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INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1917
NO. 19
VOL. 6
INDEPENDENC
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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.
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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
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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.
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