INDEPENDENCE MONITOR
"THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS"
INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1914
NO. 5
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VOL 3
JAP FULL ON
HOPJHECKS
SHERIFF TAKES HAND
Stops Poker Game By Ar
resting Frank Mitoma and
Bunch of Other Japanese
Frank Mitoma, Japanese hop
man of near Independence, not
content with a good crop at
good prices, branched out and
established a new industry last
week. Not a "new" industry
in this community but "new" in
this particular case because of
the fact that the scion of the
Mikado didn't cover it up with a
"blanket." He notor iously
opened up a poker game. His
several hundred Jap hop pickers
took to the pastime enthusias
tically and dumped their Mitoma
hop checks into the jack pots
with a regularity that was very
pleasing to Mitoma.
Business certainly was good
and had reached that stage
where it was more profitable
than raising hops, when Sheriff
Grant with an army of deputies
appeared on the scene and took
a hand. It was evident to the
sheriff that according to Hoyle a
Jap full on hop checks couldn't!
win anything, and also that the
law of the commonwealth would
not permit such a game to run
wide open and with so much
publicity as to cause anybody to
get caught at it. So he took the
pot, Mitoma and several other
Japs over to Dallas and landed
them safely in the stockyards.
STARTS THE BOYS OUT
Tom Warren was in Linn
county last week where he rent
ed a farm, purchased some cattle
and machinery and started his
sons, Rex and Max, out for them
selves. Tom says the boys are
mighty good fellows and entirely
worthy of the lift the "old man"
is able to give them. He will
keep both eyes on them and oc
casionally go over and see how
they are getting on.
BROKE AUTO, FINED
Wiley Williams was fined $15
in Judge Winn's court Tuesday
for taking liberties with an au
tomobile belonging to an Airlie
man. It was alleged that Wil
liams borrowed the machine and
broke it.
TIME TO MAKE
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"our to wires banquet
Will Eat At the M. E. Church Tonight
And Liiten To Prominent Speakers
The Independence "Out To
Win" club will eat tonight. A
banquet will be spread at the M.
E. church with many guests
around the festive board. After
the inner man has been replen
ished, addresses will be made by
U. G. Hinshaw, national chair
man of the prohibition party, and
Ernest E. Taylor, secretary of
I the state committee of the same
The local club was organized
about ten days ago with D. C
Hones as president and Mrs. Al
ice Kurre as secretary, and will
labor diligently for a "dry" Ore
gon.
SEE THE COMET
If you care to look, any clear
evening you can see the comet in
the north skies. It is plainly
visible to the naked eye and can
be located below the two lower
stars of the big dipper. It is
only 135 million miles away and
will get brighter as it comes a
few million miles nearer. As it
only makes an appearance every
1800 years not many of us will
see it attain.
"WAR" IN TEN LANGUAGES
(Portland Telegram)
English War.
French Guerre.
German Krieg.
Russian Voyna.
Hungarian Ilaboru.
Italian Guerra.
Turkish Moharebe.
Pqlisr Wojna.
Japanese Sen Fo.
Sherman II .
NO CONTEST
The Monitor was visited this
week by a representative ctf a
"popular girl" contest company
who insisted upon giving us $500
without any effort on our part.
He said he was sure that quite a
number of merchants would
"fall" (this is the way he put
it) for the scheme in which you
would give votes for trade. The
Monitor turned the proposition
down because we do not believe
that anv merchant profits by one
of these contests and the S-tme.
contests arouse bitterness in a
community which hurts the news
paper and the merchants. ' In
spite of their efforts to conduct
it fairly, suspicions of unfairness
are apparent at the least provo
cation, and the result, while a
pleasure to a few, disappoints
many. The Monitor wants no
contest of this kind and should
we ever pul one on, it will be ot
a much different character.
IT A REALITY.
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HOW LIVESLY
RAISESJOPS
TELLS REPORTER MUCH
His Methods and System;
Increased the Yield Over
Two Fold; Uses Machine
A day or two ago Mr. Livesly
took George F. Rodgers, presi
dent of the Salem Commercial
club, Fred Bynan, the club sec
retary, myself and two moving
picture men for a visit of inspec
tion to his hop ranch. "This,
my main ranch, consists of G63
acres," said Mr. Livesly. "In
addition to the rich river bottom
land which was cleared, I had
about 150 acres of timber. I
leased a sawmill plant and cut
over a million feet of lumber for
use on the place. Part of this
lumber went into my hop picking
machine building, which is 80x
120 feet, some of it went into
dryers and other buildings such
as my apartment house built for!
the use of my t mployes and pick
ers. "Last year I put out 71 acres
more to hops. That makes over
210 acres set out to hops on this
place. I also set out 30 acres to
loganberries and put out a poach
orchard.
"I found that I was getting
from 700 to 1200 pounds of cured
hops to the acre when I bought
this place. The average yield
over all the Willamette valley is
h bout 1200 pounds to the acre.
I set out a hop nursery. I bought
40 carloads of sheep manure from
the Union Stock Yards. I dug
good sized holed, put in some fer
tilizer and planted the bust hop
roots from my nursery. I put in
an underground piping system
all over my hop yard. The pipes
are two feet deep so the plow
never disturbs them. I put in
plenty of stand pipes. This
meant I could, at small expense
and with but little labor, spray
my hop vines whenever spraying
was required. The result of the
fertilizing, spraying and culti
vation was that the yield in
creased to 3000 pounds an acre.
Very few people will believe such
a yield possible but we can prove
our statements as we kept care
ful statistics.
"Growing hops is not a hap
hazard proposition. Science wins
the game here as elsewere. Or
ganization is the secret of suc
cess. Last year I brought 000
pickers here from Portland.
Each picker had a number. His
baggage bore his number. When
his ticket was handed him he
was gi ven a check with the num
ber of his tent. We met them
t the depot here, hauled them
to the yard, escorted them to
their tents which were all ready
for them, delivered their bag
gage and had the 900 pickers
comfortably settled within four
hours. Not only that but we
had wood and water at the door
of their tents. This year we
have something over 300 pickers;
the hop picking machine has ta
ken the place of the other oW).
Next year we will need no hop
pic kers. We will be practically
ndependent of the labor market
and if it rains my men. can go
out with slickers, cut the vines
and bring them into a dry build
incr to the hop picking machine.
Fred Lockley in Portland Jour
nal. BUENA VISTA SCHOOL
The Buena Vista School opened
Monday with the enrollment of
--evtnty pupils, fourteen of whmn
; are in to high school. The
: number in the high school room
' i3 expected to reach twenty be
; fore the close of the month. The
J two new teachers ?re Miss Veva
Burns of Dallas, intermediate
mm, and Miss Helen Cook oft
Parker, primary room. Thestu-i
fliT.ts seem well pleased arid ev-,
er thing indicates a very suc-
' rtafn term i
JEAN SHARMAN DROWNS
Well Known and Popular Vounrf ldy
Loses Life at Florence While Boating
Miss Jean Sharman, a former
resident of this place, was
drowned in the Siuslaw river at
Florence Sunday. She was out
boating with three other young
ladies when the boat was upset.
the others had no difficulty in
reaching the bank in safety but
Miss Sharman struggled in the
water and before help could
.each her sank for the first time.
Mews of her sudden death
reached this city Monday and
vas a severe shock to her many
friends in this city whore she
lived for many years. She was
Jieatly admired and respected
by all. Miss Sharman was as
sistant principal at Florence and
her home was in Bay View.
STRENGTH IN UNION
The proposition presented by
the Independence Commercial
club, that all Polk county pub
licity organizations juin in an ef
fort to induce the location of
manufacturing institutions here,
is an exceptionally good one, and
should have the indorsement and
co operation of every booster
club within the county. The in
terests of the several communi
ties are practically identical, and
there can be no gocd and suffi
cient reason why concerted ac
tion should not be had in promot
ing our material interests, not
only abng this particular line
but aiong others. There should
be no jealousies existing between
the different sections, but on the
other hand all interests should
combine heartily and cordially
for community development, the
result of which would surprise
the most optimistic booster with
in the baliwick.
Polk should have a County De
velopment league, with every
community in membership.
Meetings will be held at stated
intervals for an interchange of
ideas along promotion lines and
for the promotion of just such
things as is proposed by the In
dependence organization. Take,
for instance, the matter of pub
licity at the Panama exposition.
This county, one of the foremost
in the Northwest, should be rep
resented at this big show by il
lustrated literature adequately
setting forth it's resources, ad
vantages and possibilities, tach
communitj contributing finan
cially to the undertaking, tr e
whole paying no particular at
tention to individualism but cal
culated to induce Fettlement in
Polk county through honest and
unbiased effort.- Dallas Ob
server. JAPS WANT HOPS
That Japanese dealers are be
coming interested in Oregon
bops is indicated by a letter
which was received from a prom
inent hop buyer of Osaka and
Tokyo, Japnn, at the commercial
club yesterday. The dealer
states that he is considering in
vesting extensively in the hops
of the Willamette valley. It is
considered that owing to the war
it is difficult for the Japanese to
ship hops from England this fajl
and as a consequence the Oregon
hop growers w ill probably have
to furnish the Japanese this year.
-Salem Statesman.
THE COUNTY FAIR
The third annual Polk County
Fair was good and it is too bad
that many hundreds wh planned
on going could not do so beeau :e
of the horrid weather. A county
fair is one thing that should be
encouraged ami promoted, and
the Monitor will be the first V
wish for a bigger and better fair
in 1915 and good weather during
the evei t.
LEAGUE TO MEET
The Independence Civic Im
provement League will rsune
th'-ir meetings and will meet St' -urday
afternoon at the uui-1
place
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ORE PAVING
TO BE DONE
KIBBE GETS CONTRACT
Half Block on C and Block
On Sixth To Be Improved
City Council Votes
That section of C street be
tween First and the concrete
bridge and a block on Sixth street
between C and Monmouth will
be pavtd this fall and Sixth
street from Monmouth to G will
be curbed and graveled. Glen
1'. Kibbe gets the contract for
all the work and will commence
the job as soon as all the legal
requirements are complied with.
Thus decided the city council at
meetings Wednesday and Thurs
day nights. Councilman Pad
dock voted no during the pro
ceedings and Councilman Goetz
did not respond.
Property owners in the affected
district will not be notified
t hrough the Monitor or any other
newspaper of the proposed assess
ment as the ordinances covering
the same require that the city
marshal post notices in five places
in the city. If this "handbill"
method is resorted to in the fu
ture, property owners will have
to stop and read every notice and
advertisement they see posted on
telephone po'es, bill boards and
dry goods boxes for fear that
their property be assessed for
sjme purpose and they not know
it.
REPUBLICANS TO WIN
Councilman Goetz of Independ
ence wan a Dalla9 visitor Satur
day, and insinuated his august
presence about the inner sanc
tum of The Obseiver. Mr. Goetz
is a republican cf long standing
and his predictions as to results
ire given heed. Therefore, it
may be interesting to know that
he prophesies the election of the
entire republican ticket, from
United States senator straight
down the line this fall. Dallas
Observer.
THROWS AWAY MONEY
It was the pleasure of a Mon
itor reporter to see II. Ilirsch
berg in his annual stunt of
"throwing away money" on the
last day of hop picking at the
Hirscbberg-McLaugblin farm
north of Independence. Mount
ed on a box and surrounded by a
good-sized crowd of youngsters,
he threw nickels in the air and
the scramble after thern was
worth going miles to see. At
least forty cioiiara wo rth cf
change was distributed in this
way among the children of the
hop picket. Then Mr. Ilirsch
berg tossed pennies to the wom
en and they proved as dexterous
as had their offspring.
No one enjoys this stunt bet
ter than Mr. Hirschberg. He
has gained a reputation among
the kids of Oregon and often
when in Portland or some other
city or town in the state, is
reeled with the cry, "There's
the man who throws away rnon-
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HIGH FINANCE
F. F. Oven-treet, a lad of 19,
was arretted by the police yes
terdav on complaint ot hop pick
ers near Independence, who
claim to have given the boy their
hop checks for small sums to be
cashed by him in Independence.
The boy cashed the checks, it is
said, but failed to return the
money. When brought to the
station he was recognized as an
escape from the reform school.
II' was returned to the institu
tion to serve his time. Salem
Statesman.
HOPS SELL AT NINETEEN-HALF;
Looks Like They Were Coing Into the
Twentys for Sure; Picking All Over
Nineteen and a half cents was
paid for hops in Independence
this week, the highest price of
the year. The market is slowly
climbing and many who were
planning to sell at twenty r.re;
now looking at the quarter.
All the yards in the Independ
ence district are through picking
and the last of the non-resident
pickers have gone.
RAT THE ROBBER
Independence, Or., Sept. 19.
The citizens of Independence
are enjoying a good laugh at the
expense of the police force. At
midnight on Thursday the night
chief heard mysterious noises in
a butcher shop on First street,
He called hia four assistants and
they surrounded the shop. A
passer-by was sent to telephone
to the proprietor of the shop and
tell him that burglars were riri
ing his safe. Unon arrival the
owner found that a large rat had
been caught in a trap ana was
trying to gnaw its way out,
making a noise similar to that
made by a drill working in steel.
Portland Telegram.
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MONMOUTH HIGH
The Monmouth High Sbhool
opened Monday witii an increased
enrollment over last year, the
number reaching 61. The vacan
cy caused by the resignation of
Miss McCosky is filled by Miss
Florence Uees of Newberg, who
will have charge of the English
department. Courses in German
and in typewriting have been
added to the high school curricu
lum. A new gymnasium has al
so been fitted up. Portland Tel
egram. BUSY MAN
II. Hirschberg, the Monitor
editor and three others sneaked
into C. A. McLaughlin's private
office one day this week but did
not stay long. He merely asked
us if we had any hop checks and
being answered in the negative,
he replied, "All right, get out,"
and we got. He had hop checks
in front of him, to the right of
him, to the left of him, on top of
him, under him and over him
and still more were being handed
in from all sides. He was en
gaged in the patient pastime of
"cashing in" and after getting
out we wondered why he didn't
throw a brick to hurry us out.
BRIDGE CLOSED
The bridge over the Willam
ette at Salem is now closed from
midnight until 6:30 a. in. of each
day. It is being repaired.
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WILLIAM BALL
BADLYBURNED
RECOVERY DOUBTFUL
Breathed Flame Into Lungs
From Rock Heater; Second
Time He Has Been Burned
William Ball, engineer for the
Kibbe Construction Co., now
paving C street, was seriously if
not fatally injured, when he was
burned Wednesday while light
ing the blast of the rock burner.
About ten days ago he was
burned on the face and hands in
the same way. Ball was taken
to a Salem hospital as soon as
possible. Reports last night
were not very encouraging al
though it was reported that he
was resting easy. While burned
on the face and hands, the
breathing of the flame into his
lungs may take his life. Another
workman was burned also at the
same time but not seriously.
William Ball is a well known
resident of Independence and is
a hard working and industrious
man. He is married and has
two sons. They live in north In
dependence.
ANOTHER BURNED
While carrying a bucket of hot
tar yesterday morning, a work
man for the Kibbe Construction
Co. stumbled and fell and a
quantity of the tar covered his
feet burning them badly.
SCHOOL MONDAY
The Independence schools open
Monday. All the teachers are
in the city ready to begin work
as soon as the first bell rings.
Thelnames of the teachers were
published in last week's Monitor.
THIEVES GET AWAY
No trace of the robbers, who
robbed the Airlie postoflice last
week of $320 in cash and $150 in
stamps, has been found. It is
supposed that they belong to a
gang who has been operating in
this part of the state for several
months.
COMPLETES PAVING
The paving of C street was
completed today and from all ap
pearances is a very creditable
job. C will be opened for traffic
tomorrow and another splendid
thoroughfare added to the city.
If all the yards along the way
were. beautified, it would be de
lightful. FRONT.
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