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INDEPENDENCE MONITOR THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS" VOL 5 IKDKPKKDCNGK, POLK COWTT, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1016 HO. 2 THE RHYMING SUMMARI3T Mike Goetz is back once more And everything seems better, If he will bring1 the railroad in To him we'll be a debtor. Mike is still a G. 0. P. And in the big race setting, Charles E. Hughes Is the one he choose, So be ready for the betting. Big Lew Stapleton and big Verd Hill Met the other day, Said Lew to Verd politely, "Why don't you thresh your hay?" "Why," says Verd, "I can't find time To do this seed dehorning;" Then said Lew: "If I was you, I'd get up in the morning.' The sun is getting very warm, Which started many fussing, An auto ran a street sign down And set the street cop cussing; Two others spilled the riders out And one was on the level, Even a Ford With folks aboard, Can act up like the devil. Some of the boys have started out, They think to gun a deer, While others around the town Can't leave the ones that's here; What's that fragrarlce which we smell, But why should any ask it? Get ready now, You know how, Sadie, where's your basket? PUZZLED THE MINERS WHEN the late Senator Wolcott first went to Colorado be and his brother opened a law office at Idaho Springs under tbe firm name of Ed Wolcott & Bro. Later the partnership was dissolved The future senator then packed up his few as- aeti. Including tbe sign that bad bung outside of his othVe, loaded them Uxn a burro and started for Georgetown, a mining town farther up In the bills. Cpoa bis arrival be was greeted by a crowd of miners, who critically su frayed blm and bis outfit One of them, looking first at tbe sign that bung over tbe pack, then at Wolcott and finally at tbe donkey, ventured: "Bay, stranger, which of you la Bdf Pittsburgh Chronl-ela-TsJegnipb. Critically Survsed Him. FATHER FORGirS Newport Independent: Father I erget lime aato tried te star, something oa Froat street Itit week as all of a sadden it took a netioa te ran across the street and changed its mind aad started back aeress to where It had started without the assistance of FRACTIOUS FORD a driver. It made a mistake however by trying te knack Johnnie Pickei's biff touriai ear eut of its way, aad va would suggest that if the Father don't ti the little eae up, after this, he at least eeuld traia itte pick ea a car its size. Ever Eat Pate de Foie Gras? 'J ATE de fole gras la a French dish made of goose liver mid served by Irish waiters, "Zlm" writes In the Car toons Magazine. You will find It mentioned on tbe menu of almost every fashionable hotel and restaurant If It la ever your good luck to est In a place where tbey bava patty de what you may rail It oa tbe bill of fare don't dis play your bad bringing up by raising for It. It will save tbe waiter tbs bumlllstloa of explaining bow It happened that they are Just out of H. Pate de fole gras Is a standard filler which to kept tn type form to give the place a swell air. Ion't ever attempt to pronounce tbe dub aloud In pub tie, becatwe It Isn't what it spells. Let tbe Irish waiter pro Bounce It for you; then you'll make no mistake. In ordering point to It with your finger, preferably tbe one with tbe big diamond ring on It, and don't forget that a generous Up should follow at tbe conclusloo of tbe serrVe, for tbe dignity of pets de fole gras should be sustained at all hazards. AUTO ACCIDENTS I PAVING COMMENCED Civil Engineermaa lace nar rowly escaped a serious accident while driviag te tewa last Fri day afternoon. About a mile west of this plaee a wheel came off his machine, causing the car tn overturn, hut lint; all the occupants head- lone;. Ia the party with Inee were D. Williams, Ernie Hartmtn and Rollo McKiaaey, all werkmea oa the Valley & Sileti road. All the flaee were injured, one sustaining a broken arm, aaether fractured ribs, while the ether two received niaor iajuries. Mr. and Mrs. X. C. Eldredge probably narrowly escaped death or at least serious injury when their bin seven-p&ssenffer Buiek scaled down a forty foot em bank men t. The Eldredges were returnirf from Salem, Monday evening;, and about four miles from town missed the main highway where the accident happened. Mr. Eldredffe received some minor bruises, tho' Mrs. Eldredge was considerably shaken up and suffered severely from the shock. Let's make September the banner month. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Deuty of Portland were in Independence Friday en their way to Newport. The Doutys net with a serious automobile aecideat near the coast towa. DIED Funeral services for Lee Fluke who died at his home in Taeoma last Saturday at the age of 24, were conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon front the resideace of his mother, Mrs. M. 0. Fluke. Interment was made at the I. 0. 0- F. cemetery where the mem hers of that order had charge of the service. At the residence Dr. H. C. Duns- more paid a pretty tribute to the departed, the Presbyterian choir rendered the funeral music. As a special request Mrs. Myrtle Richardson sang "Will There Be Stars in My Crown." Mr. Fluke grew to manhood here and a largo concourse of friends gathered to pay a last respect. The floral offerings were hand ssme and aumerous. His passing away was caused by acute appen dicitis. He leaves a widow and two children who live in Taeoma. His mother and two brothers, Frank and Hi, and a sister, Mrs. McLaughlin, live here, while another brother's home is in Portland. MARRIED Married at the home of Rev W. S. Stewart, pastor of the Baptist church, Mr. Gerald Howard, son of Mr. aad Mrs. Fred HewarJ of this city, aid Miss Neva Shough, daughter of Mr. E. Shough of Newport The father of the brid. Mr. E. Shough, and her sister, Mlit Myrtle Shough. the father aad mother of the groom, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Howard, aad his sitter, Miss Mary Howard, were the only guests presoat at the ceremony. After the wedding the couple went to their aew home on Fifth street next to the High school. C. OFF FOR COOS BAT A party composed of th 0. D. Butlers, the P. H. Drex-Ir-rs, the Geo. Conkeys. the W. H. Walkers. J o Hiuchberg. J. B. V. Butler of Monmouth. Chester Henkle and Miis Florence Burton started oa the Coos Bsy wedding trip this mericag. A large force of mea com meneed work this week on the road leading from Independence to Salem. The work is being done preparatory to the new paving which will begin at Ash Creek viaduct aad extend north about three miles. At present the road going out of town ia that directioa leads one ia rather a circuitous route. TELLON 7. & S Farmers is this vicinity arc making considerable complaint U the Valley & Silets Railway Co., which has a line under con struction from Sileti te this city. Clay Bast sad Jsmos David son, farmers, have both com plained te the public serviee com mission. They allege that tho company has fences dowa along the line and that livestock can roam at will, which causes much worry aad damage. These men have requested that watchmen bo stationed along tho road aad unless this is done they claim they will not he able to pasture their stock ia tho j?raia fields aftor threehiag, which will cause them considerable loss. HOP PICKING COMMENCES TODAY Hop picking commenced in the Independence district today and not later than next Monday, work in every higgle yard will be on. Nearly all the other yards, large and small, will commence during the week beginning Sept. 3 It docs not look at this time as if there would be a scarcity of pickers. THE EFFICIENT NORMAL REGISTRAR MIKE COMES BACK Mike Goets returned to Inde pendence aad civilisation Wed nesday after an absence of sevea months during which time he has beea building the Valley & Siletz railroad from Hetkias aad west to the Polk county line. He left others to finish tho re maining few miles aad came to Iadependeace, ais services being acquired ea tnis end of the rail road. Mike says it la "seme" railroad from Hoskina west with its many curves aad bridges and ia very willing to tell all about it to anyone who desires the infer mttion. SOCIAL The first entertainment given in the new Social Hall of the Baptist church was given last Friday evening by the Light Bearers, a Sunday School jlass of th Baptist Sunday School of which Mrs. F. E. Howard is the teacher. The girls had worked out a program of 20 numbers that was delightfully rendered. They ssng songs, gave recita tion?, gave pretty dialogues, played on the cello, paatctnlmed a song, and ceded with a tableau. So well was the whole program rendered aad eajoyed that the class is assured an even larger crowd at their next entertain ment. After the program the girls held a candy and ice cream sale in the basement. Tbey will use $5 to purchase new chairs for their class room, besides enough to start a baak account. JOHN LOWE DISAPPEARS Joha Lowe, a farmer living five miles west of town, mysteri ously disappeared from his heme last Monday aad no trace of him has yet been obtained. The missing maa is a bachelor about 50 years old, and lives with his brother Robert. They had worked in the field in the forenoon, and after l;nch Joha went to the barn, and has not ben seen since. Sheriff Orr. with posses, has made search for Lowe but with- ut results. It is feared that despondency ver poor health has caused the man to wander away. -- - ' John Nelson, who ass been coa- flned at his hoae of pneumonia the past week, ia reported better as we go to press He is under the esre ef twe physicians and a nurse. The following excerpts from ait article which appeared is Sunday's Oregoniaa will be in teresting to maay readers. Mrs. Macy was first secretary of the publicity department ef the Nor mal. She was elected registrar when the school was established and has served in that capacity for six years. Her work ia so proficient that a hinted resigna tion from her ia strongly re belled by the Normal president "Katie Duasmere Mtey is not only registrar of the Oregoa Normal school, bat she acts ia I j other capacities oaoh of w hich, if system were not em ployed, would require an em ploye ia the office. She is score tary te President Ackerman, an! normal school accountant. "Although the atudont body during tho last Fall and Wintor session numbered 600 aad that daring the 1916 Summer school 835, tho new plan ef combined fuactiens succeeded. By that Is meant all the work was dose and this without overwork. "Wkea the summer stadents eime iato the office te enroll, Mrs. Macy received 6.35 from each, which is tbe summer en rollment fee. She wrote a re ceipt, aad handed tho atadeat a package. It coatainod a cata logue, of coarse, enrollment blanks and directions. After the student had filled ia for him self the courses he had ehosen, a id had them 0. K'd by the in structor, he had dose half his own office work. He did the other half by filling a card giv ing his Monmouth residonce, home residence, earns of parents, their reeidenoe, date ef entrance and class en one side; his name, number of room where he could bo found aay school period, and his neat namher la chapel which had beea assigaed to him, oa tho other side. Whos ho west to file the card he fllle. out another similar one, which gave telephone numbers ef his Monmouth residence aad those of his parcels at heme. "The iaeoming stadents' re cords were filed then. The pre liminaries consisted only ia cot tins the student's credits from preparatory and other schools. "Mrs. Macy, ia the capacity of secretary, took all the presi dent's dictations aad wrote the letters. Ia ad iitiea some letter! were written for faealty mom bers who wore eerrespeadlaf for tho school concerning teachers' credentials. ; "As accountant Mrs. Macy entered all debits and credits, covering every financial item ef the school. By the use of Bu rner ous columns, saving aay du plication of figures, the book keeping aad aecouatiag are minimized. One corner of the business office is used te aceom modate state claims which have beea paid aad returned from the State Departmeat at lalem. These show tho details ia the ex pease accounts. ' 'The registrar's work started again when the lutumer aoaaiea ended. Grades were prepared. The iastruoters sent la complete lists. Mrs. Macy took a student's card aad traced all tho grade. The whole task was completed ia loss than a day aad a half, aad the stadents received their grades the day the session oaded.' Copying the students' records ia to a pormaaoat lodger was bigger task aad thla waa doae whoa the rash ef school was over. r "Mica of the time erdiaarily required ia tho reutiae of the ' day is elimlaated by the ase ef numbers, aad student prefer the system to tho use ef aames. " 'By the use ef cards aad numbers aad triple feactioaa of tbe registrar aad presides t, the daager of ever system aad office nuisances is eliminated,' aald Fresideat Ackermaa." i EE "ADMWS ON THE JUMP" dsl PArzonaiuutt SPECIAL EXTRA V. 8. A. 8TJSRIB KDXnOZf CHANCED THEIR MINOS. IT I o'clock the other mornlns: we received notice from Cluck Clack, the shyatar liwyr that they would flla a libel suit act-In us for Mto.itt) at 10 o'rlock. At we had visited their office and mads them sua a better way arid was back tn our sanctum. Of rouraa, wa carried our (una with ua whan wa made the raJl. ANOTHER SWINDLE. Tl airent of an eiatern packing houe was here the other day to make arraigemciita for the kllllris'and ship ping of XO.'tnt Jarkrsbblte and prairie dor They are to be canned up aa quail, and ne one will ever notice tbe differ ence In taate OUR APOLOGY. We apologia to Joe Gordon of the Golden Htar poker parlors Wa aald last week that he Utre-w bia mother over a pieclplee In Colorado. He has prove! to ua that H was hi wife tnatead. Wa mu' h reirret mlilna I he twe ladles up. and Joe will take a drink ef his own li'iuor at our eipense. THE TIME TO HOLLER. l.MOHT every day ws reoatvs a doaen letters from readers of Mis Kicker aaklns us why ws don't some out flat footed for soens sreal4aital candidate or other. The reason la mlshty plain. We are the postmaster hers aad bve tot a mlfhty eoft anap of It. Wa don't propoee to boiler ntfl W are certain that the maa ws boiler for v. Ill keep ua In our Job. A NARROW ESCAPE. The report lot around tbs OwlcJi bvet week that Alderman Baker k4 re ceived HO In (raft none for Votl&s to build the sewer tn the fowrta vwl Our people did not linger la to lna trie caae up. aor was there aay ski ana (Iven for any whltewashiiwv. Forty cltlaens run the aldersuM to earth, aad forty (una est er tad ta facts frorn him. Ms made Juet H cents aa that tMl As It was not eiioush to treat forty men, he dispatched It to tbe bee-then of Africa at once. We underatand that the airier mail has frovB (ray beaded over bis nar row earape at QUAD.
