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oirX llt YEAK No. 14 INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOV. 24, 1922 CORN SHOW BIG EVENTOF YEAR Keen Interest U Manifested and Prize Arc Awarded. Kecond, Woodrow Wilson, Shcri iliui. Third, A. It. Southwick, Salern. ( LASH i POP COKN A. Alderson, Jnd;. K. Firt, pendenee. jl Second, L, M. ! nmuth. I Thin), Knrl Rogers 1 ence. j ( LASS 5 ENSILAGE 30 Stalk Firt, T. L. Hartman, Butler, Mon- Independ- Inde- pendeiM-e, Second, F. ence . N. Brown, Independ Hartman, Inde- With txtciivp exhibit of highly ! i .......... ........ I meritorious corn, rj vuuh.-mv ef potatoes, pumpkin and squash, a i.mntinr display of corn culinary art, ,nd throng of deeply Interested ! riiitum combined In making the an- j ThjnJ( T I ... .1 ..ktM trt twU lit flat i jni ii-iiivi vw... j pendente . ,h moot nuec-ssful one ever held in i SWEEPSTAKES IX COKN tbe Willamette valley. iSi(1fle KurT, L. narlman jn gome idea of the interest taken in ' ,i,.pllu.nce. the rvent U ralwl by the num-j T(. Earg her of trie, being exactly double j ,.mence. r irty tars T. I dependence. CLASS 6 JUNIOR CLASS Ten Earn APOPLEXY TAKES SAMC. HANNA Well Known Rancher Found Dead in Field After Search INJURIES FATAL TO REOURNETT Pioneer Minister Dies at Eu gene Burial Will Be at McMinnville. Eugene Rev. Peter R. Burnett, Oregon pioneer of 1846, and for more GROWING SEED SPUDS PROFITABLE FOR BOYS NO REDUCTION IN COUNTY TAX Budget Makes No Provision for Fair, Agent or County Library Polk county's tentative budget for 1923 calls for approximately the same amount as raised during the Mr. Wilson raised 28 acres of seed j past year. No provision is made for nntotiM anrl tha hnva Via1 an arm , th pountv fair. COUntV agent and leach, handled tinder the club program, j county library, and there are other re- Harley Wilson, who has a ranch near the northern boundary of Polk county and vith Sheridan as his post office, is specializing on raising seed potatoes and at the same time is developing three ardent young far mers his sons, Alfred, 13, George, 11, and Woodrow, 10 years old. Mr. Wilson and his boys captured numerous potato prizes at the Inde pendence exhibit. The past year. ht of lut year. In the 10 ear class 0f yellow dent corn there were 60 fontcstiinU with all of the showing 'meritorious, prof. 0. C. Ruth of the farm . . . . . s . I - rs ffupl deponmcnv vi mc un-gun Agricultural college was the judge nd he spent many hours picking out the lot which he deemed the beat. In the corn department, honors wer pretty well distributed. T. L. Unrtmun of Independence has the dutinrtion of having had the one but ear of com and the 50 best cars f corn; Norval Pease, a boy living in the Oak Point district, wus award ed the sweepstakes on 10 ears. In the potato department, II. II. Wilson &, Sons of Sheridan captured two sweepstakes. Mrs. Crosby Davis of Independ ence received first honors for the best culinary display. The McBvth building on C street, here the exhibit was made, was at tractively decorated and everything wis so nicely arranged that the first impression of the show was strik ingly favorable snd the merit of the exhibits held the interest. Friday evening the high school or chestra, under the direction of Miss Elizabeth Levy gave a delightful program. Saturday afternoon, Prof. Hyslop, head of farm crops, O. A. C, gave t very Intereating talk on the grow ing of corn. When it came to the culinary judging, Prof. Ruth had as assist tnt Mrs. Charles G. Irvine and Mrs. Frank Smith . A feature of the show, although not a nart of it proper, was the dis- ulav of flowers and plants by the r-" - . Floral company. It was oTRcloualv presided over by Mr and Mrs. Butt, and attracted a great deal of attention. Chrysanthemums were shown in their most gorgeous array all products of the local plant of this concern. And there were many other flowers, ferns etc. The new dnte prune was quite thorouchlv Introduced. F. M Brown served the cooked date prunes nnd wafers both days. The premium awards were as fol lows: CLASS 1-SENIOK CLASS Yi-llowJ)ent Corn 10 Ears First, J. A. Reynold, Indcpend ence. Second, Norval Pcbbc, Independence Third, Roy Miller, Monmouth Yellow Dent 50 Ears First. T. L. Hartman, Indcpend ence. Second. Ed. Rex. Independence. Third. II. G. Soeley, Indcpend ence. , "White Dent Corn 10 Ears F'rist. L. M. Butler. Monmouth Second. Charles A. Rohrcr, Inde Pcndcnee. Third. John Storey, Indcpend nce. White Dent 50 Ears First, L. M. Butler, Monmouth. Second, Charles A. Rohrer, Inde pendence. White Flint Corn 10 Ears First, Roy Miller, Monmouth. Second, Mrs. Joe Rogers, Independ ence. Third, Earl Rogers, Independence. White Flint Corn 50 Ears First, Roy Miller, Monmouth. Second, Sam Rny, Monmouth . Third, C.oorge Wilson, Sheridan. Any Other Dent 10 Ears First, Mrs. Ed. Harmon, Buena Vista. s'cond, J. W. Compton, Inde pendence Third, CLASS 3 SWEET CORN First, T. L'.' Hartman, Indcpend Mice. Norval Pease, Inde- Hartman, In- . , pt 1VB uub J1 AO B. Vi? JiXV ... ... I . 1 1 I . 1 . Al I build. Failing to put in an appear- wrsecuon ox wevenm avunue county fair; first and third wih a com- ance at lnuch time, a search was in- wi.iamewe 8lreet, a wa Bt.uv., v ; . c)ass of 5g at the Bt&u faJr First, Norval Pease, Independence Second, Charlie Wilson, Independ ence. Third, Mark Capps, Jr., Independ ence. Fourth, Derrell Hewitt, Independ ence. Fifth, Oak Point School, Independence. Fifty Ears First, Alfred Wilson, Sheridan Second, Woodrow Wilson, Sheridan Third, George Wilson, Sheridan. CLASS 7 CLUB CLASS Ten Ears First, Mark Capps, Jr., Independ ence R. I). 1. Second, Alden Brown, Independ ence, R. D. 1. Third, Gordon ence, R. D. 1. Fourth, Derrell Hewitt, ence, It. D. 1. Fifth, Charlie Wilson, ence, R. D. 1. Fifty Ears First Charlie Wlison, Independence Second, Mark Capps, Jr., Independ ence. (Concluded on Page 4) Huntley, Indepcnd- Indepcnd-Independ- Sam C. llanna. a former hardware men-hunt, nnrl n u.f.11 Unuin farmer ! ' t ' t . . 1 I . i m I...! - ... ..: K. nnnn reaming auout inree mues soutn oi i " ccmury ovuycij IndcriPiKlinco -ura fnnnri AnuA in olii a minister of the Christian church woodlot of the ranch yesterday after- j in this state, California, Washington 1 noon. Death was due to an apo- a"d Idaho, died at the Eugene hospi- jpletic stroke. tal Wednesday evening at 5:301 The wnaons have exhibitcd their ductions. but these are overcome by During the forenoon he had gone i o'clock at the age of 80 years, 7 j , . . . fin increase of over $32,000 in the,- to the woodlot for anchor pots fori months and 13 days. On the night, finit and third out of 56 entries; 11 general road fund, wire fencing which he was about toiof Thursday, November 9, at the -prizeg out oi 13 entrie3 at the j0lk 1 The budget committee, composed of Asa B. Robinson, county judge; T. J . Graves and Ezra Hart, commis sioners; L. D. Brown of Dallas, C. W. Irvine of Independence, and C. C. Gardner of Falls City, met at the court house Tuesday and prepared the budget. In view of the fact that a very large part of the items to be cared for in the budget are compulsory, there was very little chance to clash had the committee felt so disposed. Arguing that the total expenditure for the fair, agent and library was but small compared with the benefit derived an effort was made to hare these items included in the budget. The opposition cited that the voters had turned these items down when the question had been submitted to them, a vote showed two for and four against the project. There was a disposition on the part of some of the members of the com mittee to utilize the six percent in crease which is permitted by statute and add the amount to the road fund. but it was not sanctioned. Thursdayf December 14th, has been stituted and he was found lying on the ground near where he had cut a post and loaded it on a sled, with life extinct.. Mr. llanna was born in Indiana county, Ta,, about 42 years ago, and he came to Polk county about 1898, first settling at Airlie where he en gaged in lumbering. A few yerrs later he came to In an automobile as he was on his way home from prayer meeting at the First Christian church, and sustained injuries which resulted in his death. At first he did not appear to be se riously injured, but owing to his advanced aee he was unable to. withstand the shock of the accident and he gradually declined, although for a few days last week he seemed dependence and in partnership with j to 'be growing better. He suffered his brother, James E. Hanna of j almost constantly until about 24 hours Portland, entered the hardware bus-P"or to the end, and he met death iness, which was subsequently sold quietly and painlessly. A11W his sin,.r Tir. & Csece . SincA children and his pastor. Dr. E. V. Ithat time Mr. Hanna had been en- Stivers, whom he loved almost as gaged in ranching and was making ( a son, were at his bedside when tne a marked success with it Mr. Hanna is survived jays a widow and six children, the oldest about 16 and the youngest two; four brothers firts and second at the Yamhill county fair; second at the Pacific Interna tional, and 11 prizes out of 12 entries in the vegetable department of the corn show here. Mr. Wilson states that his boys won $190 in cash premiums this fall. While Mr. Wilson is devoting his time in growing blue ribbon spuds and training his boys in the right di recton, he also has three daughters, all younger than the boys, making a very happy balance to his family. HAPPENINGS IN THE ELKINS COUNTRY end came. Rev. Mr. Burnett came across the plains by ox team with his father and mother, Rev. and Mrs. Glen 0. ' - .i t - J i r :..,. . it,, Ti onri .TKn Burnett, who were among me ieaaere Hanna of Independence; James L. of a large party of emigrants, some Hanna of Portland; Dave Hanna ol.oi wnom eiuCu ... v.- New Kensington, Pa., Mrs. L. M. others in Oregon Rev. GenO. .Veal of Hermiston, Ore.; Mrs. W.I Burnett and his brother, Peter H. H. McCready, Mrs. Mary Smith Burnett, afterward first governor of and Mrs. Lida Smith. ,the state of California, together with Funeral arrangements had noter members of the party, settled been completed last night, other in this state, the Glen O Burnetts than that the funeral will be held, taking up a donation land claim near Sunday, with interment in the Odd j where the, village of Bethel, Polk Fellows cemetery here. - -0HBt tands- Hre Re'; Mr. Hanna was extremely well Peter Burpett grew to manhood. He .nnAnnment of hislobtained his education lor me mm CHAUTAUQUA PROJECT GETS MORE CONSIDERATION The project of having a chautauqua in Independence next season is again receiving consideration. At a meet ing of the Retail Merchants' associa tion Tuesday night at the Hotel Beaver. S. Taylor Jones broached the matter and after some discussion,. it terminated in the appointment of a committee to determine n it is possiDie 10 organize an aswcuuuui . . ., , . ui: t - . - " !. 'fixed as the day for the .public hear- which could successfully carry out the " TO ' . ' . riv nn the 'hurlcet. when OODOSltlOrt project C. W. Irvine was made chairman of the committee and the other mem bers are: S. Horton,, W. Kimball. ing on the budget, when opposition may be voiced to the items which have been submitted. However, the , T A P members of the county court are the Taylor Jones, A. E. ft Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pitzer spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Pitzer's mother in Dallas. Frank McEldowney, who is working at FoBter spent Sunday with tne home folks. Carl Tethcrow. of O. A. C. spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Tethcrow. Maurice Tedrow went to Corvallis Fridav to spend the weekend with his sister, Marjorie, of O. A. C. and to attend the football game. Prof. Bcattie of 0. mi Bchnnl Thursday. Mrs. Uda Burke of Dallas visited her sister, Mrs. R. O. Dodson rri day. Mr nd Mrs. C. W. Price of Monmouth spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Crook spent several days the past week visiting friends and relatives at McMinnville. nnii llArman of Monmouth nign school spent the weekend visiting his Mr. and Mrs. W. n. c- death came as a shock to the com munity. He had all of the outward indications of being in perfect health. But a couple of days ago while in (town he remarked to a friend that he ,had his ranch work about all done and was looking forward to a play spell during the winter. FUNERAL FOR JOHN C. BANNER IS HELD HERE parents, man. . . ., prof. Denman attended tne iool u.ii n in rorvallis Saturday. John C. Banner, step father of Mrs. George Grover of Independence, died in Sacramento, Calif., Novem ber 16. Theemains were brought here and after funeral services Mon j... -r,v, in the Preshvterian' nav tiiiciiiwii ... N. S. visited (i,n,.f.n were interred in the Odd Fel- 'iri wmeterv. Dr. H. Charles Dunsmore officiated with Funeral Director A. L. Keeney in charge. Mr. Banner lacked only a few days of being 76 years old. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Banner and two step children: Wal ter Corliss, of Warren, Vermont, and Mrs. Grover. Mr. Banner formerly resided at Salem and was a frequent visitor at Independence. In the earlier part of active nan in istry in California and after having been ordained, filled a number of pulpits in that state. Returning to Oregon, Rev. Mr. Burnett was mar ried to Miss Mary Todd at McMinn ville, 57 years ago last month, and from that time until he gave up active work in the ministry, about 15 years ago, he was pastor at numerous noints in the Northwestern states. Among his early pastorates was that at Pleasant Hill, Lane county, and later, about 47 years ago, he was pastor of the Christian church in Eugene, again being called by the local church about 30 years ago. Rev. Mr. Burnett was widely known over Oregon and Washington, not onlv on account of his having filled pastrates in different sections of these states, but he traveled ex tensively as an evangelist. Since the death of Mrs. Burnett, at McMinn ville seven years ago, the pioneer minister had resided with his children, having spent a good part of the time in Eueene. He was very active, even in his old age, and took pride in the fact that he was able to walk several miles each day. Besides his six children, Rev. Mr. "Burnett is survived by a brother, Burnett, of the ap R. Ellis and Z. C ERNST ZIELESCH GROWS SEVEN-HEADED WHEAT Ernst Zielesch, one fo Polk county's progressive farmers living at Parker, had on exhibition at the corn show M 4 1 J. a display oi seven-neaaea wneai which attracted considerable atten tion. By actual measurement, Mr. Zie lesch harvested 76 bushels per acre from a limited acreage, the past season. It was an experiment with Mr. Zielesch, but the yield was so heavy he sowed 40 acres to this variety this fall. As its name implies, each stalk has seven heads one large one surround ed by six smaller ones. It is a soft wheat, fine for feeding purposes. final arbiters of the budget, and it is not probable that many changes will be made from the figures which have been prepared. The 1922 budget' and the estimate for 1923 are given: 1922 Sheriffs office $6400 Clerk's office 6000 STEPS TO IMPROVE CROSSING AT LUCKIAMUTE Treasurer's office 1150 Assessor's office 4585 Surveyor's office 300 School Supt. office -.- 4368 County Court, commissioners and Juvenile court 5100 Justice court 450 Coroner's office Insane examination Health officer v: ha tnnV an us mo " - , . . , i uinn a tnson and .Tudcre Albert u- O d Fellow Velllte court of California, residing ""Mr Banner was a veteran of the in Sacramento. The children are . .. ;n tho call of his as follows: Mrs. Josie Hayes, of The children the the lourm, Uvn wr "d served' Independence; Dr. Robert T. Bur- 8ixthand seventh grades went to , co t ,y . t of 17 -nd rvd Ipd. ,n Fridav to attend me iUnui me iiu , , - v tj0ft f lUIi.llv.". . , , I fcnnl entitled "JfTlCnus m Homer Mills, Indcpend- a inv - ., Bookland." The play was gre appreciated by the children as they recognized many bookland friends Mr. and Mrs. Frank Osborne of - .. f SntidaV visiting Mrs. lianas Byi;"" " i Osborne's sisters, Misses Rox.e and raC:;kMrS. G. B. J EATKiven .bythe scbooj and a community . Parent-Teacher association w.l take nface at the school house Saturday ht. According to those in charge --- t Vinr PVI 'III. hw prom e to ue . regular business meet, and party to yj- C,?mT A E Tetherl Saturday Bn1bt AUer he business session gat s wer Played and refreshments were served. EXCELLENT RECORD IN TAX COLLKCllw Polk county folks are paying their taxes At this time there is but 5 percent of the 1921 rolls delinquent, which is a remarkably line snow.ng. The total amount of the ron. as turned over to the sherifi !by to county assessor was $073,781.57. The amount which has been collected to November 20th is' $544,689.57, leaving only $29,092 delinquent Last year on December 1st Polk county's delinquency was 4.7 percent and this year on the same date it will be approximately the same. Dr. O. D. Butler. C A. Elliott and Dr. George C. Knott have been ap pointed a committee by the Independ ence Retail Merchants' association to investigate means for the temporary improvement of the highway from the TAicltinmute bridsre to the Ed. Steele i place so that it can be open to traffic during the winter. It is the stretch in the highway which was filled, about a quarter of mile. It was sug gested that possibly a way might be nett, of Eugene; Mrs. Laura Dunn, devised to plank it or COVer it with of Ashland; Horace E. Burnett, rock shiDDed over the Valley & Siletz Florence w nuea- Fruit inspector Stock inspector Indigent soldiers Widow's pensions Care of the poor Scalp bounties Advertising Armistice day Auditing books Enforcing fire laws Enforcing prohibition Laws ' Stock indemnity . Sealer of weights and Measures Premium of officers' Bonds UNION THANKSGIVING SERVICE AT BAPTIST CHURCH A union Thanksgiving service will be held at the Baptist church next Thursday morning at M o0ocfc Her. ... r.ii.;-f rliiireh will a' fM. vicinity Green of the - ,iftl Quite a numoer ftfl gpeaker. mere w... - Euceae. and Mrs ker and Mrs. Edna Irvine, of Inde pendence. The funeral will be held Friday and the remains, .which are now at the Veatch chapel, will be taken to McMinnville for interment. Eugene Register. SOUTH BOY INJURED BY DISCHARGE GUN Roy South, a 15 year old boy, re ceived a gunshot wound in his right leg Tuesday evening by the prema ture explosion of a gun in the hands of a companion. The muscles of the leg were badly torn. He was taken to the Independence hospital where the wound was dressed and was later taken to his home. to the Luckiamute bridge. During the wet season the road is practically impassable, causing much inconvenience to residents in that locality. 200 - 125 450 400 400 600 5000 5000 50 1500 150 700 180 500 450 166 350 1923 $7040 600O 1150 " 4520 , 300 433 490O 450 - 10O 100" 450 300 400 600 400O 5000 50 100 150 500 235 500 450 175 310 MR. VANNICE HAS APPENDICITIS OPERATION 'Van now rfwpllins' houses are to be erected at Valsetz by the Cobbs &Jhis home T. K. Vannice, manual training teacher of the Independence high school, underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Independence hos pital last Friday morning. He had wltat was diagnosed as an acute at tack and an operation was deemed imperative. It was performed by Drs. Hewett and Knott. Mr. Vannice is getting along nicely. He is still being cared for at the hospital, but it is expected that he will soon be able to be taken to 50,790 51,000 . . la v.a Corn vToi with ihedi.pl., Mitchell company, as soon as the necessary arrangements can be perfected. Bridge and road construction and maintenance .. 30,000 40,000 Ferries 2500 2500 Court house .-. '. 3000 3028 Jail .. l 525 525 District Att. office 200 300 Circuit court 1900 32Q Emergency fund 5000 10,00 General road fund for improvemes and maintenance of roads ana salaries of supervisors 26,826 59,000 County common school Fund High school tuition Fulnd -- . 18,808 18,800 State tax 175,225 175,225 Market road tax 33,53 3 30,000 Total estimated expenses for 1922 .447,158.47 Estimate probable receipts of Polk County for the year 1P23 other than taxes: County Clerk and Sheriff Fees. 5000 5000 Interest from deposits 2500 2000 Fines 1500 2000 Delinquent tax 5788 10,000 Miscellaneous 1000 200 Mr. Purvine, a senior at 0. A. 0., is taking Mr. Vannice's place in the school . Mrs. Arthur Thompson of Falls NCity is the guest of Mrs. Ella Lee. music.