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INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JAN. 31, 1913
NO. 27
ENDENCE
INTEREST GROWS IN RACE
FOR VALUABLE PRIZES
New Entrants Join Merry Tug-o'-War. It Will
a Battle Royal to the Finish ;
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Prizes Most Valuable Ever Given in Independence
STANDING OF CANDIDATES JANUARY .30, I
AT 2
DISTRICT NUMBER ONE
Mrs. Clint. Moore
: Mrs. D.O. Taylor
I Mrs. Elwood Hartman
Grace Laliberty ?
j Lavilla Cooper
l Fmma Mnntonmprv
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Grace Girard
Leona Sperling
(V IVicUl W lJlCdNCI j
Florence Saywers ' j i
Vale Hiltibrand
1 Nona Saunders
Retta Cutlibert
t Lola Morgan
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DISTRICT NUMBER TWO
Ina Fishback, . Monmouth,
Tennia Chan ay "
Ruby Freom
l,ela Erickeon J
Tei a Brown .
Mrs. B. I. Ferguson
Nellie Key t
Edna Conn
Mamie At water
Bertha Siapleton
Y in me Ballard
Bertha Hamann
Gladys Hatcher
Leonilla Smith
Flora Grit-e
Mrs. J. Q- Anderson
Be: nice Wells
Buela Smith
Katheryn Fox
Blanch Fawk
Etta Edgar
Addie Riggs
The Grand Prize Voting Con
test row being conducted by the
Monitor, in connection with sev
eral of the leading merchants
who give votes on purchases
made at their store, promises to
be a record breaker in the history
of voting contests in the state of
Oregon. Already a number of
contestants have become actively
engaged in securing subscrip
tions and votes at the stores, and
more will join in the merry tug-of-war
when they realize that
anyone can win who puts forth
the effort.
The prizes are most libera! and
those candidates who do not win
one of the grand awards are as
sured a prize in proportion to the
votes received, so every candi
date who puts forth the least ef-
fort will be well paid for the time
spent in secuung votes and sub
scriptions. Published above is a list of
Hntp
If the name of your favrritedoes ! ing of all growers to see about
not appear nominate her at once j purchasing their hop supplies
ofWcfcp will have an eaual.ln car loads and . thus cut out
start with the rest, and should
the one you nominate win the
First Grand Capital Prize you
will receive a purchase check
good for $20.00 at any of the
stores giving votes.
VOTES iO BE COUNTED
The votes will be counted three
times each week and bulletins
posted at all of the stores giving
votes so everyone will know of
the progress of the contestants.
HOW TO NOMINATE CANDI
DATE Published in each issue of the
Monitor is a nomination blank.
Fill in the name of the lady you
,..IoK r nnminafp tDsrethpr with
P. M.
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Independence, 6995
" 6990
" 8015 f
" 11,850' ;
" 6430
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6430
" 5790
" 6825
" 6515
" 5325
7970 :
6020 t
5840
G3O0
7G15
5830
5020
5555.
5850
G230
5G30
5810
6010
1 68(H)
7350
Eola
Perrydale
Airlie
R. h D. No. 2
R. F. I. No. 2
R. F. I). No. 2
Stiver
Buena Vista
Mountain View
R. F. I). No. 1
Buena Vista
Rickreall
5875
6420
5405
5725
5G00
54 GO
5825
5745
5410
or bring to the Contest Depart
ment at the Monitor office, and
the moment it is received your
self or favorite gets an even
standing so far as advicy and
fair help goes. DO U NOW, as
an early start half wins the bat
tle. HOP MEN OR
GANIZE HERE
Plan to Purchase Hop
Supplies in Quantities
Getting Reduction
Notices have been mailed-dur-intr
the last week by the hop men
of this section asking for a meet-
much of the cost tii the growers
This is a good Jnnning anr
j the Monitor would .-like tc
see a
stronz organisation of hop men
of this valley formed later as a
result of this movement.
The hop growers this y -ac losr
thousands of dollars by Jin man
ipulation of the buyer and if they
had been organized li,e the apple
men, or woo! men. there would
not have been such a stagnent
market worked out to fleece the
hop growers.
The hon crroweis of Oregon
should sell d 'rect to the bre weri es
and not deal through jobbers and
brokers, where the dutchman's
one percent is often secured from
REVIVAL MEETNGS
CLOSED SUNDAY
The evangelistic meetings at
the M. E. Church closed Sunday
night after continuing for three
weeks. Much good was done de
spite the very inclement weather
which lasted most of the time
the meetings were in progress. -
There, has been an unusual
amount of sickness too, particu
larly during the latter part of the
series. But after due allowance
is made for all unavoidable cir
cumstances the truth is, there"
was not the interest shown that
was to be expected under the
very able leadership of one of
God's saintliest men. T. L. Jones.
More powerful sermons and
appeals to Christians to yield
themselves wholly to God, and to
sinners to be converted, have not
been heard in Independence
He shunned not to declare the
whole counsel of God to saint and
sinner, and those who heard his
earnest words can never be the
same as they were before.
A number were converted and
reclaimed and several came into
the sweet experience of holiness,
without which, God's word says,
"no man shall see the Lord."
Sister Jones is also a dear saint
of God. On the Thursday after
noon at the meeting when she
gave her experience of- how she
came into the enjoyment of en
tire sanctification, everyone list
ened with almost breathless si
lence to hear every word. Such
a testimony is wondtrful in its
convincing power.
Brother Jones' timely lecture
on "Woman, her Influence and
Responsibility," was heard by a
large audience, and the generous
thank offering of over $S3.00 pre
sented to this venerab'e couple
at the close of the lecture shows
the high esteem in which they
are held by the people of Inde
pendence.
EVANGELISTS
COMING
REV. C, If. Hilton and
Benjamin Crow at
the Christian Church
Reverend Hilton and Mr. Crow
will be in Independence, Tuesday
Feburary 4, when they will have
charge of a series of evangelistic
meeting at the Christian church.
The different papers of the
state speak very higly of Rev.
Hilton as an orator and speaker
of fine ability.
Mr. Crow is a singing evange
list of fine voice and hulps L
make the meeting a big success,
Their first service will be Tues
day evening and they will have
nightly services after Tuesday
with special services Sun jay.
rveryonj is welcome to these
meeting.
openeo'fob
business
A. L. Sperling and Mr.' Ad
dison Open Real Estate
Office
Sperling and Addison have
Real Estate rooms in the Hanna
block on Main street and plan
doing a general real estate busi
ness. Both men have been long
and favorobly known in this
c mmunity and will receive a
a fair show of the real estate
patronage of this community.
John Walker was in from the
Luckiamute Tuesday on a short
business trip.
DALLAS WILL
PLAY BALL
Basket Ball Jeams to
Meet Friday at Inds
pMance Championship of the State
to be Tried out at the
Local Hall this
Week. Both Teams
Confident
What promises to be the best
game of ball played on the Inde
pendence floor is scheduled for
Friday night, when Dallas High
will meet Independence High,
Both teams claim the champion
ship of the state and have de
feated every team they have met.
They both met Ashland's crack
team and won by close margins,
so this game will undoubtedly be
the fiercest fought contest the
people of Independence or Dallas
have had the privilege of wit
nessing this year.
Efforts have been made for
several weeks to get a date satis
factory to both teams and fn -
rantrements were finally made
.u: i. 1 ii.. l.
was with, aiiij Lue K""e win ue j
Friday.
Another game is scheduled the
same evening between the inde
pendence High School second
team and the Monmouth High
School second team.
The preliminary game is sched
uled for 7:30 p. m.
The lineup for the two games
are as follows:
Dallas
Woods
Coydston
Ueistaml
Matheny
Independence
F Reeves
F Williams
C' Mix
G Russell
G Seeley
Monmouth
F Newton
F Quisenberry
C Ostien
G White
G Powell
Ilerzog
Independence
Addison -
Pomeroy
Dadman
IJyers
Swope
Resolutions
Whereas: It ha3 pleased our
heavenly Father in His wise
providence to remove from
earthly scenes and associations
our beloved friend and brother,
Zed Rosendorf, and
Whereas: Our brother, having
ever been a faithful and loyal
member of our Lodge, true to
its principles, and faithful in
the performance of his duties,
be it therefore
Resolved: That while we bow
in humble submission to the
will of out Sovereign Grand
Master, yet we mourn our loss
in the death of our beloved
brother, J,rd shall long remem
ber his kindly nature, and his
loyalty to the principles of
Oddfellowship, and further be
it
Resolved: That a copy of these
Resolutions be handed the
nearest relative of our brother;
a copy furnished the local pa
pers for publication, and the
same spread on the records of
the Lodjre.
(Signed) J. S. liohannon
S. II. McElmurry
J. E. Hubbard
Valley IxvU'e, No. 42, I. O. 0.
F., Independence, Oregon. Janu
ary 22.. 1913.
A bill introduced by Represen
tative Hurd, of Lan provides
that all school books to be used
in Oregon shall be edited, bound
f.nd furnished by the state at the
cost '-f labor, material and trans
portation. The school boards of
various districts are to pay the
state for the books. The bill
was introduced at the request of
W. O. W. Shepherd.
Tii" -fiii" piiiiio in the
Moni'ur Conte-t, now on di.
pi.iy at, !io vnV Drugstore is
attracting much favorable
att t litioi:.
MUSICAL COMPANY
IS COMING
One night only. Auspices In
dependence Commercial Club.
The celebrated Schubert Sym
phony Club end Lady Quartette,
assited by the American Violin
Virtuoso, Thomas Valentine Pur
cell. A musical entertainment
of the greatest excellence, enjoy
able alike to the musician and
the masses.
Too much praise cannot be giv
en the Commercial Club for en
gaging the Schubert Symphony
Club and Lady Quartette of Chi
cago, to appear heru on February
15th, at the opera house.
This company is in its 24th
year of success, and is acknowl
edged everywhere to be the most
up-to-date Musical Company trav
eling Everybody likes music
and everybody enjoys a hearty
laugh. A delightful blending of
pure fun and hue music is one
reason why the above company
has won its way to the top notch
of public esteem. 1
EOLA 1
Hon. I. L. Patterson,, of Port
land, visited at the. hoie of his
! brother
William Patterson last
week.
D. I. Ferguson attended a fruit
grower's meeting in Salem last
Saturday. The Hon. W. II.
Paulhams, manager of the Puy
allup Berry Growers' Union, gave
a splendid and interesting1 talk.
Miss Edna Cox, of Albany,
is making an indefinite visit with
the Misses Landons.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Holman
entertained Mr. and Mrs. Carlson
and daughter Norma at dinner
Sunday.
Wiley Carpenter, of Dallas,
visited in Eola Sunday.
Miss Elora Clement left for
Portland Monday where she will
secure the services of a special
ist to perform a very critical oper
ation. Mrs. E. Carlson accom
panied her and will remain in
Portland for several days with
Mrs. Clement. The many friends
of this estimable young lady hope
for her a speedy return of health.
Mrs. L. S. Robbins wad called
to Vancouver, Wash., on account
of a very serious accident which
happened to her brother.
Mr. II. D. Landon left for
Albany Monday on a business
trip.
The correspondent to the Beth
elites column in the last weeks
Observer must r ave gotten the
school teachers requests badly
mixed or else he is dreaming as
the Eola teacher is already in the
whisker column if "he" sees fit.
Wilfred T. Webb, custodian of
three perfectly good votes for
Wilson and Marshall, failed to
appear, although he had ben on
the road from Phoenix, Ariz., 10
days. He was last heard from
at St. Louis four days ago.
Hugh McLain, of Marshfield,
brought the Oregon vote and was
paid mileage amounting to $783,
or 25 cents for each mile traveled
in coming to Washington. His
was highest mileage paid to any
messenger bringing electoral
votes to Washington.
NEW LUNCH
JCOUNTER
W, F, Gordon Opens in
Gaines Billiard Parlors
W. K. Gordon made ar
rangements last week to take
over the lunch counter depart
imiil of the Gaine! Pool and
Billiard room. The place has
bt-n cloned 'or a short lime.
Mr. Oordan is an experi
enced hand in this buines.
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SURVEYING
ANDTESTING
Gravel Pit Probably Prop
erty of Oregon Electric
Twenty Men Working at
This Point During the
Last Few Days
Several weeks ago, there ap
peared in the Monitor an exclu
sive report of the purchase of a
gravel pit just north of town by
some party to be used in cement
and other work.
Several days ago a crew of
about 20 men were dispatched to
this gravel bar to survey, cross
section and test it It is reported
the gravel is the property of the
Oregon Electric railroad and will
be used by this company for im
proving their track opposite In
dependen'ef. ' It is also reported
that the company will install, an
aerial tramway" from the west
bank of the "rjer to "the east
bank, where the fct$vel will be
loaded on to cars for improve
ment work on the track.
This company owns a large
gravel pit on the main road be
tween East Independence and
Albany, and many. think this bar
would be better for work to be
done on the west side of the tVM
lamette, if they are planning;' o
electrify the west side near hia
point. i
REAL ESTATE
PURCHASED
City and Country Proerty
Changes Hands This
Week
O. T. Murphy purchased
the Joe Mon'.gomery feed
stables on Main steet, oppo
site the Hotel Lerona last
week. The property is a
Viiluable asset, and was
bought! as an interest paying
investment.
O. T. and C. 11. Murphy
purchased tiioMrs.il Murphy
farm, 7 miles s iuth of town,
during the week. Mr. Mur
phy has been leasing the
farm from Mrs. Murphy for
several years. The property
is a fine farm, one of best in
th valley. Mr. Murphy lias
quite a large Bcroajje in hops
on the place.
A. f Poole is building a
nice bungalowon Mainstreel.
JUMBO JUM
AT
Independence Opera House
Saturday Evening, February I ,
Cast of Characters
Mr, Gobbleton
Lawyer Cheatem
Jumbo Jum
Henry Merville
Laborers
Hannah
Adelaide
Mrs. Gobbleton
:
Piano Solo
Recitation
t Piano Duet
i Selection
PPvOGRAM
I Vocal Solo
t Piano Solo
"The Gipsy and the Count"
Admission
CORRESPONDENTS
THAT Wlil
The Monitor Announces the
Winners of Prizes
Last week we closed our
first correspondents i-onto!-'
which proved very satisfac
tory to tho management of
the paper.
The gold watch which a-as
our (irct prize was wo-i by
Miss Ina- Fishback of Mon
mouth, second prizr, n line
camera valued ut Uoa.
tier of the fountain 'pen and
Mrs. J?. I. Ferguson 'of the
fish set. . .
These prizes are all rpjuW,
for. IJiq, owiiu::uLj
secured , at-filuytlrVp.
;')Vrjiy4hiyv,tt.v ,
the work '.of eurf
dents and winh thrli t
t i n u e e m 1 i n g ti a ijtw h-.
ouilwiE
'This cilice has secured th'
new 15 by 90 foot biiek oa ('
street for its home n ml wo
will stnrt moving this week.
Tli is building is iming built.
especially for uh, mid will
have plenty of light tiivl
olen;y of room. There will
be a fine white marble
front put into the building
which will nuiko it the best
in the city when coin p! -ted :
This week wo are cuttiinr'
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down our news service ami
editorials some in order to
get moved between issues.
Cyphus Nelson who has a
cannery near fllon mouth,
canned about, 10O0 gtillens of
fruit and his demand was
HUcn trial no nns a cnnrnici ,
for 15,000 allons this com-
nig year.
Work tints commenced
Monday on the improvement
work of tin W. O. W. hull.
The petitions nre lu iut rear
ranged for the lodges.
M. Mcrwin was indisposed
a lew days thi week.
James Uiddell of Mon
mouth, loft tlits WHi.-k ir
Los Angi'len, California,
where he will take up uvia
tion, is the rej ort received at
the Monitor office. , ,
Henry Ford
Ralph C-isc'iie
A I vi Lock ridge
Cyril Richardson
Miss Fern Seaman
Miss Cecil Collini
Miss Lottie Wo.lHl
Miss Lloise Davis
Charlie Calbrenth
Helen and Frances Eaton
Lenere Davis
Miss Aletba MeKi'itiey
Dr. II T. Mclntire
Mi.-s Vale Hiltibrand
Mrs. Myrtle Kieh'irdson
W. 11 Walker
- 15c itd 25c
your name and address and mail the hop growers.