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INDEPENDENCE MONITOR VOL. 1 INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 1912 NO. 9 HOP RECORDS NOW BROKEN One Mile Of Gars Garry Hops To Market RECORD him brought in say he was help less and dead to the world. Buffum and the Orth woman were captured in Portland and re turned to Salem. The woman has been about the streets of the city for the past mon th. String er at first told Sheriff Minto tha,t he had been held up and robbed by two highwayman a short distance across the river in Polk connty but through weak ness in his statements the Sher iff finally convinced the man to tell the truth, and his second FOR R EC EIPTS story haa been verified by the coniessions mac nave oeen made. The couple had but a few dollars 2 OOO OOC tne monev left when they port of the above is that Stringer took a load of hop pickers home to Salem from the hop yards here and after arriving in Salem Frank Buffum, who also had been in this county induced him to go With him and nresnmahlv trnv The record for the receiving of him drutrc-ed Honor whih nvPr- hops was DroKen at me inaepen- came njm dence warehouse Monday when 933 bales were received in one day. The nearest approach to this record was made on Satur day when 840 bales were re ceived at the warehouse. It was estimated by Mr. Dixon who has charge of the freight incr business of the Independence warehouse, that there is now in Visits avery KOOItl ana ABOUT POUNDS OF HOPS NOW IN WARE HOUSES OF INDE PENDENCE SECTION COUNTY SUPERINTEN DENT VISITS SCHOOLS Makes talk to Students On Exhibits at Fair the house here over 6,000 bales. This estimate was made Monday evening. It is safe to estimate that by the time we go to press the warehouse will be filled to Prol. beymour, Supt. of its capacity of 8.000 bales. Tak- schools for Polk county, came . . . i . ii i I m J ji ii ing into consideration tnac a over luesuay witn tne commit' great part of the hops have not tee sent by the Commercial club arrived, that about 1,000 bales of Dallas to meet with the club have been shiDDed. that over at Independence, and whiLi in 2,000 bales are in the hands of the city, made a visit to the dif the Wigrich people that will be ferent rooms of the schools in shipped direct from the ware Independence and spoke upon house at their place, and that the industrial work of the schools several hundred bales are being and suggested that the children stored in the canning factory take part in the exhibit work of building, and Burtons and others the county fair at Dallas. The have their own warehouses from purpose is to stimulate industrial which they will ship, it is safe to lines in the schools of the county estimate that there will be hand- and Supt. Seymour is working led through Independence this along these lines, year more than 3,000,000 pounds of hops. This in car lots means over 100 cars of hops over a mile iiiprilir nflUPDCCP in length, from Independence, fi I ULlML UUIlUnLdO Not a bad slogan, "Independence ships a mile of hops every year. With 3000 delegates, represent It the hops raised and shipped ;ntr q2 nations, in attendence. around Independence were placed president Taft at 1 o'clock, Sept. in one bale, the thickness and 22. onened the Hvtrine congress width of one bale, there would be in urn-ine the creation of a sepa- a continuous road of hops over 10 rate exeCutive department to miles in length, or you could have chartre of all matters of walk from Dallas to lndepen- hviriene. the president said dence on Independence hops two e should develop a depart- feet deep and three feet in width. ment in which government funds should be expended in research work of every kind that would be useful in the practice and en forcment of hygienic and pre ventative medicine, "I am proud of the record at taid?d by phyiscian3 in Ameri can army. They have given many important discoveries tor stopping transmission of disease to the world. But for these dis coveries the construction of the Panama canal would have been impossible. AT DALLAS COUNTY FAIR Ladies of Independence in vited to participate CULTIVATE FRIENDLY FEELING Textile and Hand Painted ' China Exhibits Wanted From The Indepen dence Section A PHILLIPINE ISLANDLETTER Concluded from Our Issue of Last Week HAYE A HEAVY RAIN STORN The Monitor is in receipt of post card from Mrs. D. M, Metz ger, of Dallas, asking us to an nounce that there is to be a tex tile and hand painted china ex hibit at the fair there on Octo bers, 4, and 5, and that they would like to have many exhibits from Independence. Ladies de siring to enter their work shoul communicate with Mrs. Metzger this section of Polk county should cooperate with the Dallas section and help make the first fair year at Dallas a big success, RAILROAD ALMOST COMPLETED NOW Picker Robbed in Salem FRANK BUFFUM IS IN JAIL FROM HIS OWN CONFESSION AND A CONFEDERATE WITH HIM Methodist Conference Held At Ashland Rev. ' andifer Chosen to SucceedHimself. Oth er Charges in Polk Filled A special to the Oregonian from Salem under date Septem ber 22, states that, "Frank Buff um and Ora Orth confessed to Sheriff Minto at the County Jail today to working the "badger' game" on Ed Stringer and taking $85, the product of labor in the hon fields of himself, his wife and his father. Officers strong ly suspect as well that knockout drops played a prominent part The Methodist Conference at in the theft. Ashland chose Rev. F. N. Sandi- Stringerwas employed at Bur- fer to fill t':? p; !pit in Indepen- ton's hop yard near lndepen- dence for another year. Rev. Hpncft and came here to cash his C. O. Keath was elected to the hop checks, when he fell in with charge at Buena Vista, D. L, Buffum. Buffum asked Stringer Field to Dallas and L. T. Prose to drive him into the country, is to supply the Falls City charge hnt finailv nersuaded him an au- the coming year. The next to would be better than his car- meeting is to be held in Eugene, The last of the rails on the American Bottom railroad from Independence was laid Tuesday and the ties are all in place, The middle of the week saw the men at work fastening the rails to the ties and train loads of gravel have commenced to come to ballast the track. me roaa win ne a gooa one when completed and of much benefit to the bnsiness interests of Independence. About two weeks ago a car re pair man was at work on the gasoline engine at the Indepen dence and Monmouth railways roundhouses in Independence fix ing it up for passenger traffic on tnis line, a regular schedule is to be placed in operation for the people of the Americans bottom section. This . will be another induce' ment for dairying in the bottom country and in the up land Sl-c tion through which this road will travel and will open up a profit able industry in this line south of Independence. Prohibition Club' In Buena Vista .i i nage. Tne urtn woman ngureu in the temptation. Stringer says he remembers taking a drink from a bottle after they had entered the machine and sVi-v ffer that his memory btr-Kgc rooiii. "i' . i .O S.tiV Fred M. Wealte of Falls City was ordained elder. J. T. Abb ott of Eugene was elected super intendent, of the Eugene district, of which Independence is a part, whi'e James Moon of Salem was rwH superintendent of the i ' ' -.? ! 15riet David H. Gil! organ iezr for the Polk County Prohibition Committee organized an "Out to Win" Prohibition Club at Buena Monday evening. The following officers were elected: W. I. Rey nolds Pres., J. K. Neal Vice Pres. Martha J, Lee Sec, Mrs Emma Ground Tres., F. P. Ground re porter. The next meeting will be held Oct. 17th and will con sist of a discussion ol the mea sures contained in the pamph let that are to be voted upon this fall. Commercial Clubs Of Two Towns Talk Coun ty Observer, Walter Tooze Jr., and Countj School Supt Seymour of Dallas, were delegated as a com mittee to meet with the Indepen dence Commercial Club to see about getting the cooperation of Independence in their county fair. They ask only for a friendly as sistance n the way of exhibits of products from their section and of course want a good atten dance from this section. Owing to the bu siness matters in connection with the saw mill matters only a small attendance wa3 present, as the greater per cent of the business men were at work settling preliminary matters in this connection. mose present were anxious to aid Dallas in this affair every way possible and insured them of their hearty cooperation Tooze and others, in their ad dresses, stated there should be no jealousy between lndepen- Tnev unloaded some things at dence and Dallas: that there is a San Fernando, and got into Vig common interest ti be promul- an or its Prt rather, at about eated: the commercial clubs of "ve if . M., the 28th. Smal Dallas. Falls City and lndepen- boat8 virays, came out dence should work together for where the boat was anchored, to the good of the whole county; teke tne mail, passengers and that one community wished to freight ashore. The mail and secure all it could itself, if that baggage was put into one which community could not secure an came along side then it came on iudustry, a farmer or a hop grow- t0 e in- e steps were low. er, they should desire and help ered part way down as the swe! one of the other communities to would come ln the Viray would secure the same, rather than have come clean UP and iam into tn themneave tfi countrv. stairs. When it would go down - . . Mondavt evenintr th matter " w aDOUt e,nt Ieet Delow of the county fair is be to made a We walked down the steps one special business at the club ata time and when the boat raisea on a swell we wouia jump Dean Now Teaching the Children of the Islands Some of the Things Learned Here meeting. HIGH SCHOOL FOOT BALL TEAM The high school foot ball team haii been organized and is a good one. Ut Mc lntire is assisting in the drilling of the team. The team is hoping to show up well this year and is planning on giv mg tne ainerent scnoois a run for their money. They are open to all engagements and all in the 'out to win" class. DEEPER CHANNEL ON WILLAMETTE Plan of Albany Commercial Club in. I he tide was coming in and we had to race with the breakers to keep them from breaking in the boat had about ten oarsmen so made it 0. K., the Virsy was about 30 feet long. We were met by Mr. Meade the divison Supt and drove to Vigan nearly two miles. Our luggage came in an ox cart They don't drive the carabos here very much but use the Boks a small animal like the jersey cow but with a big hump on its shoulders. Meade had arranged for us to stay at Mr. and Mrs Ashurst's. We have been with them a week now, will remain for the next two weeks, waiting for some people to move out of a house. Our house will be free from insects as it is screened in, it will cost us 20 peros or $10 a month. Ashursts are rather peculiar but good, jolly people, and we are enjoying our stay here. We have our Machacluo, or servant, or page which ever you wish. He is in the first year of high school, very bright, speaks iron, ours will have a tile roof. School takes up at 7:45 A. M. We must be in our rooms at 7:30 and it lets out at 11:30, takes up again at 2 and lets out at 4:15. I have three classes in Phillp ine History, one in Commercirl Geography and two in English. I also have charge of all baseball. Mary has two classes in General History., two or three in Sanita tion and I dont remember what else. She ia now typewriting our expense vouchers. We pre sent them and get back the mon ey we spent for necessaries on the trip. I have seen a real rain storm already. Most of the time for three days it just poured, Look ing down the street one could see only a block. There was not much wind with it When it rains that way with a strong wind it is called a Bagino, it takes roofs off of houses and sometimes blows them down When it rains without a wind it is called a Nep Nep. The water was about 18 inches deep in the street by our house and flooded the under part. Many times they have to hire a rig, Calesa to drive out in. I never saw it be gin to rain so hard in Oregon, Nearly all the goats here are colored, red, black and white. Everything is poor, the hogs would have to stand up twice to make a shadow. Their noses are longer than their bod ies. They act as buzzards over here. Hogs, chickens, goats and dogs with naked youngsters roam at will through the streets Every bed here, of the better class, at least has a frame above and a mosquito netting attached The beds have no springs or mattress as it. would be warm, but they are like the straw bot tom of a chair. 1 hey are sure hard, but I suppose one gets ac customed to them in time. hope so at least. Now I am exhausted. See if the whole family cant write one as long. Pa, you get busy, a let terfrom you beats theOreganian and Monitor combined. We havent had a word from home since we left Dean and Mary. SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY A. r.1. A Large Attendance Recorded is FOOT BALL PRACTICE IS BEGUN Strong Course of Manuel Training and Domestic Science Added to Reg ular High School STILLM AN RETURNS Dallas Asks The Coopera tion of Independence on the First Fair Which They Hope to Make Permanent the Dallas English well, and seems to be a Invitations were sent out today good boy, is 17 years old. Hope by the Albany Commercial Club he proves to be good as I like to the commercial bodies of Sa- rim quite well. His folks had em, Corvallis and Independence some trouble and cannot furnish to send representatives to the him any more money. He is conference to be held in this city staying at the dormitory, pays on October 3 to discuss plans for $8.50 a month. He wants to the improvement of the Willam- work for his board and room and ette river. save that His home is in the It is now planned to limit the northern part of Luzon, he is conference to five representa- here for school. We have to tives from ea:h city so that the hire a cook yet, matter may be discussed fully We reported at t'.ie high school and expediently in one session. Monday and visited classes tw; Ihe only question the conference days. The man who is going will consider is whether to con- away was not feeling very well, centrate all efforts for river im- Wednesday, Thursday and Fri provement on the plan for a day A. M., so I took his classes, lock system, which would give a His wife was ill for a day or so, six-foot channel, or to work for so Mary took hers, got along al the plans already recommended right but they never inherited by the government engineers much brains to work with. We which would give a 3.5 foot chan- will get part of our regular class nel. The local commercial club es Monday, and the others when takes the view that by working Mr. and Mrs. Rurer leave. It is for the six-foot channel only, their house we take, the work would be delayed sev- This is a town of about 1000 eral years as it would take a long people, large high school, 500 time, to get this improvement students, two elementary schools, and that it would be more advan- government and municipal build tageous to get the lesser project, ing, several churches and many already recommended and have a good residences. This is the 3.5 foot channel, which would greatest stronghold of the Catho- assure all-year traffic on the nv- HCs in the Islands. The streets er as far as Corvallis states the are about 30 feet wide, no side- Oregon ian Sept. 24. walks, most of the people go barefooted, and with some the bareness reaches higher. Most Several of the hop growers of the buildings are made of in the section ODDosite lndepen- bamboo with a thatch roof. But dence rep rt a crop this year of all the better buildings have con about the same size as that of creteor cement, a brick founda- last year, counting out the loss tion up about 10 feet and wood from mould. on up with tile roof or corrogated Mr. O. A. Stillman prohibition Candidate for Congress from the first District is making a second tour of the state having complet ed a very successful tour with Mr. Pagetthe candibate for Unit ed States Senator, he is now go ing over the district a second time while Mr. Paget is cam Daisrainsrin other parts of the state. The schedule that has been ar ranged for Polk county has giv en Independence an evening meetinor this time and he will speak on the streets of Indepen dence frou the automobile water wagon" next Monday evening at 8:45 P. M. Mr. Stillman is a very able and interesting speaker as all know who have heard him in August and he gives A fine representation of the facts con fronting the voters in fiis cam paign. He is able, practical and progressive, and would make a splendid representative in Con gress if elected and with the campaign that he is putting up it is beginning to look as if he will be elected. Do not fail to hear him next Monday evening at 8:45 on the corner opposite the post office. Miss Emrny McDeitt made a visit to Dallas over 'lhesday with her parents. O A. McLaughlen hauled in 33 bales of hopsjat one lond th;8 week and we are t.:ld that this was the record load J. S. Cooper and wife were among tjiosn attending the round up at Pendleton. Mr. Ridgeway the assist ant paincipal will have sup ervision of the athletio work of the school and the first part of this work that is to be taken up is the foot ball work. The boys are practing daily and next week the team for the coming years work will undoubedly be chosen. A number of goods, husky lads have de cided to take part and every indication points to a win ning foot ball team. Basket ball will follow a little later for both the boys and girls and good teams will be se cured in this sport. The do mestic science rooms are be ing fixed up and ariange ments are being made to take care of the manuel training work in one of the large basement rooms. For the present time a small room on the large noor is oeing pressed into i-ervica for the domestio ncience work. The work in the publio" school is rep rted organized in fine shape and the class work progressing nicly. The teachers seem to have their ieart and souls in the work and the Monitor prophesies the best school year in the istory of Independence. To start the year there are 60 students enrolled in the high school while both schools to tal 350 students. It is esti mated that the school will nroll fully 425 students daring the year. N THE SOCIAL REALM Surpjlse Party to bidepen- denbe Girl Monday evening about hirty of the young people of this city gave Miss Vera 5runk a surprise party at rn .11. ier home, iney assemDie bout .'ight o'clock in the evening and the surprise was omplete. Games, icecream, cake, cookies and other re- reshments helped to make the evening a pleasant one. he occasion was the depart ure of Miss Brunk for Salem lis week. E. M. Young after turning over his contract hops this week sold the balance of his crop at 19 cents. This is the only sale reported in this dis trict at this time. A num- er of crops under contract are being taken over and the ealers seem to be satisfied with the class of hops baled. lorst Bros, have 1200 bales eliveredand enroute to New York nt the presest time, but t is u idertood that they will lave about 4,000 bales to'l.- liver in all.