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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1927)
"". ' w.'"' n - -Sit; ; - VOLUME XVI IONE, OREGON, FRIDAY, Dec. 30, 1927 NUMBER 31 i ! I LOCAL ITEMS Judge Roblnmn arrived on the staff Friday nlte from Portland where he hat been ipendinu; the Christmas holiday!. Lewis BuMfier and family motored home from Newlert where they spent the Clirlntman vacation. They were accompan led by Mist Cleta Stretch of New berj. Nolan Paire left Friday for Corva.liH where ha well resume his studies at the College. He was accompanied by Vera Moen who ia on her way to her home in McMinnville. Omar Riwmann has invested In i new Eex roach. Mr and Mr Eper Hansen of Portland "pent Christmas with the Fra'ik fcifleman family. Walter ami Clarence Lir n of Vernonia have l.cen visiting their pnrenta in lone. Col Smith and family motored to the D -all- -4 Cnris'.mas. Mra. Maty Hut spent X'mnn in lone. rs. li'iMHon and son of Elgin, who wei-e vinitinu; in lone, left We wish ouri many friends j and patrons A j "Happy New Year1 Bristow & Johnson j y mm Winter picture-making simplified with a Modem Kodak . With a modern Kodak, the short days and poor light of the winter season need cause you little con cern. Such fast lenses ns the Kodak Anastigmat .6.3 admit adequate light for proper exposure under all sorts of conditions. Modern Kodaks offer unusual values at moderate prices. Sec the latest models at our Kodak counter. Autographic Kodaks 15 and up Bullard's Pharmacy The Gift Store forthelrhomeThursdaymorninir. Td Troite and family are Portland spending the holidays They are being accompanied by Wayland Ritchie. Mrs and Mr. Guy Canon o Arlington spent Christmas in lone and vacinity. Jobitn Troedson Is the proud owner of a new Oakland sedun Harold Garret spent Christmas in Keuewick. Mixs Kuth Swanson is plann ins on attending Normal School at Monmouth. L'arl Wright and family o Bauer spent Christmas with Mrs. and Mr. Tom Grabill in lone. Victor Peterson and wife came up from their home in Gaston and spent the holidays. Louis Bergevin and family are home again after spending X'max n WallaWalla. rred Mankin and Unruly are upending the holidays in Portland with Mis. and Mr. DwightMisner, E l Keller Has moved to lone to live with his mother. Wat land Ritchie is back trom Portland where he spent X'liiua. Ted Troge is expected home Saturday. Edition Morgan is I running the dray during his absence. The report is out tha gold has been struck about ten miles above HarJmun and a numberof claims have been staked. Hank Filkins left for the valley early lent week. Walt Eubanks is putting on another big turkey shoot Jan 1st. "Happy New Year" Your 1928 Weather Chart Cat. endar is here. Please call for it, Bullard's Pharmacy ATWATEIl KENT ELECTRIC the latest model, juxt attain to your lamp socket, no batteries. $183 GO complete, Bert Mason.agt Unci Sam'i lt!and$ The l'lillliilne 1 hIii ixl were coih-d .11 I In' I'll 1 1 fJ Hi II leu hy I he Irmly of I'lirln. iKfeiiilier HI. IMiH, following the Kiiinliih Aiiiorlcuii war. liy the erni of thli treaty the 1'nltrd Slnli iiulil lo Hniln ,' x wt.ix io in coriiM-c 'Ion wlili I tie ri'lliiiiilliiiiiiit of all liilnm lo Die liilllilii I'cirto Wen mil (I mini, mid mult Inter treaty .f November 7. UicO, further pay .iflil nf t HKI.OOO win miide to rl.iilli or the reiRloa to I ho Culled Nintif nf furiluT Inland of the l'Mli,pln iriliipeliigo. k n vs. rs rs rs jts vs rsvs rs r w n n r -f-ir rni mr wwn ear iwvwjr x j I R.ROBISON ! x y I What woulj h X a 1 0 f i nicer Chi sitm.v J Il:ft fi r the Tamil Ithan one of those ' lckar natural toned t t tytCrtbe radio sets Jp, i MACHINE SHOP NOTICE OF STOCK HOLDERS MEETING Notice is hereby given that the annual muling of the Muck holders f the Ine National Farm l.o n Association will he hilJ at lone Oaegon. Jan. 10, 1928 at 2 P.M. for the purpose of elect I vj directors anJ for any other bigness that may come before the meeting. Ivar E. Nelson, Sec. Trcas. CHAUTAUQUA SCHEDULE Jn. 13 Lecture The New 1928 MMESTIC "Sorbcr Built" 1 . t J'"' 9X' "wl ll,wl "t'"M WHIWI 1 w '"'it ' ! to ; K v Drum Type Control . Simplifies Tuning Reproducing with Life-like exactness. Price complete $134.05 Walter R. Corley Agent. COURSES ANNOUNCED FOR BANKERS AND ELECTRICIANS 0. A. C Corvallip, Pec. 301 h. Oregon bankers end rural elec tric service men are coming to college. What is more, both groups are going to stu !y agriculture. Both are coining at ihesametime late in January, but each will have a separate short course prepared as a means of better acquainting youiig men :t these two professions with the present deeds and conditions in the rural field. . The bankers will concern themselves most'y wilheconnmic ispects of Oregon farm enter prices during tneir two da course, Jan. 23-24. Sam Baker, ctiairman or me agriculture committee of the a'ate banker- association, and Ancrew Miller, 'ecretary of the association have o( perat d with College official n outlining a program which includes demonstrations, lectures Hnd innpection trips. Starting on the same day but ontinuiiig for a week will be a school for rural electric men sponsored jointly by the Oregon 'experiment station and the .Oregon committee on the relation jof electricity to agriculture j The school was arranged by the means of giving a much Information as possible on the present status and tendencies of those farm enterprises " which may be influenced by the use of electricity. A change of methods to meet present day conditions. When I ent :red the retail business, in lone, 30 years ago, my customers came to town by horseback, farm hacks, or wheat wagons. Those living within a radius of 10 or 12 miles, usually, came in each week, while those living at more distant farms came Uice per month, and others came but once a month, Nearly every one brought feed for the horses, a few boxes of eggs, some chickens, home cured tacon, butter, or potatoes and many farmers kept their sto.e accounts balanced wi!h farm produce. A store bill amounting to $100. to $200. was an exception. To market a wheat crop was quite a task, the wheat was harvested by a neighborhood crew and sometimes not completed until snow began to fly, then the job of hauling to town by the aid of two, four, and six horse wagons, bringing from 20 to 60 sacks in a tr'p requiring two days, and receiving from 20 to 60 cents per. bushel. Today, these same farmers come in by auto several times per week and many buy butter, eggs, potatoes, and meat. You have the Combine Harvester, the Truck, Automobile, and Kadio and some are looking forward to the time when they will own one of Henry's fliers. The mail order house, Cash and carry store with the daily mail and good roads have put the country merchant at a disadvantage and he must meet the situation by advancing with the times. You would not think of giv'n up your auto, radio, truck or combine and should not want a horse and wagon r.e; ?.nt cr town. In adopting the Red & White System I am doing so for my own business preservation and to assist you in buying your needs, of your home merchant, at the lowest possible prices. The Red and White System is not a new institution. In the East, where it has been in operation for several year, it is composed of some 50 of the leading wholesale food merchants, who are linked up with the leaidng retail food dealer from the East to the Pacific which gives them a gigantic buying organiza tion.cuttingcut a horde of buyers and credit men, also the numerous traveling sales men who make their twice a month trips to call on the retailer. One of the principle Rules of the System is that retail merchants must pay for their poods on the First and 15th of each month and "Must collect all accounts Every Month, thereby eliminating all bad accounts and losses which have heretofore been made up by the customer who pays cash. It will require some little time to get the rr alter lined out in regular form, but ' I am sure that you will come to like the new system and find it a money saving matter with you and one that will be of great benefit t all of us. Thanking each and every one who have contributed to my success to the past aud wishing a contin ance of your patronage and good will, I am. Yours Truly. BERT MASON, X t t He-iu'ts of students to date of the economic application of electric power on the farm will tie given and equipment demon strated. An effort will be made to presf nt the farmer's point of view in regard to electricity and to suygei-t a procedure or bringing about an increased use which will result in profit to both the farmer and power companies. ' Art Nosrinhed ly Nalur I now uiiitt-Mtmiil why tlw Crwb "jo Mich emit imm-Iii; unit aliov all I run HYftint, It mwiim lo nx. fur tin tanrmny, the onlljr, the peelWIhrn, thf Uniform rxerllmtr of alt their n-orfe.. nf nrt They llverj In a rwrpetnal mm merce with exlernul nature, and nour Inhcrl theniM-lvex iipon the uplrlt ol IU forma. Thdr thentem were H nrn to the mmintnin or the ky Their eoliimnn. the lilenl type nf ti tficrcil forest, with It roof nf Inter woven trnoery, niliiiltted the llftit ami wind. The odor ami the fresh newi of the country penetrnleit lh elllea. Their temple were mostly un pfirlhale; and Die Hying clonda, tin itara and the deep iiky were aeer ahove. Khelley, In a letter to Tea emk Bermuda Relief on Onion The aoll of r.eriiiiiiln I pnrtli-ularly dnpted to the cultivation of the onion, ft cnnalata largely of pow dr(d coml ami contains the ele rienta which nra moat congenial tn the onion. Moreover, the attuntlon nd climate of the IMand are aiirh tlmt the fnrmera nre aide to put their enrly onion Into the market of Atm-rlctin cltle nt a time wtu-n ihey Itv peculiarly welcome. A a result IWmnda ha become virtually one prent onion patch. The tinrplnras of the Uimul may he uld to hung ujton the onion. When there I a eod cn:p ;nd price nre Rood, the people are hnppy ; when the crop full. tn prh-ca are low, they nre corrvopotid Ingly dcprcssiMl. Infant Cvnftderati Probtihly the youni."i aoldltr ow either aide In the Civil war was (ieorge n. Jacob, a natlvt of Nortb Carolina. When ha wa nine year old he enllated ft dntmmer buy In) the Confederate army with hi father In the company of Camden dray. He was mado a full-Alged soldier when he wa twelve and he server throughout the war, both he and til father being with General Lee at tho-mu-render, at Appomattox. Jacoha wa born Anitut 20, 1KA, at Nk Head, where hi father kept a koM before the war. He died November 2.1, 100S. iiyrt of bia war days were pent In Virginia. H bad a pony and inarched with tha regular army. At one battle he had to lie lo a ditch during the beavleat part of tha flrlnfc Centenarian a Singer On hi one hundredth birthday an nlveraary recently David Smith ef OIumkow ang at a party gtvea fa) his honor. He choa four verae of a nong familiar In Glaagow at fair time, when he wa a boy. rather, who wa In the army, received bla dl charge ut after the but Lie of Water loo, and eloped with tha daughter of t Yorkxhlre baronet Smith can trace hi anrextry back to tha Sixteenth cntiiry. He Uvea with bla graod tnuuhter. Is a member of tha 014 lagow c'ub and takea an actlva tail-rent In srtlvltle of the day. Ha far u good health and bat a Host frli-nd. Early Form of Banjo The existence of Instrument of the lute or guitar kind Implies a certain grade of knowledge and enltart among people who know bow te Htretch string over aoumrboarda aud to determine the required Intervals by varying the vibrating length of the string. Such Initrnmeota found lo use liy savage or very uncivilised peo ple ugget their Introductloa thnrash political or religloot con 'inert by a superior race, Tha Ar-jb nay thus, or by trade, have beatowed guitar Instrument on the negroes of vestero Africa and tha Senegamblao banla" may be, at Mr. Carl Engel -iiig;ets, the parent ef the I'-gro't banjo. ej t : t x : X X