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THE INDKPENDhNCE MONITOR AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Published Weekly at Independence, Polk County, Oregon, on Friday. Entered w Second Class Matter August 1, 191Z at the Post Office at Inde pendence, Polk County, Oregon, Under the Act of March 3, 1879. CLYDE T. ECKER. Editor NINA B. ECKER. Associate SuDscriptlon Rates: One Year $1.50 Strictly in Advance ADVERTISING RATES: 15c. per Inch for one Insertion, 12 1-Zc for two 01 nor Insertions, 10c. on monthly contracts. Readers, 5 and 10c. per line TRICKSTERS DU? ENGLISH RAILROADS Independence, Oregon, Friday, January 11, 1918 The Independence Monitor insists that Bryan wa3 mere ly ahead of his time and intimates that all that he advo cated will come to pass in due course of time. As we re m mber it each time Bryan made hia three trials for the presidency he had a paramount i-sue In 18 it was free silver; in 1900 it was anti-imperialism and in 1908 it was enforced insurance of bank deposits; no one of which was ever adopted. Monmouth Herald. The Monitor did not "intimate" what the Herald says it did. During the course of an edi torial concerning" a matter of which Bryan was not the subject we incidently mentioned that all the principles advocated by Bryan in 1896 except bimetalism had been adopted by the American people which is true. Nothing" was said about what he advocated at another time. Deposits are indirectly guaranteed by national and state control of banks and today a number of states have bank guarantee laws. The Insurance Federation of Oregon is to fight the "Non-Partisan League menace." When the League comes to Oregon if it ever does and be holds the character of the forces marshaled to oppose it heavy artillery may be left in the rear and pop guns used. Meanwhile, the people of Oregon are more concerned about the unfair in surance laws of the state. Many patriotic folks have placed the charges of "treason" and "pro-Hun" against the famous Mr. Roosevelt for his constant fault finding with the conduct of the war. While believing that Roosevelt is just as loyal an American as the most of us, one cannot help but smile broad Iv for it is a matter of history that whenever the hero of Oyster Bay goes on a rampage and works himself into a frenzy he spurts verbal charges of "traitor" and "Hun" in every direction. Getting a few doses of his own medicine will never cure but it supplies some aniusement for the onlooker. VPgRBSPONDENCE- Show-Your-Ticket System Fails to Balk Crafty Brighton Travelers. Brltlnh railroad officials have had so many rune of pBusenjrera beating their way Htnce the railroads were taken over by the government that the rail road executive Instituted a rule that every passenger, whether commuter or otherwise, should produce his ticket on all ocraalona when passing the barrier. This action presented a great deal of legal business and stopped practically all fare Jumping. Persons falling to i produce their tickets had to pay wheth- er they were the owners of a ticket or not, and the courts have maintained the action of the railroads even when the ticket had been produced In eourt This system has up to the last few weeks worked satisfactorily, bat the exodus of the foreign element from London to Brighton to avoid alr-rald dangers has uncovered a system by wmcn it could be beaten. The London and Brighton railroad has a system by which It Issues plat SACRIFICES CF ARMY DOCTOR rorm tickets to passengers wishing to see their friends off by train at a churge of two cents, and these charges being applicable to both the London and Brighton stations, the refugees from London hnve been working a scheme of buying a platform ticket. geiung into me tram and having a friend meet them on the platform of the station of their destination with a platform ticket bought at that end of the line. In this Way they have been traveling 50 miles by train for a total expendi ture of four cents for platform tick ets, while the single fare works out at 1.50. To cope with this evasion of fare the railroad company has now Instituted a ticket collection at a station en route and the local court funds have been Increased by an enormous sum In fines, penalties averaging $10 being inflicted lu all cases coming before the court MM f mm cm -r" I " GRAVE LY'S CILaBKAJIV Si Before tn Invention ef eur Ptmt if P Pue" Mint DmUmrt Could Not Ko tit Flow Fh"" L GAAVELY PLUG TOBACCO. Mow U.t Potont Powell Kttpt It FrMhtBdClttotBdCooo. Lmi,CH of 0o E"k" is Ltttt Longtrttitu M shew f Md ntnr Dim. HERE IS THE SLOTH-THE ANIMAL THAT SHUTS HIS EYES TO EVERYTHING, HE MISSES A LOT- AND SO OOES THE MAN WHO SHUTS HIS EYES TO MY GOOD NEWS ABOUT j TOBACCO, f ' LOOK FOR THE PROTECTION SEAL IT IS NOT REAL GRAVELY WITHOUT THIS SEAL KNIT IN WORKHOUSE Many Mtn Sent There Are Forced to Labor. Fourscore men are sitting In a long wime-piasierea room, working as muny of them never expected to work. On their broad striped black-and-white knees each mun holds some unaccus tomed Instruments. They are In the Stark county workhouse at Canton, O. Among the men In stripes are chick. en thieves, wife deserters, habitual drunks, carriers of concealed weapons, assaulters and batterers of their fel low men (and women), and many other sorts of petty criminals. All of them are busy. Kay, bo," Inquires Shifty Sara .Smith, as he handles one of his bone needles as though he were harpooning a Hhii, ow In the 'ell do y'u purl?" "Arsk me. aumptln' easy, like crack In a crib, or frlskiu' a rube or some other light work," replies Alabama UuH. "Wot I want to know la, does the Constitution of these here United States say a man can be sentenced to Home Practice and Other Advantage Relinquished to Serve Country During the War. One-fifth of tile total number of physicians in the United States will huve to enroll for military duty If tills war continues for another year, ob serves Leslie's Weekly. All but a small percentage of them must enroll voluntarily. All but n small percent age of them have families to support and these and others axe wholly de pendent on the Income of the head of the house for this support. The phy sician from 35 to 4."i yenrH of uge, the age or greatest useruiness lor mili tary service. Is at that critical period of his professional and financial de velopment that two years of forced ab sence is liable to affect disastrously his whole career. The change means. If there Is no in dependent Income, sacrificing of in surance, lapnlng of the mortgage, withdrawing of children from school, a complete change or metnou or liv ing, uud greut rink of returning after the war with a lucrative practice di vided among the stay-at-homes. A law has recently been introduced in the senate by Senator Owen which provides an increased rank for med ical oflicers of the reserve corps, that will in some way meet the financial burden of the volunteer doctor and will furnish hlni a rank equal to the dignity of his civil position. Measuring Time. The refinements of modern time keeping are Illustrated In an Investi gation recently carried out by F. D. L'rie, under the direction of the Unit ed States naval observatory, to deter mine the "lag" between the Arlington and Qreat Lukes time signals, both of which are received by wire from the naval observatory and converted auto matically into wireless signals. Be tween Washington mid the Greut Lakes station there are SIX) miles of embroidery work if he only puts a man telegraph wire. Involving several make- to sleep slid cops his roll? COMMUNITY ITEMS I'la ana Luis MoComas, who spent a Wft'k of their vacation with their parents nt Wimrich, returned to their school in Al bany Saturday, Art Elkins moved hia family to Salem last week where he has work. Arthur Halo and family and Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Franklin spent Sunday at the F. L. Grounds home. C. P. Wells and wife have moved to Salem for the winter to be near Mr. Wells' doctor. Ed llarman, wife and daugh ter lilanchc, spent Sunday in Su ver at the Emil Gobat home. Gladys Reynolds and Alfred Loy return ed to O. A. C after spending the holidays with home folks. Alma and Clifford Wells came home Saturday from Eastern Oregon where they spent the holidays with relatives and frienda. Ernegt Moe returned to his home in McMinnville after visit ing his mother who is very low at this writing. Norman Tyler and W, J, Sim. mons transacted business in In depfndince Saturday. Newt Pratker and wife and Jim Prather of Corvallis, trans acted business in Salem Wednes day. The lied Cross auxiliary has so far 80 members during the holi day drive and have done nearly 800 pieces of lied Cross v ork. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Lichty were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Chown. Ruttiant Wrecked Railroad. The gunge of the Kiim-iuii railroads Is about one toot wider than that of the (ieriiinn imlroiuls. Heme the Rus sians diuiiiv; their retreat after the battle of Ttinnenlwrg h Moved that the (lemmas would be unable to use their narrower g-iiiue locomotives and car on the liu-sian Hues. The ticrinnus, however, moved one of the rails a foot Inside us former position. At the same time, the) ruined the truck for liusslau uc by saw leu orT the ties Just outside the slut :cd lalK The llusslans en'ue hiicU. and on their next retreat exploded a cartridge at each rail Joint, sina-hing the Joint and bend ing In the iilnmln,; rail ends so that curs could not pass. This Involved for the Hermans the hiit;e task of bringing up new steel and relaying the entire track. The Job was completed. lhelr time might Just as well bo spent in knitting for the government as In any other way," Superintendent Hoyer said. "They cannot fight for their country, but they can knit" circuit relays. The lag between the two radio stations was found hy a series of tests to average 0.ON5 sec ond, with a probable error of 0.002 second, says the Scientific American. GIRL STEALS LONG RIDE Travela All the Way From Birming ham, Ala., to Chicago. r.tneiyu aict'ord, nineteen years ot age, "Countess of the Hond," has ar rived in Chicago from Birmingham, Ala., In an express tar. She said she had worked as a newspaper reportet on (iinlsden and liirmlnghuiu, Ala., pa pers anu was loomug for newspapei work in Chicago. Miss Mct'ord managed to keep bet presence unknown until 42 miles out, when she simply "had to laugh" at a funny story one of the messengers re lated. When she told them how fat she had "got away with It" they took her to the dining ear for refreshments. She said she had been very thirsty, rut Kit especluny hungry and had slept little because the floor was too hard. Lafayette Flying Corps. Considerable confusion exists in the minds of many persons about the dif ference between the Lafayette Ksca drtlle and the Lafayette Flying corps. This famous aeronautic body was the Section d'Avlatlon of the Legion Etrnngere In the early days of the war. To mark the number of Ameri cans who were sharing the dangers and victories the nume was changed to the Franco-American Flying corps. Hut as the I'nlted States whs not then at war with Germany complaint was made that this was it breach of neutrality. To avoid giving offense the name was cnaugeu to tne i.ninyette t-lying corps, wmcn is tne present olllclal designation. SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON N. L. BUTLER A1TORNEY-AT - LAW Practi ice in a 11 C Denver Man Finds Use for Common Wild Flower. A wild flower, grown In practically all sections of the country, will be the means of supplying munitions manu facturers with sufficient "guneottou to kii'p I'nele Sam and his allies well equipped with lighting materials, hc- cording to Charles Coard. a lenver In venter, and lieau Ilruminels need have no fear of a shortage lu raw material for the making of men's clothing. tioard says he has discovered that the wild flower known to youths all over the land as "cat tails" has a bulb containing nearly a pint of sllkllke floss that can be substituted for gun- cotton lu the manufacture of suuiiu- aiiiiui, i a us allowing tne entire cottou crop to be used In the manufacture of clothing Fewer Horses. Despite th.' grow lit in population uud Increased areas under cultivation, the horse population of Los Angeles coun ty, Cullforuia, is now less than one half as much as la I'.HK). The auto mobiles and motortrucks have In creased from 6 to 7V.14rt. The 47,000 horses In the county In 11HH) were val ued at ja.imo.OOO. lu 1010 the drop In uumber was to Sl.otm, ami In the en suing six years to .M,0"O. The pres ent automobile valuation Is nearly $imVkK).tkiO. Kxcellent road condi tions are considered largely responsible for the above figures. East Through California Costs Little More Scenic Shasta Route, Sacred Siskiyous, Mt. Shasta. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Southern California. Choice of routes. Let us make an itinerary for your trip howing train schedules, stopovers, etc. Ask any agent or write John M. Scott General Passenger Agent Portland, Oregon SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES' Write for folder on the Apache Trail of Arizona THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK Established ifcfcg A Successful Business Career of Twenty Five Years INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS H. Hirschberg, Pres. D. W. Sears, V. P. R. R. DeArmond, Cashier W. H. Walker, I. A. Allen, O. D. Butler : Yamoreg Collection Agency Elizabeth uev T iZ TEACHER nr umuu McMinnville, Oregon GETS RESULTS. TAXES THE BLAME ouu- She His 18' Descendants. sirs. m. A. est. eluhtv -six years old. of Jviit Lake City. tecsme Ktvnt KTOttdmother to her one-hundred and eliihtv seventh descendant, when her rsintnti. A. IViuiy. Jr., Nvatne ' hnl.T sud mother well. are rviorlel Join Amerlcane Train In Italy. Near a umall town In Italy a handful of Atnertemis are training for avia tion avrvW, The tttivrmile d'ltitlln nys they ai red dj have ncnuired I prnetioiil knowl- edne of pilotlm mid that they have plveu I'Dvif of their perfect diselpllne and aerlonsiiess of purpose. Their In structors have etpre-wd the greatest satisfaction with their work. Tie InhaMtnnt of the town came out In crowds on their arrival to wel come the allies who hud crossed the KVHti from the country to which so tunny ItHiiiins had et'ilcrnte.l. They displayed the prentest curiosity In wHtehii.c the American In thetr leisure hours platn tenuis gad hss hi.ll. w hioh are unknown In that part of Italy. 1 Al tienillii. population Is nnly S.nmi,. mitt. In comparison to the St.inni.mH) of Spain, hut her nmnhoo.1 Is developing while Spain's Is nnythln hut nires slve. Her ehrrncter Is made of cosmo politan fores, the hest and hardest of the ndvt'iitiirons races. TEACHER OF VIOLIN Y ill give lessons in Independence for begir.r.ers and advanced etu dentg. Best of method. Prices reasonable. Inquire at the Moni tor or write E, Levy, 563 Court St., Salem, Oregon. Expect New Comet. A spectacle In the sidereal heavens f sir;:i-..,. !.L-.H!::ncy may lie ex ;ectrd !!ie c. -iil.- fprtna If the pre-licM.'ii- of cotnetiiry olwervera are rer .tic .1. N it since the treat comet of h' h arn.'d a vast deul of In v' ' : n M'P ranee in the sky !' ; ' ts .-.,1,11,1, ntly expected I! ;v "! r, iurn of Halley's " " ' '' "hi'h had anxiously ' : 'i'l not cuiue up to what ' " ; ' 'ed and evpei-ted, and ' ' ' -' ' has not been any "' ' cotnet seen. The ' ' scribed as a jriiranttc " -s la s(?,. and brilMan ii in ..i...;. -rn titties. It '- ' dory in the nofth- STliif. ns ; '' ' r. m-.lnin; vis . - ; 1.,-ins at its ! ; s.,.,!lK -t . .. proximate :f -'1 - W tuiies a day. AT THE CHURCHES PRESBVTKRIAIN Dr. H. C. Dunsmore, Pastor 10 a. m. S.rnday school. H a. m. M'ublic Worship with 7-3") p. m. I Sermon. t3ARTIT Sunday school at 10. Services every Sunday mornii g ar.d evening. B. Y. P. U. at 7:00 W e invite you to all oi:r -erv . . Strangers cordially welcom- METHODIi Thos. D. Tames, Pasioi. 10 A M. Sunday School 11 A. M. Mornir.(f servit-t 3."1.) P. M. Loyal Tempera:ce L "So P. M. Everuog ervic. i