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THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Published Weekly at Independence, Polk ' County, Oregon, on Friday. Entered as Second Class Matter August 1, 1912 at the Foat Office at Inde pendence, Polk County, Oregon, Under the Act of March 3, 1879. CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor NINA B. ECKER, Associate SuDscrlptJon Rates: One Year $1.50 Strictly In Advance ADVERTISING BATES: 15c. per Inch for one Insertion, 12 l-2c for two or more Insertions, 10c. on monthly contracts. Ktaders, S and 10c. per line Independence, Oregon, Friday, June 92, 1917 The endorsement by the Oregon State Grange of the North Dakota Non-Partisan League means that a new issue, a new idea, will enter the politi cal arena in this state. The North Dakota system is a combination of farmers, who by voting as a unit for their candidates can elect them. Political parties are thrown in the scrap pile and the rep resentatives of those interests deemed inimical to the public good are taken out of office. The League consists of only genuine farmers men and women who are bone fide tillers of the soil. Not even "retired" farmers are eligible to mem bership. Expenses are met by annual dues. At the present time all the state officials, except treasurer, are farmers, the lower house of the legislature is nearly all farmers, but owing to the tit t .1 ...a. noia-over mempers in tne senate tnat Dodv is about evenly divided which has prevented much of their desired legislation from being enacted in to law. Next year, the machine politicians will be driven out of the senate and the League will reign supreme. To aid the League, several dailes and at least one weekly newspaper in each county have been purchased which are edited by skilled newspaper men. Ihe movement has spread to several other Northwest states, Montana especially having been chosen as the second state to be taken ever." That the League has met with success there is known to us personally for the editor of the Monitor has just received a very enticing invita tion to assume the editorship of one of their pub lications. "That the North Dakota propaganda will sweep over Oregen like a forest fire thru dry jack-pine" is the conclusion reached by the Oregon Voter, a Portland publication representing the "big busi ness" interests, which will fight the "invasion" from sun up to sun down. The yoter goes on to say: "The majority of the Oregon farmers feel that they are being robbed by the citieSj the insurance companies, the cor porations and the rest of the world gen erally. They are filled with suspicion and distrust. Some of this suspicion and distrust is justified, for dishonest men live in the cities as well as in the country, and the farmer has been victimized so often that he has come to believe the rest of the world is leagued against him. He therefore welcomes an opportunity to league against the balance of the world." The Voter is frank to acknowledge that farmer has cause tor grievance and under circumstances is not to be blamed if he seeks to better conditions. A study of the League's work in North Dakota should be made. The rule of farmers certainly has its advantages over the rule of penny politi cians, and it is also true that what is good for North Dakota ought to be good for Oregon. Result of First Afternoon's Canvas In Independence $100 H. Hirsehberg, Independence Na tional Bank. $70 K. C. Eldridjre. 50 Farmers State Bank, J. R. Cooper & Sona, Con key Y Walker, Lyceum Courie (151.67). $40 J. M. Walker. $33 Moore & Walker, Johnson ft Collina, Calbreath ft Jones. $30 C. F. Cropp, 0. A. Kreamer, Diek iion Bros., Sloper Bros, ft Cockle. $25 H. L. Fitchard, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Duganne, J. D. Hibbs ft Co.. F. G. Hewett, L, L. Hewitt, Moss Walker, Craven ft Walker, M. C. Williama, Craven ft Huff, F. N. Stump, O. O. Butler, Eddy ft Carbray, $20 Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Mary, C W. Irvine. $18 B. E. Smith. $12 Camp Fire Girls. $10 Mrs. Paul Bickley. Wn. Brown, H. C. Dunsmore. R. W. Baker, W. H. Rigirs. Hanna Bros., Independence Meat Co., Dee Taylor, H. B. Fletcher, Mrs. H. B. Fletcher, Independence j Garage. the the The first contingent of American troops has reached Franc. It is said to be regulars who were with General Pershing when he chased Villa around in Mexico. This body is considered the best in the American army, and well toughened for the great work before it. The men will soon take their place in the trenches, and when thev have done so, the world will commence to hear of thtir! bravery, endurance and skill. I $7.50 E. E. Hewitt. $5 John Dickinson, B. T. Swope, P. M. Kirkland, Mrs. Hattie Henkle, A. Qussdorf, Mrs. John Hiltebrand. Father Forget, H. S. Wood, T. D. Yarnes, Wm. Seaman, Emerson Groves, W. S. Kurre, Fletcher ft Bar rick, Wm. Quartier, D. D. Good, W. R. Allin, Clyde Ecker, R. R. DeAr mond, M. J. Kreutcb, Mr. and Mrs. Jaa. Collins, Smith ft Smith, Gladys Irvine, L. E. Barrick, Mrs. H. L. Fitchard. $4 Oberson Bros. $3 Fred Young, J. McLeod. $2.00 Mrs. E. N. Johnson, Mrs. Clyde Ecker, Wm. Addison, E. J. Fowler, C B. Smith, L. D. Wyland, Croaby Dalton, Mrs. M. O. Fluke. $2 Lester Neil, W. Manning, A. M. BinKman, Frank Whiteaker, Mrs. W. E. Craven, S. B. Irvine, Mrs. Alice Phrks, Mrs. A. C. Moore, F. W. Patterson, Joe Oberson, R. F. Coffey, Jas. Oberson, Ella Robinson, L. J. Clements, John Bramberg, L A. Sawyer, Miss Jewell, M. Goldman, John Richardson. $1.50 H. M. Edgar, C. W. Peaae. $1 Ora Clark, Mrs. J. J. Fenton, Chaa. Smith, Miss Leitch, lrma Withers, Markey, Ed Wunder, A. J. Tupper. Chaa. Williams, W. S. Grant, W. J. Clark, O. Floyd, L. C. Fitzgerald, Ben Johnson, J, L. Coquillet-e, I. W. Dickinson, D. H. Phillips, W. E. Dun Kan, Geo. Graves, Henry Oberson, Frank Miller, J. H. Becker, J. S. Byrd. Fred Oberson, Lucy Smith, Mra. E. E. Cook, Mra. Mary Purden, W. W. Huntley, Mrs. Pulse, Mary Ball, Mrs. Kingsley, J. B. Scrafford, Mrs. F. M. Kellon, Mrs. McKinney, Mrs. Locke, J. M. Virgin, G. W. Girard, I. Claggett, Mra. 1. Baun, F. C. Stephens, C. W. Butler, Mra. Wm. McDonald, Henry Mott, L. Da mon, G. W. Dewitt. Mrs. L. Saunders, H. C Stratton, G. E. Plessinger, Mra. J. B. Grider, Mrs. Ed Dunkel, Mra. B. Fergerson, Andy Wilson, T. J. Osborne, Mrs. O. E. Martia 00c Mrs. Geo. Huntley, C T. Bascue, Mrs. E. L. Townsend, Mrs. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Chaa. Kurre, Mra. Lottie Mc intosh, J. R. Collina, Mra. Tom Hart 25C Mra. Fred Reece, Mra. W. S. Kurre. Total 91470.67 BUTTER WRAPS f 1 per 100 MONITOR OFFICE MAY EAT OAT BREAD. Swedee Ask Permission to 611 It. Hungsr Marches Continue. Stockholm.-1 be Bakers' Association of Sweden presented a memorial to tie state economic commission setting forth the difficulties of obtaining aaffl clent rye and wheat flour and asking tlit authorities to permit and to order them to use a certain proportion of oat or barley flour in bread. The bakers assert that the altuation Indicates with certainty that such a measure must be eventually resorted to and point oat the advisability of doing It now Instead of delaying until the time when the pro portion a of barley and oata must neces sarily be greater than would be the case now. A body of female factory workers ea tlmated at B.OUO marched recently In an orderly manner through southern and western Stockholm to the office of the largest local milk company, where they demanded a better distribution of milk and lower prices. Hunger demonstrations continue at varioua places in the kingdom. METEOR LIKE SEARCHLIGHT. Crashes Into Mountains and Illumi nates Whole Valley. Bishop, Cel. Illuminating the upper Owens valley for half a minute like a searchlight In the skies, a meteor of extraordinary alae and brilliancy flared across from eaat to west one night and brought up against the high Sierra Ne vada. There waa a crash that could be beard for miles wben the foreign body hit the mountain aide far above tne floor of the valley. It Bounded like the Impact of a projectile from a great gun against a fort. Residents were startled by the pea- sage of the mighty streak of blue-white Are through the darkness and t train by the loud explosion that followed eon- tact with the granite range whlcn stopped it Then followed a tumbling of dislodged stones not far from the camp of the Round Valley Tungsten company. MORGAN ON PATROL DUTY. Financier's Son Assigned te Ship. Young Iselln Also Enrolls. New York. Junius Speucer Morgan, son of J. P. Morgan, who recently re ceived an enslgu'a commission In the naval coast defense reserve, was called Into active service and assigned to duty on a coast patrol boat. Ensign Morgan has always been in terested in boata and sailing. Last summer he shipped as an ordinary sea man on the U. 8. 8. Maine for the ci vilian training cruise. Adrian Iselln 2d, son of C. Oliver Iselln, who haa aatled many cup de fenders to victory, enrolled In the naval reserve as chief boatswaln'a mate. Paul Nevln, eon of the late Ethelbert Nevin, called at the naval reserve of flcea to enroll. Mr. Nevln came from Tulsa, Okie. As a member of the ci vilian crew of the Maine last aummer be made a record in gunnery. DOG ADOPTS COYOTES. Takee Four Into Her Charge en a Ranoh, Bauta Ana, Cal. Four coyote pups have been adopted by a mother dog on the ranch of Arthur Petiey, north of Santa Ana. The coyotes were found In the foot hills back of El Modeua by Virgil Prlt- chard, a high school boy, whose dogs fought off the mother coyote while Vlrirtl wt awav with the little coyotes. Clarence Pefley "bad a dog with two pupplea. The four atrangers were put on tne ground near the mother and the pup plea, who were busily eugaged lu par taking of a meal. Knther bewildered. the coyotes crept to the mother dog. The dog eyed the coyotes, then wheu they approached she began licking them, and soon the coyotes were Just as busily engaged In eating aa were their cousins. CHARLES P. TAFT 2D ENLISTS. 2d With Nine Yale Students Enters Artil lery Service. New Haveu, Conn. Charles P. Taft I. son of William Howard Taft and a Junior in Tale college, enlisted for the artillery branch of the regular army with nine other undergraduates. All the enlistments were of students who were under age for the reserve officers' training corpe of the university aud all had consent of their l rents. The squad will go to Fort Myer, Va. The student who were eu listed with Taft were John M. Anderson, Jr., Cin cinnati; Robert T. Calrua, Overbrook, Pa. j George H. Ennls, Jr., Ierby, Own,; John E. Failck. Altoona. Pa.; Francis T. McXamsra, Clinton, Mass.; Cyril B. Monher, Fast Greenwich, U. I.; Albert H. Stackpole, Harrtsburg, Pa.; II. 8. Porter, HlggHuum, Conn.; Carl M. Thomas, St. Louis. DROWNS BATHING TOY. oat Child Falls From - Claremont Club'e Float. New York. In an effort to give her Teddy bear lt first devp water bath Virginia IVterson. three and one-half years old, toppU-d from a float an chored off the Claremont Boat Club. One Hmnlrrd and Ki.-'uli sirwt and th North rivvr, nd a drowned. The chilil m n prime favorite with yachtsmen nloiu 1'ie NYrtn river aud with her m- t'u-r lived at tlw I -oat club, where the Wtto:- c.-u -o. d as maid. Robert IUtU f V V.'e-t Twenty ail th sUevt r . . ervil C;e lnlv. but reeuavltaiion wn tuipotudhie even with g pulmotor. fTHESOOP PUDGE TELLS WHICH BETTEW.fcHDWHV IT IS j you.or course; w-a Cut tobacco conn IN SNVALk rA.CKAO.IS, WHIkt CHEAP ORDINARY Tobacco comet ih lie . j i ouoae. h paio,io,cent I FOR HISS TOBACCO. IPAID 1 10 CtNTS FOR. niHC j1 WHICH DO YOU IHAOINiJ n esTraR? ( ARVl A good many people are looking into what makes men change over to W-B CUT and stick to it so. Tobacco is tobacco, but ail chewing, isn t oll tobacco. You don't have gummy excess sweetening to chew out of W-B CUT, before you get down to sat isfaction. The shreds are tobacco, through and through and the richest, sappiest tobacco that grows. You notice the difference at once W-B CUT goes twice as far as ordinary plug. Made If WETbUN-ERUTON CO MP ANT, 1107 Ereaaway, Hew Tsrfc Cty LOW ROUND TRIP FARES TO Many Points In July Independence Day, July 4 On Sale July 3 and 4. Return July 5 between all Southern Pacific stations in Oregon N. E. A. Annual Convention Portland, Ore., July 7-14 inc. On Sale July 6-13, inc. Return July 18 from all Southern Pacific Oregon stations to Portland EasternCitiesviaCalifornia On Sale on varioua datea in June, July, Aug. and Sept. Liberal Stopovers. Limit 3 months Newport and Tillamook Beaches On Sale Daily. Return Limit Oct 31. Week End On Sale Saturday and Sunday. Return Monday. See our local agent for Information JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent Portland, Oregon SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES ooooooooeooooooooooooooooeeoooooooooooooooooooooooooe 0 9 When The Monitor ! a Prints It YOU 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. oooooooeoooooooooooooooeoMoooee9eoooeoMooeooo ai 1 AAJ I THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK t Established 1889 A Successful Business Career of Twenty rive Tears INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS OFFICERS AIN'P DIRECTORS H. Hirschberg, Pres. D. W. Sears, V. P. R. R. DeArmond, Cashier W. H. Walker, I. A. Allen, O. D. Butler THE MONITOR ALWAYS LEADS
