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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1921)
■■iiiwiiwiiMimiimiMiHiimimiiMiimiiMiK Nil Flowers For Thanksgiving FISH IS NOT TOPULAR FOOD SALES TAX FAVORED a 1 Things w* favor mi : 3111c shirts. a tax atlff salea Garlic. ■ Jazz records. I Artichokes. ■ Motorcycles. ■ In our beautiful assortment of flowers you w ill find ju st what ycu want to express a thought ol sym p ath y or good wishes. Facial massages. i I British literary lectures. South Sea Island “ romance." i Longevity nostrums. “Say it with Flowers 99 Films that “ bare the human eouL" # Parisian histories o f the war. N. P. L. memberships. Bootleggers' wares. Plant’s Floral Shoppe a There really Is no end to such list.— Kansas City Star. Phone 1659 121 S. Commercial St. a THEIR SECRET AMBITIONS SALEM Dante— T o be a policeman. Lord Nelson— T o be a soldier. RimnBiiMiiBiiiBiiiKiMiiiiainalüsiiimHiiniiBmwiiHmaiiiHiimmiiHiilHiii» David Garrick— To be a clown. Subscribe For Your Home Town Paper Eyes Tested and f O ’N e ill* * Fitted. Lenses Duplicated Dr. C. B. O ’Neill Americans have been noted for the lavisli and often reckless man ner in which they have used the na tional resources but, strangely, the vast resources of our seas and lakes have not been used as the other na tions of the world use theirs. The people o f the United Kingdom eat about sixty-five pounds o f fish each, each y » a r ; Sweden, 52 pounds; N or way, 44 pounds; Canada, 30 pounds, and the United States, 16 pounds. Our comparatively insignificant con sumption is due to sluggish demand and not to scarcity of fish. The seas adjacent to our shores are vast res ervoirs of food produced without e f fort on the part o f man, and ‘our Great I.akes hold unsurpassed stores o f fresh-water fishes. We have at our command a greater variety of fine food fishes and shellfishes than any other country, but we do not use them as we must eventually, for in the future we must draw an ever- increasing supply of our food from the waters as the land becomes less able to supply the need* of the in creasing population. Diogenes— To live In a palace. Grimaldi— T o “ A p p e a l to W ith the W o n de rfu l S u p p ly at T h e ir Com m and, People of the U n ited Statee Ea t L ittle . 1 » l O p io m e tr is t- O p ilc ia n BUSH BANK BLDG. i SALEM, ORE. PHONE 628 Mr. Barnes, U. S. Wheat Director Says: “ EAT MORE BREAD And reduce the high cost of living.” HOLSUM BREAD IS TH E C H E A PE S T AS W E L L A S TH E MOST W HOLESOM E ON TH E M A R K E T TO D AY. T IT FOR TAT be a tragedian. Velasquez— T o be a bullfighter. Chopin— T o keep a candy store. Take the Scenic Shasta Route TO Medusa— To beauty. for her Your Grocer Has I t Cherry City Baking Co Catherine the Great— T o live in • cottage. C A L IF O R N IA The Duke o f Wellington— T o be a sailor. Lady Godlva— T o be the best- dressed woman In the world.— Car toons Magazine. n and Recent experiments o f Injecting ap pendicitis patients with sernm are said to have been so successful that operations with the knife may soon be abolished. offers all the comforts of modern travel. Convenient schedules, observation cars, and excellent meals are other features o f the Shasta Route. Round Trip W in ter Excursion T ickets are on sale at i For tickets snd information ask Agents, or write Southern Pacific Lines JOHN If. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent Thanksgiving This beautiful season is a time of festivity and a becoming hat will add to the joy of the occasion. My models are being sold at a substantial re duction in price. Mrs. L. G. Curtis Salem me:.. ! C STREET MEAT MARKET Mrs. Justwed— Those pearls make a lovely birthday gift. Thank you POPULAR SCIENCE so much. ' But I have a confession to make. This isn’t really my twen Interchangeable gelatine slides fea | ture a new lamp for lighting store ty-fourth birthday. I ’ve always lied ■ windows with any color tint or com about my age. binations of tints desired. Her Husband— That’s all righ t " I Those aren’t genuine pearls. to R ed u ced Fare u in iiia iiu iH iM iin iiin iiH iiB iia M iiw iia iiia iiiM iiw ia ia n iM i ■ Through Sleeping Car Service Sacramento—San Francisco Los Angeles 125 N. High St. be admired Helen o f Troy— T o be admired for her wisdom. Sunny Southern Masonic Building ■ Beau Brumuiel— To be a vagabond BUY THAT EXTRA LOAF Wasps’ nests are said to take Ore very often because of chemical action of the wax on the nfaterlal o f the nest Itself. This might explain some mys- terious Area N ab T h ie v e s In V ien na Sewers. Vienna.— In a raid on the sewers for thieves who were suspected of availing themselves of those short cuts up Into houses they Intended to rob. u number of men were captured by the police, after a tight with pis tols. Women clnd In black tights were among them. i and yet not so wide as turkeys, keep ing largely to thickets and weed patches, and committing fewer depre dations against field and garden than either chickens or turkeys, requiring little feed at any time, being prolific layers during their season o f eggs, that are thought by many to have a richer and finer flavor even than hens’ eggs, the guinea fowl Is well worth considering on any farm where a serious effort Is made to convert all waste Into meat and eggs. i ■ I A choice line of meats at very reasonable prices. ------- -- i CALL AND GET ACQUAINTED i B i 1 i A FRED LA FORGUE, Pi >p. B INDEPENDENCE, ORE. B 1 ¡ AIR CONSERVES BOARD FLOOR >aiiiaiiiaiiiaiiiaiiiaiiiniiaiiiaiiiaiiiaiiiBiiiaiiiaiiiNiiniiaii«iiiaiii Free C irculatio n U nderneath Prolongs L ife o f Lu m b e r— Close O pen ings D urin g W in te r. Established .1889 A N ACC O U NT in a commercial bank is ; 1 most convenien t aid to m odern business. I t s c h e m a tizes payments, is a check on all expenditures anil i«»ws you just where you stand each n. atb. fe n one w ith us today. I t w ill pay you to do m. state of Oregon can afford to spend as much money advertis FOWLS REQUIRE GREEN FEED ing a billion dollar article as old man Wrigley can afford to spend Mora Im portan t D u rin g Sum m er Month* T h a n In W in te r— G ive in the same length of time ad Th em C lover and Weed*. vertising a one cent article. Benton County Courier. Remember that yarded fowl* need Officers and Directors H. Hirschberg, Pres. C. A. McLaughlin, V. i . Ira D. Mix, Cashier W. H. Walker D. W. Sears O. D. Butler greens end vegetable food during the ,-tummer months even more than In winter. If their yards are htre, add cut clover to the dally mash, and I »hrow to the birds all the weeds that ? you pull In the gardou as well a » lawu f l clippings, etc. I N ature in Freakieh Mood. A reader at Grand Kalis, Newfound I land, says that a lobster was caught i In Newfoundland waters with a cu- i riou8 front left claw. It was a per fect form of a man’s head and fHce. i The eyea, nose and mouth were very distinct; also the curling waves of I hair and a small pointed heard. If viewed from a different angle the claw presents the features of a laughing 1 girl. The length o f the head Is about i two Inches.— Montreal Herald, i hemanhood w ill o f course be retched i a1! i I when cherry pie is trotted out and exploited by somebody as “ the red- blooded pie fo r the red-blooded man.” Rut g ettin g back to raisins, hasn’t anyone a good word fo r our old and long established friend, raisin cake? P a n ’t it be boosted a- “ the cake with the kick?” — lieslie’a jpeekly. e n s u s ii The Independence Rationed H ink Board floors usually are short-lived unless air Is allowed to circulate un We didn’ t think it possible der them. This may be provided for that there would be any objec by means of openings In the founds tlon walls, which should be closed tion to the Portland 1925 Fair during the winter. A board floor cov but we find there is an element ered with one-quarter Inch of fine of pennywise and pound foolish sand, with scratching material On this makes a good floor. The litter and people even today. It would be sand can he removed readily when de impossible to expend more sired, and fresh materials provided money on this fair than it will If the wooden floors are constructed } within two or three Inches of the be worth to Oregon. The en ground It Is essential that the founds tire cost should be charged up | tlon walls be coustructed In such a to advertising and the great way that rats cannot gain access be ^ nenth tlie floor. The Lee Damewood farm near Monmouth was sold the first of the week to J. R. Riney from Kansas. The consideration was in the immediate neighborhood of $30,000. Mr. Riney thus becomes the owner of one of the best farms in the county. It consists of 195 acres, practically all under cultivation, and in a high state ¡o f productiveness from the use of clover during the past few i years. This farm is located about two miles north of Monmouth on the paved highway, and is really considered one of t.ie best in the Willamette valley. It is supplied with a fine residence building and all other structures that are needed.— Polk County Observer. B U nder N e w O w n eish ip I 1 I I rBiiiisiiiisiiimimiianiiHiiMiiM Plan Your Thanksgiving Dinner Here Come to our store and lock around—see t) e many good things we have provided for Thanksgiving. It will make planning your dinner exceptionally easy, and you will be certain to get everything you want and need. i i i i i i 1 i I I I B « i § P I I I I , ...C l Bl J. O. McIntosh INDEPENEENCE t B I