; -.1 ; , u
i m a 1 . mil.
I " '
i FAIR IS
Wj YEARS
I U Hvy nd
in Character
ancle. ' rulk eoUnt3r
" . u.-k. Wit
Z of .ny preceding year.
. ,Pi.y 7r f1 ,n
;.,) product with the exrcp-
BY STANDARD OIL WRIGHT MAKES
In order to discourage holdup men
tncklin it. tvIco .tnti,,,,, the
fHamlard Oi company j offering a
.landing reward fur thy arr-ht and
cmivktion of any pcrwrm who may
attempt the undertaking, according
to announcement received here Tue.
day by Karl 8. liutlcr, the company,
representative.
Tlwi amount of the reward will he
100 lending to th arr nt and con
viction of the perpetrator of the d--d
It will not b paid however to m.
ploy of the. company.
The company nut tlint thi n?.
tln In taken ax the tenult of a
number of recent robberies of aervire
station and compny employe.
L.w! contest
Ij'i building "f the fair Kri
In. in hich 10 Poll
I-
Ik
DALLAS MAN IION'OHKD
IIV STATE PVTHIANS
DISPLAY
Fig Tre
DEATH CLAIMS TWO
AT BUENA VISTA
c ana h f w..ii a .. ... . . . .
MaU Rl A um ,moore ty and Mrs. Mabel
.ai i iunAP
V itvi
Independent
Snyder Answer the
Last Call
" f a , 1 'V .! ,U ? Death haB dim t- well-known
U with.it Thn ' Bu,;na V'-Moore Getty and MrS.
wimout an i-fiuai in p,. hm,.i...i
countv .....!n.. ... " . M-iuoui onyuer.
If "IV.I.. t!ll. .
.. .... UIU ,.rt.cl a wa apoun(J h.s rjia gince
w live ,ke a kinfr. There! about thrc
wa i no nt-Hity for barteri) K
w.th hi, neighborH, although it would
ho neceaiary to ht.ep or fig
tree to provide the nerenuarv' ri.
ment
' ;,!! were rrprccnu-,
f . r:,.iii.l,iirir aJ
... . .
tin theme. Al me ue oi
ii jr thexe n hN aelertetl
ker, anI iii, iurn
L it th fair fr the county
rran.I chancellor of the ,,,1 lATtn' I b,"n "
of KtilfM. of 1'ytW.M of nrJnlcZZX' !l Vw.w,ndw -f
having been unanimously ,,WU d for y , , r dunn,f the Past
the coveted honor at the annual t Jt 18 ""racting mu.h at-
awtlae of ,.,.1.., u r..,.... T,uwn' P"'cularly the
iu'"i;, inn i ine nijfnrst or
fic In th jrift of th.- organization
ami In letttowed upon Mr. Fmsi-th
lut w awarded to Irenc
y Greenwood; acon! to
Pfrtrtt of f r..wly, and
Ik EdwanN "f l''Korn.
i,f firetanU were: I.ydiA
f lrtlrrkndenie, Hujch Van
),i!muth. Adm l:-cfe'le of
fntv of f'l'rtng alley,
-tuf nhert I'eter-
Ctf View, Ituioe MorrU of
1, J,.y Hewitt CoHIn of
i,"4 0Ni; MarCarlcr of
Hrffhcref If'd r"-ndr cp waw
' The cT.tent waa
! SK-fcr th i!)M rvitn of
; 'i, Murty hd auperln-
!jrt of the eshildt wer
'wnunity lM.th, represent
sW!rie, Mt. rit(,;ah, Klk-
yr.j M and liridtferxirt. Tlie
i tu nii le under the au
!h Gmnjre with the com
,;ir:i!f, and the latter four
Fmfr' unirn. When It
'i jo4'r it and tallying the
t. ti fuund that there waa
t W tt liff. r'nce. Dniah
wurwl fmt place, acorinjf
Jit. Piernh waa aecond,
3;E!ki, thin!, KO'i pointii;
Wl, fourth, 0 filnta;
!, fifth, Tfi.K point. Jty
srwmettt of thow In charge
J preniiutn money waa
r '! of thce tooth wa
I "l reveale.l a wonderful
fait, vegrtjihle, irraina,
'i pmtn'ed fruitu, nut al-
wp'yl nn o extcnalve
'"i m the collection that
' on wonder If thl were
proverbial land of milk and
''M io thie five lMH)thn
hun(M of individual din
!e Billy" Wright of Inde
hv'rg nn cxtenaive and
Citable farm exhibit. The
"mt & Warehmifie company
snce hnd choice vedette
- heat, onti, cheat and
"i
': of nuitable qunrt ora nece
?ffl th( slork exhibit.
& Sons of Monmouth
' Ps of their Cotuwold, Lin
! Marsh sheep arxl An
l,i W. D. rjiiilnm & Son,
fat';0. I. C. aWiw by W.
.J D" "nd C. I. flnllnrd
" There was likewise
"Jnlothcr fowls on ex
'rank Ilenniivnn e r,i.
t . v -
"a nitons with his wliite
upon
a a reward f.r year of faithful
and valuable work.
Millard I. Ifardenty of Seaside i
vice irrand chancellor; Frank Orab
fier of Huker I pcrlnte; Waler G,
GleiMn of Portland, jfrnr-d k'-ern-r of
rwonU and aeaU, Jam W. Malo
iiey ot IVndleton, jfinnd msf-r of
exchequer.
Rcwral I)"thlan from Independ
ence were In attendance at the irrand
Imljfe ajfiKmn and the J)ol.kie" han
ttuet Wednesday right. Willinm
(VH-kle, Frank K. Dickson, and A L.
HuHanler wen the official dV
pate from Homer lodtfe, and Mr.
extent of
He has 70 acres of
river bottom land anil he farms it
intensely, fruit air.- vejtctahle. be
iritf the heavy products.
In the collection are many kinds
"f fruit, frc,h and preserved, honey,
milk and butter, frrains arid grasaes
in profu.sio:i. nd a wide variety of
veiretahlen, and then remembering
that tobacco is a necessity In nuuy
households, it in provided. In the
collection in found:
Sudan Krai, Texas re J rustproof
oats, new Appier oats, winter turf
oat, new Rosen rye, ginnt winter
rye, wheat, brone prass, clynus Klau
cus, red clover, rattail fescue, orchard
crass, red top, timothy, mammoth
Russian bunflower, early rose pota
toes, Hurttink potato, netted Rem
Juhn Hiltibrnnd t.i the I'vll,i;in
I l l i
convention. OtW pre.ent IT u " p
tiers, jfolden lmntam corn, howling
OtW
IVnirra,
William i
ter
were: Marshal
Wood. Merle Nye, Arminc Cooper, j'""" ",rn r ynuer, ,ow-
Kli Fluke, IVter Kurre, A .G. Wd-1 nP" vhvp- poach
liama. Art Cleater and Floyd vf. hunk tomaWs, rmky ford mu.,k
fley. Mesr. Cockle and William. !m,!on' hvhhT S('"ash' nn"e
were accompanied by their wive. ,r: 1!u(U,n' kmf; ,of mamn";J
r. , , . spumpkrtfi, Butrar pumpkin, raamniotn
One of the important tep taken ' , ' , ' , , . ,
. 4. it. .it i, Iwha'e iuash, mammoth chi squash,
' - - -k:..i. u , ,i 'cheese pumpkins, peanuts.
mlnate In the etablishmcnt of a
Pythian home for the families of d
ivrndent member for On-con, Wash
ington and California.
HOSKINS MAN SKLLS RANCH ;
BUYS CITY I'ROl'KinY HERE
Marion McCoy ha sold his 2i acre
ranch at Hoskin to a Mr. Soule of
Philomath and ha purchased of
Robert Hotarta a rvsidetce with one
acre of ground on south Seventh
street. Mr. McCoy hn move! his
family here, taking pusnession of his
l)romrty thin week. Tlie Indept-ml-
re Realty company handled
transaction.
both
eneese pumpKins, peanuis, winier
onion wts, parsnip and cabbatre swd,
j tobacco, yellow field corn, sugar and
hollow crown parsnips, purple top
stranleaf hit-nips, red (mangle, 'red
blond and golden tankard beets, curly
endive, horseradish, curly savoy cab
bage. Wakefield cabbage, oxheart an!
hiOflong carrots, broccoli, curly kale,
swis chard, winter onions, tomato
ponderosa, gobh-n nueen tomato, John
Penr tomato, early jewel tomato,
hir-ron, nuistflrd nnd radish seed,
apple, late Crawford. Kmmmel n"il
Oetcber peaches, ornntre nuince, con
cord, Delaware, worden, sweet water
and win grnnes, cann"d fniits and
vi"et aides, milk, eirgs, hominy, hazel
nuts, wnlruK
Mr. Getty died on October 6, fol
lowing a 10 day illness wilh pneumo-
the death of his wife
f mnn ha urn. Mr r!ot4.r
. HgU ' VlbbJ
r:giiai been living at the .family home
alone. Upon recurning from the state
fair he was taken ill. Neighbor
ministered to him, but when his con
dition continued to grow worse a
trained nurse was secured, but u
proved a losing fight. Mr. Getty was
i3 years old and for the past 30 years
had made his home in Buena Vista.
He engaged in farming for a time and
during the past few years he occupied
a small pace ir; town and engaged
in the chicken business on quite an
extensive scale. Mrs. Getty died
June 20th.
Mr. Getty was a member of the
Methodist church and Sunday school,
and was held in high esteem by a
largp circle of frierds.
He is survived by one son, James
Getty of Richmond, Calif., who ar
rived in Buena Vista for the funeral
which was held from the church Sun
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev.
Proppe of Independence officiating.
A. L. Keeney of Independence directed
the funeral.
Mrs. Mabel Snyder
Mrs. Mabel Snyder, wife of Purl
Snyder, died at the family home in
Buena Vista October 9th, following
but a short illness. Funeral services
were held from the Buena Vista
church Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock, Rev. Roselle of Monmouth of
ficiating, with A. L. Keeney as di
rector. Mrs. Snyder's death came as a
shock to the community where the
family had resided for some time.
Beside her husband Mrs. Snyder is
survived by a daughter, Iris, five
years old; her mother, Mrs. Tom Mc
Carthy of Pomeroy, Wash.; two
sisters, Inez McCarthy of Pomeroy
and Mrs. Chloe Young of Peola,
Wash., and three brothers, Jay and
Claude of Pomeroy and Guy of Lewis
ton, Idaho.
POLK PRUNES
EXCELL IN SIZE
Two Lots Are Running 50' o
of the 20-30
Size
BETTY STILLWELL HONORED
BY MADRIGAL CLUB, O. A. C.
The prune yield is nnml! thi year
but it cannot be aid (hut the prune.
l,.mselve are Bmall. The lightly
loaded trees, favored with an excelle ibeth Clark-Sleight. She is also a
eoason of good weather rut primes
MISS LORENCE WILL OPEN
STUDIO IN MONMOUTH HOME
Miss Ruby Ann Lorerce, the gifted
daughter of C. Lorence of Monmouth,
after spending several years in voice
culture under leading teachers, will
open a studio at the home place.
Miss Lorvnee returned recently
from New York where she studied
singing under under John Dennis
Mehan ami in the studio of Eliza
's COLl.ivo
lG STORE AT REDLANDS
5 Collin
ft
i
ln' has nurehnan a
at BedlnndM. Calif. Thi.
"dependence a few
k Upon his arrival in
,ne Quired a dmr b,.U
adv.
9k
rtm
rn. A few week
nlnge of nm nrnvir.
fl?0f !t a'1v"tageous!y,
;!tricJ "i the center of the
tnmsila rc-
y in Salem last
" "e hnrl r.
l atte"l'np; to his prac-
tho driers thi seiuson ina.
word breakers. Polk county can so
larco si'.cu
prune in the grading work of the
Oregon Growers' association which
has been progressing for more than
a week.
Some individual lots of prunes pro
(lueed in Tolk county are runninj
DO percent 20-30. Two such lota
have been found in tho work to date.
Nearly all of tho rest of the prune
in the lots were 30-3!5. making ho
percent of them 8fi or larj?er.
No wonler buyer were so mix Inuj
,i t.-,l win" tnis
to boy prunes -oremwu
ynLUa nt five first week's grading
at the Salem warehouse of the av
iation Indicate that Kvwwt
the VotoJ
valley will class m xne - .
necause of the large prop. -
prutr.es falling in this c m
fwciatfon has .ffam W'" ,
of this Bize only, on tho
It fenot expected that the otcr hjj
til it is in'"" -
, . 1 iL. T.,..4;iifn r.f fllicjl)
graduate oi un- iiuire
Art, New York, and previous to that
she majored in music at he Oregon
Agricultural college.
Miss Betty Stillwell of Independence
has been elected secretary of the
Madrigal club at Oregon Agricultural
College. Flossie Blackburn of Cor
vallis is president; Charlotte Olson
of North Powder, vice-president;
Vivian Feike of Portland, Barometer
reporter; and Thelma Miller of Port
land, librarian. The business mana
ger will be chosen later.
The Madrigal club has added a
pr.ru juaX stqi sooioa poo3 jo- jaquinu
is planning many activities. Inten
sive practice will begin at once.
Mrs. W. N. Sharp, Paul Sharp and
Mrs. Madge Gaston, and daughter of
Portland spent Wednesday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Horton.
Accompanied by Mr. Sharp, who had
been stopping at Parker for some
time, they returned to Portland that
evening, -with the exception! of Mrs.
Gaston and baby, who will remain for
a longer visit. ' s
Tidying Up
D
will be offered unt
learned what their of
It may take a large proport of
tho small pnmio. to Ml o019
ready booked.
IAV TrIEKc-ilTNC 7
60QD ARGUMENT. Ir,
fWPR Or UMMt'
ARMAMENT
vihatU IPO
MCMORANPOHS;
5AMU6L f
ni : ' i
m s
U to"1"" . . . I
FACE IS SINGED
BY GAS EXPLOSION
Floyd Heffley, salesman for the
Independence Garage, ia of the opin
ion that "singeing" to prevent the
loss of hair is not a howln'g succx-fes,
especially when" it is an involuntary
operation. With him it resulted in
the loss of the greater part of hia
hair, his eyebrows, and hi face was
given a fire ehower bath.
Mr. Heffley was filling with lub
ricating oi! a small drum which had
contained dstillate. It was in the
evening of last Saturday. Uinable
to determine how near the drum was
to being full, he lighted a match, arid
the result was a fine portrayure of
a German sheet of flame. It lasted
but a aecond but long enough at that
to convince Mr. Heffley that he is
opposed to that meara of warfare.
LEGION WILL
HAVE BIG DAY
Program for Armistice Day
Will Be An Attractive
One
Oregon Normal
Mr. Rossell of the local Christian
church spoke to the Normal students
at the chapel hour last Friday morn
ing. His remarks on patriotism and
appreciation of one's country were
interesting and to the point.
The dancing" party last Saturday
evening was a success in every re
spect. The seniors were in genera!
charge of the affair and acquitted
themselves creditably. Many out-of-town
guests were present.
President Landers i3 speaking in
the institute at LaGrande this week.
Mr. Butler is at Lakeview engaged in
similar work. ' .
Miss Jessie-McClelland, a gradu
ate of the Normal last year, spent
the week-end with friends, at the dor
mitory. Miss McClelland is teaching
in the Portland schools this year.
Mr. Gentle told briefly in chapel
Monday morning, of his visit to As
toria where he spoke in the institute.
He reports that some fifty Normal
graduates are teaching in Clatsop
county and attended a reunion -dinner
held one evening during the week.
Superintendent Stranye of the As
toria city schools praised the high
standard of work maintained by Nor
mal graduates with whom he came in
contact.
A motion picture under the title of
"Bubbles" will be shown in the chapel
Saturday evening, Oltober 15th at
8:15. The play is a comedy with a
pleasant setting and is therefore at
tractive. It has lately been shown at
the Columbia theatre in Portland.
The Junior class of the Normal
met October 2nd, for the purpose of
electing officers. It was the secor.d
meeting of the class and was full of
enthusiasm. The following officers
were elected: President, Mrs. Beulah
Bovingdon of Oakland, Oregon; vice
president, Mr. Everett Evams of Mon
mouth; secretary-treasurer, Miss Dor
othy Taylor of Salem; reporter, Miss
Frances Blake of Oregon City; ser-geant-at-arms,
Mr. Fred Vaughan of
Rickreall; song leader. Miss Susie
Bonner of Sirverton; yell leader, Mr.
Charles Dregnie of Barlow. The fol
lowing members were elected to the
studert council: Burton Ball, of
Monmouth: Miss Susie Bonner of
Silverton, Helen Boyd of Oswego,
and Helen Miehaelson of Portland. ,
The enrollment of the juHor class
totals 212 members, all of whom are
looking forward to a very successful
year. -
Armistice day November 11 will
be joyously proclaimed in Independ
ence, with the American Legion in
charge of the festivities. It is to be
made a big event, with the expecta-
i tiont that the balance of Polk county
.will participate. The first gun was
fired by the selection of A. L. Keeney
to direct the event.
While the program has only been
tentatively outlined, it will include
entertairang numbers at Monmouth
during the forenoon, a program at the
high school gymnasium in the after
noon, a 5 o'clock dinner and a darfce
in the evening. Musical numbers will
be a feature and negotiations are now
underway for a band, preferably the
ladies' organization from Graves can
nery at Sheridan.
Mr. Keeney has selected as com
mittees: Music Mrs. J. G. Mcintosh, Mrs.
C. W. Irvirie, Miss Moore (Normal),
Emerson Groves.
Finance R. M. Walker, W. M.
Cockle, A. L. Kullander, A. C. Moore.
Concessions and location Cj. C.
Archibald, Ross Nelson, Elmer Addi
son. Parade Harry Ord, Emerson
Groves, J. S. Robbie, A. C. Moore,
George -Wood.
Decorating Woman's auxiliary.
Floats Mrs. A. D. Davidson, Mrs.
Joe Hubbard, Mrs. Charles Fitchard,
Mrs. Chester Sloper.
Automobiles G. C. Skinner, J. G.
Mcintosh. . .
Dance Abe . Becker, Mrs. W. E.
Craven, Mrs. Clyde Williams, Art
Black.
Dinner Mrs. Sherman Hays, Mrs.
A. L. Kullander, Mrs. George Girard.
Advertising Z. C. Kimball, Mrs.
Clyde T. Ecker, R. B. Swenson
(Monmouth), Mrs. Crosby Davis.
Speaking D. E. Fletcher.
M0REpAD;WORK
IS; UNDER WAY
Portland Concern Is Build
ing Grade on Third
State Contract
CITY PREPARES BUDGET
FOR NEXT YEAR'S EXPENSE
A tentative draft of a budget for
next year for Independence was adop
ted at an adjourned regular meeting
of the city council Wednesday eve
ning, in which six taxpayers assisted
the council in the proposed levies.
The rate, as adopted in the tenta
tive budget, caHs for a levy of 20
mills, which is approximately the
same as last year. There is an in
crease for some of the funds and a
decrease in others, although there
would be scarcely no change in the
total amount of money to be raised.
It provided for $400 for the library
fumd instead of $240 and -decreases
some of the intersection fund levies.
According to the new law, a bud
get has to be prepared by the council
assisted by six freeholders, and then
after being published for two weeks
it is submitted to a general meeting
of the people for approval with arty
changes deemed necessary.
GERALD HEWETT CLIMBS
FLAGPOLE AT O. A. C-
With the contract sublet to Ben
nett & Co. of Portland, prelimintary
work was started yesterday for pre
paring the grade for the highway
south from the Ed. Steele place 'to
the Benton county line. The distance
is about two and one-half miles and
the contract was awarded by the state
highway commission to Mr. Hilti
brand, who also has the- job from
Rickreall north.
The road is routed around the east
side of the Wheeler hill and with the
exception of a very short distance
follows a new course, eliminating the
heavy grade of the hill.
The legality of this contract is
being questioned as well as the one
for the work south from Monmouth
and north of Rickreall. The case is
now in the hands of Judge Kelley
and an early decision is anticipated.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis Gerald (Rook) Hewett of In
dependence represented the fresh
main class Saturday morning by climb
ing the Steel flagpole and bringing
down the rook flag with the numerals
'25 tied near the top by some of his
classmates. Hewett is the light
weight of his class, weighing only 96
pounds. He made the 60-foot climb
with no hesitation, and asked the
vigilance committee for a piece of the
flag for his reward. His request
was granted. I
MISS BALDWIN BECOMES
BRIDE OF LEONARD CLARK
Miss Gaynelle Baldwin, the gifted
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Bald
win, was married to Leonard Clark
in: the Baldwin home in Portland
October 4th. The bride is an accomp
lished musician, having studied- violin
in Germany for several years, and
is a charming young woman.
Mr. Clark holds an important posi
tion with the Standard Oil company,
being coast representative. Mr. and
Mrs. Clark will reside in San Francisco.
It's an ill wind that blows con
trary to the predictions of the
weather prophet. .