THE WEST SIDE.
E. C PENTLAND, Publisher
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY. R IBM.
Nobody is worrying half as
touch about the county seat as Dallas.
!! U
It may be that this flood is a
blessing in disguise for this town
and the surrounding country.
Ir you know of casra of descry
ing destitution now is the tlmo to
how Christian charity in relieving
distress.
iNDsy&KDKNCE and Monmouth
wlU the same as one town this sum
mer. Common interests will dictate
a unity of purpose.
The coming towu of Polk county
is Independence and Monmouth
united. How can this help but lie
the ease. In unity there is strength.
Of all the dastardly .lies, which
auy Dallas paper has tried to circu
late, those intended to damage In
dependence this week are the worst.
A coRBKsrojrpiarr to a Dallas
paper says that West Salem was
20 feefc under water and Indepen
aenee ten feet Such lies act
"boomerangs."
OUR ASSESSMENT LAW.
What a Co-r.apont1.nt to the Or."
nlan Thlnka of tho Prooont
Syat.m of Dorfuotlng all
"Flgurv. wviut lie" t an old nlt,
but they make llm out of very many
people In Origin. Tho atwMinpitt rolli
for tho various voimtU in Orvtfon ar
now on file In tli office of tho nccrc
tary of atate, and tho Ortgontan, In
making a itatemvnt of tho rwourw. of
Orcguu In IU Now Year's edition, pub
llheo tho iummarUo of tho NwoMinent
mil exevpt tho now county of Sher
man, which wm uot lu at the time.
And those pnlillslu'd iiimnmrk ought
to b an eflWrtlve eyo-opmier for the
Inmost taxpnj'fni of the atute, Whon
tfach taxpayer U atmwHHl, he liota hi
varioua klutls of property, giving It In
upHubly at It true cash value, mui
Uien IUU hl ImlubtMlneM In tho atate
and atrlkca a butane, which la the net
taxable property, or tho amount on
whloh ho ptvyitax. Theae Individual
aMVNnranta are placed on tho m
ment roll of the county, the same kind
of property ami value under each
oilier, ami tne whole county mwcsii
ment aummarized, allowing the whole
value of each different kind of pro
ber ameaament roll ahowaf When the
aMcuor la around the merchant all
over tho root of the atate claim large
inucuieunewi w tne wiuileanlu mer
chants of Portland. The people claim
Indebtedness to tho merohant, and the
mtivhant atanda It otf by olttlmlni; In
debtedncNi to the wholc-als merchant
of Portland. Uiimlllla ami Yamhill
oountli nmkeqult. a reNMH'tuhlo ahoW'
Ing, but only tho two count lot of
Joaephlue aud Cooa are willing to any
that their uulcbtedncita la not grenter
than tho amount of mouev, note.
toml, etc., owned by their people.
AYboouu Hud a aiitlHfactory remedy
for llionu evlla, Kuuh a peiKun Ih want
eu now in tirgon. fixing nil pro
perty and not allowing any Indebted'
ihhh would he a long atcp In the right
direction, hut the. evil lie primarily
wiui nit) laxpnyera, an over ineautte,
who give lu dtahoueat aaieNaiiieuta,
And It la hard to iIcvIno a aallarktetory
remedy, for It la true that tioople who
win strictly homwt In every other
liUNlnetm tniiimiotlon, who are irotnl and
law-abiding eliini'im, will lie. about their
awtwKinenta iul awear to It, It iievn.
ary, to teeapojuat taxation. sfcj
Ji ItNKK Ul.l VKH.
JUDGED BY HIS CLOTHES.
Thk largest towns of Oregon are
on the water courses, and-will con
tinue to be. Among these Eugene,
Albany,; Salem, Tortland and
Astoria are examples.
Thk Dallas Obtertvr which is so
far up in the mountains, that she
cannot hear, much less see a steam
boat, is jealous because the future
of this section promises more than
she wishes.
lit some towns if the whole city
"lad washed away the loss would
not have amounted to five thousand
dollars, while here four buildings
were estimated by the owners at
that amount of loss.
WHY could not the saw mill
engine be powerful enough to fur
num. eiecr.no ugm power anu run
the saw null also. Wonder if
Frescott & Teness would makes
contract to that effect!
The Polk County Land Com
pany now has nearly 123,000 in
vested in land between Monmouth
and Independence. Enough of this
land has been engaged to show that
their investment was a good one.
Taooma is rejoicing that Port
land has suffered from the recent
flood. If a flood like this was of
annual occurrence an eicnse might
be offered; but it has been nearly
thirty years since the last great
flood. It shows a small petty spirit
to rejoice in such a time.
THB Observer truthfully says this
week, that now is no time to advo-
cate a court house by petition. We
are not going to dispute the state
ment made. If it were only sun
plemented by a decision to let this
question be decided by direct vote
we think the matter would quiet
much discussion in the future.
Thk recent flood advertised In
dependence better than anything
which has has "recently happened.
For three days the only telegraphic
news came from this point. This
news was sent to all parte of the
United States as associated press
news, and when out of a town of at
1200 only four building floated
away, and the business part of town
was untouched, the damage may
not be considered very great.
aw Dwt. floor-Mr itl kf Insulted On
of A. T. atowut's rrteutln.
One of the leading cltlioba of Wilmington,
N 1 1 waa T..KH t.uuMi aua Mi. W ...
peri in iu wumjr, me grow value oi tR.m l-oit At .banker ho aooutnulUU
all, tho liidcbtodne" In the atntc, etc , larva fortune, which wa to immraly In
and a balance rtruck ahowlng the net !rMUd ,hM wu of '' r
,.i,i. I.. ...... x. lift li unimpaired. Mr. lwira aroe from
taxable property In tho county, Now uffible .,$,,. He had come over from
It l very plain that every debt owed by ; treland when a lad In the stoenwo of the
one man la a note or account belonging " '"P which brought Aie.nuder T,
to another And when oi takra it out (,wwr- luo lw0 hcya formed a warm
to anotuer. Ami w lu n one take It out Wwd,hlS whlon lMtod Ulrough , rhey
of hi aaecMment a Imlebtodnem, tho walnulued corre.ponaeno and grew proa-
other should give It In ah a note or ac- psrmis, each to bli own locality, tliouiih tho
unt: aud alnco no lndehtedneiw la orer a weaun eipanueu wituiu-r-
allowed outaldo of tho at te, the ludeb- Wtomrmuslja'ttheclo.eof tho war Daw
tedneB cUlmed by lnvlivldual tax- j un hurried to New Yrk. The atrattglwl
payers lu Oregon ahould, when added of the Bouth had left hor niarkeu
ti.tbfr lw, !, ih,,,, tlut .,(. u,i ,w br' nA though wealthy, Mr. Uawaun
togemcr, be lea tlmn the note and ac- wuiaonlcommaud a hoektngtj bad ault
oouuta aiweasea By tlie value of thoae of buHernut nankeen. Hli wife waa hardly
noti1 ami account owed by outaliler eioihea. Jtntermg tue bugs dry.
to our citiaena, and which are al lllT,
In our tte. One cla.iof property la dumar flir.wiknr lunminnhmu,,.!.!
"Well, atr," id be, "what can wo do for
jrotti"
listed a "money, uotea, account,
bond, ahnre of tixk, oouuty order,
etc And It l tarn to aay that In Ore
gon tho two Items, "note and account"
do not aggregate over one-half of the
whole lint In value. And henoe tho In
debted new In the tate ought not to be
over one-half aa much a the "monev.
note, account, bond, aharea of stock,
etc." But tho return thow that all
thla claaa of property aggregate only
11(1,253,7.3, while the
claimed amounts to l3.Vr98,l79, or
more than twice as much a the whole
of the notes and accounts added to the
nioucy, boiid, stocks, etc., In tho state,
Now It la probable the Indebtedness
1 given In about right. If no, the
money, note, accounts, kind, hare
of stock, etc., la Oregon In truth ng-
grenate not less than $70,000,000, while
the anaeasors return but little over fit),-
000,000. Now who i it own these
bonds, money, etc., that eseapo tax
ation? I it the men in ordinary cir
cumstance, or I it tho wealthy clas
"1 want to oo Mr. Stewart.1 ald Mr.
Dawton.
"It I busy, lr, anil ha no time to tee
you."
"Oh, I didn't know. I'll juat look around
then, It you hare no otyoctlon.'
Th clerk thought he wa some country
man who wanted to eo Mr. Bwwart out of
ourloslty. The old follow stared around
and attracted considerable attention from
the gayly-drossod ladies who throngi-d tho
tors. Tho underling concluded It was
Indebtedness i bout llm0 10 Interfere, so h walked up
snu Mia :
"I told you H was no us to wait for Mr.
Stewart. Us Is very busy and has no time
for any ono like you. Now, unless you
j wish to buy touioUung, you hd better bo
going."
"Mr. Stewart doesn't wsnt to see me, you
say, young man I" atked Mr. Dawson,
! dreamily.
"I don't need to repeat It a third time,"
i replied the elork. "Vou had better go at
ones. We don't want you around the store.
Vou will drive away custom."
Just thou the proprietor himself came
walking down from the eounting-room.
"Hello, Aleck !" shouted Mr. Dawson.
Tlio dry goods millionaire stopped and
stared. Then he rushed up and throw his
But let ..stake a. few of the counties 0!Z!r0 1J m" ' lU"
representative or the different part of
the tte aud compare them.
Nam of
County.
Multnomah .
CmmlllR .....
Marlon
Union ........
Uins
ion ...
Bttknr.
PolllttSMI
ClStfMtp
ini-ssiniut ...
W aJMf,
Yamhill
Coos ..........
Maey,-Tiiiv
AC u. r.io.
ii.Trww
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Mi.txe
Ml. Mi
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All of Polk county has suffered
through the recent flood. While
the Luckiamute has lost its bridges,
Dallas, Hallock's saw mill aud
some damage to other individuals,
perhaps aggregate $7000 and In
dependence its saw mill, bridge
and warehouses, yet it might hare
all been worse, and those favored
localities not damaged should not
be too hasty in rejoicing over thei
neighbors misfortunes. It will not
be long until all will be as before the
nooa ana its inconveniences soon
forgotten. It is fortunate that no
lives were lost.
The Observer says, "Indepen
dence is holding with bull-dog ten
acity, for an enabling act, to move
the county seat; and she would seek
to make the outside world believe
that her location is one of the most
favored in the county, when in fact
it is the reverse." Had this lie
been uttered, instead of written, its
size must have choked the speaker.
Residents here know, and strangers
visiting the two towns, will soon
discover that Dallas is not the only
and right place for the county seat:
other points having the advantage
over Dallas in every respect; in
tholr infarftnni-HA hv wafar an1 xa1
... UUU.W.I,
with other places, greater number
of inhabitants, superior buildings,
more salubrious climate, intellectu
al people, and lovely sites for a
court house; which will be built on
a solid, high, brick foundation;
able to withstand the worst Btorms
of wind and floods that may ever
visit Polk county; the garden of
the Willamette valley.
Does any one In Oregon believe Unit
Umatilla county bus JiW.iXH) more
money, notes, bonds, etc., than Mult
nomah county, with her city of Port
land and her score of millionaires?
Multnomah county nys so, aud then
claims 87,500,000 more indebtedness
than Umatilla county. And .Mult
nomah county taxpayers solemnly
swore to their assessments Just the
same a those of Umatilla county did.
Doe any Intelligent person In Oregon
believe that Union county has $140,000
more money, etc, than Marlon county,
with her city of Hiilem, und flourishing
manufactures and bunks? Marion
county say eo, aud then claims $',m,-
000 more Indebtedness than Union
county, while Lane county, with her
thriving Eugene City claims more than
twice as much Indebtedness ng ghe
gives in money, notes, etc, aud Linn
county with her rich and beautiful city
or Albany, trie to beat Multnomah
by claiming three und a hulf time as
much debt a she ha monoy, etc But
let u drop the rest and examine Mult
nomah county a little further. Mult
noman county contain the city of
Portland, which claim to have over
60,000 population. Her people claim
mat iie I the richest city In pro
portion to population In the world
She claim no less than twenty million
aire. Her real estate trunai!tlor for
1889 amounted to $14,000,000. Her
manufacturing output amounted to
$20,000,000. Hhe claims she hua 803.
000,000 Invested In wholesale aud reUIl
trade, not Including incorporated banks
or railroad corporations. The last
statement of her ten principal bank,
shows a capital of $0,1)50,000, with sur
plus and undivided profit amounting
to jz.sos, 700.3a ore total bank capital
m ttiose ten prlncipul bank of $8,518,
iw.az. meso published bank state
ments must be sworn to the tame as
the assessment of ber lndlvldul tax
payers. The deposits In the banks
ought to amount to nearly as much as
the bank stock proper; and yet the bank
stock alone of ten of her banks, amount
to Ave time what the whole county
gave in a money, account, bonds, etc.,
to the assessor. It Is humiliating, after
reading the statistic of Portland's
trade and wealth as gathered and ar
ranged by the Oregonian to notice that
the gro value of all property of the
whole of Multnomah county as given
to the assessor for the year 1880 is $40,.
099,000. And after taking out Indebted
nesa and exemptions she pay taxes on
only $29,684,870, or but little more than
the town of Tacoma. I It a fact that
our young neighbor, Washington, I a
wealthier state than Oregon? Or I it
only that Oregonian are better liar
than Washingtonlan when the assessor
"abroad in the land?" On this class
"Why, John, whore did you coma from I
sly dear follow, I am perfectly delighted to
sea you. Why didn't you lot mo know you
were herol"
"I tried to, but that young man"
But the officious olerk had disappeared at
the Srst (rroottnff.
"Whero did you get that auitl'1 aakod
Stewart. "My earrlmre Is right at the dnor.
(let right In and oome to the tailor's. You
rnujt have some decent clothes right away.
Where Is Mrs. Dawsonl You must both
come right to my house snd stay."
Ho ko ran on, as he actually dragged his
old friend to his carriage
The officious clerk tried to keep out of
sight every Uma ho saw Mr. Pswuou coin
ing, but the latter took a malicious pleas
ure in running across him every time ha
mine Into the store and bowing to him.
Finally tho clerk came on day and, ab
jectly apologUtng, begged that Mr. Dswson
would not carry tbo story of bis rudoneni
to the proprietor. Mr. Dawson gave him a
good-humored tongue-lashing aud let him
The Favorite
Modlcin for Throat and I-ung Diffl
eultles has long beon, and sUH U, Ayer's
Chorry Pectoral. It euros Croup,
Whooping Cough, Bronchitis, and
Asthma; soothes irritation of th
Larynx and Fauces; strengthen th
Vocal Organ; allays soreness of the
1IJ prevent Consumption, snd,
, even In advanced atages of that disease,
relieves Coughing and Induces Sleep.
There is no other preparation for dis
eases of the throat and lunga to be coin
pared with this remedy.
"My wife had a distressing cough,
with pains In the side and breast. We
tried various medicines, but none did
her sny good until I got a bottle of
Ayer's Chorry Pectoral, which has cured
her. A neighbor, Mrs. Oleiin, had the
mealies, and the cough was rolleved by
the use of Ayor's llhorry Pectoral. I
have no hesitation In recommending this
Cough Medicine
to everyone afflicted." Robert Horton,
Foreman Headlight, Morrlllton, Ark.
"I have been amictod with asthma
for forty years. Lost spring I was taken
with a violent cough, which. threatened
to terminate my days. Kvory one pro
Bounced me in consumption. I deter
mined to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
Its efforts were magical. I was immedi
ately rolleved and continued to improve
until entirely recovered." Jool Bullard,
uuworu, conn.
" Six months ago I had a severe hem
orrhsge of the lungs, brought on by an
incessant cough which deprived me of
sleep and rest. I tried various reme-
uios, out ontaineii no relief until I be
gan to take Ayer's Chorry Pectoral. A
iei
DAM. ah tuiA reason fur uot
wanting the county seat nettled by
uliwt Vol. Mho wanton court
houso, but uo vote.
OPKHA HOIT8H,
Saturday, Feb., 15th
Will apjiear, Prof. Creasy, Van Nort
wick bm., Mis Katie Wheeller, Mis
Lotta Hedges, Master Fred Hooper,
Mis ltlssle llutler, Ml Ota ltoberUon,
D. H. Craven, and others.
A beautiful young lady became so
Udly disfigured with plmplei and
blotches that It wa feared she would
die of grief. A friend recommended
Aver' Saraniuirllln, which she took
and w a completely cured. Hhe I now
oue of t;ie fairest of the fair.
KEF. SO
&
COOK
BULL
RUBBER GOODS.
LACES at cost,
GENTS
FURNISHING GOODS,
LADIliS UNDKKWEAR
W. II WHEELER
Has disposed of hi large Holiday
HtiH-k, but ha a flue line of
SCHOOL BOOKS,
Stnttonerv
NOTIONS.
II. M. LINES,
Funeral Director
anp
UNDERTAKER!
A full nmi complete line of
nernl good always un lnuid.
Fu.
1 1 Patterson.
Imiepeuiier.ee, Oregon.
DRUGGIST
Watches, Clocks and
Jewelry,
CARPETS! CARPETS!
Furniture and Wall Paper
AT BOTTOM PRICES
FOR CASH.
GMLBBftB, 9R1B3B8 oM WJii
Rf'Kiilur -Vice,
15 eta
20 cU.
25 cln.
M oil.
now
ImlopeinU'iufo,
A. J. WHITE AKER,
10 ctii.
Met
171 ct.
20ct
Oregon.
A KAKIC OPPORTUNITY
TO I
GET A STOVE,
rKor Hih Next .10 Diiys. I
Do - You - hive to - Eat,
-OK
PAP U Mr IDlT'Trin
v. Llll I. J.U X JL1J J u
Have a large supply of STOVES which
hey will sell for LESS than COST, for 30
days. All not sojil by that time, will -be seht
back 4o the W holesale House.
CALL AND SEE Ti l EM,
EAT TO' LIVE?" "WHICH?"
J. D. IRVINE,
THE GROCER,
WANTS TO KNOW. .
If you eat to livn, you want to grt itutwtantial food nd at the very
lowwt prlw, and Irvine in tlie one to sell you good.
If you live to nit call and we what dollmclw lie lw in nl nwj
t . l J.... v1iilr tan at i Lit i it,
grocery line. All the very uicnut ana maiiow, jus......
desires,
Don't forget that fine Htock of
Crockery, Glasswnro and JLnrnpH.
LOOK IN THK BIIOW WINDOW.
W. E. (.OOl'EIt.
n. I). COOPEM.
COOPER BROS.,
HARDWARE,
HENRY WALLER,
BOOT
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SHOE
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Mrs. B. Coburn. 1!)
Maw. ' '
"For chllilron aflllctod with oolds,
coiiKln, or throat, or croup, I do not
know of any rmdy which will elvo
more peeily relief than Ayer'i Cherry
Pectoral. I have found It, also, lnvalu.
able in case- of Whooping Cough."
Ann Lov-Joy, 1257 Washington tret.
Boston, Mass.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
rnitPAKiD bt
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mat.
Sold bj ill DruggUu. Prlc. 1 ; il. bottles, ft.
Th Celebrated French Sure,
ArnKUDITINE
Warranted it
v cure
IS Roi.D ON A
POSITIVE
GUARANTEE
Jo eure any
form of uerveue
dlieiwe, or sny
disorder of the
Keueratlve or
gans of elthw
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PROPBIETORH
IKE BON TON RESTAURANT.
A rrcn
neosslr me of Htlmulaiits"v.baoco or O-Him
or through youthful naiiit,7r ind! Z'
Betty Besrlni
Weakuom,
of property Eatern Oregon 1 wwessed jiMarinufE!
muy Kwiucnu uiguas YVlimmeitO VailCV, tiectwoiten lead topreniatureoM.; ,,!!,,,
and Heaven knows that we are not Vninivi?-'i ?.?.' foriM Sent
which If us.
laan-
,!nr or f,HfA '
asaessed half a high a we ought to be, a.Aw.1"T?E? wahantkb forewy6.or
and would be, under a Jut and enult- 'i m i W nSSSJL itSSSSS
nmnortv In )"ng, or ooin sums, iieraanentlr
property in eursd by AniiioniTi -a. circular Vrl? IdTiilZ
1 HE APHRO MEDICINE CO.
ableasHessment of all the property In
the state. I it true that the taxnaverti
Multnomah are In debt six time as
much a the value of their credits, a
SOX 27,
tmM BRiMCH,
PORTLAND, OS,
For sate by Duster A Jjooke.
MBALS-8 -A. M. to 9 P. M.
25 eta. 9 P. M. to 12 M. 50 cts.
Board $3.50 iw week.
I thoi put up by
D. B. FERRY i CO.
Who trt th Largeit
8aedimn in the world.
B.M.FmnTftCo't
Butlfiiily I llui.tri.ted, Dsicripttvt
SEED AMrfUAL
torlfoe will b mailed FREE to all
appUciiDM, and to lait seaaon s cut.
toinerv. It U baiter than aver. Ev
ery periinn using Oardao, Flower
or field SEKDBihauldundforlk
D. M. FERRY eV CO.
OCTHOIT, MICH
4
STORE.
I desire to inform the residents of all Polk
a . 1 .
county, that I have opened a '.veil selectdJ
siock of BOOTS and SHOfiS. on til;
west side of Main st , near C, and I wish m
r
old friends to call and insnect mv stock. M
matter whether you need a pair of BOOT b
or SHOES for yourself, your .wife, voir
rother or your sister, my stock will contaib
something to suit you. I wish vou to undeii
w r
stand that it is, with me,
Trouble to Show
A:l after you lmvo seen thorn, wlieit you want ti get I ho
Best and Cheapest
You will buy f ma
SOMETHING FINE FOR THE LADIES
H. W. WALLER, Prop'r.
Independence, - - Oregon.
STOVES AND
TINWARE.
JUST RECEIVED!
A FIFE LIKE OF CUTLERY.
Direct 1Vom Now York.
The New Brick, - . Main Street.
Hoods,
W. G. SHARMAN,
IWerebant Tailor, f
SUITS MADE TO ORDER. FIT GUARANTEED.
Custom Goods for Merchants and others recut nd pressed.
I will open monthly neeonnt with MwlianH st Indtpondf-nr sn4
Moninonlh for rfcutlinrj.
C STREET, Oppoaito 3?. O.
KIA .JOHNSON,
LIVERY,
and SftLE
I a 1 J U av a. ' l
FEED
STABLES.
G
BURNS, D ALTON & CO.
11
First-class turnouts and reasonable rates
Slock lea in onr care will w Well attended to.
pit nmmwm fob mmiv wmm
MAIN STREET, , , .NDaPENDO
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n
The Largest and
Stock in the City.
Best
Call
and Examine our Goods.
All Kinds of Country Produce Wanted.
-Mnko n noto of this,-
Goods Delivered Free in
Monmouth.
BURNS, DALTON & CO.
In
toiifa
e
Oregon.
BUY YOUR PAINT
-FOR SPRING WORK
busterIlocke,
R. P. SU1NN,
Shoe
Main Btrmt, Iudopendenoe, opoll Open
Hoost.
Repairing neatly done.
work guaranteed.
All
T. O. FUQUA.
GUNSMITH !
FIREARMS OF ALL KINDS RE
PAIRED. Guns and amunition kept in stock.
Main Street, Opposite Opart Hons
THE NEW
: Fee. : md : Sale
Hk:
SI
Hors.s.
ubl. and
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Firstjlass Turnonta for Commercial Tr
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