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( INDEPENDENCE MONITOR VOL.6 INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1918 NO. 41. A PIONEER HISTORY Continuation of Organi zation Meetings The Story of the Organization of a Pioneer Party for Oregon (Continued from last week) Art. 15. The wagons shall be capable of bearing one-fourth more than their load, and the teams able to draw one-fourth more than their load. Art. 16. The number of loose cattle shall never "exceed 33 t ) one driver. Art. 17. No ardent spirits shall be taken or drank on t;.e route except for medical pur poses, and if smuggled in, shall. when discovered be destroyed under the control of the com mandant. Art. 18. Each male over the age of sixteen shall furnish him self with a good and sufficient gun and one and one-half pounds of powder and six pounds of lead, to be inspected and report ed on as in other cases. Art.19. All the members of this association shall assemble ui "Wolf River between tin: .1-"th and 25th of April. ' Art. 20. This constitution may be altered or amended at any time by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at any reg ular meeting of tke company or at any speial meeting called by the commandant. James Officer was elected president and Iiev. William Helm treasurer. Officer and Moreland were ai pointed a committee to procure a public tent and other necessaries for the company. L. Thompson, Secretary. The fcllowing persons paid the initiation fee of one dollar to the treasurer : J. Officer, L. Thompson, Wm, Helm, Abin Patterson, Zechariah Moreland, Christopher Cooley, JacksonCool- ey, G. AV. Helm, Franklin Pom troy, John Kitchen, Eli C. Cooley, Jackson Cooley, Thomas Pol lock, Dr. Johnson. L. Thmpson, Secretary. MINUTES OF COMPANY Oregon Encampment, Mission Bottom, April 28, 1845 Company met, Daniel Dodge Bailey wan called to the chair. The resolution to organize on Wolf Klver was reconsidered. The Oregon company agreed to organize here subject to revision at the agency. James Officer was elected captain, protem. Zachariah Morcland, Lieutenant. An executive committee was chosen pro-tem, consisting of tie' following persons: Daniel Dodge Iiadley John Loyd Andrew Foster Solomon Tetlierow Jesse Henderson William Vaughan William Helm William Marcum John Kidgeway Charles Croft Joseph Cunningham Joseph Hughart The following persons were ap pointed a committee of inspec tion: James Officer ( Zachariah Morcland William Wilson Christoper Cooley William Kitchen John Foster The following persons appointed a committee to f'TC diatl laws and regulations for the journey : S. Tetherow William Helm L. Thompson J. Officer (Continued) Mr. Fred Johnson arrive.! in In dependence Tuesday and aceept- ed a position in the Towuseud barber shop on Main street. Air. Johnson states that business con ditions look good to him in this ' city and that he expects to remain' pejrmanently. Third Birthday Celebrated We Will Meet Their Prices We have been iuformd that cer- tain-of the Dallas papers are cut-1 ting the rates on legal advei using j for estates and such matters. The Ui : i- of the Monitor has met thisj class of competition before and wishes to announce that he is in a position to meet the price of his competitors and if a rate war is to lie established on legal advertis ing we are ready to go our com petitors a run for the money and make a price that will meet our competition and then some. Ow ing to the fact that this paper has not had much of this class of business we have nothing to lose by cutting the living rate to a minimum and if anyone wants to start something we are here to see the finish. NEW FIRM BUYS GARAGE Fitchard Succeeded Getchell &. Clark Fitchard Sells Garage and Agen cies to Portland Men Who Took Charge Today F. E. Clark and C. (Jctchell of Portland purchased the Fitchard Ford garage and the Puick and Ford Agencies Saturday and have taken possession of the property. ' The new owners in an interr view with the editor of the Mon itor state they will add a com plete electrical and mechanical repair shop and will be prepared to do all classes of work. Mr. ( lark will have charge of the mechanical repair - department and is an expert automobile man, having had twelve years experi ence in garage electrical work and specializes on electrical cnuintnent. In connection they will install a complete electrical plant for rebuilding storage bat teries, storage motors and gener ators and will handle house wir ing and auto electric repair work. They make a specialty of tractor repairing and invite your I ;ii ronage. Their announcement appears in another column of this issue of the Monitor. COUNCIL MEETING At the last meeting of the coun cil the following proceedings were had : Ordinano e vacating 12 foot by 148 1-2 feet on F street read three times ami passed. Marshall ordered to have vic ious dog in North Independence kept from running at large. Matter of taking up -bonds on paving ordered taken care of. Matter of trees raising walks diseused and marshall instructed to investigate the matter. Street committee instructed to make ncsessary improvements on streets. Charter discussed ami plans for new charter under consider ation. . ... - . - Attending War Conference Sheriff John W. Orr went to Portland Wednesday to attend the War Conference of the state being held there. This conferenc is mad up of all officials from the governor down who have anything to do with the conduct of the war machinery in this state. Sheriff Orr goes as chair man of the local draft board. Dallas It-mizer. ! HORST BROS. SHIPPING Plant Running Day and Night on Contr ct ? 30,000 Worth of Potatoes Are' Shipped f rom Independence in Two Cars This Week j This section is getiug to be iiuiie a market eeuicr for pota toes. The llorst Hros. Evaporat ing plant shipped two cars ol evaporated potatoes this week to the Government authorities un der their contract. One cur had crates of dried potatoes ami There ' the other car lloo crates. are two caus of the evaporated potatoes to a crate and each can weighs iiJ pounds. The product is .worth about $1.00 per pound in the evaporated state. They will ship another car Monday ami have-quite a quantity of potatoes on hand now ready for ship ment. The company expectsto receive this week thirty -five cars of po tatoes for evaporating purposes and when you figure that the po tatoes when processed a;e brought down to about a thi'd their weight you can readily set that this industry will bring hun dreds of thousands of dollars into this community. They are employing on the llorst Bros, property now about 2(K) people and 6b of these are taken from Independence by auto truck each day. The payroll of this industry is quite a material one and means much to Indepen dence and vicinity. MONMOUTH NOTES H. H. tint brie ami Paul Tacher on are in attendance at the Orand lodge of the I. O. O. F. which con venes at Seaside. These men arc the official delegats of Nor mal lodge No. 204. II. K. Sicka foose will also attend grain! lodge FRENCH TROOPS HURRYING UP TO pi prz: H i T 7.,,,.- 1 -J i ' X l 23 VWvtfS h P? : t ' ! , ill. ' - , ' h$y-' . W i------ w fii , J L-l ! ... ,. ..I.. . ..-.a III V... alf.n. ..t.t.-'luil Ull.-n III. 11. is i.le.n.Krapli. which ha Just enfi( ii.iiih approached the miuhwdi w nuip um Bnuwi muy I) ' i I j Clubbing ! f In order to tem, Wf have decided to club our two papers for a of one. Two weekly papers for $1 .50 The Monitor A home paper with Regular Pi $1.50 ! Miss Alice Hutler left Sunday tor Seaside to repreui Agate Ke heknh lodge No. 117, t tii U. bekah assembly, ..ilrs. J. L. bur dock is also a delegate. Wilmer Powcli, i oi .Mr. arl Mis. 1. 0. Powl, I -it i.Ks.l.., for Cam.) Lewis v e: he ; v to join the officers training corps Will mo r has just c'i..piU(l course in au.iiial ;i ..'; iul f 1 the O. A. C. and was anxious to beat the draft, which he did, though he was in ehiss one. John Palmer, lialpli Hudson. Krcd Smith and T. K. Edwards, fanners of this vicinity, have pur chased a threshing machine which they expect to use this year to thresh their own grain. They will use Mr. Palmer's traitor en gine to furnish the power and will work only ten hours a day a,u' Rrt mt'i alu' ''-v lll")' A very enthusiastic meeting of Sunday school folks mot at Lew isville Sunday in the Orange liuU and about :HK) people attended the rally, a basket dinner was on joyed and a county orjr.-r.ii.at ion was organized. I'd Ted row wus tdorted president. Kev. O. Cou ncil of Dallas gav a most intr csting adress. MEMORIAL JERVICE Next Sundry at the Isis Next Sunday, May 2, all tli' churches of the city will unite in a joint memorial service. These Nirviccs will be held at the Isis theatre on Sunday morning nt eleven o'clock. Dr. Dtin.sinore will deliver the ini'inorial sermon. Members of the O. A. H. and AV. K. C. will meet in their hall and go in a body. The sons of veterans are, requested to meet at the ball ami go with them. The city service flag will be dedicated after the service. arrived In thin rountry, llluntratm tbe Offer: Two for Price of One j z 7. ; ; z7. place the Monitor' on a sir'ctly County New$ ice A itrictly boys' and girls' newspaper Regular Price $1.50 DEDICATION SERVICE FLAG Independence Will Honor Her Boys at Front Community Service Flag to be Dedicated Sunday at 11:00 A. M. at the Is is Preparations have boon made for the dedication of the service flag for the Independence dis trict, Sunday, at 11:00 A. M. at th" Isis theatre. A musical and literary pro , gram lias been arranged. I ho I elk county hand of D u'as bus Ibeui scoured and a band concert ! will be given in front of the Isis at 10:3O. The service flag is ton feet in length and has seventy-five stars, each star representing one of the boys now mii our service from the .Independence district. The services will be open to the public ami every one is requested to be present ami part icipate in this big patriotic meeting in hon or of our boys. HOPVILLE Misses Gillette Saturday at. the field home. ami Keil spent Ualph Porter- Nina Portcrt'ieM spent a few days at (irandmother Porter field's. Frank MeComas came home from Deavcrton, where he has been attending school. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tann jwei-o calling Sunday at the De Forest home. Chester De Forest re turned to their homo with them. Harold Tobey returned home Sunday from Albany where he )m( ,)(,cn j,, to school. Abel Porter left for Mr. K. M l.iebtv's where be will work this summer. STOP THE HUNS scene emii-Ml when h rem h r "-. Cash in Advance sys limited time at the price The Western Youth Helen Porterfield is spending a few days at (Irandmother Por-te.rl'icUls. New Studio Opens Andrew Michaels of Salem has taken over the Hobb studio loca tion on Main street and is pre pared to do all classes of photo graphic work. The studio is lo cated in the Whiteaker building just above the Vjuartier .", 10 and 15 cent store. This is a business Independence should support and as Mr. Michaels is reported to b a first class workman h. should secure an excellent pat ronage. DECORATION SERVICES Programme Planned for G. A. R and W. R ,C. The U. A. ii. ,V. ii. U. and S. of V, have made arrangements for a 1 leeoratioii service Thurtt- lay, May ilO, in Independence. The organization will leave their hall at 'J A3 and march to the school house where the public school will join the parade and march to .Main aiM C streets. At' this point a program has becu ar ranged and Attorney Harriet will deliver the Decoration Day Uiltlress. The th A. li. will give their ex- ercisea and program and a service Hag will be unfurled. The school Ireii will give a flag drill that will bo very interesting. Wednesday, May 2'J, the graven ol tue woUuera will ue decorated and those who have flow era to donate will bring them to the hall before 'J :U0 A. M. lu drawing names for the last call made by the government for men in the army the following tliirty-oight hoys are called from Polk county : from Independence Cieorge Oliver Well Kichard Jioy Urnvvn H. O. Urowii From Monmouth I). D. George Jay Clark Irvine J. Oroiind II oilier White From Rural Routes, Salem Kilwiinl Leiistrom tieol'gc (i. Adams .John (J. Ib'gg Arnold Scbindler From Dallaa Fi-ed W. Stinnett John Kaiili.i From Other Communities Cluster I'agur, MeCoy Howard A. House Parker l;. 11. Knighton, Hueiia Visla Paul M. SkeeU, Piii.lletmi Adelhert Siecr, I hinting. on Park, California. (Miver Guy While, liuell K. II. Douglas, Uiukivall .las. 11. MeDonald, Detroit, .lich. Klim-r Davi.i, '1'obdo, Or. .1. I). Uurkhulter, (Jregoii City I rim k V. Mathews. Portland Abraham Tom, Grande llonde Kl.o D. Vincent, Portland V. Strickmeicr, Thomaa, Or. Glenn jveeney, lloskina ( linti;n Jiaun, i'unxsutawuey, I'ellll. G. H. Cory, Deer Island, Ore. David Quiring, Pay City, Ore. K. -M. Jlippaeh, St. Helena, Calif. II. V. Robertson, Sheridan George (Ionian, Falln City Jue Ja.inuc:! lilaek liock Walter K. Baker, Iloskins Hurl K. Oliver, Napa, Calif, (if those called the following lire enlisted in the einergncy fleet and will he exempt: Isaac Iteimer Merle V". Griffin A me! J. Smith J. W. Kdegar John Webber THE SCHOOL ENTERTAINS Programme Shows Super iority of System Public School StuucnU Put on t. Series of Plays That Are Interesting and Instructive The public school entertain ment given at the Isis theatre oi Friday evening was a Burprhi: and a pleasure to the packed house tliat was present to aeo tho children in the different grade i m their games, dances, drills, i eolations and sougs. 1 He htu. tots who have had less than t, year a school work did their parts in such a creditable manner that the audience ,was held iii rapt utteutiou and cheered then, lor Hair efforts and success. T much credit cannot be given tin. critic teachers and bludent as sisUiils of the Normal who hac: charge of the affair and made U the success it was. The first grade in the ImglisJ. game and the second grade in the .Scotch game were the two opening numbers and were bolt; classy and show ed training tun. undertaking on the part of th pupils. The dramatazatiou of Cinder clla by the second grade was a pretty exhibition of the olu story, by the little ones each ol whom spoke loud and clour aud with wondeiiul ability hi the pro luetion of the iitie play. Little Cinderella winning the piineu and putting on the li'to shoe that the others could not wear. The Fnglish folk dance and tho winding of the May by the third and fourth grudca werc pretty jiictures of beauty auu rythm. The blacksmith drill with dumb bells showed an interesting seeuo by the boys of the third and fourth grades and was a calcs thenio drill of much beauty and interest. The fifth grade in tho sailor's hornpipe, the seventh and eighth grade's in the schot lische dance, the scarf dance by Hie Normal students and the flatf drill that closed the evening's entertainment were well reudereiL and appreciated. The Sunny South captured thn audience and the fifth andsixth grades in their negro costume was a scene eipuil in impressive. ' ' ess and stage setting to that of the average minstrel show, and I here was rythm, harmony and good dancing, a touch of humor and some good singing that belt I tbe crowd in good humored at teiitiou from start to finish. Tin Virginia reel was one of the fea lures and every member had th part prfeetly and added jus! enough to make the part truly u negro melody. Special number were give ly VanN'e-is .lohtivoi and illvi Calbriatb and Knthb-en ! ,'. as reeilatini' n -.: r .,. ', . dialogue 1 y l.'-i.ii i -;.i. - a.i Gerald and b re.lir.ek it a t were given in excellent loi.a am true to iiiteriretation. The Monitor has no hesitancy in saying the evening was a bijc success and the work of the stu dents par excellence. ' BOND PAYMENTS A payment of 20 per cent will be due on your third Liberty Loan I'.ond on or before May 2S. This payment should be in tho banks not later than this date. If you wish to make full pay ment at this timu you may do hi by adding an interest payment: of LM cents per $100.00 value the bond applied for. This pay ment must rcauh the bank noj later than May 28. If you make full payment at this time the bonds will probably be delivered during the first L - T : I'm i o io uiu, a- .