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' : JOB PRINTING - - 1 nils IIXJLJVX Lyniww o THIS PAPERS I the lt advertMnjf medium In I'olk county, and isofMlAiitly growing Mler. . TET IT. IHtHIt -.VERY LATEST STYLES AttKM LOWEST POSSIBLE RATES. -je -V VOL. VIII. Five Cents Per Copy. NO. 2:i $2.00 IVr Year. INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1(391. THE WEST SIDE Fo!k CoLir.ly Publishing Company CUM t OKTON, MANAGCKS. Itwil.teM M Hi Is-Hjiitliw In Iiul.'twii Ui iu-v, nivxn, m mimiuI-cIihi mttiu-r. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. I-AVAIIIH IN AjlYANt , One Vwf . tiM HU Month . . . Tlir MenUi. . . M TO ADVERTISERS. Iiul..priii1'li- l IihsUimI l hr licmt of nnvh (iiIIkii (lite iihmI nl llii .rrari, tin tit V lllmii. nt. rivxr. inl n Hi. umin line r iliiiin.in 'Hh'r(il lUilnwd: nullum, it nnmlatiiii of J1 iw'l! to lh rliiWl .lummie ilnl nr ili miiiiiy, whtiti u tii of Win l.it-.i, iinval wntlihv nml thickly uutntrit III 111 W tllmiwlt vmiijr. SKl'UKT HH-IKTU'X Alt t. W -INiHNi'M K lOIMr NO. lnrl .writ M, utile nielil In Mwemlr liall. All e,iiMrtun luvlli,'! lin Urd .attt. X.VMW (ItlWON. M, W. K. V.tl.U.TON, Hnwln, VAt.l.fcY l-OtxiKNo. tJ. a. ; N ..,.. r iiiwia in ,t .?t.V v w hull Y..r Tlmr.l LifrC VtWL rli. All (Mil Kvlhiw G "M ririllTy Invltnt to ml, T. U. HtYr:K,N.i, tfiil r . A. 1HTY, Swrrtnry, I.VdM MUHIK, Nil. ftk, A. F A A. M. Hlnirtl iMmiminl, hut. tir Uoftirv nil) ittMa i..i immlh mid iu wwfcs tlwnrtr. J. W. lluelvr, W. M, r U kt'lliim,M PUVSICIAN3-OKNTISTRY. LKK & BUTLKR, Physicians &: Surgeon. U. S. Examining; Surgrons. o.r. i. tut !.! ul U.lu 6k, IMl. J. K. loom; l'hysician an.l Surgeon, Butna VisU, 0gon. DR. J. B. JOHNSON, Resident Dentist -III work wurrnniiil to five Uic l"l tlf .uli.lu.il.ili, IMiKl'KMUKM'K, XfTOFtNKYS, OHKOON A. M. II UK LEV, Aiturnt'v and Counselor at Law. Otn5 SulUl liilrwluU tif Nl't I1"". Imh'pMiilrnre.Or. "cTi. McNALLY, IRGHITEGTIHOHAUGHTSMflN HIHIM7 Hl.UItr.IMAH IIMKK, tUMMKItCI VI. ST.. HA1.K.M.OU. Mitchell &i Bohannon llnmifm'tiirr"f Sasii and Uooks .1. NA Wl Mi. . Indoiwndonpe. Miiiu.lrn"' G. W. SHINN, HOUSE, SIGN and ORNAMENTAL l,.i.r Hniwinic. FrowuliK. t'.ta. VUl rmiiiin iiiK)IHiJoiimi'UililM, Inili'lK'liili-n. Mian Ada Judwtn, Mm. William.. JIDSON & WILLIAMS, DRESS MAKERS CUTTING UNO FITTING II SPECIALTY. .Ww llnnk Hiilldin. Indi pfiidini. DRESS MAKING! MISS GEORGIA KISOR, Mmimoiiili Ht., Iii(li'ii'l''l'. Driiiaratiiiiilotunrdi'r, and mitliig dono on the bi'Kt nd miiat mnilcrn ayalnin. A irlnl will ixmvlni Ihnt my nyatem l lmi!d on w lintlllii firiui'lplin and l mi t ulpnae my pnlmnn. ri,. rLiuumulilH mid work fnrnUlicd a promlHoil, MRS. A. M. HURLEY, Milimcry a Faasy Good; Next to Independence Natlonel Bank. Indhpemdirci. Obeooi. S. A. PARKER, Miimifi:turor und dculcr In 9nUi Honrs. : Moulding, : Etc. Kull Htm ol rihuw, nil alzua. kfpt coiiKtnntly on band. Hillnl rnUw on onntrnew. KiuUiry on It. It. strwt uenr depot. CITY HOTEL, C St., Independence. J. UJllL Wiptit Fimt clww in evary roBpeot. Hpcciiil attention given transient customers, unmplfl room for commercial travelers. BRICK YARD J. R. COOPER Of Independence, having a steam engine, a brick machine and several acres of finest clay, is now prepared to keep on hand a fine quality of Brick, which will be sold at reason able prices. 1 HANKS. KmIuMWIhhI liy NtKml AullinrUy. -THK- FIRST NATIONAL BANK. of Imli'int'n, nn'juii. Capital Steok, Surplua, 50,000.00 $10,000.00 J.&CMOVKH, U W. nullKKTWiN, rnwlili'iil. Vtt ITMtili-Hl. W. II HAWI.KV, Ctuhlvr, DIRECTORS. J, H, Oniiwr, U W, Ktiliprlaun. llcliuli'k U. W. Whltiwkvr.W, W, C'dllii'. A (vnrml butiklii) bitnlnoM ImiiwtiHl, liny nml wlU irlmnii n nil liiiirlnl polnta. VII twvlv ml milJiHil In flmk r on wr llrtiwliirdHMlt. Ciilln'lluua mmlts dltli lioum; , in. In! p. 111, THE INttll'liXlir.NCi; National Bank ! Capital Stock, $50,000.00. II. ItlllMCIIIIKUO, AltltAM NKIJHOX, W. P. WJNNAWAV rrmlUcnl. VUi? rtntldrnU . iwhli-r, 1 general bankllif nml rn-limiito liti.lmw IrotiuHtiHt; hwtiii rnul. I)lll dlwuuniMl.int. iioivUl citwlllii jrntiUnl: a-n.lui rwlvtl an Mirrvnl invuunl ili)-l Ui ehook, Inlet"! llil on llinv tlvpmll. lUUHTtUI J.lui l..tnuill. II. M. 4il"f"". A. Utwdiimn, II. UlrwHlwm, A, NnUan, T.J. Iww.t. A. Allen. lFtnllihl by NhIIoiihI Authnrity.) Capital national Bank I Or SALEM OREGON.1B (it,ind paid , ptymm Surplus, $18,000. H.H. WAI.I.ACK, W.W.MAUTIS. rililnil. Vim I'twlili-nl. J. II. AI.MKUT, ilwlilr. LOANS MADE Tu Krninon llnnUn,riiiwlmnUl'l pMtlura, culi.lvnwt "if In !". elUii'r III n VMln iraurrlM or ittMI wiuhIioumm. Drarudiawn illrwton New ork.l liliwpi, Hnn r"ranltw, IVirtlnr.d, Winilmi, INri, Him lln, llmii Kmi anil ('in. THE POLK COUNTY BANK, MONMOUTH. 0RK00X. .,i.i ivmi.1,,11 t. A. IMCki'M vir rnwiuru. , ; , T C wilier , ruwuu. ' to 1 riul'UKI.L Capital Stock, Pal4 Up, 150,000 23,000 DIRECTORS! a Mrntia. t. - POWKt.t t?IW ' ISAiC M HIMI-SOM V. B. BUTI-RR. A. h, OttlOu. . Mt vnVlnv hn.in iranearted. I- L.j 1. 1...... m.,in hills dlWMiunled. et- ehinreboulitndeuia, luwreet pld 00 Ume dopoell. - Plrapmal milt end biirjler proof left, eerH by Vele fine luck. Otnce honn t. a. to I p. b. Good and CllliAP. We have the largest ami jjiwi ii. m Stock of lliirmws ever brought to this Hcet ion. ill Our Own Manufacture. direct from the Factory and are the best out of 150 Htylef. Trimming at reasonable Prices. Beamer & Craven. TAYLOR'S Cash Grocery & Bakery ON 0 8TREKT. Preih Rread, Flm end f'ekei on hind ererjf del eiiwpl uiiiit. Mil end frnah itonk ol iienned (node, floor, uu. ooffie. euuer, eeuillee. olmrs end tulMoooe, O. B. TAYLOR, Pro)irttor. II. H, Pattkiwon. 1. P. PattkiihoN, PATTERSON Bros, DRUGGIST -DKALEtt IN- WATCHES, CLOCKS MD JEWELRY. INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. W. 0. BHAKMAN, MERCHANT TAILOR. c.it. Marin to Order and fit Guaran teed. n...inm flood (or Morolinnte and otlier lie nit und Proned. I will open monthly - couU with Merchant at Indopondcnuo mm Monmouth ror luicuiiing. f!. Btiwt opposite P. O. EH W. H. WHEELER KKEIU Till! MIST ... MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,- -PIANOS and ORGANS - -SEWING MACHINES. iVorWfVf Stationery, hikM Fatirg Writing iVw, hkntmuh, Tabid, lulu of all (Wort, JVmW, tuhhm I1ate$ tint JtoMifat. THK LATtXT JX'AU. STYLM OF MVSIC. (tnlit, Nut ami (Vju. Nulwitfitm Jletvimlfor all iViMr. ir. jr. wniiKLKii, Jmlrprntlenw, Or, INDEPENDENCE, HAS NOW, And PROSPECTIVE, Many Advantages. FIRST. A RAILROAD CENTER." Independence to Corvallisby S. P. R. R. Independence to Portland by " " Independence to Falls City by Motor Line. Independence to Salem by " " Independence to Astoria by A. & S. C. R. R. Independence to Albany by " " - A - HOP Tlie prmuit .urea in Hopn, tributary to Independence, will soon Us trebled. The amount of income will reach In a few yearn ,at least one million dollar. The adaptability of our 'lands for special fruit raising, such prnnes, pears and apples; will employ hundreds of men; bring into the country thousands of dollars, and make our farming lands worth from two to three hundred dollars an aero. Fruit raising will bring canneries and fruit dryers. -Sugar Beet Raising- The rich bottom-lands of this section aro peculiarly well adapted to raiscng sugar beels, the profit, abovocost of produc tion, being estimated at from thirty to forty dollars an aero. One sugar factory will call into use over 3,000 acres of land, in creasing its value half a million dollars, and employing labor. How does -it- - CE m Strik you? THE REP0RTCR. I f yr kilt, or yer iiiiirllientl or mbM ofyernll, If yer lion" k on lb, or (Unth'n In yer ' hull; If yrr Mi mi' yer (fniml an' yiTfrlemU tHiinii wr ten, In Ihi'lr IIIIhuiiI, cli.tlu nml tlielr limn- ium no fire; If yer duugliUT runaoirwld Hie rnuii- limn ut all, Or If ye'il lw urlur bIvIh' a bull, Or If ye an wronged, a. a ifri'itt tunny am, Or uWrve any ntlt who erenlia ye the mnlif.' Who mlm the falli'linml unys a gtxnl word Tlnit lll to your frli'iitln or yimr Am like a lilitt, All' litllliiK there 111 llu'lr hi nrtu light mi down, dViiH to laughter the frtM av their frown? fyerlnmlliigiiiwlila load on yer Imi'k Av Hivrty u bin aa iMildk-r'a pai k; And' If yer iiirnuliiK well, llio'yerlioi vtuhr liHika dim, Who II mU It out jiiUltiT, and lifl ye tliuu hint? Who all that' ninny and te all tliat'a "in I An noon a till wnnii-hfarl4'l, tiii'k- willed lad? Who'itanywlnrt., everywhere, mumliliie or nil n, An' morl tlionulit-jewel up wife In hi tirulu? WlfoV alay a-KiwIhiK UU rrtemlx wid a laugh, An olver U tilud If there'a n-iiwm t ei.ll? No mailer If aorrow l hid in hi br"iwl , "tin ki nt to liiinw lf. lavlnir Mom for the rvt. KiioiikIi N-iIn Krminiti' au' liimuilir tlielr lot, The meiilrr laid over the aoolier forgot. Au' thu he pie on tliro' the Imttle av nr.-, The flwt to iiiuUe miv au' the tlnt In the ntltrife, Till rthrlneil av hi Ntreiigth by old Tlna In IiIh tllght, lie layndown liU ntliiili au' prepare for the iiIkIiI That nlht thai kIIiiiIih over u all on I (he Hhly, Oh! how hard Ihullhe jolly r.-mn her lulls! illr! AN ADVERTISING DODGE THAT DIDN'T PAY. A certain town in this county is ill IHVseill iiiueii rt:in-i I. .!..,! as a result of an attempt by a geiv Neman's furuihhing good store keeper to institute a new method of ndviutisinL' h s wares. A few week ago a friend of the stow keener, whom we may designate as Itrown, showed him a new ad verusing si neme ny jwwiou who uuikw a business of getting up catchy advertisements. It wiw a letter writum in a femeniiio hand writing, inelosinga faded rosebud. On the llrst page of the notepnper, siicli as ladies use, the letter lvad: "I can no longer stand your neg lect. You have treated mo in a way that I will not submit t, und have transferred my affections to ... . . . i This was theeud of the llret page. Tho second contained the elaborate advertiseint iit of the goods of the inerehant So-and so, and was signed "F.mily." Brown wns very much taken with the idea, and without saying anything to his friend he made up his mind that he would imitate it. Ho employed about eleven clerks, and lie cot ono of them to recommend a young lady of his acquaintance, who wrote a pretty hand, to come and write about three hundred letters of a similar nature. He was vain enough, however, to lielievo he could improve on the Boston man's letter, and instead of having on the second pngo a good, plain, unmis takable advert isetueiit of his shop, he said sininlv that tho writer had transferred her affections to Brown, tho gentlemen's furnishing goods limn, whose store was on such and such a t.treet. In each letter he in elosed a faded flower, and tho let ters were signed "Maud," "Mamie," "Jevsie," "Iwlllie," "Annie," and every other female name ho could think of. One of the letters was sent to nearly every man in town by mail. Then Brown rubbed his hands over tho rush to buy things which he thought would eu sue and waited for tho result. The next day one of his best customers, a young man who had been married but a short time, came in the store in a hurry. "Look hero, Brown," ho said, "I don't think that wns very smart ol' yon to send that letter to me. My wife got hold of it and it put mo in a devil of a hole. I don't mind loke, but that is carrying it too far, My wife is packing up her things and says sho is going homo to her mother and is going to got a scpa ration. You got me into this scrape and now vou'vo cot to eet mo out of it." Brown explained as well as ho could that the, letter, was intended as an advertisement, and to con vine) the young husband, took him into his office and showed him d.ien letters like it, which he wns about to havo mailed. This pur tlally sntlslled tho customer, and ufler exactlug a promise that Ilrown would make a written explanation to his wife, ha lea tho store. Hcareely Ilvo minutes had elajiwd when tho door was (lung open and in came n pretty young woman, the wife of the man who had just left. "I want to know who that woman is who wrolfl that letter to my hits bandt" she demanded in tearful anger, waiving one of Ilrowim ad vertising letters lit his nice. "J havo been to mi my lawyer, and I am going to get a separation. I won't stand it to I deceived in that dreadful way. I demand to know who that woman Is. The, creature says sho lias tiaiiHierrei her afioctions to you, sir." l!y (his time Brown liegan to M that something had gone wrong, and that his advertisement was not having exactly the results that he hud i'XHct.i1. Ho endeavored to niitka the same explanation to the young woman that he hud to her husband, and showed her the other letters which he had beeu prepar ing to send tint. He only siiecewlcd in half convincing her and she left the store declaring her belief that It was only a trick to deceive her still further, and that Brown and her husband hud arranged I' as a scheme to get out of it. There was a lull after that until late in the afternoon. ISrowu be gau to see that he had made a bail mistake, and Is'gan to think of leav ing town until the thing blew over. Towards dark they began to drop in one by one as they returned from business, and Brown went over the same explanation until his tongue was tired. He concluded he wouldn't keep his store open that evening, but just as ho was about to close it up in came another young married man. "S here, Sir. Brown," he said, "you played me what I call a mean trick, sending mo that letter signed 'Lillie.' My wife ojieued the letter, of course, and w hen I got home to night there was no supper for me. 'Where's my supper!' I said to my wife. 'There's vour winner,' she suit! to me, pointing to the side board., This fool of a letter of vonrs was Ivinsr there. I tried, to tell her I didn't know anything alxmt it, but she wouldn't listen to mo. 'I lon't talk to mo, yon wretch,' she said. '(So and ask your Lillie to give you some supper, l am go ing home to my mot her.' " Brown liegaii to make the same explanation w hich he had made to the others, in a feeble, tired way "Xow don't yon think that was ... set i l it. . avervs iv sciiemei ' iiskou uie other, in a pitying voice. thought it w as something like that when I stopped in Jones' saloon down the street and found seven lwys in there, and each one of them had got one of your 'chump' letters. I should think a man of your age would have had more sense than to send a letter liko that to a man 8 house, so that his wife could get it. Ifl have any more trouble from this I swear I'll come back here and punch your head for you." Bv this time Brown wiw mad himself and there came within an ace of lieing a light right there, but they finally cooled down and Brown agreed to fix it up with the wife next day. The affair got noised about the town and scarcely anything else is being talked about there. A boycott on Brown is being talked about among tho men who were favored with one of his alleged advertising letters. CURRENT GOSSIP. Tho noblest B of them all Be- ciprocity. Get your shooting irons ready; the season for spring poets is up on us. That cyclone cavorting around in Alabama must have been try ing to make connection with Jay Gould who was in the same vi einity. In darkest congress tho corners frequented by the lobbyist and the congressman whose souls and votes have been bartered for a mens of pottnge. -V It would be, perfectly safe to offer a valuable prize for a valid rea- son against electing United States senators by direct voto of the peo pie. There are no such reasons. , Jay Gould has not yet announced what southern railroad or indus tries ho inteuds gobbling up. But as ho seldom makes long trips for nothing, the announcement may bo el t 1 i evnectofi in a lew uuys, The farmers' alliance of Mary- laud is said to be after Hcnalor (ionium's sculp. It is un opinion not to lie despised,' w hatever may be your opinion of some of the ideas it advance. To the gentlemen who arc trying to muddle the nilvcr jiool investi gation at Washington: Truth is mighty and will in the end prevail, and when it doc woe unto those who tried to smother it.. Tim time is not far distant when Canada will be loudly asking for admission to Uncle Bain's family, and nobody knows it any better tlmti the rotund old fellow gener ally known as John Bull. The farmers of the county never knew until this winter how many friends they had among the most prominent men in both political parties; but talk is cheap, and the farmers require something more siiImI initial. It is estimated that more than eight tons of diamonds have been unearthed in South Africa, valued at f:75,iKK),000 during the last eighteen years, and still drummers nml hotel clerks persist in wearing the ninety-nine cent article. Whatever may be said for or against the reciprocity treaty with Brazil, it will certainly make a market for a great many bushels of our wheat and pounds of our pork, and for that reason Mr. Blaine de serves our thanks, which arc hereby rcsjwctfully tendered. Senator Morgan recently said that ho believed nothing could please the American people so much as a foreign war. Some wonld lie covernment contractor or nn ambitious army or navy ofli cer must stand in Uie senators mind for American people. The financial condition of the country is improving every day, and more than five millions of dol lars are added to the amount of money in circulation every thirty days. This being the case it is not strange that conservative men should bo satisfied to "let well enough alone." The reciprocity treaty with Brazil went intoeA'eet April 1, of the present year. It is estimated that under it our experts to that country will bo from twenty to thirty millions of dollars peran nuin. Last year they were loss than 000, 000. That is practical statesmanship. The young emperor of Germany smokes twelve big, black cigars every day. We don't often give eniporers advice, but we dou'tmind telling Billy that if ho keeps this practice up his nerves will soon lie thumping around worse than his favorite pianist does on a Wagner ian score. We make no extra charge for this advice; it is thrown in with your subscription. Henry Wiitterson's letter to Gov. Hill may, or may not, have inlliienced that gentleman in the taking of the senatorship from New York, but there can be no two opinions as to its being about as impudent a document as was ever sent by any man to another with whom he had not the slighest per sonal acquaintance. No wonder Hill says he never received such a letter. Tlio democratic loaders have em barked in the letter-writing busi ness. It is an extremely dangerous occupntiou for a politician to engage in, us the past has fully demonstra ted. But it always has been, and probably always will be, difficult to persuade a man to profit by the ex perience of others; ho must go through' the- mill himself. Well, it's not our funeral anyway. Governor North, of Georgia, was right in refusing to take nn official part in receiviug Jay Gould be cause be recognized Mr. Gould's visit to bis state as being made in his own interest, without regard to tlio interests of the people of the state; but if the governor has any financial irons in the fire he would better be very careful; Gould is a vindictive man and will stop at nothing to get even with those who dare to cross his path. There is a strike in tho Wash ington job priuting offices. The "union" men walked out beorinpe the bosses would not agree to rais the schedule prices from forty to. foHy-two and one-half cents per thousand ems, and allow extra pay per thousand for all work done af ter !i p. m. One of the largest of fie!S in the cily now has a woman for foreman, und die says she'll etick notwithstanding the efforts of t he union men to persuade her oiT. Senator Muuderson's committee is preparing, under a joint resolu tion of the late congress, to tackle the abuses, known and unknown, in the printing and distribution of public document, with tho inten tion of rcMii1ing a bill.reducingthe cost of this service, to the fifty-sco-ond congress. If the committee Lum the nerve it can easily show how hundreds of thousands of dol lars can be saved without detriment to the public Interest, but I wouldn't bet a cracker that it does anything of the sort. The posloflice department has adopted the new designs for the two sizes of postal cards, and from an artistic point of view, they are alwut as hideous as could possibly have been selected. There are two sizes, one larger than the present jiostal card and one smaller. The large one is manilla ami the print ing on the address side, including a vignette of Gen. Grant In the upper right hand corner, is brown, while the small one, which is white and is intended especially for ladies, has almost the same design on its address side, printed in blue. Those statesmen who say that the ideas advanced by the fanners' alli ance will soon blow over seem to be hitting very near the bull's eye of truth. Those ideas are being blown all over the country on every passing breeze, and the breezes threaten to become cyclones by the time some of the scoffers are ready to stand up for re-election. The fate of Senator Ingalls should be most carefully considered of public men, and the rooks upon which his senatorial sail went to pieces should be conspicuously re-marked upon the navigation chart of polities. Jay Gould is on the road again. Saturday ho passed through Wash ington, and stopped long enough to reach out for some of Uncle Sam's inouey. i le wants some oi t ne pos tal subsidy money for his Pacific mail steamers, of course, and he wants more money for carrying the mails on some of his recently ac quired railroads; and he wants the government to pay the Western Union telegraph company for the messages it has carried for it since Jul j, 1889, but he isn't willing to accept the price sot for the work by the postmaster general, under the law giving him thnt authority. Mr. Gould laid his claim before Mr. Harrison, as well as Mr. Wana maker, before leaving for St. Louis. If a member of your family was dangerously ill would you call in a farmer to prescribe! -If a piece of intricate machinery was out of order would you employ a carpen ter to fix it ! If yon hail a com plicated law suit to defend would you employ a merchant or banker to do it for you! Of course you would not do. any of these obvi ously absurd things, and yet, other wise sensible men are numerous who think it would be wise to fol low the advice of those who have never had any large financia 1 expe rience, against that of those who have devoted their lives to a study of the subject, in changing the fiuancial system of the country. It is the most momentous question that nat ions are called upon to de cide, and a misstep will be followed by untold misery, among the poor. Let us go slow in this matter. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the Brit ish minister, has several distinguished Canadians, including Sir Charles Tupper, nuder bis watchful care to day. These gentlemen have come here to learn upon what, if any, Mr. Blaine is willing to open ne gotiations looking to trade recipro city between this country and Can ada, and Sir Julian, as her Majes ty's representative, keeps in hear ing all the time lost the talk should shift from reciprocity to annexation. If Mr. Blaine's ideas are not too much for the Canadians, it is ex pected that Sir Charles Tupper will go from hero direct to London for the purposo of endeavoring to per suade the British government to' appoint plenipotentiaries to nego tiate with this government. What ever may be done : there are few people here who believe that there is any pobability of reciprocity j with Cnnnda in the ne;ir future.