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V TOWN WITH A PLAN WILL SUCCEED WHERE OTHERS WILL SURE FALTER AND FAIL INDEPENDENCE MONITO VOL. 6 INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1918 NO. 35 Buy Liberty Bonds, Purchase Thrift Stamps, Plant War Gardens, Help Win the World War CANADIAN AT WEST SALEM Bond Meeting Held in West Salem District School House Is Packed $5500 is Subscribed Doubling Quota forDis trict. Messrs. R. W. Baker, B SwoDe. E. N. Johnson and the editor of this paper, went to Dal las Wednesday evening picking ap Captain Adair of the Canadia army, and drove to West Salerr. to give a big meeting there and War Bond campaign -talk. Local talent furnished the mu sic, the school house was packed and a successful meeting held West Salem more than doubling their quota. Mr. B. F. Swope spoke on the Bon Question, impressing the need of united effort in this time of need, and urged all to buy bonds. Thrift stamps, conserve food, and raise to the limit from the farm. The editor was called on for a few remarks and joined in urg ing Polk county people to buy in Polk county to the limit and so keep Polk county in the biuecol umn. The principal address was made by Captain Adair who told of the war lifp in the trenches. He stated that after th third day in Ypres he was sent to the trench es; that the big guns the Ger mans tried to use successfully in that drive were 70 inches around and stood 5 1-2 feet in height and were large enough to destroy a town and that the concussion would kill 500 feet away; thai the shot from them sounded like a freight train crossing a bridge as they went through the air Told about the Belgians leaving, their pitiful condition, and the atrocities of the Huns. One cor ner he described in Ypres t.s "Hell's Fire Corner," a point which you must pass in going through Ypres in any direction. Told of the Germans centering their operations there. Had seen whole blocks leveled by a single shot from these guns. Food short, but army well fed. Must be to fight but others suf fer. When food is short for army war will be over. Germans make the best of trenches, use mortar and mason ry and dig deep. Gas attack described, and told of first experience with Kas, the effects of which were terrible. Used handkerchiefs soaked in tea to keep it frjm their lunjjs and lay down with their faces in the ground. The Germans thought they had won so used their guns and in mass formation started to attack over top. Terrible slaugh ter of Germans described and they turned back. Came eight times and had trouble to g. t back over their dead Germani to their trenches. Fought back and fourth three days taking and retaking trenches. Described nailing of cne Canad ian to a barn door; desecrating women, capturing 200 women whom they took for their own use. After six days fighting we withdrew for a day and came back for four more days. After the horrors practiced the Canal Jans seldom tooic prisoners. Told a story of one Irishman capturing and killing a German and returning with his boots. Another Irishman seeing the boots went out in No Man's Land to get hina a pair. He was out for many hours and they gave him up as lost. He came back later with five pair of boots and said he had to kill eight (i r mans before he could find a p ir to fit him. Tanks carry guns of all ki"d: They do a great deal of dami., going through trees and every thing before them. Canadian soldiers never iuit ground that they did not retake again. Germans have no initia tive in the rank and file and mass formations in going over the top and the result is many killed. Canadians go in waves, five feet apart and so do not lose many men. There is more in dividuality in their movements. When we do capture Germans one of our soldiers will take 20 or 30 men to the prisons. If you find a slacker in Canada they first take him and put him at the front and he must either fight or get killed. Captain Adair was wounded and burried and rescued and ta ken to a hospital for a year. He is getting better and expects to be out of tervict for probably six months mors as his physical condition will not permit of his taking the hard duties of war life at present. America must win the war and without America's support the German autocracy would win, Heutged everyone to do their full duty. Mr. Adair left after the meet lng for Dallas and spoke there Thursday nigh, going from there to Portland. Mr. Adair was dressed in the uniform of the Scotch Canadian, wearing the kilts, and is a very pleasant an J instructive speaker. WEST POLK COUNTY IS DOING ITS PART Has Gone Over Top and Is Still Adding Every District in This Section Make Fine Showing in the Bond Drive Incomplete reports from the 19 setiooi districts in tiie eastern part 1 the county iumi the Hentou ounty line to t he lainhill line, which comprise the Independence iistrict show $41,000.00 sub scribed. The following totals are all in omplete and all district coniinit- . s report more coming. I here are six districts not reported. ii. ir committees report that they ie on the job working and will send all in by the end of the week. Flic (piota for these districts is 4,(i(M) ,and the amount has been oversubscribed. The campaign does not clone until the 4th of May. By that time they will reach Lfl per cent. We now have $ 11,(500.00 suh ribcil by the following school list rids : Number sixty-one, .fsoo.00, six- tv-thrce,.2.2O0.0; forty-seven. 2. mm i.OO; forty, 400.00: seventeen, 4..VMI.OO; thenty-seven, 1,1. VUM); ixty-four, .f 1, .)().( J ; eleven, fOO.- thirtv-two. Si.").0.")(M)0: fortv- M-ee, !fi:j."0.00 ; thenty-nine, $V,-"-O.00; thirty-three, $4,:iOO.OO; lirty-one, $2,100.00. District number seventeen is the H tbel district, thirty-two West Salem and thirty-three liuena Vis ta. Chairman C. W. Irvine wishcx o thank the outside districts tor their fine help. All the eommit- s in these districts are farmers and had to stop their work to get these results. STAMP SALES FOR THE WEEK War Saving Stamps Sold in Week Ending April yth The total sales to date of War Savintf Stamps in I'olk county is . i0. 341.50. For the Week ending March 'Jth, t';i sab s reported and received are a follows : Dallas. miM: Airlie, $302.2."); Ri- kreall. 2.7.70; Fall City, 2J0. 7t; Hu.-na Vista, $72.18; Total, Fi04.1$. BIG BASKET SOCIAL At Hopvilie School House April 19 Good Time Planned and a Fine Program. Don't fail to attend the big box social, musical ano literary program, April 19. To miss it, is to miss a fine program. On April 19 a big box social will be given as a lied Cross War Benefit. The Oregon Normal Glee Club will be prenent. Prof. Pittman of the Normal School will address the people liuef will sing and a big tainment is planned. Miss enter- We met Captain Walter L. Tooze., Jr. in Portland this week and he stated he would be in the country Saturday to speak to the C range at Monmouth. He has made several speeches iu this coun ty during the present drive for Liberty Uouds ami is enthusias tic in his work here, also stating that the eatnp life was interesting and liked by a great majority of the boys. ' HENRY B. THIELSON Was Prominent Railroad Builder- er and Eminent in Masonic Order. Henry 15. Thielscnn, who super intended the construction of the I'ortlaml-Koseburg division of the Southern Pacific railroad and storia & South Coast road, and was chief engineer for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company when that line was built, died at his home here yesterday after an illness of several months. lie was liS years old. Mr. Thielsen was widely known in Oregon through bis affiliation with the Masonic order, having held every grand odge office of that order in Ore- gon. lie served as grand master of the irrand lodge and grand com mander of the Knight Templar, and was a member of the Mystic .Shrine. The funeral was con lucted by the Masons and inter ment was in Riverview cemetery, Portland. Mr, Thielsen followed railroad work. from an early age, having been a telegraph operator tun! a train dispatcher for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad at liurlington. Iowa, when only 13 years old. In the construct ion of e Portland-Roseburg section of the Southern Pacific, then the Oregon-California railroad, he was associated with Ben llollidav. lie was born at .Marshall, Michigan, March 1, IS.".). II.- came to l'ort- and in 1870 and followed rail road work until l!rj. He came to Salem in 1 SOft. where be had lei'ii a member of the insurance lirm of Thielsen & Roland, lie as owner of the well known Derry orchards at Thielsen sta tion in Polk County. Mr. Thiel.si-n married at Cheek- towago, N. Y., Miss Jennie Ben- Clubbing Offer: Two for Price of One In order to place the Monitor on a tr'ct!y Cash in Advance sys tem, we have decided to club our two papers for a limited time at the price of one. Two weekly papers for $ 1 .50 The Monitor A home papr with Regular Pi $1.50 iu It. lie is survrived by Mrs. Thielsen, two brothers, three sons and a daughter. The sons are 11. Fred P. Thielsen, of Salsen, and Edward W. Thielsen, of San Fran cisco, and the daughter is Miss Ellen R Thielsen, of Salem. Mr. Thielsen was a resident of Folk county for many years and had many friends in this section. To the old pioneers he was a fam iliar acquaintance, ami his death came as a surprise to the people of this county. Sunday Services at Presbyterian Church Dr. II. Charles Dunsmore will deliver a sermon Sunday evening on the subject, "Klisha's Night in the Desert," continueing his Sun day evening sermons on the night scenes of the bible. Sunday morning there will be regular services at the usual hour. SCHOOL BOARD Puts German Out of Our Drop German From School. Maps and Will Teach Birdology Buy The school board for district number 2!), held a meeting Thurs day evening and made some chan ges in the school work and pur chased some new material for the school. First and foremost, they drop ped Gorman from the school course and left to the teachers and high school students the selection of the subject to besubstituted. The class was dissolved Thursday and In dependence has decided America first in everything and right now. The board met with a represen tative of one of the map bublishing companies and purchased lf0 maps. These maps cover ancient, mediveal and modern history; the history of the United States and a complete set of maps for the student in physiology. GRIND JURY IN SESSION READY FOR THE SLACKER Report to the District Atorney's Office Those Whose Actions are Liable to Damage the Cause George L. Richardson, foreman, and G. V. McLaughlin, L. Hitter. W. II. Riggs, Oscar Smith, Thos. A. Madill and 0. W. Morris, make up the personal of the new grand jury. It is reported that several cases of disloyalty have been brought to the attention of the District attorney and that he has these grand jury convene Monday and their work will be more exacting and paintaking than in peace time as there must be Hindi care in fcr ritirig out crime against the coun try at this time. The German propagandists are alert and it takes" the best energy of all the people to get ft direct line on him that will bring conviction. The county and Local Councils of Defense have asked all citizens to report any act of sedition or treason that they know of to the District attorney. The Western Youth County News A strictly boys' and girls' newspaper ice Regular Price $1.50 SERVICE FLAG FOR THE BOYS Sixty-six Listed fron the Independence District If You Khow of Another Leave Name with us The following is a list of young men serving; the country from Independence. A service flag has been made for these people and the sixty-six names below are the ones listed: Arrell, Oscar L Bascue, Aubrey Baughman, Dean Bear, Hymen Bear, Robert Broad well, Dewey Buchanan, Neil Burright, Cris Busid Butler, Marion Calloway, J. L. Dr, Campbell, Mrs. Mildred Cereghin, N. Ii. Clark, Riusel, O. Clinton, Harry Cooper, J. S. Jr. Cropp, Chas. F. Dr. Dickson, Hobart Dickson, Kay Dunham, Geo. Dr. Duval), Guy Eaton, Joseph Eldridge, Shaler Fitzgerald, Arnold Floyd, Ralph Gilliam, Floyd Girard, Dean Groves, Emerson llartman, Ernest Howard, Byron IIoy8er, Herbert Huntley, Lynn Kirkland, Frank Kullander, A. L. McDonald, II. E. McKinney, Aletha McKinney, Rolla McKinney, William Miller, Harry Miller, Hugh Miller, Arthur J. Newton, Guy Nye, Merle Oberson, James Ord, Harry Owen, Belden Tarker, F. O. Pickens, William Richardson, Cyril Richardson, Marvin Schrunk, Verd Seeley, Edgar Schafer Smith, Ernest Stalnaker, Harry Stalnaker, LeRoy Sutton Walker, Ray M. Walker, John Williams, Kay Williams, Waymun hiteaker, Roy Whiteaker, Earl Yolt, Leslie Young, Armand Principal lledriek of the Mon mouth High school will not stay at Monmouth for another year, states the Monmouth Herald, but has decided to older the seriviee of the country. DR. DUNSMORE ATTENDS PRESBYTERIAN CONVEN TION. ; From Tuesday until Wednesday evening, Dr. II. ('lias. Dunsmore attended the Presbyterian conven tion itt Xe.wberg. The meeting was well attended ami much in terest shown in the work before the church. At the conference President Lee was elected princi pal and Dr. Dunsmore, alternate commissioner to the general as sembly of the Presbyterian church which will meet, at Columbus, Ohio about the middle of May. Spring Valley Meeting was Well Attended and Patriotic Ad dresses Made Last Tuesday evening, a Lih erty Bond meeting was held in Spring Valley, at the Zetia school house. Captain Walter L. Toose, Jr. of Camp Lmvis, formerly of Dallas, spoke of the hoys in train ing and the men at the front, relating many incidents of camp life, and inspiring those at home to make their supreme el tort in the fight for democracy. ('. W. Marrick of Independence, spoke of the Liberty Loan campaign, and the various aspects of the war in a general way. The meeting was well attended and the spirit of loyalty and patriotism exhib ited bv everyone in the commun ity. BUENA VISTA GOMES DOWN TO OUR CITY Young independence Boy From Navy Principal Attraction Isis Theatre had a Good Sized Audience to Hear War Measu res and War Explained Saturday morning word was that Hucnta Vista was coming lown to Independence for a big war meeting and independence prepared to give them such a meeting. Herbert M. Dickson, a former Independence boy was the princi pal attraction, being a iccent naval soldier, who has just fin ished a four year term in the s nice of the United Stall's Navy, and being on a discharge I nun service. He expects to return ii a few weeks to join the army. Mr. Diekson was in l''ranee from June I:)l7 to March I'M M, and has seen the war situation in all its initru eity and fright fulness ; has been in the thick of the submarine war are and has seen the destruction of the Herman I'-boats by the dozens; has been when; the ltd gians were maimed n ml wounded and feels that civilization de mands the desl fuel inn of llie Mini, lie wishes to be in the American army when it makes its triumph d inarch into Merlin. lie was c red to the erthn, slating we are doing good and efficient work, better than we knew. Hi! was cheerccd with round after round of applause. The program was curriel out as follows: Solo Miss (lladys Irvine; ad .lrcss"Th War Honda", O. W. Harrick; Solo L. H. Harrick ;iid diess "War Hardens", (ins A. Hurley; Solo Mrs. ('. V. Irvine; a Idrcss "In the War Zone", Hobert M. Dickson; Song Ameri ca. Mr. Harrick urged that every man should do his duty at home, should buy bonds, help conserve I he foods, help feed the foreign and American soldiers in the Allied armies, and help thus to win the war. Twenty autos and 100 people were here from Htunta Vista, headed by Major Kose, who had his auto decorated with the black, yellow and red stripes 01 Uel- gium ; the blue, w hite and red stripes of France; the green, v bite and red stripes; crown and khi'-ld in white stripe of Italy; the red circle in white ground of Ja pan; the Stars and Stripes of America; and the flag of his own country, the blue ground, red cross and r-d diagonals flanked by w hite, of England. POLK IS OVER TOP Liberty Loan Bonds Taken by Everyone Every Community Goes the Limit and Goes Strong Tuesday evening Falls city re ports $17,500 subscribed, Mon mouth 25,000. Independence 40, 000 and Dallas 72..TOO and the different districts still going. B. F. Swope, I). E. Fletcher and i he editor of the Monitor went to Hopvilie, Saturday even ing and a good sized crowd had met in the school house to hear the Liberty Loan plan explained. A program was given and every one retorted they wre doing their part. Tuesday evening Mr. Claude Harrick and R. W. Baker were at Spring Valley and met with the people of that district. Walter Tooze, Jr. was also . present and a fine meeting was held. Wednesday evening B. F. Swope, K. N. Johnson and G. A. Hurley represented the Indepen dence delegation at West Salem where the people are all enthus iastic supporters of the bonds and are subscribing liberally. ZONE MEETING AT BROADMEAD HELD Produdt Maps from differ ent Schoois a Feature The Inst zon meeting for the third circuit of the county which Supervisor Moore has just finish ed, was held at Broadmead school last Saturday. Many pedagogues, patrons and pupils were present to enjoy the mental and physical feasU offer ed. Mrs. Mangus of Ballston gave some interesting observation les sons with a fourth L'rade read ing class and Miss Winters of Perrydale presented many Val uable devices in primary read ing. After the sumptuous feed t noon Mr. Moore gave helpful suggestion in the teaching of geography and spelling. Many observation lessons were present td with the fifth and sixth classes. Product maps which wr gathered from various schools throughout the county were dis played by Supervisor Moore and a hearty discns&ion by the teach ( i s upon the work presented c! sed the meeting about 4:30. Mr. Moore will begin at once making his fourth circuit among the schools under his supervision arid zone meetings will be an no u need later. History and writing will be the subjects pre sented to the teachers at the next lone meetings. REPUBLICAN C 'UNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE Meets in Dallas Friday to Reorganize Owing to th fact that Walter L. Tooze, Jr., J. S. Talbott and other members of the Republi can County Central Committee have left Polk county. Mr. Tooze has called a meeting for the pur pose of tiding all vacancies. The meeting will be' held Friday at 11:00 A. M.