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About The Independence west side. (Independence, Or.) 18??-1891 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1891)
THIS WLiST SIDE. 1H1'M MY Pjia GjJ.ity pjjlishi,! Company KKllUY. M VKCII a?. 1M1. N amhow Km,Ai.Mr. J. It. Vtwt of thN oily purchased Home land across the river miuii1 month w and ' now tiuv liiDf II clean! fur fruit tn. He lias several moil Hi work with a patent snnnu-millcr. uud hud wk tlie eah wa made fast li a rr tree, und ar ranged that It would full Ml rllU angle to the machine. When the horse h-guii to lighten the wltv, oiu llui la-came emanated and U'fxiv tl workmen were aware the lull fir ciuie down over lliestniuii miller wiiil (o iiiiiiU trves also. The li'rw wn tutilly Injured. Mr. Ilull iiuimuly tikiiiHHl U'luii ill' nvtly UMetiiu the tree, and waa uiily slightly brut Ail. Mosam llouek, Hil von mill ot her w ere out of rungv, The tump-puller was Imdly damagvd. Fink Ih.ii-i.A v. I.ut Tuesday uioru lug wo were Informed tlml our wholi hiuU il cltUcn V. W, IVnlval had pur chased the I'louecr meat market, mul an on I Ui I Ml llio place of IiuIiim. Mr. IVivUal KiKl "Y, I have gone Into tlu moi busbies, noil t waul you to loll llio hmiIu that I mil going to keep a dt.H'k of moat Jut like thin nil the time mul merit tin Ir mitrunaro. I not want thoiu to buy slop foil meat, whou I have ulow Juloy stall foil Uf, at it less price." o tookoil at llio dis play mul fuiaiil Hit tluo looking ipiarler of meat as wo have wen for M loll tlino. Mr. IVrelval thoroughly unilonttiintU buvltur stock. Mini wt wish lilm abun dant SUCCVSH lu liln vouluiv. WoltlVS OK l'KAtiK. Mr. t'liaa. H. Fci who I a traveling m in represent ing thinner llrvw. of iMmlt Mlrtl. niiiilo ii a hik'IhI call ou Wodumday, mul In tin) course of his Interesting con versation about what til) hint hmhi lu Ills extensive travels, remarked: "In nil my travels I have aeon no country to excel that through whli'h I travelled from Portland to Independence It In a garden all llio way, unl of ft. users, but awrleiilttirnl prisliicta, and capable of a vast development." 111m opinion tiilm-ldea willi our own, Hint while our li'KilaUin- inaktu (In ou a bIow al.tlv ll l a miro olio. A Fiti. IIkii IitwuvKKKK. Minors H. M. (''or ami H A. Thorp, ew rlouoeil mlticr ami pnwi'lorn, lmv U'on pnwiMi'lliiK lht hill Honwa the rivoroiu'tof thin pluoo, Hinl found (vllirtiou of mnrliio ili-Htlta on tho farm of Mr. J. It. I'arkor. Tim nauil ultitit' ili'puMil.H ii ml oihor ovliloniiwluill. onto t ho wHililo prtwMou of coal lu tho Immoiliaio vloinlty. Thiw jionllomou Hft' ((oiiiK to iiiutinuu tliolr lnvifttltcu-1 tloim, mul wuiiotliliiK of tntorottl ami valuo may ot Im ilovolo oil. Thore In vorv llltlo inioNlioii but that thw Wll- lanu'lto lx lull of t'oal tlopiHltn. A Bin Tmanhkkk W liuit w'k briotly alliiiliil to tho wilo of tho oor Iiouho. An tlio Kilo IiivoIvmI h laruo mini of moiioy wo rofor to it hkuIii thi wii'k. Tho ohtii bouw Ih a brick lti I !! Inn .Vtxiin fi-ot, ou Main lit root. Il ixmt hIkhiI ton tbiiiiHiiuil ilollum two yoam ao, bin InorouMo In miorty valum inailo it a (f"xl InvoHtuiont at $15,m.li), Mr Jitiiiiio Iiorioilfo in tho pun-hawr. Mr. ltnU r(iu took in purl payiuont Mr. Ilnriixilo's fiinn, ami sold twenty elicit aonw to Mr (on. Itop-ni fiirll lim and biiluiioo for fjnni to A It. Atklim. III. I) SHAM IR. It .hhiIn tho ai- twariiiico of a town to have one nlory ti i 1 1 1. 1 i i I 1 imil tin 'js on tho M ilmlnnl, an I iiili txi.ird tonron, whore ciroim iiiiiipnnio cull panto hi I la, tiro an bud. The practice; of iillowhiK tho atni'ta loading to the river, which aro lit proa ont uiiUmoiI, Ik iK'cupied, mIiouIiI la di'pici'iitt'tl. No one dare put up a dt'ii'iit limkiiikt building, Hiid it would look better to have none than Hhiuitic mid hIiciIji. NVe tihould eoiialdrr the upiivurmieo of our town to utraiiKern. Kiu rr Thkk I'i.antinii. During tho pa.ni week Homo three thoumtud fruit trwti have lieen ordered for pluuting on the rii'h lamln near ludopeudeinw. Among th frincipal buyer aroJ.lt JiihliMoli l")Hll tree, J. It. Cooper 1WK), and Sol Cox Dim. The future of Inde puiidence de'udH upon the planting of our hindit Into fruit auiPthenwe may look for uium-riox, but we want rail roa i U to iiD'onl ipiii k traiiHit. Iticvcl.l-w. ludcpeiidcnif may have been called a faHt town In the pant but wlmt do you think of the town now when we Inform you that It now ban aeveii full grown bicycle and rider, und will mum have fifteen, eight more muehlne have Ih.hu ordered. Will not our men gain I lie reputation of being fast. We wlhli all our fat rcHhlciitH were aH innoiiit In their "faMttlCH." KxctiiKKiN. I-hhI Hiiturdny the nteiimlioat Man.niilllo, ('apt. Hli'lth, paHcd up the river loaded with an ox ciiHion party from the Willaiiictte L'nlvcrnily of Halem. The young folks were evidently having a good time, and after g ilng u far aa Albany returned InUi lu the afternoon. Hkiti.b Up. A. B. (Jrlgg wIhIh all tlione indelited to him to cull lit the l'io ner mai ket und pay tho amount due him to Mr. J. It. Irvine, who will re ceipt fr the Mime. If not paid within a reaHoiiahli! time all account will be placed In the hand of an attorney. MONDAY Hl'IIDOI.Co.NVKNTtON. The Hlxtli annual convention olWhe Oregon Hlnle Kunilny (School Aoclation will behold Inthi'Ciunbirlaiid l'reHbyterian cliui'cli, J'lugonu (!lty, commencing TuoHday evening, May l!)lh and cloning TlmiHd'ay evening, May 21, 1HI1. Ai'itu. i''oii,n. Next WeducHday 1 tlie lliMt of April Iiiwt year a number of our lcailiiig!'.)yoiiiig men pluyod havoc wll h galcn, Hlgim, etc, but till year will "paint the town red" and have a high old time. (Jo low boy! Normal Oiut. The people of Mon mouth uro gritty. They are at work now raining nix thouaand dollarn to pay oil' that little debt no that the Htate may be enabled to take charge of the Mchooi Wu admire pluck. Don't you? J It. N itell, who In in Itonehurg, expected home thi week. In LOCALS. ItiHvntly tin. mtr of I bin mior pal"' vlalt to tliMHl HMiimrltan lioapilal, Portland, and wldtii lbor mot thr Mliw MHOHUlay, Itobtnion, IVlilnand Mho, who nr iiuraca thoiv. V wor oliowu thmiiKli tho whole ohIuIiIIbIi. mont, whor n ovor mw biiiuluil tloiita. Tho lady HiiMrtiitoiitloiit Mr. Wakoman la very aocluhto, and In iMiirHii of coiimaatlnu, Mikt In IiIkIi tornmof tho young latlloa from ln iliH'iiiliu, who aiv lu tin' trahilnit achiHil. Si'voiiloon Klrla arc now lu tho traluluii M'huol.Hiid lu H-rwiuwl hpKnr anovuur (illlaaro tho oivnui ofthoui all. Thoro will 1 Hcrvliva in tlm I hrU Hhii chundi tiotli morning and vvonlug Maroh ISHh, at II a. in. ltov. I'ollug will dlmt mine on tho nwumi'llon In tho evening a nacre. I ooiuvrt tu innlt ofaonga and rooltallotia will I given, r.xcrcUea tu iMiiuneint at 7:.H0. You nn iuvltod to ti prvwiit. Mr. 11. K. Kuun, of tho Cninlliie (iag l'omM4iiy, will wrtaluly have a good word tn nay for ludcpeudoiioi' I nop our iivple gavu him a crowdiil builw) I huratlHy night. Ho ban prom- Imil to glvo u a return aorio of per furmaitcca at amiw fuliiiv tluio Till wwk Mr. llorry, tlm twirage mauler ou tln wol aldo train, wu ooii diictor during tho ahwuc of t'ouduolor Wehater, and look very nobby In bin uniform of blue; bin aftkMllty mako lilm Mpular with both ladle and gi ll' tlfineu. Kauily Old, tho Port laud gambler, who killed Km It Wota.tr In Portland ha had I lire pnviou trial, bad hi fourth trial at lllllnltom I unl week and tlio jury, returned a verdli-t of mini- lailghtor, and he giro to Jail fur one year. Win, (I. Noniiiltli and N. Ikorimlfe if Hlikn-all. woro lu town Thunolay Mr.N'omuith la greatly lu favor of tho idea of a county fair on tho ground at Tiduiagv and will do all ho can to awint lu making It a vuccca. Dr. (loo. K. llomk, of Portland, im prlni'd hi frivud on Monday by com ing up on tho Portland train, (ion. low a full board, I a full-tl.itvt.it ili-tor, ami hi health and pnwrou pM-ar-amv IndloHtea a general fulluow. tjuit'k A Sou have on baud a largo liantily of poro Jauiu buckwheat which he will noil at lx cent kt poliud. Kornaloal lletikleA Walker', lndowudoiuv, and at Mr. (nick ' tin- Idonoo near Suvvr. 4i (IikmI man A lioiity have w-ourvd the orvleiv of Mr. J. It. t'ri'iitcr, of Allatuy, Ore., who in a tlrnt clan tinner and plumber. Mr. t'uriHuiir will move hi family hero a noon a ho can Kvcurw a liouau. Mr. Savage, of the firm of Kliitchor A Savagv, made tbt otllco a i'hII one day till wwk; lie aay Sir Staltbnl (hi flue I'lydcndale talllou) I looking well, and will l lu ludepoudeiiev thi HTIUtOll. Mr. It. A. Fuller from Portland who 1 a thorough Implement, and vehicle man from wvoral year tX-ricncv ha almi excctod a wltlou with UixMhuau A Ixiuly and ha mved hi family to town. Well tho now nclnxd bouno and Iwuk aretxilh lluinhod, but J. D. I I not through footling tho people yet, no mine all ye that aro hungry and he will noil you gixiil chfitiH r than dirt. Mr. Kd (irubb I now employed by tho electric light company an awlnlitnl lamp and dynamo tender. He in rnjH Idly mantorlng the feat of climbing the xili-n, ami adjuntiug wlroH. Itomeinla'r when In Salem to call in at Strong' rtnlutirant, now Wenlacolt A Irwin, and in't a meal not to In ex celled ou the Pacific count for 'S cimiIh, it "71 t'oinmerclat atroot. tf Anyone wanting a Mitchell wagon a Canton rllpa.r plow, or a Canton tri cycle plow can be MalUfactorily fitted out by calling ou II. H. Smith, I.owln- vlllo, Or. Snyl Whore did you get that watch? Why of ooure I Ixiught it of II. It Pattcrnon und on the oiiHlalluivut plan Uh No trouble to own a watch that way. A. J. Whiter and wlf (Minnie Wal ler, of Monmouth) are vUlllng lu Polk county. Their home Ih in the tlourlnh- lug town of Fall haven, Wellington. Clalliiain xlx, kali mlka clalawa; Oh kniku clatawa J. I). I. hi you mucka muck little chlckanien, cum tux'.' A 'ddler alxiut town thin week wu Helling orange at twenty cent a (loz, and hi nalen were quite large. Mr. J. M. Vamliiyn InUuuln hulldlng a rcnldciice lu the nprlug on bin loin near J. H. GHpr' homo. IiidoiH'Uileiice ban a pugillnt In the Donon of F. Ja-Ihj, who Ih ready to meet Duve Cuinpbell. The Durham Itro. inform iih that they have Hold their butcher IhihIiicmh to Mr Ii. It. Frazier. Why (iaiinot we have a big picnic abuut the flmt of May ut Indepen dence? Mr. A.J. Whltoukor, of South Itend, returned to WaHhhigton hint Tuenday. The Japanene wedding Friday night wan a pleawint affair ami well attended Clillilrenn trimmed hata from 4(1 ct. to2.fi)ut Macaulay A ItobcrtHon'. Hurah ImU for the little folk In nil color ut Mucaulay A ltola-rtnon'. . An endlcHH vurlety of gold and oilver trimming ut J. L. Htocktonn. J. I). I. ban Hold .W canon of oil tliln winter, but ha a few cime left. TIiihm) niolannc ut J. D. IrvlncH Ih lapping good truck, tiy them, Mr. J. Webber bun the new fencing aljout hi houne completed. Vinegar and plcklen by the pint or gallon ut Henkle A Walker. The lurgeat und lient Htock of grocer Ic In town ut J. D. irvln.s. A fine iiHHortmeut of garden ncedn at Henkle A Wulkom. Hewer ure being placed on Mon mouth street. The city council Ih looking for a "city pound." Go to Wheeler' and nee thut 10 cent music. Smoke Banner figure. Pay your luxe. 1 Ih (I miii Ksoi iin.-t.at full Clittrlinl llivthwalloloft liiilomiiiiloiiiHiidiip,ul., ,, n. i...t v..ri ,.i ....... M,..J,n Fallatllyliilonl OriHrm, and aouuy.f llu. M in , '"mlk without mldoror kmIiIukIoii. J to found tlliira iliillt .. ovory pla,,, ud lu tin town of tlwfM llin J v.Hiia- Kailie xl.o a Independence did lie find a much life and apparent oiilerprlwi a bore, The town along the Columbia rlvor have a buy kohhoii and thou two- thliil of Hi year It I untmuioly dull, while hero a Utile huniueiM gora on the year around. Holm rolurnitl to thi elty mid av It I "amid onoutth" for him. t iU NTV r A I It AND ItAl KK. Mer. Dainon A Wlllliim arw thinking of lit ting up the Talmagii race track and having a county fair there thi full. Tho move hould U' encouraged, I -el a Htix'k iuupaliy lie organised, and building any 4iixl 'hi - it need lie only ch.mp maiorlid -Iwoiwied for exhibit mul machinery. KngiiKiMilI the bra banil In Polk cniiniy, have a c.uii' tltioll drill between Sherlilail and Mou itintilli itillll In iiitiiiiiinir.4, mul let li e 'all hint at leant a week. CaiioI.IMC (Iaiik. Thurwlay even lug the Caroline (luge Co, played to a packed houno which Wit annureil by tho wile of oal in adviui v. It I au exct'lful um puny und a great favorite with our Hoplo. They will l wot coined at uuytliuo. Now I your obiiiui', for tho next twenty day wu wll make ealil not pho tograph forttl I one dollar ier done u ; llral clan work I our lllol to, colim one come all, ami examine our worn. Mom i:k Hut., Oullcry m mill of l'ol Ottlco, Salem, Orw. J F. t)'lonuell call olal atleil- lion to hi now mock of nnrtlug gixMl, oounlxllug of gun, revolver, llxlilng tackle, pll( liamlxxi ihxIx, Ac. Th cri'W of iiioii which ha Ui-u at work hero roarrmiKlng lb olirtrle light wlrv tluixhc.1 U work and left fur Portland ou Wednesday, J. F. O'Dounoll ha mvureil J. H Ityuo, a practical plunder and tinner of Portlmid. wlio l reeiiinineudcd to li one of tho lx't. llvmeinU'r Henkle A Walker when bu.ilug your grooerlc, pMvlxloti etc a they carry a full lino and ell cheap a I tie eheajx'nt. Mix Uoorgla Klxor, of Philomath, nlov of Mr, Walker, of IhU illy, U hero and iutoudx o'iilUKa ilmwuuuk lug partar .ui. Shelley A Vainluyii have Jut ro eelved illrool from an eaniern factory uu elegant lino of t'nlon Uiiguii Nog tiget" nlilri " J. 1,. StiH'ktou ha Juxt rtxvived au luiiueiixo line of trunk und vullne whlcli hv will oll at I ho very lowot (irlcox, Mix Nora Cixijit, of Mc.Mliiuvllle, 1 vlxhlug (iraiidiim CixHr, uu the farm tx'low town, Mix l'utlu Ctar lx ipiitoxlck. Mr. W. L. Cox, of Mumhlkld, Oregon, ha tx-cti in town movoiuI day and think all the pretty glrla an ix'lle. J. I.. SliK'tou carrle the flue! lino of irimmliiK lu Polk county, call and v 1 1 iciik when at ludepolideuiv, Freh Milk cow, Hay and WihxI, for wile tiy I,. M, Sinter, one mile aouih of town. Wixnl dehvereil. 4t Dave (lelulck alwayt ha on hand frexh caudle, Key Weal clgain and tropical I'l'UlIx lu xeuxoll. J. D. I. ! xtlll Helling ui'ihitIcx, and forcaxh ho will xr 1 1 cheaH'r than any bouxo III I 'oik ixainty. Mix Nannie Shupp will commoucu teaching at the Klkinx xcliool limine the Ixt Monday in April, The front of tho nailery of thooiMTu houxo 1 1 tin Ixx'ii out down o that tho view in much Ix'tlor. Say, do you owe J. I). Irvine for grub for the your tut nr.' If no walk lu and got a receipt. All the pnxloce in Polk county wanted at J. D. rVvlne and ilout you forgot It. Mr J. II. Ulixxlxworth, of Flint Port land, I vlxlllng at the home of II. M. I.llllX Put lemon I Iro. keep I lie Itoyal Ban ner olgarx; they are the Ix-nt cigar made. t ludeH'UileliiH! In fortunate III having tlio bent kept hIiccIh lu Polk county. Smoke the U'xt on earth, the Banner cigar, for Mile by Pittlcraou Bron. Mr. I. S. Whitcouih, of MlnnoHota, 1 vinlllng bin noli at Moliiiioulh. Wc hear il rtiniorcd that we ure. to have another xalixiu lu town. Baby cap from cciiIh to f:t at Macaulay A lioliertxoii'n, Call and examluu (lie lint! lino of ilrenngixiiln at StiM'ktoiiH 1 .allien nliocn from H up, loan ciiiIIchh variety at SliK'klon. Full lino of nililH.r uoo.Ih, bootn, nhoe em., at It. I. William. Putternoll liroH., nolc llgentn for tho Banner cigar, Mm, ,1. S. ConH'r ban boon having the iiiciihIoh. There are no vacanl bonne In Inde pendence, Oregon haniHund bacon ut Ilenklo A Walkcrn, Plenty of meanlc and whiKipIng cough. Prize Baking 1'owilc ut J. D. Irvln. The bent ti cent cigar at J, D. I. Ill Kl). CAMPBFIiL At Moiimoulh, Tliura- duy, March ID, lHlil. KugeuiuCum boil, wile of P. L. Cuinpbell, aged 2T) yeum, 10 mouth and L'l) dnyn. Flineiid took place Sunday morning, the '!d from tlio rcnldencu lUiv. Men Hick olllciating. WILKINS.-AI Independence, Mon day, March 2;i, 181)1, M. L. WilkhiH, ugud II!) yearn. Funeral aci'vlce were conducted on WeducHday. HIIKItliKY.-Moiidiiy, March 211, in fant hoii of r. ami Mr. P, 1). Hhcr l''y. HultmMHtl ItiiklllK Taualll. Mr. Fred Lebo, chumploii heavy weight of Canada, will give liiHtructions In the mun ly art to all theme dcNlrlng. AddreHs, until further notice, ut Jude peiideuce. Am ready ut any time to meet Duve Campbell, of Por.liind. F, LKIK). rlli I'tiy. And whore am to iw lining t Your Uirk from the hreuker eoiuvaloil by the tide. At the time aipolnteil for the regular mooting of the Fall City I'ulmi lat Saturday night, Judge Collin appeared U-fore the few preent ropni'iilliig, ur nilropriwiitliig, thut orgaulMtlon ami diH'liuml to act a nroxliloiit. He wu HHlute lawyer enough U)ithHt aouie aelttxli motive nuiHt have induced tin' w bn o imsenllv wont foromit III do- iiouucliig him to tbuuddonly,wwdly and Hcivncly hiiiIIo uhiu hint. , After giving hi few would-be coiixtllueut Home w boloMime and not uiwullod-for ailvlw, llxteiilug to (lie build, and ami pllmoutlng thoiu iiiu the pMgre they had liiiulo In o brief a time, III honor ihiiihIvoIv ilclmrlixl. and while wending bin way thiHitctfully biuiic wanl tho "Horiiilt" thlnkH, were Id nal aoiitlinent expnmxeil In wordi tliey'd read alxait tlmxly; "Now fare thoe woll-I'il rather muk My bower Uhhi aoliw Icy lake When thawing uu begin luahliie, 'ITiuu iruxt to love an faliai aa thine, ltov S.x.11, of Portland, I holding aorle of xoiloii meellnii here. He I of tho Fm MclliiMllxt itouoliilnatlon, and greatly deprleate the wearing of hat- feather, jewelry. eU'.. Ill fai l goea far a to ak Id luwrer U) give their lewelrv U) him to lie dlnlKmod of, and the pnxrv.lx to tie devoUxl to the ml louurv cuuxo. OrliiK A (illllum liava ad.aiitnl the tuleu ou their Jewelry, nredlclliii an lucroaned dciiiuud will prlug up after hi deMrluro. Hint lum. Nlehola Tarter, one of Polk wuu- lie' iipular action! toachor, tmi moueoil III xchixil at Pe lk lal Mon day with luerottxed mdary. Mr. I.. Hit I nor, who wa takeu III with lung fever, I recovering rapidly, and will aooii Iw out. Mr. John Hlttnor while ou hi way home from Dalla wu takeu lek, and I now lying at Mr Waller' lu .McTlm- mou valley. Siime right or ton fnmlllr are down with liillut n4i; in Mime ciimw whole famltlo ure dowu. Hice Hatlngha been tearing thing aroutid in goueral at III Inane thi Hpriug; be built au attractive picket fence uround the hotnw and garden. A ix ml of xiliil would llll luipruve thing. Kev. N. Shupp preuchtxl awruioii cm the ubjeet of "The Miulxlry of tho (h.ol," lanl Sunday, after which tho congregation vottxl a n-vommondatlcii to the iiilnlnlry to Vim O'Kclley. The lVIx-e xtlll flow Into the I.uck- lamutle " Mavr Hiniug. Mr.Jude Iiughary, of MuMiiiu- vllle 1 vinltlng her ixnixln, Mr. O, A. Wolverton. Mr. A. Cuiillioru, of CorvullU, ha twx-u vlxltlng hi von, W. F. Cautboru, of till plain. Mr. H. Mi I.uuo 1 vblllng her moth er at Lew lnvllle. Mr. K. (iarr and fiunlly, of Kaniui, are vlxltlng relative hero, Mr. Have, xtato mauler of the grunge, addnwMHl u Weiluoday evening. Mr. Amy Stool ha the la grip, ulno Mr. J. Huhlwrd. Mr. litxi. Hiililor Da txiuglit ever PHI aero of laud the other aide of Snip crook of J. It. Slump. M.M. Suver I omivalcNcut after a x'll of Mlckllew. Ntiritt! Atlilvlvt t liming-. Tho Normal Athlete aro uow mak ing preparation for a grand Joust to bo kIvoii In ludcN'iidenc at uu early dalt. ThUaiK'lety 1 Indeed a valuable addi tion to the Normal hcIuhiI a It afford a Mplcudld chalice, not only for gentle men, hut for ladle tu lake imrt In the physical oxerclae. MIhhTuiIiIII, with her eta of young ladle, drilling hi the dumb-lH'll oxorclne I indeed a rare treat, and nhow a marked doga-v of uonclneuenn and training. Tlie boy claim to Ins noeond to none In the atute lu producing tumbler, xt former on the ring, barn, etc, aud no doubt will make u ploanlug nhow ut the coining entertainment. A the weather Ih Inxiimlug out-doorttort, the boy are Imiklug forward to u nerlc of tour liaiiioutH expectcxl to lx) held by the no ddy, ut which will lie game of tiano hall, foot-ball, jumping, fool racing, etc. Kvorylxidy Hhould attend the coming entertainment ax thin will prob ably lie the liwt Indoor H'rforuiaii(c given by the uwtoclullcui till' nprlng. Tlie program will connlnt of Mingn, npeochcH, tumbling, swinging perfor iiiaiiiv on the bar and ring, ludlali club Hwlliglug and hint but not leant the HTt'oriiiance by Hie iltiinli-U-11 club ul eight liullcH. Toljixvirnf lllxtl-lnt Nil. !lll. At a meting of the board of director on March 12, It wiih ordered to extend the time for the payment of school taxes until April 1, IMU. After that time utl dellli(iiciit taxen will Im1 turned over to nlierlll' for collection. M, L, WlllTK, Clerk. Tli Now Cxiniuii. The cciihuh ban ut luat Ihh'ii completed. Chicago 1 now the second city lu the Union. In lHKOnlie bud but ftKl'lKKland Phlliidcl)hla 84(I,(KKI. Only ten yeara sliows Chicago with 1,01)8,000, a gain of over half a million, while Philadelphia ban 1,040,000 u gull) of hut 200,000. It liaikH now iih though Now York would noon lie playing hocoihI Addle to Chi tsagouH well. In 1880 Now York had 1,200,000 und now ho ban 1,113,000, or again of a little over ,100,H)0. The South 1 uIho hIiowii to be waking up Atlanta, with 84,000 In 1880 uow hat 05,r00 ncurly doubling her former pop ulation. Birmingham, Alu., with lca than 10,0(M) In 1H80, now lion 2(1,000. Hun Fruucinco'H Incrcane ban beeu a little disappointing, biitnhc bun panned Cincinnati in the rune lu u handsome manner und is now 8th, pretty fur be hind Baltimore with her 433,000, Mrn. L. Wincman, of Walla Walla, Is vlttltlng her sinter Mrs. Wayne Wllllum. X IH.D tUTTkll. Suchall tie thlng-alellor, Yet o iimcli it may contain; Written thought and mut expre. lum, Full ofpleaxiiM, fraught with pulu When our heart am aud at jmrtlng t.'i a gleam of comfort bright In tha mutual pronilxo given, "We will not forget to write." Plan mid doing of the absent, ScntM of new we llk to hoar, All romluil u e'en though dlxlant, Kind rouiemhrauiw km-p u near Yet nomi.tiiiie a hIiikIw loiter, Turn lliemiiixulnu lulu xhiulc, Chill our tillorta, cloiuU our pn- IHM't, BIIkIiI our hoK and make them fade, MoHxengor of Joy or orrow, I.lfe oi death, vtlcccaM, dcnpalr; Hourorv of att'ectloii' wlnlio, (irei-tliig kind or loving prayer, Who bn not aouie treaurtx k'ttor Fragment uholi'e of other live; Belli, oiiie, of friend ilerlixl, Friend wluwe memory xllll sur vive. Touched by neither time nor ill tulioe, Will their word unspoken lust, YolccltM whl'ra of the piivieut, Slleiit echmHi of tlie it. FOR 1HE H)UNG 10LKS ar l.Muna, The young reader of the Wxr Hjhk liould find aouie thing to intvront thoiu aud to t'uuourttgc uch au luve- tlgallini we Intend to proxiutid ome UHoflll ipiollou thi week, and the Unit iwrwjn miidliig u uorrect uiiNWera to them will be entered uu our ltU of xulcrllxjr fornix inolillix, free. We do not Intoud to make these ipicntlou hard one to answer. 1st. How many claw ha a cat? 2nd. How many counties ure there lu Oregon? 8.1. (ilvoarf andxipulatlonof Polk county! 4lli. When und w hore ! to l held the World Fair',' Mil. Wlmt salary 1 uild tho govern or of Ort-gou? Ot li. Wlio once said, "tio Went young man', til. What mau (aid "I demand II In the uame of the liruil Jehovah aud lh continental ooiigren?" Hth. Whore do you tine the words All mou are created eipml!" Ulh. Name the oveil ancient wjinlcr of the world. 10th. Name seven modern wonder. Ln.1 your aiiHWora be wrllU'ti, ou one aide of the puT, unit refer to ipielioux uv number. In order to iilve our country readers uu tnuul chance with tluiM! tu town, none of the answer will tat examined until each Sat unlay eveulug. If all the ipioslloii are liol auwea'd the person uunweriug tlio liiist will receive thecrodll. Tliu iUe- tluu may Hpx-ur very lmplo tml we aresuruour youuu fileiui win nun imuble to answer llieiu all. A Nlalomsnl. I ilaliil a few ' week since that 1 could rotor parties wishing troaluient to put loot under my professional care that wore l'lug rapidly rwioroil lo health. SomeoflhoMu luitlenM since Uieii have Ufii eltia'tually cured, aud everv one that baa carefully followeil lustructioiiN have realized all that wim promised and In a few Instance oven mum. ll i u much belter lime now to treat chruuli! ee thuu during the winter mouth, when the wouther lx so chuugable. 1 will not hesitate to guur- aulevaatlKfacllou to uiilciit who w ill faithfully observe and carry Inlootlcot all OMtcultuI directions. Oive u a call. W. F. Piu HK.N, M. 1), Ollhv on Monmouth St., opposite City Hall, Independence, Oregon. Olilluary. Sunday wu u sad day in Monmouth. The lingo crowd of our fellow clllciia, a well aa many of the good people of ludc!iidciiou, which gathered at the residence of Prof. P. L. Campbell at the hour of 1 1 a. m. attended the reiect which existed for the dead unwell as hir tho living. Mm. Kugoula Camp bell, the beloved wife of tho honored pivshlt lit of the Oregon SUite Nonnal ScluHil, dcMirtod this life on Friday, Murch 2i, ut four o'clmk p. m. She wa boru lu Portland, May 23, lstk, and wa the second daughter of A. dehor, now deceased, uud All. Char lotto Kielajr, now a resident of Mou moulu. On tho 7th day of September, 1887, in the quiet mid beautiful towu of Forest, Drove she U'cuine tho wife of om dear friend Prof. Cimiplx'll; and, truly, it can lie mild, that no husband ever had u more confiding and dutiful com panion. Hhe wa a member of the Pnitentant Kiiscopal church aud very ardently at Inched to the faith of her childhood. Here, ut Monmouth, Hhe wan u constant allimdant umiu the unlec of the Chrlstliin church, if which her hiisiland Ih a faithful mcmlicr. She was seldom nliscut from the prayer meeting, und was a regular teacher In our Sunday Bcbool. After short Hcrvlct'H ut tlie house her remains were taken to tho cemetery, mouth of the village, und then laid to rent by the nide of her little boy, Herbert, who preceded hi mother to the grave eigh teen monfliH ugo. In the culm convict ion of one who know her well I enn truly nay that u more humble, devoted ChrlHtlaii woman, of her age, I Imve seldom seen. Free from nil guile, alio nerved her Lord fuithfullyiiud conntmit ly according to her honest convict Ion of right und duty. One dear little girl, only two months old, Ih left behind. Thank (Jod for the hope of the (Hw- pel. It. M. M. K40 Acrsx at KI r Ann. The largest und best puvt of the old Palmehu tract, on the Little Luekhi mutte, one mile above Full City und terminus of tlie projected extension of the Independence und Monmouth H. It. Fine tlmU'r, valuable build ing alone und good proMx'ct of coal and Iron. Ih In the Wllianielle (hernial belt above the frost Hue, und splendid land for fruit. Addren the owner H, B. Heed P. O. box 588 Portland, Or. 4t Independence dancing club lias second party Saturday evening. 1U J. F. O'Donnell tlm Jimt riMMilvcil tho OXLY CA! LOAD of Huggie direct from the Muiiufwilurer, without iH'ing bought through roitltuul Ifoiim. Thin-tdorc, I can wtll a HKTTKIt (iHADU for LKH8 iniuicy thuu my coinju-titont, g -Thn Only (JuiiitlU- - of - Sjortiiij - In I'olk County. INDEPENDENCE, o X o I I o y. o" CD CD f ST it i E a U m x o CD a. c 2f? H ? in CD X) Mtinatitr l.urauiullvt. What a remarkable nietuinorphoHi b iNintiuuully In progrean lu the phys ical life of railway uud their eipjip meut. Twelve year ugo a 40-tou loco motive wu exceptionally heavy; to-day the 00-ton englue is lu common use und the tendency Is dally toward a heavier equipment and a ndl und road-bed callable of sustaining such an Increase tu weight The ltuldwiu Locomotive Work have completed four .-lou eu- glnc for the St. Clair Tunnel railway, and aa they art? supposed to bo the largest iiHioniotives ever built ill tue world they ure looked upou a glaut mount rimitie. Vet the same relative change during the next teu yeum a has chaiucterizod the part ton yeurs would bring hucu nioiisUrg of power Into goueral Use even us passenger loco motive. The heavy ladeu express train uow running lu twoaud three unc tion aiv already overtaxing tlie locomo tive at present linwe, notwithstanding its welirlit bn beeu Increased one-lliiru, while the rail to sustain It bus beeu In- reused from 1)0 pounds to 80 und 100 noniiilHto the vard. The locomotives lo which we have here lutide reference uro guuruiitced to bundle a load of 760 gnws ton up a grudieut of 105 feet to .i i.. Thv have five nalr of 60 llic mm'. 'j . Mm wheel lwi Inilng lo feot 3 liiebo. ,Tle cyllndom are 22 i.. In diameter with a 28-inch i,..b, The bolter 18 u lew s iuimicb .u .Uu.oeler. with 280 Hue of 21 Inclic, iviua ineiiKs in lomrtli. The Ullll l" "UK" w furnace l H ft'"t long and 3J feet wine, With Hitch mounters of power in use and freight cam already itouuiea m cimuclt v the railways of the future will . ....... i Lull t I'lilivimi IfililH'ltll nave i-u w ii-ouio.. w....tv- - ijC. Mr. no. Skinner, wdio returned home on Thursday, Is much changed In iippeiirunco, from his new style of uhnvlmr. His h ems scarcely anew him. tit saeraafe THE BEST Ll, M, I'KHKV Co I iHuslrMteJ, Deturiptive and PHccd SEfD ANNUAL I For UJ9I lil he mulled FREE J .o nil upiJiicnntN. nml to lait season aintoiin..'.s. Jt ii better tnanavar. tr"etv fwrsiin H'ing Garden, twwr ,rr rWrf" Sftdt, ihould I .r It. Adilreu L TV; HT. MICH. &xn JiS'K'.in ii iiuhe world J M (Hia OREGON H. D. WALLBR- And aro Lcatlcrs and intend to always LEAD. Our quality of Goods both Boots and Shoes Are in the Lead. Our LOW PRICES take and are IN THE LEAD. Cull aud see us and Examine our Goods. H. D. WALLER, Main St., Independence. The Pioneer Store - SHELLEY Have Just Received Direct from MtMAcMiMM'i -NEW YORK- -AND- San Francisco. An Elegant lino of Spring Goods in all the Kew' Styles and Patterns, and are wady for the Spring Trade, Our Clothing is Immense. Our Hats are Complete. Our Shoes are First-class. Our Facilities for doing Business are Unequaled in County. Good Quality and Fair Price is our Motto, welcome One and All. Shelley & Independence, Oregon. All Kinds of Sheet-metal-ware made to Order. Plumbing: a Specially. OF - & VANDUYH ! the We VanduyiL X,.