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YOU notice a fine regard for appearance among the
officers from Roundsmen to Captain that's one
reason they are so keen for W-Ll CUT Chewing.
The pass-word among these gentlemanly fellows is "If
you won't take a little chew don't take any." No need
to disfigure the face, when a nibble of rich tobacco gives
more satisfaction than a wad of ordinary stuff also less
grinding and spitting. Take a tip from the officer on W-Ii.
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Why not get a good
oil stove to that dur
ing the hot weather
your wife or mother
or sister or daughter,
can prepare the
meals in a cool, corn.
for table kitchen?
There's no overheating
the kitchen with an up-to-date
oil cook stove. It's
ju st like cook ing with city
gas. The burners con
centrate the heat at the
different cooking points.
NEW PERFECTION
GIL COMTOVE
Ft
No wood or coal or
ashes to lug. No
waiting for fires to
catchup. The long
blue chimneys do
away with all
smoke and smelL
In 1, 2, 3, nd 4-burner
siiea, with or without
oven. Alio cabin!
model! with Firiea
Cooking ov.n.
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COMPANY
(California)
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CRAVEN & HUFF
SLOPER BROS. B COCKLE
J. D. HIBBS SJCO.
OREGON ROWIiR CO. Phone SOU
THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK
Established 1889
A Successful Business Career of Twenty rive Wars
INTEREST PAID ON
TIME DEPOSITS
OPHlCnres A1ND DIRECTORS
H. Hirschber& Pres. D. W. Sears, V. P.
R. R. DeArmond, Cashier
W. H. Walker, I. A. Allen, O. D. Butler
THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Published Weekly at Independence, Polk County
Oregon, on Friday.
Entered ss Second Class Matter August 1, 1912 st the Post Office at Inde
pendence, Polk County, Oregon, Under the Act of March 3, 1879.
CLYDE T. ECKER. Editor
NINA B. ECKER, Associate
SuDscrlption Rates: One
ADVERTISING RATES:
more Insertions, 10c,
Year $1.50 Strictly In Advance
15c. per inch for one Insertion, 12 1-Zc for two or
on monthly contracts. Readers, 3 and 10c. per line
Independence, Oregon, Friday, March 2, 1917
"It is only a question of time until the medical
profession will have to advertise to keep from be
ing run over by the drugless and painless said a
physician recently in an address before a medical
body. "We are being put in a false position be-
ore the public by pernicious advertising and
should take the only way of rebutting1 it and that
is to play the same game the other fellow is play
ing. Hither ethics or prestige must fall and I for
one would rather it be the ethics." The doctor is
right, ihe medical profession, if it wishes to
maintain its standard in the opinion of the
populace, must defend itself against the inroads of
the so-called drug-less" and "painless". It must
meet competition on an equal footing with its
competitors. "Ethics" might have been the
proper mode in the nineteenth century, but this
is the twentieth century and twentieth century
methods must be employed.
The reason why we do not get better legisla
tures is because we are Republicans and Demo
crats. We prefer politics to proficiency. In Polk
county last year at least three men were ap
proached and asked to become candidates for the
legislature. To say it rather emphatically, any
one of the three would have "raised hell" with
"what ails us". But not one of them would be a
candidate. They knew that there were too many
Republicans and Democrats in the county. They
knew that they could not run the party gauntlet.
What is true of Polk is true of every other county
in the state.
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Choice Eggs for Hatching
A. H. Craven, Monmouth, Ore., Phone 1802
Barred Rocks foundation
are mated with two fine
Eggs $1 per setting of
Two Pens of O. A. C. Laying Strains of
stock 200 egg hens. Thase two pens
cock birds, direct from the college farm.
15; So per hundred.
Two Pens of O. A. C Laying Strain of S. C. White Leghorns. These
two pens are mated with two choice cockerels. All are the direct
offspring of pens of hens averaging 225 and 229 eggs each a year.
Eggi J 1.50 per setting of 15; S9.5Q per hundred.
Utility S. C. White Leghorns. Mated with two choice O. A. C.
cockerels. Da :dy good layers. Eggs 75c per setting of 15; $4.50
per hundred.
These pens are properly mated and are given the best of care.
Your hatches will depend on the setting of your hens or the manag
ment of your incubator.
FOR SALE OR TRADE
A $75.00 Simplex Cream Separator for $50.00. It was used on 3 cows
for only about 3 months. It is a perfect skimmer and is in first
class condition. Will trade for young cattle, sheep, hogs or sows
to farrow soon.
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The Independence Monitor says: "We
have our opinion of any American citizen
who will ride the seas at the present time
and take chances of plunging his country
into war." Seeing that they are doing
. it won't help the matter in the least.
What are you going to do about it?
Newport News.
Nothing. But why should the business and
pleasure of a few be placed above that of the peace
and safety of the nation?
SLAB WOOD
We are now booking orders for slab wood.
Place your order with us now, we will de
liver In a few days.
No advance in the price of slab wood.
THE
ChasJCSpauldingLoggingCo.
ALL WOOD AND COAL IS CASH
TESTS SHOW CRACK SHOTS
IN UNITED STATES NAVY
Gunners of Atlantic Fleet Never
Before Showed Such Profi
ciency In Target Practice.
HUGE
WIRE NET FOR
HARBOR PROTECTION
In discussing the war referendum", the Port
land Journal asks: "Would we have to wait for a
vote if this country was invaded?" This is a ques
tion that the most radical pacificist has never
answered. It is inconceivable to him that any
person of common sense would not know the
difference between being "invaded' and "invad
ing" somebody else.
The importance of the eight measures that will
be submitted to the people at a special election
June 4 makes it certain that the peace and securi
ty of an "off year" will be rudely" shattered by
one of the most impetuous battles in the history
of the state.
Really it's true that some newspapers suggest
that William Jennings Bryan be jailed because
he sent a message to Kaiser William asking him
to use his influence to prevent war between the
United btates and Germany.
Washington. Data made public re
cently by the navy department show
that at no other time lu Its history
has the marksmanship of the United
States navy been so good as it Is at
present. The new stiperdrendnaught
Nevada gave an example of the gen
eral sliootltig elllclency of the Atlantic
fleet In the recent target practice
this ship fired fifty-sis shots from her
fourteen inch gnus, and the target at
vary'"!? ranges was smashed forty
three times, a record that Is believed
to equal,' if not surpass, any record
with similar guns In any other navy.
On the Nevada three gun pointers in
nine shots with fourteen inch guns
made a record of nine hits, on the New
York Dine gun pointers made six hits
in six shots, on the Oklahoma three
gun pointers made seven hits In nine
shots, on the Pennsylvania eight hits
In nine shots and on the Texas six hits
In six shots, and all with fourteen Inch
guns at long ranges. Out of sixty-six
shots fired from the twelve Inch
guns of the dreadnaughts sixty-four
were hits, while with eight inch guns
the record of the champion gunners
was twenty-two hits In twenty-four
shots.
With seven Inch guns the best record
was fifteen hits in sixteen shots, while
the champion gun pointers of the four
Inoh guns hit the target thirty-nine
times in forty shots.
FOR SALE
S ilver Laced Wyandotte epgs
for setting. Homer Hill. 32
Kspt In Position After Nightfall Whan
8ubmarins Can't B Detoct.d.
New York. When the diplomatic
brealt with Germany came one of the
hurried measures taken to protect New
York harbor from submarine attacks
was the construction of a heavy wire
net
The net, which will be lywered across
the channels entering this harbor snd
kept in position after nightfall, when
submarines cannot be detected by spe
cial methods of observation. Is similar
to those which have been used In Eng
lish harbors to keep submarines from
preying on Rhlps riding at anchor.
The heavy wire for the net was ob
tained several weeks ago. More than
two miles of netting will be used. It
will be stretched between Sandy Hook
and Rockaway point, crossing the three
channels the Swan, the Old Main
Ship channel and the Ambrose channel.
During the day when torpedo boat
destroyers, aeroplanes and a mosquito
fleet which will be created for the pur
pose, are sufficient to make it Impossi
ble for any undersea craft to approach
the harbor undetected, the net will be
lowered so as to permit vessels to pass
through the channels. From sunset to
sunrise the net will be raised to bar all
ingress for submarines at any depth.
FOR SALE
Single Comb Black Minorca
eockerals; one Single Comb $
Ancona cockerel. Setting eggs
from both breeds. Will trade e
for grain. Write or phone 1
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When
We are for you
Try Independence First
Fight for peace as long
war does come, stand as
country and flag.
as you can, but if
a unit back of vour
If war conies, let Roosevelt loose.
Give hira
The Monitor
Prints It
VTOU are assured of a
job as a skilled man
good
does
the work.
Our Cash System enables
to beat city prices.
us
There is hardly anything we
cannot do.
all the fight that he wants.
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