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Page Six INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE Friday, January 13, 1922 mrz I I I iVW. Jl iV. . 1 ".II I) VI. .X. 'J I I if l V , A; IIT t Wit 4 it ill By PERCY L. CROSBY W Jlt M N "fe , U4 HOrS AT A STANDSTILL PRICE INCREASE ANTICIPATED Portland Hop men for some time have been looking forward to a re vival of demand, but up to the pres ent there are no signs of it. Only an occasional order comes along and the market holds at the old price. The best hops are worth about 20 to 22 cents and lower grades around 15 cents, but growers are making no effort to sell at these low prices. The opinion is shared by both grow ers and dealers that the shortage in the world's supply of hops is bound sooner or later to make itself felt. There are only some 30,000 bales of hops unsold in the United States, but foreign demand as yet, is lacking, and domestic consumers appear to have WEIGANT ASKS $7500 FOR DEATH SON BY SCALDING As a result of the sad death of Charles Herman Weigant, who was scalded to death on the 29th dny of October in a cess pool near his home, Joseph F. Weigant, as the administra tor of the estate of his deceased son, baa commenced suit in circuit court, apainst the Oregon Growers' P.oV'ig corporation wherein he asks 'or a judgment of $7,500 because of the death of his son. The Oregon Growers' Tacking cor poration operate a dryer and pack:ng plant in the south part of Dallas and the plaintiff alleges that the hot water uspc" in processing the prunes in the jacking plant is run through the wall of the plart into a barrel and Buena Vista their requirements filled. When the thence through an open trench to an demand from abroad developes it should not take long to change the present small surplus into a shortage. According to official returns the quantity of hops consumed by brew ers in Great Britain in the year end ed September 30, 1920, was 56,371, 720 pounds, equal to 503,319 hundred weights. Assuming the present con sumption of hops to be at the same rate, Great Britain, with an English hop crop in 1921 of only 224,000 hun dredweights would be short of require ments to the extent of 279,319 hun dredweights equal to 31,2S3,72S pounds, or an equivalent of 169,101 bales. No one doubts that this deficiency will sooner or later become an im portant market factor. The one ob stacle to a speedy adjustment of hop I values to supply and demand con ditions is the control policy that has prevailed in England since war days The English controller has set the price of English grown hops at a high figure, which would naturally turn English brewers to the cheaper American hops, but they are not per mitted by the controller to import these in the quantity they want. Only hops contracted for early can be taken into England and only a certain proportion of these. When, in the opinion of the English official, the time is right to lift the restric tions, the American market should respond promptly. It is the hope of the hop trade that this time is not far off. alleyway which is used for public 1 ra vel. That the continual flooding and force of such water has caused a cess pool which is said to be about eight feet square and more than three feet G. A. Wells is sitting on the fed eral grand jury this week in Port land. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Wells were in Portland this week, where their little son is convalescing from a severe operation performed at the Good Samaritan hospital. Mr. Wells returned, however, and reports the littla fellow doing nicely. Harold Reynolds spent the weekend in Corvallis with his former college mates and took in some college fes- TESTEI) COWS SHOW GAIN IN MILK AND HUTTERFAT "Watch us grow" might well bo the slogan of the 2537 cows in cow testing association work In Oregon during November, since the increased average production was 104 pounds of milk and 2.46 pounds of fat over the average for November a year earlier. The average yield of milk was 571.23 pounds and of fat 27 Vi pounds almost one pound a day in the late fall month. The Rogue River association herds made the highest association ave rage 34.06 pounds of fat as compared tivities. Buena Vista basketball team played with the total average of 27l,i pounds. Monmouth team on the local floor I Tillamook had the largest number here with defeat to the visiting team, of cows, 1040, the most honor cows ,mnking a record of 75.5 pounds or fat The big gain in production, which represents almost dear profit to the owners, wuh brought about by weed ing out low producers, using better sires to build up the herd, and giving tho animals scientific feeding, hous ing and care. A series of dairy meetings in the vicinity of each of the associations is planned for the present year, roorts E. 11. Fitts, federal and 0. A. C. rl field dairymen in charge, inese meclimrs will be held on the farms, and the big producing cows will be j used in demonstration. I priving more than 40 pounds of fat, 104, and the highest individual cow, Princess, a registered Holstein giving 2737 pounds of milk with 84.85 pounds of fat well on to 3 pounds a day. deep into which, on October 29. an(j puth Revnolds nassed Sundav at ' The hichest crade cow was Butler Charles Herman Weigant, a child of, the M. N. Prather home. & McEntire's Rose, a grade Jersey, six years, fell and was scalded and j Robert Hornbuckle and wife of j ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ drowned. Although the company j Salcm are visiting with the former's ' mm,. u,v , mi-u.i..., Knew oi sucn cesspool, tney iauea to i s;ster Mrs. cover it so that it would not be dang-! farnilv After the game a social "hop" was held at the high school gym. G. E. Harmon, wife and adughter, N. C. Anderson and wife, Sundayed at the E. B. Gobat home in Albany. J. A. Reynolds and wife, and Carol , M. V. Prather and For the quarter ending December 31st, six divorce cases were filed in the Polk county circuit court, a tic crease of four for tho correnKndiiig period of 1920. Company L of Dallas has n 1000 percent record so far this season, winning its five first games. Wood burn is the latest victim. Tho American Legion team of Albany will play in Dallas this Saturday night. DALLAM SCHOOL CHILDREN NEED ATTENTION, SAYS NUltSi; Miss Bertha Stroud, pu&ic health demonstrator, declared before th Dallas Women' club Tuesday that an unusually large percent of th Dallas Kthool children need medical attention, and also uiwrted that hot lunches are needed by many of th children. As a basis for her contention that In county nurse is badly needed Mini Stroud presented figure based upon her examination of K) local school ! children. Of this number M were not i . . . .i. . i .1- examineil as u ineir rji-n. in me 35 whose eyes were tested it win found that 20 had defective eyesight; 6 disease of the eyes. Of the entire Kit examined 55 had defective breath ' ing, 45 defective throats, ft defective ears, 1 had goitre, 1 low mentality,! H defective nerves, 2 bladder trouble,! 12 complained of headaches, and W were nmlnurished (underfed). The revelations amused much inter-! est among the club women, nnd raUKed quite a discussion as to school mat-,? tern.---Observer i erous to the public, it is charged in the complaint, and it is upon this negligence that the plaintiff bases his complaint for damages in the sum of $7,500. Dallas Observer. COULD LAUGH AT LANDLORDS J. R. Loy and wife, Leslie Loy and Mrs. E. J. Anderson were Sunday visitors at the Edgar Lichty home. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Grounds attend ed the poultry lecture in Independ ence Friday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Devine and little son, Jack, left for Rockaway beach last week, where they expect to PHRASE IN USE BY ROMANS Writers of Ancient Empire First Re ferred to the Game of "Duck . and Drakes." ' "Bucks and drakes," an expression used commonly In connection with a person who Is heedless In money or business matters, has gained wide cir culation since It was first used among the Romnns. Minuclus Felix and other ancient writers allude to a game of scaling oyster shells or stones on the water. If the stone emerged once It wns said to be a "duck." England adopted the game and gave the phrase its present-day meaning. Just when it was first applied la not known. But it Is well used In Henry Peacliam's book, "The Worth of a l'euny," published In London In 1647: "I remember In Queen Elizabeth's time a wealthy citizen of London left bis son a mighty estate In money, who, imagining he should never be able to spend It, would usually make ducks and drakes in the Thames river, with shilling pieces as boys are wont to do with titles and oyster shells. And In the end he grew to such extreme want that he was fain to beg or bor row a sixpence, having many times no more shoes than feet and some time having more feet than shoes." Visitor, to Los Angeles, and Soo,. j j indefinitely. v... i,:.u -u.; ...... I Mrs. W. J. Wheeler had the One way to avoid high rents has1 been discovered by about three hun dred tourists from the Knst and a store or so of Los Angelcnos, says the Los Angeles Express. This method Is: Living In their motorcars. There is a regular colony of men, women and chilTlren who have turned cars into apartments in a parking con mis fortune to fall one day last week and break her arm, which at this writing is doing nicely. Nelson Anderson, G. E. Harman and G. A. Wells attended a farmers' meeting in Monmouth Saturday. Mrs. Bliss, superintendent of the home missionary society of Oregon M. E. church, will be here both morn- cession just east of Lincoln park on j inj? and evening, II a.m. and 8 p. m., the Alhambra boulevard. Here the motorists have their ma chines arranged in rows like streets, have clothes lines strung, cook stoves set up nnd are living as comfortably. It Is safe to say, ns many persons who pay $100 a month or so fjr accommo dations in apartment houses. Many have equipped their cars so that they need only to pull down the front seat, drop the side curtains nnd roll themselves up In their blankets to be as snug as any person in a hotel, bedroom. Others have latched tents and are sleeping on army cots. The new order wits started by tour ists arriving in Los Ange.es from the East. The grove of eucalyptus trees looked good t persons who had so re cently crossed the desert, so they stopped there on the edge of town nnd made the camp their home. Seeing how conveniently the visitors avoided high rents, many residents of Los An geles took np the enmp as permanent address. In due tlm the United States government rook cognizance of them and gave them rural free delivery. j and a cordial invitation is extended ,to all. Mrs. Seigler is here at the home of her daughter, Mrs. II. M. Nash, who- is rapidly recovering from her recent illness. Miss Vivian Kaw was an over Sun day visitor with her sister in Amity. January CLEARANCE Sale NOW ON IN FULL FORCE Jlirlie Items HAD MEMORANDA OF IT ALL Flowers and Seasons. The relation of the colors of flowers to the seasons has attracted the at tention of a Canadian professor, who finds that of 539 flowering plants In the Tiroylnoe of Quebec and Ontario, about one-third have white flowers. Yellow flowers come next, and com prise about one-quarter of the total. Furp'.es and blues form about one rrnth or tenth. White flowers are com monest iu April and June, whereas yellow are frequent In July, August ind September. One can not help lotleing that the spring flowers have lellcnte colors as a rule, whites or ale pinks, yellows and blues, whereas Jie autumn dowers hive much stronger shades of yellow, blue and purple. Young Married Man Altogether To Matter-of-Fact for tfte Ordinary Loving Bride. Young Mr.. Marsh wis a devoted hus bnnd. but both alxent-mlnded and matter-of-fact.. Therefore, Mrs. Marsh had trials that seemed tfr her real ones, "Richard, yiu are goins away," she s.aid. hor eyes filled with tears, on the morning whe Mr. Marsh started for New York, t be yone 4S hoars. "Yest, I seem t be, my dear," admitted- Sir. Marsh. "You will think of me while you are goner she begged. Mr. Carney and 3Ir. Ulrica, visi ted in Dallas, Independence and Suvetr Saturday. Ivan De Armond and his brother, Tom, spent Saturday and Sunday in Corvallis with their cousin. While there they attended the high school play given Saturday evening. M iss Lillie SmitEr was in Dallas last Saturday. The Misses Laura Wienert and Dorothy Gross visited the Mennonite church Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Conn motored to Portland Monday. The boys' and girb' basket ball teams have a gajne scheduled with the Falls City teams, Friday m'grht, January 13th at Airlie. Daris and Wefcer's null will start wort Tuesday, Januar lOth. DAY O PPORTUN I TIES Iid1 Saturday January CLEARANCE Sale IS BRINGING EVERYONE TO OUR STORE MONMOUTH HEIGHTS Edwin Nissen of Independence wa here on business Thursday. i Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Fishback, Sir. "Certainly I will. I will bear It In and Mrs. John Holman attended the ' funeral of Oscar Lehman at Inde- Sri wind."" And nothing conld have been more ; pendence Friday. obliging than his tone in saying this. "And you will be very, very careful ef yourself, getting on and off the trains, and about your meals, Richard?- "I will certanly see that all those matters are attended to at the proper time." and Mr. Marsh, hastily scrib bling a note in repard to an important business matter he had almost forgot ten, placed a loving arm round his wife. "I have memoranda for all these things you've mentioned, my dear." he said in a calm, reassuring tone. "You may be perfectly easy about them all." Philadelphia Ledger. W. M. Fishback of Salem was a guest of relatives here Sunday. . Mrs. Alice Walker attended the i funeral of Mrs. Sherwood, who died on he Luckiamute and was buried Monday. ! George Cody was a visitor to Lane . county last week. Milt Bosley of Monmouth was in i our midst Tuesday. "Prize Peach" Hard Wheat Flour! ?2.10 per sack, guaranteed. "Pride 1 of Oregon," f 1.50 per sack. Oregon j Milling & Warehouse Co. 14-tf Big assortment Ladies, Men's and Children's SHOES SHOES Values to $4.50, now $1.00 In the Yard Goods Section you can buy these and more big opportunities on DOLLAR DAY 1 YARD OF ALL VOOL SERGE.... $1.00 The colors are of Black, Brown, Blue and Navy. 1 YARD 18 and 22 INCH VELVET.... $1.00 Nine different colors to select from values to $2.50 yard. 7 YARDS FAMOUS HOPE MUSLIN.... $1.00 Firm and dextrous m quality, regular value at 19c yard. 7 YARDS PRETTY GINGHAM.... $1.00 la pretty plaids and stripes, an unusual offer. Buy your share now. 7 YARDS HEAVY FLANNEL.... $1.00 27 and 36 inches wide plain whie and colored included. 7 YARDS SPRING PERCALES. . . .$1.00 All the new patterns, stripes, plaids, polka dots and others. PRICE REDUCTIONS ON ALL ARTICLES 17 lbs. Sugar $1.00 10 cans Milk, tall $1.00 8 cans Standard Tomatoes $1.00 8 cans Standard Peas $1.0C 8 cans Corn $1.00 9 cans Salmon, tall $1.00 10 cans Pork and Beans.. $1.00 7 lbs. Lard in bulk $1.00 6 cans Del Monte Peas or Corn, $1.80 values $1.00 25 bars White Wonder SoaP $1.00 Lot 2 piece Men's and Ladies' heavy UNDERWEAR 2 Garment! fr the price of one $1.00 Hasement A big odd lot assortment of LADIES (OATS AND SUITS Values to $12.50, go at $1.00 Basement Men's and Ladies' Cotton and Wool SWEATERS SlijH.ver and Ruff neck styles $1.00 -I!asemcnt It Low Prices You Wish? HERE IT IS! One big lot of double size COTTON BLANKETS Special for Dollar Day $1.00 I'LRE ALUMINUM WARE Values to $2.50 Special at ....$1.00 They are senmlpss Tea Kettles Double Rice Boilers, s'ew Kettles, with cover Round Roasters, etc. BLUE AND GRAY GRANITE WARE Value at $1.25 Special at 2 piece $1.00 Enrge Dish Puns Water Buckets Stew Kettles Pots and Pans, etc. lVi YARDS 38 INCH PLAID SKIRTING This sale offers a selection of pretty colors. Special $1.00 l'z YARDS JAPANESE PONGEE SILK Regular ?1.25 yd., 33 inches wide. A very firm and heavy weave. Special.... $1.00 Ladies and Men's Winter Weight UNION SUITS $2.00 values go at $1.00 Basement Saturday Only on, m Men's and Boys' Suits, values at $24.00 Ladies; $27.50 Tricotine Suits Ladies' Silk Dresses Men's and Ladies' All Wool Underwear Silk Waists and Petticoats wool finish Blankets Comforters and T(i l. ',. iy ;-"' o! uroceries """s "Ugh Top ohoes and Dress una m. 1:3 - . i .-I ii i 1 ' I Meni ?.ain( vercoat8 Mens Pants and Hats Ladies' Wool Capes Each " "'anite Dish I' AH these articles to be sold direct from th , First Come. Finn S,ri-T v W,ndow nt 11 30 a THE EARLY niwn STllS.? Iie n, res,.rvi " "IE I'LUMS-BKHERK 8 Einc Huck Towelw $1.00 12 Yards Unbleached Crash Toweling $1.00 Yards Heavy Mohawk i"neeting $1.00 Yards Best Oil Cloth $1.00 2!j u I