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J, I. H. IU, IDITOR.
Vest lti Publishins Copany
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FMIUY, J NUAKY 8, lsi
Farkwkix old your, all bail tlir
new, our hopes are uow on
Mn, Ik'U is improving the Wrst
What do you Uiink of our t'ftbrt
this week iu supplyiugthedeiusiKls
for iHlrert ising Polk count y in a way
nudist ft cost never bufort) attempted
in the comityt
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If you Appreciate our efforts to
forward the material luterenU ol
Polk county, Send iu your orders
for 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50 numbers of
this issue, and send to your friends
east. Only 5 cents per copy.
Tukre were sevei ty-three mar
riagvH in Polk county during this
year 1S!U That in not 80 tad for
county of good population. We
must have at least 100 marringrs iu
IvS'.rj. This is leap year, you know.
Til r West SlDK l'utdislanj; Com
pany hereby acknowledges valuable
assistance rendered in getting out
this Issue of the. paper by Hon.
Stephen Slants, J. T. Ford, city
recorder, Henry Clodfelter, and
others.
Wb have expended more money
in the five months we have owned
tho West Side for its improve
nient, and in the interest of this
whole county, than any other paper
ever did in twelve mouths in this
county. We started in to make a
paper for the people, and we Uiink
very strongly of succeeding.
he
That man "Skimmer" of the Did
las OAwrtrr ought to have a chroino,
for being able to weave a statement
out of whole cloth that is wholly
untrue in every part. "Skimmer's'
"good authority" simply does not
exist. We must have wounded the
bird, the way it flutters. Our
wrongs, auyway, would not atone
for "Skimmer's faults. What
"Skimmer'' says of the last grand
iurv or rolk county Is not very re
liable. It isso easy for "Skimmer'
to shout from ambush, or "pw
around tbe corner" and fire into his
neighbors. It is quite likely that
"Skimmer's real name begins with
an S. "Skimmer" say that
"will talk," and so he does talk
about bis neighbors, and "behind
their backs" at that.
ua pa ck os ms ha chv
How often yon have heard the
alwve heading spoken in reference
to some successful man. who has
worked his way up by inches, until
he is now master of the situation
Our attention has been especially
called to this expression by a receni
article in the Oregoniun, taken from
an exchange, which said that "fif
teen vears aco Prof. . I. II. Horner
came into Corvallis with 'a pack on
hisback' without education, agrecn
gawkish lioy." lint he went
work choring and janitoring and
to school, and thus by strict at ten.
tion to all kinds of business en
trusted to him,and by a rigid appli
cation to his books and by giving
hoed to the tenets of the moral law
and observing the same, he ha
risen to the proud and enviable
position of, at this time, filling an
important chair in tho Slate Agri
cultural College, at Corvallis. 'V
liack on a man's back" is a thou-
Band fold surer passport to success,
than gold and rubies, or a famous
ancestry. Strange but true that
gold always has a deteriorating
effect upon children, A famous
ancestry, begets in the minds of the
young men or women a distrust ol
themselves, and a reliance for sue
cess upon the fame of their an
cestors. Know me a young man
with "a pack on his back," good
health, average good mind, not
necessarily a genius, and strict ob
server of good morals, add to these
an indomitable push and energy.
and all the powers of the Devil
cannot keep him away from a happy
success. The really successful men
in Oregon to-day,in point of wealth,
letters, jurisprudence, theology and
all else, caino here with "packs on
their backs." 2fo rich young man
has ever come here and succeeded
The man that makes a million is
always industrious and persevering
until the day of his death, while
his wealth damns his own offspring
jn thousands of instances. What is
the conclusionf Well,a man is a fool
that will attempt to get great wealth
which he knows will be a detriment
to himself and family. The prayer
of Agur was about right: "Give me
neither poverty nor rU'hetj," Yes,
"a pack on a man's buck" ia by
no menus a disgrace, ami no teusl
bio ptieeeswful inau will ever 'de
spise the day of small things. "
is ovti vovkt voMi'urcxrt
INDKI'KNDKNCK, Okkuon,
January 1, imi. J
Afcwra. Aity, .S'tWry 6 .Mia, At
tomtit ttt rfiir, AiMim, Or. -OliS
TUttiKXi A numlior of clti.en of
Polk county think that our county
court a now constituted laeka a
member to niako Hit action legal
In the interwt of the taxpayers
wo ask that you give your legal
opinion iu the matter, us guive
questions, fixing the taxation, for
tho wining year may inako sonic
complications which would retard
the I'usinetw growth of tho comity,
Yours most truly,
Wit Sum Pviti.iHiuxu tU
PKR. J. li. Sf. IlF.t.1.
Following is the reply sent this
paper by Messrs Daly, Sibly
Eakiu:
D iuah, Poi.k Our NT Y, Ok., )
January . l'.i- I
HVirf SUIt I'Hblinhiiuf ( Wixisy, In
itptmiltntrt Oiwoa tiKNTft: Your
favor was received the "id iimt, in
answer iwrmit us tostaUj t hat under
tiio law or our state, wmcii any man
whocau read should understand,
there is a vaeaucy in the lioard of
comity comiuiasionera for this
county that should and ought to
he tilled immediately. On page
ll'.i'.i 11 Hill's tMle, utider the head
of Vac inch, tho following sect ion
is the law; "Sec JSMt. Kvery offlee
shall tHHHmo vawuit on tho occur
ring of either of the following eveuts
U'fore the expiration of the term of
stub oflleo ana suWItvisloii 4 of said
section makm the following reason
a vacancy: His censing to ta au
inhiibitaiil of tho district, county,
town, or village, for which he
shall have ln eleetwl or p
KiiutHl or within which the dutiea
onus olliee arc rtHiuireu w w uis
chargHl. Now as every fit Ueu of
Polk eouuty is aware, u. V,
Mc.ticnch, Kso,., has for tlm or four
months past In-eii a resident ol
Marion iHuuty, and had no act or
part in performing the dut ies of the
ollice to which he was eltH'twt It
is a piineiple of law us old almottt
as the law itxelf, that although nu
ofliwr may die either naturally or
by removal from olllee Uuviigli
some course ouier uian ueaui, yei
the oflice never dies, and section
2150, page 1111. 11 Hill's Code,
directs the manner iu w hich the
oflice shall be tilled, as follows: "If
a vacancy shall happeu in the oflice
of county treasurer, county assessor,
county surveyor, or commissioner
ofthe eouuty court,tho county court
of such county must appoint some
suitable person to till such vacancy,
who shall hold such oftlco until the
next general election thereafter, and
until his successor is elected and
qualified. A person appointed to
(ill a vacancy iu either ol the onices
mentioned iu this section, before
entering umm such olllee, mu.st
qualify therefor as in the case of a
person elected to such ollicc." The
fact that grave questions will prob
ably arise regarding the act ions of
the state board of equalization hi
ninny instances raising nod others
lowering the assessment or the
county taards, makes it, in our
minds, a duty ofthe county court of
Polk eouuty to be fully equipped
for business, so that Polk county
would not suffer on nceouut of a
lack of an official head, to wit, the
three members composing the
county board. Tho law is plain
show ing a vacancy iu the board and
is equally plain directing how it
shall be filled.
IJespeetfully yours,
Daly, Siiii.y & Kakin.
A DEMOCRATIC VI. I'll OllOAS
17.EIK Dallas, Ok., January t, 1S02.
Pursuant to coll of the state as.
soeiatiou of Democratic clubs, a
number of Democrats of Dallns,
Polk count', Oregon, met in the
office of Daly, Sibly & Fakln, for
the purpose of organization. A
nucleus of tweMty-fivo nicmtiera was
formed, around which it is hoiel
the whole parly w ill rally. L. O.
Your Couch
Has not yielded to tho various rem
eilicd you have liecii taking. It
troubles you day and iityht, breaks
your rest and reduces your strength.
Now try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
before tho bronchial tubes become
enlarged or tho delicate tones of
the. luiiKs suntain fatal Injury. As
an anodyne and expectorant, this
preparation has no eipial. It soothes
tho irritated membrane, promotes
expectoration, and induces repose.
The worst cough
Can Be Cured
tjr tho une of Ayer'i Clwrrjr rontoral. f)f.
J. O. Oorclnn, Camil Co., V written: "I
me Ayer'i Cherry I'nctoml In my prm'tko,
ami iMMItli!m:o li w V HlluqilUlCU Ul ft Win-
edy tut coldi and cotiglu,"
"Aftor tho grljipa oough. Tlil wnn my
exporlnnce-a liacklnir, dry coiinh, wllh nn
Inccmiaiit tickling In the throat, imcplng ma
Rwake nlKht-i. anil (llBtiirlilim the IiuimcIkiIiI.
I tried s groat number of 'cuiiKh-cureii,' Imt
thny gave me only temporary relhif. A t hut
I concluded to take Ayer'n Cherry Pectoral,
and before I had lined half a hottln, I had
my flrit ftll-iilnht tlnep. I enntlnund to Im
prove, and now consider mynclf cured."
A. A. Sherman, Cocymain, N. Y.
By Using
Ayor Cherry Pectoral, many hava been
laved from fatal lllnesn.
K. I). Kutalirtmkd, Canterbury. K, II.. nvm
" In the winter of ism I wai a urvoyor ol
lumber In Sacrainonto, Cal. llclng conald
erably exposed, I took a bad cold accom
panied with a terrible cough, I tried levcral
remedies, but they (ailed to euro ma, and It
waa thought I was going Into a decline. On
the advice of a friend, 1 began to use Ayer's
Cherry l'ectoral, and less than bull a bottle
completely cured me."
Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral
rnai-ABXD or
Dr. J, C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass,
Bold by all Druggists, frloe 11; ill bottlu, 6,
Parker was elected temporary I
chairman of the organisation and
Kugcne Ituytcr, temporary secre
tary. Tho oldoot ofthe meeting,
which was the establishment of a
Democratic club In every precinct
In tho county, was then explained,
and a peruAnent organisation was
then had. It was decided that the
Dallas lHnuocratle Club would be
come part of the state association
of lk'inoerullc chilis, and the follow
ing officers were elected; Presb
dent, L ft Parker j vie porestdetits,
J. F, droves and li. ft Craven;
recording neerelary, K. lluytei!
eorrtpondlng seeivlary, J. l
Slblyj tmisurer, H. k Fentonj
exiHMilive (H)iniultt, li. It. Tur
ner, T. J. llayter, J. D. licit, J, J,
Wiseman, and J. M. SiHirs. The
following delegatea were (deettnt to
attend the state usssMlation nt Port
land on January 8 and (: J, J.
laly ami II. L Feuton.
Peculiar
la OwliliwUtin. PrtiiMiriloit and ttmm ot
pieiwiiUHm, IIibhI's Surs.ipurill ttnwttn
lb full tunitivff (alii of lit bvtl kuuwa
H'lltnllos ot IbK eeliilip k Ihiidom.
CwniUnr In stiTiiiilli and iwmminy - llmul'l
Ibtrtapaiill l Ih unly tunllidu nl willed
nn li uly N Mid, "Usi iIihuhi one dullnr."
Oilier itiedii'lnes rt""lr turgor dow, Uid
do Dot ptmliU'i gis'd resullt M
llaml'i Niirsisimi-lllit
TMulbir In IU medicinal merit, Hood 'I
Karnaparllla apeoinpllslitm eure hlthnrui un.
known, and hit won Ui lltl ut " I'll (lat
at Wood put liter m (JlstHiTeied."
rveullar la Us "od natut al hom"
llioi Is mora at llwat'i SitruiparUla told la
Ur, whriD u ttiaitt, Uiaa of all Mliar
bl.tatd urinr.
. l'Miiltar In Its pkenomenal rewrd ot wlot
abroad, bo other prrpuralhui baa aitaliUNl
lueli popularity la no abort a tint, tl
l Peculiar to UucXt,
rwulur la Ilia originality and tdoftls
aess ol lit kdvMtuing, lis methods art oua
llnuslly being copied by eunipetlhira,
feeullar In ut way II win IM peopla'i
auuoiieiMs), ww bwUl always U aaouior.
Hood's Sarsaparllla
tola t, 4ranlls, ll lis rortt. rrpu4wly
0 1. HOUO A CO,, AreUtmrtM, UU. Mas,
IOO Doto Ono Dollar
H
In
BAKERY.
TAYLOR & WILCOX, PROPRIETORS.
l"JE PAY SPOT CASH
We desire to say a few words to tho people of Indejten
deuce and vicinity. We will not give you a long, windy
story, but will give you a few cold facta that will explain
themselves.
A
DOLLAR
SAYHI)
Is a dollar made, mid wo are here to save you the dollar
on groceries ami qiiccimware; and you 'will not have to buy
a carload of goods to do it either. We pay spot ciedt for
our goods, utid the keen competition he'wwn Portland and
Han Francisco wholosalo liotwea enable us by paying e:e.h
to get close bargains. We have no rei t nor clerk to pay,
and with our facilities we will sell you good cheaper than
any other house In Polk county.
OUR '
BUSINESS
GROWS
Our hiislnoss is rapidly increasing, which shows that the
people, appreciate our endeavors. We have doubled our
stock In the past thirty days, mid me receiving new goods
everyday. Our building is chock full of goods, alt nice,
new, neat, and clean, and we are here to sell them to you
at lower prices than you can buy for elsewhere, flive lis a
share of your patronage, and be convinced of what wo tell
yon. We will take your produce in exchange for goods, or
pay you cash. Come and see us; we will treat you while.
TAYLOR & WILCOX,
Independence, Or.
Fur Thttmwh
JVwtirnl ViiiiitMo It
BOOKKEEPING.
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fotsvtlfvtr tf (t"l wtt)(i.i tt tbUiMt h4
lhw ttiiw fif. lrtHroVioitnfMilf
ttt lt rwix tw MIttnliir Writ tl IV't
r'' Htl- ('r'ti lw A-Uf A'M) 4 bh ,
lUiiPt v i.t My. yi'w
M'-t'-tHnUlvr.' MpvlUif ,
Tln-ntt will Im nitvdnir (if lh nliM'k
)toltl4m f aim I'lit Niiilniml Imnk uf
Iinlt'lM'mlt'iiiHi, I'olk nmnty. Ontti
purinm of ilio Unk fotwwn llm hoiirn
of 10 tl'rl-H'k a, in. nut I i oVliU'ti . iu.
of ml tiny, for (he tiuriMiMa of tUHiOiiir
illrtt(m, hiiil imtmutltiu "y otttrr
hn t new, tht uuy tum Wfom Uu-iii,
nitH tltin tHii day of IkivinU-r, A. i.
Ihwi. V, Jl. Hawmsv, iWitrr.
P.C. Patterson
m:mo to bclwjck I fiorr, -Dealer
In
CAHDIIS,
Fruits, Nuts,
Cigars,
Tobacco.
MAIN ST., INDEPENDENCE.
NOl'lltUIr nHll,
Nitlivlshenliyiilveii Umttlmniiuiml
nieclluicof Hie tmtklmlilfrif Ilia In
ilcpHlitlenee .N'nlloiml tftult will In ln'ld
al wild txnitt on TiMwIsy, Jummry 12,
lV lnlwn Hit' hour of t o'clu k a.
in. mid 4 si'cltH'lt p. in. of uld day for
llie iurMi of plwtlinf a board of dl
rcclmw and trinMtln aticli other
tiuKlniKM im may como Mn the tiust
llltf, W. 1. t'oMMAWAV,
Canhlcr,
J. F. O'Donnell's Removal
Sale will last until about
December 1 , when he ex
pects to begin moving to
his magnificent new brick
building, opposite the Inde
pendence National Bank.
KREWGLE,
GENERAL BLADI! II, CARRIAGE ami WAGON MAKING
Horse Shoeing and Repairing a Specialty.
MANUFACTURER OF
Trucks, Drays, Carriages, Buggies, Road Carts, Sulkies,
Cultivators Harrows, and Plows.
I have the tHwt'riiipod geuenil blacksmith ami carriite shop this side of Portland, and employ none but first c!;im mcchaniiii. Tine
Horse tsiiiMdiiir a spiH-lnliy. Vou are resiKi tfully Inv ited to cive us a trial. All work warrants!, ami prices the lowent powiihle, oiinliiy of work
considered. '
Next door south of J. F. O'Donnell's Hardware store.
INDEPENDENCE, - - - - - OREGON.
. OqfCOM
PENMANSHIP,
this acMoai i th(
BEST.
INDEPENDENCE
Roller Mills
SKINNER & WILSON, PROPS.
FsestIome" Flia 1
ALL WORK WARRANTED FIRST CLASS
i. I. J
mXSi
CO
W. H. WHITE AK
ART GALLERY.
All kinds of first-class work. Enlarging a specialty.
Photos on silk handkerchiefs, hat bands, watch dials, -dishes,
shells, book marks, etcin fact, all kinds of
work. WHEN OTHERS FAIL, TRY US. We
are using The Queen posing chair. We defy competi
tion. Give us a trial.
C STREET, INDEPENDENCE, OR.
ER
DO
NEW GALLERY. NEW INSTRUMENTS
T. W
ESTES
Bucccmr to J, D. Irvlnt,
. Dealer In
Groceries
Glassware
Queensware
Tobacco
and Cigars
Special Graham, Bran,
Feed, Shorts, etc.
Mill
WE MANUFACTURE ONLY THE
VERY BEST.
SKINNER & WILSON,
INDEPENDENCE, Oil.
I liiivu on liaiid n liirijo ut ot ciiiiiod bxh1 Mint will ""Id by tbe ciwih wry
(dump. Alxo, n lot of vory fino liimim, tlmt will be Bold very near cost.
Remember the old stand of J. D. I.
THE FAIR.
Tho public in iwpootfully Invittul to como niitl mo Urn wonderful
biirKiiiiiH to bo liiul in holiday goods, hominy, undrrwear, dmw shirts,
calicos and ginglianm, nolions, tinware, glnsswiiro, and other articles
too nunicrous to mention. Ho Btire to wo tho iinmonso
BARGAINS ON OUR 5c COUNTER.
Now Roods are being received all tho timo. Wo will save vim rmm
25 to 50 per cent on every purchase. Second door from First National
Bunk. '
GEO. W. REED, Proprietor
E. G.OODEU
WALLER,
SUCCESSOR TC'H. D
DEALER, JN
AND
ALL KIMIs II r
r Foot to i Esl'i
KKW tJ(K)DS ATlRIVIXa KVKKY WEEK.
tllUV ltWllS it.t111iiti limit lit 1 i i 1 1
lilt th., .....n t : . " , V rW,U .W1H1 WplMMWIIOimy
tr..l., l ... r . . V. ii i . ""''""MiiuiiHMrmiinR, una li(ijH) to ik ihv
tnulo w ho never ill.) betoiv. Iu wniifetUm with my Htoro In
iiw ninny to
11EP AIR. SHOP
Where wm uml bIhhh enn be ivmlivd or nmnunu'tuml un.hr the i.mnKomont
Ol iU. A. ilAKKtt,
Koinember tho name and jilw,
W. E. GOODELL, - Main Street, Independence
THE UTHE - LfttJEE- HTEL
0 St, Independence. '
MRS. G. A. STARK'. Proprietor.
Firat oliwH iu every resneot. 8poll
attoutiou giveu tmuuient ouatomera. A
sample room for comraaroml trnvolora.
DR. . B. JOHNSON,
Resident Dentist
All work wiirrnnti'rt In itlve Hip bi'Ht
tf Hl lulVx.M....
JNHKl'MNDKNCK. . ' OKHUON
G. W. SHINN
HOUSE. SIGN and ORNAMENTAL
PAINTER.
rnper hnngiiiR, frewoinc, eto. Pmnt
rooms opposite Jonoa' stublw,
Indepetulenoe, UiT;on,
nriTTU'A nnnillA Am the lst. Wrlio
Mil, Wiwhlngton, how Jiirwy.
ilivw Diiiutil if, tltv.
BEATTY'S PIANOS
Wiwliiniitiin, Nnw Junn
--In uwinvorywhiire.
Klir CHUlIng mlilnw
Dniiinl i Uimtly,