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I i t i i INDEPENDENCE MONITOR 'THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS" VOL.5 INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1916 NO. 4 THE RHYMING SUMMARIST When all was ready for the pick, There was a lot of of rainiug", Which riled the growers and pickers up And there .was much complaining-; Hear us,. Mr. Weather raanv For the sun we 're yelling, Now be good . And if we could Be luck- in the selling. The famous maid of the careless work, While the yards were drying, Has been acting very bad And at times defying; She met a grower on the street, And it was "Mac" at that, So with a grin From ear to chin, She just kicked off his hat. Grant McLaughlin's bull got mad And he will trade it now For fifty chickens, a little pig, An auto and a cow; A moonlight ceremony was the style, When Alberta married Billy. Others we could name Would do the same, If they could find a filly. Soon the candidates will come around, The popular voter greeting, Some deserve your support and aid, While others need a beating; Leaves are falling from the trees, It's summer's farewell donger, So our lady friends At both the ends, Must wear their dresses longer. PICKING COMMENCES I SOLDIERS BACK The hop picking season in the The Third Oregon, which hn Independence district started i ber on the Mexican border for this week under very disagree- j several weeks, returned to Camp able and discouranin-r circuni- ' itLycomhe last week and will COUNTY FAIR Bowser's "Catterpillow It Gets Him Into Trouble ooo- By M. QUAD -ooo stances. It rainsd every hour and nearly every yard was short on pickers. However, ilia weather cleared Tuesday and all the yards were able to put their crews to work. The rain cominsr just at the tim it did, will cause some of the crop to mold before it can be picked and dried. The percentage of loss will vary in the different yards from nothing to seventy-five per cent. A few small yards will not. be picked at all. The (short age of pickets is more of a detri ment than usual because the I growers wish to get the crop harvested as quickly as possible and they would all put on more than the usual number if the pickers could be obtained. Reports from other hop yards in the state indicate a worse condition than prevails here, so it can be accurately assumed that the bulk of the Oregon 1916 crop will come from the Independence district and the total will be astonishingly low compared with 1915. The market is getting: a little stronger and a number of the growers are looking for a fair price. I TER dinner the other evening Mr. Bowser BUKfested a ride on a nub- urhnn trolley car. Mrs. Iiowser wua not euuer to go. Mr. Bowser was seemingly good natured, but there was no telling when or t rt mi raise a row. ;oi unin ne nacl spoken of the mat- JU tor three times did she consent to go. He was silting on the from Vi ttepM when she came out all ready to go. He looked her over and " . exclu.nifj: There is a large Bl7.od catterpillow crawling on your skirt!" 'Thank you. hut your pronunciation of the word Is new to me. I thought It was caterpillar." - - "Oh. you did, eh? Well, let me Inform you that the word has been spelled and pronounced 'catterpillow' ever since I was able to crawl." "Then It's funny tfiat the dictionary men haven't found It out," said Mrs Bowser. Mr. Bowser flushed up, swallowed hard and observed: "Mrs. Bowser, you take every chance that offers to correct my orthography or grammar. I don't like It. and I tell you so." Mrs. Bowser should have laughed the matter off, but there are times when women are impolite and ob.otinate, and she answered: "I always do it for your own good. Mr. Bowser. If you do not spell or pro nounce your words as other people do you are apt to make yourself a subject for ridicule and sarcasm." "By the Jumping fro! of Frogtown, I'd like to hear anything ridicule me!" roared Mr. Bowser. "A hundred times a week I could correct you, but I respect your feelings too much. My schoolteachers have always called It cntirpi'lw. ,- r - - .... t i Kv iN I! MARRIED 45 YEARS, An event that brought su preme happiness to the S. B. Irvine family was the linen shower given at the attractive home of Mr. and Mrs- E. N. Johnson last Sunday to celebrate the forty-fifth wedding: annivers ary or Mr, and Mrs. b. is. Irvine. Mr. and Mrs. Irvine were lured over to the Johnson home to eat dinner and . to their surprise when they arrived all, their ehildren and grand children were present to receive them and wish them more such anniversaries. When thy were seated around the festal board, a box of hand some linens was presented to the bride and groom of forty-five j years ago, and their happiness j was so complete, surrounded by tv.eir loved ones, that they seemed almost as young as when they went to Hymen's altar to gether 45 years ago. The chil dren who gladdened their pi rents on this octasion were Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Roy, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. llanna. Mr. and Mm. E. N. Johnson. S. E. Irvine a id Miss Gladys Irvine, besides euht grand-children vho added fieir share ot tmnimeni to the happy event. be tniiftered out of service. "-- - NO STREET DANCE Owing to a misunderstanding with the bund which was to have furnished the music, there will be no street dance Saturday night. -- - TEACHER ELECTED. Ihu Independence schoo! hoard h'il'i a meeting Monday and elected Miss Ma inline Kawlings of Albany as domestic science teaehr. A vacancy in the grade was not filled. If the schoo! board desires to please most of the patrons, it will give the place to one of the home teachers. MARRIED Of especial interest to a host of Independence friends is the "narrhtge of Miss Frances Patter :;.iii to Mr. J mes Martin which as solemnized at the Patterson home in Portland, Saturday, September 2. at 8:30 P. M. Huge branches of early autumn tinted foliage, combined with masses of golden glow, formed the decoration in the reception rooms, while the hall glowed with bright red duhli.ns and trail ing green ivy, making a beauti ful setting for the early autumn nuptials, Prior to the ceremony Mrs. Lottie Hedges Mcintosh, an aunt of the bride, sng in hi r on charming manner "I Love VouTiuly." When the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding marc'i played by Miss Belle Martin, sister of the groom, pealed forth, the bride entered on the arm of her father, H. It. Patterson, and was met at the nuptial altar by the groom and Dr. D. V. Polling who read the marriage rites as t'iu father gave his only daugh ter into the keeping of Mr. Martin. . Miss Patterson was born in Independence and is admired by a legion of friends. She is bright, viacious and attractive. She was stunning i i a modish fall going-away suit of wisteria cloth. She wore a corsage houmiet of orchids. A large purple picture hat completed the "becoming costume.' Mr. Martin is a prosperous insurance adjuster of Portland where tne couple will make their ho ne. MesiJames Mcintosh, David s in and Miss Maude Patterso attended the wedding. Th fall fa'r season again is at hand in this part of the C'untty, which is a reminder teat our own county fair s only a few weeks ahead. Prepar ations for this annual event have been und;r way for weeks and the managers of the fair nr.? working hard to make this year's meet another record breaker. They also declare the prospects for carrying out this plan are excellent. The fair it m If will be unusualy attractive, tl ey say, while there are en couraging indications of publx interest, augmented by condi tions of good crops and the f ct that thig is a political year, which always adds intertist to public gatherings of this charac t r. Public aid and co-operation, however, can do muth to add to the success of the coming county fair, and the management of the latter relies on the people of Polk county to do their part in advertising the fair find thereby help to increase the patronage. All that is necessary is n occa sional reminder to friends and acquaintances, and if this plan is followed everyone in this sec tion will soon be talking of the county fair and planning to at tend it. The date of the fair is September 10 to 21. and it there fore is time to put forth your efforts in making the biggest fi.ir the county ever held. It has always been one of the best fairs in this part of the state and deserves the aid and patronage of every resident of the county. Dallas Observer. . SURPRISE PARTY. A charming and most complete surprise was arranged by Mrs. Hattie Henkle last Friday even H g for her daughter, Emma, to n mind her that another birth d y had rolled around. Mrs. Henkle invited in twelve girl friends to spend the evening a id sent her daughter out. When she returned the lights were ti.rned on and the guests there to meet the hostess who was most gloriously surprised. The evening was spent with names and relating girlhood ex p 'rienees. At a contest in rook iiiss Leona llanna was success f il in winning the prize, a silver thimble. The girls presented t';eir hostess with a b autiful biooch 3 a mark of esteem, which will serve also as a going i vay present as she will leave i:i a week to beyin her school in Corvallis. At the close of the d lightful evening Mrs. Ilenkle served a splendid luncheon to the guests. ATTACKED BY BULL. S. E. Stratton was knocked down and rolled by Grant Mc Laughlin's Jersey bull last Satur day, and had it not been for Mr. McLaughlin, Stratton would probably have been killed. The bull had him down and was viciously pawing and butting him when McLaughlin arrived with a pitchfork and after a hard battle succeeded in driving the mad animal away. NEW EDITOR. Lew Gates has sold the Dallas ObsenertoH. W. Brune, for merly of Idaho, and the new proprietor took possession this week. According to announce ment, their will be no change in the policy of the Observer. STRIKE AVERTED. Through the efforts of Presi dent Wilson, Congress passed an eight hour day law. which is to apply to trainmen, and tha strike of railroad employes was called off. WHERE WALTER GOT IT Walter L. Tooze, Jr., patronized a lady barber shop in Portland recently and the lady tonsoriuiist, referring to Walter's moustache said: "Hrushsd oil' or rubbed in, sir?" Dalian Observ er. The little hair on Walter's lip, the cause of comic friskers, is only just a souvenir of Charley Hughes' whiskers. PLENTY OF SHEARS. Local friends of OrviMe 15 itler, prominent pi neer of Monmouth, Or., think they have a good joke on liiio. j At high noon, Thursday, Sept. 17. l:rtu in Salem, Lloyd V. Peil iof Corvailis, was' united in marriage to Miss Bessie Putnam iof S.dern. Dr. J. Ii. N. Pell, : father of the groom officiating. : After a short wedding journey, ' t .ey will 1-e at home to their I fr. '-nds on TtfelHh street, Cor- "OLD POP, YOU GO HOME: (Cor.tinued on ptg 4) A few weeks ago Mr. Butler : v visited his son, Dean, at Oak G'ovc, and assisted in clipping the wings ot some obstreperous chickens. When the tas! was finished he pocketed the lamiiy shears and carried the.n home to Monmouth. He was the target of many a g o.J natured jest as a result of his absent mindednes?, and on hU birthday which just passed Mr. Butlr received 15 pairs of shears. The packages are still coming in ami each n-rw one brir.fe'8 a bright ntw pair of shears, he wrote to Portland friends. Portland Ortonian. Ore. Lva 'J homa-s F. Churchill and Li i lge of Independence were ti. u ried by Ju dge Hardy in Dj .las Saturday morning. UJp "ALWAYS ON THE JUMP" ..Sk Arizona mcM I V "ft BPECIAI. KXTRA U. 8. A. SUNRISE EDITION NOTICE TO VISITORS. I fulKly rnportad that no Kff;tnnr r:m nt fjntiHtir-. to the lurn of Oic Mlitr of Ilia Khker , i!V.,r t.,tnK Itj'I'iFH. d hy at U'.iHt Hires i .'.Mil,!. i itiiiH, arid, further, thiit c :i. t.-t i v i ! 1 ) 1 1 K to lllirntt tU S V T ll tit Life ,.;IH.tl, V.'- wih lu LurrM-t thl ful stnls- T.vo hop pickery were made happy Wednesday night when Wiiiiam H- Smith and Alberta Myr, both of Jeiferson, were married by Pastor F. C. S'ephtBrt. On the Willamvt'e rivvr ferry boat on the Markn c iiity side, the ceremony was p.rf.irmed in the moonlight at ten o'clock, passengers and crew acting as witaetses. r ... .ii r v.! 'lit ID I'.- i- " iw fr' to all i Iiiivp ilht.ht-i jii'veri jialra mimJ ri.iini a riK'iniMit V nv .'I, ojii n the door and h- 'l(S 'a;im tiavi our (vunti on the '-Hi' u ninl ready for action, : i l '-,kunf for rHfttrine, but kIiik for un! THE TROUBLE SIGN, S'o h.'ivt riH-ntlnnt'd ori'-e or twlra !,, ,,, ! Ml w h,i ti tolm-how f:il)f.Tl hito ol s; ; :i : :1 i, i-r a m,, o'e tootii when v. : ?' . r lull to l.im, i t r;,j.in ntit!.itiK Uy It, and U I '. .r tli.fi'ilf tXi'UK.) UN. f;','. ' ut- we ntj (XoltiK down to !";.!'.; i i ' wt-'k, wb w ihIi to pre P ti t t i .'.' I.- ut that town in ail--i I'- N t riotlre u when w aiilt. it i i i:- y w ii.-n wi, ruach for our lilr.d t tt at ariy on neJ Afiticl.ute FALSE RUMOR, rpi I KUIC a rumor about town ytmltirdiiy lliut we hnd ihot and klllrd the manaitwr of tiie etuge line titwen the Ktih-h and Tuaon. There ftHi not a hit of truth In the report. We were heudid for hla oihre to ae why mir nntiiiMl piM nvnr tHn Mom we not forthcotnlntf ttheri we met him, and, arter a tti-ntle ftrfetliiK. he took the iiuns from hie tL'ket nd tiandeJ It to u, Vou can't elioot euch m kind hearted mnti aa that. We hope tide will eettle the rumor nioiiKera BROKE FOR THE WOODS. The editor ot the Itlue mil H.intloel came out with an editorial laat week In whic h he aald that he once led ue around a block ty the nmu. He alao aald that we were a man made up of bluff and brao. We rode over to lllue Mill laat Wed naed.iy, and when we Rot within half a mile ot the town the Hctithiel broke for the woode and went Jnlo hiding. We (hall el Ice off one of hla ears aome day and preserve ft In cheap gin. And that U no bluff. M. QUAD. OOO- With a Veil and Without s iff: h ;ta u jm at 15', up never 'T bewuty ewathe ir Ttie culioua male. Arid tftei) Him etanila upon the care U Hhoot jll -I'blluilelphlii Bulletin.