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About The Independence west side. (Independence, Or.) 18??-1891 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1893)
Btudebts are coming in rapidly at tbe Normal. Iieory Kevt, of Perry dale, wu In the dty Buuday. J. . Boud, our warehouseman, at Kugeue lust week. toe: tbe lint of students at tbe Xor- rihI In another column. Our city, was well represented at tbe fair at Talmage Ian!' week. Mr. Taylor, uf (orvallls. wu visiting hi aoo Charley, tbe first of the week. C. P. Jordan was taken sick last Tuesday but will be around again In a ffcw lay. Miss Laura Pollard, of Whiteson, was visiting with friends In tbe city last Hun day. Mrs. Zefber returned last week from u extended visit w.tb fier daughter at Tacoma. Tbe Grange of this city will have a meeting to-morrow (Saturday) at one o'clock. A "bard times' sociable at tbe Wa terbouae building to-morrow (Sator-! day) evening. Fred Hellers and wife, who have re aided at this place about a year, started for tbe East M nuday. Charles Itoher departed for bis old bucue In Indianapolis, Indiana, tbe first of tbe week. Bct. Jobn tMborns preached in tbe Baptist church here last Buuday, and thrre will be services there next Bun day morning and evening. Tba( old item about tbe WelU Fargo Kx press Company's regulations in tbe early fifties is going the r mods of the press. Wooder wbat cbestnut will be revived nexl? Miss Laura Davidson and brother, of Bt. Paul, Marion county, arrived in tbe city Batordsy. Mr. Davidson will at tend tbe normal here, and Miss Laura will visit Mends for several days. One. W. Bhlnu, of Independence, went op to Airlie Monday where be Is working on tbe new residence of BIO Williams, who is going to have the fin est bouse in that part of tbe country. Tbe Northwest Baptist Association will bold its meeting at tbe Baptist church in this dty eommenlng Thurs day, October 6th and lasting till Bon day evening. A large attendance 1 expected. Tbe V. M. C. A. held It first meeting In tbe Christian church at 8:30 a. m. Isst Sunday for this school year with a very good attendance, A cordial invi tation is extended to all young men to attend these meetings. Klder Barton Riggs, of Balem, filled the pulpit of the Christian church here In an able manner last Bunday morn ing. Mr. Riggs is a recent graduate from Lexington, Kentucky, and is just starting In bis chosen profession of tbe ministry. We have a post office now that Is fit ted up In first-dsss style, and will com pare favorably with any in the valley. Messrs. H (inner and Sloan did the car penter work which shows they are "onto their Job," when a smooth piece of work Is to tie done. Our postmaster. Mr. Hlggius, Is well pleased with his new quarters, and since the advent of the new and bandy call-boxes, can do bis work with neatness and dispatch. Tse Public ftrbeol. Tbe public school in this district will commeuce next Monday, October 2d. Parents are requested to send their children the first day as more sat in fac tory work can be accomplished than if started in at any ttme during the school year. Our public school baa heretofore done excellent work, and there is no reason why this year should be an exception, as a large attendance Is expected and the corps of teachers, B. L. Murphy, principal; F. Long, first assistant, and Miss Maggie Rlddell and I. L. Swanu are all up to their profes sion and will always be to tbe front with all the latest improved methods of teaching. Council Proceed in sr. Councilmen Graves, Bentley and But ler, and Marshall Coats and Recorder Htgglns, present; absent, Mayor Cra- ven and Councilman Powell. On matter of opening Powell street, motion made and carried that action on said street be deferred till next regular meeting. Petition that Washington street be made a twenty-foot alley, was referred , to a committee of Councilmen Bent ley and Butler. Petition for sidewalk on Powell street was, by motion made and ried, laid on tbe table. A sidewalk was ordered constructed on Whitman street from the northwest corner of W. J. Bpiiiman's lot to north west corner of block 13, and thence east to connect with walk in front of II. M. Davidson's residence, Marshall ordered to construct culverts for and repair bad places on Knox, Col lege and Broad streets. , Motion made and carried that a com mittee be appointed to appraise dam ages on opening of College street. On motion council adjourned. 1 0. Hm 5. 8. Murmuring. Those who have read tbe last of tbe first chapter of Genesis, are surely swsre of the fact that in the beginning God gave woman as much authority to rule as man. But bow man got the npperband of woman is still to be found out. It is still more strange that the women have waited .these many years and murmured not; but tbe day for woman has dawned at last, and they are coming to the front, for there are about twenty per cent more girls attending tbe normal this year than boys. If tbe gold sharks of the United States have cornered most all of the money, I don't see as that is any rea son why certain boys should corner certain girls in tbe boarding hall. It is to be distinctly understood that no boy in the senior class this year, is to have a favorite among tbe girls, nor any girl to have a favorite among tbe boys. A word to the wise is sufficient. If lore were money some young men could lestow much wealth upon their ladies fair. Tbe trouble Is it will not circulate. Homebody ought to shoot Mr. Gibson for not burning that receipt for mak ing gravy, instead of giving it to Mr. Sloan. The baby professor is willing to ver ify tbe fact that there is one thing that man can't control, and that is woman. Did you see anyone throw a eat In Mr. M 'swell. Trees are plantar! along tbe slopes of railroad cats and banks in Austria nod in other places where there is room. A. recent statement shows that these plantations Include about 870,000 fruit trees and 3,600.000 fr- Hippejnchua, born 160 B C, dis covered the "praoeasioo of the equi noxes." It was not rally explained, however, until sranpthing like 1800 ears after by tbe great Sir Isaac Kewton. j - . 2ioC$usg is nurd fanrinating tbe etody of words; nothing more clearly indicates the scholar as op posed to the mere tyro than the nice and astdions use of thrtw "Just as the moan, so does tbe heart of woman change," is expressed in more than one form by proverbs of rations peoples. The largest church in the world is St. Peter's in Rome; tbe smallest, a church 10 feet square, in tbe isls of Don't Answer That Letter! On poor paper, because it should be your aim to make a favorable impres sion on the person to whom you write, and to do this you should use a good quality of paper. Call at the Normal Book Store and examine the Capitols papeterie, only 15c for 24 envelopes and 1 quire paper, neatly put up in paper boxes. Also tbe Unique, 23c Whiting's Cameo, 50c. Kurd's Irish Linen, 60c Whiting's Cabinet, 3 shades, S boxes in one, an elegant article, 75c Also carried in stock: a complete line of Illuminated and flowered papeterles, invitation cards, visiting cards, etc, etc. " . ' If you intend mailing a photograph. call and examine tbe photograph en velope something new. C. L HAWLEY. THE NORMAL BOOK STORE. lloniMtii, Or. DISSOLUTION NOTICE. NOTICE m HEREBY GIVEN THAT THK tartnrah!D heretofore exlsMlia' btarMn O nm ml a Kraavr haa bea dlaaolved by mu tual onint. and that all notea and aoraunu due salt arm are payable UUB, Fra Boa. Lh Ground, T.. iL FuAXas. Monmouth, Or, sept. UjUsS. P WEST SIDE is the Great Fanily Jlerspaper of Polk County. and only 2 JO per year ! It contains all the Lccal and general Hews. An interesting Continued Story is a permanent feature. Always get your J8B mm done at the WEST SIDE office. at living rates. INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. PBM DEAXEBS IS HARDWARE Qu-eeiiswaie- ArinifiilviiHil " nyiiwuiLuiai . T7"eTi LUBRICATING OILS, ETC. Monmouth J. H. MORAN THE GENERAL REAL-ESTATE AGENT MONMOUTH Good Grain and Stock Farms, and Choice Fruit Lands. Town Property of all kinds. gVThoee who have property for sale, please call. How many E's in the first five chapters of the Gospel of St. Mark ? COTTWT THK A3TP BEE. $5000 for first Correct answer. 83000 for nearest Correct answer. 2000 for next nearest correct answer. 820 each to 100 next nearest correct. l. AS I L . 90 eacn w zuu nezi nearest correct. air. iilai urn Turn will tna. (lialilillttM,rrtTaiHaimillih4UCT.Ebr All nmd aTatolaOLB. Malfcr tmtrtnm TyrM,. Unu,urhititHteiuiblKkw. IT TOO CAS COCjrr, TOD MAT TO A FOEIISK. IS IT WORTH TRTI3TG t AMtws m Among Live Business Men. L. D- Jones, tbe barber, is always ready to serve "the next." Otho Williams, tne Dallas tailor, rs an expert cutter, and insures his work to be first-class. When you want to settle down to live, boy a lot or boy a farm through J. Ii- Moran, tbe dealer. Cbas. 2C. Woods, the sboem&ker, will tell you a little secret about shoes if you will sak him. The Polk Co. Bank is ably presided ever by J. H. Hawley president,- and Ira C. Powell as cashier. Dr. J. M. Crowley has his office at bis residence on Main street near Col lege. Dr. D. M. Doty, the dentist, resides in Monmouth, and is a permanent fix ture. Call at his office when in need of work. Gronnd A Son, the hardware men, are also dealers in agricultural ma chinery, and have their warehouse full of farming implements. pwm eoTaaRatms' The Union Pacific now lead with re duced rates to eastern points, and their through car arrangements, magnifi cently equipped Pullman and Tourist sleepers, free reclining chair car and fast time, makes it tbe best line to trav. el. Two trains leave from Portland dai ly at 8:4o a m. and 7:30 p. m. The rates ai now within reach of all, and every body should take advantage of tbem to visit tbe World's Fair and their friends in the east. Send for rates and seedu (es of trains, and do not purchase tick ets until after consulting M. O. Potter Independence, or W. H. Hurlburt, Ass't Gen'l Pass. Agent, XJ. P. Portland Oregon.1 Purely ont of curiosity, we have count ed the illustrations, some of them full page, in the current issue of Thi Cos mopolitan; says tbe Methodist Becord of London England. They numbed 129; but if there were none' the literary character of the magazine would amply juftify its immense circulation. Borne 01 tne Dest Known names in American literature appear in the list each month, besides English writers of such names, for example, as Sir Edwin Arnold From every point of view, we regard Yon can get the Cosmopolitan and the Wsst Sxdb for fS a year. ft SON, - TINWARET " nIu:u - ivic.vmr.ery i cles : - Oregon. OBEGOJf. TOTT WY 8ET C50OO. FOK TELLJXG, 14,000 will be paid to subscribers to the Household Circle I ! ! Liniii rili mnrnnr t -.4 i , . IM, , sosmexs exscu. in s. snTwhm. v. t. -a - WITCH sMSERS I JEWELfRS f" IVIonmouth, OrL, Call especial attention this week to their line of Spectacles Pebble, White Crystal and Smoked. Prescription work in glasses. 45 Chas. Wood I HID S!I Limn. Making shoes a specialty. ' Just now we have on hand a large supply of material for you to select from. REPAIRING PROMPTLY DOSE. Rouses A Torpid Of Interest to Sportsmen. ft MAKES AN lVSj Q-g APPETITE S Mr. W. H. Hurlburt, A. Q. p. A. Union Pacific system, Portland, Ore gon, has just received a supply of books called "Gnu Club Rules and Revised Game Laws." This publication con tain a digest of the laws relating to game in the Western states and territo ries. Mr. Hurlburt will be glad to mail you one of these books upon re ceipt of two stamps to cover postage. W. II. Hurlburt, A. G. P. A., Portland, Oregon.