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STATE RELIES ON
COUNTY HOARD
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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fil
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tr . 'in ii mis Biiernoon
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. " 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
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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.