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ONITOR
"THG PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS'
VOL. 3
INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1914
NO. 12
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ISSUES FOR
CITY ELECTION
NUMBER DIFFERANCES
Problems That Will Enter j will be charged. First there will
Into Campaign and Make j e a race for three-year-olds and
Them Paramount To Men!over- four and a I,a!f tong.
I open to Polk, Marion, L. inn. Ben-
Wi;h the city election only a
tiv days over three weeks away,
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rv; h c.!.-cusuou co.cenur.gr the
i oinA- on a. id issues a'e
being brought out which will
have an important bearing on the
ou'eome
There seems to be considerable
difference of opinion regarding
the number of saloons Independ
ence should have during the next
yetr. The city council is prepar
ing to take off the limit which.if
accomplished will give every fel
low a chance to open up a saloon
if I e can put up the licence m.i
ey. Same argue that two saloons
are enough, wnicn comenr. .on is
backed by most of the "drjs" in ,
the town. Others declare that !
the city ought to take all the li-J
cense money it can get in the one
year before the drouth.
The paving proposition wi'l be
another red hot issue. There are
three factions on this question.
Those who want to pave if possi
ble as is now being done, those
who would pave only if 51 per
cent of abutting property owners
petition for it, and those w ho do
not want paving at all.
Another acute question is the
city marshalship. A number de
sire a change in this office and
propose to fight for it. Then the
water question is another. Many
citiiena believe that the city
should have better fire protection
and would take drastic steps to
obtain it.
So altogether Independence
may expect a lively election
which may prove to be exciting
before it is over.
RAY WINS PRIZE
Ray Grounds, last year a grad
uate of the Buena Vista schools,
won the first prize of $15 offered
by the W. C. T. U. of the state
for tne best essay on the advan
tages of a "dry" Oregon. Ray
toot for his subject. "How Ore
gon Dry Will Affect Industrial
and Economical Conditions," and
the whole article was filled with
meaty contentions that were very
convincing.
THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY.
'RAC1N3 FOR THANKSGIVING;!
Four Events Billed For Afternoon For
Worth While Purses To Be Interesting
Independence will have four
j good running races on Thanks-
j giving Day which will start
j promptly at two o'clock, rain or
shine. A small admittance fee
j ton and Lincoln county horses.
1 The Purse he $30. Ihen a
half mile dash for a $40 purse,
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three-eighths d;sh for sadr.ie
; horses f or a $30 purse ,t.!d pun v
j race for a distance satisfactory to
the entries. All purses divided
.60, 30 and 10. No entrance fee.
All races weight for age except
the first one which is a handicap.
Entries close at eight o'clock t'.e
night before.
SHIPPING PRUNES
Rickreall, Or. Several tns of
dried fruit, principally ptune,
have been shipped out. of IV k
county. The prunes that were
ro'J brought a high price, the
mount varying consk.eraloy.
uar.y contracts for the crcp were
frequent. The crop this season
was estimated to be 65 per cent
of that of last season, owiig lo
early irosts in tne spring injur
ing the blossoms and hindering
the development of the fruit.
Sunday's Oregonian.
WILL STILL HANG
The relic of barbarism hang
ing will still be in vogue in Ore
gon for two years more at lerst.
The constitutional amendment to
nhnlwh ranitnl rmnishment Wfis
defeated by a few hundred votes. j
CHAMBERLAIN
Sometime, when Chamberlain
dies, if he ever does, maybe there
vvill be a chance for some other
Democrat to be elected in Ore
gon. Why it is so, nobody
knows, but it is a fact that no
other Democrat has ever been
elected in this state when run
ning on the same ticket with
Chamberlain. He seems to be a
TVi f r narfv hut a Jnnnh
.k.f .i.ov. in. His a hon.
h, mi a
n-rolmmnn H ia ro well
i u4- !,; o,Q tVio ' K..1
known that his name on tne nai-
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lOt COIIlUieieiJ uiciauauuno c.i. t
,,i,mim.. If he should
decide ever to locate in New York
. .u u . r, ; if ht.
lived in Germany, and Kuisers 1
were elected, ho would he wear-!
ir-r Wihia-n's crown the. next day
. : u Vr.H,,t ,..ua al-.ti I
on kirurs.
F.-om this on, we are
koine to vote for Chamberlain
until death separates us
Messe.iger.
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Car .er m ft t Y c f t - - i j-
tNTHUSIASTIC
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MEETING HELD
HOP GROWERS UNITE
"United We Stand, Divided
We Fall" Seems To Be Pre
vailing Sentiment
OvtrlOO hep growers in a'
tenclanctat this afternoon's ir.eot
ing unnnimoi.sly voted t form a
permanent organisation unl elect
ed Temporary Chairman L. H.
McMah.m and Terf.por.iry Secre
tary Pied N. Stump as perma
nent president and secretary, re
spectively; C. A- McLaughlin, of
Independence, vr-e-p' esident and
President McMahats. C. A. Mc
Laughlin, Fred Slum;), secretary,
W. Kirk wood of Yamhill county,
E. V. Paul of Polk county, J. L.
P'-it-lr rf T nntt fmmtu Marian
Palmer of Murion county, C. L
Code and R. A. Newport of Polk
county, as a board of dit octets to
report a set of by-laws for adp-
tion at the next meeting of th
organization, to be held in Salem
at ten o'clock Saturday morning,
November 21, and this board ofj
directors to serve as tha Oregon ;
delegation to attend the tri-state
convention for the purpose of
farming the Pacific coast associa
tion. Not in spite of the fact, but
rather because of the fact that
the state of Oregon was voted j come f rom pana city, the sheriff
"dry" at Tuesday's election the rrom Rickreall, the clerk from
hopgrowers of Oregon see ail the independence, the commissioner
more reason why tl:ey should or-; ( rom Spring Valley and the sur
ganize for the purpose of pre- veyor f rom Black Pock. -Dallas
serving ana sateguaramg tne iu-
lure interests ui me muiisuy un
the coast and at a meeting which '
was called at 10 o'clock this
morning and is still in session at
the time of going to press this '
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which was devoted mostly to a
general discussion of the reasons
an(1 purposes of the orgun,z,ition,
and the afternoon's attendance
was greatly augmented by the
delegations from Lane and Polk
counties, L. II. McMahan who
acted as chairman of the former
totmgcf grow era wa3 cnos,-n
to ' -;C!;lU 10 tl e s UT' Cfl!'i"'l
at the lrese..t n..-ot.ng, and Fred
N. St unit), of Stiver, was also sc-
l.cled lo serve us secretary of :
i hp mi'.Hitur. Thf ron.mit on i
permanent organization wa.-i com
posed of M. L. Jonts of i;rool;s
as (fliairnian, W. H. Murp'iy of
Uuena Vista. Mr. Kirk woo: of
An iiv, .Mr. IWr't--vith arid 0. A.
i'.leLnil; hlin o' P..ik county.
Ken 'it-! o! a nio-,1 .'fu.ji ;ii
i n e
nature ui:
-iuu K'liwd from
til Hi i)i; i u .. ,-.hi,'"hj
eoast and 1 he nr.'.wers a'! :
ie erithir-iiisLic .v..-r tho
r,et:t. '1 he sub ci.n out !'
f-.-m ft
e ai.ot.
; lie s'ihcit;tt i'ji, of n'l niiii'rliip of
Yamhill roui.ty rep ,ru-i lrJ. "wo ,
have had no ii o.ib.e .it all in to !- '
dug al. f the growers we ia v ;
had tt;iie to ue iigu tf;. W.. !
think ther will !' no trouble in j
getting lOo per evotof air grow-
ers in Yond.ill county." j
The I'olk co ir.ty eoiriuiit re" jd-1
so rep,.)ted that "all lave shmed?
up in the Independence cislnct1
and the Lu:kiarnute district ex
cept one Japanese grower and he ;
is now in Japan trying to tell his !
hops and will sign up as t-oon as !
he returns. Sied Leek, an ex-1
tensive Chinese grower of hops!
in the Independence district,
whom we did hot think we could !
get, has S.y.n, d up with t!ie or
ganization w i , it, .:... :.J
i over it. " Mr. Palmer nr,t. i
J of the People's Bank ,f Silver-1
I ton, and also an extensive lop
S rower of that dis'rict, n ported
( that t !t of th -row.-rs ci tj at
;part of Marion county wcol.J
; e;-rr.e into the .rr&ai::ution anl
-pekf-ve-y fav ,n b'y f it him-1
jtelt'.Saifcm Capiul Journal.
auenioon. resoiui handled - w be ruined un.
ted as was a so the report of the , he statidn ! tiey can pre9ent a united
committee of five representative p)r the ,ast tWQ months ront to the enemy-which is the
growers of a of the counts in farm product8 have bcen sl ipped speculator. "United We Stand,
the Willamette valley favor.ng t0 the Fortlan4 markets in large Divided We Fall" is an apt mot
permanent organization. quantitieg During the winter j to whi,h al, beiieve is a true one
1 here were0 growers In months many hogs and much j ua far a8 the hop industry is con
tendance at the norning session, m v. t v. ! , r .L ,t
m mm after school
Attorney General Crawford So Rules
When Buena Vista Pedagog Asks Him
Declaring that six hours con
stitutes a school day and that the
teacher exceeded his authority in
keeping- thiir sons after four
o'clock, two Buena Vista mothers
went to the school house and took
them home.
Prof. Dykstra took the matter
up with Attorney General Craw
ford and ai ked him regarding tot
ieali:y of the claim that n pupil
could not be kept in school more
than six hours a day. The At
torney General ruled that a
teacher did net exceed his right
in kotp'ng a pupil in more than
six hoars; that it was a matter
for the school officers to decide.
In other words, if the school
board ioes not object, a teicher
may keep a pupil in all night if
necessary and parents cannot
stop it.
STAMPS FOUND
j $:!50 worth of stamps stolen
j from the Airlie postofliee some
time ago were found near that
I place last week in a ditch. As
they were in a box, most of the
I stamps were not injured.
DALLAS GETS BLANXEO
In the election last week Dallas
did not get a look in, the only
candidate for office, outside of
coroner, residing in the county
neat being defeated. The repre
sentative and county treasurer
Observer.
LOTS OF BUSINESS
Airlio, Or. The activity of the
fanners in the country surround
ing Airlie has increased the
iiuuiwy win ire win uui, ; eernea. in rneir opinion, me en
toes already have been shipped, trance of Oregon into the bevy
but the crop was lighter than us-
ual this year. Oregonian.
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HENKLE ELECTED
Owing to an error in the re
oort of the vote for Monmouth,
the Monitor as well as most ev-1
eryb. iy else has E. T. Ibjnih
d feated while us a matter of
t'fict he was elected by a substati
1 "" "yy-
t" n.lence by Ul ana Monmouth
by 4 which overturned bis loss in
Suver and Buena Vista. Mr.
Ilenkle will make a good official
and the voters will never regret
their choice.
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE
The Polk County Teachers' In
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!!'!" will l. hf.ld )n PhIIh'?, JSI i i- i
vembt-r 1. l'Jand20. uider the
riiiec tion of County Superintend
i,'. Seymour. All teachers are
r. 'juire l to be present at all ses
r-ion s j.nd there will be no school
in this county on these days.
NEW PREACHER
Thf Presbyterian church of
this city, which for several weeks
has had no regular pastor, has
fjilletj Ib-v. Grover C. Birchet, a
joung minister from Washing
ion. Ii is expected that Rev.
Birchtt will atrive in Independ
ence some time this week and
will preach for the first time
Sunday morning. He is a man
of family and will live in the
munse.
COMPLAINING
Tarties at Airlio have
l ames at Aim have com-
Plained to th? state railroad com-
mion regardinjr the train ser-
vice of the I. & M. which recent
ly was started. Ia their com
plaint they aliege that they ha.'
i0 c nnect ion b with Dallas a-e
w:.nt the old system back agar),
The Monitor always lead.
FOXY LAWYER
NOSING
ROUND
ON C STREET PAVING
Notice of Assessment Now
Having Been Given, Legal
Sharp May Say "Don't Pay"
Otlicial i.otice has been served
upon C street property owners of
their assessment for paving and
while outwardly everything
seem? quiet and serene and that
there will be a peaceful accept
ance of the asses-si aenf, still tin re
is an undercurrent cf dissatisfac
tion that the innocent bystander
cannot help but hear when he
puts his ear to the ground. Per
chance nothing will occur and
the assessments be met without
resort to arms, but there is no
denying the fact that an attor
ney of ability is "seeing what he
can see," and upon his decision
depends whether or not legal
methods will b.j employed to pre
vent the payment of the assess
ment by certain parties. A few
mora days will tell. A legal vic
tory for the remonstrntors
against payment of the assess
ment, would prove costly to the
city as then the tax payers would
have to pay the bills instead of
the C street property owners.
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GET TOGETHER
Hop growers in the Independ
ence district are enthusiastically
boosting for the success of their
proposed organization and almost
all of them have joined and are
advising all other growers to do
the same. They believe that the
0f "dry" states does the induB
try considerable injury as it helps
to increase the area of 'dry"
territory decreasing the demand
for hops, but in spite of the evi
dent intention of the whole coun-
try to gradually become
dry,"
the hop industry has many more
yeats yet to live if the growers
can unite and as one man pay to
the speculator: "Either give us
a profitable price or find another
job. We have not a bale of hops
;to sell you at a loss. Skiddoo!''
i II. B. Fletcher received the fol
lowing letter y-'-rday from
I George Hewlett, the California
grower who has been spending
i his time and money in an effort
!to Ket the organization perfected:
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"iei...- Id iV... .rti ..i.i, trilrur to
11(1 v l L 1 1 Ills liojja uiin:.i! iiv mi k1"
lizes? Oregon will he separate
land distinct from California and
j Washington. The grower will
act through his on selected di-
rector. Could there be nrythire'
fairer? He will be able to buy
1 is supplies at cost. He w ill save
in the handling of his hops and
he will et a fair arid just price
for his hops through the associa
tion where he will not get five
cents a pound for his hoo indi
vidually. In fact I am fold thflt
hops will bring these prices in
Oregon shortly. My posit ion i
very clear. I have over 14oM
bales of hops. I pooled rny hopB
last year and got Ktuck. I have
821 bales of hops this year, and
I have been raising hops for
twenty-one years. There is no
reason for the low prices but
what can do about it alone
without your assistance?"
FAMILY REUNION
Mr. and Mrs. A. ii- Bingrnan
recen.ly attended a family reun
ion at Oak Grove which waa a
very triable affair. There
were four generations preawnt.
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WEEKS TO CHRISTMAS
Buying Presents EARLY Helps
EVERYBODY
FIRE!
Fire destroyed a small building
m the rear of Cook s market
Tuesday night Two dozen
chickens and 800 pounds of ba
con and ham were burned, mak
ing a loss of about $2iK), which
was covered by insurance. While
the bacon and ham made a good
blaze for a few minutes, a few
splashes of water removed all
danger of its spreading to neigh
boring buildings.
NEW INDUSTRY
J. 0. Hunnicutt, living : uth
of town, has been experimenting
with sugar cane this year, and
finds that it grows very well in
this country. He is making sor
hhuni molasses which tastes like
more.
INDEPENDENCE CHALLENGES
The Independence town foot
ball team has sent a challenge to
Dallas for a game, to be played
at Independence on Turkey day.
The conditions are that Fenton
be barred from the contest, but
that will not be considered at all.
There is no team here, but it is
thought that if the inducements
are enourh a team might be
practiced up in a few days for
this game. There is some good
material here if all of the fellows
would try out. The High School
hasn't any game, and if they
don't arrange any, this would be
some excitement for the holiday.
Dallas Observer.
MRS. WHITNEY DEAD
Mrs. Hattie Whitney, a pioneer
of Oregon, died in Monmouth one
day last week at an advanced
age, She had been blind since
she was four years old.
'SITTING UP.
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STOP! STOP!
CONSIDER!
REASONJORYOUR ILL
When Misfortune Strikes
You Today, Take This Hint;
Just Think What It Is
Today if you die, get drunk,
your wife finds a strange colored
hair on jour coat, you noticed
worms in your breakfast food af
ter most of it had been eaten, the
children catch lice, your wife
opens your lady friend's letter by
mistuke, somebody steals your
Monitor before you have time to
J run home with it, you pay the
same bill twice, somebody has
told the preacher that once upon
a time you was a member of 1 is
church, wife sends Johnnie sf sr
05 cents, somebody starts a
hibition argument in your i.;.;e
of btisuless, your umbrella ish r
rowed without your consent or
you get a phone message sayii g
that you are the happy father of
triplets just stop and think
what it is,
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PAVING FINISHED
When rain permits Contractor
Kibbe to put on the surface of
the half block of paving on C
street between Main and the
bridge, he will then have finished
his work in Independence. He
has been steadily employ ed since
August and has provided work
for a larj?e number of men dur
ing all that time. Independence
now has at least thirty blocks of
paved streets which is more than
has any other city of its size in
the United States.
DISTRICT COURT
The Waltinan damage case
against the city of Independence
has been postponed until the Feb
ruary term of court. Mrs. Walt-
man was not well enough phy
sically to be present and submit
her testimony.
The Hunnicutt cse was start
ed yesterday and is now going:
on.
It is rumored that the grand
jury in investigating thoBeactinjr
in behalf of the "republican
county central committee" who
circulated handbills several weeks
before election casting reflections
upon the record of County Clerk
Robinson, which it is alleged was
contrary to the election laws.
Good times coming.
CtNEML8SJf(fSJCfl0mOM
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