I
Aren't the People Entitled
to Know All the Facts?
The House of Representatives in appropriating $11,000,000 to build a Govern
ment armor plant, voted down a proposal that look8 be kept so the public could
know exactly how much Government-made armor will cost.
Advocates of a Government plant expect to get armor cheaper. Why then refuse
to look fuels in the face?
We can and will make armor for the Government
cheaper than it can do it for itself and we want
to prove it
If our offer to !o so Is to be rejected, aren't the people entitled
to know exactly what the Government-made product cota?
Tlmt qiK'hlion is now before the Senate of the United States.
CHAH M HCIIWMI, Chalrma
MMibNK it OIIACK, I'riaiilnol
LOCAL NEWS
Wild Berry Time!
Mln Kers BrowM of Silfertoa
It lsitiiisr Jsdependence friends.
A good pair of reading
Raises Tor 1.00 at O. A.
Kreamer's.
Mr i. If. C WilliiMi, who was
perated ipon for tppendititis
in a Salem aospital, hat returaed
horn.
Mn. G. 0. Irelaad and child
ren of Portland arrited in Inde
pendence yesterday to Tiait rela
tives for soma tima.
Mrs. M. B. Jaquu and daogh
tr, Miaa Stella, of Spokane, are
isitinur Mrs. Jauues' mother.
Mra. Clara J. Taylor.
Mra. Thos. Fennell want to
Portland last weak to tea kar
daiiKhter, Mra. Pipes, who waa
iajurwd is a automobile acci
dent. W. 8. Kurre has entered the
the government forestry service
and will go to Hood River where
be will be atatioited for six
weka. Ira Mix will officiate at
the Firat National during his ab
sence. Great Sale of Ladlei Wool
Skirts at $1.98, Values up
to $7.50. Matte of line wool
itteriala, plain sad mixtares.
Mostly alltizea. A big bargain
tt tha nric. Eieelleat for
bouse wear or toald be altered
for girls. We advise you to
one early. Elllott-O'Briea Ce
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our heart
felt thanks to the friends and
neighbors who aided us by their
sympathy and assistance during
our bereuvement In the loss of
our son and brother.
Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Black,
Arthur Black,
Mrs. Maggie Trainer,
Mrs. Hat tie Fisher.
Warm weatter la hero and
everyone hua been auxloua to
see tt. So It ia only a few days
now until you ran go bathing.
Theu you will Hud a large sup
ply of taihinj; suits, caps, and
shoes a wailing you at very rea-j
amiable low prVe. Caps and j
shoe,, -So and 60r. Sulta -5e to ,
$3.00. Cuiikey & Walker.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
WedneiJay u Miss alaJaline
Kreamer's birthday aad th
event was duly tetabrated at lh
Kreamer horn in the evening.
Tke young people kad a sp!tta1ld
time ds enjeyse! tke ocsatiea
lataiensely.
Itulletin No. 7
REFORMING A
MINING GAMP
How the Law Was Estab
lished at Scalp Gulch.
When I first went Into the ministry
J chuau for in) lli-ld of labor the lulu
lug camps of California. It occurred
to me to "chime In" w4tb tin- miners,
secure tlii'ir ronlldeiice uml (liu be
hotter ulile to In tliu n. p tin-in.
I was tohl that n iiiIiiIiik uuip bear
lug the limne of Sculp Gulch was the
worst lu the ri'Klon There was no
aoinlilaiice or hiw or order, every limn
being a law unto himself All ills
iule were derided lu aei onlniit e with
rapidity of "draw" uml accuracy of
lu. I determined to go there mill ee
If I could accomplish any reform. I
wu told that 1 would never come out
of the place alive, hut tny Idea of a
olillir of the cross U that he must
at t lines be a real soldier.
I found there a people who differed
from other people only lu this they
hud drifted completely a way from nil
restraint 1 attributed this condition
to the faot that there were no women
In the camp, for i have observed thai
an)' body of men IIvIiik without tbe
refining lullut-uce of women w 111 grad
ually m In k tn the level of the lirute. I
resolved to make my beginning with
these dospcisito fellowa by promising
tui-m that If they would reform I
would return to civilization and ship
tbetu a carload of wives
I gathered them together lu a clear
lug, mounted a mump and made llicni
au address. InMend of holding up
their wickedness to them almply as
wlckeiliieaa. I pictured their condition
entirely untitled lor the tin rodiietiou
of any rellnliiK lutlucin c. Their mot b
era would scarcely dare to come among
them In their reKent condition After
drawing a picture of home life at
which I could wee a number of them
were visibly atTe. teit. I expatiated on
the eui'oiior delicacy of woman, her
tenderness and devotlou. "Now," I
Id at last, "there are many young
women who would be lila I to come
here ami turn your nibtiia Into homes
for you If j on w I I pull yourselves to
felher 1 will and brini! a I. umber
of them uhm'II uiiklui: sure tlint
thoee I aelisl are o (l u en-.en."
My last dril piodincd an nn.Hiia
neons etloct "When on 1:0.11? ' ns
Bhoiile.1 from 11 .lo.,cii Mil. als
"Just b ovn as you toniline uie
Unit you an- titled to n-n-iu- your fu
ture wles.' I u pl ed
"Parson." Hltnl one or 1 hem. "you Bo
'long and biii the jrals We protulae
you to be retoiimsl laf--re you gvt
back"
There ns sin It on inii by lu tlila re
quest that I elite I 11 tn t the ut'M (lay
took iny ilc-il.-iiiv. I'nu.i several lustl
tutloiia wln-ie tills cie tikeu lu and
kept till ilic.v .-ie able to (.0 out an-l
Diake ilielr own llvlliii I selisteil aouie
twenty volunteers, In., rely Iiik upon
tny represenlatb-ii, pn-feired the role
of nlfe and mother to lactory work or
the duties of eervants t cliose nono
cept of BhhI character ami auch
were rHMuimendi-l for their piety I
put them nil on a tram ami took thorn
to th atatlon nearest to Scalp I'.ulch
From there I aent wotil to brine over
tbe team for further tiausportatlou.
The iHipulatbui met u in an ois-n
pace at the f-"'t of ti c tuVli I could
ee at omv tluit eieiy man ha.l tfvt
hlm-lf Into the 1 et prtentab'e si.ais?
and ail "ere t lu-lr u' -.1 l-li ii,.r
I made them ilmle ldiv-. pu-seut
tut: tlu Kill' a.ul aduiomSdi.! thcni t"
di'ferviittnl s-ii,' t i I. I arruusvst
U-tore 11 ilc.-u.anv that a iiiiiulr ot
eahuia nhoai.l t-.- vuvIinI "t "in eud of
Bethlehem Steel Company
uje seiiieinciii lor 1 lie reception 01 tne
now comers lill they ahould be- paired,
and us soon ax the reception cereuio
ult'M were over the tea ma were driven
on. the men walking beside them, and
before tin- ulils reached their cabins
every one of them was bespoken. 1
feared trouble nmonit those men who
failed to net-lire partners, but gave out
at once that I would bring enough for
oil.
One of the very Drat things report
ed to me after my arrival waa that
during my absence they had built the
house which was to be used for n, court
room nud a church. My cargo waa de
livered on Saturday, and I waa re
quested to hold aervlce the next day
At 111 o'clock In the morning I gatn
ered my IWk, the men huddling on
one able of the room, the women talc
ing Beats on the other. After a very
short service the miners were not yet
ready for n long one I addressed my
congregation on their coming relations,
admonishing the men to lie kind to
their wives and the girls to remember
that Ilielr husbands bud been so long
without feminine restraint that they
must be lifted out of barbarism grad
willy Then I called on one Mexican
Jim. a leader among them, to give
some account of what progress they
had made lie arose and addressed
the united assembly
"You sis-, parson and ladles." he said,
"conslderlu' we hud no law, we con
eluded to establish a court Hut a
court wasn't no use so long's fellers
was a takln' the law Inter their own
hands lie.iriii that a party up the
creek was a noin' to lynch a In-as thief,
we went up there to try and persuade
'em to inend their ways In this, par
son and ladles, we was very success
fill. There li.iln'l nary one on em
ever troubled us by bilerferln' with the
regular court sence '
"Mow did you iiianage it?" I asked,
hi order to draw out an Instatn-e of the
liersuaslve nvers of the reformers
"We lynched em "
I'esplte the evidence that barbarism
was not extinct under the new ri-vltne.
my project succeeded, and the camp
became a model
Dr. R. E. Duganne, dn
tiM; National Hank Building.
For painting and paper
hanging, eall Main t912.
9if H. Sauer.
For Sale
A 1 a bargain, second hand
hinder, mower and rake in
fair condition. Inquire uf
Sloi,er Bros. Cockle. 49
Pr. J. C. Turner, formerly of
Lowe & Turner, the well known
eye specialists of Portland, will
be in Independence again Friday
July 28, at Hotel Reaver. Dr.
Turner will make regular trips
to Independence every thirty
days and will attend to any of
Or. Lowe's patients who may re
quire his services during Vr.
Low o s absence. 1 leadaches re
lieved, cross eyes straightened,
satisfaction guaranteed, consult
him.
May Duchess trousers and
get the best, at Kreamer's.
Mrs. K. D. ScatTord was re
cently operatae apeo in tke Dal
las hospital.
YOUNG FOLKS' CORNER
Characteristics A Game.
A game called "cbaracteriatica" fur
uiahes good fun among friends whose
personal peculiarities may be bit off
good naturedly.
Have as many cards aa players, and
at the top of eacb rnrd write the name
of one of the players In a column on
the left write the following: Intelli
gence, piety, courage, obstinacy, hu
mor, taste, tact, generosity, truthful
ness, affection. Or you may substitute
other characteristics If you prefer, but
all the cards ahould be the same.
Explain that 10 la the normal per
centage for eacb characteristic, that
any number less or more than that la
below or above the normal and that
the whole must add up to 100 per cent
Distribute the cards bo that no one re
ceives the ue with bis own name
upon it.
Each one then fills In the percentages,
according to bis Ideas of the person's
character or In a Jesting spirit, aa be
chooses- After all have been filled In
gather up tbe cards. Have ready ten
slips of paper, on each of which has
been written one of tbe characteristica
One of the company, blindfolded,
draws one of the slips out of a basket
The player who has been given the
greatest percentage tn this characteris
tic ia required to do some "stunt" prov.
lug his claim to the quality.
After this each card 1 read aloud,
and tbe tntsflta cause much amusement.
"Hypnotizing."
In order to play this game you must
have two small dishes, each with a lit
tie water lu it On the bottom of oue
of the dishes rub tbe bluck from a
burned match. Give the dish with the
black on to the person to be hypnotiz
ed, and take the plain one yourself
Hace the person so that he faces you.
anil tell him to look straight at you
and do exactly what you do. Then
place your linger in the water, rub It
around on the bottom of the dish und
rub It across your forehead. Do the
same thing iigalu, tilts time nibbing it
011 one cheek and ngaln on the other
cheek. Of course the other person does
the same thing with the exception that
he rubs a bluck streuk on his fare eticb
lime while you rub Just plain water
It is essential that the two persons
look at each other during the entire
process and never at their hands or
the dish. After the person Is hypno
flzed he must look at himself In the
mirror.
Fir Worshipers.
The Parsees of Bombay are called
the "fire worshipers" of the east be
cause they hold In great reverence the
fire they brought with them from I'er
sla and have never allowed n to be
come extinguished in their temples and
because they worship the sun as the
author of life
The I'arsees have always held aloof
from other people and are famed for
their commercial ability Aa a conse
quence of this ability they are tbe
wealthiest, most cultured and influen
tial class In Itombay So numerous are
they that Itombay has been called the
"city of I'arsees "
The religion of the I'arsees Is one of
the undent religions of the world and
was the religion of Persia when that
country was second In power of the
four great empires of the world-Babylonia.
Persia. Greece and Koine.
Gam of "Trades."
To play the game of "trades" the
players divide Into two equal parties.
One party retires and decides upon
some trade or occupation, when they
advance to the second party, saying:
Here are soma men from Botany bay.
Oot any work to do today?
The second party asks, "What can
you do?"
First Party Anything
Second Party-Set to work. then.
Then the tlrst party goes through the
motion of some occupation, such as
sawing, hammering, etc. Tile second
party must guess what occupation has
boon chosen If successful they have
a turn at representing a trade.
Conundrums.
What Is the difference between a
watchmaker and a Jailer? One sells
watches, the other watches cells.
What word becomes shorter by the
addition or a syllable? Short.
What month of the year is a llebra
Ic falseluMsl? July
What kind of a robbery is never dan
genius? A safe robln-ry
If your uucle'a sister Is uot your aunt,
what relation Is she to you? Your
mother
Why does a duck go under water?
For dlvera reason.
A Trick Blottar.
Au ordinary blotter may be trans
formed easily so that It will remove
Ink completely when applied Instead
01 leaving sutlb lent to recognize the
script by sleeping It In a solutiou of
oMille acid Permit It to dry after sv
era I nppihatlous of the aci.l. It will be
the source of much amusement and I
useful as well Popular Mechanics.
Song of Sumftiir Dy.
S!n a oru et sumiTier .iiiv.
ime ami b ror
Shs.ly sr. ih wooilLinu' way.
Luck 1. In h clo.r
Sk-hoolbooks ilull nr. laid away.
Summer is a p!e.iure.
To months for a holiday
My. but it a S'sxl mt-aaur!
..t us ir..o ran learn
Krvm Ibe blnl aiul flower:
Watchful rra will alwa aro
alany i-ieaaant hour.
Harrv summer day w1il fly.
iul must rvnie---tn-r
W!in ih. ctt fHm qui. hit by
School is.n-.-a :t S.l-irmtr
-rtulm1iiihi Kacurs.
SCIENCE hJu!
Scarcity cf Mar.nese Ore.
The pii cs . lii-i ed f- 1 manganese ore
adapted to tbe 1.1am. f.i'-tr.K' f ferro
maiii-ancse rose during is;15 to tbe
highest figures that '.nice been record
cd for thirty years. In August eastern
alloy makers offered -'- '.) 11 ton for
ui) in-r cent ore. which should be com
pared w".i !i sM2...i( per .. 11. the average
price for u;t- pre .e.llna five years, in
Munh. li'lii. It was reported that
$:;i.'..ri per ton v.as paid for such ore
This great Use l.i pilces was due large
ly to the in: van e In mean freights
caused by ;'.n' shortage of vessels lu
wlil.h to 11...V0 Imported oie. There Is
good reis,.; lor expecting u further
Increase In doim -tic production during
us a lesult -f the With prices of
iVii-il. I. tit I: is I'oiihrfol whether more
thrui :i pel (t-i.t of the domestic de
mand urn be ni-t by domestic proline
tion
The shun am- of hih prude manga
uc.se i!lo.i 'e ores laust-d by cessation
cf cxpo-'.s from lutssla 'ins become a
tcvioiis i iemi e 10 the cry battery and
din; ; !.! l:i lustrles. Prh es us high
:'s $s." u ton are freely offered, but as
oiily a few deposits in the I'uited
States can supply ore of this grade
little domestic ore has come to the
market. There is record of a market
ed production of D-) tons from mines
In Arizona. California. Colorado, I'tab
uml Vi.finin during 1'JI'j. whereas the
annual demand ranges from 20.000 to
L'j,ni tons Ore of this grade 'was
Imported from Japan and Cuba during
1015.
Scrap Metals Valuable.
The value of the copper, lend. line,
tin, aluminum and until louy recovered
In the United Stales from scrap metals,
skimmings and dros-es in lUlo was
$11 1 ".il-l.'.K'.O against $o".03!.700 in
Itil!. a bio per cent Increase, says a
bulletin of the United States geological
survey. This large rniii was caused by
neater re.-ove.les und much higher
in era;;e values for all metals. Increas
ed tiallic on lie railroads and a large
demand for im-lal products, particular
ly for those to be- exported, made 1915
the most prosperous year in the waste
metal tr I
The I'll : rativo demand for zinc and
copper by munition manufacturers and
for foreign I rude made spot metal very
senr e. Seceidary metals not desired
for , these purposes were generally
aviiilal le for domestic uses when vir
gin t.ietal could not lie purchased for
prompt delivery. The incentive of high
prices caused all metal wastes to be
no te carefully saved, segregated and
rel'.ned Many manufacturers who had
considered vlrglti metals only as suita
ble for their needs found that they
could use considerable si rup provided
they seli-i led suitable material and
used good icdguient In Its treatment.
South Dakota Lignite.
Few people think of South Dakota as
containing much fuel, and therefore
many may l e surprised to know that
In I'eklns nnd Unfiling counties, in that
stale, there are more th in MX "l ,000.000
tuns of coal. This estimate is given In
n bclletin of the Unlled States geolog
Icisi si i'vey. Just published, and covers
lignite in beds more than two feet six
In. lies thick. Thinner beds are not
considered valuable, and lauds contain
ing only such beds are classified as
noneniil. At present this lignite la
mined for local domestic use and as
f n l for steain plow equipments. Ex
periments made by the United States
geological survey and later at tbe bu
nan of mines and the North Dakota
School of Mines have proved that this
lignite on brlquetting makes a very
K,iM-rior fuel When burned without
brbpiettlng tn a producer gas engine tt
is more ctllclent than the best coal
when burned under boilers
Automatic Fir Dmpr.
The Illustration shows a damper for
use In a ventilating duct which passes
through a fire wall. As tuny be seen,
a fusible link Is incorporated in the
actuating chain, says Popular Median
lea. This link will oien when heated
mm out cujses dampkh when chain
LINK 1 isas
to alimit 140 degrees, allowing the
damper to lie closed by the action of
the weight which Is attached to It
The damper may he locked In any po
sition by drawing the chain Into the
narrow end of the lock plate lot
which htdds the chain fmni slipping
N Camera Otvic.
A camera device Tor film cameras
enabling one to take two pictures on
a single fliui has been Invented by
Waldo F. Ilc!)e. a junior In animal
buslwudry lu tlie Kansas State Agri
cultural college The device Is simple
hi its makeup and can t readily at
tached to the ordinary camera using
film pack or roll films, for which It bas
been expressly designed By means of
this devl -e the o-rator can take two
exiti!vs on s s i.ge film, ea- h picture
behiK half the stie of the film. Tbe
operator has lt: hob-e of .1 full sir.,
picture or a sin'IVr. half ize pkture
of an ob.io. t or of two pi-ture- of the
same obV t on a sis e Him. The In
veiitloii n'so covers the taking of tnor
tto two pkturv on the nam Him.
jSlnii
1 - -v
. LOCAL NIWS
Miss Eva Collins is a Newport
visitor..
Mrs. A. L. Thomas has gone t
Newport.
More new sport shirts at
Kreamer's.
Lee Robinson autoed to Port
land last Thursday.
Ed. Owen returned to the
mountains Saturday.
John Nelson is keeping cool
at Newport this week.
Lots of "summer straw hats at
Kreamer's, 25c, 50c and 75c.
Mrs. Dell Bush, of Portland,
is at the M. C. Williams home.
Lots of beautiful ties on hand
and more coming at Kreamer's.
Misses Maud and Frances Pat
terson went to Newport Tues
day. Mrs. Cromwell, of Salem, was
a guest of Mrs. M. Merwin this
week.
Miss Nellie Damon is visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.
Damon.
Miss Hyde, of Corvallis, was
the week-end guest of Miss Em
ma Henkle.
W. W. Black is building a
house on his farm north of In
dependence. An immense line of ladies'
bungalow aprons at Elliott-O'Brien's,
59c to 75c.
Mrs. Gerfin, of Portland, is at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Kirkland.
Mrs. Nat Wither, children and
mother, Mrs. Hall, have gone to
Newport for a month.
Miss Frances Patterson, , of
Portland, was an arrival in In
dependence this week.
The swimming season is on
and the kids are spending most
of their time in the water.
Miss Crissie Miller departed
last week for Los Angeles,
where she will reside in the fu
ture. Ed. Pagenkoff, of Monmouth,
and J. G. Mcintosh autoed to
Canby, Wednesday, on a land
deal.
The season is on for bathing
suits. Biggest variety at Elliott
-O'Brien's for men, women, and
childern.
Mrs. W. A. Sloper is rapidly
recovering in a Portland hos
pital. W. A. took the children
down Sunday to see her.
. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Sperling
and daughter returned last week
from an extended visit in Mon
tana, Idaho, and Washington.
Mesdames Sherman Hayes
and C. W.Irvine are at the bed
side of their mother, who is ser
iously ill at her home in McMinn
ville. Who said there wasn't any
more Coates' crochet thread?
Just the same tiiere is plenty to
be had of all sizes at Coukey &
Walker's.
Mr. and Mrs.-II. S. Wood and
Asa B. Robinson autoed to Port
land Sunday to see their mother.
Mrs. Robinstm is doing as well
as could be expected.
Light weight auto caps and
hats, sport hats and caps, 50c
and $1.00. Style and shapes to
suit all. You r-hould see them.
C'onkey & Walker.
Mesdames Lucinda and Lou
isa Baldwin, who have been in
the east for several weeks, arc
now at Pendleton, where the
former is suffering from neural
gia, w hich may delay their re
turn to Independence for some
time.
Dr .J. B. Under, Dentist,
successor to Dr. Allin, Coo
ler buil 1 ng. Pbone Maiu
1021.
Kreamer has just received a
new lot of rubber soled shoes.
j cauuia mi