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yEAU No. 14
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, 0iiS
SlflL BUDGET
!)S SANCTIONED
Tr a miner and
Schools for .1 car
Placed t W
uot culling for an expendi-
I....J nnrnn ill
. v ....... ..,!,,..
I ' mini"! hold in the
ihout 25 were m ntton-
lith P. E. Fletcher, chnirmnn
,ard, presiding.
the reading of tho official
, Clerk C. (. Irvine, explain
purpose f the meeting, tho
. buiiK'-t i'''-pr,a l,y tho
.! anil three freeholders,
Oregon Normal
Were
without a dittm-nting
.... however, a feeling on
I of some that the expert of
!, i slimvmg a heavy in
vent few v,'"rH nKI' ,,mi B"mo
velop.-d after the adoption
u,K.-t, an to whether tho in-
'a juKtifial.il-. Chairman
f explained that the board
:rd it necessary to increase
ry item and that provision
mad' fur interest on bonded
wh and f.r the. retirement
, which wmihl mature during
ilary expense including jani
! clerk is placed at $12,875;
and nuppHi-H, ?1!H'0, ami
:ion, maintenance, bond and
it $0540, making a total of
The revenue to he derived
loorces i placed at $7000,
it nwenitary to raise by Bpee-
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MERS CEI.KWIATE
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
it bells rank' again for Mr.
i.W. NT. Alcxnn ler on Sunday,
iwcddirg dinner wan nerved
: incof their son and wife, Mr.
Gail Alexander. It was in
on of 35 years of married
reception was held during the
their own home across the
there relatives gathered to
-r eld tiniest and join m sing
old songs. Aa 1 o'clock they
to the well laden tables of
jpmado pretty with the fall
i. During tho dinner the child
"enti'd their parents with a
Those in attendance were:
d Mrs. W. N. Alexander. Mr.
' Gail Alcxnnder, Mr. and
3 Alexander, Pearl Alexander
ily.MVs. Joseph Anderson nn-d
of Drain, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
-A ion Paul, Mr. and Mrs.
'Hand daughter Mildred of
A Mr. and Mrs. P. P.
n and family, Mr. and Mrs. 8.
jinurry and son Henry, Mr.
'!. Oren McKlmurry, C. II.
Mr. and Mrs. John Compton
Isaac, Mrs, Grant Standard
rton, Mr. ami Mrs. Homer
and daughter, Rose Marie,
"k Stapletnn nnd son Ponn
Mrs. Rose Evans, Misto Erea
f Portland, Don Dickinson.
PEltS FINISH TWO
Excrete koap bridges
1 wncrcti bridges on the road
f Monmouth have been com-
Kullander Bros, of Inde-
subcontractors.
an IS font and the other
"span, nnd the construction
pntial ovon to the nbinit of
1 appear to be an unnec-
erPonse. Tho structures are
ed with steel rods, inch by
so closely are they used
i rete fillintr does not anncar
pfor'solidity.
the two structures will
r $5ooo.
1 Juniar. held an informal
CcHokc her ' party in the gymra-
urn on Friday, October 14. Under
their able committee h-nrf.. u....
emjoyed several w. n, i .......
-- , mums
PS well as many old fnwVi!i,.,l .... ii
Known gamut. The last hour ma
"pent in dancing, during which time
ucucious punch and wafers
served.
On WtNlnettduy at tho chapel hour,
Mi Lulu Rosamond Wallon of tlio
oulem schnol of Exnri'Si.in .n..
m reading which was greatly appre
ciated hy the student body.
On Friday evening of this week,
the Vespertine will givo the first
regular program of the literary
societies for tho year. The public
is cordially invited to attend this
entertainment which will begin
promptly at 7:30 p. m.
At their class meeting on October
1 4th, thr juniors chose class colors,
a motto, nnd a flower. "Strive, be
alive" is the motto; green ard white
the colors, and the pink La France
rose, the flower.
Mrs. Landers and Miss Records
spent laht weekend in Portland.
Mr, (io' tle is doing institute work
in llcppn-r this week, MIrs Records
at Ashland, and Miss Smith in Col
umbia and Coos counties.
On TiKuday the Norma! was
.happy to entertuin Colonel E. Hofer
ami his nister, Mrs. McKinney of
Salem, and Miss Hallow of Boise,
Idaho. Colonel Hofer, who was
formerly a member of the board of
regents of the Normal, addressed the
student body at the chapel hour.
He expressed great pleasure in the
increased attendance and prophe
sied a splendid year for 0. N. S.
Miss Agnes Campbell made a
business trip to Portland Saturday
in the interests of the faculty com
mittee 'on entertainments, of which
hhe Is chairman.
The literary societies have lately
held informal, parties to promote
acquaintance between their old and
new members. The Vespertines
dressed as children and enjoyed a
two hour frolic before study hours
an Thursday evening of last week.
The Delphincs held an advertise
ment party at similar hours on
Wednesday evening of this week.
Both affairs were well attended and
a decided succcess in the matter of
creasing acquaintance among the
members.
Miss Edna Mingus of the English
,,rt.m..nt attended a dinner given
by the Alumni of the University of
Iowa in, Portland last aiur:u.y
evening. ,
iv,i,limt Richard Frederick
Scholz of Reed College in Portland,
visited tho Normal on Thursday
and spoke to the faculty and stu
dent at the chnpel hour. Present
nh-usant, forceful speax-
er and bmught a message of worth
to his hearers.
A motion picture entitled The
Old Nest" will be given in uk-
chapel on Saturday evenng ucwo
er 22, at R:br.. This picture has
just been shown in roruanu .... i
it was much enjoyeu.
CORN EXHIBIT
FOR THIS YEAR
ASK STATE AID IN
"JUICE" PROBLEM
Independence Will Hold Its '-B
Annual Event About
December First.
The Independence corn Bhow will be
usiness Men Will File
Complaint With Ser
vice Commission.
i n , "" i iiDoanoiieu wun me ngui pirn
f-ti i I , U 18 t0 be i Pwer service which is being supplied
lathered by the Retail Merchants' as-1 to Independence by the Mountain
. l","'Ht dtuon was taken fatates Power company, the Retail!
in the matter at a . . ... i
, , - "-tu"is trie iviercnams- association will tile a for
nssoewtion Wednesday evening by the mal complaint with the public service
apjwmtment of A, Ct .Moore aa chair-. commission. The matter is now in
man of a committee to handle the the hands of M. II. Pengra, A. L.
event. Mr. Moore has officiated in, Thomas, C. W.' Irvine, G. C. Skinner,
this capacity in years one by and ex- and R. H. Nelson, a committee ap-
presscd a wish to be relieved of the nointed at a repnt meotino- r,f tt, J . , . . . .. .i. .ji:
. i "" "'" , ' dUCu in painting, Clay jnuuciii.gi
n, J many acquiescing , sociation to confer with Manager I T.f uDfnro tu spv-vif;? of luncheon
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J'unlcn this season.
Social Affairs
Mesdames Crosby Pavi3 and Pti"
roll Davis were hostesses for a pleas
ant afternoon party recently. The
looms were prettily decorated with
tJ'e brightly colored leaves of the
evergreen blackberry. The festivities
were opened with "America," tho'
instead of singing the hymn, each
iady was asked to stand wr.d repeat
correctly the words of the national
pr.fhe.m. It sounds easy, but no one
was able to perform the feat, tho Mrs.
Kieney covered hers.df with glory
by repeating correctly the first vrse,
and getting well into the third the
second she ignored completely be
fore making a mistake,
An "art" contest followed and
some priceless treasures were pr:
etc.
MANSFIELD TELLS
FARM CONDITIONS
Farmer is Holding Bottom
less Sack Says Farm
Bureau Head.
after other members had insisted that ' Joslin in regard to the matter.
me title of com king be not changed. , During the past year, following
The other members of the committee , the destruction of the Dallas sawmiJl,
are Arthur E. Ilorton and Z. C. Kim-'the source of ful Rimnlv for the
, power plant, there has been more or
ball.
A definite date for tho show has not less interruption to the service and a
been fixed, but it will be held for lack of the nroner voltae-e at. times.
two days along about the first of De
icember. The project will have the en
thusiastic cooperation of Paul Car
penter, county agent, and will have
the backing of the business men gen-erally.
The shortage in "juice" here is largely
due to the large amount which is
necessary to operate-the Independence
Sand & Gravel company plant.
Local men who have made an in
vestigation are of teh opinion that
Last year's exhibition was a ndte- j the Dallas plant is not adequate to
worthy success havuig extensive es- j meet the demands. Some additions
hibits of fine quality corn, and did are now being made and some have
much' good in spreading corn growth ,been made for the betterment of con
in this part of the valley. Editions, but in the estimation of the
A premium list will be prepared commitee the probleni is 'still unr
offering cash and merchandise pre- solved.
miums in the numerous classes. !
This has been a good corn year and PAYCHECKS ARE HERE
it is anticipated that a' fine showing FOR NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
will be made. I
Pay checks totaling approximately
FARMERS' UNION HOLDS a thousand dollars will eb distributed
BIG MEETING AT ELKINS to the members of Company K at drill
j next Tuesday evening. ,
A very interesting meeting of the The first drill for several weeks
Polk County Farmers union was hetfd was held last Tuesday evening, with
at Elkins last Saturday. The session , 46 men accounted for. From now on
lasted all day and addresses were drilling will occur weekly and inter
made by several prominent men. est generally in the affairs of the
Senator I. L. Patterson used good company will be revived,
roads and cooperative marketing for There are two vacancies in the
the theme upon which he dwelled, lieutenancies, but Capt. Emerson
interestingly and comprehensively. j Groves expects to be able to secure
P. 0. Powell explained in detail the , capable men for these pptets, and it
proposed 1925 fair; the method em- is probable that the appointments
ployed in financing it and the bene- Jwin SOon be made?
fit to be derived from it. I
Among the other speakers' were : 0DD FELLOWS HOLD
William Riddell, Jr., of Monmouth, , MEETING AT BUENA VISTA
J. F. Ulrich of Airlie, County Agent i
raul Carpenter, and A. G. Remple
of Dallas, vice president of the state
organization, of the Farmers Union
by the hostesses the guests were
pleasantly entertained by violin duet
given by Mabel Kullander and Clar
ence Quartier. Guests present were:
Mjesdames Hibbs, Thomas, Mattison,
Charles Irvine, Swope, Clark, Keeney,
Kimball, Carbray, Kelley, James,
Henkle and Robinson.
.
Mr. and Mrs. William Quartier en
tertained a few friends at a 7 o'clock
dinner Wednesday evening;, compli
menting their son Clarence on the
advent of his 12th birthday. Clarence
was not aware of the honor bestowed
upon him until the guests arrived.
Mrs. Quartier added to her reputa
tion as mistress of the culinary art,
her dinner being a feast for kings.
The, piece de resistance of the dessert
course was a huge birthday cake with
its 12 lighted candles. During the
evening Clarence entertainled his
guests with several violin selections.
Though this young man has studied
the violin less than, a year he has
made remarkable progress and prom
ises to become a musician of excep
tional ability.
HEWETT OFFICII! It -
pHARMACEUTICAL ASS'N
Aorinnl f,i,.,1
Jt 20 Mi ssi (W1 TToivntf nf
1(,e h.'lS l.m.n inVn.
1 I I'll 11 LILllCU lw
r of O. A. C. Pharma-
focinlion, while Gerald
uu'as tho
Hevett
office of yell leader
ion this year.
a pledfre of Delta
j) - 11 1S i pledfre of Delta
' J and is well known in the
( ,r win-it! mh; i irg-
1 Mninv riii,.; i, v,rt-
, Mie hel.l the office of sec-
1116 Pharmaceutical assoc-
MASKED MEN
INTERRUPT GAME
Poker Players at Camp One
Are Relieved of
About $600
Two masked men held up a poker
, 1 of the Siletz
fame at i - .v.
Logging company last S.ty
and relieved the players . and nj
of .bout $;oo. About ij
forol2 thomen with chug
over their faces, entered the p ace
Ued their iJK
and then gathered in the coin
molestation. A barber en toed ttj
nlaco while the men were bemg
"vskcrand hows likewise told
"stick 'em up." He was relieved of
arid a number of .nen cro
lBthe old army tl.
ample size to mice fcy
The highwayme were
. ,.. uritii fonditions anatney
iamuiHi - , 'h 0 ac-
advantage of an opportunity
cumulate a stake. e
the holdup, the mcni:
It is believed by
work of local artists.
In addition to these speeches there j
were manv interesting discussions,
touching upon' sucn matters as the
proposed tax levy in this county for
road purposes.
It was an all day session, excep
tionally well attended, and a big
repast was served at midday.
HENRY HOG AN WILL
BECOME TILLAMOOK FARMER
About an hundred were present at
a meeting of the Polk County Odd
Fellows Visiting association, held at
Buena Vista lodge room Wednesday
evening. Sheridan, Dallas, Falls City,
Monmouth and Independence lodges
were represented, and there was an
enjoyable program, including
speeches by C. L. Starr of Portland;
B. F. Swope of Independence, and A.
B. Sacre of Monmouth; violin selec
tions by Mr. Bressler of Monmouth
and saxaphone trio's composed ,of
Willard E. Craven, James Robbie
and Grant McLaughlin.
A feature of the evening was the
Henry Hogan, wno has been oper-
i buc'vinca TlPrP for
at Tillamook, taking possession una
wo..k. The ranch is a large one, has
SO cows, milking machine,
.n..;Co -fiillv eauinped
has taken it for a five year period
and is
Mr. Hogaw
A Seattle man claims to have found
tock certificates worth half a million
dollars between the pages of a fairy
book, thus adding to the supply of
fciry stones.
VAN AVERY BOY HAS
OPERATION FOR APPENDICITIS
COMPTON RANCH HOUSE .
AT SUVER IS BURNED
The ranch house of Lawrence Comp
ton at Suver was entirely destroyed
by fire Wednesday night. Mr. Comp
tomj was at Buena Vista attending
the Odd Fellows gathering. Mrs.
Compton and baby were sleeping on
the porch. Mrs. Compton was awak
ened by the baby's restlessness,, to
find the building a mass of flames.
She was compelled to leave it irj her
nightclothes, taking with her blankets
from the ' bed with which to cover
herself and the( baby.
The house was a large one, and
was purchased by Mr. Compton from
J. J. Thurston about a year ago.
Mr. Compton is a son of Clair
Compton of Independence.
JUDGE LT. HARRIS
WILL SPEAK HERE
Noted Jurist Consents to
Participate in Armistice
Day Celebration.
L. T. Harris of Salem, associate
justice of the supreme court, will be
the speaker at . the Armistice day
celebration in Independence.
The judge has graciously consent-
The 12 year old son of C. J. Van
Avery, a farmer lving south of town,
Avas taken to St. Vmcenfs hospital I ecj to officiate in, this capacity to the
in Portland MoWday afternoon by Dr. satisfaction of local post officials.
F. G. Hewett and operated upon lor Negotiations for the ladies' band of
appendicitis.
fjj The Greased Pig , J
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!- r , !uu
L':I ' ' -
Sheridan are still pending. Owing to
i several members of the organization
! being at college, it is possible that
another band will have to be secured.
With a message of vital ipmortance
to farmers, earnestly and entertaing-
ly presented, George A. Manaf ield of
Roseburg, president of the Oregon
farm bureau, spoke to the Retail Mer
chants' association following a 7
i o'clock dinner at the Hotel Beaver
j Wednesday evening, and at 8 o'clock
I that evening addressed an open meet-
Wg in the city hall.
Mr. Mansfield's mission is to get
he farmers to urate in an effort to
'correct numerous existing evils in
J order that the great farm industry
may be placed on a business basis,
j : With his "boyhood days spent on
a farm, followed by a number of years
of successful law practice, arid then
later a farmer on an extensive scale
in the Rogue River country, Mr.
Mansfield acutely realizes the prob
lems which are confronting the Amer
ican farmer today. He not only
realizes this condition, but he has the
gift of portraying this to his hearers
vividly and so convincingly that he
leaves the fixed impression that the
burden of the farmer is truly a great
one.
The farm bureau, is a national or
ganization, divided into national,
state and county units. It has a
membership of approximately two
milflioh farmers. It is without politi
cal or religious tenets, designed
purely to place the farming industry
on a solid basis, by teaching the far
mer how to prepare his products for
the market, finding a market for the
products at a reasonable profit, and
then what is of still greater impor
tance regulate production so that the
supply will meet the demand, and
eliminate the loss of millions which
occurs yearly.
Mr. Mansfield's portrayure of farm
conditions as they exist today is not
a very inviting one. He declares that
the farmers have been compelled to
hold what fs literally a bottomless
sack in these readjustment times
largely for the benefit of the specu
lator, particularly is this true in, the
west.
If the great agricultural industry
of the United States is to live it must
be given nourishment. There must
be a reduction in transportation
charges, more transportation facili
ties, and if necessary an impregnable
wall around the United States which
will make this country what the fore
fathers intended it should be a land
of homes for free white people.
In touching upon the Willamette
valley Mr. Mansfield declared-it to be
a paradise, capable under the right
treatment of supporting thjousanefs
where it now has one.
Mr. Mansfield held his audiences
spellbound . in revealing farm condi
tions as they exist today and in out
lining the corrections which must be
made if these United States are tc
continue to prosper.
This week has been devoted to a
speaking campaign, in Polk county.
Mr. Mansfield is scheduled to speak
at the Grange hall in Monmouth on
Saturday afternoon of this week and
in the school house at Buena Vista
Saturday evening.
C. C. Painey another farm bureau
speaker, will address the farmers in
the Fairview school house on Friday
evening of this week and at Valley
View school on Saturday evening.
PIGS ARE BARRED
FROM INDEPENDENCE
The city council is about to rein
force a city ordinance which was sue
pended during the war period. After
November 15th, pigs will be barred
from the city.
Action was taken at a recent meet
ing of the city council, and the ordi
nance is to be rigidly enforced.
GRANTS BUY TRUCK
FOR. TRANSFER WORK
W. G. Grant, associated with his
brother, has purchased a truck and
entered the local transfer field.
The Seggels ahve purchased a
home in McMinnville, where Mr.
Seggel is an instructor in the high
school. MJrs. Seggel and daughter
iwent to McMinnville last Saturday.
WASHINGTON MAN SUCCEEDS
MAILLIE. IN PALACE SHOP
B. E. Van Horn has acquired the
one-half interest of W. R. Maillie in
the Palace barber shop, and the firm
is now known as Watkins & Van
Horn. . ' ' ,
Mr. Van Horn, comes here from
Seattle, having been connected with
the Hotel Seavoy shop in that city.
He is a young man of pleasing personality.
Mr. Maillie has " amiother business
project in the making which will take
him to the new town of Grand
Ronde eventually. In the meantime
he expects to make Independence
his abiding place.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Becken are
the guests of their daughter at Wood-
burn, for several days.
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