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INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1914
NO. 46
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INDEP
THE FOURTH IN
INDEPENDENCE
ITS NOISY ALL THE DAY
Independence 'Day In The
Town of Independence Big
Noise and S. Back's Night
For a town that had no regu
' lar celebration scheduled, Inde
pendence made a big noise July
4th. True, most of her inhabi
tants had gone to Monmouth,
Falls City or off on a picnic lark,
but what remained, or
a major
portion of them, spent
their
money freely for all kinds of
noise-producing explosives and
' touched them off on C street.
It was one continual roar from
7 o'clock to noon in the forenoon
and from five o'clock until nine
in the evening. It can be safely j
estimated that two hundred dol
lars went up in smoke on one
block.
Independence got through the
day without the loss of a life,
an eye or a finger. No fire, no
fichts. no nothing much buh
noise and it was a plenty.
There were many picnic par
ties about town where a few
gathered, had a lap dinner and
supper, etc,, some ice cream,
shot off a few crackers and let
it go at that. It was a very en
joyable way, not so expensive
and the "morning after" was
a moderate feeling and left no
bad taste in the mouth.
In the evening, our distin
guished Chinese citizen Seid Back
properly equipped with two hun
dred dollar's worth of fireworks,
performed his annual stunt on
the banks of the Willamette and
closed the day with a shower of
Roman candles and sky rockets.
Hundreds of people gathered at
the river side and winessed the
spectacle.
Taking it all together Inde
pendence had a pretty good time
and enjoyed herself immensely.
Scene When London Police
Made Raid on Suffragettes
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LOO DAYIS GETS NEW TRIAL
Oregon Supreme Court Keverves Jury
Who Convicted Of 2nd Degree Murder
Judge Webster Holmes has or
dered Sheriff Grant to make a
demand upon the proper officials
of the state penitentiary at Sa
tern for the return to Polk coun
ty of Louis Davis, who has been
granted a new trial on the
charge of murder. On April 7
last the supreme court entered a
judgment reversing the judg
ment of conviction made against
Davis, and the case was ordered
remanded to the circuit court for
new trial. Davis will be re
turned to the custody of Sheriff
Grant within the ensuing few
days, and will be incarcerated in
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:tne cur,ty oastue uniu tne
August term of court.
Davis is charged with having
murdered Eliza Stuart of Bah
ston on June 30, 1913. He was
tried at the August term of
court a year ago, - and after a
trial lasting five days was con
victed of murder in the second
degree, and sentenced by Judge
Holmes to the penitentiary for
life. Through the efforts of his
appointed attorney. Walter L.
Torze, Jr., the case was taken
to the supreme court, where the
verdict of the jury was reversed
on cl;e ground that there was
error ccnmitteed on trial. Dal
las Observer.
THE SAW MILL AGAIN
A visit to the burned-over dis
trict in the Siletz timber regions
at once reveals the necessity of
prompt action in logging opera
tions in order to save this dead
timber. Work on the Valley &
Siletz railroad is being pushed as
rapidly as possible, and while
the line will be only fourteen
miles in length it will touch
much valuable timber, which
will go out via Independence into
the Willamette river. It is prob
able that a mill will be built at
Independence. Dallas Observer.
MUSIC
The Polk County Band will
give a concert on the streets of
Independence next Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock.
The Monitor always leads.
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FOURTH AT
MONMOUTH
GL0RIOUSCELEBRATI0N
Account of First July 4th
Celebration Held In the
Town 24 Years Ago
An immense crowd celebrated
in Monmouth and was splendidly
entertained by the people of our
sister city. The w hole program
was carried out well. The liter-
ary program was goou, nr.
Smith made a dandy speech and
the sports were all interesting.
Nothing unfortunate occurred to
mar the pleasure and glory of
the day and taken as a whole,
Independence Day in Monmouth
was a great success.
Concerning the first Fourth of
July celebration in Monmouth,
24 years ago, a writer in the
Sunday Oregonian says:
Monmouth's observance of In
dependence day today brought
up early recollections from the
older inhabitants of the city of
the celebration held here in the
year 1890, 24 years ago.
Monmouth's business section
stood to the more eastern part
of town, making upjwhat is many
Limes referred to now as "Old
Monmouth." These building
were destroyed in the disastrous
fire of 1896. One wing of the
present Oregon Normal School
building was standing.
The morning of July 4. 1890,
arrived with good weather for
the celebration and at 9 o'clock
the parade, if it may be called
such, formed at the City Hall.
It was made up of two parts a
float and a logging wagon,
drawn by an ox team. For the
float a hay rack had been care
fully decorated on which the
Goddess and the small children
of the community rode. Miss
Nettie Ground (Mrs. David
Foulkes) was Goddess of Liberty
and Miss Mary Coates (Mrs. T.
O. Meador) acted as Columbia.
The float, followed by the ox
drawn wagon which unexpected
ly came from a nearby logging
district, moved through the town
and stopped at the normal school
campus, where the program of
the day was held in the grove.
Preceded by musical numbers,
the Declaration of Independence
was read.
The management chose a
unique way of financingthe cele
bration. The heads of the fami
lies brought dinner to the dining
hall of the normal school, situa
ted in the southern part of the
grove, where a force of younii
women placed the ' eats" in a
general lut. At noun the lanclr
es were sold at counters, and,
although the citizens "bought
back what they themselves had
prepared, there was no objection
to the plan.
Of the pioneer group who set
tled Monmouth in the early 'Ms
but one now survive." Mrs
Elizabeth F. Lucas, who was
unable to be present at today's
festivities. She resides in the
southern part of the city.
The celebration of 1890 was
honored by the presence of Un
man who was responsible for
Monmouth getting its name. It
was the late Ira F. M. Butler,
who was then at an advanced
age. As chairman of an early
meetirg of the inhabitants o'
the town he cast the deciding
vote for "Monmouth" in prefer
ence to "Dover."
SPECIAL MUSIC
At the Sunday morning service
at the Methodist church, there
! will be an attractive musical
program. Mrs. Anna Marshall
j Powell of Albany will be an
! addd attraction. She is one of
the finest contraltoe3 in the
! state.
!0BJr l TO "FLAG" AT SIDNEY
Oregon Electric Does Not Consider
Sidney a Suitable Place To Stop At
A petition for a (lag station on
the Oregon Electric near Sidney
was contested by that ro;v' in an
answer filed with the railroad
commission today. The reasons
iriven in the answer were that
from Talbot to Sidney is only
2.89 miles and that the prumed
new station is only one mile
from Talbot and between that
station and Sidney. This the
company argues is near enough
to serve the patrons of the road
from either direction and that
the establishment of a station
would simply make more delay
in the passage cf local trains.
Agi'.in it is set fort!) in the ans
wer, there are a number of
cross roads clammering for sta
tions, and if any are granted it
will be only a short time until it
will be necessary to lengthen th :
running time of the tn-ins in
order to stop at the various
crossroads. The petitions were
presented by E. IK Belknap,
George Tharp and William S.
Finlay. Salem Capital Journal.
HELP THE KIDDIES
There are hundreds of boys
.in j girls in Portland who were
never outside the city in their
lives. They have never breath
ed the pure air of tin country or
seen any of the rural scenes that
we behold every day. Wouldn't
it be the greatest treat they ever
tiad to get out in the country
and stay a week, ten days or
tw o weeks? Now good people
in Portland are helping tne
youngsters and sending as many
out into the country as they can
rind a v'ace for. Many towns
over the state take pleasure in
entertaining the city boys and
girls, and the Monitor is real
sure that there are a number ol
Good Samaritans in this vicinity
who would only be too glad and
happy to entertain one of these
youngsters for a few days. It
would be just the grandest thing
you could do. What do you
think about it? Don't you want
to "order" one or more? If so
'phone the Monitor and we will
see that you get what you want.
CALF EATS ADS
Frank Cooper, of Albany, has
presented a bill to M. Sternberg
& Co., of that city, for $35 dam
ages on account of the death ol
a calf. It seems a short time
ago one of firm's advertising
men placed a cloth sign on Co: p
er's barn, which soon after the
horses in the lot tore loose. The
innocent and adolecsent bossy.
I not realizing the deadly charae
j tor of that kind of advertising,
ate the cloth, swallowing the
statements printed thereon along
with it. It is not stated that
this caused its death, but a
even a calf can chew the rag
with impunity, it is fairtopre-
I sume the statements taken on
I its stomach were what caused
jits premature demise. The mor
I alto this is: "Put your adver-
tisments in me, newspapers,
where folks instead of calves
will be attracted by them. - Sa
lem Capital Journal.
HURT IN RUNAWAY
FA, Stringer, while raking hay
with a team at J. H. P.urton's.
j had a thrilling an.J serious time
I of it Wednesday. The harness
broke suddenly, one horse com -j
menced kicking and the other
; started a runaway. Stringer
was thrown under the rake and
dragged for a few rods, and
while being dragged one of the
horses kicked him in the face.
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OLD TIMER DIES
Mrs. Virginia A. McDaniel,
who lived at Iiickreall for many
years, died Wednesday at the
home of her son, A.J. McDaniel
in Portlind, aged HQ years. Mrs.
McDaniel was a pioneer resident
of Polk county, having settled
here in 1847.
OBJECT TO SIZE
OF LIGHT BILLS
APPEAL TO COMMISSION
To Ask for Reduction of
Electric Light Charge to
Private Consumers.
If the purposes of certain
prominent citizens are not
abanduiied, and there seems r.o
likelihood that there will be, an
appeal will soon bi taken to the
Oregon Railroad Commission
asking for a reduction of the
rates that the Oregon Power Co.
is collecting for Jight from pri
vate consumers in the city of In
dependence. '.Many have wished
that this action be taken before
out their seemed to be none who
.vould take the matter in hand.
But the Monitor, was told this
week by a well known citizen
that he would make the appeal
just as soon as he had secured
some information relative to an
other grievance against the same
corporation. It is not likely that
any complaint will be made re
garding the public service given
by the light and water company
because the city is tied up with
a five years' contract, and the
Railroad Commission has never
shown much of a desire to listen
with favor to ditferences of
opinion regarding whether or
not a contract is being violated.
The policy of the company in
demanding what they term a
"deposit" when one becomes
a customer of theirs is
another thing that lots of
people don't like. The amount
of the "deposit" varies and they
do not ask it of all. Under this
plan the corporation gets the use
of several hundred dollars for an
indefinite time for which they
pay no interest. This "deposit"
question stands an excellent
chance of being carried to the
Railroad Commission also.
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FOURTH ANNUAL PICNIC
On July 4th the Harara class
of the Baptist Sunday School
held their fourth annual picnic
about five miles south of town,
their gulsts for the day heinp
the Philatheas and the Farther
Lights. Assembling at the
church at8:li()a. m, the jolly
crowd climbed aboard a gaib
decorated wagon and were soon
on their way to the picnic
grounds.
At noon a delicious lunch was
served and the afternoon was
spent in games and athletic con
tests which were entered inte.
with the spirit that makes the
Haracas famous.
The even was a decided sue
ccs and Ernest Ewing, presi
dent of the class, expresses him
self as being highly please : with
the manner in which the vari
ous class committees combined
to add this picnic to the already
long list of succehsful ".stunts"
held by the class. - Contributed.
FITCHARD GOES EAST
Harold Fitrhard left Independ
ence Wednesday morning for
Utica, N. Y., to see his wife and
baby and bring them to Oregon.
The baby, six weeks old, he has
never seen. Mr. Fitchard ha.
rented the Purvine property on
Main street, which has been re
modeled. BIG TIME SCHEDULED
Moose Picnic, "New Sheridan
Day' and lireeders Horse Show
all in ons day at Sheridan, Sat
urday, July 18. Last July 18,
the town was destroyed by fire
and like Frisco has risen from
the ashes.
BARN DESTROYED BY FIRE
Oa Farm of Abraham Nelson In Out
skirts; Hose Would Not Reach.
Wednesday forenoon fire do-i
stroyed the large barn of A bra-!
ham Nelson, who lives on the!
outskirts of the city. Citizens
and firemen could only look on
and watch it burn as it was too
far away to light the flames
with city water. Those present,
however, saved some minor
buildings near the burning
structure. Outside of a little
hay and some g,-ain nothing else
was burned. No one knows how
the fire started, but it looks as
if some one had carelessly dropp
ed a lighted match, The loss is
estimated at $1200 with $l00 in
surance. Men, women and children
from Independence took the mile
run and qualified for service in
the fire company. One man
counted IIS present at one time.
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THE HOP SITUATION
The outlook in this vicinity is
this described by the Independ
ence cot respond, nt of the Ore
gonian: "The hot weather of
the last few weeks has kept the
hops free from vermin in this
district. The growers are going
ahead and preparing to spray
their hops just the same. The
vines are showing a good growth
and are in firsi-class condition
and a good crop is looked for
from this part of the Valley. A
few yards are a little spotted,
but this is due somewhat to a
slow growth of some of the
vines. Walker Brothers yester
day sold SO bales of their 1013
hops for 10 cents. This is the
only sale recorded here recent
ly." . , , , ,
36 MILES OILED
During the past season, accord
ing to Roadmaster Finn, a total
of approximately thirty-six miles
of Polk county highways have
been oiled, which includes the
main roads between the larger
towns.--Dallas Observer.
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NOT VERY LOUD
The 'following two-liner has
appeared in half a hundred Ore
gon papers: "Independence
merchants are demanding a can
nery." If so, they are not de
manding it very loudly. A can
nery well and successfully opera-
ted would be a good thing.
Shattered Hull of New York
After Pretoria Hit Her
t . rmtimnmnw mmimSH
I Jit by Antrum
T1IK liner New Yrk hud a very lucky collision with th itMiaahJp Pr
t.ii i.i If ii n m-cM.-iit at m il chd be termed lucky Th Pretori crathfd
Int. i tin- New Yi.rk (iff I lie Ni-w KoKlmd coast, trarlnf hole thirty
tu fi-it lnii- hIiovo tin- wtr 11a of the letter Ne one wee killed
or liijurnl Tin- lllustnitlou tliuwi the New York e be eppeerrd ee her it
rtel t Nt Vork city.
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hoio run
5 THOUSAND
FOR PERSONAL INJURY
Mrs. VValtman So Elects To
Do; As Yet the City Fathers
Dont Feel Anxious To Pay
Mrs. W. F. Waltman, wife of
the superintendent of the Inde
pendence schools, has served
notice through her attorney that
she will ask the city to pay her
$"000 damages because she was
injured from a fall on a defect
ive sidewalk. The city council
had a special meeting Tuesday
night to consider the matter and
arrived at the conclusion that
the claim would have to be
shaved considerably before th?y
would vote to pay.
The threatened damage suit
has caused much discussion pro
and con. Mrs. Waltman has
many friends who say that if
she was injured as she claims,
she has something coining and
should get it regardless of the
methods she is using to collect it,
while many others are of the
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opinion that her claim snouiu
have been presented to the city
council in the first place and not
given into the hands of an at
torney who would get a liberal
compensation if the claim was
a meritorious one; that consider
ing the position her husband
holds she should have saved the
city the money that would have
to be paid an attorney.
Many rumors regarding the
case and the actions of oflicials
are abroad, but most of them
are untrue. City officials deny
that any threats were made to
force Mr VValtman out of the
schools. But under the circum
stances, and after what has oc
curred, Mr. Waltman may not
find his school work here this
year as congenial and harmoni
ous as he or the patrons might
desire. If Mrs. Waltman has a
just claim it should be paid.
Perhaps not all of it but as much
as is deemed equitable.
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