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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1921)
FREN C H Make Your Money Talk at This Store Don’t Forget Us W e won’t forget you with good groceries at fair prices. - P. R. Alexander, Grocer M ain S tre e t, Independence, Oregon LOMMASSON & OTT, Prop«. | i tdtpaadaaaa 17J C Street i Phone 9 2 1 1 HIS JOB M an W h « t O ccu patio n la S am plin g W in # Doclaroo H o H a « A lw a y s Ha to « tho W o rk . I DISUKES I 1 ■ 1 FRANKLY U. •. te P a y Faraat F lic Victim e. Twenty million dollar** will l*e die- tribute«! within the next six months to aettler* and other losers by the forest tin*» that swept Northern Min nesota In October, 1918, causing the death of several hundred persons and laying waste cities and villages. Thor* may be thoae to whom the attitude of William Fheysev, official sparkling wine taster for the British government, ia incomprehensible, NO W O N D ER yet Phayaey says that he mean* erary word of it when he says that ha doesn’t like his job, despite the fact that it provides him an income of about $7,500 a year and fives him nothing to do except eye, taate and smell wine*— some of it the very beat in the world— all day long. In order to keep fit for his work Pbey. sey can permit himself to smoke only a very Little, and he dares not drink anything else for fear or dull ing his tasting ability. **4 very considerable quantity of poor wine ia being shipped into this j country at present,” Phayaey said, j “and new tricks are being invented every day to evade the correct ta x ; so it is most necessary that I keep Dorothy— Oh, father, why have my palate fit for tasting, my »ves keen far color and condition and you buttoned your coat way up my nose clear for vinegar smell. around your chin on this warm day ? Father— So as to hide this tic Perhaps that is why I hate tasting your mother bought me for Chriat- and have hated it all my life.” i, my child. s» I wish to invite my out cf town friends to participate in my fair priced and greatly re duced priced stock of Millinery. If you are in need of a hat for this season, come in and s e le c t your model. A complete line of high class Millinery on dis play. Mrs. L . G. Curtis M a s o n ic B n lld in g S a le m 1 2 5 1». H ig h S t. I Tiger and -Trioke" Hie New York.—One tlgar valued a t : and a box of tricks worth the amount are Hated among the assets Horace Goldin, theatrical maglclnc a bankruptcy petition filed lu United States court here. Mr. said the tiger and the tricks had ball him accumulats debts of fS7.779 in \ last two years. Man’* Span of Lift Increased Four Year W ILLARD E. CRAVEN HDW . IN D E P E N D E N C E , i OEEGON ■IfifiUffiHiailSilffih lIBUlffitlfl N O T IM E WIDOW REED NOT TE LL ALL F a ilu re to T H I H usb an d s f F o rm a t C h ild re n la U p h e ld In N abraeka Court. FOB B O TH . An Eastern woman haa been granted a divorce because her huo- l»and neglected her for golf. At that if * a difficult job for a man to try to be a good golf player and a good husband, too.— Detroit Free P ré«. Mluatara. Nab.— Henry O. Blood, buelneaa man. has found out that Nebraska courts da not consldsr It ax- treme cruelty for a wife to deceive him as to tha number of her offspring by a previous m arriage and to quarter Twenty-Six Chinese Found Hid tha same upon him. Blood, who Is 58. got Into corre- den in Hold of Ship. cpondencs with a widow In Maryland through a matrimonial newspaper ad vertisement, h o n m r enamored of her and went back edit aud married her. H e waa led to believe, ha aeye, that she had aa aarnm hran«w s. httt a«ww> a fter they s«tl«d down hare her T h re e of the Man Collapaa and Othara 8a W eak Nana Could »te n d U p rig h t children by e. former marriage began W hen Found— Story ef H ardsh ip De to turn up until seven of them had scribed ae Com parable te Ta lce of appeared to hoard with him. He said Mist It coat him a lot more than he “ B lackblrdoro” of Slavo-R un ning could earn to support all that number, D a y » — W h isk y and O pium Found and none of them showed any desire an Beard. to become a wage-earner. He sued for a divorce, hut loot. DODGED OFFICERS FOR WEEKS T e s te d Land U n ie » D a p lia a te d . D r . C . B . O ’N e ill 16 Pounds Sugar 6 pounds Crisco - 9 pounds Cri»«o 1 .0 0 Dairy Maid Milk, 10 cane 1 .0 0 19c 1 .4 7 raoai ess SALIM. OKI. Has the choicest Roasts, fg! Boils or Fries, * in either * Beef or Pork. This shop has ¡an established reputa tion for tne quality of its meats. City M eat Market GUS MILLER Phone 6 1 1 L a rg e nKg. A lbers Oata 25c M a i n fN r e e 4 Iba. Curve Cut Macarorfl Post Toasties.............. 12c 12c Ne • Hall Tomatoes 2 for.................«........ Royal Club Tomatoes can.............................. 25c 15c Kelloggs Corn Plakes 33 Bars Yellow Soap 5 lbs. Bulk (¡¡pffee 1 .0 0 1 .0 0 20 Bars Crystal White Soap 1 pound can 10 cane Alaska Salmon 1 .0 0 1 .0 0 16 lbs. California Rice 1 gal. Amber Karo . . . 6 6 C Pork and Beans 2 cans * 23c 4 7 c 1 gal. M a rsh m a llo w ...Q 'j£ h gal. Marshmallow.......... 49c Large can MUgion Sliced Pineapple 26c Bring this ad with you Royal Club Pineapple 28c * 25c i <1 * 4 lbs. Cream Rolled Oats 25c 1 Gallon Tea Garden Syrup 1.20 1-2 gai. 62c; quart 33c 23. Sevfoara .... ................. 23. Citrus Wash Powder... 0 2 Pound* Cheese j --------------------------------------- - ; No. 6 Lard..................6 9 C No. 1# Lard................ 1 « 3 9 Fancy re-cleaned N avy Bean», Id pounds 1.00 Flap J ick Flour 27c Optom etrlat-Optlolan BUSH BANK BLDG. HERE’S WHERE YOU GET % V i m F l o u r $ 2 .1 0 = D . C . F l o u r $ 1.6 5 1 » O ’ PNelll“ F itte d . The Hon. Mra. C. W. Dulieriy, daughter e f the lata Lord Nunhurn- holme, aad thrice married haa decided to embark or a business career, and baa opened aa antique ahop In Soho ■fitter«, »he la doubtless a good Judge ad antique« and la hare ahawa tar ana of bar treasure«. VIM FLOUR DISTRIBUTORS 1 .0 0 K y ia Columbus, O.—The «pan man's life has lengthened four years within the last ter century, In spit« of the hazards which have come with Twentieth century progre^i. 'h . So declares Dr. Qeorgfi'1'fi£. Hoglau, secretary of the % lean Insurance union, whoiw^O* that "within another generation the allotted threescore yeaiy ten will be a thing of the *»■ * J. L. BUSICK & SONS 1 gal. White Karo.....7 0 C “ A ppeal to Birth k i t . Ilw w i Bain Ov«r 181S— O.ath« Daaraaaa Bay OfflNai Figures. Part«.—The non*bar of « n r r li g k In Kroner haa doubled, tha of btrtha Increased, while fewer i arr reglatered In 1820 than In the l u t full yaar of peace, TM a : ahown by tha official figure, published by the mlnlatry of The exceaa birth ovwr deaths la was 196,700. as compared te 1618. The marriages totaled In 1620, agalnat 812,08« la 1818. The significance of theaa Increased when It Is remain bared tha total population of Franca decreased ha a result of tha war. Bring your nickels, dimes, quar ters, half dollars and dollars to this store and make them talk ior you. They will tell us that they want to be exchanged for the best hardware sold in the world. By this arrangement you will get the best hardware and we’ll get the best money in the world. W ho could figure out a better or more satisfactory trade? I C STREET MEAT MARKET 1 P E E R ’ S D A U G H T ER IN T R A D E M A R R IA G ES D O U B L E M. J. B. Coffee, 1 lb.......... 5 S Iba-, per lb ...................... 6 pounds, per pound 34c Stores it Sileni, Woodbiarn a d A lia r !