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CHINA SEASON ,
STARTS TODAY
ag Limit is Five in One
Day or 10 in Deven Con
,ccutive Days
nit
1:.
Xhe soson for killing China plieus-
opened trim morning, The bag
is five in ono day and not more
10 in any seven consecutive
of which three may be fe-
ni 1.
les. ino? rcguaawons iiKewise
ail in regard to native 'pheasants
rrouso.
There are lots of China this hou-
and wveral local sportsmen are
I.. .1. iLf.. ... !
ing tneir iuck uus morning and
rs aro planning to take to the
h inside of a few days.
kpPENINGS AT
MONMOUTH NORMAL
;he training schools in Monmouth
Independence opened Monday
. t i
rtuig witn a goou enrollment in
rades.
!si Schuctte has been organizing
N'ormal Orchestra and the Glee
lb this week. Students are moat
sjsiaaatic ihkI the work is begln-
i; auspiciously.
waU for the concert by the
apolis Symphony O re h extra
nearly all been sold .at this
sg which prommen financial
ss for this big undertaking.
Friday President Roberts of
3W normal school at Centralia,
ton, addrvsRud the students
!aculty at the chapel hourr Ho
ilthe go.Hiii'l of Bcrvioe in a sin-
aid pleasing manner.
many students signed up, for
sew commercial teachers' course
i double supply of typewriters
to be ordered.
iini Rural Center opened Mon
noming with Mrs. Seymour,
pw, in charge, Miss Flor-
Hill, who is assistant supervis
in 0. N. S. graduate of June,
an honor student, who will no
make good in her new posi-
i
To thn in 1 1 ,. ; i ..
known tZ the
W and "baSr.'
Th8 "strings' r. ti,
violoncello .a-... he v,oli".
c. The '.Z.""U d,,uble
flu... i vuuw"u,s include the
ons' Thbl'H' 1duHnct3 nd bis!
eoons. The var m,. u .
and trend , T """,H'. wimpeto
group. The "hatt.mi v....
t.rm,.-.. ' "ese ln-
r,i, ....... , urums, tri-
-V"mai8, halls, etc.
iho Violin lrrt,nn . ..
nf iu ... r " I0unation
v.iu urilH Stl'S. I. rwl J.. ... .
oi the players. "n ta, i... B
conductor sit , ,L V"' or.tno
.... . . v'"n8; their
v-u.,, wno is known as concert
master, occumYs ik ,eoncert
41, . . u in i, uesK on
the OUtS do rm.r 1V... .1
eoj , uctor are the ,conS vblins
nxt them toward the centre, the vi'
are pmced. Contrasted with
the v.olason thesido by the first
violins are found the violoncellos.
Directly back of the first, violins
and cellos are grouped the double
basses. This leaves th
ter of the orchestra to the wood-wind
niruments. The flutes and pic
cola occupy the first row. The
oboes, which include the alto oboe or
r-nRUHh horn and clarinets, the row
behind, and the bassoons and the
French horns next. . To balance the
strings" (the 'cellos and double
basses) the "brassed rtnu..
trombones and tuba) flank the right
center of the orchestra.
nV tympani (kettledrums) and
the percussion instruments occupy
the middle center, directly opposite
the conductor.
..v nJVaiiiHK,
each gi-oup consists like a vocal
choir of four Tii,.fu
j..in Luiiebpuiiiunir
soprano, alto.Jenor and bass." A
concert goer ought to be familiar
with the personality of each instru
ment and the emotional effect of its
voice.
The modern orchestra is called
symphony because its chief function
is to play symphonic music. Only
n orcnesira oi a large size can
properly present such music. A
symphony is a sonata set for an or
chestra. It consistai of several
parts or "movements," generally
four in number. We might think of
it as a story with various chapters.
The first movement is usually quick
and cheerful, and is most often
marked allegro; the second move
ment (roes at a leisurely pace, and is
marked andante. The third is the
humorous one and is' marked scherzo,
WILLIAMS SALE
WILL BE MONDAY
Many Changes Are Being
Made by Farmers in This
Vicinity
STUDEBAKER
PRICE IS DOWN
HULBERT WILL BECOME
COOS COUNTY RANrHPP
J. J. Williams will hold his Bnlo
next Monday on the farm h
ly Hold about two miks north nf in
dependence. Ho has a hiir
hogs, some horses, a team of mules,
a cow and a full machinery equip
ment.
Ernest Zielesch will hold a t.,ki,v
sale at his farm at Tarker Ort.nhf.r
22. Mr. Zielesch has rented a por-
uon or ins large farm to a Mr
uoodman and will d
. x- v
large amount of stock and farm
machinery.
Herman Sperling has bnaoH h
lercy Dickinson farm, which hn
been operated for several yeark bv
w, l. House and has taken posses
sion. Pearl Black will operate a
portion of the P. II. Drexler place,
vacated by Mr. Sperling.
T. A. Torgenson, who held a sue
cessful sale at the A. J. Richardson
place last Saturday, is i?oiniy to Al
bany to reside. He disDosed of
about $2000 worth of personal prop
erty, including several exceptionally
fine horses. Mr. Torgen'son will re
tire from the farming game for
awhile at least. Charlie
who has been residincr north' of Sa
lem, will operate his farm.
P. J. Peterson has leased the W.
N. Sharp farm of 360 acres at Park
er and will operate it in conjunction
with his own farm there.
Arthur E. Horton. W. T. Houso
and others held a
Material Reduction in All
Models Except the "Baby
Six" is Announcement
Price adjustments on automobiles
continue, in vogue. The Studebaker
corporation has announced reduc
tiona of from $125 to $200, all series
being affected except the "Baby
MX, the latest creation of this eon
tcm, accoraing to information re
ceived.here(by G. C. Skinner, Stude
DaKer representative in this county.
The new prices are effective now,
and f. o. b. Detroit are: Special
six touring, four-passenger road
ster and tWO-naseno-pr moIrf
x o vv ija. f
if 1875; big six touring. $2150:. snee-
lai six coupe, $2650: and SDecial iv
seaan, $2750.
While it has been eenerallv x
pected that there must be a read
justment of prices not only o cars.
Dut m practically everything, the re-
auctions at this time were unlooked
for. However, they will have a
tendency to stabilize", industrv , nd
this will be a very important feat
ore.
M. E. Hulbert has purchased from
Uiarles Lovell a 160 acre farm at
Lakeside, Coos county, and is mak
ing preparations to move his family
tnere inside of a few weeks. In the
transaction Mr. Lovell has taken the
Hulbert automobile. The ranch is
equipped with house, barns and other
buildings, and it is Mr. Hulbert's in-
etntion to engage in dairying and
growing small fruits, particularly
strawberries, considerable ground
already being devoted to berries.
ELECTION OF
FOURCOUNCILMEN
Mayor and Recorder Also
to be Named at General
Election Next Month
HOPS
NEARLY HARVESTED;
RAIN CAUSES DELAY
ENCAMPMENT HEAD WILL
VISIT INDEPENDENCE LODGE
iwial activities of the voar
Oregon Normal School were
ly launched last Snturdnv
g by the reception - given byjun''0 tne fourth and last movement
wident and facultv to thn stn. is always rapid and 4n most cases
! nd . townspeople of Mon- represents triumphant joyousness
The mention nrnnor wan The symphony is the highest form
11 tW gymnasium and refresh- of pure music
Jere served across th mm. Marie A. Schucttei
the Normal building. After
welcoming speech byPresi
Ackerman, Miss Franciene
' reiponded with fitting re.
Miss Laura Ilolliday of the
! department, then sang a
'Jongs in a verv attractive
A unique plan for having
WtS meet tnrh other olan
' flitertaining. Tha gymnas
l1J refreshment rooms were all
"7 decorated, '
annoilhcrl VriAan
lctover 1, with Nazimova
"lie leading part.
; feting of the two literary
81 Of tha A- XT 1
I it wick"1' iiumini
'' V "elphians and the Ves-
nn J - tt:
. , iucouuj, oiiiuero
for tho ensuine year.
"Wed for the Dpinhfuns r
i?';, President, Helen Fletch-
"w'i vice-president, Norma
in i .7 "uejjenaence: secre-
k "es of Burnsrtreasur-
in Ctf St TTiTic .
.ar"i8. Zelma Sanvnin of
Mlowln 1 'i. '
j ji 6 eaectea as oiii-
l wldip Vt-A tj-
tout """ulu "4 uati-
. ry, Dorcas ronkHr, of
wand,
the Horton place last Friday. The
sales totaled about $4000, including
considerable livestock and farming
implements. A two-year old regis
tered shorthorn bull was picked up
by Rastus Peterson of Buena Vista
at a bargain, but aside from this
most articles brought fair prices.
Nearly all hons in the
dence district have been harvested.
While the extreme wet season caused
much inconvenience and delav in the
work, there is practically no loss.
U A. McLaughlin finished nieiV.
ing Tuesday and E. M. Youni? ex-
noofo Ai i i .
e , 1 1 scl i-nrougn today. Mr.
successful sale at I Young delayed his picking in order
REV. COOK IS ATTENDING
CONFERENCE McMINNVlLLE
Grand Patriarch Kirkpa trick will
officially visit Model Encampment
No. 35, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, Independence, on October
13. Exterrsive preparations are be
ing made for the event and the chief
patriarch requests that all members
make it a Doint to be present. Re
freshments will be served.
SATURDAY LAST DAY
FOR REGISTRATION
Rev. C. T. Cook is attending the
Oregon conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, which was opened
at McMinnville Wednesday morning.
Announcement of the appointments
for the coming year will not be made
until Monday.
Mr. Cook has been here for the
past two years and it is not probable
that he will be returned, although
this is a matter which is left entire
ly to the conference dignitaries. ,
to have the McLaughlin kilns for
curing his crop, and did not start un
til Wednesday.
George Lewis still has about a
day's picking. He would have finished-Thursday
had it not been for
the rain. '
As an auxiliary to the
election
The farm is on Ten Mile lake and Pendence will select its citv officials
is about three miles from Lakeside, consisting of a mayor, four council.
Mr. Hulbert has had several vears mea and a recorder. In cities nf
of farm experience. For tho nnat. less than 2000 it is not nor-asaa,,
luw ..vvvuuwij UW
year he has been running an electric nold a primary, hence it is Drobahl
appliance shop and previous to n- tnat a nominating meeting will be
gaging in this was local superinten
dent for the Mountain States Power
company.
CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING
SOLUTION OF PROBLEM
held inside of the next two weeks.
Very little interest flAH hppn morn'.
fested so far in city affairs. 'There
are no avowed candidates, and it is
more than probable htat the offices
will have to seek the men.
The councilmen whose to rm will
The purpose of the market com- expire with the end of this
mission bill proposed for Oreeon and are: Willard E. CJravpr. rwi,
which will be voted ' upon this fall Calbreath, William Cockle and A T.
may be briefly termed "co-operative Thomas. Mr. Thomas was appoint
marketing." It is designed to pro ed to fill the vacancy caused hv Mr
vide state leadership to the pro- Huff failing to qualify, hence it
ducers, distributors and consumers makes four instead of th Piitn,o,.
in the economical and efficient dfs- thre councilmen to h eWt
tribution of- the products of Oregon W. H. Walker is the present' may
at fair prices. or and B. F. Swope is recordpr
a One of the most important factors So far as known, none nf v,a,a
of the measure is the aid which will ficials is seeking a re-election
be given the farmers in the forma- while on the other hand snmo wJ
tion and operation of co-operative declared that they will not aopont
marketing associations. In this-re- further duty under any considera-
ACE GARAGE EMPLOYES
BANQUETED BY MR. McLEAN
INDEPENDENCE WELL
REPRESENTED AT FAIR
surer, Edith Bragg
K f the ct that we are
i unusual treat in
'' t Dinv i. . .... ,
-j jivji, oe unwelcome
""'o you some salient
la ' il. modern symphony
ft a 8 orcnestra
L, . 85nrle srrmt inatmmmt
fn'i tha " ;:
ij, ni' command the most
'?niDlift ...
Ffi 7' orcnestra consists
uue nunarea piay-
'""Prises fmir rHirisirtns.
Saturday at five o'clock is the
last opportunity for votrs to register
for the election this fall. The same
hour is the closing . time for filing
candidacies for office, either county
or city.
rvMintw rierk Flovd D. Moore
""j - , ,,
wishes to call the attention of the
voters to these two facts, voters
who have not yet registered, or who
are uncertain as to their status in
this respect should attend to the
matter at once if they want to have
their nam on the poll books for
the coming election on ovwu -
Thrva classes of voters
thre,
16 principal groups of
should be
1 11 Ctl VIM'"'-"
particularly interested in this warn
ing: Those who have not registered
at nil; those who had registered, out
but who have moved into anotner
precinct since registering; ana inoaw
who were sworn in at the primary
, i tVia elation boards.
election vy "
The latter are particularly warned
by Mr. Moore to register, as It was
found that in most cases the regis
tration cards were not properly
filled out by the election boards and
had to be rejected for permanent
registration.
R. M. Walker at Craven & Walk
er's is the official registrar for In
With exhibits surpassing arty
previous year, with an attendance
which has broken all records, and
with attractions better than before,
the annual state fair at Salem is
proving an unqualified success.
Opening Monday and closing to
morrow, it is attracting hundreds of
people from Independence and Polk
county Some ' have spent a day
there and others are virtually
camping there for the week. To
enumerate all from this locality
who have been attending the big
event is impossible, hence no attempt
is made. A delegation of K com
pany members participated in the
reproduction of the battle of the
Argonne, a spectacular affair pulled
off Wednesday night,, and witnessed
by thousands.
While of course the products of
the soil attracted a great deal of
attention and were very deserving,
provision was made for ample enter
tainment with special attractions.
These included auto polo, a game af
fording opportunity for ( excitement
excellent
Employes of the Ace Garatre and
their wives were banqueted at the
Hotel Beaver Tuesday evenini? bv P.
C. McLean and later entertained at
the McLean home. It was a get-together
meeting and proved a verv
enjoyable one. Nineteen cover's
were laid, and those present in ad
dition to Mr. and Mrs. McLean were:
Mr. -and Mrs. Walter Plant, Mr. and
Mrs. T. P. Oglesby, Mr, and Mrs. A.
R. Cook Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur
Flood, Mr. and Mrs. Grover John
son, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Guiles,
Mr. and Mrs. Kimberling, Miss Fay
Johnson, Fred Ventris and Charles
Cox.
EXAMINATION FOR
POSTMASTER AT BUENA
in hue'h cnunKs: sonu:
horse races, a horse snow ana many
oilier features.
Notwithstanding a very heavy
attendance every day
there
in
ini'i'ease
nvar anv preceding records,
was very little confusion and com
paratively few automobile accidents.
CHANGE OF TRAINS
ON" VALLEY & SILETZ
A change in the train Schedule on
the Valley & Siletz became operative
Monday. The train arrives in In
1eiw.ndence at 1:45 p. m. and departs
at 4:20 p. m. for Hoskins and im
mediate points. This is daily ex
cept Sunday.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an ex
amination to be held . at Indepen
dence, Ore., on October 23, 1920,' as
a result of which it is expected to
make certification to fill a contem
plated vacancy in the position of
fourth-class postmaster at Buena
Vista and other vacancies as they
may occur at that office, unless it
shall be decided in the interests of
the service to fill any vacancy by
reinstatement. , The compensation
of the postmaster at this office was
215 for the last fiscal year.
Applicants must have reached
their twenty-first birthday on tbe
date of the examination, with the
exception that in a state where wo
men are declared by statute to be at
full age for all purposes at eighteen
years, women eighteen years of age
on the date of the examination will
be admitted.
Applicants must reside within the
territory supplied by the postoffice
for which the examination i's announced.
The examination is open to all
citizens of the United States who
can comply with the requirements.
Application blanks, Form 1753,
and full information concerning the
requirements of the examination
can be secured .from the post-master
at the place of vacancy or from Uni
ed States Civil Service Commission,
Washington, D. C.
Applications should be properly
executed and filed with the Com
mission at Washigton, D. C, at the
earliest . practicable date.
spect the bill creates a state office
to act as guide to the producers ' in
the organization of such associations
ihe proposed Oregon law, ml
tiated by the State Taxpayers'
League, is copied almost word for
word from the California law. t.n
which is attributed a la rare measure
of the prosperity of the producers
through the co-operative movement
of that state. Colonel Weinstock,
first market director of California.
has pro -winced 'the acts substantially
the Sar.'.t An additional provision
in the proposed Oregon law, givins
the stat3 market director supervision
of all existing co-operative assocla
tions, In says, makes the Oreeon
law superior to that of California.
The state market director in Cali
fornia u held to be one of the most
important officials in the state.
With the develoDment of tho rnnn
erative movement in Oregon, under
the guidance of the market com
mission, the office here will like
wise become one of paramount im
portance,
No measure ever introduced in
Oregon has been of more importance
to the farmers than . this. Because
the prosperity of the state and of
the public depends upon the pros
perity of the farmer, the measure is
of vital importance.
increased production is the ans
wer to the present high, cost of liv
ing. This cannot be had, unless the
producer can produce at 1 a profit
Only through co-operative market
ing and elimination of the old mdl
vidual system of selling can the
farmer hope to compete with the
distributors' buying efficiency.
tion.
NYE-MIX MARRIAGE
OCCURS AT KALAMA
Merl W. Nye and Miss Inez Miv
well-known and popular young peo
ple, were married in Kalama. Wash .
September 11, and have taken an
apartment in Salem temporarily.
On that day they left here for a visit
at Portland, and there was a rumor
upon their return that their hart
been married in a Washington
town but there wa's no way of veri
fying it as the groom would neither
deny or confirm the report.
Ihe bride is a daughter of Mr
and Mrs. M. W. Mix and a sister nf .
Ira Mix, cashier of the Independence
National Bank. She, is an accom
plished and deservedly nomilar
young lady. Mr. Nve i S an antnmn.
bile mechanic and an emDlovp of
the Independence Garage. He was
in the service.
The best wishes of ' a lars-e circle
of friends will be extended to the
happy couple.
Parker
Once again the sound of tractors
fill the ' air and fall plowing and
seeding is beginning in earnest.
Messrs. Lacey and Peterson re
turned the last of last week from
a few days' trip in Cow Creek sec.
tion . hunting. They were lucky
enough to get two nice ones.
Every one took in the State Fair
this Week. Scfcnnl Kotnr
- o j i uioiuioacu
In California, the producers have Wednesday, nearly all tha AiaMt
r - I vmw U1U kJl XV- V
achieved success in the co-operative went on that day.
movement. They attribute it large- The kale of Hrt a vtJ,
ly toythe market commission bill was vat-v wpTI uaa t?:j
and the able work done by the state Althono-h tho
0 vuua ncic IIH-
market director aiding and assisting passable the crowd gathered early
them to form their organizations, and the bidding went rapidly.
There is no reason why a similar it, ,i J,.
bill should not accomplish the same an7; liteT,16'
HM6.vv,La ui 1 uauu, wno
results m Oregon. Here are some
of the things that the market com
mission bill will do:
It will encourage, aid and assist
the formation -of co-operative Lrect'stands' at the fair
price of
in
marketing organizations.
Will tend to stabilize
products.
Will encourage standardization of
products.
Will find markets for Oregon pro
ducts;
Will reduce costs to consumer
through aid given to
marketing.
have been visiting Mr. Schirmer's
sister, Mrs. Ernest Zielesch. return
ed home Tuesday last.
Mr. A. B. Lacev was Tielnino-
- x o -
on Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Guild of Inde
pendence, attended the farewell
party given Mrs. Guild's parents on
isaturday evening.
Miss Marion Dickinson started her
studies in the Independence hie-h
co-operative scnol " Monday.
Mr. Hermann Snerline anrl family
Will eliminate speculators in food have moved into the Percv Dickin-
products. son ranch this week and Mr. Snerl-
Will give the producer "the lararer im? is startinc his fall work.
share of the consumer's dollar. :
Will provide economic solution of HALLADAY & JUSTIN HAVE
farmer difficulties. - MICHELIN TIRE AGENCY
H ANN A NOW IN GROCERY ' Halladay & Justin have taken tha
BUSINESS IN PORTLAND agency of the Michelin Tire com
James B. , Hanna has" become a pany and are npw featuring the
groceryman in Portland, according products of this concern, in a win
to word which has been received dow display of considerable maeni-
here. tude.
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