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'THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS'
INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1914
NO. 9
VOL 3
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THE ITEMIZER
IN JjEBUTTAL
SPEAKS FOR ROBINSON
Like Everybody Else Thinks
Attempt Is Made To Make
Mountain Out of Mole Hill
The Observer sees fit to charge
that Asa Robinson is not a Rood
clerk. In all it has to say on the
subject there is nothing to prove
that he has not made a good
clerk in every way, and it is sim
ply attempting to make a moun
tain out of a mole hill. Some of
the assertions are true and some
are false. It ia true that Mr.
Robinson did not go to the trou
ble daily of entering up in his
ledger just how many hunting
licenses or fishing licenses he had
issued that day, with some other
inconsequential similar records,
but left them to do some evening
when he had time to spare and
could be free from the numerous
calls there are upon his time dur
ing the day. Nine out of ten
business men do the same thing
leave the posting of their
books to a time of comparative
leisuie and freedom from inter
ruption. When the time came
to send out these reports he did
employ Tracy Staats to assist in
the work, the same as that gen
tleman has been called on to as
sist in other offices in the court
house when a rush of work was
on, and the same as Mr. Smith
hired extra help when he needed
it. In Mr. Smith's case, how
ever, he never had anything like
the volume of business to trans
act that Mr. Robinson has had
since he took the office. The one
item of registration alone has
been almost doubled since the
women have been given the right
to vote. The assertion that Mr.
.Smith did the work with less help
.than Mr. Robinson is not a fact,
.as exactly the same number of
.deputies were employed by both
county clerks, and paid for by
the county. The assertion that
Mr. Robinson did not keep the
necessary records in a clerical
manner is made out of whole
cloth and can clearly be disproved
by all those who are doing , busi
ness with the office every day.
Ask any of the attorneys of Polk
county if in any way they have
found the records of the county
clerk's office erroneous or incom
plete, or if, from their positive
knowledge, the public's interests
have been jeopardized. Dallas
Itemizer.
I'LL SEE
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SCANDAL IN CHURCH CHOIR;
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"Tale of the Hat" Causes Excitement;
Curious Public Will Soon Learn Ail
The Monitor has been informed
that the Methodist church choir
will soon sing "The Tale of the
Hat." It has been verified by
several phone calls to this office
and removes all apprehension
that it might be the Tail of a
Shirt We have not heard or
can we learn just what kind of a
hat it is. It may be a stovepipe
hat, a stiff hat, a slouch hat, a
cowboy hat, a straw hat, or one
of these hats with a brick under
it that you kick at on April 1.
Then it may he a ladies hat, one
marked down from $30.00 to
129.29, or a new design made by
ingenius fingers out of a yard of
plush, a bird cage and a rooster
feather. Then it may be the old
time bonnet with the blue ribbon
on it. But it must be a hat with
a history lest how could there be
any scandal about it and why
should a whole church choir be
come so interested in a hat that
they would sing about it.
ONLY MERIT COUNTS
It is to be regretted that a
number of republicans have an
nounced their intention of "go
ing down the line" for the whole
democratic county ticket because
Asa B. Robinson Jr. has been
made the victim of an unjust at
tack. John Orr, Fred Ilolman
and the other republican candi
dates, we think would be rather
inclined to condemn than
indorse the attack. While we
knew that the Dallas Observer is
attempting to gel the people to
swallow the whole republican
ticket a3 a unit which of course
includes W. C lla wley and at least
one other unworthy, we are in
clined to believe that the individ
ual merits of the candidates will
be considered for each office and a
choice made regardlsss of a con
troversy over candidates for an
other office.
A GERMAN'S VERSION
"Veil, now den. Dis iss idt.
Shermany iss knocking der stuf
fings oudt of Roosians aboudt ef
fry day. Also undt jestzt. der
Shermans iss licking like a house
afire der French good-fer-nod-dings
all ofer der sout' vest.
Undt, as for der Britisher fellers,
dey iss yoost as if dey neffer vere
nodt in idt. Ve lick dem all der
"Aber, nun undt vot I dondt
verstehe iss dis. Vos iss it mit
dos allies fellers? Lffry vonce
in er vile dey lick us. Yah, j an,
if idt vossent fer dose tarn allies
us Shermans vud be der .whole
cueese all ofer before dis,, aindt
1(iL?" Portland Telegram.
AMERICA FIRST."
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PLEADS GUILTY
NEVER BEEN IN DALLAS
But Just Same He Knows
"A Ant Haint No Elephant"
Expert Gives Clerk 0. K.
The editor of the Monitor
pleads guilty t the fact that we
have not lived in Polk county very
long (but a few weeks longer
than the editor of the Dallas Ob
server) ai.d neither have we ev
er been in Dallas. If our mem
ory does not error we have no
recollection of ever being in Pee
dee or Skunk Hollow, but. Bhould
we ever visit Dallas we do not
propose to take a magnifying
glass with us and sku'k around
in some county office and locate
an "i" that has not been dotted or
a "t" that has not been crossed,
hiid then labor under the impres
sion that it was a sufficient rea
son for depriving some official of
a second term to which he was
entitled rightly and justly.
Rather than make a personal
examination of the books and ac
counts of the county clerk and
pose as an expert when as a mat
ter of fact we are not competent
in that capacity, we will trust to
the superior judgment and knowl
edge of Max Crandall, an expert
accountant of the firm of Cran
dall & Roberts of Portland, w ho
for eight years has been em
ployed by the Polk county court
to dig among the figures of all
county officials. Mr. Crandall
has just issued a sworn state
ment in which he Baid that the
reports to the Insurance Com
missioner were all right with the
exception of one slight error
which' was not the fault of the
clerk and further to use his own
inguage: "That I prepared a
statement from the warrant ex
hibit record filed with my report,
and which shows that the ex
penses of the office were no
larger than in previous years, al
though the volume of business
done in and through the office
was much greater. That I found
the work of the office as per
formed by Asa B. Robinson, Jr.,
county clerk, done and performed
in a careful and competent man
ner, and above the average of a
county clerk with one year's ex
perience in the office.'.'
Fortunately the Monitor is not
obliged to gain a nuhsistance by
feeding at the public trough.
Neither is the Monitor a party
paper that is obliged to be the
dumping ground for all the po
litical litter that party managers
may bring in and dump. The
Monitor may give the devil his'
due or the angels their praises'
without asking permission of any
political party or politician on
the face of the tarth.
The Monitor is free and its
own master. It is because this
is so tl at it can speak for a fair
!d -al even in political affairs. It
has said and will say anain that
Asa B, Robinson has mace an ex
cellent county clerk and should
! b; re-elected. Whether he is a
I r publican, democrat, progrts
Is.ve, prohibitionist or socialist
makes no difference. Or-e good
term deserve another.
CROW TO SING
Ben Claire Crow wi'l give a
p jWic recital in the Christian
church next Tuesday evening.
Oct. 27. to which all the public is
cordially invited.
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BUENA vista kids do well
"Home Credit" Work They Enjoy;
Also Have Band ot Fourteen Members
(Special to the Monitor) For
the third year in succession the
students of the Buena Vista
schools have taken up the Home
Credit work and refuse to give
up their interest in the home.
Parents indorse the plan ami the
teachers feel that the sjstem is
a means toward the uniting of
the school and the home.
The Buena Vista Brass Band
of fourteen pieces has re-organized
and is practicing in earnest.
Tht organization meets twieo a
A-eek in the Odd Fellows' hall.
EDITOR ACCUSED
The editor of the Monmouth
Herald, who is a continual labor
er for prohibition, is amised by
ft minister of his own town o'
accepting a bribe by "publishing
lies for the wets." Says the
minister in an article anpoariiifr
in the Herald: "License money
is a bribe to get you to vote fer
something you would otherwise
vote against. No worse than
the bribes taken by our Oregon
newspapers for publishing lies
for the wets." To which tin
editor editorially replies: "In
the 'church notes' this week, the
editor of the Herald, together
with other Oregon editors who
publish the Hop Growers' adver
tising, are designated as bribe
takers. This is very unkind, it
seems to us, and coming from a
minister of the gospel, it has a
harsh ring- that is not freighted
with the love that should charac
terize the gospel of Jesus Christ.
We shall take up the charge in
our next issue, and debute as to
whether we are 'bribe takers' or
not." We are sure that he will
bo able to prove hi ro.r,plet in
nocence of the hideous charge.
DISRESPECT
The speakerof the lower house
of Congress appointed Represen
tative Ila.vlcy as one of the
committee of forty-eight mem
bers who were to attend the fu
neral of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
Mr. Hawley declined. A terse
telegram to the speaker an
nounced his departure for Ore
gon, on matters of grave import.
Lafferty was also absent. Only
the presence of Sinnott pre
Ferved Oregon from the disgrace
of implied disrespect for the
sneaker appointed Sinnott in
Hawley's stead. Where was
Hawley? Not in Oregon-hut
in Denver, attending a conclave
of the board of managers of an
ii purance society, for which ser-
ice he drew the alluring: wase
of $5 per day and traveling ex
penses. The sorrow of the na
tion in President Wilson's great
grief did not concern o e con-pr-si-nian.
His action shames
Oregon. Salem Messenger.
ON TWO TICKETS
By taking part of an article
from the alleged humorous de
partment of the Monitor, the
Dallas Observer makes it appear
that we ridicule the idea of
Fmnk Morrison leing u candi
date for sheriff on two tickets.
We see no possible object ion why
Mr. Morrison or anybody else
should not be a candidate for of
fice on as many tickets as tr.ey
can. It was no dishonor or dis
grace but ruber we would term
it a compliment. Should the ed
itor of the Monitor desire to be a
candidate for president or con
stable, he would much prerer be
ing nominated by both repub
licans and democrats rather than
by ofdy one of them.
MCLAUGHLIN WRITES
The Monitor this wek pub
l fches a letter from the pen of
C. A. McLaughlin which will be
read with interest by everybody.
While some may not agree with
I "Mac's" deductions, all consider
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that he is an auuiumy win
! tut he has written will be c'u!)
considered and taken into ac -
count.
DEMOCRATS
INVADE CITY
SURRENDERS TO THEM
Governor West and Doctor
Smith Speak Holllster Here
Chamberlain Coming
This has been democratic week
in Independence and ten demo
cratic candidates have been here.
Unheralded and not advertised
Governor West came to town
Tuesday night and delivered one
of his characteristic speeches to
a crowded house. He was given
careful attention and liberal ap
plause. The governor pleaded
for the re-election of Senator
Chamberlain and the election of
Dr. Smith as governor. He ex
plained at length political condi
tions in Oregon as he sees them,
roasted the Oregonian, and told
of his own efforts in behalf of
g,)od government.
Dr. C. J. Smith, candidate for
governor, arrived yesterday and
though very few people knew he
was to be here, addressed a fair
sized crowd. Dr. Smith wants a
"business" government in Ore-
g n even if he has to take the
governorship to get it. Many
were pleased with Dr. Smith's
personality.
Fred Hollister was also here
for a few minutes. Altho tired
and worn out, there was the
s me vim and push about him
that has won him so many
friends, regardless of party, and
which has undoubtedly elected
him to congress. Mr. Hollister
is a pusher and a booster and he
v, ill be heard from at Washing
ton and for the first time in eight
years at least, the First district
of Oregon will have some one of
ability and influence to look af
ter its interests.
It is said that Sonator Cham
berlain will be here next Wednes
day afternoon and will probably
make a speech. The senator is
Koing throuKh the state like a
whirlwind and has never yet
been defeated. There are some
w ho say this is his last race arid
others that he will win again us
usual. Conservative prophets,
however, declare that the out
ct me of the senatorial race is
buril to guess at. Just what fig
ure Bill Huniey will cut is un
known arid his presence in the
nice ia worrying both Chamber
lain and Booth men. Not that
u tv pxnect him io wm, .arlrom
that, but who will he get his J
bupport from?
I'OLK COUNTY'S I'OPUXATION
Oregon, with til.l88.4W acres
has only a population of 8.8 to
the square mile, according to a
census just compiled by the Ore
gon Immigration commission, al
though sir.ee 1910 there ban been
an increase of nearly 200.000 in
population. The population
polk county is given at 17.4.T7.
and the square miles at 7UD
i'ich gives it a population of
21.fi to the square mile. wati a
Observer.
BF-LT FOR JUDGE
Of the two candidates for cir
cuit judge, take Harry H. Kelt.
RE-ELECT BRUNK
Thomas W. Brunk as a mem
i...r nf tV.e last legislature made
a very creditable record and
aVmnM he re-elected His oppo-
I tw-r.t did not file for m piwe
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tv.n tjrtrr. 1 nar lull v-.
, the ticket
j a, leadB.
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DOCTOR RETURNS MAP.PIE0
VV. R. Alynn and Miss Bertha waitims
Of Eugene Wed In Seatt'
Dr. W. R. Allin, who had been
visiting in Kentucky for the past
six weeks, returned home Tues
day but not alone. He was mar
ried one day last wek to Miss
Bertha L. Williams, of Eugene,
the ceremony taking place in Se
attle.
SOME LEMON
Dr. Hewitt has demonstrated
exclusively that he can grow lem
ons in his office. From a shoot
taken from a tree in this city, he
has a fair sized orchard started
in his office and the other day in
ooking over his crop for the
year, he discovered that he had
one lemon that was a corker for
size. The Monitor did not learn
the exact size as it seems to en-
arge every time we hear it told
about but judge it is nearly as
arge as a foot ball.
TIT FOR TAT
As the Dallas Observer has de
clared that the editor of the Mon-
tor has never been to Dallas to
find out whether or not what the
Observer is saying about county
clerk Robinson is true, it is en
tirely proper for the Monitor to
..quire if the editor of the Ob
server has ever been to Wash-
ngton to find out whether all it
n saying about Senator Cham
berlain is true or not.
DAVID OLIN DIES
David Olin of Antioch, who
was kicked by a horse on Tuesday
of last week, died in a Dallas hos
pital last Friday. He was oper
ated upon in an effoi t to save his
it'e but peritonitis Pet in and be
succumbed. . . .
OVERWORKING GOAT
The local Rebekah lodge had a
"big" time Tuesday niRht. Not
only were seven candidates but
ted around by the goat but there
w is a Bpread of good things to
e it including pumpkin pie.
WAYNE D. HENRY
Wayne D. Henry is a progres
sive farmer and ia backed by a
large number of republicans in
his race for the legislature.
CHARLES J. SMITH, DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
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ii..a'ti, Dii.l ii.- St.u.r.1 of HlKher I'umt uia. , .
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J.t ut or. 191. By tno. bo know htm h- Is said to be M
lri'V...ubl.- rh..r and a cl. atudent or public affair.. Hm has ttc
traveled to Kurope to study foreign government at firm hand.
IF BUSINESS
INTERFERES
WITH POLITICS THEN
Cut Out the Business And
Get Into the Folitical Game
It's All the Rage
For the next ten days politics
will be all the go and you are
supposed in order to be a good
Ameiican citizen to not let your
business interfere with it. But
seriously you ought to take one
day off and study the numerous
proposed constitutional amend
ments that appear on the ballot.
Every voter ought to vote "yes"
or "no" on every one of them.
Some of them are very good and
ought to be carried while some
of them are very bad and should
bo defeated.
The Monitor this week is load-
l A ".1- I 1
en 10 me Drim wun pouiieai an
vertising, having more than any
weekly paper in the state. It
will have considerably more next
week and if "legitimate" news
is crowded out, please excuse it.
Election comes but once in two
years and the (ditor has his eye
on a swell little Ford car in
Fitchard's garage.
NOT TO BUILD
Homer Lodge No. 45, K. of I'.,
of this city at a meeting Mondny
night decided not to build a h .il
at the present time. Later, the
project will be revived and prob
ably meet with more success.
STRANGE ED. IN TOWN
A. M. Dalrymple, of the Sa
lem Messenger, was in Independ
ence yesterday and mingled with
the politicians. The Messenger
is a good, well edited newspaper
with but one fault It isn't large
enough.
ACQUIREMENTS.
F.vrry noMe acqumitiun it attend
ed w.lh its ruki 1 le who tear lo
encounter the one tnut not expect
to obtain the other. Metutauo.
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