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-is X INDEPENDENCE MONITOR VOL. 2 INDEPENDENCE, POLX COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1914 NO. 34 INDEPENDENCE WILLJESPOND W-'J. WORK ON ROADS Commercial Club Agreeable Calls Special Meeting To Make Plans The Commercial Club held a sp cial meeting in the H an na Block Tuesday evuiug and decided to take part in the Good Roads Day program which cou-.es on Saturday, April 25. The business houses will close and plans are on '.vol for all the able bodied bu-i ness men of Independence to go out and take part in the Good Roods work for the county, which will b. Join un.ier the supervision of tin roid sup rvis'T. A special meeting babeei called for Wednesday, - April 22. wlnn County Over-en J. Waldo Finn ai d the road o.erseets of of thh part the county are expected io be present. At this meeting the plans will be outlined for the day's work the fol lowing Saturday. A special invitation is extended by the Club to all farmers o come jn and take in the meeting and it expected that they will co-operate for road im provement. The Lad ies' Civic I in pr. ve ment CluU has also been in vited to take part in the big Wednesday meeting and it is planned to have the ladies furnish the mea's to those taking part in the road work. Gov. West has set aside Saturday as Uocd Roads IXi for Oregon and Folk county expects to do her share in keeping up the torwaid movement in good roads. EGG HUNT TODAY The Civic Improvement Club announces an egg hunt in the City Park this afternoon at 3:00 p. m. it being postponed from last Saturday on account of the rain. Prizes will be given, the prize eggs being numbered. I h Hit If I Copyright, 1911, by the Panama-Pacific Inlernatiurial F.xpositlon Co. BEAUTIFUL OREGON BUILDING AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, SAN FRANCISCO, 1915. OREGON, the first state to select and dedicate a site at the Panama I'aclnc International Exixwltlou, wag also the first to accept de ali.ua for her state building. This very lntereitinir structure, Belabor to New York's great buildng. has Ix-pii dwlifiiwl In the chaste spirit of the golden age of GreeoVs architecture. It will be ISO by 230 feet and designed on the classic line of tdhinus" Parthi mm. Tb col umns, which Greece herself modeled in murhle from previous exemplars In wood of a more ancient arohite ture. will revert to the oric!n:i! and be of timber brought from Oreeim's forests. They will be five feet In diameter and forty feet In height Not only will the materials which will b place. within the structure M Oregon's pro lu.-ts, lut the mi teriala of which the aute palace wUl be constructed will cvtue from Ore gon's vast resources. JUDGE TEAL A FAMILY m Can Hold a Family Reunion Every Say In the Week and Twice on Sunday. In addition to being one of the best road men in the county, and one the best County Judges Polk County has had, J. B. Teal, County Judge of Polk C:unty, is at the same time a great fam ily man. Judge and Mrs. Teal are the father and mother o' nine living children, their whole family amounting to 12 children, three of whom died in infancy. The home of Judge Teal is located at Falls City and though all of his children are married and most of them have families of their own, all live within a radius of three miles of Falls City. The Judge says he can have a family reunion every Sunday if he desires, and it is a well-known fact that the judgr has that desire about every Sun day. All of the children are strong and healthy and hard workers. Judge and Mrs. Teal, though somewhat advanced in years, are yountr for their age, are healthy and both enjoy life. Orocrnt.ian ... : KREBS JURY DISAGREES .. 0 , , , At balem, Monday, after de hb rating over the evidence more than eight hours, th3 jury in the case of the State vs. Conrad Krebs, in which the defendant is charged with perjury, today found itself unable to agree and was discharged. The announce- J. 1 1 -.1 Al. mem was maue oy uwir ci. a - lorney xungo mac ne wouiu asK for another trial of the case, but possibly not at this term of court. Krebs is well known a3 a hop man in this state. The perjury was alleged to consist in giving false evidence in a civd suit wi:h relation to a contract calling for the reconveyance of certain real property. The civil suit was brought against John Krebs, a brother of Conrad, and it was alleged that a contract had been entered into between the two whereby lonrad was toreconvey to John certain real property. Conrad is alleged to have denied tie existence of such a contract. DODGE RECOMMENDED George 0. Dodge left this morning for Independence, Ore gon, where he purchased in the Monitor at that place and will be associated in the newspaper busi ness with Clyde T. Ecker. Mr. Dodge has assisted in the Fro- gress office since the present editor has had charge and we: can recommend him as a young man or excellent morals ana principals. With Mr. Ecker, who has had considerable tx per.ence in newspaper I work, there is every reason to; believe that they will "make good."' Estacada Progress. J' wrt W HIGH SCHOOL PLAYSWELL PRODUCTION A SUCCESS Packed House Greets "Oaki Farm" and Liberally Applauds. Fron the rising of the curtail until the close of the last act, the High School play, - "Oak Farm," which was presented at the Opera House last Friday evnine was a pronounced suc cess. The cast was particularly well balanced and displayed much talent. The play was full of gocd clever situations and bright lines. Cyril Richardson and Cora Smith as Mr. and Mrs. Weather by. owners of Oak rarm, grace fully assumed all the dignity be coming their station, lies San difer as the oldest son carried his part well, and his opposite. Vivian Whiteaker, with her pe- tite blonde beauty. m;ide a p'1 ty picture of their scenes. Wjlard Reeveg and Rol,0 Mc. K.n aa the vilaRe school. master and doctor occasioned much applause with their eccen tricities. Cecil Swope as the money lender was so good and realistic in his Dart as the heavy vidian " ""F'' th fc he brouKnt occasional hisses from the audience. Hyman Bear as Joel and Mari etta Shinn as Sally Smart clever ly interpreted their lines, in fact they produced so many comical situations that Mr. and Mrs Audience refused to weep with them when they wept (?) but roared nil the louder. Vale Hiltebraund as Cyntba Warner was as pretty as a pc- ture jn her quaint, costume. She (Certainly knows how to choose a ! lover. Elmer Addison, as the travel ling salesman, who could produce : anything, even a water spout, was strong in his part and is in a class by himself. As a whole the costuming, stage settings and interpreta tions, were unusually good for amateurs and certainly displayed considerable training. Thej mer ited the large and apprecietive audience which greeted them. A special added fjature was a quartette by Messrs. R. T, hntire and J. G. Wclntosh Mc j:nd Mesdames Paddock and Knapp wno were enthusiastically en- cored. V. S. THE HOP SITUATION The hop situation is looking pretty fair although several growers report a shortage of hilla. Mr. 1'atton of the Slcpci & Patton firm ftst" tbut several of the hop men report a shortage (t from one fourth to one third of the hills ami this Rhor'nire seems to be confined mainly to the clunU-r hops. The red vines accm to be hilling out completely. In most of the yai da they are cross plowing although the recent ainn are holdinj; back this work consider ably. MONMOUTH IS ANGRY Attorney B. F. Swope, of In dependence, met with the city council and a number of Mon mouth citizens, TutMlay even ing, to conbider regarding the county court's attitude regard ing the money due the Mon mouth road district. Ilk cn.s ti:at the county court is wi in clined to recognize Morniou h us having any monty rights, this ye.:r, a", least, arid while U,c su perv sora in th distii.-t.s Nilh and S uth are i.icimeu tu uo tiie fair thing by this district, noth ing definite is yet made mani fest. Monmouth Htraid. , MRS. HARRIET SCUDDEK REGISTERS ! Mrs. Harriet Scjdder hr.s tl.e ! record of being the olde st reis : tpred lady voer in Indejendence , up to this time. She is 84 years oid, and states she expects to help make Oregon "dry." ARCHIE PARKER NOW NASBYi Rural Carrier Since Tle Was A Pup He Feels Lonesome In New Position Archie Parker, -who started eleven years ago to deliver mail on the first rural route es'ab- ESS r rp:Sn Sam to take the nostmasteishvp' at Monmouth and got down ite m his little red wagon Tuesday night, March 31 and Wednesday niorninp took charge of the post office. His place as mail carri r ts beinp; nueu Dy vvanace mint- ley until the government civil service examination when a suc cessor will be chosen. A num ber of applicants are out for the position. Archie stated to a Monitor re porter: "I have become so used to riding- over the hills and through the valleys in a little mail cart that I feel like a cased bird lonesome for the fresh air and valley breezes." A MMJNQr "High Falootln" Masons Meet, Put Out the Lights and Make Mysterious Slns. On Thursday evening of last week, the various members of Oregon Consistory, thirty-stcond degree Masons, six of whom arc- in Independence, met at the home of Dr. O. D. Butler, where the ceremony of extiasuisliine the lights was pcrformad, and the mystic banquet partaken. This ceremony is observed by all Scottish Rite Masons, on lhurs- day evening preceeding Easter, and is commemorative of the be trayal of Our Savior. On the afternoon of Easter Sunday, the lights at e re-lighted, with be iu- tiful and appropriate ceremonies. Those attending the ceremony on Thursday were Mr, and Mrs. i.'. 0. Good, Mr. and Mrs. J. I?. V. Butler, Dr. and Mrs. O. D. Butler, II. Hirschbertf and Miss Ella Robinson, K. H. Nelson and Miss Flora McCallan, Dr. Duns more and Miss Katie Dunsmore. THE PRETTY WINDOWS The attractive display windows at the Btores taken ad a whole present ed a most pleasing and ppectiicular nppearance when decorated for Kaater, so skillful and artistic were the wares displayed, together with clusters of Kusler lilies, blended here ard there, that admirers were heard to remark that the "show windows of Iniiepei deuce would do ciedit to much liirger places." At the milinery parlor., where the emmine passershy lintrereii, (hero seemed a perfect riot of pink, blues, tango-tana, nile-yreeim, iencock blues, ceres nnd yellow pinks blot d ed together in dozens of beautiful upring bonnets. V. S. SCHOOL MEN HOLO MEETING Polk County Principals Get Together, Talk Shop and Also f.at. The Principals Club hold their meeting at Monmouth Saturday night, April 11th. luno-hfun was served by th'! Normal Fac ulty to the visitors in the dining coot, of the dormitory. The regular work was taken up which wa3 had by President Ackerman, after which the plans for the Annual Track Meet and Kickreall Picnic were uicuss;'d. The next meeting will be held at Dallas, May 2, and it is planned to have every principal in the county preset. t With a hanqu t to be piven. The folio-it t r cipals were prc-seist: ll. L. tu: n han, Falls City; E. L Ke , I, Monmouth; W. I. Ford, D.i.a; C. F. vVailman, Ir;depcr,;t-n;-.-; II. H. ljunklvrburgj r, Dallas; V. A. Jonn.vjn, litrthet; E. M. llai- y. Ail ht; ll G. Dy!;3lrj, i.-,ta; J. II. Ackeiman, Os.itfii, F. S Etiiut!i, Gilin';re, Motiit.oui ri. i:i. H L. i: MOOSE MINSTRELS COMIK J Great preparations ate being maie by tha military brant'i of the Moose to prest-nt a big min strel show about May 1. Mada l:ne Thornton will direct the per !ormance and act as interlocutor. Jof,:, C.-r of KickrcHi. will sir.;:. The committee in charge is Emh T.v nsefi'i, John H.itebrand and ! Clarence Irwin. THE RACE IS ON 258 ON BALLOT FIFTEEN FOR GOVERNOR 'Sic 'em Tide": May the Best Men Win But They Probably Will Not The time of filing for the nom inations for national, district and state offices ha? expired and there are a total of of 258 candi dates. The yearning to be gov ernor of the sreat state of Ore iron caused eight republicans, five democrats and two progress ives to enter the race. The re publican winner is very hard to pick because it seems impossible at this time to acertain just how certain factions and elements are going to line up. The democrat ic battle is evidently between Bennett and Smith. The an nounced intention of W. S. U'Ren to be an independent candidate is causing all other aspirants much worry. Not that U'Ren might be elected, but there is a general fear that he wiU get a good sized vote and what party he will get most of those votes from is a question Then also there is the fear that Governor West may enter if Smith doesn't get the nomina tion. The candidates for gover nor are: Grant B. Dimick, Ore gon City; A. M. Crawford, Rose burg, Wm. A. Carter, Portland, T. T. Geer, Portland, James YVithycombe, Corvallis, Charles C. Johns, Portland, Gus C. Mos er, Portland, George C. Brown ell, Oregon City, Rebublicans; John Manning, Portland, C. J. Smith, Portland, A. S. Bennett, The Dalles, Robert A. Miller, Portland, G. A. Cobb, Portland, Democrats; F. M. Gill, Dufur, L. H. McMahan, Salem, Pro gressives. For U. S. Senator, George E. Chamberlain will be the Demo cratic nominee and will be op posed by R. A. Booth. William Hanley of Burns is the Progress ive aspirant. The race between Chamberlain and Booth will be a lively one and undoubtedly a close one. Mr, Chamberlain is popular End his activity in thj passing of the Alaska railroad bill has helped him. Mr. Booth has a very strong personality, is well and favorably known over the state, and has a host of ad mirers and friends who will right for him all the time. For Congressman, W. C. Haw ley, candidate for re-election, has a strong opponent in B. F. Jones of Roseburg. Jones will crowd Hawley very close if he doesn't beat him out of the nom ination. The Democrats who would like to go to Congress from this district are W. h Mer edith of Wedderbum and Fred rick Hollister of North Bend. Pred W. Mears of Medford will be the Progressive candidate. TOTAL REGISTRATION IN STATE The total registration in the Btate at the enr of lant week was 87,819 republicans, 38,47.') democrat, 6.8S2 prohibitionists, 4415 protfremivea, 4' j.'j.-j socialists andWfjS rn acellanous, making a grand total of 147, 71M. F. B. WILL DEDICATE The Fiaternal Brotherhood a ill on April 21 dedicate their ,ievv hall rvecntly leased from the Masonic order and which has been remodeled and re-furnished, A social entertainment is the or der of the evening and a good time is assured. The Fraternal Brotherhood is growing rapidly, new members being initiated at each meeting. On April 7, tighteeu joined and a large number will be taken in on April 21. President Sutton deserves praise for his loyal work, having secured 25 mem bers from his own immediate neighborhood. ANNUAL RACE MEET DATES Driving Club Directors Pick June 4, 5 And & for the Event At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Independence Driving Club Saturday afternoon the following program for the races on June 4, 5 and 6 was ar ranged, Further information in regard to the meet can be ob tained from J. S. Cooper, Jr., secretary of the club: June 4 2:25 Pace, half mile, $150 125 150 150 150 Half Mile Run 2:24 Trot, half miie, Mile Run junk S 2:18 Pace, half mile, 3-8 Mile Run, 2 yr.- olds, 2:20 Trot, half mile, 5-8 Mile Run 125 150 150 June 6 Free-for-all Pace, 1-2 mile 200 4 1-2 furlongs Run, 125 Free-for-all Trot 200 Mile Hun 150 10. 11. 12. HOW TO ADVERTISE Tha wise merchant today will make a pood Hnpropiation for ad verting in the Monitor; then if he so deairea he may experiment with or try out other medium!. ROCKEFELLJfl MQJES TOTOWN Makes Independence Distributing Point For This Section of Oregon The Standard Oil Company has decided to make Independ ence its distributing point lor this part of the state and through the real estate office of J, Mclntyre has purchased an acre tract on the railroad just north of town. On this ground large tanks will be placed, which will be filled with the stuff that made John D. Rockefeller fa mous from where the oil will be hauled or shipped to other towns. John D.'s moving to Inpendence will not lower the price of his useful fluids to consumers here, but will add a few more to our steady growing population. WORK ON AT BIG HOP RANCH Arselanlan Bros. Put 69 Men To Work Wilt Enlarge Ranch At the Wigrich hop ranch, C5 me.i have been put to work oy Arselanian Bros, tying string, plowing and otherwise putting their big- 3G2 acre hop yard in order. In about two weeks 25 wcmenwill be put to training and stripping the hops. Iherear 15 teame at work plowing. About 29 acre3 of hops have been added this year to this yard and 40 acres have been cleared and shaped for planting this cominir fall. They expect to in crease the hop acreage to about GOO acres in the next two years. This is probably the second lar trest hop yard in the world. DOMES SELLS A sale of unusual interest to farmers and stockraisers took place one day last week when Walter L. Domes of McCoy, suc cessful breeder of thoroughbred Ayshire cattle, sold a carload of his prize animals fifteen in num- T4 r ber to a Mr. Lathrop, living near ; Grants Pass. Among Mr. Dome's! winnings is a cow that has won j four firsts and five champion- j ahipsr another cow that won first at the British Columbia MOOSE TO HAVE BIG CARNIVAL JUNE 3, 4, 5, 6, DATE Biggest Time Independence Ever Had; Every Day To Be A Screamer' June 3, 4, 5 and (5 will b. big gala days in Independ ence, the biggest ever known. The Moose lodge of Inde. pendence lias combined with the Independence Driv ing Club to makd the evmt a red letter lime. IWsides the aunual race meet, which promi-es to be equal to any ever held, Tho Moose have secured thd entire Arnold Carnival Company with their six big shows, and I)r, Boyd's big animal circus, consisting of ponies, dogs, goats, bears, mules and the famous horee, King Pharaoh. The first show will be on tho evening of June 3. Music for these will be fur nished by the Independence Band, while Arnold and Boyd's will each have a 10 piece band in attendance. The Moose lodges of Sa lem, Albany, Corvallis and Dallas have already given assurance of sending big delegations and arrange ments are being made to bring from 1000 to 1500 peo pie from Portland tor one day during the Carnival by speccial train from that city. One of the novel features is to be the Moose patrol wagon. L. CURRIER IN BUSINESS L Currier made a purchase this week of the paints, oils and wall paper comprising the stock of the Red Cross Pharmacy. He has secured the A. E. Anderson building on Monmouth street for the location of his supply store and announces a sale Saturday of this week of all wall paper at 10c per roll. Call early and get your choice. Samples will be on display at the store of Mrs. Cur rier and those desiring may leave orders there. CHOICE STOCK show and two yearling bulls that captured first and Becond in the exhibit of 1912. Mr. Domes by careful and scientific breeding has estab lished a herd which in the very near future will be hard to beat and prove of considerable finan cial profit to himself. The Ay shire is a good kind In every way and a pleasure to the eyes to behold. Whether or not most of them look like prise winners.