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
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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.
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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
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010 PEYIOH GRAVELY
MADE THE FlPST PLUG
OF TOBACCO THAT EVER
WAS MADE
NO MAN
EVER MADE
1 AS GOOD
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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.
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TAKE IT FROM BILLY POSTER.
HIS BILLBOARDS ARE
SPREADING THE GOOD NEWS
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PREACHERS ON FARMS.
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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.
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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.
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CYNICISMS.
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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.
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