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JOT il l. 4.i,i VTMT Va 'If. INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, FEBRUARY 18, 1921 t: Mia i li 11 I )i fYi 13 1 14 Ml Vi r A 17 V 5 4 t r PJ V;J SvJ IL ETCHER BIG MAN OF HOUSE ht With Highway Com nission Watched With Deep Interest E, Fletcher of Independence, ?eentativo from Polk and Lincoln itieu, la 'developing into the big I of the house. Supported only f rleud.1 whom ho has been able mliat In his cauac, he in fighting all-powerful machine of the tate jway eommission. Bucking such I has made hia caue xo spectac f that een such consistent oppo ta to Polk county aa the Orego 1 is reluctantly admitting hia jity. It.' Fletcher ia fighting for the Alon of the Pacific highway High Tollc county aa enacted by alative - net of 1917 and subse ntly confirmed by a vote of the pie of the stute through Dallas, nwouth and Independence. !i order to change the routing of 1 highway the highway com lion has caused to be introduced the house two bills, knowu aa 312 and 314. No. 312 would give highway commission full power :ha location of highway. It was oduccd in the house and without ration Mr. Fletcher fought it ao ! KUVKIt Clllh IS MARRIED HERE TO C. D. RITCHEY V At the homo of M. and Mrs. Job McLcod, last Tueaday afternoon, oc curred the marriage of their niece, Hemieee Rebvkah Larscn, to Clarence I). Ritchey, of La Centro, Washing ton. Aa the' young people atood before the large bay window, which waa banked with potted plants and pun ay willowa, and under an arch of green vinea, Dr. Dunsmore, using the beautiful ring ceremony, spoke the words which Joined together these two lives. The bride wore a most becoming traveling dress of blue tricotine, and was given in marrige by her father. After the ceremony, a three course lunch was served. A pretty bit of sentiment connected with the wedding was the fact that the bride's cake waa brought to the table on a large blue and white plate which has been in the family of the bride's mother for more than one hundred years, and which has ben on the table at every marriag feent which has yxtbured in the family during that time. Mr. and Mrs. Ritchey, mid a show er of rice, left that evening for a week's stay in Portland, after which they will be at home to their frienda at Elam, Oregon, where Mr. Ritchey has charge of some large lumber contracts. Mrs. Ritchey is well known here, having been born and spent most of her life in this vicinity. The groom, while a comparative stranger among us, is a young man of sterling qualit ies ami has made many frienda dur ing his brief visits here. The good wishes of friends for a long and prosperous life, will follow the young people to their new home. fluents present were: , Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Larscn, father and mother o f the bride. Saver. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Harris, Wells, Miss Latrelle Kemp, Mr. and Mrs. Job McLcod. CIVIC CLUB'S CARNIVAL A BIG -SUCCESS LEGION FOR POLICIES AND NOT POLITICS D. E. FLETCHER nai.raly that ifbiirely - passed 'm been smothered in the senate. 'hting every inch of the way, Fletcher wits able to kill No. 314 it was taken up for cenvsider- in h hoime Tueyday. It is ubtedly the biggest feut which een accomplished by any legis during the present session of c-gi.slaturc. ree fourteen is the most vicious f modern legislation. It would tho highway commission practi- j ' unlimited power. The Czar of a in his puimy days would have but a small change player com to the authority the commis ittcmjpted to have itself invest tli. It provided that irrespect f the protests of the taxpayer :mmission could go ahead and o. a county into debt without In other words, even though taxpayer in Polk county ! file objection the commission have authority to go- ahead uild , highways in Polk county len proceed to collect from the ' the cost of grading, whatever ht be. ed at every turn so far in 'ort'to keep tho Pacific high Independence Post of the American Legion feels that tho supnort ;i a of J. F. Ulrich overstepped the bounds of decency in attempting to draw the Legion into politics in an article published in the "Recall Bulletin" f February 1 1th. '( G. G. Godfrey, post commander, i says: "The constitution and bylaws' of the American Legion do not permit the Legion to enter into politics. The Legion stands for poli cies and not politics, independence Post took no part in tho lecall fijrht, and the intimation that it was doing so "was undoubtedly intended to cre ate strife in the Post. With a community hou.1" for Inde pendence as a big objective for some time in the future, the members of the Woman's Civic club put on the first of a series of "separation" par ties in the armory Monday evening. The affair was a gratifying success from every standpoint. The Jadies are about one hundred dollars to the good and those who attended the affair were furnished unique enter tainment, includng delcious refresh ments. Attractively arranged on one side of the armory-were the refreshment booths and they functioned to capac ity until everything In te edible line had been exhausted. Then there were the entertainment places, where you could get your fortune told, gain a peep at "Stella," a glimpse of the "hereafter" and uncover the identity of "Shadow." Mrs. And Polk county is still functioning in the same old way. Asa B. Robinson is county judge, receiving a much stronger endorsement in Wednesday's election than he was given when first elected to the office a little more than two years ago. It was some little fight, or rather, the preliminary skirmishes gave indications of a real bat tlebut it proved to be largely smoke on the part of the recallers. And this election has broken an Oregon record. Recall ing county judges has become quite a pastime in Oregon, and Polk is the first county to kick over the traces in the 1 little game. By a vote of nearly two to one Polk voters have declared that they are in accord with Judge Robin son and the policies he represents. It is certainly a fine endorsement leaving no possibility of a misunderstand ing in the matter. And a peculiar part of this election is that there was no just cause for its foundation. During all the time the vu..1,.g(, 6oiii0b ii ia woo ucmg wageu mere was nOl The punch booth was presided over uae ueveiupmeni Wmcn reiieCteU Upon niS Cnaracter aSi by Mrs. Walter Plant, Miss Plant n vi nvt'swe Itin V.Ki. L j 1 T I J el" t a mem ut ilia ixuuiiy aim nunesty as a puDiic oiiiciai. tanu OJ18 Iwse- There Were insinuations. Of rOlirSP J?nr! tWp wprp rnnlM Weinies Mrs. Frank Smith, who were dissatisfied with some of his road policies, but there were no instances of where the law had been violated, where he had squandered the people's money or committed any other act which might make it plausible for attempting to railroad him out of office. The recallers made the unique pre-election claim that the stars were with them, but the sun was apparently with the Judge. For the first time in weeks the sun furnished real service and it no doubt had considerable to do in dispelling the "black cloud" which has b6en hovering over Polk county for weeks. Of course more than 2500 other sons and daughters ioined in the affair. There was keen interest in the election all over the county, and Mr. Robinson carried 27 of the 37 precincts. In Independence he was given very strong endorsement, the AirHe man getting but 31 of a total of about 700 Buena Vista, however, is entitled to the blue ribbon. giving him 143 votes with only two against him. Dallas jcuiufu jxi Linv Hnapu wnn a nanasome majonty, west Salem, Brush College, Buell, Salt Lake, , Jack son. Spring Valley and Eola tallied on the right sirie, and so did East Rickreall. Mr. Ulrich polled his heavy vote in Monmouth, the Falls City country. Suver, and carried his own precinct of AirHe by 22. He also carried West Rickreall, Buell, Oakdale, Rock Creek, Salt Creek by small margins in most cases. - The Crab club held its regular meeting at the home of Dr. and Mrs. O. D. Butler, last Friday evening fom. Dallas and Independence, highway commission ii's still R in its effort to overido the of the people of Tolk county. Mr. Fletcher is still on the job. y not be able to stem tho tide commission's steam roller in :nar dash during the closing f the session, but then again, e!ory of the highwn'y com-l'-t , fight tho Oregom'an (of Thursday had this to say concerning Mr. Fletcher: "D. E. Fletcher, representative for rolk and Lincoln counties, is the fly in tho ointment. Mr. Fletcher is nf- fablo and well liked and has gathered enough friends to line up considerable opposition. "Mr. Fletcher's one hobby in this session is if possible, to force thei highway commission to build the Pa cific .highway through Polk county as, designated in the road map of 1917. The representative has success fully blocked certain bills on road matters and managed to kill another. "Independence contends Mr. Fletch e-r has not been fairly treated by the highway commission, so he is raising his voice in protest. In the office of the speaker today Mr. Fletcher, Com missioners Ycon and Barratt and a delegation frora Independence threshed over the ojif dispute and got nowhere. Mr. Fletcher had no mind for compromise and the commission stood pat. He declared his determin ation to fight to the finish, even after tho commission submitted to him all ,tho testimony and records which were used in the court saco on the Polk county controversy." , Precincts Douglas Jackson Salt Lake Spring Valley Eola W. Rickreall E. Rickreall Buena Vista ....... Suver Airlie Bridgeport Salt Creek McCoy West Salem Black Rock Pedee Buell Brush College .... .. Lewisville Oakdale Rock Creek Falls City Monmouth First Dallas Second Dallas ...... Third Dallas Fourth Dallas .... .. First Independence ., Second Independence Third Independence . , Fourth Independence , Kobinson 49 81 73 ' 79 49 ' 34 ' 50 143 23 59 54 68 ' ' 46 152 4 36 37 80 I 40 Vl 50 11 81 73 ' 146 116 150 115 186 172 168 156 Ulrich 56 19 18 19 16 72 37 2 52 81 50 128 42 17 21 21 40 5 17 76 12 201 353 67 39 81 54 11 7 3 10 MU. U. 7 38 Ma. R.. f 62 55 60 33 I 13 141 29 22 60 J. W. Dimick. Coffee Mrs. O. A. Kreamer, Mrs. Hugh Hanna. Waffles iMrs. M. J. Butler, Mrs. Howard Morland, with Mr. Morland and Dr. M. J. Butler as chief swamp ers. Noodles Mrs. F. L. Chown, Mrs. Lester Neal. Doughnuts Mrs. E. M. Young. Pies Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. Fitch ard. Prunes Mrfe. 'FJdridge, Elmer Chown. The "heart" booth was presided over by a bevy of high school girls, and Mrs. Rourke was the fortune teller. And for real thrills there were "Stella," in charge of Mrs. Hubbard and Mrs. Sarah Young, and "Here after" as portrayed by Mrs. Clyde Ecker and Miss Madeline Kreamer. As for "Stella," it was intimated by some that she had a resemblance to Max Goldman, a well-known local merchant, but of course that must have been imaginary as "Stella" was declared by her feponsers to be a female of the specie, and as Kipling claimed, more savage than the male. "Ye who enter here leave hope be hind" was the wav Dame characte red one of the porMs to the lower region; "Hereafter," nerhops, did rot take you clear to the bottom, but it gave one the impression that you might be slipping over the brink with no assurance of a safe landing place. But to go back to life's realities, can yon imagine attractions like "Stella,? "Hereafter" and ' others holding the attention of such ser ious minded men as Dr. O. D. Butler. "Hank" Mattison, S. Taylor Jones, "Dinty" Moore, Dr. F. G. Hewett and dozens of others, why enumerate, when there were "pipin" hot waffles, hot dogs, delicious DOUBLE HEADER SATURDAY NIGHT Salem Guard Team to Meet Locals Here High School Game Two basketball games will be played in the armory here on Satur day night. Company M of the Oregon National Guard, Salem, will meet the Legion-Guard five and the Stayton high school team will con test with the local high school boys. The contest will open at 8 o'clock and it is anticipated that there will be an unusually large attendance. Both games ought to be fast, clever ones, and of course, the local boys are figuring upon keeping the bacon at home if it can be done fairly. . Last Friday evening the Indepen dence high school went against the strongest aggregation of the season in the Molalla high school. The visitors were genuine heavy-weights, well trained and fast, . the lightest one being 165 and heaviest consider able over 200. The local boys put up a good fight, but the visitors car ried away the honors, the score , be ing 14 and 29. The high school basketball team went to Beaverton Wednesday night and was trimmed- to the tune of 28 to 9 by the high school five of that city. The Beaverton court is an ex tremely small one and the local boys were unable to get on to the angles. Independence was represented by Prof. O. D. Byers, Robert Craven, Melvin Ray, Dee Neal, Manley Bur right, Dean Craven, Joe Smiley and Frank Schrunk. , PYTHIANS WILL OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY WITH PROGRAM The 17 3 26 1. 120 280 135 15 75 23 79 77 69 61 175 165 165 146 2532 1571 603 1564 The first returns to be received in Independence were from Buena Vista and were such a landslide for Mr. Rob- (Continued on Page 8) homemade pies ready for attention. But. there is a capacity limit to all things, but it was a noticable fact that the food producing plants were the first to cease functioning. Dancing formed the concluding part of the evening's entertainment. It was no small effort to stage an affair of this kind. In the Civic club, however, there is apparently unity of action, and success must naturally follow. anniversary of Pythianfsm will be fittingly observed by Homer Lodge, No. 45, Knights of Pythias, next Monday evening. An excellent program has been arranged under the direction ' of Chancellor Commander W. H. Cockle and Dr. A. C Hanson, keeper of records ard seals. The- program fo!!rws: Saxaphone trio W. E. Craven, J. S. Robbie. Gran M Laughlin. Solo Dr. L. E. Barrick. Solo Mrs. C W. Irvine. ' Recitation Alberta Williams. Solo Mrs. M. J. Butler. Solo Paul Scott. Address Frank S. Grant, supreme representative of Oregon,. Knights of Pythias. C. W. Irvine will be presented with a Pythian jewel as a reward and mark of esteem for more than 25 hot doughnuts, i years of continuous, faithful member- Mrs. Charles Cowan of Corvallis was the guest last Sunday of his daughter, Miss Elma Cowan. JUDGE ROBINSON IS APPRECIATIVE OF ship. Dr. W, F. Locke of Denver, a for mer resident of Independence, will receive like recognition. A jewel for him has been forwarded to a Den ver Pythian lodge and will be pre sented to him with due ceremony. H. C. HANNON GOES TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUPPORT p I am deeply appreciative of the confidence bestowed in me by a large majority of the voters of Polk county in Wed nesday's, election. In all of my public acts I have tried to carry out the wishes of the people and the strong confirm ation given in the election is indeed gratifying. ASA B. ROBINSON. H. C Hannon, a resident of the Hopville district south of town, for many years, has sold his place there, and accompanied by his wife and son, left yesterday for East Bakers- field, CaL, with the expectation of making that his home. Mr. Hannon's rroDertv was Durch- ased by J, C. Fidler of Dallas, who will occupy it. At Craven & Walker's book store there is bein displayed for the re mainder of, this week an exhibit of book plates. These pen sketches are made by an artist who ha's studied a number of. years at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass., and the Art Institute of Chicago. This ex hibit will be of interest to those who appreciate high class original . work.