Independence monitor. (Independence, Or.) 1912-19??, October 08, 1915, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textwi poop oupat nn nm chwimq TovmummiimmKi wv i nom ro TMt Rn aiT) yovni siomt a lit ILlA toit man who TOBACCO CMC Wf RE ICHtW Of SK.M TOSWCCO I J CAN Till KO0 oMTHtoiAcmom ilat aho J tobacco mon HiNDTOTHe rfr yft SssTisrinJ Iordwaw tobacco. PlVtAHO. I Xy I V ii y J THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Published Weekly at Independence, Polk County Oregon, on Friday. .'iitcted us Second Class Matter August 1, 1912 at the Post Office at bid e pcr.aencc, Polk County, Oregon, Under the Act of March 3, 1879. - CLYDE T. ECKR, Editor NINA B. ECKER, Associate ASK your dealer for W-B Cut Chewing Tobacco. It is the new "Real Tobacco Chew" nut long shred or send lOo in stamps to us. WEYMAN-BRUTON COMPANY, 50 Union Square, New York City Suoscrlption Rates: One Year $1.50 Strictly In Advance ADVERTISING RATES: 15c. per Inch for one Insertion. 12 l-2c. for two or more Insertions, 10c. on monthly contracts. Readers, 3 and 10c. per line independence, Oregon, Friday, October 8, 1915 4- ' THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK Established 1689 A Successful Business Career of Twenty Five Years INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS OFIJlCURS AND DIRECTORS H. Hlrschberg, Pres. D. W. Sears, V.P. R. R. DeArmond, Cashier W. H. Walker, I. A. Allen, O. D. Butler Marred Surfaces Made New 4 A nmrrprl or scratched tahVs, or ennir on which tha finish is marred, or any woodwork where the finish ku't what you would like, can be made new with ACME QUALITY VAHNO-LAXJ It's also ood for floor. It will stand hard wear, because it's made from the best floor varnish. Varno-" Lac nut only renews, but it also stains and varnishes at one application. You can change oak or pine to a mahogany or walnut or dark oak finish, or any of the expensive hard wood finishes. And it'a easy t& do you can do it yourself. Our book, "Home DecorntinfM tells you how to do all kinds of home painting at trilling cost. Aik lor a free copy. CHAS. K, SPAULDING LOGGING COMPANY Independence, Oregon STEIGER a KERR'S WELCOME We have ,e. & On HPATPDQ pT M V that suit you In i it fmvr . n r , "- S- - rr- " , ... ' ' . . ' -' !. ' . . , ' . , ' !m price Our Stoves arc Fuel Savers 60 :";-f-2a See our line before you buy Co.'igresnman Hawley lias done -omethinK of merit by refusing to take the recent lands grant conference seriously. George Carrothers, responsible for the Charley Chaplin pictures appearing in this and other news papers, fell out of a window in Chicago Monday and was killed. Ilia death will be a relief to man; and a misfortune to others. The murder of Hooker, the escaped conrict, may be excusa blf, Iho many doubt it, as he was a bad one and hia captors feared to take chances, but the treatment.he received after being mortally wounded was brutal. NEW LAND IN ARCTIC REGIONS Craven & Huff t v i a-v M Stefansson, Thought to Be Lost, Announces Discovery. TTHK resnurcefuluesa of Vllbjul- II uiur IflaiiHKoii, the American H explorer, who bended the Caua dlau government exiwdltlou to tbe arcUe, ban Oiled the world with wonder. Couldored a loMt man and given up by most of those Interested In the expelltlou, lie rfcrntly wan able to auuomii'e to the world the discovery of unw laud tu the liciiufort sea. LIU uit'tum of couiuiunlcHtlun was a little power itlMHiiicr, the lluhy, which, after trying for two years to net through the Ice to tlpiwht'l tx In ml, Hoally kvoih plUhed lt ohjtH't, which was to land iipplloa for the Huilxon Kay company. 8tvfauHon and lib) two oouipuuloD had made their wny southward to Her acbel Inland Bfter tliHcovertug new land In the north. Thin uiay he a aectlou ef tbe arctla continent which many clenllHta believe to ellHt. To etitablbib thla theory la one of the uialn objects of the Canadian vxHdltliu. It will be rtH'nlled that Stefmmson'a main Mhlp, the Karluk, wan crushed by the lee after Btefanasun and some of bla party bud left the ship and that tbe urrlvora of the sulp'a arty were Bnally rvacuvd from WranuWI Island. Elsht of the alilp's iwrty dlHappeared while ou the way to WruiiKell Inland and lu all probability perished. Three of the party died on Wraiik'fll Inland before tlui rescue wna acviuilltihd. 8tefanaon and two rouianlous left Herat he! Island with a don team, pro- rlsiiaia and aiuiuuiiiiion ou March 22, Hi 14. From tbnt time up to the other day no newa waa received from hloi. and he and bla companions were be lieved to hare been loot. Mauy roecue 5 y t . a Fhoto by American IMvni AH:iatkB. Tll.UJl.Wl'H STKI'INMMO!! ei(editiou have Iwu ui;ul- far him. but tiict nil returned to clvtllatkt) wlitktou tirts ef Itt. exttlt.n.r Mefaii-s.ni related to Captain 8. I'. Cottle. Hie ikijiH-t- of the liuhr, hi adventure for the year n.! a half lu i ti lie had Us-u hut to tbe civilised ( iai!a.i 1.J.HC iu mo i meranason told hi in (but w hen he and bis two companion left Martin mint, on Her- who! lHlniid. mi March 22. 1UU. they traveled northward over the Ice three luniitha. When their provisions begun to run low they decided to return to the mainland at a place near which tbe Mary K, Sa ha, a power boat and one of the Tessels of the expedition re ported as lout In November, 1913. was wintering. .There they took on a fresh eupply of provisions and started again, this time going north snd went "It was then that Uiey discovered new bind. He deHcrlbed It aa a con tinental shelf sev eral decrees went of Dunks IjuiiI." Captain Cottle auid. StcfiiQssoa and his couipuulons fol lowed this land HOUthwurd and deter mined Ita southern llmlla. "He told pie that he waa unable to explore tbe country northward or west ward at that time and waa forced to turn back fur more provisions." said Captain Cottle. Ktefuiiaaon ond his two companions diirlnit this trip tmmaged to stay on ths Ice for1 seven months before they bad to turn back. With less than half rations for his men anil with his docs almost starving, the explorer made bis way back to Bunks Lnd, which Is without human habitation, and to Bailey lsluud, where wlialintr vessels frequently call. At Bniley taliind he found Captain Ixiuls Uine In his power schooner, tbe Polar Hear. "Stefnnsson was anxious to Ret In touch with the southern end of bla ex pedition and tn supply himself with the necessary fond and equipment to en able blm to continue his exploration work In the region where be bad found new land," Ottlo said. "He charter ed the I !ii r Hear and started uorth ward In the hope of succeeding In this undertaking, but owing to the lateness of the aeaaon he was obliged to turn back and again bend for Herscbel Is land. "Htef a iiasoti waa making all his prep arallous to continue his exploration work where he hnd stopped tt." Cap tain Cottle continued. "He had bought the I'olar Hear from Captain I.une and a small isiwer I ton t. the mutilator. which wns In the coastwise trade, and was fully eipilpidiii! theiu to make tbe trip buck to Ranks IjuhI," REMARKABLE CAREER OF BARON READING Lord Chill Justice and Eng land's, Premier Financier. Baron Reading, formerly Sir Rufua saacs, lord chief Justice of England, heads that country's mission for sr- ruiiKiuK U buKe war loan for the allies. Of the leading tlnauclers of ICnghind and France nppoiuted to arrange the loan the most remarkable pcrxounllty Is that of Huron Iteud'.ng. and be has hud a moat remarkable career. The on of a Loudon Jewish family, he lias mounted to a position uever lie fore held by a Jew. He made a false start lu life by ruuulng away to sea and so greatly disappointing his fami ly, with whom for aome time he was lu dhitfraoe. Soon tiring of ths aea, he ; - , S , , V f- i i i . ... ii - , ' - v K.iiS!,.Hi .... worU. t'huia by AmrlB Fnta AasuvmtSoa attempttvt slot kl'iMkci ink and ai tweu ty i jfjtn of am as omvialiv de clam) a lutukiupt. and the pathway ol ttuaiu waa cluovd to uiux U then HtlKnert ici i. niiil tu.eiy ruse to a htgu place in t Jin t profession. He aoou be cniiie a master of intricate figures and details, a characteristic which bus dls llnculslied blm ever since. Aa an ad vis-ate and cross ex h miner be became faulous. in 18US he became gueen's counael and waa recognized as the actual lead er of tbe English bar. Honors fell ou him thick, and fast. After serving In parliament he waa made solicitor gen eral In lOtJU. and the following year be becume attorney general and was knhfhted. He waa also made a mem ber of the cabinet, tbe first attorney general in the history of England to be so honored. In October. 1U13. Sir Itufus became lord chief Justice of England and Harou Head lug.- And be cause since tbe beginning of the war he has lieeu tbe government's chief ad viser lu Dscal matters, being regarded aa tbe ablest financier In tbe service of tbe crown, be was placed at tbe bead of tbe mission sent to New York to ar range if possible a credit of a billion dollars. Thus be was intrusted by England witb tbe task of putting through the most stupendous monetary deal In nil bar hlatorv SIRES AND SONS. "Where does She aet sojnuch time? r4 i General Von Uiiidenburg is a great chess player. Dr. Joseph I.eldr Is leading a move ment for military Instruction in Phila delphia public schools. General Itoger A. I'ryor. ex-Justice ot tbe supreme court and a leading Ognre tn tbe Confederacy, recently celebrated bis eighty-eighth birthday in New York city. George I). lYatt, whom Governor Whitman selected to suiervlse tbe con servation of the untural resources of New York state. Is a very wealthy man who has niHile a study of forest preser vation and wild animal life. Sir Clements Itobert Markham, ex plorer, traveler, archaeologist, who In troduced tbe cultivation of the quinine yielding cinchona trees from Peru into British India, an act of incalculable value to tbe world at large, la now elghty-flve years of age. Max Brucb, the German composer, who, on bis seventieth birthday In 1008, declared. "1 shall write no more, for the aource of my Inspiration has dried up," has Just completed. In his aeventy-eigbth year, a new work, a concerto for two pianos and an orches tra. It la tbe only comiKisition of this kind which has ever emanated from bla pen. What a One opportunity the old pi rates of the Atlantic missed In not waiting for these modern gold ships! Little girls may be aa averse to school aa are little boys, but they have the di plomacy of their sex, and ao they con ceal the fact A Cblcago Lain committed suicide be ranse bis wife scolded blm. A man as sensitive as that bad no business get ting married. Many women ask themselves this question." T!.c secret cf leisure is household efficiency. 1 kctiic power from G-E motors will give you nnr.y leisure hours you could not otherwise tnjoy. Willi a G-Z motor on your sewing machine, washing machine and vacuum cleaner, you can finish all your household tasks in a fraction of the time you now use. The electric way is always the easy way. Let us demonstrate the value of electric labor and time savers in your home OREGON POWEirCO. sk us about our new cooking rata. The Monltar and Weakly Orsfoclan Both uatil January 1, 1917, (or $1.60, tbe price of one alone Independence BUaSine-SaS Firms Well worthy of your patronage Dr. J. Callaway Osteopathic Physician Gradual of the America School of osteopathy, Kirkavllla, Missouri, under foaadar of tha acleaca, Dr. A. T. SOU. : ! t ! Offices: First floor of the F. A. Pattaraon prop erty, half block west of railroad, on C atrfeet, The City Bakery MAKES THE Best Bread and Pastries f ATKONIZI HOMI IN DUSTS T DENNY BROTHERS DEALERS IN- Niw and Second Hand Hardware and Furniture WE BUY. SELL AND EXCHANGE. Store en C Street. HALLADAY'S MACHINE SHOP In Fitchard's Garage. General Machine Work Repairing of all kinds YulcaniciDg. Automobiles a specialty Ltt us grind yoar plow shares. IN. U BUTLER Attorney-at-Law Practice la all Coarta. American Restaurant W serve the beat nteala In Iowa. AU Home Cooking. : : ; Chlckaa Dinner Every Sunday. " Mean at AU Honrs, MIALS 25c IDA ZERR, Proprietor C Street G. A. RICH THX KXLIABU Contractor and Builder His work speaks for itself. Sea him if you wieh to build. Non Resident! who desire to sell or buy property in the In dependence diatrlct, may notify the Monitor and aome reliable real .state man will be engaged for yon.