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INDEPENDENCE MONITOR VOL. 1 INDEPENDENCE,POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 28 1913 NO. 35 THE MONITOR CONTEST CLOSES SATURDAY AT NINE O'CLOCK SHARP When The Fine $350.00 Piano Goes to the One who Wins and Other Prizes Go to Willing Monitor Workers Chute and Merwin Open the Boxes and Count the Ballots at the Monitor Office Saturday, Tomorrow Night at Nine THE MONITOR AGAIN LEADS First Information of the Siietz Railroad LAST WEEKS REPORT VERIFIED Camps are now Located and Permanent Survey Work is Under way Last week we reported in the Monitor that a surveyers perma nent location camp would be placed on the valley and Siietz survey from Independence in the near future. This week the ex clusive report has been verified. We have been reliably inform ed that Mr. Donald, head engi neer for the Valley and Siietz road is now located at the Link place, about two miles above Airlie, with a crew of about twelve men, doing permanent survey work, establishing the exact grade and road bed for the new line to the timber belt be longing to the Cobb-Mitchell peo ple and which the Falls City Lum ber Company contemplate cutting and using a mill to be erected at this point for that purpose. We are also informed that the options for right of way are being taken up and the right of way purchased according to the option contrasts here-to-fore made. The Monitor i3 pleased to be able to give this good news to the public and believes more of a similar nature will be announced in a few weeks. OPPOSES SCHOOL POLICIES OF PRESENT TIME In another column of the Mon itor can be found a letter from Mr. Mitty in opposition to the home credit system in the schools as well as to contest waging as carried on through the efforts of State Supt. Alderman. The Monitor published this ar ticle as its columns are open to discussion of all questions of a public nature. We wish to state though that we request in all instances the refraining from the use of per sonalities when discussing these questions, as we hold the indived uahty the person is of no conse quence and that the subject mat ter alone is the only question wor thy of consideration. The Monitor believes in every good plan that will brine forth the faculties of the growing mind and body to a more complete real ization of their powers, wheather in mathematics, history, liteua tu Bfipnrp manual training, athletics, or the raising of better crops and stock. INDEPENDENCE BOY TAKES IN RAGES Frank Kirkland of this place made an excellent showing in tne i Wp athletics at Columbia Un iversity. The Oregonian reports the event as follows: The Administration Hall carri ed away first honors in the first annual Columbia University inter hall indoor track and field meet yesterday in the Coliseum, with 514 joints against 41 points made by the Christie Hall teams, its nearest opponents. The Day Scholars were third with U joints. Kirkland, who was a point getter in the 1912 Portland Inter scholastic meet, proved to be the best all-around athlete in yester day's competition, making 31 of the points scored by the winning team. The following are the events in which Kirkland won first honors: Fifty-yard high hurdles, 50-yard low hurdles, 440 yard run, broad jump and high jump. Tf,e fact that Murihead was unable to compete owing to an injury sustainen at practice is given as the reason for the poor showing of the Day Scholars. The athletes grew tired towards the end of the meet and poor time was the result. The Columbia University alumni donated a sil ver cup to the team winning three meets. The following were the winners of the events: 50-yard dash--Goreczky (Chris tie), 5 4-5 seconds. 50-yard high hurdles Kirkland (Administration), seven seconds. 50-yard low hurdles Kirkland (Administration), G3-5 seconds. 440-yard run Kirkland (Ad ministration), 56 1-5 seconds. 12-pound shot put Philbin (Scholars), 41 feet 7J inches. One-mile run Driscoll (Ad ministration), 5 minutes 213-5 seconds. 220-yard run Goreczky (Chris tie), 24-4-5 seconds. Broad - jump Kirkland (Ad ministration), 17 feet 4J inches. High jump Kirkland (Admin istration), 5 feet 5 inches. Pole vault Murphy (Scholars) 8 feet 3 inches. GOVERNMENT-EXPERT ON SCHOOLS Makes Headquarters at Sa lem and Visits in Dallas J. C. Muerman, a specialist on rural schools from the bureau of education at Washington, D. C, was in Dallas last week, taking part iri the Polk county teachers institute. Mr. Muerman is making his headquarters at Salem, in the office of State Superintendent Alderman. GLEE CLUB COMING The Independence High School has secured the Willamette Uni versity Glee Club to appear in Independence Friday, April 18. The University has a fine musical aggregation this year. k BIRD SPECIALIST Wm. Lord, a bird specialist and writer of authority on birds, speaks before the students of the Independence High School at the high school building Friday, April 11. Mr. Lord is now on a lecture tour, being assigned places at which to speak from the State Superintendent of Public Instruction office in Salem. Dollar Returns After Decade Monmouth, Ore.. March 21. Z. A. French of Airlie, Ore., re ceived last week in change a sil ver dollar which he had marked and spent in Earl ham, Iowa, 11 years ago. In 1902, while celebrating his son's 17th birthday, Mr. French noticed a dollar dated 1885, the date of his son's birth. He mark ed it with the lads initials and then spent it It will now be re tained as a keepsake. Spokesman Review. Just received beautiful line of lingerie waists some with high neck and long sleeves, some with low neck and short sleeve.. At Cary's. AT RACE TRACK Pulling in Condition for Races this Summer Several Good Horses Now at Grounds 'or Training Mart Graves has his mules at work putting the race track in condition for the Independence Riding and Driving Club Asso ciation. The track is a good one and quite a number of local peo ple are interested in the asso ciation. W. W. Percival, C. A. McLaughlin, Claud South, Mr. Willis and several others have thoroughbred horses here at the barns on the track which will be put into condition as soon as possible. It is stated that plans may be made for a few matched races some time in May and a race meet planned for local interest prior to the regular annual racing meet. PEG KING OF POIK J. M. Jentry is the hop peg king of Polk county and as Polk county is the hop center of Ore gon, he becsmes the hop peg king of.the world. He comes into town every few days with a hay rack loaded with these bundlss of pegs. His "crop" this year will aggregate several million pegs. SILVERTON IS DEFEATED ' AT BASKET BALL Independence Wins With Decisive Score The fastest game ever played on the Independence floor by the home team was the game Satur day between Silverton and Inde pendence, when the home team scored a victory with a result of 65 to 14. In one and one half minutes the home team m ade eig h t poin ts. throwing four baskets, which is the fastest exhibition of work ever recorded by a valley team. Earnest Williams made 23 points, mostly by throwing fowls. The Silverton team played Ver non Walcott and Willis Cooley two of the crack town team that played the Armory team at Dallas The balance of the Silverton team were Clair Jarvis, Oral Palmateur Earl Hartman, and Fred Cauere der. Cary's will show you the latest in new wash goods, laces, em broideries, lingerie tape an stick erei. Edwards & Ball Sell Big Auto W. II. Walker became the pur chaser of a Mighty Michigan Forty automobile this week. The sale was made through Edwards & Ball who have the at?ency for this machine in this section. BIG TIME AT RICKREALL Band and Basket Social April 12th Down in the to.vn of Rickreall where the spirit of energy and activity is well developed a fine band of about twenty five pieces is organized with John Orr as band master, John is a hustler and has one of the best bands in the valley in trim for all occasion. On April 12 they have decided to give a big supper, a basket supper, and the ladies of the Rickreall country are known to be the best cooks in the valley, so that assures the social bein a decided success. Besides the supper and the band music there is to be' a liter ary program an 1 some special music so everybody will get their money's worth. A big crowd should go from Independence. LOGAN BERRY GULTURE PROFIT TABLE BUSINESS Big Acreage Should Be Planted In Polk County, Oregon Turn ViiiT-irlroH civ Hnllsirs off from one half an acre of logan berries is the result reported to the Monitor by a raiser of the fruit this year. This return shows a fine profit on the investment. Light clay soil, well cultivated, and in open country is the best to be secured for this berry. Plant the slips in six foot rows, and about 12 feet between vines to get best results. This will require about 605 plants to the acre and it is estimated that 2Jc. is a reas onable figure at which to get the plant. This industry is a new one in Polk county, the first large acre age planted being that north of Independ. -nee near Derry, which is being made into a logan berry farm. FTeidman-SheUiy shoes oxfords and pumps for ladies, misses and children. At Cary's. CYCLONE KILL 0 IN NEBRASKA Monday's report gives the kill ed at several hundred in Omaho alone from a cyclone. We re commend Oregon to those who wish to get out of the blizzards and bad weather. Just a few flakes of snow in the worst we can report. DALLAS BEATS INDEPENDENCE Out-played, out-passed and out fought but not out-gamed, Inde pendence was defeated by Dallas in the deciding game of the series by a score of 15 to 10 and truth compels the fact that had Dallas had even ordinary luck in shoot ing baskets, the score would have been much larger. The game was played in the Willamette University Gym. at Salem in the presence of wildly cheering, howling, yelling crowd estimated at four hundred. Independence has no excuses to offer for their defeat but the fact remains that the local boys were decidedly off color that nitrht. Seeley and Reeves played the best ball for Independence, Seel ey getting one ar.d Reeves two field baskets. Mix threw fouls in good form, connecting four out of seven. Russell played a hard, snappy same at guard. McKin ney was substituted for Williams in the last part of the second half and though he infused the team with new energy, it was to late. The local bo s were considera bly handicapped by the slick floor. Although the antire Dallas team played fine, the credit for the victory must go to "Dukes" Herzog, the smallest man on the floor, he scored two baskets"and his all-around work was the fea ture of the game. Summary baskets: Reeves 2, Seeley 1 , Earham 2, Herzog 2, Boydsen 1, fouls. Mix 4, Boydsen 3 WHO WILL WINPRIZES? Candidates Alert With ExcitementEach Is Confident. Voting Ceases Promptly at 9 O'Clock Saturday Night. NOTICE J Votes mailed must be received T before 9:00 o'clock Saturday X night to be counted, and we assume no responsibility lor mall not delivered to our post office box at Independence by that hour. s Forty eight hours or less after you read this article the Grand Thousand Dollar Prize Voting Contest will be brought to a close. Who the winners will he, not even the Contest Manager himself could hazard a guess with any degree of certainty, for the bal lot boxes were locked last Tues day and the keys turned over to Prof. Chute who will act as one of the judges. No one knows who is in the lead at this time, and no one w ill know until the judges make the count and de clare the winners. The three leading candidates in each district are so evenly matched that any of them can head the list in there district the closing night and any one saying that this candidate or that candi date is going to win, are putting themselves in a position to make an awful blunder. In fact any candidate in the nice might cap ture the first Grand Capital Piize. TO THE VICTOR BKLONU Till'.. SPOILS AND MAY THE DESERVING ONE WIN. Candidates and their friends are invited to be present and wit ness the counting of the votes. Promptly at 9 o'clock Siturday night the judges will open the b ixes and commence count. No one will he nermitted to cast a vote after this time so be sure and have all your votes in the boxes; before 9 o'clock Saturday night BUSY TIME HERE ON SATURDAY Big Crowd Trading and Seeing Things The editor of the Monitor made a little trip through the livery stables, feed yards and stores, Saturday to see what was doing in business circles and how many country people were in town. ' He found C12 people on the streets and 73 rigs in town and the great percentage were here from the immediate territory surrounding the city. A Fine Banquet Given t The members of the I. H. S. faculty with the help of the ad vanced Domestic Science Depart ment served a matrnificient ban quet to the II. S. Basket Ball team and lady friends at the H. S. building Thursday evening. March 20. The dinner was a seven course affair of the finest -anment and was greatly enjoyed by all present. The bas ket ball team feels grateful to all who helped with this fine dinner m their honor. Prof. F. G. Chute was toast master for the evening. R. T. Mclntire gave a toast to "the success cf the team and why." "A toast to our coach," by Captain Mix. "To our high school," bylvyRurton. "To the team," by Frof. Ridgeway and "To Captain Mix," by Ernest illiams. After the dinner all wore entertained by several song selections by the Rev. Crow and Dr. R. T. Mclntire and a piano selection by Willard Reeves. The evening broke up about 10 o'clock and every one wont home happy. Those attending were; Frof. Chute and wife, Miss Ivy Burton, Kora Browne, Joan Ketchum, Cora Smith, Beth Ketchum, Irene Grover, Phyllis Bush, Vivian Whitoaker, Messrs Ridgeway, llev. Crow, Dr. Mclntire, Ira Mix , Willard Reeves, Ernest Williams, Elmer Addison, Ray Russel, Ro'lo McKinney and Victor Seeley. Mrs. Minnie Kincaid Macy died at the home of her par ents at Springbrook, Friday, at about noon, Minnie Kincaid Macy wife of O. A. Macy of this city. Mrs. Macy was married to Mr. Macy about fifteen months ago, and for the last seven months had been sick with a hip disease. Ev ery medical assistance possible was given her. The funeral services were con ducted from the Friends Church by Dr. Dunsmore of this city, the burial being in the cemetery at Newliorg. There was a largo attendance at the funeral, which showed the high respect and love felt in her home community for her. She was well and favorably known in Independence, where she n.ade her residence for sever al months after her marriage, and where a new home had been built according to her plans and ideas. The husband has the sympathy of this whole community. Selling Autos Says Mr. Long Last week we mentioned sev eral automobiles that had been purchased through C. G. Long, and this week Mr. Long states he sold a 5 passenger Ford to Mr. Ingormansnn and a 7 passenger Cadellac to K. C. Eldredge. In gormanson ha commenced build ing a new garage to house his new machine and Mr. Cooper has also secured the lumber for a garage at his country home. LERONA CHAN GES OWNERS Moss Walker Sells to W, F. Stine An i tiiport ant UmineHH oViil wns conMiminnt'-d Thursday, when W. T. '.Stine, who re cently purchase d the Hotel heron a building from A. L. iet ling, 1 purchased tbe furniture, lease and bindneKH df the hotel from Mosh Wiilki-r. TUi hotel, fciiice i( waH .,pcm-d up for business last summer, has boon one of the it-adit hotels of the valley under thu popular nmnage im.Mt f Mr Walker. Mr. Stine i- a man of good bui- I-. ,.i i i.i mi if no aniinv mm ., n . to maintain me excen.-nv n palatioii now enjoyed by t,e hotel among the travel ing public. CYCLONE AND FLOOD COME Loss by Death Thousands Property Hundreds of Millions Dayton, Ohio has 2000 to Perish and Possibly Many More The first of the week the report of t he cyclone t hrough out Nebraska, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois and Michigan was received, stating that about 22S were dead and about 700 wer-j injured as a result of the cyclone, the largest re port coming from Omaha, where l.r2 were counted as dea'l. The property los was reported to be over $1,000, 000. Wednesday morning word was tlashtd across the conti nent of the worst flood in the history of the country. Day ton, Ohio, streets were a needling river from eight to twenty toet deep, and several thousand people wore known to nave drowned. Indiana a!no4 experienced the Hood and Terrc Haute went through botli the cyclone and the tlood, the cyclone claiming a toll of 20 lives with 250 injured and a prop erty loss of a million. On Tuesdav tho Wnbush river let t it bunks and cpread de struction along its course. A top estimate of the to'al death loss is reported at 5,000 and the property loss at $25,000,000, the great rail n.ad nvstetim looking heavily. The Indiana ifc Ohio section report its loss from the flood $100,000,000. Probably 500,- 000 people have been made homoleHH by the Hood is one report. The government has been called on to aid the homeless and has already went twenty freight cars loaded with 4,000 teufs and 11,000 cots. M-dk-al ms sistaiico hiis been sent and every effort is being made to minimize the Fuffering. DIED ROHERTSON, Mrs.' Ellen Rob ertson, at the age of Gl years, widow of the late M. A. C. Rob ertson and mother of Mrs. Claud Pingra, Mrs. F. A. Douty, Oris B., and G. A. Robertson, at Kirksville, Missouri, March 12th. Funeral services were conducted from Portland, Friday, March 21, interment Saturday, March 23, in the forenoon at Turner. Mrs. Robertson had gone east for a short visit and for her health, when th news of her deith came from her daughter. Mrs. Petigra, who lived at Mis souri. The family have the sympathy of their many friends in Inde pendence where they made their home for many years. Mrs. Robertson was a woman of high ideals and excellent character. Miss Chaney of Monmonth was seen on our streets Wednes day afternocn.