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INDEPENDENCE MONITOR
"THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY REiADS"
INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1914
VOL. 3
NO. 2
TWO DROWN
IN WILLAMETTE
BOTH PORTLAND BOYS
One Goes Down In Sight of
Many; Both Came Here For
Hop Picking
Two Portland young men were
drowned in the Willamette river
near Independence Monday.
Louis Howlett, aged who had
come here to pick hops at the
Percival yard, attempted to
swim across the river about two
miles south of town and it is
supposed that he became ex
hausted and went down. His
body was soon recovered and
was brought- to town where it
was prepared for burial and was
shipped to Portland via. Salem
the same evening.
George Buys, aged 20. was
the second victim. He was
drowned about 1 o'clock in the
afternoon near the gravel bunk
ers. Many people saw him but
were powerless to act. Buys
with two others was wading
near shore and was not aware
that the gravel shovels had made
great holes in the apparent shal
low water. He stepped into one
of these holes, and not knowing
how to swim, became frighten
ed and had gone to the bottom
before those on the shore had
hardly realized what had hap
pened. The body was recovered
Tuesday afternoon by the use of
grappling hooks, and will proba
bly be buried by the county as
his relatives are very poor. His
mother is a picker at the Horst
yards.
CHANGE OF VENUE
Geo. HT Poersel ha3 brought
suit in the circuit court against
the county of Polk to recover
$2,000 damages for injuries he
claims he sustained when he fell
from a bridge on a road between
the east end of C street in Inde
pendence and the Willamette
river. A motion that the suit
be tried in Marion county was
granted by the Polk county
cojrt on the ground that the
people of Polk county were
prejudiced. Mr. Poersel states
that he fell a distance of about
eighteen feet and received inju
ries which necessitated doctor's
bills to the -amount of $2,000.
Salem Statesman.
INNOCENTS
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CANNOT GET CITY DELIVERY
Postmaster Merwln Writes That Post
Office Department Has Vetoed Plan
Editor Monitor: Referring to
your local in last week's Monitor
relative to village delivery for In
dependence. The Post Office Department
has abandoned village delivery
as it did not give the service as
satisfactory as the local postoffice
gives. I exhausted all my ener
gy in trying to get village deliv
ery for Independence, but now
that that branch of the service
has been abandoned, keep on
boosting and w ith thp present rate
of increase, we will have city
delivery in Independence in 191G.
Respectfully,
M. Merwin,
Postmaster.
THE LONGEST DRY SPELL
"This is the longest dry spell,
with a single exception, that I
ever saw in Oregon," said the
Hon. Thomas Brunk to the Ob
server this morning. "In 18S3
no rain fell from early in April
until the sixteenth day of Octo
ber, and naturally everything in
the crop line suffered even great
er than during the present sea
son. I remember in the fall
when we were threshing,'' con
tinued the speaker, somewhat
hoarse from having spent sever
al days in the dense smoke at
Chehalis, where he had been
judging stock at a fair, "I
thought I felt a drop of rain on
my face, and my heart leaped
with joy. I uncovered my head
to ascertain to a certainty wheth
er or not the long drought was
about to be broken, but only a
few drops descended through the
heavy smoke that hung over the
valley. And it did not rain for
several weeks after that time."
Dallas Observer.
TWINS GO VISITING
Born August 8, 1828, Messrs.
J. A. and W. W. Haines of this
county, are undoubtedly the
oldest living twins within the
confines of Oregon. They first
saw the light of day in Illinois,
and came to Oregon in 1857,
where they have since resided.
The Messrs. Haines, who rcsioe
at Monmouth, were in Dallas on
Wednesday, and notwithstand
ing their eighty-one years both
are hale and hearty. While
transacting business in different
parts of the city, they went from
place to place with a spryness
that would do credit to men one
half their years.--Dallas Obser
ver. Fire destroyed the hardware
store of J. C. Taibott at Fails
City Moaday mornings
ABROAD.
KMir tn Vorh Evening bu.
ORE PAVING
IN PROSPECT
CITY COUNCIL ACTS
jit Is Now Proposed To Pave
Half Block on C and Full
Block On Sixth
Having paved considerable, In
dependence may pave seme more.
At the regular council meeting
Wednasday night, "intention"
to pave two mo'e places was vo
ted. Tnat portion of C street be
tween Frst and the cement bridge
was run through with Walker,
Goetz. Wilianis and Irvine voting
yes and Drexler and Paddock
voting n,-. The propoFal to pave
Sixth street between C and Mon
mouth passed with Walker, Drex
ler, Wilf.ams and Irvine voting
yes and Paddock voting no. As
Councilman Goetz lives in the
district affected by the proposal,
he did not vote.
The Monitor has not learned
how the property owners on the
C street distiict stand. . There is
a likely chance that a switch of
votes may t ike place and defeat
it further on in the proceedings.
In the Sixth street district there
are four property owners, W. W.
Percival, James Hanna, M. Goetz
and Miss S. A. Richardson. Per
cival and Hanna petitioned for
the paving. , The Siletz Valley
railroad is supposed to be built
oi( Sixth street Mnd enters inci
dentally into the affair.
PATHETIC
The pathetic end of an old man
is recorded from Independence
in the following:
"This deed is done by my own
hands. I am broke and old. I
am 72 years old. I was born in
1842. No one cares to give me
work as I am too old. My name
will stand unknown. I am glad
it is over.
With this farewell to an un
feeling world he passed on, un
mindful of the road he was to
go. His fate is that of many
others who have seen their youth
and manhood slip away with no
thought of the future. Charity
there was none for him, or per
haps he was too proud to ask it.
Gresham Outlook.
MAYOR AND GOETZ DISAGREED
His honor, the mayor, and
Councilman Goetz had a "reun
ion" at the council meeting
Wednesday night and there were
seme fireworks for a few mo-
inents. Mr. Gottz did r.ot like!
the way t council hv the may-!
or's deciding vote had previously'
passed a resolution providing for j
the cement walks on Sixth street j
and expressed his opinions of the
proceedings rather freely and the
mayo.' resented his remarks and
threatened to put him out. With
out going into the merits or de
merits of the question at issue or
whether he was right or wronjf
in his contention, Mr. Goetz is-
courageous enough to say what
he thinks, let the chips fall where
fhey may.
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"BILL" HANLEY HERE
"Bill" Hanley, candidate for
; U. S. Senator, was in Jr.depen-
dence Tuesday and madea "hit."
i Everybody talked about him af
iter he left town. While appar
i ently Mr. Hanley has a hard bat
j tie before him, he seems to think
that his chances are very good.
'Well, Oregon migrt do worse
: than to elect "Bill." Democrats
dissatisfied with Chamberlain and
republicans who do not think
that Booth i3 progressive enough
are flirting with "Bill" openly
and he will get their support and
ii.fluence.
The Monitor always lead.
"BASE" ON 0 ST, FINISHED
Now For the Grand Finish, Eight More
Working Days For Klbbe To Win Out
The base of the paving on C
street was finished today and
Contractor Kibbe has eight more
working day3 to make good t n
his prediction that he would have
the job completed by Sept. 15.
Mr. Kibbe will undoubtedly bid
on the other paving contracts
now in prospect in this city.
REPUBLICANS MEET
The Polk County Republican
Central Committeemen had an
enthusiastic meeting in Dallas
Saturday and planned for the
campaign. ' With the exception
of one or two misfits on ti e tick
et, the republican candidates are
all capable men. Several ladies
met with the men and organized
an auxiliary with Mrs. Mary
Stine of Monmouth as president
and Mrs. Nettie Boehe of Dallas
as secretary.
NEVf STORE
Independence is to have anoth
er general store. .The lower floor
of the old hotel building on C
street is being remode'ed and a
man from Sheridan will put in a
good sized stock. He expects to
be able to commence business
some time next week.
ARRESTED
D. N. Dudley, representing
what is known as the Cataphoric
Medical Institute of St. Louis,
advertised to appear in Indepen
dence for two days this week,
did not come. There's a reason.
He was arrested at Lebanon Fri
day on a charge Ot violating a
state law making it a crime to
advertise the curing of sex dis
ease. ARMENIANS AT WAR
Our Armenian population has
been disagreeing among them
selves rather extensively this
week and there has been several
personal encounters. The most
grievous breach of the peace oc
curred in the city record r's of
fice Monday afternoon where a
small riot was started. The ar
rest of one of the offenders
btopped the disturbance. While
all the oratory was conducted in
the foreign tongue it is reported
that one of the Armenians called
another a xxzykjxzxyzq which
would make anybody fight.
WILL SPEAK SUNDAY
Edward Adams Cantrell, for
mer preacher and of late a Chau
tauqua and Lyceum lecturer, will
discu:S the "J welve Fundamen
tal Fallacies of Prohibition" in
Independence next Sunday, Sept.
6. No admission fee will be
charged.
GIKLS ENTEKTA1N
Last Saturday afternoon Miss
es Lucile Craven and Lois Hew
itt delightfully entertained a
bevy of girls, including their
close friends, at the Craven
home.
The diversions of the afternoon
consisted in needlecrafting, mu
mc and mirthful chatter, followed
with a dainty repast.
HOP KING AS SPY
Baron Lewis von Horst, of Co
burg, Germany, part owner ol
the Horst hop yards near Inde
pendence, has been arrested in
London as a spy. The Horsts
are the largest hop growers in
the world. His brother, E. Clem
ent Horst, of San Francisco, is
appealing to the United States to
save his brother. The Baron is
auite well known here as he
maintained a branch office in Si-
lem up to about three years ago.
NEW POPE ELECTED
Cardinal Delia Chiesa was
elected pope yesterday on the
1 ninth ballot. He is an Italian.
' He has taken the name of Bej.e
! dictus XV.
J Italy and Turkey have jumped
'into the European fracas.
GOING UP!
GOING UP!
WHY HOPSjfcOURSE
Five Cents Per Month As!
Long As European War
Continues Is the Prediction
For several months at least the
price of hops will advance five
cents for each month the present
war iii Europe continues. This
is the opinion of an expert and a
conservative "guesser" on condi
tions and prices of hops.
It is said that American brew
ers and others that use hops will
soon attempt to contract for a
sufficient supply to. last them s
year as they are becoming
alarmed lest they face a possible
shortage, due to the European
war. South America will be
obliged to buy American beer,
which has not been done hereto
fore, and North American brew
eries will have this additional de
mand to fill.
WOMEN IN HOP flELDS
I r dependence, Or , Auir. 29. -(To
t he Editor. ) -To clear up the
matter of a woman working over
ight hours in the hop yards, as
mentioned by Mrs. A. P. in The
Oregoman. Last week one of
i he Portland papers had an item
from Attorney-General Crawford
in which he said that the 51
hours a we'1'; as a limit to female
abor would very probably apply
to the hop yards. He did not say
ihatit would be unlawful, but
that it probably would be.
The hop men of this vicinity
feel that it would net apply in
this case. The workers are not
hired to work by the day, month,
or even the hour, nor are they
given a certain number of hours
to work. The work is piece work
and a person is allowed to put in
as many hours or as few hours
as he or she cares to do. The
growers feel that each person is
working for himself and has a
right to work as long as he wants.
J. S. Cooper, Jr.,
Secretary Independence Commer
cial Club.
The only limit that could legal
ly apply would be an order issued
by the Industrial Welfare Com
mission. The question has been
referred to that body and the re
ply given that no order so tar is
Hiied affects women workers
;he hopfieUk-Oregonian.
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A BEAUTIFUL SICHT
Hanging in graceful clusters,
half hidden by the green foliage
of the vines that are trellised in
rows, the hops present a bcauti
r i :.:.rv.f TV ouch the work is
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arduous it pays well. It is a mer
ry crowd that lines up for the
first day's picking, and it ia a
happy crowd that counts the
checks at the close of the season.
-Lebanon Express.
DOUBTING
There is a question in the mind
of the writer writ t her me i oom-
er of hop prices is performing a
friendly service to the growers.
It is a gamble. If the war con
tinties for long, there will surely
be a
ureal curtailment of the or-
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dinary uses
Statesman.
of hops. -- Salem
DANCING AT WIGRICHS
The Moose had charge of the
first dance at Wigrich's, since
which time Wm. McDonald is
the manager. Dances are given
every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday nights, with very good
music from the O. A. C. Tues
Av niirht there were 250 girls
and women present and an ex
cellent time is reported. Mr
McDonald guarantees the dance?
to be first class and orderly which
no doubt will be under his man
agement.
THEY'RE OFF!
ALL PICKIN'
They're off. In nearly every yard1in Polk county they are pick
ing. And there are more than enough pickets. Every train brings
more of them in. It can be safely estimated that there are 15.000
at work in the Independence district. Many of them are complain
ing that they cannot make as much as in former years because the
hops are no! as good.
Hop checks will be thicker than hops in Independence Saturday
n'ght At least 5000 of them will pass over the counters and pass
as legal tender. It will be some crowd with plenty of money, or
rather hop checks to spend. The first big "blow" comes Saturday
night. The merchants and people of the city are amply prepared
to allow the "blow" to come, in fact they welcome it, let the hop
checks fall where they may. So lid It.
Tom Rogers, of MeMitmville, h:is ni: do a survey of the outlook
and there is quite a pessimistic view in his report. "It may be as
some expect almost a bumper and again it may not," says Tom in
an interview. "One cm never tell. The pendulum may swing
either way w hen all the hops are harvested and put in the bale.
One thii g is evident, however, 1 he long dry spell has left its
mark on all yards, big and smuil, on upland as well as lowland.
"As seen from the river bluffs, up and down the Willamette,
from Lincoln south and to fur-away Independence confines, the
yards present a tine appearance. All this is changed, however,
once you drop down the grade and go in careful research. There
ire yards everywhere-high-trellised yards, low-trellised yards,
pole and stake yards a great green canopy, reaching away and
iway seemingly to the very drot ping-off place.
"It is on the high-trclliscd yards that the dry spell is most no
ticeable. The lotf-trellised yards have withstood the weather bet
ter; have longer arms, have a decidedly better color and are full of
hops. Even these, like their towe ring sister yards, will produce a
top crop.
"On all yards on our trip we found the burr smaller than for ma
ny seasons. There is no getting around it. A good soaking rain
might aid materially in producing a fair average crop, but I doubt
it. That time has long since passed.
"As you wade out through the sea of weeds and look up into
ihese high-trellis?d yard. no trreat amount of hops greet the eye.
They are not there; they lie on top of the green canopy overhead
out of sight in clusters of twos and threes and bushel-sized bunches.
There will be no taking hold of a long arm this year and stripping
it, half filling a basket at one fell swoop. So, taking it on the
vhole, and as the Independence section produces by far the most
hops in the valley, the coming crop will be a disappointing one, the
new acreage not nearly offsetting thq shortage.
"In many yards we found the red Bpider. Spraying is going on
all the time.
"Seemingly the upland hop has the best of it this year. This es
pecially is true of the Rickreall, Salem, Brooks and St. Paul dis
tricts. They present a better appearance are better filled, are
larger and of better color. The Hurch yard at Rickreall is up to
standard; so are dozens of others. There are dozens of others,
ihough, that are not bo good. Yamhill county is way off the line;
so are portions of Polk, Washington and Denton couuties. A8
viewed by II. C. Eccleston, W. C. Miller and Edward Briedwell, all
experienced hop men, the Oregon crop will average from 85,000 to
100,000 bales.
"Asked as to the yield in the Independence section thia year,
Henry Eoof, a heavy grower and most conservative man, put it at
1000 pounds dried hops per acre."
Well, we will soon know whether Tom has the right dope
or not.
Polk county will no doubt go into the hop business; for a short
Urn?, at least. Not from choice, but because creditors have at
tached the crop of Krebu brothers. The crop will have to be picked
ju.it the same and Sherill' Grant will be the man to have the pick
ing in charge. All hop appurtenances on the farm were also attached.
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