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A Ay I 5 INDEPENDENCE MONITOR VOL. 1 INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 12, 1912 NO. 7 POLK COUNTY HEADS LIST More Prizes at Salem than Any County Wins BEST STOCK IN OREGON HERE Cattle, Sheep, Goats, Hogs and Horses Best to be Found in Pacific North West There is an old saying that, "The proof of the pudding is the chewiner of the string," which means that to be really goot you must get it all and like it Polk county went to Salem with her sheep, goats, cattle, and hor ses and comes home with the Drincinal prizes of the fair. She has nr entry in the county ex hibits but covers herself with laurels by her individual returns. Even m bread making she wins first Drize. in butter making she excels all competitors, ingrains and grasses she takes first prize, and in the racing events she comes out with her full quota of winners. It is worth producing the Polk county individual win nings and we publish them this week. They are as follows: Wm. Riddle & sons rirst on Lincoln ewe under one year, on Lincoln flock, champion Lincoln ewe. on aneora buck, buck one year old and under two, aged angora doe, doe one year old and under two, doe kid, angora flock, get of one sire, produce of one doe, bredeers premium, champion buck and champion doe, and cotswold aged ram; second on -getof one sire, Lincolns, pen of lambs, aged angora buck, buck one year old and under two, aged angora doe, one year old and ui dertwo, doe kid, aged Cotswold ram, ewe one year old and under two; third on Lincoln lamb, ram under one year, ewe under one year, buck under one year, Cotswold ram one year old and under two, ewe one year old and under two and flock. John B. Stump of Monmouth took thirteen first prizes out of a possible fourteen with his fine herd of cattle. The first were on his junior yearling bull Peer of Fair Acres, senior calf bull Noble Merchant of Fair Acres, junior bull calf Noble Mason of Fair Acres, two year old cow, Pauline Chrysanthemum, junior yearling cow Noble Mindette, senior heifer calf Noble Ruby of Fair Acres, junior heifer calf Pride" of Fair Acres, young herd, calf herd, get of one sire, and the produce of one cow; second on janinr bull calf Lord of Fair Acres, aged cow Pauline Le Comer, senior cow calf Welcome Lass Hoola, junior heifer calf Noble's Nurse of Fair Acres and on calf herd; thirdon junior yearling heifer Peerless of Fair Acres. Hawley & Sons of Mc Coy se cured first on Lincoln ram one year old and under two, lamb ram under one year, get of one Bire, pen of lambs, champion ram; second on ram lamb under one year, ewe one year old and under two, ewe under one year, and flock; third on ram one year old and under two. . Albert Teal of Falls city was awarded all the pr izes on milch goats. . F. A. Koser of Rickreall se cures first on champion Cotswold ram, ram one year old and un der two, ram lamb under one year, ewe under one year, get of one sire, pen of lambs and flock. C. P. Hembree of Monmouth won first on hi? bull Rochett's Noble, which was awarded the and senior champion bull prize the grand champion bull prize, second on the jersey .-Mr ne- j .-i , - third on1 T?n7Pl's Rriirtness and Owenoco Emment junior year ling bull. F. E. Lynn of Perrydale took first on his senior yearling j ersey Lucy West, which was also a warded the prize as the junior champion heifer, second on Zul uco of O. G., junior yearling. Third on Cowslib's Ashley, aged bull, amT fourth on cow two years old and under three, senior year ling Murial's Awarda, junior yearling Jennie Wren of 0. L., and Ashley's Grace junior calf. W. 0. Morrow of Independence took first prize on his jersevs as follows. Oxford You'll Do, sen- ior yearling bull also awarded first as the champion junior bull and first on ms aren netu; ana on Pretty Rose of Kilburn, awarded senior champion and grand champion female, and first on Cicero's Oxford cow three year old and under four: second on two years and under three cow Golden A uly's of S. B. and third on La Creoles Lettys Boy senior bull calf, Morrows Select aged cow, also third on calf and the produce of one cow. Burge & Evans of Rickreall took first with their Percherons on the one year old mare French- ette and ttiey won second on j Henrietta's colt stallion under one year old, and third on Uni - verse aged stallion. Charles Black of Dallas secured first on the English Shire aged stallion Albion, who was declar-'the ed senior champion and grand champion stallion. W. II. Coulter of Monmouth got first on his pair of drafc hor- ses weighing between 2800 and - 3500 pounds and third on Prince' gelding or mare four years or over. I Guthrie Brothers of Dallas got second on angora buck under one year, flock and get of one sire, produce of one doe and breeders premium, third on aged buck, one year old and under two aged doe, doe one year old , and under two r.nd doe kid. II. P. Dickinson was awarded! second on his stallion, Sepulveda! for thoroughbred. I G. G. Hewitt of Monmouth; awarded third with his junior calf bull Golden Ferns Noble Jr. j Mrs. Wolf of Falls City, who formerly had charge of the Polk county blue ribbon exh bit at the: state fair won first prize for the display of grasses and also on plate of red astrican apples. Mrs. Sara Irvine of Indepen dence won first on embroidery shirt waist, night dress, towels, corset cover, and pillow slips. Polk county won first prizes on her exhibit of hogs and we are informed Thos. Brur.k carried off most of these winnings this year. At the state school exhibit Polk county won thirty prizes. Those winning and the school repre senting being; WinnifreJ Bennett, Crowley, Ray Ground, Buena Vista, Ruse Jei i riings, PeiT.yduc IMena Dielum, Srnithfield, Hel'-na Rumpel, Perrydale, Arthnr Zinzcr, Spring VJley, Floyd Henry, Elkins, Frank 1 ,au:-ihpy, Elkins, Manley Crates, Oak Grove, Davil Rumpel, Perrydale, Mabel Wils m, Popcorn. Blanch Gibson, Mountain View, Hazel Purcell, Mistletoe, Verna McKee, Cherry Grove, Lucile Keyt, Perrydale, Evangeline Jennings, Spring Valley, Ruth Bennett, Crowley, May McD-nold, Dallas' Teddy Kidgeway. Buell, (lien Lewis, Falls City, ' Merl Putnam, West Salem. NEW FIR 'ii IS FORMED John R. Taylor has taken the interest of F. C. Schow in the Pantorium on C street ar.d goes into the place at once to take an 'active interest m the business, i John is one of the best hustlers in the city ana we propney a irrowmg ousiness iui uie i:e.v firm of Johnson & Taylor. Mr. w wiii iae a position wiui the Herzog gents furnishings and clothing house of this city, commencing about the loth. GOLD MEDAL BUTTER BEST Independence Creamery is Winner at Fair FIFTY' SFVFN TIJV TO WIN JJqj- anj Better Butter is Ma J. a in Independence than in any Cream ery in Oregon The Independence Creamery not only pats out the most butter of any creamery in Oregon but it puts out the best grade of butter. There were 57 entries at the state fair by the principal creameries this year and in open com potion the Independence creamery took first prize on its butter. Professor Farrington who was judge, deciding on the grades j and awarding the prize winning 1 contest is probably the the best j export on butter in the United States. Ha is from Madison, ! Wisconsin, where he comes from dairy school ot that place, He was selected as an expert to make decisions at the lair in the dairy contests and chose the In- uepe.iueiicc V. being no labels on the butter to 8now wnai reamery all-the exhibitors an equal juMt. m -- m INDEPENDENCE The Butter L-.r. HOP HOUSE CAUHT FIRE Walker Brothers came near sustr.ining a h'.'avy loss Wednes dav f ireaoon in their hophouse. A tin- started from the sparks from the smoke stack, catching on tbe roof on the house and the i blaze started towards the cupalo when the fire was discovered by ; the fireman. He climbed up on ' the ; oof and. with the assistance of o'hers put the fire out. There ; were four dry houses, two cool : ing rooms and other buildings near that would have been lost if the lire, had got away from them. There was a dry kiln of hops on at Ih : time. w locations are that Indepen e will ship more hops thi3 aen : ye;u ' nan state house all other sections of combined. The big the wart hxs be.in cleared of i nounces her fall and winter op and put in readiness ! ening of street and dress hats everything to receive the crop. Already ! fi ve or bix crops are commencing chance to win. he butter in the contest con sisted often rolls w-appd in plain butter paper unmarked in any way. Besides the butter entered in competition the creamery at Independence had a sixty pound di splay for exhibition purposes which attracted a great deal of attention. The Independence Creamery is making giant strides and dur ing the last year has added sev eral thousand dollars worth of new machinery d isplacing some of their machinery with larger machines and also adding all the latest improvements that go towards making a creamery a more paying institution. Cream is received at Independence from California, practically every county in Western Oregon and every train brings a truck load of cans for the creamery here. This creamery has been in ex istence since 1900 and has been Increasing its capicity and floor room every year until now, any further improvement will prob ably require an additional build ing or the use of a second story to make it possible to take care of an increasing trade which every indication now seems to warrant the owners of the cream ery to expect. No industry pays more certain profit than dairying and more farmers are going into this bus iness every year in the Willamette valley, and the creamery at In dependence is continually helping them to get started in this bus iness in every way possible. (a fL, fa rt 4 r 4 1 r n FANCY CREAMERY BUTTER Hade for the Finest Trade by the CREAMERY independence, Oregon that Wins First Prize over All Makes INDEPENDEN CE Gfi E AM ERY :.. - . . Keceiving Cream in the Independence Creamery to come in and others will be the first of the coming week, A CASE 7slEVERSED Dallas Observer Reversing the decision of the Polk County Circuit court, in the action brought on by Jesse T. Ir vine, et al, respondent vs. Tem perence Beck, appellant, the su preme court has decided that Temperance Beck have and se cure judgement against the ad ministrator of the estate of Nan cy Brouse, the sum of $578, and cost taxed at $86.90 additional. This case has been on the docket for some time and has attracted considerable attention. In another column of this pa per Mrs. M. W. Wallace an- for Saturday afternoon and eve ning. The ladies are welcome. WILL SAVE BIG PERCENT HOPS Growers Getting Hops in Fast This Weather FINISHING IN SOME YARDS Less than 25 Percent of the AOtal Crop Around this City will be Lost Grain is Lost It is now estimated that less than 25 per cent of the hops in Independence district will be lost. The growers are working over time gathering their crops in and as every day is making more mould in yards every effort is being made to get through as soon as possible. Some of the yards will be through this coming week while others will be picking for probably two weeks more, Some yards have cut out small sections of their yards as they are going through, but as the wet weather seems to have affect ed all sections of the country as it has this, the general opinion is that the loss in crop will be off set by the returns in increased price. The largest yards report but little mould and seem to think they will save most of their crop, Those yards that have not sprayed thoroughly are in the worst condition. - in Oregon DIVIDEND ISJECIARED September 4, the stockholders of the Independence National Bank held their semi-annual meeting. They declared their usaal six percent semi-annual dividend. Their resources for the date September 4, showed a total of $426,852.33, of which the cash on hand and in banks totaled $169,531.23. Cashier De Armond in reporting the matter to the editor of the Monitor sta ted they had paid $105,000 in dividends to their stockholders since their organization in 1889 This report speaks well for this commuuity and shows there is an abundanc e of wealth in the territory tributary. It is often stated that the business of a community can be gauged by the stability and strength of its banks. While some report it is possi- sboUNcrvl mMm ble to save their crops most claim loss. The continued rain followed by the hot weather sprouted much grain this week. Last week we were able to report practically no loss in grain or hops, but this week there is much more announced in both. In the Wellsdale section some of the late oats will be saved but the wheat is practically all sec ond grade if able to be saved at all. Mr. Carter states that he will probably be able to save his 100 acres of oats but that his wheat ii practically lost; Simp son and Stump both report heavy loss in their grain and figure it will be fit mainly for feed now. Some may endeavor to save their grain by drying in hop houses as soon as any of these get cleared of the hop crop so they can be used. Several farmers have bought grain to tide them over for the winter stating they did not ex pect to save ev. gh to see them through. NORMAL WILL OPEN MONDAY Plan for Increased Atten dance this Year Under the new regime the Ore gon Normal School will begin the second years work on Mon day, Septemper Kith. Many im provements have hoen added since the closing of the summer school in the way of rearrang ing the interior building with view of making it more conven ient, as well as improving its appearance. New chairs have been ordered for the assembly room, and will be in place shortly after the opening of the term. They are adapted to the work of note-taking as well, so that when lectures may be giv en the students will have an op portunity of gathering their notes in the assembly, xne lacuuy will meet in reglaur session on Saturday to arrange for all pre liminaries for the opening on the following Monday. Two new members will be present, Miss Jessica Todd, of New Jersey, who takes Miss Louise Davis' place as critic in the htth and sixth grades of the training school, and Miss Butler head of the Department of Domestic Science and Art. From correspondence it is con fidently expected that a large en rollment will mark the beginning of the years work. Some will not be able to enter the first week by reason of a delay in summer's work, etc., butarrang mpnts will be made so that they will not lose but little in their school work proper for the first week. The plans are almost ready for the beginning of the new dormitory, and while this will not be available the first part of the school year, the citizens of the town have most generously opened their homes so that all stubents will be well provided for in the meantime. A new department has been added in the chair of Domestic Science and Art, and Miss Myra II. Butler, of Cheney, Washing ton, has been secured for this place. Miss Butler has had much experience in this line and comes most highly recommended for this special work. HARRY LANE IS Dr. Harry Lane, ex -mayor of Portland and candidate for the United States Senate from Ore gon on the democratic ticket will be in Independence Saturday, September 14, to address the people of this place on the politi cal issues of the day. COMING FINESHEEPARE SHIPPED OUT Smythe Brothers of Pen dleton Get Them ARE PRIZE WINNER BUCKS About 50O Head of Cots wold Rams Shipped to Heppner, Arlington, and Pendleton That Polk county raises the best sheep in the Northwest is a self evident fact. Not only do they carry off the prizes at the state fair but they send to other sections of the country fine bucks to be used in improving the large herds of the Eastern Oregon and Idaho wool men. This week Smythe Brothers of Pendleton came Into this county and took approximately 500 head of sheep from Independence and McCoy. Dan Smythe, one of the Smythe Brothers, was secre tary of the Oregon Wool Grow ers Association for several years, is a prominent Eastern Oregon man, ana a man wno Keeps in close touch with the sheep in dustry and knows good bucks when he sees them. For a number of years this firm has been purchasing all the bucks they could secure from Riddell, Stump and Hawley and have then placed them with their own herds and t ie herds of prom inent Eastern Oregon growers. This year both of the Smythe Brothers were down, Dan going into Corvallis to secure a small bunch there, and the older bro ther stopping here to get those of John B. Stump, I. M. Simpson, Riddell Bros. Mr. Lavec and Mr. Alexander, aggregating ab out 200 head of fine sheep. From here they went to McCoy where Hawley had assembled about 250 head of sheep for them. These bucks are all Cotswold and most of them are registered stock or capable of being regis tered, there being about 20 head of grade sheep in the whole band. They are young stock most of them being lambed in April and being extra stock, sell at fancy prices. While the quantity a farmer of this section can raise is limited a great sheep industry is possible by the col lective work of the different farmers In this county working together and raising small herds, because there is a ready market for every buck raised as soon as it gets large enough to deliver and the sheep men on the large ranges have their order in a year ahead for the coming years supply, keeping the market a live one every day of the year. Dr. Lane is a man of strong personality and following and will be a formidable candidate for the November election to succeed Senator Jonathon Bourne His opponent is Ben Selling, a man who has been generally known as a Progressive Repub lican, and who was nominated this spring by the republican party of the state over the pres ent incumbent, Jonathon Bourne. Oscar Haytor, of Dallas, la the Chairman of the Democratic county central committee, and was in Independence Tuesday making arrangements with the democrates here for the meeting Saturday at the Opera House. Mr. Haytor will act as chair man of the meeting, introducing the speaker and making an ad dress of short duration. Ex-Senator Milton A. Miller accompanies Dr. Lane on this trip and will be in Independence with him. Arrangements were made to have the brass band out and a regular old fashioned political meeti n g is promised. The demo cratic wheol horses wilt b there.'