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About The Independence west side. (Independence, Or.) 18??-1891 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1893)
Sr. tsea &CltorfLA,Mear, C::tar:":ti:zl!::;aj sutscRirriON ratks. rATAlLI IH ADVKWt fn Yff a Mnlha 1. All ntrrliit and doath nolltw not Uf flv Hum will ba luamwt It. All ovr aUnawlll b ttarttt Bra wl lr link BVwWy hltuarr rwoltitkwa will t oharaml Mr MUM Rta(r4 M lha ronUnntc In 1udu , umtya, aa attMO'Viaaa utaiwr. FRIDAY, AUG. ,1898, AdvtrtUing ii to buim N'M aroma jKNcer it to tmimrfiM grant mo- tie poaw. MaciMfa). TAeri U but one way o obtaining but- t publicity; but ma y oWaia- As ft remit of the hard Unit U stated that to Ashland, Kansas, whore there are seven church edifi ces, and seren ministers, six of them have been discharged and one shepherd takes charge of the seven flocks. The receut change'' seems to affect even religion. Tub question is often asked us, "Who is to blame fur the present hard times!'' One answer is that the people are to blaiue irrespect ive of party, for bad legist ion which conies from demand of the people. Another answer is that the recent "chance" in administration is to blame. Fob the past thirty years the United States has progressed as no nation has ever before progressed. and it has been caused entirely by our good government. A threat ened change In our method of gov ernuient has in the short time of less than a year brought wide- unread disaster upon us. These fin-to sneak louder than wot da. They take the place of argument Congress assembled on the 7th of September and a vote on the sil ver question is not to be taken nn til August 28. Every hour of the time is to be taken up in do bates in the house of representa tives. The democratic senate has not even been able to decide on a line of action, but is waiting. The do-nothing policy of the democratic party still crops out, but the peo ple will not bear much more delay, with patience. The republicans in congress are doing all they can to expedite matters. ess - 'J "Last week several hundred cir culars were issued from the West Side office asking subscribers to the paper to let us know when and how they intended paying for their paper. The replies have so far, been very satisfactory, not one per son having stopped the paper, and in spite of money stringency our list gradually increases and without any systematic effort on our part. The expiration of one subscription is but a Biuall matter, but when it runs into the hundreds the aggre gate amounts to considerable, and our readers can do us, and them selves a favor by replying prompt- ly in some way to the circular sent them. There are two conditions con fronting the people of the United States. One is an unstable etirren cy and the other is an unstable tar iff. The Sherman law is responsl ble for the currency situation and the recent advent to power of the democratic party to blame for the other. In the first case we have the law in force; in the other we dread what the law may be. Con gress is acting, but too slow to suit the people, in repealing the Slier man law, and it is to be hoped that it will at once formulate a new tar iff law or else let the present one remain. Suspense is a acting as a blight on all our manufacturing industries. It is the duty of every citizen to post himself on the present situa tion of our country aud not be afraid to "speak out in meeting." Indifference to the condition of affairs at such a time is almost a crime. Every word nttered by the people has ita weight in forming public opinion. Do not afwail the democratic republican or populist party, but study their principles and assail their principles if you find aught to condemn. Stand by the party whose principles show it worthy of trust. If you trust in the democratic party then do not try to excuse its "writt lor revenue" or free trade doctrines. That is cowardice. If you beleive in flat money then stick close to the pop ulist party. If you believe in pro tecting American industries then stick to the republican party. The lines are clearly defined. , The tide has turned in commer cial affairs and if nothing is done by congress, contrary to present indi cations, ouif local banks will be pre pared to loan the farmers money to move their crops the first of next month. It will probably be several months before other than commer cial loans will be made. The United States treasury is gathering gold rapidly. ia , The majority of merchants have (w come to the conclusion that credit Is A newsstty. There are wauy Lnnrw?,w "SivaiiUiiri of our persona who pay their grocer and MHH,t ".Wf ;J5 ttm they are fur butcher bills regularly the first of each mouth. It is not because they are not able to pay cash at the time of purchasing, but Infuse they are meiuouirau ana aewre to aeep an ...i ..l-.l.-l. . J I . It . t a . I.... . . 1 iwwuutui wciruuiMMHiuiucximunni-1 If their bills are much higher on mouth than another they at once Uim noonlti a lesson bv touchlnir look for the cause, and they are not long lu detecting the lea. There are many mercluuits who claim the only sate way is on the cash bask White there are ex amples of merchants who have suc cessfully carried this on, their cases are like angels' visits, few and far between, audwe doubt if the time will ever come, judging from past experience, when merchants gener ally will do a cash busbies. Mr. Newton Dexter, Secretary of the State Association, who has an exportation of over elirht years in tudying collect loua, credits, etc. does not hesitate to say that iner chauts have no oue to blame but themselves for the majority of their losses. A few days ago Mr. Dexter received a letter from a grocer stat lag that certain railroad employee had been owiutr a erocorv bill of nearl v WO for over live years, and asking if there was any possible way of collect inff It- Mr. Dexter at once wrote wneral manager Mr. Toucey about 1L The latter trcutlemau " " r 1 . referml it to the divlsiou 'suwrtn teudcut, who at onoe ordered the man to settle. The employee dis- outed the amount and the sunerin- ti.nil.mf. wntttt Mr Tlnvtr for Btl I iteiuied bllL The eroier was called upon to furuiHh it and could not, ''There."sald Mr. DexUr. "there's not a railroad bill but can be oollwt- ed. but the creat trouble is so many are so careless in keeping their ao- counts that they cannot furnish an itemised bill when called noon to vlo so, and then these very men blame tlie assoclution. 'My experience con vluces me that at least 03 per ceut of all bills can j be Icollccted, provided merchant will exercise something like precau tion. Why I have known members of associations who would take the delinquent list aud cater to get the trade of those persons reported. Their theory was that the delinquent would pay a certain amount of cash before asking credit, and theu when he did ask for credit he would for a number of weeks pay and when his balance reached a certain point the merchant would cut him off and make money out of the transaction. "Another great fault I And is that merchants, as a rule, do not chase up delinquents. They have not the time to attend to it, as they claim. Such being the case I thik it would be advisable to get some extra help. "If ever a collection bill should again be introduced iu our legisla ture it would never get beyond the committee room if some jwrsons who knows all the tacts of the case should make an arirnment against it. "It's in the abuse of the credit system where the fault lies, and merchants can correct that abuse by only a little etTurt,if they are dispos ed to exercise discretion and ordin ary precaution."-Americaii Orocer. IP there is any man independent of hard times it is the farmer who has a good farm and is out of debt Ho produces what people must have and when he sells It he gets just the kind of money he wants or else he keeps his goods. He can keep them too for there are many ways he can turn them into money Take wheat as an exrmple: If the price docs not suit him, he can have it ground into Hour, aud ho and his neighbors can eat it. If that will not work he can feed it to stock of some kind and drive the stock to market, and thus be able to realize a fair price. The merchant, the manufacturer and the laboring man is entirely dependent on selling that which he has. ' A stagnation in business effects them disastrous ly, but has very little effect on the farmer. The present times are not realized by the farmer except from hearsay. When a man gets an idea that the government can issue an on limited amount of paper money, il 1b strange to hear some of his argu ments in support cf it. One gen tleman stated that about two thou sand million dollars of gold and sil ver was in circulation in the Unitec" States or in the treasury, and thai it all formed a basis of credit foi the government. We cannot un dcrstand how any sane man cai think that if a private citizen has $1000 in his pocket the government can make that a basis for issuinp 1000 in paper money. Yetsucl is the case. L ',' I It was time that Folk county and Marion county and the city of Salem made up their minds to d somelhiug about repairing the Sa lem bridge for it is a reproach t this part of Oregon. It was a sec tional scheme which caused Poll county to lay itself liable for help ing to keep the bridge in repair, but it is too late now to remedy tin- evil. Our county court simply did its duty in appropriating money to repair the big bridge. Tliffjwoplo at The Dalles, which in Oregon, where 5,000,000 nounds of wool renal u unsold, a tmu nrtra of six to tdgltt cents .....i m,i uln obtainable, can tiiermoreL 4ly pleased (j) to learn ttmti j 5 i ,wl rt,ittk 1(),(HK,IKK ni&Mki la hint waltlnir ad muuHic into the Uulted Stales . I a of duty and 400,000, IMH) potimia .... . wm to ready for snipiuciiu some tjme iatorv on. You can teach llw,lr jHM,k,,fo mid wo arc Icni nlng tne jtW0 H0W, You hear individuals criticise this government for having mil lions of dollars In gold, silver, etc., on deposit and not putting it in circulation, among the people. They are blind to the fact that pa per money is already in circula tion based on that deposit. Sup posing oue of those persona should go to a warehouseman and deposit 1000 bushels of wheat and take a receipt for it and theu whim he came back with his receipt find no wheat. He would cry fraud, rob lierv. etc. and justly too. 8o it is with a government. The govern incut must prove Itself trustworthy or else pay the penalty. luventor Edisou says he has shut down Jils phonograph works in Or anue, .J., because lie nas ihcov ered that "Uie coumry nas rewiveu . . I., itaelflnto a national lunauo any . . . . a . . i lum." says the New oi k Mall and Exprw This is not a new discov I . ery. The lunacy was reveaiwiwueu the people, aud especially the work illtf UiaNtU. lu the UlUUt Of their greatest prosperity Uwt fa", drflber ately votwi tor a -tmaiige." iney cannot say tlial me republican prtw did not give them timoly warning of the character of the change, What it meant was nlw proved by thetudustrial history oi uiisHiuiiiry pnwiwrlty under mgu tsriu, adversity under low tarin. m it no been, so It will continue to ih. JKra. It. A. Hamtlf Given Up to Die "tWMtfnyhlixl will! llr omiUft ind.iv burt.rn.nl of ! H'lwn. II ImI I Mld aol alk arrow room, and took to mr k. " Buny Uwuiilil. k Ul. I Ifij.B to Uk Hoo4' BafMHla aitJ aaUraljt euraO. It bat all Hood's'Curcs baea bratuht about br Vowl'l fttmatrtlla," Mia. M. . 1Umii.t(, rrwan, Califw.lt HeM'iTrillt B'0lk Uulk GITY STABLES. Ell JOHNSON, Prop. Horses Fed by the Day, Week or Month. Best of Attention Given Stock Left in Charge. INDEi'KNDKNCH, OKIXION. Webber & Fuller AND C alreet, Indeiwiideneo. Horseshoeing a Specialty All work WHi'runted. Wood-work Done to Order Wagons Repainted by Scott, the Painter. Give ua a Cull. FINE JERSEY wSTOCK . Throw iwrwina who deHlre l) have Jeroey stock In their herds are Invited to liiHwt the thoroughbred bullowned by T. ii. JIUN Uii'ii, iwo niuoM Moiiiu of town, on Uueiitt Vlstu road. TBHMH OH1 HF.KV1CR TWO IXILI.AUS With l'rlvlliK oIKnturu, T. B. Independenoe HUNTLEY - - Oregon, if- Any Time In Uio rlKht thus nr vvvrytMHty Ut il.xil with J. M. Vnmluyu, hut aliuulil Hummer Umlerwwr, Hlrnw lliiti. OiiiIuh Hhlrtt, rt' "ew I U the time In buy. OltWlTUMCI I'llC In Light Hummer Hulls, Junti right fur the hot ullry day. ,iionJ,f.ixnurx atul lx xuivliirttl that thort l no Um Urn prewut to buy vmir vmntlou outfit. I DOUTY & PADDOCK Daln In groceries Proviilopt, Crockery, Glassware, Flour, Feed. Fruit, Etc A LarE6 StOCk Of Fruit Jars, We Buy all Kinds of Poultry anil Farmers Produce. Give Us a Call. 100 HOP PICKERS WANTED. Owxl elean (tlmrty eamidiig gruiiuu. (iixk! water ami plenty of wood. Free iMwtnre for howen. Free ferriage iiiuvIiik to and from hop yard, llundy to town. Apply at onee to A. J. Wolcott, Independence. 0.'fttWlT8U)E Oniee, -11 URi MAKER" All kluda of wood reiMtlrlng done on Wnsona, C'arrlaKi, and Maehluory with liealueaa aud UIxmiU:Ii. llnrkln.A K.iiii.ll'.bl'kinlihlin), INDKl'ENDKNi K. CITY RESTAURANT MIIH. L. A. IIL'CHANAN', l'np. Meals, - 25 Cents KVEKYTUINU FlltHT CLAH8. Hubbard & Staats, l'KOl'lUKTOIWOK CityTruck and Transfer Co. Hauling of all Kinds Done at Kfliwonahle lbitos. Agents for the O. P. Boats. All IiIUm uiUHtbe nettled by the 10th oi eaeli mouth. Independence, Oregon. OREGON STATE FUR. Under the muiiiiKinnt of (be Btate Hoard of AKrleullure, on the Btnte Fair Orounda near Huleiu, conimeno iiiK Beplemlwr 11th, IHUa, and con tinuing one week. MORE THAN f 18,000 IM CASH Will bt paid an Prwiiliiina ftirSlork. Poultry, Mwlno AKrli'ulliinil PmducU. Kmlta. Nutlve WtnxlH, Mlnnrulu, Work, of All and Fuiicy Work, and tut Trial, of HptX'd. Keduetd Kitten of Fanw and Freight on all TraiiNUortutlon LlneH, PAVILION opn fonr vnliiK. during the week with K"'l nniHld In nlti ihIhikw, TIlk NKW (IHANlHTANI)nd tin) NKW nifiinr.vrtoN TUACK ro oonnedad to be ftmutlK tllft irlOMl ooiiuuruiuio nuu viiu uvm uu V'ti i illi (l(')NTKHTS OK HPRKD ah duv Tlur la nlr1 for tlrwi noutu.Ui th liiwl tluld or liort tlilx ymir I hat lioa been on tlia aroutuU for many mmmi. Valtinhlff mid lmmli)in linprnvflinsnU havB bean nmdB on Uio uronnd. itnd building. PREMIUM LIST II im bfm ruvlHd uud Impnivod to the benefit ofexlilbltirH. ., , Ami day of the Knlr, and KxhlblU iituat be In place by 10 p. m. of nld dny. PRICES OF ADMISSION. Mmi' Hotwon TlnkoU-. ""-'flS! Wonitin'i Mcmoii TlckeU.. .. ) Mon'n l)y Tlkw... .w Womnn'e Oivy TKikutB ..... . Itaoe Trnflk TlekeU, lalljr-r . F.titrlt.a lor 1'rpniHuiin ui. iv n v. Children under li years, Kroe to all. Bond U the Heeretarv at Pnrlland mr a Pre. mlmn Mat. J. AlTEIlWlN, Proeldent, J.T.UllEUtl, Hooreury. VV. H. CRAVEN & CO. Carry full "HARM Saddles, Robes, Oils, Brushes, Etc REPAIRING PROMPTLY INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. Independence., " ROLLER MILLS, SKINNER & CO., Proprietors, A(h in nntifv th nuhllo that thGV BfO JlOW " Ready to Receive uram We have also put in New Improved Cleaner and will do a General Warehouite Huslneivt ou the meat favorable terms. iThe highest mirket urice naid - -- o . I attatectton IIMBICE A. J. ACHISON, Prop. Washing at Reduced Rates. nwlna to hard times I have reduced my prices on all kinds contract. Family work is being taken at especially Low Prices. Washing delivered in Monmouth Tuesday and Friday. Wagon will no to Fiickreall everv Saturday for collection and delivery SHELLEY. ALEXANDER h CO, The Druggists, Thev Have the Goods. Thev Sell at Low The School Books They writintr in that department. REMEMBER That Shelley, Alexander &. Co. fill pre scriptions at aii hours of the day or night and havs an experienced pharmacist. HOP-MEN ATTENTION ! to use 1 .the same as last year - So you want sometliing tdtcr ? Are you not running a rink In iming the aaine tickets you unetl liiMt year? Think It over and then eometotbo WkhtBidh ollloe and aee our KEW SAFETYJIOP TICKET ! They Come in Packages of too Kvery ticket haa a Hepuritte tiumlit'r printed lu red or purple. You know abaolulely how muny boxes ofhipnrreih!ked, a tlieno tloketa cannot be loxt. nilHOouuted or duplicated. Your name la printed on every tleket. You kei (lie atub of the tleket and can count them over at your lolmira. You cannot niako a mlHtuke In count ing them. After hop ploklug la over you can verify your aeoounts and have no giiwit work atout the inmitKT of boxes. Your employe cannot cheat you. They are a great Improvement On the old style, and our prices are very low. If you want them. WEST SIDE Job Office. Independence, Or. Are You . Going line tf Whips AND NCATLY DONE. 1 in kxcnangoior rtour. for wheat at all times. . .. i uih1 . ' LAUNDRY. of work, by special Independence daily, and of washing. mi t( Prices. Quality is Superior. They are Accommodating and Stationery, keep everything called for. They will fill orders by mail or by telephone. They keep pens, ink, oaoer. in lact. a full line THE And the WEST SIDE For S3.H0 a Year. The cieitt illiiHti'ittetl inoiitliliw have in the punt noM fur $4,00 a Year. The COSMOPOLITAN Is a monthly ningaxlue, with Its yearly l.Vid pages of rendiitg mailer by tlie greatest writers of the world, and 12)0 lllus! rations by clever urtiHtH, and bIiukIh the peer of HurpiTH, Lippencntta, Ktc, aud you have willhurly ivdd hh ntgii s 14.01) a year for such uingn.tnes. Tlie WEST SIDE, published every Friday, coutuins alt tlie loun! news aud aells for $100 a yeur. . The total is $6.00 a year. r We Cut the Price in Two Parts You get both for $3.00 a Tear.; Send in your Subscriptions this Month S3.00 ayear ' (In advanoa.) WEST SIDE The Uadlng mxm J. F. O'DOIHIELL Dealer C.rrl..h. Ureolst. Kmlew. Drill, OillM and HHI Plows, Killing "d Walklnit fultl vaUm, Planet Jr..UrdeD Drills. Hiilkcy and (lung 1'lowa.Aipvnwsll I'oUlo Planter, Diao, Ivr, and Hrliiir-tolh harrow. THE HI UuaraiiUM! the best runnlmr wagon maui. null la, by a nxwnl manufueturer' auent.aiK ih larirtwt aud lutt of I liipleiueiit ever ... ooiiuly SJHiiSffiiio WALDCMAR niLSOn, rropnir. g 1 83 Commercial Stxeet- KUMWied III I8K4 with the nnt wmplet ami xpenh-e plant In tl Ule. rteam MtiMU'lly. twelve Imrw-nower. Ulle' and nla'clnllilliBano nne raone. iifttM kiiui.iiiK'i mm nywi. turuciM, In ... r t M .1. t 11 iiln Mlruw inn, aim n-ainen cieanvu, uyru imi i ...v. ..... Inmed. Hllk Hutu, Blirt' Hula, and Kofi novate. ' fcirtaay Oidr wilh Independene. 0r8ndbyM.ii orEKpr. MeMINNVILLE COLLEGE. s 5 Beautiful Locution, Suitable Uuildings, Eflleieut Teachers, Five coiiiKMiofetudy (Uvnlcal, Hclcutlflr, Normal, Literary and Baalaeaa, with Bi-lnl advauUKM In Vocal aud luatruniental Munlo. HulnM Course of two yeant' (iradiiHtca of the Normal eourxe arecntltled to a HUte IHpiuma,and ale lu demand to till high poxliioiiR. McMinovllle to aowwibre Dy rail from all ..f tu. Mtt.t all tliu fiiitin Ininlr nftliu ti.aithm PuIAa I) ft UW iiitlt' iweuiy-tive miiw'aouth or poriiuiid. Fall Tcim Beglng Sept. 1 9. Send for Catalogue, Addretut: . T. G. BROWNSON, President OREGON STATE Monmouth, Oregon. Ths Leading Normal School of the Northwest i Strong Professional and Aeademic Courses, and well oreau i.ed Model School for Practical Training of Teachers. 12 milea from the slate canltal. cheerfully Kent ou application. 21 2m T. L. (!AM?UELL, Trea., or S. SHEDD, Soc'y of Faculty. Independence, Stables. Stylish Turnouts Alwavs In Readiness. IlaviiiK lately purcliuscd tlie entire interest in the stables of J N Jonew, we 1110 now beUer piqwred than ever to meet tlie demands oi :ho public ns we are now making and are preparing to make manv substantial, improvements. Teams boarded by tlie day or mouth Traveling nieu a specialty. ' SALEM. j, C-We nperata a dally ataac Una btwn galem and Falla fit nTipvnlniat4a.m.t layi Indeiwid.nre for 8l?m at tilm , tuKe at 1 p in,! loavw Indapandanoa tor Kali. Uty a? p!nl itavp8 IuI1k t;tty tor 1 Salem fur ludepoutlt'uce, PETER COOK Prop. Il iiil Marble and Granite Monuments Headstones, Tablets, and Curbing. Anewand con,plete 8U.ck of Marble aud Granite Monumenta to arrive mo, which we will furuisb at low prices and at abort notice. We buv to the carload aud can give customer advantage of low freight Shop on Railroad St. The UMllif Dealer and Ihrhlwit- Air. U'von- arrange nwiit tit 1101 will carry compww !! broug . . i Polk iwnuKn, rwuw v,;,7; I .I....J ...1 BAllAll..luVl Wl III l a, t 1 Hat elwiied, dyert, uhk-ko auu re Monmonth, and Falls City 8Ug Oriv- McMinnville, Oregon. T1iI('iIIk I one of tb nldwt and U-st iUll colk-gMi In tli ii'irthwtMl Offers Superior Advantages. KxinMi LlKht: A loardhijr liall Id Hie ( nlltyo LulUlmif on the elob iilan, Prmidfiu llmwnwii, at ward, Tbu guarMileeliiR Rinid board nt tlwl k-mtt (xiMtiiile crart to the ntudeiit. It ard can nmi tw bud In private fnnillli at thO to W OO per week, Ineuldlliti lodging. The llneTrlenrope rerentlr Monated la the Jiew ObMTiatorr and the exteatdre Library, ta whlrh stndeata hae iwi, otTrra adrulafe aot found elaewhere la tbeatate. Thirty Acre Ouupus, Healthy SurronndiiiK, Thorough Work. NORMAL SCHOOL. Normal. Advanerd Normal, RnilnMi, Mo. I and Art lHpartnint. Brauilful and liniltlirul ItmtkMi, LUthl aKproH, No Hi. loom. The Normal bu enjojied a etMidT arowtb during Ih put rar. rvaehlna an en. rolliiinl of over M, the lanmil In IU till.iry, Niw meinberii have bm-o adilml to the faruliy new apnaratin eupplle and Im esurw or study rvvlMHt and IrenKthened, The irmlu. attw are In drnrnnd to nil rd poHlilonii. The drlouiaenllilea tlie hol.U-r In M In any oounty without further examination. TUITION: Normal, Jfl.25 pr lerm of 10 weeka; Sub-Normal, (S per term of teu eeka; liualnexa, Sti 25 per term. Hoard at Normal hiniug Uall,$1.75)er week. Hoonm frtmi 60 ela. per -k (unfurnlHhen), to 1 and f 1.25 furnished. Huard and lodging iu private famliles WS0 to $4.00 per week. Tuitlou, board, Klliig and booka leaa tbau $150 per year, t'onaervatory ofVniete throuh courses are otreretl In Vot and Instru mental music tuition. $10 ner term of TO! 2" leaaoua. Monmoutb ia easily aceia ible from all ptiru of the state, 60 miles south of Portland. Catalogue Addreaa, . .,. . .. . Htaga From. L H. fMdaiiis, Prop. Marb e works