INDEPENDENCE MONITOR
VOL. 6.
INDEPENDENCE, OKOON, SATUXOAT, JFLT 6, 1918
NO. 47.
FALLS CITY IS BOTH
LIVE AND PROSPEROUS
A Lumber Center, A Fruit Cen
ter and a Sportsman.s
Paradise Combined
We Visit City This Week and
Learn Much of Real
0 Interest
Falls City lies at the foot hills
of the Coast Range of mountanis
and is so sltuateTl that it fringes
or borders one of the finest
bodies of timber on t he Pacific
coast. Lumber being in great de
Tuand at this time and a railroad
being in operation to Falls City
and beyond into the timber, op
portunity beckoned to the town
ing little city. " Beside Muse
mills three..immense logging com-"
. - . .. s . ,
. pames are imoper ajion t a n 1 1 many
mills in' the ANHllamette valljy,
are being supplied with logs from
the timber tributary to Kails City.
Hundreds of men are in the tim
ber and mills and wages run from
$.ir0 ot 8.00 per day and there
is a shortage of men at the mills
and in the rimher camps.
Falls City claims to have the
biggest pay roll of any eity in the
Cnited States of its Rize and we
are not going to dispute this
claim.
While lumbering is the big in
dustry there are other activities
at Falls City. There is a Logan
berry plant that handles the out
put of this section and which
ships and wholesales over a great
section of the West. The editor
of the Monitor has had. the pleas
ure of sampling this product,
manufactured at Falls City, in
his former home in Malheur
county, and thus from experi
ence knows of the market value
of the product made by Mr. Cliff
Pugh of this little city. The
production of Logan berries in
Falls City is represented by 100
acres in that fruit growing in
tl is vicinity now and this acre
age will be increased.
Prunes do well in this section
and Steven Crocker saw the op
portunity of drying the fruits of
this vicinity so he put in an up-to-date
plant and handles a large
product and markets it.
Falls City is not complete
without a thought of Tom Ilall
owell, who has an immense green
house. Tom supplies the mills,
the camps and the people with
their vegetables and has built up
a local industry of value that but
few towns of three times the
population of Falls City have
When the editor of the Monitor
was on his first excursion he
dabbled in the water at the Luek-
of Falls City and she welcomed
it. As tiTesult .eleven mills are
now running andthe rimber
o'neededivthe government is be-
il ing manufactured, lin .this tliriv-
iamute Falls at Falls City and en-
joyed it. Falls City was a place
for an outing those days and
there were just a few first set
tlers there. That was all. Now
those falls have been harnessed
to furnish electric power for the
eity. The pure mountain water
of the hills 2 1-2 miles back has
been piped for a city gravity wa
ter system. The railroad has
opened to the world the vast t'm
ber resources. Money has inter
ested bankers aud W. II. Beard
has taken the presidency of the
Falls City bank and is handling
the local business for all the mills
and stores. Good drygoods and
grocery stores, hardware, confec
tionery and other stores have
found their way into the city and
a paper is flourishing iu their
midst.
An immense school building
with 13 teachers in charge and
about 400 children in attendance
show that education has marched
forward with the advance of the
eity. The school maintains a
good four year High School
course and the town boasts of a
Domestic Science and Manuel
Trainig course that is a decided
success.
The Tattle Luekiamute runs
though the town and camping and
fishing are yours for the asking
in this vieinty. There s not a
secton of Oregon who yon could
find more pleasure and greater
opportunity for good sporting if
you are a lover of the "trout"
for it is said that this is the
sportsman's paradise. Beautiful
camping places are found in fav
ored spots where it is a pleasure
and a recreation you will enjoy.
All in all, Falls City is one of
the favored sections of Oregen
tml we hope to be able to picture
some of Falls City's many
stories in a later issue.
Threshennen Orgaanise
The threshermen of Polk coun
ty at the request of the Tolk
County Food Administration, met
Saturday and organized an as
sociation with Floyd Meyers,
president; S. Stewart, vice presi
dent; A. R. Brown, secretary
treasurer. The executive com
mittee was elected from the sevn
districts into which the county
was divided. The committee con
sists of decree Clanfield, Tillrcan
Crook, C. L. Oibson, P. P. BupTi,
IT. Gillman, J. J. Stratton and
the Falls City section not named.
Scale of wages: Pitchers, $3.00;
$4.00 for men and teams; $3.!"0
for ack sower-) and j?s men. Adl
the threshermen pledged them
selves to save all grain possible.
Patriotic Celebration
The Knights of Pythias held a
successful patriotic meeting In
the grove Tuesday, July 2. The
Polk County band furnished the
music, playing patriotic airs, Dr.
TI. C. Dunsmore delivered a pa-
triotic address and a pleasant
evening was spent. An invita
tion was extended by a commit
tee from Salem's Commercial
Club to the people of Indepen
dence and vicinity to come to iho
bridge opening which would be
during the latter part of this
month.
Christian Church
No services at the Christian
church this Sunday.
Rev. Tuttle, Pastor.
Shipping Hops to South Africa
The Wiggins-Richardson Com
pany are shipping 100 bales of
choice hops to Natal, Cape Town
and Aligo Bay in South friea.
These hops are pressed as close as
possible in the original bale, th.n
wrapped ami sewed in eanvjis.
The canvas is sized and then
painted so that it is water proof.
Jeter Virgin has the contract lor
sizing and putting the hops in
shape for shipment.
Fair Price List
The fair price list for week end
ing July 11 makes several cluinges
this week. Barley flour ,cnrn
meal, corn starch, hominy are
quoted from 1-2 to 2 cents lovr
this -.week, while panned corn,
canned peas, tall red canned sal
mon, evaporated milk and eriso
are quoted as higher. Other
prices about the same as last
week.
Bank Declares Dividend
At the semi-annual meeting of
the directors of the Independence
National bank held June 29, the
regular semi annual dividend
was declared.
Stock Buyers Locate
Mr. C. I. Barclay has located in
Independence and expect to do a
general live stock business, bry
ing and selling all classes of live
stock. Mr. Barclay makes bis
headquarters at the Beaver hotel
where he can be reached in per
son or by phone.
New Saw Mill For Suve r
A hew sawmill is to be erected
at Suver on the old sawmill site
is information given to the editor
of the Monitor this week. Two
parties passed through town on
Tuesday who are now in Stiver
getting ready to build the will.
This will be quite an addition to
our Bister city and we are glad to
note the improvement.
Celebrates Eighteenth Birthday
Miss FJla Burright celebrated
her eighteenth birthday Jnne 23,
and thirty-three relatives wore
present. Two autos came from
Scio and one from Silverton for
the occasion and the reunion was
a very pleasant one.
CELEBRATIONS AND
PICNICS JULY 4TII
I U
Everyone Makes Merry and Big
Crowds Assemble
The Old Time Celebration
The Kings Valley celebration
July 4 was a decided success and
it was an old time celebration
with plenty of pleasure. The
music, speaking and singing
wore good and everyone had a
good time. The train was loaded
from Independence and the
grove was filled '.th autos
from Corvallis, Albany, Dallas,
Independence, Monmouth and
the town around, that s -nt
their delegations by private
conveyance. The races and
games were carried out as
scheduled.
Celebration Dinner and Reunion
A very pleasant celebration,
reunion and birthday party vas
held at the home of So Cox, op
posite Independence July I, the
occasion being' the birthday of
Frank Cox, Jr. The relatives
from e-'ery section were present
and a (Mebration dinner at noon
was one of the features of the oe
PHsion.
Thus present ,were Mr. and
Mrs. S..1 Cox of Orville, Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Cox ami son, Eugene,
of Independence; Mr. and Mrs.
Sol Cox, Jr., of Oregon City; Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Cox of Orville j
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Cox and
children, Irene and Elvin of
Portland; Mr. Hiid Mrs. Clarence
Smith of Iloquiain, Washington;
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ii. Bidgood and
children, Owendoline, Rollie Mid
James of Cloverdale; Elmer
Smith of IToquiam; A r gyle
Lamb of Hoquinm; Mis Ruby
Thorp of Portland and Mrs.
Mabel Sorlcy of Salem.
Prominent Speaker Comes to
Monmouth
The Normal is exlremely for
tunate to secur fioretsin-hMsse
tnnate to secure for its week end
speaker Dr. II. II. Powers, lec
turer and traveler of Boston,
Massachusetts, who is locturnig
at the University Summer School
at Eugene. Dr. Powers has
made a thorough study of inter
national problem and his Inti
mate knowledge of the underly
ing causes of the present world
conflict makes him one of the
most informing platform speak
ers on the war. Every body ia
not only Invited, but urged to be
present to hea rDr. Powers'
three lectures which will be giv
en in the Normal chapel on Fri
day, July 5 at 8:30 P. M., Hat
urday, July G, at 9:20 A. M. and
8:00 P. M. (I