HILL WAS MASTER
RAILROAD MAN
First to See Possibilities In
the Great Northwest.
At 41W ioucli
of a maiclx
All the convenien
ce pf gas better
cooking and a
cleaner
cooler
kitchen
EA
Bakes, b-"i1s, roasts,
toasts. I. ore efficient
than your wood or coal
Stove, and costs less to
operate. Your cooking
is belter, too, bcouse
you have beat-control
like a gas S ove.
NEW PERFECTION
OIL COsOKIOVE
Ft
Bat
Jttsultt
Uh
3:
EI
Th New Perfection
givf't clean, odorless,
ootlrss fT.im because of
the Ion,'; blue chimneys.
Cuts out ;he dnjdKry f,f
wood or coal. Konpa
your kitchen coo. In
l,2,3at.d 4-burner sizes,
ovani separate. Also
cabinet models with Hie
lr Cooking Ovens
Ask your dealer today.
Standard Oil Co.
For Sale.By
CRAVEN fi HUFF
SLOPR.BROS. & COCKLE
J. D. H1BBS & CO.,
THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR
AN INOfcPBNDKNT INEWSFAI'EK
Futlithed Weekly at Independence, Polk County
Oregon, on Friday.
Uttered Second Class Matter August 1, IS 12 at Uie Fost Office at Inde
pendence, Polk County, Oregon, Under the Act ot March 3, 1870.
CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor
NINA B. ECKER, Associate
Sncicription Kates: Cue Year $1.50 Strictly in Advance
A&VIKTISIKC KATES: 15c. per Inch for one lnaertlon, 12 1-Zc. for two or
ore Insertions, 10c. on monthly contracts. Riaders, 0 and 10c. per line
Independence, Oregon, Friday, June 16, 1916
If Olcott should run
against Witliycombe,
which we doubt for Ben
is no fool, he would be
buried so deep that even
Oz couldn't resurrect
him. Newport Enter
prise. Well, many of you
fellows inflicted with
Westdrophobia said Ben
would be buried at the
primaries but he wasn't.
Beating Witliycombe
will be such an easy job
that even the editor of
the Enterprise could do
it i
ShakOJ.'i:...) O ( c:
The draru i . . ' ,i
today, lair 'i X"1 It H Jt 1 1
lullil cuiiiim f I (n v. ').
. jrad.
hi I'litflHlid
M-.l. I very
I l,m lieen
known In fu.-iiier period when many
of Shn!,eea re's pt.r, have Peeii cen
sured, t'olley Cililii'i' In his iitilolilojf
raphy tells im of chip muster of the
revel, whn wn responsible for the
licensing; of plan In his dan, eipuna
ltitf the whole tlrst art of CIMier'a
adaptation of "lliehanl III." oil the
ground Hint the iHstrecs of Henry
VI. would remind weak people of
Klnif James, then Ihlnir in l'rune.
On another occasion "Kliiir I. ear" wna
lnhllilled durlui; the Illness of tlenrce
III. denize Coiiuan when render of
plays banned tlie two i f Hiieli wnt'dn as
"angel" ami "heaven "- London Mull
Simple Job end Fancy Bill.
"Tour hill dooMi't sipinie with wbut
you told mo before I went to the host
lill, lllN Ulf."
" Whin's the matter?"
"Von lusNtcil that It s to he Jtint
a simple little operulion and there wan
nothliic at all to lie 11 mined at ."-IV
troll tree Press
HE MASTERED ALL SUBJECTS
Entered Railroad Busineaa In 1875 and
Soon Became On of the Moat Notable
Financiers, In All the Country Hia
First Work Waa In a Staamahip
Offica.
Jauiex Jerome Hill, the great builder
ut railioadH. in wowetimett likened to a
linn in linanee, but It 1 more descrip
tive to Kak of him as a Kcoti l) Irish
man. (Jf that xtrimi; and contentious
rm e of Slots who M l tied In north Ire
land and h ue ever since been a 10-
pli) distinct liotti from the men of Scot-
luiul uiid from those of Ireland, lie
cnino to this country at an early one.
He has uiMrlu. ed t.'irouchout hia ifa
tlie shrewdness, the will power, the
brain power and the tlhlin power
tliut weru his only birthright, and they
carried him ail the way from a Ca
nadian country cotluKe to a sort of
kingship In tlie railroud world, where
wilh t lionaii'l of men under lilt or
ders, none over him, and millions of
otliei-8 dependent more or Icsb uin
hi ably run lines and the tratiie that
they carry he spent tlie latter part of
his life. For several years before his
ren'iit death, however, he Intrusted
his business cares tn bis sous.
One of the striking things about Hill
has been courage. lie showed that
when us a young hid he Icit his couti
Iry home w ith H), borrowed, to go to
1 lie Stales and make bis fortune. It
wax the kind of courage that not only
lines to risk, but dares to form great
hopes.
A domineering intellect that Insisted
011 grasping uud mustering any sub
ject that came Iwfiire It was another of
Illil's lifelong traltM. lie employed the
Intellect to study the northwest like a
hook and leurn It by heart, lie also
studied ruilioaillng and learned that
business in the same way. Then he
put the two knowledges together and
by means of the combination created
In twenty years a railroad system that
built up a w hole section of the coun
try and surprised the great eastern
capitalists, who had meanwhile Isjen
silting down and planning theoretical
development.
PuHetiri No. 3
Why Not Face the Facts
About Armor Competition?
To thf f'eoplr:
The policy of the United State Government for many years has mad real competition in
MTuJor-making ineffective.
The Government might have asked the three armor plants for bids and let the entire
tonnage to the lowest bidder. That would have made competition effective.
The result of such a 'course would have heera to drive two of the three manu
facturers out of husiiicss, urn! leuve the country with facilities of only one
jjljnt in time of need.
The Government in fart has always asked for bids from
the three inaiit.faft?:;er, hut no matter what the price
quoted, each year's business was divided among them.
Armor makrra mtvc but one customer the Government, just as a public utility
serves liut one customer a community.
The solution of the public utility problem is regulation of rate.
The aolution of the armor problem ia for the Government to fir the price.
We voluntarily agree to accept any price fixed by the F'ederul Trade Commission.
Isn't acceptance of that offer Letter than the destruction of an industry built solely
to htrve the Government?
( IKS M SCHWAB. Oulnw
GUCL.NK G. GRACE. Prnidrat
Bethlehem Steel Company
CH
URCfiES
THE 600 d tiuoec loses
fy eoucM or tmc aiaw
CHEW MAI VANISHED
TOBACCO (YOU OlONT HtCT TO KUj
J Lit aeus ai.l thc aooo f
thinO VJUvr, AiO ABOUT I
010 YOU r I
V
GFT ataadv tobacco t-t,.lftu dav, arrf icy. from a ctaaa,
tmtll clitw-W b t XU Uwwiui-liu. Kcai Tjtooooo Chw, mw
wwl. hi w-J
li ii.J .w i iha a an w,i ikfip mim h.i t.,..ul. Kh oa mh m k Wwa tk4
iHUtnuall. IIM. luul,)Ct liHil,nrtat
"Node N..w Iku mI tum. hm tk r Mk "
Has. y WETMAN BKIIOM COMPANt. SO Vmm Sa. Kr la Gty
Hia Romantio Marriaga.
11111 came Into tlie world with a
troiig dash of sentiment In him and
never fjulte lost It. His marriage was
a romantic one. and when he quit the
St. l'aul home that he had lived In for
many years ami raised a family in he
had the house torn down, for he aald
he would not sell his associations to
anybody.
Hill was born at Uuelph, Ontario, In
1KIM on a Utile country place. He went
to a local academy, for awhile. One
day, it is said, a si ranger slopped at
the Hills' house for dinner. Vouue
Hill carried the stranger's horse a pall
of water. In return by nay of an In
expensive reward tlie stranger gave the
hoy a newspaper, In which there hap
pened to be an account of the great
ilciniind for laboring tneu out la Mlu-
iii'sota. It was upon this Information
that Hill acted when he burrowed $10
of a iielgiilsiiing farmer. The money
took til mi as 'far as Syracuse. From
there he worked Ills w ay west until he
reached St. l'aul. He stayed in St
l'aul ever since.
I'min lVifl to lsiio Hill put in eight or
nine bard years of work in a steamboat
(ilti. e. F.ven that was a rise. He had
begun, as a wharf laborer. Hut in ixi!5
he rose further, setting up In business
lis the agent of tlie Northwestern Pack
et company. In 1s7i In. formed a line
uf his own. the lied Ulver Transporta
tion company, which rtin a vessel on the
lied lilverof the North, opening up new
tc.riiory nnd bringing: ha. k cargoes of
furs. Al I he same time he engaged
In Mississippi shipping and carried
coal Into M. I "if in. where lor many
years he owned ihe loading coal yards.
with all those oilier ventures taking
up Irs cm U business years. Hill was
tieariy tori;, veils old before be went
h :n (In. rai'roii I I i-ine an odd fact
hi icw of h s lifelong i!itase for rail
road men of or thi: i live
.ins s. :i n.enlali'. lias lui-n called
Hhne-t oo,ie It . anie near the poetic
w ii it in lit. o eiiti .ears he sstke
t norilivies! It was
I: id ,(i-l seen the
io.ii :t. !,l..g the t.i-l river. The
ti..ik- oi the r trol. c--cd a :oii trail
were coveivl. he noticed, with much
tiller gv.i-- than the plains about. It
w.'s vi likely nwliit to the passage
of lonsis .run- tlie trail Hut Hill saw
In Ho' vhc:in:iienou ;i proplnvy. "It Is
tiod's pioini-e of a fruit fill empire."
he v-,.,1
i lu i ' in in w hum I li il married he is
said in haie lint when she was a dill-111-;
lu.it'i l-4iI in a M l'aul hotel, back
111 l:;e early il.t.i- Sue was or the Irish
race nod n i;o:t .an I'jittieiK. and so the
two n far apart in sin h matters. It
uno'e no .liflcri in e The) w, re mar
rli 1 ii-id Mt. Hill i sv. la life with her
CHRISTIAN
T. Claude Stephens, Pastor
Service for Lord's Day, June 18.
Bible School at 10 a. m.
Divine worship 11 a. m.
Christian Endeavor at 7:00 p. m.
Evening Evangelistic services 8:00.
Strangers are requested to come and
et acquainted.
All are welcome to theas services.
Ml i -r i ti
METHODIST
W. C. STEWART, Pastor.
Delightful services for the whole day
have been planned for next Sunday.
Sunday School 10 A M.
The study of "The Jailer at Phillipi."
At 11 A. M. the pastor will preach
on "Ten Great Things Accomplished by
the General Conference." We trust
hat the whole membership will be
iresent. It will be Helpful, Elevating
uoving and Prayerful. Special music.
There will be no Epworth league
iervice this Sunday evening.
At 8 P. M. the best of all the I'opu
ar Program! will be rendered. It is
uititled "Pilgrim's Progress in Sotig
uid Story." Ths pastor will tell the
itory of "Pilgrim" end at the conclus
ion of each portion of the otory will
innounce a hymn to fit in and illustrate
vhat has bean said.
You will find the First Methodist
hurch these hot summer evening just
ue place to go. It ia cuol and invigor
liog. Helpful and inspirational. Ed
cational and worshipful and you w ill
..nd a welcome.
Calbreath & Jones
GROCER
Where a Dollar brings one
hundred cents of value
13AITI4T
W. 8. STEWART. Pastor.
Sunday School at 10.
Preaching at 11.
Subject, "The God of All Comfort."
B. Y. P. U. at 7:P0
Preaching at 8:00.
Subject. "The Big Task." Closes at
tie.
All are cordially invited to attend.
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tie a- .piirisl
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I" ill to St.
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. his oin
.is.e It was
I e-btain the
li )y Sunday on Dancing
"You say, 'Dancing learn me
to be gr ceful.' You poor fool
1 had rather have my daughter
waddle up to the ceffia like a
hippopotamus or a rhinoceros.
What t!o I
fool kaagsroo strut."
"Som-'bouy sas to rr.e:
Sunday, ar you goirur te include
the square fiance?' Tfeey all look
alike to ma. It does not take
very lontf to cut the corners otT."
"Oh, you poor little foolish
dancer. You have heard the
voice of Jesua and you fri! your
self drawn and almost ready to
throw yourself into his arms and
say, 'I surrender a'l' an 1 just
that time you hsr the caller
say, 'Get your partners for a
quadril ' nd you sav, 'Gcxdby.
A dollar for every, dollar or j
a dollar back
THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK
Established - -- 19
A Successful Business Career of Twenty five Years
INTEREST PAID ON
TIME DEPOSITS
1
OFFICERS AISD DIRECTORS
H. Hirschrerg, Pres. D. W. Sears, V. P.
R. R. DeArmond, Cashier
W. H. Walker, I. A. Allen, O. D. Butler
HHHWW
t.
I want to sea th eolor of some' "That after September 1 next,
buck's hair that can wrap his every boy and srirl in the State
care for that little; arms about my wife. I'm poing above eitht in the schools, pub-
to monopolize that buggies my-. "C or private, shall receive com-
'Mr ! i j k'jii-i iiaining.
I he eluo dance and the slum j lhaafter September 1 next,
dance are the same except that every boy in the State between
they wear more clothes at a slum sixteen and nineteen, except
dance. j those resularly employed or ex-
jemptedby a military trair.ing
"Preparedness" Shown Up'com,nisjiion. must take pre-
scnoea course of military instruction.
boys required to be "prepared,"
Jesus, I have Kot te iJunoe with but airls also must take "Bhysi-
"Preparedaess" is only a mask
to cover the hideous faee of
militarism. Here are the main
features of a bill recently pied
ir. New York which is the "big
business" "preparedness." You
will note that not only are the
ttnaiK'.ai -oiH'ort
i this little dude.
cl" training.
Thai the Governor may at any
time in his discretion draft into
the National Guard or Naval
Militia every male citizen of the
State between the ages of eight
een aid f. rty-hve, so far as is
! necessary to mate up the com
Ipiemeni ef the organizations."