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i Q?v7 ' U ; ' . . i ilTATOKS GO; TROUBLK STOPS -nl If MJe l CttU, ctr;ke at IwrMWM'' pany Yards about Whitfield both in- JURY ihhaukkkh, kkconij iiuau KK8ULTH IN ACUUHTAL Itkhard Sundrra waa the ,U(,.n. dnt In two aeti.,,w which wrr brwuifht tn Juniicn R. w. L.ker'n eourc Monday, Georgci belli the complainant in In thw . fimt caae, Sander, wn-, e.urged with vMating ih moU;r law, by failing to give amii.ti.ncQ to another marhlno with which hi had rom in contact Ho denied th char awi was represented by Attorney John Main of Kalem. The jury wan """I""""' " iv. Nenl, Kd, Rt,x Frank Kelley, J, Mcleod, Iave sta' pltn and J, A. Reynoldn. UnablJ to tw. the Jury wn dismissed. lite econd offeiwe Wj,, whj,.h Sar-lera rhnrgwj wan failure t. maintain a peed aftr panning another rar, ami on thin h wan acquitted, j intp mrmufn or thin Jury wre J J. II. 0. i:mu bunch of aiflUtow, j Tad," ttinU-d to atiirt tkiar" t f " :lpmrn" ,Ior,t iny hop y"1 ,fl,,t s'lur,,,Jp J :.k 1.1.11 rritorU a to Kibainf paid for puamg in i , yarJi M lho Jr ic I f al ,18(1. :WIy accomplish"" of the ishrrif M W. Orr anJ Dju. and Krtwh aa they left tfdu . 1 ..i.l. Iiul tiv the surngtr tint the company waa ifoujhout Dm district; that the of h4 bwn quite explicit tn naprwkn to tho wnploymmt ,krr ami that it wa trying L ill of hnemlpoyea in the very sawr tt pwuibly could, tnwra 1 didrd change In the ff. (lb picker toward the com ii manv cxprrnnionn of natla- LiiJchfr of approval, except KuHamlt-r Urn a. of Independence it little lunch which had ,;av taken a subcontract from W. N. Trent for the euntrurton of two 20 fiot a pan crrn-nt brklca on the road nouth of Monmouth. Work wn atH-(l MonHay with a crew of five or nix mn anl it h ex-p-et-l that it will nquir abou four weeka to romplcl the work. - "un. SEPTEMBER 16, 1921 HERREN HOP UOUSEBURNED PUfL. Damon Hop Crop 18 Deatroyed by Fire at Monmouth v C rav, n pce about , mie gn ofh P. Wonrff to L. Damon ...e H-W,n(,( were bumed early JOHN PETERS HAS LARGE CROP OF FINE PRUNES li'iinnwi a , 7 8 k"n ftnd th JP ere ""-'. ' it in probable th ilerron ami Umon. OflM! lotMTg, They havP adj.,ininir v..r,iu ; t..i liVo k...a il. few afu-r lb. fi... " I ' l"e ooara 01 etcation, ..it wi.t-urreu. John Petern, who lives about three mflea aouthwest of Independence on tho Highland road, has one of the finest prune crop3 to be four.rf in Polk county this season. He has three acres of eight-year-old trees, which arc loaded with big luscious prunes. The orchard has been given very thorough cultivation, fcuid the yield will rt only be heavy but of exceptional quality. He brought to Independence Tues day morning a box of very choice ones iat both will be iM.ni.n. j harvent time. Ihrron'n are urited at n-urnon, C.rorgn A. Well. i'un!iiri7 inn jtm n i ... i nip i "'vrrv"n wiinnm McKtry!f, ,,,n nfT wre picked w 'lwn fur thin jury, but an I an(J verI at the K,th were out of th r ounty, the trim I , Uvn the Hmon yard waa made before the four. j ived attention. All the hop had ented the i-ople in both actioi DUtrlrt Atiurnptf lt..!,,... - - . -. ... . ririk 1 iiirf ;.. -hh u an4 ' wn,n lf0 f,r "'"ke aftrr the jury had brought in a verdict of not guilty in the aworjd rM m--omm-nt.. 10 the rwrt that the first action I ditrninm-d, which wan dne. Kt'I.LANDKR.H HAVE CONTRACT YOU TWO ROAD MtlDGKS ii to Urt the trouble. t kpp'firl, Shrriff Orr and 'put amvm at int ranrn !k midft of th jm.fl'. They t.i.rj .mc rrw.rin who have swig a praciirn of "lifting" ltd --nri- from automo- ftT offrfwl thuir mTvlcea In 1 rar peace and onh-r. The .a rme to lh' ranch montly ?rUnd. They ih.u!1 ome, km tf their warcry hymn -kvrrrJ to nuike themnrfvea aww an pmwihle without com jffidue dffiridatiorm, with the Jst they wrtv inviunl to leave , m .parfnlly )m aing in Anff mint buiiwnn they oinrort out of tb county. 4 SCfl arr rmploypd tn the krf aopt at th ranch and itbfint UU'r trouble which rr occurred thrre. it waa rvfumnd Mntday V $houi interruption and w apparent iiultcatini of nvr hn there ben a fte(hf!p. There were pbmty Mfito take the places of th jfd onen, and iuniertun of nkstance from other grower !'wapt!y in oiwrating the only tt nuuhiiicit in tho ntite of ft They have i..n running 'kfrinning of the neanon and ii ttne for nevcral year. Wifomia yunU thin company 13 to pick ii g with machine. wwi to be more wonomiva! ailonot intcrft-re with the Fmpny han a pair of thene M w other mm-hlne ior r 1 loose armn. They arc "in, this plant requiring the ' f bout 50 women and 25 " IWW turninir nut nhnnt f Nnd of gre.i hnnn r,.r '"Me shift and thin i-mih! INDIAN rOHTHAVl'RK OF "HIAWATHA" AT ISIS WHS 1 . , ----- .- ... uut. r.,gnwen bales of the Damon hops had been taken to the wanhous. the fire destroying between 5000 and CWH) iMutjtla. Both men had their hop. old on contract for a term of year, the buyer being Mr. Lawson of Portland, who reprenenU a IJndon hnuse. Mr. 1 'anion nays: "The quality of my hops this year wan exceptionally frood. A premium wan paid for picking in order to have them clean." An added attraction at the li theatre on Friday evening of thin wk will be a portrayure of Iong fellow's "Hiawatha." by Chi.f John of th Siletx Indians and a compary of 10 of h( bre.ven and squawn. There will al.io hw Indian dnneen and nenfrn afl U uxua) rtin of pic'ures. ROAD DECISION FOR PLAINTIFFS Judge Kelly Overrule De murrer of State High way Commission Another trr has been tkw in the Polk highway cane. Judge Percy It. Kelley haa overruled the demur rer of the Ute highway comininnion to tho fceeond amended complaint of the plaintiffs and the defendants arc given; until September 20 to file annwer. In npite f the fact that Mr. Devero, the attorney for the state highway commission, is apparently endeavoring to exhaust every n-gni tactic in an effort to d.-Uy the rs aa lonjr as poasible, a final decision in the enno by Judge Kelly will un doubtedly bo forthcoming in a very short time. The arguments are all in hm hands and the objection luetics of the plain if fs have alumi ran STEITOE BARN AND TWO HORSES ARE BURNED The barn on the E. Steptoe place about a mile went of Independence, was destroyed by fire between 11 and 12 o'clock, last Friday night. One hore wan no badly burned that it fell over dead an it wan stumbling out of the burning building ard the other wandered down in the field and had to be killed. Nothing was saved from the barn which contained the winter supply of hay and many tooln. There was no ir.nurar.ee on either the contents or buililitjg and the Ions comes as an ex tremely heavy one. There is no accounting for the ori gin of the fire. Mr. Steptoe and his family were aroused by Mr. Small, a neighbor, who had seen the blaze. The buildirg was then a mas of flames, making it impossible to re lease the homes. Mr. Steptoe is nearly 73 years old, and is having more than his share of misfortune. Less than a year ago, he fell fracturing a hip, and has had a very serious time with it, although h v row . pained th use of it. Undaunted, work was started Mon day on clearing away the debris of the fire and lumber is beinp hauled for a new barn. SCHOOLS WILL OPENSEPT. 26 High and Grade Schoola Will Start Year'. Work at Same Time Tho high school and the grade school will wart the year's work at the same time Monday, September 26. Plans were made for opening the grade or training school next Monday, finally de cided that it would be advisable to defer the opening date until the Mon day following. The high school, with the exception j bushels, the crop being light and i 1 nncipaj u. V. Byers, will havu damaged by rain. a rw staff 0f instructors. Much care has ben taken in the selections and it is expected that excellent work will be acomplkhed. There is an Increase of ore teacher over last year, the new ones being: Thomas K. Vannice of Corvallis, Miss Lyle M. Yexley of Oregon City, Miss Ruth Straw of Sflverton, and Bernard Morse of Salem. The grade school, operated as a training institution, by the Oregon Normal under the able supervision of Miss Catherine Arbuthnot, will have but one change im critic teachers. Miss Burroughs will have the first and second grades; Miss DeVore, third and fourth; Miss Houx, fifth and sixth, and Miss Arbuthnot, sev enth and eighth. Miss Burroughs succeeds Miss McChesney. WHEEL BURSTS; SMILEY KILLED Distressing Accident Occurs in Operating an Ensi lage Cutter Ernest A, Smiley, ; a successful farmer living just to the west of the city limits, was instantly killed Wed nesday afternoon " on his farm by beinir struck with a 1 for H. Hirschberg, who has shipped casting, when the cutting wheel to the them to a friend as a reminder of j ensilage cutter which he was operat- -cpeuue7ice country ib pro ducing, Mr. Peters started picking Wednes day. Last year he harvested but 10O ACOCK S GETS BIG YIELD OF FUGGLE HOPS lf"t0 75.000 nniinit. In - w of time !,v tint Ui a Kv Jftul Kollv on will clarify the the to A. i ! . . . wn me quality of .merits of tho cane iT situation. While it is probable that arn rut ,.rr .. iu.lt.- ...mi 1. , ,.,.,.;. 1 tn the kj , - ni'ur me mo case wm ' attached to hooka tn a'aunnemo court, whichever way the it means that the case ": lll . . . L named by teams to pick- i ' fl1l,1css cnnvovniM ,v 'rite 1, ilimuii strip the hops from ,Jort tho leaves from human har.ds. vpflf n,nchi,1 lR 'nrgely V Mr. norat. and Is w to anH lm 1 ...A. m l'"'veu encu k int oing op. - 'no ciireeLion of AT. "t A aw- 1 i)rV wnchlne man onna field, with Homer pJn of the force. The R Vat V m R M ,nvpt hin 1 ,s claimtvl tnf . HiI?R Consi,WMo saving In, 5 t tho W a b 'UMr t.... ' P"nx. iorii.. UII(?or Corvallis docision goes is nearlng the end. Tho spreading of the highway pro poganda is goinr ahead steadily, and of course there is the customary misrepresentation. Under a Mon mouth data lino tho Oregonian pub lished a story one day last wet, stating that the plaintiff a had do faulted in filing their second mended complaint; tho Monmouth Herald is making tho abortion that "ww we have the highway" and the Dallas Observer -continues on its trend that the decision eannot be anything but favorable to the highway com mfssion. ,. And In 'the meantime, the grading of the road south from Monmouth la progressing. Judge Pipes. of the attorneys for the pWntrff .,Jh made the declaration that inl he event the final decision is favorable to the plaintiffs that neither the state pf Polk couniy Oregon or PARKERITES ARE HUNTING DEER IN SOUTHERN OREGON Posmaster I.acey of Parker has on exhibition in a show window of the Wiilai'd E. Craven hardware the head and antlers of a buck he killed in southern Oregon. "Dad" is imbued with the itka that he is a repeater. In company with P. J. Peterson and son, Jimmy Peterson, also ot l ancer, he left Tuesday morning in the Peter son car for the KWiMl country in southern Oregon. The hunters are without a return limit, other than th tmrs on their hunting licenses. TWELVE TO O. A. C. AND SIX TO NORMAL Independence will be represented at the Oregwn Agricultural College th is year by 12 and possibly more enrollrounts. Five of these are graduates of the high school last year. The list, while probably in complete, follows: Lucille Craven, music, home eco nomics. Robert Craven, commerce. Opal Hewett, pharmacy. Gerald Hewett, pharmacy. Ulla Dickinson, home economics. Charles Calbreath, Jr. electrical engineering. x Glenn Burright, commerce. Otis Scott, agriculture. Cyril Reynolds, pharmacy. Helen Turrjbull, commerce. James Turnbull, commerce. Gilbert Loy The most of these will go to Cor vallis Sunday in order to be on hand for registration on Monday. Six from Independence will at tend the Oregon Normal: Winona Wood, Ruth Mills and Florence Whipple, starting upon their second year, with Lulu Grigsby, Kathleen Skinner and Helen Jones as juniors. Walter V. A cocks of the Hopville district south of Independence his a $6000 profit from nine acres of fuggle hops. He liad an exceptional ly heavy yield 1915 pounds to the acre from Second year hops. From the baby hops on this yard last year the yield was but two bales. Mr. Acocks put- out this field after securing a contract for the sale of the hops for a period of years, this season receiving 48 cents a pounld. This ia Mr. Acock's first appear ance in the hop game, although he has been farminp in the "bottom" for several years. He tried sugar beets and he raised spuds but this is the first real "touchdown" which he has made. -. It is needles to state that Mr. Acocks is well satisfied with his hop crop this year. Fuggles, which ripen about two weeks earlier than clusters are generally regarded as a lighter producer. j Mr. Acocks has delivered his hops and received his money for them. BANK EARNINGS 3 TIMES CAPITAL Big Return to Stockholders by Independence Nat ional Bank CHEVROLET AGENCY IS TAKEN BY G .C SKINNER The agency for the Independence district of the Chevrolet cars has been taken by the Independence Garage of which G. C. Skinner is the owner. There are many changes in the 1922 model of the "Four Ninety," which is mow on the market, including a substantial price reduction. A com- ... a plete line of parts will be cameo. Mr. Skinner says that "this model is now a real car, the defects of the former models having been remedied and additions made." :::::: " ' np"ta 10 the Good Old "Jitney" Time .iwrifl'" .--- 1 . - During its career of 30 years, the Indepemdience National bank enjeys the distinction of haying net profits of more than ?150,0OO on a capitali zation of $50,000.,. Of this amount, $130,500 . has been) paid to stock holders in dividends, there is a sur plus fund of $15,000 and in the un-H divided profits there is over $8000. This makes an annual average earn ing to stockholders for the 30 year period of 10 percent, and some . of these years were decidedly lean ones in the general business world. Started as a private bank by H. Hirschberg it was soon afterwards converted into the Independence National with Mr. Hirschberg as its president and still its directing head. The building at the corner of First and Monmouth, which was erected by the bank at the beginning of its existence, is being repainted on the exterior for the first time during tat FARMERS STATE BANK penou. ine coior is oeing cnangeu i rag literally flew inio pieces. A piece of iron, weighing many pounds, struck him on the left side, pene trating the heari. t The cutter was beir driven by a tractor belonging to Alfred Yungen and operated by him. A s:op had been made to tighten a loose belt and the machfeve had just been started with Mr. Smiley walking towe.rd the cutter when there was ' a ierrific crash. Frank Kelley and his father, J. W. Kelley, were assisting in the work, and they went to Mr. Smiley's assistance, but he expired almost instantly. Another broken piece was hurled through the roof of the barn, arother piece entered the barn r.ear the roof at one corner and made its exit through the other side carrying straw with it. One piece was hurled several hundred feet, landing in a grove of trees. -: Mr. Smiley was the only one who happened , to be in the path of the flying , missels, although the Kelleys were within a few feet of the wrecked machine, amd Mr. Yungen was but a short distance away operating the tractor. The cause of the trouble is unac countable. The cutter was running empty aird the tractor was equipped with governors to prevent excess speed without load. In order to force the ensilage into the silo the wheel upon which the cutting knives are fastened is operated at a high rate of speed. 1 The noifee of the bursting of the machine caused the Smiley team, at tached to a wagon, to run away, scattering the rack and parts of the wagon on the road leading to Inde pendence. , Mr. Smiley had owned the farm, where he met such a tragic death, for about 11 years, coming here from Calif omnfia. He was born in Nova Scotia 46 years ago the past June and previous to coming here had lived for isome time in California. He is survived by a widow and one daughter, Ernestine, seven years old; a brother, Charles D. Smi ley, who lives on an adjoining farm; another brother, A. J. , Smiley of Alton, Humbolt county, Calif.; three brothers arid two feisters living in the East and a mother in Nova Scotia. Mr. Smiley was a good citizen and a good farmer, and hfe death under such distressing circumstairfces came as a shock to the entire community. The body was taken to the under taking parlors of A. L. Keeney arid the fueral will be held from the Methodfst church today, at 2 o'clock, Rev. F. S. Clemo will officiate. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery. from a brick red to a gray, adding much to its appearance. The interior is likewise to be repainted and re decorated. The present officers of the bank are: President, H. Hirschberg; vice president, C. A. McLaughlin; Ira D. Mix, cashier, and B. R. Wolfe, assis tant cashier. The board of directors is composed of Messrs. Hirschberg, McLaughlin, Dr. Otis D. Butler, W. H. Walker and D. W., Sears. EUGENE MAN FINED; COLLIDES WITH MOTOR CYCLE Everett Wooley, claiming Eugene as his home, was fined $5 Monday by Justice Baker for running into a motor cycle belonging to John Wil liams at the postoffice comer. Williamls was slightly injured. LOCAL PRUNE MEN ARE PICKF THEIR CROPS Picking ha' prune orcn and .reports will be harves, Fred Weatherstor ' in the 'of town, Kood cropa . P. Harris, Charles Lane end Charles Harman are all busy har vesting their crops. ADDS TO EQUIPMENT An order has bein placed by the Farmers State Bank for a burglar proof and fire-proof vault door with the Diebold Safe & Lock company of Canton, Ohio. It will have six inches of hardened steel and including the bolt work will be 11 inches inl thick ness. The door will weigh 13,000 pounds. It ia being made to order and it will be about three months be fore it will be ready for delivery. It will be the latest thing in vault door construction! and is so substantial that burglars will be unable to phase it. It will be the first one to be in stalled in Polk county, and in fact, it is only in the larger cities that this safeguard is being utilized, the cost being: a large item. MONMOUTH ROAD SOUTH IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED The road leading directly south from Monmouth is closed on account of road work and traffic is detoured to the Highland road, about midway be tween Independence and Momtmouth, south to the Morrison corner and then west to the Edwards . corner on the road in question. ( f i I ! J ( V i I "i i i jKH.'.rfDaTla, h st-nnd the work. expense of tnis pre-