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MONITOR .1 -rf "THE PAPER THAT EVERYBODY READS" INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1917 NO. 19 VOL. 6 INDEPENDENC P THE RHYMING "The gladsome Yule of other years We tenderly remember, When thoughts of gifts and whosesome cheer Transformed the drear December; The sullen skies were lighted up By rosy faces shining, And every cloud With love endowed A burnished. silver lining. "This year somehow it's not the same, More somber are the faces, And everywhere throughout the land Are empty, vacant places Blue stars set in a field of red Are absent ones proclaiming, On Europe's plains Our manhood strains For Liberty reclaiming." We are so busy and overworked That its kept us hopping, So borrowed Jerry Owen's stuff Of Christmas time we're shopping; When we buy a doll for little Glen And a shooting gun for Walden, We've spent our bit So must quit And say that Merry HOW GREAT WARS ARE WON It Is Very Rarely That Conflict! Ar Victorious Because of Superior Valor, Says Writer. The rulgnr Idea of war Is thnt the victory Is won by superior valor or other mornl virtue, writes II. Sllf bothara In the Atliintle. This, however, ,hns very rurely leon the ruse; al most all Western nations, at any rate, are equally brave, though the valor of some excels In obstinacy and endur ance and of others In during and elan. By far the commoner causes of vic tory and defeat are ixillticnl or tech nical Sometimes (to take the domain of tactics) It Is a new wenjmn that wins victory on the butt'.tffield. or at any rate contributes to the ease with which It is won: sometimes, as In the Roman and In Frederick's armlets, it is superior discipline, creator physi cal fitness, and practice in maneuver thnt win the victory. M ire often it is some new f. rm.ai 'ii ef line. Those tactics commonly ; which are both n ;i the genius of the l Thus the l'.oers In t!ic war deveb'TMMl a ii' U tern of mounted '' simply nnz tin ! ! as they did ;:''-' '' '! business on their and similarly In ibe the woodsmen in:r! Id. L.,i best of all ;.il lolilpted to ;, usiurf them. South Afrlcun ori ;iniil sys ry tactics by , s !n war time ir ,,rd:n:.ry ,i farms, V-i. r:i-im wars a', s'.irtn'.shers. Ll AGAIN COMING-THE GRAND FINALE Abir.gdon, Virginia, Dec. 5, 1917. Editor Monitor-Please tll the pood people of Polk county to turn to the 4th chapter of Matthew -and begin to read at the 3rd vere and on to the and vera. Then j?o back and re-read the Uth verse. Jesus refers you to DaniaU Read the last six rersts in the last chapter of Daniel Dar.iel gives iS35 days from the time the first Soon 1918; Get busy SUMMARIST we are "aldone Christmas ro co-ope;. ".ESEARCH Br;t;;h Plan on t'.y.hcd of Bringing About Bert Po:-c'bli Results for Various Industries. ncnlizltii! thnt many Industrial Arms are linrred from the benefits of scien tific research Into their particular lines of activity by Hie treat cost, re ports Consul Fra tl l'tt I. Hale, Ilud deistleld, F.iif-'ltind. the Coiumittee of the Privy Council fur Scientitlc'and In dustrial Research pr-iposes the Intro dtictlon of the co-opei ative Idea. In this way a firm that l unable to bear the entire expense of research could contribute to the cost and share in tb benefits nocniln to an industry as a whole. It Is planned to establish trade research associations In Knj:ln'iil to be formed as needed for each in dustry or jrroir.i of industries, and aided by certain funds Uiich the com mittee bus in charpe. one associutlon Is about to be er.a.i ton iud-;-l:-v. . ; e l i s so, ;, a- posv t!, .. oil, ;,!,! p!i ",ip -ed for the cot : , will be foria- 1 .r the wool, ;, phio Industries, already been no lie coiaiiiitl e's Mr. Hale, Inch, h s i kinds of optical The w..:-:: that lias Con. 'i o.hei! tt.r..nvi efforts. acc..r.i:ii: to the diseor i y i ; tin ifl.iss. the ine-..a'ioii of Unlit alloys tor use in aircraft, ami the prodactiou of a new hard porcelain from purely llrltlsh raw material. Researches Into the recovery of tin are expected to save that Industry a very lurge amount each year. man was killed to the 2nd day of August, 1914. Daniel's time xpin on Friday, March 29, 1918. A word to the wise is sufficient. This is the end of this d:sr,sation the end of the world. The fcraat war now going on will end in January. In February, hailftones will fall from the heavens weighing 57 poonda. (Rv.) Tom Dark. with the "big stuff." RIVER RAMPAGES Caused by an unusual down fall of rain continually for five davs. the Willamette river went on a rampage the first of the! week and did a great deal of damage from Eugene to Port land. All the piers but me of the bridge at Salem went out Wednesday and the bridge has been closed to traffic. A wash out on the east side line of the Southern Pacific near Turner made it necessary to route all passenger trains to the west side from Salem to Albany via Ger linger and Corvalhs. Wednesday and Wednesday night, the long limited trains between Portland and Frisco passed thru Inde pendence. The Oregon Electric had to. abandon service for part of a day Wednesday. At independence basements all over the city are full of water causing much inconvenience to those who had their wood be neath the house. A large amount of fruit has been ruined. The river reached its highest mark last night since which time it has been going down rapidly. TO USE FERRY The old ferry will be repaired and used until a new one can be built. As soon as the river goes down, service will be resumed. There has been much difference of opinicm as to the condition of the old ferry, but members of the county court after investiga tion have found that it is in fair condition and perfectly safe for light traffic. The ferryman has been instructed to only carry two vehicles at a time and to use ev ery precaution to prevent acci dents. LODGE ELECTIONS Valley Lodge I. 0. 0. F. has elected the following officers for the coming term: Edwin Baugh man, noble grand; C. E. Ilenkle, vice grand; D. D. Good, secre tary; C. W. Irvine, treasurer. Rebekah officers-elect are: Mabel Stevens, noble grand; Mrs. Fret Howard, vice grand; " Clara Graves, secretary; Ella Hart, treasurer. Eastern Star officers elected are: Mary Fluke, worthy matron; W. G. Grant, worthy patron; Carrie Clark, associate matroi; Ardelia Butler, secretary; Nellie Damon, conductress; Jessie Hewett, associate conductress. FOR DRAFT MEN The questional sent to all young men subject to draft must be filled out carefully and correctly within a certain speci fied time. The government Will tolerate no delays or excuses and the nenalties for making false btatements are severe. The PolK county draft board consists r.f fiarnr Havter. K D. Iirown and C. W. Barrick. Among the associate members are: Homer S. Wood, R. II. DeArmond, C. W Irvinp. D. E. Fletcher. Frd Young, Cecil Swope, H. C. Dunsmore, J. H. Ackerman, J. V. B. Butler, H. C. Ostein, Ira C. Powell. V. E. Smith. Archie Parker, Jacob Smith, C. V. fohnson, G. A. Conn, G. II. Dronson, V. J. Love, Walter Inch, Fred N. Stump, G. A. Peterson and J. 0. Price. Anv of thesc-mentioned above will gladly assist anv young man to properly till out his question al re. MARRIED Richard R. Brown and Mary f an,inri.nn. living north i Independence, were . Salem Ixst Thursday marrieu &l CORN SHOW DELAYED The second annual Polk Coun ty corn show, which was sched uled to be held in Independence today and tomorrow has been postponed just one week to Fri day and Saturday, Dec. 28 and 29. V. & S. TO OPERATE The Valley & Siletz will begin a regular freight and passenger service between Independence Valsetz early in January, possibly the first. As considerable new territory is tapped, it is surmised that, there will be much business both passenger and freight. For the present, interchanging shipments with the S. P. will be made at the crossing near Airlie, called Crisp. The operation of the Valley & Siletz railroad will put a number of new stations on the map and one or two of them may make towns.fHoskins is expected to be . j. i n - J 1 a place or rour or nve nunureu within the next year. It is easy to figure it out how the present western terminus, "Valsetz" re ceived its name. AFTEK DELINQUENTS The city council has voted to take legal steps to collect all the delinquent paving bonds. As the bonds are a lien upon the property, it will be necessary to foreclose and sell the property. 1 here are about a dozen delin quents in this class. The city will proceed also to take the same course regarding side-walks built by the city at the expense of property owners which have not been paid for. OWLS After a delicious repast at the Heaver, Monday evening, the Owls repaired to the L. Damon home where a splendid evening of whist was provided. Six tables were arranged for the regular players and "subs." After the score cards were filled, a delightful social hour was en joyed. ERRONEOUS REPORT A report has been in circula tion during the high water that the Isis theatre building was unsafe. Ihis the owners, Nel son and Ilenkle, can deny em phatically and are led to believe that the "story" is being ped dled with malicious intent. The state engineer has been here twice and both times declared that the building was absolutely safe. If the report was not started with malicious intent, tome one has discovered for the first time that there in a crack in the wall and surmised that the building is not safe. The wall cracked several months ago, i the owners called in the proper authorities who said that it tnu not endanger the building, and after an examination it was deemed best not to fix it up un til the wall had settled. If there had been the least particle of danger, the owners would have cloned the building and made the repairs the next day after it cracked. The Isis is second to none in the state as far as dan ger from fire is concerned as it given a lower insurance rate than any other theatre building. IS "L" GONE? Is Company L, the Polk coun ty boys, in France, England, on lfie wav over or sun in me ku"" of!oia u- 5- Al "-''' : r . ...l . t . .. ..... V. lur sure wuere uiejr ir uui, uac I our suspicions. SING "AMERICA" CHRISTMAS MORNING It has been suggested, ai d the history. suggestion is meeting with a hearty acceptance, that every- j body everywhere in this fair land, should sing "America" at exactly nine o'clock on Crrist-j mas morning. The Etude for! December speaks of it as "Christmas Morning Musical Festival for Americans", and says: "Christmas and hundreds of thousands of American fathers, sons and brothers away fiom home! Away from the music the laughter the Christmas love and the Christmas cheer! "Here is a world circling idea which music workers and music lovers ean employ to bring all Americans all over the world closer to each other and closer to our glorious ideals at this mo mentous hour in our national CHRISTMAS AT A most excellent Christmas concert will be given at the Methodist church Sunday night, December 23, beginning prompt ly at 7:30 o'clock. The program will consist of anthems, duets, solos, male quartette, and also a splendid organ prelude and offer tory. The Methodist choir is the largest in the city and is com posed of Independence's leading musicians. The public will en joy & musical treat by attending this concert. A most cordial in vitation is extended to all. At Calvary Presbyterian church next Sunday morning, Dr. Duns- For Humanity's Sake For America's Sake For the Soldiers' Sake Join 66 Red NOW it is simply tnis. Lt ua have on Christmas morning a chorus in which everyone who rejoices in the name American may take a pan a chorus that will sing itself around the world a Christmas morning music festival for all Americans every wherethis festival to be held entirely without expense and with no more preparation than remembering it "At nine o'clock next Christ mas morning, the day of all the year when American home ties are strongest, let all Americans everywhere, no matter where they are gathered together join in b great chorus or endless chain of choruses singing "America' until the thought of our bless ings in the 'sweet land of liberty' will ring around the tlobe." THE CHURCHES more will speak on the situation in Palestine, with reference to the recent occupation by the British. Topic for the evening, a Christmas subject, "Personal Memories of Bethlehem." On Monday evening, Christmas Eve, the Sunday School will have its annual Christmas tree, with a program by the children. Every body is cordially invited to all these services. .There will be special Christmas music on Sun day evening. ' At the Christian church there will be appropriate Christmas exercises next Sunday morning. the Cross 99