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THE INDEPDENENCE MONITOR
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Published Weekly at Independence, Polk County,
- Oregon, on Friday.
Enured M Second CUM MsturAngua 1, 1D1Z at the Poat Office atlnde
enaence, Polk County, Oregon, Under the Act of March 3, 1879.
CLYDE T. ECKER Editor
NINA B. ECKER. Associate
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ADVERTISING BATES: 15c. per Inch for one Insertion, 12 l-2c for two 01
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dependence, Oregon,
a hipnni.'il event and an evil incidental to every politi
cal campaign is the robbing of candidates by unscrupu
lous newspaper publishers. While the number of tins
class of newspaper pirates is very small, yet there are
enough of them to successfully pursue the graft and thus
darken the interior of every newsparr with the shadow
of distrust and suspicion. The 'old head, who has been m
the political game for several seasons, has paid the price
and does not keep his hand on his poeketbook when lie en
ters a newspaper office. He has learned the identity of
the grafters and if necessity or political expediency re
quires him to patronize one of them, he bargains for what
. ho wants like iui old woman in a second hand store and
pays for it as soon as he gets it. Hut the neophite in the
political game enters and is welcomed with a smile, a sal
utation "you're going to win" and the grafters golden
text "I am doing all 1 can for you." The neophite Is
pleased to hoar such apparently sincere promises and is
led to believe that he has met an enthusiastic supporter
of influence He proceeds to order advertising without
asking the price and without paying for it. "Just send
mo your bill," he says. Or finding it not convenient to
visit the grafter's den, he sends an ad and writes, "Insert
and send bill." Then when the Ides of November have
passed and the elect have been designed by popular vote,
the neophite gets his bill from the newspaper gratter.
If among the lucky ones in the political lottery with an
eye to the future he pays, but for the next one or two
rounds he puts every newspaper publisher into the same
' class, tho eventualy he learns the clean from the unclean
and acts accordingly. If defeated in the first heat, the
neophite protests vehemently. If intending to stay on
tho track, ho pays in a smothered rage. If he concludes
to make his first heat his last heat, he throws off consider
able lava and may pay.
The respectable newspaper publishers wish there was
some way of getting rid of the grafters but they do break
in and their evil influence must bo tolerated, but it is
our opinion and a view shared by a number of the old
birds on the political roost that tho newspaper gratter
extends his larceny habits into other fields of prospective
income sufficiently to stunt his influence and his support
and the use of his advertising columns is a detriment
rather than a benefit.
Mayor Hnrley has great admiration for the Ore
gon delegation, but only as letter writers. lhe r
failures nro numerous. They are posers consid
ered from the back-woods, and little is heard of w hat
they have accomplished for their own sta y
Chamberlain has lost what little iniluence he had.
McNary is too new at the game, Uawley is a stu k
McArthur does not appear to have any weight, and
Sinnott is looking only after the Eastern Oregon rab
bit industry and Eastern Oregon interests. I n . 1 ,
they are a galaxy of "hind teat" artists.- ood
burn Independent.
If Mr llarloy is such a wonuer as m- uilwm
to be and tbe Oregon delegation is as weak as he claims
it is why doesn't he throw his hat into the ring and seek
the seat now occupied by the "stick." If Mr llarloy is
"on to" how certain congressmen get "things for their
state and 'if a representative's ability is judged by the
amount of "pork" he can secure for Ins state, we want
Mr llarley in Congress just as quick as we can put bun
there He has been leading the people to think, m a ser
ies of articles written in Washington, that all a senator or
representative has to do when be wants something tor Ins
state is to run down to the department whn h t out.o s it
rush in and demand, "1 w ant a quarter million s worth ot
nork " This will cause thedignitied gent Ionian presiding
over 'that particular department to get down Horn his
high stool, wrap it up instantly and hand it over without
narlev. So if the distinguished gentleman trom Astoria
can pull this stunt, he should be sent to congress but
Xt assurance will he give us that the first time ion
gresman llarley starts a drive for "pork" some depart
ment head would not throw hmi out.
Mr llarlev and the Independent notwithstanding, w,
nolo by tho daily press that the Ori senators am es
pecially Mr. McXavy, arc continuously busy m t he .it i
Us of V state they represent. Not perhaps getting a
Friday, March 1, 1918
large amount of "pork" or numerous offices for friends
but securing relief and assistance for worthy constitu:
ents and enterprises.
The Congresional , Record has been withdrawn from
circulation outside the city of Washington in order, it is
told, to save paper. With the Kecord gone, we will not be
able to learn much about what is going on in Congress for
the daily newspapers give that branch of the government
but little space and that is generally colored in the inter
est of the party. And the people should know more about
congress and what is going on there. If the Record was
generally read, the country would be better off for the
masses would soon learn their friends and enemies. It
would be far better to let the Record circulate and con
serve on some other publications. For example, the
weekly letters sent by the bureau of public information to
weekly papers which are seldom read and never publish
ed as all the "news" it conveys has been printed in the
daily papers several days before.
President Campbell of the State University has gone
East. For the sake of the University it is hoped that he
talks with nobody connected with an Eastern school or
college while absent. Somebody might send another eam
outlage message to the Oregonian.
Without? going into the question of whether the Non
Partisan League is good, bad or indifferent, if the princi
ples and policies of t ho opposition to it in Oregon are the
antidote, the cure would be
STAY IN EUROPE SHORT
WRITES HIIXSBORO SOLDIER
That mail service to and from
Franco has greatly improved is
indicated hy the receipt this week
by Mrs. G. II. Carter of a letter
written on January 20 by her son in
France, only about three weeka be
ing required for the letter to cross
the Atlantic and the breadth of the
American continent. He acknow
ledges receipt of letters and news
papers from Ilillshoro und says he
likes 1 lance better every day. The
soldiers are learning more French
every nay, ho says, and when they
get hack friends may not bo able to
understand them. Speaking of
coming hack he makes the signifi
cant statement that he does not be
lieve the return is very far distant,
all other soldiers who have gone
abroad. None, of course can give
his reason, but after arrival all ap
pear t become convinced that the
enil of the war is not far distant.
I'ersoiu who have commented upon
this believe that it is the result of
the iKsv arrivals gaining an inkling
of preparations made hy the allies
which were hinted at by Colonel
MarMillau in his address in Ilils
Im)io when he stated that he could
not divulge plans, but his hearers
could -est assured that the Germans
could never break through and
would certainly he driven beyond
the Iihine. HillsGoro Indepen
dent. ALL HAVE THEIR UNDER-DOGS
Gcrd Reasons Why People' Sympa
tic Are With the Fellow Who
I Temporarily Down.
Our sympathies naturally travel the
line of likes that Is, the things we feel
In ourselves, we feel In others. We ap
plaud the underdog, because we so
often have been the under dog. We like
to lift the other follow up when he Is
down, because we also have been down.
Sympathy starts at hoineor else It
lsu't sympathy.
Your periodic moods of failure and
disappointment are your under-dogs.
So, Instead of walking past these
under-dogs of yours und casting no
sympathy their way, pause to give
them your heart and your hope, and
soon the picture ami fact will be your
over-dogs Jour rlctorles and your
genuine aetilevppientS.
No under-dog can possibly appeal
In lmiortance to the uuder-dogs of
your daily exerlenee.
Perhaps jum will applaud alone the
under dogs of your personal gloom
ami shadows, but what of It? As Low
ell says: "lnlly. with souls that
ctlnge anil plot, we Slnnls climb and
know It int." What difference, what
odds, so long as over your "nut tinned
bond the skies?"
Courageously cheer the under-degs
of your experiences and stay promTy
hy th.-tn umil their fight becomes n fac
tor of vour klng-dilp. Ueorgo Matthew
Adams, in .5km1 Housekeeping.
GLASS STAINED BY X-RAYS
Experiment Hve Shown The) Pro
due the Sam Effect at the
Light of the Sun.
It Is well known that glass exposed
for long to sunlight acquires a violet
Out. In very old houses the windows
fnrlnfr south ort often dlstinctlv vio-
I let. Kperiment recently nude In the
! laboratories of the General Electric
j company at Schenectady with X-ra.vs
prove that these can be used to dye
jgbiss tn many colors, principally an
- amethystine violet aud an m!r '!
I low. hut also green sml bright yellow.
' These colors, a.-y-"- ;
worse than the disease.
sentnai, wno conducted toe experi
ments, are due to modifications of the
physical structure of the glass and not
to chemical alterations. The color can
be made to penetrate to any desired
depth, from a mere surface tint to
complete coloration of the entire sub
stance. And the same method can be
applied to tinting porcelain, enamel
and precious stones.
An Interesting and Important fact
about this glass that hns been colored
by long exposure to X-rays Is that It
becomes Impervious to the radiations
that have transformed It. Thus it can
be used as a protection against the
glare of the sun or the snow and
against the X-rays themselves.
Miner Live Long.
It Is an extraordinary fact that even
when deaths from accident are Includ
ed, the rate of mortality among miners
of Great Britain is materially lower
than that among any other big class
of labor, except agriculturists, and ap
preciably lower thun the avernge rate
of mortality among males. This fact
was discovered by Doctor Tatham,
while acting as superintendent of sta
tistics In the office of the registrar gen
eral Doctor Tatham points out that
while the risk of fatal accidents among
the coal miners Is jnueh greater than
among other males generally, their
risk of death by disease Is much lower,
being 16.6 per cent less than all occu
pied males, and 23.2 per cent less than
that of all males. While coal miners
appear to suffer more than the aver
age mortality from bronchitis, they
show marked Immunity from consump
tion, their mortality from that disease
being less than half the average. From
diseases of the nervous system their
mortality Is 18 per cent lower; heart
disease, io per cent lower, ana rrom
fCrlSPWW'ltlaWj
than amon all nI.
Hereafter there wil be a show at
the Isis every night except Sunday
with a change of program every
day except Thursday. On Monday
and Tuesday nights Triangle shows
are hooked. Watch the Triangle
program as it is a bunch of good
ones.
B F. JONES.
Candidata lot Representative Folk
and Lincoln Counties, May Pri-
mariea.
(Paid Advertisemen.)
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CHEW W-B CUT A NO
YOU WONT MUSS
UP THE SHIP.
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OFFICERS AIND DIRECTORS
H. Hlrschberg, Pres. D. W. Sears, V. P.
R. R. DeArmond, Cashier
W. H. Walker, L A. Allen, O. D. Butler
at the churches ( BUTTER WRAPS
PRESBY TKRIAIS AT THE
Dr. H. C Dunsmore, Pastor
!;HS"hp- MONITOR OFFICE
I3ARTIST
Sunday school at 10.
evSnT every Sunday morning.and : Yamoreg Collection Agency
Wenwie'ou'toSoureervices. McMInnvllle, Oregon
Strangers cordially welcomed.- J RESULTS. TAKES THE BLAME
METHODIST ?
Thos. D. Yarnes, Pastor.
iOA. M. Sunday SchooL T 1 RTITI FR
11A.M. Morning service. 1M. 1 . L)v I I il
3. -OO P. M. Loyal Temperance legion. ATTriRMFV AT I AW
7:30 P.M. Evening service. r I lUIMMCI-rt 1 - W
CHRISTIAN
Bible school at io a. m. Practice in all GouiH
THE. FRESHMAN
BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL
Friday Evening, March 1
Characters
Worden Guy
John
The Freshman and
"Picadilly" Jerome Raymond Hall
"Hugs" Stevens Clarence Loy
"Owl" Griggs Gilbert Loy
"Tiny" MeUrath Lesley Loy
Sophomores of Lakeville University.
Professor Lock . . Cyril Reynolds
Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy.
Horace Harold Reynolds
Colored factotum and oldest inhabitant.
Mary Lock ' Alma Wells
Daughter of Professor Lock.
Judith Hlair Marjorie Reynolds
The President's daughter.
Miss Porter Hazel Van Avery
Of an aristocratic family.
Violet Lena Snyder
Whose mother keeps a boarding house.
Music
Misses Hazel and Mildred Van Avery.
Act I.
Scene The University Campus.
jonu Vorden, on his way to tne registrar s omce meets
Jerome and Stevens, who promptly haze him by making
n frout o University.
j M ary Lock, thinking he is a
to fix the garden wall oi tne IjOck nonie.
Act II.
Scent Garden of Professor Lock's home. Mary Lock
gives a tea party and in the course of events finds out
Worden is a Freshman. In trying to help the other
Freshmen, Worden is caught and Mary promises to help
him.
Act III.
Scene End of Astronomy lecture-room. The Soph-
mnor,.s look orden in the
j aid of Mary he escapes and warns the Freshmen. In the
; explanations that follow, they find out who Worden really
I IS.
OLg SAILOR AND THE RECRUIT
AND THEN YOU DON '
ON'T
ACE
MUSS UP YOUR FACE
WITH A BIG WAD,
EITHER.
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NATIONAL BANK
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Prather
center of interest.
real brick-layer, engages him
lecture room but with the
THAT'S THE IDEA
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CLEAN CHEW