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t-. Wri2SS"J; o U .g! INDEPENDENCE. OREGON, FRIDAY DEC. 15, 1922 7 " COUNTY BUDGET SLICED $7,500 Effort to Have Other Items Included Kuled Out of Order Only one change wa made in the PuJk county budget at the taxpayer' setting at Dallas yesterday the nnrgoncy fund wan cut from $10,000 12500. Lot Brown nerved as chairman of the board and he proved to be a verl iible itonewall In a topping move aenta to provide for funda for a iunty agent, county library, fair, a more road money. The chairman maintained that no itema could be tided to the budget, nor would it I kfal to include funda for the county Utnt, library or fair, in the emcr ftwy provision, aa not one ia an mrrgtncy. In thia manner he head id off well developed movement to pit these item in the budget The meeting was well attended and ibout all there was to it were the Ailing of the chairman. However, m appeala wer? attempted from hU Mwwiona, and there was outward jrace and harmony, at leant. Those from Independence attending the meeting were: C. W. Irvine, C. p. falbrealh, G. G. Walker, William Vickie, A E. Ilorton and S. J. Mc-llmurry. OLD DAYS RECALLED HY COI'Y ()K WEST HIDE HIGHLAND (I.l'H MEETS AT MORRISON HOME Mr. and Mrs. William Morrison litrrtuinrd the Highland social club A glimpse of Independence nearly 40 yuara ago is Kained from a copy of "The Went Side," dated May 11, IHHIi. It watt found by V. I). Broad well in the house he is occupying and is well preserved. "The Went Side" was liberally nat. patronized with advertising, Physi ciann running cards were: Dr. E. L. Ketchum, Dr. J. E. Davidson, Dr. J. B, Johnson, Dr. T, J. Lee. The legal profession was represen ted by George W. Belt and A. C. Sweet. Veterinary aurgeon A. B. Robinson Tonsorlal artist 0. P. Dickson. George E. Brey was a commission merchant Peter Cook was running the Belt House. Henry Patterson now of Portland, and Buster & Ver non were druggists. Z. Denson and J. D. Irvine were in the grocery business. Hardware and implements was well represented: Smith, Cooper, Wade & Co., Frank Bros. Implement company. J. II. Alexander, W. P. Connaway. Lyman Damon wag the republican nominee for sheriff; John F. Groves, democratic nominee, and L. N. Frakes was the prohibition nominee. For county clerk, the names of David W. Sears appeared on the dem ocratic ticket; John M. Parry, repub lican, and P. C. Sears, prohibition. The marriages of Isaac L. Patter son and Miss Mary E. Woodworth and J. II. Alexander and Miss Louise A. Douty were given. LOCAL POULTRYMEN HOLD MEETING HERE ON FARM HOME Ground Will Be Broken Tomorrow With Due Ceremonies E. J. Dixon of Portland, manager of the Pacific Coop era wive cui.ry Producer. mH with Polk and Benton til 11 1 1 till if Mil (IL jiuii rviiuii); I - o f last week. Games. were planned by t Independence lust Saturday. i!r. Jamea Van Gal. Mrs. Seeley and In the opinion of Mr. Dixon a m. Morrison. Mui curds and , proper increase in the volume of bal ancing were enjoyed by all. Not a oment was lost. In the midst of j'if merrymaking, refreshments ap Vared on the scene. Each one tight a .nook, to partake of the At a late hour the guests departed curing Mr. and Mrs. Morrison r, enjoyable evening had been spent. thuae present wyre: Mr. and Mrs. C. . Baker and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. filliam IVyree and family, Mr. and; firs. Dave Stapleton and family, Mr. ml Mrs. Victor Seeley and family, !r. and Mrs. Harrison Brandt and aughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Staple in and son, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Gi nrd, Mr and Mrs. Louis Van Gal, !rs. Rose Evans, Misses Thelma pid "Tommy" Alexander, Gladys torey, Dorothy Ray, Ruth Merrill, Messrs. Otis Scott, Jim Stapleton. 'ill Fuller, George Stapleton and arl Morrison. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Baker will en- frtain the club at their home on Saturday evening, December 30th. ness would make it possible for the producers to materially decrease the cost of marketing the eggs of the con cern. There has been some modifica tion in the grading of the eggs under the new management which has had a beneficial effect. Benton county was only represent ed by one member at the meeting here but the Polk attendance was fairly good. ODD FELLOWS HAVE ELECTED NEW OFFICERS KEENEY TO COMMAND LOCAL LEGION POST A. L. Keeney was elected com pander of Independence post, Ameri- an Legion, at the annual meeting M Inst Friday n'ght. It was an jnthusiastij meeting with about 30 In attendance and there was rivalry w the selection of some of the of- icers. The other onicers ciecieu Ire: Vice Com. A. L .Miller. Adjutant A. F. Becker. Sergeant at Arms Chris Burright. Finance Officer G. C. Smith. Historian J. C. Henderson. Executive committee It. M. Wal r. G. G. Godfrey, C. C, Archibald, f. E. Groves, J. D. Stevens. Mess Serceant A. L. kullander. The newlv eloctcd officers will be (ducted into office on the second Fri ll... . b i .. ran E. E. rves has served as commander dur I'Z the nnst vear. i Th u a noinhcrshit) of rant uc a in n trood financial edition. Valley lodge, I. 0. O. F, has elec ted officers for the ensuing six months' term as follows: Noble Grand Adam Baskin. Vice Grand Victor Seelcy. Treasurer C. W. Irvine. Secretary' Willard E. Craven. MONMOUTH S10FE IS BURGLARIZED Atwater Store Broken Into About $125 Worth of Goods Taken TAYTON BOYS, GIRLS PLAY HERE FRIDAY muui A double header basketball contest ''I be staged in the high school gym t'um on Friday night of this week, "yton high school byn ,rlH fating the Independence teams. fhe local boys have two victories their credit Monmouth and Falls City nnd the girls were victorious 111 their first and only contest, wmu a Played with Falls City. Last v stnvton had a very vpnr Rtavton Nital.lo fnm i.nd it is expected y both exhibitions will be replete agUc over it.g Xmns program 4,th interesr. ' Ground will be formally broken tomorrow (Saturday) for the first cottage on the W. C. T. U. farm home at Corvallis. Invitations for the event h"ave been issued and the ceremonies prom ise to be of a great deal of interest. Mrs. Ada Wallace Unruh, of Portland, who is managing the home campaign, says: "We wish the friends who have so generously contributed to this enterprise to know that we are about, to realize our vision of a real home on a real farm for the homeless Protestant children of our state of whom there are literally hundreds. "We have the cash on hand and guarantee to meet all obligations on this building and have met all pay ments on the farm for many months in advance. Our next work is to se cure money for a building for girls, as this one will receive boys only, the Child Welfare commission not allow ing us to keep them both in one cottage and there is really desperate need that the home for them should be commenced at the earliest possi ble date. "We hope that all persons who love children and realize in any manner the helplessness of homeless child hood will send in their contributions at once without waiting for personal solicitation, making all checks pay able to H. Hirschberg, treasurer, but sending to this office, 615 Stock Exchange Bldg., Portland, Oregon, where all contributions will be re ceipted and sent to the treasurer at once. "There is no possible chance for loss of monies given to this home as is has at its head responsible men and women and it is so incorporated that should a very remote chance make it impossible for it to be carried on under the present administration all property will revert to the state to be used for the purpose for which it is incorporated." NEW SUITS FOR BASKETBALL BOYS Season Will Open December 22 With Game With Willamette The Independence basketball team is to have new suits. An order has been placed for 10 black with orange stripes. It is expected that they will be delivered here in a few days. In announcing the opening schedule, Ira Mix says: "Basketball fans of Independence and vicinity will be treated to a rare dish during the coming two weeks when two Northwest and Pacific coast conference teams will be seeij in action on the local floor, and Sit behooves them to remember the dates. "Willamette university will be tak en on Friday, December 22nd and the University of Oregon on Thursday of the following week, December 28th. "The local team is rapidly getting into shape but is handicapped by reason of not having a coach. We expect to close for one within a day or two. We will also be decked out in bright new suits this year, thanks to the generosity of the business and professional men and we are deter mined to uphold the confidence placed in ua by bringing home the bacon and putting Independence on the basket ball map." MOUNTAIN STATES TO ISSUE CONVERTIBLE GOLD NOTES MUHLEMANS LIKE IT AT PASADENA, CALIF. Monmouth, Dee. 14 (Special to Enterprise) The Atwater shoe store wus broken into Wednesday night and about $125 worth of shoes, gloves and other articles were taken. En trance was gained from the rear of the building by "jimying" three doors which were fastened from the inside by hooks. As near as Mr. Atwater can deter mine, a dozen pairs of shoes were j taken, 20 pairs of gloves, a quantity of shoe laces and other things. The burglar, left no clue, but the authorities are making careful inves tigation. Oak Point Jack Underwood has returned to school after an nbsonce of two days on account of poison oak. A. G. Crosson of Independence went to Washington on a business trip on Decemeber 12. G. K. Osborn and Miss Cleo Rose were married at Dallas, Nov. 28. They are at home at the Hedges farm. Mrs Oatis Tye and daughter Ruby were visiting at Glenn Stewart's over the week end. ' Margarette Dodge of Camas, Wash., visited the Oak Point school Friday of last week. Mrs. Collins aattended a silver wedding at the home of Mr. and - Williams while spending ner Thanksgiving vacation at Bay City. cohno is verv ca The uas ii""' CHRISTMAS GIFT MADE BY STAR TO MASONS Santa Claus started out on his rounds early this season, presenting a $200 check to Lyon lodge, A. F. & A. M., Wednesday night While it is true that the exchequer of Adah chapter, Order of the Eastern Star is depleted to this amount, it was a promulgation of the Santa Claus spirit of good will and a remembrance of good deeds. It was the annual meeting of the lodge. Officers elected are: W. M. M. II. Pengra. S. W. Howard Morlan. J W. A. L. Keeney. Sec. Ira Mix. Treasurer H. Hirschberg. Trustee R. W. Baker. Only two of the appointive stations have been filled: W. J. Mulkey, Jr., for senior deacon and M. A. Butler for junior deacon. A delicious luncheon was served by wives of the members at the con clusion of the ceremonies. Next Wednesday night entered apprentice degrees will be conferred upon two candidates; a few nights later the fellowcraft degree' will be given two others, and the master's degree will be conferred upon Wed nesday night, December 27th upon two. At this meeting the newly elec ted officers will be installed. In a letter to the Enterprise from Pasadena, S. Muhleman says: "fince we have decided to remain in Pasadena for a while we would like to hear from home through your valuable paper, the Enterprise. We have been here over a month now and like it very well. We were for- i tunate in crossing the mountains not jto encounter much snow. A storm : preceded us one day, leaving about ' six inches of snow to go through and it was sure, cold up there. . We over took tourists at Red Bluff who had crossed the mountains during the storm. They said it was terrible. "We traveled the distance between Independence and Red Bluff in 78 hours (actual driving) and we burned 72 gallons of gasoline. Considering the heavy load we had about a ton we did well. We visited, one day in Montague, rested three days in Fresno and one day in Bakers field, where we had the transmission bands on our car ' renewed before crossing the 50 miles of mountains between Bakersfield and San Fer nando. We iind in mnlor r tire trouble on the trip." A new issue of 7 convertible gold notes due 1930, is to be offered to the customers of Mountain States Power company, according to an announcement by C. M. Brewer, vicej president and general manager. A large amount of extensions and improvements to care for new busi ness in the company's various divi sions has provided opportunity for the investment of additional capital. Conforming to its avowed policy of customer ownership, the company will invite the people of the cities and towns which it serves, to participate, J instead of placing the securities on the market in the large financial centers. Mr. Brewer states that the new note issue is comparatively small, amounting to $200,000 and that he anticipates its over-subscription with in a short time. The $300,000 of 8 ten year convertible gold notes with which the company launched its cus tomer ownership policy, was entirely absorbed by hundreds of the custom ers of the organization, and none has been available for some time. The difference in the interest rate 7 on the new notes, compared with 8 on those outstanding is inter esting, because it shows an increas ing abundance of capital for conser vative investment, and therefore a lower yield to the investors. In Mr. Brewer's opinion, this tendency will continue and before long utility companies will be able to secure all the new money required for construc tion purposes at 5 percent or even less. The growth of business of Mountain States Power company during the past few years has been quite remark able. A handsomely designed and printed booklet just issued by the j company shows many of the proper j ties and gives statistics of a strik J ing nature. The output of electric . energy has more than doubled in the j past six years and the number of j customers has increased from 16,338 J to 23,682. A map of the territory ; served shows that 43 ities and towns (with a total population of 65,000 are now supplied by the organization. HIGH HONORS FORM'HINNEY Independence Boy Gets Rec ognition at O. A. C. VALSETZ BOY INJURED IN FALL FROM SPEEDER Robert McCoy, 14 years old, of Valsetz, was brought to Independence Monday morning suffering from in juries sustained in a fall from a speeder. Robert with several others, was riding on the speeder when he fell, the wheels of the car passing over both legs, badly cutting one and severely bruising the other. The un fortunate boy was hurried to Inde pendence and taken at once to the Salem hospital for treatment. Robert feels that he is having more than his share of misfortune, one arm having been recently broken and being still in splints. The boy prov ed himself of the stuff that soldiers are made of, betraying neither by word nor groan the pain he was en during while enroute to the hospital. INTEREST AROUSED IN SALEM CORN EXHIBIT R' member ID ..... Aaj-.j JAlll JAil IKPf) TO tlTllP WAY WiVP I ICY rvv i tT i- i''ti:'!" ! ' ' ' ' ' ' 'l j Salem The Marion-Polk county corn show is to be held in the Salem chamber of commerce club rooms December 14th, 15th and 16th. The chamber has turned over its entire quarters including the billiard room and assembly room for the holding of this show and the business men of Salem have contributed the prizes. There is no entry fee for exhibits, and no admission fee to the visitors to the show. Liberal cash prizes are offered for both 10 and 50 ear exhi bits of white and yellow dent corn, any other dent, flint corn and pop corn. A special community prize of $25 is offered to the best community exhibit of fresh and home canned vegetables and corn. This prize has aroused considerable rivalry. Inde pendence announces that it expects to capture the prize without question. The school district of Liberty district has gotten behind its community ex hibit and is trying to capture the prize for its athletic fund. Salem Heights district is going strong and Mt, Angel is expected to send an unusually strong exhibit. Other communities are entering and there may be more surprises. The committee has arrang-edf to close the corn show with a community social evening on Saturday to which everyone is invited both in Salem and all parts of Polk and Marion counties. There will be community singing un der the leadership of Edwin Socolof sky, musical program and some speaking, and dancing in the audi torium. Everyone will be invited to be the guests of the Salem chamber of commerce. The committee urges every person in these counties inter ested in the impr-ovement of agricul ture t& attend these meetings, and be the guest of the chamber at the final session for a general good time. A. D. DAVIDSON BUYS D. L. HEDGES HOME A. D. Davidson has purchased the D. L. Hedges residence property at the corner of Seventh and Monmouth and will take possession at once. This place has been the home of "Daddy" Hedges for many years. Mrs. Davidson is a daughter of the venerable man and the sentiment for the old home place was pronounced enough to warrant the change. The Davidsons will dispose of their resi dence property. ; Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, Dec. 14. (Special to the En terprise.) Rollo J. McKinney of In dependence, senior in civil engineer ing has been awarded one of the highest honors ever given to a stu- dent in the college. He has been pledged to Sigma Tau, honorary na tional engineering fraternity. Notice of his selection was formally made by letter this morning. After three years' college work, hampered somewhat in his scholastic work by having to earn his own way, McKinney was given this recognition. Through committee work for the ; class of '23, through active work for Sigma Gamma, social fraternity, of which he is president, through active participation in the engineering show for three years, and other student activities, McKinney has become well known among the students of the college. Less than a month ago McKinney and Myra Jane Collier of Prairie City announced their engagement. McKinney has been working for more than a year for the U. S. Geolo gical survey, measuring streams in Linn and Benton counties, in addition to his college work. He will work for the survey in Portland, with head quarters in the postoffice building during the Christmas holidays. MERRILL'S HEADLIGHT ATTRACTING ATTENTION The Oregonian of December 3 printed drawings of Bayard T. Mer rill's patented headlight, saying: "Invention of a new type of head light for automobiles designed to overcome the glare evil has been perfected by Bayard T. Merrill of Independence, Ore., and is attracting the interest of local automobile men. The light is so constijucted as to throw its beam downward upon the road, where it is needed, and not straight ahead, where it will blind oncoming motorists. The construc tion of the reflector and the position of the globe are" entirely different from the ordinary construction. The'' bulb is located above the center line and the upper beams, which ordinarily shine directly ahead, are thrown backwards and re-reflected from the lower section of the reflector. This type of headlight, according to the in ventor, would make dimming unnec essary and would be particularly ad vantageous in rain or fog. The in ventor has completed " several sets which are being used as models on cars with success, it is stated." MONROE V1ETH, PARKER BOY, SHOT IN LEG Monroe Veith, 16 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Veith of Parker, and a pupil of the Independence high school, received a very painful wound on his right leg by the uiscliange of a shotgun in his own hands last Sunday afternoon. In company with a companion he was hunting. In climbing- over a wire fence, his foot caught on the top wire throwing him to the ground, and in the fall he received the full effect of a .12 gauge shell of shot. The shot entered the leg just below the hip and gouged out a hole about four inches in length and about half an inch deep. He was taken to hii home, medical assistance summoned' It was found that the muscles hat been injured somewhat, but it is ex pected that the young man will re gain the full use of his limb. MRS. ETTA WALKER AT HEAD OF EASTERN STAR Mrs. Etta Walker was elected worthy matron of Adah chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, at the an nual meeting Tuesday night. The other star officers are: Worthy Patron Dr. H. C. Duns more.. ' Associate Matron Mrs. Lora But ler. Conductress Mrs. Ruth Morlan. Asso. Con. Mrs. Hattie Kreamer Secretary Mrs. Ruth Conkey. Treasurer Mrs. Flora Mix. Installation will take place the first meeting in January. Ice cream, cake and coffee were served at the conclusion cf the ceremonies.