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Q . N DEPENDENCE MONITOR "THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS' VOL 6 INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1917 NO. 13 THE RHYMING SUMMARIST The frost is on the pumpkin And has also killed the squash, Milady says it's chilly When she puts out the wash; The leaves are falling swiftly, The nuts are in the sack, And the geese we knew When north tbey flew, Are now all coming back. , We've dug the big potatoes And threshed out all the beans, We've put in all the windows And stored away the screens; The old straw hats have vanished, Been all replaced with caps, And we do not care To go out bare Without a bunch of wraps. Bathing suits are out of style, As well as cotton pants, And we do the stunt of splitting wood Whene'er we have the chance; The burning fire attracts us much, And we hunt another "kiverM, Lest in bed From toe to bead We only lie and shiver. No more hanging on the gate, No more front step lingers, Beau and belle must go inside Lest they frost their fingers; Sadie's just been in to say That "winter time's a daisy", . That's why we wrote All this note, To prove that Sadie's crazy. GENEPAL KUHN "SHOT" BY CAMERA 23u If'-A r yp Kmrt. Photo by iaencu ma Asaoct&Uon. Although one of the most important men in the I'uited IStatei army. Brig adier General Kuhn. head of the army war eoliece, baa seldom heen pbuto graphed. Tola auapshot war taken of him aa be u on a tour of lutectlon nf a camp. FOR NEW CHARTER I "L" IN GAMP The city council has wisely An Atlantic Seaport. Nov. 3. concluded that Independence Arrived Friday afternoon. The needs a new charter and plans Red Cross was there with lunches are in embryo for the framing about eight miles out. Where of a new one which will have to we are stationed about thirty De submitted to the people for airplanes are flyincr all the time. i . , - adoption. About forty thousand, soldiers It would be a good plan for are here. Six Y. M. C A. all citizens who have any sug- kamps here. Both divisions ar- gestions to offer concerning the rived about the same time. Four wiaitd w ue (jicscui me uck qunurea ana iorry seven in a council meeting, Nov. 21, and division. The weather ia fine. ouuuut tucir lueos. imsicuuai nicrnra Mrs sonn ia also I here now. Her son hnn n Hia. charge. They ca get you on - board a boat for France in an hour. All the "L" boys are well with BT VIRGINIA SOUTHERN meeting, the city budget comes up for consideration. HOP PRICES nop speculators have a new Many clubs have resumed ac tivities this week. While the hostesses in most cases will not entertain elaborately but will keep simplicity for their key note, it is thought a little diver sion now and then is necessary excuse for beating down the the exception of Roy Johnson of to relieve the tension that is price of the fruit that made In- cependence famous. (Some call it a vegetable, others a grain. but the man who wrote the dic tionary calls it a fruit.) They allf ge that there is grave danger of the government seizin ir all the beer, extracting the alcohol from it, and giving back the re mains for people to drink. They claim that there is a shortage of alcohol for war purposes and the government might take this drastic means to get it. If the government finds itself in need of more alcohol, the chances are it would grab all the whiskey first, the alcohol of which would relieve the shortage for quite a I Airlie and Archie Davis of Mon mouth who have the measles. Correct address Co. L, 162nd Infantry, 41st Division, Camp Mills, Long Island, N. Y. R.W. likely to be felt as a result of the world's disturbed condition. OWLS FLAY Last Monday evening the Owls vLater Unconfirmed reports enjoyed a banquet at the Beaver from Salem and Dallas declare that the boys are now on their way to France. As far as can be learned no letters have been re ceived from any of them since their arrival at Lonir Island. which makes it probable that they are no longer there. THANKSGIVING President Wilson has officially proclaimed Thursday, Nov. 29, and later indulged in a number of interesting whist games at the home of Dr. and Mrs. O. D. Butler. Tuesday evening Dr. and Mrs. Butler were very charming hosts to the Autowins. Tables were arranged for 500 and to close the evening Mrs. Butler served a dainty luncheon. period. Then the speculators a3 Thanksgiving Day. have to "Hooverize" during the .. J Ecker-Your minted r"' " eo,n.,newe rauy from Portland. Mrs. J. S, The Investment of a c gn. ai8cu89 a.na ftrgue r"nd Cooper will t the next hostess. proiess to Deiieve mat the com ing session of congress will hit beer as it did whiskey last year. WORK APPRECIATED Mr. Clyde T. Ecker, Editor of the Monitor, Independence. My dear Mr, epigram Liberty Bond is an investment in patriotism" is certainly appre oiated by me. At the same time I want to add that you personally have in vested in patriotism through the work you did for the Liberty Loan campaign. Just a word of thanks in behalf of the Liberty Loan Publicity Committee. Yours very truly, C. C. Chapman, Vice Chairman Publicity Committee. While everything is rather dis coura.ung at the present time. there is lots to be thankful for. ror example, we should be thankful that we are not living in Lurope, that we will onlv WEDNESDAY CLUB 'I he Wednesday club held their first meeting of the season at the home of its president, Mrs. E. E. Paddock, last Wednesday. Guests busied themselves with hand work and conversation. Mrs. Paddock served an excellent luncheon to the club members and Mrs. Robertson, a cueet heme this evening. The hour will be spent over the whist tables, the games to be followed by a simple but exquisite luncheon. The Civic League will meet in regular session at the Moose Hall next Tuesday afternoon. An in teresting feature of the meeting will be the reports of Mrs. K. C. Eldridgeand Mrs. J. S. Cooper who were delegates to the State Federation of Clubs recently held at Prineville. Members please come, we need you. DANCING rAlTY Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Carbray entertained with a delightful dancing party for their nephews, Lloyd and Irvin Carbray, of San Francisco, last Monday night. About fourteen couples of jolly beaux and belles en joyed the splendid pastime until a late hour, when Mrs. Carbray served the revelers to a light uncheon. Y. M. C. A. MEETING A public meeting will be held in the Isis theatre next Tuesday evening, in the interest of the Army Y. M. C. A. movement. An interesting program will be presented, and interesting speak ers will present the cause. It is hoped there will be a large at tendance, and that Independ ence people will manifest the same interest in this worthy and patriotic movement that is ex citing so much attention all over the country. The meeting will be held at 7:30. Polk county is expected to raise $5,000 for the support of the Army and Navy Y. M. C. A. At the Tuesday night meeting, a committee will be elected to have charge of the campaign in Independence and vicinity. T))e Airli committee consist! of Mr. and Mr. C. V. Johnaon, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Conn, Mr. and Mra. J. F. Ulrich, Mr. and Mra. S. A. Trench and Mr. and Mra. I. U. Simpson. C. fume about anybody or anything as loud and long as we care to and not have to confine our re marks to the Kaiser. POLK WINS Polk county captured the first prize at the Manufacturer's and Land Products now being held at Portland. Monday, Nov. 12, is West Side Day and a large number of Polk county citizens will attend on tnai aay. a reduced rare is offered by the Southern Pacific, to DEATH'S TOLL John H. Remington, aged 60, former mayor of Monmouth, died in Dallas last Saturday of typhoid fever. Funeral services SHORT BITS Mrs. Uertha King, went Portland today. E. L. Townsend was seeing the sights of Portland this week. Mrs. Hattie Henkle of Cor- vallis spent the week in Inde pendence. Clark Mansfield, butter maker at the Independence Creamery, has moved into Mrs. Henkle's hou.-;e on Third street. The public library has received several hulHins from the O. A. pertaining to food and recipes that are free for the asking. Mrs. F. E. Rider and children and Mrs. J. S. Moore have re turned from Vancouver where they visited relatives for several days. The dry weather makes it very convenient for the hauling and loading of sugar beets. Over half of the crop has been shipped out. Between this date and Nov. 17 you will be able to get a Wear- Ever Aluminum two-quart sauce- S. S. CLUB The members of the S. S. club were most pleasantly entertained at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hubbard last Wednes day afternoon. The Hubbard home assumed the appearance of a veritable "Harvest Festival, with decorations of eorn shocks, pumpkins, squashes, apples and other farm products. The event also celebrated the hostess' birthday. Mrs. Hubbard's friends insist that she grows younger with each natal aay. While the repast served was an elaborate one, the hostess called her guests' attention to the fact that her viands were perishable and could not be shipped far. The ladies worked on Red Cross articles during the afternoon. KILL KARIS IESUME Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Hays will be the season's first hosts to the Kill Kares at their attractive RED CtOSS MEETS The Independence Red Cross met at Moose Hall last Wednes day evening. Several matters of importance were disposed of. This Auxiliary will soon be known as a Branch. The change implies no increase of reipon sibilty but as we are already do ing the work of a Branch the head officials were anxious that that we receive recognition as such. As soon as we are a Branch, there will be several Auxiliaries formed among the local clubs. The work at Head quarters in Salem is very inter esting now and many members of the local Branch are availing themselves of the opportunity to visit the supply and work rooms. Those from here who have vis ited there the past week are: Mrs. R. E. Duganne, Mrs. Clyde Ecker, Dr. H. C. Dunsmore and B. E. Smith. r.-T. A. MEETS The Parent-Teacher's Associa Hon met in regular session at the public school building last Tues day afternoon. Routine buainets was transacted and matters per taining to the coming year's work were discussed. GOVERNOR VITHYCOMBE'S DREEM Isn't Our earthly existence CUriOUS? Because! were heId at Dalla9 Wednesday .pan and cover for 89c by clipping J . : afternoon, under Masonic aus-!a coupon in this Monitor and Austria tried to gobble Servia, we are paying- pices. H. Hirschberg, B. E. j taking it to Craven & Huff. This three cents apiece for our postage stamps. St. ?th- Wm- Brown a"d D.r I1'9 a ren,uine barain and every Dunsmore were among those in ; housewife in this section should Louis Globe Democrat attendance. I take advantage of it. "I had a dream 20 years ago that Oregon would some day do a dairying business of $50,000,000 a year, liy many I was laughed at, but we have already made it an annual industry of $20,000,000 and I am willing to wait a while and see the realization of the remainder of my dream; it will come. "I have another dream con cerning our great Willamette people living on small tracts of that valley, In plenty, and other sections of the state equally well populated. Then Oregon will take her place, as she should, as a great commonwealth in the Union. "To bring about the realization these dreams, it is necessary for 03 to apply ourseives to the natural resources God has given us and to develop them. I say all honor to anyone who will go Valley, with its vast and fertile 1 about the big tasks of the day in acreage. I can see 2.000,000 ! tais state. It doesn't make much difference of course whether the German government is blown up from within or without, but it would be a mistake for the withouts to wait for the withins to do it because it might be that the withins are waiting for the withouts to do it Kansas City Times. i ' ft"