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;
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WHIkt CHEAP ORDINARY
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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.
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LOW ROUND TRIP FARES
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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
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