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si
filsl YEAK-No
1921
fNEHAS t
JIU f villi
ilf, CKOr iwra
four M' ,iaTU "w
Built To Handle
.Year'f Harvest
I .rrrlgT increased to
, than M'CtoW W.
f h b'1 n,0kll,,r rxUn,Vi
uj to harvw "
IIU furnlfdi nccommmmla.
.... Htn .r more worker
employed during th ,,ck'
i'"'1 . . t,..n e-rwir.
d confronted with lha
f grubbing timber t In.
ki. arreago "(J luiltlin
I A til new tnlliK, rqulppirg
I.J.iih machinery and building
Led other building, Mr. WW-
M having n rHwiiHuv
i. i .. u.-ll lorn th
j OJ , -" -
s pUnncd that at the open-
I the picking -iort IN year,
'if in In resume ,u,r
, of th brM hop crop f
r
r..l
WfHiw'l 'rJn re exception
HUM! a l 'H conditio1,
otdcU hop vim-, in tba i(1(i,.,,en(i(,m,
district. A 17 foot trellis Is u ,,d
,thr, htm ,. a very thorough culll
vntlrni during tho present Benson, Thfl
vine are loWl with hop. fjVl.B
th 'hnbien" are making r;rimrk.
nolo showing.
L
OFFICIAL FIGUKKH INCKEA.SI'
itixmiu OF ILH-F COW
Fi
' me
Th
remarkable performnn,,,
'St. Mawe'
of L.
ocal Man I, Given'
Present on Seven
ticth Birthday
r. r"
Harry D. I Jiff, "St. r,." V 'J1. well known
Lly I confirmed by lh. A ' Z 1 f - district,
Jrry dub. h official fltt
inr that h has Bt only broker, the the realm L ' C0U1 f
wnidi roecml for Junior Vfarllmr Mr Vitt ( , u ,
but th.bturf.t production or 2 tr V
yk'bl an announ(ci) lant we.-k
I . nan a proviNion that
i Wh in u ...i.. . ,
St. Mwe UdV . ' B'-l,"n" -. ro of
my -rain h put on tt, .thftrt , Mr. Fitz-Gn,d h " T, 1
by u,(iu,nt ,vcnU, WM paid on.-h.If of hi.
IIITFN4 viqti mitiii. . "'fcfiuauun( Known k
Vl.lt IN IMJf.l'KNDKNCEot bwi v.-ry H(UvP durrg the past
jf.-w y..rB. rwin,r to a ronsider&ble
Hamy M. Nh of Uu-n VUt :
FITZ-GKRAlDPAIfT
$1000 BY YEOMEN
HOP PICKING IS
Pickers Are Coming Strong
And There Is Room
For Many More
The hop harvest is on. Picking
has been started in anumber of yards,
but it will not be in full swintf until
Mor.day. Hundreds of ..people have
como here from outside points and
trair.B and automobiles will continue
to swell the number until after the
first of the coming wec.k
It will require approximately 5000
li. F.DUNSMOREIS
EXPECTED HOME TODAY
VETERAN CIVIL
WAR DIES HERE
B. F. Dunsraore, son of Dr. H.
Charles Dunsmore, b on the last lap
of a journey which will brmsr him to
hi home here after grading two , Charles A. Dick Is Vic;im of
years an a unuea cuicca sanor in me ,
submarine service. He will arrive in
Portland today, it is expected,. on the
destroyer Celilo from San Pedro,
where his enlistment expired August
24.
Enlisting In. New York, he spent the
major part of his time on submarines
on the Atlantic coast and in ihe Gulf
Heart Attack Masonic
Ceremonies
' Charles A. Dick, a veterrn of' the
Civil war and a resident of Independ
ence for many years, . died at his
home here August 26, a su Wen attack
of Mexico, winding up 'with a cruise i of heart trouble being the cause. He
getting back to nature by indulging jNome country.
in camp life, and at the same time, n totter to his father, he hai ex
earn enough to pay expenses and ac-PreSf,cd his intention of permanently
cumulate a little stake. forsaking the sea, cr.d may remain
married t the PrW.yt.-rfati maiite
!at Ksturdiiy afternoon, by Dr. II.
tuarlfn pummore. Tlie
,y0n three lto by WBtr.jwa erformrt at 4 o'clock and
ceremony
I tttf.: iriit'sti'in, with the
ia! the dry w not miri
wltnrd by Mr. CJporguj Saywim,
the trldt-'i mother. Mr. 8. N
isr iwtirf!i!? cnu-nt in ir IJrroama mother and inti-ra Mrs. V
. t ' ...
k I Tiforoun grtm th and
: fonnatkin of hp.
-f ihe lupervio't'ii "f William
t ilf r.tw .l'i',!) kiln turd
t, .,!e rx-m, with
fcj'rr hlrh will handle a
'hm in h;vf a minute. Thi
i, Worlinr x k!ln, three
iarirf ben bui!t a few yar
!V!Trirmer(t I with a trip
i!) cilh'-r f ii! with the
in th renter, forming
ffr!w in planning hie kl!n
fv&w (Ji cii'-tomary m.thd
drf MVm hU'h In the ttlr,
swvtunry t haul the green
iffomt Mory fr entrnnrr
ii'ni. Iwtrad of ftrnvUHre
R. Devtne and Mra, J. K. Tar.fK ami
II. E. Prathrr.
Mr. and Mr. N'ah went from here
to SJm, a.'!. I will return t I!una
ViU, where a home h U-ing pre
nml
"T (if mmh'r fr.r.vln
Mhi-r placfH-, and no iffuit was made
to add recruits.
Plans are now being perfected for
activity. On th first Tu-slay
evening in October a meeting will be
held in the Knights of Pythias hall
for the flection and installation of
officers for the ensuing term, arid
then the purpose is to hold regular
niM-tings on the first Tuesday even
ing of each month.
Mrs. Rol Walker, who took an act
ive pnrt in Vecmenry circles in the
pared for th-ro. They will be at home j Coos Bay district, has been appointed
to their friend after September JS. ; district deputy for this district.
Roth the bride and grown have jThe present officers of the Indepcnd-
here.
large circle cf friend, and felicita
tion are being freely extended.
SMITH CAR IN DITCH;
ONLY SLIGHT DAMAGE
Chris Muller of Balderee camp,
Frank Smith, while driving in bin
Frd t.!an Wt front of Verd Hill's
pla-e jut uth of town, yesterday,
the machine blunged down a five-foot
embankment on the east sid of thejwas s.riouly injured last Monday
highway. Sir. Smith is of the opln- afternoon while at work in the rig
Ion that the t-ering gear failed toeing. The young man was caught
'f (- of npprnxImAtety funetion properly. Anyway, theiin a tighfering line and thrown into
ence homestead are
Foreman Mrs. F. R. Arrell.
Master of Ceremonies Francis
Brown.
Correspondent Mrs. Roscoc Staats
CHItIS MULLER INJURED
AT BALDEKEE CAMP
hcktiehth oti'y about eight
ilkwrd, Mr. Wcrline contend
! th me curing heat fan
M it i eoni'i'rtle 1.s r
'r M.
hkw'ya slight grade w the
leading to the kilns, ellmt
jt 4 Mity of uiting a cable
i tin kd to the unloading
" from where the hops are
1 mutyti llhe '"hort distance
'Km
bf-Tt room Is of sufficient
W 1M.0O0 i-nsnds of cured
l!er is erected in the
f protects with movable
rrsnged that It can be
f. Winning at tho Imttom,
crowded into bales, thus
T1 the Iwise hops to gravl
wfil the baler.
'-"I their families, there will
to 5oo pw,,!,. n the WcHine
"t the picking season.
o smalt task to nrovlde
. a uir nu many ana va-
S-'mehts have been made.
"r'n has one furnished apart
iM It has 18 apartments of
m ch, and ea h room h a
Sove, bed. table n,l )... I r
Ff building has two moms and
m there Is still another
wi-urnished rooms, one or
-buildings and 55 tent,
erhn, say,. "Considerable
:fnl now in hops I have had
;Tr rrubbd and l,lnHtoI from
" Jold of the plaeo thrtc
It U expensive but the
. '"every best in. tho valley
, - r...ucing wonderfully.
si iu , experience when I
,'h"BOPttmo,Ihnve been for
, ""it a very capable fore-
; c.Eo f. It hMnnt ft lot
F conditio . . "' "" lo 118
!m. ' 1 ,ryu are goin
if- ou can't be a piker
e' l the expenditure of
first thing he realized he was in the
ditch, with machine tipped over on
Ita kle The oidy damage was
broken light in a door, through which
Mr. Smith's feet had found terra
firma. Mr. Smith was driving at s
very rrwlcrate ire, and this is prob
ably what prevented a serious accident.
lias
Mn
rh. . e hnrwd; of 1924
h'a hons under
rccelva. in .
"" iu cents per
pS'noouip.
7'ine bP:
mt house he bought
Co. ' : ' om J. o.
Ni r. . nor has all
fl Sn of the
r-xiinrg
I, Ts at
Loggi
ng com-
WOODCLTTKie WITH NECK
HUOKF.N', TAKEN TO SALEM
Ole Anderson, a woddcuttcr in the
employ of J. T. Merritt in the camp
about four mile north of Independ
ence, had hi meek broken while
felling timber on Thursday of lust
week. He was working alone and
baching. When ho did not put in an
appenrwica at upper time, other oc
cupant of the camp began searching
for him. He was found lying across
small log with his limbs paralyzed.
He was taken to the Salem hospi
tal and brent hwl his last Just aft'r
being tdnced In n ward. An autopsy
was performed tho following day, by
Dr. F. G. Hewett of independence
and Dr. Mott of Salem, showing
fracturn of the neck.
Andron wns about B5 J'cars old
In M. r.tNnnal effects were a few
..t. .!!., imliVntinn- that he had
livml In Portland for a time also a
few dollars ,'tm chang, other than
this there was nothing to show
i,- rom. It was uwler-
atood around tho wood camp that he
had a famfly at some point in the
San Francisco country, from whom
h hnd aenarate.l. Ho was working
Under tho Industrial accident insur
ance.
inn r ivnrn niiOS. ARK
nvuiMi.ivu" - . . ..rnt"
BUILDING HIGHWAY Ciwr.a.
Kullander Bros, have taken a con
tract to build a cement cuive ....
racific highway north of R.ekreal .
Work was slnrtel xuesuny .. --
be rushed to completion
customary Kullander push.
the air with fearful force.
Tho injured man was taken to the
PaHas hospital at once and Surgical
aUI rendered. Mr. Muller is an ex
service man about 25 years of age,
and unmarried.
Mr. Mulb-r died h the Dallas hos
pital Wednesday morning.
He was one of three brothers to
enlist in old company L, Third Ore
gon, at the beginnirtf of the war.
All saw active service overseas.
Walter and Frank were seriously
wounded, but Chris, the youngest
escaped unharmed.
A military funeral will be hekl at
Pallas today, under the auspices of
Carl B. Fenton post of the American
Legion.
through the Panama canal ar-d to j was past 79 years o'd.
San' Pedro, Calif. J Funeral service;, were held from
; Young Dunsmore, previous to his . . . .
people to handle the work during th , lenlistment. was in a hosoual for w 1 re8D-e"an church bur.day afcer-
picking bcason. A large majorky ofleiht months, recovering from an ,Toon at 2 o'clock, Dr. II. Charles
these come from outside points, pre- accident which occurred while he was ' Uunsmor-e officiating, and interment
parwl to spend about three weeks in i working on a boat running into the j was made in the Odd Fellows ceme
tery with 3Iasor.se Service by Lyon
lodge, of which the deceased had been
a member for just half a century.
The pall bearera were: D. E. Fletcher,
C. A, McLaughiin, Frank Dickson, G.
G. Walker, Ross Nelson, Fred
OTlourke. - Funeral director, A. L.
Keeney. -
Mr. Dick was born in St. Charles,
Missouri, March 13, 1842. He en
listed in the Civil war in Schenk's
company II, Missouri volunteers,
August 20, 1862, and was discharged
February 20, 1863, on account of
weak lungs. He passed several years
in Montana, coming to Oregon about
1874. He was married to Rebecca
Layton at Albany, Oregon, Oct. 8,
1876. Mrs. Dick died last December.
Two daughters survive: Mrs. Eva
Dunn of Toledo, Ore., and Mrs.
Maggie Graves of Independence,
and three grandchildren. '
In addition to being a member of
Lyon lodge, A. F. & A. M., he was
(affiliated with Independence Chapter,
Royal Arch Masons and a charter
member or Oeneral Oibson post, u.
A. R. ""' ' ' "
Mr. Dick was devoted to his family,
a good neighbor," and had a kindly
pleasant disposition, which won for
him a large circle of friends.
with the
ir'ine
FOUR CARLOADS GRAIN
LOADED AT rA''""
Four carloads"Tflrnln from the
r-l T- V ifla ( lliliif '
been loaded at Tftrker during the part
week ami consigned to the .OrjP
Grain' Growers' association -
SKIFF MILL IS BURNED;
EMPLOYE IS INJURED
The sawmill of Dr. Skiff of Salem,
located near Kirgs Valley, was en
tirely destroyed by fire Mor.day
night. In attempting to save his
car, which was stored near the mill,
A. S. Lydny, an employe, was (se
riously burned about the body. He
was taken to the Pallas hospital for
treatment.
Walker Bros.. Iluth II TTnnna
Burton estate, Sloper & Pat.on, with
yards just to the north of towr
started picking yesterday; the R.
Clemens Horst company will start tho
ball aroling today; E. M. Young is
at it and Homer S. Wood is well
under way, and so are Cook Bros.
C. A. McLaugliin. will begin Mon
day in both yards, Sloper Bros., Wal
ker & Walker, Donald P. MacCarthy,
Sam Irvine at approximately the same
time. George W. Werline will open
operations today, and Mr. Pankalla
started work yesterday.
The Wigrich is under way, but it
will probably be Monday before op
eratiorjs there attain full capacity.
Messrs. Damon and Herron, who
do their picking jointly are working
in the Herron yard. Davidson &
Hedges will start Monday.
S. F. Morihiro, at the Dewey Hill
yard, has started, so has R. E.' Porter
field. Varre Butler starts Monday. Vir
gil DeCoster and the J. R. Cooper
estate are busy with the harvest, oper
erations having been underway since
the starring of the early picking.
In fact, in all of the local yards,
there will be activity during the next
few weeks.
In some yards additional pickers
can be used to advantage. There has
been about the usual switchirg from
one place to another by pickers, but
growers are of the opinion that there
will be plenty of help to handle the
crop.
Indications point to favorable
weather conditions for the next two
weeks and if this proves to be the
case the harvesting will go forward
rapidly.
OLDEST LIVING OltEGON
PIONEER HERE ON .VISIT
Benjamin Biers, for nam years a
resident of this locality, and the oldest
livirg Oregon pioneer, H here visit
ing with old friends. Mr. Biers has
been with his son in the Yaquina
river country for the past year or so.
Born in Connecticut, Mr. Biers lard
ed in Oregon with his parents in 1837,
the family "settling at the old Metho
dist mission north of Salem, when
about a year and a half old, and Ore
gon has since been his abiding place.
Mr. Biers is 85 years old, but the
years are resting lightly upon him.
Aside from a slight inconvenience
from an jinured limb, he appears to
be in fine condition, and is still in the
harness.
LANE PRUNE DRYER
IS BEING REMODELED
Frank Lane, who has a prune ranch
a few miles south of town, is having
his dryer remodeled for the coming
harvest. Mr. Lane, in common with
other growers in that locality, has a
fair crop of prunes this year.
MAIL DELIVERY
IN VOGUE NOW
23 TONS STRAW FOR
CHICKENS TO PLAY IN
Hard knocks are good for a man
unless he's doing the knocking.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
chicken business of Dr. R. E .Duganne
can be gained from the fact that 25
tons of straw have been provided for
the chickens during the coming 12
months. The straw is baled and was
delivered at the Duganne place during
the past week by James Winters. It
was secured at the McLaughlin ranch.
In order to make chickens function
regularly as egg machines, it has
been found that they must be kept
busy. All grain is fed by most poultry-men
in a straw litter, the purpose
being to make the chickens do a regu
lar course of exercise in order to get
their breakfast, or supper, as the case
may be.
Dr. Duganne will have this fall and
winter about 1500 laying hens. Board
ers are not countenanced in his yards.
With David Haley as carrier, the
delivery of mail matter in Independ
ence was started yesterday, and is
a welcome progressive step. ; Mr,
Haley found hijs first delivery re
tarded slightly from various causes,
but expects that within a day or two
everything will be working smoothly
and regularly.
This is the first city delivery ser
vice to be established in Polk coumjty.
Dallas made application for the ser
vice, and it would have Been started
there at this time, but some of the
residents of the city neglected to se
cure the required mail boxes, with
the result that action has been post
poned until the mail box requirement
is fulfilled.
To secuie the best results from the
mail delivery it is necessary that the
patrons do what they can to cooper
ate with the carrier, by having their
street and number placed on all
mail matter. In fact, his is a require-
HENRY E. CAIN DIES IN
CORVALLIS AFTER OPERATION
Henry E. Cairr, for the past year
and a half field agent for the Inde
pendence creamery, died in Corvallis
last Saturday, following an operation
for abscess. Mr. Cain was well
known here, having made frequent
visits during his connection with the
concern. .
Funeral services were held from
the home in Corvallis, Monday, in
charge of the Corvallis Masonic lodge,
of which the deceased had been: a
member for a considerable time.
At the burial services those in at
tendance from Independence were:
Manager E. C. Bradner, Tom Clifford,
Oscar Anderson, Fred DeArmond,
Miss Betty Stillwell and Miss Faye
Johnson of the creamery force.
Mr. Cain was held in high esteem
by the Independence creamery of
ficials and employes.
Mr. Cain was born near Amery,
Wis., July 9, 1970. He was married
October 17, 1895. To this union three
children were born, two of whom sur
vive: Mrs. Roy L. Couch of La Grande
and Mrs. George E. Hinze of North
Bend.
In 1897, -Mr. Cain, with his family,
, moved to western Kansas, where he
mert of the postoffice department.
The task of getting the delivery,., ,-VAimiU nf 1Qna
started throws considerable addition- h(J wenfc gat Lake c;fcy remaining
al work upon Postmaster Wood, arid there umU February, m8 when he
this coupled with the fact that it t Corvallis, kvhere he had
hop picking Season and hundreds of M j
fll ' The Port of Missing Men f
."K I I I
r-i ( , . . ., . , . donT csraARiE) AOK, .rMMjusr if new
: r Wtvto'sw : HOT y r"
fipm Mam QciS:
MpV! (!''' THg PRE5SIN6 tNGMIMENT. '
strangers are temporarily having
their mail come here, makes it im
possible for Mr. Wood to devote as
much time to the delivery service as
he would like to. He stated yester
day, however, that inside of a few
days he will have everything work
ing smoothly.
ADDISON FALLS 30 FEET
ONLY SLIGHTLY INJURED
The giving away of a ladder Wed
nesday noon at the Grant McLaughlin
place gave Fraiik G. Addison a 30
foot fall. He landed on a platform
with the ladder across his body, un
conscious, and after coming to and!
taking stock of his injuries, found
that a wrelnched ankle was his major
grief, although there were bfruises
from head to foot. Mr Addison feels
that the goddess of chance was with
him in this case, as the settings were
all there for a much more disastrous
ending. Mr. Addison was hobbling
around yesterday on crutches but ex
pects to be back in form in a few
days. '
He was a member of St. Thomas
lodge, No. 306, A. F. & A. M. of
Colby, Kansas, and Bruce Command
ary, Knights Templar, Phillipsburg,
Kansas; Knights of Pythias at Inde
pendence. He was converted at the age of 11
years and united with the Baptist
church and was a member ofthat or
ganization at Corvallis.
For nearly six years his wife had
been practically an invalid, and his
one thought and aim appeared to be to
do all he could to lighten her burden.
SAM HANNA HAS GOOD
YIELD CLOVER
SEED
From a 50-acre field of Second year
clover S. C. Hanna, a well-known
south of town, farmer, harvested six
bushels of clover seed to the acre.
Not only is the yield good, but it was
remarkably free of foreign sub
stances. '
Mr. Hanna fs a great believer in
the efficiency of clover for the re
juvenation of the soil.
are some of the land.