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f?A 111 - x . w A 0? 40th YEAR No. 43 INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY, June 1G, 1922 'u GRADUATE AT HIGH SCHOOL Independence Closes Con .tructive Year of Work in the School! Graduating p"- f tL l the history of the whool, the commencement cxereUe. of ha Independence high school were Hd at the MethodUt church last Kay night. This make, tho twelfth whlin n -.-. - The pnrm include! violin elec tion by Cronby i-'v nu "" Divi, with M. Initio II. Mcintosh Bi,no; involution by Rev. II. L, PP.PP; vnl nolo, Paul Scott; pisno duet, Lida BullU and Mary Iuu My fr; vocal wlo, Mr. M. J. Uutk-r. A pteanmir and vtrv blr- 0,1 0rrgon" w made by Prof. J. H. Horner of the Oreegon Agricultural college. Oregon i Prof. Horner' by and he ha a faculty of enter ..ininW makinir hi hcarera feel extremely proud of claiming Ute a an abiding place. The MwnUtlon of the clastt the was made by Prof. O. D. Hycm and diplomat wire presented by D Flfkhi-r, chairman of the board the E. of education. The program was brought to a close by a violin-piano selection by Mr. Divin, Mr. Kllen Davi and Mra. Mc intosh. The following pupil received diploma: LcIie Clemo, Thelma Wil Iim, Florence llsrtman, Gertrude Stephen, Bessie Plocainger, Vclma Htffley, William Kolb, Jr., Huth Dick foon, Wilbur Underhlll, Alice Hukee, Thelma Alexander, George Dulloch, Mildred I)awe, N'c-llie liurch. FINE OF $:'0 ASSESSED IN BATTEKY CAS Clinton J. Griffin was fined $20 ui cost in Justice K. W. linker' court Wednesday afternoon, after having been found guilty of assault md battery, the complainant being Mr. Ella Thorp of Monmouth. Mr. Griffin ha been attending the Normal school. He rented a small house of Mrs. Thorp. It la alleged tht he became delinquect In the pay ment of his rent, and when Mrs. Thorp went to tho place to collect th rent she was forcibly ejected from tin building. The case was handled by District Attorney Ilclgrerson. Mr. Griffin Paid the fine. F. TICE HAS LEG BROKEN AT VALSETZ W. F. Tice. in thn fmnlnv rf iha Cobbs & Mitchell company, had ms lcft leg fractured while working in w woods a few days ago. A report was current here yester day that it was W. If. Tiri. n farmer resident of Independence, who hnd met vith the accident, l.ut it kuIjso. qucntly developed that tho Injured an was W. P. Tice, a young man. TRIP TO CORVALLIS WILL BE MADE BY MANY K is expected that quite large number of local farmers will go to wvallia Saturday for the demonstra- on whith- ' to be made at tho college " at the experiment station for tho Particular benefit of Polk county J. The Polk County Farmers' union is fathering the movement, but 1 re invited to participate. The delegation will leave here short J after 9 o'clock, arriving at the C0,lcge at about 10. 8LEM PROPERTY IS TRADE) FOR LOCAL PLACE Jharles II. Monsch has traded an den" Kroun(' imProved with a resi ce. on Seventh street, to Elmer half i P hoUse and three and one" ,nd, !t?in Sa,em. the deal being Pany "Ar,0 IndePendencc ish A er Kervin in the Spnn- mZT- T and mRny 8Ul,fle- JJonsnfc i thQ "Srular army, Mr. sch ha retired and has been liv- 4ee abUt a year IIe is a oocunvT" and Wil1 B 10 Salem t0 I, tFJ ms new acquisition. Mr. Fry Plo ?S man' mmarr and i8 4 siipV as nigrht man in the VnlI(,y th9 pi yards here- "e will occupy WIDOW CIVIL WAR VETERAN 1)1 EH HERE Mrs. Amanda F. McIIenry, widow of John Nelson Mcllenry, died at the homo of her daughter, Mra. Maude Frederick. E street, Independence, Tuesday morninjf at 2:30, after an lllne of two weeks following a stroke of parulysin, Mr. Mcllenry was born at Bloom Ington, III., July 24, 1843. Mr. M-:-Jlenry, who was a veteran of the Civil war, died at Spokane seven years ago, and Mrs. Mcllenry camo to Inde pendence with her daughter 14 months ago. . . . . m addition to Mr. Frederclks, 11.11 i ... ium. iin iii-nry is survived by a daugh ter, Mrs. Margaret Quinby of port- land; two sons, Earl Mcllenry of llieticy, Wash., and Bert Mcllenry of Colorado; two sisters, Mra. Benja min rnest of ItoKuo Kiver, Oregon and Mrs. Elizabeth Mcllenry of Ad tenere, Idaho; two brothers, Alfred and Charles Head of Coeur d' lene, Idaho. Mrs. Mcllenry was a member of the Methodist church. Funeral ser vices were held from the church Wed nesday afternoon at 1 o'clock, Rev. F. S. Clemo, officiating and inter ment was made in the Odd Fellow cemetery, with Funeral Director A. L Keeney in charge. DRAINAGE IS FAYING KNOWLES BROTHER Extension Service News, a monthly publication by the extension service of the Oregon Agricultural college, says: The two Knowles brothers have a farm of 230 acres five mile north of Independence, in that section of very heavy and indifferently drained soil. On this place these men have laid 30,000 feet of drain tile, underdraw ing virtually the entire farm. That work has resulted in a different soil entirely. Now the Knowles are able to get their crops in juxt aa early as those farmers who have naturally welldrained hill lands. Not only are they able to get upon the land a month to six weeks earlier than be fore drainage, but the crops aecm to come on fairly with a bound, the soil being warm, open, and renponsive. In draining the little runs and swales they have followed the plan of running a line of tile on either side to cut off tho supply of water from the adjoining slopes, then a line up the middle to finish. This is one of the most completely drained and profitable farms in Polk county. TAX IS COLLECTED ON CRIDER DRY GOODS STOCK Nearly a thousand dollars taxes levied this year was collected by Sheriff Orr on the C. L. Crider stock of dry goods at Dallas. The stock In question was recently sold by Mr. Crider to Portland men, who subse pucntly disposed of it to other parties. When an attempt was made to move the stock to Eugene, Sheriff Orr, fol lowing a statutatory provision, de manded the tax levied against the stock There was some demurring on tho part of the new owners, but they were compelled to come across. JULES PINCUS IS SUMMONED Jules Pincus, owner of two hop yards south of Independence and quite well-known here, died of heart di sease Tuesday morning at his home in Portland. The announcement of his death came as a shock to a large circle of local friends as he was m the prime of life and always appeared rugged and hearty. . Mr. Pincus has owned for about five years tho Taylor yard just across the road from Sloper Bros., cons.st.ng of about 60 acres, and another yard of about 40 acres in the Spring H.ll district. Both yards are under the supervision of D. J. Irvine. Mr. Pincus was a resident of Salem for many years and operated vanous business enterprises in Pr?.P with' Louis Lachmund. During the few years he has made Portland hi. h me, operating a hop brokerage iness. He is survived by a widow and a four-year-old son, Jules, Jr., two sisters, Misse .Bessie and Pincus of Portland, and a brother, Marcus Pincus of Tacoma, Wash. HALF CENTURY MARKJfflSERVED Semi-Centennial of Chris tian College Is Fitting ly Observed. Monmouth Christian College lived ayuin Tuesday in the presence of department that he would receive pay many of the alumni who returned for his work, Contractor Trent re for tho semi-centennial anniversary sumed operations Monday on his grad of the first graduating class, and in ing contract south of Monmouth. Just the reminiscences of the early dayi ! how long it will be before there are At the institution that laid the found-1 further developments is problematical, ation for the establishment of the ' but it is more than probable that the first state supported normal school in the northwest A number of the graduates of the first classes returned for the event ' and several classes had almost com plete reunions. The fiftieth anniversary address was given on the alumni program Tuesday evening by President P. L. Campbell of the state university. The eariy pioneers, he said, possessed little learning, but had a great enthu siasm for learning, and in laying the foundation of the institution they Luilded better than they knew. He traced the history of the school from the time when four pioneers from Monmouth, Illinois, donated a square mile of land, which is now oc cupied by the city of Monmouth, for the establishment and rupport of a college, through its career under the guidance of his father, T. F. Camp bell, under D. T. Stanley, and through the time when he himself was its president. The reason for the distin guished success cf so many of it3 graduates, he said, was not to be found in its scholarship, which was good for its time, but in the fact that it was built around the idea that conduct is three-fourths of human ixistcnce. Dean Resslcr of the Oregon Agri cultural college recounted the strug gles of the school during the time when he was president. The annual alumni banquet, hon oring the class of '72 Mrs. Mary Stump Campbell, Rev. Bruce Wolver ton, Judge Charles E. Wolverton and W. D. Fenton was held in the domes tic science rooms. Dr. J. M. Powell of the class of T3 was toastmaster and toasts were responded to as fol lows: Christian College, Dr. Powell 73; The class of 1882, Mrs. Clara Card Cooper; The normal school, Ira C. Powell, '87; The New Era, Thomas H. Gentle; Memories, Muriel Paul, '21; the president and the future of school, Lenore Smith, '22. A conspicuous fact brought out in all the talks was the persisiem en deavor by those at the helm against manv discouraging obstacles from the beginning of the school all along the lino to the present day. At the meeting of the alumni as sociation, held Tuesday alternoon. the following officers were elected: President, Muriel Paul, McMinnvilie; first vice-president, J. B. V. Butler, Monmouth; second vice-president, Miss Clayton Burroujrh, Independ- i . HP.'.. T. 1 T7 ence; secretary, iuiss nuicutc schede, Elkins; treasurer, Ira C. Powell, Monmouth. BUILDING CONCRETE PIT AT VALSETZ A large concrete pit for burning refuse is being constructed for the Cobbc & Mitchell company sawmill plant at Valsetz by Kullander Bros. jJ Lucky Dog . i . ROAD GRADING STARTED AGAIN Polk Court is to Sell $40,000 of Bonds and Turn Money Over to the State. Upon assurances from the highway matter it not settled. The Polk county court and ttie stte highway commission oave ap- patently come to a working financial bacis. The county court haa agreed to se!! and turn ovr to the state $40,000 of bonds which were voted for highway purposes a few years ago, and pay the highway commission ?15,000 from the general highway fund for bridge purposes. The decision of Judge Kelly refuse ing to sanction the use of market road money on state highways seems to have started something:, and the highway commission has already started , propoganda leading: to the amendment of a law which makes any road money beyond the "touch" of the commission. In the meantime, a similar case to the Polk action, is to be carried to the supreme court. NORMAL CLASS '82 HAS REUNION AT BUTLER HOME A pleasant feature of the com mencement week at the normal school was the reunion of the graduating class of 1882, of which Dr. 0. D. Butler was a member. There were five graduates in the class, one mem ber, Judge W. E. Richardson of the Washington supreme bench having died a few years ago. The surviving members were en tertained at luncheon Wednesday noon at the home of Dr. and Mrs. O. D. Butler. The afternoon was passed in recalling school days and school day pranks, the party separating with the wish that next year might bring another reunion of the class of '82. Members present were: Mrs. E. W. Cooper, Albany; Mrs. Stella Gabbert, Salem; Mrs. Ada Rice, Portland and Dr. Otis D. Butler. RELATIVES ASSIST IN , CELEBRATING BIRTHDAY Dr. O. D. Butler celebrated his nth birthday last Sunday with a birth day party preceded by a dinner. Twenty-three relatives, real and "married in" were present and the day was a most enjoyable one. Guests for the day were: Mr. ana Mrs. Orville Butler, Mr. and Mrs. J B. V. Butler, Mrs. Maurice J. Butler, Monmouth; Mr. and Mrs. C. Word Butler, Mrs Robert E. Smith and son, Corvallis; Mrs. Nelson, Independ ence, Dr. Frank Butler and family, Portland; Dr. J. Dean Butler, Oregon City. TWO ARE GRADUATED FROM OAK POINT SCHOOL The graduates from the Oak Point school are Edna Joy and Chester Downing, both of whom passed with an average of more than 90 and both have been active in working for the welfare of the school. MONMOUTH GIRL WED TO WASHINGTON MAN Monmouth A pretty wedding took place at the Christian church last Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock when Miss Neta Waller became the bride of Hugh C. Olds of Camas, Wash. A beautiful form of the ring cere mony was read by Rev. H. E. Ros sell, the pastor. Preceding the cere mony Miss Bess Clancy of Camas sang, "Oh Promise Me". The wedding march from "Lohengrin" was played by Mrs. Belle Beckley. The attend ants were Miss Mildred Force and Dale Olds of Camas. Mildred Ken nedy of Camas was flower girl, ani little Bessie, her sister, was ring bearer. The church was decorated with Ophelia roses, peonies and syr ingia. Following the ceremony a recep tion was held at the home of the bride's parents. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Grant Olds, Gladstone; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gault, Glad stone; Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Gault and daughters Virginia and Effie, Glad stone; Mr. and Mrs. II. D. Kennedy, Camas; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ring, Camas; Miss Alveda Peterson, Port land; Rollo M. McKinney, Independ ence; Mrs. A. J. Winter, Portland; Mrs. A. C. Rice, Portland; Gerald Winter, Portland, Dale Rice, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. Loren W. Waller, Miss Ruby Lorence, Miss Grace Parker, Mrs. C. E. Force and Mr. and Mrs. Rossell of Monmouth. POST AND CORPS ARE ENTERTAINED BY LEGION About 35 members of the G. A. R. and Woman's Relief Corps were guests of Independence Post of the American Legion at a 7 o'clcok dinner served in the legion banquet room Wednesday night, which was followed by a pleasing program. A. L. Keeney officiated as master of ceremonies. The program consisted of an address by Rev. Gottleib Schmid, short talks by Major and Mrs. T. C. Campbell of Klamath Falls, both members of Inde pendence post, with Mrs. Campbell enjoying the distinction of being the only woman member of the post. Both were in overseas service, Mrs. Camp bell serving as a nurse. Their talks were of particular interest . Solo, "Star Spangled Banner," by Mrs. Thomas Clifford; reading by Miss Ida Arrell; short talks sby Comrades Bingman and L. M. Butler. The event was an exceptionally pleasing one, both to the guests and the Legion boys who acted as hosts. The dinner was prepared by a caterer and was served by the legion mem bers. Bliss Byers, C. C. Archibald and John G. Stevens, Jr., being in charge. The program part of the entertain ment was arranged by a committee composed of A. L. Keeney, Harry Ord, Art Black. ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING NEXT MONDAY NIGHT The annual school meeting for dis trict 29 (Independence) will be held at the public school building next Monday night Owing to the board being unable to make an estimate of the amount of money necessary to operate the schools for the coming year, the budget has not been pre- 1 pared and it will be necessary to submit it to the taxpayers at a sub sequent meeting. The term of D. E.. Fletcher as mem ber of the board expires at this time and the business of the meeting will I be largely confined to electing his .successor for a two year term and the election of a clerk of the board for a one year period. The meeting will be called at 8 o'clock promptly. WOLFE IS TRYING TO COLLECT DAMAGE TO CAR Alleging that his car was injwed to the extent of $29.55 by a car driven by N. Selig of Salem, a former Falls City merchant, B. R. Wolfe, as sistant cashier of the Independence National bank, has brought suit -in Justice R. W. Baker's court for the collection of that amount The acci dent occurred at the watering trough between Independence and Salem last March. SETH FALK LANDS BIG ONE AT PACIFIC CITY Seth Falk," well-known Rickreall farmer, landed a 31 pound salmon at Pacific City last Sunday. . BACK IN OR HEAD IN, ISQUESTION City Orders Street Improve ment and Sells Bonds For Alley Work. An ordinance, was introduced at Wednesday night's session of the city council, passed to the third reading and failed of adoption by a tie vote of .three to three, which had for its purpose a direct change in the park ing ordinance. The original ordi nance, introduced by Councilman Bo hannon would have required cars parking on First or Main street to head into the curb instead of backing in as is the present requirement, and was amended to include all streets in the city. The vote was: ayes, Bohannon, Skinner, Craven ;j nays, Calbreath, Thomas, Walker. The vote against the measure was not in reality op position to it, as all of the couneil nien conceded that to head into a curb was better than back in, but it was felt that the change would cause much confusion. In California, al most to a town, the rule is to head into the curb, while in Oregon back ing is quite universal. The princi pal reason for attempting to make the change, Mr. Bohannon explained, was to prevent damage to fenders by the high curb line along main street An ordinance was passed ordering the improvement of Log Cabin street from Oak to William grading the full width and the graveling of an 8 foot center with river run gravel not less than six inches in deptli. Another ordinance authorized the issuance and sale of $1552.24 of bonds to C. W. Irvine at par and accrued interest, bonds to bear 6 percent In terest. These bonds are for the im provement of the alley between B and Monmouth streets. Claims allowed were: ' ' Moore & Addison $8.25 Johnson & Coquillette 435.93 Kullander & Kullander 616.43 George H. Wood, firemen 30.00 B. F. Swope 44.35 Irvine Baun ". 7.00 F. O. Parker 2.65 IL W. Birkholz "... 6.00 J. B. Chapman 6.00 L. Damon 51.00 F. O. Parker 135.00 C. E. Stewart 2.00 Halladay & Justin I . . . 22.52 Mt. States Power Co. 210.50 Oberson Transfer 1.59 W. C. Winslow ; 50.00 W. E. Craven Hdw. 8.13 J. D. Hibbs & Co. 1.50 , The meeting was adjourned until next Wednesday night at 7 o'clock. REFUSING TO PAY FINE; LOCAL MAN TAKEN TO JAIL Refusing to pay a fine of $15, which had been assessed by Justice R. W. Baker, A. C. Kleby was taken to the county jail to serve a 7 days sentence, Wednesday. Upon com plaint of J. B. Nunn, truant officer, Mr. Kleby was called upon to ans wer for the truancy from school of his 14 year old son. Na attention was paid to a court summons and a bench, warrant was then issued. Mrs. Georgia Sayers paid a fine of $10 after pleading guilty to the charge of having violated the compul sory education statute by not keeping her 14 year old boy in regular atten dance at school. Mr. Nunn was the complainant in this case, also. AIRLIE GIRL HAS APPENDICITIS OPERATION Erma Williamson, daughter of George Williamson of Airlie, is re covering in the Independence hospital from the effects of a successful oper ation for appendicitis which was per formed about a week ago, and it is expected that she can be removed to the home of E. B. Smith at the end of this week, 'where she will remair for a few days preceding a return fc her home at Airlie. TWO SUITS ARE FILED FOR RECOVERY OF MONEY ; The Oregon Milling & Warehouse company has filed suit in Justice Baker's court for the collection of two claims against Bert Hilke One is for '$202.94 and interest from May 17, 1920, and the other is for $155.68 and interest from March 28, 1922.