Independence monitor. (Independence, Or.) 1912-19??, January 11, 1918, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextOo-o-oi The Valiey & Siletz Railroad Company will start operation of Freight and Passenger Service from Independence to Valsetz, Oregon, as a Common Carrier, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1st., 1918. For the present all Interchange ship ments of Freifcht with the Southern Pa cific Company will be made at Crisp. Mixed train Service, effective January I st, 1918, will be as follows, subject to change: Train No. 22: Leaves Hoskins 7:00 a. m., arriving at Crisp 7:50 a. m., making connections with S. P. Co. train No. 211, from Independ ence, Dallas and Monmouth. Train No. 21: Leaves Crisp 8:15 a. m., arriving at Val setz at 10:30 a. m. Train No. 24: Leaves Valsetz 10:55 a. m. arriving at Hoskins 11:48 a. m leaving Hoskins 12:40 p. m., arriving Independence at 2:40 p. m. Train No. 23: Leaves Independence 3:00 p. m., arriving at Hoskins 5:00 p. m. This train making connections with S. P. Co. Train No. 165 at Crisp. All Trains will make intermediate Flag Stops. C. B. WILLIAMS, Superintendent. A Y ursmncr Shad ow By ELLIOTT FOSTER 1 I t BREVITIES J. A. Dewley Is back on the I. & M. Good oak fence posts for sale. Call farm 3813. 13tf Miss Florence Hurton waB In Irtland this week. Large team for sale cheap, Inquire at this office. 17tf Ir. It E. Duganne, dentist, National Dank Building. Mrs. O. J. Whlteaker waa a Portland visitor this week. K. C. Kldridge favored Port land with a visit this week Rubber lace low boot or shoe, $3.50 and $3.00 at Kreamer's. Mrs. Earl Ituef was visiting friends In Portland this week. Mr. and Mrs. Will Woods will reside in Portland this winter. .Mlsa Velnia Whlteaker has r turned to Portland to enter BchooJ Get a trimmed hat for $1.00 and up at the Millinery Parlors on Main street. The best hat made, the $3.00 Conqueror, water proof, for sale by Conkey & Walker. Tho uiauy friends of Miss On Clark are glad that she bus re turned to ludcptiuduuce. We have some bargains In raincoat. If interested, or amino them at Kreamer's. Miss Gretchen Kreaiuer, O. A. C. student, was at the home of her parents over Sunday. Cliff McHeth was called to Newberg last Saturday because of tho serious illness of a rel ative. Ralph Butler, of Portland, vis ited Ins parents, Judge and Mrs. N. L., between trains last Sat urday. For the forking Man-The Jomo work shoe, the best made for the price, at Conkey & Walker's, A good pair of reading Kreamej's. The building occupied by Dickson's Market, has been re roofed, C. Mclleth having the job in hand. Good rain coats and slickers. Prices range from $2.50 up. Stop in at Conkey & Walker's and get them now. Big Hat S le at Mrs. Bascue's Millinery Parlors at the Eddy & Carbray store on Main street. Trimmed hats at $1.00 up. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Coop er came down from their Wash ington state home Tuesday to see his mother who has been quite sick. Work shoes $3.50, $4.75 $5.00. $5.85, $6.75, $7.00. $8.00, $8.50, and $10 at Kreamer's. He has shoes suited for all kinds of work. J. S. Cooper, Jr., is listed as a slacker over in Marion county. They have not yet found out that he is a second lieutenant In Uncle Sam's army and is now stationed at Jacksonville, Flor ida. Through an error the name of Miss Klin Robinson, who was elected treasurer of the local Eastern Star chapter, was omit ted from the list of officers published in the Monitor last week. Mr. and Mrs. Hoy McFaddei, returned from San Francisco Saturday. Mr. McFaddon went on to Tacoma to hunt an apart ment and Mrs. McFadden will reniiin at the Sher.nan Hays home for i few days. BOY CAPiUntJ nilRTY GEFVVG SINGLE-HANDED f: the Freedom of the is one of the greatest "For World" war a-d patriotic dramas ever screened. Last week it was shown in Portland to crowded houses. The Isis was very for tunate in getting it! booked for Independence on Wednesday and Thursday nights of next week. Max Goldman is now located on the corner of Main and Mon mouth st roots ami Calbreath & Jones occupy the building va cated by Goldman. The build ing on tho corner of Main and Mrs. Lillian Merrick return- i C streets is now in the hands of od to her home in Portland yes- ' ':muntors and painters and will ' rj.-.y after a two weeks visit , be put iu first class shape be at the home of her daughter, j fore the Williams Drug Co. Mrs. Hussel Clark. moves into it. 'Captain." laid the Beneral, "bere Is dispatch of Importance which I wish you to deliver at once to General Tay lor. I do not think there are any Mex icans In the region between our two separate forces, bat there may be. Ton can either take an escort or scout your way alone." Captain Allen Duane paled. Ilia gen eral looked at bla aid de-camp curious ly, wonderingly, for be knew him to bo brave man, then asked, "Which course will you adopt?" "I shall scout through alone." As if the captain bad chatted away a disagreeable suspicion as to bis cour age, the g-meral turned complacently to other matters. What was H that caused the color momentarily to leave the cheek of the young officer at being ordered upon an ordinary duty? He did not know him self. He knew only that some vague message had come to him to tell him that this would be to him a night of what? lie did not know. More In fear of cow ardice thim danger, lie shook off the disagreeable Impression, which melted before bis resolution like mist before the sun. Hiding to the outposts, he loft his horse Hi:d moved away Into the debata ble land held by neither American nor Mexican. A young moon shone down on bis shoulder, casting a faint shadow to his left and to bis rear. It annoyed him. Turning to tlunce at it. tie could not refrain from fancy that a fbrure was following him. Looking straight ahead, he fired his gaze on the plain, over which here and there grew scat tered clumps of tropical trees. It was lonely out there on that deso late pluln where the poorest Mexican disdained to build even an adobe hut. The vipers with which the country hounds had crawled Into their holes. Iiesplte bis efforts to drive away the Impression that Ills shadow was some one following him, this Impression grew stronger. Turning again, he cast a quick glance behind. There was the tshadow as before. Raising his eyes to the sky, ho shuddered. The moon was behind a cloud. It was now clear to Captain Duane that the, mysterious follower was not his shadow. What waa It? If a hu man enemy. It would have long before this shot or knifed him In the hack. If a friend, why did It not declare It- felf? And why did he not hear its tread? He listened, but by the closest attention he could not detect a foot step. And why, he asked himself, did he, a soldier who had been twice bre vetted for bravery, shrink from turning and confronting this mystical intensity of shade? It was the silence, a dread of something more than the dangers he bail faced during the din of battle, that kept bis eyes fixed to the front. Ity an effort he gathered strength to turn his bond for one more fflnnce. There was the ligure, more dlsllnct than before, vet not continuously so. it seemed to Captain I Minna that his eyesight was not capable of holding the Imago long enough to see exactly what it was Now. for an Instant, the head and shoulders would keep tlielr form the face Ikuiv. with deep sunken eves broad, prominent mouth, Then the legs, long thin ones, would be tramping with one uninterrupted, unchanged gait, the whole covered by a long (low ing mantle which fluttered In the wind, yet there Was no wind. Iesperute. the otlicer liulted and fac ed about . "Who comes there?' he cried. The words broke the stillness like a clap o thunder from a serene sky. There was In them n singular distress, as If they bad been for ages asking a question to which there had come do reply. The figure stopped when the speaker slopped, slandlng, waiting, as though neither Impatient nor tired, con fident Unit the object of Its attention would move on and It would aguln fol low. The young captain did move on. Though bis physical strength was un impaired, it seemed to him that his soul was lading; that It was slowly but surely slipping away from him. He w as as ready to meet an accustom ed enemy ..! fpjht ns l.ravelv as eer. As Captain Allen IMiane he was still Independent: as a human soul he was losin,- himself. And n v there In the distance Is something white. Me shades his eyes from every ray of moonlight and dis covers white tentg. He Is nearlng the end of his mission. A few more tui'es and he will W within the picket line of a friendly army Will this shadowy tramper remain liehlnd? (aptafn I'uaiie pushed on. The In equalities of the road were no obsta cles. He took no thou-.'ht of running iiHn some roving band of Mexicans. The mysterious figure w;s closing up n htm. At last u tame s. . lose that l could almost feel Its breath, like the moldy chill from a tomb. "Who comes there?" called the picket. Why did not Captain luane reply, "Friend with the countei-si-nr Wis he dused !ld he not bear? At that moment tfie shadowy follower tower lug above M:u bent an 1 touched him ou the shoulder There Ws the erack of a rifle. T'.c s! e ter ol ned bis arms. ! making the t and the aoUlH r as he fc'l was caught In (be folded mantle The follower wsi tefh In the tnore'inr a ldy w as seen lyi" wlibont O: era! 1 u lor s pi, ket line The ci'.h or o." the picket went out ,d fouud mi al ! de- imp on w hoe lsr- Ar'ifc. I I P J, BREEDING DGS V'lTH WOLVES Darwin's Belief Wis Thst Domestie Canines Reprer-'it Several Races of the Wild Animal. In "The Origin of the Species" Dnr- WORD FROM OVER SEA L. E. Chase has the following letter from his Bon, Charles, a member of Co. B, Ihird Oregon: 'We have crossed safely to win expressed the opinion that the dog tniS Side 01 tne Atlantic. Trip was originally descended from the uneventful. Rather roup;h weath- woii. lie wa. inc n-a to tmna mm r n,; u j in different p.irts of the globe man er; 0n thln 660 had Some had tamed the particular species of mighty fine meals. Will write a wolf which would be found there, and that our domestic dogs, therefore, rep resent not or.e but several races of the wild animal, writes It I!. Townshend In the Westminster Gnxette. It has long been known that doir md wnlf will Ititerhi-ecd freely. ItiiiTon. for example, tells us that ho made such a cross successfully. Indeed. In Rus sia the Tsars long kept up a fierce pack of hounds fur wolf hunting in which a strong strain of wolf was evident. Cnfortunately. a few years ago the little daughter of n huntsman. crossing their kennel alone, stumbled and fell, und the snrnge brutes set upon her and devoured her on the spot. The Indignant tsar had the whole pack destroyed. Even In England the cross with the wolf has been resorted to for otter hounds In order to Increase the cour age and strength of Jaw of the dogs. But as the first cross proved rather too wild and uncertain In temper for safe handling, the masters of otter letter as soon as we get settled.' RED CROSS MAKES GOOD SHOWING (continued from first page) Hankerchiefs 27 Table Napkins 14 Surgical Socks 18 I3ed Socks 5 Oak Point: Abdominals 99 Triangulars 226 Handkerchiefs 99 Tray Cloths 37 15 pair of Socks Parker: Socks is Binders 32 The interest in the again and again to the dog till there1"""' "aS very satisractory remained perhaps only one sixty- Since the holidays. All ladies fourth of wolf blood, or even less. who can hpln in thia Hani-t m,. ....... lo ..... ..... ,..,. t 1 - Alio, iui i esiiioiisnen nit- lei unijr ui i ..n j the hybrid between the wolf and the c "'6 tome IO tne legion over u year ago anil has seen j dog when bred back to one of the iu uross rooms On C Street. heuvy lighting. At the time be enlist ed bis father said be wanted him to account for five Cerinnns. The young American has far exceeded his fa ther's expectations und Is still going strong, lie was awurded the croli de guerre with palm for his heroic ex ploit at Verdun. CmIiiiiii Aieii lit, .mil, c.ii yj f li, il.. Blount of North Carolina, who cap tured .W (iennans single-handed while flKhtlug with the foreign legion at Ver 1I1111. Young lPoiint Joined the -foreign originui parents, but so far there has They will be most welcome and been no evidence to show how far the ,i,. t.. .,, , intru ueip wm De mucn appre ciated. During the Christmas drive made for Red Cross members I hybrids would be fertile when bred I together continuously. Recently, how- ever, In the present century, this has been tested by Pr. Alarlc Hehm of the Stockholm zoological gardens. DRUGGIST CLEANS PENNIES He Thinks It Will Prevent the Spread of Sick.iess. R. M. Floyd, a druggist of Shelby ville, Ind, cleans all of the pennies he taken In during the day. Mr. Floyd has been doing this for some time, and suys he will continue to do so. "In these days of uncertainties, when everything comes high und sick ness higher than any other condition, too much care cannot be taken," he who has given a brief account of the Independence, including Oak results obtained by him. Point. Rnena Visfn aT1rf 1.. secured 565 members uhir-h CRUEL J0KE0NA SQUIRREL maijes a spkndid 6hovring and u Naturalist Replaces Nuts with stones another evidence that Indepen dence and vicinity always does her patriotic duty. Repents When He Sees Hun(jry Frisky Dig Snow Away. Most squirrels keep two or more stores of food. Uev. J. G. Wood, the nnturallst. tells of a friend v bo found one of these reserve stores, which squirrel hud provided for 1111 emergency and. In n moment of thoughtlessness, said. "Pennies come from all sorts of j the man determined to play 11 Joke on people, jusi ns uo un oilier kiuus in 1 rue squirrel, tie iiccnriimjoy replaced money. There Is a difference, however. the nuts by small, round stones and Hundreds and thousands of pennies are spent by children tots who want a penny's worth of this or that. Many of the children 4have the habit of put ting the penny iu their mouths. What cun happen to a coin when placed In the mouth Is well-known. A penny or a nickel or a dime could carry a mil lion germs. These coins pass from hand to hand, and only too often from 1 disappointed iinininl. mouth to mouth. Mr. Floyd cleans his coins by rub bing them with Spanish whiting, which he says Is the cheapest method. Any substance that scours will do, he says. COFFIN BLOCKS SPEEDERS Victim In Road Gives Mute Protest to Motorists. Chinese cm dies huve devised an ef fective mentis of protesting against speeding automobiles. A few days ago un automobile belonging to a promi nent Chinese otticlitl killed a child near the summer palace at Peking. The driver was arrested, but releused upon payment of a very small fine. In expression of their disapproval of the court's action the parents of the child and their neighbors erected a mat shed In the middle of the road, on the very spot where the child wus killed, under which the colli n was placed. Inscriptions were frosted on the sides of the cotlln denouncing the Injustice of the court. Since then the main road has been abandoned by trnthc, but officials ap parently have not dared to remove the body, which is watched constantly by friends of the bereaved family. DR CORN WELL WILL LECTURE AT NORMAL A lecture will be given on Sat urday night, January 12th, at the Oregon Normal School in the assembly hall by Dr. Con well. His subject is "Acres of Diamonds." This is the lecture which has attracted world-wide attention over the United Statea and it is an opportunity for all to enjoy this rare treat. It is needless to say that Dr. Conwell is a lecturer of national reput ation. Reserve seats may be obtain- with cold. nml scanty food, but, fore- ed by telephoning to Morlan & seeing a long winter, resolved to econ- snn'- Hnnlr Qtnro mill7M 111 littln Tiiinrd tie nint h an ria I Hibie. Fancy him nt last determined The lecture will be given at to break this perhaps his last mug- 8 o'clock. Some special music nzine, aim cnecrimiv nrusning awuy carefully concealed all evidences of his visit. One cold day In winter he passed the spot and found that Hie squirrel had called there a Kliort time previously. This he knew by the fact that ten Inches of snow had been scratched from the top of the h ile. outside of which the stones hud been cast by the This struck the Joker with remorse. He said : "I never felt the folly of practical joking so much in my life. Fancy the poor little fellow, nipped the snow, fully confident that a good meal awaited him ns the reward of his cold job, mid after nil finding nothing but stones. I never felt more mean and ashamed in my life." will also be given. NEARLY DIED IN TRUNK Little Girl Wat Hidden There by Play mates fo Prevent Whipping. Sadie, the flve-j ear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Topper of fork, I'a., nearly lost her life from suf focation when her playmates, to pre vent her from being whipped by her mother, placed her In n trunk on the second floor of the heme of Mrs. IMehl. Sadie, Mildred IMehl and Ilea trice llookmyer. were In the Topper yurd helping themselves to peaches when Mrs. Topper returned home. Sadie became scared and the chil dren placed her In a trunk, covering her with a blanket and closing the lid. When discovered three hours later the child was unconscious. Miss Velda Haley of Wash ington, greatly surprised her uu cle, D. W., by walking in on him Wednesday unannounced. As David had not seen her for ten years he had to scratch his head for a minute to tell who she was. Antiquity of Nursery Rhymes. "Sing a Song of Sixpence" Is as old as the sixtciuth century. "Three Blind Mice" is found in a music book dated bWi. "The Flog und the Mouse" wns licensed in lfiSO. "Three Children Sliding on the Ice" dates from 1(',:'.). "London Bridge Is Fulling Pnwu" is of "unfathomable" antiquity. "Hoys and Girls Come Out to Flay" is certainly as old as the reign of Charles the Sec ond, as Is also "Lucv I.ocket Lost Iter Pocket," to the tune of which the SUt from $10.00 Up. American song, "Yankee !oodle was written. "Pussy Cat. Where Have Yon Been" Is one of the age of Jieen Boss. "Little Jack Horner" Is older than the seven teenth century. "The Old Woman Tossed In a Blanket" Is of the reign of James the Second, to which mon arch It is said to allude. How about that good suit or overcoat for you men and boys? You may purchase a good woolen Fo boys $5.00 to $8.50. Good woolei s and gocd patterns to select from. Go to Conkey & Walker's for them. BOY TRAVELS ALONE Little tad Made Long Trip to New York City. Eleven-year-old Christy Stlgmaier left Klamath Kalis. Ore., th for New York citv. where Is awaiting htm. The litti p a I ::!, and carries a note with ep :iu..ti n gardiiii bis identity and do-tiuation "id request ing the aid of the tr:i'n otN-iaN In get ting him safely to Ms f.vh.-r. The boy came here ?o : go With his 111. ulii r to W:t his . ! 'her. James Mnlonc. S"'":is;t of !..,,.eil Valley. Didn't Win by His Teeth. A Philadelphia dentist h:ui nerve to publish a picture of Washington with tills statement underneath: nur nrst presmonr owed his won derful health to sound teeth." 1 assume inai uie dentist Know s more about teeth than he knows about his tory, writes a correspondent In the Philadelphia Ledger. Washington's teeth were Ills one physical defect. They amounted almost to a facial nieiuisn wncn ne sninen. aim one sour critic of our first president w ho knew him well said the reason he so rarely laughed whs his dis'ike fo showing the ravages of decay in his mouth. Salem Journal: Mrs. Anna M. Walker, who has been at Bremerton, Wash., visiting her son, John M., is staying at the home of R. II. Campbell. Mrs. Walker has four sons in the ser vice. John M. Walker was an employee of the Standard Oil Co. in this city and later agent at Independence. on m so iui;srtaut uieae. picket hud shot a fr-eud. d A Polarity lnd:c.itor. An ordinary petal ay be tisel to other day tell which is the Posi'ive und w liich is his father , the n. gatlve ternima! or n c:-eit:t. In fellow Is 'rt the two current ca rry.i,.' Hires in to the fr 'sfily cm surrmv. A v'Ov n stain, due to d'sse!voi -r. Itid! rates the posi'ive wire. If ho'h uie are Mirrotmdcd by d::rW-c '.,! ta!n the current Is alternating. If y..t; haven't a !': to li iti'ly. pi e I. .-h ter initials In wave. I' .' ! . will cll.ct at the end . ' ! cm five wire. If th. water is In a i: ti.! es.o! ! 1 very out i.ic time ago. so the hov has to mn:e the return trtn I ' " ' lrt '" w,r T,n"', tn" ,looe. ' Of abort irvuit will I'uruieJ, General Gibson post W. R. C. served a big dinner last Satur day which was followed by tuc installation of officers as fol lows: Bessie Groves, presid ent; Maggie Graves, senior vice president; Larina Nicholson, junior vice president; Eliza Kwing. secretx'-y; Loma Ewing, treasurer; Mary Bingman, chap lain; Lydia Howard, conductor; Dema Stillwell, assistant con ductor; Rebecca Dick, guard ; Mena Scrafford, assistant gtiard The Red Crosa at Buena Viita now has eighty members.