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About Independence monitor. (Independence, Or.) 1912-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1913)
Published Weekly at Independence, Polk County, Oregon, on Friday. Entered as Second Class Matter August 1, 1912 at the Post Office at Inde pendence, folk County, Oregon, Under the Act of March.3, 1879. tj. A. Hurley, Publisher 'Sfc Proprietor Suoscrlption Rates: One Year $1.50 Strictly In Advance Independence, Oregon, Friday, NOV 21, 1913 THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR!A,bsdv retvari o"jder, J- K. rseal and Jesif1 We 1 1. Mr. Nealand .Mrs Reynolds utettained their Sunday School elasses. Thu rsd ay eveningNov. G, at the home of Mr. and Mrs J. K. Neal. A repp pleasant evening war spent di.ouiing Sunday School plana and playing gmes. Light rein-aliments wt re served and all departed for hom assuring '.heir host- 3- of a very pleasant evening Those oreseut were Mr. aud Mrs. VV. 1. Reynolds. Mr. , . J ft M . II T- unu ivirs. . it. lievens, Misses Clara Schneider, Ber-ii'-ce Wells, Isabelle PoUrson, Francis Donald-on, Willie Hall, Perry Wells, Raymond Hall, Audley Frost, Marvin Wells, Verd Schnink, Orvil!u Wolh, Fred Wells, Arthur Eikins, Haro d RevnoldsJ Willis Reynol id and Clifford .Vails. The Biggest Pear We have been seein?, measur ing and weighing: all kinds of vegetables and fruit and have had prize squash, prize apples, prize pumpkin, etc., but the latest is is the bi?t?est and best. Mr. Tom Williams brought to our office Monday one "pound pear' that weighed 3$ pounds and another that weighed 3 pounds. This is the first pound we ever sav that had 54 ounces in, These two pears are declared to be the larg est ever seen in Independence. They were grown opposite Tal- madge at what ia locally known as Ingersoll. Boena Tista News Notes MONMOUTH NOTES A number of the fonuei graduate of the Oregon Nor mal School were here last week visiting the Normal. Among them were Bess Shephard, Inez Stark, Lela Erickson, Mary Murdock, Mr. Araut, Mrs. Sloan and Mrs. Courtney. On Tuesday morning Nov. 11, Mies Luella Daniel gave her senior chapel talk on "Character, a Neoessary Asset to a Teacher." Mies Daniel handled her subject except ionally well, and held the interest and attention of all her hearers. Wednesday, Nov. 12, was spent by Miss Parrott in peaking before the teachers Institute at Hillsboro. The chapel period Thurs day morning was given over to Ming Parrott for an ac count of her experiences at HilUboro. Students from that place were pleased with Mints Parrotl's praise of their home town. We were very much in terested Friday morning in Mr. riummer's address on "The New Education." Mr. Plu miner ia a member of the city board of schools in Port land, and has been prominent in educational woik in Ore gon for several years. After the close of his talk he asked to meet all of the students. Everyone wa given an op portunity to shake hands with Mr. Plummer and to express hie appreciation of the good ad vie given. On Friday evening the Monmouth and lndependenc bands with several singers J and musicians from Indepen dence tiave a concert in the! Nelson Anderson and N. Tyler were business cilers in Independence Saturday. Mrs F. M. Donaldson has been visiting her brother Tom Ray burn who is quite 6ick it his home in Indeptiidcmo A good many of the Ru na Vista people eut to Toledo fo.- salmon lit wek. Mr. Thomas, our carpenter did some repair work for G W. McL'ughliu last week "i f i x t t i Li. i . vens 6oia seven butcheied pigs to some ot the residents of the town. R. U. Dykstra spent Sal uday with friends in Mon mouth. The "Cheerful Wiggle's' met for their social meeting at the home of Mart Prather Friday night and spent an enjoyable evening. MrsLeah McClain has re turned from a few months tay with relatives in Port- lard. Verd Schrunk got kicked in the back by one of hi fel low players while practicing foot ball Thursday evening. He still limps a little but is gettii g along nicely. Our high io' oo hasdir lied now eighteen students, two having started Monday. Guy Vaughn and family have moved into the house with his fatlier-in-law. Mr. Brundrige. Eil Prather made a bu-i noss trip to Salem the first of the week. The Odd Fellows placed a new side walk down alon" the west side of their porperty here. J M. Prather of Corvallis was a business visitor here Thursday. Willis Reynolds attended, the foot ball game at Salem Saturday. Piof. Dpkrtta is quite nick with 1& grippe. Arthur Elkius was a Salem visitor Thursday. W. I. Reynolds moved into their new home Thursday. Roy Kreuti of thu place I commonly known as tlu "Dutch Duke" is ruling a ! Good reading glasses at O. A. Stream er's for $1.00. Read This, It Will Interest You Do you know your little tots will soon be grown men and women and you, yourself, will be old and had you thought how, then vou would like to see the tots as they are today and how they will like to see you when you were young. Why not have that photo taken for them to X remember you by? Have photos of the tots for f keepsakes when they are older, rhotos made now are very valuable in the future. Those worn and faded photos that were made years ago, think how highly we prize them. YouivwiU be the same to pome one ?oine time Come to us and have those photos taken between now and Christinas as we are giv ing one enlargement free with each dozen $4 00 photos or bight r. This will be a nice Christmas j recent tor voine hund. We have one other pieseut if you prefer it to the enlargement. Come ai d see what we give you. It cot-ts 3011 ihu.g to in vestigate. If our 1 "r phan s you, make a dat tor sitting. We appreciate your visiting card printing, your letter heads, envelopes, etc. Bring1 your or- ler to the Monitor office. Davies' Studio Over Cary's Store Independence, 1 see mih Thanksgiving Greefini is When You Eat That Turkey Stop and Thirax IT IS ONLY 23 SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS WHEN YOU EAT TUKKiY AGAIN A Larger Part of Our Xmas Presents Are on Display. We Illustrate a Few AM PLEASED TO LAY AWAY WHAT YOU WANT '8 1-11' .--m---- ?t ?&,.-' A ft ! i f r ir I HI vi 1 I i! I ZZZZZZZP v,J 2 Vi I-v -. : 1 ...... 41 . wvJ If Normal chapel for the beneht 1 ' . , , , . . v : ton a brakes-nan. of tl." i iutd uul ' 1 he Norm. Among th singers was Mr.; 'l'bose fr m hero win. : ROWE'S JEWELRY STORE ft IIVU W . U ' k I . Fhcne 7723 i .-'t-P'--
