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4- i O i U 7 EPENDENCE MONITOR "THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS' VOL.5 INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1916 NO. 10 ND THE RHYMING SUMMARIST Somebody now will fix our bridge, We are really glad to note, And from what we hear distinctly, The county is the goat; Poor old Polk has a dreadful time And gets in lots of musses, Perhaps some day, We may say She has no feuds and fusses. The social hall of the Baptist church Has been made inviting, You are welcome any night To have a time exciting; There is no limit to the fun, Except to rough neck wreckers, So you may go And for an hour or so, Amuse yourself at checkers. There will be no rummy, hearts or pitch, No sucking the long necked bottle, And should you try to rag a tune, Someone will pull the throttle; You may jump and run and play Or a punching bag be poking, And you may sing Till rafters ring, But mind you cut the smoking. The winter fuel supply of wood, Father in is toting, Candidates are getting thick, It will soon be time for voting; Leap year days are speeding by, The weather man is reeking, So Mauds and Pearls And other girls, Must hurry with the speaking. MR. CROWLEY SHOULD BE ELECTED In choosing between Fred S. Crowley of Rickreall and Almeda J. Fuller of Dallas for superin tendent of schools, no voter in Polk county should have any hesitancy in picking Mr. Crow 'ley and advising others to do the same. The management and care of the schools of the county should be removed entirely from politics and placed in the hands of one fully competent to handle them, one who has had the necessary experience and one who knows that our schools have jbeen costing too much money and one who will seek to reduce the expenses to the minimum giving at the same time careful service; in fact if Mr. Crowley is elected and is permitted to do ( so, he will conduct the office j without the aid of a supervisor, I a superfluous office that has been jone of a number of leaks that 'has drained our county treasury land piled up the taxes. YOU VOTE ON ELEVEN MEASURES There will be eleven measures to be voted upon at the general election as follows: An amendment to tSe consti tution authorizing the governor to veto single items in appropri ation bills. An amendment to the consti tution exempting from taxation certain ships and vessels. A measure to repeal that sec tion of the constitution which rads: "No Negro, Chinaman or Mulatto shall have the right of suffrage." I The Full Rental Value Land Tax and Homemakers Loanj Fund Amendment. i For a Normal school at Pendle-1 ton, appropriating $125,000 and levying an annual tax. To prohibit compulsory vacci nation and inoculation. To abolish the Sunday closing law. An amendment to the constitu tion which will permit the manu facture of beer in the state. The absolute "dry" bill to pro hibit the importation of intoxi cating liquors for beverage purposes. The Rural Credits Amendment. The Tax and Indebtedness Limitation Amendment. Every vorer should carefully consider each and every one of these measures. APPLE IS THE KING "The kiddie on the way to school Ad apple like to munch. The workingm&n ii glad to find An apple in hit lunch, For oh! of all delicious fruits The sunny seasons bring-, The peach, the plum, the grape, the pear, The apple is iheltir.jj." Minna Irvirg in Leslie's Weekly. - Hawley has refused to debate with Weatherford. He don't want to be shown up. McARTHUK TO SPEAK The Polk county Republicans will hold a series of meetings which commenced at Buena Vista last night. On next Thursday night. Independence will be entertained with Congressman "Pat" McArthur as the principal speaker. Tonight, Suver will be visited, Saturday night, Airlie, and Monday night, Nov. 1, Monmouth. STARTS OFF WELL The Parent-Teachers Associa tion held its first meeting of the year Tuesday afternoon with an enthusiastic attendance and the work for the season was planned and discussed. This organiza tion intends to Decome an mi portant factor in establishing a closer relationship between parent, teacher and school, some tnirfg that is badly needed in Independence. The officers of the association are Mrs. P. M. Kirkland, president, Mrs. Claude Skinner, secretary, and Mrs. G V. Conkey, treasurer. PAYS $2 FOR PIE The opening of the gymnasium in the new Social Hall of the Baptist church was the occasion of a jolly time last Tuesday evening. The members of the Tuesday Evening Club assembled from far and near to help make the gym opening a time to be remembered by all. There was a large company of young people who gathered on the gym floor, Volley ball was the sport of the evening; and it is exhilirating and fast enough for all. After the business session of the club refreshments were served in a unique way. Mr. Early Hewitt acted as the auctioneer, and he auctioned the pies off to the highest bidder. Neil McKensey again made himself famous by paying $2 for a pie, and Floyd Travis ran him a close second by having the pies knocked down to him for $1.85. The total amount secured for the 16 pies was $17. 40. This is the first amount of the $300 that was pledged by the club on the new building. Next Tuesday another good time is planned, and a large crowd still expected. Contributed. MUSICALE OCT. 25. Under the direction of Mrs. Hepner of the musical depart ment of the State Federation of Women's Clubs, Mr. Hartridge Whipp, baritone, with Mrs. Lenora Fisher Whipp as accom panist, will make a tour for the benefit of music in schools. The Civic Club has arranged for a concert to be given here on the evening of Oct 25. Mr. Whipp will give a program from the best composers. On Thursday morning Mr. Whipp will give his interpretation of the same program, free of charge, to the schools. The concert of Wednes day evening will be given in the Methodist church and a fee of thirty-five cents will be charged to defray the expanse of bring ing so noted and accomplished musician as Mr. Whipp, and the school children will get the same program absolutely free next morning. Tickets for the night concert will be on sale later. & IF YouVe Never Worn Clothcraft Clothes before you'll be surprised to find a Suit or Overcoat that costs so little and wears so well It's only the cost of making1 that has been cut down-not the quality. If you buy Clothcraft you get the most for ,ey; Sl"tsant, $12.50 Z $20 vou Ov I fik $ ( " h I k ill a The Craw ford Man Stands for all that It Good in rootwear and as a trade mark used In connection with a named shoe, he Is always a safe guide for you lo follow Mallory Hats A Hat without a name is like a stranger in a strange land no one knows him and he Is recorded with suspicion. Mallory Hall are well known. Priced $3,50, $3 and $2,50 ELLIOTT-O'BRIEN CO. The Quality Store Mi A CHvuhD Man .4. V . I - OF THE" 1 3 HURT IN RUNAWAY Dave Stapleton was seriously ! hurt in a runaway accident Mon day afternoon. He don't know exactly how it happened except that the team concluded to run and he was thrown out. He received a bad bump on the side of his head. VALUATION LESS Assessor Meyer has completed the assessment roll and the total 1916 valuation is $11,853,255, a lo?s of $D2y,GC5 compared with 1015. In the county there are 5;76 horses. 10471 cattle, 10532 sheep and golrts, 5511 hogs and 703 dogs. I Charles Skir.ner of Dallas, charRed by the grand jury with vielation of the prohibition law by sellintr stomach bitters, was acquitted. The case against his wife on the same charge was continued. Car! Manock, a Dalla" drug. gist, indicted for selling too much alcohol, was acquitted. Weldcn Black, indicted for manslaughter, was acquitted, lie ran down and killed C. S. Hatch with an automobile a few weeks ago. In the Marion cirruit court, Harry Hvnnicut has anked to be relieved of paying- his divorced wife alimony as he is not finan cially able to do it. - FIXING BRIDGE The work of repairing the broken bridge at Independence was commenced today. The county is doing the work, the cost of which will be charged to Tobin and Stevens, the con tractors, and upon their refusal to pay, action will be brought against them in the courts. After making a test with a h-avy load, the county court isj convinced that by rebuilding thel middle span, the structure willj be amply strong for traffic. So ROBINSON AND B0HANN0N SHOULD WIN The only two candidates from this section are Asa B. Robinson for clerk and John S. Bohannon for commissioner and many fair minded men in other parts of the county are tfivintf them their support because they concede that the election of these two capable men would be ritfht and proper and for the best interests of the county as a whole, believing- that the county offices should be distributed as much as possible. But neither Mr. Robinson nor Mr. Bohannon are basing their claims fr election upon any sectional grounds and if either or both are elected, there will be no partisanship or sectionalism shown in the per formance of their official duties. Independence, Monmouth, Buena Vista and Suver should o unanimously for these two can didates lest tli is section be deprived of the repre sentation in the court house to which it is justly entitled. COUNTY FAIR PAYS It is announced that the county fair "paid" this year. There Kecrns to be no particular rea.son why it shouldn't with an exor bitant appropriation from the, county and by charing an ad mittance fee at the gate. w ith the two outside piers intact, it is presumed that the middle one can be fixed satisfactorily. It will take two months to do the work. Traction engines have been barred from the paving north of town. LET THERE BE LIGHT One of the methods used to brintf about the defeat of Walter L. looze for district attor ney is very questionable. Give to the public your record in the widow pen sion cases so people may judge you as you -is you should be judged, Mr. Tooze.