INDEPENDENCE MONITOR
"THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS"
VOL 3
INDEPENDENCE, FOLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAT 7, 1915
NO. 37
WILLAMETTE'S
NEW ERA
ON SOLID FOUNDATION
No More Inflated Prosperity
By Selling To Tenderfeet;
Make Values Ourselves
Here in the upper Willamette
Taller we have a specific cause
of oar own for feeling that bet
ter times are ahead and that the
future holds in store even more
of sound prosperity than the
past. That cause is simply this:
We have checked speculation
and have corre spondingly
strengthened real industry. We
have quit swapping lots and have
gone to work. We have learned
that we cannot go on forever
selling to the other fellow at an
advanced price, and have turned
our attention to developing what
we have. And in doing this the
Willamette valley has stepped
off of shifting sand onto solid
rock.
We could not go on forever
planting orchards to sell to the
newcomer from the East We
could not attract a permanent
population by making specula
tion our chief industry. We can
not build up a prosperous com
munity by capitalizing climate
alone. We ' need more popula
tion, bat if we are to attract
settlers who will stay we must
have something definite to show
them for the argument that
the land they are buying can be
sold for a higher price a few
months hence will not endure
forever.
It was inevitable that chang
ing conditions should result in
inflation, but it is fortunate for
us that inflated conditions are
passing. The man who learns
how to make money by milking
cows and keeping hogs and
chickens, or who learns how to
market his fruit or his vegeta
bles to advantage, or who finds
out a way to make his soil pro
duce more than it produced last
year is lajing a solid foundation
for prosperity not only for him
self but for the entire communi
ty. The Willamette valley is
turning its attention to these
things more strongly than ever
before, and the result is certain
to be beneficial In the extreme.
Eugene Register.
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QUEEN IS GAILY CROWNED
Mr Day Ixtrclsei at Normal School
Witnessed By Large Crowd
Over 1000 people gathered at
the Oregon Normal school to
witness the annual May-day fes
tivities. People from the sur
rounding country brought their
picnic dinners and enjoyed a hoi-
iday, merchants closed their
places of business to see the
games, and numbers of alumni
returned for the day.
'Ihe opening feature was f
procession of students and traia
ing school children who assem
bled on the court to greet the
queen, Miss Beatrice Chaney,
and her attendants
The different classes competed
before the "queen" in pagean
try, May-pole winding, folk
dancing, club swinging, tennis
and volley ball. Pageants of
French, English and Spanish his
tory and colonial times were giv
en with spectacular efforts. Gai
y costumed girls wound May
pole and danced quaint folk
dances. The contest in the ten-
nis ana voney Dan were close
in in .
and exciting. The chitdren from
the training school performed in
costume, drills and marches.
When the scoring in the events
was completed the decission of
the judges showed a tie between
juniors end seniors for the hand
some cup awarded by President
Ackerman. The judges were
Miss Lewis of Corvallis, Miss
Porter of Portland and Superin
tendent Elliott of Salem.
ROAD WORK WUNDER
Herman Wunder has been do
ing excellent road work in the
vicinity of Monmouth Heights
and is getting his roads in good
condition. Mr. Wunder is
Cred- I
ited by A. F. Huber, our rural
mail carrier, with having done
the best road work ever per
formed in that locality. Keep it
up. Monmouth Herald.
RUN OVER BY AUTO
A 5-year-old daughter of
Frank Cele was run over by an
auto driven by Mrs. William
Schaffer Thursday morning near
the school house five miles south
of Independence. The child was
placed in the auto and hurriedly
brought to town for medical
treatment. While rendered un
conscious, no bone were broken
and the little girl was not so
badly hurt as was first supposed
and reported.
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Bartholomew in Minneapolis Journal.
NEW RAILROAD
MEANS MUCH
OPENS NEW COUNTRY
Building of Valley 5 Slletz
Will Certainly Put Inde
pendence Out In Front
Unquestionably one of the big
gest pieces of development work
to be undertaken the coming
summer and the one which
means more for the Willamette
valley than any other one thing
is the proposed connecting up of
the Valley & Siletz railroad be
tween Independence and Airlie
and the extension of the line
from King's valley over into the
Siletz timber region. The line is
already built and ia in operation
between Airlie and King's val
ley, one of the richest little val
leys in the state, and the right
of way is practically secured be
tween Independence and Airlie
when the construction work will
be begun. This year's work
will involve an expenditure of
about $300,000.
R. L. Donald, the man who
did the preliminary engineering
work and the major portion of
the construction work on the
Oregon Electric, will have charge
of the construction work of the
Valley & Sietz. Mr. Donald
states that J. L. lianna, who is
in charge of securing the right
of way between Independence
J A :-K I-. A'.ainr.,. 19 mllou
allU ill VI 1 UUlOl
is rapidly closing up the gap and
it is expected that the line will
be rushed through to completion
and put in operation this sum
mer. Further than that Mr.
Donald did not care to state.
From prominent citizens of In
dependence, who are familiar
with the situation, however, it is
learned that the road from Air
lie into King valley taDS one of
the richeBt farming regions in
Western Oregon and that when
the road is connected up with
Independence, affording an out
lay for the products of that val- j
ley, they expect to see some
great strides in agricultural de
velopment in that section. From
Airlie it is proposed to extend
the line on to the head of th:
Siletz river in Lincoln county to
tap a wonderfully rich body of
virgin timber.
The estimated cost of con
struction between Independence
and Airlie is $300,000, which
work will be performed the com
ing summer, but it is not ex
pected that the road will be ex
tended into the Siletz until the
lumber market opens up and the
depression in the money market
is relieved so as to make it pay
to develop the lumber industry
in Western Polk and Eastern
Lincoln counties at the head of
the Siletz. It is understood that
the ultimate intention of the
promoters of the Valley & Siletz
railroad is to extend on from the
head of tne Siletz to Newport, a
distance of about 50 miles, which
will afford a short cut from the
valley to the seaside and make
traveling to and from this popu
lar summer resort, more con.en-
ient and much cheaper than the j
present route. Salem
Jouraal.
Capital :
PARENT-TEACHERS MEETING
Resolve To Make Last Session of to:
Yar oa June 5, a "Booster"
There was a real live, get-to-gather
meeting of parents and
teachers held in the Public
School building Tuesday evening.
The attendance was not large
but the ones there showed
marked enthusiasm over the
subjects which were generally
discussed.
Miss Galbraith read an article
on the subject of Junior High, a
subject most interesting to
teachers and mothers of seventh,
eighth and ninth grade pupils.
It was decided to make the
next (and last) meeting June 5,
a booster meeting for both the
school and association and for
the general arrangement a spec
ial committee was appointed,
consisting of Mesdames Claude
Skinner, L. L. Hewitt, T. R.
Alexander, Jenny Parker, J. L.
Hanna, Crosbie Davis, M. M.
Mix, N. F. Gillispie, Esther
Morgan and W. H. Craven.
It is hoped that all parents
will throw their interest into
this work and make the last
meeting of the association for
this year, a real booster meet
ing. Contributed.
MOOSK TIME
The Independence contingent
consisting of the drill team and
live members from "Hop City
Lodge" made the trip to Mc
Minnville by automobile. The
band of Oregon Lodge, of this
city, with George Bangasser as
drum-major, headed a column
300 strong which paraded up
and down Third str-,,-t.
The lodge session was called to
order by Director W. T. Vinton
and the initiatory work was
turned over to the Indeqend-
ence drill team. The music was
furnished by the local lodge's
orchestra.
The good of the order program
consisted of spicy and clever
speeches by Mr. Eaton of Sheri
dan, Mr. Mcintosh, Mr. Bloch,
of Independence. Organizer
Dickey and others.
"Billy" McAdams, Independ
ence's Irish warbler, sang with
fine interpretation "The Rose of
Sharon" and responded to an
encore with "It's a Long, Long
Way to Tlpperary," the assem
blage joining in the rolicking
chorus, standing on their feet.
The applause was deafning and
McAdams came back with the
parody "It's a long, long way to
Independence" which made a
distinctive hit. McMinnv 1 1 1 e
News-Reporter.
MEMORIAL DAY
Memorial Day, May 23, will be
observed by union services si
the Methodist church. The G.
A. R. and W. U. C. will attend
in a body. Rev. Stewart, the
Methodist paster, will preside.
Iiev. Birtchet will read Lincoln's
Gettysburg address and Rev.
Stewart, Baptist, and Rev. Wood
will deliver addresses.
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DOCTOR'S MEET
The Polk-Yamhill-Marion Med
ical Society held an interesting
and instructive meeting in In
dependence Monday Tiight. The
Independence M. D.'s made the
twenty visitors feel at home.
MEAT HOUSE BURNS
Nelson's slaughter house, be
tween .Independence and Mon
mouth, went up in smoke last
nfiht. V hat meat there was in
th5 building was
taken out.
There is a little
insurance to !
cover the loss.
NO RELIEF
ISJFFERED
COUNCIL FAILS TO ACT
So North Independence Is
Again Doing the "Watchful
Waiting" Act
Wednesday night's regular
session , was attended by a
crowded house. It wns believed
that the North Independence
property line question t.rght be
solved because of the f ..ct that
one-third of the city has its
walks torn up and its people
walking in the mud and no re
lief is possible except by definite
action of the council. Other
than to receive and read a peti
tion signed by nearly every
North Independence property
owner exprr?ing their desires in
the matter, ro action was taken
by the council. Nary a word
was said either about replacing
the west bridge which has been
condemned and its ends torn out
to prevent trafic upon it. As a
matter of fact that part of the
east bridge now used by footmen
is more dangerous to life and
limb than was the west bridge.
In behalf of ,the Oregon Pow
er Co., Manager Martin appear
ed and proposed a compromise
and a change in the contract be
tween the city and company in
which the city is given free
water for flushing paved streets.
Mr. Martin was willing to refund
in water tho overcharge of the
past 14 months after which the
city was to pay for water used
for flushing purposes at one-half
the commercial rate. The mean
ing of the word "flushing" is
somewhat ii. despute. Can
sprinkling be called flushing?
Mr. Webster defines "flushing"
as "to cause to be full; to flood;
to overflow; to overwhelm witl:
water; as to flush the meadow;
to flood for the purpose of clean
ing; as to flush a sewer." How
ever, the council passed it up
and laid the proposal over.
MOTHERS' DAY
Sunday is Mother's Day r.d
thruout the United States white
flowers will be worn in honor of
"Mother" whether she be living
or dead. The Salvation Army
hymn. "Tell Mother I'll Be
There" will be sung by millions
on that day. A portion of the
clay will alto be given to writing
"Mother" a letter. '
In Independence the morning
services at the several churches
will be devoted to eulogies of
"Mother" by the pustors with
appropriate music.
WINS FREE TRIP
Mrs. G. C. Birtchet came
within twenty dollars of winning
an automobile in the Portland
Telegram contest. That is to
say if "he had sent in twenty
dollars more subwription, she
would have won. As il resulted
she gets a free trip'.to the fair.
MARRIED
Two well kflown young people
living at Parker, liny Laoy and
Miss Hazi-I Cook, journeyed to
Vancouver, Wash., one day last
t-ek where they were married.
MAN HANGS HIMSELF IN BARN!
Tired of Living, C. A. r. Wolf, Aged 60,
Ends Hli Life At Monmouth.
Shortly before noon Moaday,
C. A. F. Wolff of Monmouth
committed suicide at that place
by hanging himself to a rafter
in his bam by a rope. Despond
ency over imaginary troubles is
said to have been the cause for
the rash act. He was sixty
years of age and leaves a widow,
but no children so far at known.
Mrs. Wolff found her hus
band's dead body dangling from
the end of the rope. Missing
him after an absence of an hour
or more, she instituted a search,
first going to the barn at the
rear of the premises, where the
horrifying spectacle met her
gaze. Crying for help, the body
was cut down. Life had been
extinct for more than ai hour,
according to estimate.
Mr. and Mrs. Wolff had been
residents of Monmouth about
three years, and were esteemed
by all who knew them. Dallas
Observer.
NOT ENCOURAGING
That the present growing crop
is very much inferior to the crop
of last year there remains no
doubt. Reports are coming
from all districts , to the effect
that conditions are very bad.
The upland hops are by far the
worst, but in a great many cases
the bottom land yards are in
very poor condition.
There was no overflow of the
Willamette River this winter,
and this, coupled with the fact
that there is a shortage of rain
fall hat left the land in a very
bad condition.
What the size of the crop is
this year depends entirely upon
the weather conditions from this
time on. If plenty of rain
comes the crop may recover. If
we should happen to have a sum
mer as dry as last year was, the
production for Oregon would not
surpass ib.wo Dales. racinc
Hop Reporter.
According to Tuesday's Ore-
gonian, ueorge u. nose nas soia
40,000 pounds of the new crop
to Lewis and Shafer & Hartley
10,000 pounds to Durbin, all at
lOJc. Two 20,000-pound con
tracts were made at Airlie at
10c.
The Monitor always leads.
NOW THAT SPRING HAS ARRIVED.
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NEXTJYEEK
150 HEAD TO BE SGI')
Large Tent To Be Us e l.
Parade To Be Feattr ;
Many Buyers Expected
One hundred and fifty head of
registered Jerseys have been en
tered by the members of the
Polk County A. J. C. C. Breed
er's Association for the coming
sale on May 12. Of this lot, fif
ty head are Register of Merit
cows. On May 13, a grade sale
will take place at which about
seventy-five head of high grade
cows will be ofFered. The tattle
will be assembled by Saturday
of this week and will be readv
for inspection at that time and
on the 11, the stock will be pa
raded through the streets.
Col. D. L Perry will have
charge of the sale. A large tent,
seating two thousand people,
has been secured and possible
rainy weather will have no ef
fect. The Polk County A. J. C. C.
Breeder's Association is compos
ed of the meit prominent farm
ers and breeders in this section
of the state and has an active
membership of thirty-five. Polk
county is noted for the number
of high grade Jerseys within its
bounds and it is the intention of
the Association to make the sale
an annual event Moviae; pict
ures will be taken of the stock
and crowds the day of the sal
and will be exhibited through
out the tountry.
omciAivisiT
The official visit of the Worthy
Grand Matron and Grand Secre
tary to the Independence Chap
ter of the Eastern Star last night
was a great event. Further
mention must be postponed un
til next week.
Independence's best days are
about here.
I gattlng la of gardan and law
AahM In Naw Yarta WarW,
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