Image provided by: Independence Public Library; Independence, OR
About Independence monitor. (Independence, Or.) 1912-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1914)
Saturday, Au th at 2:00 O'Clock IS THE OPENING OF gost 8 Independence's First Exclusive Columbia C STREET IN MONITOR LOCAL NEWS Phone in tho news. Mi.j Lucile Craven is at. Newport. Mra. Ueo. liurk was here from Dallas Tuesday. Mr. and Mra. J. 8. Bohan non are taking a vacation at Newport. Mrs. A. VV. Percival is spending this week vinitinn al Newport. A stood pair of reading glasses Tor $1.00 at O. A. Kreamer's. A barlter by the name ol Horning ha taken a chair at Taylor's shop Elmer A Idinon and Bel dim Owen visited in Now port this week. K J. Taylor enginei'itd the deal for the sale of the Moose Smoke House. Miss Opal McDevitt was oper ated upon for stomach trouble in a Dallas hospital this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. 1. llibhs left Wednesday for a two (vieks outing ut Newport For Sale Residence lot near high school. See E. K. ltingman at Keevis' store. Dallas Observer: M 1 h Pauline Snyder spent pa.t of last wtsek visiting in Inde pendence. Did you know you could bay a silk hut for the mud mer at Conkey & Walker's for .5.0 cents? Mj. Taylor, who has been visiting ut the home of her taster, Mrs A. Hurley, v n M nmouth street the past few days, left Wednesday for Portland where she will visit t .. i . l.r ...i int.uu limn iriiiriiiii" 'o her home in Knterprise, Ore A Full Line of Sheet Music, Talking- Machines, Pianos, Player Pianos anil Roll Music will be carried at Your credit is good in the purchase of a Graphanola, Piano or Player Piano. Make a small payment down and enjoy the benefit of your instrument while paying for it. Get a talking machine with records of the latest dances and learn the Onestep, Hesita tion, Alaxixe and Tango. : : : : : : : : : : : : SHEET MUSIC AT CITY PRICES. BUILDING l h I-- :$cic$ll'& OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENEfiALINTEREST Events Occui ring Throughout the State During the Past Week. Health Resort Talked. Anhlatiil. Kueouruned by otitHlde ns Well uh home Influences, tlu possibll Hy of creation In the mate of Oregon a popular wiiIi'I'Iiik place nntl health rPHorl Ih bt'llig studied by tin' com mercial liitHrcNlM of Ashland, with the lu'lp Hiul ml vice of the Industrial and urvey department of t It I'nivorslty of Oregon hcIiihiI of commerce. The help of tin' consular service of the Pulled Stati'M bus boon enlisted through tho efforts of Director II. 11. Miller, of the IiooI of coiuineroo, who whs a vIhiiot In Ashland duriiiK the ('hiiutiiiitua jiorlod. nntl data, finnnrial tatoimmlH, milyson of business and HdvertltdiiK policies- ami of medical and sanitation altrnctlotiH are boltiK collected from all tbo famous water places in both lioinlsplicreH. "Agate" Carnival la Set. l'orl Orford The annual Acute Carnival Mill be behl August t, 7 and 8. The exhibition will be In a largo tent located on the lake trout near the ocean and two miles and a bait from town. There are fine camping grounds near the lake, with boat ng. swimming and flkhiiiK In connection, making tho location Ideal fur such a celebration. Aihland to Sell Own Bonds. Ashland -Ottiiif. lo unsatisfactory bids oil tlie $ITe.oiu) auvili.try water bond isue, a special committee will take up the matter of disposing of the securities direct to investors al pri vale sale, in blocks to suit purchasers. The bonds heir & per cent, and par and accrued lulresl will tie the least the city ill accept. They run for 30 years und will bo redeemed aerial ly. STANDARD RULES READY Regulations Will be Forwarded to School Offlcera. Salem. Itules for the standardiza tion of the rural and village schools of the state will be mailed to the coun ty superintendents by State Superin tendent of Public Instruction Church ill. The rules were adopted at a re cent mwilns of county s. boot super intendents held in tins city. Kules will be posted lu all school rooms and wheu all requirements have Graphanolas, Pianos, Including: the Steinwayand Webber and others. PLAYER PIANOS, $450 to $2000 rarer: boon mot certificates will be provided by the state department. It Is be lieved that the plan will result lu Ore Hon not only having tbo most sanitary schools of any state, but will make tbo schools leaders from an education al standpoint. Mr. Churchill announced his plan of standardization at a meeting of the Hlnte Teachers' Association in Salem hunt December and a committee draft ed a Bet of rules. Oregon was one of the pioneer stales in standardizing schools in districts of the second and third classes, much progress ulong that lino having been made in Coos, I'olk. Marlon. Linn, Lane, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Umatilla and Yam bill counties. The most Important rule relutes to sanitation and Mr. Churchill Is deter mined that it be enorced If possible. He believes It will save the Uvea of many pupils and will make for effi ciency by conserving the health of the pupils. $250J For 35 Car of Prunes. Kreevvuter. Thirty five carloads of pruned have been sold to a Chicago firm and $L'.'-00 has been placed lu the bank to bind the contract just made by tho Lamb Trait company. The contract will net the growers from $.'.2 to j:!Ti per ton. The prunes are id be paid for as soon ns they are loaded on iho cars and the company believes the price will bring It the bulk of the alley crop. Early Applea Are Shipped. Mood Kher. The strawberry and chert s season has passed and the ap ple shipping season has opened. Car load lots of small fruits have been d'scotilimied, although the Apple growers' association Is still receiving sin. i II express lots of both cherries anil berries. Potato Beetle Appears at Union. I'nion. The Colorado beetle bss made Its appearance in this valley and potato growers are endeavoring to st . up out the pest In its lnclpisncy. Tims far the damage has been slight. Potato farmers are thoroughly arous ed and every effort will be exerted lo tiead off this unwelcome Intuit Kiant. Rogue Fnh ng Limited. C.rants Pass -There are very few Chinook salmon on the upper river ion. and the most of the beats of the c m-ni-rciul fishing fleet have discon tinued fishing Mother - Wbj . Ltliel. you nmsfu't Ihp sad en your bbthday. What Is it'; Kthel - W .l. Toimiiy'll be eight next mouth, an 1 then he'll te a year older than me again, and I've tried so bard to catch him un.-Londou 1'unch. $250 j. s. BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON tirants l'ass fruit growers will mar ket produce through Grants Fass 1'itiit association. Safe crackers blew the safe of Aaron Vox ut Troutdale, securing nearly fUOOO in money and Jewelry. The senate conference committee i greed to recommend $S5,OH0 for Cra ter Lake. Senator Chamberlain had asked $1. -.11.000. Karl McCoy was sentenced to the penitentiary at Oregon City for as sault with Intent to rob K. M. Wood cock of Cortland. Joseph lluettgenbach died at Eu gene, carrying to the grave secrets of htaith for which he had refused large i inns of money. The president has appointed Fred D. l-'isher of Oregon consul general at Mukden to be consul general at Tien Tsiu. The secretary of agriculture informs Senators Chamberlain and Lane the ,1. p..i;uu i.t is Investigating clover pests in the Willamette valley recent lytaromplniued of. From l.akeview comes the report that a tract of Weyerhaeuser's finest range, containing 17,000 acres, and lo cated at Foster flat and Yamsey Mountain, has been leased through Curtis A. I tley to William O'Keefe. Acting Secretary of War Itrecken ridge has assured Senator Lane that there will be no unnecessary delay in acting on the new deed to the Ore gon City locks after it has been re ceived. Head's new cooperative creamery 19 now an established fact. After mouths of work, some discourage ments, many dolavs and most of the vicissitudes to which such projects are subjected, the new Institution is In operation. Farmers of the Hlalock section have orgaui.-ed a company for operating a public warehouse at that place. Those Interested include J. A. Smith, George Van Oassbeck. Wash McKinney. R. S. McKinney, J. V. Long. Frank Baker, and others. Keplyiug to appeals from fishing in terests for reinstatement of the ap- ) propnatuui for protection of Alaska j fisheries, Senator Chamberlain and j Senator Lane say the conference com j inittee has agreed on 150,000, which I is considered sufficient for begiuning this work. Representative Hawley had printed In the congressional record In connec tion with the statement regarding the fraudulent selling of so-called loca tions on forfeited railroad lauds in Oregon, reports from the Forlland press covering the trials for the in j foruiatiou of congressmen who are re to $000 COOP 'x$x$jLfr :x : ; reiving inquiries about tne lands. After a conference with State Health Officer White, State Superin tendent of Public Instruction Church ill announced that Boon one boy in every public school would be wearing a badge not unlike that of the average policeman. He will be the deputy health officer of the school and his duties will consist of looking after the sanitary conditions of the school he attends. Lakevlew adrtces are that five car loads of ore from the property of the Modoc mines company, at High Grade are about to be dispatched to as many smelters. This, is the first concrete evidence of the recent strike made by Manager N. E. Guyot, and It is of such significance as the whole mining world will await with interest the news of the returns per ton. Plans to place the entire main line of the Southern Pacific in Oregon, and possibly the electric lines, under the block system are announced by Wil liam Nichols, chairman of the exnm Inlnfc board of the Southern Pacific company. The company now has 115 miles out of its .541 miles of mainline In Oregon under the block signal sys tem, but It is scattered, having been installed where (he safety devices have been most needed, lty practically a unanimous vote at the annual meeting of the Hood River Apple Growers' Association, the mem bers of the organization adopted by laws that will rev olutioni.e the meth ods by v.hhh the affairs of tin local selling agency, an alitlMi'-J concern of the North Pacific Fruit Distribu tor- have been administered. The vote was a culmination of action ta ken at a tu. eting in the latter.part of May. wheu the by-laws were proposed Since that tune the new rules and reg tila'ioi'.s have been studied and dis at dittcr-t - vv ho ado i:::t: a net :1 hunk ! i state b. - - led t:y t meetings by the ted them. . ri tl falling off in i-os.-s and a b-ree .U deposit!, a stafe Kink Super i is- f i' condition of :on June ai, while . rcas .1 volume of I w uh ;ite same per rvtUiis sound finau Mr S ireent is u i sVr !':' decrease of auks of li as COUl, a' ' v . ,ir. ...Hlltieli; to a.Cv'v tut il hrr.l -.lei-osits unlet.. it is due mots v ide lull in business. - tl r t! ; li-.iS'1 lie is also llll- , .. t for t' increase of - - ' in a- posits iu state P a n Talk. !!,. f-iotM ' like Music Records, all times. to $ ER JR. .o.cjcgC THE PILL BOX SPECIAL PROGRAM Iri conjunction with Mr. Cood- er's opening in the south end of the same building, the Monitor will render a special program as follows: Musical Jiggle "The Devil" (In six point). .Entire Company Exclamation-"Take off the Cal ico, Jennie, and Put on the Crepe de Chine" Society Editor Interruption "Never Feed the Copy Hook Straw When You Can Feed it Hay" Associate Editor Musical Muddle "The Hell Box" (in wood type). Entire Company Conniption-"Setting the Pill l ox While tre Phonograph 1'lays 'What To Do Till theDoc- tor tomes" The Compositor Fit -"Making-a Two Line Ad vertiser Swallow a Half Page Editor .Musical Fadeaway "Cooper Will aay With You Till You Buy a l'.ano With a Dollar Down" Entire Company I wouldn't be a city dad and with the council stand, for what- Peru's Sugar Cane. Henry production of sugar cane to the acre is one of the surprises of Peru. Where it is rowu the land is level, ami plantiin; is an easy matter. Wlieu the cane readies the heicht of two fevt further attention iu re.-ard to cultivation is sai.i to he unnecessary, and in from eighteen to twenty tour months maturity is reached. That the lirowtli is luxurious mar te known from the fart that an averne crop of forty ioi, an acre is obtained, while silty Hiul even seventy tons is not un- ! common In other sonar L'rovviu.-conn- tries, iticlii.l n Ciii a. twenty live t-uis j per acre are considered a od aver- ' ge, according to suar experts. Sunny Slope Miss Emma Hurner of Carlton visited htr friends htre, the Fishback children, the first of the week. Grain threshing is in full blast these days. Mr. and Mrs. Pan Calbreath1 Li n Store 500. e'er is done, they're cussed to beat the band. notyeTextin(:t Still you meet people every day or two who have their ap pendixes ien. tfut appendicitis is a good thing to have in every family. It gives the doctors a chance to buy an automobile and if you ever get a cramp or pain it doesn't take them long to get to you. This appendix worm is an awful thing, It really is a bore. For when the doctors cut it out, They carve and slash galore; And if a fellow does survive In spite of all the gore, They've left a knife inside of him And have to cut some more. YEARNING I'd like to visit grand old ML Lessen and sit upon its mtpr- l If I blew up and went to well, j I'd see myjfriends all later. How would you like to be the I other fellow? Neither would we. were pleasant guests of Allen Johnson and wife of Monmouth Friday. Jesse Johnson and family of the Luckiamute spent Sunday with h:s parents, Lafe Johnson and wife. Mrs. Clay Guthridge and child ren were shopping in Monmouth Mondav. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rogers and Mrs. Treat of Monmouth were trading in Independence FriJay. Yard Fishback and family were visiting in Lewisville Sunday. Leonard McCaleb spent Sun day with friends in Eola. M iss Xella Shipley, who is working near Independence, vis ited with her father, A. J. Ship ley, and family. Sunday. Russell Fishback made a busi ness trip to Falls City Monday
