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f Vol I Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, July 16 1909 No. 47 INDEPENDENCE NEWS BUDGET From Our Regular Corres pondent DAILY HAPPENINGS IN OUR SISTER CITY. Scan This Column For News of Importance From the Riverside. Ted Cooper is on the sick list this week. Jess Whiteaker made a busi ness trip to Corvallis Tuesday. The Independence Laundry has opened up and is ready for work. Mr. Kaltz, the piano tuner, was in our city the first of the week. Chas. Shenefield and wife were Salem visitors the last of the week. D. B. Taylor and wife .were Corvallis visitors the first of the week. Mrs. Sarah Young returned Tuesday from a few days visit in Portland. Mrs. Chas. Hicks attended the Cherry Fair at Salem the last of the week. Ed Wallace, of Corvallis, spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. M. W.Wallace. ; Mrs. E. V. Dalton,', of Dallas, was visiting friends here the first of the week. Mrs. L. Damon and Mrs! Frank Skinner visited in Salem the last of the week. Miss Ruby Earhart returned this week from a few days visit at Black Rock. Miss Kate Jennings, of Perry dale, is the guest 'of Miss Grace Wallace this week. ;' Jess Whiteaker and wife re turned the last of the week from a week's stay in Seattle. The Independence Orchestra will give a dance at the opera house, Friday, July 16th. Mrs. J. H. Ellison returned Tuesday from Hood River where she has been for a month. Charlie Irvine and wife re turned the last of the week from a months outing at the coast Miss Mabel Collins left the first of the week for Dallas to work in the Hotel Gail in that city. Mrs, Ada Davis went to Airlie Saturday for a few days visit and to attend the dance that night. Mrs. W. W. Percival and daughter, Pearl, returned the last of the week from Portland. E. W. Cooper and wife, of Al bany, passed through here Sun day on their way from Monmouth. Geo. Wills and wife, of Salem, made a trip to Independence in their automobile Tuesday even ing. ' '. - Carl Percival returned Tuesday from Seattle where he has been attending the Fair and also the races. ' ',, . Harvey Copeland returned the last of the week from Seattle, where he has been attending the races. Mrs. GeoAnderson, Mrs. John Bohannon, and Mrs. Spurr were Salem visitors the last of the week. " Wiley Craven and family, of Dallas, passed through here last Tuesday on their way to Belknap Springs. Miss Sadie Graven and her sis ter Lora, returned the last of the week from a visit with friends in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Owen and Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Hedges at tended the Cherry Fair at Salem the last of the week. Mrs. E. L Delashmutt and Mrs. M. B. Smith, of Dallas, were guests at the home of W. W. Percival Wednesday. Miss Ella Robinson returned to McMinnVille Monday after visit ing a few weeks with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Asa Robin son. Mrs. Joe Hubbard left Wed nesday for Portland, where she will help select the furniture for the room furnished by the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs at the Home. . Dr. Duganne, Asa Robinson, Rube Dickinson, and Sam Irvine returned the last of the week from Marshfleld where they have been attending the races. They went in Harold Fitchard's auto mobile but returned on the steam er. They report a very pleasant trip. " Saturday, July 10th, the La dies'. Reading Club was enter tained at the home of Mrs. D. B. Taylor, by Mrs. W. R. Allin, Mrs. Geo. Conkey, Mrs. D. A. Hodge, Mrs. P. M. Kirkland, and Mrs. S. B. Walker. There were sev eral invited guests. The prizes in the contest game were won by Mrs; Joe Hubbard and Mrs. Wil lard Craven. The following of ficers were elected: President, Mrs. Joe Hubbard; vice president, Mrs. L. Damon; secretary, Mrs. Will Walker. Dainty refresh ments were served and an enjoy able time was spent Rickreall. Peter Cook made a pleasant trip to the Metropolis, Saturday. Peter Cook was in the Capital city, Tuesday combining business with pleasure. W. E. Marks and wife, of Dal las, have rented and moved onto Uncle Conrad Smith's fine farm. Harry Seymour and wife pass ed through here Friday enroute to the big Cherry Fair at Salem. William Griffith, of Rickreall, is working in the hay field for Clark Hembree these fine days. An Idaho stock buyer first of the present week paid Otis Waite $7.50 for his small bunch of sheep. Hay is selling at $8.00 a ton standing in the field and not a very large quanity being sold at that price. T. A. Riggs, of Monmouth, and John Grant of the county seat, transacted business in our little village Monday. D. C. Henry, of the prosperous O. S. N. S. city, was in Rickreall Saturday, soliciting for the best and only paper in the county that isn't filled up with saloon adver tisements. L. C. Koser and son John, Oliver Waite and William Fish back have completed a fine barn for Black Bros., northeast of Monmouth. Mr. Koser is con sidered one of the best workmen on the coast " I FINE HOUSE IS DESTROYED Residence of P. H. Johnson Burns FIRE CAUSED BY EXPLOSION OF TANK Loss on Building and Contents $4000 With $1500 In surance Saturday about noon or at least everybody was in the act of sat isfying the hungry feeling, a cry of fire was heard and on investi gating it the residence of P. H. Johnson was discovered in flames The fire originated from an ex ploding tank of gasoline in the woodshed just back of the house. Mr. Johnson has been working on an improyement in the gaso line gas generators, for heat and light. He has progressed very well and had his invention very nearly completed and ready to patent. He had been using it for lighting his res dence and for cooking for some time. The gas was generated by pressure from a compressor run by a small elec tric motor, the machinery being in the woodshed as was the tank. There was but p very small quan tity of gasoline tho tank, about a pint and the g had been burning in the cook stove for some time, it be'ng used to pre pare the noonday meal. Mr. Johnson went out to tne wood shed and shut off the power with out first turning the gas off at the stove and he thinks that the heat from the stove was drawn back into the tank and caused the explosion. Several minutes elapsed between the explosion and the time of the fire breaking out. Mrs. Johnson coming out to the weodshed to see what had caused 'he explosion and then both returning to the kitchen where they discussed the matter of building a fire in another stove to finish the cooking. Little Vel ma Johnson first noticed the fire which had broken out on top of the tank, and shouted "Papa the house is on fire". Mr. Johnson seized a bucket of water and ran out and threw it on the fire, thus spreading the gasoline. When the explosion occured a lot of the gasoline was thrown on Mr. Johnsons clothing and when he threw the water on the fire his clothing caught and had it not been for the presence of mind of Mrs. Johnson and Miss Tuthill he would have burned to death, but they wrapped a quilt around him to smother the flames. Mean time the fire had been gaining headway and by the time an alarm was turned in the wood shed was a mass of flames on the inside and before the engine ar rived the end of the house was burning. The first application of the chemicals to the fire on the end of the house extinguish ed the fiames, but there was a dozen places to fight and only one nozzle to fight with and as the fire was all outside the gas could do no good. The fire crept inside of the attic and then the hose was carried into an upstairs win dow and the steady stream of chemical kept pouring into the attic until the ceiling fell in, when the boys had to abandon all hope of subduing the fiames, but the great amount of gas" generated by the fluid kept the fire back causing it to burn very slowly. Almost everything of value was saved from the upper story ex cepting that which was in Miss Tuthill'sroom and it being in the corner of the house most exposed to the fire, caught first and was all aflame before the hose was carried upstairs. Miss Tuthill was the heaviest loser proportionately of any, for she lost almost her entire belong ings, many things being cherished keepsakes. Pres. Ressler saved almost everything of value in his room, among which was his piano and pianola and his library of over 1200 volumes. Mr. Johnson's loss on house hold goods that were not saved is total as he had no insurance, but his loss on the building was covered by $1500 which is a little over half the value of the build ing. His total loss not covered by insurance will reach about $2500. The loss to others has not been ascertained yet Mr. Johnson was pretty badly burned on the left foot, leg and hand, but is getting along nicely and will be able to be out again in a few days. He has the full est confidence in the chemical engine and believes that had it not been for it he would not have been able to save enough from the building to be worth talking about He also says that there never has been an invention yet that there was not some damage done by it before it was perfect and he does not blame the prin ciple of the invention, but that he did not take the precaution that should have been done to prevent what happened. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson feel very grateful to their many friends for their kind assistance at the fire and since and wish the Her ald to extend their heartfelt thanks to all for their assistance and words of sympathy. In Boyhoods Happy Days Friday evening the Herald man was dispensing intellectual pot pouri to a few interested indi viduals in front of the bakery when a hand was laid on his shoulder and a voice he had not heard for 18 years asked "Did you ever know anyone named Blackburn?" Well I guess yes. The speaker was one of the kids that had romped neath the shade of the sturdy old oaks at Rock Hill many years ago. and when last seen was a smooth faced youth, but now sports a fine large moustache. Lester Blackburn was one of the sturdy youths of our school boy days and was one of those most interested in mak ing the "old swimmin' hole" a Eopular resort and if we remem er correctly, was one along with the writer, that was "kept in" for being too industrious on the new dam during recess and did not hear the bell ring, hence was tardy. Lester is now a promi nent stock grower of the Ukiah country, in Umatilla county and reports times better there than for years, in fact better than any other part of the state; money plentiful and everybody healthy and happy. FINE SHEEP JUST IMPORTED Arrived Friday From Van couver B. C. FIRST SHIPMENT EVER MADE TO 0. S. Riddle & Sons Secure Valuable Addition to Their Flock From New Zealand Last Friday Wm. Riddell, Jr., returned from Vancouver, B. C, with a fine lot of sheep that he had just received from New Zea land. This is the first shipment of the kind ever made to the United States from New Zealand and Mr. Riddle is justly proud of the distinction. There was included in the ship ment a fine Lincoln ram, which has been added to the already splendid bunch of Lincolns owned by Riddell & Sons. The 12 head are what are known as Romney Marsh sheep and resemble the Lincoln, but are said to be of finer wool than the former. We append a clipping from a local New Zealand paper regard these sheep, which speaks for itself. The Mr. Evans spoken of in the extract was formerly in the employ of J. B. Stump and afterwards went to New Zealand. ' 'The Short Ro-nneys and Perry , Lincoln purchased through Mr. E. Short by Messrs. Riddell and Sons, of Monmouth, Oregon, were shipped away at Wellington last evening aboard the Moeraki. They were examined by numbers of those interested in sheepbreed ing, including Mr. David Evans, lately shepherd to the Govern ment who was identified with the negotions which led to the purchase of the sheep. The ex amination was made before the sheep were put on board and they were pronounced to be in excel lent condition, and their prospect of surviving the voyage as could be possible with any sheep. Much care has been exercised in their selection, the vendors looking partly for their reward in the splendid advertisement which the public exhibition of these sheep at the big American shows will afford to New Zealand stud flocks. They are to be ex hibited immediately on arrival and news of their landing will be awaited with interest The shipment comprised two rams, six Romney ewes, and five Romney ewe lambs. It is under stood that this is the first ship ment of New Zealand sheep ever sent to America. Messrs. Dalgety & Co. were entrusted with the handling at Wellington and Sydney. The Herald has formed a com bination with the Pacific Month ly whereby we can offer that ex cellent western magazine and the best family county paper published in this county for the exceptionally low price of 11.65 for both for one year. This price is for either new subscribe . ers or for renewals. The price of the Pacific Monthly alone is $1.50.
