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U?U,-t UxkY HCjiif INDEPENDENCE MONITOR "THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS" VOL.5 INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1917 NO. 22 THE RHYMING SUMMARIST Sadie Shucks swore off last week And cut out the ukulele, But the pledge has not been kept For she plays the ding ting daily; We asked her why she lied that way And proved herself so yellow, And Sadie said, "I was led, I had to hold my fellow." "For Willard R. is a nice young man And really worth the keeping", But six young ladies serenade him much When he should be sleeping; Publish down beneath your rhyme Just the ones I'm naming,i So you see It's for me To keep right up and earning." Folks complain of our councilmen And find a place to lodge it, That is why so many men T hink it best to dodge it; But brave is he that takes the job And stands the daily durning, For he'll have wings And other things When the rest of us are burning. Summer zephurs have left their card, And while winter still is clinging, Geese and ducks are going north And numerous birds are singing; Tuesday Word Butler stood upon the st. And he was truly fretting, He took a chance Pulled ofi his pants But still he kept on sweating. 1. H., Q. and L., V.. L. and V. W .N iiiCATizona man aLWS ON THE JUMP" J3k 8PECIAIj extra U. S. A. WASTED ENERGY, rpHE other day we took a trip to call on Mr. Jackson, the illtor of the Bis Sprtnif Journal. Mr. Jackson never did train In our company. Hl envy and Jealousy weuld not per mit him to (rlvs us credit for on sin gle thing. When we expected to be nominated four years ago for the presidency he asked why a kyote shouldn't be nom inated hi our place. The Meeting. We have long intended to have a plain talk with that gentleman, but never got around to it until now. We nxie Into Big Spring In t care less) way In order to surprise Mr. Jack son, b'.:t iottic one mut hRve telephon ed him. He was Just preparing to step out of hla office and take little saunter when, we faced him. The Flight. We asked hltn to halt and talk over Important matters with him, but he gave a jump of about four feet and went down the street like a Jackass rabbit pursued by a dozen dogs. We went over to the hotel and put up for the day. In fact, we stayed there all night and until r.oon the neit day, and the only rejorts we got of Mr. Jackson was that he wa thirty miles away and was etlll running at a gain of ten rr.i3 an l:our. We will have .o visit his office again. HOW OUR REPRESENTATIVE BEGINS The first bill introduced in the legislature by our representative, Conrad Stafrin, was one to raise the salary of the district attorney. There are at least a half dozen lawyers in Polk county quite willing to take the job at the present salary. BOHANNON SLATED It is told about town that three of the councilmen have agreed upon the appointment of J. S. Bohannon to fill the vacancy upon the council caused by the resignation of W. E. Craven. ,W. . . y BUNRI8E EDITION THAT'S NO WAY. FPWO or three weeks ago we had an Item to the effect that the comity clerk of this county was drinking so much tanglefoot that public business was being saoly neglected. We meant It all In kindness and hoped he would take It that nay, but it seem that the Iron struck home. Wild Shooting. Instead of comlnK to the office and talking the matter over In a friendly way he banned our sanctum d.mr oien last Monday and bexan blazing away at us wiin an old revolver as long as a rail and as noisy as a cannon. lie shot a hole in eur office rlck, per formed a state mup of Nebraska and knocked the end off a horn we had hanging up as an uiimincht. Tl rest of hla load went wild. Our Revenge. We don't want to be captious about these thing, but we have feelings to be hurt. After the blithe young man got through we rose up anJ silr-eU the lolie of hla ear off 0.4 a souvenir and threw him Into the street. We were somewhat rllel for a min ute, but when he broke down and cried we went out and stuck the lobe In place and made friends aith him. His ear will be o good as ever In couple of weeks, arid we hope the mat ter will prove a great moral lesson to him. M. QUAD. L. Bice is a candidate for city treusarer against W. S. Kurre. Mrs. Ethel Sutton ef Baena Vista has been committed to the state hospital. TO GET TOGETHER Work was commenced this week to organize a commercial club. A committee consisting of M. Merwin, 0. A. Macy. W. S. Stewart. C. W. Irvine, W. E. Craven and Dean Walker met Saturday night and adopted a constitution which it is proposed to submit to citizens for ratifica tion. Commercial clubs in Inde pendence heretofore have had a a difficult ro d to travel because the power to act has been a perogative of the body as a whole and has not been concen trated. Under the rules of the new club, it is proposed to give the executive committee full rein with instructions to use their own judgment. If a committee can be namd whose members will take the bit in their teeth and the bull by the horns, their efforts will be a success and the city profit thereby. W. R. C. INSTALLS The regular installation exer cises of Gen. Gibson Woman's Relief Corps was held Saturday in the G. A. R. hall and the fol lowing officers were installed: Bessie Groves, president; Maggie Graves, senior vice president; Jessie Stratton, junior vice president; Eliza A. Ewing, secre tary; Loma M. Ewing, treasurer; Mary Bingman. chaplain; Dema Bingman,, chaplain; Uema Still well, conductor; Lydia Howard, assistant conductor;' Rebecca Dick, guard; Emily Bascue. assistant guard. LEGISLATURE MEETS The legislature of Oregon be gan iti 29th session Monday by the election of Gus M osier as president of the senate and II. N. Stanfleld of Umatilla as speaker of the house. ,IIawley was given the chairmanship of the county and state officers committe, Full er is chairman of forestry com mittee and Stafrin heads the public institutions committee. Billy McAdams was elected to his old job, mailing clerk of the house. . . - FAREWELL PARTY Mrs. Esther Morgan, who is soon to move to Oregon City, was "surprised" Monday night when a number of her friends and co-workers in the church and temperance cause walked into her home. The evening wai spent in music and gamea after which the members of the Relief Corps opened up their Innch baskets and all greatly en joyed the appetizing supper. Mrs. Morgan has been an earnest and faithful worker in the ranks of the Corps and White Ribbon band and her departure is very much regretted. DIED Martha A. Stump, mother of F. N. Stump, passed away at the home of her daughter in Salem Friday, aged 77 years, lhe funeral was held in Salem, Mon day. Mrs. Stump came to Oregon in 1852 and lived nearly all her life on a farm south of Independence. Mrs. D. C. Walker of Mon- mouth died in the Dallas hospi tal Sunday night Mrs. Mollfe McClain, a former resident of Suver, died at her home in Grant's Pass la-st week. - - BRIDGE CLOSED The Salem bridge was closed to all traffic yesUrday on iU2Gth j birthday. It is planned to use J I the S. P. bridge for pedestrian. HIT WITH A POKER An Independence young man wasquite seriously hurt Saturday night when he was attacked by the mother of a girl he intended taking to a dance against the wishe3 of the mother. The young couple hav been "sneak ing out" for sometime because the young man has been for bidden to enter the girl's home. Saturday night it was arranged that the girl was to "sneak out" and meet the young man on a certain corner. The mother learned of the plan. Locking her daughter in a room, she went out to meet her would-be son-in law, dressed in some of the girl's clothes. Upon her arrival at the meeting place, the young man thinking it was the girl, at tempted to embrace her. The mother stepped back and struck him on the head with a stove poker. It was a hard blow and the young man staggered a few minutes before he realized what was up and could run. lhe Monitor admits that it would not have got this story had not both the mother and the young man called upon and begged us to mention no names. 3 LINKS INSTALL Joint installation of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahstook place last Thursday night. Combined with the feast that always goes with this event, the evening was much enjoyed and the men and women who are united by three links are to be congratulated upon the vim and energy die played at all times by the two orders in Independence. "INTOLERANCE" D, VV. Griffith's colossal two million dollar spectacle, "Intoler ance", Love's Struggle Through out the Ages, appears at the Grand Theatre, Salem, on Mon day and Tuesday nights, Jan. 15, 16, with a special matinee Tuesday afternoon. The New York Sun says it is "the great est spectacle of the age", the New York Telegram says it is "the most superb effect yet achieved", the Los Angeles Times says that " 'Intolerance' makes 'The Birth of a Nation' look like a fishing smack when a dreadnaught sweeps into har bor." FIRE BURNS HOME Fire destroyed the home of F. ', Arrell in North Independence last Saturday night. All the members of the family were absent from the house when the blaze was discovered by neigh bors. But little furniture and clothing was recovered. A SUMMER DAY Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1917, will long be remembered in Oregon. The day was so warm from eleven to four o'clock that over coats had to be discarded, doors and windows were opened and children larked outside as they do in the good old summer time. YOUNG MAN CLEARED F. E. Kreutz of Buena Vista was exonerated of all blame in an affair at Salem two weeks ago when a girl by the name of UauscKer jumped out of a win dow in a hotel when Kreutz entered her room. The girl told her story to the graed jury and Kreutz was released. A residence, barn and out buildings were destroyed last fit Sirfnv. Th ,ntntj of the buildings were saved. IT WAS A WONDERFUL SNAKE Articles in the newspapers about horse hair snakes, hoop snakes and joint snakes caused a member of the Independence band to tell the snake editor of the Monitor about a wonderful snake that he once tamed. He said he learned the snake to beat the bass drum with its tail and keep perfect time. He further said that Guy Walker, K. L. Townseud and Pearl Hedges used to come up to his home and the four of them and the snake would play all night, but they didn't dare to let the snake play in public because it would scare the pirls. This was a number of years ago before the state went "dry". A SCANDAL IN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 29 We cannot afford to have a scandal in our school and it is up to you dear people to avoid it. The good women of our town are doing a great work. They need help. On next Saturday, the 13th, commencing at 11:150 a. m., they are going to open up their soup kitchen and invite everyone and their friends to come and take a bowl of soup and learn of the great work that ii being done. Drop a nickel in the slot and go away "happy. It would be scandalous not to come. In the. afternoon there will be a shower of useful things for the soup kitohen. The little folks appreciate it. Committee. A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE CAMPAIGN FUND Monmouth, Or., Jan. 8. Find herewith enclosed $1.D0 for an other year. Keep after the grafters and salary grubbers. A farmer or anybody else who wants lower taxes should give the Monitor the coin. G. II. A PROTEST AGAINST BRIDGE TOLL AT SALEM Editor Monitor: Your corre spondent reading the notice of the closing of the Polk-Marion BY VIRGINIA CIVIC LEAGUE RESUMES. After a delightful holiday rest from routine work, clubs are gradually resuming activities. Tuesday afternorfi, Mrs. K. C. Eldridge, president, presided over a most interesting meeting of the Civie Improvement League. Reports from Mrs. Hubbard, chairman of the chari ty committe, were given concern ing the praiseworthy work done by the League during Christmas, Mrs. Eldridge followed the busi- nesa session with a delightful talk on boys, stating that "the boys of today will be the men 0 tomorrow,", tshe said thatnoth- ing should be left undone that might aid the character building f the small beys and as a step n th is direction, a bovs' In - jdustrial club has been added to 7 ' bridge at Salem, cannot help commenting on the arrangement made for crossing oyer the river, by planking and half-hour car service at the 5 cent charge. Now, then, that arrangement is all right fi r the railroad company but how about the "dear public" who need their nickels more than the railroai doss? Who are the ones that pay the cost of building a new bridge? Is it the railroad or ths "dear public"? Both counties pay taxes enough for a new bridge which muBt be built. But why is il that the people cannot have a free cross ing? It is Polk county that will feel the pressure the most be cause thy are the ones that have to cross to trade and do business at the Capital In public affairs. Now, as it appears to be a "graft," my advice to the Polk people is to do their trading at home, which they should any how, for the county's best inter ests. Merchants and other busi ness men would feel the benefit of such trading and the money would be kept where it belongs, and the towns of Polk county would improve much faster and perhaps increase their pay-rolls. It is a strange thing that people think that everything away frem home is so much better and ev erything is so much cheaper, Albert 0. Yates. SOUTHERN the Civic League. For the head of this department, Mrs. Gee. Conkey has been chosen, siace her ability to manage children and draw the very best from them has been so manifest, it is believed that wonderful good will result from the newly estab lished department. OWLS PLAY. After a delightful dinner party at the Iieaver last Monday even- in&' the Owls went to the L. , I)amon home fr their whist . Six tables had been appointed for the jolly players who during the evening were delighted with the Damon hos- Polity they so generously re- CHM,ed. '"Ir " urmtr (Continued on Page i. Cel. 4)