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,?,.) INDEPENDENCE MONITOR "THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS" rOL.4 INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1916 NO. 51 THE RHYMING SUMMARIST Tom Fryer received a letter From his daughter o'er the sea, Those wishing" to war somebody, That's where they ought to be; Neil McKenzie bid very high, But he'll never miss the money For Baptist girls, They are pearls, And all as sweet as honey. The evening time is filled with song, There's music on the street, Before the people all get home, The night watch goes to sleep; Hops are smiling on the vines, There'll be fifty thousand bales, And if the lice Don't act nice, Cut off all their tails. The people want the city threed, The city dads are noting, To prevent a bunching up By any freak of voting; The Grahamona no longer comes Because the water vapors, Dean Walker's treed, So we read, In nearly all the papers. Next week we'll all be Baptists And with the Baptists sing, We'll break the old soft pedal And make the rafters ring; August commences rather warm, And many are truly wishing To close the stores, Bolt the doors, And spend the whole month fishing. A Henry Was Quite Safe A A KKVANT who bad had several beaux ulxut wbom abe t;i Iked a grpnt deal was asked by her mistress about one Henry, be of the mild blue eyes and fair skin. "Where Is he now?" him up In my room, locked up safe ! Illm? Oh. I KOt enough In a closet!" replied Mary. "Locked up? Mary, you dmi't meun to say you've got .a yotwc man In your room?'' "Ob. yes. mam! lie's handsome. Hen ry Is. Come. I'll show you. Tney went upstairs Mary uiuivbed to a rloset and threw open the door. The mistress atepped bark ward. exNH'tlne she knew not what. All that happened was I hut Mary opened a trunk and from beneath a pile of clean handkerchiefs look out a photograph. "Then'." wild she. "that's Uenryl Ain't be Just band-some?' Ain't He Just Handsome?" LIQUOR SHIPMENTS FOR SIX MONTHS The number of liquor shipments into Polk county for the first six months of 1916 follows: Airlie 91, Black Rock 114, Ballston 23, Dallas 223, Deny 40, Falls City 74, Independence 410, Monmouth 37, McCov 18, Perrvdale 8, Suver 20. Total 1028. Estimated cost 4000. A VALUABLE MAN TilEUi; was a uiun In General Early's i avnlry woo always ran away when he (jot the chance. Id one of the battles with f-'herid;ui. n ben things were going aalnwt the Con federates, this muii tk out fr the rear, at usual, riding as fast as his horse couiij carry bini. Every time be passed a group of Confederate reserve troops he would wave Ms aatwr and shout, "Hally, boys. rally" and tbeu ride on faster th-?n ever. Finally be rode through tbe whole out Hi anil came to General Knrly. MttiiiK nl horse anions bis staff officers. He was too uiucb excited to notice wbo they were, bat still waved his sworJ and shouted. "Kally. boys, rally P One f the orderlies stopped blm at tbe point of a pistol, and tieneral Early demanded: "Where In Mazes are you going?" "I wns rallying our troops, sir. Tbe enemy Is driving na back." -n-m mm'" Th ceneral looked him over coldly "Orderly, take that Si.y: ua k t the firinar line and tve h!rn a fresh start Any tuan who can rally tbe whole Confederate army Is too valuable to be wasted." WANT WARD SYSTEM ! LETTER FROM EUROPE A petition signed by a large number of citizens was present ed to the council, Wednesday night, asking that the city be divided into three wards. It appears that the council doubts the legality of putting such a division into force without amending the charter, and no action was taken. The Monitor understands a number of citizens will begin at once to prepare an amend ment to the charter to provide for the ward system. HOP NOTES Indications point to a cleaner hop crop this year than usual. Very few vermin have appeared as yet, and in those localities where they have shown up, the attacks are very light. Many growers feel certain that fol lowing the vermin attack of 1915 they will be practictlly immune from lice this season, as two bad seasons for vermin scarce ly ever come together. A. R. Zeller. Portland mana ger for the Wolf Hop Company, Felix Isaacson, and II. A. Ilin kle and wife made a trip through the Independence hop section last week. They report pres ent conditions as indicating a lighter crop in that section than last year, especially in the coun try between Independence and Salem. Nevertheless there are said to be occasional yards there which, show every sign of a crop of 3,000 pounds to the acre. Aurora Observer The following is an extract from a letter written bv Mrs. Mildred Campbell, who is now in London to her father, T. J. Fryer: "I go every day to the Ih-anishott military hospital to write letters and do what I can for the boys. Some of the boys are ones brought in from the last big push, begun July 1. Son3 are terribly wounded and it Is awful to hear their moans and sufferings especially when tl:ey are being dressed. There are about GOO men in the hospit al and when w e realize that this is only one out of hundreds of hospitals, it is just a small idea )i how many injured men there CONDITIONS BETTER. FUTURE BRIGHTER Conditions in Independence appear to be much better and the future lcx)ks much brighter than it has before in two years. When" everybody feels the same way at the same time, it makes for bet ter or worse as the case may be, and The Moni tor rejoices to report that the public mind at the present time is unanimously optimistic. FAILED TO STOP THE "LEAK" Altho a gentleman interested mid will Rive satisfactory ser- BAPTISTS TO DEDICATE Commencing Sunday morning and continuing until the follow ing Sunday, the dedicatory ser vices of the First Haptist church of Independence, will be held. The official dedication will take place Sunday night and it will be a great pleasure to announce that the church Is free from debt, despite the recent expen diture of $3,000 for improve ment. There -still must be an expenditure for equipment but the Baptist "get It" spirit will a;,'ai:i prevail and it would not surprising if the amount was nuscl during the week. Ser vicer, will he not only field on mo ays but on every week day evening idso. A complete program can be found on page three of tLrs Monitor. Not on ly will there be aole addresses, but choir, consisting of the best iv.usi'-ians in the city, will sing. A sc ial least will be held on Tuesday and Friday evenings j NOT Si EN YET No reva.il petitions have st.ow i up i". fa's nat of the county, a't.Vj t!:e Monitor is in firm d tfc-.t tney will bo placed b.'foi evc.y voier in the coun ty. , niK section win op pose the recall by a large vote, a nu;.iber will sign the petitions P given the chance. -4 FAYS $7.50 FOR SUPPER Neil McKenzie is the champ ion high bidder of Polk county. He paid $7.50 for a basket at the T. E. C. social last Friday night. Otto Hilke was second wiiii fii.uO. If the Tuesday Kvening Club can keep their basket soda's as popular as they have been, it will be possible to equip the church wish a pipe or u and chimes and buy the preacher an automobile within the next two years. in abolishing theoflice of school supervisor found over 150 school directors in favor of abolish ment, only 53 of them signet! a petition to that effect, and the are and how much work ih,r.J ,unty educational board at a .. - i s to do. One of the boys told '"tlng, Saturday, elected Floyd me that in the last trenches they More. of Monmouth, to the iiad captured from the Germans ill:u'e for a terni of ,en months ihey had in their dugouts the nt 110 l'er month. Mr. Moore, oliowing: hot and cold water. ,rom all reports, is well qualified vice. That Fred Crowley will the elected county superintendenft, this fall no one will doubt if they feel the pulse of public opinion. He says he can perform the duties of both superintendent and supervisor, So as the re sult of the sleepy tendencies of the taxpayers, $1100 Is to be taken from the county treasury that could have been saved. deetric lights, bedsteads, shelves loaded with wines and beers and even a piano. These dug outs were made to accomodate about 40 men &o it shows how thoroughly the Hermans have entrenched themselves. One boy, whose arm had been shot off , had me write a letter for him fo his mother. He said: 'Dear .Mother: I am perfectly able to write this myself but this lady says she will write for me and as you know I was never fond of writing, so I let her do it for me. 1'oor tellow, he could not nave written a line and never will until he learns to write with ilia left hand. It is terrible. If the German losses are any thing like the rest of the countries, I do not see how they can go on much longer. 1 met au American wounded the other day and he had been in France i'or seven mouths, lie said 'You can talk about a country being too proud to fight, but be lieve me, I wish I had my feet back in little old Montana.' And I guess a lot of them wish it was over, but they will never give up until it Is all niilblieu liii'ht. They say the regiment that Tom( her husband, Dr. T Campbell belongs to,) is one of lh-i best qualified battalions ever sent over from Canada, and licir isn't a thing about war- are from building to demolish iig ana nguiing mat tney can- ot do. Yc have not had a bright sunny day here since I aiue. Am enclosing a bit of neither for luck." .... - - ATTKACTIVE NIGHTS With two attractions on the tieets nightly, there is no reas on why anybody dressed up or not dressed up should have no pkee to go. Tbeu it's free, too, unless you prefer to give or buy. FOOLING THE UM. IRE KNOCK fwV ta?) V7J0 off H JC-Qt S - H ' t Z 1 ' -- viif5 ' coJ 'fi I'M OUT H VOU HCfcM or it am i I LEFT MC Of STUCK IM TM' tA TtV , CONTIftCa Vt I 4. THE NEW "ROAD DEVILS" No more do we see the hay nek, loaded with merry, shout ing young people on their way to a htirvest party. No more the young; swain, .mriing his sweetheart in his liiuing; buggy, while old Dobbin dots lazily ahead. No more are boards laid across the box or the old arm wagon, to provide Beats for v uuiu laiiiu, iiu iuiiiiiK int.: hired man, so all can go to church together. All these vehicles of innocent v-asure are crowded from tho oinnion road by dazzled-eyed. fire-breathing, thunder-HpittliiK. dragons, which tear up the high way paid for by taxes collected fioni all the property of all the people. Wo who drive our autos over the people's roads are not such a bad lot, though; we enjoy be ing hospitable with our machine and between tours are some times almost human. As a class we are willing to contribute something like our just share towards the cost of maintain ing the roads we destroy, and will welcome a big increase in Hie automobile registration fee, ho tne extra money spent on tiie roads will relieve the gen eral taxpayer of part of the bur den of highway Improvement. Oregon Voter. 4 Well Summed Up .a CHUKCH PICNIC The Christian church people, of I 'oik county, unite in a big picnij at Dallas, Sunday. Inde pendence people of this creed have engaged auto-trucks and yearly all of them are going. See church notes for further particulars. SCON IN SIGHT Much work is being done on the Valley & Siletz railroad and it will soon be where all may look a' it come. X7 Sill; IihiI vlcwa on i-ractli'B II j" every mihjm t, bid old Mm. McKay, from lulli-n lo Imrliiln. On! Any when lio wa "lincla' a clash with a neigh bor llicy talkcl of IiuhIiuikI. "A liuxImiiil'K every noinun'H rlk'lit." aalil the DelKhlxir. "Mnm'l', I 'oiiMni Ix-ar nan Ih be nicrrlc." "Iniitini."' k''1 Mm. M-Knjr. "Ye ken, tiunbiads iyt mliiil mo o' twth. TUey ere trillle dirTl'tilt tne K't Wbea e lino tlieiu they're nactliliiK tu inu li at tlim-M, but when tbey are Kane they leave a malut awfu' blank n hint them." X7 -OOO Defining a h &AlTtlVm.'it X "A lak'a llttSn l.ola.' Lake.... T 'AY, l,iit . a lnktr- aakixl I'at of Mlk. you can." t" .Hid Mlkt, In tlt bottom of a pan." -N.w fork World. SIX convicts escape; Six inmates of the state peni tentiary escaped Wednesday, while working in the flax plant and bo far have evaded capture. OOO ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Her Extensive Vocabulary - - - S o oooooooooooo ,000000000000 0:,00000000000 ooooooooooooo ooooooooooooo ooooooooooooo ooooooooooooo 0','K riw tienoK'a Mi(tl,row girl. 'Tla hard to tulk Willi t.rr Sti. cm. trttm Homiom. ao mhm la a Itoatonocrai'hrr . -KlurMa Tlira-Union. O O oooooooooooo r OOOOOOOOOOOOq OOOOOOOOOOOOn OOOOOOOOOOOO o OOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOO o OOOOOOOOOOOOO Keportg Indicate that Polk County will have a "bumper" piune crop. Charles K. Hughes will speak in Portland, on Wednesday ev ening, August 16.