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Polk County
""" (Polk County Itemizer)
Sheriff John W. Orr Monday after
noon took James Rhotem one of the
two youths who has been held in
the county jail for several weeks
charged with auto theft, to the state
school for feeble minded at Salem.
The lad,, who is of juvenile age, was
a runaway from that institution when
he and Lloyd Zachary ran off with
W. B. McKowan's car from Falls
City and were overtaken at Willows,
Calif., and brought back to Dallas by
Sheriff Orr. Zachary will be held
for action by the grand jury.
The Fox having abandoned the
burrow in the county jail, the Coon
came back. Monday afternoon
Frank Coon, who ran away from jail
a few weeks ago while working on
the outside as a trusty, walked into
the sheriff's office and announced he
was tired of being a fugitive from
justice and was ready to complete his
term of 30 days. He was locked up
by Deputy Sheriff Hooker. Coon had
21 days of his sentence to serve when
he took unauthorized leave. I
Mr. Crant brought tho hide to Dallas
and will have it made into a rug.
There is little or no prospect of
having a paved road further than
Rickreall this year. This is evident
from the progress that has been made
on the paving thus far.
Up to last (Wednesday) night the
paving was but a short distance east
of the Polk station road, having
started from the city limits at the
Brown place. This shows that but
little more than a half mile of paving
has been done all last week and the
first three days of this week.
At the same rate of progress it wi
take about seven weeks to reach Rick
reall, and this is the time it is est!
mated will be required by the men in
charge of the work. Seven weeks of
good weather is all that can reason
ablv be expected after this time of
year.
There will, therefore, be about four
miles of bad road in getting out of
Dallas to the north during the winter,
Realizing that this stretch cannot be
paved this year the contractors are
putting on four inches of gravel from
Derry to Brunk's corner, to which the
pavement is laid from Salem. A large
part of this road has been graded
during the past months, with the re
sult that the duet is deep and fear
some. It is believed that the gravel
will be pounded down into the dust,
which twill become mud when the
rains start, with the result that the
road will be all but impassable. There
is but the one hope that the road
from Brunk's corner to Independence
will be kept in good condition.
Another feature of the paving that
is attracting attention and consider
able apprehension is the condition of
the hill immediately north of town.
This hill has been cut and graded,
and the fill is flow too narrow and
will become a regular mire if it is
not heavily traveled. The county
commissioners have previously an.
nounced that this piece of road would
be widened and graveled, but the
work must be done in the imme
diate future if it is to be effective.
INDEPENDENCEENTERPmSK
RAILWAY MEN BEGIN
VOTE ON WAGE CUT
MAY MORNING
By MOLLIS MATHER.
sss$ssstttttttrrt tt
OREGON HAS INDEBTEDNESS
OF NEARLY $35,000,000
Salem During the last five years
the bonded indebtedness of the state
tt . , , , of Oregon has increased from ap
Homer Arstell, 17-year-old youth,; . , snn nan tn , . ,sn ,nn
V Anita v. j u j v j .i m j v " ,'---1' -
. T . (I .. 1 , , . 1 T , p m .
rvuo uorruweu ine rora car oi i.. i.
Alsip off the street on the r.ight of;
August 20th, resulting in its being j
run off the road and badly damaged
the next morning', was brought back
from Hebo Saturday evening by Sher
iff Orr. Monday afternoon the lad
was given a trial before Judge Robin- j
son in the juvenile court and was sen-,'
tenced to the reform school. He was !
paroled to his parents on condition
that he pay all costs in the case and
.reimburse Mr. Alsip for the expense
in having the car repaired.
Mrs. Ora Cosper, grand secretary
of the Oregon Rebekah Assembly, was
at Ballston Tuesday evening, where,
with the assistance of jthe J degree
team of the Sheridan lodge, she insti
tuted a new lodge of Rebekahs. There
were ten charter members and eigh
teen initiations. The r.ew lodge has
been named Ora, in honor of Mrs.
Cosper, and will be No. 228.
(Dallas Observer)
Prune growers of different sections
of the state, including Dallas, have
agreed upon the price they will pay
for picking prunes this year. The
rate fixed is 6 cents a box, with a
bonus of 2 cents a box for those who
stay through the season. It was fur
ther agreed that in orchards where
the prunes are too scattering this
year, that the pickers will be paid at
the rate of 30 cents an hour. Last
year the pickers were paid straight
10 cents a box, without bonus.
according to a report prepared here
by O. P. Hoff, state treasurer.
I Included in the aggregate indebted,
i ness were Oregon state highway
I bonds totaling $28,640,000. Oregon
! farm credit bonds amounting to $450,-
000, Oregon district interest bonds ag
gregating $390,300 and Oregon vet
eran's state aid gold bonds in the sum
of $5,000,000.
In addition to these bonds there
will be sold on September 30 and
October 10 additional state securities
aggregating $7,500,000. Of the latter
bonds $5,000,000 will be used in ad
ministering the so-called soldiers'
bonus, and loan law enacted at the
last session of the legislature.
WAS EXPECTED TO PROTEST
Customary at One Time for Speaker
of House of Commons to Re
sist Appointment.
John M. Grant, former sheriff of
Polk county, killed one of the largest ;
black bears ever seen in this part of
the state Sunday on Laurel mountain
about 15 miles west of Dallas. Mr.
Grant, who when he is not raising
hops is in the employ of the state
as assistant fire warden, was going
over the trails with Patrolman Gosso
when he spied a large bear in the
trail.
Grant fired at the animal and
brought him down, but the bear put
up a pretty stiff fight before being
killed. The animal weighed over 1,000
pounds and the men had great diffi
culty in getting him to their camp.
In one respect a newly appointed
speaker of tlie British house of com
mons may congratulate himself that
there lias been an abandonment of
some of the old customs, for he Is
no longer expected to make un elabor
ate pretense of unwillingness to accept
his great office.
This pretense was carried to great
lenjhs ut one time, and the cere
mony took m some points of likeness
to the bridal customs of savage coun
tries, fnr the speaker v;is expected to
make a sliow even of physical re
sistance when loci to the chair.
It was not an original custom of the
house. Far hack in history it appears
thnt siipnlrtrs nrotestetl to the house
j and to the crown against their elec- I
1Uin nnlw t-!irn ttiv rfnllv flM not '
want to he unpointed. It seems to J fhouKlt
have been under the Tudnrs that a
ridiculous subservience was Imported,
nnd it was expected of the speaker,
Hint tie ;h-mhl "iniike renenterl ex- !
X 111. Wnliri Nwippr Uulutt.)
John Townt drove through the vil
lage on hie quickest route to,the city
beyond. The ride wm longer thau he
hud anticipated, In his wish to evold
close treliiM, end the spring time vista
of field and meadow, brought from hint
no coimcloue admiration. Above all
thing, was John practical, end title
Journey but neeeenarjr factor In a
necessary arrangement of hie Itfe'e ft'
ture plan. Jeremy Dewo, the success
ful president of the greet company In
which John Towne hiuuelf had made
his way, wae dead. Jeremy Pawn
hid died several months ago; but John,
Installed as succeeding president, bad
been tee buey to seek the carrying out
ef the plan which ble superior unfolded
to hint on his tick bed.
The capable Junior member ef the
business concern wae well aware of
the need of an efficient mlstrtM In
his home. Tbe pretentious building
that John had fitted for a dwelling,
was to Mm merely a well ordered In
stitution. Upon several past occmIom
where he had been a gueat at Mr.
Dawn's summer home, John had rec
ognised tbe value of a worunn'i hos
pitality and home management. The
poise and lutrlUgene of Mre. Jeremy
Dawn chinned him. John Towne pic
tured his future wife ai Just such a
woman, and dlnplrd of finding this
paragon of choice. Now, the wife that
Jeremy Pnwn bad named for Mm was
no other than his own daughter, the
daughter of this perfect woman. Tho
girl had been at college, John re
membered, during his visits to the
Dawn's home, but he had absolute con
fidence In bis shrewd old friend's Judgment.
As John Towne reached the lat hill
he decided, wearied of rouh roads,
to leave bis car In town and continue
the journey by rail. He drove up to
a girl seated on a stile and asked the
way to tbe village station.
I hnve," John told her crossly, "Just j
ten minutes to make my train."
That," p'easnntly remarked the girl
In the red sweater, "is nothing In
my young life."
John stared, then he glared ; w hich
ppeared to the pretty creature In
teresting but not disturbing. She con
tinued the hum of her song as s!
started down hill. All at once. John
realized amazingly the beauty of the
morning, that nlnk flowers neeiu-d k-
I tween gnt-u loaves that th girl's
j cheeks were rose pink too, that violets
oonlered the country rontl, that the
girl's eyes were as deeply blue. She
glanced hack over her shoulder pres
ently, and mulled. John found himself
giving an answering grin. It was very,
very strange it w.i.s undignified hut
he wanted more than anything to hear
her saucy speech again.
"As I am going yeur wny," he con
descended, "I mlft'ht as well take you
with me."
The girl tilted her chin. "Nobody
asked you too, sir," she quoted.
With an Impulse Inexplicable, he
sought to detain her.
"You are on your wny to the vil
lage?" he persisted.
The girl looked demurely down at
her pall.
"I was about to carry the milk Into j
the farm house," she said.
As he lingered a shrill whistle sound
ed, the girJ turned to him.
"Your train has gone," she announced.
John Towne's Impatience had van
Ished. "There will he no other going out
until tonight," he stated calmly.
"I wonder If I could persuade them
to give me luncheon at your farm
house? I am beastly hungry,"
The girl nodded In friendly fashion.
"It's a country appetite," she ex
plained, "I will fetch you sandwiches."
She sat beside him as he nte.
"I would like," said John Towne,
"to know your name." The girl
laughed, turning her eyes upon him.
"I," she replied, "inn Just May
Morning."
"I thought you were," John agreed,
"when I first looked at you, all ro.se,
and violet, and laughing suiishlno."
She frowtied.
"When I saw you," she. retorted, "1
Elkins
Mr. and Mrs. v. '"
shappinir I" IiI'hpimUc Saturday.
C. ('. Marks has bm hauling lum
ber from tho Jtc iH 'v
vlllf. He U preparing to build f cures.
Mm. Howtnan and son Harold,
vUitod Imr daughter, Mrs. Hoy Pit-
nor Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Hewitt and
Hon Perrcl of Greenwood, spent Sun
Strike Ballots Aro Sent to tho
409.000 Members of tho
Railroad Unions.
Cleveland, O,-Strike balU.fi on the
.rceplan.'. or rejection of the rec..n
$400,000,000 wage re nun, - -... w
hy the railroad labor board lre boon UUy
7 " . ... ..... i,.M ..embers of the 11. lUrm.n.
niuueu iu " -
' Hewitt offV H
a. a. JunH fo;H
Aberne motiir.il . '"5 1
"Pig Four" brotherhoods end ,hfl
switchmen' union of North Am.rlcs.
The ballot reveal difference of
opinion amon the chief eierulUe
of tho rgMlsatlon. the Ilmtberhoed
of Locomotive Engineer!, motherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Knalne
men, Order of lUIIwey Conductor,
snd the wltehruen utu a Joint ballot,
kii is. nmthorhood of IUllwy
Trainmen eeut out a i'rete ballot.
The Trainmen ballot tld that It
had been the Intention of H orin
satlons to ue a Joint ballot, bat the!
this was ImpoMlhle oecue iu i -lot
adopted by the other orsmiltlon
"did not. In our opinion. conUln n
impartial snd unbiased reciul of ell
Involved, nor did It convey th er
ance that the wlshe of the nnn. If
analnHt working, for reduced we,
would determine the question, snd
that they would be permitted to loav
the service."
Tbe number of active member of
men, 115.000 firemen, KO.000 engineer
the organization to whom ballot were
mailed was estimated at 150.000 train
men. 115,000 rireuian. 80,000 engint-er.
60,000 conductor snd 14.000 witch
men. In addition the wuk reduction
hud been previously votid on by tao
six hop craft under the rail
way employes' department of the Am
erican Federation of Iibor. Tho to
suit ha been understood to bo lance
ly aealnst the acceptance of the re
duction.
Mr. L
Vltffta ti
1 her moth,. MT,I
W. tl
with Mr.. A. ?!
Mini
mouth
ura
Klureu
ire
.i
uth vUUrd Mn..c7
ly Sftewttion tt ! . ,!i
turn,,! twniMtZrJ
W father with 1
Ice. "
M t. nd Mrs. K. A. Ted row and
children pt Sunday at the home
of Mr. Tedrow' mother, Mrs. John
Smith of the Cochrane lltrlct.
Mr. ! Mrr Uda Uurko were lui
nw visitor ir JmlepenHcnce M
urday.
Mr. C. W. Price wa shopping fc
Monmouth Saturday.
Mr. Kenning of the Monmouth
Orchard company w tiulne
visitor in rortlsmJ Ssturday.
Ceorirw Jisnes has tn on the sick
lint the punt week.
Dick Mieth of the I'ortiand Brtttgv wii n(j up nJ
fonumnv ws here fmm I'ortiand rriiw.
Satunlsy looking over th work or
the bridge builder. He motored on
to Til!tniMok to spend the weekend.
J. M. Tlrow i hauling grain to
Monmouth.
Mr. and Mm. W. II. Herman wrrw
hopping in Independence Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Pitser vhiited t
Mr. ami Mr, E, . . ,
work Friday with
few load yc 0. . 7
8eventy.dKhr
tithed Jol.. during
the federsl employ,,,, J
i
T rrrly
dation of your bu.in
Contract hi Ur fc
Ing a new .h(to hotuiKjv.
ton. In Klamath touBty,!,,;,
780,
separate a pmperly k!id,
horse I the tongue.
LLOYD GEOSGE REPLY
TO DE VALERA FIRM
j London. Ireland cannot be p-rniit- j
ted to withdraw from t!i Drill. h em
pire. T!;ln Ih the outHtaiolinK f'-aturi- !
of the not" neni to hublln by I'rliii" j
Minister I.loyil ort?- In reply to th-
letter of Kainoun l)e Vah-ra, "pr. ni(- tif '
of the Irlnh republic," which rjct'l 1
the lirltlnh povernmenf term for J
peace In In-hind.
Mr. Lloyd ;on:- declan-d b'" would
be Kind to funtllltie Ili-KOtlatlOIIH with
Kamonn I)e Valera. but warmd the
Irihit leudera that a nv-V- i r lotiKa
tlon of the convernatlon mlr.ht wr-i k
the chanco of an aKreemint utid t-r-
miim!"' the true-.
In bin communication Mr. Lloyd
George preai-rved th hbiiio frh-ndly
tone that churacterlz.-d hH former let
ters to Mr. De Valera. lb- huitriw.i
the povr-rnmciit'a atandpolnt by nuotu-
jtlotis from Irish patriot aud Abraham
Lincoln.
A hopeful aspect of th Hit un' Ion ai
It Ih vlfwed In London political cirri,
Ih that neither Mr. I).- Val-ra nor Mr.
Lloyd tb-orRo him y.-t cl,h(.,) t. ,l)(ir
on the m-Kotlatioiis.
U. S. TO LCSE SI.CCO.OCO
AUTOMOBILE
Rim Tires Resel
PRICKS FOIl FOUR
Fords :
2 inch Kirns
2 1-1 inch Rims
$0.00
SS.OO
9.00
Cylinder Grinding and Reborwg
All Kinds of Springs Repaired and Springs h
to Order
: Jill Classes Machine Wort
Wood Sr Cozinl
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON
j kt ' m fim 1 . hi ii'niiim ji ' .1 i"m mil ..i , i ip v 11 "" '" " '""
. m.i iiniirt i.i.nii in ii iinni in hi ii j min i iiiiii' lamiini
I . . n ,,, , ,, I
fll 'rMriiss 1
I 0OBsK4BKeMCnr)rAL ftteeqvr m-sk
If
ctises and declare himself unworthy of
election."
TTEARL OIL (kerosene)
JL '8 clean-burning. For
use inoilheaters.cook-
stoves and lamps. Ask your
dealer for Pearl Oil.
mm ninii nlfilrii n'n i i -
If Is Hard to Be Accurate.
Can you exactly describe what you
gee? If you enn, you ore cleverer
than most persons. A hook recently
published In Paris relates that at n
meotin? of scientific men two of them
suddenly bek'nn to qtinrrel. Under
pretense of obtaining lctrnl evidence
the president of the meeting asked
everyone present to write fin exsiot
report of what had happened. The
quarrel was a pure pieee of ftctlncr
arranged to test the powers of ob
servation of the men present.
Though the assembly va:-s composed
entirely of jurists, psychologists nnd
doctors, only one report contained
less than 20 per cent of error; 13 re
ports had more than 50 per cent
wrong; and in 34 reports from 10 to
15 per cent of the details were wholly
Imaginary. When men of science can
so err we can understand how easily
the ordinary man can go astray. The
story shows why lawyers value cir
cumstantial evidence so highly.
Tooth's Companion.
first of your
humor.'
"I was artlmr on a serious errund,"
excused John Towne.
"I know," the girl suld unexpected-
That
Contract Said to Neceatitate
nsif of Expeme Ee Paid.
WiiKhinmon, I). C. T. t;,,,,,.,,
Stiiton govornmorit will lor.e $1.oo'i,ihi,j
through the destruction f tin. dlrl
ihle Jilt 2 uiKb-r tern.H of an af;re,.m,.nt
entered Into with the I:ritl;)!. j-nvern-ment.
The iicrccui.-iit, a.-cordiiif; to j, mm,,
ment. i.s.suod by the navy de,,!ir, m,.llti
provnieu "that in th.
....! I ...
' io:in or tiiiij
wane tjiiiicr
!''JV rilllll-litH
l"iin on an
ly, you were going to see Mary Ltuwn,
to risk her to be your wife. I will
tell you something ; you may save the
trouble. Mary Dawn Is not in the city,
for fche ran awny to avoid refusing. She
did not care to be handed over like a
package, you see, und neither would
you care for her. She is most unlike
her mother, whom you admire, and
she lias old-fashioned Ideas about love.
So you'd better turn your automobile
around, John Towne, and be on your
way home."
"You know my name?" tlie mnn
asked, wondering, "you know all this
how?"
The girl smiled saucily.
"Your photos are nil over my father's
house," she explained. "While I, my-
self, am Mary Dawn: My friends
changed that name to 'May Morning."
Suddenly, serious, she leaned closer.
"I came to the farmhouse to pur
posely woylny you," alio confessed,
"to show you In time, your mistake."
"And I," John Towne answered
gravely, "admit no mistake, hi fuct,
my purpose grows. For I find, May
Morning, that I, too, have a certain
old fashioned Idea about love."
would
equ.il
event ,,f tin-
rnhlp (the '.H2i.
const ruetlon or ,1,,
muiw, 1 lie two
illstresslng Jointly bear th
la.sis."
The United .state i,;iH r)()()
000 to tha Mriiish Kovermm-nt on thi.
contract toKt. of tL'.noo.OOO for the
ZK-2, the statement added.
Accordingly, .he HrltCd, j-.ovenunent
will turn bm-k ?5oo,0oo to Uie United
ABSOLUTE SECURIT
For your .safety deposit boxes and bank funds. I
nave equipped our vaults with
1'OISON GAS
which renders a successful attack by burglars
mob impossible.
Keep your valuables in a strong bank.
Independence National Bank
HIRSr-UBKUC, rrtbl,li.t C. A. M. LAUr.IILIN. VM
I. IJ. MIX. Cashier II. R. WOLFK. Asst. Cast
11
States.
Woman
at Tacoma ConftK.
Tacoma Wa.sh.-MrH. .. stmjlm,
lfe 0 the r,pri(!lor , f a Ta
hotel, B the Misa .Mllllll(! M,mi w,
, yiars "Lot and klllod
Leroyllarth, wealthy automobile deal
er of Knoxvllle, Tenn. The Identlt,,,,.
10,1 not only was made by U(jhert K
larlngandKdwardMcNew,,W0 Kno !
V He men who arrived here to identify
he woman, but Mrs.. sfubbs contest
that she was Maude Moure.
Women Fight for Union Equality
Atlantic City, N. J.-orgflIlizcd m,
men workers of the country proJo
their demands ,or equaI )r
with ln nll unim J
xecutive council of the American F
nation of Labor, and urged that it
ake stops immediately to comi tt
unions to admit them to rn.mbej.hj
I Che Store of $em(
i There is no other mercantile establish
There is no other mercantile establish
whern SERVif.F, r-nnnts more than in a groceil
store. We are endeavoring to furnish it in 1
fullest sense of the word.
We do not throw out leaders and then add
larger margin of profit to other articles. Wei
selling dependable merchandise at just as
fif a a IS COnSlS"" i
service.
Calbreaib $ 3oiics
V ; r-rr-w-a r-- zj-'
Enterprise is still $1-50 Per