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INDEPENDENCE MONITOR "THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS' INDEPENDENCE, FOLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1915 NO. 38 NOT DISTURBED BYMDEMT DISPLAY OF CALMNESS When Auto Roils Down Embankment With 4 Men, They Just .Go To Sleep Thi calmness and tranquility that some people can d splay in the face of disaster or appalling accident is marvelous. As ex emplifiera of this virtue, four men, living: at Albany and Cor v a 11 is, cannot be equalled. When the auto in which they were returning home from Inde pendence last Friday night, rolled down an embankment, on and a half miles south of Inde pendence, did they become ex cited or alarmed? No; as they rolled over with the machine each one said unto himself, "I should worry"'and went to sleep. While tis true that the beds were not soft and the pillows but rockp, slumber was not to be disturbed and they snored un concerned till morning:. COMING CONCERT The benefit concert to be given at the First M. E. Church Thurs day, May 27, by Catherine Neal Simmnns, is creating groat en thusiasm. It is interesting to note that Mrs. Simmons is very active Musically being at pres ent Secretary of the MacDowell Club, Portland's leading Musical Club. The program will prove rare and attractive, consisting of numbers in English, German Lieder and Italian. Special mention is made of the artistic old English songs that readily appeal to the heart which Mrs Kimrnor.s exortSieS with true understanding and ability to live her songs. 25 YEARS AGO A contract was let today to J. C. McCoy of Salrn for the build ing of the motor line between Independence and Monmouth. -Portland Oregonian, May 13, 1890. To T. W: War can only be de clared by Act ef Congress. HOW ONE'S INCLINATIONS S J WIS 0iiWWN fM wFRtoNl , , . r. ' dick ,1 WwSrwv VrBfiTYL line tor 9, VflvA 1 TO efc nNTtM rak firm. ei It'ti'z: HOW CLARK LOST HIS FORD Moamoaut Merchant Too Busy Gtttlng Married To Glva Automobile Attention Allen T. Clark, a merchant of Monmouth. Oregon, married Miss Pauline Olin of 412 Sum mer street, Portland. This in itself is an interesting announce ment to friends of the couple and enough to excite the bridegroom, but tbe marriage excited him even more than is usual in such cases. On the evening of the mar riage, between 11 and 1 o'clock, his automobile was taken from in front of the Oregon hotel. No report of the theft was made to the authorities, hut the sheriff's office was informed there was a stranded automobile at Burling ton. Oregon. Deputies Christofferson and Dirk recovered the automobile, learned from the license that the machine wasoned by a man named Clark at Monmouth They called up Monmouth. "Why he's in Portland getting married," answered the tele phone operator of Monmouth to a query as to Clark's where abouts. His mother and mother in law were appealed to for in formation as to his whereabouts and each answered in similar fashion. Deputy Ward meantime was scanning hotel registers. He lo cated Clark at the Imperial hotel and asked for him. "You mean Mr. and Mrs. Newlywed?" questioned the clerk. Clark was summoned to the sheriff's office and as he entered he was greeted with congratula tions.... - "I have been so busy getting married," he informed the dep uties, "that I forgot all about the thett of my Ford." He secured his Ford and left in a hurry. Portland Journal. HUMANE SUNDAY Under the leadership of the American Humane Society of Albany, N. Y., Sunday, May 23, will be observed all over the United States as Humane Sun day. The Oregon Humane So ciety has issued personal appeal to all the churches of Ocegon. Humane Sunday will be ob served all over our country with services in the interest of the work of this society, which is to prevent cruelty to children and and dumb animals. DO PULL AND HAUL dtmith in Boston Glob Gal ASSOCIATION NOWFACTOR CAN DICTATE PRICE Controls Enough Hops To Make World Power; Out- look Is Very Promising With over CO per cent of the capital stock already subscribed and subscriptions coming in in good-sized blocks every dav; with nearly 70 per cent of the growers and hop acreage of the state signed up, the Oregon hop growers' association is making rapid progress along the line of permanent organization and ac cording to the officers of the as sociation, will be placed upon a solid commercial and working basis before June 1 of this year. Not cnly are those who took an active interest and part in the organization movement from the beginning signing and pay ing up stock subscribed to, but the field agents, of which there are several, are sending in new members' every day and the . . 1 1 scope of the association win w much larger than the leaders in the movement anticipated. As the magnitude of the organiza tion enlarges the weaker-kneed, or raiher doubtful growers art beginning to exhibit signs of in terest and confidence and the results are daily apparent to thf officers at association headquar ters. In short, what was re garded as a speculation a few weeks ago, has developed into an unaualified certainty and th only thing that remains to be ac complished is to make it unani mous so as to include every hop grower in the state. Report of missing hills, badly npo-lpi-ted vards and some in- - o - stances of actual plowing up of hops continue to come in in in creasing numbers and the latest estimate placed upon the proba ble crop for this year for Oregon is not to exceed 100,000 bales. Officials of the association who receive daily reports from field agents in constant touch with the growers and the condition of yards generally state that then are not more than 20,000 acre ef hops in the state, as compared to an estimate acreage of 23,000 to 25,000 heretofore estimated and figured upon as a basis of probable yield, and this will serve to reduce all future esti mates very materilly. Little in terest is manifest in the hop market today, once in a while a contract being reported for a small crop at around 11 cents, but the conditions are becoming gradually settled and the pros pects are for a fairly good de mand for the Oregon product before the season advances far toward the harvest. The "scare" that was precipi tated over the war situation in Europe over the agitation of the prohibition issue has subsided somewhat upon the official an nouncement that no attempt would be made on the part of the English parlament to levy an exorbitant tax upon intoxicating beverages, and there being no indication of a desire to curtail the amount of production of beer, as was hinted at some time back, confidence in the future situation of the market is be ing gradually restored and this will soon have its rejuvenating effect upon the market. ! Already the hopgrowers' asso ciation has signsd up enough membership and controls a suf ACUTE NATIONAL SITUATION Tbe Sinking of Luaitanli By Gern ant Creates Crisis la the United States Tha sinking of the Cunard liner, Lusitania, by the Germans and a loss of over 1000 lives, in cluding one hundred Americans, threw all the United States into a fervor. Not since the sinking of the Maine in Havana harbor has the country faced such a critical situation. The whole country has ex pressed confidence that Presi dent Wilson in this crisis will act with calmness, prudence and firmness. To the credit of our great nation, leading citizens, without regard to political affilia tions, have pledged to the presi dent their hearty support in whatever action he may deem it best to take. Yesterday Mr. Wilson ad dressed a firm and pointed com munication to Germany in which stress is laid on the inhumanity of attacks without warning on merchant vessels, calls on Ger many for an explam tion of her past and future course, asks for a guarantee that there will be no repetition of unlawful prac tices of the submarines , and leaves open the steps the Uni ted States will take to compel an acquiescence in its position. LOGANBERRIES "Loganberries are just coming into their own, and if the grow ers will sit tight and not get dis couraged the time is not far dis tant when it will be one of the most dependable and profitable industries of the Willamette val ley." Such is the. firm convic tion of H. S. Gile, of the Willa mette Valley Prune association, upon his return from an eight weeks' tour of the eastern and middle states, where he made a nersonal canvas of the situation, and found conditions at the crit ical point when the trade was on the verge of wiping the logan berry item off their list and "forgetting" it. After a thor ough compaign of - education among manufacturers of fruit bv-Droducts, he succeeded in convincing them of the extraor dinary commercial value of the loganberry and its supremacy over all other varieties of acidu- ous small fruits and has re-estab lished the business upon a more firm and lasting foundation. Salem Capital Journal. MEMORIAL DAY Memorial Day, May 23, will be appropriately obcerved by union services tit the lethcdist church. The official program and other particulars will appear in next week's ilonitor. ficient quantity of the Oregon crop of hops for the year 1815 to make it absolutely the strongest factor in the hop market of the world and to say that it will have to be reckoned with in thf adjustment of things under the universal law of supply and de mand would be putting it mildly. One thing in certain, the great bulk of the Oregon crop of hops finds a waiting market among the better class of brewers of the East and in England, and these factors will not accept a substitute for the Oregon prod- f A 1 1 I I uct wmcn can noi ue aupiicatea any place else in the united States for quality and strength. That being th case there will always be a market for Oregon hops, so long as beer is manu factured, and the association en tertains no qualms of fear or uneasiness as to the ultimatedis posal of the hops in the organiz ation at satisfactory prices-Sa-lem Capital Journal. JERSEY SALE GOOD ONE MANY BUYERS ATTENO 118 Head Sold Wednesday Top Price Being $500 For Cow; Governor Attends The first sale ot the Polk County Jersey Breeder's Asso- iation was held in Independ ence Wednesday anci inursaay and a large number of buyers were attracted. Tuesday there was a parade of part of the stock, the gentlemen and lady Jerseys being piloted by distin guished Independence citizens. A moving picture machine was in action. Congressman "Pat",McArthur of Portland, officially opened the sale Wednesday by making a speech and introducing Governor Withycombe who rode over from Salem on his mare Loretta. The governor advised everybody to get good Btock as it proved the most profitable. The auct ioneer, Col. I). L. Perry, of Col umbus, Ohio, assisted by J. W. Hughes, of Forest Grove, then sold 118 head in a very short time. A cow belonging to Ed. Carey of Carlton, brouRht the highest price. II . H. Curtis of Pullman, Wash., gave $500 for her. A heifer, belonging to F. V. I.inn. was second at $100. The stock offered for sale be longed to the following breedeis: C. P. Hembree. C. G. Hewett, James Short, Frank Longharty, and J. P. Stump & Sons, Mon mouth; V. E. Linn, Perrydale; Henry Hid, Fred Loy, Boss Nel son, W. H. Alen and W. 0. Mor- row, Independence; C. H. New man. Amity; N. C Anderson. Buena Vista; C. L. Hull, Hall- ston; Ed. Gary, Lariton anu j, W. Finn, McCoy. At the close of the sale last night, 183 head had been sold of which 135 were registered and Fin rAOMster-of-merit. It is stated that more regibter-of-merit ani mala were offered than Have aver been exhibited before in an auction in the United States. Others beside those mentioned above who had stock sold wre John Loy of Huena Vista, E. Zieleach o! Parker, Frank Grounds and S. J. McKee of In dependence. GOOD PRICE Mohair is hovering around 33 cents which is certainly mak ing Polk County goat owners smile. J. T. MORE LAND DEAD J. T. Moreland died at Mon mouth Wednesday and waa bur ied yesterday. SWAT NOW nvery fly that skips our "Oh swatters Will have five million sons and daughters. And countless first and second cousins. And aunts and uncles, scores and dozens. And fifty-seven billion nieces; So knock the blamed thing all to plects. Walt Moson. "BIG STICK" SHOULD BE USED Trouble In High School Can Only Be EltmtnatM By vigorous Acuon Upon the eve of the gradua tion of a large class of boys and girls from the Independence schools, a condition of chtos and subordination has grown in the High School that is to be much deplored and will to a great de gree effect the harmony and concord of commencement sea son. Prof. Bones, an instructor, sent in his resignation to the School Board as he did net wish to be further involved in the controversy. Around him Beems to center the trouble. W hat he has done or whether he is per sonally liked by thosa responsible should not enter into the ques tion. The superintendent is the Dower of authority. He is re sponsible for the teachers under him. If they cainot maintain order or are forced to engage in brawls with students, the super intendent should exercise his power of authority and quell the rebellion. If he is not capable of doing it, he ought to resign. The Monitor commends the action of the School Board in what it has done. We hop that it will do more. This rebellion in the High School haa a head. The members of the School Board know who it is. Bring the "big stick" into use. Strike at the head. Vigorous action on the part of the School Board will be commended and endorsed by nearly all citizens because it will mean the final of the deplorable and undesirable conditions. LITTLE GIRL BURNED Dallas, Oregon. While play ing about an empty galine bar rel Friday, Juanita, the little daughter of Walter E. Dodge, vhn nnerates s large tractor near here, was so terribly burn ed that she may die. A boy rorriDanion touched a lighted motnh tn th hunir-hole f the barre. Instantly there was a flash of flame, which completely enrapped the little girl. She ran screaming to the house wltn uer clothing ablaze. Her mother extinguished the flames, but not until the child's clothing was nearly all burned from her body. The boy was uninjured.-Port-land Journal. UNINVITED 1 HERE IS WHAT THEY ALL SAY ALL MEANS VISITORS "Independence Is the LItII- est Town In the Valley"; They Have Seen and Know USE THEM Receptacles have been placed on many street corners in which to ulaco all paper and refus that heretofore has been thrown in the streets. This aid to clean liness and good health is initia ted by the Civic Improvement League and it is hoped that tht standi, g invitation to use the receptacles for which they are intended will be accepted by everybody. Also it might be said that instead of dumping a half gallon of tobacco juice out of the much abused mouth to the pavement that the receptacles be used Instead of the pavemeati and walks. DRIVER NOT BLAMED Editor of Monitor- Dear Sir: No doubt you have hoard of Mrs. Shaffer running over our 8-year-old girl on M.iy G. 'Ihe child is doing well ho far and getting along nicely a- d we ar satisfied that Mrs. S'f- fer is not to blame at all. V.Y'e and I are satisfied that she d all in her power to prevent i accident. The child ran dirt t in front of the car. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Cole. RAIN WELCOMED The rains of the past few days have certainly been welcomed. Most all the crops were in need of liquid refresh msnt. Hops pacially were benefited and fore casters have already added several thousand pounds to the 1915 crop. FROST AND FRUIT There seems to be a difference of opinion between fruit raisers as to whether last week's frost injured ths fruit Some say that It "never touched ms" while others are Inclined to b lieve that It did "touch them." GUESTS. " .-i-X Htrding Brooklyn ty