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4lstYr-AU-No. 30
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1922
VALSETZ MILL
LOCATION IDEAL
Milling nd Logging Opera
tion Are Keyed to
High Pitch
VHh resources in standing timber
.1 fc not be exhaust! for doc-
Hl ha. bowed ou of the forest
ia'. lmot t tfa very head
tfl uth branch of tht SileU
lit nd In tha iouthwetm corner
3 Polk county, model sawmill
Sv-ValaeU. Five hundred twenty
A,, men are working there, taking
L flints of the forest and their
UtUe brother as well Raping
tbem Into vnrlou form for civlllzs
tion'l demand. .
Juit few miles on the coast side
ofth divide and In a little Win
which naturs had provided nd which
sitn hi utiliwd to the -very bent
advutaff i this thriving Industry.
Tb topography U rough, rugged and
io keeping with the home of the big
fir. By throwing a dam across a
dp, narrow canyon, a mil! pond of
eoo seres has been formed, and bor.
dfrijig on one side is a modern milling
plwt-equipppd with the most ap
proved machinery and electrically
driven.
In thfa plant is turned out dally
from 300,000 to 325,000 feet of lum
ber, operating on two ahift of eight
hour each. Jap squares are form,
inf I large part of the output at the
prwnt time. These are timberi
from IS to M Inche niare and a
lonr enn be conveniently handled
on I flat car. These square are for
export to Japan and art- of the clear
muff.
To build a railroad 41 mile, -with
spsrtof thi trail where a gout would
Tffune to tnke n chance; construct a
milling plant with a ca purity of a
third of a million feet per day; equip
and install a logging outfit which In
dciuate to kc p the mill goinir. and
build a little city has been a man's
Job and him required considcri-hla
mill thanjjo at leant.
Permanency i the outstanding
MidTatin of the Cobbs-Mitrhel!
company. It is in striking evidence
in the mill construction, in its equip
ment, in the little city which hna been
founded.
Valsetz has its business district, its
resilience districts, laid out syste
ntatirally; n water system; electric
limits, newer.
The building are attractive, sub
stantially Imilt, painted nnd modern
indc. itrn. Tlx-reVn complete depart
ment More, pnstoffire, tt hull room,
a doctor ml n dcntistV office, nnd
officcH for vnrimw branches of the
Industry in n lnrj.ro three-story wood
en structure. There's n billiard hall
andcignr slure, about n dozen attrac
tive little bungalows and a largo num
ber of two compartment bunkhouses
for the men, and mens halls.
Il i npparent upon every hand, that
the welfare of employe ban been a
wnsWeratit.n of no small magnitude.
The time-dishonom bunkhouse of the
oods has been replaced with attrac
we little buildings, 12xl( feet,
divided into two sleeping apartments
ith a parlor" in the center. Single
"Ms with .springs and mattress and
8od blankets are provided two mon
a houHc and these littlo homes
cared for just ns carefully as In
"otol. They havo hot and cold
Wntr nnd there is a stove in the
option room.
The mill s wjiat classed as a big
jjftcr plant, nnd handloa logs up to
u or nioro feet in length. It is
quipped with n mammoth band saw
'"J resaws- Tho carriage Is electrl
JJ'Y ot, nnd the balance of tha
ZZmei)t is Prided to bnndlo the
nt wilh the elimination of as
fcein V"1,0r 03 poBsib,' electricity
. cnenpor and better tlinn
CLUB HONORS
LOCALPIONEERS
Nearly Two Score, Some of
Them Forty-fiver, Are
Entertained
One of the moat successful aocial
functions of the season was "Pio
neer' Day," fiven by the Woman'a
club at the home of Mr. K. C. Eid
tidge on Wednesday, the( spacioua
room attractively decorated with
flowers, being thronged with guests.
After a few pleasant words of wel
come by Mrs. Eldridge, Mrs. Landers
sang in her charming canner, "Out
Where the West Begins." President
Landers of the State Normal school
sjioke for a few momenta on, "The
Spirit of the Pioneer," paying beauti
ful tribute to these men and women
who, by their sturdy determination
and endurance of many hardships
hrve blazed the way and made it
possible for us to enjoy, as we now
do, the wonderland of Oregon. The
program closed with a vocal selec
tion, "Maytimc," by Mrs. Landers.
Then followed a social hour, during
vhich many a atory of the early days
was told and enjoyed. "Father" But
ler of Monmouth related a most
graphic story of a trip made when
a boy to Oregon City. The distance
was covered on foot, drivine the
oxen yoked to the wagon, and the
driver must walk owing to the fact
that the excessively high bor on the
wtgron made it impossible for the
NEWS EVENTS AT
OREGON NORMAL
Mlaa Mary Uuker of the University
of Nebraska, field lecrctary for th
student volunteer movement, spoke
at the chupcl hour on Tuesday morn
ing. She discussed In a most interest
liilf way some of the rewards, as well
a the hardships of tho teaching work
in foreign lands.
Mlaa Ida Smith left Tuesday morn
Ins; for Newport, where aha will teach
In tho Lincoln county institute the re
mainder of the week.
The concert given Monday evening
by the "Orpheus Four" was greatly
praised by all who heard It. This
waa tha last number on the Normal
Lyceum course for tha year and was
fully up to th high atandard aet by
preceding numbers.
Clean-up day at the Normal last
week was a real auccess, aa the
great improvement in tha appearance
of the campus proven. Work on
tho tennis courts was peclally time
fy, aa the pleasant weather this week
has made tennis the most popular
activity at the Nominal.
On Wednesday at the chapel hour,
the children from the training school
were Invited to join the Normal
students to aee the motion picture de
picting the life of Julius Caesar.
Tliia film is another aecured from the
loan department maintained by the
IV.ivemity of Oregon.
"The Norm" is scheduled to he
n-ady for sale on May 15, or there
abouts. Some minor mistakes in en
gtaving and renulting unavoidable
ddays make ia impossible to sell it
May day as was originally planned.
rroressor J. Is. Horner of O. A. C.jimail boy to see over the top. On
spoke at chapel hour on Thursday this trip our friend, yielding to the
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Writers". He disruancd in some de- "Sunday" suit, which while pleasing , " tt , v Z
tail several Oregon authors who are to the eye, was not made to stand ?'chardson, M. J R Taylor Mary
more or ls widely known outside the rough usage of the trip to Ore
tht fluiir AU'H fifntA frnn i"itr On run fh r r K!u luotina
..... .... i ,..u Cirard, Mrs.
Mr. ueau.c gave a wik oeiore ma ' - """i" - iL Simpson, Mrs. Lcttie Huntley.
.-onni iiour ciuo oi iuonmoum iasi v. uiun6....u w
Wednesday on tho county unit plan.
at his call,
And the poor man that knows him
laughs loudest of all!
Then here's to our boyhood, its gold
and its Rrayl
The atars of its Winter, the dews of
its Mayl
And when we have done with our
life-lasting toys,
Dear Father, take care of thy child
ren, the Boys!
Light refreshment were served
during the afternoon by Mrs. Eld
ridge assisted by Mrs. Ilenkle, Mrs.
Williams and Mrs. Girard. Mrs. C.
A. McLaughlin used her sedan car in
assembling the guests- and taking
them to their homes.
Those in attendance with an Ore
gon ' residence of 30 years or more
were:
Mrs. Martha Richardson ...... 1845
T. Jeff Fryer 1845
Mrs. llanna Richardson 1843
Orville Butler 1849
Mrs. Nancy Whiteaker 1862
I. L. Hedges 1851
Mrs. Sarah Irvine 1852
Miss Maggie Butler 1853
Mrs. Mary Stine 18(12
Mrs. Sarah Nelson . . .'. 1867
George W. Henkle 1867
J. S. Bohannon 1868
Mrs. Ellen Robertson 1872
II. Hirschberg 1872
Mrs. Josephine McDevitt 1873
Mrs. Mary Fluke 1879
Mrs. Belle Henkle 1880
Mrs. J. S. Bohannon 1880
Mrs. Porterfield .., 1881
Mrs. U. G. Heffley 1890
Mrs. Fannie Hill 1890
Mrs. Maggie Hanna 1890
HAPPENINGS IN THE I
ELKINS COUNTRY
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Price visited
friends in Kings Valley Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Hewitt of
Greenwood were dinner guests Sun
day at the home of Roy Pitzer and
family. "
Mrs. A. E. Tetherow went to Eu
gene Sunday to spend some days
visiting her sister, Mrs. Ralph Lara
way. S. II. Cook was a business visitor
in Independence Saturday.
Mrs. D. M. Hewitt of Monmouth at
tended Sunday-school here and spent
the day visiting Mrs. A. Z. Tedrow.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Marks were
among the shoppers Saturday at the
sale of Eddy & Carbary.
Miss Florence Enschede spent the
weekend with her mother in Forest
Grove.
Orville Schrider and Elmer Olden
motored to Salem Thursay.
Mrs. Uda Burke anal Mrs. R. O.
Dodson attended the funeral of a
friend in Salem Monday.
The 100th anniversary of Grant's
birth was celebrated at the school
Thursday aiternoon by a program
given by some members of the school
and some of the older people.
Mrs. C E. Tedrow and Mrs. G. B.
Jones went to Ellendale Wednesday
to assist the ladies of that community
in making dress forms.
The Maximum S. S. class motored
to Dallas Sunday morning and atten
ded S. S. ai the Christian church.
About 20 attended from here and
they reported an attendance of 190.
A son was born Sunday to Mr. and
VISIMALSETZ
Keen Interest Is Manifested
In Cobbs-Mitchell Lum
bering Operations
Mrs. L. E.
'Mrs. Belle
Baldwin 1891 1 Mrs. H. W. Hannum.
"Brother Josiah" and his family
120 strong invaded Valsetz bast
Sunday and were received with open
arms by the people of that thriving
little city. "Brother Josiah" pleased
the folks up there ae well as he did
here, and the performance with ita
oichestral and other musical numbers
was very successfully carried out, yet
an outstanding feature of the day wa,9
the cordiality of the Valsetz folks
and the ' opportunity which was af-'
forded to the visitors to get a
glimpse of this model little sawmill
city.
Leaving Independence at 9 o'clock
in the. morning oh a special train in
charge of Conductor W. E. Bullis and
with Superintendent Watson also
aboard, the run was made to Valseta
without incident; It was the first
time that many of the invaders had
had an opportunity to go over tho
road, and the run from Hoskins ovef
the divide was full of interest. m
Arriving at Valsetz at about 11
o'clock. Major La Londe, as spokes
man, announced that the day's pro
gram included breakfast at the com
pany dining hall at that time, fol
lowed by a visit to the scene of tha
logging operations. And after the
return the presentation of "Brother
Rodeers 1892 Mrs. A. F. Courter of Falls City wt.;,i. .tam 9 nVWlr' dinner
Native Oregonians present were: 1 1 pending a few days at the home of Fat 5 o'clock, concluding with a visit
Miss
1 Too RntW- Mm. IJ. P. MacCarthv.
Mrs. Josephine Hays, Mrs. ' Mella
Clara Williams, Mrs.
Airs. A. t,. Xetherow. to the mill, which would be in opera'
At a meeting of the Polk County ition at that time.
farmers union April i) at liberty
prying eyes of the public and here
any possibility of appearing on the
: - .1 ! li T-l V
The members of the Normal Glee,8"18
I ...... i 1 1 .1 .., s i 4 ha
club are practicing industriously on uu.-vwu w.u w.
tho oratorio "Creation" in which they
are to take part at the Salem music
festivul the last of May.
Tho Normal school is fortunate this
week in being able to offer "The
Little Minister" as its moving picture
V be given Friday evening in the
chapel.
TWO ARE OPERATED UPON
HERE FOR APPENDICITIS
Oscar Moore, a well-known resi-
M A N V AIT F.N D FUN Kit A L
LATE H. C. CONSTANCE
The funeral of the late H. C. Con
stance" was held from the Presbyter
ian church hiKt Saturday afternoon,
Dr. II. Charles Dunsmore officiating,
with Funeral Director Keeney in
charge, nnd interment was made in
the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Mr. Constance was a member of a
New Richmond, Wis., lodge of Odd
Fellows, and the services were under
tho auspices of tho local lodge. The
pall bearers were: Guy Walker, W. H.
Craven, Joe Hubbard, Ed. Rex, Wil
lnrd E. Craven and II. W. Birkholz.
'"an Dower .1 . ..1- i.
ImiiM Evory rnnchino has its own
'vulual motor, nnd it only takes
aW 1 f lhe ""wdust to create an
Purpos0 f C,0ctrical cncr for flU
ft manufacturing end ia confined
lS"inT,.mill'-f,00rin,?' Bidinff
bah,. hia part of tho P,ailt ia
eiZ ,0pci,ate'l three shifts-two of
km,.. ana tho other seven
"ours.
Bln5 t0 Unfavorblo weather, log
full :2i?i0n" are ist getting In
-b una untu somo additional
included on Pfio 4)
HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS
DEFEAT PUBLIC SCHOOL
In a hotly contested game, the high
school second team defeated the pub
lic school by a score of 16 to 15. The
lineup: High school Ray, c; Weddle,
Seaman, Kelley, p; Jones, 1st; Mey
ers, s. s.; Kellcy, 3rd; Smith, 2nd;
Wunder, Yung, Clark, field; Irvine,
substitute.
Public school-Calbreath, c; Cox,
p.; LoreU, 1st; Radmaclter, 2nd;
Grant, 3rd; Cook, s. s.; Girard,
llurch, Weddlo, Pongra, field.
Seaman was on the mound for two
innings, Weddle, five and Kelley, two.
In tho preceding contest, the pub
lic school won by a score of 16 to 8.
ARM IS BROKEN WHILE
CRANKING TRUCK ON RANCH
Wiley Grant had his right arm
fractured, Monday, at the George
Werlino hop ranch, while endeavoring
to crank a truck. Mr. Werlme is
operating his ranch under the state
industrial accident plan, and Mr.
Grant will receive recompense from
tho state during his enforced vaca
tion. f 1IARTER IS ISSUED TO
NEW GRAND R0NDE BANK
A charter was issued Tuesday by
the state bankinjr department to
the Bank of Grand Ronde, Yamhill
county. The capitalization in $16,000.
Tho president is Clarence Butt and
the cashier II. W. Ticknor.
realizing his plight, brought clothes
from the store, and using the friendly
wagon box for a dressing room the
youngster soon sallied forth arrayed
if not "like Solomon in all his glory,
at least in garments clean and whole.
Old time experiences were talked
over, old time friends long since
passed on,recalled, and as they talken
erated upon at the Independence hos
pital Wednesday night for appendici
tis by Dr. George C. Knott, assisted
by Dr. Bowersox of Monmouth. Re
ports from the hospital last night
indicated that Mr. Moore is getting
along nicely.
Mrs. P. Parsigian of Orville under
went a like operation at the hospital
11 . 11 J 1 I. J ll. "
..e years ro oeu uliv ou u.e,r w ,ast Slulday by DrS. Knott and Bower-
UOJB illlM 1119 Uiac 1UUK W1U UJlt7 IC
called the poem of Oliver
Holmes, "The Boys."
Wendall
SOX.
Has there any old fellow got mixed
with the boys?
HORST CAR TAKEN FROM
COMMERCIAL STREET, SALEM
A Ford runabout, belonging to the
If there, has. take him out, without K. Clemens Horst company, while
making a noise! (parked on Commercial street in Sa-
Ilang the Almanac's cheat and the !cm on Thursday night of last week
Catalogue's spite! was stolen. Harry Ord missed the
Old Time is a liar! We're twenty to- car less than 30 minutes after it had
night! disappeared, but thought a prank was
being played upon him by friends
jvho were trying to persuade him to
remain longer in the capital city
Bell, plans were made for the an
nual picnic to be held at Elkins
about the first of June. Also plans
were made for a-field day at O. A.
C, probably June 17. This is to be
a day set aside at the college for
Polk county farmers and their fam
ilies. Definite announcement will be
made later.
INDEPENDENCE HIGH
DEFEATS MONMOUTH
-Yes!
"Gray temples at twenty?"
white, if we please;
Where the snow-flakes fall thickest
ii : x t
meres nouang can . t police were notiied
Was it snowing I spoke of? Excuse V . . tn . .t BTW
The car, new this year, was insured
the mistake!
Look close, you will see not a sign
of a flake;
W"e want some new garlands for
those we have shed,
And these are white roses in place of
the red I
(trace of the machine.
BIG SHORTHORN GOES
TO THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE
A thoroughbred shorthorn bull
weighing 2142 pounds was bought by
Gus Miller of the city meat market
On the evening of Monday, April
23rd, the local high school baseball
team won its first game of ball,
easily defeating the Monmouth boys.
In the first inning the visiting team
made four runs but this did not
dishearten the locals. They natur
ally had to even up matters by mak
ing 14 runs. The Monmouth brigade
was just naturally out of luck. A
bunch of local business men were our
to the game and rooted for the boys
and this pleased the boys very much.
They gave the boys a few pointer?
01. the game which helped them
immensely. The batteries for the
teams were: Monmouth Egleson.c.;
Chapin, p.; Independence Underhill,
c; Baker, p.; Eldridge, c..
Lineup Independence Craven,
1st; Eldridge, s. s. c; Burright, 3rd;
Underhill, c; Baker, p.; Stapleton,
2nd; Bullis, I. f.; Bennett, c. f.; Smi
ley, r. f.; Reuf, sub.
.Monmouth Partrige, s. s.; Egle
son, c. p.; Dodson, 2nd! Stump, 1. f.;
Chapin, p. c; Harmon, c. f.; Gooding,
1st; Smith, 3rd; Wilson, r. f.
'Feeding hungry people has become
such a fixed habit at this mess hall
that the onslaught of more than a
hundred did not cause even a ripple.
Major La Londe, acting as host, ex
plained that meal hours come in such
quick succeslion there that it was a
bit difficult to keep meals from lap
ping. He stated that owing to its
being necessary to operate the plan
ing, mill three shifts and the sawmill
two, 18 distinct meals are served
every 24 hours. That is, the practice
ia to serve breakfast to a man just
before he goes to work whether this
be in the morning at 6:15 or around
midnight if he happens to be on the
"graveyard" shift.
A locomotive was coupled to a
string of flats, upon which benches
had been placed, and with Supt.
Powell as director a run jnas made to
the scene of the logging operations
some distance to the north of camp
one. The road makes many twists
and turns, butHhe "Shays" are made
Jfor just such service and the visitors
soon found themselves where
"donkeys" are masters of the situa
tion. Deeply interesting are the op- '
erations. Donkeys are used to load
the logs on cars, they are used to
snake the logs to the bumpers, and
where the ground is rough a high
line is used and the donkey continues
its functioning in getting the logs
or trees acrops or down steep can
yons. t
Returning to Valsetz and in a lum
ber shipping shed which had beer
prepared for the purpose, "Brother
Josiah" provided enjoyable entertahv
ment from 2 until 4 o'clock, the cast
You hear that boy laughing? You
think he's all fun,
But the angles laugh, too, at the good
IIO TlttS UVC, .
The children laugh loud as they troop son hen!, Corvallis, when a calf.
LIGHTS DEFECTIVE. SAYS
iTiX'Cnr A I?f TT . TTTr 1 or a VO XT A V onrl Ainaofro ViOinff thO fiflTTin AS WhpTl
from J. A. Reynolds, a well-known v 00 x " "
l 1 presented here a few weeks ago. Tho
south of town farmer, yesterday. It
detective i ptJi-i-Utnuiiico waa givcu aa c uciicAm
ij ,,),naH ' nargea wren navmg
iu'. nt- r... T n wil.' lights, G. C. Skinner was remiired to to the Valsetz Baseball association,
uy iui. ivcjriiuiuo itu... . , ... . . rr t : A . 7an
One Touch of Nature
D
make a $5 deposit to a West Salem , Teams are to be organized at ValseW
and camp one with the purpose oi
taking the stars of the two aggre
gations for outside games.
As a prelude to the play, Major La
Londe gave a hearty welcome to the
assemblage and expressed apprecia
tion to the members of the troop for,
providing the performance. D. E.
constable Wednesday as a guarantee
of his appearance before Justice
Jacobs Thursday morning. Accompa
nied by his family and Charles G.
Irvine and family, he was returning
from Salem when he was given the
hiph sign by the constable. WTien
asked to show his driver's license Mr.
Skinner had to confess that . he did j Fletcher responded gracefully.
not have it with him. With Mr. Ir
vine as a witness, Mr. Skinner put
in an appearance before the judge at
the specified time, contended that hia
lights were complying with the law
and that inasmuch as he had a
driver's license the fact that he did
not have it with him did not cause an
infringement of the law. He was up
held ' by the judge and his deposit
money was returned to him.
The' orchestra gave several selec
tions; Mrs. C. W. Irvine and Mrs. MV
J. Butler gave pleasing solos during
the act intermissions, and "Brother
Josiah" and the other members of th
cast carried out their parts in a par
ticularly pleasing manner.
At 5 o'clock lunch was served in
the mess hall, and a visit was then
made to the mill, accompanied by mill
officials who explained the intrica
cies of the many machines which com
priso the plant. It was an interest-
The "Y" which is being constructed
by the Valiev & Siletz a little dis
tance to the south of the station here in2 fascinating sight, from the time
will be completed inside of a few ! the Igi are lif ted from the mill c
days, it is to be used for turning 1 untiI tho lumber is hauled to the
tne new gasoline passenger car,
rH"h is r-nt rdr for service.
'Concluded on Faja 4)