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Hut few of the questionnaires
in I'olk county have failed of a re
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tion fails to perform his duty it us
ually comes from lack of informa
tion and understanding rather than
from lack of inclination.
Items of Interest
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MONMOUTH, ORKGON
FRIDAY, JAN. 18, 1918
It seems like criticising a work of
art to find fault with our winter
weather but people say it is too
warm and coaxes vegetation beyond
the condition which should charac
terize it in the regular course of
things.
Dr. V. S. Staats of Dallas was
elected president of the Marion-1
i'olk-Yamhill Medical society at the
annual meeting held in Salem last j
week. Dr. 0. D. Butler of Indepen
dence was elected one of the coun
sellors of the society,
Monmouth
Meditations
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It looks as though Independence
had beaten M n mouth to the condtM
wry reality.
Last spring when the educative
commission dime In a car to Mon
mouth to teach people how torow
garden stuff and raise chickens,
they prophesied that because of the
high price of feed, people would
sell their hens and that eggs would
be a dollar a dozen this winter. As
prophets they appear to have miss
ed the murk.
Snow storms and zero weather,,
trains blockaded, no mail for two
or three days, travelers taking to
the fields to avoid the drifted roads,
going six miles to travel two, peo
ple getting lost along familiar path
ways, suddenly transformed into
strange places, shoveling through
drifts man high ; af ter all what are
a few drops of rain?
Taper is coming down. Of course
print paper is twice as high even
n w ai it was a few years ago, but
it is dropping a quarter of a cent a
iwund at a time, and for each drop
the printer rejoice. The buccan
eer who have had control of paper
making are now facing a double ac
counting. In the first place there
is the excess profits tax which ren
ders little encouragement to goug
ing when the booty will have to be
handed over in taxes and the second
is the prospect of legislation ahead.
The paper trust constituted a com
pact little band of pirates all right
but it it appears headed for an ac
counting of the deeds done in the
body.
We have not yet got to the point
when it is safe to treat Lincoln asthe
semi-mythical heroes of old and
make idealized representations of
him. When Barnard made his much
discussed statue of Lincoln he is al
leged to have discarded all photo
graphs and current reproductions,
the death mask, etc., and to have
gone out into the hills of Kentucky
and selected a man for his model;
a man who in the sculptor's eyes'
typified Lincoln as he thought he
should have been to fit the niche he
has fitted into in the nation's
thought. If he had sought "The
Man with the Hoe" or "A' Man of
Sorrows" or "The Prodigal" or
"Human Woe, Personified" the
statue might have made a hit. But
a Lincoln! His relatives and
friends whj knew him say it does
not resemble him at all and will
have none of it. Barnard tried to
Walt Whitmanize Lincoln and ap
pears to have overdone it a little.
Considerable stir has been created
because a certain committee select
ed Barnard's statue to present to
England. Now an effort is being
made to have the choice recalled
and St. Gauden's Lincoln park, Chi
cago, statue substituted.
Reports from Germany are that
the President's message with its
fourteen conditions has been freely
printed in German papers without
censoring or altering in any man
ner, which is in sharp contrast to
the method of handling, over there,
accorded to some of the President's
previous efforts. The reason for
this of course is the decidedly differ
ent tone toward the rulers of Ger
many in the last document. The
latter now realize that there is a
I respect for peace and they place
the terms freely before their peo
ple as an educational measure. It
need not surprise anyone if a reci
procating definite step toward a
world peace is taken by the leaders
of the central powers in the near
future.
It is rare that a speaker gets into
as close mental contact with his
audience as did the lecturer, Dr.
Russell Conwell with the audience
which greeted him in the Norma
ChaiH'l last Saturday night. His
manifest age, his description of the
himlrhips of the week, buffeting
eastern storms in order to make his
speaking date, in which he went
for six nights without sleeping in
bed, gave him the sympathy of the
audience which as he warmed to his
subject turned to wrapped atten
tion. At times he seemed like a
magician weaving a spell with
words and the interest was so close
that the listeners hesitated to give
perfunctory applause for fear it
would interrupt the connection of
the fabric. Several times the
siH-aker thought to conclude and
once announced the end, but with
out any spoken words the desire of
the audience to hear more was so
intena-ly evident.that he forgot his
weariness and continued. His story
of Lincoln was a classic and to hear
it was a privilege long to be treas
ured in the memory. Like a link
between widely separated years, his
dramatic recital carried the listen'
ers'back half a century to the
scenes of those stirring times.
That grand old annual, the Polk
County Fair, is once more com
pletely officered and headed toward
the time when the "frost is on the
pumpkin and the fodder in the
shock."
In the course of a remarkable ar
tide in the North American Re
view, Col. Geo. Harvey urges the
taking advantage of Theodore Roos
evelt's strong energy and the pres-
tige of his great name in the war in
which we are engaged. In the war
where the best energies of all, ir
respective of party or personal prej
udices, are urged to cooperate, the
reputation of Roosevelt, who made
the Panama canal a reality instead
of a dream and who was awarded
the Nobel prize for his work in se
curing peace between Japan and
Russia, could be put to effective
use, Col. Harvey suggests that he
be asked to head a commission to
Japan to secure better cooperation
of that country in the great war;
or that he be sent on a similar mis
sion to South America, to Brazil
to Argentine and Chile. The sug'
gestions coming from so independ'
ent a thinker as Col. Harvey are
worthy of thoro consideration.
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The Independence Creamery Com
pany has been incorporated with 8
capital of stock $75,000. The prin
cipal stockholders are K. C. Eld-
ridge, Jr. and B. F. Rockwell. It is
quite likely that this means a con-
densery for Independence.
General Gibson W. R. C. of Inde
pendence installed officers January j
5th as follows; President, Bessie
Grover; S. V. P., Marie Graves; J.
V. P.. I avina Nicholson; Secy., Eli
za Lvur.g; Ireas , Loma Ewing;
Cond., Lydia Howard; Guard, Re
becca Dick; Chaplain, Mary Binga-
man.
Mrs. D. Coleman, who was born
in Yamhill county b4 years ago,
died in Idaho, January 1st. Her
maiden name was Martha A. Sar
gent and her father owned land
which afterwards became a part of
the Grand Ronde reservation.
The total amount of alcohol per
mits ittued in Polk County for the
year 1917, are as follows, to-wit:
Druggiste, 201.5 gallons; Phy
sicians, o.b gallons; nospiuis,
15 gallons; this amount was used
by 7 drug stores, 11 physicians and
2 hospitals. In addition to the al
cohol used, permit was issued for
10 gallons of wine for sacramental
purposes.
Mrs. Emily E. Bascue, wife of ,
Chas. Bascue, a G. A. R. man of :
Independence died last week Mon
day. She is survived also by two
sons, one in Missouri and the other !
in Idaho. j
A suit for divwee has been filed
in the circuit court, David E.
Fletcher against Myrtle P. Fletch
er, both people being from Inde
pendence. '.
Wm. Carter of Independence died
Jan. 7th. He leaves a wife and sev
eral children.
Francis Brown has deserted Inde
pendence for Portland expecting to
find work in the ship yards.
Adolf Wolf died in Silverton Jan.
5th. He was formerly a merchant
and hop grower of Independence.
Earl Brunkof Eolahas signed up
to teach at Glide, near Roseburg,
during the coming year.
H. L. Fitchard sold Jiis machine
shop equipment recently to an
Albany party, leaving Independence
with but one michine shop.
We Say Nothing But Saw
Wood
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when some one tells us he can buy lumber for less than we
charge. We don't care to argue with a man who judges lely
by price. Don't you make such an error. Buy our lumber
and buy satisfaction with it. You'll be money in pocket in the
end besides.
Willamette Valley Lumber Co.
Phone Main 202.
Monmouth, Oregon
3or.
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Monmouth Transfer and
Feed Stable
All kinds of transferring done promptly
and on short notice
FRANK SKEEN, Proprietor.
Monmouth, Oregon
JOSEPH A. FINLEY, Vocal Teacher
Portland Studio, 41 1 Alder St
Director of the Portland Oratorio society
Choir Director of Mt Tabar Presbyterian church
Conductor of the Gresham Oratario Society
Conductor of the Astoria Oratorio Society
Supervisor of Music in the Dallas public schools
Supervisor of Music in Gresham jrrade schools
Private lessons given every Thursday afternoon and evening at
the home of J. Craven. $8 a month in advance for a 3-4 hour
lesson a week. $6 a month for a half hour lesson a week.
CITY MEAT MARKET
Geo. Sullivan, Prop.
Fresh and Smoked Meats
Hams, Bacon, Boiled Hams, Minced Hams, Bologna. Etc
Fresh Fish on Fridays
The highest cash price paid for poultry, veal and all kinds
of hides. Free delivery. Phone 2302
Monmouth
Oregon
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