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About Independence monitor. (Independence, Or.) 1912-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1916)
3 5 1 -A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 'THE MAGIC LAND OF PALMS AND FLOWERS' Southern California has much to offer you thu winter. City or tountry, mountain or beach resurti all are invit ing. The Panama-California Exposition at San Diego will remain open another year bigger and better than ever. But Southern California offers something even greater than this. It ii the ever present and uelightful Sunshine and Flowers Roses in bloom, Oranges and Lemons ripening on the trees. Poppies and Geraniums everywhere. This is the real California. The expense of a trip to Southera . California is not great. Low Round Trip ZJS" Pacific Northwest points. Stopovers are allowed at pleasure. Through car service on limited trains, through dining car and observation ears make the all rail route the delightful way to go. Ask your local accent or writ John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon. SOUTHERN PACIFIC PJlercliaiils-Monilor PIANO CONTEST Begins Soon Watch For Announcement Next Week A Piano and a Number of other Valuable Prizes Will be given away INDIAN STATUETTE FOR m, WILSON Figure of Fccsiicntas, Her An cestress, a Bridal Gift AWEDDtNU gift which the Dew lady of the White llou. prizes very highly ia a bronie statuette if Pocuboutua. Thla was presented to Mrs. W'tlsou by the Pvoahontas Memorial association. Seme of the proudest and oldest fami lies of the Pouitiiiuu trace their de scent to the Indian princess. The near est strain of all Is considered to be that of the Itolllnes, and Mrs. Wilson' maiden tin me nas KtlitU HollUij;. It 18 known that she takes pride In her rela tionship to the daughter of Pow hatan. It seems a sort of poetic Justice, too, that a strain of the uborlKltiRl Ameri can blood should course In the veins of the first lady of the laud The story so dear to the heart of youth, that Pocahontas saved Captain John Smith from btinr clubbed to death by the warriors of her father, the Indian chief Powhatan, has lieen dculod by aouie historians and was for a time generally discredited. More re cent liyht thrown upon the story, how ever, has tended to establish It About the name of Pocahontas, at any rale, glows the light of romance. As a child she visited the colony ut Jamestown, nnd after she grew up she played an Important part in Its history. She often Interceded for the colonists and finally was looked tion as their diplomatist and emissary. Pocahontas became a Christian In April, 1U3. and a year later Rhe married the young English man, John Uolfe. She had beauty, and even the prim garb of the English of .'Jv.'a tu ft t STATTETTK OF POCAHONTAS. that day did not hide her charm. Pic tures which remain of her show her la ruff and tightly fitting gowu. When In 1G10 she went to England with her husband Pocahontas was pre sented at the court of St James by Lord iiid Ijidy iK'lnware. The bishop of London gave a reception In her hon or. The British metropolis extolled her beauty, and for mouths this child of Virginia, In her native grace and her air of royalty, w hich seemed a part of her, was the Idol of the social world. Pocahontas died In 1017 In Uravea end, England, and there she lies bur led. The story Is that she had married John Uolfe In the belief thut Captain John Smith was dead and that, meet ing Smith In England, she waB over come ho with the old love for htm and to grieved over having been deceived I hat she went Into n decline and died '.vltlilu a year. She left one son. Thorn as Itolfe. who was educated In Eng land, lie did not go to Virginia until iti4'S, uuU lucle lie Uiutiii-il Jal,e Po' Ihress. To them was born a daughter, June Uolfe, who became the wife of Colonel Uoliert Boiling, who, arriving in the colony In accumulated a fortune and liecnn:e a leader. The Boilings of Boiling Hall were an old family In England, for back In 1112 ire found references to them and their estates. The Boilings of Virginia brought w Ith them the customs of their Yorkshire home. They acquired lands, built stately bou-es and became men of ;ower and Influence In the community Robert Boiling of Kippnz, a few miles from P.icbmond. entertained lav ishly, and he had the love of sir!s and I ante for social life and the progressive nature which have distinguished so many members of the race. His wife, kg did her grandmother, the Princess Pocahontas, died young, for he lived only a year after her marriage. She left one son. John Boiling, the progeni tor of the line w lib the Indian strahx Tbe descendant of John Boiling mar ried members of many well known Vir ginia families, and this accounts for the fact that in the family trees of so many distinguished Virginians there are traces of Indian lineage. It Is noted that through all the Boll Ing family history ap-ar Indian names. There sre Powhatan Boilings a od Pocahontas Boilings. Occasionally in tee records one finds a fair member if the boue called Matoaca. one of the 'Itles of the Indian primes, and often IV ahni.tas' . .iin EtigiMi designation. Ketn- a. the t rij- ii.icn .i her when baptised in the Church of England. OOOCOOOOOOOOOOCI OWK XXy (XKXlOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOO ! THE SOCIAL WORLD BY VIRGINIA SOUTHERN OOOOOOO X0-0 O-cKhOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 000-0XX0XX HE WILL NOT Senator Chamberlain has been "Yet look again for the cloud divide; A gleam of blue on the water lies. And far away on the mountainside, A sunbeam fall from the opening; akiea; But the hurrying host that flew be tween The cloud and the water no more is seen; Flake after flake, at rest in the dark and silent lake." Tbe Snow-shower The first fortnight of tbe new year ith Its various resolution ami faithful premises has duly been recorded and social and club life tin Independence is r coverina from the general break caused by the delightful holiday festivities, and gradually drift ing back into the regular chan nel of activity. The first week of the new year brought real wintry days with snow and ice everywhere, and old and young alike devoted themselves to coasting, sleighing parties and skating, miking the most if the rare opportunity afforded them. COASTING FAKIT On Wednesday evening of hist week a merry party of beaux and belles, enjoyed a jolly eonst injr party, returning to the J. li. Cooper home where Mbsus Ivle mid LaVilla Cooper srved a hot luncheon and closed their gnu- irns festivities with cards. CIVIC HAGUE Tuesday afteraoon the first meeting f the Civic League for 1916 was held at the club rooms, with Mrs. J. S. Cooper presid ing. The past year has been filled with much civic beautifying a a result of the efforts of th club members, and the last days of 1915, especially, were fraught with many charitable deeds per fected through this club. It is the Intention of the or ganization to make each year better and with the present am bition at the steering wheel, the work of the local league in 1916 promises to be very fruitful. WILLIAM s' HOSTS A f harmisg event that openad the 1916 social eaUndar was the New Year's club party when Mr. nd Mrs. M. C. Williams were :osts to the "Wee Otts" club. This club consists of eight con genial matrons who chat and tat, but on- this occasion the latter diverion was dispensed with and the gentlemen invited for a jolly sessiou of cards. The attractive Williams home was enhanced with a decoration of holly, mistletoe and poinsetta which shed a warm, cheerful holiday glow over the scene. The festivities ware completed with a subtUntial luncheon. STAR INSTALLS The largest event in lodge circles taking place during the new year, was the publia instal lation of the KuRtern Star offi cers at their Chapter rooms last Tuesday evening. Ihu installation eeremosy was followed by a splendidly ap pointed banquet and a fraternal good time. abli at various and sundry times in the past to make black look w hite to a lot of people in Oregon, but will he be able to put one over this time with his compulsory military drill bill? -Mew berg Gr. phic. First Wire Susponsion Bridgs. The lii-it wire suspension bridge 111 the 1 tilled Swtos It urn tu the world wis thrown inross the Seluilkiil river near tlw fulls of Schuylkill. In Phila (IiJii.i. in I Mi'., lis history Is us fol lows: In mm lleleit Kennedy and I'eiirutl t'aiic.i:er hmlt a ilui'u bridge at the falls uf Schuylkill, w hich broke il'wn In IM1 J.-shih White mid l- isklne 1 l:i.: i cil. iil'ierwnrd prominent us pioneers In the mithrncite eon I trade of reiiiisylviinm. lunl erected rolling mill ui id " wire factory in the neigh Im. hi 1. mid n t Ut the bridge ft II they fi'iincii n in w iiuunuiy. und u not her chain bridge ns constructed In April. IS11. but this new bridge In turu gave nay In lM(i While 1 1. mud men uw iiiik a w ire suspension lirldue Reross the river from ti it upper window of their factory to some huge trees on the west t: nk. steps leading from the trees to the ground. This primitive bridge structure was liilemled for foot passengers only, mid but eight persons were nllowcd to go upon the footwny nt one time The bridge Is said to have cost $1 .". l'.xchnmre CHURCHES MliTHODIST W. C. STEWART, Paator. The Firit Methodist church service Sunday, Jan. Ill, will be aa follows: Sunday School at 10. IMvine Worship 11 a. m. Epworth League nt 0:0, Union revival meetings at the opera Inure at 7:."I0 in the evening. ti ARTIST' W. S. STEWART, Paator. Sunday School at 10. Preaching at '11. It. Y. P. U. at 6:30 Union Service at the Opera House at 7:W. All invited. CHRISTIAN F. Claude Stephens, Pastor Services at Christian church for Lord's Day, Jan. 16 , IDlfi: Bible School at 10 a. m., J. W. Rich :.rdson, superintendant. Divine Worship at 11. a. m. Chriatisn Kndesvor at 6:110 p. m. The public is Invited to co-operate with us in these services. Everybody welcome. Notice to Creditors Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been duly appointed ad ministrator of the estate of Mary M. fryer, dei-essed, by the County Court of the State of Oregon for Polk County, and has qualified. All persona having claims against said estata are hereby notified to I relent the same duly verified, togeth er wi'h projier vouchers therefor, to lie underlined administrator at his resilience in the City of Independence, Polk County, Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated and first published I)mher ilUt, nas. Thomas J. Fryer, Adminiittrator of the estate of Mary M, r'ryiT, deceased, ii. F. Swot, Attorney. PILL BOX ANNEX in this locality, has mad j a success of liter. He writes that he has a good osition as trusty in the city jail. Jack Highwater, who took Comfort and a county paper FOUR NEEDED HERE The latest American church rievise f.jr "raisinir the wind" ifc I what a religious paper describe , ast year, says he h '.isn't time a. -some collation boi i." The ' iQ of ,iem anJ inventor hai's from Oklahoma. I .... ' . mberof the consrretfation will have to Hop one or Uie If a met drops in a quarter or a coin of larfrer value, thre is silence. If a member of the congregation drops in a cent piece a bell rinjrs. a five cent piece sounds a whis tle, a cnt fires a blank cattridjfe. If any one pretends to bo asleep other don't of them this year he know which. CONSISTENCY Preparing for war to avoid war is about as consistent loic when thehox pasnes, it awakens as for a prarhr to iret up and him with a watchman's rattle, ; advise .his cot, (relation to pr and a kodak takes his portrait, par for hell to keep out of it." -London Christian World. 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Our stock would make the mouth of Lucullus water, CALBREATH & JONES W In J L J Perfect Percolators Everyone knows 1 1 r ju n ol.ttcd toffee is more wholesome ;uu! hctttr in flavor than that made in the old-fasliiom-ii colfer-'por. G-E Electric Percolators make perfect toffee-free from injurious properties, dear and ajipctuii:;;. These pcru'l.itors are m;.de ia hoth urn and pot types-two rn.tl three pint capacity made of solid copper with heavy tiitkel finish whiih will riot tarnish or wear out. The coffee h ready a few minutes after the current is turned on. As a Christmas fcifr, a (MC electric percolator com bines beauty with utility. OREGON POWER CO.
