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VOL.3
INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1914
NO. 10
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FRED KOLLISTER FOR CONGRESS
The Monitor believes that the best interests' of western
Oregon shoula be considered in voting for our representa
tive in congress. It is time that we cut out the politics
and do somtthiiig for ourselves.
Our present representative, Willis C. Hawley, can do
nothing. While it has been charged that he hadn't the
ability, the Monitor believes that it is because he is a
"standpatter." As such he lias no influence with the pro
gressive republicans and democrats who rule th tuition
tcday. To return Mr Hawley to corgreet would bo a
serious mistake.
On the .other hand, Fred Uollieter is progressive and
would be ne of the n.8jonty. He is able aijd tiggmsive
and considering the undisputable fact that ail ti e benefits
that can be secured for Oregon within the next two ears
must be thru the grace of a democratic prefitlent and a
democratic congress, Fred Hollister tihould be elected.
(None of the newspapers quoted below are democratic)
- Eight years of mediocre repre-
sentation ouifht to satisfy .the
First district that a change is
needed, and that partisanship
should be abandoned and a live,
energetic, prosrrcssive man of
V,;K..r mr.nt tn VV a sliin a t rii. in thf
person of Frederick Hollister of a salary to pay a man who can
Coos Bay.-Aurora Observer.- nd time f" 8 J I
, j The people of this district cannot
Fred Hollister, candidate for afford to pay a man such a salary
Congress, was in the city Tues-1 to stay in Washington and attend
day getting further acquainted j the ball games or devote his time
with ou- citizens. He added ;
rrany to his already large num-
ber cf nipporters and admirers :
in tv.i .-... imi. xihieh he will un-:
douUediy carry hy a lurge ma- ex pen ie of an overpaid employe,
jority. The voters see in him Mr. Hawley has now been on the
a means toward getting what 'payroll at Washington eight
they want in Washington. They years. He asks to be retained
find in him a mun of tr.eigy and i two years more. Have the peo
exceDtiona! ability and talent, 'pie of this dintrict been repre-
Thev know that he is a nnn of
probity and that his sympathies
are with the rank and file. He
is fairly alive and no "stick" ami
his election would mean repre
sentation in the fullest sen-e of
the word. If elevated to the po
sition of Congressman he will
rot get the "big head" and wid
always be found on the job fight
ing for Oregon. Woodburn In
dependent. When a public official asks to
be returned to any office he can
only properly ask it on the record
he has made and it should only
be given him if the record justi
fies it. Measuring Hawley by
that standard he will fail of re
election. What he has done for
Oregon the past eight years
amounts to much less than what
he is paid. Had he but served
hi9 district with half the zeal he
served hia party boss he would
not now b left naked in his mis-
erv. Ashland Tidings.
j has a faculty of doing things.
Don't be deceived by the si- j and is a man of the people. He
lent, sleuthful, ambiguous atti-1 wjll be our congressman,
tude assumed by Hawley with ; p0r eignt years we have had
reference to the Liquor quest on. i n0 representation and the Leader
Any man who will not come out ; earnestly urges every voter in
in these times of intense interest Curry county to vote for Fred
in th; great reform and tell open-1 erick Hollister at .the November
ly and above-board where he ' election. Curry County Leader.
stands on this question has a pur
pose in mind. Pacific Patriot.
Mr. Hawley, it is beginning to
appear. ha3 reached the end of
his string. Seven thousand five
hundred dollars a year is too big
to the business of an insurance
organization. The danger to the j
district from an unperformed!
service is even greater than the!
sc-nted? tan they re-elect Mr.
HawUy upon hii record? Should
such a eoniirtsman he elected
solely u;."t. the rV that he is a
republican? It is i:p to the inde
pendent voters of the First Ore
gon district to decide in Novem
b r whether this number from
Oregon shall be continued in the
list of those "not voting" or
whether a man will take his place
who will answer "yea" or "nay"
when the roll is called. "-Eugene
Guard.
In advocating the election cf
Frederick Hollister, we feel from
personal acquaintance and from
intimate knowledge of his past,
and froji advices from his busi
ness associates without regard to
party that if elected in Novem
ber we will have a congressman
who will do all in his power for
us as well as for all other parts
of this district.
Mr. Hollister is a tireless work
er a man of undoubted honesty
senUd? tan they
ORGANIZATION
ISPjANNED
fiOFGROWERS TO UNITE
Several Meetings Held and
Committees Appointed To
- Solicit For Members
For t he purpose of organizing
all the bop growers of Califor
nia, Oregon and Washington in
to ore body to tight the specula
tors and to demand a substantial
and profitable' price for hops, E.
L. Cunningham. Charles Craw- j
ford, P. E. Bbdack and George
Howlett of Ukiah and Hopland,
California, have been in this vi
cinity for ten days and have met
with much encouragement. Two
meetings have alrtady been held
in Salem and one in Independ
ence.
"I have roughly estimated,"
said Mr. Blalack, that there are
invested today on the Pacific
roast (in the hop growing indus
try), including lands, teams,
tools, kilns and coolers, not less
than $50,000,000, and that there
is spent each year in the mainte
nance of that property and in the
production of our annual crop of
hops not less than $7,500,000
In the financing; and marketing
of the crop the hop grower has
heretofore been at the mercy of
the unscrupulous dealer, that is
the short-seller and gambler, and
this year's conditions of the mar
ket is a good sample of the evils
that arise out of such deplorable
conditions.
"In my judgment there is only
one way to remedy this, and that
is to organize quickly every hop
producing county on the Pacific
coast. Select from each of these
counties one or two of the best
men to meet with similar selec
tions from other counties. Have
these men meet and organize a
central association composed on
ly of the county membership,
whose functions shall be the pur
chase of our supplies and the sale
of our hops at a fair and just
price. The county organizations
to care for local, conditions and
uphold the hands of the parent
organization, and if there are
not brains enough, loyalty
enough and money enough in
this organization to do this
promptly and effectively, we had
better quit the hop business and
get a( job herding Bheep."
Monday's meeting in S3lem
was a very enthusiastic one. L.
11. McMahan of balem acted as
chairman and Fred Stump of Su
ver was secretary It was unan
imously voted to organize and
the following articles of agree
ment were adopted and signed
by those present:
"We, the undersigned, hop
growers of the state of Oregon, j
bind ourselves mutually together firA u nA1 T Ac CITNh4V
as an organization to be known i BOOTH DALLAS SUNDAY
as the 'Orregon Hop Growers'! Senator Ilooth promised Rev.
Association.' Jg. H. Dennett, of the Methodi.st
' The object of this association 'church of Dallas, that he would
is for the collection and diss-imi- ! go to Dallas some Sunday and
nation of useful information con-1 make a non-political talk. In
cerning the growth, harvest and
the sale of our hops to the best
advantage and for the mutt-al
protection of its members.
"The plan ;'s for a similar or
ganization exclusively of hop
growers to be formed in every
hop-growing section on the Pa-
cilic coast to the organization of '
which we pledge ourselves to!
make every effort. . j
"When the percentage of the
hop-growing counties b organ-
ized i3 satisfactory to the board
of directors it is the intention to
organize a Pacific Coast Hop '
Growers' association membership
in which shall consist only of the
county associations. The parent
association snail ne lormed at a
meeting to be later designated ,
hdd at some convergent central
point to he attended byceiegates
duly selected by each of the
county associations of Wa; hing-
t..r, Oregon and California.
(continued on the laatpage)
I, WHITE IKER OSES
After a Brave Tight of Ove' Two Ytars
He At last Succumbs; Funeral Services
George L. Whiteaker sue-1
cumbed to the ravages of disease ;
at the home of his mother. Mrs. j
N. A. Whiteaker, in this city
Sunday morning at 6 o'clock.
Just as humanity was awakening
into activity for the Sabbath p
life passed from siifTerii.g earth
to a peaceful beyond.
George L. Whiteaker wr bo-r
in Polk county, nr d at tS tiir
if his deiUh was 'C9 years ar.d 7
months old. He had lived h w
until two years ato when h
went to Arizona in pursuit ol
nealth, returning to Independ
ence. the home of his childhood.
only a few weeks ago to a nit
the summons to come where suf
fering was no more.
Tho' his death was daily ex
pected, a great sorrow was cast
over the city because two bright
little children were left without
father or mother, the latter pass
ing away some years before.
The beautiful and impressive
funeral services were cor.ductid
in Calvary Presbyterian church
Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
Dr. J. U. N. Belb of Cor tali's,
paid the last pretty tributes to
the deceased in the presence of a
lar,2e number of relatives and
friends, who had brought many
beautiful floral offerings. Messrs.
Mcintosh and Mclntire and Mes
dames Paddock and Knapp touch
ingly rendered "Thy Will, Not
Mine. O Lord." Mrs. George
Conkey sang "Rock of Ages
with sympathetic appeal, the
quartette closing the service with
"Nearer My God, To Thee." and
the body was then tenderly borne
to its last resting place in the
Odd Fellows cemetery near this
city.
Relatives Fur-!vJn.T ' the de
ceased are: Mother, Mrs. N. A.
Whiteaker, five brothers and two
sisters, and two children, Velma,
age 13, and Earl, age 15. Their
sorrow is intense but with the
thought o' the rest in the world
beyond they remembef the lines:
"Moufn not the dead though like the
flower
Just opening to the morning ray
Nipped by (lindane's cruel power,
They fell from love's embrace away.
Where breathes no chill or tainted air,
Where falls no darkness of the tomb
They prove the loving Savior's care
And blossom in immortal bloom."
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OREGONA QUITS
On the arrival here of tht
steamer Oregona last night, she
wa9 withdrawn from the 1'ori-land-Salem-Independence
route
until there is an increased move
ment of freight. The steamer
Grahamonfl will leave Portland
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
for all points as far as Independ
ence, so there will be aervice to
Willamette river territory. Port-
land Oregonian.
fulfillment of this promise, nnd
though nearly worn out frcm his
active campaign work, and
though having set next Sunday
aside as a day of rest, Senator
Dooth has, after much persua
sion, consented to go to Dallas
jwxt Sunday evening and make
this address. The meeting will
be held bnder the auspices of the
Methodist church in the Armory
at Dallas and will commence at
eight o'clock p. m.
FUNNY
This accounts for it. The In-
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a humorous column"
Dallas Ob
server.
The Monitor does not deny it.
However, the Observer will learn
nxl Tuesday that the voters vt
pok cour,ty consider that the
observer has had several col-
Urallj of humor twice a wesrk
quite recently.
ED BROWN
KILLS FRIEND
1 Robert Matzke the Victim;
Brown Thought Him Burg
lar and Shot In the Dark
Salom. Or Mistaking him for
a burglar. Kdward V, Hrown, a
vt'll-to do rancher of Polk coun
ts', living on tie Pallas road,
bout eight miles from Salem,
early today fatally shot his friend
;nee childhood, Robert Matzke,
i roprietor of a garage of this
'ity, Matzke died four hours
after the shooting in the Salem
' ospital. Drown, who has a
wife and s?veral children, is on
the verge of collapse as a result
.if the tragedy.
Matzke nnd a party of
motored last night, to
vhere thev had dinner,
way hack to Salem
friends
Dallas,
On the
Matzke
stopped at Brown's home, telling
i he members of hia party that he
would pass only a few minutes
with his fri nd. That was about
1:30 o'clock this morning.
Matzke, who had virtually
nade Brown's home his own and
vas considered almost a niem
ier of the family, carried a key
o the rear door, through which
he entered the house,
Brown, aroused from sleep,
isked: "Who's that?"
"Rotihe-rs," replied Matzke,
jokingly.
Brown hurried into the parlor
ind seized a shotgun. There was
no light in the hoine, and Matz
ke, not knowing bis friend had
ihe weapon, shouted: v
Throw unyour hands, l m a
burglar."
Brown fired and Matzke, un
conscious, fell, a part of his head
being torn away. Members of
the automobile party hurried to
the house and did everything
possible for the wounded man
until the arrival of Dr. W. D.
Morse and Claude S. Bell of this
city.
Matzke was taken by the phy
sician to the Salem hospital,
where he died at ten o'clock.
He was about 80 years old and
opened his garare here about
I hree months ago. Before that
he worked for John Maurcr, who
conducts a garage.
Mr. Matzke came to Salem
r.bout two nnd one-half years ago
from Lacrosse, Wis , where he
had several brothers and sisters.
Mr. Brown and Mr. Matzke were
boyhood chums in the Wisconsin
eity. Mr. Brown was the first
to come to Oregon, and when Mr.
Matzke came here the old friend
ship was renewed. The automo
bile man frequently passed Sun
day night at tin; home of the
rancher. Mr. Matzke was nut
married.
The body was taken in charge
by Coroner Clough, who saia to
night that an inquest probably
would not be necessary. The
body will be held pending in
structions from Mr. Matzke's
relatives in Lacrosse.
Mr. Brown will not be arrested.
Oregonia.i.
MRS. WIENERT DEAD
Mrj. Wienert, wife of a farm
er liiint rear Airlk died at the
family home at the age of fifty
years of pneumonia, last Satur
day. She leaves a family of sev
en boys and f'.or i-rls. Dr. II.
C. Dunsmon. ( Independence,
conducted fu.i ral services at
A irlie. Telegram.
ELECTION RETURNS
Election returns will be re
reived until 3 o'ch ek Wednesday
morning byJ. S. Cooper, Jr., in
his "music house." Nobody
barred and every body allowed to
shout for the winners.
There are two candidates for
zovernor named Smith. Ihe
.i.tone ha.i "democrat" after
hi name. (Paid Adv.)
POLK COUNTY REGISTRATION
Total Number Is 6792 of Which 3569
Are Republicans and Democrati 204 O
The total registration in Polk
i county was 67l2 divided as fol
lows: Republicans 35j9, demo
crats 2010, prohibitionists 585,
socialists 191 progressives 70 and
I miscellaneous 329.
First Independence republic
ans 109, democrats 105, prohibi
tions 21, socialists 21, progres
sives 4, miscellaneous 11.
! Second Independent
lieans ISO, democrats I
-repub-prohi-niiseel-
laneous 21.
Third Independence -cans
151, democrats
tionists, 9, socialists 7,
-repuhli-prohibi-miscella-
neous 12.
Fourth Independence -republicans
125, democrats 7'.), prohi
bitionists 8, Socialists i, progres
sives 2, miscellaneous 11.
Southeast Monmouth - repub
licans G4, democrats 4 7, prohibi
tionists 23, socialists ptvues
sives 1, miscellaneous 2.
Northeast Monmouth i b
licans 79, democrats 65, pi oi
tionists 29, socialists 1, progres
sives, 1, miscellaneous, o.
West Luekiamute - republicans
09, democrat!? Oil, prohibition
ists 11, socialists 1, progressive
9, miscellaneous 2.
East lAK'kianu:te i epnblicans
54, democrats -I t, prohibitionists
11, miscellaneous 3,
Stiver-- republicans -l'l, demo
crats L'5, prohibitionists 11', so
cialists 3, miscellaneous 2.
Buena YiBta -republicans SI,
democrats r5, prohibitionists !J5
socialists 5, progressives I, mis
cellaneous (I.
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SUPRLMfi JUDGES
Vote for McDride, Dean, Har
ris, republicans, and liamsey,
democrat. For circuit juiige,
pick Harry H. Belt.
ROBINSON RE-ELECTED
There is no doubt but what
Asa H. Robinson will be re-elected.
Independence alone will
give him over 500 majority. Ev
ery charge of any consequence
made against him has proved
talse. Tales told or published al
the eleventh hour ishould not fool
anybody.
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SPEAKS HERE
rjGETS HEARTY APPLAUSE
''Never Loser' Greets All
As It Ever Was; Confident
Of Return To Senate
Senator Geerge E. Chamber
lain paid Independence a vir't
Wednesday. He greeted every
body with his hearty handshi '-
and cheery smile and demons! -ted
without a doubt that he has
not lost any of the popularity
which for twenty years has car
ried him into every office he wa.-j
a candidate for.
At two o'clock he addressed a
Inrse crowd in the Isis theater.
He explained fully what he had
done and accomplished for Ore
gon and was liberally applauded
at the end of every paragraph.
Ha did not enter into any criti
cism of his opponents or oppo-
nent as the Senator says there
are only two candidates for the
U. S. senate himself and an
other whom he does not name in
person. A close friend of the
senator, however, says that Bill
llanley will be second In the
race, Dooth running a poor third.
If llitnlcy gets more votes than
booth it will be a grand surprise
to politicians in this ward.
Chamberlain is very sure that
he will win as usual and there ia
no denying the fact that he is
stronger than he was a month
ago.
WINNER
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