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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1917)
LARGEST PAPER IN POLK COUNTY THE ENDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE PAGE . ---5 iwnrprNDENCE ENTERPRISE Entered at the postoffice at Independence, Oregon, as se cond class matter. Published every Friday morning. W.J.CLARK. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year in advance $1.50 Six months in advance 75 Three months in advance 50 MEMBER OF THE STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION THE MOTHER'S CHRISTMAS GIFT. It never come to Christmas but I think about the times We used to save our pennes and our nickels and our dlBa& And we bunched them all together, even little baby brother Put something, for the present that we always gave to mother. We began to talk about it very early in December, . .'Twas a very serious matter to us children, I remember, And we used to whisper nightly our suggestions to each . . other, . For by nothing cheap and tawdry could we show our love Hers must be a gift of beauty, fit to symbolize her ways ; It must represent the sweetness and the love that marked her days it must be the best our money, all combined, had power to And beomething that she longed for ; nothing else would f satisfy. i , Then it mattered not the token, once the purchase had been '' ! made It was smuggled home and hidden and with other treas- ) " ures laid, ' r And we placed our present proudly in her lap on Christmas ' (J &y j i 1 ' And we smothered her with kisses and we laughed her i r, tears away. i ) It never comes to Christmas but I think about the times ' We used to save our pennies and our nicikels and our dimes And the only folks I envy are the sisters and the brothers Who still have the precious privilege of buying for their mothers. THE MOTHER'S SHARE. i The bosom of every loyal Oregonian- swells with pride - when he looks back over the record of his state since the '' nation entered the great war last April. Every call that has been made Oregon has been answered. Every duty that has been placed upon us has been faithfully discharg- ed. In every branch of the national service Oregon men " are doing their share. And their share has been done free : ly and without pressure because of the love of liberty and justice that they breathe in the very air about them. So prompt to the army's and navy's response to the army'sand navy's call of need that we are known from the Atlantic to the Pacific as the Volunteer State. It is a proud title. " For all of this, let us place the credit where it belongsXet us be ready to say frankly that but for the mothers of Ore- gon we should not have won so distinguished a place a i mon the states. For that is the truth. It is the mothers ' j who are responsible for the splendid showing that has been , i made. And Independence mothers have borne their share - of the credit given our state. It is the mothers who must bear the brunt of war always : and everywhere. The young man who offers his life to his " country is embarking upon a great adventure. He is en , tering upon a life of activity and variety. He has the loyal '! and hearty support of his fellows to sustain him in all the ; trials that may come up. He is entering upon a new life t and to the young that which is new is always alluring.More i j than all else, he is in the thick of what is going on and has work to occupy him every minute. But the mother's part is the waiting part She must ': stay at home and watch the papers and yearn for news. I She must smother her apprehensions and find solace for i her heartache in the knowledge that she is doing her duty. Yet, in the fact of all this, the mothers of Oregon have '. done their duty and have sent their boys out cheerfully to k do the nation's work. They have realized that the cause is ntip wnrthv nf nnv jsnnn'fip.ft that mav he made and have . . - . - V. v - . 1 j 1 1 J? ' ; put aside their personal feelings ana tneir personal gneis. i Tt is thft mother's of Oregon who have made the state's i - - o ; i Independence and the adjacent country have a great stake in the war. One full company from Polk county ! has been sent out and in additions many volunterred for i various branches of the service. 1 nereiore independence A of fViia fimp t.n welcome the mothers of , I Oregon, and in its welcome their is deep sympathy m their disappointment of their son arouna me nnswnas tree 10 share with them in the festivities of holiday time. LIGHT THE GREAT CIVILIZER. ; i The men who are converting our waterpowers into elec- i trie1 light are the missionaries of civilization and progress i the light-bringers who are elevating the moral standards -; and health of humanity. . The effect of a well-lighted city upon individuals and the community conscience, the deterrent of crime and de- , generacy, the saving of police power, minimizing the evil r that breeds in the dark, is all good. XTw mucin 4-Tio m-oof Ast rivilizer in tne world is li&rnt. , Tu fVcn who love of evil nature. Ths same may oe saw ux r " "cs flight It exa.ts alrnoSt much as it purifies, it is the enemy 01 oau m c - gt cure. People with devils in them should hiita It is no less than marvelous how a light bath will nne mind of demons. , i.vflVS been In telligence is most akin to light. It wsala s oeen the poetic figure most in use in describing mental esolu tion. ... ... iu i,V,f ciin. When you feel that atavistic tug, sit in we -light pr electric light HOW CAN OREGON SAVE THE SUGAR INDUSTRY. Unless the people and press and business interests of Oregon get busy this state will lose the beet sugar factory built at Grants Pass, xl v-i,:, Voiw It will be dismantled and moved to me and this will be the failure of the second sugar beet indus trv attempted in Oregon. , . . This is a serious matter and grows out of the very simple fact that labor conditions are such that beets cannot or will not be grown here. , , . rru v,fl,ioi foofa cimwpH that sutrar beets couiu De grown containing sufficient saccharine matter to warrant the plant being built. Capital came in ana Duut a moaeni sugai i., ble of handling the product of from six to ten thousand thousand acres of sugar beets. So we have the capital, transportation iacuiues, uic and climate and are lacking on two lines common labor and irrigation. -Cr.mmar'i nroroniViitinn wpnt so far as to otter farmers free use of pumps to irrigate their beet lands and co-operate in other ways. The long warm summer snouia nave turneu uu a uumr er croD of sue:ar beets in Oregon, enough to run two factor ies and another was offered. Rnt AA rnt. nnnlv thp water, and it takes common la bor to weed the beets in the rows, to thin them, to hoe them and cut off the tops. , j At Independence and Stayton aoout uu acres oi uut-w wprp rmt-. nnt and ahnut S00O tons of beets were sent to the factory at Grants Pass by railroad an even 100 cars of beets left Independence alone. Will the commercial clubs, the state industrial organiza tions, the various boards of agriculture and labor depart ment of the state help ? .4 . A TV Jl .. What do other states do in such emergencies i uo iney make an effort to tret labor to make the crop or do they let failure overtake industry? This is a serious situation and a test case or wnetner tne state of Oregon and Polk county is an efficient common wpalth anH pan save a ereat industry. A factory could be located here within a year if the farmers would exercise the same energy as do the Yakima Valley larmers. There is no real excuse lor losing tne second sugar in dustry the one at La Grande went the same way f or lack of the raw material. Sugar beet growing and sugar manufacture are highly profitable industries in all the states around us and failure is a state and county disgrace. The live stock industry, the dairy industry, skilled labor and the pride of our county and state will all suffer if we do not save this industry. CHURCH UNITY. Protestants are joining in an effort for church unity.The plan is to hold a worlds conference some time the coming year either in America or Europe, to secure representation from all denominations, and to agree, if possible, upon common grounds of faith and church government. Unity of effort is desirable if Christian churches are to accomplish their greater work in the world. Disagree ment as to minor questions of faith should be easily brush ed aside, for evangelical churches have long been growing into agreement that, after all, there is little dispute as to essentials. The day is past, or passing, when "immersion" and "sprinkling" shall divide Christian men and women into rival groups. Church government may prove a more difficult problem, but if the conference will agree that such questions are not matters of conscience, a serviceable, working, understand ing should be possible. The conference should enter upon its task with full ap preciation of causes contributing to multiplicity of chur ches. It is not, necessarily, the excess number of church edifices that dwarfs church ?effort, but rather the number of small and insufficient organizations. 1W working in harmony one with the other. Preventable waste in Christian activity, if it could be determined in dol lars and cents, would stagger the ordinary person not wed- aea to creed and dogma. Another phase of the problem is the determination of some people to be leaders. Churches, lodges and clubs have been organized to give these people opportunity for leadership. If the world's conference cannot change hu man nature, a plan may be devised for regulating it. M Merry M i ... r Beautiful, Useful Practical Xmas Gifts of nmny klndi r now on dlplj in our torvrythinf that U ntw and dJrblt In ELECTRICAL LINE. "IF ITS ELECTRIC, C U US. Salem ELECTRIC G MASONIC TEMPLE SALEM, OREG: wmamms l- i i ii i i 'i ii mil i i better oil WHITE, r. Hkkrr Motor C Co.,T "no oil cxi the AinMvu mwkat thai k btf (of WhiM can than Zrolana." FORD Tnntk Mow Ct Euhnt, PonUn "it haa frovn an cooomicai and aflkiant chLm STLrrZ Lttum, D St Co., Sa FnntUco "we ara alwayi glad to racommand youf product." OVERLAND-Chko OffUn4 Co., Chko, Cl "aa a larga turrof ZaroUna I tale pWaaure in neon mending it to Overland owners." ZEROLENE The Standard Oil for Motor Cars Endorsed by Heading Car DUtributon became tiu record of (Heir eervka departments akow f that Zerolrne, correct I refined from California ftephalt bae cnid. givea perfect lubrication leaa wear, mora power, lea carbon drpo.it. Va'.ert rverrwlim ui4 it our irnkt etuionai STANDARD OIL COMPANY (CtiifonU) H. HIB3CHMR0, PrwMent p. V SPltS. V-W R. R. DaARMOND, Oashlcr. THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK lacorportUd 1M9. 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