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Ill DAMAGE
6 LIlillT IK
jiette Climbs Rapidly
,Highct Point in
12 Year
WiDi""-'1 touching a
fond tuo Momluy night
then gradually receding.
.t damage has resulted in
iy of Independence. Some
ken luHt, noma cropa de
pcoplo living on theeuwt
j river huvu been ubjecU-d
jiJorublo annoyance. Com
i other part of On-yon this
,j,e Willamette valley has
rti Starting t almost low
jrlt last Saturday, there was
It d'lug of ruin until Mon--wg.
At to mo tlie rain
a, drop like hwrw wavea,
, result that tho Willamette
idling in volume almost at
,1 nd continued atendily in
.id flight until nWjit the low-
rg the river had become
able utock, grazing along
: bame marooned before the
irtiiwd the danger, and then
,neurryU rescue it. 8am
,U pair of home by drown-
ji ranch on the Luckiamute,
town; M. V. Prat her of
"u!i lost severul itheep and
mt fide of the river, resi-
.ftiwl no small inconvenience.
:f crept up around the Iwuhch
iti'aiiitu'HH which became
. Household good were
(Uncea moved to the accord
A sU k taken to barn lofts.
,0 the uneasiness of the situ-
ix fi rry went out of corn-
Sunday afternoon while it
Jw east side of the river,
lh uk of a few old kiff a
to those who deemed it
7 ncceHHary to croaa.
ha been considerable dam
kep trellises, ami nomo root
m bwn poiled. Virgil I)e
su 30 acres of spuds, which
h deems worthless, entailing
sfieveral thounand dollars,
s Brothers arc likewise losers
Uto fnme, a part of their
fag been in narks, but ub
i Making for several days.
D. Iliff rescued thrrt hors
with considerable difficulty
m of a boat after they had
narnnned near the river,
silence Sand & Gravel rom
"d five electric motors from
:', Monday, Retting them out
the r.ick of timo to prevent
ing submerged nd badly
was so high in the Luckia
the Kouth of the Davidson
on the road from Indcpcnd
Corvallia that traffic was
until Wednesday morning.
Any was filled with tree-
1 other debria. Thirt was rc-
aider the dirceitnn of High
gineer Fletcher by W. H.
y,a farmer living in that lo
Cars returning from the foot
le at Eugene became stalled
r, where a stream of water
'ing over tho rond, others
d up at the Davidson bridge
in this direction, and there
zens of others on this side of
Ice anxious to continue on
ay south.
Valley & Siletz Buffered eon-
:e loss on its line between
and Valsetz. A span of
25, near tho Bladeree enmp,
shed out nnd there were sev-
J covering the track. There
n im txnffw over the road be-
Boskins nnd Valsetz since Sun-
all of tho mail matter for
is heincr held in the local
Pending such time as traffic
rekimnrl
;i Southern Pacific east side
11 traffic has been routed tnru
nee since Monday. This
wasitated by the washout of
'each to the railrnod bridge
rfver touched its highest point
ears n,n nnnA nt that tunc-
tot at Thanksgiving time, and
"dernble damage.
tin .t!inns recall,
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, NOVEMBER 25, 1921
"truvt m copioualy that akiffs were
kvi huuux town.
Jiut the rain atorm whkh viaited
tho W.llamctte valley waa r,ot a cir
cunmUnco to tho bliaaard which
wept ovi-r etcr Oregon and down
he 'Columbia to the very portala of
I ort and, where it turned into what
lortland term a "liver thaw"
Kailroad traffic U till at a atand
U1 In the Columbia gorge. Panaen
Ker train, m completely covered
with ico that they are ice palucea are
KUlled. Snow i (.Verul feet in
depth. Telephone and telegraph
nyatemn are literally wrexked. Three
traina are loat between the Columbia
river and Hem!. Hundred of auto
mohilea are stalled along the Colum
bia highway, the owner abandoning
them and seeking belter wherever
it waa poMible U find it.
The damage in Portland is cnor
muua, and the work of deatruetion
waa continued up the Columbia as
far aa The Dalle, and down through
the central Oregon country.
.STATU 1 LAX DRYING IN
C. A M'LAUCHLIN KILNS
C. A. McLaughlin's hop kilna ore
being uaed to dry a large amount of
flax belonging to the Htate. The flax
all aorted and bundled was soaked
with water after being taken from a
building which was burned on the
Htate penitentiary farm.
Arrangements were made to use
the Livealey hop kilns, but the high
water made it necessary to change
the plana, and after skirmishing
around the penitentiary officials
found that the McLaughlin plant is
about the only one on high ground.
Alxmt 20 convicts, all trusties, are
engaged in the work, being brought
to tho kilns every morning bv truck.
i ....
I The flax has to be untied, spread
. L I ' I 1 . t 11 1 1 .Ml
out, urieo ana reouniueu. u win re
quire Home little time to complete
the job.
ALL READY FOR
THE CORN SHOW
Preparations Being Made
To Make the Event
a Big One
Friday and Saturday. DmU, 9
and 3, are the daya which corn o-mw.
crs and those interested in tho de
velopment of the industry in Polk and
Marion counties, should make it a
P"int to attend the annual show,
which will be held in the Independence
wage display room.
Fifteen hundred premium lists
have been distributed, the premiums
in cash and merchandise totalling ap
proximately $400. While the price
of com and other farm products has
been slashed during the past year,
there has been no reduction in1 the
prizes which have been fixed for win
ners of corn and corn products
prizes.
Independence merchants and busi
ness men generally have come for
ward handsomely. On another page
of the Enterprise will be found the
complete list of offerings.
If you have corn exhibit it is the
urgent request of the corn committee,
and then visit the show. There will
be cordial welcome to all and no
charga whatever will be made.
CHRISTMAS SEALS WILL
BE ON SALE NEXT MONTH
INDEPENDENCE HAS PLENTY
MATERIAL FOR BASKETBALL
Interest in basketball is growing,
and Manager Kullandi r of tho Ameri
can Iifgion aggregation is anticipat
ing the development of a fast team.
Practicing is occurring three times
weekly, and quite a large number
are participating. Verd Schrunk,
one of the standby last year, has
been selected as captain. Other
member of last season's team who
are getting in line are Art Black,
C. C. Archibald, Ira Mix, Harold
Reynolds, Elmer Addison and Jack
Tate. New aspirants for court hon
ors are: Ernest Hartman, Jay Butler
and "Dubs" Mulkey, (Monmouth),
Frank Fisher (IJuena Vista), Frank
Schrunk, Frank Addison.
Negotiations are under way for a
er-b,.hio of eames. and an effort is
I being made to open the season about
the middle of next montn.
GOVT HIDES WILLAMETTE
ON LOG; IS RESCUED
A goat riding a log as unconcerned
ly as a river hog with three sheets to
the wind, was rescued Monday by
Capt. A. J. Spong at Spongs land-
'"This same goat had a ride which
would thrill a movie actor. At the
Polk-Salem bridge the go.
i ,1 f mm the log upon which it
crowded fiom uic s ' ,
w0, perched, hut again cl.mbcd upon
farther down the sM.
Punt SponR noticed tnc nh
goa 'but from shore it appear to
edta pursu, 1Ssba ;at he con-
ft7"the late John H.
The estate of wo .(ler.
Moran of mou n
able magnitude. eg J ilcd in
praiscment which Jos gine)
the probate court tate
the executrix. Uo property
$7175.84, Partncr vlued at
with I- Pat ers-
$3657.80, pa" 175.84.
.withMary E.St e ;Jchareg E.
H(Sc0neof M-outh ha. been a,
paised at w
TTTST several
The 14th annual Christmas seal
sale will be held during December by
the Oregon Tuberculosis association.
Last year, the sale in this state
amounted to approximately $38,000,
placing Oregon in the 12th rank in
sale returns in the United States.
This year, the association officers are
hoping to show a very material in
crease. Since 1906, tuberculosis has de
creased 40 percent. Much credit
for the progress in the fight against
the white plague is due the various
state tuberculosis associations and
the national association. The Oregon
Tuberculosis association is financed
entirely through the sale of Christ
mas seals. Five million seals are
now being distributed to agents who
have accepted the management of
the sale in various counties.
Polk representatives for the
sale are: 1 ; " -1
Independence Woman's club.
Buena Vista JVIrs. M. N. Frather.
Dallas Woman's club.
Falls City Mrs. C. P. Horn.
McCoy Mrs. E. M. Jourdan.
GOVERNOR CALLS
SPECIALSESSION
Olcott Considers Exposition
of Importance to Warrant
Extraordinary Measure
Governor Olcott thas " announced
that a special session of the legis
lature will be convened December 19th
for the purpose of enacting legisla
tion which will permit submitting to
the voters by special election the
cfuestion of bonding the state for
$3,000,000 for exposition purposes.
Governor Olcott ia intimating in ;
his official call that other matters
will b recommended for considera
tion of the legislators.
SHERIDAN IS HIT HARD
BY FLOOD WATERS
POLK'S OLDEST NATIVE
SON DIES IN DALLAS
"BILL SNYDER MARRIES
NURSE AT TULARE, CAL.
Dallas William C. (Bill) Snyder,
former wellknown member of the
University of Oregon football team
married Miss Ethel Snyder of Read
ing, Pa., at Tulare, Cal., where he
is now engaged in business, on Nov
ember 11.
Miss Snyder was an army nurse
stationed at Camp Jackson in 1918,
Will Snyder, then an officer, of
the artillery, was critically ill with
pneumonia, and nursed him to heaitn.
The acquaintance formed at that time
culminated in the marriage on
Armistice day.
Mr. Snyder is a son of County
Treasurer and Mrs. A. V. R. Sny
der of this city.
Dallas John Boyle Embree, Polk
county's oldest native teon, passed
away at the Dallas hospital Saturday
morning following an illness of sev
eral days due to old age and other
complications.
Mr. Embree was a son of two of
Polk county's first settlers, Mr.
and Mrs. Carey D. Embree. He was
born on the old donation land claim
near Rickreall on October 17, 1842,
the farm now being owned by H.
Crowley and the old house which
Mr. Embree built on his arrival in
Oregon and the home in which' Mr.
Embree was born is still standing.
Mr. Embree never married and
lived with his parents on the old
homestead until about 30 years ago
when after the death of his mother
he came to Dallas to live with his
father and established a home in the
western part of Dallas where, with
the exception of but a few years
I during which he lived in Harney
county, he has since resided.
Mr. Embree was a character that
the open frontier life produced. He
was a familiar personage upon the
streets of Dallas until about a year
ago when old age prohibited him from
getting to town often. During his
younger days he was a noted fisher
man and many of the expert fisher
men of this vicinity owe their first
training to Mr, Embree's patience.
He was a lover of flowers and during"
the later years of his life he devoted
his time to raising some of the finest
specimens of dahlias ever seen in this
part of the country.
Mr. Embree is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. Mary Hayter and Mrs.
Alice I. Dempsey, both residents of
Dallas. Funeral services were .held
Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Frank
James of the Methodist church offic
iating. Interment was in the old
Embree cemetery near Rickreall.
Sheridan Sheridan was in total
darkness Sunday night, several
bridges have been damaged and all
stores along the principal street have
been closed because of flood condi
tions here. Telegraph wires are down.
Owners of the 15 main stores along
Bridge street were all forced to vacate
and much dmaage to stocks is re
ported. 1 i ;
Several stores along Main street
were carried away by the flood.
Some residences and barns have also
been badly damaged. The bridge con
necting the north and south parts
of town across the Yamhill is being J
repaired and is open to traffic. Two
small highway bridges Spanning
feeders of the Yamhill river between
iSheridan and Willamina were washed
away. No trains are running between
these two towns. The Southern
FILL TORN OUT
BY LUCKIAMUTE
Considerable Damage Is
Done By High Water
Near Steele Place
Damage to the extent of several
thousand dollars was caused by
flood water on the road between the
Luckiamute river and Ed. Steele's,
which the state highway commission
is building with Polk county's
market road fud.
This is a part of the road which
the highway commission has been so
industriously struggling to make a
part of the west side Pacific high
way even going to the extremity
of having it decreed by the Polk
... ., , , . cv,i i county court as a market road, the
Pacific railroad bridge west of Shen- ..... . ' ,
j a v. legality of which is now in the
UO-il lias UCCIl taiiiaA w.w '-''"
Reports from Willamina bring news
that that town is under water in many
places and that residents in the west
ern part of town have been, forced to
move or take to boats.
It has not been possible so far to
estimate the damage here. The dam
age to the electric light plant alone
is several thousand dollars. The
loganberry and fruit industry on
the river bottom land has suffered
greatly. . , , ,
SCHOOL OFFICERS WILL
CONVENE IN DALLAS
The annual school officer's conven
tion will be held in the circuit court
room at the Polk county court house
in Dallas, on December 10, 1921; for
the purpose of discussing questions
pertaining to the improvement of the
public school system.
The chairman of the board of di
rectors of every school district should
attend. If it is inconvenient for him
to attend, he should appoint the
clerk or some member of the board to
represent his district. The delegate
from each district will receive $2
for his expenses.
The following program has been
arranged: I
10:15-10:45 Josiah Wiils, subject,
An explanation of new budget forms
and clerk's record book. 1
10:45-11:35 Supt. J. A. Churchill,
subject, "A Plan for Curing Many
of the Weaknesses in our Rural
Schools."
11:30-12:00 Discussion led by G.
A. Peterson.
1:30-2:00 J. S. Landers, President
of O. N. S., subject selected.
2:00-2:40 Miss Elizabeth Hopper,
a representative of the Oregon Tub
erculosis association, subject, "Why
Polk County Should Employ a nurse."
2:40-3:00 Discussion led by Dr.
A. B. Starbuck.
Report of committee.
Election of officers.
FRESHMEN WILL PLAY
SALEM JUNIOR HI TONIGHT
Independence high school freshmen
will meet a basketball team repre
senting the Salem Junior high school
in the local gymnasium on Friday
evening of this week. The game will
be called at 7:30.
The frosh lineup will be: Caroll
Smith and Gerald Kelley, guards;
Bill Baker and Cecil Reuf, forwards,
and Bill Becken, center.
An admission charge of 10 and 15
cents will be made.
oourta. , ..
The high water has again em
phasized to the highway commission
the inadvisability of the route. Sun
day and Monday, the greater pari of
the fill south of the bridge was
covered with water to a depth of 12
inches or more, and at both ends of
the bridge which is being built just
north of Mr. Steele's place, the fill
ing was washed away, totalling fully
150 feet. ,
The force of the water at that
point was terrific. A huge, pile
driver, especially constructed for the
bridge construction, equipped with
an 1800 pound hammer, and anchored
with four guy lines, was torn loose
and swept down in the field nearly
half a mile. About 40,000 feet of
timbers and planks left on the new
grade for the bridge material were
also swept away. The piling for the
bridge was all in except four. Mr.
Trent, the contractor, announces that
no more work will be done on the
bridge until spring. He will en
deavor to locate the timbers which
were carried away.
Had this bridge been built it is
more than probable that the main
bridge would have been torn out.
It would have dammed the water at
the shortcut at the Steele place and
forced it over against the main
structure. As it was, the water
lacked only about 18 inches of
reaching the roadway in the bridge.
Just down the river a short dis
tance, at Parker, while the water
was running wild at the Helmick
crossing, conditions were right the
opposite. The river was within
its confines with several feet to spare
on either side.
This is admittedly the only point
where the Luckiamute can be crossed
and have a year around highway.
HUBBARD BUYS FOSTER'S
INTEREST IN REALTY FIRM
MRS. SHELLENBARGER FOUND
DEAD IN PORTLAND HOME
Mrs. Ellen Shellenbarger, wife of
, Weston G. Shellenbarger, and daugh
ter of Mrs. Ellen Robertson of Inde
pendence, was found dead in her
home in Portland Wednesday after
noon, by her nine year old son
upon hi's return from school. She
,was sitting in a chair and the in
dications point to heart trouble.
Mrs. Shellenbarger was 44 years
old and spent her girlhood days m
Her father, L. W.
Robertson, was a pioneer druggest
here. He died many years ag".
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O. L. Foster has sold his interest
in the Independence Realty company
to his partner, J. E. Hubbard, with
the expectation of entering the realty
earn in California. Since closing
the deal, however, developments have
S V : 1 ; ,1 nrl.i.l, molT VOCTllt TT All i
i maid I.. u nimii xicj - ij , endence
rPoster locating in Albany, where he I"61'. "
was previous to his arrival here.
Mr. Foster-came here about a year ; . hn'sband and son, Mrs.
ago from Albany, buying the Hubbard , o,,ol1pTlW-pr survived by her
jnop ranch, which he disposed of Mrs. Robertson and three
shortly atterward, ana necame assoc- . sigters. Mrs George De Witt and
i lated with U. ts. smitn in tne reauy
'i-. M l 1. 1 1- A.
, Dusmess. ouDsequenuy ne oougiit
Mr. Smith's interest in the firm, and
last spring Mr. Hubbard became as
sociated with him.
Mr. Hubbard will continue the busi
ness under the name of the Independ
ence Realty company.
SLOPER BROS. BUILD ,
LARGE SHED ON RANCH
Sloper Bros., have just completed
on their hop ranch south of town a
machinery and tool shed, 24x120 feet,
40 feet of it having a concrete floor.
The Slopers maintain a complete
machine shop, equipped with power
lathe and other labor saving ma
chinery. W. A. Sloper, who is hand
ling the ranch, is the inventor of a
hop plow, which will be manufac
tured there. Several of these ma
chines have been tried out and have
given) excellent satisfactoin.
Mrs. W. H. Craven of Independecne
and Mrs. F. R. Hanlon of Seattle,
Washington. No arrangements for the funeral"
have been made, but it is epecte
that services will be held in Portlu
and interment made there.
Mrs. Robertson, Mr. and Mrs. De
Witt and Miss Lucile Craven went to
Portland yesterday morning.
MRS. HILDA TOWNSEND
IS SUING FOR DIVORCE
Mrs. Hilda Olive Town'send has
filed suit in the Multnomah1 county
circuit court in Portland for a divorce
from Ernest L. Townsend.
The Townsends are former well-
known residents of Independence,
leaving here about a year ago.
If you want to sell it, buy it,
trade it, or find it, try an Enterprise
Classified ad. . ' '.
I rau J V J V a 1
'il!amette was at a real flood
Miss ,,v
day9 in Hoddn- recently.
Water flowed down Min