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v"1 s It THE INDEPDENENCE MONITOR A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPtR. Published Weekly at Independence, Polk County, Oregon, on Friday. Entered as Second Class Matter August 1, 1012 at the Post Of flee at In de icnce, Polk County, Oregon, Cnder the Att of KarcU 3, 1879. HURLEY a DODGE, PROPRIETOKS G. A. HURLEY, EDITOR Snoscription Kates: One Year $1.00 Strictly tn Advance ADVERTISING RATES: 15c. per Inch for one Insertion, 12 1-Zc for two oi more Insertions, 10c. on monthly contracts. Readers, 1 cent a word. independence, Oregon, Renewing Onr Acquaintance. We wish to announce that with this issue the Monitor again comes under the management and editorship of Gus A. Hurley. After this absence of three years and better the editor hopes and trusts he shall merit and receive the same cordial support from the subscribers that he did under his former period of service in this county. Now there is a difference in the duties that are upon the publisher of a paper thairthere were when I first launched this paper in this com munity and in this county. Then we were at peace with all the world, and we had no strong public purpose to serve, no pa triotic cause that demanded our best efforts. To day the piper that serves this community and serves it well should first of all be patriotic. I would indeed feel that I were not doing my bit if I did not during the present crisis help publicly and with my best service every cause that is pa triotic, every movement for the cause of liberty and every plan that may help lead io the, over throw of that German Kultur, that German intri gue and that German autocracy that is attempt ing to bring the whole world under the dominion of the iron heel of the war lord of Germany. While the work of this paper is local, yet we must remember that no locality is without the pale of the tenticles of the German snakes that are now menacing our civilization. Our young men are in the front, and Polk county is well represented. We at home who are having the ease and comfort of home life should sacrifice wherever and whenever we can do ser vice. They are fighting leed them, protect them, work lor them, and see that our community and our people are one and all doing their duty. We should suppress every movement that tends to weaken the cause and we should bring to the ears of the county and city councils of defense and the public officials every act of treachery, every minion of menace. It shall be my purpose to try to keep the pub lic informed of evervthing that is being done by our people for the cause of liberty and 1 want every community of this county to feel free to use the columns of this paper in making public the war work they are doing. 1 he Keel Lross, the lodges, the council of defense, the liberty loan committees, the Thrilt stamp committees, the four minute men, and all other departments of service are requested and urged to use freely the columns of the Monitor. Sample copies of the Monitor .will be freely fur nished to an) person desiring to mail them to our bovs at the front, and letters will be used as free ly as possible from soldiers now in the service if you will bring them to the oitiee ot the .Monitor. We invite correspondence from those in the ser vice and we believe honestly, thoroughly, whole heartedly in the war we are prosecuting. Our only regret is that we had not the fortnight to new beyond the eilver lining of the hovering clouds that hung like a pall for two yeura over us, when we prayed for peace, I THE INDEPENDENCE I Established A Successful Business Carter INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS OFFICL-KS AISD DIRECTORS H. Hirschberg, Pres. D. W. Sears, V. P. R. R. DeArniond, Cashier W H. Walker, I. A. Friday, March 8, 1918 our battles and we must NATIONAL BANK 18m ot Twenty rive Years Allen, O. D. Butler when there could be no peaee. With this statement of the principles we believe in and the hope that this paper does not have a subscriber on its list who is not a believer in all we have stated, I wish to extend to you all a cordial greeting. Gut A. Hurler. Editor's Note. We wish to apologize for not getting before you with thia our first edition under the new management a better paper this week, but owing to the fact that our editor did not reach Independence unMl Monday evening, ajid wo found much to do before we could begin actual work on the paper, we have done hope to improve the appearance of the paper and give you more of the local news and general county news information. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS A. J. Babb of Hood River was in town a few days thia week. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fen ton of Dallas were in the city Tuesday, Everett 11 iltibrand of Air lie whs in the city Tuesday on business. Miss Ora Fenton is able to be out again after her recent operation for appendicitis. Mrs. Claud Skinner and daughter Alice returned from a business trip to Portland Monday. Lieut. Dr. Cropp has been assigned to the spruce divis ion of the aviation oorps at Uaribaldi. There will be Mark Mas ters work at the Masonic hall Friday. All Royal Arch Masons welcome. Mr. Kev. ISickafoose of Moiiniuth passed through in depmidence from Portland Monday evening. l'erle Locke was an incom ing passenger from Portland Monday to attend the funer al of his mother. O. L. Guild, one of our most progressive farmers, was transacting business in our city last Wednesday. llo; Frank Williamson, mayor of Tuponts logging camp on the Luckiamute, was in town Wedueiday. C. V. ClodUlter and wife of Jefferson motored over Sunday and spent the day with (J. Molieth and wife. Fletcher it Bairick made a irip to Dallas Wednesday to try two suits before the equity department of the cir cuit court. Mrs. 8. J. Beebe, formerly of this city, moved her res taurant outfit to t Johns this week where she will go into business. Moss W. Walker under went an operation in Port land Tuesday for ear trouble and wo are informed the op eration proved successful. Dr. II. Charles Dunsmore received word Tuesday from his son in Alaska that he is feeling better. He has been in the hospital for about six mouths. The Knights of Pythias in itiated two in the First Rank Monday evening at their hall. There will be Second Decree work the coming Monday. Frank Skinner was in Port land Sunday and stated tint he would probably move from Vancouver over to Port land wt ero lie is planning on going into business. Say, f,rrur, do you know that if the llorst Co. builds thi evaporator your laud will sell for the same price per acre ai it dees aroeud other our very best. Next week we valley towns initead of be ing the lowest in the valley. Get busy and help a good thing along by planting veg etables for the evaporator. 13. M. DeCosUr of Marion county, says he is going the limit in the garden line this eeaion if they will build the evaporator this spring. Mr. DeCoster has a valuable farm just across the river and is "making good. Tbs Polk County Agricul turalNews, a monthly pub lication edited by J. E. Lar: sod, our county agricultural agent, cams to the Monitor deilc today. It is a good lit tle bulletin and should hare material of interest to the farmer each month. We' no tice our old frlind P. 0. Powell of Monmouth, Mrs. K. C. Eldredge of Indepen dence, Miss Maggie Butler of Monmouth, Wm. Riddle, Jr , of Monmouth and Mrs.,C. L. Hawley of McCoy on the list of associates in the work aud we would judg it will be a success. IMPORTANT USE FOR CAMERA Arctie Region Can Be Mapped by Pho tographs Taken From Ml lea Above the Objective. The adventure of the camera men in this nr are more thrilling than Any roanmnen. Ilravlug the (Ire of batteries of antl-alreraft runs and hourly wi emmterlnir the skillful air duelists, they must calmly choose their posi tions, risk their lives often for a slnRle exposure, and carry hack their pic tures In record time. Successful pho tographs have beeu made at a helKht of morn than three miles, says Boys Life, the boy scouts' magazine, for February. From such an altitude the enrth appears fiat, all objects being lost In u dull cloud-like effect, tiut the cameras uned are of the tele-photo type, which will pierce through this distance. Home are made with a pis tol grip which enables the aviator to aim his camera Quickly. Other aero camera are built Into the floor or side of the aircraft nnd pictures are taken by touching a button with the foot An Ingenious mechanical device has been Invented which will take pictures at any desired rale per second, mo that uothlng will be overlooked. Aero photography hua many Impor tant uses apart from warfarw. The camera has been carried by daring ad ventures over unexplored regions. It has been estimated thut an aero pho tographer could cover more territory la a day in the Arctic region thau could be traversed In a mouth by Cog ledges. POET MADE WAR HIS THEME Washington Audience Somewhat Sur prised That Masefleld Couldn't Spout His Own Verse. The visit of John Masefleld, let and soldier, to Washington recently at tracted the attorn lou of scores of peo ple who have kuowu him through his tales of the sea aud other stories In verse form. The auditorium was packed by the hundreds who came to see what a real, live poet looked like. The na tional capital. In W15, may claim Its full share of sophistication in mutters political, but the visit of a poot Is an other thing. Several yeirs ago Alfred Noyva, fel low Kiigllshaian of Maavfleld. spok there, and people were delighted to find lUm a simple, frauk. good-natured fel low who hud all the earmark of a surcssfu young business man. So this time they woudered what Mu,M u.uiM h like. Would he spout yards aud yards of poetry from J memory T He was scheduled to rvna his poems, Masefleld talked about Ui war. He had been through It. and talked from personal experience. He said scarcely a word concerning his p-:1. At the inclusion of hl talk om one Insisted that he give them never! of his poems. Til have to have a cvpy," he said, atfnlilv. Finally, after much search through the audlenco. one lone cvpy w iu uw needed was found. A good pair of reading glasses Tor $1.00 at O. A. Kreamers. BRINGS HOME GRIM REALITY Soldiers Seldom Visualize Death Until They Have Had Their Training With the Bayonet. Comparatively few of the men In the training camps have sensed the serious ness of their Job from books, writes Jo seph 1L Odell. in the Outlook. Nor did t come to many of theui from the for mal drills, the settltig-up exercises, or the acquisition of military terms and habits. The reality the grim but thrilling reallty-of their business came from the bayonet. Men can stand at attention without paying attention; they can form col Iannis of fours automatically ; they can salute as a matter of easily acquired habit ; they can learn the bugle calls by subconscious absorpUon; but no man can wield Uie bayonet without visualiz ing death. The first and chief duty of the bnjoni Instructor is to make men visualize death their own or their foe's. "You must get him before he gets you j It's blui or you, him or you, lilra or you!" Then the ghastry seriousness of the business comes over the recruit; the dreadful alternative flashes along every nerve, and communis the muscles of the eyes, the letrs, and the arms as they have never been commanded before. It searches his soul und marks him as a coward or a man; it puts deep lines on his face nnd galvanizes bis will; It changes him almost Instantaneously from a civilian to a soldier. AFLAME WITH VIVID COLOR Section of Northern Montana Brilliant 8cene During the Short Months of Summer. The niackfeet, or Plegnns, as they call themselves, number approximate ly 2,700. The setting for this pictur esque tribe la a wonderful country, without a glimpse of w hich n picture of the Illackfeet would be complete, Elsie E. Newton writes In the South ern Workman. The reservation Is In northern Montana; In area It Is about two-thirds the site of Connecticut. It Hps up next to Canada on the north and Olacler park on the west The park was once a part of It, and re tains many Indlnn names, such as Oolng-to-the-Sun mountain, Rising Wolf mountain, Two Medicine lake and river, and others. From the splendid white-topped range on the west the country drops to rolling prairie eastward. It Is a region of bitter winds and storms for several months In the year. Closer to the mountains, there Is not a month when frost Is unexpected, and snow falls as late as Juno. Hut as soon as the lust flake has disappeared the hill sides flame almost overnight with wild flowers. The splendor of them contin ues throughout the short summer, one brilliant shade succeeding another. Half acres In purple, spots of blue, streaks of yellow one sees this sort of color effect week after week. Editor In Retirement. A Georgian editor, who retired some years ago, has recently been review ing that part of his career which has been free from the lubors of the news paper office. He finds, In contrasting It with a pe riod of similar length prior to hta abandonment of the lead pencil and the shears, thut the change has been (Treat, Indeed. ltesldlng In his own comfortable. If humble, home, nothing has, been asked of him while tnklng his well-earned rest except to chop and bring In all the firewood, supply the house with water from the spring, utart the kitchen (ire every morning, feed the hogs, the chickens, and the cow; milk and churn, plant and weed the garden, and attend to miscellane ous chores. It Is worth whllo, he evtdently thinks, to work hard a an editor for a few years In order to eujoy the luxury of retirement luter on. Christian Science Monitor. Warm Air for Flyers. To protect military airmen from the Intense cold of the upper atmosphere and also avoid the burden of cum bersome, heavy garment, an alrheated one-piece costume has been designed, says the Popular Mechanics Magazine. The suit Is iiia.Ie i.f two layers of ma terial and supplied with a system of air conduits extending to Its vnrious 'extremities. Air, tnken In through a funnel mounted behind the propellor and wanned by pnssnge through a coll encircling the motor's exhaust pipe. Is carried Into the main artery of the suit by a flexible tubing connected at the rear. The heat circulates Into the cloves and shoes worn by the Rinnan and rises around Ms body, while cool air passes out through valves. Porkers Cut Down Hairy Output. TCrnest E. Oourley, a dairyman of Portland, Ore., became discouraged hemnso his cow gave such a small quantity of milk. Then he became suspicion and established a close watch over his bovine. He also owned several pigs which were becom ing fnt very rapidly. Tresto! The pi ir were helping themselves to the milk. Now the pigs are separated from the cows and the dairy business ha picked up. 1 1 1 ' His Trouble. "Too are looking miserable. Sub bubs. Why don't yon ask a doctor w hat alls yon?" ! know what alls m qnlck con sumption." . "Yon dont mean tt T "I do, t have to bolt my breakfast In two gulps to catch the train, and mr lunch In two more to get back to the otfli-e. Boston Transcript. Advance by Retrogression. The rookie was being taken to th irnanlhouse. -Quick promotion," he muttered to himself. "I am already tn charge of a suaJ or netv Aottw &wuui . TravaacrtpC ... GROCERY ARGUMENTS Can yom afford to use your credit and pay more for & Groceries when your Cash will go farther. We say not. To us it seems absolutely foolish for you to pay more for groceries by using your credit, when you intend to and do pay your bills anyway. Any merchant who does a cred;t business wi'd tell fer you that he sustains losses on cred.ts. louse infrrn on fc his book accounts, &nd cost of collecting slow accounts Jf through attorney fees and court costs and that mcse loss es are considerable. The merchant who does a cash business dots rot have these losses to contend with and consequently b? cm afford to sell goods cheaper. This argument can r.os be refuted and a little investigation on your part will convince you that we are selling cheaper for cash than others who who do a credit business. Just for sake of argument, only 5 pr cent saving on each month's purchases is 60 per cent of one month's purchases in one year 18 days living that costs ou Motbine to obtain. Ten percent saving on each month's pur chases is 120 per cent of one month's purchases in one year or one month and six days living thar does not cost you one cent. Can you afford to use your credit in face of these facts. We say no. Yours Truly Johnson D. E. ILETCHER C. W. BARRICK FLETCHER & BARRACK Attorneys at Law Cooper Building Indedendence B. F. SWOPE CECIL SW0PE SWOPE & SWOPE Attorneys at Law I. O. O. F. Building Independence DR. L. E. BARRACK Dentist Cooper Building Independence The business men of Inde pendence held their usual Tuesday business meeting and supper at the Hotel Bea ver this week. The mer chants see the benefits of these get together meetings for tho purpose of trade stim ulation and cooperation. Married, at Salem, Oregon, on March 7, Mrs. Linnie Fluke and Thomas Hamp ton, Dr. Dunsmore perform ing the ceremony in the pres ence of a few very intimate f.iendi. Mr. Hampton has many friends in Indeden dence who join in hearty con gratulations and best wishes. The happy couple will make their home iu Tacoma. Coming The Willamette Uhiversiiy; Glee Club March 19 At the Methodist Church1 The world today is demand ing: of every man the maximum of his earning power. Are you keeping your ram Ing power up to the high : l liz ard? There's only one way t t!o this Eat Pure, Full Strength Fo' We have a reputation for handling noihiiig but the BEST GROCERIES obtainable. The best is none to good for our customers, and we spare neither expense nor trouble to proenre it. Calbreath it Collins BUTTER WRA PC- 0. AT THE MONITOR OFFICE I : Yaiweg Collection cy McMInnville, trefrn prre dcciiitc tiii o iur r i inr " AT THE CHURCHES PRESBY I KRIAN Dr. H. C. Dunsmore, Pastor 10 a. m. Sunday school. 11 a. m. I Public Worship with 7'30 p. m. j Sermon. BAPTIST Sunday school at 10. Services every Surday morning and evening. B. Y. P. U. at 7:W. We invite you to all our services. Strangers cordially wekumeu. METHODIST Thos. D. Yarnos, Pastor. 10 A M. 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