EPENDENCE MONITOR
"THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS"
VOL. 6
INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1917
NO. 16
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Haiillri-i( and economy. Her llm joung officer ana being taught tha prlu' lple of having a lHe fur everything
after diittthlng em lug.