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MONITOR VOL. 1 INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1912 NO. 1 INDEPENDEMC PROPERTY IS SELLING HERE New Houses to be Built in Independence BUILDING CLAUSE IN EFFECT Everv Lot Sold, on Main Must Have House on it, or Started Inside of One Year "Mrs. Martha A. Hill has placed a proviso in the two blocks on Main street which have been plat ted for sale, that every lot pur chased shall have a house built upon it inside of one year. The result is that this property takes an added va'ue because every purchaser realizes that the prop erty adjoining is not to be kept for speculation but must be im proved. In the last few weeks considerable land has been sold in this addition and other addi tions owned by Mrs. Hill. Mrs. Miles Porterfield pur chased a desirable lot on the cor ner of this building restricted district on south Main street and will build a fine residence there at once. Dane J. Purvine pur chased one of these lots, just op posite the city water system, and has the new residence he expects to occupy already under way, H e is placing a full basement un der the property and the plans and specifications show it to be a modern bungalow with six rooms, hot air furnace, toilet, bath and all modern conveniences. The building when complete will rep resent an outlay of about $1800. Other property sold by Mrs. Hill are one lot just -east of the high school to Mrs. Vena "Golf Wood, who will build a new resi dence on the property; a lot ad joining the present home of Bur res Estes which Mr. Estes ex. pects to build on this summer or fall, and a lot sold to a Portland party near the high school build ing on which a residence i3 to be built this summer. All of the new residences being erected in the Hill addition are late style property and will be or naments to the town. or town aoout two weeKs a go or more, went over to Boise, letan I old acquaintance, Amax B oth, a young and charming uiiy, with whom he iiad become on close tpeakintr terms while she was visiting with her friends, Mr. and Mrs. Huff, about a year ago, con vinced her that this climate was the best on earth, and slipped back here last Thursday with her as his wife, and no one was any the wiser. They are making their new home on the hop ranch which Wright is running. The young lady is well liked by those who know her and what the editor af the Monitor cannot understand is how Wright con vinced her that he was the one for her, but then this world is a strange old world and a woman is certainly hard to understand. We wish them every 'joy, and may their lives be as bright as the brightest day in June and their wedded life one continued round of pleasure. NEW PRODUCTS RAISED Rev. Dunsmore Brings Home Seeds from the Holy , Land Planting them Rev. Dunsmore, who made an extended trip through the holy land last year, brought back with him some mementos of his trip, and among his belongings were a few pods of Egyptian and Pal estine peas. These he secured through his guide, a camel cara van coming along with one of the varieties for market, he asked the guide to get him a few. He brought them back to Oregon and this spring planted them in his garden at the Presbyterian parsonage. He has two rows of them there and they are strong healthy, thrifty plants and the pea pods are. now well matured. They probably produce beter in Oregon, especially in this rich Independeuce soil, than they do in their native country. They are worth looking at and we would suggest that when you have a few hours off just walk around that way to see the new plant Rev. Dunsmore also has six beech trees and six hickory trees growing in his yard, and is much interested in them. Eggs go as far as cash for gro ceries at Fluke & Johnsons. IS MARRIED IN BOISE Wright Portei field Brings Home Wile Thursday Wright Porterfield slipped out Mrs. Linnie (iarrett (Jarl, a dramatic interpreter and humor ous impersonator will be in Inde pendence Friday evening to give an entertainment. She will give her entertainment in tho M. E. church and will be assisted by lo cal talent. She is reported by the press to be very good and it would pay those who wish to have a good evenings entertain ment to hear her. An admission pf 25 cents will be charged. BUSY BALING W. F. Campbell Doing Much Work, Has Big Grew 0L0 PIONEERS IN A REUNION Honoring Old Time Polk County Resident PRES. CAMPBELL PRESIDES Maggie and Allie Butler as Hostesses Surpass All Expectatons as all Reports Tell Maggie and Allie Butler enter tained about twenty-seven of the old pioneers of Monmouth and vicinity on their lawn in Mon moutn, on lhursaay the occa sion being the return of Mary Roher Rusk and husband from Indianapolis, Indiana, after an absence of twenty-two years Mrs. Rusk had many friends when she lived here and those old friends were assembled to meet again. Pres. P. L. Camp bell, of the State University, oc cupied the chair of honor as toastmaster, while J. B. V. But ler, Orville Butler, Chester V. Murphy, Luther Ground and many others made up the merri ment that was part of the big re union. A table laden with edi bles, on which were piled chick ens like fresident (Jampbell helped steal in his younger days, pies such as the Butler sisters on ly can make, salads and trim mings of every kind, was the side features that Jay Butler sighed and smiled to see, sighed to think he could eat no more, smued to think he could eat as much as he did fast run of a special train from Yaquina to Albany last night to bring Chas. M. Winant, of New port, to this city for an operation ior appendicitis, tailed to save Winant's life, for he died in St. Mary's Hospital early this morn ing. The train reached Albany at 9:45 last night, but Winant's con dition was such that an operation could not be attempted, and he died soon after midnight. Winant had been a resident of Newport for 30 years. He is survived by a widow and three children. Winant had been a member of the Albany lodge of Elks for several years, and the lodge will attend the funeral at Newport in a body, having secured several special cars to be attached to the regular excursion train. Orego nian. Mr. Wiant was known to many living at Independence and the death came as a surprise here. FINE BUSINESS BLOCKS HERE Now Under Construction on Main and C Sts. ALL CEMENT AND BRICK TOO Independence Needs Every Building Now Under Way and Could use a Few More A FINE BUILDING to Occupy Same September 1 style the table was all spread and everything was there before you with none of the fancy frills of society tiring courses, with a sip W. F. Campbell started out here and a bite there and noth about two weeks ago with his mg filling. Undertaker Henkle hay baler and has about two was present with those old pio- weeks run ahead of him. He neers, but his services were not was in the first of the week and in a conversation with the editor of the Monitor stated "The qual ity of the hay this year is fine, practically all has been saved and the quantity is larger than in an average year." He commenced Saturday for McLaughlin on the Hirschberg farm north of town, where they have about 400 ton to put up. The best he had baled up to Monday produced about two and a quarter tons to the acre, and this hay he stated was extra quality and would probably bring close to $10 to the ton. It was vetch, oats and wheat com bined. Saturday forenoon they baled 25 ton of hay. Their out fit consists of 19 men including the cooks. They have five teams with the outfit. There is an increasing yield of hay planted around Independence each year and the result is that the farms are being enriched from this class of farming. needed, and how he got there was a mystery, but Chet has happy faculty of moving in mys terious ways when good things to eat are in sight. M. J. B. Coffee sells better than any other Why? Ask Fluke & Johnson. ODD FELLOWS BLOCK Asa Taylor has the walls of his new 33 by 90-foot store build ing on C street about up. This building is to be of cement and will be well furnished so as to make a model store for general .mercantile" business or any pur pose desired. The property will be for rent when completed. The Independence Seed & Feed Company have their new ware house on Main street completed Jones & weatnerDee are the hay. This warehouse iS large enough to hold a large quan tity of baled hay and has a ce ment floor and is made dark so as to protect the hay from bleaching. During the last few weeks con siderable has been done prepara tory to establishing a new boiler at the creamery. The new en gine room is up nearer the street and a cement foundation was mane in which to put the new machine. The old boiler has been abandoned. It was a ten- horse proposition and their in creased business has forced them to get a boiler of larger capacity and better make, so the new one was established a few days ago and commenced being used about the first of the week. Mr. El dredge has built up a magnificent business at his creamery and will probably have to make arrange ments to enlarge the plant in the course of a short time. The new fifteen foot building on (J street of J. b. Looper s lor Nelson's Meat market is nearing completion and the market will be moved into the buil ding in a few days. This building will make an up to date location for the C street meat market and is quite an improvement to the town. The Conkey, Walker & Lehman Store to be Enlarged by Big Balcony This week sees the marble front being placed in the new Hirschberg building on Main street. This building when com pleted will be one of the most at tractive and well built structures in the valley. While it is but one story high, the foundation was laid to build three stories on this building and the property on the corner of Main and Monmouth in oio pioneer streetg back to the alley, when the occasion demanded the im provement. The new building is to be occu pied September 1st, with a full line of ladies' and gentlemen's clothing, dry goods and furnish ings, and the stock has been or dered and is .expected to be ready to open as soon as the carpenters and masons have their part of the work out of the way. Mr. Weatherbee has already arrived in Independence from Eugene, where he formerly was in the same line of business, and the new building is being built by Mr. Hirschberg according to the plans and specifications de sired by the tenants who will oc cupy the same. Misses Kate and Grace Jones, who are associated with Mr. Weatherbee in the bus- sively, the grass, weeds, and shrubbery cut out and the place made very attractive. The prop erty belongs to the Denlinger heirs, and Verd Hill, who is guardian of the boy, made ar rangements to have the place painted up. porches added and the building raised. The Mon itor prophesies that Mrs. Duval will make the place as much sought after as it was in the for mer days. J. S. Cooper has the plans and specifications all completed and contractors are now figuring on a new residence on his property on C street. The present build ing will be removed to other property and Mr. Cooper wil erect an eleven room residence to cost ' in the neighborhood of $5000. The building will be one of the best in this part of the val ley and a great credit to Inde pendence. All modern conven iences will be added to make the building all that is desired. Mr, Cooper has a choice location fac ing the north 'and east on street, and the president of the Commercial Club feels that he cannot afford to let others do al the improving. NEW PROFESSOR BUILDS Dr. Clarence True Wilson, for merly pastor of one of the Port land churches, preached in the M. E. Church in this city last Sunday morning. In the evening he gave his temperance lecture. Rev. Wilson is a pleasing talker, a man of fine address and appear ance and holds his andience with his logical thought and reasoning powers. iness, are old time Independence g jjgg pgjf j( pyfyrg nf novnlo qii will havonn Qrmain. I T Baptist Social a Success Ice cream and cake was served at Mrs Bascue's millinery parlors on L. street last baturday by the aid society of the Baptist church The editor of the Monitor is in formed the ladies did fairly well in a financial way. To Build at Peedee A. G. Byers expects to leave in a few days to do some carpen ter work ont on the Peedee. G. N. Newton, who has a farm in that section, is preparing to have a fine new home built there and Mr. Byers stated to the editor of the Monitor that the building when complete would have eight rooms and would be a well ar ranged and comfortable dwelling, making a very attractive appear ance trom his farm. Harry La cey will have his hop houses over hauled, remodeled and repaired during the time Mr. Byers is out on the Peedee. The trustees of the I. O. O. F. Lodge have decided to improve the inside arrangement of the Conkey, Walker & Lehman store and let the contract a few days ago for the putting in of a bal cony nine feet wide and 70 feet long, along the full length of the north side of the dry goods de partment of their store. The stock of merchandise of this firm has been increased to such an ex tent that more room became a necessity and the only method open was to utilize the upper sec tion of the building, which can be done only by a balcony. This improvement is in keeping with the development of Indepen dence on every side, and when the work is finished and the i stock arranged the Conkey-Walk er store will be much improved in appearance and arrangement. tance when the store opens that will be invaluable to the new firm. A large balcony is being placed in the Dunning so as to give pien ty of room for the suit and cloak department of the store, and large, deep, modern windows are being built for decoration and dis play purposes. The building will be furnished throughout with the very best material and in the very best manner, and Indepen dence will receive much benefit as a result of this new firm com ing here to locate IPS A HEALTHY TOWN Independence Visitors Come Here and Leave Weil Sick frof. r . u. Lhute, the new teacher, who will have charge of the Independence schools the com ing year, after looking over the own decided to build and become one of us. He started on a new modern bungalow close to the school house and with the assis tance of J. E. Caldwell is doing some fine carpenter work on the building. They secured the plans from California and are followin g the plans to the letter. The build ing will be roomy inside, the main building being 27 by 28, with an addition 12 by 14, and an extended porch in the front. It will be furnished with all modern Mrs. Chute conveniences. is Mrs. Schaffer, while coming to Independence Monday evening on the motor, had the. door to close in some manner so as to fas ten on one of her fingers, en tirely severing it. Only the fore part of the finger was taken off, it not severing the bone. Dr. Mclntire was called to dress the wound. Henry Van Wert and Ira How- staying in Salem, but will move ard and family of South Dakota, to Independence to make her who were camped on the Hill home soon the new building property in the north part of . , , , , , . I ; maim-.! rv rl trnn Hit -F-w snni town for about two months, left a '" " '"U'1U1 last week for Newport for a sum. pancy mer vacation at the sea shore, Tho I IIU Jungles Opened Chas, M. Winant, Dead Albany Or., July 26. -The and from there they will go to California for the winter, expect ing to spend a year before re turning to bouth Dakota. While Mrs. D. M. Duvall has just here they became great friends of opened a boarding house on Mon the Dickinsons, and stated on mouth street in the old location leaving that they liked it around used by Mrs. D. M. Hodgins Independence better than in any years ago for the same purpose. part of the country they had visi- This place formerly was the ted. They came here in very drummer's resort in Indeoen- poor health and left perfectly well and consequently feel that this climate is a kind of a foun tain of youth to them. dence and was continually kept full of boarders and lodgers. Mrs. Duvall has had the place re fitted and remodeled quite ex,ten- STUNT PABTY CITIZENS ENTERTAIN STUDENTS AT NORMAL The citizens of the town of Monmouth and the students at the Summer Normal came togeth er and had a very successful eve ning at a Stunt party, Thursday, The reception was held in the Normal Assembly Room and was given Dy the citizens to the students. After the reception, the Stunt program was made the main feature of the evening. The state was divided off accord ing to counties and each county had a reprseentative to give some feature entertainment. These features were all impromptu af fairs and very interesting. One of the students in report ing the party to the editor of the Monitor stated, "the party was the one great social feature of the Normal session and all reported a real enjoyable time." The Monmouth Band furnished lively music for the occasion. OILING STREETS HERE Crude Oil Makes Dustiess Streets in Independence Independence is taking on quite a decided better appearance as a result of the oiling of sev eral of the streets of the town this week. The big auto oiling machine arrived in the city Mon day and the first street to be giv en a coat of the crude petroleum was Monmouth street, which was oiled from the Merwin Mix prop erty west of town to the pave ment on Railroad street; then fol lowed C street which" received a coating for the entire length; Main street was next visited, and from the pavement at the corner of the feed store south to the city water works the dust was laid. Several side streets were sprink led for short distances. This oil lays the dust for the whole sea son and is an inexpensive method of keeping the town clean. THE SUMMER NORMAL OUT Work Finishes Friday for Summer's Term ATTENDANCE RECORD BREAKER Full Corps of Teachers Em ployed and a Complete Course of Instruct ion Outlined The Oregon State Normal at Monmouth finishes its first Sum mer Normal course for teachers tomorrow under the new organi zation. The work has been very successful, so successful in fact that many of those who came for the summer institution have de cided to enter the fall and winter course of instruction. There were 153 enrolled duriug the sum mer, most ot whom were teach ers of the schools of Oregon. The regular school work was given and credits applied for the work done. This enabled those who planned on taking the regu lar course to get credit for the work done at the summer session. Outside of the teaching work the Summer course was just as com-, plete in detail as the regular course during any term. The training school could not be kept up as the young children could not be kept in school during the summer months with any degree of success. The work was conceded to be ths most successful summer term ever held at Monmouth and it is believed compares favorably with the work of any Summer Normal course in the State In numbers there were just a few ess th?.n the combined attend- at the O. A. C. and University of Oregon this year. It is believed that the Sum mer work will have a very decided effect in bringing a larger atten dance to the school at the open ing of the fall term. The regu- ar Normal faculty was in charge of the work and the teacherswere H-Ackerman, Pres., J. B. V. Butler, V. P. Misses Parrot, Ben ton, Fridd, Shearer, Harlan, and West, Profs. Ostein, A. B. Bon- ant, T. H. "Gentle, E. S. Even-den. Many local items and several news notes of interests were omitted this week owing to the ack of space. FELL WITH PLATFORM Charles Durrell Hurt Seriously at Krebs Yards Charles Durrell, who was employed at the Carmicheal hop yard, generally known as the Krebs yards, was working on the platform leading from the hop houses to the warehouse, when section of the platform 8 by 10 feet gave way and fell with him to the ground a distance of 22 feet. He received several bad bruises and for a time it was feared some broken bones but is reported mending. The acoident happened Tuesday, July 23. Dr Ketchum was called to attend to him and reports him getting along nicely. Young Man Dies Erwin Pease, a young ma who formerly lived betweenJ. dependence and Monmouth, jMjed last Thursday of tubercuC,-3 Mr. Pease had worked at the', newspaper business for several years, giving it up last March when he returned to his home in such bad health that he was com pelled to abandon the profession for the time being. The re mains were taken to iNewberg and the funeral services conduc ted from the M. E. Church of that place. He was a yonng man of good habits, excellent character, good education and ability and had many friends.
