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Friday, January 21. jj! INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE Page Four i. s TO OVERLOOK F0I3LES Published Every Friday by Z. C. KIMBALL Subscription Rates One Year $lf Six Months 75 BACK OF THE RECALLWHAT? The recall motives are crystalizing gradually they . i i j i . . . . i. have been comine to the suitace ana uiey peiem a sorry spectacle. Perhaps they are more disappoint ing than surprising, with just the garden variety oi - eoifisVmPss as the microbe. Because Judge Robinson refused to be bullied into a willful violation of the expressed will of t he people in statutory fonn he gained the enmity ot tne state wwav commission. ' which, of course, has resulted in his being grossly misrepresented and criticised by Portland newspapers and tne "me too" ecnoiiers aiung the line. Such a thing as equity, law, or justice nas received no consideration from that august body in its Polk relation. It has been a case of the mighty Caesar wigwagging and lordy what a scramble there has been to get into the commission's chariot. This proselyting has been going on for months until even the Monmouth Herald in all seriousness is pleading for a redemption of Polk county's netar ious reputation. And how did Polk county gam this notoriety? The Herald has been consistently silent upon this point The Enterprise is wagering a guess that the editor - - - , T i il 1 ...L' I. 1- of the Herald helped to enact tms law wmcn iit is now condemning Judge Robinson for upholding This flaw has neve? been declared unconstitutional and just when it ceased functioning is a matter upon wThicn tne enterprise neeas eiuigmenmeia. as cue measure carried the permit to issue a few million dollars in road bonds in addition to specific designa tion of the towns through which the highway must pass, is it possible that this has been declared "a mere scrap of paper." Such an attitude might become of "interest to the bond holders. It would appear a whole lot more consistent on the part of the Monmouth paper to abandon this virtuous attitude of public weal and pollying and come out and declare that it is in favor of recalling Judge Rob inson - in order that there may be a possibility of having the Pacific highway built south from Monmouth. Of course the Herald is not telling the readers that it will cost Polk county many thousand additional dol lars the Monmouth way. It is silent upon this matter and the soft pedal is used in giving its justification. While back of all the recall looms the Pacific high way question, other minor matters have entered into it. Judge Robinson has not been able to satisfy all Polk countv folks. That would be an impossibility for anyone, especially in a county which has been raising one dollar for road purposes where a hundred ought to be used. And yet this does not seem to be thoroughly understood. It has not been a difficult matter, through persistent agitation, to get the dissatis fied ones interested in the recall. There are likewise other cases where the, judge has created enmity by refusing to sanction unlawful acts. Please bear in mind that the Enterprise is not holding- up Judge Robinson as a paragon either as an official or citizen. He has done and is doing what he believes is right has conducted his office along that line. He has probably made mistakes the same as all humans might do. An investigation will show that as far as his private lifo is concerned it is unblem ished tA in the handling of the county affairs he has been irv-cr the impression that he was presumed to be the trustee of the people. No money has been fool ishly squandered and he has endeavored to get full value received for Polk county the same as he does in his own private busirrss affairs. The Enterprise is of the opinion that Judge Robinson is entitIQd to a square deal. Nothing more or nothing less, snd that he will gef it when it is finally submitted to the people in due form. The camouflaging and misrepresentation which has been prevalent will be substituted by actualities and the motives of the in stigators will be shown in their true light. Herbert Spencer's Funalnete a Trial to Thoco Who Did Not Know Hl Real Klndneta. More examples of Herbert Spencer's Irtitutlnir foibles ami extraordinary pettiness are superfluous, but two of Iheui will bear the tellhiK. A fiieml bad the iiort unity of see ing lu full working order the famous ear-stoppers tliat Spencer used to wear, Probably some frivolous re- mark of the friend obtained him this i privilege, for In the- middle of the meal Spencer, with a Axed Klutiee at blm, pressed the sptlnjc that cloned the hole of each ear. After luncheon the host ami friend sat chatting lu the garden, when there 1 came an Invitation from Spencer to take a drive with him In his rubber tired car rinse, the message adding that we are not to talk." When they were retaining from Spencer's foneral Sir Michael Foster told this friend the following story: Spencer detested cushions, and the trouble was to find a chair that was hard In the seat and yet comfortable. So, at a last resource, he hud a seat covered with some Inches of soft plas ter of parls, and sitting ou that made an Impress from which a wooden neat of an exactly fitting pattern was cut. Against a certain undeniable fus slness there should be set the fact that Spencer had a soft place In a heart that seemed adamant, and there are stories of spontaneous acts of kind ness nud of offers of help to the trou bled and bereaved that redeem much unlovely behavior. Lives of Great Men All Remind U The recent plight of the three balloonist in the frozen North reminds one of the notable exploit of Kobeit Edwin Peary discoverer of the North Pole. His first attempt to attain the goal was made in 181)7. April 6, 1919, twelve years later, saw his tireless and heroic efforts crowned with success. FARMERS STATE BANK Independence1 It takes time to avc money. You muot etart sonio time. Beicr start a Savings Account with u NOW HE HAD BUSINESS ELSEWHERE Diner Didn't Care to Walt to Gee the Result of Hie Carelessness With the Pie. Dr. Fabyan Franklin has a friend who vouches for this story. Coming downtown on the elevated one morn ing, he was struck by the explosive temper of a red-faced, choleric man SB. PASTOR FOIt CHUISTUN CHURCH HAS IlEEJt SECURED Rev. HarilU Hull of the Bible Uni versity at Eugene ha accepted a call to the Christian church in Inde pendence anil service will be held rejrularly. For the present Mr. Hull will come here on Saturday and re main until Monday, Hppnd'unr the balance of his time at Euirrne. SALEM BUSINESS WOMAN ON" EASTERN BUYING TRIP DAYTON IIUS1NKSS ME.V FIX ON ItOAU ROUTE Mrs. Ma Solof of the People's Cadi Store in Salem is on an extended buying trip' in the East She will viwit Mineauvlis, Chicaro. Phila delphia, New York, Boston, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, and eurouto home will stop at Seattle. Mr. Solof is making a deep study of market conditions and Is emleav. orinjj to buy merchandise direct from the factories. Dayton The Dayton Commercial club has passed the following resolu tion: "Be it resolved by a member ship vote, that the Dayton Commer. cial club go on record fuvormjr the passage of such a bill! with the designation of a road as follows: Roo-irininir nt-. Tlnvtnn Ore., end run-. on a seat nearby. This ian, annoyed ; . , . , v .w s i !. v j i i nine south alonif the road commonly because a youth facing h o had placed B M1UWI1 H9 VOL" XUVl'l IUOU III1 f f f rw Salem." COST OF LIVING IX OLD EX' DAYS IX OREGON DESVKIBED his feet on the seat which the wan oc cupied, burst out in a storm of pas sion, denouncing the- youth In tones that aroused the attention of passen gers In the adjoining cars. lie finally stamped out on the platform at a stop, boiling with rage. That noon Doctor Franklin's friend ' University of Oregon, bugene went Into a self-service restaurant for Life in early Oregon, while it may not have been as pleasant as the Mrs. A. B. Robinson attended the Whist Club- meeting in Dutlaa on Wednesday afternoon. OREGON WORSTED HOME KNITTING YARNS lunch. Getting a plnte of vegetables and meat, and one of pumrjkln pie, he placed them on the broad extension arm of one of the chairs provided for lunchers, and made room beside them for his cup of coffee. As he was fin ishing his lunch he reached for the pumpkin pie, and clumsily knocked It off the chnlr arm. To his horror he saw It disappear into the gaping pocket of a large over coat carelessly flung over the next chair and then he perceived the own er of the overcoat hearlug down upon him, all unconscious of the accident, with a plateful of food. It was the same red-faced, choleric man whose frightful temper had amazed the ele- vcted passengers! As goon as the culprit bad per e'eived that be waited to see no more, New York Evening Post. An Expressman. Speaking of juries, a veteran Cleve lander recalls the dillleulty experienced In securing a jury In a noted alleged poisoning case of many years ago. One of the men summoned was both dense and deaf, with a limlt-wl knowl edge of English, defects which were developed as his examination pro ceeded. "Have you formed or expressed any opinion regarding this ?ase?" the law yer for the defense asked. "Hay?" "I say, have you formed or expressed formed or expressed do vou get that?" "Yes, yes. Farmed or expressed. Sure, I haf farmed and now I am ex pressing. Dot's all right." Hut the expressman was excused. Electricity travels about 62,000 miles further in a second than does light. Gas and Acid Stomach Relieved in Two Minutes aratff!Sffi?Zil2a by taking a heaping In the state prison at Charlestown, Massachusetts, on a recent Sunday, there took place a ceremony that to j the superficial .student of human i nature might seem pathetic and dis i heartening. In the presence of all i the prisoner;-; the warden presented teaspoonful of JUTO i to fourteen of the inmates Victory ?ta J?13' of ho i medals that the United States govern- water. Absolutely SW arm less, bold by i.a2teBMstEij All Druwn'sts. lilt k&&flkM A stitch in tme will save you nine and dollars, too, with automobile tires. Retreading, Rebuilding Cas ings anything from a bicy cle tire to a 5 inch auto tire. ; Bicycle Repairing and Bicycle Ac-cesories. Try me with your next tire job. All work is guaranteed, and my charges are very reasonable. Van's Tire Repairing Shep C Street, Independence i ment had awarded to them for their i servieecs in the great war. Pathe- tic it was, if you please, hut not disnoimomrig; f,,r if the recipients, every one of whom hud committed some crime, had good enough in them :-o f;hort a time ago as to serve their country ai they did, they cannot I50 wholly had now. The in. cident should he interesting to others besides students o f penology. Youths' Companion. Amber Long In Use. The modern use of oil of umber, both externally and Internally. Is often mentioned. It has been denied that amber was known to the (Jreoks In very early times, the (Ireek electron having heen used as n niime both for it and for an amalgam of gold and silver, u species of gold ore washed j down by the I'actoltis; but amber has j actually been found at Mycenae, and the fact that the electron i;ee!:l:1ee ineimonen m tne Xlyssey is said to have been a gift from I'hoenieia means much. The Phoenicians are known to have introduced nmber into the K:e;. arid Herodotus s;:ys It was brought from the Klvi'r Kridanus in the west of Ktiroiie. living conditions of the present gene ration, with its motor cars, electric ity and other things now thought to be essential to living, had some very distinct advantages. In a recent pub lication of Oregon Historical Soc iety, some very interesting figures are given as to the cost of living in this state in about the year IK.17. The records were those of Kwing Young, who was sent to California to bring back some cattle for the early settlers here, and were com piled by Dean F. CI. Young, of the school of sociology of the Univer sity of Oregon. An cacurate account of every expenditure was kept imd submit ted to the Willamette Cuttle company, which w.'is organized to bring the cattle to this state. The figures given show that while living expens es were small, wages were no larger in proportion. Modern conveniences such as moving pictures and other luxuries, had not found their way into the habits of the people and money went much further. Wages were never over a dollar a day, according to the figures given in the Young accounts. This is in marked contrast to the $4..r)0 a day which is now paid for the most unskilled kinds of labor. Costs were not out of proportion to the wages, however, and a saddle is listed at $2.2.". A good saddle these days will bring around $50. Fur ther on, a rope is listed at 25 cents; forty pounds of pork was purchased for 10 cents a pound; wheat could be bought for r,0 cents a hushel, while the present price is near $2.00. Hoard could he had for about $8 per month. Clothing prices as shown hy the "counts were hut a small n:ir of he amounts charged at the present ime for wearing apparel. A pair f shoes was bomhi. for ?2: ;i shirl nld l,r li- fl for CO cents; "panta loon-;" hroivht .-round ?,-l -.er pair, although ii: .--ome insf-siees ihv are priced as low a;i PA0. y cares were recorded where article!; co:-t extreme 1 over the present r.riee-s, the whole j account showing Uiat .1 man cold i buy more at- the earlier date with his day's v.-it'cs than he eoul.-l at r. recent The wool grown in Oregon. The Will in Sell wood,, Oregon. The Manu facturer in Roy T. Kinhop. a native on raised in Salem, Oregon, ami you can buy the yarns of C. T. Hinhop, proprietor of the Woolen Mills Store, Salem, Oregon. Sample vent on application, Ad dress C. P. CISIIOP Hox 75 Salem, Oregon. New VUw Mn. Grlinm "Ami yuu u liiif to be my aon-ln-law?" He "lly Jovr! I hadn't l of that!"Tit-IJlU. i An OpdmUt ' Let poets ai( their illllriK iont And gaylj smitu the lyre; ! Give me the man who whitlii lie's putting on a tire. ' -Exch' Tke Knocker " I do not care for old man Uru Ho thinks we huve- a rotten (j lie knocks by night and n. e day, And yet lie 4ii-n't move ' DYES TO BE SUPERFLUOUS? Short Cut to Gorgeous Colorings Being Worked Out by a Wlisrd, It Is Said. A. W. Prabhiirir of Olnr, S. C, soon to be known ns the Wizard of th Cotton Patch. P.tirhaiik's only rival, an nounces that the AiiH-rlcjin dye Indus try Is unnecessary, or lit least soon will be, according t" Prutf and 'beinl cal Markets. For has lie lurt crown cotton nlre:i'!y dyed various shades of brown, green, blue, pink and irniy nw It comes on the plnnt? And does h not expect to proiln Mac!; !n 11 few years as well as all the color of the rainbow? Puns will the need of colors for cotton be obvl.-tte.I ntnl the weiiltll i that now Is bclnn accumulated by the I dye barons wITl be diverted In the j cotton growing district of the South. .No mention Is made of dyes for wool, but even these will be tinneces wiry when some genius undertakes to spend half a lifetime erosxhreodlng sheep to color their fleece, nnd this Kenlii.s would huVe less dillleulty than with cotton, nn he would have ready at hand the world over supply of 'black sheep." Then It would only be necessary to teach the silk worms to turn out colored silk after feeding 011 the flower bed anil the lltix plant to produce green libers from green sand, blue from blue marl, rod from red clay, and Muck from loam, nil In finitum. Wonderful prospects, II-' Snuff was uaed in ths Indies long before tobacco wIi trodueed to Kttrope, m There is an aid superstition ?' bride who finds a spider of. wedding gown fs bound to he The Russian eats on an?1 SKe once every two hours. tx The women voters of View' coed the men bjr '.'5 percent. Washings By the Pound 11 r a! Ir All modern laundries now large volume of family :jr ings at a low pound rate. Cee is only 10 rents a pound, t All flat pieces are nicely irlh ed, the balance ready to ii' ! Pure soft water and )k modern washers, water extr ors, drying and ironing synt aud sanitary surrounding j j)( dure fine results without nt.'j j or friction on your gurmr'r The coht is less than h hu methods the convenient-. 1 comfort indeed. Try will he jdeasi-d. Wl rv us, rJJ Independence Steam Laundry ! iud de 01 j Phone G021 ?t,l On Selecting Don, Haphazard selection nfdooiv: f u,e ready-made variety ,s,( yhl not be al lowed In the building i'f a (!: .,. home, decl.-ires 1111 iiimouiieenieiil I .Me d at Chicago by the lumber Interests. Ii.H1ri should be designed by the nrehlleef who builds the structure, timi o TIT: . IT. 1 -rtr i inibn inargarer, wane, newspaper writer, has been mentioned as social secretary to Mrs. Warren G. Hard ing. She has held a similar post .with Mrs. Fairbanks, wife of the former vice president, nnd has a wide social acquaintance, which began when she was editor of the society page of a Washington paper. Pets of Pr isoners. Visitors to prison have noticed lhat prisoner, like other folk, are fond of p.-ts awl that iheir pet I;; U''Uera!Iy n canary or other species of bird. There is a reason for this: A bird takes up little room and requires little food, whereas larger animals could not very easily be kept in confinement. Afost prisons have rules forbidding inmates to keep pets, but visitors to several of the smaller prisons have sometimes observed mice as well as birds and an occasional log sharing cells with pr!s- ; ' s has decided not, to employ oners. In one of the large state oriw- any more women, if it can -ret men oris a long-term prisoner was permit- to work equally well at the' ame . 1 to a desire to help reduce ihe un. etploymcrt of men. Several hundred women in M'ish.-u ""aka, Tii'l., have formed what Uiev crdl a "battalion of death," for the ourpo'so of watrinar war on the hold-up men. 1 he women will meet regularly I to take part in trarret practice under competant instinctors. may be keeping wit!, ,,. style of the house, It i- riaiiw If is ioii,ted out that In lb Hon of an attractive and dl.s doorway dej.ends the vl- iti r . 1 pl-e-.-ion of (he heme 1. ;,i "tder. Kecoiiiiling the li.!orv of lumber matiufaclnn r-- pr,jh n early days woodea ilnor ; .,V(. on soekels in-'eail 01' ii,n:.a'i. oiiimie ages dooj-s ver and In the gothie per; 10'! II I -netie Baby Chicks1 !fa Now is the time to place y jrj orders for March, April ilr. May Ilaby Chicks, er eig weeks old pullets. My atei better than ever all lloganU birds. I have introduced fainiu,s Tancred f. C. flV I.eKhorn Cockerels this si"' Price for Ilaby Chicks $18 I liuudrei I lac( In less lots UOc w your orders now and covered !n Ihe lii'hl.V curved "ere iiearlv oinicaie oriianieiitallon extending as part of the hinges. cure dates for delivery. Tj pel cut, with order, balance fore liipment. i Rose Lawn Poultry j Yards j W. L. PICK, Proprietor. j MiLWAUKIi; OKK(i0y I Uoute 1, Pox m -K i Vi The Pnltimore and Ohio railroad, r' tsar W il p.ow and plant earlier and later when you keep the excess water off your farm. Drain your farm with everlasting clay tile. CENTRAL CLAY PRODUCTS CO. Phone 4211 Monmouth, Oregon