INDEPENDENCE MONITOR
"THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS'
VOL.5
INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1917
NO. 31
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THE RHYMING SUMMARIST
We like to see the old town boom
And each one greet his neighbor,
Not so much with a sickly grin
Or a gentle lift at labor;
Neither eye for eye nor tooth for tooth,
The 'get even' spirit smother,
But 'wake or 'sleep
We should keep
Our hammer under cover."
The verse above 'tis very good,
Its author sure is able,
He came in one day this week
And left it on our table;
Now a hammer is a useful tool
If you know just how to use it,
But when it lands
In many hands,
How the same abuse it.
Sadie Shucks at a Salem restaurant,
(And she doesn't care a whoop),
Found just one lonely bean,
A swimming in the soup;
She did not eat the precious thing,
Suspicions of pain were lurking,
When next she came
And took the same,
The little bean was working.
Once more it has been announced
That juice will run our trains,
And we are waiting patiently
For warmer spring time rains;
M. Goetz says that he'll have to bring
The V. & S. to town,
Meanwhile we'll set
And wratch Mike get
The wheels to going 'roun'.
BY VIRGINIA SOUTHERN
TO THE BLUEBIRD
BT JAMES G. GABELLE
0 winged symbol of hope.
Thou hat stolen the skieaown hue!
God breathed upon a turquoise rare,
And thus created you!
blue bows held the mints.
Mioses Eva Robertson and Vivian
Whiteaker served the four-course
luncheon while bird records
were played on a Victrola.
WEDNESDAY CLUB.
A happy evnt in club circles
was the bluebird luncheon Riven
by Mrs. "Clyde Ecker last
Wednesday afternoon for the
members of ihe Wednesday
Club and several additional
guests.
Club members responded to
rell call with quotations from
Maurice Maeterlinck's "Blue
bird", and the hostess gave a
brief explanation of this adven
turous search for happiness made
by two peasant children.
The large dining room rep
resented the Palace of Hanninvgs!
with hundreds of bluebirds flit-1 cha,ter- Liht refreshments
tine here and there, while blue! C109a tne meeting
CLOSI TILLICUMS.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Williams
were hosts to the Close lillxum
Club last evening, when several
games of 500 were enthusiastic
ally played. The Williams have
the g.ft of hospitality which
makes their friends unusually
eager to gather at their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Hays
will be the next hosts.
MEEDLKCRAFT.
The Needlecrafters were de
lightfully entertained by Mrs.
Frank Fluke last Thursday after
noon. The hours were pleasant
ly whiled away with sewing and
ELECTRIC SERVICE SOON
According to J. H. Dyer,
assistant gneral manager of the
S. P., May 15 has been fixed as
me aate wnen electric service
will be begun from W hiteson to
Corvallis:
"The pole line and overhead
construction and the sub-stations
are completed," said Mr. Dyer
this morning on his return from
a tnu over the road. The
machinery equipment for the
sub-stations, which we have
been waiting a long time for, is
about ready for shipment from
the factory and will be rushed
here. Arranging of terminal
facilities at Corvallis, costing be
tween $55,000 and $60,000, will
need to be carried out, but this
work will be done without delay.
By the middle of May electric
trains ought to commence run
ning through from Portland to
lorvallis."
The Benton Countv Courier
says that "the S. P. will inau
gurate a through and fast ser
vice to Portland, with but fou
stops, and maintain a schedule
that will clip some minutes from
the Oregon Electris's time."
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BIG SALE ON
The Elliott-O'Brien store opens
its doors in the morning for In
dependence's greatest sale.
Their large new stoek, invoiced
at $35,000, consisting of ladies
suits, snoes ana waists, men s
clothing and shoes, silks, dress
goods, draperies, linens, hosiery,
underwear, corsets, laces, out
ings, percales, blankets, ging
hams, etc., will be sold at greatly
reduced prices, certainly making
a great bargain feast. Additional
clerks have been employed so
that all customers may be waited
upon promptly.
CHANCE TO TRAIN
Independence and Monmouth
young men may have the oppor
tunity to receive military to
receive military training. Rev.
Willard Elkins of Monmouth,
who has been chaplain of the
Coast Artillery, has bean trans
ferred to Co. L. of Dallas as first
lieutenant It is proposed to
organize a platoon at either In
dependence or Monmouth under
command of Lieutenant Elkins,
which would be a part of Co. L.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S PATRY
The young people of the Chris
tian Bible school met at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Newton
Tuesday evening. The object of
the meeting was to select a color,
motto and floer for the class.
The flower chosen was the white
rose, green and white for eolor,
Search the Scripture" was
selected as the class motto. After
the business meeting the re
mainder of the evening was
spent in music. At 11 o'clock a
dainty lunch was served.
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$35,000 Stock of Dry Goods,
Ladies' Ready-to-wear, Shoes,
Men's Clothing to be Disposed
of at Sacrifice Prices.
Silks Hosiery Outings Ginghams
; Dress Goods Underwear Bedspreads
ladies Suits Draperies
Corsets Blankets Linens
Ladies' Waists
Laces Percales
Men's Clothing Men's Furnishings Shoes
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The Greatest Sale
Independence has ever Known
MARY ANN HALL
Mrs. Mary Ann Hall died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
G. W. McLaughlin at Buena
Vista on March 8. She was the
mother of eleven children of
whom seven survive. Mrs. Hail
was born in Illinois in 1829. She
came to Oregon in 1851. Her
husband, B. F. Hall, died in 1904.
THE AMOMAS' BANQUET
On 'lhursday evening lust.
'The Amomas", a young ladies'
organized class of the Baptist
Sunday school, were banqueted
by their executive board at the
social hall of the Baptist church.
he rooms were beautifully deco
rated in pink and green, the
lass colors. Games were played
and contests held. In the bean
carryings .contest, Mrs. Edith
Stewart won the first prize for
carrying the most, and Miss
Edna Mills won the "booby"
prize for carrying the least
beans around the hall on a silver
knife. Thirty-two gathered
around the table, and after giv
lng their song blessing, partook
of a most delicious banquet. The
class and its guests report a!
most successful evening. C. '
RAILROAD STRIKE CALLED
A general strike of all trainmen in the United
States has been called to begin Saturday night.
On the Pacific coast, the first "walk out" will
occur on Tuesday morning. The strike would be
a national calamity and paralzye business. At this
time, Friday, it does not look very encouraging1
for a settlement. Trainmen say the strike will
be called off if the United States becomes involved
in war.
NEW JEWELER ! meat and beans, and clothes oir
D. II. Phillips of Oakville, In In'rU uml jeans. We
Wash., has purehased the jewel- i wa,k h there everv dav. buy stiff
ry business of II. J. Rowe. Mr, 1 for which we cannot pay.
Phillips and wife arrived W'ednes
aay ana Mr. t'hillips is now in
BEET MEETINGS
Two enthusiastic migar beet
meetings have been held in In
dependence during the past week.
The Utah-Idaho Sugar Beet Co.
has agreed to build a factory
here before 1921 providing a cer
tain amount cf acreage is se
cured. To assist in encouraging
the industry, the VVillamett
charge. He comes highly
recommended both as a gentle
man and jeweler and will prove
a valuable asset to the city. It U
his intention to remodel the store
and increase the size of the
stock considerably.
ROAD BOND BOOSTERS-
At a meeting held in Dallas
Tuesday night, attended by
citizens from all parts of the
county, an organization was
lights cast a wierd glow over
the scene. The luncheon tables
were centered with spring flow-
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blue tulle bow.. Bluebird cards gon at her howe m
marked places for the twenty j
guests, and tiny baskets with' (Continued on Page 4, Col. 4)
Frank Dick
Main street
" i formed to boost for th nrrmosf.l
GOES INTO COURT Valley Growen' Assoc!- j r ai bilL jj nir8chberg
Complying with the wishes of . , . i was elected president and Winnie
! their constituents as wellas their! Wa,ker' trt'de"t;., W' Irvf,nte' I Brtden secretary. A vigorous
, I'fwn. the county court has taken j 1 Fi"?.T L ! "
Clark and Major Lewis, direct-'.,.....-, .. .
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MRS. DICKSON HOSTESS.
The members of the D. A. U. P. ! tne neeessary legal steps to re
Club were most pleasantly enter-!Bjst the efforts of Marion countv
to force Polk county in the Salem
bridge controversy. Counsel has
been retained to assist the dist
rict attorney.
Major Lewis, direct
ors. Additional acreage is being
secured each week.
The village merchant is the
j scoiu, wno neips us wnen we re
The Monitor always leads. 'down and out. He treats foroui
Some
times we roar about the prje,
then say please mark it on the
ice. His groceries, bacon and
coal oil, as well as products of
the soil, he hands to us off the
shelf, and waits six months to
get his pelf. He buys our butter
that is stale, for which he never
finds a sale, for warty apples full
of worms, he pays us cash and
never squirms. He stands by us
through thick and thin, and then
when we are flush with tin.
when winter's frosts and sleet
are o'er, we buy our stuff front
Jones' cash store. Sing if you
will of heroes brave, wao sleep
within a soldier's grave, but as
for me, I'll chant my tunes, in
praise of him who sells mo
prunes, who when I'm broke and
down and out, will stake me tot
feed of kraut E. L Sharp.
Revolution
abdicates.
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