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NDEPENDENCE MONITOR
"THE PAPEK THAT EVERYBODY READS"
VOL.4
INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1916
NO. 49
THE RHYMING SUMMARIST
Off to Newport still they go,
It is a pleasant lark,
Unless perhaps a few of them,
Are gobbled by a shark;
Heaven's faucets were turned on,
The hay was down in floods,
And so the cqw
And Berkshire sow,
Will-have to chew their cuds.
Presbyterian folk in session met
And w'isely picked a pastor,
He will do them worlds of good
And make the church grow faster;
Wedding bells are due to ring,
And many are supposing
As the end is near
Of leaping year
The girls are all proposing.
The ladies of a certain club
Among the tops and uppers,
Dragged their poor hubbys out,
Bui gave the things their suppers;
Scores are after a piece of land,
To be luck)' in the draw,
This we pen,
The single men,
Should also get a squaw.
The V. ec S. is coming soon,
They saj its on the level,
And Pastor Stephens is back again,
To help combat the devil;
Berries were picked from every bush,
In all the neighboring thickets,
And Homer Wood
Says it looks good
For Wood row and his ticket.
HONEST ABE, U. S. M.
He Writes
HKN 1 got along to Farmer James Foster's the other day he was
at the gate to say us he solemnly shf"H !.Ij head:
"Abe, In the midst of life we are In death."
m wg I eS, DUl in toe nuufcl
I rl"r' we nave to nustlH-"
X I "Well, you don't hustle
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penea ana UU U HTCWO
old poetry for everybody but me for
ten miles around, and here Is where I
come in. I have been ahook with ex
citement for the last week, and my old
wife has been Bhook, and my daughter
8uie Jane has had to take to her bed
and like enough will never leave It,
for her heart Is mighty near broke at
what happened last week."
"And what happened? I was away
last week, you know."
"Why, the awfulest thing that ever
took plate," he answered. "Didn't you
know that Sam Slippy, son of Old Man
Bllppy, was no mure on this earth?"
'I haven't heard a word of It."
I went Into the house with him
and found out all the particulars an-1
then Bet to work and wrote the obitu
ary required. It came to me as easy as
a sawlog rolling downhill. All 1 had to
do was to touch a lead pencil to my
tongue and away went the verses as
follows:
Now, Fanner James aa parlant to
A gral named Susan Jane.
And her look continued tniotiful
In mud or enow or rain.
And 8usan J me, she had a beau.
His Hrsl tin me It was Sam:
And he was lull of energy
And push und rush and slam.
One summer's Sunday afternoon
As they stood by the fence a-woolng.
And talking of the turtle oves
That all around were cooing
A bull came up and looked at Sam
And then he gave a beller;
And then he pawed up loads of earth
Just like a bluffing feller.
When I had finished this ode and read ito ir stood In the eyes of the
farmer and sobs shook the frame of his wife. Although Miss Susan Jane was
upstairs In her room with the door locked and her head covered up with the
bedclothes, we could hear her crying as If she would never smile again. The
ode also affected me, but nevertheless I managed to eat half a mince pie before
I left the house The poetry will tie framed and hi ng at the head of the girl's
bed.
When I got to the blacksmith's shop at the Red Bridge I found old Jtm
Sprlgue sitting in the dr of his shop with his head In his hands. Of course
I asked him what was the matter, and he told me He la a grim faced old man
and not much given to sentiment, but I thought I' di -overed a slight wabbling
to his chin as he answered me that his wtf" was dead and asked me if I
wouldn't write a verse or two that he might hann up among those horseshoes
to remind him of her many noble qualities . - Jim had alays been obliging to
me. and I cheerfully wrote for him:
Jtm Spngue s site, she is no more;
Sne's gone where ane;s sing.
Where harp en4 silver be'ls and slcb
They keep the air a -ringing.
"That s r'ght to my hrart," said Jim. 'V- juw It says that I shall
rr.arry e.gitn. and dog-gone my cats If I don't' I'm not goln' to trot
round here t:l me and do my own housekeeping I'm sorry the old woman
deeded t- i e hut It was the will of heaven, am I'm not g .m' to kick
:theut It M QUAD
C pyrght tr.4. MeClure Newspaper ("yndl-ate
Obituaries
Ul llir, rf---.uiiy miai ui mail
1 replied
one rod until you hear what has hap-
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Stood by the Fence A-wooiny.
And Sam slid quickly from the fence.
And In his plan perailMted:
He got a hold of that bull's tail
And then he pulled and twisted.
The bull revel-Bed 'twas horns, not tails
And he rent Sam a-fiylng.
t.'p. up went Sum into the blue.
And he canie down a-dylng.
Some fortv bor.es or more were broke.
HeHlde the cptnal column.
Such wat the vicor of the bull
And euch his strength and volume.
I'mler a ew they buried Sam,
And o er tilm plenty of roses.
And he r as knocked at heaven's gate
I'oor Susan Jae supposes.
It's left poor Jlrn all stark alone:
He has no one near him.
But he wiii take another wife
And have some one to cheer him.
DUNSMORE CHO.tN
At a meeting of the members
of the lYesbyterian church Wed
nesday night, Dr. H. C. Duns-
more was invited to become pas
tor of the church and no doubt
he will accept. The doctor is
one of" the most able and elo
quent pulpit speakers iu the
state and his selection as pas
tor will greatly benefit the com
munity as well as the church.
It is planned to give him a royal
welcome Sunday morning.
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HOP NOTES
The present weather is very
conducive to a erood hon cron.
Sjlem hop men say. The hop
vines will begin to bloom in
about two weeks. Neither lice
nor mildew is noticeable on the
vines this summer, a contrary
condiUon to a year ago, when
both were general in the hop
sections. Salem Statesman
Locally the hops have a fine
culor and are still making an
excellent growth. Vermin are
lew. A period of hot weather
is the chief need this month
(.rowers consider the crop pros-
jitx-is improving, nut ntue en
couragement is felt over the
puce prospects. Aurora Obser
ver.
FED TIaEIR HUSBANDS
The Wednesday Afternoon
Club enjoyed a most pleasant
meeting with Mrs. L. L. Hewitt
on Weduesday of last week.
ieeuie wore, music, anu a
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splendid luncheon were Indulg
ed in.
On Friday the members of
the club entertained their hus
bands with a picnic supper, later
going to the Eldridge home,
where delightful amusement
was furnished until a late hour.
MARRIED
At the home of Pastor Steph
ens, at 1:20 p. m., July 18th, Mr.
Jrnest C. Brundridge and Miss
j ina Stalnaker were united in
larriage in the presence of se
lected witnesses. May much
joy attend their way.
"NOT IN THE MONITOR"
Editor Monitor Why wasn't
.iy party in the Monitor? Host-
ss.
Your "party was not in the
lonitor" solely because the
Ionitor did not know you had a
arty. Never take chances on
lie Monitor finding out every
liing. Phone or write w hen
you have a party, get married,
(,o away, company comes to see
you, have a baby, etc. This ap
plies more especially to our
leaders living in the country.
Every woman, who reads the
paper, is appointed a special cor
espondent for the Monitor. The
. lore she writes or phones, the
Letter it will suit us.
DIED
After an illness of several
veeks, Mrs. P. It. Uurnett, moth
er of Mesdanies Sherman Hayes.
C. W. Irvine, and Florence Whit
eaker, of Independence, died at
her home in McMinnville Wed
nesday morning. Mrs. liurnett
'.s well known in Independence,
as her husband was pastor of
the Christian church here at one
time. The sympathy of Inde
pendence friends is extended to
the bereaved daughters. .
M. C. and F. A. William went
o Portland Wednesday to at
tend the funeral of their uncle,
Wes William.-;, a pioneer of Ore-son.
I RAIN SPOILS HAY
The rains of last week, some
tning unusual for Oregon, dam
aged the hay crop greatly. The
larger part of it was caught be
tween the mower and the stack
Most of the clover will be unfit
for horse feed and the grass hay
will be black.
THE BIRTH OF A NATION
"TJhe liirth of a Nation," ap
pearmg at the C.rand Opera
house, iu Salem, on Mundav,
Tuesday and Wednesday, of
next week, afternoon and even
ing, is the most stupendous and
spectacular enterprise ever pro
uueeu, ii.uuo scenes, 18,000
characters, 3,000 horses, cities
burned, battles, artillery duels,
.n which real shells are used, the
assassination of Lincoln, in all,
12,000 feel of film, accompanied
by 30-pi"re orchestra. It' yon
'ail to se it, you are missing the
greatest production of the times.
NEEDLECR AFTERS
The Needlecrafters were the
guests of Mrs. Crosby Davis, at
her attractive Seventh street
home, yesterday afternoon.
1'ietty flowers of riotous hues
and airay from the hostess'
own well-kept gardens, decked
the rooms where the guests
plied their needles and visited.
The afternoon was rounded out
with a delicious luncheon, Mrs.
Davis thoroughly sustaining her
well established reputation for
being a splendid epicurean. V. S.
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"BILL" LOSES HIS HAY
Editor Monitor: The clover
hay has been knocked out by
t lie Oregon rains. We can
bland a big lot of the good old
Oregon mist, but when it gets
to pouring down in July, as it
did this year, goodby to the clo
ver. We may be able to fool
'he cows into eating it, but that's
:;11. No respectable horse will
eat it 'as long as there is any of
the manger left. I regret to re
port t he failure of the clover crop
localise everything on the place
cits it except the hired man.
"Farmer Hill."
GOOD TIME TO MARRY
The marriage of several prom
inent people is scheduled to take
dace between this time anr.Sep
iinber 1st. In tin: opinion ot
the Monitor, this is an ideal
time to get married. The hap
py pairs can spend their honey
moon in the bop yards and so
ake money enough to start
them up in housekeeping.
iUVER BREAKS RECORD
The river is !.! feet above low
water on the 18th day of July
id the oldest inhabitant will
)i ive considerable difficulty in
remembering a time when the
ver was at. this unusually high
iage at this time of the year.
Ordinarily, by the middle of July
the rver is barely above the zero
uage mark and boats are takeu
if on account of the low stage
Salem Capital .Journal.
LANDMARK GONE
The popcorn vender, who has
been stationed on the corner of
(' and Main streets fof several
vears, quit business mis wee.
High license was given as the
reason for quitting, by the pro
prietor. POPULATION INCREASES
With hop picking time draw
ing near, many
families are
I moving in.
THE "RECALL" GOES ON
About thirty-five members of
the Taxpayers' League assem
bled in the circuit court room of
the court house last Saturday
to nominate candidates to op
;i .so the members of the county
c.nirt in a recall election, which
it had been previously decided
to initiate. In the absence of
i resident Harry Hutz, Vice
I 'resilient K. F. Rogers, of Oak
dale, presided. K. A. Gwinn
i' ted as temporary secretary.
The first man recognized by
the chair was J. K. Sears, of
McCoy, wjio launched into a bit
ter den uncial ion of our esteem
ed contemporary, the Observer,
branding certain recent refer
ees to the recall movement in
ih.it publication as being delib
erate talsohoods, Mr. Sears,,
i bile sparing the Itemizer from
;he fury of his wrath, stated
'that, no support to this move
ment can he expected from
it her of Ihe county papers, as
iith have been subsidized." At
e conclusion of Mr. Sears'
veech, Mr. Rogers and one or
mo others also took u rap at
lie Observer.
After more or less talk the
.leeting finally got down to the
Msiness for w hich it was called,
ind nominations for the var
THE CANDIDACY OF MR. PETRE
Whether by accident or design, the recall pro
moters added to their strength by nominating S.
I. Petre for county jugde. 1 here are many a
great many, who while
present recall movement, would look upon his
candidacy with much favor.
" gg CgTY pAR
The Monitor hopes that the
i'olk County Fair of PJ1G will be
the best one over had and that
i' will be largely attended by
.Monitor readers. From the
reliuiiiiary announcements, it
; npears that it will be worth
jnir attention. Says the man
agement: "The lair management wants
ine residents of I'olk county to
eel that this institution belongs
t.) them, and that its promotion
and success depends largely up
,11 the interest they manifest in
,t. There is no good reason
,vliy Polk cannot boast of the
best county fair held in the state,
and it can, if residents of the
various sections will only put a
shoulder to the wheel in Its be-
,;tll'. From an educational
standpoint it is worth while;
the amusements and entertain
ments which are calculated to
;orm a part of the l'Jltt fair,
He Got
Till; poiicu received a cull few night ao that a man,
iippiircntly intoxicated, had fallen a'dri'd a weigh
ing ma'tjiiie iii ffnt of a tore in Virginia avenue and
wan belicM'd to be hurt Meriouxly. Two bicycle policemen
were in-lit to iliv-tigale.
They returned to tin: police station a short time later
und reported to the captain that the report must have
Ixen fiJe. At any rate, they were unable to find any one
who hud been injured, they huid.
Sergeant Ibchter via kitting in the utation at the time
and overheard the bicycle men's rejort.
"That's eaxily solved," Miid Itichter. "The follow
probably saw you cops coniing, dropped a nickel in the
lut anI got a weigh." Indianapolis News.
THE BEST JOKE OF THE SEASON
Attempting to recall Commissioner Wells when
he is already looking for his hat.
ious offices to be filled by the re
call were made. Ex-county
Commissioner S. II. Petre, of
Airlie, and E. F. Rogers were
named for county judge and a
ballot resulted in Petre receiv
ing U votes, Rogers 12. U. S.
Grant 3, and one for "Mr. Rob
erts." The chair declared Mr.
Petre the nominee. For com
missioner to succeed George A.
Wejls, William Riddle, of Mon
mouth, and Mose Manston, of
Pallas, the regular Republican
nominee were named. Retort)
a ballot was taken, however, Mr.
Riddle'B name was withdrawn
and Mr. Manston was declared
the nominee by acclamation.
Fir commissioner to succeed
Clyde W. lieckett, FM. Luce, of
I :rnsh College, and Geo. McCul-
lough, of Rroadmead, were nam
ed, the ballot resulting in the
litter's nonihvion.
A motion prevailed that. In
case any of the candidates nom
inated refused to run, the next
highest in the balloting should
be the nominee.
A committee composed of J.
K. Sears, M F. Rogers, and Mr.
Waite were named to prepare
I'lid circulate petitions for sig
natures for the recal. Polk
County Itemizer.
not in sympathy with the
while a very necessary adjunct,
should be of secondary consid
eration. From the present In
dications we have every reason
for believing that the coming
event will eclipse all previous
efforts in this direction , the
board having been assured of
the hearty co-operation of agri
culturists, horticulturists, stock
men, dairymen, and other allied
interests, not to mention the
business people of the several
communities within the baili
wick. Rut there Is a part for
all to play to make the Polk
County Fair the pronounced
success for which we hope, and
we earnestly Bollclt,your assis
tance in bringing about the de
sired result. If you have some
thing to exhibit, enter the con
tent, not alone for the premium
that may be offered on that par
ticular article, but that others
may profit from your experien
ces and from your success."
Away-