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r.fiMHER 24. 1020 INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE Page Three emory Mr. Hubert Armstrong cnim direct ly to tumliiw. "Your xltrfrrhfN have for mo 0 double hilt-rent. MImk f 'n ,'.-,,11 , "Von hn v. drawn remarkably Home "f Imppli mt neon.. of my boyhood. which I inn hkIiiiiiiim to wiy I Mlf fi.l'Ko..n, Wor,j Mct'lH-H III Ml ill ll 1 ot'Lnil ll.M 'II,, i.t ... iiim!iic nl.MiirtiM iinii'li of human kind- I iiiii nfnilil, in,,! Honift inifM n Mi'lit:i:ll' fof KIICC.-NM nillMI'H UK Hi ll-llVO "iiicii i tun. In ti-ii'liT behind r nti.ru! t jiiii fr mvnliciilii 'Illll tiMMl.TU,'K Wllll'll I I III'Iim! " 1 Illll In nut lil'I flllllOHt lie iiuii. M voice, hrol.i. litifi;l!y. Hit Im'th mi old fcltiltiK-nioui ilc- ONNIIC liKilfml down o the, J ,iiy street, tnrougn n mur f hioM fllkc, At least, Oimle told herm-if deter minedly that HtinwilakeH were accountable for th blur; U'ti, ih wiped her .). "Il'ii Merry (.'lirlMmim fliil.' mid ' ,,,,r 0,', )'t',ll,w , f-v.r lumrd of Chrlidmnii M.rry? So cheer tip. ami t'l' J(,l 1,1 xhi i nttti' "SIi.ij.i'" Jut annuel ,.r he m"'l longest f nil. 8t inni Into Connle'i bright w KH'-ttlntlv light. The full of KMi'll framed pc M, f (Ill-Ill with the ('lit'l! rlt TIiito were Hi" ii"""! ,) children looklnK up broad I tlit-rtt tti-ro landac'iipcx of r,,,,H tih distant wlnd.iws niil.' Htuilli'.l them nil; xhc .r.g In vlnluH tin wltnllng It'll il piiiif wlo-re ulif !i"l il"-'it nimnicr vae-nthm; tli church , mviiylDtf l-fll I" tlio Hti't-pl". iittlf bridge over tin deep stlfiil hU-fiiinrt bridge wlih ..... Mil - ulleri' Ciilltlll.-NS ..,) kiiI nri'l courted. Th" olJ l,,,,) dH-ti (Nililile'H Volimti-i-r !(i!i ll.T. with Hi" t'!''! "inliiK g lii l.-r vlt!nT-l tl,i-.lt. . .,vi-rt. Vor It wiih t!iTi' pi,ii luiHlituiil luiil b!;m1, nii'l t stiswi-n-il liln fjui'.-itliiu. Ttif si "..iiiitt' lifj'1 rlmiirt"! m visit sitifnl romitry ptiice inl t ur,t!it- il.-ar ol'J linly vviih jnlt rlmrift too. SI'' l'n'l -t m tin trnll'-y rnr f-r on is.y In the rountry nml luul Million nt rnii'Iorn. Am! ri tuul htopiwil to mtinlrp t!i ricM In tlio oM Imly'ti Kur il t!si-y tml ifiit B"iin' nt'r--t tn.-ili.-r- tt old holy. Mrs. i jtnow tiy riBint', luul un: 'at'. Why don't you om. on : mo fr tt wflc or two? I'm r s younst iiwiM-t ttu v." oiml( luul pip. ttiiit n nil. Inter wuti-r fulorii luul I'.-n Dx'niiirleii of Hint (Mlphtfnl . Connli lind a new ln.lrn M.wmi!il pnlnt tln queer Uttle over tin ly Klrenni, nml l '(mM tin covpreil with nnw. .;! fancy JUNt how tlm trw :,l! waving nnkcil lirunchfH. - d pnlnt th church in tho hoi- S MifhtH In th " Imlowrt pU-nm- ttif Mimw nml Hn In'H I" t'1' wnvliti; for Christmas. v,nn!e v.n very happy fl "ho hcinc to Ikt nttlc. but then, iptnpcrnmontnl way artists -! hctfiin to draw Instoiul. : In a fever of ptilhtiHlnam !(n room of the oh! Ikhiko lie hnd iHM-n a tmest, with Snow hcrnolf Rcntcil In tho . Just linlf of her peaceful pro ring beneath Its hlo of white wns holly above the olil tire- 'mI n hoy's Rtuclilos nnncniK Pimnl.' ni'vor itoppo'l ,,K' ,,i,!.,i.i ii.n nil-lure iben f "' hi-pnil.lcs'ily to tbt! "Slu'lV'C ' i l llnlny It." n B"l'!"-' !lnu-,- soln. Of coiif-e vf'i f(,r that; hut i- ii -vns that bef.-re II ' as n'i- l a.t iiib'ed her oilier "s ".l-',,(.". window, nml Iht r . Miv'mvi-r bud boii'-'hi ihe" '. While the "Hit t'V '.si ,(.nsfr.l him not at nil : c'.ulil nf,t count I be nimih. r of 'I i,t S10 p-ifMi-d that window. .r oy,,H rhlltlWhly I" ""' Imi i u.t,,,. u-niild not be ''''"ii she opvi(.l tbein. And II " ilny luit one bi-foro Christ mat """Shoppo" nmniiKer Heeln I"'r ' nhoiit bt-clsoned ber Inside. hnv( plcnsed ono of our best sulci the mMiinj'i-r, "nml I'li'iiilonocl your peculiar con "fun in ho PUirKested tnlldiu-' over WUi you tlmt you might f("w to n BiitlsfaPtory harcnln. toiiii-r thinks that you possess ful mtlstlc ability. We have '''n your nddresM." iiskod Connto falterlnsly. 'iintlu-cipist?" "wy sho did not want her piir r,n be Just a philanthropist and r"1 iiituro nn-ibltioiiH hope. I Arinsiront? is a man who usuul F h nrottv oiirinvd harunin," '""PlHi" maniisor kiiI.I. "loiiL'h it- wnn ciirlv afternoon. 'Urriod home to turn on a k'af P"1 lnn lier most present able ' that she mii'iit mnho a fnvor- '"Prfisslon ns a sufcessftil yomiK -r "f tlio brush. Tho pnrcbnser nrr vi nnw ..-.in,,to itnf t was fsI "flernoon when he came and - was wearing n bungalow ! Ptirolinsor wna vonntr and tall Pod lonlttno- .hh 'tho golden cat H him With 'n nnrrlnir l-llh. Which ll-W lure, "Ponce, on j:iirth" was tin- nniiu- kIio hnd I'ivi-n it. '"I'lilit," wild Hubert AnnsiroiiL' "Im IIvIiil i-oatu of in v hiium In Mill- ciiNt--tic ,m-. v, hct,. J was horn. Thin whi!. --haired uoiiiiiii'h proDli! Is the pi-iM-.-rul jin,li!i- t, my louj; lout mother. TlmV little buUdni; utockliiK inlht Imve bc-.-i! my own Htockliig, Just an li uw-l to hang ihiTo years nt Tel! me ' IiIk tone was c-ii.'(-r, "how did j mi coiuo by your dream?" "I visited last Kuinmer," Connlo told him, "In s tint same old house In lilll (rent with Mrs. Martha Snow, who In vited me." The man nodded hastily. ' "I m-e," he mild. "It Is quite? simple lifter all. Martini Know In my moth er's widowed hlMer." A dull red crept to his (heel;. "I had almost forgot t.-n that Aunt Marl ha linked mu y.-nrs ago to allow her to coiil In ii on in the old bonus mead. It was left, mlno by will. So she' there yet. and the church bell still f hliiies out for Christmas I "You have sounded the memory bells for mo, Miss Carroll." It seemed that the purclins-er had almost fort-en ten her In bin musings. Now that she looked at him closely his face wiih threaded by lines of cure, hiie fine ei-K sorrowful beneath their niernness. Omnle put forth a friend ly hand. "Why." filie said, "so you are Martha f-'now'H nephew. Then there can be in i qne-Mlon of bargain between us, the pictures are freely yours." The man fpoki' abruptly. "You paint to k.-II !i you not?" he HNked. "Isn't that what your studio Is for?" C.iiiide shook her head ruefully. "Mostly," she replied, "my studio Is Just to live in." "And you live alone?" "I am quite abme in the world," she told htm KrnvoJy. Then ber irrepressible smile broke forth. Triless," she added, "you would count Prowler?" She caught the cat In lu-r onus. "I live alone too." Hubert Arm stroin: paid slowly. "I know what It means. There's not much difference between the glided walls of en apartment and these walls of yours here." "Not when It comes to loneliness, Connie agreed. "We were Kolng to look much more cheerful." she went WHEN BLANKET IS REMOVED Russian May Be a Great People When the Bolshevik Cloud Has Been Dissipated. Nobody can tell what a borne looks like until his blanket Is taken off. Who knows 1 When this unspeak able hol.thovlk sen-cm h removed may he tin- ItiiMHlans will etiu'i'ne n a Kr,,at, race. livery people bus done hard and qiioor HiIiiks at times, "(ilnird" writes In tliti Philadelphia Pre-, Oxford iiiilversliy Is, perhaps, tho Intellectual center of the earth, and yet Oxford wan so, fionltititeel that It hiirtied the hookti cif John Milton, an blasphemous. It was Oxford, also. which dee-lured during the (Revolution ary war, "that Americans as a peo ple have forfeited their lives and their fortunes In the Justice of a state." Now look at the other side. In that same war, the czar of ftussln re fused to sell 20,000 soldiers to King Oeorce to flht against George Wash ington. And wo. here In the Dnlted States constantly abuse the Turk, who kills an Armenian now and then, and for get how we killed the Indians for three centuries. On one occasion, the zealous Christians of New England, not far from Harvard, shut op 700 Penulnof In a modern prison and. ac cording to John Flske. all but five were burned to death or murdered. Ko I say that In the next century the Kuaalan and the Turk may travel around the circle as fast as John Bull and Uncle Jonathan have In the last hundred or two years. WHEN LIGHT DAWNED ON HIM Young Man Understood Why the Maiden at First Shrank From His Warm Embrace. Mi 61. O i We wish to extend to you 3 t J. T J, 1 Connle Studied Them All. mm the man could refuse on the iiimiei, In years," Uu with a boyish n "wh,-n you interrupted us with ..i. T ,vmih l- 111 I 111: Uic votir i;ii' u. " IO hong a holly wreiilli -1 ,,i me- (IO it I or )" ...i.i i'.,.foi-e she could , , uuiutnnce he was mo wreath In his hands. ' "T , ,.' bettor," Connie told hltn a sll',,v s,de they stood looking up at the crimson oeiue.-.. Ifs ttie first time , ,T til ill bort .vrmsuu'' 4t. onrt ,.f , nmt I ve none n"" ",T ct . a thrill nfoI.in.rlst thing. Cms me u n,.0i,ice ,r(M-k back nt m.'" ' .. ' ', ,-ste turkey again over edd flltilnjr-rooiii table. "Vi .i.l. einirch bell im - snow." .n.e,i into KlllM! -M ', -W Ilins0 other eager eyes own do u. ,.fnsll "I-et tishnveu - . , After the glory of the setting sun tt wns dark. The man felt afrnld ns he stumhl.-d on after his companion who. woman-like, went straight ahead, re- gurilless of all obstacles. Angry murmurs from the unseen people whose toes they trampiea on followed them like the wasn oi a . i i . a tt,Mi,ir lint she nam no neeo; " him fell the duty of muttering apolo- Just as despair wns seizing aim ue saw her straight ahead. She had ob tained a seat And investigation snow ed that the one next to- hers was empty. Into It he 6anu tnnnKiuuy. Tiw. ninturn tvna ono of ove ana orav- ery, with the usual fair heroine and . 1 I tl.i I. pml-Oll Vll- . nanosome nero nun itiii.-u,u-"- - lain. As they watched he 8lippea an arm around her slender waist and drew her to him. She struggled for a moment, mucn to his surprise. Then she yielded. and he felt her nestle close to nis manly chest. Five minutes Inter the picture end ed, and the lights went up. Then he understood he was embracing the wrong girl. London Answers. Beautiful Oregon Waterfalls. Waterfalls that rival In beauty the most splendid cataracts of the Pacific nnrthu-Ht hnvp 1ust been discovered on the western slope of the Cascades In Oregon. Although within 40 miles of Portland, a city of SOO.tmo people, no white man. so far as the records show, had ever seen them until re cently . The falls He almost in the center of Pull Run forest reserve, set aside by the government to protect Bull Run river rhe source of Portland's water supplv. The reserve is closed to all visitors except employees of the gov ernment, and of the city of Portland, who may go there on business, a pre caution mken to protect the timber of the watershed against Ores that might be started by careless campers The reserve, which, includes 2-. square miles of mountains and forest was set aside by congress In 180- and nns been closely guarded ever since. Seems Like Decree of . Fate. After being in a number of the worst bottles fought during the World war. where he successfully dodged bullets and all other death-dealing missiles to , e extent of saving his life, although hit oo times in a way to cause griev n 1 " r;inh-,t J. Foran, thirty- 'was instantly killed by, PEOPLES CASH STORE Salem, Oregon The People's Friend mm 3P in OREGON GROWER NOTES FOR THE FRUIT MAN With the rather bad weather to be expected during the next few weeks, the fruit grower can put in his time on inside work, mending boxes, etc.. It is also suggested that now would be a good time to remoaei dryers if necessary, rather than to wait until the busy season. Tf i not too late to spray with Rnreioaux for anthracnose. Although rather late, better late than not at all. Growers who have pruning might begin now to relieve the rush of work next spring. Good results are obtained by the application of nitrate soda on loganberries during the month .of March. Some report increased dia n,Atpr as well as of length of cane. Those, who intend to use this fertil izer should be placing orders. The business of the Oregon Growers Cooperative assoeiaton has assumed such proportions that during the month of November, checks were issued for $540,199.23 by the assoeiaton and its affiliating company the Oregon Growers Packing corpor ation, according to a report of W. I. Staley, secretary and treasurer. grocery Cftat never Disappoints gusiomrs Not Best Because Biggest, But Biggest Because Best No Order too Large to Fill; NoOrder too Small to Fill This Store Aims to Serve the. Public Pleasantly and Well The Goods We Sell are Just as Represented and When Orders are Given WE NEVER DUP LICATE. We Send You Just What You Order, Never Send the "Just as Good" Kind. Calbreatb 3ones GROCERIES Cheapest' I The good results of advertising and cooperation were shown in an address recently delivered by C..I. Lewis of the Oregon Growers Cooper ative association, before the state Horticultural society, in session at Eugene. . . iTnnv vears atro, Mr. u;wis su.u, the hear . . ,il remain. "I""1 lireniii'-" - ring out aerons honeiith his (l0 it" he ssltl impulsively. "Ll a real. Joyful old-fas i,oi ii pin-istinns von anil i imr: , nt Martha's, bncK " u wouId heart ,i,n,riit her vtv.i.ci"- earth ir'- . . ... i., ei- 'nnace on ,t, would 00 ju r- , t. en 111 III ) 'H, ,o me." as sl.e gazed And thatunn..- --- wndoW . ....,,ir. through : shone down hollv wreath. ". . Christmas, , while the old moon nle nllc ... . remise through the whisncred Con- smiled De of happy S u'n er a t i a short distance from discouraged lot. Many were jrubbed t hlo "ear Paterson. N. J. The j OTt m peaches were selling for two olt marked his forehemi w.ui u . ( cents a pound, below me cuB, .n ns his right thigh and rlgnt ng ' . , rt on. from the knee to the ankle; tore oi together, formed , . nm of his hat, both shoes and his , ,;qs)ociation and by 1.11. (iiMJ.J.un v - pairing By First-Class Mechanic All kinds, including Cylinder Grinding. m Largest and Most Fully Equipped Machine Shop this side of Portland. mood e gozine independence i imepeBceI illlONAI. BANK TvnPF.NrnENCE. OREGON CAPITAL, $50,000 SURPLUS, $15,000 "ZZ od Tn the war with the Three limed red and Ninth Jfach ne r , battalion and seemed to Have led Gun ,11U . i,f Rt when old Jupiter WHS u-' ' i i . . i t.i., i.nrnpr was t'ntiou . . l. - .1 ' I r judicious advertising, creaveu a c mand for certain peaches. This year s crop was sold for ,009.000, an average of $340 a ton to the grower. The California Peach Growers asso- ciat'on is now tour years -his 0 500 members and controls 40, 000 'acres. ' Oo-operation- among growers, Mr. Lewis said, had in four years brought the peach industry m California from almost financial rum H. Officers and Directors mT v p HIRSCHBERG, President; C. A.McLAUGHLIN, V.ce-Pres. . . . n a Mr-T.mio-hlin Otis D. Butler , Hirschberg . . f. H. Walker D. W. Sears Mark Memorial Trees. Regardless of how thoughtfully the ,IItavebmvseleoediu.dhow hor- oughly the. P' ,roha ir:; established prosperous business. ri-iiui"' - . Am.., -j- ST FEDERAL RESERVE rn" VSZn er our memorial "m' , Ss national honor roll. Many T'S ve disappointed with plunteis nave , u because T their 3ob completed En To S shovelful of sol. was pinced nrmmdjbree Neat Worker. "irnther. please let me mnrry Jim. Fatntr, v he vvas iD He's w net Way. American Legion Weekly. SUNDBERG PHONF. MANAGER C B. Sundberg resumed his former position as manager of. the Willam ette Telephone company last week. After an absence of a year and a i 4-nlQTl half, Mr. Sundberg nas agam ." up his duties as general manage, . the Dallas, Independence, Monmouth and Falls City branch of the telephone company. H. M. Richardson, former incumbent has gone to Portland and Will later go to Washington state, where he will have charge of a tele phone exchange.-r-Observer. 00W-0-JBB.()-(B!.l-W . LtQ 04 Keep It Fresh j Our meat is perfectly iresn and sound when we sell it to you,- and if you keep it that way in your ice box until you are ready to cook and serve it, you will be well pleased with its flavor and . tenderness. Try our meats. 1 n'ftnly witn rm-lstmases to wmf. t J'0 Connie a recommendation as