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A New Oregon Electric Time Table Will be in Effect Next Week, and Boat Change Will Correspond. Announcement Next Week
INDEPENDENCE MONITOR
VOL. 1
INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC. 12 1912
NO. 3X
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GIRLS BASKET
BALLTEAfIS
High School Girls Plan
Lively Times
Enough Sign up for two
Good Teams
Last Thursday the young la
dies of the Independence High
School organized their hasket
ball and two teams have been
formed.
- Miss Leona Sperling was chos
en manager and Miss Gretchen
Kreamer and Beth Ketchum to
make arrangements for the au
ditorium for prac.ice and games
The first practice was last
Thursday evening when enough
were present to have a sufficient
number for two teams the first
night. The hall has been se
cured for practice and can be
used every night. j
No games have been scheduled
to date but it Is the intention of
having games as frequently as
can be arranged with the high
schools of other towns.
packages up to 11 pounds can be
through the post-office.
The rate of this service is as
follows: For delivery at the
office of mailing or on a rural
route of that office 1 to 11 pounds
respectively 5, 6, 7. 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13, 14 and 15 cents.
For delivery inside of 50 miles
1 to II pounds respectively 5, 8, i
11, 14. 17, 20, 23, 26, 2R 32, and!
35 cents.
For delivery from 50 to 150
miles, 6,10. 14, 18, 22, 20, 30, 34,
38, 42, and 46 cents respectfully.
For delivery 150 to 300 miles
7, 14. 20, 26, 32, 38, 44, 50, 56,
62, and 68 cents respectively.
From 300 to 500 mils, 8, 14,
20. 26, 32. 38, 44, 50, 56, 62
cents respectively.
From 600 to 1000 miles 9, 16,
23,30. 37, 44, 51. 58, 65, 72 and
79 cents respectively.
From 1000 to 1100 miles 10, 19,
28, 37. 46, 55, 64, 75, 82, 91, and
$1.00 respectively.
2 From 1400 to 1800 miles 11, 21
31, 41. 51, 61, 71, 81, 91, $1.01,
and $1 11 respectively.
All over 1800 miles 12, 24, 36,
48, GO. 72, 81, 96 $1.08, 1.20 and
1.32 respectively.
WHO IS MARY? THE . QUESTION
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NEWS ITEMS
Thomas McClain returned Sun
day from a visit in Portland.
Born, Sunday to Chester Mc
Clain and wife a baby boy. Dr.
O. D. Butler attending.
E. N. Tyler went to Indeepn
dence, Monday for a load of flour
for John Donaldson.
John Soy was a Dallas visitor
one day last week.
Clifford Wells is quite ill with
LaGrippe.
Mr. M. J. Cryberman of Dallas
BAZAAR AND CHRYS
ANTHEMUM FAIR
AT THE M. E. CHURCH
FRIDAY, SATURDAY
DECEMBER 13
AND 14
Friday and Saturday the ladies
of the M. E. church will give
their annual Chrysanthemum
fair and Bazaar at the M. E,
Church where the usual prizes
will be awarded for the best dis
play of flowers and .where a dis
play of beauties will be on ex
hibition approriate for Xmas
and which will be for sale. This
fair has beceme one of the per
manent institutions of Indepen
dence and for a number of years
has held a forefront in the social
was visiting relatives here the f even t3 of the city.
latter part of last week.
J, H. Ward was an Indepen
dence visitor Tuesday,
Mr. Black now has a trained
nurse, Miss Blodgett from Salem.
Mr. Black is slowly improving.
Mm. Famy Hill wis an fnii
pendence visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. M. S, Bevens is visiting
relatives this week.
Mr. W. R. Bevens and wife
were Independence visitors
Wednesday.
Galholic Church Serves
Sunday, December 15,
service at 9 :.'iO A. M. at the
Catholic Church. Everyone
around is expected to wok
up from his sleep.
Services at the name hen :
December 22.
This year Miss Blanche Liston,
; a reader and impersonator of
rare ability has been secured, who
will be assisted by our local talent
j in making an appropriate pro
gramme for the evening enter
tainment. Admission of JO and
j 15c. will be charged. Every one
is invited to attend.
Dear Santa Clas
I am ten years old and my fath
er says you are not coming to our
house because we are to poor. I
know you will come if I ask you to so
please come and bring me a doll and
sister a dress so she can goto school.
Loving,
Marv
BETTER ROADS
FOR SUVER
Farmers Hold Meeting Monday
to Secure More Taxes
tor Purposes
Our Suver correspondent
writes us that a meeting was
held by the farmers of Suver
and vicinity Monday afternoon
for the purpose of levying taxes
for the securing of better roads
in this vicinity.
It is reported that a good
attendance was present and
much enthusiasm ;..aaifostad for
better roads.
SCHOOL OFFICERS
Chas. Galbreath, the one leg.
ged athlete from Spokanne, who
PnHlVCMTiniJ was announced to arrive in Port
UUIlf LI1IIUI1 land this week and who holds
several medals for winning box-
From all indications there will in contests has been challenged
be a number one attendance at; to meet our townsman, John Em
the school officers' convention met at Portland in the near fu-
next Saturday at Dallas, as manv I ture- Emmett is a good boxer
school officers and others have and nas never been beaten by a
expressed themselves as intend-1 one ,el?ged man ut to date. If a
ing to attend the convention. j bout should be pulled off in Port-
Thee conventions are of much ; 'an( would attract a great deal
interest to those interested in the ' 01 attention .and would be an in-
Education:il work of the county teresting exhibit of the boxing
and r.re always well attended art-
also much good for the schools of ' John Emmett is out of form
the ciunty has been accomplished having been in the barber busi
by thm in the past. I less for years but he would make
State Supt, L. R. Alderman ' an interesting time for the "little
MEAT IS CASH
Implemenen ts at e o i-t
particulars nee add.
J. 1). Hibbsit Company.
Owing to the high prices of
meats I have decided to place my
business on a cash basis. In
doing this I can afford to give
tha people more meat for the
money. We have our own del
ivery system and will deliver to
all parts of the cit.v, AH to le
phone orders will be delivered
( . O. D. Look for our ad in
thin paper the prices of meats to
tike tff ' Tn
1. C. V'onng prodrietor
Meat Market,
INCREASE IN BOX
BAND BENEFIT
AT MONMOUTH
will bo present and will give an
addreisonthe Educational con
ditions of the state.
The cor vention will be on the
informal plan and all are welcome
to take part in the discussion of
the convention.
Any one having a subject per
taining to the schools of the
county or state which they would
like to have brought before the
convention, will be given
chance to do so.
Following are some of the sub
jects that will bo discussed;-
How are bard meetings legally
called?
The issuing of bonds and warrants.
wonder" from Spokaue if he had
a few weeks to shape up fcr the
contest.
li. J. Taylor wag called to
Dallas Mondty on the cane
of Mr. Aller. who is contest-
ing the election for N8enHor
of Polk county. At the elec
tion Allen was counted out
thejby three voaes and believing
there sufficient mistakes
made to make a change, in
stituted the ontest. Mi . My
ers is fihting the contest, but
a recount has been ordered
I y the court on the evidence
MRS. LILLA SMITH
Many of Independence regret
to learn of the death of Mrs.
Lilla Smith, at Portland, Monday.
Mrs. Smith lived in this city for
many years where she made
many friends and her death came
as a surprise to the people here.
The interment was in the family
burial ground at Amity, Wednes
day morning.
She was a membeer of the
Eastern Star and the Ilebekahs
and was a woman of noble charac
ter. For years she hasbeen affect
ed with heart trouble and asthma
and had changed climate fre
quently to imdrove her health.
She leaves a sister Mrs. Bea
trice Molesworth ana a brother
Ed Getchell who survive her.
HIGH SCHOOL
NOTES
10 acre Tracts, Close in. Fine
soil T. R. Nunn Real Estate In
dependence. Baptist Church Services
Rev. Sherman J. Wallace,
Prof, in the McMinnville College
will speak Sunday morning and
evening at the Baptist Church.
Sunday School at the usual
hour.
Mr. Wallace is a fine minister
and it will pay anyone to hear
him.
EASTERN STAR
ELECTS OFFICERS
The election of officers in
Adah chapter no. 31, Eastern
Star on Tuesday evening, Dec,
10th resulted as follows
Worthy Matron, Mrs. Edna Irvine
Worthy Patron Rev. II. C. Duns
more, Conductress Mrs. Ruth
Eldridge, Associate Conductress
Mr?. Annie Knox, Secretasy,
Mrs. Helen Kirkland, Treasur,
Mrs.' Flora Mix and Assoaiate
Matron Nellie McLead.
COMMERCIAL
ORGANIZATION
CLUBS OF VALLEY HOLD
MEETING
WAYS AND .EANS OF
IMF ROVINC RIVER
The Whist Club were guests
at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
Butler Wednesday evening, High
scores were won by Mrs. Word
Butler and H. Hirschberg.
Selecting teachers, who, when, j adduced by Mr. Aliens wit-
and how.
Compulsory law.
The Supervisory law.
School Holiday
Transferring of school money
from one district to another.
Who is chairman of school
doard?
nesses. Decision for Myers.
It.
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RENTS IGrand Concert Saturday,
P. O. Notified to Raise Fri- DSCi 14
ces on P.O. Boxes j Dainti!yfiled bask;ts beaut5.
The Post Office DeDartment I f ul,y decorated in the "yellow"
... uot,;r,rrtnn n r. nntifiorf of jealousy, the "red' of love
the Independence Post Office ; and the "blue of true faithful
that after January 1, the 35 cent oes will be i n evidence at the
boxes wil' be increased to 4-ikents Monmouth "Band benefit" and
and the 45 cent boxes to 60 cents ' "Basket social" Saturday, Dec.
and the 60 cent boxes to Tocentj. 14. and the "young maid" school
The cause of this increase is the ma'ams of the teacher city ex
growth of the Post Office to a Pct to have a big attendance of
higher grade. bachelors from Independence at
If the office keeps up at the this event. The agar limit is off
present rate of growth, it will be and all bachelors are invited.
but a very few years before it
will be a free delivery ofFcd. . A SNAP 8 acres bottom land.
The parcel post service will be 70) cord of wood on place T. R.
na iterated on Jan. 1, where Nunn Real Estate Independence
VV hat effect will the right of wag
woman have on the school i
pWtinns? 8y
Standardization of schools.
Eighth Grade Examinations.
School boards visiting the!
schools. 4
State Lecture Course.
Annual school meeting.
Longer terms of school 7 or 8
months.
More money for school
poses.
j Kirk Seraffod, who recent
ly maele an important an-
juonceme t, whs in from the
Luckiarnute Monday. He
'stated thai the
new partner
growing huskier every
G. Simon wan in fiot
farm near Monmouth
pur-
Red Cross Seals for the anti
tuberculocis crusade can be se
cured in this city from several of
the stores. Help along the cause
by getting seals with all your
Xmas presents.
Monday on business.
Wanted at once several
sm,ll uigs. Have call for
squeals in Craven arid
tl,
Moore's San U Clau parlors.
A he;n cnveiit;ori wan
just held at Albany and Dal
las will have one hood. Thes
are not suffragettes though.
John Stark, son of our ex
noiei mnij. iw. ntaric, was
in t twr, Sunday fom Eugene,
enroute to Portia id, where.
he expect to go into one of
the stores doing window
decorating and caid writit.g
John has been doing con
sidenble of this work in
Eugene.
Claud Oviatt, who pre
vious. y run ..he skating rink
in this city and who has been
running rinks mseveral other
towns of the valley, for the
Jant year or two, returned to
Independence bin week and
will open up the rink again
soon.
The I. II. S. has a gong which
extends from the office to the
main rooms on the upper floor,
Last week Floyd Brown extend
ed the electric wires through
building to the Domestic Science
and Manuel training departments
on the lower floors.
The manuel training class are
doing some fine work in jointing
and planing this week.
The Seniors of the I. II. S. en
tertained the faculty and the di
rectors of the school at a delight
ful luncheon Thursday afternoon.
The girls of the class are advanc
ed students in domestic science
and the decorations wer: com
plete, the dining room being a
mass of holly and the center
piece a marnouth bouquet of
red carnations.
A game is scheduled with
Wood burn for Saturday at Wood
burn. They say if they win it
will be ''the high school" team
who played and if they loose it
will be the "Second" team who
"did it."
Wednesday afternoon the stu
dents of the I. II. S. were assem
bled at one odock where they
listened to and appreciated a few
choice thoughts on, "Reading"
by the Rev. F. N. Sandifur of j
the M. E. Church. He spoke
for about 80 minutes when they
dispersed to their respective
classes mneh aided by the few
helpfnl remarks.
The semi-weekly meeting of
the Student Body was held Wed
nesday in the assembly, 'i he
question of importance was the
suits for the basket ball boys.
They decided that the student
body should pay for the suits
The suits will be red and gold.
GOOD ENTERTAINMENT
Presbyterian Ladles Annual
Fair Well Attended
The program part of the
annual bazaar of the Ladies
of the Pivsbyferian Church
whs in two parts, the first
part being a mucoid enter
tainment, the fltnd part a
one act coiedj
Tlio musical program con
sisted of:
Vocal nolo, Lonore Davis
Inst. Duet, (jruce lUitler
and Palomu Pat ton
Vocal solo, Miss Dun hip
Piano Duet, The Miss
Jolll.lHOI'H
Vocsd solo, Miss Tate
Instrumental solo, Dr. Mc
1 1 j tire
Pile selections were well
At a gathering of Willamette
vally representatives nf commer
cial orginizations in the loc:il
Board of Trade last nihi , J. W.
Morgan of Corvallis was selected
as chairman of the committee to
inaugurate a campaign for the
purpose of ai ling the government
in the proposed deepening of the
river channel south to Eugene.
Major Mclndoe. the government
engineer, who is looking over the
ground with a view to reporting
on the feasibiliy of the scheme,
outlined his situation to the
business men,
Some sort of a proposition, he
said, should be oiTered by the
people of the valley they should
raise as much asthegovretiment
itself appropriated. . Money
has already been alloted
for the survey of the river and
this can be had as soon as Major
Mclndoe rejorts. Unless Willa
mette people made an offer to
cooperate with the government,
said the major, his report would
be unfavorable.
The system proposed is to make
a channel six feet deep from
Oregon City to Eugene by locks
and dams. In the portion of the
river between Corvallis and Eu
gene, 6aid the engineer, this wi'l
be especially d!fficult,as the
grade there is approximately 1
per cent, or a drop of five feet
in a mile.
Mr. Morgan 's election as chair
man of the committee at the
beginning of a campaign to raise
the money required. Commer
cial organizations in each valley
town will appoint committeemen,
and Mr. Morgan expects within
the next three weeks to have
his campaign well under way. -
Major Mclndoe said he could
at present give no figures on the
project, but he would roughly
rn.iv...l ...! in ul,,u,ut .,,, au"mie numoer or iock
niHiance cniieu tor a return
to the Htage.
The one net comedy was a
fortune tolling feature which
wilt well staged and appreoi
a ted. Mis. Paddock as Ml'e
.Myntic, M'ss Ibirton as ticket
agent und the young people
Making their fortunes all did
the work assigned tliem very
nicely.
After the program w3 over,
over to the fih pond, the
njeillecaaft booth, candy
counterH, etc., all attracted
the many present and helped
make the evening a profita
ble one for the society.
required at thirty nine-
Present at the meeting were
J. L Hanna, Pearl Alexander,
J. (3. Mcintosh and L. Damon,
Independence; I. S. VanWinkle,
Albany; A. II, Devers and W.
G. McPherson, Portland; W. A.
Cusick andD. A. White, Salem;
M. J. Duryca and A. C, Dixon,
Eugene; J. V. Morgan, Corvallis
and W. G. Parrot of Newberg.
FIRE INSURANCE, see T. R.
Nunn Real Estate Independence,
The I. II. S. B. B. boys will
play Lebanon Friday night at
the Auditorium. Every body
come.
Mr. a- d Mrs. H. M. Ward
left Fargo. N. Dak. Dec. 2.
for Chicago and other east
ern cities. ! They were much
entertained while in this city
is the report received by the
Monitor this week and ufter
spending two months in the
eaut they will return to their
homo in Portland where Mr.
Ward represents Marshall
WfcllB Hardware Co. Mrs.
Ward was formeiiy Mr.
IMith Owen D.ividfon of In-i
Jepeili eiwe, und lru: iu
BUENA VISTA SCHOOLS
Our school was highly honored
Tuesday afternoon when Supt. II.
C. Seymour brought State Supt,
Alderman, Dr. Butler, Sec. of
New York Board of Education
and Dr. Foster of Reed Institute
cf Portland to examine our Home
Work plan. They complimented
our plan by saying we have
the most systematic plan of any
they had seen. They were so
pleased with it that they took
with them, cards given in by the
pupils ond samples of the in
struction sheets. They were de
layed in getting to our school on
nccount of a puncture and re
mained only a half an hour. The
s'x pupils who have the hhrhest
points in home work are; Verd
S. hrunk S080, Perry Wells 2440,
IT 'ford Wells 2100, Ray Grounds
2 ), Can Schneider
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Place your FIRE INSURANCE
with T. IL Nunn Real Estate In
dependence.
friends hereaoioi.
er set.
Fiui.
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up thier
slore this
Mart Scrafford was in from
hi farm on the Luck;;;
rr t Monday. W'hil in In-
.dethe oui.or uf the M ui
or a pleasant visit.
ween talcing out the "center
piece" and making floor
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mar. who
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