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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1921)
It S, MONEY IS AT WORK ABROAD JANE’ S SHARK By y . $18,000,000,000 Rebuilding In M AR Y A. PROBLEM IN MASKS MURDOCK. 1*21, by M cC lure N * w « b * i » e r S y ie llc e t « 1 By C ARO LINE y H. W ILSON 1*21. by McClure N ew ep eper Syndicate > GO IN COMFORT Jane's glance triumphantly swept "How Utterly absurd.” exclaimed dustry and Commeroe. the long stretch o f deserted beach, Ceclle, Impatiently tossing her book Not a soul in sight ! For an hour at onto the table. least she might Confidently expect to “ Why, what Is absurd» and what are keep all this wonder to herself. Glee you reudlug. an way?” asked Florence. fully she visioned the chagrin of Turn “ ‘The Masqueruder,' aud it Is pre not to mention her half-dozen other posterous to suppose that the wife of satellites, when they should have dta one man could mistake the other uiun America, Qr.ateet Debtor Nation In covered her to have already taken her for her own husbund. It la ridiculous, 1914, Now W orld'! Largeat Creditor morning dip, without their ubiquitous I say.” — Private Cltliena Sending Saving! ministrations. - "Oh, I don’t know," said Florence. to Foreign Concern* and Drawing It was five o’clock, and half an hour " I agree with Ceclle," exclaimed Ve Big Return* — Building Packing before sunrise. Jane waded out to rona, a Western girl, and a pupil of Houaea in South America and Sugar wards a not distant sand bar, her eyes Sargent's gymnastic school. ‘‘Some fixed on the eastern sky, where the trick of speech, some mannerism, or Milla In Cuba. gray mist was parting, to reveal hid peculiarity of deportment, would sure Approximately 18,OUO,UUU,OUO of den color treasure o f orange and gold. ly give one away.” American dollar« bow are at work In She fell suddenly awed. How big ev “ That’s so,” chimed In HaChel. “ Just foreign countries rebuilding luduetry, erything w a s ! How tiny her hands look at this room full of girls, for In re-eatul,Halting commercial connec seemed. Alloyed In front of her ou the stance. No two o f us are' alike. Mary calls everyone ‘my dear’ and exclaims tion« and earning substantial Inter surface o f the water. At that mo incut she h alf wished fo r a chance to ‘Oh, g r ie f!’ every time that anything est rate« for their American Investor«. snub the owner o f a certain steadying goes wrong. Florence's pet expies It 1« shown In data In possession of If presumptuous arm. then shaking off slon Is ‘Gummy.’ Ceclle la generally the Commerce and Treasury depart the weakness and determined to glory mute. Maud could be Identified any ments. In her new found freedom, she plunged, where by her laugh, aud I suppose 1 America, before the great war oue o f squealing irrepressibly, Into uu ou have my share of peculiarities.” the world’s biggest debtor nations, now coming wave und swam with an even, “ Then Florence talks all the time stands at the head of the Internation sure stroke for the bur. and when no one else will listen to her al financial list as the greatest credi Once there, she turned to glance at talks to herself." tor country. the hotel, oddly somnolent In the half "W ell,” added Maud, coming to Ka- American Investors, small as well light, then with a superior sniff, In as large, are following the example tended fo r Its lazy inmates, she ehel’s defense, “you Just try being established by their government when stretched luxuriously on the sand aud somebody else, us Mr. Loder did. and you will uotlce those things.” It loaned »10,000,000,000 to the gov gave herself tip to the enjoyment of “ Gummy!” exclaimed Florence. “ I ernments associated with It In the the spectacle to the eastward. For a havVjust the Idea!" Then she paused m u great war. American private citi full Imlf-hour she wuicbed und mar zens are sending their savings and veled and dreamed. How trivial now "Yes, I have It.” . “ Well what Is It?” askeil Ceclle, in Tail The z*ost About It! their capital to private citizens and seemed yesterday’s preplexltles and L ille Smith, secreta ry. L y le Hadley, terested to see If anyone could solve private concerns o f foreign countries Intrigues! Her unaccountably poor the problem that had perplexed her. treasu rer; R ob ert Harris, sergeant- to swing business and commerce out showing at the tennis tournament, that Last of Three Friends. “ We will have a stuut show at din- ■ at-arm s, and H arold Fleischm an, of the world-wide economic depres cataclysmic error which hud caused Chauncey M. Depew is the last of tier tonight, und Impersonate each otli Modern Machinery Does Away three distinguished friends, of whom d oor keeper. sion. her partner to view her In stunned er. Then we will see If !t changes Dollars earned and saved In this surprise how little such things real General Horace Porter and Joseph With Picturesque Custom Ceclle’s mind as to the possibility of country are now flowing to Europe. ly mattered. She remembered with a T h e Calkins boys and Frank Coop H. Choate are dead, remarks the Loder tuklng the place o f Chllcote suc Asia and South America to build man certain sense o f shame the filrtatlons Detroit News. They were fo r years er attended the state fa ir Monday cessfully.” ufacturing plants, rehabilitate rail which had marked her stay at this “ Agreed. We have half au hour to Sun-Dried Shrimps Were “ Chucked" a link between the present generation roads aud canals, construct wharves most populur of beach resorts. What and that o f C ivil war days. General to Music of Banjo Plunked in dress,” ssld Maud, "so let us fly to our H om er Toed tem eier entertained a and docks and erect warelipuses so poor sport it was, after all. Hence Porter campaigned with Grant and rooms.” Weird Minor Key. fe w o f his school friends at a birth that the world’s business and trade forth she determined to repress the was present when Lee surrendered. It wus planued that Maud was to day party last Saturday evening. may be resumed In proportions great eternal Eve in her und to save her take the pnrt o f Ceclle, the quiet one, j A ll three were noted orators. General New Orleans.— Due to the inroads smiles for— him. And a delightful er than those of 1014.' und the youngest o f the college house o f modern machinery," the “ shrimp Porter was regarded as having the speculation gripped hVr as to who— he Miss A rd ell W atson was m arried American Investors are taking ad family. Maud, the boisterous tomboy, j dance,” oue o f the picturesque bits of superior mentality and his achieve vantage o f legitimate business and might lie. who was fully S feet 0. was struggling routine that for years lias imtrked the ments as soldier, diplomat and rail to Raym ond Johnson o f C orvallis A cold tongue o f water lapped her commercial opportunities. There Is Into a shirtwaist o f Ceclle’s. A short work on the slit imp-drying platforms road financier and builder made him last Saturday at her home near no philanthropy about the matter. Mil bathing slipper and she Jumped up, skirt, which came nearly up to her along the Louisiana south coast, this most conspicuous. A lrlie . Rev. C arroll officiated . Choate’s oratory was closely associ lions Invested abroad will bring mil shivering. The tide had risen. Jeal knees, completed the ludicrous effect. year goes into the lumber room of ated with his winning personality. lions plus more millions hack to the ous waves were already trying to edge Ceclle, In her room before the mlr- j memories to Join other quaint customs J. F. U lrich was a business visitor Depew’s addresses are notable fo r United States. Farsighted business her off her perch. She fussed with ror, had a very woe begone counte o f bygone years. in D allas Saturday. their spontaneous humor and wit, while men of this country are helping the her cap i » preparation fo r ’ the swim nance. Machinery hereafter will “ chuck” General Porter drafted speeches with world’s business back on Its feet so buck, pausing for a last look at the Florence carne Into the room laugh- j the sun-dried .shrimps. King of Day, now well over the rim L. M. B oyer is goin g to have a sale Infinite care and delivered them with that the world In turn may send orders Ing uproariously, perhaps rather over To the tourists who have ventured of the world. Impressive Intensity and sincerity. O ctober 3. Mr. B oyer expects to for goods and Interest on Investments For a while she stood there, a doing the part of Maud. Maud, the | down Into the wilderness o f low lying back to the United States. m ove to his farm about 18 miles tomboy, came In silently and slipped marshes, where the shrimp platforms charming figure In her modish sea At five per cent, the ylald on Amer gather In the cargoes of the trawlers, : south o f Albany. ¿U R LIE nil. eyes »gleam with youth's love Into Ceclle’s place. Her lips were ica's Investment» abroad totals $000,- of life, curling tendrils o f gold whip tightly compressed to restrain from \ the “ shrimp dance” has ever been a I 000,000 a year, which la a return of laughter. colorful memory. T h e high school attendance is ping her creamy throat. Suddenly The basketball team elected th eir |2,BOO,000 for each day of the year. Boiled lu salt water In great copper That meal was a merry one. Flor site stiffened and a sharp cry escaped o fficers last F rid a y. Th ey have L y le la rg e r this year than ever before. Including Hundaya. vats, dried In the sunshine to rubllbry ence. Imitating Maud, who was always 1 her. T h ere are at the present tim e 28 and A aleady stream o f Interest pay quoting Shakespeare, presumably to j resiliency, the shrimps have been swept H adley fo r captain, Guy W isecup fo r • ’rallied between two of the larger ments now are floating toward Amer air her knowledge of Professor Kit- ! up into huge circles in the past ydill's. m anager and W in ifre d Tu banot fo r probably there w ill be a fe w more. overlapping waves she had espied T h e g ir ls ’ -------- tedge and his English two-class, i Then, while guitar or banjo or accor secretary and treasurer. ica, filling the pockethooks and fatten something sinister und white, a gleam dion walled and plunked a dancing team has Bertha E n glefttrn fo r cap- amused everybody. ing the bank accounts of those thrifty H - M H ayles made a business trip ing mass that moved and glowed In Mary talked on every subject dear [ strain In u weird minor key, the husky tain, W innogene Peterson fo r m an- I persona wh* are taking advantage of Scio Saturday, the long rays o f the morning light! International Investment chances such A sort of numbness seized her, as to a freshman, "cuts,” "quizzes" and platform workers, hands on hips, have ager and L ille Sm ith fo r secretary shuffled over the circular piles of "summonses to the dean,” as have presented themselves only and treasurer. F ran k W illiam son left fo r C a li through her mind there flashed all Kachei. trying to be Western, flatted 1 shrimp. Beneath their tread the brit •oca or twice In the world's history. the stories she had heard recounted fo rn ia Monday morning. her a’s, rolled her r1», talked about j tle shells crackled Into fragments. May Boon Hava Bourse. of the whlte-hellled terror which many Miss Bertha Sheny is sta yin g at Following the dance the pinkish cowboys and branding cattle, aud fin Establishment of a bourse to deul o f the hotel habitues were reputed Mr. Carney was a visitor in Buena ally waxed eloquent on woman's rights. shrimp meat was shoveled through Dave S teck ley’s home w h ile a tten d In foreign securities has been given to have glimpsed thereabouts, always V ista, Independence and Dallas last great screens, the brittle shell frag ing school here. Verona, vnlnly trying to disguise her consideration by some government of from the asylum o f a dock. Western mannerisms, talked enthusi ments falling through, while the piles Saturday. June viewed despairingly the fast- ficials. The proposal for the bourse astically about the latest exhibition of o f dried fish were packed In barrels. Miss L illie Calkins was . shopping was first voiced by Eugeue Meyer, diminlshlng strip o f sand. Ten min The shrimp Industry In Louisiana pictures by a Spanish artist— In Bos managing director of the War Finance utes at the most, und she would have ton. has grown to greater porportlons lu Independence Saturday. Dr. Thompson wishes to corporation. Meyer’s proposal was to take her chances with the thlug “ Well, one might for a very short than Is generally known. During the notify his friends and for the satttug up of a private house In the water. On the verge of faint time, If he was physically like the oue season of 1920. 20,716 persons were Iss Dorothy Gross spent a pleas patrons thut he will visit Inde ing, she je t munuged to find her voice. to euabl* Americans to buy foreign In he was Impersonating Tint 1 think It supported by the Industry, more than ant afternoon in a d en tist’s ch air dustrtsl and govemmaut Issues New At first thin und weak, desperation would be deadly wrong even If It were $1,000,000 were Invested In shrimp pendence Wednesday. Oct. 6, last Saturday in Alban y. York bankers showed keen Interest In lent It strength. A favoring breeze possible.” fleets, and the catch was listed by and may be consulted at the aided her. and the cry which roused Meyer's auggestlon. officials at 28.950.000 “ Well, I still think It was right. government half a hundred sleepy vacationists The high school organ ized the atu- Beaver Hotel. He will be pleas- Investments made In Europe aud Think of the relief to Chllcote’s wife. pounds. dent body fo r the fo llo w in g year. T h e ed to meet both o ld and new Mouth America by Americana have from their beds was that o f "Tom I” And think of his power In Parliament, Sant Irvine finished picking his Tom heard with (he rest, and not averaged 11,000,000 a day for the past o fficers are Guy W isecup, presid en t; patrons and look after their which Loder more than sustained," hops Thursday. 12 months. And the stream Is getting one o f the wondering watchers saw said Florence. Bertha E ngelhorn, v ic e-p resid en t; o p t ic a , n e e d a on t h a t d a t e . 17. 2 t any thing grotesque In his pajauia-clad bigger each day. “ A gentleman to see Miss Ceclle,” figure ns it flew to the water's edge. Since the outbreak o f the great war “ Get a boat, Tom ,” Jane screamed, announced the maid at the door. private American citizens have pur “ I consider It au awful overthrow chased tienrly $3,000,000,000 worth of then toppled and fell. to the novel," said Maud, “ but we’ve Itut Tom didn't go back. A few foreign securities, aa well aa $4,000, seen ourselves as others set- us. at 000,000 worth of American securities minutes and he hud lit his arms a any rate.” strangely docile June, who could only which were repurchased from their Just then Ceclle came back to the J whisper faintly. "Torn, darling Tom,” foreign owner«. room, looking flushed and twirling a Another $3,000,000,000 la piled on and who clung piteously to him. As he swam back to the In-ach. now big diamond on her finger the foreign Investment by the trade “ Girls, I have changed my mind. It I thronged with half-clad people. Ids balance In favor o f American mnnu Is possible anti right to wear a mask. ( facturera. producers of raw materials precious burde^ held close, he was too deliriously happy to wonder why Mr. Morris says he asked me to be his and expoitera. Private American con June, conceded the best swimmer In w ife because he thought me a sweet tractors now are creditors In large little thing, not too prlgglshly pedan part for big lots of war materials de the crowd, had uot dared negotiate tic.” the short distance. Tim e enough for livered to foreign governments. The "H ere! H e re !" yelled Msnd. at the United States government, through the explanations later— for the present top of her lungs. “ And y<m graduat military aud naval branches. Is credi life was very sweet, with that soft lng front Sanders' theuter tomorrow j "Toni darling Tout” in his ears. tor o f several foreign governments for Through a haze o f Joy, he was cou- with h mugua cum laude and final hon nearly $3,000,000,000 o f surplus wat ors to I.atiu and French, all covered material. And Anally the government setous dial one o f his vigorous strokes lu three years and a half! You de- | brushed away something which felt Is credlter for $10.000,000,0ti0 wortth calving little blue stocking I” of loans made during the great war like seaweed, but which was apparent with money first advanced by Ameri ly a while >atln petticoat, and he won Juet to Be Neighborly. can ettlsena through the several Issues dered from whose clothesline It was missing "M y dear," said Mr. Kibbles, ” 1 don’t ! SIMPLEX UNIVERSAL of Liberty bonds and Victory note«. want to object to your friends, but In advancing money to foreign In Movements of th* Earth. Mrs. Wopplt Is quite Impossible. “1 j dustries and government*. Investor* • he continents stand at au average thought so, too. before 1 got well ac j of th* United States at this time are bight of about IB,000 feet above the qualnted with her,” replied Mrs. Bib ) perform ing''«»-*>rvtc» similar to that rendered thla^Jj^untry by Investors of- ocean bottom aud thetr weights caus bles, "but »he Is really quite a charm ! ing a pressure o f 15,000 to 20,000 Ing woman, and she tells me Mr. Wop Great B r ita fc "r a n e e and Italy during pounds per square Inch on their bases pit Is an expert lu niaktng home j the period o f Mg development In the Is supposed to be causing a slow brew *’ "W ell, well, I guess w# ought United States. After th* Civil war W e’ll run over to creeping o f the land Into the «es to be neighborly. th# United State* turned to the west against the .VISSI pounds of pressure gether this evening amt ask how they eni stales to build It* continental rail by tin- water at the bottom. The are.” — Birmingham Age tleretd. roads. open mines of coppet, gold and rock« of mines are obaerved to creep silver, and construct great grain «levs under le s s pressure. In recent ex Under Radio Quldano*. tor*. periments, two hemispheres o f rock It Is now possible to send a crew Returning Favor Dene In 1865 " e r e titled together by plane surfaces, lees vessel as far as radio Impulses There was in this country not sad a cavity was ground In one or a will carry. The «ante mean* can be enough capital to develop these Indus steel washer was laid on It and the used In sending * giant torpedo trie« or open the railroads to then* hemispheres were then forced together against a foe regardless of how fai The pounds and francs o f thrifty by hydraulic pressure continued for distant the enemy might be provided Franck, Itrltlsh and Belgian citizen« monllis, at room temperature R ««« he la within reach o f the radio. In flowed Into the United State« In tnll demon strillisi that * pressure of S0.OOO vessels the device la attached to the lloos. seeking profitable and safe re pounds |.er square luoh will close even fuel engine, the water cugin« sink tin turn. The American dollar was “ off“ »mall cavities In granite, basalt, ob- steering mechanism making It possible In the International exchange market* idiuM or limestone. to guide, fuel and water by radio. Go at yonr pleasure-go where you choose and when you choose, with your family or your friends. Enjoy the boundless beauties of nature, the pure air, a lunch in a shady wood, a fishing excursion, a rest by a cool lake or stream. You can in a Ford. Millions have learn ed by experience that to own and operate a Ford is not an exiravagance; they have learnded that the man}* pleasures derived from a Ford takes the place o f other pleasures, and the saving thus made oft en pays for the car and its maintenance. Lets talk this matter over. Get the facts and figures. JUST PLAIN BUSINESS PLAN STEWART MOTOR CO. ENDS “ SHRIMP ÜAhCh“ j j UNIVERSAL RANGES and FURNACES’ being demonstrated this week on second flook N e w Pavillion O r e gon Sta*e Fair. S a le m , O re .