LOCAL AND PERSONAL NEWS
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The uevvunapim have naunxl
him "'William, the Frightful.
Jlhss Katie Beckt-r will return
home Tuesday from Portland for
a few days init with her par
ents. Boxes have been nlucd in a
number of stores for contribu
tions for a fuad lor the ier
viee flatf.
At the business wen' meeting
Tuetulay evening a commute was
appiniited to make an .uiguneiit
for the celebration ut lioukiija on
July 4. ,
jjost'i'ul expectancy;
liaif-lic-sitant jau.se
threshold of a new
the same half-frank,
per year as an average price over
a period of years, while present
prices are higher.
The Oregon mint L higher in
quality than any mint in the
L mted .States. The analysis
shows this mint to be identical
with the English oil which has
11. .1 la
nigncHi sianaing in me Avoria a
. i. . . .. mi . i - i i
the Hume' liK,"ll 1 UVTk ' "'IS ueuianu
upon the'or Willamette valley oil. It in
experience useJ Western candy maker
hiilf-Kii.si)ie-' exclusively if they can get it and
iou.s mingling of pioneer and pin-' miPlY not equal to the de-
tit ir 1 f K'.ttm i 1 1 1 1 Ir i vii, t iti I i 'nflflfl,
Mia Kuth Girard who was
hui't in the auto uceideut on the
luidgu leading from the city to
the river laot week, has not luily fonKt. Cyril
recovered antl is confined to her June Sunset,
homo.
ready hand.
Th poetic mingling of rich and
poor in common to every camp in
the country; in the West it is an
everyday phase; unremarked.
Here at Camp Lewis is the mix
lure l all tin elements associat
ed with frontier life, many of
them grown .strange even to the
metropolitan centers of the West
itself, hut which the clarion of
wur has called from the cattle
laiteli, the const waters of the Pa
cific, the mount a in trail and the
Arthur Flayer in
UefinecF oil sells at $3.50 a
pound ami natural oil at about
25 cents per pund less.
Airs, i'eter ivurre and Alias Al
dcrson and mother made a visit
Fiday to Tolland for a few days
stay. Fele is now a lone widower
aud seems to enjoy it. It is re
ported that he purchased a new
,hal and suit at once and suys in
a loudly audible .winsucr. once
again' '
Mr. aud ilrs. W. IF fluff eu
, tcruincd fourteen of the little
l'neuda of Boyd Huff at thuir
home Friday, Mny -1, the occas
ion being the third birthday oi
Boyd, tiuven boys and oveu girls
made up the party and a dainty
lunch was spread for the little
lolka present.
Airs. O. A. Alacy of JSulcui, vis
itsd friends in independence on
Tuesday and attended a compli
mentary dmer to Prof. Ostein at
Alonmouth, given by the faculty
of the Oregon isonual bchool.
Mtsxt Sunday morning there
THE MINT
JNDUSTRY
A Profitable Crop in ttie
'Willamette Valley
The Raising of Mint is a Paying
Industry and Polk County
u Very Successful
MEN AHHEJ. A. C-
Corvallis, Ore., May 21. U. S.
army meii taking mechanical
training at the various education
al institutions of the Pacific
N'orthwest will be at all time
under strict military discipline,
declares Prof. V. II. Shepherd,
,'fistriet supervisor of the War
Department's educational com
mittee. The following regula
tions were cited:
"The men are at all times un
der disciplinary control of the
military officers. A commission
ed officer is in responsible com
mand of each detachment. The
class divisions are placed in com
mand of Kargeants and Corporals
detailed for the purpose. Th'.'
officers march their classes to
to the class rooms and shops; take
the roll before entering the room
and report the class to the in
structor, ready for work. After
classes are dismissed by the in-
structors, the officers conduct
them in column formation to the,
next class. No roll of attend- (
ance is kept by the school author-;
ities; this is handled entirely by;
the military officials, (j rides oh-j
tained on class anil shop work:
are reported weekly by the in-j
structorg to the officers in;
charge of t he course, w ho report
back to headquarters, also week-,
ly. The general schedule follow-:
ed is a thirty-nine hour week. ,
8 :.) to 12::i0 and 1 ::i to 4 .:) ;
daily (except Saturday). The
men receive military drill after
4 MO.
Prof. Shepherd has requested!
the Oregon Agricultural College
to. enlarge its shops lor training
five units of 100 men each for
the second anil subsequent train
ing periods. The government . is
unable to find training facilities
requisite to its nteeds.
ANNOUNCEMENT
We wish to announce the change of ow
nership and management of the
Fitchard Garags
and as th' new owners and managers we
invite your patronage.
We are prepared to do all classes of repair
work, both electrical and mechanical and
guarantee satisfaction. We represent the
Ford and Bnick
and have these agencies for the Independence
territory
We will also be able to take care of your
electric house wiring and of your power mo
tor work.
Getchell a Cla. k
Indepondenc, Orog.
Several years ago a small acre
age of mint was planted near Al
bany and the crop matured aud
developed successfully. iSoon.
other growers followed and now
there are small acreages of mint
in Benton, Fane, Linn, Polk and
Yamhill counties.
Wilson & Fuvia planted fivj
acres about three years ago and
will be no services at Calvary had such result that they in-
l'resbytenau church, Dr. Duns
more delivering the ammonal ser
mon at the lain theatre at 11 o'
clock.
Blacksmith Shop Changes Hand
Art (J lover purchased the
blacksmith shop hcictoloiu con
ducted with the Independence
garage this Week and will devote
Lis ciiorU exclusively to thishuj
of work. The Independence ma
chine shop will couiiuu their el
I'orU exclusively to government
.work and thus separate the blaca
aiiutli shop from their other business.
CAMP LfcWIS
America's great epic uf the
V est is written up in the drab
prairie streets of Camp Lewis.
Here ui the great iNutional Army
romantic legions of the world's
cantonment are poured out the
fiction, gathered in lroiu aii the
Oft Jjipjoji pm ii) jo bjjupij
atrsngely and lor so great a laa.
In population the largest, hi
character the strangcsLof all of
I. nolo Sam's great war schools ; a
bewildering panorama of story
Look and real Lie; of clerk and
cow hoy; of Fret llarte and Wal
ter Lesanl, the two apostles of the
"seamy side" at its extreme.,
itcallcring of lvaiph Conner's
rugged types; here the wide
brimmed sombrero Hangs the
city fedora, and to round out the
picture of this queer marshalling
Ci the fabled West for the
treuehea of Furope, the full
blooded Indian.
The camp tUelf is like, and yet
unlike Ks fellows which dot the
country; Camp Lewis is one of
those boom cities, mush room like
in the beginning, wiiuao bote
chart the trail 1o the last cvur
moving frontier of today. Its
population many weeks ps-ving
before the camouflage of khaki.
wiped ut th superficial differ
enees of type, represented
Btampde to a gold strike; the
same changing kaleidoscope of
picturesque figures, crossing and
criss crossing in the bewildering
labyrinth of the new made can
tonment ; the same apparent pur-
creased their acreage until now
they have 110 acres. S. L. Fau
na has 1U acres in crop. Of the
IF) acres Wikiou & Davis handle
TiU acres is on the l'crcifal prop
erty and o(J acres on the Alluvial
farms, both in Polk county.
Their other holdings are near
New berg and Wheatland. There
are about 100 acres of mint grow n
south of the Independence dis
trict, making liUO acres now in
the valley.
The greatest center in the Uni
ted States for this industry is St.
Joseph county, Michigan, where
hU per cent of all the mi ntraiscd
in the United Slates is found.
The government bulletins give
the total acreage in the United
States at 20,000.
Wilson t Davis have estab
lished a still and are the only
growers in Orcgxi having such.
Something About Mint
Mint is raised a great deal
like hay. It is planted like beans
or potatoes in rows, but from
roots. The roots planted the
first year will produce a return
first year, and in u normal season
10 pounds anually thereafter. It
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ear and the expanse, including i
stilling, is placed at about $10.00 I
per acre. The first year the ex
pense is about $lt.U0 per acre. I
Mint is either dried in the
field aud taken green and taken
in steam, covered tanks and is
steamed for an hour. The steam
is piped off ami condense. 1 and
goes into a receiving can at the
ud of the worm and is separ-
arated and in this form is called
natural oil and the product is
largely sold this vv-ay.
For the best drug and candy
trade it is necesuiy to refine it,
which takes out nil impurities
aud makes it colorless.
The bay crop runs about o ic
ton to the acre first year mid two
to three tons alter t lie first year
...3.1' ... ...
him litis q.i.inuiy i,i ii:iv uui pn,.
dine about tv. per cent the first
year aud about h.t!f of that sue
ceedii'.g years in oil. The differ
ence being c.nus.d by the quality
of the crop.
lwver bottom lain! produces tlu
best nnnt crop iind it is advisable
to plant the routs in the spring
It is estimated that mint will
produce about $60.00 pvr acr.
"A great net 0 mercy drawn through
an ocean of unspeakable pain"
FIRST of the American Army they died in France!
Gresham! Enright! Hay! They died for us.
And willingly! But not, pray God, in vain !
For the sake of them, if for no other reason,
will you not give to the Red Cross which will care for
the men that follow them ?
. For the sake of what they died for, will you not
give and give till the heart says stop?
None of us here can give as greatly as they gave
and as others are yet to give. But can we not sacri
fice ourselves a little? Will you take a little from
the comforts of your life and give, not a mere "con
science gift" that salves your pride and lets you say
to yourself: "I have given to the Red Cross" but
a gift that cuts down into the quick and hurts be
cause it makes you deny yourself ?
Remember they gave till they died!
Evmry ctnt of ecery dollar received for the Red Crost War Fund goet for War Rmlief.
Th Amarlen Rd Cr Is th larcewl and moat
fllrlont organisation tor th relief of ulTrln( that th
Wor!1 haa avar san.
It la made up almost ntlrljr of volunteer wurkara.
the hl:hr zacutlv being without it'ivt Ion mn ao
CUKtiMuoil io larr affairs, oho are In almost all csjmmi
(ivlni thetr service without nay.
It is itpported entirely by Ita membership fee and
y voluntary contributions.
It U today brlngltig relief to sufTertnit humanity,
both military and olvll. In every War torn allied country.
It plan tomorrow to help In ah work uf ren. ora
tion throuihout tb world 9
It feo.1 and clothe taun population In time el
treat calamity.
It I thor to help your soldier bay la hi tlm af
need
With It thousand of worker. It trmendotaf
tore and tnooth running tranaportatlon facilities.
It Is erv1n aa America advaaoe guard and thus
hlpin( to win th war.
Cuufreaa authorise tt.
President Wilson beada tt.
Th War Ivpartinent audita tt account.
Your Army your Nsyy and your Allle nthut
aattcally etulorss it.
Ti'Mt.-tno million Americana bav Joined It.
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