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THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Published weekly at Independence, Polk County Oregon, on Friday. Inured as Second Clam Matter August 1, 1912 at the Post Office at Inde pendente, Polk County, Oregon, Under the Act of March 3, 1879. CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor NINA B. ECKER, Associate SuDScriptlon Rates: One Year $1.50 Strictly In Advance ADVERTISING RATES: ISc. per Inch for one Insertion, 12 l-2c for two or more Insertion, 10c. on monthly contracts. Readers, 8 and 10c. per line Independence, Oregon, Friday, July 6, 1917 The job of being czar of Russia has paid wel even if it has been dangerous. The late occupant of the position has thirty five millions put away, Who is to pay for the war? Everybody is figur ing out a scheme which will throw the burden on tne otner ieiiow. YeteveryDoay tninks ne is a patriot. A man back in Nebraska stole a hoc When he learned that it is now considered as disgrace ful as looting a bank, he at once committed suicide. lne Russian Army nas commenced to move toward Berlin. With all the Allied armies mov mir toward the same point, the Kaiser ought to see his finish. Be it resolved, that Oregon is running the Roundup stuff into the ground, and be it further resolved that unless the number is soon reduced, Roundups will fizzle out. American soldier boys in France are called "Sammies." What thev are called bv the Ger- mans we will not learn until "Black Jack" Pershing gets into action. Race riots in East St. Louis and many blacks killed. East St. Louis is in Illinois, not Missis sippi or Georgia. The white man is the same the world over when once aroused. Under present conditions, we can certainly be thankful that President Wilson did not permit the United States to become involved in Mexico. He allowed the Mexicans to go unspanked and many wondered why. They know now. By grace of the President, beer and wine are to be "saved" for a timeatleast. The manufacture of other intoxicating liquors will be prohibited during the war. Many think that this is a suitable and satisfactory settlement of the drink problem in peace as well as in war. is RECRUITS IN WEST Prairie Boys Eagerly Seek Enlist ment In the Navy. MANY NEVER SAW THE SEA. Station at Great Lakes, III, Crowded With Sturdy Young Ranchere and Farmara Drilling For Nation' Serv iceTaught 8a Lor on th 8horee of Lake) Michigan. Chicago. That many Boris of the prairie will man our battleship Id Indi cated by the success of the naval re cruiting plan in the middle west. From reveille to color at the United States naval training station at Great leaked. III., ranch owners' sons, farm em' sons, banker' son from Chicago ml Kpriugflcld, newsboys, dairymen and college students drill and work to lit themselves for service with the "first, line of defense." Allho'iKu few of them have ever viewed f lie ocean or sailed the sea, the rolling prairie of Illinois and Wis consin kave tilled them with s love of J . . . ,i '.'TaW . ... - W -af . "... 010 PEYIOH GRAVELY MADE THE FlPST PLUG OF TOBACCO THAT EVER WAS MADE NO MAN EVER MADE 1 AS GOOD L GRAYELYVS CELEBRATED Chewing Plu& BEFOBETHE INVENTION OF OUR PATENT AIR-PROOF POUCH GRAVELY PLUG TOBACCO MADE STRICTLY FOR ITS CHEWING QUALITY I WOULD NOT KEEP FRESH IN THIS SSCIIUB. NOW THE PATENT POUCH KEEPS IT FPESHANO CLEAN AND GOOD A LITTLE CHEW OF GRAVELY IS ENOUGH I AND LI Lunccn ' OF ORDINARY PLUG. J?J3. Gravely Tobacco Cat Oumuf.VA. 7ifyr WUMIJiPaUMLllWl TAKE IT FROM BILLY POSTER. HIS BILLBOARDS ARE SPREADING THE GOOD NEWS r rV, t - a . a i . h PREACHERS ON FARMS. An Photo by American Prua Aaaoclatlon. CA1TAIN WILLIAM A. MOKI'KTT. the rolling deep. The openness of their native country ha Imbued them with dear eyed vision and a realization of duty which has awukened In them reitl patrlotlNiu ami a ilcshe to be of ua tioiial service. Their ai;triieM to ilace themselves nt the service of the imvy has over flowed tlie barracks of the Great Lake naval station, which normally uccom- modutes over 2.(H men. It has lieen found necessnry to erect a tented city for the thousands of overplus recruits ou the bunks of Ijike Michigan. Cuiitaln W'IIIIhiii A. Moffeit. com- niauduut of the stntlon, speaking o' the work of the stnlion, said: The end In view is to make a man- o'-war'g muu out of a raw recruit To accomplish tills end a thorough train ing In acudeiiilo work, physical exer cises, mil 1 1 a t y drills and lessons In sea- mansUlp is Riven each muu under in- tructlou, and In turn each one of them Is required to show In his bearing, ac tions anil words a sincere amenability to discipline, to demonstrate aptitude for his work, and to maintain a conduct tamliird of the highest order. If he falls short of either or any of these cardinal requisite of the naval serv ice he is illsi Iuh kihI as an undesirable." Organization Propose That Thay Work In Ruin Saaton. Topeka, Kan. If the plan adopted by the Clay county Ministers' union is put Into action In the counties throughout the state of Kansas it will put 8,000 skilled laborers into the fields during the rush season. The plan outlined in Clay county is set out in a letter to Governor Capper by tliefltev. J. Ashton Pavles of Clsy Center. Mr. Davies says : "During the month of July and Au gust the ministers are to work on farms, going out to that work Monday morning and returning Saturday even ings, Just as our boys are doing at the officers' camp at I'ort Riley. "We may arrange to leave one min ister in town, a different one each week, who shall devote his time to the Interest of all the churches. The churches will, of course, continue to pay the ministers' salaries, and the wage received from the farmers will be turned over to the benevolent boards of the churches or to the Red Cross society. "If this plan could be adopted through out the state It would send 8,000 skill ed laborers into the fields." MAKE BEARS FEEL AT HOME. Reproduction of Cliffs and Bowlders In City Park Pit. Denver. Not satisfied with having mountain scenery within a few miles of the city, Denver has sent out Into the Rockies and brought it into the city limits by the cartload. The scenery Is not paintings or pho tographs, but actuul reproductions of rugged cliffs and majestic bowlders se lected for bear pits at City park. Agents of the rlty spread a gelatin ous material over the most striking cliffs during the day and removed It in the cool of the morning, thus retaining an accurate impression. This was con verted Into plaster of parls casts, in which form the reproductions have been brought to Denver. The molds will be constructed In concrete and shot, with cement guns, in colors uiul tints to simulate the orlgiual rocks from which they were taken. Newport Charming Resort by the Sea Those who seek rest, and sea shore recreation, will find abundant opportunity at Newport. Ample hotel accommodations, cottage; or camping arrange ments. Low Round Trip Fares Daily Trains Each Direction Ask oar nearest agent for folaar "Newport." or write JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES ROOKIE TWINS FOOL DOCTOR. Physician Think Ho la Examining Sam Youth T :a. London. Twin bit; .. .vlio bad list reached eighteen, nppearcd before medical recruiting bouul re, cully tor examination pivliitiinurv to emlst incut. One of them strlppiil, was ushered be fore a doctor and, having passed his examination, retired. Theu the other M. T. Brown of the Benton Countv Courier such a clever and entertaining writer that every year for a few weeks in the summer he is able to take a vacation and go away to some place that has never been written up as lirown can do it, because an Eastern newspaper syndicate publishes mo' not give his addition to the same can dhliito twice Not until the two went lu together would he be convinced. "If one of them is killed he'll never be sure of It," commented ttie doctor. "He'll be uihi-rtaiu whether he's hlni elf or his brother." The twins are so neurly alike that eveu their iwreut have never beeu able to distinguish thoiu positively. They have the suuie initials and their pen manship is Identical. his stories at full legal rates. This year he has gone to Alaska, to that section where he can look a Polar bear in the face and twist the tail of a walrus. for clean the well over the The New York Tribune is crusading and honest advertising and is sending known writer, Samuel Hopkins Adams, country to "see what he may see." Sam visited Portland, and Portland was written up. The story caused a cyclone of sensation in the Oregon city, because Sam found sufficient evidence to charge Portland with being in the "fake ad class." He handed it to a leading department store and a leading newspaper. In rebuttal, the Oregonian says that while the Tribune was once an influen tial newspaper it isn't any more, that Secretary McAdoo had to scold it lor something it once said about the sale of the Liberty bonds, and that j Adams is a muckraker. BUREAU RESCUES FISH. Takaa Tham From Overflowed Lands For Anylara' Btnafit. Washington. Kvory ycur the bureau of fisheries has scents out In the over flowed lands In the Mississinul basin to rescue fish from their new teuiHrary I homes, returning them to their oiitnal j t reams for the benefit of the angler. The sprinj; flints this year carried frsu their original streams the follow ing species: spotttsl. blue, channel and yellow cat. homed pout, bullhead; ttiuall, coin nc hi u.ul black buiYa'o tish; carp, pike and pickerel, et apple, nvt bass, rv.1 eye. g-i:le eye. warm. Kith (also known as t,i:le eyel. larp1 tuouth and small c outh Mack K,is. blueg.ll breoiu or Kucgill suuflsh. ye! low porch or ring perch auj whits bass. FARMERS CAN INSURE CROPS. Maeaaohusstta Plan Quarantaaa 10 Par Cant Profit Worcester, Mass. The first eneral farm crop Insurance ever afforded the farmers of the I'nited States was put into effect by the Worcester county farm bureau. Farmers who take out policies will be assured of a clean prollt of 10 per cent over and above the cost of production ou all of their 1917 crop which exceeds in volume the crop of 1916. Business men have subscribed a fund of $100,000 to Kuarantee the Insurance. The farmer mi"t maintain certain standards. The Insurance applies to all winter staples. The crop must be mar keted In Worcester county. 0004000000000AOeO0000000000001)0000000 When The Monitor ! Prints It OU are assured of a good 1 tnV DC a cVlUfiti mart A II1VU 1111 1 I UUC jod as the work. Our Cash System enables us to beat city prices. There is hardly anything we cannot do. Travelers' Joke 8lxteen Years Ago. Re- ' suite In Saving $3,000. i Waterloo, la. At the grand council i of the Iowa United Commercial Trav- j elers sixteen years auo. K. W. Ilouck of , Sheldon lost Ills wallet. Ills friends, j as a practical Joke, instructed all the 1 hanks not to rash a draft for hliu. Ho j was in need of a shave. , A fund was raised for this purpose, ; but meanwhile Ilouck succeeded hi cashing his draft. The fund was turn- ' ed Into the treasury and maintained by animal contributions of a enny from each member. It now has i massed the ; $3,u0 mark. The council voted to In vest the fund In the liberty loan. t it AAa. aaaa I 1 THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK CYNICISMS. : i Ue was so generally civil that nobody thanked him for it -Samuel Johnson. I had rather have a fool to make uie merry than experience to make me sad Shakers-are. Most of our misfortu.ies are more supportable than the com ments of our friends upon them. -C C. I'olton ' ft : 4 ! : V I W ' Established 1889 A Successful Business Career of Twenty rive Years INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS OFFICERS AIS'D 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