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INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. AUGUST 21, 1914
NO. 52
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ALL READY FOR
HOPJICKING
MORE PEOPLE TO WORK
Skads of Workers Arriving ;er wh0get an amateur love
Dally; Interesting Gossip; There will be the usual trials
Regarding the Industry j for breaking the record of the
i previous year, but the two re-
Weil, how many Doxes nave
you picked this morning, sis?"
"Oh, when I get this one, and
another and two more, I will
have four."
The above is part of a conver
sation taking place in one of the
hop yards near this city and is
brought fjacK to us Dy the near-, by toiling- two or three weeks in
ness of the 1914 picking season ! the hop yards and thereby niak
which will open up next week, j ing a iittle pin money to do them
Pickers are commencing to ar- ,during the fan and w inter
rive on every train and by wag-1 months.
on and by the end of this week it j Therg wiu be tne usual varied
is expected that every train en- dasses of pe0ple here as befoie.
tering the city will be loaded "to f here be those who come for
the guards." They will be met thp exi:jtement and who spend
by the representatives of the dif-
ferent yards where they have si-
ready registered for the season
ana win men De transported via be the rourjhs, who it seems
wagon route" to their respective jmp0PSIbte to get rid of, as much
yards. Camps will then be 1 as the growers would like to do
pitched and all will eagerly await ; so But by ar the majority will
the order of the boss to com-J be the ciass who depend upon
mence work. . i this three week's work to help
This city has been preparing; them live through the winter,
for the last sixty days to take 'There are many pe0ple who
care of the enormous crowd that 1 would have a hard time to get
will arrive, stop with us for three ; a)ong during the winter months
weeks ana tnen leave as quickly
oa they came. The groceries are
well stocked with provisions and
the stores at the different camp
grounds have been cleaned and
gotten in readiness to handle the
wants of the tent cities.
The hops are in good condition
this year and the picking will be
good. The yield is not so heavy
as last year but the hot weather
has made the hops free from lice
and there does not seem much
chance for mold.
There will be the usual enter
tainments at the yards to take up
the evening of the the pickers.
There will be at least three dance
halls going from three to six
nights a week and also there will
be the usual number of small, in-
Admiral von Tirpitz, Naval
Adviser of Kaiser Wilhelm
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t chifdy decided on the Xtie navirt oi r.ns.iu...
.la and Germany .re .11 up to d.te and prepared for almost an;
-merp-nry. Euglud'a navy rn.k. flrt and Oru.Miji atcond
the world's powers.
we fihtw. U ue of the not ln.-.mut Dien In owiu.nj id '' V,".
cunstatK Me l laving out the t.lu for the .-a can,rw 'd la probat.l)
U.e clue! arlvier of the kaliwr Lu regard to tuatter, m:Uut tUeuarr
formal dances when a space will
be cleared in the hop- house and
a few couples at a time will
forape over the rough floor,
i J here will be shows for tho-e
j who want this kind of amuse
ment and there will be the same
old "lover's trails" and the same
old 6tars to make love under for
ord3 air.ed in the Wierich yard
last year of 23 boxes in one day
and a daily average of 18 boxes
for 6 days "will probably stand
for some time.
Also there will be the usual
wagon loads of people from town
who take their annual vacation
more than they make. They are
probably takinK their vacation
and come wilh that idea. There
when there is very little work to
be done, were it not for the hun
dred and fifty or so dollars that
they can make in the hop fields.
And it i3 labor that can be per
formed by the smallest and
youngest as well as the older
folks
But the crowds will soon be up
on us and it is the hope of the
growers and townspeople to have
as orderly a bunch with us this
year as we have had in the few
years just passed.
MARRIED
Wednesday afternoon Lloyd
Hunnicutt and Miss Ola B. Truitt
were married by Judge Winn at
his office. Both parties live near
Independence.
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IS THE TOWN
HOODOOED?
CAUSING MANY FIRES
Many Ways Suggested By
Which City Officials May
Remove Jinx If One Here
Either there are too many
black cats in town or the place is
hoodooed. Something is the mat
ter for the old fire bell rinus too
often for downright solid com
fort. This uncanny feeling that
comes acreeping over you every
night when you crawl into bed
that before morning the alarm
will tingle and you will have to
jump into your pants or skirt3 as
the case may be and hurry out to
see which one of your neighbors
is burning down. Surely not
much joy anJ fun in it and you,
like everybody else, want it
stopped, and by all the Big Guns
of Europe it must stop. Here we
have a mayor, six councilmen,
police and other officials and it is
their pious duty to hunt out and
exterminate the jinx. Many
ways are suggested but the most
feasible plan is for th"m all to
have their fingers crossed contin
ually, kill all the black cats in
town, throw salt over their left
shoulders when they sit down to
eat and never pass a graveyard
after dark. If ihey do this we
will have no more fires this year.
Wednesday night people were
called out to see a fair sized area
I of dry grass and weeds west of
town burn.
GIRLBURNS TO DEATH
The Oregon Normal School fac
ulty mourns the death of Miss
Edna Phillips, a graduate of the
1914 June class, who, with her
brother Arthur, aged 21, and
Minnie, aged 17, was burned to
death in a big fire at Morgan, on
the Heppner branch of the 0. W.
II. & N. Railroad Friday night.
Miss Phillips was queen of the
May at the Normal this year
and after graduation had accepted
a position as instructor in the Es
tacada schools. -Telegram.
SEND THE MONITOR
The Monitor will be mailed to
any address for the next fpur
weeKS for 15 cents cash. This
:ives you a ch:ir.ce to favor your
nlatives and friends elsewhere
with an account of the "big do-
inps" during hop picking which
will be very interesting to them
without doubt.
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ASKS DAMAGES
Mr. ard Mrs. Brundige have
commenced suit in justice court
gainst W. A. Patton for $150 in
which it is charged that a horse
owned b5 the Iirundiges was run
r.to by an automobile driven by
Mr. Patton and irjurod fo badly
that it had to be shot. $100 is
asked tor the horfe and $",0 foi
loss of time and wag s-
POPE HUS DEAD
Pope I'ius, head of the ( a'ho
lie church, died in the Vatican at
Rom? early Thursday morning,
He was a good man and was no
e l for his charitable deeds.
According to the law of the
cl.urcn, the cardinals must meet
within ten days after the death
of the pope and elect his succes-
sor.
PECULIAR ACCIDENT
James Collins had a peculiar
accident Tuesday. A team pas
sing one that Mr. Collins was
(.riving commenced to kick. Mr.
Collins was hit in the foot by on?
of the kickers, making a very ug-
iv wound,
The Monitor always lead
RUSHING C STREET PAVING
Want To Get It Finished Before Rainy
Season Comes; Will Do It Too
The work of paving C street
goes merrily on. There's not
much time to spare between now
and the rainy sea&on and nobody
knows this better than Glen E.
Kibbe. Hence his hurry. No
telling we might have a period
of dampness befor? the regular
season. So Mr. Kibbe, or rather
the men working for him, are
making the dirt fly and very soon
a number of them wm be mixing
the stickem. Curbing!) are being
made this week which necessi
tates considerable measuring and
squinting.
A proposal to pave a block on
Sixth street between C and Mon
mouth looks more like a joke on
Councilman Goetz than anything
else. Mr. Goetz and three oth
ers are the sole owners of the
frontage on this Mock and none
of them it is said would be favor
able to the proposition.
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CITY WATER 0. K.
The Monitor has been inform
ed by Dr. Butler that the city
water has been analyzed by
several competent persons, and
all of them have reported that it
is all right, and that there is no
danger in usii g it.
CASE OF DESTITUTION
Last Thursday morning a case
of destitution and illness was
found to be existing in our pro
gressive city. The subject dis
covered was Mr. Alma Jarvis,
who is confined to her bed, whore
six children, ranging in nge from
5 to 1G years, gather at the moth
er's bedside and pitifully wntch
her sufferings in an almost
starved condition.
About four years figo the father
left the family li provide for
themselves, then there were sev
rn children, but death has since
claimed one.
Mrs. Jarvis' condition was dis
covered by Mrs. Arrell, who sent
a physician to the sick room.
Later. Mesdames Arrell and
Houghton circulated a petition
asking aid for the distressed fam
ily, and a splendid response was
t'iven, in fact enough to supply
the immediate wants though ma
ny things are needed to make the
patient comfortable. Cash to the
amount of $22.85 was contributed
Nearly all of the grocery stores
responded with supplies and Mes
dames Arrell and Houghton, in
behalf of the Jar vis family, thank
the good people of Independence
who so readily responded to the
call of charity.
They also wish to state that
anyone wishing to contribute
clothing or any other necessities
for the family may leave them
with Mrs. Arrell, who will s e
that they are delivered to the
Jarvis family.
DRY BACK IN '83
Many farmers are asserting
that Oregon, or rather the Wil
lamette Valley has been recently
experiencing the longest rVy
spell of its history, as we have
not had anv rain in this section
EinMi.naiili.rsihlv l.oCiro 1 ho A t li
r.e ri ti .u
u j u v . i in v iu i:ri t lit- nu 1 1-
met of 1883 when we were with
out precipitation for 90 fhys
from befcre hay cutting until nf-
j t r grain harvest. And smokv
something fierce, bo old settlers
say. -Dallas Itemizer.
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j NOT WANTED
Getting "loud" and unruly in
Fewler'rt restaurant Monday, a
'Salem young man, in town after
booze, was thrown out by Ed
c..,i- n,0,,rnr.,. n,,n
I uici, vuc m vpiiLvoi, lie i aii;
hark in a few mompnt during
Mr Fowler'n ahM, nd .:,
a .i m.
minutes auerwaros oacK necsme
strain and Mr. Fowler threw him
out again. Then he was taken to
jail. The next morning it oc-
curred to him that he was not
wanted in Fowler's restaurant!
and went home.
removed oy me ponce. lnrtyjlrled n the jU8tice eourt twice.
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FOUND GUILTY
KILLS MOTHER-IN-LAW
Jury Brings In Verdict of
Second Degree Murder: No
Anneal Ilkelv
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loujs Davis, accused of the
murder of Eliz:, j, Stewart at
Ballston, in June, 1913, was to
day found guilty of murder in the
second degree. The jury reached
a verdict in an hour. The law
prescribes imprisonment in the
penetentiary for life as the pen
alty for murder in the second de
gree. Walter L. Tooze Jr., ap
pointed by the court to defend
Davis, says appeal will not be
made. In the former trial the
Supreme Court reversed the case
for error in the record and or-
lered n new trial.
The trial began Monday morn
ing and at 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon the case was placed in
the jury's hands.
The state's principal evidence
was to the effect that Davis had
threatened the lives of Mrs
Stewart, Stow ait, Mrs. MutUej
Davis, John M. Grant, sheriff of
t his county, and others. The on-
y doubt raised in the case was
.he question whether the bullet
that killed Mrs. Stewart was
fired by Davis, the bullet bearing
the wide ritle marks of the ordi
nary revolver rather than the nar
row groove of the automatic.
Mrs. Mattie Davis, ex-wife of
the prisoner, was the strongest
witness against him. She testi
fied that she saw Davis point the
automatic revolver at her moth
er's head, saw him pull the trig
ger, saw the flash and then saw
her mother fall. She testified
that while Mr. Stewart was ab
sent from the home in quest of
aid, Davis sat in the house with
a gun threatening to use it and
that both she and her mother
were in mortal fear of him.
Strong testimony against Davis
was that he lay in an old barn
near the Stewart premises all
night preceding the trouble and
that a wallow was found in the
Stewart yard where some one ev
idently had been lying down,
smoking cigarettts and drinking
whisky. -I'ress Dispatch.
HOP MEN HIT
That the ruling of the indiiH
trial welfare commission Hunting
the hours of women employ ed in
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inousTTies oi me uue ujim.v
four per week is applicable to
the hop industry is the substance
of an opinion hand'.-d down by
j the attorney general yesterday.
I The ruling was made at ihe re
1 finest of Labor Commissioner O.
i T. llofl. I lie 0 1IIX
on holds th-.t
h e uickiiiLMif hons is an indus
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ry within the meaning of the
ruling. - Salem Statesman.
CLOSES SEASON
Governor West on Monday
elosi'd the hunting Ht.-a.son in Ore
gon. Dangt-r from fires careless
ly set by hunters U Riven as the
reason.
APPEALS CASE
Andy Wilson has appeale
en mb
case aifainsi me iviorimouui
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creamery to the Circuit Court.
! The fracas is ovtr the ownership
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BREAKS ARM
A daughter of George Keuf s
I fell from a horse one day this
week and broke her arm. The
' child is doing nicely.
GREATEST WAR OF ALL TIME
Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria and Japan
Are All Expected To Become Involved
The latest war bulletins an
nounce that a great battle is now
going on between Germany and
the allied forces in Belgium. The
Germans are seeking to invade
1" ranee by way of Belgium. The
French forces are advancing in
to Germany. The Russian army
is about ready to invade Ger
many and Austria from the east.
Turkey is about to come to the
assistance of Germany and Aus
tria and if she des Greece and
Bulgaria will take the other side.
Japan has given Germany until
Monday to get out of China. A
refusal will cause Japan lo get
into a fight. English and French
battleships are clearing the seas
of all German and Austrian ships.
President Wilson has again re
minded the American people that
they must maintain a strict neu
trality.
The United States is in a very
delicate position and it will take
skilled manipulation and diplo
macy to avoid becoming involved
THREATENED BY I. WW.
Glen E. Kibbe was yesterday
compelled to discharge some men
belonging to his paving construc
tion crew, which brought out the
fact that I. W. W. agitators are
here1. Mr. Kibbe was threatened
with bodily injury. From the
above it would indicate that mem-
ers of the I. W. W. have ar
rived in this section to be pres
ent during hop picking.
STORK STOPS
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh llanna on Monday.
OLD TIMER HERE
W. II. Tarry, who thirty years
ago was editor of the Indepen
dence West Side, was in the city
Wednesday. He said that things
looked different here than they
did thirty years ago, a statement
that no one will dispute. Mr.
Tarry now lives in Seattle and in
company with his wife is touring
Oregon and California in an au
tomobile. 0. A. Macy returned from his
outing last night.
Aeroplane Destroyers In
Action; a German Invention
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M ADVANCE
IN HOPPRICE
GROWERS NOT SELLING
Offers of Eighteen Cents
Turned Down; European
War Upsets Calculations
Iocal hop men turned down of
fers of 18 cents for their 1914
crop this week and it is believed
that if 20 cents wa3 offered that
a good majority of them would
refuse it. The future market,
because cf the Bluropean war,
looks unusually well and events
may cause hops to bring a price
that will break all records.
Krebs is predicting that the price
will go to a dollar but this is con
sidered very foolish by hop men
here. But the uncertainty of
the length of the war and wheth
er there will be much of the Eu
ropean crop harvested, has every
producer here on the anxious
seat
This morning's Oregonian says:
"Taking the usual elements that
figure in the, situation, thestrong
demand from abroad, together
with the almost certain serious
urtailment of the European
crop, the Oregon grower is al
most certain to profit materially
from a considerable advance.
The uncertainty of a long con
tinued war gives the market a
strong speculative element.
South America aud Japan may
make bids for American hops this
soaaon also, thereby adding a
new element of Btreugth."
PLENTY OF FISH
Among the parties who have
been enjoying mountain life re
cently are Dr. and Mrs. O. D.
Butler, Mrs. J. B. V. Butler and
Mr. Bosbey of Monmouth. The
gentlemen of the party were out
a week before they were joined
by the ladies. They were in the
Alsea country and report plenty
of fish, but no deer. The party
returned by auto Monday.
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