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THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Published Weekly at Independence, Oregon, on Friday. Polk County, Entered as Second Claw Matter August 1, luiz at the Post Office at Inde pcndence, folk County, Oregon, Under the Act of March 3, 1879. CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor NINA B. ECKER. Associate Snoscrlptlon Rates: One Year $1.50 Strictly in Advance ADVERTISING RATES: 15c. per Inch for one insertion. 12 l-2c for two or more Insertions, lOc. on monthly contracts. Readers, 5 and lOc. per line Independence, Oregon, Friday, December 7, 1917 A Woman Detective By ETHEL HOLMES The passing1 of John F. Carroll, editor of the Portland Telegram, removes an able man from this life. Oregon is a prohibition state today be cause Mr. Carroll made the Telegram the leading exponent of the cause. You quite often hear it said that the "Democrats are for Olcott for governor. In this particular instance if it were true we would greatly admire the taste of the Democrats. But, Democrats, like those other humans, Republicans, have a partisan strip running from one end of their back bones to the other. They want a pure, genuine Demo crat for governor and will have one, too, if Doc Withycombe or Gus Moser is the man they have to beat. So you can put it down that Democrats, who love the loaves and fishes, are not for Olcott for governor. A strenuous fight is brewing between Senator Chas. h. McNary and R. N. Stanfield. Possibly there may be another candidate. It will be up to the Republican voters of Oregon to choose be . t ,1 T . tween tne two or tnree. it ought to be easy to make a choice, benator McNary has demonstrated during his tenure of office that he stands close to the people. He has voted as they wished him to vote. The pernicious interests have threatened to get him politically. He has never once raised the white flag and laid down on the people. We repeat that it is easy to make a choice. No one can give one good reason why McNary should be taken out of the Senate and Stanfield put in his place. (Copjrr.rtii, inn. Wasters N.w.ppr Unloa.) We hear little of the work of wom an detectives, but for my part I dont sen why women should not excel In thin field. A detective needs the fac ulty of noticing small things, ex indica tory of large things, and that Is Just what women possess. For this reason I, a woman, choBe the detective field hv which to mnk a II vine, and succeeded. My first case gave me a standing thiit another might have been years In acquiring. But I will admit there was an element of luck In It. 'A family of some means living In a not very attractive portion of the city rmd the misfortune to lose a little girl seven years of age. They felt sure the child hud heen kidnaped for ransom, though there was not the slightest evi dence to support the theory. The moth er hud left the little girl on her door Mi ps while she went to the next door neighbor for a chat. She said Hint she whs away only a few minutes hut her statement proved that the time of her absence was nearly an hour. At any rnte, when she returned to her own house her daughter was not on the steps nor In the house. The next day the mother gave the ease to the detective agency where I had Just been employed. I would not have been assigned to the work had not every other detective In the em ploy of the ofllce been busy. As It waB, the chief turned It orer to me with a lot of Instructions which were Intend ed to make np for my inexperience. As soon as I left him I went to work In my own way. After an Interview with the mother I made up my mind that the child had ben kidnaped, and f'-vTU JJ Real W!pJi- GRAVELY 5 PL S ? . Chewing Plug LLssaJEV t VV'f '' 'X - i ' h ordinary pty -; if 'i"'iM' VTU1 I i- btrt.UprwMlitoChw. E- A far. Pi'l I', ,1 5v A Utile Chew ef Greel ft A ' f V o'l I" uu un wmi. fcf i l V'V 'fc-M fW W4VI r TMGM.G..I)T.M P W'mimtfi - I A,o..Pouooror,T h 1 " I l II iHj Will old TOP-yoiA.ooK j r50! f;!?-'"4 1 i 1 If ' llT I 1 ASTHOUGH YOU'D Y& ff ' I 1 W I 'ISsil AWHOLE TRUNK XjJ 1 I I I PULLOFlT IPYOUCOULD YSsS. I .fy;i Read and learn how (mmflS!m TVS NOTRSAL G?AVfty WITHOUT THIS SEAL NOTICE Or SHEKIFF'S SALE. Notice is hereby given that by vir tue of an execution in foreclosure issued out of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for Polk County, on the 19th day of November, 1917, upon a judgment and decree duly given and made in and by said Court on the 19th day of November, 1917, in a suit then pending in said Court in which Verd Hill was the plaintiff, and C. G. Long, Mary C. Long, his wife, and D. E. Fletcher wera the defendants (Case No. 5033), said judgment and decree being in favor of plaintiff and against said defendants, for the eura of $7!1.59 with interest thereon from July 25, VGRBSPQNDENCD BUENA VISTA Mr. and Mrs. Car) Neal of Portland arrived here Thanks giving day and spent several days with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Neal. Rev. and Mrs. Armstrong and Mr. and Mrs. K, M. Lichty were ThankFfrivintf guests at the home tif Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Chown. Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Hevena were Thanksgiving guests at the J. K. Noal home. Ernest Chown, w ko is staying in Independence, came Lome and ate Thanksgiving dinner with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Chown. returning to his school Sunday evening. The Red Crews social last Fri day evening was a great success. The prcceeds amounted to ov r Miss Plant and Miss Rose bought the remaining stock of W. U. Reverts and commenced selling on Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Huston spent Thanksgiving at the C. P. Wells home. Mrs. Wm. Mattison of Inde pendence spent several days with her sisters, Mrs. B. A. Snyder and Mrs, Eston Bevens. Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Prather. Grandma MsClain and Mrs. W. R. McClain and children spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Murphey. Marvin Elkins visited here with his sister, Mrs. VV. R. Bevens, and brother, A. A. Elk ins. Mr. and M. N. Prather spent Thanksgiving with their son, Cleve, and family. Orville Wells, Alfred Loy and Gladys Reynolds, who are at tending pchool at the 0. A. C, were week-end visitors at their homes here. Rev. and Mrs. Armstrong ex pect to leave this week for Indiana where Rev. Armstrong will have charge of a church. All are sorry to see the Arm strongs leave us, but wish them success. Roy Knighton, who is ing in the fire department in Salem, visited his parents here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Wells and Rev. and Mrs. Armstrong com bined business and pleasure in Salem Monday. J. K. Neal was a Salem visitor Monday. N. E. Tyler was delivering potatoes in Salem Manday. The Ladies Rural Club meets December 13. All tnemb n are requested to be present as there is Red Croiva work to do. 1917. at the rte of 10 oer cent Der I thought It likely that the kidnaper j annum until paid; for the further sum of $132.36, installments, principal and interest, on street improvement assess ments in the City of Independence, Oregon; for the further sum of $69.62 taxes paid by plaintiff on the mort gaged premises hereinafter described, with interest on said installments and taxes from Juiy 25th, 1917, at the rate of 6 per cent per annum until paid; for the further sum of $100.00 attorney's fees in said suit, and for the further sum of $4.65, with interest at 6 per cent per annum from July 25, 1917, until paid, fire insurance premium paid by plaintiff for fire insurance as alleged in his complaint herein, and the further sum of $5(1 40 costs and disbursements in said suit, and the coat of and upon said writ; and, Whereas it was further ordered and decreed by said Court in said suit, that the following mortgaged property should be sold by me as Sheriff, to satisfy said judgment, coats and accruing costo and it appearing, that all taxes due rpon said mortgaged property has been paid by the laintiff herein, therefora, by virtue of said judgment, decree, and writ of execu tion in foreclosure to me directed, I will on the 22nd day of December, 1917, at thelhour of 1:00 o'clock p. m. of said day at the front door of the County Court House at the City of Dallas, in Polk County, Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in hand on day of sale, all the right, title, interest and estate of said defendants, and of all persons claiming under them or either of them, in and to the following described premises, to-wit: Lot No. One (1) in Block No. Eight (8) in Henry Hill's Town of Independence, Polk County, Oregon. Said sale being subject to redemp tion in form and manner as by law provided, and the proceeds thereof to be applied in payment of the aforesaid judgment, costs and accruing C0.-.U, and in esse any of the proceeds of said I .,!.. i.,... rt.. .v.- I of plaintitT's said judgment, costs and accruing coats, the isame shall be paid over to the Clerk of t-aid Court to be held or said defendants s their inter ests may appear herein. Dated at Dallas, Oregon, this 23rd day of November, 1!17. John W. Orr, Sheriff of Polk County, Oregon B. F. Swoi'E. Attorney. First 11-23. Last 12-21. Inhabited the region not far sway w hich was filled with foreigners' of n vry low type. I put an advertise ment In several foreign language newspapers that circulated In the re gion, stating that If the kidnapers of the child giving the street and num ber would lenve a statement of the ransom required under tho front door, the case could be settled without re course to the police. Within two or three days Mrs. Smltz bnrger, tho mother, came to me with a note that hud been thrnst under the front door. I examined It closely before opening It, hut found no clue. It had been written by an uneducated person, evidently a foreigner, since sev eral words In It seemed to have been supplied from some foreign language. I took It to my former perceptor at the Normal school, who knew something of every language spoken on the face of the enrth. and after a careful study of It he told me that It had been dic tated by an Irishman, but the writer was an Italian. Much surprised at this report, I ask ed him how he knew this, and he said that certain English words were spoiled as an Irishman would pro nounce them, and there were certain words that were distinctly Irish. One of these was the word between, which was spelled betune. The professor pointed out a number of these In stances, and I whs convinced that his theory was correct. Either an Irish man or an Italian was the culprit, and probably both were Interested In the ransom demanded, which was $2,000. I dictated a response to the mother of the child, stating that the ransom demanded would be paid and asking where It could he left. When the re sponse wns handed to me I examined It crltlcnlly, as I had the first letter before opening It, but I found only it dirty envelope. I was sitting before a table made of light wood. After read ing the letter, I noticed on the light surface a black hair about an Inch long. I felt sure that It had not been there before I had opened tho letter, mid surmised thai It had fallen from the envelope. I took up the hair nnd examined It closely. It was a glossy black, with n tinge of grease, except on the larger end. where (here was possibly n sixteenth of an inch of red. I reasoned that I had a very low class, considered Intellectually, to deal with, and bethought myself how I could make the kidnapers believe that I knew them. After a good deal of thinking. I concluded to resort again to communication through the newspa per. I put a portonnl In the papers I hud already used as follows : 'The kidnapers of the little girl (of such a street and number) are known to me. If you will return the child un harmed, you will not be prosecuted. If you do not you will be sent to state prison. The mother prefers this work-i course to arrestiiv and punishing you. To convince- iu that you are known I wt!l say that one of the two parties Interested in the matter Is au Italian; the other Is an Iri-hinan with red hair : which he dye black. If the child Is not returned t her home within four i days the puMUs will be dealt with as criminals. "I'rlvate IVtecttve." I put In the d with misgivings, though thrrv was good reason to hope the scheme would be successful. On the morning of the fourth day of grace, when 1 bad gheti up hoping, soon after da light a child's cry was heard j u Mrs. S:i;:;li'!vM doorsteps. The j woman r:ui down, end found her little j daughter. j My Mieovsji surprised iny detective I associates and I was nt once entered ! for n kiiI;.i work I.. ole oKI h ,.nds at ! the I'U-iiic.NS. It Is i... lios to say tin t the mother of Out vbild was ticptlou- j ally huppy. Costs but Little More to go East Through California Attractions offered: Sacred 'summits of Siskiyous, lit, Shasta, San Francisco, the cosmopl itan, the Old Missions, Del Monte, Santa Barbara, 100 miles along the Bea shore, Lob Angeles, Sunny South ern California, the Apache Trail, and the border camps. Stopovers places. permitted at " various 4 Trains a Day from Portland Inquire at any 3. P. agency or address John M. Scott General Passenger Agent Portland, Oregon SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES ooocoooooooooooooooooooo&aooooooooooooooooo oooooooo When The (Ulonifor Prints It YOU are assured of a good job as a skilled man does the work. 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