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BREVITIES
By Our News Correspondent
J. L. Uanna is in Salt Lake
City.
Harold Klepper has enlisted in
the army.
Several of the "L" boys were
home over Sunday.
Wanted -Pasture for two colts.
J. T. Hart. Rt. 1. 41
Miss Louise Davis is employed
in the telephone office.
Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Eldridjje
were in Portland this week.
Miss Grace Joaes was a pas
senger to Corvallis Wednesday.
Mrs. W. S. Kurre left Wednes
day for a visit at Cottage Grove.
Max Goldmaa buys and sells
all kinds of wood. 40tf
Mrs. Susan Jones and daugh
ter, Grace, motored to Corvallis
Sunday,
Scott Leonard will build a new
barn on his farm Bouth of Inde
pendence. "Quit the advertising; the cow
is Bold," writes Mrs. M. J. Nor
ton to the Monitor.
Dr. J. D. G rider, dentist, suc
cessor to Dr. Allen, Cooper
Building, I'hone Main 1C21.
Albert Kullander has been in
Portland this week taking the
examination for the army.
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Pr. It. E. Duganne, dentist,
National Dank Building.
0. E. Martin has Rone to the
eastern part of the state.
Riley Cooper was visiting his
brother, J. S., this week.
Dewey Hill was a Portland
caller the first of the week.
Abe Becker has answered the
roll and will join the army.
Eyes scientifically examined
and glasses fitted. Dr. F. G.
Hewett, Cooper Bldg. 29tf
P. H. Drexler is behind tne
counter at Calbrrath & Jones'.
Mrs. Bolton of Salem was vis
iting Mrs. P. R. Alexander Mon
day.
"Cut out the ad, sold all the
baled hay" phones Sam Muhle-
man.
A treat with every ticket next
week for five acceptable news
items.
W. T. Hoffman intends to
plant ten acres of beans on his
ranch.
The city council failed to legis
late Wednesday night. No
quorum.
Two good tent houses for sale
at a bargain. Inquire at Dick
son's Meat Market. 33 tf
A son was born to Mr and
Mrs. Levi Burbank of Pedee last
Friday.
Shaler Eld ridge departs to
morrow for Frisco where he
enters the navy.
Verd Hill was the first Inde
pendence man to subscribe to the
Liberty Loan.
J. S. and Riley Cooper went to
Elk City Tuesday with their fish
ing tackle.
R. W. Wateh, formerly of
Independence, was married at
North Bend last week.
If you are going to have a
wedding or a swell dinner, don't
forget to complete the menu with
Pugh'a Loganberry Juice. Sold
everywhere. H2tf
Two dandy looking hogs were
reaived Tuesday night by ex
press for J. A. Wood.
Rev. W. S. Stewart attended
the s;ate Sunday school conven
tion at New berg this week.
Lurry Fitierald has accepted
a position in the First National
Bank, succeeding Shaler Eld
ride. 1
B. I. Swop, Lawyer Cooper Bldg.
Mesdames W. H. Walker and
Hattie Henkle were in Salem
yesterday.
Mrs. Lottie Hedges Mcintosh
will present her pupils in public
recital June 1 at the M. E.
church.
Wanted, a good girl to do
tailoring, writing and answer
telephone. George Alassari,
tatlor, Monmouth St. 40tf
JceOberson has returned from
Salem whore he had his appendix
removed. He will be back on
the job soon.
The Presbyterian ladies will
hold a Springtime bazaar and
food Bale on June 2. Interesting
news later.
Billy Irvine celebrated his sixth
birthday Saturday afternoon by
giving a party for a number of
his school mates.
0. A. Macy returned Monday
from a ten days' jaunt thru
Montana. He says he much pre
fers the Willamette valley.
Dewey Broad well, one of Uncle
Sam's navy boys, now stationed
on Puget Sound, arrived home
last night on a four day's leave
of absence.
For Sale a thoroughbred Jer
sey bull, 2 years old, dark brown
color. Price $40. R. H. Me
Carter, 7 miles southeast of
Independence. 40tf
The Rebekaks elected the fol
lowing officers Tuesday night:
Mrs. Lena Hewitt, noble grand
Miss Mable Stevens, vice grand;
Mrs. Hattie Henkle, secretary;
and Mrs. Ella Hart, treasurer.
A good pair of reading
glasses lot $1.0O at O. A.
Kreamer's.
Ross Nelson is to become a
specialist in unique vegetables
and plants. He has sent to
Luther Burbank for all the freak
varieties the wizard has in Btock
and will devote all his time be
tween reels to their cultivation.
Abe Bennett, the evangelist,
who conducted services at the
Christian church last summer,
was in Independence yesterday.
He just came from California
where summer weather is being
enjoyed and the farmers are
cutting hay.
The Needlecrafters gathered
at the home of Mrs. Crosby Davis
Thursday afternoon and indulged
in a few pleasant hours of handi
work, amid the charming hos
pitaiity of the hostess. Light
refreshments were served to the
guests.
Salem Capitol Journal: M"S.
I. L. Patterson, who has jnst re
turned from Washington as a
delegate of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, visited the
Red Cross headquarters and the
surgical dressing rooms yester
day. She said tkat the work of
the Salem Red Cross compared
most favorably with that of the
larrer cities of the east and
especially with that of Minne
apolis where Mrs. Patterson
visited several days.
Aunt Tilda
She Tells About
The Church Lottery
Ul Ie blark. folks am Jtat as much clillleu as dey was fo'ty
ya'rs ago, an' It looks to ine aa If dey was gwlne to keep rlgbt
on fur another fo'ty ya'rs.
About teu days ago de pawson of our church walks In yere
an' sea to me, "Aunt Tilda, I bas had a call."
"Did somebody call you names?" I axed.
"You know wery well what I mean. When any body hears
still, anmll voice wlilHifrlu' In his ear, diit's a call. You know, we need
'bout a bunilrtHl dollars to make repairs to our mectlii' house. It's a shame
an' a disgrace to our people. Par hain't a hull pane o' glass In de winders,
an' de tints fly In au' out as dey please. De call tole me what to do. I's
gwlne to git up a church lottery. Dar won't be anything sinful 'bout tt. It's
fur de cause of rellgun. I sell 100 tickets fur a dollar nplece In dat lottery.
De prize am $-'." In cash. Dat leaves me $73 to make de repairs. De pusaoo
who pays a dollar fur a ticket an' hits dat prize makes $24."
"Dar hain't no religion In a lottery, an' you can't make me believe It
Dar may be a lectle mite In a church festival, but It's shore dar batn't de
leaHt ptck In lottery, an' I won't buy
no ticket," I sea.
Hut de pun sou he goes right out.
an' he sells ilcm hundred tickets, an'
do dm win' takes place In de church.
All de tickets was placed In de
mwsou's ole plug hat, an" Aunt Debo
rah Wilson, who Is cross eyed, done
do ilrnwln' an' pulled out ticket No.
Ti. Dar wits three snrteks au' a clap
pin' o' hands, an' ole Mrs. White shout
ed out dat It was her ticket an' she
was gwtne to buy liniments fur her
rheumatism n Ul de cash turned ober
to her.
De pnnson announced dat he had
left all de money home, but would gin
de lucky old latly her cash next day.
IMs would 'a' gone on right if most
o' de people hadn't called out fur de
Job to tie finished right off. Dey asld
dey would go home wld d pawson an'
see de money paid.
He hemmed an" hawed, but de
longer he hesitated de mo' deter
mined growe.1 tie people, an' he had
to go wl, us. Mo' dan 200 people fol
lered along to his cabin, au' a doxen
or mo' entered de house wld him. Ills u"r w"" 1 "unar"
ole wife sot dar In a rocktu' chair, au' when she need de people cum flockln' In
she sort-Hiiied right out an' fell off de chair lu a faint
1H pawson tried to drive us all ontdoahs, dat he might hold de camphor
bottle to her nose, but no one would go. When he hail put It off as long as
he could he took down an ole coffeepot an' put his hand inter It to pull out
dat hundred dollars. It was what de white folks call a tragic moment
Dar wau't no hundred dollars In dat con"eeixt: Dar neber had bin. De
pawsou had hid It eoiuewhar else. When we begun to shout he salt! dat
de rats or de roblera had cum an' stolen de money w hile he was at church. 0
an' de ole woman was ulttlt;' right dar all de lime to keep watch! i
Dar a au awful row. of co'se. an' dar was talk of tar an' feathers. i
but de pawson promised to find dat money de no.t day. an' tier let htm
off. Wheu de next day cum he was nilsslu", and he am mlsalu' yet He
hain't gone for giinl, but he t nattiu' to let de excitement die down. IVu
he will cum back an' hare auoddcr call, an' Instead of auy church re-
palrsj he will llxni out in a uew stilt of clothes an' will buy his wluter
A bac-on by de pits e Instead of by de pound.
1 Hti! Don't tell me dat de cull'd folks ain't a cataleptic, consan
guine, eoun-stivc. commodious, continuation, rtinsarned lot of Idiot an'
ought to have white men o act as delr guardians.' M. QUAD.
c'"l' rlht, l:;i, McOlurw Newspaiwr Syndic!
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"Civilization" at the Isis May
28.
Th Girls' Glee Club will pre
sent their entertainment at
Airlie tonight.
A number of the present
teachers in the High School have
been retained for next year.
Mesdames Lena Hewitt, Ella
Hart and Lena Jones have been
elected delegates to Rebekah
Grand Lodge which meets at
Eugene next week.
S. E. Carver of Independence,
an old man, was .committed to
the asylaim the first of the week.
At the depot in Dallas Monday
afternoon while waiting for the
train for Salem, he attempted
suicide by stabbing himself with
a knife. He was not seriously
injured.
E. F. Blark receives a letter
each week from his son, Arthur,
who is in tha navy. In his last
letter the youar man stated that
he was getting along well but
had been a little lonesome for a
few days because Johnny Nash
had been temporarily trans
ferred to another ship.
A n'gger show came to town
Wednesday but did not exhibit.
thus saving our people a number
of half dollars which might have
been handed over under the im
pression that the exhibition
might be worth it While this
bunch, calling themselves the
"Virginia Minstrels" had a tent,
they did not put it up, but tried
to get in at the Isis. Their
reputation proceeding them, the
owners of the Isis bad no desire
to bilk their patrons and refused
to let the blacks in, especially
when it was desired to charge
75 cents.
Butter Wraps
$1.00 per 100
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