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fett! pit I D 41st YEAIlNo. 23 INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, JANUARY 13, 1922 I! 'ARMCONFEIIENCE lR0GIlAM READY Dur Days Replete With i Interesting Work in I Dallas Next Week , ilhe annual erius of farm con tho fence under the auspices of itm burtnu and the county agent ill take place in Dallas on January fth, to 20th, inclusive, according to l committer in charge of the do dK The mid-winter meetings seem i ho an established institution in ttKon, similar aeries being held in dozen or more counties thin year. lor tho first time tho Polk bureau iproviding a apodal program for trm women. On Wednesday and jri'liiy, tho 18th and 20th, much pro :Jrma art) arranged, the f irt on OfldH, the lat given to a conference t clothing problem. Miss Smith Oil Miss Cooley, food socialist and (a'.hing specialist, respectively, with ae college extension service, will epervise the work of these two Hys. Tho sessions are announced or tho County library, Dallas. The gt-ncrul meetings are replete vfth lectures and discussions that nnot fail to be of interest and tfit to nearly every Polk county and operator. The series opens on fui'sduy, tho 17th, with an all-day regram devoted to the interests of lie poultrymen. The forenoon con ference on egg marketing will inter t a large number of Enterprise readers. II. E. Hosby and Dr. J. N. :haw, both of the college, are billed fjj appear in the afternoon. i The livestock breeders will meet Wednesday with Prof. E. B. Fitts, dairy specialist, Dr. B. T. Simms, and L. J. Allen. Feeding cows for profitable production of milk, the control of cattle diseases, and the im- txrtance of livestock club work for hoys and girls, and other trabjects of "Interest will be discussed. l The fruit program of Thursday -will be held In the K. r. hall, Dallas, over the City bank. The con ference on fruit problems will be 'lipid in tho afternoon when the meet ing is open to every one. Prof. H. ' P. Barss, chief of the department of plant diseases, and E.IT. Weigand, Investigator with the horticultural de partment, will outline control meas ures for the common fruit diseases and discuss some promising fruit by-products. i Prof. G. R. Hyslop, thief of the y-ops department of the college, will : 'Appear both forenoon and : -afternoon on F r i d a y, the closing !qay. lie will deal with clover and rn growing rn Folk and discuss the Varieties of potatoes that will be 4'iind profitable in this part of the 'illey. M. B. McKay will develope tj.e subject of potato diseases and icir control. According to County gent Carpenter a number of potato ields have shown as high as CO per- Tlt frA?1 n, Jl,rt.,r, r ilaic. It would seem that the Friday meeting will be extremely valuable . t potato growers. I Except for the Thursday meeting 3e general sessions are announced to b held in the commercial club rooms, lallas, in tho Imperial hotel budding. SO CHANCE IN FARMERS' I STATE BANK OFFICIALS I The Farmers' State Bank held its Annual mooting of stockholders yester day afternoon, resulting in the re flection of the retiring board of di rectors by unanimous voico and the continuance of the officers. J The directors are: J. B. Parker (Salem), C. J. De Armond (Suver), 2-' A. Wells (Buena Vista), Edward 'kex and C. W. Irvine. Tho officers are: ; President -C. W. Irvine. Vice President J. B. Parker. : Cashier CO, Irvine. Asst. Cashier Glen C. Smith. vniTi: iit;i;o: rrnrr i. NESMITH LOSEH IN COURT ACTION OVEK RICKKKALL FARM William G. Nesmith, son of the late James Nesmith, at one time United SUites senator from Oregon, lost his fight In the United States circuit court of appeal Monday at Sun Francisco to gain an interest in tho old Nesmith home property of 300 fccrea in Polk county, Oregon, from 4h estate of his ubU-r, Mrs. Jennie Nesmith Ankcny, who married the late Senator Levi Ankeny. On the ground that Nesmith'a in temperate habits made necessary a transfer of tho property, the Oregon court allowed Mrs. Ankeny to take, a deed to the land and pay off a mortgage, against it. NVnmith sued many years later to have this deed declared a mortitaKc, hut the federal district and appellate courts decided! against him, William G, NcMiiilh inherited the old home property in dispute from his mother. In tho late &0' ho placed a mortgage on the property with Joshua McDanie! of Klckrcall. The mortgage drew 8 percent interest and Nesmith was unable to make the pay- menta. In order to keep tV jrt,p,-rly from passing out of the bands of the family, Senator Anker, y took a !. 1 to the property in lh name if hi, wife, Jennie Nesmith Ankenj, an I took the mortgage from McDa? 1. 1 1 had it assigned to his own rume. Trie property now, accord it ' :' decision, will pass to t! At y heirs, whereas if the court I n otherwise it Would have r ,Lyn Nesmith, a son of Wi;; a Nesmith. t . ' Q. I i .DAUGHTER LATE MR. QUA BURNED TO DEATH IN Mrs. J. A. WeUler, a daugl the late C. F. A. Qualorf t-f 1 pendonce, met a tragic death t.t home In Dows, Iowa, on D- , u 22nd. Her clothing caught fue a she was so badly burned tb.it -died without regaining consciou the day following the accident. for home time, and while alono i the home she w-as endeavoring t i - -plenish the fire, when her cloth j caught fire. She ran to a neigh!.i ' , but before assistance could be rt'il ered she was fatally burned. Mrs. Wetzler is survived by her huba-, 1 and three daughters aged 16, 9 ard 7 years. She also leaves three brothers living in Iowa, and one sit ter here, Mrs. Lucy Smith; a slep- mother, Mrs. Lettieia Quasdorf and half sister, Miss Carrie Quasdorf. The accident occurred but 10 days subsequent to the death of her father. Her brother, John Quasdorf, vho came here from Dowa to attend the funeral of his father, departed for his homo last Saturday. FULL SET OFFICERS FOR RELIEF CORPS INSTALLED On Saturtlay, January 7th, Gen. Gibson W. R. C. No. 42 gave a din ner in the G. A- R. hall in honor of the G. A. R. Besides the members wu icbiuti in Independence there were several members from Mon mouth who attended. A jolly good time was had. After the dinner the officers of the W. R. C were in stalled by airs. StiHwtdl, as follows: President Rose Neil.. Senior Vice President Lizzie Chown. Junior Vice President Maude Radmacher. Secretary Bessie Grover. TreasurerEsther Morgan. Chaplain Minnie Fetzer. Conductor Vera Brown. A.icfnhf IT 1 : T.-, ..." 1 uuaru Agnes Uirkholz. Assistant Guard Etta Domsife. Patriotic Instructor Lavina Nich olson. ' Press Correspondent Loma Ewing. Musician Eda Birkholz. , Color Bearers No. 1, , Maggie Graves; No. 2, Maude Brown; No. 3, Susan Lynes; No. 4, Loma Ewing. INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS t I'fl' ! ill 1 1 f f IV T . ' ( ' r of V p ' "i 1- !n'e 1- t -( k ! -id -1 . r Ui.i 1 1 v FALLS CITY MILL CLOSES FEB. 15 Cobbs-Mitchell Co. Will Confine Operations to Valsetz Plant The Cobbs-Mitchell company will dose Its Falls City sawmill on Feb ruary 15th, according to notices which have been posted at the plant, and preparations are now being made for adding a night shift to the Val setz mill. Tho Falls City plant is to be sold. The change is an economic move. All of the company timber adjacent to J' tUS uty was exnausiea some urne ago, 'th a result that it has been necessary to haul the logs from tho Valsetz camps to Falls City. This necessitated a transfer at Crisp from the company lines to the Southern Pacific with a considerable outlay In i freight charges. The Pal 1.4 City plant is not as mod ern as the Valsetz mill and cannot t - ojMattd hs economically. It is tiiu pjel with circular saws, which a n !e wuMiful of timber than the 4 tii. By operating a night 't j.t Val--t7 the company's output (iite maintained with the work con f one j lant and then there 1 t!. Southern Pacific freight : II r: I ion. ' . A. LaLonde of the Falls i ' l, .Ko!ipa!iied by Mrs. La , t -t i-i IiKlejK-ndence -Tuesday. 'j I l- t .hdulcd to succeed 1 ,v!rp as Rjperintendent of i ' m n, A. rir. Sporup has . I i, ,1, 1 a ui i;d.ile auperinten 'i n'lthr big milling con- i)i !: II S ONE OF M V. PrVCT, DOLLARS of the mint is a ,r uUeh was re j ! inder a few days : dite and was , ry last d. ys of , ;. Only a v, ry t dat were is- t iMl'arii will bear 1 1 j "Li t' A a- in ;. of w ii.j x Mr fi - jev , pi.,..- is ; HOT' fo: M'l I I await'- .1 costs in the t day, I j . He purine; p1. the p.if' from 1 1 -street. 'I ' the city eou I nr ntlwr f i Mr. Houston dovi-..'. his senia-,, iN- i down by the ci ' ly broupht pc -i torney A. 1.. (.t. Monmouth, inv 'i .' Swope, attempted t , ment for $r0. In h and placing thern ' n i recognized tlii .si i . been performed, and deemed ?1U0 as n u pense for this ter u e. AMERICAN LECiON UANCE AG VI N J Independenco IV t c i ,m v ill Ivt a d n 1 " h si hoe.1 fi"- i Janii i'v II ah. - c f-f, it will be ' ;, R. V.. 1 i : ' in r i1 GLIMPSE HERE 2 DECADES AGO ' Portland Paper of 1903 Tells of Conditions in Independence j It is interesting to note that Port-1 land did not attempt to saddle the burden of expense upon the state for . , ... company was formed w.th cap.Ul stock of $300,000 with Hon. II. W. Vi V V"" 1M' Ik v-l'v-F.v.v. I Corbett as president, and the stock was subsequently increased to $500,- 000. This stock was very largely. subscribed by Portland banker and other business men, according to a review of the exposition project in i the other factors necessary, such as j formej contestants. He has in inten the annual New Year number of the good breeding and raising and proper trainin wjHard E.Craven "Bill" Oregonian of January 1, 1903. Tho Enterprise is indebted to II. Hirschberg for this interesting copy of the Oreironian. Naturally the state provitieu lor a state exniDit, ana sun the promoters endeavored to empha size that it waa for the benefit of the whole Oregon country- Less than two decades ago, men apparently held different ideas of things inere was none of this "Let George do it" senti ment in those days. Turning to the market page, quo tations for December 31, 1002, are interesting. Wheat was selling at 73 cents; corn at 44 cents; oats' at 33 cents; mess pork at $17.35 a barrel; butter, 30 cents; eggs, 26 cents a dozen; wool, 14 cents; potatoes, 50 cents a bushel. Mr. Hirschberg also has an Even ing Telegram of July 13, 1904, con taining a writeup of Polk county. It shows a view of a portion of Inde pendence, Independence National Bank building, J. S. Cooper block, Little Palace hotel, Josse & Rice gen eral store, cuts of the late J. S. Cooper and II . Hirschberg. Among the business concerns re ceiving mention: W. A. Messner, general merchandise: I. W. Dickin- json, liveryman; Craven & Moore, sta tionery store; J. M. Stark was run ning the Little Palace hotel; W. W. IVrcival, livestock dealer; Josse & Bice, furniture dealers; E. E. Pad dock, drygoods merchant; Frazer & Riee. hardware and implements; C. I'. Calbreath, groceryman; Dr. 0. I). Butler, physician and surgeon; A. Hurley was a lawyer here at t'me; M. Merwin was post-""i-ii r; II. Hirschberg was president t" Independence & Monmouth i I . P. W. Sears was secretary i f'(. urer, and J. Domsife was ! t, i it, nt ! ' . r .' r.ce National bank offi- - i !. President, II. Hirschberg; ' ' ,! r.t, A. Nelson; cashier, C. . 1 i kkeeper, L. L. Wiprut. 1 v 'i was the editor and the West Sida Enter-o- 'y newspaper at that had an improvement Butler was presi - ixiuKuiu, Vice piesi-i . i.'.r)ey, secretary; U. IT. i : i f hoj growers and "within a radius of 4 "is given: Horst; hs brothers, 400; ; 0; II. J. Otten-1 Percival, 43; D. , Burton, 49; J. ; VEL: :; road k' F.aker, Frie.pn ;md are mm the , which miles The V the n Oie pany vhich has ond. nies ang ,.ve INTEREST IS KEEN IN LOCAL POULTRY COURSE Friday, January 6, II. E. Cosby spoke to an enthusiastic crowd of poultry men and women on the F. E. Hennain Pultry farm iust 80Uth ui ioui-jJi-iiueoce. j Mr. Cosby is an O. A. C. extension jwultry specialist who visits our 'county at three central farms about four times each year. The work is given at the same farms for a year o that those interested may follow different subjects clear through the Mr. Cosby's subject was reeamg for Egg production - . object in !which au keepers of poultry should . . . ... it j- he keenly interested. io get. a sai- isfactorily high egg production calls for more than the whole grain and ! water ration many farmers have fed i in times past. He also touched n j housing. j This is the first time this work j has been given in this part of the j eountv. and the interest shown is very gratifying. There were about 50 people present, each one eager to learn up-to-the-minute methods such as Mr. Cosby is prepared to give. It is to be hoped that each one of these nd manv more will attend tne next meeting wnicn win ne.u time in February or March, the sub- I I Ml L- L.U ject to be incubation ana iirooaing. The interest shown this year in the work in this part of the county will j . be a big factor in determining wheth- fnrtlioi' vi-n c i nn wrtf will K I Vi " , given in the neighborhood of Inde- Pn(lence- One constantly hears people lament- ing that they have not the time or the means for a college education. This is an instance where a farmer who keeps chickens as a side line, college intruction in this course is made available. RESIDENCE A. L. KEENEY IS DAMAGED BY FIRE Fire, which broke out at about 11 o'clock, Wednesday night, quite badly damaged the residence of A. L. Keen ey on Monmouth street Very prompt and effective work by the fire depart ment prevented the structure from being destroyed. The fire was first seen by Judge Asa B. Robinson, who resides adja cent and he turned in the alarm. Mr. and Mrs. Keeney were spending the evening at the home of friends. The fire had gained considerable headway in the rear part of the building, mak ing it possible to remove only a por tion of the household effects. The origin of the fire is hard to determine, but is believed to have been due to a defective flue or defec tive wiring. The main part of the structure was built but a few months ago, and the balance remodeled into an attractive, cozy little place Some insurance was carried by Mr. Keeney, but probably it will not be 1 uouS" lo wver us loss- as ine nouse" . . l j . 1 r t i , i itotn eneri.s wnipn wprp tiot nirrpn were either water soaked or injured In the hasty removal. There are many expressions of ap proval vver the effectiveness of the fire department and the promptness with which operations were started. MRS. SHERWOOD DIES AT AN ADVANCED AGE j IT. Hedfs, 40; Mkj. Mahala Sherwood died at the .yesterday afternoon and was acquit "Young, 20; 0. home of her daughter, Mrs. Johnited The complainant was F. N. Cooper, 45; CfYeafcer, on the Luckiamute, January ' Barks, city marshal, who had attempt- tm Nelson, 30;" 6th. Funeral :srvices were held ed to arrest Cooper New Year's eve. '.Kirschberg, 1 Monday at the Yeater home, Rev. I The defendant was represented by intj-tfiunu- -:.ii,r. inomas oi xne Lianas rresDyten. C. Mattison,?an church officiating. , Interment was A. Wells, 30; made in the Knights of Pythias cem ;, 30; Daveetety at Monmouth. t Mrs. Sherwood was the widow of ? Jerome , Sherwood, who died quite a numuer of -ears ago. The family resided in Independence until his death, and shortly afterward Mrs. Sherwood made her home with her slaughter. She Is survived by two other daughters: Mrs. Maiden of Mil ton, Or., and Mrs. Uttinger of Junc tion City, Or. She was a sister of "Grandma" Osborne, who died last September at the age of 94 years. She was born in Missouri, a daughter of William Tate, and was 8G years old. STUDEBAKERS AND DODGES MAKE MATERIAL REDUCTIONS With the advent of the new year, announcemtn is made by the Stude bakor corporation and the Dodge Brothers of material reductions in tha prices of their cars. i BENEFIT GAME BYi BUSINESS MEN Fats and Leans Will Try Issues Next Tuesday Night " A basket-ball contest (fraught with great possibilities from a mirth pro voking standpoint is scheduled for the high school gymnasium for next . Tues(J ; gUrtin t 8;30 It j, between the -fat8- and j. . . acB . ; the fl " . t A inf.;,ipntallv a benefit for the gymnasium equipment fund. Charles D. Calbreath in Montana ' riding boots, sombrero and possibly a ; nf.rsuader. is caDUin of the phantom Campbell, Claude Skinner, Jimmie Jcnes, Arthur Horton and about a dozen mavericks. . 1 Farl S. Butler is at the head o j the shadow maker3 and by promises . d coercion ha3 inveighled into his band ..Shorty Kullander, "Mike" Walker, Dr. Maurice Butler and Guy jUal.or .ant, ,t lin.!pr3tno1. uowe ever, that these will be in reality ' fcut thg advance of a score or shming stars who will be held in reserve. There is another purpose for this battle. It is to determine just how many can be accommodated at the I gymnasium. evcnts there In some of the past events there the attendance has been i irerv eood. but there is a belief that .n..io. buildine has a commun- itv canacitv and that this will be a fine opportunity to test it. Two bits for the grownups and 15 cents for the youngsters is the toll. Salem Team Here Tonight i The Salem "Yellow Jackets," a Y. M. C. A. team with a string of victories to its credit so long that an adding machine is needed to check it up, will play the American Legion in the high school gymnasium tonight, starting at 8:15. The locals have a "hunch" that there will be some thing doing and that the visitors are going to be brought to a realization of what it means to have thumbs turned down on them. It promises to be a contest, and there will be a pre liminary without additional cost. Independence freshmen will line up against a Buena Vista freshmen team. m ml f The local school boys will be: Reuf and Becken, forwards; Weddle, center; Kelley and Smith, guards. The Silverton American . Legion boys in the gymnasium here on Jan uary 26th. Negotiations for Astoria 1 Manager Kullander of the American Legion is negotiating a contest with the Athletic club of Astoria. It is just a possibility, the idea being to arrange a game for Portland for some Friday night and then go on to Astoria for a Saturday night contest High School at Silverton The high school boys will play Silverton at Siiverton, tonight. They are making preparations to bring home the bacon. PEARL COOPER ACQUITTED IN JUDGE BAKER'S COURT Charged with driving his car while intoxicated, Pearl Cooper was given a trial before Justice R. W. Baker D. E. Fletcher' and the people's in terests were looked after by District Attorney Helgerson. , MERICAN YEOMAN I CONVENE IN PORTLAND A school of instruction was held in Fortland on the 9th and 10th of this month, for the managers and field workers of B. A. Y. in the state of Oregon. The more important speakers were Mark McKee, one of the board of directors and Ward S. Senn, national treasurer, both of Des Moines, Iowa, the home office of the brotherhood of American Yeoman. Also A. B. C. Dutcher, II. Lee Bougness of the International service people, and the state manager, J. II . Ezell of Salem. The meetings were held at the Hotel Portland where a banquet was served on Monday evening to 41. Mr. and Mrs. Rol Walker attended. Mrs. Walker is a denutv of th Yeoman of this place.