Independence monitor. (Independence, Or.) 1912-19??, February 21, 1913, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextWILL USE OUR GRAVEL SOON Exclusive Report Received by the Monitor this Week to this Effect We were informed early this week that thb S. P. was planning putting their gravel outfits at the river here in a short time, and would use the bar here at the end of their river switch to get their gra vel for ballasting the track during the summer. This will make Indepen. dence their center of oper ation duringthe summer and will add ouiie materially t0 .he trade here as a full crew of men will bt needed on both the gravel trains and the Bteam shovels while putting thft track Irom EuKOi.e to Portland in condition for the new electric lines. T in olan citntpd and with .v. 4i some authority that electric ...:n i. : ,,.; traing will be in operation over the present S. P. tracks by May first A GOLDEN WEDDING IS CELEBRATED Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Kirk- land were in independence ttfliididc the birthdav Dartv for M. W. Kirkland on Jan- ary20thwa8at Cottage drove whereshe in company with the other children, 15. M. At- UinB . N T, Atkins and S. V. Allison, were present at the golden wedding anniversary . ...... I of their Parents. A. 15. Atkins and wife Mr. and Mrs. Atkin first locoted in Oregon near Inde pendence in the late seventies making their home on the old farm place now owned by DeArmond. They moved to the city and lived here until 1QA1 Tl.ii. I.ni.o mom. ivvt. ",o,v friends in and about Indepen- dence who are pleased to hear of their long and happy mar ried life. BIRTHDAY REUNION AND DINNER J. V. Kirkland who 1ms reoehed the 85th mile stone in life's battle, was agreeably and pleasantly surprised, Saturday, when J. E. Kirk land and wife of Albany, A P. Kirkland and fami'y Mrs J. F. Vaughan and F A. Pouty and wife met at tin home of Monroe Kirklam and wife, where a hirthdtn dinner had been prepared foi him. The evening meal wat- served at the home p'aee J. W. Kirkland id one o the pioneers of Folk county coming to Orgon about 10 years a;o, and like the la.v yer states, "he has become fixture among us, having been h re so long that the mind of man runneth not to the con trary." Hale and hearty, he has carried his age well, and is still an active resident a niongst us, The Monitor hopes to see Mr. Kirkland round out a full century and wishes him many . happy day. returns of the expected Monday. Dr. H. Chas. Duns.nore in vVednesday night at 12 M. moth- Ttepons to an invitation fromler the Manonic Lodge of Kick reall delivered a lecture to that body Monday evening There iB a good lodge at the little city and a pleasant time was reported. Rev. Sherman J. Wallace of McMinnville will occupy the pulpit in the HaptUt church Sunday both .oorn wz ana evening, oundav school at the usual hour. PERRYDALE ITEMS The Annual School Rally for I'errydale and iroalmeal vvh s held at the Perrydali- school Iiouwh Saturday, Feb. 15. The meeting was opened at I 30 P. M. by Hon 1. L. Iveyt, president of the I'erry dale ecliool board. Duet sanc by JtesKie Morrison and fdieilo Keyt. Opening b eeuti M'.V Supt. Seymour explaining 'Why these Rally's h-ld, and the benefitdei iveil from them. Then cauiea discussion on the following qu'Htions "IIojv to decreasb 1 1st o t tar diness," "Text Hooks" Sian dardSchool ; "Teacher l'urentw Club;" "What is moat need- ' ed in our own school ; 1 ar- edits visiting school and teachers in homes;" Home credi', plans: and How to assist the wchool Fair " The questions were all well hand led especially as no prepaia tion had been made for them fter the quest ons were d is posed of, Mr. bliapman oi O. A.O. of Corvaliis, gave h short but splendid talk, on Agriculture especialy culta vat ion and drainage, whic greatly interested tlie- tanners he program was interesting from t-tart to finish, nnil greatly, enjoyed hy all pies 'nt- Afler tlie '"feting wa? . 1! 1 1 1 I I" . tl iiujoun:eu oy u. i,. iveyi th man I ot a parent teachers was talked over and il t'lllh t l is to he hoped to organize one in the near future Mrs. 1 1 1 tislui w is visiting at t he Conner home west o Perrydale. MnJ Cmmf wm . .... .. i nii; ltit'uriton at the home uf lltr aunt a few days last week Addie Martin of Amity visited at the home of J. F Morrison here over Sunday reti iielitln'g was a visit- or in Portland a few day last wo k. l" annie Keyt visited at her sisier a oi rii(Mi i mi a few lays last week. Chart, l'liatiher and wift returned home Sunday after noon from two weeks with friends and relatives in and wound Dallas and Kickreall W 11. MoKeo and wifeand H.J l.lliott gave a Valen tine s nartv at the home of f the former on Fri- lay evening Feb, 11. A very (Ueaseiu evening was spent with different kinds of games most of thfiu being entirel new to most of the neoo e present. Light refreshments were served at a late hour nd all ttie guests returned i their homes reporting a good time. ...... NEW TRIMMER" COMING Mrs. M. Wallace returned from Fortland.l where she attended the millinery opening. While absent she engaged a milliner to assist her. Her new trimmer is I turn t,i Mr. 7..U U'...J I and bade doing well. I III THE Vj.LD OF orunl Joe Rivers May Be Ritchie's Next Opponent. By perslBtcnt efforw Joe ItlvefH, the Mexican, hus worked his wny np to the point where he chii miy "OooU momlntf" to tho nw (.'1111111111011, Willie Ultchle, without feeling out of pliK.-e. ftlver proved that he was tumlo of tho right kind of material on Thanksgiv ing afteruof)n by defeating Joe Man dot, the prlile of New Orlenim, In a twenty round context It waa a tcood llht, and Mandot made a gnme effort, hut in Itlvera he met his maHter. Itlvera In now en- tlUed to coiiHlderatlon for a champion ship fight, and were It not for nix Den of duel he would be a down and outer Instead of Booking chatn plonBUlp honors. It wan enough to discourage any man to lone a fight In the manner Rivers lost to Wolgimt on the Fourth of July, when he practical ly bad WolgHst out, only to he declur ed the loser while wrlKUng on the' floor to get to bis feet. This was an awful Jolt for the Mexican, but In stead of returning to hl careless way of living he set bis heart on retoilnlni; bis prestige, and he made good wtlh a rush. He trained faithfully and enter ed the ring fit to make the fight of hlx life. Itlvers will probably be matched , to meet Ultchle In the near future. Forguson New Umplrs, Charles Ferguson, the crack Ameri can association umpire, who was sign ed up by Han Johnson recently, Is re curded by A. A. critics as eipial In ability to "ltrlck" Owe tin, who grad uated from Clilvlngton's circuit Into the National league a yenr ago. Fer KUaon bun been a member of Chiving ton's executive stun" for three seasons and during that time bml never mid any trouble of any couMiiicnce Ferguson, who Is a native of Pt Paul, where 11111 llrennnn of the Na tlonal league also hang bis hat, for merly played In the American league as a member of the llrowns. lie later played with St. I 'a ill In the A. A. and then managed the Wanmui (Wis.) club of the Wisconsin lllliinlH U-,ii,'. Monument to Stanley Ketchel. It. l lUckersun of Springfield, Mo,, states that he has Just finished the erection of a f.'i.ooo monument over tlie last resting place of Mnulcy Ketchel, the former king of tlie niiddlewelghts. In the Polish cemetery, near (Irnnd Itiiplds, Mich. It Is luillt of Vermont marble and granite, and standi twelve feet six inches In height ti nil eight by six at the base. Dlckorson and Ketchel'M mother were childhood playmates when the fighter's family were tenants on the fnriii of the former's father. lHckerson has spent something llko $1.(HH in avenging Ketchel's death nnd str 'ghteiilng out his affairs. Baseball Helps Chlneaa. "Ilnsehall haa been (he greatest sin gle factor for good among the Chi nese." declared Charles V. Kllot. pres ident emeritus of Harvard university, nt a meeting of students recentlv. Pres ident Kllot was telling the students of his recent trip to the orient. He said that baseball was fast be coming popular among the Chinese and that already It had done much to make them abandon games of chance. Euatia la Wealeyan'a Football Leader. Wesleyan'8 varsity football team for next season will Is- captained hy a New torker. The ninii who has been elect ed to the honor olhYe is lMwIn Tustls. who played right end during the past season. He prepared for college at the New York Military academy, where he captained the team in tils senior venr. J. A. Sullivan to Direct Sports. Secretary Treasurer .lames A. SulII van of the National Amateur Athletic union will b director of athletic sports the) carnival which will tie a tea ture of the oenlng of the I'minnm l'a- cltlc exposition In IMS at San Fran cisco. Billiard Parlor For Womn. Mrs. Iteitha May Kinrf. thti eMrt billiard player, haa opened I Mll'ard parlor for women In Kansan tlty. It Iim fifteen tautea. What a debt we owe to medical aolenoe!" he aald an he put (lown the pa Hr. Hto(1 heavens'" she eii-la lined. pit Haven't yon paid that doctor's Mil yetr' Chtenpi I'ost. Nothing OMruii Hott-Voti ve Ken spen .Hi; ii week ? IT.'w is with rorkt:ot. haven't o his house furi.isli-.'d it. ,'-!,, Xol.tv-I ti,. ver n.eliv.1 "Well, he .-K, .1 i time K'ood taste." - Life FOR THE CHILDREN Polly's Pome on Manners. Mnnnt-r in a Child are what Show if she in good or not And they muM not only be Whfn you're out In company l:ut you V'fl to have tliem too When Bun.'-h'.dy visiu you. That's the tin.e tliey are moM needed Kor t ! show how you've been breed ed Aii'l Oib kiml of Child you are I am k'kkI bfcauwe my Ma T';lin n e what to do and ay Wht-n a child comes In to play. And wt.pn It la Beside Yost Bhu tht one that cornea the moat She c;.n have my little chair And sho K t the bmgeat ahara Of tlie cioie ahd bisK'-st bite (if the ?H-:ir for I'm polite. Hut joor Mrs. Yost I kui'hs lJoii'l rjih h:v Bhe raines Beaa Kor v hi-ri 1 am ijlayiiitf there Ar;d n (.-'-t HoriiM cake to share lo -.is Bi.e taR.rs the blKsest bit liut 1 ni vcr notice It. Sim ti.o'itrb I am fond of Bess It ould he us well 1 ku' If I were to ploy there less I reri.tTiihT there's a rule Jn my coj.y book in school Th '.f Is meant for every Child "Who touule-s pitch will be defiled." Kxchnnge. A Puzzling Trick. Mere is an easy trick to puzzle your fnenils with. At least It is eauy to you, lint exireinely perplexing to your audience. You ukk. some one to write town u row of live figures. Tell bun ihat four more rovvx will be added un derlie:! ! !i. iiiul that you will give him the result "hef'jre the sum is put down." simply from this first row. SuppoM' Lie lias written 8itio " di-iliit" 2 from the last, or right hand in.l piinc it In front of tlie Orwt, or eft Ihind, figure. You will theu write lown 2 2 .'! 4 (i 3 und say. "That will he the result," Now ink blin to place sei iuirl row of figures umler the firHt roiv-uii.vtliiuK tie iiKes. nif j"" yourself put down the second row of ligiires, unil you uniHt Ho it no tnai eucu f your figures adds up to l along with his Kor Inslau. e, If lie writes 4(5 u J, you nuiHt wdle under that 5 3 9 1 0. then puis down tlie fourth row oi figures, nnd you supply the fifth, which again must make lis when added to his. Then get him to add up the whole It will come out 2 2 3 4 6 3, Just as you said it would. This may iIpo be doneon the name system in three rows of live figures encn. out in this ciise you deduct "one" only from the rl'bt hand figure, to place before the left bund one. Or It may he "sev en rows, in wnicn case you ucuuci three" from the right hand figure. 1'lils all depends upon the magic or the number II Tha Egyptian Mummy. When your friends coiue amuse them hy showing them tlie "Kgy ptiiin mum my." To umke t'ie mummy, double up votir right list i.nd upon the hack of the list tnark the eyes, nose anil mouth of a fine willi n burnt cork or water paints Tie around tills a doll's cap or lace frill anil fasten n round the wrist, no as to cover the arm. u white apron, lteiid tlie lert arm to lie across the wnlst and put the right fist Into the Inner lieud of the elbow, drawing the apron well iirouml It 1 liese prepara tions should he luude In an outer room mid the mummy should be Hpruiig upon your audience. Hy moving the thumb of the right (1st you can make the mummy look as f hough she were talk ing, nnd hy turning your head away from tlie audience h'hI disguising your voice you cnu make It sound as though she really were talking Friday Suptrttit ions. Eggs laid ou l iidiiy will. It Is said, never decay and will, if erfteu, cure Ih colic. Journeys were rarely undertaken on rrldii.v during Hie last century In many Kuiopeu n countries. In the eighteenth century no mer chant of London would hi-t-rln a voyage or undertake any new enterprise ou Friday In north Uermnny, It Is said that wltehr-. obtain power over the person who goes out unwashed on Friday. Medieval romances assert that fairies are on Friday turned Into hideous animals, remaining bo until Monday. Friday Is. according to the Welsh, Irish and Scotch, a day consecrate! to die fairies, who theu can do much, mis chief. "Tha Boy and the Man." Every boy wishes lo lie a man. but the measure of n man Is not that of sue nor Mrengtli nor stature nor pes scv-imis nor position. That which makes a man Is a ipiallty of spirit It is courage, honor, Integrity of chnr iiclcr and the resolute purpose to know what Is true and to do w hat Is risjht. The central (utility of manliness iroiind which nil others must he built up Is tlmt of a sense of honor. St Nicholas. Animal Pecttaritia. Tortolm-s nnd turtle have no toeth. Itoth nimiilililos of the parrot's lieiik .i re nitivtiliii'ii. but most birds aro able lo move otilv one. The florae too no evehroTTg. The ap IH'iirn noe of linn ti white In the eye of ;i horse Imlloate n vicious nature. The H"ii Ih partial to kittens an an irtlele of f .Mnl nnd ilmls tliem on easy I 'ill w hnleioinp food, mill the cats re Iprocnte hy n love fur ynttiK storks Cracks In tht Finqera. The ttMn's of 'he Ixuly have more wit than nn usually found In fresh Muter. When you lime mure salt on me side of nil animal meinh.iuie than m tlie other nature Hies to eijnulite :ho unioiint on I t h m.1c Suits, leav- lit t!n' t!c.e f l!u' hands to x,i Into the water, leave the cell partly emp tied i f their contents They do not he'd t..a!hrr well, a in! Vrticks" re Oil! !f le!u; H Tb Stone Wji Not Tiirown. tlene (eve's father .Hvupl.il the Ptll- et hi in Me i'-t te "iiheut sin i' a More." ice livieued i t' 1 et it :rse. At oi. 'I her "l i 1 1 li.e t tier eiureua lo -Ked ell. lie ..f the w Any- Oranges, Pour boiling water ou oranges and let them stand five minutes. This will cause the white lining to come away clean with the sklu, so that a large quantity of oranges can be quickly sliced for sauce or pudding. Corrected. Teacher What are parallel lines? Micky Mulberry, what are you grin uiog at? Micky Mulberry-'Scuse me. Miss Hharpe. but any loidy might make do name mistake. Ver means parallel bars, don't yer?-Puck. Properly Situated. "They may say what they like against him." said the convicted one's defender, "but his heart Is In the right dace." "Yes," assented the other, "and so Is the rest of him for a few years." Be Prepared. In every avenue of life great oppor tunities are constantly confronting us. Who are ready for them? Who will fill the positions? It la the prepared men. those equal to the places, -wbo generally get them. Exchange. Countering a Touch. "Iion't you think you're wasting your time talking the value of econ omy to Blank? lie husn't any money." "I know, but I have." Detroit Kree Tress. EOLA SCHOOL RALLY A rousing school rally was held here Friday afternoon the 15th. The croud was small, but it made up in enthusiasm what it lacked in numbers' Prof. Seymore and Mr. Myers of Dallas were in attend ance. Educational questions were discussed pro and con. Nearly every one present taking an active part in the discussion. It is very plain to be seen that geat good w ould be derived from meet ings of this kind if every one in terested would attend and espec ially in the rural . districts and liscuss the school question as some of the best laws, ideas, and suggestions along that and all other lines originated in the mind of the "man behind the plow" It was formally decided to organ ize a parent teachers club. Thurs day Feruary 27th. which is a step in the right direction for any school district to adopt, and we are looking forward to the good that will certainly be derived from it. Read said, "1 gilej-s tney ve ail sinned, uow, nobody threw it" Cont La A. CAIfl Mrs. L. Baldwin purchased the Myers property this week. A meeting- of the ComV.iercial Club was held Tuesday evening and legislative matters were act- ed upon. YOUNG MAN EADLY INJURED Elmer Pyrsell, a twenty three! year old, shingler on tho gi rls' dormitory of the Normal, lost his footing rolled down the roof a distance of 40 feet and fell 35 feet to the ground Sunday after noon sustaining several serious injuries. It is thought that one or more of his ribs were broken. Word was sent his parents at Portland and they arrived Mon day afternoon to be with him. For sale, 8 room tmiuralow. modern, gasoline engine and water system com plete, 4 good lots, all kinds of fruit. At bargain and on easy payments. D. V. Davb. Nomination Blank Good for 500O Votes. I wish to nominate Miss Address Nominated by Address This nomination blank, when properly filled and brought or!chestra literature for seventy mailed to the contest department of the Monitor will count for 5000 votes. Only one of these blanks will be credited to each candidate. Reeves Grocery The Best in Groceries. Crockery, Chinaware, Etc., that Pleases. Try our Coffee and Teas WE GUARANTEE the Special est You Will Save iMoney You Get Double Votes ssidepseirio -a? J 3 VOTE COUPON This coupon when neatly clit ! ted and properly filled in with ; the namJ0f the candidate you w!sh tl, vote for. will be counted as fi ve votes. Name of candidate Address This coupon is void after Feb ruary 27. Cut on lines. Don't roll. Send in flat If its Household Goods Ycu Want Cash Bas's Consequently Chenp-r See J. D. Reeves PORTLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA March 2, 1913, 2:00 P. M. CARL DENTON. Conductor GflAND OPERA HOUSE, Salem The Concert of March 2, should be one of unusual inte'rest to concert-goers, including, as it will, several celebrated numbers that have held their high place in or- nve years. AT SALEM SATISFACTION X R n Ad