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THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER X2z 0 Be AMAZEP oce the juooe m5 asm Bowser's Benevolence 1 TO KNOW MOW SVTlSrYlrKS fCUT TOBACCO SINCE IT FlRVT C 11 THIS LITTLE CHEW 19 I ON THE hKU ITS TMl LITTL CMtw THT SATISFIES f Published Weekly at Independence, Polk County, Oregon, on Friday. Entered as Second Class Matter August 1,1912 at the Poet Office at Inde cndence. Polk County, Oregon, Under the Act of March 3, 1879. It Is Aroused and Quieted Again By M. QUAD -:- -:- -:- 3g ( THOUQHT HI DION T KNOW BOUT It! INTELLIGENT people have a way of sizing thin up for themselves W-B CUT is all shreds, all tobacco; and ordinary plug is leaf with a lot of heavy, gummy sweetening, holding it together. But everything doesn't go by quantity either ; W-li CUT is a rich, sappy chew, because it's rich, sappy tobacco. It doesn't take so much W-B to satisfy. Take a small chew. Then notice how it lasts. 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There is hardly anything we cannot do. 00000000COOO0000IO00000 900000000000-00000 CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor NINA B. ECKER, Associate Suoscription Rates: One Year $1.50 Strictly in Advance ADVERTISING RATES: 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, May 25, 1917 ine l Ortland leieCfram IS inclined tO be PUtl soliciting contributions, to keep it running and provide food and lodglngi , , , i - i r i the orphans she take in. Her call at the office was to get a small contribi out Decause tne iviomtor exercised one ot tne perogatives of a patriotic newspaper and suggested that a number ot the smart editorial writers in Portland, the Telegram's included, should enlist jWe have watched with keen interest the patriotic efforts ot the Telegram to encourage enlistments and- reasoned that we were neglecting a duty by not doing our bit in the same direction. As the girl who loves children makes the best teacher and the boy who shows the most mechanical ability makes the best mechanic, we surmised that those wrho were the most enthusiastic for war would make the best soldiers. From the Tele gram's alibi, bill of exceptions or writ of rebuttal, which is published elsewhere on this page, we doubt the merit of our contention. Even the old fashioned practice what you preach" evidently does not apply in this instance. We withdraw our suggestion that the smart editorial writers in in Portland enlist Let George do it. R. BOWSER'S benevolence la rather eccentric. Sometimes when a tramp rtrikes him for 10 cents for a night's lodging he will stop and glare at that tramp in a way to make him shudder. Again, he will hand him enough to pay for a comfortable bed and a bountiful dinner besides. He came home with a serious face the other evening and after dinner suld: "Mrs. Bowser, I am going: out this evening. Today as I sat in the office, " he went on aa a aad smile came to his face, "a woman came in. She had one of the saddest faces I ever saw. It waa a face full of sorrow and despair. I felt pity for her even before she spoke. When I asked her errand she said that several years ago her husband bad fallen from a building and waa killed, and she was left without a dollar in the bouse. She had Ave small children and knew not wnicn way to turn. No one came to offer her sympathy or money. One by one the children sickened and died. They literally starved to death. "In this extremity the thought came to her to open an orphans' home and thus at least provide for her hunger. She opened one. It is down here about three blocks. Yes; she opened one, and she gone about from house to house s for orphans she takes In. Her call at the office was to get a small contribution from me." "And her tale of woe deeply affected your asked Mrs. Bowser. "It did, and it has," was the reply as Mr. Bowser's eyes grew moist "I told her I would call this evening. I would invite you to go with me. but aa the un fortunate woman la not expecting visitors It would embarrass her. She has talked with me and knows she has my full sympathy." "You gave her a contribution at the office, didn't your waa asked. "Why, I handed her $5, but that was a poor contribution. I shall see about a larger sum before I come home." "And won't you see about 110 for me? I want to buy a lot of knlckknacks at the store tomorrow." "Urn -urn." replied Mr. Bowser. "1 think your knickknacks can wait for a week or two. When it is a question between knlckknacks and starvation you should not be selfish. I'll go over there now, and I'll tell you how it came out when I return." In a minute more be was gone, and Mrs. Bowser sat down and had a hearty laugh. It was an hour before his return, and he did not look at all benevolent. Ia fact, be looked anything but that. He had found the home. He had rung- the bell. A boy about ten years old had answered It and said: "If you came to see mother about orphans she is not at home. If you want Whatever else you do on June 4, vote "307 No" and thus defeat a vicious attempt to destroy the initiative and referendum. The initiative and referendum is the people's weapon against the wrongs of misgovern ment. They should not only hold on to them, but extend its jurisdiction so that it would apply in all cases, city, count' and state, eliminating the fake emergency clause." Make it the means of stopping the little grafts as well as the big ones. Por example, how long would Polk count' have a school supervisor if it was put up to the people? "SONNY, WHERE ARE THE OTHER ORPHANS?" to leave a dollar or two 1 will take good care of It." "But where Is your mother?" asked Mr. Bowser aa he looked around and found a well furnished private dwelling. "Oh, she Is out telling her sad stories," laughed the boy. "She struck luck today, but Is in hopes of striking It harder. Mother Is a good talker, and she can pry an old miser loose from his coins with her teara." Mr. Bowser was so astonished that he was silent for a moment, and then he asked: "Sonny, where are the other orphans?" itt i ,i i j r rne Doy nrst gnnnea ana tnen laugned ana said: "Tney are not on view, old we nope tne conscription law was passed lor a top. I am the only orphan In the house, and ma and me make a pretty good mine; oe it. "Boy," roared Mr. Bowser, "do you mean to tell me that this Is an orphan age?" "Ma calls it one," was the reply "And your mother goes around soliciting contributions to support It?" "She not only solicits contributions, but you bet she gets them. Ma can al most get money out of me when I have only a nickel in my pocket." better purpose than catching the slacker as it has often been declared. The slacker has been .'ailed lazy, shirker, coward, disloyal, sissy and iorty other names of demerit. If he has been properly defined, an army of them would not be worth much in any capacity. The country would be better off if they were at home playing croquet THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK Established 1889 A Successful Business Career ot Twenty Five Years INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS H. Hlrschber, Pres. D. W. Sears, V. P. R. K. DeArmond, Cashier W. H. Walker, I. A. Allen, O. D. Butler Senator Harry Lane is in California broken down in health. The vicious and malicious abuse of him a few weeks back no doubt helped push him to the brink of the grave. If he does not get well again, the future will record that he died a martyr to a conscientious vote, cast without fear and without hope of gain or reward. Mr. Bowser's knees wabbled for a moment, but he said nothing as he started to return home. He had thoughts on the way. When he entered the presence of Mrs. Bowser and was asked if he had been to the orphans' home he thought It best to reply: "The orphans' home? What orphans' home? How did you get any such Idea? I was over to the butcher shop to tell the butcher that If he sent us any more bones I'd cave In his cocoanut. That butcher has got to be talked to about once a month. Where is the evening paper? I feel just like reading tonight." And Mrs. Bowser had to go out Into the hall to giggle and to prevent blm from hearing her. Copyright. 1S16, by McClurs Newspaper Syndicate. ooc WHAT DOES THE BROTHER WANT? This from the Independence Monitor of recent issue: "Be cause of their great fervor for war and conscription, the smart men who comprise the editorial Some say that the farmers will object to havine statTs of the Port,and Oregonian, the government fix a price on their grain. We Telram Ne,'8 ou to ... 11,1 , , I wane rAlciicill OUIUICIS. AS II tnink not. inev have let the soeculatnrs fiv it at Um .v.n tnr. o pleasure for years, and the speculators fixed it, that an enthusiat makes the not for the farmer or the consumer, but for them- ,bestf80!tier- k be a serious . .... ' U1 UICUI loss to the country if no wav ran selves. 1 he farmer will rather t.ilcp rhanepe wit-Vi k waive all exemptions and enlist." What is th answer, so far as me Droiner wno presides over the destinits of the Independ ence Monitor is concerned? He must assume that the manifes tation oi eninusiasm in tne na tion's cause is ridiculous, or he would not be guilty of such green and sickly sarcasm. It is not that we are either ashamed or perturbed. If per sistent presentation cf the 8tu penduous task presenting the American people, ar.d the most urgent arpeal at our command the government. It will be difficult to make the ignorant emocracy of gton Correspondent Russian people realize the democracy of hhhu Root. ashington Cor ot the uregonian. We should think it would be when a lot of bright people in America cannot realize it. Opposition to government control of prices is breaking out. The big thieves have pulled the . 1 V i tit saunas aim ;i n uniDer or Kept newspapers. j Oregon as elsewhere, are growling. in to serve the nation by support- Telegram. rrUaDa ing the poTernment's program for the most effective conduct of the war, offends or annoys the the Monitor brother, are we to be abashed thereby? Hardly. Why this sensitive shrinking in the face of enthusiasm which the cause and the hour demand? It is not for us to sit in judgment upon the patriotism of a fellow citizen. If he himself brings suspicion upon that virtue by act or utterance we can not say wnat motives, association or sympathies influence him. So. when the Independence editor gets blase, as it were, and pro fesses the scorn of the dilettanti for earnestness in this grave national crisis, we cannot say whether it is a case of the hyphen striking through, whether it is a mental lapse, or need of the infusion of good, red Ameri can blood and American common sense. We would recommend that the Monitor biother ii dulge in a little introspection; that as an Ameri can he get the proper angls on himself; and when that is done he may be able to percieve that the national crisis is not a joke and that from all Americans th full measure of service and ciuiiuMdsm is aemanaed in whatever form and manner these oe rendered.