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little chew from his pouch of W-B CUT
Chewing especially if he's a gentlemanly fel
low who would appreciate rich tobaccor1 Once a man
gets used to real tobacco, it goes mighty hard with him
to swing back to the ordinary over sweetened kind.
W-B has cut in two the amount he tucks away in his
cheek.
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THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR
Rit yourself
m HERplac
fir. flan
Why not get a good
oil stove so that dur
iiig the hot weather
your wife or mother
orsisteror daughter,
can prepare the
meals in a cool, com
fortabl hitchtnf
There's no overheating
the k itchen with an up-to-date
oil cook stove. It'a
just like cooking with city
gas. The burners con
centrate the heat at the
different cooking points.
NEW PERFECTION
031 CO&MTOVE
No wood or coal or
ashrs to lug. No
waiting for fires to
catchup. The long
blue chimneys do
away with all
amoks and tinelL
In 1, 2, 3, and 4-burner
ires, with or without
event. Alio cabinet
model! with Firalesa
cooking ovan.
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COMPANY
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When The Monitor
Prints It
VOU are assured of a good
job as a skilled man does
the work.
Our Cash System enables us
to beat city prices.
There is hardly anything we
cannot do.
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Established -
1889
A Successful Business Career of Twenty rive Years
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TIME DEPOSITS
OFPICER.S AISO DIRECTOR
H. Hlrschberg, Pres. D. VV. Sears, V. P.
K. K. DeArtnond, Cashier
W. H. Walker, I. A. Allen, O. D. Butler
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ,
Published Weekly at Independence, Polk County,
Oregon, on Friday.
Entered ss Second Class Matter August 1,1912 at tbe Post Office at Inde
pendence, Polk County, Oregon, Under the Act of March 3, 1879.
CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor ,
NINA B. ECKER, Associate
Suoscrlption Rates: One Year $1.50 Strictly tn Advance
ADVERTISING BATES: 15c. per Inch for one Insertion. 12 l-2c for two or
more Insertions, 10c. on monthly contracts. Readers, 5 and 10c. per line
Independence, Oregon, Friday, March 30, 1917
The Willamette Valley Editorial Association
has met and denounced the Portland Tournal. Its
feelings have been greatly hurt by the Journal's
fight on the delinquent tax law, but it will make
no friends for itself or injure the Journal by con
tinuing the war. You need only to put your ear
to the ground to learn that a large majority of tbe
people are with the journal; not that they would
go as far as the Journal but they want a change
in the law. Then perhaps the Journal may turn
I its searchlight upon the "Willamette Valley Edi-
jtorial Association". It might insist on knowing
jhow many newspaper publishers in the Willa
mette valley are members of the Association, how
many of its members endorse the delinquent tax
law as it stands today, and worse, it might de
mand to know why the newspaper "committee"
at the last session of the legislature spent a por
tion of its time lobbying for and against measures
that did not concern newspapers.
REAL WAR CENSUS
Every Man's Qualifications In
Connecticut to Be Listed.
VOLUNTEERS MAKE COUNT.
Card Catalogue of Entire Mala Popula
tion Sixte.n Year, and Over Will B
Ready fay April 15 Similarly Ev.ry
Factory, Large and Small, Will Be
Listed Separately.
Hartford. -Connecticut is iuiing Its
war strength as no other slate iu tbe
I'uiou ever has. Tbe emergency "war
census" It undertook alter tlie sever
unee of diplomatic relations with Ger
many will lie finished. It is believed,
before the middle of April.
Every man will he listed, and ol'ito
Hite his name will lie his ae. trade,
military experience and family respon
sibility. Every factory will lie listed.
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From the present world war, great good will
come to all mankind. Over the ashes of de
stroyed homes and the graves of millions slain,
the people of all enlightened countries will come
to themselves. They will take over the reigns of
government and banish forever many of the class
privileges that has made them not much better
than slaves. And there will be no more great
wars; at least not without the consent of those
who must bear the burden of it. When nations
can no longer ware war merely tor tne oenent 01
financial interests, then the people have won for
themselves the greater share of the right of self
government.
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Under the new cigarette law which goes into
effect in May, it shall be the duty of the mayor,
marshal or any other ofhcial to approach every
minor seen smokinir a cigarette and demand
where he got the ' makings". If the boy reveals
the name of the guilty party, the officer must pro
ceed at once to cause the arrest of the culprit. If
the boy refuses to tell, he must be taken before a
court of justice and fined. Now, how many
officials will obey this law? Not many, we are
thinking. The law is all right and should be en
orced. but like all law enforcement, wnat is
everybody's business is nobody's business.
Peace advocates and so-called pacifists 6f any
ufluence have accepted the inevitable that a re
sort to war is the only remedy. Ihey will do
what they can for their country, loyally upholding
it against the enemy. Equal zeal on the part of
those who advocate war tor financial train is
oped for.
Within a week the United States and Germany
will undoubtedly be at war. May such a war be
hort, all American wrongs righted, and may we
lity rather than coudemn the German people, the
nnocent and deceived tools of a war mad crown,
In Lane county it is proposed to change the
name of the county because the present senator
bears the same name as his illustrious grandfather
for whom the county was named. Desecrating
the memory of the dead is not patriotism.
All honor to the bovs in khaki.
Photo by American Press Association.
uOVEKNOIt UAIIllS It. IIOl.t'OMB.
and opposite rtvh will be not only the
nature and amount toods It turns
out. but the undue and amount of war
supplies it coulil turn out under pressure.
L'uder tbe active direction of Gov
ernor Iloli oinb, 5,hji) voluiiteer work
ers are encaged iu tbe preparation of a
fit t il catalogue of the entire male pop
u'ntiou sixteen years of aj;e and over.
There are ujote than 400.000. This will
bi ir complete details, showing tbe aye,
national ly and physical condition.
It will show whether the man listed
m any one dependent on bitu and thus
Let Iter it w ould be fair to allow him
lo enlist in the army at the Urst call.
It will show whether be Las had any
mechanical, professional or military ex
perience and thus whether it would be
wise for the government to allow bill)
to bear a rille w hen perhaps be might
render far more valuable service as a
surgeon or munitions worker or nieui
ler of the signal corps.
Similarly every factory, large and
small, is being listed separately. Con
tideutial and closely guarded informa
tion given by the owners to the gov
ernor will afford him an exact idea of
tbe resources of every Industry. lie
will know, too, bow many workers,
trained and untrained, are needed to
equip each factory and bow easily new
workers can be trained to take tbe
places of the more highly skilled wbo
may be needed elsewhere.
The proposjil to m:iUe the Inventory
was placed before governor llolcouib
by one of the leading attorneys of
Hartford on the niyht follow ing I'resi.
dent Wilson's announcement of the
bu-uu in leiall.'iis with (id Umiiav,
Tbe governor was quick to seize tbe
Idea. He arranged lo add res, a joint
session of the assembly tbe following
day. In Just su words be outlined
what be wanted.
Citing tbe costly experience of Creat
Britain, he sa'd that -'a prerequisite of
a luobilizulicu oi men and industries is
the collection and classification of in
formation as to the available resources
of the country. If we are to serve
bravely and ethcietitly we must ix'gin
early and act promptly.
Within an hour after tbe governor
had finished speaking the bill providing
for the census, approved by both houses,
waa presented for bis signature.
Traps tb Ntt $500.
Hood i:ier. ltre.-l K. Stanton, a
dvil war veteran, has a son. Ceorge
W. Stanton, who. according to a letter
received by the father, will dear more
than f.n from his traps in Uike coun
ty this w inter. The young man w rites
that his chief revenue will lie derived
from coyotes. Voting Mr. Stanton has
already trapied eighty five coyotes this
winter. He says that be bas killed
six bobcats.
Young Mother of Triplets.
Baltimore. - 1'rol al.lv ,u,u .
youngest mothers of triolet. rrr In
tbi citv Is Mrs I cum Sr, L,o
is only eighteen years old. Three baby
girls re. t'y arrived at h,r borne.
Their father. Ijiwren-e Sttxkman. is
oui nineteen year oi,i Mrs. Mary
Herr. mother of Mrs Stockman, has
recent! v achietmi r..,r,t ..t h.
ONLY TRUE LIVING D. A. R.
Fathor of Pennsylvania Vjman Servojd
In American Revolution.
Philadelphia. Mrs. Hannah Dial of
Jacobs Creek, Pa., who probably is the
only true daughter of tbe American
Revolution living, celebrated her one
hundred and et-ooud birthday recently,
says a corresfKMideut of the Pittsburgh
Dispatch. Her father, Holiert Slom
mons, served throughout the Revolu
tionary war with a distinguished rec
ord for bravery. He was a scout and
Indian fighter and was several times
captured by the Indians and put to tor
ture because he would not betray the
plans of the American army. Mrs. Dial
owns an Indian tomahawk with which
her father struck down an Indian who
attacked bim from ambush.
Mrs. Dial attributes her long life and
good health to living the simple life,
with much hard work of various kinds.
She is a woman of remurkable attain
ments and a large fund of informa
tion gathered from much reading.
Comb Flattens Bullet '
Fenton. I II. -Mrs. Henry Sutherland
of West Frankfort, a bride of a few
weeks, was struck by a stray bullet,
which ci'.mc through a door of her fa
ther's home, and narrowly escaped
denth. M's. Sutherland fell against a
stove. A bullet bad struck the baclt of
her head and flattened against a metal
comb. Tuecouib practically saved her
life.
'jpHERE is more than
physical comfort in
a good fitting suit.
There's the comfort of
knowing it is stylishly,
cut and expertly de
signed. C. A. Loch ridge
a Co.
Eggs and Cockerels :
Black Minorca and Ancon
gsrs, trap-nasted stock.
Only three Minorca cockerels
left, McConnell strain. 2
t C. E. FRAZIER,
iin 6922 INDEPENDENCE. ORE.
For Spring
Housecleanlng
Mere surface dusting or bruahirf
! not cleaning. Thorough clean
ing draws out both "outside"
and "inside" dirt without scatter
ing it in the air you breathe. It
is cleaning auch as can only re
had with an
Electric
Vacuum Cltanir
An Electric Vacuum Clearer will
keep your hosne apotlessly clean
an ysar long with Tery little
affort on your part, at small tx
pense and with no wear or tear
on nigs, draperies, mattresses,
bedding, etc.
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Phone 5011
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