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EPENDENCE MONITOR "THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS" VOL. 6 INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1917 NO. 16 SND V THE RHYMING SUMMARIST We are not filled up today With turkey, goose or chicken, Crackers and a bowl of milk Was our Thanksgiving pickin'; The reason why we didn't feast, Hope that you will note it In the following verse So plain and terse, We're not the guy who wrote it. ' "We knowr we'll have to win the war, Foregone is that conclusion, We'll have to drive the Hun from power And load him with confusion; We're told we'll have to hoard our grub And never, never waste it, And save our peas And oats and cheese, So not a Hun will taste it." We figured that half could eat And the other half be lasting, Then at Christmas we'd switch around If the war is lasting; So folks who ate on Thanksgiving day Must hereby take this warning, For Xmas grub You'll find a sub Until the next day morning. We hope that none forgot to pray, Gave thanks for all the blessings, We hope that none alone did think Of roasted fowl and dressings; Sadie said her little prayer And it will end this letter, " "O Lord above With your love Make the whole world better." Moron Olsen at Chautauqua Gifted Dramatic Reader and Actor Coming With Comui Players 6 f r , , ...... 'L : I' 's i. ?.- -. L , l -J Or Homo Olsen, the d!tiniruihed AmciicaD tor and drimatlc 111 Urpreter, Mr. Inland l'own of tfc famoaa dramatic itrhuol of that a am uri In cxiuiiuentlnK on the ac tor a phenurueiial tiue In the Hub: "He came to tat like jouhk l hlnar from out of the west He xtiiiiflu all feet twe and i bull. itk a liii-ck ath iet. Hta wealth of natural tffta. mag. ntflcent phyalgue, toIc. taniperameut arid control Inaured quick rcogultlon." Mr. Olaen la featured wltn tba Comua Plajera In "Carwon of the North Wooda" at Chautauqua. In tht after noon be will be heard In a dramatic in terpretation of The Terrible Meek." a uue act punch lla bj Ciiariea E. Ka nedy. i At Independence Chautauqua, Second Day, Dec. 3 CHAUTAUQUA WEEK ALL JOIN 'ROUND Independence's Fall Chautau qua begins tomorrow afternoon at the opera house. The Monitor believes that the entire program will be good and it will pay you to purchase a season ticket and attend each afternoon and even ing of the three days Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. Guy Young, who will super intend the entire program, rep resenting the Ellison-White Co., arrived on the scene yesterday and has been very busy assist ing in every way to make the affair a Buccess. Fifty Inde pendence people signed the guarantee and should there be any shortage financially these people are obliged to go down in their pockets and make it up. To meet all costs and expenses it is absolutely necessary to sell large number of season tickets and they are being disposed of today by a house to house can vas. lhere will be no reserve seats at the afternoon programs but on each evening seats may be reserved by the payment of ten cents by presenting your season tickets at the Williams Drug Store. We believe it is not necessary to make any reference to the artists who are to appear on the programs. We have heard con siderable about them in the last three weeks and have no doubt of their ability. There is a growing theory that the surest way to keep Germany fully occupied is to let her take Russia. Emporia Gazette. Hoover savs we shall win the war with the! hogs. Usually we have won our wars in spite of: number from Independence at- the hogs. New York Post. LIEUTENANT WALKER Kay M. Walker was given a commission as nrst lieutenant the first of the week, having gone "thru the mill" at the officers' training camp at the Presidio. He went thru with colors flying, ranking third in his company and thirtieth in the entire training class. Lieuten ant Walker arrived in Inde pendence on Thursday evening where he will remain a few days before being assigned to active duty. Lieutenant Walker is the third Independence boy to receive a commission. Captain Harry Ord and Lieutenant J, S. Cooper, Jr., are already in the service. LETTER FROM CO. L Camp Mills, Long Island, Nov. 22. It is raining and the mud is up to our shoe tops, 'lhe com pany now has 250 men in it. All have a bad cold. There are no tables and floors in our tents. Grace Wallace, formerly of In dependence, who now lives in New York city, has visited us a number of times. We have been drilling hard eight hours a day. All have had a chance to see New York. The Independence boys wish for more letters from home. II. W. A municipal Christmas tree is being planned for Independence this year under the auspices of the good ladies of the Civic Le gue. It is proposed to erect it in the middm of the square at C and Main and if the weather is any way respectable, there will be a gay and happy time around the tree on the evening of Dec. 24. It will be strictly a democratic affair and all regard less of position or standing, rich and poor, will join hands and celebrate the rreatest holiday of all. CIVIC LEAGUE The Civic League met last Tuesday afternoon in a most in teresting session. Plans are be ing made for a Municipal Christ mas Tree and the following committee named to confer with all other organizations regarding the event: Mrs. J. E. Hubbard, Mrs. Sherman Hays, Mrs. Clyde Ecker. Following routine busi ness, Mrs. J. S. Cooper gave an excellent paper on "The Early History of Russia" which was much appreciated by all present A paper on this country will be presented each month. Mrs. 0. D. Butler will treat the subject. "Modern History of Russia," January 8. The club will meet at the home of Mrs. K. C. Eld ridge December 11. Mrs. Eld ridge kindly offered her home for a meeting place the re mainder of the winter season and the members feel fortunate to have so comfortable a place to meet. 4, RALPH IS FLYING Ralph Floyd, who is with the U. S. aviation corps at San Diego, is certainly making good The young man writes his parents here that, while it takes some nerve, he greatly enjoys flying. "The first time I was up and shut off the engine to come down," he writes, "it looked to me for a while that I woald miss the island altogether and light in the ocean but I guaged it cor rectly and landed all right" Apparently it is easier to go up than it is to come down. Con tinuing, he says that "it is a grand Bight to be up in the air several thousand feet and look down upon the world"" WISE ADVICE TO CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS Christmas shoppers should carefully, watch the advertising columns of the Monitor during December. As has been the custom for the past three years, merchants who desire a share of your Christmas patronage will use the Monitor very liberally to draw your attention to their stocks. Those of us living" here and earning our daily bread thru the patronage of our neighbors should buy as much at home as possible for a liberal por tion of the dollar spent at home comes back to us while none of the dollar spent in Portland and Salem ever comes back. SOUTH POLK COUNTY IN THIS WAR This great world war has cer tainly been brought home to us when we stop to think. There are over one hundred of our young men in the service of our couatry at the present time. We have representatives in every department of the service except one, the exception being the national army raised by the draft and when the call comes again soon, we will have a number of boys in that. W have repre sentatives in the regular army, national guard, artillery, en gineers, hospital, aviation corps, and all branches of the navy. They are scattered thruout the country except that about thirty are in one bunch with Co. L now camped near New York city. Two, Albert Kuhlander and Tom Sutton, are in France. So as a community, we are mightily interested in this war. . It's right close up. "BABY MINE" BRINGS A NEW STAR TO THE SCREEN MUCH ENJOYED A capacity house witnessed "Polly of the Circus" at the Isis last night and all present greatly enjoyed the picture. Messrs. Nelson and Henkle are to be commended for their enterprise in booking the New Goodwy productions. The next one. "Baby Mine," will appear two nights, Dec. 12 and 13. EX-MAYOR DIES J. L Stockton, former resident and mayor of Indapendence, died at his home in Salem last Satur day at the age of seventy. Mr. Stockton owned and conducted a department store in Salem. A tended his funeral Tuesday. RIVER GOES UP The Willamette river was "away up" this morning the rains of the past week and especially the heavy fall of yes terday being the contributing factor. Boats may now com mence running. The first comedy offering of Goldwyn Pictures, Margaret Mayo's screaming farce, "Baby Mine," which will be shown Dec. 12 and 13 at ti e Isis Theatre, in troduces a new star in motion pictures. She is Madge Ken nedy, the famous comedienne of "Twin Beds," "Fair and Warm er" and other stage productions that have been big successes. Miss Kennedy plays the role of Zoie in the picture presentation of the comedy, which in stage form had a run of nearly two seasons in New York. Zoie is a light-hearted bride whose yearning for suppers and theatres leads her uncomprom ising young husband to abandon her. Her scheme to get him back furnishes the situations around which the comedy re volves. After he had been away for some months, Zoie causes kis return with the announcement that a baby boyjias come to the household. Tkere is no such thing, but Zoie proposes to get one from a children's home. But Alfred, the husband, played by Frank Morgan, gets home sooner than expected. There is no baby on hand, and Jimmie, Alfred's friend (John Cumberland) who is brought into the plot by Zoie, steals a baby from the foundling home. X 1 " 5 A IIS Jf I V Jl i I b MB HlMaA X i : : V - ft ft 1 1 F!1- Madtfe Kennedy orar in BABY MINE Goldwvn Pirrnrpc ..' The mother of the stolen child is soon in pursuit of her baby, so while Alfred is rejoicing over the arrival of an heir, it becomes nacessary for Jimmie to get an other baby. He "borrowa" one of the washwoman's twins and. the first baby not having been returned, Alfred Is told that he is the father of twins. The re sulting complications make fun. CLEANLINESS FIRST ESSENTIAL IN ALL CAMPS - I . ;"fh 1 ::t-.K-jf ki-r-XrM - ' ' 'J ' hlfi m ri b v:, ! ipttfgy -In the iuell al camp of the United Kiatea army at Allfiitown. Pa., the flrat tliliik't tiiuulit Hum- In traili ng ura Haiillri-i( and economy. Her llm joung officer ana being taught tha prlu' lple of having a lHe fur everything after diittthlng em lug.