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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-08-05
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-08-05
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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-31

that must be cub down. The new
highway will be a part Of the West
Side highway, and will be a state
road in place of county road. A
committee of sponsors for the pro.
iect waited upon the governor and
The highway commissioner some days
ago and received from that group
yery favorable encouragement.
The present road between Indepen.
dence and the southern county houn.
dary is one of many grades and Slopes
It is never in good repair and is one
of many twists and turns. The pro
nosed road will relieve the situation
in every way. 1t will make shorter,
more level route and will be properly
built to begin with. BY joining ths
new road with the West Side HIGHWAY
at both ends the poorest piece Of
that entire system of roads will have
been made as good or better than
the rest.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-31

ism about this-no occasion for alarm
ON the part Of the most timid paeifists
that we are drifting into militarlsm
when we provide merely he neeess-
ary harbor defenses that our great
commercial eenters on both coasts
NAV not be destroyed.
By constructing these defenses we
have admitted their necessity. All
the more indefensible, therefore,
would be the neglect to make them
effective. But men can not do this
work without training. We can't
march a regiment of farmers or fac
tory men down to the coast and oper-
ate this machinery to any purpose
without months and months CT train
ing. For this part of the program OF
preparedness special training is nee
essary. and when it is needed there
will be no time to educate greenhorns
for service OF that kind.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-31
POLK COUNTY
PUTNAM HILL.

Frank Pennington, wife ana ua1sn
ter Spent Christmas with Mrs. rem
n;ngton's mother of Amity.
Mrs. Branson of Salem Is visiting
her sister Mrs. R. W. New. MIS-
Rranson s husband is guard al the
Walter St. Pierre left "Wednesday
for Southern Oregon, where he VIII
teach school. ELL.
Fred Peters and wife Of TWIN ans
Ninn.. are spending the winter VIA Wlui
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Lake. Mrs
Peters is sister of Mr.. Lake. ,-.,
Miss Mary Cone, teacher IN VII
lamatte university, and Miss Agnes
Stewart of Anacorts, Wash. are
Guests at the W. E. St. Pierre home
R. NJ. Riser and wife spent Christ
mas with relatives in Portland. Mr..
Riser returned home Sunday. Mrs.
Riser expects to visit until Friday
Miss Bell, who has taught the prlm,,
ary grades in the West Salem school
the past four years, resigned, and
will attend the Monmouth Normal
school. She will complete the Normal
in June. Miss Bennett Of Monmouth
will fill the vacancy.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-31
NEGLECTED COAST DEFENsEs

While this government has paid
more attention to its system Of coast
defenses than to some other branches
of its military establishment, it new.
ertheless has seriously neglected them
ip one most important particular.
These coast defenses. according to a
report just made by the war depart.
nDent. have cost the nation not less
than 175,000,000 during recent years,
but the same authority declares they
are woefully undermanned. There is
an estimated shortage of at least 90
900 men to make these coast defenses
really effective. and in case of aetu-
al attack there would be absolutely
no trained men for some of These de-
fenses, which therefore would be of
little use and would provide an in
vader with easy opportunity to land
on our shores.
On this particular point of pre-
paredness there seems to be little
room for dispute. With immense
stretches of ocean front to defend up
on both coasts, certainly the least we
can be expected to do is to provide
not only machinery for defense, but
the men trained to make use Of il.
There IS nothing smacking Of militar-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-31
CRIMINAL WAS JAILED HERE
Evan B. Kemp, Degenerate, Wanted
for Fiendish Crime.

Evan B. Kemp, for whom a reward
is offered by Portland authorities as a
result of a dastardly crime he is al
legged to have committed there early
this week. was an inmate of the Polk
county Jail here about four years ago.
Kemp stole a span of horses from the
Krebs hop ranch near Independence
John Grant. then sheriff. found him
in southern Oregon. where he had
gone to hide. He was brought back
to Dallas to answer the charge. but
being youthful, was sent to the state
training school at Salem. Mr.. Grant
recognized the man from pictures
printed in Portland papers. He char
acterizes Kemp as a degenerate of the
worst kind, and a person who would
stoop TO the meanest crimes. The
mans mother testifies to the appear
ance of criminal tendencies in his
early youth. and tells how he was
swayed by strange extremes of pas
sion. An exciting man-hunt is on
throughout the northwest with most
of the peace officers and policemen
in the country searching diligently for
the man. Kemp Is charged with
iendish attack on Mrs. Mabel Myers
in a lonely. wooded spot in Portland
early in the week. Audhorities are
confident that he will be arrested. or
that he will kill himself when he
learns that be is being hunted.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-31

Writing a letter, or a dozen letters,
is not task but real pleasure, for
letter is a personal bond that draws
distant friends more closely together.
No letter can be more welcome than
one that deals with an interesting
subject. and certainly no subject can
be more interesting than the many
and varied wonders Of Oregon. No
citizen of the state need be at loss
for something to say, for he has only
to look about him TO find wealth OF
interesting material.
A campaign of this character IS
peculiarly suited to 0regon's poPula-
ton. for the number of Oregon people
who have relatives and friends IN
other states is exceptionally large.
Newcomers are numerous, and those
who have spent most Of their lives
here have, in nearly every instance,
relatives and friends in other parts
of the United States who would be
interested in receiving personal IN
vitation to visit the great northwest
at the earliest opportunity.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-31
WRITE A LETTER.

A movement of statewide impor-
tance, and one that possesses no in
considerable amount of merit. is the
writing of letters by residents of
Oregon to friends and acquaintance
abroad with a view to inducing set
tlement, or at least advertising the
resources, advantages and scenic beau
ty of the commonwealth. The Cham
Der of Commerce of Portland is spon-
sering the undertaking, and in order
to accomplish the purpose a week is
to be set apart for this letter-writ-
ing publicity campaign. during which
period every person in Oregon is ask
ed to write a letter. The goal of the
movement is total of 100000 tour
lists in 1916. which, it is asserted, will
mean 100000 new dollars added to
0regon's S commercial capital
1t is q movement in which every
one can well afford to take part.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-31
NEW HIGHWAY PROJECT
AIR LINE ROUTE BETWEEN IN
DEPENDENCE AND BENTON.
Surveys Partially Completed for Road
That viii Eliminate Many
Crooks and Turns.

What will probably prove to be one
of the most important road develop
uaont ~ nroieets started in Polk county
- saveral wears is that by which
now state highway, running Oh
straight line, will be built between IN
denendence and the Benton county
line Although the matter mas Oeen r,
in the minds of some progressive IN
dependence people for some time, ac.
t;on was started not much more tnan
a week ago. and on Tuesday OF this
week the first six miles Of the pro
nosed roadway were surveyed. IL Is
boned TO start construction work WIN
the first good weather of the spring
season and to push the road to an
early completion. 1t is known 10
travellers that the present road from
Independence to the Benton county
line is the poorest stretch between
Portland and Pass Creek canyon De-
low Cottage Grove, and this has been
an influence to hurry the plans for
the straight line highway. The pro,
nosed road leads directly out on Ihlrd
Street of Independence and cuts
through several farms, where tne
owners have been so ANXIOUS TO see
If come that they have donated great
tracts of their lands that its progress
might not be delayed. The remain
ing distance between the end OF the
present survey at Parker ana tile
Benton county line will be surveyed
as soon as the necessary details can
be arranged, and the entire matter
will be laid before the county court
for its approval and support at the
January meeting. =.
The Independence people behind the
for the new road, which Is
to have a maximum grade of per
cent. throughout its length, circulated
a petition among the farmers last
week and secured enough signatures
and land donation to assure the road
way. Among the farms which the
road will cut in its "crowhy" course
from Independence to the southern
boundary of the county. are those
owned by Ernest Zelisch, Mr.. King,
Piercy Dickinson, George Dickinson,
S. H. McElmurray, Messrs. Bowers,
Osborn. Stapleton and Hill. As an
instance of the spirit of the land
owners Mr.. McElmurray donated a
strip through his property that com
prises practically seven acres. and
has offered to fence the roadway if
the state will furnish the material.
AT that place the only existing grade
on the entire route of the new road
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-31
A GROWING INDUSTRY.

Dairying in the Willamette valley,
like all new industries, has not moved
forward without single hitch. The
disorganiging effects Of a tariff law
that removed all protection from the
dairyman has had an unfavorable in
fuence on the price of butterfat, and
there have been other difficulties for
the owners Of cows to surmount.
One of the greatest of these diff
culties has been poor stock. There
have been too many cows in the coun-
try that could not under any circum-
stances be money makers for the rea-
son that their productive capacity was
below their cost of keep. The mer-
chant cannot make a success if he
sells his goods for less than he pays
for them, and for the same reason
the dairyman cannot hope to make
money if his cows are costing him
more than they return to him.
The remedy for this condition is
obvious-better stock must be kept.
It must be determined by test which
cows are paying their way and which
are not, and the improbable ones
must be sold to the butcher. The
dairymen of the upper Willamette
valley are rapidly learning this fact,
and the number of high grade cows is
increasing rapidly. If this movement
continues it will have a marked
change for the better on the entire
industry.
The Willamette valley cannot hope
to spring full-hedged into dairy
country of the first Importance. but
with its splendid resources of climate
and crops it can become in the course
of a comparatively short time a dairy
ing section second to none. When
this is accomplished the question of
permanent prosperity viii be settled.
Eugene Register.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-31
SUNNY SLOPE.

A. J. Shipley returned from Q
week s visit with relatives in Benton
and Lane counties on Monday.
James Short went to Corvallis on
business Monday.
The school children are enjoying a
weeks vacation.
The dance at Robert Rake's was
well attended.
J. D. Howsman of Independence is
visiting at R. NJ. Bosley's.
Len Fishback is home on a vaca-
tion.
George Swearingen writes from Ne
braska that the cold is too severe for
him and he expects to return home
soon.
J.P. Walker has been dragging the
roads during the past week.
W. NJ. Fishback is still confined in
the hospital at Salem.
Lee Egleston is working for Paul
Riley.
Mr.. Welch has been sick the past
week.
Mrs. A. J. Shipley and Kenneth
Higgins visited relatives and friends
in Falls City Wednesday.
John and Dave Dove ate Christmas
dinner with R. NJ. Bosley and family.
Miss Ruby Rasmussen is spending
her vacation with her parents at Cor
bett.
We understand that Mr.. Clapp, a
former resident of this vicinity is
quite sick in Idaho.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-31
THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER.

We oftentimes come to more com
pIete appreciation of the worth OF a
friend. an institution or a condition
by rejecting upon what would hap
pen were they TO be taken from us,
SAYS an exchange. Thus by a short
process of imagination We can more
clearly see the need of a country
newspaper. In these days of effici-
eney along all lines and in all depart
ments Of life, commercial, social and
otherwise, what would we do without
the newspaper This enterprise has
become a necessity, and the field of
the country paper can never be salts
factorily filled by the city dailies. The
need for each is separate and dis
tinct, and the big daily can no more
fill the needs of the different locali-
ties than can a mail order house sup
ply need for local stores.
The country newspaper, under the
management of broad-minded, pub
lic-spirited man, is the best friend a
community can hope to have.
The influence of a paper reaches all
classes. 1t is a personal friend to the
individual, be he laborer, artisan,
merchant, business man or farmer.
It is also the friend of organizations.
In business way it is decidedly
the most efficient help to the patron,
making it possible for him in a short
time to accomplish some business
transaction which otherwise might
not be possible.
1t is friend who, when he is mar
ried, with genuine interest and good
wishes, describes the happy wedding.
1t announces the birth Of the first
wonderful child, and when death Wis
its the home, with the sympathy of
a friend, writes the obituary. Thus
the local paper finds its field of labor,
and perhaps, more than any other
business enterprise, touches life at
its vital points.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-31
Students Work on News Stories.

The historical reviews to be written
by students of the junior English
classes at the Dallas high school are
underway during the year-end holi-
days. that work being one Of the du-
ties assigned the students before
classes were dismissed for Christmas.
The articles are to be historical in
terviews with prominent Polk county
pioneers and the students are doing
much Of that part Of the work during
their spare holiday hours. The inter
views will be published in The OBJ
server as soon as the English depart
ment has passed upon and graded the
papers.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-31

Henry Ford has awakened from his
dream of peace, and is homeward
bound, leaving his trusted ieuten-
ants in command of the propaganda.
As was predicted by the more sober
minded, the mission has proven a
most dismal failure, and although
there is still hope in the hearts OF
those remaining on foreign shores that
good will yet come from the under
taking, it is quite beyond the com
prehension of mankind how such a
thing could be. Multi-millionaire
Ford has expended large sums Of mon
ey in his peace propaganda that at
the outset practically any school boy
in the land might have known would
result in failure. The absurdity of
the venture is now apparent.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-31
MILITARY TRAINING.

That military training and INDUS
trial efficiency go together is the testl-
mony of General Willie, commander
in-cbief of the Swiss army, who Is a
careful observer of conditions con
nected with the European war and
draws conclusions therefrom that are
of considerable interest to the people
Of this country. General Willie be-
6eves that the secret Of Germany s
tremendous commercial expansion and
industrial development in recent years
lies very largely in the effect Of mill
tary discipline and military precision
which he believes have contributed IN
a very large degree to Germany's IN
dustrial efficiency. His theory is that
the manhood of Germany has learned
things in its military training which
have operated to the development OF
greater efficiency in industry and com
merce than could have been achieved
without the disciplinary effect Of this
military training.
Of course, this is the idea of mil
tary man, and yet it is a plausible
theory and it is quite conceivable that
his claim for the value Of military
measure of industrial efficiency may
have some basis in fact. In support
Of his theory, he cites the less efhc-
lent Englishman, who has not had the
same disciplinary training and whose
industrial and commercial methods
are less precise, accurate, and efic-
lent.
The theory thus advanced by Gen
eral Willie, moreover, appears to be
supported by the testimony of we'll
known English writer, Mr. Sidney
Brooks, who contributes an article to
the current number of The North
American Review, which carries a
very frank exposition Of some of the
faults and shortcoming of the Brit
ish as a nation. In this article Mr..
Brooks undertakes to show what the
war has done for England in the way
Of breaking down the caste system,
destroying the false notions of rank
and station and eradicating contempt
for work He says that "England's
deadiest and most enduring enemy is
ignorance, mental inertia, slipshod
ways of thinking and acting, a de-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-31
Guild Elects Officers.

The annual meeting of the Needle.
work Guild was held at the home Of
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Ellis on Tuesday after,
noon. when the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Ms
NJ. NJ. Ellis. president; Mrs. Eugene
Hayter and Mrs. Conrad Stafrin fBt
and second vice-presidents, respective
ly; Mrs. Z. F. Coad, secretary; Ms
1 n. Wood. treasurer.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-31
OTHER THINGS
A Rare and Curious Collection
of Fact end Fancy.

y y y y
Roses.
Once, walking down a shady street,
Sweet Cecily l chanced to meet.
A knot of crimson roses pressed
Just where the lace crossed on her
breast.
A charming hat she wore, a-tilt,
With other roses on it split.
Red roses, tell me true, | prayed,
Does she love me, this little maid 7
Mutely they dropped, nor seemed to
hear;
When Cupid whispered in my ear,
And shyly pointed to her cheek,
And there | found rose could
speak, Selected.