N DEPENDENCE' MONITOR
"THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS"
VOL 3
INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1915
NO. 49
NOW BUILDING
RAILROAD
MEN AND TEAMS WORK
After Over a Year's Delay,
Valley & Siletz Wends Its
Way Toward Independence
tiraism and pessimism, the Val
ley & Siletz railroad has com
menced the building: of its line
from Airlie to Independence.
The present force will be sup
plemented iMonday and Chief
Engineer Donald will be in per
sonal charge. Visitors at the
camp this week report that
teams and scrapers and two
steam shovels are kept busy.
Should the present anticipa
tions as to the revival of the
lumber interests materialize, the
saw mill will be built in Inde
pendence this fall.
IT'S A LOMG, LONG WA1
TO TIPPERARY
(continued from last week) -
"You'll be tl)3 drain o' lir," ciioknd
Rooney. "you xcowiuli-el!"
Tenderly lie mii(jui UnI her limp form
until she reclined cuiiKc-iutiKiiess, wlille
Maloney. will) a nmlijiiiitnt tone, fid
farpuieniiurly hs he tlepurted:
"I'll seltle tilings ivitb you, Jtooney,
when tbere aren't nny woman folks
around to protect your diiinty little
self. You'll never win Molly Molloy,
not as lone as lucre's a breath left in
tbe body or.MiUe Maloney."
The Rcene nt the recruiting office in
After many Week8 Of expecta- I the town of Tliuieriiry became a busy
.. . ii- ' ana within foriy-eU;ut hours after war
tion during which time public ; was declliml. From even tll0 iorien
sentiment see-sawed between op- , f ,he Ereat waste Bog of Alien tbe
men came, anu iney were iue naray
men who fought with their human
muscles the fight against the forces of
nature that made It supremely difficult
to wrest from Mother Knrth the pent
that earned them their livelihood.
They were weak in earning capacity,
but strong In the sense of duty to
their empire.
Colonel Downs, in charge of tbe re
crultinir. bad with him Captain Wilkes
and Lieutenant Suiithers. Seated on
platform, they greeted tbe recruits and
placed before tbem tbe army's official
crulting book, which every so called
"rookie" bad to sign.
A multitude had gathered In the Tlp
pernry town hall, which bad been turn
ed into a recruiting station, when Fat
rick Kooney strode In. lie bad his
rifle with him and 200 rounds of am
munition. A long row of friends and
acquaintances had drawn tip in a line,
leaving a clear entrance to tbe plat
form where Colonel Downs was pre-
Other than the vast amount of i 9i?.I,ng' , .
i m if i
timber that will be handled over
the new railroad, it will prove
of advantage to tbe farmers liv
ing in the west portion of the
county who will be able to get
their crops to market in short
order.
PRUNE CROP SWELLS
While the prune crop in Polk
county this year will be normal,
the increased market facilities
are going to make it a very prof
itable year for the growers. The
acreage has been increased be
cause of the bright outlook and
the total crop this year will be
enormous.
DELICATE OPERATION
An operation of unusual deli
cacy was performed yeseterday
at the Salem hospital on Mrs. L.
Baldwin, of Independence, when
her eye was trephined for glau
coma by Drs. Finley, Hewettand
Hewett. Mrs. Baldwin was op
erated on seven years ago in
Portland for the same trouble,
and since then, haa been almost
totally blind, having but a slight
percetion of li.hc. Since the
operation of Thursday, the pros
pects are very favorable for the
return of her eyesight. This is
probably the first ease of treph
ining the eye on record in Sa
lem. -Salem Capital Journal.
my country and for my
king." nn nomiced Hoouey boldly. "I
am here with a guti. 'J00 rounds of am
munition and a stout heart for Britain,
be she English. Irish or Scotch or
Welsh. Britain is all four In one.
United we stand, and divided we will
be the prey for any powerful foreign
government that Is tbe foe of educa
tion, advancement and freedom!"
Colonel Downs arose from his seat
on the recruiting, station platform and
advanced to tbe edge of It.
"Young man," he snld, "Welcome to
the fighting supporters ot bis majesty'!
i govenmieut."
As Uooney moved forward and affix
ed his name to the recruiting mil an
other figure appeared. Michael Malo
ney it was. He also signed his name
to serve for Britain and its king. Pat
rick, bailed by tbe multitude and pass
ing among the cheering crowds, found
himself suddenly baited.
A young girl threw her arms tensely
about him.
"You must not go away. Yon must
not." she hysterically exclaimed.
But Pa trick, with firm resolution, hurt
bim though It did to the depths of his
heart, forced Molly Molloy gently away
from him and went forward to tbe
railroad train which was to carry bim
away, perhaps forever, from the Tip-
perary that he loved so well.
All the while he realized, did Faddy
Rooney, that Michael Maloney was on
the same train that they were both
in the same regiment, and tbat both
would spend days and nights in Lon
don before being sent to tbe firing line.
Kach man knew that their quarrel
must couie to a conclusion a violeut
one too before either saw the hills
and dells of lovely Tlpperary again,
(continued on page X)
William Jennings Bryan will
speak in Albany this afternoon
at one o'clock.
PETITIONS FOR
RECALL OUT
SERIOUS CHARGES MADE
Judge Teal and Commis
sioners Wells and Beckett
Are Vigorously Attacked
WHITE HELP FOR HOP PICKING
. .
Japanese To; Be Barred This Year Ac
cording To James Feller, Bop Grower
Birr a inMtzi
mi lo Tipp
XL &
A. NOVELETTE BASED OH THE
STIRRING MOVING PICTURE FEATURE
OF THE SAME TITLE
BY
FREDERICK
R.TOCMBS
i
-J f r..,T- y- -A-r
Completed In This Issue
Petitions for the recall of
Judge Teal and Commissioners
Wells and Beckett are now be
in)? circulated.
The charges made against Teal
are as follows:
"Said J. B. Teal has favored
certain localities and has acted
extravigantly and disregarded
plain provisions of law: instan
ces of which:
1. Th expenditure for road
purposes during 1914 of $21,397.-
75 in excess of the amount which
awfully could be expended.
This deficit was created in face
of the written protest of Com
missioner Petre, entered i'
Court Journal August 5th, and
in violation of Chapter 234, Laws
1913, and Section 19, Article XI,
Oregon Constitution.
2. Twenty-one hundred dol
lars more than the bid accepted
was paid for Savage bridge.
near Wil lamina.
3. Up to July 1, 1915, all 1915
road tax but $1262.60 had been
expended. Completion of work
now underway will leave an un
lawful deficit as great as last
year.
4. Rank favoritism shown to
certain localities, particularly
Judge Tetl' and Commissioner
Beckett's districts, where
amounts greatly exceeding levies
have been expended.
5. Persistent violations of
law in employing a private sur
veyor and paying him more than
the lawful rates for doing Coun
ty work."
The charges against Wells are
nearly identical with those
against Teal. Those against
Beckett are:
"Said C. W. Beckett has fa-
! vored certain localities and has
acted extravigantly and disre
garded plain provisions of law:
instances of which:
1. The total tax levied for
road purposes for 1915, including
special district levies, amounts
to 59,819.66. Up to July 1st
$58,557.06 had been expended.
Completion of road work now
under way will create an unlaw
ful deficit of more than twenty
thousand dollars.
2. Rank favoritism has been
shown to certain localities. In
Judge Teal's dial rict all road
taxes were expended before July
1st and seven thousand dollars
mora will be spent there unless
the Couit be stopped. In Com
missioner Beckett's district,
where $830.34 was levied, $2.
262.58 has been spent, and the
work is just fairly started. In
Commissioner Wells' district the
whole tax has been unlawfully
(?iven to the district.
3. The County Court have
persistently violated the law by
refusing to permit the County
Surveyor to plat the roads to b
improved, but have employed a
private surveyor and paid more
than lawful rates for doing
County work."
The Monitor has not learned
the identity of the candidates to
'replace the present court, but
jhave been informed that good,
capable men will be in the race,
i The democratic politicians are
; inclined to stay out of the fight,
.'alleging that it is a republican
must and no concern of the i
Without official action the
word has gone forth that the
white man is to be given prefer
ence in the Willamette valley
during th? coming hop picking
season, and so far as known not
one of the growers hss shown
any reluctance to fall in line.
"This undemanding among the
hop growers has nothing what
ever to do with races or the col
or line," said James Feller,
president of the farmers fire
Relief association and well
known member of the Willam
ette Valley Hop Growers asso
ciation. "We came to the con
clusion that financial conditions,
for one reason or another, are
just now at ebb tide, and decid
ed, without official action, that
there are enough white men and
their famili s at hand lo take
care of our hops without calling
in alien labor. We reached this
determination some t'me ago,
and the decision has Bince been
strengthened by letters from
men prominent in public life in
which such action was suggest
ed. "We figure that the employ
ment of white labor will consid
erably relieve conditions for a
while," continued Mr. Feller.
"Last year there was approxi
mately $3,360,000 paid out for
wages during hop picking, and
the season lasted about two
weeks.
"This amount takes in hop
picking only and does not in
clude incidental expenses, which
wouid be one-twentieth of that
amount additional. A total sum
like this goes a long way toward
putting a family on its feet and
buying shoes for the children
before the coming school bea-
t - .i rry i
son. roruana leiegram.
CARD GAMES
IN DANCER
THEIR LIFE THREATENED
Even the Ladies Could Not
Play For Prize If Proposed
Ordinance Is Passed
TO BUILD HOP HOUSES
Dane J. Purvine has justma-'e
arrangements to build two large
hop houses near Independence.
Work will begin at once ih order
that they maybe ready for the
fall business. These hop houses
are to be not only larger than
the average, but each will have
a new system cf ventilation and
drying, with the expectation of
uniting out a farcy hop. balem
Capital Journal.
NOTE FROM BIRTCHET
Portland, July 27-Will you
please specially announce that
the regular services of the Pres
byterian church will be held on
next Sunday, Aug. 1. Mrs.
IJirtchft Is getting along so nice
ly that we expect to be able to
bring her home about Friday.
In any case, I hatl be in Inde
pendence for the services next
Sunday.
Grover C. Birtchet.
The reign of old King Toker
and his companions of chance
such as pitch, pedro, solo and
seven up, may end in In impend
ence next week. Old Ki .g Po
ker, of course, has never been
allowed to exhibit himself pro
miscuously because of his un
savory reputation, but the other
games have flourished wherever
mn is prone to assemble. Th
Kames for treats only have been
a source of much pleasure, quite
larmless if indulged in moder
ately and th ir going would cast
a glcom over certain places that
would never bo dispelled.
But the hei.rse has been or
lered and will be waiting at the
city h all next Wednesday even
ing. Whether it will go away
empty t r have the corpse in it
remains to be decided by the six
councilmen of the city of Inde
pendence. An ordinance pro
hibiting all card games for mon
ey, trade, checks or the repre
sentative of any value whatev
er, has arrived at the third
reading stage of its career and
can be passed at the next meet
ing of the city council. Should
it go thru it would also bar the
giving of prizes at card clubs.
Other than the reading of a
half dozen ordinances, Wednes
day night's meeting of the city
council was uneventful.
TEACHING CORPS COMPLETED
Vacancies Are Filled by Ilectlon of
Theodore Ellestad and Miss Bramburg
The two vacancies in the Inde
pendence schools have been
filled. Theodore Ellestad, one
i f this year's graduates of the
O. A, C has been chosen for
the mnnuel training department
Mr. Bllltstad is very highly rec-
om mended. Miss Magdaline
Chase ivsini'd her place as
fourth k nil In t-aclur to nccr-pt a
itnilar one in the schools of Ta-
coma, Wash., ana Miss Crissie
Bramberg of Independence, who
h well qualified and competent,
has been elected to (ill the va-
'ancy.
The schools for next year will
e in good hands, and under the
eadership of Prof. Teats w ill be
maintained on a high level. The
iiscord of the past two years
win oe gone and teachers, pu
pils and school board will be in
harmony.
POLK COUNTY SCHOOLS
According to County Superin
tendent Seymour's annual reporl
there were 5219 of school atfe in
Polk county November 25, of
which 2G92 were male and 2527
female. There are 73 district?
with 81 buildings. The number
of teachers employed were 160,
the males numbering 29 and the
females 131. The average month
ly salary of male teachers was
$80.00 and that of the females
$55.80.
BAPTISTS PICNIC
The young people's society of
the Baptist church celebrated its
weeKiy meeting oy naving a
irenic Tuesday evening. A
crowd of over fifty had a weinie
t oast on the banks of the Will-
nmette and had a gay time.
JUDGE IS NEUTRAL
Judge Butler was obliged to
issue a statement this week and
deny that he had turned his of
fice into a recruiting station for
ome European belligerent. The
presence of a large body of Ar
nienians in and around his office
was occasioned by their desire
to collect wages due them from
a farmer near town.
GOING TO EUROPE
II. Hirsohberg of Independ
ence and D. W. Sean of Mc
Coy, will go to Europe soon on a
pleasure and business trip.
Portland Oregonian, July 21,
1890.
RECALL EXTENDED
Ths Monitor learns this morn
ing that a fourth county official
will have to face the prospects
of a recall.
P. 0. FIGHT
WARMS OP
FIVE ARTmENTIONEO
But Monitor Learns That
Only Two Have a Chance;
It Is a Friendly Contest
Candidates for the Independ
ence po8tofflce are making their
presence felt. Some of them
ire not only doing some hustling
themselves but their friends are
n the game and are passing the
good word down the line. Sen
ators Lane and Chamberlain,
who wil) name the winner, resi
ze thnt the keen but friendly
rivalry of the opposing forces
means that they must exercise
considerable ingenuity and
shrewdness in order to avoid fu
ture embarassment to themselves
by making as few enemies as
possible.
The five most prominently
mentioned candidates are Homer
S. Woods, P. M. Kirkland, M.
Merwin, Roscoe Staati and
Catharine Jonee. But little con
sideration is given the candidacy
of one of the five named, and
the Monitor has it from a very
reliable source that the oppolnt
ment has narrowed dewn to a
choice between two. Just who
these are, w will let the public
surmlst,
DIED
David H. Craven, a former
resident of Independence and a
cousin of W. II- snd W. of
this city, died In Portland last
Saturday. He was a photo
grapher by trad and had a stu
dio in Independence a numoer
of years ago.
MARRIED
Miss Lavilla Dickson of Inde
pendence and D. H. Greer or
Silver Bow, Montana, wwe mar
ried on July 22,
ii
SQUIRE MARRIES PAIR
Sylvester Flood and Bessie P,
itedfield, of Doug las Covjr.ty,
who came to Independence for
the hop picking season, called
upon Judge E. T. Henkle Tues
day to tie the knot that would
make them man and wife, which
the '.squire proceeded to do at
his residence with much grace
and dignity.
REVIVAL MEETINGS
Big meetings still in progress,
crowds are coming night after
night. If you have not heard
the Evangelist yet, don't tell
anvnna hilt nimi Ollt tonight.
.... .;n v.o u.ll Tim ! on the Luckiarnute one day last
8:15 p. m. j
OLD TIMER VISITS
Mis. Sarah Helmick, of Al
bany. visited the old homestead
week. It was In 1815, seventy
years ago, that Mr. and Mrs.
Helmick located on this farm.
Although blind and 92 years of
age, she is spry and vigorous
and shows marvelous vitality.
democrats.
One of the promoters ef the
recall says that "we will have
the support of the three influen-j
t al papers of the county, the' NO BEE IN HIS HAT
ltemizer, Observer and the Mon-,' Mentioned as a candidate for
itor." This statement is rathe r commissioner if thre is a recall
premature. The Observer ha election, Verd Hill says, "Not
already taken a stand favorable f0r me. I have not yet made ti
to the County Court and th my mind whether I will favor
ltemizer like the Monitor is re- the recall of the present county
serving judgment court or not."
"THE WHITE TERROR"
a,
:
i
'i
Here is a throbbing true to life story, a story
hased on actual facts, which exposes the insidious
evils of the so widely advertised "sure cures" for
consumption. There Is no exaggeration In it.
Thousands of people suffering from tuberculosis
have gone to their graves on the patent medicine
route. Harmful as well as harmless drugs ar
shown to be contained in most of these nostrums
which not only do not cure or delay the progress
of the disease but frequently aggravate it You
will get something of interest as well as of value
in following the caretrs of Emmerson Boyd, the
great medicine maker; Matthew Brand, hit one
time enemy, and Eleanor, the charming daughter
of the millionaire manufacturer. This narrative is
one with a purpose as you will discover.
STARTS NEXT WEEK
The second number of good short stories for
Monitor readers. No long serials.