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i a & La ' INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCT. 6, 1922 I P- S 1UUUl Stick Up" ' Greeting to Two Armenians at McNary Station -suck 'm P!" w,lS lh u Armenian employed at : fttlli. hP nch, by Jour n.,.. 'J c,u" . - .tln on ' ,m,cndcnre-bui'm rw- - t rdy The tw0 mcn ww! . , .ftcr crossing mo I-...W c. . Thov found them- fro with four men who ul2Iovr their fc. with the todW"L, h,.v throw up their na " . .11.1 not .1 1 twli The Armciu" - living with lh rut,Mt they 2 51 that if they did not .tic L ..... ll.roiti.h pt...., r..mlitv comnlied. tfflU. l',lv f - - .mt.ld t get OUt Of fcweWn, and while two men kept tWm covered with guns mo ed thmu They claim that they (ICO upu ,k..i. in Sulem for that amount r.. t...f,.r denurtinir toward home. After being relieves 01 "ivir .- wrrc t'Id to get into tho car ud move on. Uion their arrival ho .v i!,,mir Mills, with whom .i.- r nrnuaintd. and told him r,,l,J...rv. and he in turn told Police Parker, who t;,,.! iim tft-o men concerning the Rlbery. It was dark and they were ,,ri,!n I., five unv tanirihle clew to th biKhwaymen, other than that two pre t!l and two were short. They werentatxlinif hy the (tide of the road when the Armenians drove up. i:. o, ski:li:y hiccumbsj KL'UIAL AT OltlXON CITY L M. l'M; TALKS HOI'S WHILE IN PORTLAND for the Krnxtus Oren fieeley licd tit his homt, 842 K dtrcct, hint Friduy, after an Illness of several months brought n hy complications follow ing an attack of tho influenza lact winter. Funerul services were held from the home ffanday niorninK. IUsv. J. S. (Ireen of the Methodist Episcopal church officiating, with Funeral Director A. L. Keeney in charjre, and interment was made in Mountain View cemetery at Oregon City, in tho family plot Many old friends were there to meet the fmnily. I'all hearers were: (.. C. bkinncr, A. C Moore, 0. I). Bycrs, T. K. Vannlre and ('. W. Irvine. Mr KmiUv wm horn at Rockland. Sullivan county, New York, October n lftitt mukinir his ace nearly 76 years. His parents moved to Iowa when ho was a youngster and he grew to manhood there He was mnrrit-d in Iowa January 3, 1872, to Miss Ellen A. Ryan. Four children wen born to them, three of whom survive: Mrs. J. H. Harper, Taeoma, Wash., J. K. Seelcy, Portland, and Mrs. C G. Irvine, independence. . . .1! I.. Mr. Keeley leu an exccwnnK'y active life. From Iowa he went to rv,Wi!,i tixik un a homestead and subsequently laid out the towmme oi Otis, which proved a highly success- , will fnl l.iisiness venture, rrom jaano ne went to Weiser, lduho, and then into Washington, and about 20 years ago came to Oregon, establishing himself and family at Oregon City, wnere ne - ...... A remained until 1013, when ne came vo Independence end had since rcsJUed i. .... nnriinl nf vears he was engaged in the mercantile business. He wus a member of the Methodis The floral tributes were many and l.i.nlll if II. Mr. Seeley was a good man, honest, upright and kindly considerate oi ,..l.r. im,l h i death CHme as n to the widow, other members of his .1.. family, and a large circle or xnen.w The home here is to be closed tk fit at the coming week Mrs Seeley will accompany her daugnier, . Ti..v.., tn ! nrnmn 10 reimuu nirs. ' r indefinitely. SMASHED BY EM HERE Occupants Have Close Call From Death at Grade Crossing OPENING GUN FOR SCHOOL BILL HERE Miss Elizabeth Schaffen, a Former Sister Speaks at Baptist Church nmmtR RimfiET 1I1UL1J " rr..K-t t i Tpn (XlMMinilKNAMliu "I'm through with hops iwmon," said Eph Young, pioneer bopmsn of Independence, Ore, who wan iii Portland yesterday. Mr. Young operates a G(-acro yard in Polk county and has developed it to the point that after the crop is leath ered and dried and sucked and dis poned of, ho has the winter for his , , playtime, so each winter Mr. Young ( Meeting Will Be Meld (toes to Sim Diego, ( al., with nis miuhitie, so thut he can scoot across the international boundry into Mexico ami watch the race horses. "I hear that Koine yards hud trouble about pickers thin year, but I hod twice as many I required," said Mr. Young. However, I didn't turn any away, but used tlum, deciding to clean up the yard bh fimt as nossible." In the Young yard a nine-bushel box is used in which the picker places the hops, this being the standard size. If one or two persons pick into a large box, the hops settle rapidly and it Is nearly a solid pack. Sometimes half a duiten Pile nick into the one box, and by this system they fill it more quickly than the hops can nettle, and if the pickers are fust enough sometimes a nine-bushed lwix will not 'Contain enough hops to make ten pounds when dried. known ns on "old contract" so he will not be concerned about the mnr kot price of hops for the next two years. On gonian. A Ford sedan belonging to Leo McKenzie was literally torn to pieces lufit Saturday morning by being tni,.v Kv north bound Southern ucific electric train in the norm pan of the city. Mr. McKenzie was driv ing the car, and Jesse Davis, an uncie ,f Mm Mi-Knnzla was ridinir with him. Both escaped with onj.-minor in juries. with iha view obscured by log, Mr Mi K.nzi did not see the train until he was within a few feet of the .,!, Tl. annlied the brakes, stepped on the revcrsse pedal, the car moved backward about a loot, ana me engino died, leaving the front wnecia h mil. The impact or. tne iram pushed the front of the machine free from the track, skidding the rear of the car against the train, and this performance was again repeated until the car had been carried the c,ii i..nrh of the crossing and de- posited bottom upward in the ditch. Th nee dent was wunesseo uy a". McKenzie's mother, and it was first believed that both men naa Deen killed. They had no chance to get out r.r fha ear but they had presence of mind enough to drop to me and while the top of the sedan was caved in when it turned tunic, "it, miraculously escaped injury, ovner than a few bruises which they sus tained while the machine was being cuffed along by the tram. r.ar i tota wrecK, even w l lit v " . .i, online, one rear wheel Deing llV V "fy (;,ullv the onlv salvage. tv from eame to a stop a short distance beyond the crossing. Some slight danuige had been oone tu .v, but only enough to cause a few min utes delay. The crossing where the accioem happened is the farthest one norm in the city limits. Miss Elizabeth Schaffen of Port land addressed a meeting at the Bap- tiA rhurch Monday night in the in- i t ya .nTYinuisorv school bill. Itueob V. wi.v " - -' X 1 01 ..nava a a Professing to have serveu a sister, 15 years of this time in the capacity of a nurse in St. Vincent liunjittti v Rev. Mr. Proppe, wan iii n vu" the pastor of the church, as a lecturer and author. With the opening aeciarauo, v tho. Truth." the speaker JVIIWW AW vw ' told of alleged experiences not sen- sationalism-and views oi workings of the Catholic church. She left the Bervice nearly 10 years j j- v,a msnntime has written ago, . ., she relates m detail H uvun. , the story of those 31 years of bondage a she terms it. Miss Schaffen came here unaer w auspices of the Ku Klux Klan, at least this inference could be drawn from the fact that klan literature was dis tributed at the conclusion of the meet ing. The church was literally i, with nwine. and the speaser i;c-onod to attentively all during her talk. After telling in outline the life, she wok up DW. J v- ' nuestion of VERDICT IN CIRCUIT J. on ' CO V Iii f "J i""u"' Claiming that James Hilyard, Inde pendence blacksmith, was indebted to him approximately flw, a.., T.adv of Myrtle Creek brought suit in the Polk county circuit i Tuesday, to collect this amount, vf- iTiWnr wns a prune ranch near Myrtle Creek and during 1916 and 1917 Lady was in ine ei.u, Mr. Hilyard. Mr. l-aay anegcu vv u- ,aa an unnaid wacre account of C vr gr $1200, ?320 due ior k"h - $387 of money loaned to Mr. Hilyard. The case was suDmuteu to a j-w 1 vorHift was returned for the aitu TV. defendant Mr. Hilyard was repre MAYOR COUNCIL- 1 MEN.UisNAMfiU- , Citizen's Ticket is Selected at City Caucus Mon day Night nnitv of action and ap- l c " " - parently unity of thought at a caucus held in the city nan R. M. Walker, who is serving his first term as mayor, was selected to head what is termed a ciu: -for another two year term. i .1 S. Bohannon, wiuaru . v- Kv Oscar Hayter of Dallas, I. Guy G. Walker were namea OVIl V-lV kj - 1 - hi witnesses included George Conkey, H. W. Birkholz, C A. Mc Laughlin, and George WinUer of In dependence, and Mr. ana inrs. w Grounds of Myrtle Creek. PEDEE DAIRYMAN WILL DOUBLE la C.mo -five miles hack of Pedee, r m rionfoman is making prepara tions to double his herd of dairy . H0 now has about 40 milkers tUWOi ----- Ha intpntion is to increase to 80. OllU - . Mr. Genteman, who is a son-m-. of E. Steptoe of Indepenaence, nas a ranch of 500 or 600 acres, mucn oi it in the rough, but witn a buiucwu rnt imder the Plow to iurnisn toe feed for a big, profitable dairy. Mr. Genteman nas a yiy neb. oDeratin? his 4uijjj&u " . own me i - - , . . .. tifmir nlant. and has just ife,she took P tract0,which ion of the compulsory JC.. WJ. D. Hibta ft Co, bill and urged that it be adopteo - to him This bill, or properly an amenume to Oregon's compulsory eut!rr: act, proposes that all cnuaren uv,. - the ages of eight ana sixw.. ' ' TYPEWRITING, SHORTHAND or until the completion of the eighth ADDED TO HIGH SCH rade. must attend a public scnooi, r Wednesday Night on City Finances a MrUuirhlin, J. E. Hubbard, ... .'!. ' . .i.i.. rhnrles G. IrvillC, WJliam v.ocmv, - Donald P. MacCarlhy and A. C Moore were named by Mayor . at tho regular monthly meeting of the city council Wednes ay nigh, as (..vnnvers' commiueu t - taxpayers Wednesday ti,.. citv council next vvuu th0 " y. : h preparation W U fllUt'JlO wna to . , a franchise for tne "'"' t " Rec 1 . ... nUuspd to the sec fer company - I" heM up .'""Uon of what the . l .. ...u i.. pending u v Twfi i3 a .Mr. young nas fr.nchi30 fee anaii u. innn Dy Hie"""-'" difference oi r . harfre of the council as to w... should be. r.,.enting the I Tho Question of acttpunt i 1110 . 1 , r the paving of KUlTT ,t was continued owing to 'Third street was con there being no d it noW enrly delivery of c.n ent nd sSSh: deferred until sPrine- Trvinc. Mrs. A. L. L. Damon, u. - ftnd Mrs Thomns, Mrs. l. L-1 J . ,eetiyn j Kt Hubbard were i-i officials. audited The following ciui. ond ordered pad Spaulding Logging Co Oberson Transfer . . Mt. States Power Co. . j, n. Ilibbs & Co. F. 0. Parker p. W. Baker Independence ua Irvine Baun r.irnrw wAiin AND l-.vr.ivcii - nr THELMA MOE MAiuucu Everett Ward, a son of Mr. and . t i,lrt oAiifn Mrs J. H. ward, wno rw.uo of Independence, and Miss Ihe.ma Moe, daughter or vvimum Duena Vista, were marr.eu - ... Methodist parsonage here Monday morning by Rev. J. S. Green, the . ' tv, wmnnv was witnessed pasior, uc "... j nf- by the immediate families and Mr. , ir.. wnrrl denarted soon after- wards by automobile for a month L t Hood River and The niMit-j in"" fanes. A The groom has speni uk 8".- ui lifA in this communuy vi. bride has lived at Bueha Vista for the past five years. Both are deservedly popular with , . large . i . Cr onda ana iuii.t. circie oi . , .. . 1.. .vtnndorl UDOI1 men will he lrcciy return. .. ft i i . l, Vi a a VlPPTl II J. "Babe" bteeie, operating the old Steele rancn juai operunb R,,Pna Vista. across the river -----disposed of his farming implements rtisposiu ,,ki;. sale and household goou - r ... or 'Vass the i r, will take a position at vass uie Tuesday, and will taKe v lan to r mini w The present act permits the child to attend a private or parocnmi Dv... if so desired M;a Rehaffen com att-i Rito Masons for their initia fi f the bill and the Ku Klux Klan for its endeavors in its behalf At tno rnnclusion of her talk a .nt;n wn taken to defray her UUllctnu" " , expenses and from 75 to 100 of her books were sold. and shorthand have iiJt,v..,.. a i AAaA tr, the course of study in IVtZll the Independence high school. These studies will be under the supervision of the Oregon Normal and mark the advent of the Normal in high school instruction here. The same arrange ment is in effect m the Monmoum The Independence high school en rolment has increased to iua. i. . councilmen for four year terms to succeed themselves. . Arthur E. Horton was piaceu ... nomination for city recorder. . All of the selections were ujr v.. .unanimous choice oi tne m-,6, which was fairly well attended for a caucus. . ' ' D E. Fletcher presided at tne ing 'and A. L. Keeney served as sec retary. It was a love feast an in stance of where there was perfect ac cord. None of the nominees was w laee and permitted seeKinK f"5 v - - his name to be presented under protest after being assured that it was necessary for the good of the sendee. , In order that the candidates uw receive the proper grooming and that . 3 tirifn tnft they may be impresseu dignity of their respective honors, .Chairman Fletcher named A. U Moore, Charles V. caiortu Chief of Police Parker a campaign committee. This committee is pre- sumed to formulate a pisuutm furnish the necessary ior campaign. The city charter provides that fW caucus may be held, but there does not appear to De probability of such an event. OFFICERS ARE ELECTED BY PAKWl-ir""1'" riiiinnc"S HOME MAN COMING Utac- wu'i cimT?.v. W. E. Ingalls, a Meth- ; fetr who is taking a year of rest from pastoral work in his been engaged as field secretary for 4.u AiMron'a farm home OI Uiv Lilt; viii.v.." C. T. U. and is beginning his wors be'ner enthusiasti- ..n,r 0nnr,rted by the Ministerial VHWjr ' "I I : .. i Knifm. t? r j. Hammond oi tne wm- i.n j..v,r.l of Theoloiry, Willamette university, and Rev. Long, pastor of the Sa'em Presbyter.an cnurcn nave been a special committee to assist in this work. The campaign in Salem will be opened about Oct. 15th. Marion county quota has been reduced to $5000. Rev. Ingalls began nis worn uy ;nr tho home claims to the piCOCIlUUg Friends church at Rosedale last Sunday, at which time a vigorous ittee was appointed to can- - - . . ! i... 'T'V ntr entire community. WARREN TRIAL STARTS. MONO A V 1 . First Desrree Indict ments Returned Spec ial Venire 30 Drawn Tpaeher association held its first meeting of the school year Tuesday afternoon. The attendance was good, about 35 becoming mem bers of the organization. The pro gram was short, tne aay oems time set for annual election of offi cers. An instrumental trio composed of Doris Dole, violinist, Edwin uoie, saxaphone, and Evelyn Kurre, pianist, was much enjoyed, followed by a 1 1 T? mf h most laughable monoiog uy Kimball, impersonating a young iaay ... .i oHno After which the elec- & h IIXC llitv.wv., th following results. su- - President-Mrs. S. U. nauaaay. Vice President Mrs. Ray. Secretary-Mrs. D. P. MacCarthy. witi two indictments returnea ... . ,:v. ipnonn . i A social hour anu hk"'- . , A,n-,-aa murder. I A so1-"11 . ... , J against nem wi ----- d . th school kitcnen ana the trial of Ph ilip S. barren wil foHowed u in the circuit court at P'ans ior toe s uc . , , . Ul,, astlCJl V Q SCUS5H1. n-io w. Monday with. Juage Hrrv Belt presiding. A special the state -- , r W Irvine and A. r,. t clerks of the sale. Prices were quite satisfactory plan to raise $200 to pay for a Rose thA farm. Uaiu ntife Rev. Ingalls will visit Independence soon. F0K.MKK BUSINESS MAN HERE ON A VISIT J. P. Linden, a former owner of an Independence meat market and a holder of several pieces of realty, 's here on a brief visit Inst Satur day. He was in tho company of Mrs. Linden, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Simon and "on Milton of Forest Grove, and Mr, and Mrs. II. A. Thu SimoiiH Peter II mouth. Mesdumes. Linden, Simon and Shaver nrr sisters and this is their first The Winona. Minn., whore Mr. Linden he tame very successful in various busi ness enterprises and is now taking life easy. The Lindens drove through from Minnesota in a big car and are "Pending their time between Salem and Forest Grove and will probably decide to locate at some point in the valley, Shaver of Salem. nt one time owned the Itinson fnrm south of JVlon- reunion in 12 yenrs. Lindens went from here to 1. A. Chris Burrignv A. E. Horton L. Damon . j. B. Chapman $101.94 1.00 , 212.97 13.15 . 100.00 , 13.08 , 4.20 , 3.50 . 34.00 . 47.50 ..36.00 . 28.80 64.80 i. jliBl'"" ()4.8U II, W .Bn-Knoia 7 45j Mr. Leonard ss i - . . . II II htnr I II A llttHHw h i Ul- - r . : 1 nBT I I n HOW TH&PAeBBft f g MOW'' MM y I yyy' "r 1 1 i Harrv Belt presiding. A special inrvT unnv AND venire of 30 has been drawn in order Agg OFF1CERS ELECTED that the selection of a jury may not I be delayed by the exhaustion of the . bod seniorf junior and resrular panel. - , officers of Inde- "When arraigned, Warren pleaded T school were elected not guilty to the murder of urover gt dent body officials Todd and Glenn L. Price, prohibition Wednesday. n are: .officers at urana iwnuc , Tsint-Ruth Merrill. ber 4th. District Attorney J. w. ei- Ppp.Faith Kimball gerson will' be assisted by Wa ter i prPS.Rita Ruch. Tooze, Jr., of McM.nnville, and War- - aryAlma Kullander. ren will be represented by Oscar A Hayter. Attorney General Daugherty executive committe i r IT . 1 thnr I .uCa I has informed Mr. n.u Clifford Smiley. jter Humphreys, tne leaexar u.. c I attorney in Portland, is ready to as- J sist in the prosecutionu u . u. atUet,c managerRuth Me mi nfrmonta oo"fliTisr. WMiieu axei xne iiiuitwi" rill both for first degree murder anu leaderRoy Seaman . i.i.-t l.n . nmmeinns exCeDt laencicai m . that one charges the murder oi ioaa and the other trice. manager-Jaraes Uvtt.t.iam n AWES AND J jl 1 MRS. ORPHA PAL311.lt MAiuufi" Senior Class President Fern Hays. Vive Pres. Manley Burright. Secretary Loretta By.ers. Treasurer James Stapleton. Class advisor 0. D. Byers. Junior Class President Karl Byers. Vce. Pres. Kathleen Mitchell. ! Sec.-Treas. Marylou Myers. Sophomore Class ( President Mildred Bush. Vice Pres. Lida Bums. Secretary Verna Peterson. Treasurer Roy Yung. Class advisor Thomas K. Vannice. Mrs. Dawes has resided in Polk conty for many years and is a W V, 4T FT OF HOPS v.i tt,nvp woman, and Mr. 4150 BALES OF HOPS M.UO....H.S, . TI (. nywnomf Dawes has made his home here for c. quite a long time. They are receiv- harvested its entire hop crop m fuie ? shane. It totalled 4150 bales of sp iling tne lenciiauons vs. uwu . ,.,. rfriends " " ' J proximately 200 pounds each. William Dawes, a well-known lo cal capitalist, and Mrs. Orpha Pal mer of Monmouth were mamea at r.,t- Wash nn SeDtember 25th, i co o Kripf hnnevmoon in the ttliu m . - i sound country they returned to the groom's home on Monmoutn street., reception ttliu w v,i v. r i on Thursday night of last week by a large number oi aaminng ineuus.