INDEPENDENCE MONITOR
"THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS"
VOL.5
INDEPENDENCE, FOLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1917
NO. 27
i
THE RHYMING SUMMARIST
Sunday schools in convention met
And bad a swell time meeting,
Grasped each other by the hand
And spent four days in feating; -Some
who couldn't get'into the church
Found shelter in a stable
To miss the rain
And it was Cain
Who slew his brother Abel.
Lucky is he who has the cash
To pay his paper bill,
Number One upon the list
Is Admiral Dewey Hill;
Then when starvation once more threats
And bills around are flocking-,
George F. Heck
Comes on deck
And keeps the boat from rocking.
When O. A. Kreamer talks of shows,
He declares with much esteem
That chorus girls are not as bare
As many times they seem;
Since war is current in the land,
Our local men are wary,
They look for subs
And German tubs
While riding on the ferry.
The mails have been jammed with cards
That Sheriff Orr is sending,
He wants much money sent to him
To help the county spending';
Spring is dawning, so they say,
But don't get too gayhere, mister,
f For verr soon " .
Along in Tune,
Your tough old hide will blister.
be
Student's May Visit Inde
pendence on Saturdays
Monmouth, Feb. 14. Editor
Monitor You will be interested
to know that the following self
explanatory aotice was read to
the student body last Tuesday.
You may make whatever use of
this information you care to,
"StudenU of the Oregon for
mal School who desire to go to
Independence on Saturdays for
the purpose of shopping are
privileged to do so without
special permission."
Very truly yours,
J. H. Ackerman,
President.
The Quality Is Good
Mountain Grove, Mo,, Feb. 7.
Editor Monitor Two copies of
your paper, fo' January 19 and
26, werf sent me recently by my
father, J. D. Reeves, and upon
giving them a thorough reading.
was pleased to find that their
size was no indication of their
quality. They were like a letter
from home-folks. The Charles
Bascue birthday dinner made me
home-sick, as in previous years,
while they were still residents of
this town, we very rarely passed
Easter, Christmas or Thanks
givir g without all being to
gether at one or the other's
home. My uncle, Horace M.
Beeves, for several years a resi
dent of Independence, but for
the past four years a Missourian,
has spent the day with me, today,
and the arrival of the papers
from Independence this morning
proved a great treat for him. He
admitted it wauld be a pleasure
to be out there again for a
month. Nearly every name
mentioned held some association
for him.
Yours very sincerely,
Mrs. Jessie M. Sanders.
McCALL GETS LIFE
Marcus H. McCall was sen
tenced to the penitentiary for
life by Judge Kavanaugh in
Portland Tuesday. The jury
found him guilty of murder in
second degree, after forty
minutes deliberation last Friday
afternoon.
Asked if he had anything to
say before sentence was passed
upon him, McCall arose and
spoke for ten minutes. He said
he was the victim of a frame-up
and was not insane.
"I knew what I was doing.
Society has been hounding me.
If I'd been allowed to tell my
story in my own way I wouldn't
have been convicted. There
were a thousand details no one
could tell but myself and I
wasn't allowed to tell ihem."
A new trial will be asked for
by McCall's attorneys, They
allege that the court errored in
permitting the prosecuting at
torney to repeat to the jury
several times that the insanity
plea was a put up job to clear
the defendant.
LOOKING FOR SITE
A number of the officers of the
Wittenberg - King Evaporating
Co. were in Independence yes
terday investigating this section
with a view of finding a desir
able place for a factory. They
were convinced that enough
acreage could be secured here
but arrived at no definite con
clusion.
FOUL TACTICS
Salem now proposes to force
Polk county to build a steel
bridge. A bill has passed the
Hoose which gives the state
highway commission power to
build bridges over inter-county
streams without the consent of
the county courts. The high
way commission is favorable to
steel. Even- if the bill passes
the Senate, is signed by the
Governor and becomes a law
there will be some fight before
Polk county will be led down to
the water and shown a steel
bridge. The Monitor believes
that the people of this section of
the county, without a dissenting
voice, will back up the county
court in resorting to every legiti
mate means to defeat such an
unfair attempt at coercion.
Messrs. Kirkpatrick, Manson
and Beckett will be endorsed if
they scratch and claw, kick and
bite and hit in the clinches.
-040
:: NO
USE FOR
ooc
ONE
TTE mw her Btepplni from th car
And up to her ha ipel.
"May I not help you to !ightT"
"I do not amoke." h aitJ
Bonton TrariK-rtpL
HONOR LINCOLN
Upon Abraham Lincoln's birth
day, Feb. 12, the ladies of the
W. R. C. gave a dinner in the
G. A. R. hall to the old soldiers
and a few invited guests. The
tables were loaded with the best
things that the many good cooks
of this noble band could make.
There had to be quantity, too,
as well as quality, for four
preachers and a newspaper man
were present. After the dinner
had been stored away Attorney
Fletcher delivered an eulogy of
Lincoln, reviewing the life of the
martyred president from birth to
death. After Mr. Fletcher's ad
dress Dr. Dunsmore, Pastor
Stephens, Rev. Stewart and Rev.
Yarncs and Comrade L. M.
Butler spoke briefly, all paying
tribute the VV. R. C, the G. A.
R. and the great Lincoln. It
was a splendid memorial service
and a great credit to the good
ladies of the W. R. C.
MRS E. FLUKE PASSES
The people of Independence
were greatly shocked last Sunday
to learn of the death of Mrs,
Eley Fluke, who passed away on
that day at her home in Inde
pendence, the victim of typhoid-
pneumonia after a few days' ill
ness. Mabel Alta Gross Fluke
was 31 years old at the time of
her death and is survived by her
husband and two children. The
funeral services were held at the
Presbyterian church on Tuesday
where a large number of friends
and acquaintances gathered to
pay their last respects to the
memory of the departed. The
words of the officiating pastor,
Mr. Stephens, were both com
forting and. re-assuring. After
the sad rites at the church, the
body was taken to Walla Walla,
Wash., where the mother of the
deceased resides, for interment.
To the bereaved husband and
small son and daughter, no words
can be said now that can aapease
their grief, but they can be com
forted by the thought that the
community hand was extended
to them in their greatest hour of
sorrow and that everything that
mind could conceive was done
for them.
S.,S. CONVENTION
One of the largest and most
enthusiastic conventions ever
held in Independence closed last
Sunday evening. From its very
beginning, on Friday morning,
to its closing the attendance was
good, the interest excellent, and
the addresses were much above
par.
This was the annual conven
tion of the Sunday schools of
Polk county. Delegates were
present from all over the county,
aid they were royally entertain
ed by the people of this city. I
A very short session was held
on Friday morning. The presi
dent, F. V. Brown of Dallas,
gave ' the delegates special in
struction as to what the program
committee had planned for them.
In the afternoon, Rev. W. S.
Stewart, pastor of the Baptist
church, gave an address of wel
come. A message was given by
Rev. Plowman on "Modern
Methods in Rural Sunday
YOU CAN'T KILL A BEAR WITH A POPGUN
We never go into anything with our eyes shut
We look carefully before veleap. So if in the
course of a few weeks we should do something
extraordinary, establish a daily newspaper for
example, take it for granted that we are a little
wiser than we appear. We may know a little
more than you think. There is a "big" game"
due in Independence soon. We,, as well as j'ou,
should have "big1 fame" tools to work with.
BY VIRGINIA SOUTHERN
Spring is in the air and love is about three hundred invitationi
n the heart for Valentine, the. for a large Colonial Card Carol-
patron saint of love and romance, val to be given at the Moose hall
has been wielding his mystia Thursday evening, Feb. 22. The
wand over many delightful decorations and other features
gatherings this week, making
the season a most alluring one
AUTOWINS MEET.
A pleasing array of hearts and
Cupids decked the Burton home
on Monmouth street last even
ng when Mr. and Mrs. A. U
Robinson were hosts to the Auto
wins, All table appointments
for 500 were made with sugges
tions of the happy hearted
season and the card enthusiasli
seated tsuuu the four tables
were showered with Robinson
hospitality. Mrs. and Miss Bur
ton assisted the hostess in serv-
ng a delicious repast.
and
the
lust
last
The legislature is supposed to adjourn today,
but will probably hang on until tomorrow night
The national crisis remains
serious. Germany seems to be
avoiding war with the United
States by leaving us alone.
(Continued on Page 3, Col. 3)
-
MAN TO HELP
Enough sugar beet acreage hns
been secured in this section to
justify the Utah-Idano Sugar
Beet Co. in placing a represen
tative here. He will be here
permanently and assist the grow
ers in every way possible.
PLAY AT BUENA VISTA
"The Ranchman", an excellent
KILL KAIES BANQUET.
The pretty home of Mr.
Mrs. Sherman Hays was
scene of a merry gathering
Wednesday evening, the
ear's losers of the Kill Kare
Klub banqueting the winners,
t had been the intention of the
losers to give a large picnic fur
their more successful associates,
but as the early spring and sum
mer brought no ideal picnic days,
banquet was agreed upon, the
event being postponed until
Valentine, the god of love, could
reign over tne evern, inereDy
nsuring perfect peace. lhe
joint hosts for the evening were
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Craven,
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Hays,
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Swope, Mrs.
Mattison and E. E. Cook.
Crimson hearts and Cupids were
used thruout the reception rooms
and the large banquet table, with
its exquisite appointmanta. was
centered with a basket of red
carnations and feathery fenm.
Valentine cards marked places
for the guests who were aerved
to a most elaborate live course
dinner. The winners pronounced
their hosts good losers, and ex
cellent culinary connoisseurs.
will be suggestive of Colonial
times but the guests are not ex
pected to wear Colonial costumes.
Just come and help swell
the Civic League funds. There
have been many calls for charity
made to the League and Inde
pendence will be Bure to respond
with open purse to the invita
tions. Mrs. Sherman Hays is
the capable chairman of the com
mittee on arrangement and
there will be patriotic songs and
other novelty features of enjoy
ment. The Covey orchestra will
play during the evening.
CAMPF1REI ENTERTAIN.
One of the jolliest events of
the Valentine season was given
by the Camp-fire girls at the
Word Butler home last Wednes
day evening. Hearts and Cupids
were festooned with pleasing
effect thruout the rooms where
tables were arranged for the
fascinating game of "Hearts".
During the luncheon hour each
table was supplied with a red
shaded candle, which shed aa
alluring light over the gay beaux
and belles who so cleverly
manipulate the game of hearts.
CIVIC LEAGUE.
Mrs. K. C. Eldridge presided
over a short bus i a ess session of
the League last Tuesday after
noon. Followieg routine work
Mr. Gilmoreof Monmouth mad
a most interesting talk on
gardening.
It is expected that County
Superintendent Crowley will
speak to the League members at
their next meeting.
CLOSE TILLICUMS.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Cirard en
tertained the Close Tillieum Club
Western play, will be presented members with a most charming
at Buena Vista tomorrow night.
Those in the cast are John Nash,
Raymon Hall, Gilbert Loy, Guy
Prather, Gail Prather, Will Hall,
Verd Schrunk, Clifford Wells,
Arthur Black, Ralph Kester,
Ernest Chown, Isabelle Peterson
Edna Schrunk, Louise Leonard
and Geneva Cryderman.
SPRING
Looks like it, feels like it and
is like it
Valentine 600 party last even
ing. Decorations apropos to the
happy season were used with
splendid effect over the rooms.
At the close of the games the six
luncheon tables were made pretty
with Valentine appointments and
the hostess was assisted by her
daughter, Grace, in serving one
of her characteristic luncheons.
COLONIAL CAID CARNIVAL.
The Civic League has issued
WEDNESDAY CLUB.
One of the most delightfil af
fairs of the week was given at
the beautiful J. S. Cooper home
last Wednesday afternoon, when
Mrs. Cooper, assisted by Mrs.
Clarence Ireland, entertained the
members of the Wednesday
Afternoon Club augmented by
twelve non-club-member guests.
The event also served as a pretty
compliment to the hostess' at
tractive house guest, Mrs. Chas.
Webber of Portland. Garlands
and festoons of red hearts decked
the hangings and from the
chandeliers many cunning Cupids
were suspended, vases and jardi
neres of new pussy willows and
ferns completed the decorative
scheme. Conversation and
needle-work furnished pastime
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 4)