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or 4 hffliniiiiitEn 1 itltrarte rUstY KAU No. 35 STATE RELIES ON COUNTY HOARD r ... I aim Maria fut m Only for I wo causes Say Brumbaugh In order to determine the policy of ,,uta board In fixing loan under tidier bono. ct, R. M. Walker A k. L Kullander, representing Lpendcnce ..t of tho American Ln. had conference at Salem : with Secretary urumuaugn. I"""' . . . . ..... INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1922 had arbitrarily l.A from 12200 to HOO IM P- . i 1 The tat wmru i : &ncnt of the Fred hn PP; rowrty conii " ,v v,'- Uroved Und with houe ami foarn. "l 1 . ....... ...I f Kcrm-y. H. I renion 01 the LllM and a W. Irvine of Independ It, placed a valuation upon it which have given Mr turn loan of St'holl max- 22(M), und ho antict- lit(J that ho wuuld receive mi taunt, making hi plan according- After it had wrn louna mat wrn ipniwrnent ha J been oil iy mo Lie tnl, the Legion took hold of e matter for the purpo of de fining if powible what might bo Ipwtfd in future appraisement. Hr. Brumbaugh met the local iwy !h ill consideration, confessed that t tte board wan liable to make wn, and augted that by filing application for review In the Scholl I it would receive further conid-fition. Mr. Brunit.auifh lo atated that t Uate board wa accepting the ap- -jenwntft of the county uoaru, itf I in ca- where the moral riK i not deemed (t"ol and un build-k-s which art old.' Neither of thcae A rpiiuni apply in the Scholl caae. committees named to ha mlk school i'kojkcth In recognition of th intercut he I Liking in the boy acouta, T. K. Van iik-o wan given a free membership in 1W -Ioruicnce IMh, Merchant aaaoctalion, t a mcetiriir of th aa- aocatlt.n t tho Hotel Heaver TucmJay r-lKbt. Mr. Vannlce I a hiKh achool If.atructor, with every boy n thd i.ehool hla pal. t . .r . ... .. i rqauifni walker announced the appointment of C W. Irvine, A. E I'orton and Hen Smith an a commit- ie u rormulau plana for a public mcotinjc to conaider tho queation of adding an ariculUwal courae to tha high achool and th formation of tnlon high achool district to embrace additional territory. Another project of much impor tance which la receiving conalderation of the association la a training achool I. uil.lng for the Oregon Normal achool U. be located in Independence. There ha been aome preliminary atepn taken in the matter by president Under of the Normal and the I'ar-cr.t-Tca her aaaociation. The Mer chant' aaHiution haa appointed A. L. Thomaa, II. Hirachberg and W. II. Cxkl a a committee to work In conjunction with the Parent-Teach- er'and the Normal in deviaing plan for carrying out the project. The Parent-Teacher committee ia corn iced of Mr. O. C. Skinner, Mr. Z. C. Kimball, Mita Arbuthnot. I)KI'KM)KN( K LOOKS (.OOII TO COUNCILMAN Afur upending aix month, ulniot -.tinually on Ihe go and n far f ih aa the Mexican line, J. S. Ho- iiun ay: "I visited no place I ifh looked a well to me a Inde i'dence doe. I aenae that I might i prejudiced a little to my home A but even taking that 'nto con ration, Independence in atill to good. I. K. HKAN VISITS IIKKE IN INTKKKST OF CAMPAIGN Iiui K. Hean of Kugene, republi can candidate for governor, wa in Independence laat Friday, and in com I uny with R. M. Walker, an old friend, met many local people. Mr. Uean ha taken rju'te an active p.trt in atate affair for many years, and he believe that he realize what atepa will be neceaaary to give Oregon a better government. Here i the aynopai of hi platform: Aboliah conimisaion Adopt cabi net form of government Cut out du plication, wate and extravagance. Income tax on those aourcea of wealth not on tax-mil. Reduce real prperty tax ty amount bo raised. Maintain educational facilities un der atrict auperviiiion of expendi ture applying buine principTet. Oppose land ownerahip or control by Oriental. Oppose further in creaae of auto or gasoline taxes. GROVES QUITS; KailVERING Mustering Out of Guard Company Appears To Be Probable Outcome Onp'i.e issuance of further bond or Mr. Bolmnnon w arcmnanied i.v increase of atate'a debt. H Bohannon and much of the time " equivocally for more ein- "Pent on the road and Inthe camo ",nl " aominisiraum; re 4 . -.- ,. tnncnment in puouc expenuuures aubntantial reduction of taxes for supervision that supervises and econ ony without "con". I am for open busines.H-Iike administration and Bgaintt invisible manipulation of gov ernment. Kmcraon Grove ha tendered hia resignation to Adjutant General White aa captain of-company K, Ore gon National Guard, announcement being mado at drill Wednesday night. A the company ha been functioning without lieutenants, thi Icavos Top Sergeant Smiley in charge. For a long time, comany K has been on a rocky road. It has been im possible to get a representative num ber out at drill, with the result that it i now standing at the bottom of the list in drill attendance. Juat what action will be taken by the adjutant general is problematical. There are C7 enlistment's. ,' If the company goes out of existence, it is poaaiblc that the enlistments may be transferred to some other com puny, Dalla or Salem, with the main tenance of a squad here. Company K was federalized June 30, 1919, being the continuation of a horno guard company during the war days. It has never been what is known a a particularly strong com pany. To get the boys to attend drill hu been the bugbear of the commanding officers from the outset. and there have been numerous shift ing of the responsibility. At the 1919 Bession of the legisla ture, through the instrumentality of DEATH TAKES MR. MRS. CONSTANCE Only Five Days Intervene Between Passing of Mrs. and Mr. Constance MISS BESSIE SWOPE IS BRIDE OF E. C. FORSYTHE Mrs Jennie Constance, wife of H. C. Constance, a well-known farmer residing a few miles northwest of In dependence, died at the family home laet Saturday, pneumonia being the cause. Funeral services were held from the Presbyterian church Tues day afternoon, Dr. II. Charles Duns more officiating and interment wa made in the Odd Fellows cemetery. ' Mrs. Constance was born August 20, 1849, on a farm in eastern Wis consin. Her father died when sha was but a child, leaving the mother j the responsibility 01 rearing a large family under pioneer conditions. April 1, 1877, she was married to Henry C. Constance of New Rich mond, Wis., in which place they re sided for nearly 30 years. Their only child, Lizzie Constance, came to Independence with her parents in 1905 and soon afterward was mar raid to Andy Wilson and to them was born Charlie Wilson, who, upon the death of hi mother shortly after his birth was cared for by his grand parents as their own child, and the death of the grandmother comes a strikingly hard blow to him. Mr. Constance was an exceptionally successful farmer during the first years of his residence here. He was With the beautiful Presbyterian ring ceremony, performed in tho presence of relatives and immediate friends, Rev. R. W. Achor of Wood burn,, brother-in-law of the groom, at 2 o'clock Saturday, April 15th, united in marriage Bessie Helen Swope of this city, and Emmet C. Forsythe of Hood River, at the home of he bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Swope. Just preceding the ceremony, Paul Scott sang, "I Love You Dearly," ac companied on the piano by Mrs. II. L. Proppe. As Miss Irene Forsythe, a sister of the groom, played the wed tiing march, the bride, unattended, came slowly down the broad stairway and was met at the landing by the groom, where, before a beautiful background formed of hundreds of daffodils and ferns, the service was read which made these young people man and wife. Following the cere mony and congratulations, ices and cake were served the guests. The bride was dressed in a charm ing creation of white nioonglow crepe, caught at the waist with a corsage bouquet of spun silver and flowers, its simple beauty seeming in perfecc harmony with the gentle, quiet char acter of the wearer. The bride's bouquet of lilies of the valley and bride's roses, was caught by Miss Clayton Burrow. Mrs. Forsythe is the only daughter as of Attorney and Mrs, B. F. Swope and has grown to womanhood In Independence. After completing the courses in the grade and high "achools, she received further education at the SPECIAL TRAIN VALSETZ, SUNDAY Brother Josiah Will Be Pre sented at the Big: Lum ber Town one of the first to take up growing State Normal school and has taught corn on a commercial basis in this , for two years in the public schools Representative D. E. Fletcher an ap- locality and met with much success, propriation was made for an armory I establishing a reputation which ex- for Independence, and repeated en-1 tended to the southern part of the deavors have been made to nut n ' state. For about five vears. Mr. Con- "kick" into the company, as it was'ttance has been an invalid and during sets. ' c a 1 i 111 !. 1 ST T. U : f If- t Mrs. E. J. Forsythe of Woodburn, of Eugene. She is a young woman of charming personality, which has placed her high in the regard of her friends, and made her popular in all generally understood that unless aiMrs. Constances last illness it was good showing was made the adjutant ' necessary to take him to the state general would not sanction the build- ng of an armory here. SENATOR NORBLAI) HERE INTERVIEWING REPUBLICANS und of southern California. "We led practically every town of any pm southern California." aav Mr. fhannon. "Wo snent ri.niI.TiiM fe in the Imperial valley, and njch N we found. Frost rained havoc h the orange crop and thlit coming top of the bursting of tho cotton We in tho Imperial country ha ft Cn'mn into lhin .t.tum tknm price of land ha slumped so piJIy that it ho apellcd ruin to "nd. I wns offered what in re d a gool lltuj jn the valley at -o per acre, which n fnw v..r u-n 'hn cotton was kinir down there "uKht many time that price." a member of the city council, r' Bohanon maflu fmitn lhFiirrh a , kiioiirua,-! TV Of auto nnrlta with .n I.lao t the knowledge he gained would ' in handling tho city park re' W,tn very few exceptions a arffe of from 25 to r0 rents per day ior the use of auto park, the KOIIlir xnrmlinI wlffi nrnn.t BETWEEN THE ACTS IS ABLY PRESENTED unt "Between the Acts" was very successfully presented in the gymna slum Wednesday night by the high achool under the direction of Bernard uro. inRtnietor of English. The attendance was good, netting the student body fund about $00. The characters were well assigned and the parts were carried out in a pleasing manner. To get the gymnasium in shape for entertainments has been a big task. It was necessary to rebuild the stage. The material was furnished by the school board and the work was done Senator A. W. Norblad of Astoria was in Independence yesterday con ferring with Representative Fletcher and met many local people. Mr. Norblad is a republican candidate for congressman from this district, his opponent being Willis C. Hawley. Mr. Norblad was accomDanied hv his father-in-law, L. A. Cates of St. Helens, a former publisher of the Dallas Observer and well known throughout the county. As a member of the upper house in the state legislature, Mr. Norblad has taken a prominent part in legislative affairs. He is young, energetic, and would make mighty good timber for representative in the national house. He is receiving very favorable con sideration in every part of the dis trict, and expresses himself as being satisfied with the situation. CRAMERS MOVE FROM LA GRANDS TO PARKER tltft ' "Knts and in many places a,by the pupils, with Mr. Morse doing i and other accommodations. In the planning. The only hired labor '.,iJ!nion. of Mr Bohannon a largo lw-s tho minting of the scenery. a j "J tin in nriutu mAfnM i 4U .l . " I l"e W Who ob tort '""P class. s rvice, nnd that as a general are in the I'M school nov wi TO WOODBURN TODAY 'nde fil "Pendnncc hitrh aehl Sail tm 1" W Wnn,IK ... tr . 'in ii mis Biiernoon ' ifnnm fm. . I ... , 1 np Players arp : Under- . " j 'pfc Staploton, first; Johnson, third; Eld- aniirr ri m . I'ker ! l ' "urr'Kht, Kolb and NEXT FRIDAT mnasi,,!" y in ihe hih hoo -'urn on pri(iay niRht( AprlI !f a h,v ()nH are bpinr made theD, MuMay Party. and is open lc generally. The cast: Dick Comfort Leslie Clemo. r.onrir. Morrifirale Delos Eldridge Uncle Meander Bill Kolb Edith Comfotrt Thelma Williams Mrs. Clenmentina Meander Ruth Dickinson Sally Florence Hartman HnrriaDean Craven GRAIN GROWERS WILL MEET HERE ON MAY 16th The Oregon Grain Growers Coop erative association will hold a meet ing at Independence on Tuesday, May lfith, for the purpose of electing three directors for the district com prising Benton, Polk and Yamhill Lnfis. It is expected that there will between 50 and 60 members of th. nmcifltion in attendance, x.. n for the meeting are S made by William Riddell Jr , in compliance witn a requw the officials of the organization. J. L. Cramer has moved from La Grande to Parker, taking possession of the John W. Robinson ranch which he purchased last fall. It consists of about 40 acres, situated across the road from Ed. Veith's place. Mr. Cramer has a wife and two sons, one is attending Willamette uni versity and the other is a school teacher. Mr. Cramer has been doing Y. M. C. A. work at La Grande for several years. hospital During all of the time that Mr. Cor tance has been incapacitated, the burden of the household and the farm management rested with Mrs. Constance and it was no light one. HUSBAND'S DEATH FOLLOWS WIFE AFTER FEW DAYS and has made many friends during !his several visits to Independence. Mr. and Mrs. Forsythe left on the afternoon train for Hood River, where the groom has a home fur nished and waiting for his bride, and where they will be at home to their friends. Their many friends in. Inde pendence join in sincere wishes for every future happiness for them. Out of town guests were: Mrs. C, M. Oglesbie, Mrs. Orville Oglesbie, Mrs. Aletha Oglesbie of Salem, A. W, Independence folk are to have th privilege of visiting the model saw mill town of Valsetz and an opportu nity to inspect the big, modern plant of the Cobbs-Mitchell company, Sun day, April 22nd. A special train will leave Independ ence at 9 o'clock and returning will leave Valsetz at 5 in the evening. The fare for the round trip is $2.15. The purpose of the event is to swell the fund of an athletic association which has been formed by employes , of the company . and which has th hearty endorsement of company of ficials. "Brother Josiah" will be presented at Valsetz Sunday afternoon by th same cast which presented it here and at Monmouth under the auspices of the American Legion. AH of tha proceeds will go to the athletic fund, Brother Josiah and his family asking, no recompense. The train a steam one. will only have accommodations for about 15ff Is is expected, however, that it will be crowded. Superintendent Watson of the Valley & Siletz Railroad com pany, by filing an application wlta the state public service jcommissioa was able to secure the greatly re duced rate. He was her yesterday perfecting the arrangements and con ferring with Earl S. Bukler, G. C Skinner and Willard E.i Craven, a ! committee appointed by the Retail Merchants' association to! assist ia putting the affair over. i M. C. Williams, Gus Miler and E. A. Dunckel were appointed auto park committee, with the idea that the park is to receive more c4nisderation ihan it; has in the past. H. C. Constance died in the state hospital yesterday morning at 10:30. and the remains were broueht to the A. L. Keeney chapel here. The date HoImes and family of Mount Angel, of the funeral had not been fixed yesterday, depending upon the wishes of a ' brother, L. L. Constance of Eugene. It is expected, however, that services will be held in the Presby terian .church and that interment will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Mrs.. Constance was buried there Tuesday. . Mr. Constance was 70 years old. Walter Boesen, Eugene, Mr. and Mrs E. J. Forsythe, Miss Irene Forsythe and Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Achor of Woodburn. HECKER IS FORMER POLK COUNTY RESIDENT SQUIRREL POISON HANDLED BY P. R. ALEXANDER P. R. Alexander of Independence is handling the squirrel poison for the distribution in this area. County Agent Paul Carpenter says: "In common with the other stores of the county that are handling the county poison, Mr. Alexander is doing this as a matter of accommodation, pure and simple, there being no mar gin in the prices to care for sales ex pense. The law provides that the county agent is to prepare this poison and to distribute it at cost. The price this year is three pounds for 50 cents, six for $1.00, coming in the two sizes of bags." April Showers Russell Hecker, who is being held in Portland on -a first degree murder charge in connection with the death of Frank Bowker, is a former resi dent of Suver, this county. His par ents lived there while Hecker was a good sized boy and the family later moved to Albany. Hecker has confessed to the slay ing of Bowkek and claims that he disposed of the body by throwing it over the bridge into the Calapooia river, two miles west of Albany on the AJbany-Corvallis road, after it had been placed in a hop sack to which weights were attached. The search for the body is still in progress. BASEBALL TEAM WILL HAVE NEW GRAY SUITS u XAUf M f(ffiJsM- IS LOOKING ' ' j l For the purpose of providing new uniforms and other equipment, Mana ger W. B. Huggins and Art Black of the Independence Baseball association have been interviewing the business men during the past few days, rais ing approximately $200. The new suits have been ordered and it is expected that delivery will be made at an early date. Several games have been booked and negotiations are under way for others. TWO WILL GRADUATE FROM RICKREALL HIGH SCHOOL Clarence Elmer Purvine and Ida Schnelke will be the graduates of the Rickreall high, school this, year. School will close on May 26th and the graduation exercises will be held on the evening of the 25th in the high school building. "The door to success is labeled push," is the class motto; the colors are black and gold, and the flower is the sweet pea. F. M. Mitchell is the principal. CITY PROPERTY IS TRADED FOR LOCAL RANCH Through a deal which has just been perfected, Frank Turner of Salem has acquired the 'James Phillips ranch just to the north of town, and Mr. Phillips has become the owner of the Turner residence property at the corner of Fourth and A streets. The ranch consists of 5ZM acrea and is situated just across the high way from the Hugh H. Hanna prop erty. It is recognized as a desirable ranch. Physically unable to handle it is the reason why Mr. Phillips haa disposed of it Mr. Turner has no intention of oc cupying the ranch this season, but in the event he does not dispose of It in the meantime he intends to move here the coming fall. The deal was handled by J. E. Hubbard of the Independence Realty company. CITY IN BRIEF Mrs. Ott Martin has received the pleasing report that her daughter, Mrs. Lee Whitcomb of Tillamook, who recently underwent a serious operation is rec&vering speedily. L- A. Fitz-Gerald, who has been in California and Washington during the past winter, is here for a visit at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs, L. F. Fitz-Gerald. Guests at a family dinner last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.,Cook, were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Donnel and family of Portland, and Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Cook and family of this city. F. I. Jones and C. A. Beaucamp of Stayton were Independence visitors Monday. Mr. Jones is an old friend of Ott Martin, being associated with him in business many years ago, and Mr. Beaucamp is a druggist. Mr. and Mrs. Grant McLaughlin were called to Hubbard Monday, to attend the funeral of John McLaufrh lin. Mr. McLaughlin crossed the plains with his father when but child, and had passed most of his life on his father's donation, claim near Buena Vista, going" to Hubbard about 20 years ago, where he has since resided. Mr. McLaughlin was 71 years of age at the time of his passing.