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INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, FEBRUARY 18, 1921
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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
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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-
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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.