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Udth YEAR No. 31
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, JANUARY 21, 1921.
jl
ITY DELIVERY
1 ! MAIL IS ASKED
rojcct Has Endorsement
n m i
- of KnAinesi Men and
Others
art
(Application in to '
Jivory (f mail matte
5hor,ft ' I'V I'oKf mtiKti-i'
made f(r the
in liuli'pciiil
llunicr S,
Wi. Tile project h.HM I Ikj endorse
tut 'of I Ik K'(il M'-ii-hunl.!,' m.iho.
liion, and in (i.lici towns when- it
(h bi'!i (mI uhlhiht'f I it in proving
try iin'i'!'nnf nl.
The iintUi'i' wad brought before flic
'ItlOlW'UH ion nt its regular meeting
Br,;day evening, Postmaster Wood
-lt Ifo pii -i'iit and stated thai the gov
Tiineht permitted tin inauguration
fwhni in known tin the villugo tie
rt-ry ny.-li'in after tin receipt of
l tiff ire have ivu bed n eortuin
Mount, provided, of course, there
(8 desire on the part of tin patrons
r It.
,Tho poHtoffirp department requires
4 Sflt't compliance with a regulation
- K'uirfng that tint streets have nignu,
m bouses numbered and that there
good Miili'walkH arid crosswalks in
t . 1 rt i
le qi.HtnciH eovereu, ine maxt
tsm allowance for the village nyn
m i two carriers with a Kalury
. J. $1000 u year each.
j Mr4 Wood Htnted that nt Cottage
J rove,1 Ijcbnnon and Newherg, where
tig service- iiax been in operation for
mio time, it is proving highly sat
' factory.
The ordinary procedure for procur
g this service in to make formal
"""jpllcation. An investigation i then
f yiade ly a postal inspector and if
(let inn the project a feasible one,
ym hi recommendation it is estab
" " "died nfter all of tho requirement!
ivo been mot,
net
REGON GROWERS SELL
MILLION POUNDS PRUNES
More than 1,000,000 pounds of
Dstlnnd prunes were sold the past
ek by Oregon Growers Cooperative
Mucin t ion and the Washington
rowers Packing corporation, accord
g to R. C. PauluK, sales manager.
Other xales are pending in cities
f the east where the two as.socia
0n have prunes in storage.
.For tho first time in months, Bales
fcre made on a count f. o. b. basis,
ormerly, all sales were from
k in the east.
.Tho prices were low compared to
mme opening prices of the associa
te. - Hut it was deemed advisable
sell at present, rather than miss
heavy consuming period of the
$xt three months.
iller'tofore, inquiries from the east
(ve lx-en mostly for large sizes but
ttely the inquiry has heen for all
2ts.
Th low prices received for prunes
as caused by the fact that the spot
iarket in the east has been decline
Sg certain const packers have
ten quoting extemely low prices.
Mr, Paulus nays that it is pro
ijblei other sales will he made as
ncro' in now considerable inquiry
rom the east and that several deals
re pending,
j i ,
i Through tho efforts of Senatot
shark's I.. MeNary and the Oregon
JrowfrH Cooperative association, the
jfrtittid States senate finance com
aittae has approved tho house emer
jipne tariff hill in which a duty of
ur fronts a pound was placed on
heroes. Also, a duty of 20 cents
f.bof was placed on apples
I The executive committee of the
ifar of directors of the Orcpron
Jrovifcrs Cooperative association, el
ptea at the annual meeting in Jan
taryi Ml II. Harlow of Eugene, pres
fleat; Gordon Voorhies of Medford,
Srst5viee president and Allan Boll
nger of Scotts Mills, second vice
president. The other two members
re George Zimmerman of Yamhill
juid R. A. Busenbark of Roseburg.
JThe rommittee meets monthly.
IDAHO FOLKS VISIT
VIETII HOME AT PARKER
, Mf. and Mrs. Ed. Vieth of Parker
njoyed Inst week a vteit from their
Id friends, Mr. and Mrs. William
nCeyer of Burley, Idaho. The Gevers
find been spending a few weeks in
, California find stopped at Parlter
while enroutc home. The Orepron
country appealed to them and they
iiny return to stay permanently..
'iai,''WiB n i nniiiiiiiiiuiiuiiiiiiii Aiiiiiwiii.jiTim
STEVENS PROPERTY IN
MONMOUTH IS BURNED
A ten-room houm in Monmouth,
located one block north of the First
National 1'unk building, and owned
by J. 1). Ktevena of Independence,
was entirely destroyed by fire early
Tuesday morning. T h o building
was two Ktorl and biiKi-mcrit, valued
at approximately $4000, und there
was an insurance of ubout $2000.
Recently the property had ben
b ased for one year to J W, I'ember,
who lives in a place adjoining it.
It was not occupied, but there was
a stove und some furniture in the
house.
The origin of the fire is not known.
It If", believed to have been due to
homebody 'occupying the place un
known to the lessee or owner and
was probably due to carelessness
rather than any intent to .burn the
building.
The Monmouth fire department re
sjHinded promptly to the call for
assistance. The fire bud gained
Kii'h headway, however, that the
efforts of the firemen were directed
in keeping the flames from spread
ing to adjoining buildings, anil they
not only accomplished this but sev
eral nearby uhade trees appear to
have escaped injury.
The house was built many years
ugo und Mr. Stevens acquired It
about four years ago, It hud been
intermittently occupied for some
time as a rooming house.
MANY ATTEND FUN
ERAL JASON ARRELL
The memory of Jason Arrell was
honored last Sunday by Independence.
While in the service of his country
in France he paid the supreme pen
alty more than two years ago, and
the remains were brought here for
a final resting place. Under the di
rection of the American Legion, fun
eral service! were held in the Meth
odist church and interment with
military glory was made in the
family plot in the Odd Fellows cem
etery. In the procession to t h e church
were the handful of surviving Civil
War veterans, the members of the
Woman's Relief corps, the Ameri
can Legion and tho Oregon National
(fUnrdsmen.
There was music by a quartet
composed of Mrs. C. W. Irvine, Mrs
Sarah Young, Mrs. M. J. Butler and
Miss McDonald, with Mrs. C. J.
Mcintosh as pianist. A prayer and
scriptural reading were offered by
Rev. Ebert, am' !K Duij-,o,e pail
tribute to the in. mi ry of the young
.nin who was lb' first fri.o Ind.
pendente to be K! rif iced upon the
althr of rightC'.i.".iess in the world
w.i.
A the grave the mi'itary Luna!
w.-. enacted, VJa being done by N;it
icriH. Guardsmen.
nu-rr Arrell wu born in St. Paul,
Pl.n'irsota, in 1 'J't In company
''' his nare its, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Arrell, he came to Buena
Vista to reside, and spent the great
er part of his life up until his enlist
ment in the vicinity of Independence.
June 21, 1918, he was mustered into
the service at Camp Lewis, was im
mediately taken to France, advanced
to the front with such rapidity that
he died the following Sept. 24 from
wounds which he had received while
in action a few days previous.
Beside his parents the young man
is survived by five brothers and two
sisters. The brothers are: Emmett
of Coos Bay, Kenneth of Independ
ence, Oscar of Klamath Falls, George
and Francis at home; two sisters,
Mrs. Harris Ebbe of Dnllnfc, and Ida
at home.
BUSINESS MEN WILL
FORM: GYMNASIUM CLASS
Independence business men are
to form a class for athletic sports.
The first session will be held in the
armory next Wednesday evening and
the date of subsequent ones will
undoubtedly in a large measure de
pond upon the recuperative powers of
the aspirants for rejuvenation, but
the purpose is to make it a weekly
affair.
Marbles are not barred, niether is
boxing, and it is probable that some
of the "hasbeens" will endeavor to
climb into the limelight of basketball
and kindred sports. The affair is
under the auspices of the Retail
Merchants' association and it la
desired thnt a's many members as
jpossiblo attend.
INCOME TAX MEN
HERE FEB. 3-5
Assistance in Cmopiling Re
ports to be Given
by Officials
In order to render all the assin
tanco possible in the compilation
of income reports, two deputy col
lectors of the internal revenue de
partment will be in Indcpemlenci:
February .1, 4 and 5, They are J. J.
Collins arid O. V. Roberts,
In making the announcement
Collector Milton A. Miller says: It
is the purpose of this office to
render any and all assistance possi
ble to the taxpayers in making out
their income tax returns for the year
l'J20.
While this has not been announced
it has been customary for the in
come men to establish their head
quarters at the Hotel Heaver and
it is probable that Messrs. Collins
and Roberts will do likewise.
They are also scheduled to be at
the court house in Dallas, January 31
to February 2.
FATHERS DEMAND WORK TO
PROVIDE FOR CHILDREN
Spokane, Wash., " We must have
work to feed the mouths of our
hungry children."
"We would rather work than steal
and do not want charity."
Carrying these signs, more than
200 married men of Spokane, many
of whom say they are destitute' and
unable to furnish food for their
children paraded the downtown
district Monday morning in protest
of the present lack of work, ending
their line of march at the city hall
for the purpose of demanding of the
city commissioners relief from pres
ent conditions there.
Commissioner Smith met the com
mission named by the unemployed
men at the entrance to the city
hall and told the representatives of
the unemployed that he could not
open city work for them because
of the lack of money fo r such
improvements.
The commissioner declared that
the city council cannot produce work
at will; that the people must say
when sewer and other city1 work
be carried out.
"You must appreciate the posit
ion we are in," declared Commissioner
Smfth. "The city 'officials cannot
create jobs whenever they wish. The
taxpayers pay the money. We will
open new work just as soon as we
can.
MANY ATTEND FUNERAL OF
MRS. JULIA F. SPERLING
The funeral of Mrs. Julia F. Sper
ling which was held from the Presby
terian church last Friday, was at
tended by many of the old friends of
the estimable woman. Dr. Dunsmore
officiated and interment was made
in the Odd Fellows cemetery. The
pall bearers were: L. Damon, Will
Craven, P. II. Drexler, W. II. Cockle,
C. W. Butler and J. E. Hubbard.
Among those from outside points
in attendance at the funeral weres
Mrs. A. L. Sperling, Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Butler, Misses Helna and j
Freda Sperling of Portland, Mr. and,
Ms. Ernst Zielesch of Parker.
POMONA GRANGE MEETING
IN MONMOUTH SATURDAY
The Tolk County Pomona Grange
will meet at Mbnmouth on Saturday,
Jan. 22. Manager A. G. Clark of
the A'ssociated Industries of Oregon
will give a talk upon the patronage
of home industries.
Dr. Powell will speak on rural
health sanitation, and there will be
musical and other numbers. In addi
tion, there will be some discussion
on proposed legislation.
A home product's dinner will be
prepared by the members of the
Monmouth Grange.
NEW MEMBERS SCHOOL
BOARD FOR PARKER
At a special school election held
in District iNo. 11, IParker, P. T.
Peterson and A. B. Lacey were ele
cted director and clerk respectively,
to fill out the unexpired terms of
members- who had moved away.
LEGION WANTS
NO CASH BONUS
Local Boys, However, Favor
Loan and Entrance
Soldiers' Home
Independence I'osst of the Ameri
can Legion has gone upon record as
being opposed to a state cash bonus.
Tfii uftittn u.'iia t'ikim 'At a arwp-
'
ial meeting of the post luht Sunday
morning and was without a dissent
ing vote. The pout however, is in
favor of a state loan to ex-service
men not to exceed a couple of thou
sand dollars, drawing four percent
interest, and upon a term of years
sufficient to make the transaction
worth while.
The post is in faveor of the sold
iers home at Roseburg being opened
to all ex-service men of the Btate.
As one Legiorr man expressed it:
"We believe that if a cash bonus
is to be paid the service men it
should be done by the federal
government rather than by the state."
FINE NEW QUARTERS FOR
GUS MILLER'S MARKET
Gus Miller of the City Meat Mar
ket is having the building which he
recently purchased two doors south
of his present location remedied
with the expectation of occupying it
about the first of March.
The building is to be enlarged and
completely remodeled and will be
equipped with a modern outfit. There
wilj be a basement the full length
of the building for the ice and sau
sage machines, a smoke house will
be added in the rear.
There will be a new, front with
windows refrigerated for making
displays of meats and new counters
and other equipment,
Mr. Miller has been engaged in
business here less than a year and
is meeting with notable success.
The business has increased to such
an extent that MV. Mllier has found
that be must have larger quarters
to properly care for it.
Mr. Miller has evidently an abun
dance of confidence in the develop
ment and growth of Independence.
Recently he purchased a home here
and then a little later added to
his holdings a home for his business,
which he expects to have in readi
ness a few weeks hence.
T. J. SULLIVAN SURPRISES
INDEPENDENCE FRIENDS
"Tim" Sullivan, a former well
known resident of Independence,
sprung a surprise on his local friends
last Saturday evening by his arrival
here accompanied by a bride of a
few days.
The first announcement that Mr.
Sullivan had become a benedict was
made when he arrived at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. George Carbray and
introduced Mrs. Sullivan. His sis
ter, Miss Lizzie Sullivan, was at
the Carbray home at the time and
the announcement came as a happy
surprise to her as well as to the
Carbrays and numerous other local
friends.
Mrs. Sullivan was Miss Ruby!
Meyers and her home was at Coqu-
ille, Coos county
With the feli-
citations of numerous friends, Mr,
and Mrs. Sullivan departed Monday
for Myrtle Point, where they will
make their home.
Mr. Sullivan has large timber
holdings in Coos county and is now
building a sawmill at Myrtle Point.
For many years Mr. Sullivan made
Independence his home but for the
past few years he has been spending
his time in the Coos country and in
Canada. His friends were of the
opinion that he had become a con
firmed bachelor and' he put one over
on them.
The many friends of "Auntie '
Ingram will be pleased to know that
she has taken into the heart and
home, a little girl who needed just
the love and care that Mrs. Ingram
could give her. The home being
made desolate thro the death of
her husband Some weeks ago, Mrs.
Ingram felt that in mothering a
child she would not only make the
remaining yeai-s Tess lonely for her
self, but she thus might be the
means of bringing joy into the life
of a little child. It is predicted for
this little one a happy home and
the kindest of care.
SISTER OF MRS. SOUTH
DIES IN PORTLAND
Mrs. M. J. Perry, a sister of Mrs.
Anna South of Independence, died
in Portland, last Friday. Mrs. Perry
was a resident of Albany for many
years and a member of an early
Oregon pioneer family. Concern
ing her death, the Albany Demo
crat says;
The sudden death of Mrs. Perry
- t
comes as a tdiock to her family, j-ho '
went to i'ortlsria a Khort tune ago
visit her two ons. and anrtcarec
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1 to tie in troo1 heaitn. hne was born i
September, 1819, on the donation land; gcr l be PuIle(! off ' in the
claim of her parent-. Mr. and Mr3.amor' her" Vrd nilit- -January
Alvis Kimsey, in Yamhill county five J28' when '"h? track of the
mihi south of Dayton and spent all. DaIla Jv'atioKaI Guarfl W'U meet the
her life in this state. She was a'rnero- j Ind('PrKlt"nce Legion-Guard five,
her of the I'aptkt church and a wo-' h,I late in 0i'eninK the season,
man of high ideals. Beside ore bro-j8 1&cal bo-vS are '"'tting a fast pace,
ther and one sinter, be is ' survived ' ievcral ameH have Uen I'layed and
bv four daughters, three znt! elev
en grandchildren and .three great
grand children.
Thi. da.ifrhtf.p arn MY. Adda Tiir -
ner of Dallas.Mrs. E. F. Hoffman of
McMinnville, Mrs. J. G. Chris
tensen of Gresham and Mrs. W. L.
Jackson of Albany. The sons are
E. C. Perry of Scio, and C. C.
Perry and Wilson K. Perry of Port
land. W. A. Kimsey of Albany and
Mrs. Anna 'South "of Indopendence
are brother and sister."
!The funeral was held in Albany
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Rev. B. F. Fellman, pastor of the
Baptist church, officiating.
LOUGHARYS HAVE
HONOR EXHIBIT
Jersey cattle have been the
means by which a long string of
honors have been conferred upon
Frank Loughary and his son, Ivan
Loughary, and the trail to the
! Loughary ranch gouth of Monraouth
has become a nationally beaten one.
The younger Loughary was in
Independence Wednesday and placed
upon exhibit in one of the widows
of the William-s Drug company
sufficient evidence to show that it
is Polk county against the world in
the aristocratic Jersey family.
The Loughary herd was the heav
iest winner at the Oregon state
fair in 1920. At the Pacific Inter,
national Livestock show in Portland
a few weeks ago the Loughary herd
won more! blue ribbons than any
other herd and a total of more rib
bons than any other herd. The
Oregon Journal cup, awarded to
this herd for the first prize breed
ers young herd, is in the display here.
Naturally, the Lougharys are
quite proud of this first prize dairy
herd, of which the judge, George
W. Sisson of Pottsdam, N. Y., said:
"The finest dairy herd I have ever
seen in a show ring. They show
type and production combined."
The Loughary herd was the win
ner of two seconds and one fourth
in the register of merit classes,
showing that these cattle are ranking
high among the producers. They
have bred and now own the second
highest testing cow in the world.
She has an average test of 7.53 per
cent.
"The Loughary farm is located six
miles southwest of Monmouth. They
are son and grandson of L. W. Lough-
ary. a pioneer of Polk county.
And it might not be out of place
to add that the Lougharys have not
secured their jersey fame by accl-
dent. It has takeh years of intelll-
gent direction, coupled with much
hard work, to attain the results
which they have acquired.
SPECIAL TRAIN SUNDAY
' FOR ISIS FEATURE FILM
Arrangements have been perfected
by Henkle & Nelson for a special
train to be run over the Valley &
Siletz on Sunday, Jan. 23, from Hos
kins -to Independence for the accom
modation of those who may desire to
witness the spectacular film produc
tion, "WThen New York Sleeps."
The train will leave Hoskins in time
to arrive here for the afternoon per
formance, which will begin at 2:30,
and will return shortly after the per
formance ia finished.
"When New York Sleeps" held the
board's at the Columbia in Portland
for 15 consecutive days, and is re
garded as one of the real feature
productions of the season. '
In addition to the afternoon pre
sentation there will be two Sunday
evening, beginning at 7:15 and 9:00.
BIG GAME WITH
DALLAUAN.28
County Seat Guard Team
Wil! Meet Locals in
Armory Here
What h regarded as the big event
of the season in basketball circles
1 1 for Ind-.-periderice will be a contest
which hut, been arranged by Mana-
tney are still holding the thousand
, percent- While they recognize that
Dallas has a speedy bunch of play-
! ers they wiI1 tntel" th Contest With-
out trepidation, and it is expected
that there will be an exceedingly
clever exhibition.
The Falls City high school will
come here tonight for a game with
the Independence high school. The
local boys are getting into the work
with zest and have made a very
creditable showing.
Alumni Defeats Hi
A quintet of former high school
boys, composed of Otis Scott, center,
Buren Smiley and Charles Calbreath,
guards, Eollo McKinney and Elmer
Addison, forwards, for the second
time took the high school boys into
camp last Friday evening by a
score of 14 to 16, as a preliminary
to a contest by O. A. C. students
jgucceeded Addison fa fte second
half.
In the high school lineup Craven
was center, Schrunk and Ray, for
wards, Joe Smiley and Burright,
guards.
The jLegibn-Guard team had an
easy victory over the O. A. C. club
team, the score being 46 to 8. In
the visiting bunch were two local
boys, Harold Reynolds and Gilbert i
Loy. The home team had the ad
vantage in size and were in ex
ceptionally good form all through
the contest, repeatedly doing effect
ive work. The Legion-Guard line
up was: Schrunk, center, Mix and
Black, forwards', Archibald and Hull,
guards, with Mulkey and Seggel a
(substitutes.
The Legion-Guard team will play
the Dallas Guards at Dallas this
Saturday night and a week from
Saturday m'ght the St. Johns bach
elors in Portland.
MRS. COLBY DIES AT
HOME IN ORVILLE
Mrs. Amanda Marilla Colby was
born in Suqusehanna county, Pa.,
November 29, 1843, and died in
Orville, Oregon, January 14, 1921,
aged 77 years, 1 month, 6 days.
When about nine years of age she
came to Oregon with her parents
by way of the Isthmus of Panama.
Thus she was reckoned as one of
the early pioneers of this state.
For more than fifty years she was
a member of the Christian church.
A loving and devoted wife and
mother, always self-sacrificing for
the good and comfort of her family
and friends.
The funeral was held at the home
of the bereaved husband last Sun
day, services being conducted by
the Rev. F. S. Clemo, pastor of
the Methodist Church of Indepen
dence. Many friends of the family
from Salem and elsewhere were pre
sent at the services. Burial was
made in a spot on - the home place
selected previously by the deceased.
She is survived by her husband,
three sons and two daughters, also,
five 1 grandchildren. Her end was
peace.
ANOTHER EXTENSION IN
AUTO LICENSE DATE
Secretary of State Sam A. Kozer
announces that there has been .an
other extension of time for tho own
ers of cars to procure their license.
Mr. Kozer figures that his depart
ment will have the jam of applica
tions which poured in at the be
ginning of the year cleaned up by
January 26, and he has instructed
the peace officers of the state to
grab you if you attempt to operate
your )car after February lpt with
out the required permit.