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'THE PAP13R THAT EVERYBODY READS"
VOL.5
INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, 5EPTEMI3LT; 1, 1916
NO. 3
jENCE
MONITOR
THE RHYMING SUMMARIST
You can see them coming- in
With stove and pan and ticking.
Looks as if the old durn state
Will help us in the picking-;
By train, auto, horse pulled rig's
Or an) thing- that 's runny,
Ten thousand hands
In family bands
Are here to get the money.
Last year John and Alary met,
When both were airing- bedding,
And just as soon as hops were picked,
They had a jo'ful wedding;
Back again they 've come this year,
Tust as happy maybe,
John will pjck
Unless he's sick 4
While Alary tends the baby.
The famous maiden who in glee,
Puts in the leaves and all the tops,
She is back again we see
And will assist to pick the hops;
Hired and fired a dozen times
From yard to yard she tosses,
But with a wink,
A goo-g'oo blink,
She captures all the bosses.
This maiden with her winning way,
Gave all a cheerful greeting-,
She 's not particular who she sees
Or gives a slap in meeting;
The city council welcomed her
Writh Damon as the talker.
And spying him, "
With much vim,
She kissed our mayor, Walker.
i0H0Gl GPtNSSEPlV25; PICKING SEASON ON PERILOUS" TIME MAY BE AVERTED
The fail semester of thf Inae-1 Another hn .l-;.,., ;.! Congress mav pass an 8-hour law which will
pendence school scheduled to ! upon us. NVarlv a!! tiV v'r,i'J:-Pllv to railroads and t hus ntvvont tln
u me MiiKe ui trainmen called to begin at 7 A. M,
j Monday morning.
! The strike, such as proposed, would be a na
tional calamity, only exceeded in seriousness by
i rebellion of strength. However, it can be
assumed that the American people would not
stand such a condition of affairs very long, but
would arie in their wrath and put an end to the
clu;os by some means and perhaps those means
would not be very polite.
: ..i-.ll
t'Vi rv
begin September 25: wkh only I wiil common.. s'.,.,,.... ..." . iV
one chasiye already made in the j first of the cohiirr we' k, ;':, I?
corps of High School teachers, j tiair.s wj: .e run'Viv.ii li j
with one vacancy yet to fill. Snturdoy and Suiuu.y. ' T!..
Miss Buryl L. Holt of Salem has ! Wit rich h.-w ..,) t.... .
been elected to a position in the j tert1 for pk-ki: and are tur'n
Iligh School and the Domestic i ing their yurus over to ot'i'r
Science teacher has not yet been j y aids. Some of tie . rmu' rs
elected. ; ar s,.1rf ,,n , , ?' :. :'.
inuo. a. tuestau, as Manual
Training teacher, and Mi'ss
Viable Stevens, as teacher cf
Literature, have been retained
as co-workers with List year's
superintendent.
llie Dra.Hp f ,.i,Vu.i-.! innli.1. ..... 1 -,t r . L
,. - ...viujv. many vi me Kfeveis nro.
.VsseMHneMfiS, of Portland; Lf the opinion that th- c-op in
Bessie Graham, of M -nmouth; thU locality will not come no to
Laura B. Wagoner, of Lebanon; the bulk of last vr '.,..
tuo Oregon crop this ye.,r w i,l
f i!! Mnut of I '.st year by niu.,y
thousands
The sit Mit.'ar. from the selling
pdnt does not look Vfiy promis-
inir at the present time but it K
'.he general expectation that
Tair price will eventually 'be
sjeured.
n; i i.t there will 1 .
i Xtfa Collie i.'l within i)
ti'rto .ij.s to till cp u
yard.
The f are beinir picked
tnii woik ai.d are turnim n i
fl
tiib ELECTION Seemed to
DOUBTS I SlitST g
j T was the owner of a Kentucky backwoods cabin who mood at his
nuntier cani along on horseback, and
after a B.ilutatlon, he said:
"I am sort o' looking up the votera In this district to see how
they stiind. 1 suppose you have made up your mind how you
win vote this fall."
"I can t say I have," was the reply.
"You haven't given It enough thought, eh?"
"I have si von It a heap of thoueht, but I doubt if tl.ers will be any election
around hero this fall."
"Oh. hut there Is certain to be." said ths strancer. "The law says you must
have an election at certain times."
"Tea, I know she does." drawled the farmer, "hut I reckon something; Is
gwlne to happen to prevent."
"What can happen?" was asked.
"Well, now, I will explain. There (3 Kurnel Ford IIvI.ir about two n.ilc
way. He has the rnenneiit. nuervlst
daws In this state. Here is me living
right here. I have a dawg Just as
mean and onery as his When 'lection
day comes we go to town to vote. He
takes his dawg with him, and I take
mine.
"Jlst before the polls open those
dawgs see each other and thev beirln
to walk around and growl and dare
each other to fisht lly and by they
Pitch Into each other, and after a
minute the kurnel pitches Into me. and
I pitch Into him.
"Then everybody begins to pitch Into
everybody elss. and they fout so hard
and so many got hurted that there
can t be no 'lection."
"But If the colonel should leave his
dog at home?" queried the stranger.
"But he won't, you see. The kurnel
Is Jlst as onery as his dawg"
"But If you should leave your dog
at home?"
"But I won't Tou see, I am Jlst a.i
onery as Kurnel Ford, and we shall
be right thar with our nrmrv An ' ir
That's why I doubt If we shall have any
lLora Chute, of Jefferson: Neliie
Keyt, of Perrydale; Mary Whit
man, ef Independence: Edna
Vmafor, of Portland.
uis Bertha Ciurk. of Sald.'ii,
who was elected to a grade posi
tion, has resigned to accept a
piMtion in the State Library.
This grade i yet to be supplied
with an instructor.
HELP EACH OTHER.
With tne reaching of Inde
pendence by the Valley and Si
letz railroad arid the constant
en larjfomt-jit of the Normal the
prospects uf increase in import
ance to Independence anc, Mon
mouth loom larger and nearer.
Tiiere is no rer.son why each
to a ii should not help the other
until they assume an important
place among the cities of the
west side of the Willamette val
ley. Cordial feelings between
the two town should be encour
aged and anything one can do
for the othei should be done.
Monmouth Herald.
LETTER FROM faRS. FRYER-CAMPBELL
IT 'S SETTLED NOW.
It remained for Sheriff John
Orr to rind a solution of the Li-
Creole-Uicki'i .-ill eontrovt rsary
that has been waging so warm
for several w cks. and we are
)t surprised that it was neces
sary for the i-hfi'iir to ii.p. rIYtv.
vVhile over to GrunJ Rnmle on
The following excepts from a
letter written by Mrs. Miidred
Campbell, who is now in London,
I her father, T. J. Fryer, will
i '(-rest many readers:
"1 wish I was there to some of
ilios" good eherrits and fruit.
I he berries are lovely here. In
Lmdon. the other day, I saw
viteborries &. laig as pullets'
'.'is. They w ;i e not sour and
w.: could cat tl.em like apples.
I belie thev wnv I'rovcn in
S vit.ei land or 1'iaiice.
"There is a big review on
'.' ind.iy by t ;;n. i' an lluhc.
iii.u i'ry lire (in (r ult.
t -iu. ;....n, 'Z", Odd of thm now.
"1 don't liiiu.v what just what
1 vii do yt t w hea Tom goes.
Ue- won't l.u e any timu oil' for
t ree tiK-nths; than only seven
o lys ui less he is wounded in
oilietal business last wt . k Mr.
n.f ;,...; ...j .. i. .. I '
j 1 1 4ii mi v u;v eu an ii nan sou i w ' . .
ua ..'.,! tM'm''a',timy' 1 "';'y t into
UJ a iiinmieii ,n b ,,, !' v,..,.-!, . ..(..... I...,.
1 my want nurses, but there is
IV S - S vlf 'I; t.t ;
' tsT .-. - 1 A
FOUND DEAD.
The body of John Loe, who
disappeared from hia home six
mile north of Indenenrlpnee
nt arly two weeks ago, was found
by his brother Sunday afternoon
in an oat field near the house.
He had evidently committed
uicide for his throat was cut
ar,d a blood-stained knife was
found near the body.
Loo was a bachelor. 48 vears
old, and hud been in ill health
f r Ft me time. With his brother
Robert he had resided on the old
hf mc stead for JJ2 years.
yetrs old." After buvioir tl
old girl a dime's worth of candy
Ch i shei iff used her w hich was
th! original name of the beauti
ful stream which (lows through
Uii'as LuCreole or IMckroall.
' Some white men call 'em La-
'Ovule and some call Vm Kick-
re, J!," said the old woman, "hot
Injun him all time call Vm Chau
Chun Chaul." Dallas Iteniiz.r.
LAW BOYS AT FRONT.
hred Collins, of near Inde
pendence, and who was for a
time with Smith & Sisson, re
tinned here last week from a
tiip to California and .Mexi.o.
ii" was at Imperial Beach and
y.'. the boys encamped. Ho
s;.'s tluy are all looking vull
a:id were clad to see friends
f. cm the old borne. At all an-
pearances the tamp is bcii u
'other sent me some Scotch short
bread. So 1 yiiess they all like
Tom.
"I do dread see Tom going
now, for I fully realize all tha
danger he is in. See where a
Canadian doctor was killed in
today's paper. ' heard from
Keg J Dr. Campbell). H.; js all
n'jjht o far.
"We are only four hours from
the front line trench in France
from here.
"I was out to see field ma. 'Oli
vers yesterday. It was very
liiUrosting to see them make the
charge; especially the Scotch
regiments with the bagpipes
pliying. They are the only
musieal imtrumenU allowed in a
charge. The pipe band do not
play together. One piper goes
with emh company and they
play as they run to charge.
"Tom has a horse he rides be-
iiHich red tjpe abut every-M""1 l,le' Ket to the trenches, so
th hh that it is vary uiscoura
i. c. They sem to think that
ovjryon is a spy or something
u ,til tluy prove thy are not.
ii vever, I will know before
loag wtutt I will do Sure if it
were rmt for Tom, I would
r .iher bo bt.k home
"Some of Tom's srgeanls
w . re up in Scotland. One of
t! em st ot ine sent mo several
p.uuds of Scotch svet butter;
another sent me suine Devui--si.ire
crwarn. It comes in cans.
It is almost as thick as buttwr,
bit it is just pure cream. An-,
he won't have to walk all of the
tune.
"Fryer is a vpry common
name here. So many officers in
the British at my by that name.
I saw about a Capt. . C. Frvr
and a Lt. C. P. Fryer, and this
morning there in a Lt. T. J. F..
so they take in all your initials.
See where a Mary f was killed
in London. The other day I
looked in the London telephone
directory and there were hun
dreds of Fryers in it in London.
"Are my letters to you being
censored? Be sure and tell me."
F ORAL NOVELTIES
1 jU,T:ffA,K;.j
I it "' I
FAYING 1HE ROAD.
The p&vi- of tl iee nv'es of
tr e pi.bhc i a. .. i.uitn of In.ie
ptndir.ee is going on. Just at
this r articular time tl.ni is ten
times as n;;,rd: in ve u thf-
i. ..u s s erujiiarny, jt is very f(.M, rt
ir.iOi.'v eider. t to the put lie, but j.'..or
ii e w rn couifi not be nr;? any
h on-r and for that reason then
si.ouh, he no ictriplaint.
iiui t and arraneed so as to be
rmat;t t t and it woi.M n..t I,..
sut ,.i-Ui:k to Keo the bulk of ilv
oh pany j emain at the tnr h r
f'-f s' vera I nn.f.tbs yt f, ,Mr.
Co, ;n,; was at Ti Juana and
e joyed a Mexican caroival oi
McMinnviiie v. -
A
A &t.rfnjer Csme Along.
lrl'i.n tr 1 A t r.
lt that the kurnnl's rinprv (iaa-? Ri.r.nia f.n... t i. i. i i..,.,. . .. .... ... .
.,j tt tif'wor
that my onery dawg should t hugged to d.-jitli 1 a t ar verytt.lt,if .u:j lJV
lovely and 'lection would to oft like grtase, .t I .l,ul.t wt.etier It will r
thst way. 1 reckon to consider thar will be t.vctal fui.erals Ir.steaJ of any
'lection, snd our tins old party will git snowed uii.ir al.uut seven fuel R
deepl- l
ut that Is all nonsense," said the vis tor, -a:i pure nonsense and at a t
most serious time too." J
"'"' umwieu uis larroer. ne.i. s'-ar.;'r. ou just r.apteo '
along here fieit lection day. and I when yo-.i '.: ,., rr.!; of the d'o-n.st.
; nuiureiufl wuat yuu iver soi eyt-s r.n it it- nu t!) comin a long :-
way to see M QUAD
J C..pTlg!:t, 1S18. McClure Ni-wsi-a; . r -.. .....
i :-i.
SCANDALOUS.
''.Mr. Lf'ilCr-l the i:.f,;, Ion,
Who l;: Ml-kl, i l.r.l.J r,,,t lt,
tavtfc and an the tops; now v, l,a! i
1 .'.-!. to fay, v.hen I trot in the
oilier d;,y, H lot of your ei-i
n i.rfstd he;.ds told me that their
v. i , es s ere dead."
NEEDLF.CKAFTEKS.
...rs. Verd Hid entertuineij .,
N dlecraft'-rs at her r'urburb'u
h :i e 0.1 Thursday aften.oon,
i ... rn'-m! eri p.-.-'s.-d the ,our.
i!.v en.;a.'ed in hai. j-work.
f . Jio.vlt Si COIiipU t.e'! the (ie-
1-..1. I.nnvvi, nr. lili.H t i , I . Wit. h.-strr hv wnt Man. I
I . fere one of Ills li. vs ly ( i,,Vf., erei.ll.Mis. its
. we v .lei,iiflly N.rii.klMl Hltli liatiM.ti.jx in M Ii,
I ..ll. M-Ntll to Mill llllll Ml1(;
, ,ou,.!' Ami I'vi. Juki i,-. ,l,., ,,, , ,.mllly n ,,,.
''ii.'-r. I know Jul h;i ( iii,s,.f Itanki'ii
"- ''' I""v'' l"'io- I want ii ivul H.l.'k holder-.
"''" I'Ulllc? Voll know; II,,,,,. ...., r,., erM
.'. ji i.w.v, 1 liniu ii
1 V4!IH "'Kffi'.l for n iiioinciii. i,i ,, re
'l iinii ii imr ha, Ii enllni, I.im , hIi
'I tic MT.V llll!lo" he huii .mI. "Ai1 (l-llt , fril tre
t Hjiitutilax.'"- tsaiuriluy KveninK J'.f.
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'-uji ii;ui, thi ra h; may upward
V''U (I tf ur rii.-irry now.
TXTIEN Bultry summer dayi tn
And nieriitjn com dtii I
Td tika to K a-fflhJnc la
Tfa old "crKk."
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are tirn. ala'it!
r.f.a I rr.ut a.
i ),t rv La x.
WILL MAKKY.
A vitddii.i; that is soon to lal.e
fo '-e is that of Mi-s Bernio
Si aT, assistant postmaster at
Tll.'ier, ar.d Mr. I.;,uier,(o-
t '" rtn of lrideper.dfr.ee.
HUGHES CLLD.
A f tti'ien vas circulated in
i't.
ph.A l:a. .ctl.T.
SHOOTS SELF.
j V.. A. Keyr ,f ",ic'!i;,r. vi.!-.
1 wc i k' ov. r io I'oik county, shot
hern-elf y-.-t-rday no rr.i-.y. U
was found d"ad in hi.-, ,;f'ice hv
hi , ; artner. IIihiocss worry
pro' t he .-ao-.-.
PLEASED.
i'l.e Ir.i.V.i.i,df.;.ce d.;e--ii;.-ri
t5" fit ittter.o'td the WeO Ojlu' of
i Coos i'. iy a'.U ,. r. J,.:uroe
Kuihtag to Eo-st About -s
0
1:, .ept-r.ut-r.ee thin Ww-ek for tic l L-.ru; at Mar.-hfo l i .t .s k y;K
pi.i i.ose of fcritira a 11 ujhts ; th;.t it was a j'Vat tr'.p ht-.d ti.i.
'Cl-. they tiad a very enjoyable time.
. runny ,l.,y May .Mr?. l iwl winl liii,iim u (lie
i, la n. As ..In- mrollel m.itiK. tier lienrt nnl Joy
'' ' ''' '"''''t ''" "t a noil's couxol' SouHlv disnlavMl
111 U .-OOj. Ij ,l,,io'.V
It I, 'HI? II. aiil:.lltie(.i).nt:
"iVAMil.V; AM) ntoM.NYJ lON'Ii "
nil times. Thf-n she drew
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I . : -e f 1,1, I, j . rj t , : v i,,l i,iH, ,1
-ml m.'v 'ttiui ,,ini inijiliin 10 u.al soout!
lis I It h li.el iik; viii-,1,11, a,,) i,,,,,,,,' l..ne iiii, put away
)' o-flny. I.ut I don't l. out no tfa-ilii' -i-i, iiimiii It!"