They do not refrigerate so well In transit nor do they reach the consumer in so good condition as unwrapped melons. Loading different types o f packages may obstruct air cir culation and thus seriously retard re frigeration. In cars equipped with t h e s e recks, ns well ns b a s k e t bunk ers. salt may be effectively employed j to hasten refrigeration. The ability j of refrigerator curs to cool melon ship I incuts quickly and to maintain desir- | able temperatures In transit depends i directly upon proper bunker und bulk head construction, and upon the quan- ^ tlt.v and quality o f the Insulating ma terial used. Mr. Enness ia hulling clover for it is alleged, been sprayed with a David Turnage and Clove Prather is poisonous mixture by the railway com hulling for R. Petterson and G. E. pany fo r the purpose o f killing weeds, Harmon. which caused lha hull to become de W. K. Bevens and w ife and baby o f ceased. Dallas Itemizer. Portland were viaiting relatives here CARD or THANKS We desire to thank tha Masons, the Miss Marie Church, a missionary G. A. K post and the W. R. C. Also from Kersa, will givs a lecture here tha many ki :d friends fo r their aid next Sunday at 11 o ’clock in the M. E. and aympathy during the death and church. All are invited to this service. burial o f our father. last week. There will be cottage prayer meeting Mrs. Dunn and Mr. Graves. nll■lll■ll■lll■lll■lll■lll*||■lll■llnll■ll■lll■lll■lll■lll■lll■ll>■lll■lll■lllft Reliable Dentistry! At F a ir Prices : Fully 10 per cent o f the cantaloupes produced in the western states reach the consumer so green that they are practically worthless for food. I f only i per cent were picked and shipped unripe It would mean transporting and marketing more than 40,000 crates, for more than 20,000 carloadsT—or four- fifths o f the production of the United States— are harvested in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California, and shipped on a six to twelve-day journey to middle west ern and eastern markets. During three recent shipping sea i sons specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture conducted | Investigations in the western produc ing sections and chief eastern consum ing centers, in order to determine the most satisfactory methods o f handling cantaloupes for long-distance ship ment*. It was found that too earl) picking was one of the chief reasons why melons reached the market, in an Inferior, tasteless condition. BULL DURHAM tobacco makes 5 0 flood ciflareties for 10 c We w ant you to have the best paper tor “ B U L L . " So now you can receive with each package a book ot 2 4 leaves oL. fllllc V .— the very finest cigarette paper in the w o rld . Feathers That Must Be Made Are Rich in Nitrogenous Substance— Coated With Oil. Many owuers o f hens think that be cause the hens are not laying during the molting period, they do not need feed. This period is harder on a lieu than heavy laying for the feathers that must he made are rich in nitrog enous substances aud are coated with an otl. H E A T FROM STONES. Dr. Alf Swennes University of Oregon Graduate School. School of Journalism. School of Law. School of Medicine. School of Music. School of Physical Education. School of Sociology. Fall Term Opens September 26 A kirk • (andarti of cultural and profeasional ackoiaraklp kaa kecome ona of tk« o u t.t.n d in a marks of Iks Stata U n iva ra fty. For a cataloeua. foldar* on tka vartoua ackools. o r for any Information, write T H E R E G I S T R A R . U N I V E R S I T Y O F O R E G O N . E ue ane .O r* ¡ i Eyes Tested and to Fitted. I* » O ’ INeill' Lenses Dnplicated. D r . C . ¡B. O ’N eill O p t o m e t r in t - O p ilc in n BUSH BANK BLDG. SALEM, ORE. i ! i Dry Material Contain* Large Amount of Nitrogen, Phoephoru* and Putaaeium. The average of analysis of manures from cattle, horses and mixed, shows that a ton of dry manure contains 8b pounds of nitrogen, 7.6 phosphorus and 30.4 pounds of potassium. A ton of fresh farm manure consists of about three-fourths water hut It con tains ten pounds of nitrogen, two pounds of phosphorus and eight pounds of potassium. HOW SH E A R R IV ED . HER VIEW IS PHILOSOPHICAL With the Factory Girl, Her Occupa- tion, Good or Bad, !s a Matter of Comparison. Factory work, more than any thing up to the present moment, has brought out the fact that life from beginning to end is a matter of comparisons. The factory girl, from my short experience, is not fussing over what her job looks like compared with tea at the Biltmore. She is com paring it with the last job or with home; and it is either slightly bet ter or slightly worse than the last job or home. An outsider, a college graduate with a mission, investi gates a factory and calls aloud to heaven: “ Can such things be? Why do women stay in such a place ?” » The factory girl, if she heard those anguished cries, would as like as not shrug her shoulders and re- Winifred was at her grandmoth er’s one day having a good time playing all by herself. Her uncle, going out to the back yard, found her up on a high workbench, where it seemed impossible for her to get without help. “ Why, W inifred!” he exclaimed, “ how did you get up there?” “ I got up here on my determina tion,” was the quick and spirited re- nlv.— Exchange. Hartman’s Eyeglass Service Keeps an Eye on Your Eyes H ARTM AN BROS. Jewelirs and Opticians SALEM. ORE. Autos Trucks Tires and Accessories Gas Pump Safe and Office Furniture / Unwrappeo Mi.oris oocl Uuickly, Thu* Preventing Meld. “ A p p etti ANALYSIS MADE OF MANURES When to Pick Melons. Green melons have u depressing e f fect on both demand and prices. While it Is necessary that they be CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK f picked before they are entirely ripe, I In order to provide the essential keep a ■ Ing qualities in transit, they may be SPECIALTY picked at a stage of maturity that will « Hfford good flavor as well as keeping quality when they reach consumers, ° cantaloupes should be picked Just a f they will slip cleanly from the D E N T IS T * ter stem ; that Is, at the full-slip stage of maturity. Phon« — S tate an i SALEM, ORE 1500 » l Ib e ri» s ta . I f properly handled and promptly llM l« ll■ ll■ ll. « ll■ ll■ ill■ l■ ll■ ll■ ll■ llh ll■ ll■ llM ll■ lm ll■ ll■ ll■ ^^ loaded they will carry In satlsfactqr.v condition, even to long-distance mar kets. Allowance must be made, how ever. for a certnln nmonnt of rongh C O N T A IN S : The Collage of Literature. The Science and the Arta. The Tha School of Architecture The and Allied Arta. The The School of Busineaa The Administration. The The School of Education. Tha Extenaion Division. Tha 11 MOLTING PERIOD IS TRYING A t a school in Canada advantage was taken of the heat-retaining property of stone. The large space Herbert E. Rideout, a farmer living Early Picking Is Reason Given at the back of a boiler, connected near Greenwood station, through his with the steam-heating system, was for Melons Reaching Market attorney, Oscar Hayter, has filed suit filled with stones, and it was found in Inferior Condition. in the circuit court for $600 damages that when the stones were once from the Southern Pacific railway thoroughly heated the fire could be allowed to go out, and the stones company. Rideout, in his complaint would keep up steam for a consid alleges that on June 2, 1921, a pure erable time. Tests were made with bred lYolstein bull belonging to him Load Immediately In Iced Refrigerator two boilers, one a new one and the died as a result o f eating gsass cut by Cara and Furnish Ample Ventila other old, and it was found that the the plaintiff on the right o f way o f the tion— Floor Racks Are Alto new boiler kept up steam for 20 Recommended. defendant railway company at the re hours after the other boiler had quest o f and with the consent e f the (Prepared by the United States Depart- ! ceased to give out heat.— Popular ment of Agriculture.) said defendants. The grass so fed had, Mechanics Magazine. AVOID BRUISING IN PACKING GENUINE mane: “ l g h : Ml« snudda seen ___ ’s factory where I worked a year a go !” Or t “ G osh! H hat does she think a person’s goiu’ to do— sit home all day and scrub the kitchen ?” And yet the fact remains that <01110 things get too much even for a philhsophical factory g irl’s nerves. Whereat she merely walks out— if -he has spunk enough. The labor turnover, from the point o f view of production and efficiency, can well be a vital industrial concern. To the factory girl, it saves her life, likely as not.— Cornelia Stratton Parker, in Harper’* Magazine. handling and for some delay in transit. As a general rule, therefore, canta loupes should be picked Just before they reach the full-slip stage. Such melons possess not only the desirable eating quality, but also the necessary carrying quality. The keeping and carrying qualities of cantaloupes are directly dependent on the care exerciser! to prevent me chanical injuries In harvesting and preparation for shipment. Us* Care in Packing. During the operation of packing, melons should tie placed carefully in the crate#, and not dropped or tossed Auto Utilities Co / Dallas, Ore.