Independence monitor. (Independence, Or.) 1912-19??, May 21, 1915, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextINDEPENDENCE MONITOR "THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS" VOL.3 INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAT 21, 1915 NO. 3d TO HONOR VETERANS MEMORIAL SERVICES Independence Will Pay Us Respects 67 Appropr'ate Exercises Sunday Morning "Ws meat on Memorial Day at the gravti of thos who ditd in the days of strife and of tbosa who survived that struggle and vet htva retched their last resting place, the bivouac of the dead Upon them the government leaned upon pillars of safety. In the days when (hey might have been preparing for tha future struggles of life they were serv ing heir cou-t ry; thry were fight ing her battles; they were doing their duty as patriots in striving for the advance of tha human race. Amid the roar of artillery, the crashing of shells, tha malicious whisperings of the little minie, the gleaming bayonets aad flashing sa bers they bore the shock of battle in defeniq of their country. Aye, more than that, their heroism and the heroism of their comrades thru four years of bloody strile lifted their country high among tha na tions ef the earth, where she stands today, the sovereign of them all," For the observance of Memo rial Day and that the people of Independence and vicinity may honor and pay respect to the men who so bravely served their country in the troublesome times of 1860-18G5, union services will be held at the Methodist Church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. It is a double privilege we have now we can honor the living ai well as the dead. Following ia the official pro tram: " ' " - v - Processional Hymnr7I4 "O, Kin of Kings" Prayer ' Rev. Wood Anthem-"Thy Way. Not Mine, O Lord" Union Choir Lineoln'a Gettysburg Address Rev. G. C. Birtchet Scripture Lesson Rev. Wood Announcements and Collection Hymn-701, "Lord, While For All Mankind We Pray" Solo "Beyond the Dawn" Mrs. C. W. Irvine Address Rev. W. S. Stewart Hymn-702, "America" The G. A. R. and W. R. C. will march to the church in a body and will have seats reserv id for them. The Boy Scouts will also have a reserved section. Sunday, May 23. The Avenue of Commonwealths at ths Wonderful Panama-Pacific Exposition mil ii' ! I II mil : 11: "rt ni o f th Avtnoe of Commonwealth! Exposition. Crowds passing lfore th beautiful New Tor Stat building, wbk-h U m of tbc Hues! of Ue atais bulldlii at Lbs bust KipuoiUuB la &J rraoclac. STRUCK DOWN BY PARALYSIS Dialel M. Hewitt ef Monmouth Diss Ia Sbort Tims After Attack Daniel M. Hewitt, native Ore gonian and well known and re spected in Polk county, died sud denly in Monmouth last Saturday from paralysis. Ha was attack ed very suddenly, due from over exertion, and passed away in a very short time. The fun eral services were held at Mon mouth, where he was buried.' Mr. Hewitt was born in Wash ington county in 1844. In 1867 he was married to Henrietta Miller and they have two sons, E. E. and G. G., both well known citizens of this section. Mr. Hewitt moved to Polk coun ty in 1872 and engaged in farm ing until 1906 when he retired and moved to Monmouth. Mr. Hewitt was the oldest of nine brother, all of whom are living. Dr. L L. Hewitt of Independence, is one of them. CHANGE STREET NAMES Editor Monitor As things are still unsettled with regard to the location of sidewalks in North Independence, (or Old Town) the writer thinks this a good time to suggest that the names of the streets in that part of the city be changed to better sounding names. Now we sub mit that "Jew" and "Sag" and 'Boat Landing" and names like those are not appropriate and should be replaced by better ones, we would like to hear from other residents of that sec tion relating to the matter and all other matters pertaining to the beauty and betterment of the city. Something should be done to make that part of town appear to . a better advantage than it does at present. H. C McKamey. FAT THX SHERIFF Starting tomorrow, Sheriff Orr will do the tax collecting in place of the county treasurer. The change is not made because the sheriff was hankering for the job but because the last legisla ture so ordained. As a result the treasurer's salary diminishes very noticably. TCITIONREDUCED The tuition at the State Nor mal has besn reduced from $6 to $4 per semester by the board of regents. This does not apply to summer schools. 1 k ill IvM 4 V" lMrSi st th PsnsmsPsclfle IflterusdonsJ DUST CAUSES MANY ILLS HEALTH OFFICER WRITE Advocates Oiling of Roads As One Means of Protect ing the Public Health Dr. 0. D. Butler. Independence', Ore. Dear Doctor In answer to youi inquiry as to the benefits to pub lie health from hard surfaced streets or oiled streets. I be lieve those are immeasurable and far greater than ordinary people understand. Hard .s u r f ac e d streets can be cleaned at ire quent intervals of all the waste products that would furnish breeding places for flies, being swept away before the eggs have time to hatch or fully de velop and very largely reduces the number of these pestiforous insects. Id the same manner the oiling of streets covers the horse manure, the most valuable product for catching flies, with an antiseptic solution that de stroys the larva already growing, reducing about one half the number of flies in any given community. The other matter is particular ly in reference to summer dysen teries. Dust I believe is the media from which a large por tion of the dirt that infects our food is carried. Simply Btopping the dust from the streets and roads, I believe has been the means of saving lives of hun dreds of babies. It is an exceed ingly noteworthy fact that since the eity of Portland began a campaign for hard surfaced streets, the total number of deaths of babies under one year, who live on milk as their princi ple diet, has been decreased nearly 800 per cent. In addition to this, I think the number of cases of summer dysentery and various other infections, particu larly found where infectious ma terial is carried by flies, is so greatly reduced as to be almost entirely eliminated by the abat ing of dust from the roads. In addition to this of course, you have the added comfort of the people living close by and the very much more easy means of travel that influences people to go out and enjoy riding or driving, and I do not believe any two measures are so material to public, health es to safeguard the water suppl'e and keep don douds of dust. Yours very truly, Calvin S. White. State Health Officer. BIRTHDAY PARTY 24 ladies assisted Mrs. John R. Robins to celebrate her 50th birthday one night last week at ner home nurth of Independence. She received many useful pres ents, not only from those who attended but from those who could not be present. A pleas ant evening was spent and Mrs. Robins proved an entertaining hostess. Mrs. Robins has a distinction ; she cares not if knows her age. all the world j UP TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS Matter of Electrifying Southern Pacific Being Considered By the "Bosses The Monitor knows from re liable authority that the matter of electrofying the Southern Pa cine from Whitest n to Corvalli is nowXip to the board of direct ors ior consideration, and n view of the advent, of better con ditions and the necr-ssitv fo iuch nn i npro ment, it i: thought that the board of di rectors will look with favor upoi the proposal. The S. P. at the present tinu is at a disadvantage in eompet ing with the Oregon Electric for passenger traffic from this sect on, but should the service bf 'equaled' the S.' P. would get he most of it. Coneiderabl time is loet in crossing the river to "take" tho 0. K. and electric trains on the S. ?. would cer tainly be more handy and con venient. BRUNK HONORED Honorable Thomas V. Brunk has been recently appointed by the president of the Panama-Pa cine international exposition at San Francisco to be one of the members of the international jury of awards of the livestock department at tho Panama-Pacific fair. He was selected from a large list of judges who were recommended to the president of the fair board. Mr. Brunk has had many years of experience in the judging of ive Btock throughout the north west. He is not only a compe tent judge, but is also known throughout the United States as one of the leaders in the pure bred livestock business. He has been a resident of Polk county all of his life. Sa lem Statesman. LOCAL SHOOTERS WIN A number of Independence shooters went to Albany last Sat urday where they engaged in a contest with Corvallis and Al bany. The final score was Inde pendence 205, Con all's 203 and Albany 189. E. N. Johnson made the best score of the day -46 out of 60. Albany will come to Independence Sunday and en gage in another contest DIED Mrs. Charles Blanchard was brought home from a Salem hos pital last Friday and early Sat urday morning she died. Fun eral services were held at the Presbyterian church Tuesday afternoon. A husband and sev eral children survive her. LOGANS WILL SELL "There will be no trouble at all in disposing of the entire 1915 crop of loganberries if the evaporated product keeps up its present high standard of quality. Advise growers not to sell green fruit at low prices." This is the 1 summary of the reports received at the Salem Fruit Union from the salesmen now in the east handling the 1914 crop of evap orated loganberries and from the many brokers and commission merchants throughout the esnt who are now finding a ready sale for the legans. Salem Cap ital Journal. GO TO GRAND LODGE Francis Brawn. Walter Hunt ley and P. O. Black are repre senting the Odd Fellows and Mesdames Emma Ilenkle and Sarah Irvine the Rebekaha at grand lodge which is being held at Newport this week. NORTH TOWN LlfOICKED FINAL VOTE JUNE 2 Looks Like City Council In terds To "O.K." Canflc'i Survey; Will Go To Com On Wednesday ni;ht, Junt1 comes the final battle ovc r thi property line in North lndt pt" d ence. An ordinance esti hnshing the official line where th ' county surveyor reckons it should De and where many North 'I owners lon'twantit to be, has passed the first and second readings and will come up for final passage at the time named above. The chances for its passage seems very favorable. At Wednesday niuht's session, Paddock alone voted in the negative, Williams not voting r.s he was presiding n place of Mayor Walker ab sent. The pas-sage of the ordi nance undoubtedly means that the fracas will be carried into the courts, property owners in North Independence having de cided to take that course if de feated. If it comes to the place where expensive litigation is pos sible and as the city of Inde pendence is embaraased finan cially because of next year's outlook, another whirl in the courts is not desirable especially f an attorney must be hired to look after the city's interest. Uunder these circumstances if the question could be compro mised or arbitrated, it would be well from the taxpayer's stand point W. B. Kanne was the only bidder for the building of the west foot bridge and as it is very necessary that the bridge be built at once, he was awarded the contract. F. R. Arrell will tear the old bridge down for $15 and keep the old lumber. Fences that have been built on the street under the bridge will be torn down by the eity mar shall so that the carpenters can have free access to the field of operation. Because of the congested traf fic on C street, the council d"in it necessary to frame a traffic ordinance and regulate this busy thoroughfare. The ordinance will be prepared and parsed at the next meeting. THERE MUST BE LIGHT Two or thren parties have hee up before Judge Henkle withia the past week or ten days and fined for running their autcs without lights. The authorities are out to "pinch" all drivers going it "blind" or with one "eye" out NEAR DEATH Mrs. Walter Tooze and Naida Seott, of Dallas, near death last Saturday. Miss were Pto- maine poisoning caut ed by eat ing panned shrimp was the trouble. IN FOUR LANGUAGES Katherine Ncal Simmons will sing in French, German, Italian and English. Methodist church, Thursday evening, May 27. KATHERINE NEAL SIMMONS Who Win Appear In Concert At the Methodist Church Thnridsy May 27 i J i 78 TO GRADUATE 30 boys and 48 glrla will grad uate this year from the five High Schools of Polk county, di vided as follows: Dallas 12 boys and 19 girls. Perrydale 4 boys and 5 girls, Monmouth 5 boys ar.d 7 girls, Airlie 2 boys and 3 girls, Independence 7 boys and 4 girls. MURPHY LOT SOLD The first transaction in spot hops reported for some time past was announced yesterday, and shows that values have not materially declined during the n active period. The lot sold was that of Mur phy, of Independence, 138 bates. lal V. Bolam was the purchaser. A part of the crop brought 104 cents and the remainder 10 cents. It was one of the finest ots produced in the state in 1914. Saturday's Oregonian. WORKED ON Last Saturday a R0A U number of men wltn teams ana scrapers . . a . . worked os the roads In Mon mouth and vicinity and accom plished much good. SMALL CHANGE Mrs. I G. Reeves continues to improve slowly. You can almost hear the wed- ing bells. Jitney here and jitney there, jitneys going everywhere. Candidates for the Independ ence post office are getting more numerous. WHAT'RE THE ROOSTERS THEY THINK IT'S A Pip JfVn ITALY TO ENTER WAR WILL INVADE AUSTRIA Has a Million Trained Men Ready; Germany Has Not Yet Replied To U. S. Protest It is only a uuestion of hours until Italy will enter the woild war on the side of the England-France- Kussia combine. H.rtn- trat.ee leaves the United States the only great power not in volved. The little country of Roumsni will undoubtedly fol low ltuly in and likely Greece. Italy has a million trained men rekdy and their invasion of Aus tria means that Germany and Austria will have to meet a new horde. Heretofore the Germans aad Austrlans have been quite successful in keeping their ene mies back on all sides, but ht w long they will be able to ho d out now that they have to nit-it another strong foe, time alo e will tell, Germany has not yet replie the protest of the United St f 9 relative to her submarine wt -fare, occasioned by the s'k it: r of the Lusitanla. Upon the na ture of Germany's reply depends the course of action the United States will take. While war be tween them Is improbable, the United States may be obliged to take drastic steps to enforce her demands. This could be by eith er severing all diplomatic rela tions or promoting a general boycott of all neutral countries. JUDGE RICHARDSON DIES Judge William E. Richardson died at his home in Spokone, Wash., last Thursday. Judge Richardson was a resident of In dependence when he was a yoOng man, graduated from the Monmouth Normal School when it was known as the Christian College and Uught school in Polk county. He was a eousin of J. W, Richardson of this city. YELLIN FOR? WHY, YA GINK. CHICKEN HAWKr f(h in N York World.