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THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Published Weekly at Independence, Polk County, Oregon, on Friday. Entered ss Second Class Matter Auguat 1,1912 at the Post Office at Inde pendence, Folk County, Oregon, Under the Act of March 3, 1H79. CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor NINA B. ECKER, Associate Suo8Cription Rates: One Year $1.50 Strictly in Advance ADVERTISING RATES: 15c. per Inch for one Insertion, 1 2 l-2c for two or more insertions, 10c. on monthly contracts. Readers, 5 and 10c. per line Independence, Oregon, Friday, August 24, 1917 X RAY FOfi SOLDIER New Tuberculosis Test In Army Proves Quick Method. The neutral countries of Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Holland have profited greatly bY the war. Geographically situated so that the Allies could not prevent it they have sold their products, both domestic and imported,to Germany and reaped an immense profit. The Allies, reali zing that they had been indirectly contributing to the relief of Germany thru these neutral countries have placed an embargo on foodstuffs and all materials that would benefit Germany in air way, and as a result Sweden, Norway, Holland and Denmark will suffer greatly and the profits of the past will have to be expended to supply the needs of the present. Of the four, Denmark is in the worst way. A Dane, who has succeeded in reaching America, describes conditions in his native country as follows, tho probably somewhat magnified: "For six months not an electric light has gleamed in the homes or stores or streets of Denmark; not an automobile has moved; there is no grain in the land, no flour, no edibles of other kinds; not a lump of coal or stick of wood, or drop of oil can be bought for love or money; the nation is on a ration of rutabaga three times a day, and the entire population of the country, some three million souls, faces certain death by starvation or freez ing unless Germany is whipped or the war is ended some other way before the extreme cold of the winter sets in." The Allies cannot contribute to the relief of Denmark for as the young Dane says, "Germany does as she pleases with Denmark; we have to di vide with the Germans in order to keep them from crushing us outright." So the Allies by warring successfull) upon the Kaiser not only remove a menace to themselves but to all the world. In addition, they hope to remove the military shackles from the German people. A Germany with militarism gone and the people ruling would live at peace with all the world. The people of the state do not seem to be much enthused over the proposal to establish a colony of Belgians in their midst. Americans, native or foreign born, want the people of other lands who come here to shake oft the old country habits and become 'straight United States." It is feared 7 they cannot do this if bunched in one spot. Many speak of it as the "last great war." If at its conclusion, the nations of the world dismantle their battleships, destroy their fortifications, muster out their standing armies, grunt liberty of speech and press and place in the hands of the people the decision of war or peace, the present contlict will be tbe last one. TRIED ON WHOLE REGIMENT. Mambers of tha Sixty-ninth of Nw York Examintd to Damonatrata How Easy It Will B to Check Inroads of Whit, Plaflu, Among Our Boya at tha Front. New York. Oue of tbe most ad vanced steps known to science for tbe detection of pulmonary tuberculosis among soldiers bus been taken by New Vork state In a series of X ray photo graphs of 1,030 memliers of tbe Slity niiitb regiment, the object being to demonstrate tbe usefulness of this method as applied to large bodies of troop whose examinations for this dis ease must of necessity be thorough If l lie United States Is to avoid the expe rience nf the Canadian and French ar mies with the dlsciise. A report on the New York city tests was made recently to Governor Whitman and to the State TP t ... r i 1 f'l The great I. V. W. strike did not materialize. The I. V. W. has not the numbers to conduct a strike. Its principal power is in influencing others, and if conditions and wages in factory, mill or mine are satisfactory to the workmen, the I. W. W. whispers in deaf ears. That" pouch witi appeal genuine kvrW m nmc. frs mFN-HAS BEEN CHEWED IM REAL PREPAREDNESS. EH IJTtIE NAVVAND" THEC n (SINCE OLD TIPPECANOE I w ! CELEBRATED Chewing Plu& BEFORE THE INVENTION OF OUR PATENT AIR-PROOF POUCH n.wnu ri i ii Ton Arm MADE STRICTLY FOR ITS CHEWING QUALITY I NOW THE PATENT POUCH KEEPS IT I FRESH AND A LITTLE CHEW OF GRAVELY IS ENOUGH AND LASTS LONGER THAN A BIO CHEW , . . . -vs ni nr. n.i iv DnSTFR'S BILLBOARDS ARE WINININCi KtLKUIIS EVERY". DAY 0. trrauHCO I m li FRENCH FIGHTERS WILL HAVE ICE CREAM CONES Naval Officora Visiting Amoriea Taota Dalicacy and Will Giva Man at Front a Traat. Chicago. The Ice cream coue will be carried back to f'rnnce by three French Daval lieutenants who made the acqtmlntance of the delicacy at the Great Lakes Training Station and were so delighted with Its crisp succulence that they declared their fellow sol-, dlers abroad must be given a similar treat Tbe three officers. Lieutenants Fer nand Gautler, Paul Prevot and Maurice Laffly, were Inspecting the training station when they espied a number of bluejackets buying cones nt the can teen operated by the Navy Relief so ciety. Questions led to purchase of cones for tbe visitors by Mrs. W. A. Moffett, wife of Captain Moffett. com manding the station, and In the midst of admlrlus spectators the French men successfully negotiated the cream filled cones, even to the last tin. 'Magnlflque, delicleuse," was their verdict, after which they announced that they would undertake to obtain a supply of cones to take back to France with them and show the gov ernment what tbe French soldiers are missing. II BOATS CAN NOW STAY AT SEA A YEAR The Tooze boysWalter and the Twins have added further to their fame. They are just the kind of chaps who as officers in Uncle Sam's army will not be skulking in the rear when there's something doing out in front. Pliotu by American 1'reas Association. UK. HKUMAN M. RlllUS. Council of IvfeiK.? Rt Albany, under whose aiitluuizatl m the experiments were carried im ly n group of lung spe cliilMs and roentgenologists. State Health Commissioner Hermann M. Hlgg was lu charge of the examina tions. The Sixty-ninth made an admirable show lug In the tests, to Judge from the limlitigs nmiotiuced on the tHl plates Interpreted to dale. Of these OH) there were twenty-two men. or a fraction over 3 per cent, found with definite tulvercnlosl stitll.ient to disqualify them for military service. In addition there were eighteen who showed pul inoimry lesions or lung changes. Indi cating arrested tuberculosis. Tile twenty-two dellnite cases, taking Canada's figures as a basis, If exposed to the strain of life in the trenches would In evitably break down and be Invalided home. The expense of their training, transportation and other items enter ing into the ismking of a soldier would thus be lost. In addition to their being a source of infection to their fellow soldiers. The expense to the govern ment of care and pension n'lowunce would also In- entailed, nmo'.uuing to Ht least lfl.0i annually for ea li one. who under ordinary condition might have Continued civilian activities without physical impairment. These experiments, according to the report, are l. lieved to have demon strated the entire prnctli-aMllly of the method of determining the presence of the disease nmong soldiers at a min imum of Unit- and medical supervision. Seven and one half hours were re quired for the making of the .M ex posures, or twet-ty six e. end per man; developing the plates by oue man took forty hours, or two minutes and twenty-four secun.l per plate: Inter preting the t'""o plates was don In etuht hours, or at the rate of forty eig! t seconds for plate. Thus the total titre for IMlMiig. ilereloplns and read ied enoh plnfe wn three minutes and thlrtx-vlght so ml Ti e retvrt states that this time cat! he materially cut by means of a few mechanical Improve ments Find Loot Watch. Bryan. 0 - I eer Snow, living near Stnker, lot ft is watch while plowing three years ago He found ttint iden tical w ati'li dragging along behind his riding cultivator several dava ago. It was not tVkhig. but It will as oon at acme silcht rvi-nlrs are made Captain Tells American They Are Kept Supplied by Other Submarines. F EAST THROUGH CALIFORNIA Is a favorite route for those seeking diversity of scenery, opportunity to visit many attractive cities en route and enjoy the best in travel. One Way Fares First and second class to the Eait and South apply via California. The trip can be made very economically. Summer Excursion Rates Round Trip to principal cities in the East will be on gala certain days in August and September. Theae tickets apply practically all routes. Ask your local agent for particulars or write JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent Portland SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES Firmer' nm'.ltiv. i county f,i;t!i." tvlttg !v id. Pjtr o'ic Fnc. Mi : r Hal', a V andotte I- s g' o'i i-v Ueio-es of (. ot'c I'.v. rv fenc- .-.s aroiti: I is fa.K ha bu painted e ther rvsl, w hite or blue. New Tork. Captain Hragg, who has arrived at an Atlantic port w-itb the crew of tbe American bark Hildegaard. which was mink with bombs by the crew of a (Jermnn subuuirlue ou July 10 off the English coast, gives an Inter esting account of bis meeting with tbe commander of the Lr boat. According to the U boat euptaln. the submarines stay aw-ay from their base for a year or more If nothing happens to the ma chinery. They patrol the seas within a certain radius, be said, and their sup plies are brought to them by subma rines of an older type, which act as tenders. The Hildegaard, according to Captain Bragg, was Mown up within sight of two liritisb patrol boats, which were too slow to come up before the bark was destroyed. The Germans did not seem at all perturbed at the prospective danger. "The commander of the submarine,' the captain continued, "spoke perfect English and told me that he did not In tend to harm me or miy of my crew. 'I am going to sink your ship, though,' he said, 'because there are too many American and British ships on the At lantic. Get your crew Into the life- ; boats quickly and p'dl for the shore ; ahead of you, and I wish you li ck.' j "The moss on the top and sides of : the submarine was fully an Inch thick, with seaweed two inches Ion ;. which looUed as If the craft was kept lying on the l ed of the tfea for hours nt a time. The crew had a rusty a'.fearcnce and could have done with a turn In drydoi k for overhaul''!' .: ami v leaning up a-J well as their craft. After she bad sn! merged one of the British Ua's picked us up and landed us biter at an Knir llsh port." DOG SAVES OWN LIFE. Doomd to TW Ga Route DiiB" d Official Watchdog of Po.md. l.o Angeles. Cab-Tannic, a stray collie, doomed to take the gas route at the city pound, won life and a boiue for herself the other day. While Humane Animal Inspector Wilson was repairing his auto the dog which because of evident refinement of breeding had lsen given tbe liberty of the yard, dashed up to hint. Mrked repeHtedty and nl'ed at his oflt. In-siKs-tor Wilson finally followed Fannie, only to discover the cookhouse li ft.m.v The Mae w ss o il. Ui extin guished. I'a tut !e was t -resented with a collar and a r'.Vsm and at the sam time was designated o'Vhl watchdog j of the pound. men The Monitor j o 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. 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