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IcJU, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, NOVEMBER 18,1921
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JISTICE DAY
IS BIG EVENT
ican Ugion Goes Over
rtk..rvnnr
Op "' vm-w.
0f World Lvent
(bwrvam-e of Armintico day
-ndenco wwl Monmouth won
jrtfjwfully carried out. From
3 nlule bt-fore hwitIho to the
til f tho "Homo Swwt
'duxt nuniixT, tho time wan
ilh patriotic innplration In
biuhIc. feaittinjr and good-
tp, ml a pneral celebration
, jrd by Independence pout of
.rtiran IC-iflon, tru; event had
isiantic backing of tho people
y It wu a community af-
which there was united effort
it a plenning memorable.
s. In addition to a fitting
,.n of lhi great Mlgnifkw re
l, jy, the rtrii(iphT wan per-
,ilh foiling of keen IntcTi'Ht
-irauVn for tin' boy who had
ucntly rntribuU-d their mite
A .out 75 rtU,i,.nU t00k a(vttnt
of the excursion to Salm organized
fcy Mr. Duller on Tuomky. They saw
tho supreme court in esslon, visited
the governor', office, and also made
trips to tho peniU-ntiury ud the any.
urn. During tho afternoon dome vis
itcd tlw school for the blind, udwol
for tho deaf, and other state institu
tion and buildings. All in all it was
day of great educational value and
many thanks are due President
Landers, Mr. Hutler and Miss Chand
Icr who had the matter in charge. -
The Vespertine will present their
program for the month in the chapel
Friday evening,. November 18
TownHp,pk are cordially welcome
to thin program which will . begin
promptly at seven-thirty. (Kindly
note tho hour.)
"Childron'g Rook Week", a week
ret apart nationally to stimulate the
buying of worthwhile books for chil
dren, wan fittingly observed at the
Normal this week. The class in Li
brary MYthodt arranged Several at
tractive exhibits of children's books
if special Hubjects, of beautiful books
for children, etc. An unumial ex
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f.a, rue. I here was a , , K .. C(,mpnnyf books par.
;lhattluM!uywa tb.-ir ii! tic.uInrl MM in bin(in(? am, H.
..dditiun to bemir one of gene- j hlMtom m w,n as subjVt mMcr
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fl"11-0, .1 By no means least in Imnortanee. Mr.
r.uth jrrrj.ualy ciiU-rUmed ! ,,,.,.,. 4v f ,
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t tti 111 ill t Wi-wlr nuil fir t n .U 111 n fl
in the f-rrnoon; the bu,neH , ,it,.ratur,. iy, moRt cnt
,rf-d tfinptinjr lumheon t;fii,
;he community house.
HiM-ctacular parade in
(nn H Idepemirrice; a de-
pmirrain In the Isls theatre;
taous dinner wii erveI by
man's auxiliary in the Odd
hall, and there was dancing
Student and faculty are glad to
weleome Mr, Beattie back to his
classes after hiB recent illness.
A dancing party given by the stu
dent body but especially sponsored
by the Junior class will occur in, the
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hieh xchool gymnasium at '""
ivember 19, at eight o clock. Local
i . i .i t i r .1 l' a
. . ,. ,. , r i ir -nus on me normal social iihi are
r the direction or t apt. r.m-
. . ... . inviti":! tn lip nresent.
jrvi'd, mnninni or iru iay, -
A motion picture entitled lhe uiu
Nest" will be shown in the chapel
rv-xt Monday evening, November 21.
iSxtfd by hi chief of Htaff,
W. U-wis Ro, a parade
by a Salem bnml, formed at
iM. There were
,u ru n I This picture is a much-heralded
u- T..t:.. rv.. Hru'ctacular production which was re-
nre i-.nt of the American cent'y hon for two weeks at the
w.n'- .....ill.rv. ll In l-olumbia in roruanu, ...
Th. m.rrh t .h- Kormal Worth a Moving at me onn..
here Prof. U. C. Ostein, as
f office r, we!comel the as-
t. lhe program had oeen
y arranged and was impres-
riven, receiving hearty accord.
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b "Loyulty," 0. N. S. orches-
HIGHLANDERS ARE OUT
IN FORCE AT ALEXANDERS
'-"We'll Never I-t Our Old
'I," stinlcnt body.
Salute, Creed audience.
'The Shoogy-Shoo, (Mayhew)
'A Southern Lullaby", (Gree-
ri Glee clui).' 0 N. S.
i solo "Recessional". ( Pe
ll rs. J. S. Landers.
-Hon. W. T. Vinton of Mc-
of America". (Picrson),
dee club, O. N. S.
calls,
".Star Swindled Rnnner".
b 0. N. S. orchoHtrn.
conclusion of tlv program,
fV'ice mi.n nnd tV-ir families
eseorteil to the community
and served a temntincr lunch-
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:0, the program in liwlepcnd-
as opened by the formation of
A mllv time was had Saturday eve
ning when Mr. and Mrs. Gail Alexan
der 'entertained the HigWnnd social
club. These people are planning to
drive dull care away every fort
right during the winter by coming
together for games and music. Seve
ral new members were admitted.
Refreshments were served. Mr. and
Mrs. Harrison Brandt will entertain
t the next meeting. Those partici
natrng I the frolic Saturday evening
were Mr. and Mrs. urea i..,.
Mr. and Mrs. William Alexander and
granddaughter. Mr. and Mrs. Dell
Alex-mder, Pearl Alexander d
(1;lllghtor, Mr. r,d Mrs. David Sta
ploton nnd family, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
knpleton and son, Mr. rd Mrs. Ha -riJn
Brandt and daughter Mr. an,,
Mrs. Walter Nelson ard family,
. m iv;";nm Morrison and
Mr. nnd Mrs. TU..am xu
Carl, Mr. and Mrs. ..- w
and family. Mr. and Mrs. Gail
MRS. MATTISON
IS SUMMONED
Beloved Woman Dies After
Long Illness Many
Attend Funeral
Tho community was saddened last
Monday by the news that Mrs.
Klnora Mattison, well known in
Marion and folk counties, had died
at the family home.
Mrs. Mattison had been in failing
health for some time, but about two
months ago her condition became crit
ical. After being for some , time
under the care of a trained nurse,
she was taken to the Deaconess
hospital at Salem for treatment and
was brought home Saturday, only
to pass quietly to sleep Monday morn
ing, November 14.
Tho funeral services were held
Wednesday at the Odd Fellows hall,
the large room being filled with
friends who came to pay their last
resnects to the dead. The floral of
ferings were many and beautiful in
their sweet silent messages helping
to lighten the grief of the sorrow
ing ones. Interment was made in the
I. 0. 0. F. cemetery, a large number
of friends following the body to its
last resting place. Rev. Roselle of
Monmouth officiated, with Funeral
Director A. L. Keeney in charge. The
pall bearers were: C. A. McLaugh
lin, C. W. Irvine, L. Damon, J. E.
Hubbard, J. McLcod and W. H. Walk
er. Business houses were closed from
2 to 3:30.
Elnora Sophia Wilson was born in
Coral, Michigan, October 31, 1858,
ami was married to Charles Mattison,
July 24, 1874. Of this union six
children were born one Bon, Clif
ford, dying in infancy, and one
daughter, Mrs. Lola Perry, diyng
June 7, 1910. The surwiing child
ren are: Jessie, Wlifiam, Grover of
Independence arid Mrs. Bertha Lo
rence of Walla Walla, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. Mattison came from
Michigan to Oregon in 1878 and lived
until 1903 in Marion' county, at -which
w i I
time they came to independence,
which has been the family home
since that time. Mrs. Mattison was
prominent in lodge work, being a
memlxir of the Rebekahs, Degree,
Circle, Fraternal Union, Pythian
Sisters and Yeomen.
Friends and Tejatives coming from
a distance to attend the funeral ser
vices of Mrs). Matitson were: Ed.
T nrpnrfl of Walla Walal, Wess Perry
of Portland, Will Mattison of Astoria,
Mr. arid Mrs. Jabe Parker and George
Higgirs, wife and sister of Salem.
SAVE LIBRARY,
CO. AGENT, FAIR
Business Men Will Petition
Spare These Essentials
Budget Committee to
Believing that it will be for the
welfare of the county that provision
be made for a continuance of the
county agent, county library, Polk
county fair and Independence corn
show, a resolution was adopted by
the Idnependence Retail Mrechants'
association, Tuesday evening, recom
mending to the county court that
provision be made for these items in
the budget which will be prepared
for the county's expense next year.
These items were all in the budget
for last year, totalling approximate
ly $7800. However, for the coming
year the county is going to be short of
funds owing to the six percerjt limi
tation increase, and it was feared
that possibly when the budget com
mittee began to use its shears these
items would be clipped.
A very large part of the money
levied for taxes is mandatory on the
part of the board, giving it only nom
inal discretion in the allotment of the
funds. In the estimation of the Inde-
pendence business men it would be
wisdom to continue the appropriation
for the county agent, which is met
by a state appropriation of $2000,
provide funds for the county library
and the fairs, and let the road fund
be the one to be made the "goat."
It was not the intent or purpose of
the association, however, to dictate to
the budget committee, what action it
should take, but rather as an expres
sion of he views of the members of
the association.
The resolution was adopted without
a dissenting vote.
LARGE QUANTITIES OF
PRUNES ARE SHIPPED
More than 3,000,000 pounds of
prunes of the new crop have been
shipped to all markets up to the
present time by the Oregon Growers'
Cooperative association. This total
includes nearly 50 solid car shipments
in addition to many l.cl. lots Bold in
smaller markets. !
Packing plants have been busy
filling orders pnd fcars nave been
rolling from them regularly as fast
as the fruit could be packed.
Thia year a different marketing
problem is presented an d the
small prunes will' be the first
ones to be cleaned up. Last season
the reverse was true when the smaller
sizes remained till the last. It is
expected that the large size and su
perior quality of this year's prunes
will be very influenzal factors in the
early movement of the crop.
i An exhibit of Mistland prunes
I i t l tn .1 fn-w
pacKea in special iu-jiuuhu uv-n-a
the Christmas trade shown at the
Land Products show of the Pacific
International Livestock exposition
drew much favorable comment from
all of those who tried samples of the
fruit. Many people learned with
Surprise that prunes are delicious
to eat from the hand in their dried
state and that the quality of this
year's fruit approaches that of a confection.
A G WILLIAMS RESIDENCE
BOUGHT BY J. E. HUBBARD
A. G. Williams has sold his resi
dence property at the corner ol
Fourth and B streets to J. E. Hub
bard of the Independence neaity
company. The property eonssits oi
a modern residence and two good
sized lots. ...
Mr Williams sole reason, tor let
ting go of this property is that he is
son
fomwy, mi. ting go oi una fi j
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Alexander, Miffs veinc iatout 10 em."
T?..f Wright. .. ; mmiiJTre With
Ttnso Evans, Messrs. cottage oiovc ...
'M on n strnef- hofwpen First l,t' ' .. r Mn-pinmrrv and, W;ii5oni- will retain posses
sion of the property until January
excects to move
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Tnnc Compton
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t . nrv -McElnnirry and, M winiamg will
Carl Fentor. post of , Don Dlckm
and eomnairv L of Dallas
joined with the loenl organi
Rt this time, and there were
strikincl v !cnificant floats.
Y Ifnd wns a enr contninfnff
T. Harris of Salem, associate
' the supremo court, and
'r f the (lav. Thn came the
"""Hi, company K color bearers,
" star" ear, Civil war veterans,
Relief Corps, Marshal
1 and Major Rota, company L.
K, Dallas and Independence
'( of the American Legion,
' auxiliary.
8 followed the floats, which
Wiw11y attractive "The
f Flanders," a French box-
battleship, Red Cross ambu
"nnor and Red Cros's nurses,
Encampment, Odd Fellows,
!' of Pythias, Woman's Rc
and Woman's cluh. A
41 of effort was exerted in
Oration of the floats and the
very pleasinpr.
cession terminated at the
!atre, where the feature of the
1,1 was a masterful address,
(Concluded on page 8)
Lnn: FARM BUREAU HAS
i1 M01BERSiriP IN EXCESS 400
i . .i. ,i,.iva for memoersnip
k Po 1 Oo n y Farm Bureau has
by tho Polk utmry 400
resulted in a
memberships for a P nod
- The WWK IS noi- J"v . .
fS 't h not anticipated that th.s
iumbor will be swelled in excess of
45This is about one-third of the num
Jvely enedinfarnung
Polk county. The d-
:uTaere1Vuite ied
S the rults which have oo
tained. nS0lHASRAM
Sunday schoo announces
arationsare nuj obger.
program " for the assistance
vance, anu - t attending
of all children who are
GEORGE H. WOOD BUYS
MAIN STREET PROPERTY
George H. Wood has purchased the
old gymnasium building on North
Main street and will remodel it into
a machine shop. The property has
a frontage of 52 feet and a depth of
74 feet.
Mr. Wood has purchased the ma
terial for a metal roof and will do
considerable remodeling to make the
building fit his requirements.
Mr. Wood expects to have the
place ready for occupancy about
January 1st.
The building was owned by. Messrs.
Winslow aTid Endicott of Salem,
and previous to the time it was made
into a gymnasium was -used for a
machine shop. It is situated directly
across the street from Mr. "Wood's
present location.
POWER MEAT CUTTER
IN CITY MEAT MARKET
family to Cottage Grove.
Gus Miller has just added to the
equipment of the City meat market an
electrically -driven meat cutting ma
chine. It is a labor saving device,
which has gone through the experi
mental stage to the point where all
modern meat establishments are ac
centing it By Its use all of the la
borious work of cutting meat is elim
inated, and at the same time, the
machine will do the work of several
men.
It cuts to a uniform width. A fine-
his tooth Saw is used, cutting bones as
readily as -meat.
KULLANDER IS MANAGER
BASKETBALL ACTIVITIES
"Shorty" Kullarder has been made
manager of the American "Legion
basketball activities, and preliminary
arrangements are being perfected
for a speedy team. The first assem
blage of aspirants for the team was
held in the armory Wednesday night,
and the indications are that there
will be lots of desirable material. It
is hoped to have players enough to
form two or more teams and then
when the real contests open there
will be opportunity to select a team
which will make art enviable record.
Last year, the local aggregation
climbed into the limelight, and it is
the intent of Manager Kullander to
keep the spotlight burning.
Repairs are being made to the
armory, and it is probable that ar
rangements will be made with com
pany K for its u'se both for practic
ing and the games.
Negotiations have been started for
an early opening of the season, with
the expectation that the first game
wVd be played within the next week
or 10 days.
DATES ARE FIXED
FOR CORN SNOW
About $400 in Cash and
Merchandise Premiums
Are Being Offered
Friday and Saturday, December 2
and 3, are the dates which have been
selected for holding the annual corn
show ir.' Independence! It will be held
in the display room of the Independ
ence Garage, which Mr. Skinner has
generously offered for the purpose.
A premiunm list has been compil
ed by Paul Carpenter, county agent.
It will be ready for distributier.i in
a day or two and will also be printed
in the Enterprise next week.
About $400 in cash and merchand
ise premiums are being offered in
prizes on corn ard corn products.
There will be really two prizes for
every award. One is in cash by the
corn show and the other either in
cash or merchandise by Independence
business men.
The premiums are attractive and
liberal, including sugar, flour, shoes,
and dozens of other articles which are
worth while. The two banks are
each offering $25 in cash, and in fact,
there was a ready response from all
business concerns to assist in the
project.
. While all of the -details have not
been perfected, it is probable that
there will be a noted agriculturist
speaker, and possibly other attract
ive numbers.
The committee in charge of the af
fair consists of A. C. Moore, chair
man, A. E. Horton and Z. C. Kim
ball, and has received unanimous en
couragement from the business men.
It is a Polk county affair, with no
charge for entries or admission. It
is hoped that every grower of corn
in the county will enter displays.
While the prizes in- themselves are
worth while for the trouble, the chief
purpose is to get more farmers in
terested in growing corn and better
.corn.
Last year, one exhibitor carried
away more than $50 in prizes, ard
the chances are just as good this
year. The boys and girls have not
been overlooked, provision having
been made for club work and as individuals.
IMPROVED ELECTRIC
SERVICE IS ASSURANCE
Within a very short time, altera
tions which are now being made at
the Dallas plant of the Mountain
States Power company, will result in
an improved electrical service for
Independence, is the assurance of C.
M. Brewer of Albany, vice-president
and general manager of the com
pany, who was here yesterday in
company with Manager Joslin of
Dallas conferring- with a committee
of the Retail Merchants' association
consisting of M. H. Pengra, C. W.
Irvine, Ross Nelson, A. L. Thomas
and "G. C Skinner.
A new stack is being built at the
Dallas plant which will materially in-
i crease the steaming capacity and
permit the maintenance of a higher
voltage, and negotiations are now un
der way for 'standby" . or auxiliary
service to meet any possible inter
ruptions which might occur.
MASONS SELECT WEDNESDAY
AS NIGHT TO pAVE MEETINGS
Lyon lodge, No. 29, A. F. & A. M.,
has changed its stated commumdea
tions from the second and fourth
Saturday to the second and fourth
Wednesday of each month. This
action was taken at a communication
of the lodge last Satuday night and
was made on the belief that Wednes-
day would prove a more convenient
time for a majority of the
members.
Worshipful Master Wolfe announ
ces a full program for the balance
of the year: .'
Wednesday, Nov.23 Work in the
E. A. degree.
Satmday, Nov. 26 Special com
munication, with work in the F. C.
degee.
Wednesday, Dec. 7 Special com
munication, with work in the M. M.
degree, Salem Grotto lodge team
putting on the work.
Wednesday, December 14 Stated
communication 'and election ;of officers.
To and Fro
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VAULT DOOR IS BEING
INSTALLED IN FARMERS' BANK
A fireproof, burglarproof vault
door is being placed on the vault in
the Famrers' State Bank. Made of
steel so hard that a yegg will give it
a glassy stare and pass it by, this
door is no plaything. It weighs
14,000 pounds
The vault will be equipped with ad
ditional safety deposit boxes, in order
that this part of the bank's service
may be extended.
President Irvine says: "The ex
pense of adding this door is no small
item, but we feel that it will be a
good investment in the feeling of
additional security and in the elimi
nation of burglary insurance."
Mrs. M. R. Mills returned to Port
land yesterday after a visit at the
home of Mrs. Nellie Harris. Mr.
Mills is a printer holding a situa
tion on the Oregon Journal.
PUBLIC SALE OF MILCH
COWS WILL BE HELD HERE
Charles Taylor of Eugene has ar
ranged to hold a public sale of dairy"
cows at the Southern Pacific stock
yards in Independence on Tuesday,
November 22. There will be 22 hea
offered for sale.
Mr. Taylor is an old friend of Gus
Miller of the City meat market, and
was in Independence last Saturday
perfecting the details for the sale.
INDEPENDENCE WILL BE
IN HOLIDAY ATTIRE
Dozens of small fir trees are tn hn
used in giving tha.business streets of
independence a Christmas appear
ance. These will be nlanted along
both sides of the streets at stated
intervals and at street intersections.
The work will be done by the Retail
Merchants' association by a com
mittee composed of R. M. Walker.
George Wood and A. L. Kullander.
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