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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1918)
o LARGEST PAPER IN POLK THE ENDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE COUNTY PAGE WhVm Take Care of INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE THE BALANCE OF POWER H Entered at the postoffice at Independence, Oregon, as se cond class matter. Published every Friday morning. W.J.CLARK. 4 i 1 Oui i u (is in iii SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year in advance $1.50 Six months in advance 75 Three months in advance 50 tit " . . M t MEMBER OF THE STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION REAL LETTERS. But the letters which load our postmen now are for the mu&i part intensely real, wnetner they are short and bald or expanded and elaborated. They tell of the things that inaner most to writers and receivers. They knit togetb er the home and those vhn arp HpIH farnwnvfmm it They keep up the union of lives destined to be passed to gether, but for the time being wrenched asunder. They are missives oi deeply anxious thought which tries to hide its anxiety. They pass to and fro in relief of heartaches of absence. Behind each when the destination or the place of dispatch is "The Front," is the shadowing possi bility that it may be the lsat. What in them may seem vthe smallest trivialities to the onlooker may be of the greatest interests to the receiver far from home and una ble to complete his mind-picture of it except out of the materials provided in. his letters. With so much needing to be told, can we wonder that letter-writing has revived and attained dimensions far beyond any record in the an nals of the art. The obstacles to letter-writing have all been swept a way. The cost is inconsiderable to the sender, however, far off the receiver may be, and the Government mana aeres the transit with marvelous ppWUv Nmv tnn norj. ly all can write a letter if they try, or there is someone in the household who can write it. The people who were given to leter-writing before feel the urgent need for writ ing and extending their circle of fnrrpsnnndpnrp until A , . in sume instances tne Keeping up ot a flow ot sympathy uuuugii me post Decomes almost an oosession. The re turn flow of letters from those who are away on duty is pernaps even more surprising when we remember the dif ficulty of writing on active service. lit J : i I'M' mmm: t 'MM OVER THE TOP T COURAGE MAKERS. This letter-writing is personal, intimate, spiritual, well nigh sacred. It has welded afresh the ties of family, has provided the race with a itewly-tried mode of expression and has given the pen in tens of millions of hands a migh tier mission than had ever been attributed to it in the writ ings, of the literary few. Through it speak the dearest thoughts of men, forgetful for the moment as they write of the alien thev are living far from home and the riailv routine which normal experience of the world.; Now their whole outlook is changed. Th significance of home and country has been transform..! in their hearts, however, strong it was before, and the familiar letter is the natural vehicle for as much of this pent-up sentiment as the writer's command of words will allow. THE EFFECT. What will the ultimate effects of this resort to the pen by practically the whole manhood of the nation? May we not hope that to men of each grade of education it will give a trend towards letter-writing as a mode of expres sion? There must have ben so much practice in the art, even among the indifferently educated, druing the last three years that the crude formality and stilted phrasings they have often inherited from bad schooling will be drop ped, and natural, simple writing will be substituted. Then too the need which has been felt for a practical command of the pen, for expression of the mind in ink, must have influence on education as it is regraded by the average citizen, and tend to make it a form of training for the use of every man and not a means of shirking the most neces sary forms of work. But, further, the experiences of the War, shaking men out of their indiffreence and their calm satisfaction with the commonplace and forcing them to face the great facts of life and death in the simplest way, niust tend to make them think, and, if the writing habit is acquired by practice, lead them to express their ideas on paper. Indeed, writing is the closest adjunct to think ing. "Writing," says Bacon, "maketh an exact man." Without it there is not much,exact thinking. With it there is the hope that thought set down will be clerified. And if so, there not a good prospect that the great volume of fresh thought induced by the unaccustomed surround ings of the nation's manhood at war, and crystalilised by the growing habit of writing, will revivify our pepole in tellectually and morally, and in the end leave a rich sposit in. the form of literautre the literature that bears fruit through untold generations? If this should be so and the manifesct stimulation of some forms of literature by tthe War, as for example poetry, makes it clear that it will be then one of the most beneficent thought unlooked for effects of the Var will have been that it put the pen into the hands of a whole people,, and starting with the simplest form of writing, the domestic letter,.gave at last a more ample voice to their highest aspirations. 1 GOOD PRICES GREATEST STIMULANT The wronosed mines control hill has been ninendpd and changed in many particulars since its introduction April cm, ana passed oy the house ot representatives ana is now in the senate. The tTOVernment is in need of manranesp. rhrnme. nv- rites and other rare metals heretofore imnortpd but the sun ply of which, for lack of ships, has been cut off. Ti. l 11.. . j.. l l 1 . i r n is equauy necessary 10 nave suipnuric acid ior manu facture of explosives and potash for agriculture. The situation is unusual and from that standnoint a measure to encourage the productionof these products.not heretofore extensively produced in this country, has merit. The great copper, lead, zinc and silver producers of the west nave oeen turning out metal as never before and sup plying every need of our own government and the allies and development has nroeressed . at an unnreopdent.pd rate under the stimulus of fair prices and a ready market. It should be definitely state din the proposed measure that such properties are not included in this exnprimpntal I. gislation. It would be a fine thing if the government could help producers aeveioo tnese new industries without t ih same time saddling the taxpayers and the already develop ed mining industry with the burdens and hampering in fluence of a new bureau composed of m-nfpssmnni nffiVc seekers. In commenting on the program for covprnmenr aacit. ance as provided in this bill, The Mining Congress Journ al says: This does not mean that it reauires e-ovpmmpnf nnoro. tion or government control, but only that conditions shall be created under which private enterprises "can meet re quirements. The Mining Congress Jorunal is flatly op posed to every government effort which can be exercised by individuals efficiently. It believes that the govern ment function ends when it has created conditions under which private enterprise can best produce and supply its needs." Good prices and equitable taxation laws will produce more metal for Uncle Sam than all the regulatory legis lation ever invented. AUCTION SALE Having sold my farm and will move to Salem. I will an ut :.i 2V2 miles north of Monmouth on the West Side Highway, on SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH, 1918. Commencing at 10 O'clock a m. Sharp ol 16 HEAD OF CATTLE 16 8 head of milch cows fresh last March and April; one 4-yr old full blon.1 Jersey Cow-regrstered and known as the Champion Pretty Girl.: i Full blood 2-yr old heiter from same cow; 1 Calf dropped 24th day of March BeeJfeCattleregl8ter; bld; ba,a"Ce and These Cattle were thoroughly examined by the State Veterinary and De nounced in healthy condition. r pro 3 HEAD OF HORSES 3 One team Percheon mares weights about 2500 lbs; 1 gray horse . old, weight 1300 lbs. 7 8even 1 Brood Sow Pol and China 2 Shotes.' FARM IMPLEMENTS. 1 new Bane wagon California bed; 2 truck wagons, 1 good De-H , in first class condition; 1 McCormack Keeper, bfirst c cond on "m Ti MV MCCrmiCk 1 Tig6r DrH1 Wa kS Plow 12 inch; 16-,nch Sereque walking plow; 1 new John Deere gang plow ' nch; 1 Comgated steel roller, 1 John"Deere disk, 1 spring S ha- three-section harrow; - land p,aster sower, 1 broad caE Bd 1 ' cultivator, 1 garden harrow, 1 buggy, 1 cream separator 1 r W Lf6" of farm tools and household furniture g ' nUmber terms- 'FRE? LUNCH AT NOON. TERMS. -All sums under $10.00 cash. Above $10.00 on. year's Mm. 8 per cent on bankable note. Payable on rr5jat CHARLES O'BRIEN, Owner. ut A i r-5 -i ' nrrri p ,,.t . xuiit ivti (jivtuvji iivi'u is tor ' Every available vessel is being in government service. Many ships that have been carrying ruby auiiiuiru uiiu mum iiuvu own taken f0f transport duty. The number now left rubber to this country is extremely limited This will necessarily force a temporary ment of tire production. ( So. make the most of the tires you have. Use good tires. Take good care of them. Keep them in J ii-fuu. uvv iimi wvj an: luupcny intuited Increase their mileage by careful driving outoi cariracKs ana away irom bumps. Don't scrape the curb or apply brakes too suddenly. Get every mile your tires have in them. Only in that way can you be assured of you! ot's contin uous service and remember, your tire is a vital war-time necessity. So again, take care of your tires. United States Tires arc Good Tires 'Utn'TrJ If r to 1 lit I IfcT i gaViM a.. I . "aw-.- -i -t," ; ;-. g, gV-rr-r,,.i ...... ,. , - - H I ' iSTTSl Your Needs i m Y0UR m SMiS GRATIFIED .t- We Ngiarantee to you not only satisfy your nee to bKATIFY your wants in best groceries. -OUR WATCTH WORD "Purity and FraM iu i a living price. Calbreath & Jones A. L. STEVENSON, Auctioneer. OFFICIAL! HIH8CHMRQ. Present 0. . ?FI8, R. DARMOND, Cashier. THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK lcrporated igS9, fiSXCT A GENERAL BANKING BOSINB88 . lNTaRBaT pa on TIM8 DEPOSI T i f m C. W. IRVINE, Clwk.
