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RffWOT M th lwt-omi In Indent
, Uno, m aacoailssJaaa umUvwt,
HtlDAT. OCT, . 1881
ldeWWty fc (o (tuft icAdt sfemn
jkmxt ii to irvaeAiHefy M yraikl io-
TAtrtit tat on way tf obtaining but-
n publicity; but om wy oMtwe
' WSBSSBBBXSSPSSSSSSSSSS
Grovkk Cujykunw letter on
the financial question meets with
oar approval.
Orkqox is pretty good state
after all. One of the beet In the
Union in fact
Ocb correspondent from Sheri
dan, has an interesting letter this
week on a possible division af Polk
and Yamhill counties. '
Tub columns or this paper art
open to receive nominations, by
our readers, for democratic, popu
list, and republican governors of
Oregon. Drop us a postal card
and name your candidate.
ID ji .
With the returns of confidence,
and an easy mouey market, the
building of a railroad to Salem will
be taken op again, and in the fu
ture it will surely be extended to
Falls City or else np Into Kings'
Valley.
Oregon will soon have several
dozen apples at the World's fair
that will be ahead of anything in
the United Btates, measuring over
15 inches in circumference. Most
of them were raised near The
Dalles in T asco county.
The La Grande Chrouicle, of the
20th, printed an Immigration
edition of ten pages, with several
fine illustrations of buildiogs in
that city and vicinity, it was a
very creditable number, and will be
a good advertisement for La Grande.
These are some elections in the
United States next mouth, and we
may hear of some states giving a
slightlyf increased republican vote
over hist election. Of course if the
people enjoy the present prosper
oust times, they will vote for more
such years of prosperity. "Good
money" and "good wages" left us,
it seems, with the beginning of the
vear. and we shall see what the
people think about it.
OVER at Dallas is a board ol
county commissioners composed of
three democrats. One of those was
lenfced directlv and alone by the
efforts of the West Side, and yet
not one favor has ever been shown
this naner bv that court Over
one hundred dollars a month is ex
pended by that court in job work
etc, for the county, and the paper
At. Tnifammdence. has never had
even a small division of the patron
see, although it was often solicited,
The txyrole of this part of Polk
county helped elect that county
court, and the West Side worked
hard, under both proprietors to elect
them, and yet has never been even
treated fairlv in the allownient ol
hntdnesa. Can the county court
give any good reason for such sec
tinnal feline-, if it is sectional; or
political, if it is political; or where
it saves the county one dollar in ex
npnuwf Stranerer still is the fad
that this paper opposed the elec
tion ofT. O. Hutchison, because he
was on the republican ticket and
it democratic, and yet he seuds it
Mil nr t.hrfifl notices, ecuallv with
the other papers, three or four
times a year. We are grateful to
Supt Hutchison for the favors.
w wnnld like to sav the same of
the county court
THE EDITORS.
taut, week the Oregon Press
Association met in Portland. Id
spite of the hard times Portland
generously welcomed them, and
Portland has been honored more
than the editors. At the business
meetings were a handful of thirty
or forty. A few editors, and sev
eral representatives ot the press
came over from Washington, alto
nnthop fhrtv-four. and yet at the
excursion to Hood Kiver there
were 125 editors, and at the ban
quet at the Hotel Portland nearly
200 editors. When it came to at
"tending the Presbyterian church
Sunday night, an invitation having
been extended, we think twenty
will cover the number who attend
ed. No wonder the editors who
propose to swoop down on a town
are feared, for they are as vora
cious as the silk worm, devouring
everything in sight, and generally
lust about as handsome. The lea
sons have had their eftect however.
This year the Oregon editors paid
their own hotel expense. The
people of rortlaud paid the expen
se of the Washington visitor.
Next year, if less juuketlng were
tn order, the business meetings
would be letter attended. Cour
tesies shown the press are proper,
but it is humiliating to think that
we solicit such favors and give
nothing in return of positive value.
Forty editors proper, attended the
meetings, but one hundred aud
forty ate at the banquet The
hangers on iu journalism are the
oues who make our annual meet
ings such a farce. Next year let
uo badges be given those who do
uot attend the meetings. The
number of editors may be less, but
the profession will be more hou
ored. -
ABOUT MKX1CO.
ws have before us a newspaper
only about one half of which we
can read. It is called the Lower
Californlan and is published at
Eusenada, Lower California, Mexico.
The editor is named Geo Box. It
Is a four page paper, of five columns
the length of those on the fourth
page of this paper, and costs 13 a
year. The front side has about
four columns of news la English,
the second page has an equal
amount in Spanish and the balance
is advertisements. Three dollars
seems a high price for so small a
nil per. but when we consider that
silver is the basis of values in Mex
loo, and a Mexican dollar is worth
only about CO cents, it is seen that
the price is really only 11.80 a year
instead of three dollars. Now let
as quote some other prices: Sugar,
20 wnts a pound (equal in our won
ey (or gold) to 12 cents: coffee 40
cents a pound, tlour 1130 a ton
wheat 93.00 a bushel: barley ftOa
ton: potatoes L80 a bushel: bacou
35 cents a pound: eggs 50 cents a
dozen: butter 62 ceuta a pound.
chickens 91.00 each: The above
prices seem very high aud yet when
we consider that Uie mouey they
use H the CO cent dollar, it will be
seen it makes a vast difference.
The postal rate of a letter to any
part of Mexico is 2 centa, but out of
Mexico It is 5 cents for a halfouuce.
Mexico is directly south of Cat
ifornia and hits all kinds of climates,
from the tropical of the sua level to
the winter of the elevated plains.
it ns an area of 7 00,000 square
miles or about 8 Orcgona, and
population of about 10,000,000, less
than one milliou of whom are
white. Its chief executive lives it
the capital, the city of Mexico, and
is called President Diaz. The two
political parties are the church
(Catholic) and those opposed, and
the latter now are in a majority.
There are very few schools in Mex
leo, and few churches outside of
Catholic Wealth may bo gained
iu Mexico, but the government is
unstable, aud liable every few years
or so to be overthrown. Ameri
cans can sometimes get valuable
concessions In Mexijo and there
are cases where they have made
millions of dollars, but it is a very
uncertain business, as the govern
meut cannot be trusted to entirely
protect its residents. The masses
of the people take life easy and are
of an indolent disposition. If Mex
ico were a part of the Uuited
States and had a system of Irriga
tion it would be equal to California
in wealth. There are rich mines of
cold, silver (more silver than
gold) copper, tin, antimony etc.,
aud yet work ou many of these Is
carried on by very imperfect
methods. The writer has been
chinking for some time that there
are many impressive lessons in
government to be learned from our
neighbor Mexico.
Ig.voka.nx'E has a great dear to
do with the financial condition of
the country at present. Said a
reader of a populist paper : If you
repeal the purchasing clause of the
Sherman law we will have nothing
but gold" Poor deluded mortal.
We have $610,000,000, and more
million dollars, of silver in coin
ind bullion now and we will have
that much then, and a full legal
tendor too and exchangeable at will
Into gold, Another said: The
democratic or the republican party
are juHt the same, they have all out
money back there in Washington
and will not let it go out among the
people." When men expose such
ignorance what may we expect of a
senate which is catering to just
such classes. Another, an ed
itor of a populist paper at
Seattle said money was entirely
a creature of the law. It had no
weight, no color, no intrinsic value
etc., and that it should be made of
the very cheapest materials, and
since paper is the cheapest, it should
be made of paper.
"But in what would you redeom
itl" is asked. ' f.-
"Do not redeem it at all, make it
by law money and the people must
take it."
"Can you make by law, a man
part with gold or silver bullion, or
with wheat or oats, or skill or labor
for paper money!"
"Certainly, the government is of
the people, and the people must
obey laws of their own making."
The ful lac v of the above state-
jment seems to us very plain, and
yet there are many who cannot, or
will not, see it.
From the above the position of
our finances appears plaiu enough
The debtor class waut cheap mouey
to pay their debts. The creditor
class are going to get hold of all they
possibly can of good mouey, aud
then keep it until it wll pay to let
the cheap money men pay a big
premium to get It, for no just law
iu the world can compel them to
part with it against their will.
No wouder times are hard aud
unless onr people come to their
senses ou financial questions, we
have only seen the beginning of
hard times.
We believe Congress will do
something soon. If not, no man
can at present tell what the result
will be when winter conies aud tbe
poor cry for bread, aud become des
perate. Good money benefit the
poor mau more than poor money
hurts the rich man.
MOTH'K,
All knowing Uietiiwlw. Indt'Mwl to
A. Macau Uy, ideas cull sua Mttte
Hht will t at the star Ar thirty days
only, rleaa cull ami utile.
rtH SALK.
limine of nine nuiui. nil fiiml.lnwl, alan two
uimhiim. iu tihim,m iriu. cntimr
of Mra. II. M. K lomt0, TiUtumi', T at W
Sum witt,, (to Urmia,
' ' ;. ' Wanted '
rlruwn hundred dollura on on
ymr's time, good nwl wuiU) Meurlty.
AddrM X ear WmntBipm. Bute rat
of Intermit.
MMltaf Salt! la UWrK,
The brown skins of the natives tn
Liberia are often daubed with red
and white clay, the effect of the latter
hung rather Btarumg. Tnlste called
dressing. Sometime a vertical blue
mark is aeon across the forehead.
This is ashen of freedom. TheKroo
tnnn have it more thn others, They
are largely employed a extra hands
on the steamers, When a man is
uptted ot murder, theft, eta, he
Is made to drink "ace wood." This
being deadly poison, his innocence
Is deelarod by tne draft not prov
ing fatal I am told, however, that
this is only a form, whim the fatal
moment arrives, some expedient
generally adopted, or else it is con
sidered that only an Innocent man
would be willing to approach the
deadly draft Cor. Goldthwaite's
Magazine,
A Ulal la U U4IM.
A real estate geutlemnn, who
also a Sunday school superintendent
wss trying to sell a kdy a lot in
town, notwithstanding she wanted to
buy one in the suburb.
"But my dear madam," he urged,
"a woman ia practically forbidden by
the Scriptures from owning subur
ban proiierty."
"I don't see what the Scriptures
have to do with It, she protested.
"That's because you are not con
versant with them, h laid, "Dout
you know or tbe lady wno Had a U1
In Bodoin and as soon at ne went In
to the suburbs was changed into a
pillar of salt!" Detroit Free Prats.
AU H Could IM.
A man noted for hi quarrelaome
disposition and love for the ardent
came into tho pottofflce a few days
ago and said, "Ed, have you any of
the new Columbian auunpttr "Yep,
Want any!" "Yep." Ha looked at
them a few minute and threw them
bark, saying, "Don't want 'em.
"Why!" "W-e-lL Iwlxt the old
woman, boys and schoolteacher, I've
at about all I can lick. "-Billings
aaetto.
Andrvw Cna' (hooting Omraa4a
which Andrew Carnegie has rooted
from QunyMaopheraon, extend over
12,000 acres and afford excellent sport
The old castle, in which Sir Robert
Peel lived at tbe beginning of the
century, has been altered and en
larged. Chicago Herald.
Near Liskeard In Cornwall is
strange natural phenomenon, A pile
of rock 83 feet high, shaped like a
top, Is balanced on the smaller end.
it is quite immovable, though appar
ently a very slight effort would upset
its equilibrium.
It is said that when Benjamin
Franklin proposed to start a news
paper his mother tried to dissuade
him from it becaiiNe she said there
were already two paper in America,
and there was no room for another.
The rain ia playing IU soft, pleas
ant tune fitfully on the skylight, and
the shade or the fast Hying clouds
passes with delicate change across
my book N. P. Willi.
The most quarrelsome creature in
the world is the scorpion. Two
placed in the same box will always
(ting each other to death.
A vocabulary is not gained in a day
or a week. It is tbe slow accretion of
many days, the development of many
weeks.
The area of the czar's individual
possessions of land is greater than
the entire extent of France.
Mr. X X. felloe
1 writ know rhotorptir at Merood, OaU
Ultlloi "Mr faoo and My war oaron
2 tti ro blottsho whl dliBjio4 ma and ou
Buck (afftrlng. Otkr mtdlolMi tullod t
hfltaif out, but after taking fear bottlo ol ,
Hood's Sarsaparllla
I am ntlrljr freo tram nj blotskM amd aat
tonoouywou." hoop' puma.
Meod'a fills ar iumIt ruitebl a4
arifuIlrvWvM. so 7 ab jJ '
WEST N10K CLUBBING KATES
tbaular prlro Our
turlwu prim
Wkwr Bins aud Nw York
World
WxKrBum and American
Parmer..,
Wswr Mini and Oregonlau.
Wwr Bins aud Bau r'ran-
oloo Call.,
Wkht Bins and Ctmnopoll
tau ... ,.tt.,,iM, .,,
Wkkt Bids and Youth's
Coinpaulou
SOU
4W
8 00
tn
100
00
as
800
800
Sovoral KltSaarOIrl.
Ou this Intonating topic we glv the
following pointers to our young mo
reader!
A good girl to have-Sal Vatlon.
A disagreeable girl Aniil Mostly.
A flghtlng girl-i-Hlttl Magi 11,
A (west girt-Oarrkt Mel.
A vry pleasant girl Jeuule Itoaalty.
Akkglrl-BalllVat,
A meoth girt Amelia Itallon,
Aieedy girl Cora Ander.
A clear can of girl K Lucy Date.
A geometrical girl Polly Uou.
Not a Cbrlatlau girl-Hetti Itodoxy.
On of th beat glrl-KlW Uaut.
A flowwf girl llhuda Dendron.
A mualoal girl Bare Nad.
A profound girl Mettle I'byalo.
A lUr ilrl-Mota Orle.
A oil ngliig girl Jwale Mine,
A eervou girl Hester leal.
A muaeular girl (id. I Blhenle.
A llwly girl Annie Matlon,
An uueertaln girl Kva Nemvnt
A sad girl Ella O.
A efn girl Molll Fy.
A great big girl tClIk Pliaut.
A warlike girl-aIllllTary.
The heat girl of all Your Own.
lira Yo pra.
Cr. HallraS ana Menmeulh tt.
Spil l:r tut Sunday:
' CKIGKEN DIXKEH 20e.
EYCRT DAT BILL OF MUj
(Vn and douiihuum, .. , Kin.
CottVie, bread and dlub of U-an.,...,IOo.
" h lwkedHnliiiiin....Ai
" and bread a lib pUlu aleak.. lAo,
" " , " " iiork t-lioi.,lSn,
11 11 11 Vtm) .hiiia,,.l8e.
" h " " llvwebacon li'io.
. " " M " ouliMis.lfte.
" " tiamburg aleak. lAe
ham aud 0fKmo.
" twii " " m.
twoi-tsir ifa.
i egg, peached on toast. 10.
milk tHwt,... ........ ,.loe.
ewam M ,.10e,
" Kreoeh " ..Hie.
" hot cake ..lflo.
" bread andalrloin trak...,.,.,Hie.
" " " porterhtiuae steak
" " " tuuderkUu " .85e.
With all meat aud egg order, pota
to or ouuie other vegetable la furnMied
Our 1A& NOON MEAL eoniU of a
plate of soup, loiut beef or mutton or
pork, two dull of Vegetable, bread,
butter and enltVe. Ttil meal I nerved
only between the hour of II a m. and
1:30 p.m.
iteaiH hi 11111 nwea tw sane
F, P. DAVIS, Prop.
There are fiftyways
f
FUG OUT 1 flfil
but
rihuttlng your eye Is not on of them.
DON'T
Shut Veer Cy
teth
FOLLOWING FACTS:
WHEELER A CLODt'ELTER 0
Have the Largiwt Block of
SCHOOL
BOOKS
- In Polk County.
WHEELER k CLODt'ELTER
Hell their Hohool Uookg,
Blate, Penrlls, Ink aud
otlier sehonl ueouiuiarle at
the very lowest prie,
& CUTER
.Ar Leading 0alrln
SCHOOL BOOKS ( STUB
Independence, Or.
HUH- IND - USiGE
VMAKERy
All kind of wood repairing done on
Wagon, Carriage, and Machinery
with neatness and dUpatoh.
HarklDiA Fennoll'i bliialumlth iliop.
INDEPENDENCE.
GEO. E. BREY,
' DRAliRK IN
U, Eft 11, $k
lndepndnce,
Oregon, 48
EUA'8 PoiaoN-ivv Pill- "',!"'
Hiluiiliig rrutu Ivy-Tlua or Oak. If nut Im
proved Iu t pay, return th botUaondget you
money. BoTdby all UruRKlata.
1,900
Muctbo oloscd out In
tho noxt Sixty Days I
in
Bring your caoh and get
your goodo for fall and win
ter, at prices that will make
you happy.
J. u.
4'
What is Life
Without a Dinner?
An Aching Void.
What is Dinner
without Food?
A Distressing Dream.
Grocery?
A Desert Waste.
MeEarheraa t Handrreork sre
Klnerr Hour ('own I
bellearlr Appear I
(MunwMur io
Hubbard & Staats,
I'UOI'UIKTOHX OK
CityTrucIt and Transfer Lo.
Hauling of all Kinds Done
itessonable Kates.
at
Agents for the O. P. Boats.
All bill niwt be willed by the 10th 01
each uiontb. ,
Independence, Oregon.
CITY STABLES.
ELT JOHKSON. Prop.
Horses Fed by the Day,
Week or Month.
Best of Attention Given Stock
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON,
Dr. S. A. MULKEY
RESIDENT DENTIST.
ndependence, Oregon
The profrwlon prantloed In all It
branehu. Gold ami silver (llllnff and
gold crowns a ppoolalty. Plate work of
the best quality metal, rubber and eel-
luold. Also brldire work. Hutlslaollnn
guaranteed. 'I'eeth extrnoted without
nttln. Uttlne. eornor Mam and Mon
mouth street, Independence.
I
f
lndodondonco.
here 1
.
ReaalU
Deaeiitlc Feate!
Oron Uaraiut(l CSjJ
THC
And th.
WEST SIDE
For $3.00 a Tear.
The
ereut illustrated monthlies
havo in tbe pnst sold for
$4.00 a Year.
The COSMOPOLITAN I a monthly
magaslue, with IU yearly 1536 pagi of
reading matter by tbe greatest writer
of the world, and 1200 Illustration by
clever artists, and stands the peer of
Harpers, Llpjieneott, Etc., and you
hava willingly paid as high a 1 4.00
year for suuh magar.lues.
Tli WE8T SIDE, published every
Friday, contain all tbe local news and
tells fur $100 a year.
The total is $6.00 a year,
We Cut the Price in Two Parts
You get both for $3.00 a
Tear.
Send in your Subscriptions this
Month
ar
WEST SIDE
(In advan.)
H. A. FULLER.
HORSESHOER
and
BLACKSMITH
The Best Plain Shoer in
the County i
INDEPENDENCE,
STIC
m Bi as.
Uaye
TIM Lm,I.
zma
J. r. O'DOIKIELL
Dl
-CarrlHth
&aa.Jaj Pe"'
ftj,
Ateden. Drill, Ctillled and Hteel
I'low, Hiding and Walking Cultk
eaum, I'lanet Jr. (larden Drill.
Hulkejr and Gang Plow.Aienwall
I'otalo Plttiiien, Dlxe, Lever, aud
Hprlug-tooth barrow.
RUID
tluarinteud th beat and llghleaO
running wgon nutde. Mr. O'lMni
nell In. by a reeent arrangeineut th
Mianuraoturer' geut,aua will carry
tli largiwt and iihmI OMnnlet Mo
oflintilemenl ever brought to Polk
eouiily.
11 WaaniVVPnaTWaVlaTVV mWWWmWtmW09 aWtWaaaaaaa HaTV VVOTaVNkaVV V WBQPSiW
SHELLEY, ilfflll S CO,
The Druggicto,
They Have the Goods.
They Sell at Low Prices.
The Quality is Superior.
They are Accommodating
School Books and Stationary,
They keep everything called for.
They will fill orders by mail or by
telephone. They keep pens, ink.
writing paper, in fact, a full line
in that department..MMMMae3k
4 REMEMBER
That Shelley, Alexander & Co. fill pro
icriptions at all hours of tho day or night
and havo an experienced pharmacist.
SALBMSlJDESOtlilLTSa
WALDEMAR NELSON, Prri.tr. ,
183 CoiMjaciercial Street.
Knktbllbel In 1HK4 with the inotit eoiuikte and expensive plant in tn state.
Hteaiu capacity, twelve bome-piiwer. LadW snd geiii'eifMhlngand fln fabrit
or all kliid cleaned and dyed. Caitwta. Ulaoketa, Klannela, bilk Underwear,
Ladles' Hat (Straw JIuU. and feathers clned, dyed and renovated. Bilk Hat
ironed. Hilk llata, BtliT Hal, and Heft HaU cleaned, dyed, blocked and iw
novated. MTLv Ordr with Independence, Monmonth, and Fall City 8tag Driv
r. Or Send by Msil or Express. -
W. H. CRAVEN 6 CO.
Carry a
"HARM
Saddles, Whips
Robes
Oils,
REPAIRING PROMPTLY AND NEATLY DONE.
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON.
Independence ROLLER MILLS,
SKINNER &, CO,, Proprietors,
Wish to notify the public that they are now
Ready to Receive Grain in Exchange for Flour.
We have also put iu a New Improved Cleaner and will do a
General Warehouse Business on the most favorable terms.
The highest market Drice
Independence Stables.
Stylish Turnouts Alwavs In Readiness.
Having lately purchased the entire interest in the stables of J N
Jones, we are now better prennred tlian ever to n.t. ft,. Ji
the public as we are now makinir
snbstantial, improvements. Teams boardid by , the day or mouth
Traveling men a specialty, , i : ,r
SALEM, STAGE-WeoiitdUyUiireliiibtwen8lom"iid K.n.ri.. n
lesvaa KaJla Olt for IiuTenvndeniM itiLni j j:''1-",.f ' 'V. (Mage
al.m tor Iad.pend.no., at 1 p.m., lMm
PETER COOK Prop.
ypiw mm -
Marble and .. Granite Mon
... v.iuiitvil
. f I . s , ' '
Headstones, Tablets, and Curbing.
A new and complete stook of Marble
nu.vuW. u,.uruisuaiiowpnoe9andathortuotlce. We buy by
the carload and can give customer advantage of low freight.
mmoMy on Railroad St.
T) LM4llt
mim
lrf sf-
fcj h Ed t!i
full lln of
B B
B B
Brus
hes,
Etc.
bald for wht at ail timc
and are nrenarinff n.Di,a ...-
iurtew a,7 vZ.T,?..7V' ma
and Granite Monuments to arrive soon
I. life, Pru
Mi