INDEPENDENCE 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
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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.
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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
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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.