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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-
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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.
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INDEPENDENCE
The Butter
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.'