9an mn inmiiM SEifM Ilcsiery Hew Spriiig Goods are arriving almost dailj. Eskay Kid Oloi Garsonn Drsss .'.Mngharns 30 diTwrnt patterns to seleot from, yrd Idol Peroales, 36 inches, light and dark colors big assortment, yard Devonshire Cloth, 32 inches the idea) rojo per cloth, abso lutaly fait colors, yard The Latest Arrival Comprise: 10c 10c 20c Whit Piques, 28 in. wjde, narrow and wide corda, yard Whit Seed Voile, 16 in. wid", a favorite eh ear material, yard. 35 and 25c 35 and 25c Born To Mr and Mra. Fred Edgar, Monday, Feb. 7, a 9 pound boy. Vets the coupon found on this Daze before next Mod day night at 5:30. Why have wet feet whan vou can buy rubbera and rubber boots ao cheap at Conkey & Walker'a. One iron bedstead, ateel Choir Entertained Alter toe Metnodiet cnoir bad finished practicing last Friday evening. Mrs. J. Q Mcintosh, ia pretty little speech, cordially invited the members to accompany her to her borne. To say that they had an "enjoyable" lime would be under esti mating the pleasant evening spent at this (hospitable WhiteSplasb Voile Mr OC OCp 36 in. wide. yard. . w3i ZOO We art alio stowing Maw. Bilks, Mew Wool Drew Goods, New Wlndew Draperies, New Kid O loves, Maw Table Linens. Maw Laces, for sale at restaurant the American Queen Qual ity Shoos Eddy & Elliott SUCCESSORS TO WETHKHBII 6 JONES (JoflSWrj Coraets Something new in men s hatsjubt received. Drop in and let us show you. They are at Conkey & vYsiker's. Buy a good warm Mackin law or heavy sweater ooats while you can buy ' them right, at Conkey & Walker's, springs and cotton mattress borne, for it was the univer sal verdict that they 'had the time of their life." The hours too quickly passi with music, "stunts" by each 01 tne memoers which were not "musical," ani a delie ious luL.ch. Much pleasant little deviations after a rou tine of energetic rehearsing, is delightful mid always ap predated and the memben Mars Delicious Chocolates 15c per 1-2 pound SALT LAKE CANDY - Put up in sanitary packages. 5, THE 10, FAIR - 15c Store Independince, Oregon Nemiraling Blank, Popular Voting Contest 191G Address At a ldy worthy to become a candidate in your Popular Voting Con teet, I present thia fame with tha distinct understanding and egreenent that the maimer of U papar will nut divulge my nama. This does net obligate me In any way whatever. Sigaed. Address. IVil I ii i-l T n t . . r r.i a n arm lv I n I f I. I. . . .' ... 1 LOCAIt NEWS I " "B"i """IUI IIIO VIIUII UIlULllLUUUSiy has been visitiag in Wood- voted Mr. and Mrs. Mcln- lhone in the news. burn for ln pait iw0 weeks, tosh ideal entertainer Dr. K E. Duganne. den- returned to Independence tiet, National Bank Building. Monday. mJiMOtni ILAKb Mrs. Parl Oviatt went to ,u;i ,l. ; i. l Odd Fellowship displayed that uuim iiwio i iuh ui iMiii1 j M k: .l- i l :., c.ij . . . kuuu iciiumuip lor wmca IHW .... ujum, ,,,,. an1 croebeting eoing m-H.r .w.,,. w I... I .... . " ""W. onmruny. . Ion. VOU Will find VOUrsUDDiV veteran jewels were o-iveii to J A pood pair Of reading I of threads and yarns at E. Hubbard, W. H. Craven and glasses lor 91-00 at O. A. Conkey & Walker's. s- H- McElmurry. 1 here was Kreamer's. w .... one ,l8?. for u u Dovs but he f in. ..n. iuu.pi Was unaDie to be preseat. Ihese 1 eter ingermanson of Oris t,j the Wigrich ranch where jewels are given to members wold, Iowa, is visiting in In. he and Mrs. McDonald will who have been in the order for dependence. run the boarding house un. 26 years. To properly observe . .. , ... ,:i .n v, tne occasion, Kebekahs and the ur. J. i. uriaer, aeniiet, " F 8. f . members were invit iucosior to Dr. Allin, Coop- Uaving secured the agency ed. Besides the ceremony inci er Bldg. Phone Main 1021. fur Lang's Mineral Water, Meital to the presentation of the The veteran attorney, users may obtain more by Jew,1- a Preseat enjoyed an I j t .1 l J i! ir I n ollin, f ant nhnn n ,U1U,V,,M vmmHw - (iflflna, into th II. aonin build, ms at my residanoe, Main 6922. C. E. Frss?r. 26 lug. WASH DAY H THE TRENCHES. Mrs. C. C. Way of Toledo, is visiting at the home of hur mother, Mrs. J. M StaaU. The Monitor has been re quested to announce that 25 VOTE COUPON Eesdthls Couaoa to The Irdcpirdrate Vendor cflkc vlihlr fifteen days from data and It will ccuat tnty-flve volts, tio aenty required wltt this Coupon. VOTE FOB .... Deled January 30, 101 A will be On Weduesday of last urwolr n inn oral fwirn tn Mr ... u n t .the Inde .endeace Chapter, and Mrs. R. O. Lacey of L. a ' Try INDEPENDENCE First Ready Ftlixed Poultry Foods! Standard Food for Foultry of All Ages for All Purposes. Specially Mixed and Balanced Chick Food, Developing Food, Scratching Food. Chick Starter 10 lbs Chick Feed 10 lbs Developing Feed 10 lbs Scratch Feed Kg&raln Done Grit 10 lbs 10 lbs 10 lbs 35c 35c 35c 25c 30c 15c Eastern Oyster Shell 10 lbs 20c Charcoal - 10 lbs 50c -Oil Meal - 10 lbs 25c - 100 lbs $3 00 80 lbs 2 25 10O lbs 2.23 100 lbs 2.23 100 lbs 2.75 100 lbs 1.00 100 lbs 1.25 60 lbs 1.75 10O lbs 2.00 Mill Feed Always In stock. We have Burbank'g, Ferry's, Morse's and Lilly's seeds. The Independence Seed and Feed Store. WE HAVE IT 1'arker. Mies Mable Gillette, Nor mal graduate, will euceee.i W. I. Reynolds as teacher at Hopville. An excellent good quality of wool blankets at very rea sonable low prices at Con key Jl Walker's. M. J. Hunt and family, of Salem, have reoently moved to a farm a few miles south of Independence. 8olditr Gather Soiled Clothing and Give It Vigoroua Scrubbing. One day a week la set aside in the trenches la northern France an "wash dav." On thnt Hnv the snldlrra irnthiT Worthy Ctrand Matron, Mrs. Uu their soiled eiotuhi and give it a Marv Houck of Roaeburir v,gorou "crum,1DK- D1 r .uary nouca, oi xoseourg, could ve housBWVe ,H)UlterB on the a Special truest of method of getting the heavy dirt from Wash day Kt'nernlly is followed by a night of music and souk. There are THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Published Weekly at Independence, Polk County Oregon, on Friday. BMered al Second Class Matter Aagut 1, 1912 at the Post Office at Inde pendence, Polk County, Oregon, Under the Act of March 3, 1879. CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor NINA B. ECKER, Associate Suoscriptlon Rates: One Tear $1.50 Strictly in Advance ADVUTISINO RATES: ISc. perInch for one Insertion, 12 l-2e. for two or more Insert loos, 10c. .on monthly contracts. Renders, 5 and 10c. per line Independence, Oregon, Friday, February 11, 1916 O. . 8., next .Monday even ing, Feb. 21. E. N. Townsend has added a ba'li to nis Darner aoep and otherwise improved the premises. All that he needs now is a manieurisi ana s nigger porter, and hesxpeols these to oome with the saw mill. When making cash pur- eFaxes at Eddy A Elliott's, Cttlbreathd Jones, Williams Drug Co., Howe's Jewelry W.J. Hryan was arrested Store and Mrs. Baseue's, and jailed in Independence don't forget the coupons this morning. However, it god for voles In the Mer- . . . was not the famous states- nhnnta.Mnmtor" mano con. TO mm, man but Tripp's dog. Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Curler, of Mcliain, Mich., arrived Saturday for a visit with his neive, Mra. J. M. Otitis. Mr. Carter is ad old soldier. The Tolk County Sunday School Association will meet in Dallas Kriday, Saturday mid Sunday. Feb. 25, 2d and 27. A fine rogram is be ing prepared. Mrs. Forest Finch enter tained the l,adi8 Circle of ths Christian church last Wednesday afternoon. After their routine work, an elab orate luncheon was served. Mrs. Orpha lWcue is in lrllaud uniting the whole millinery houses and studying tht iu w spring ami summer styles She will al so pure' ae her millinery stock for the earning st-ason while thrre. pit tost. In houor of the Oznd anni- verssry of the order, Homer Lode No. 45. K. of P. will hold an informal msetingat their Caatle hall iu Inde pendence on Monday uight, Feb. 14. There will bt an address, special music and a lunch. Fhutu by American Preaa Association. WASH DAT IN THB TKBNCUBa. many Rood Hinp'rn niuong the men tn the trem heH. nml It Is a ioor camp that do not txu'.si uf une or two muslelaus. The story la tolil th:;t at one of these concerts, w hen the air wns still and clear and the mice curried, a yonth with a flue tenor voire started to slug From a trench Iu the far distunce there came a plaintive call, it waa tne youth's father. He bad been led to be lieve that his hoy waa dead. Hla voice didn't enrry. and another In the father's camp through a megaphone asked If the slnser whs Willie of the British regiment When the answer is uiecaph.ineti back that It was there was a fervent 'Thank tltxlT' fnm the FARMERS SHOULD CO I other end of the line. The two ranipa How greater prosperity saay then j.xne,! iD tbe NturinK of the song be realized b Willamette Valley farnaei-s tkreagk improTintj tke j hog produetien oa small farms. as well as larxe enea. Is the topi Rippant Flings. Mrs. Belmont hns written an opera for the eurrr-.j;e cause. A ballet for the of a Brane-era' eeafereaee canes' ,"'l0' "v-iHroit Free rrvs, . rt,ln-1 fe lf..t.. JPa wsn.s ensn ror me . .... m ...... ... I -..,, H ....la 1 lin'tih..ll . i - - - - ret). 14th. A t enerai SXCirsiOn I n to cbarse bayonets f-l1ttburj:h of livesteck raisers of tke Valley ctrouK-ia r-rMinti-. .ill Ka run tn Pa.rt1an N theT.sj that Venue la Inhnb (Of ll tXCftSiOI. AM lrfCIl 11 1 wtewa. t3 txmcratuUtUu or Ma nD vltatioa ia exteadeu naesseers of floiences? cttcaKo News. flranite and farmers reni rally Cincinnati judw h-u!s that iwt i .W; m,.ll., Tko DUKKjnaineaauM-ri;nial.niuesirv.-i - M thf awlor.it. But would this tn Visitors Will be US guests CI ttie rolveth Mine penalty for sivedineV- Portlaad Uaioa Stockyarda at a Puuburgti t;atte-Tiu.e. laackeoa te be served at 1 e'sleck tka day. J Watch the Monitor. If only candidates for the legislature would do what they promise, and if elected vote to abolish 47 commission and reduce Oregon's high cost of living, perhaps but why yearn for the impossible. A non-partisan tariff commission is a good thing and we are glad that President Wilson favors it, even if he had to change his mind to do so. Dur ing a hundred years of tariff making, political parties have used it as a pawn to advance their own interests and to draw campaign contributions from corporations. It is time that the tariff was framed solely for the benefit of the country. Lamar Tooze, who was a guest of Henry Ford on the recent peace mission, has returned home and is frightened for the safety of his country. I feel uneasy when I think of our small army. he says, Holland, has an army of 400,000 men and I sincerely believe that Holland could lick us." After learning how Lamar felt about it, we became uneasy also and commenced to learn the Dutch language thinking that it would come in handy after our country had become a vassal state of Holland's. Later, we remembered that another military authority, General Miles, late com mander of the forces of the United States, recently said that if this country could not raise men in short order to drive out an army of a million in vaders he wTould want to leave it, and it relieved us very much, we no longer sliake and the study of the Dutch vocabulary has been abandoned. PAY UP Having sold my grocery, all parties owing me are re quested to call at the store and settle. L. -5 . Reeves. Tour Help Appreciated All votes and subscript ions for The Monitor will be greatly appreciated as I have entered the contest and am working very hard. Miss Christina Zerr, American Restaurant (paid ad ) 24 An Invitation! We like to see ever) thing look Bright and Snappy. Bring in your Rings, Brooch es, Chaiue, LaVallier?, Etc., and we will CLEAN THEM FREE Tell your friends to come. Of courae we do alt kinds of Repair Work, Reset Stones, Make to order, Rings.Brooch es, Pendants, Etc. ROWE'S JEWELRY STORE Miller The Tailor has hie new fall line of sam.h-a in. Con?e and se them. The Cooked Food Sale on Saturday, Feb. 12th, all day at Cal breath & Jones', best in the market at lowest The ladies of the Christian prices. Fit or no sale. church will reive the publio! to a bounteous cooked f ood j For pa'n"K and paper sale. If will do well tocome'hac8U)K' cal1 C912. here when you plan for your; 11. Sauer. Sunday dinner. Wood, Gravel and Sdi- In looking for a Suit (! went, deliverer!. Clothes for men and boys or, fj young men, just go to Con key & Walker's. They hsvej something in that hue that will suit you. One coat and ! vest and two pairs cf pants' for the small price on cne' . i pair. Rid f r. and Good ar-h, fir ' wood for sale. 49tf Homer Hill m a p!9 FOB COUNTY COMMISSIONIR (continued from page 1) A Crackerjack Suit to measure at $15. Can't be Fit or no sa e. Miller The Tailor. i beat. vent me from discharging tke redigree Duroc Jersey duties of the office for the beae-! Boar For SaU Sure stock fit ef the greater number." tt, P,.no . . . , , , ... f."-- iro:uuoie or akiog such a pledge, which 'mi . , , . . , ill be strictly adhered to. the! , l. rfde ,n 8tock- veters ef Polk county will do 'r1 nancn, in. ell to nominate aad elect Mr. , dependence, Ore. Bekaaaea. Phoae 1701 Farm. lfitf