kp THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR IMNOQBFF BOSS Real Power Behind the Throne In Germany. YOUR GRANDFATHER WAS A YOUNGSTER, WHEN PEYTON GRAVELY MADE THE FIRST f PLUG OF TOBACCO THAT I 1 AN IMDfcl'K.NDUNT NEWSl'AI'LK LL GRAVELY 'S mil EVER WAS MADE. J t' CELEBRATED THERE MUST BE SOMETHING . , r,,. . BACK OF A REPUTATION THAT Chewing PlUS J I LIVES AND LASTS UKE THAT.f BEPORETHE INVEN ruDlished Weekly at Independence, Polk County Oregon, on Friday. : INVENTION OF O'JR PATENT AlB-PPOOF POUCH GPAVELY PLUS TOBACCO MADE STPICTW FOP ITS CMEWINO QUALITY WOULD NOT KEEP FPESH IN THIS SECTION. NOW THE PATENT POUCH KEEPS IT ' FPESH AND CLEAN AND GOOD A LITTLE CHEW OF GRAVELY IS ENOUGH AND LASTS LONGER THAN A BIS CHEW OF ORDINARY PLUO. J?S3.9ravelv3i0accoCa OumiLVn. ntfW-" inicrca as second cum Mutter August 1, 1912 at the fot Office at Inde FINAL IN ALL DECISIONS. iiciKlcace, fulk Count)', Oregon, Under the Act of Mann 3, 1879. In th. Qrt Questions In Forefront of CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor NINA B. ECKER, Associate Gorman Policios In Rocont Month, Prophocioi In Informed Circle Wore Accompanied by the Remark That "Ludendorff Is For It" Suo8CripUon Rates: One Year $1.50 Strictly In Advance ADVERTISING RATES: 13c. per Inch for one insertion, 12 l-2c for two or more Insertion!, 10c. on monthly contracts. Readers, 3 and 10c. per line Independence, Oregon, Friday, August 10, 1917 A man was complaining' the other day about the many mistakes appearing" in a certain newspaper. Omitting" a few papers that are a comedy of errors for the reason that the editors are not competent and are as much out of place as a blacksmith j ? i ..t . i r practicing law, me greater numoer oi papers are as accurate as could be expected; it is a wonder there are not more mistakes in them. The news columns of a paper cannot be entirely free from error. The editor and reporters receive their in formation first hand from the people and they have found that a number of people! cannot be de pended upon to truthfully impart the information that the newspapers want. Some in telling a "story" to a newspaper man omit important parts, others exaggerate and a few falsify. It may be done consciously or unconsciously and with or without purpose. A competent editor considers it his duty and does his best to make his paper as reliable as possible, but if he falls down occasion ally in most cases it is not his fault. Typographi cal errors are charged to the proofreader and not to the editor, except in those few cases where un fortunately for the newspaper and community, the editor is incompetent, but greatly to the credit of most communities such eye sores" are not long tolerated. Most newspaper men are tair; they will gladly correct any false or misleading state- meuts that inadvertently appear". Typographical errors are corrected if the correction will benefit anyone, tho sometimes a correction makes matters worse. The Williamsville, N. I)., Item recently contained this statement: We wish to apologize to Mrs. Orlando Overlook. In our paper last week we had as a heading, "Mrs. Overlook's Big Feet." The word we should have used is a French word, pronounced the, same way, but spelled tete. It means a cele bration and is considered a very tony word. Mrs. Overlook was no doubt more humiliated by the correction than she was by the original. While everybody makes mistakes and errors, the good newspaper man makes the least number of them in proportion to the opportunity. He not only has to look out for his own but those of everybody else. lieneva, Switzerland Oermany ha a real "boss" In General Ton Luden dorff. flrt qtiartennantpr Keneral. The hand of Field Marxhal von Illnden- turg ehlef of (ttaff and truMed col league la felt now not only in his strat egic determinations and direction of the armies of the centra) powers, tot roaches out Into Germany's whole eco nomic and aooial life. All the threads not only of military control, hut also of civil administra tion, food dixtrlliutlon, indUHtry, agrt- eultuie anil Anally even of German for eign relations, all of which are now a u horcl in a ted to military requirements. now rim ultimately to the chateau at the Filcaian country seat of the Prince of I'lc.", where General von Luden dorff Nils with the Kreat Field Marshal run llimlciihuru: at imperial headqiiar ters. Wheie a purely military decision in iu iiK'Htlou Von llludenlnirit's name wM to LOOK AT THE GOOD WORK BILL POSTERS BILLBOARDS HAVE STARTED! f t - ; Ty: .' t: . - MAY CONVERT AUTO PLANTS TO AIRCRAFT Qevarnmant Call Upon Manufacturers It Thought Likely. Detroit. Owners of automohilea, par- tlcularly those who liue heeu accus tomed to discard their curs solely be cause newer nioilels have hcen placed upon the innrket, will do well to give the highest degree of care to the cars tbey now own. Brigadier General ieorxe O. Squler went to Detroit, and it ia understood that the purpose of his islt was to confer with the m.uiulai-tiiicrs of au tomobiles in roKiirU to obtuining their co-operation iu the manufacture of aeroplanes. There are lew fai t'.ries in the Unit ed States tli.it liiau.iiu. ture aeroplanes, and each of the.se factories makes a different type of craft. The aggregate capacity of these factories is wholly inadequate to meet the demands of the program of the aircraft production board, and It is therefore inevitable that the manufacturers of machinery which can he used as now made or whose plants can Jie adapted most readily to making parts for aeroplanes will he requested to give precedence to the manufacture of parts suitable for aircraft. FRUIT f-Cfi C3LDi:'i.,i. UiCNKKAI. ON I l'liKMK)HKr. An extract from a letter received by the Monitor makes the following comment concerning1 the political upheaval in North Dakota: uTbe Republican and Democratic party machinery was unfriendly. And so the farmers organized, and they were in dead earnest about it. They now make their own legislative plans, and they nominate candidates whom they believe will work true to their plans and when election day arrives the farmers do not allow any corporation hypnotizers to bamboozle them. They stick like brothers to their own candidates, and elect them, too. Three weeks agx, the farmers elected their first congressman to fill a vacancy. A 7,(XX) Republican majority melted away and Democratic majorities in Demo cratic counties were wiped out.' What has happened in North Dakota may happen in Oregon. The farmers are strong enough to do in Oregon what the farmers are do ing in North Dakota. Is Usually riled as tile determinant au thority, hut in nil oilier nil . it "estions III the forefront of (icrinan policy in re cent months, sin h Ui the Introduction of universal auviliary htlmr service, the conversion o' lieunan Industry to an absolute war basis, the transfer of Ilel- Kian workmen to i ierman.v, the tight ening of the food distribution regula tions and finally unrestricted suhma rlne war, Hi . prophecies of coming de cInIous In Informed circles were, almost invariably accompanied by the self ex plana tory remark, "Ludendorff 1st da fuer" (I.iidrmlortT is for it). If a new customs tariff were to he Introduced tor IVIand and If regula tions for the tobacco trade were to 1 promulgated the decision thereon nltl mutely rested with Ceneral von Ludcn Uorflf. New municipal regulations for towns In occupied districts emanated from the civil adiulnist ration bureau attached to the "over command In the east." The ivpresenlath e of American Jewish societies w ho came to (Jertnuuv to arrangrt an opening of comtuunlca tlon bvtweeii Polish Jews and relatives In America niiiI for the scmllng of re lief funds conferred with Cclieral von I.udeiidorff before the plans were ap proved finally. When Field Mnislml ton iimdruhurg was appointed to the general command of (Jermany's entlie military strength l.eneral von l.iidcudorff extendetl not only tho scoH of his military responsl olllnes. hut also ,1ns control of those factors of general life which under the present war conditions are almost as luiportunt to military success as the actual direction of armies - food pro duction and distribution, manufacture. trniisxrtatlou ami other social and in dustrial factors Ills first declsi. u was to remedy as far as possible the error of tleneral von l aikenhayn, former chief of the general staff, who had at tempted to tlx the figure for the maxi mum consumption of munitions and had sa lly underestimated the required amotu!-, Cetn ial von I.udcmlortTa d tcnnlimtion was to prodne not the amount of guns and munitions which eipcifs mljjit cahulate as necessary, but the maximum amount of which Ceriuatiy ' lndu-n ies were apabie. and he suU:ilinted e en thing else to this purpose The war will end when the Kaiser. the IS is taken out of T Crop In 0n Ytr. Danville, IU.-W W. Hike, a farmer, has an unusual meth.si of raising h tatoes. sod It Is t.elng watched with a a-reat dc.il of interest hv his neighbors Some time s-.m lactisl the potatoes In ludlviduat lsie in a hothouse, aud a few days ago he transplanted them to th garden lie now has taUs two months ahead of any In the vicini ty Mr Kile saw r the !t!, prwe a Kve he j l.-i another crp of, potatoes on the same groutid. the last! crop to tse stored for lh Uatr. ' Colorado Woman Gives Whola Crop to the T roopa. Denver Mrs. John McDonongh has given to the YVomuns State auxiliary or tue national guard a ten acre tract of land on which are growing plums, cherries, peaches and apples. In order that the boys of the militia may have their fill of fruit as fast as It ripens. netaiis will he sent to pick the fruit. Whatever fruit is left will be canned and preserved for distribution among the soldiers later. Mrs. McDonough has opened a large kitchen to a committee, where all fruit not consumed from the m-es will be canned. Family Seashore Resort People seeking rest will find team at and quiet recreation Newport Beaches Good hotels, cottages and tents provide plessant abiding places for summer guests. Surf bathing, boating, fishing and hunting. Week End Fares Are on sale Saturdays limited for return on the Monday. Season tickets on sale daily. and Sundays, following Ask your local agent for tickets and descriptive booklet JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent . Portland SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES OWOK00rOOOOOOOOOO0000K0KorO000000000 oooooooo When fSrrmmmtrrtux toc nwwJ E, eVWMaW MM MMilKw I The Monitor Prints It TJOU are assured of a good 1 job as a skilled man does the work. Our Cash System enables us to beat city prices. 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