Independence monitor., June 26, 1914, Image 2

THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR
AN INDIJ'ENDIiNI' MiWSI'AI'f H
Published Weekly at Independence, Polk County
Oregon, on Friday.
Entered as Second Class Matter August 1, 1912 at the Post Office at Inde
pcndence, Polk County, Oregon, Undar the Act of Marcn j, io.
CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor
Subscription Rates: One Year $1.50 Strictly In Advance
Independence, Oregon, Friday, June 26, 1914
William L'.. J'urdy of Newburg is running i.y himself fur
governor. VVe have not learimJ the nature of his grievance
The Oregon college profe-sor who declined a raise in
salary will not establish a precedent that other will follow
Thfl war crvern fuel werfectlv al. in ratio of war tliere
in no chance in a thoummd that they would have to fight.
An Oregon roce Iuir been pl-intnl uj)on the White House
grounds Hiid it will be the prti.ti'-ft one that blooms there
Will Koine genius discover a plan in which the number
of primary candidates can be reduced with fail liens and
justice to all and depriving none of an equal chance?
Cnrraiiza and Villa have disagreed. No t.vo Mexican
that evtr lived could agree, for sixty days at a nine- un.esi
one of them held a gun and the other knew it was loaded.
A dsmocratic paper gleefully exclaims, "th democrat
will rule the nation for fifty ye . Whoa! Bt.ck hi for
eight years without getting In ked and then talk of adding
forty two more to it.
The candidate who goes up and down the utatu shouting
calamity and hard times is going to ho defeated. Wi.at
the people of Oregon want is optimism and boosting, not
of the "wittered stock" variety but the genuine article.
The following article from the Milwaukee (Wis.) Leader
will give you a good tip as to who are the chief "promoters"
of, a war h-tween the United Slates and Mexico:
"A (ii'rninti itrniiuiieiit firm Htipplii'H 'war news' to French jmpcra to He
mic i,icK'r Hitru.i'intii.m in Cunimny. A Japanine nun wnrka him the
cm r;M)oinioit on Hh )mynill to help fan thu war Hcure with the United
Mm Urn, und till tin! pocketx of its own direi toru and those of itn ally, the
Ameiican Steul Trout. Such U the wur imlunt ry of today. Of such Htuff
are our patriots inmle. From such material ia created the national hatreds
that would send millions of workers to h alautrhterad to make a ateel trust
iivulnmi."
It HppearH from the following editorial in Sunday'
y.ilem ytatewmaii that Mr. Lafferly is causing insomnia
among republican and democratic politicians in Portland:
"It would seem unthinkable, hut there are some people down at Portland
who fear that Lall'erty may aj;am notie in and he uent to congress for
another term. "
Did not Mr. haffoity say when ho threw bis hat into the
ring as an independent candidate that
' Jt is my candid opinion that my defeat would postpone for at leant ten
yearn a realization of national Iuwh givinj? to the general public the pros
lmtily and ahare of wealth produced which it deaerven."
Veil, veiy few people like to wait "i.t least ten years
when they have something coming.
A SPLENDID
OPPORTUNITY
On the Fourth of July
By JOHN Y. LARNED
Our good friend and neighbor, the Falls City News,
speaking in behalf of the general public, advances the
fallowing proposition which may bo worthy of considerable
consideiution by thu putties ineiitiontki:
"It would appear to the jjeminil puhlic that Wilson and Itryan niiirht very
prolital.ly spend a little more of their time in studying the troubles and
t.eeds ot tin. coui.lry and let ti e gleaners' kill off atew more of the 'un
dem alilca, '
liien alter they have scientifically "studied the troubles
und m-.ds of the country" and arranged u condition of
affairs in which every perton in the United Mates would
get three dollars or more a day, they might be persuaded
to locale Charlie Koss lind the fllov who nit Hilly
Patterson und determine the age of Ann.
The Monitor is pleased at any time to learn that our
re pres. itiHiiv.. u 'ongr.--, Mr. llawh-y, ia doing some
thing good for nation, Mate, dbtriet, men or man and it is
Wilh joy that we print the following extract from the Con
gressional lieeoid of June 11:
"Mr. MANN. The truth is, Mr. Chairman, Kim-o we are asked to havu
the t.eneral l.oVeinlnr ut o into a eon, bat with lleas 01. the Pact tic const
with beiiy hce at t.alve ton, and h. d l nK at eia Cruz, hihI now doeti.h'in
ti e A. antic Heei.ii, we luivo entered upon ipnie a w ide scope oi work."
i tU tiU'f . j
"Mr. UAV l.LY. Wo will have to do a lot of scratching." Laughter.
Should Mr. liawley delettnine to Venluie further into
the Held of humor and thus contribute to the good of man
by cretuing laughter, we wish him success and fhould he
succeed Maik Twain or loll Nye in the estimation of the
Ano ricai. people we will be the !h-i to pin an Oregon rose
upon !.U bieat-tuud declare, "Well Done."
Under the caption, "rdnill Illinois Democracy Commit
Suicide", Mr. Pnun says 'n the June Commoner:
:S V r V,lSV1M '"i " n 1,0 "f " ,,M!'1 ,','i"H',t, trH- rviv! of the ediou,
and odor. ti days when pmrnlei -l.im.ls named political a.scen.i..,, .J Ti I . ' u
him ou.c.a.a He i (-..,,.r,inder -in eh.ef of Mich of the fouvs of ,'v I as
have taken U! their no hi ica r,.v,,i..,. .1 . ..' tv"
... i..vuvi,uiiiucnv, lie is the
i KC-IUIIHISle croup of Winch r..nr-..v..t-
olliciaia.
iiMt- i.iki it om iiieir oouitcai reside",
e-V-oneiit of' that t',,r sevkii'j;. j,m ,
.,. ,, I , i.m,eii, a Kinup tri ims no Mitwnl con-
e r.; c-cw vv:! urrn ",,iy o ,
It was predicted when the Declara
tion of Independence was promulgat
ed on July 4, 1770, that tbe anniver
sary of the duy would be celebrated
with the firing of cannon and sucn ex
plosive demonstrations of Joy. Tns
prediction bus been fulfilled to the
present day, but during the past quar
ter century the old Independence day
passed away forever. The day la
now most OttliiKly celebrated by re
calling the KtniKgle which made good
the assertion of the American people.
Were is a story of tbe ltevolution:
New Jersey was the principal battle
ground of the ltevolution. The region
between New York and PlUladelphla
was a great dual of tbe time deba
table ground. The British occupied
New York city and, for a portion of
the time, Philadelphia. Washington
stationed himself on the heights of
Morrlstown, between the two ciUea,
but much nearer New York thsn
I'hllndelphlu. Over the lower ground,
from Trentoa to Jersey City, couriers
were galloping, spies were lurking and
a stray soldier wearing the red or the
blue was moving on some errand.
Borne five miles southwest of New
ark, where the city of Orange now
stands, Tins the residence of a Tory
named Wnrdle. Ilia daughter, Vir
ginia, bud two suitors, tbe one a Brit
ish, the other an American officer,
Edgar Plimpton, the redcoat, was with
General Howe at New York, and
since the urmy of occupation had lit
tie to do the young Englishman made
frequent excursions to vialt the lady
he loved, while Alun Trowbridge, who
was at Morrlstown, rode in the oppo
site direction and about the same dis
tance on a similar errand.
Kit her one of these officers was lla
ble to fall into the bunds of some re-
connoltering or foruging party of the
side against which he fought. Then,
too, it wns quite possible that they
might meet nt the Wnrdle mansion
One night (It was the Fourth of July,
by the wny) Lieutenant Trowbridge,
descending tbe Orange mountain, gal
loped through the valley between him
and tbe Wurdles and drew up before
the gate. Without vailing to be ad
ndtted ho Ktnlkcd Into tbe house, to
find Miss Virginia In the drawing room.
She wns evidently much perturbed.
Trowbridge asked her If be had come
Inopportunely, If he had not better
leave, but to all such questions she
gave unsat Is factory replies. Neverthe
less, throughout the whole of his visit
she appeared 111 ut ease, und he found
himself obliged to do nearly all the
talking, Uie young lady confining her
self to monosyllables.
Trowbridge knew of the attentions
of Captain Plimpton and had come to
her to ask her to decide between blm
self and the Britisher. He began a little
speech he had arranged to that effect.
but Virginia, showing Blgns of still
greater emlinrrnsstnent, endeavored to
cheek him. lie persisted and Just as he
finished with the words "decide now
between him and me" a closet door
ipened niul his rival stepped forth in
the dress of u citizen.
"If this matter Is to be settled here,
he said, "I prefer not to be placed in
the position of eavesdropper. Rather.
I would hear my doom openly."
"How comes It, captain," said Trow
bridge, "that you are so near the Amer
lean lines and not in uniform? Are
you aware that If caught as you are
you are liable to be treated as a spy?"
Ho had no sooner spoken tlie words
thnu there wns the sound of horses'
boofs without nnd through the window
they could see a dozen Continental
troopers at the gate. An oltlcer dls
mounted and coming up to tlio door
which stood open wnlked Into the ball.
Looking into the living room he saw
the two men and the girl. To Trow
bridge, lu whom he recognized a patriot
otllcer, he said:
"Pardon me, sir, for entering unnn
nouueed, but 1 have been told that a
ltrltlsh spy was lu this neighborhood
and since tills bouse is occupied by no
torlous Tories 1 am likely to tlud him
here "
"There is no spy on these premises."
replied Trowbridge. "I give you my
word for that."
The oltlcer looked suspiciously al
Plimpton. "I fear," he snld. "that 1
shall ha vp to ask this gentleman to
give nn account nf himself."
Piiiiipton hiis about to speak to de
Chile bis Identity when Trowbridge
stopped him.
"I hnvs vouched for tbe gentleman."
he said. "That should be enough."
"Who Is ho?"
"1 hnve told you ttint he is not s
spy."
"Nevertheless 1 must satisfy myself
of that."
"I.eiiVH this house, sir."
"On what Authority T'
"By order of tbe commander in
chief. I am Lieutenant Trowbridge of
his utiifT "
"Pardon me. lieutenant.'' said the
oilier, and, tiiinim;. he rejoined his
troopers, and they all rode mvav.
Then followed nn Impressive tableau
Virginia, turning to Oiptnln Plimpton,
took Ids band In both of hers, looking
him steadfastly In the eyes Then she
turned, and. tbrowimc her arms about
Trowbridge, her bend fell on his
breast.
"1 do not blame you." snld the csp
tain. "I only regret that I might not
j at least hnve been ytven an oppor
t unity to do so noble nil action."
Without another word he left the
I house and never saw Virginia Wnrdle
! again
A SNIFF OF
CHLOROFORM
By M. QUAD
Copyright, 1914. by Aiioclated Ut
erary Press.
THE PROFESSIONS
The Kincardine bunk was one of the
oldest and strongest banking Institu
tions in New England, though situated
and doing husiuess Id a town of 2,000
Inhabitants, it made loans to hun
dreds of farmers, and It did business
with many ubipbuildcrs and shipown
ers along tbe New England coast.
Many and mnnr a time, us assistant
cashier. I have seen $1,000,000 stuck
ed in our vault and have tossed pack
aires of S.Vl.OhO atiout as if they had
no more vulue than so much old paper.
I any we did a large business, but yet
our building was a humble oue and
our methods as primitive as might be
found in a country store. We baa
a brick vault with iron doors, but
tbe laziest sort of cracksman would
have dug bis way into It in an hour
with a crowbar. Outside of the vault
wag an old fashioned bolt headed safe,
which locked with a key only. It had
a strong, massive look, but the lock
could have been picked lu a quarter
of an hour, and two ounces of powder
poured into the keyhole und exploded
would have torn the door off. It will
surprise you when I say that sums of
money as large as $76,000 were often
left in that old safe over night. My
uncle, James Gordon Kincardine,
who died a few years ago, wan to
bUrje for our way of doing business
II was a set man. lie hated lnuova
tions.
I was twenty-three years old when
a nlace wsb given me as assistant
cashier. I bad been In the bank al
most two years when the rooms over
head were vacated and rented to
traveling doctor for a month.
On the 12th of a certain October,
when be hud been our tenant for two
months, he came into tbe bank at tbe
noon hour, a time I wag always alone,
to get change for a bill. Thereafter,
until the climar came, be dropped in
almost every noon. Ue never attempt
ed to come behind the counter, though
the door sometimes stood open, but
on several occaslous I went out to bim.
His calls after the first three weeks
were for the purpose of manipulating
a swelling on my Jaw, and I always
passed outside the counter and sat
down on a chair. On the 8th of No
vember, which was cold and dismal,
we had In the Kincardine bank exact
ly $328,2r0 in currency. On tbe next
day there was to be a big withdrawal
to pay tbe bands at a mill, and some
$30,000 wns to go to certain Boston
banks by express. I hadn't been left
alone for over five minutes when Or.
Jordan came In to attend me. As be
worked at my Juw he gradually turned
my head to tbe left, so that I no longer
sii w blm or tbe door, lie asked me to
repeat a story 1 bnd told him a few
days ago, and 1 was doing so when
the door opened, i did not stop my
bilk, and 1 could not turn my bead.
The man who came in did not speak,
but he must have passed tbe doctor a
sponge saturated with chloroform. I
got the odor of the stuff nt once and
wns wondering what It wns when my
neck was gripped by tbe doctor's left
bund, aud with the right he thrust
the sponge into my face. I think 1
tried to rise up nnd fight the sponge
awny, but am not clear about It I do
uistfnctly remember, however, of hear
ing the doctor say:
'Now, then, lock the doors, and I'll
soon have the money in tbe bags!"
It was an hour later when I beard
faraway voices and after a struggle
opened my eyes aud found the bunk
full of people. Up to that time no one
had discovered anything wrong, except
with me. They had found me lying on
the tloor and supposed I was In a tit
though nil detected the presence of
chloroform. My first words were to
ask then to look for the money. Of
tbe $;S.'S,250 not a shilling remained.
Safe and vault bad been plundered to
tbe Inst penny! When astonlsbmeut
passed away I was charged with hav
ing robbed the bank. It was not a
fair thing for an uncle to do, but James
Gordon Kincardine, to his everlasting
shame, was for having me locked up
at once.
It was a loug hour before we got the
tangle straightened out, and that hour
lost my uncle every dollar be had In
the world. The robbers had a start
of an hour and a half, and tbe only
cute thing they did was to make half
circle u round the town and mislead
pursuit for a day.
My uncle bnd detectives almost by
the dozen, and the majority of tbem
tried much harder to convict me than
to overhaul the robbers. I was ques
tioned and cross questioned until bored
to death, and for a change they would
threaten me. Some thought I bad bur
ied the money somewhere, as If one
could go at high noon and do such a
Jjb. nnd the sleuth of all sleuths was
sure thnt 1 bad stood in with the two
men aud wax to get my share of the
proceeds.
For years and years I was a suspect
ed person, and few men dared to own
my friendship. Even when men no
longer dared suspect they talked of me
In connection with tbe robbery and as
sorted that I was next door to a fool
that i did not susect and checkmate
It I bare tilven you a true and hon
est account of the whole circumstance,
and, no matter what your version may
be, 1 feel the better for having writ
ten It out. I contend that my uncle'
foolish nnd reckless system was all j
to blame, and lu this I know that all
bankers and their employees will agree
with me and sbsolva tne from all
blame.
Dr. K. T. Mclntire
Physician and Surgeon
Office over Independence Nation
al Bank. Phone No. 4412
Independence. Oregon
B. F. Swope
Attorney at Lw and Notary Pur ..c
Will practice in all com!' of the
etate. Probate matt. is ji.d col
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Independence, Oregon
R. E. Duganne
Dentist
Office over Inderi : ii-i.ee Nation
al Bank. l'horc r 4411
Independence, Oregon
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Sullivan i to l com mended. . suppose Unit should
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