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An incident in the interminable
campaign of Independence to get
.1. 'lui, .ni,t swit away from
Dallas la that an Independence
paper has at last captured tnecoun
tv nrintini. OtTtlOHM.
The Ortyonfa ia mistaken. This
la not a coanty seat fight, u "
tlv means an Independence paper,
thA Wkst SlDK, under bid other
papers. The county court could
n AflirwlA thilll MHWt the
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Mil. The taxpayers of all Polk
county are gainers by the action of
the county court. The people of
Independence naturally feel more
cordial towards the ofueials at Dai
las than if. us heretofore, the bus)
ness interests of Independence were
completely ignored. This court
has done more to stop the agitation
of county seeat matters than any
previous court. Iudepeudeuee Is a
eood town without the county scat,
and if the subject of a change of
couuty seat is not mentioned for
th nt torn Yearn, so much the
better for th couuty.
Thk issue before the people of
this country is the tariff ami noth
ing clwv The democratlo and the
people's party favored free-trade
and one year of democratic rule and
our people are confronted with a
depleted treasury and Uie necessity
of issuing fHHi,000,000 worth of 5
per cent bonds, with an annual do
Holt of $0,000,000 iu our revenues
aud millions of our people glad to
got work at greatly reduced wages,
and manufacturing ou the decrease
and soun house on the iucreaae.
The question is,shall this state of
affairs be allowed to continue, or
sliall the people by their votes this
year manifest their disapproval!
8, T. Ilureh, the county judge of
Tolk county, Is thoroughly honest
in his official endorsement of the
expenditures of the money of tax
payers in Polk county. Ills smbl
tlou is to got the county out of debt
during his term of office, and Judg
ing from some of his many wise of
ficial acts he will do not
fata
TiiK declaration cornea from Hon.
Jerry Simpson that the people's
party stands on a pint form for free
trade. Simmering It down tuen we
have two parties for free trade to
one for protection. Republicans
who are blind enough to take up
with any party opposed to the pro
tective policy are endangering
their Ideas of good government.
The Torrens system of laud trans
fers aud the initiative and referen
dum are extremely good meatmrcs
to brine before the next legislature.
Ruth are steps in the right direction
and will give the people greater
freedom and lie eondulve to better
government., more economically ad-
ministered. Pendleton Or-
fftmuih, oj we don t need euner.
We do licedal gacy tax, corpo
ration tax and gross premium in
surance tax, however.-Salem SUiU
man.
a newspaper auft aoitwi uuii ur a
match. UllglitwiUiocigarwnuwuy.
A nil wit tan had it fuli-tv alluht aud
going he took it from hii mouth and
held it up and looked at it calmly but
critically witu Ue air or a wmiim
our, and then he lifted hi face sllKht
i. ki.. tiiii umika into the air.
t ... wr tlittt h niovwl his end
of the cigar and approved the histo of
the purchaser, flow nor duu.
Ttie seent of getting through work
to method. Order, It t uoen saw,
BARGAINS IN BOOKS.
Until Feb. 1st we oiler the following Vi mo. cloth bound hooka for
25 cents each. Regular price 50 cent. t
U Ood's first law i let it he yours. Do
aot lot your work accunmiaw
hamla. Ik la not work thfl
butarreareof work. Work put off to
Tue state tax levy of Oregon is
only four and three-tenths mills.
THE Oregonut is finding fault
with the state board of equalUatiou
because Multnomah couuty pays
such heavy taxes. There is no use
"kicking" Mr. Oinjonian. You
favored the repeal of the deduc
tions for indebtedness and mort
gage tax law, and now you are at
the mercy of the state of Oregon.
The farmers wanted the deduction
for indebtedness aud mortgage tax
law and still want it We have an
idea the Oinjonian will remain
silent on the question and allow the
present law to be repealed. When
the old one was in force it made but
little difference to the rich men of
Portland what the tax levy might
be, they could evade their taxes.
This year they cannot, and conse
quently are very indignant at the
state board for duing it sworn
duty.
When the Dallas ItemUer had
the contract for printing the bills
paid by Polk county through the
commissioners' court, it set it in
display style, used brevier and pica
type, and for a five inch list of bills
in nonpariel, charged for twentytwo
inches, and the county court paid
it It is safe to say it paid the
Itemizer $20 last year more than
it earned under the contract The
Itemizer man should look this up
and refund his overcharges.
The people of Oregou should til-
deed feel grateful to our state offi
cials who have so wisely and eco
nomically administered the album
of the state that the tax levy this
year is to be only 4 3-10 mills.
Governor Sylvester IVnnoyer, Sec
retary Geo. . Mclh tdo and Treas
urer Phil. Metschun have doue that
which will secure them the bless
ings of many thousand iu this state.
. i
Ex-Queen Liliiokalanl threatens
to bring suit against this govern
ment for a large sum of money,
but as no individual can bring
a sutt against the United States,
it Is probable it will not amount to
anything.
Representative Herman has of
fered an amendment to the Wilson
bill, that uickel, quicksilver and
wool, be put on the protective list,
and also, to increase the duty on
hops from 8 to 15 cents per pound.
Secretary. Carlisle has made
a call for bids on 0,000,000 bonds
to le issued at once Waring 5 per
cent interest. He will sell none for
luw than 117,2,13, which is equiva
lent to a 3 per cent rate of interest.
w.wr nuk mi with hiwr mteiwt
H..m.il.int unto tha dnv U the evil
thereof." It becomva intolerable if it
be laid upon tomorrow.
If I may recommend you three
ruloe f or aavluft time and eeououila
lag strength, they ball 1 those i
lMttttra. keen amxilntmeutii,
make up your mluds. Iu Uie affaire
of this Ufa a prompt uoowum m oiwn
more important thau a right decWon.
n a man niuktia un hU mind aud act.
it may be, wrongly, but If so he finds
out hi mistake, corrects and retrieve
t War another man nit actett at
alL It i possible to waste a great
amount ot lime ny winning, u
ill mora w talkiuir over action.
First thought are.aometlune wiser
than aoooud and generally wiser than
third. Contemporary iteview
Haw la fnaannM loan.
Vhv do effete customs prevail in
mispronouncing Uie name of thto
tab u I-tvwah. wuUnif the second
I vllahlol No resident of tliestute iro-
nouuot It that neauienuui way, uui
correctly, l o-way, Uio nrst syiuvwr
amw.nt.ul. Ill fuot the UalllO W
nmtimM nelUi "luwsy" on ok
map, noticeably one accompanying
a rimrt of Lewi and Clarke ex
pmlitkro, publiahed hi IKU. In th
body of the report Uie iuuuo is also
nitlled Avauwav. a French sixdliug
of the same sound. In order to
aantiT a firm uMtuMihmiut of our
rights a to the pronuncktlun of the
name of the Hawkeye State, perhaps
the leghdature will have to do a
waa done In Arkansas, pass a law us
ing it Dubuque UeralU.
A tUllva W riling IH.k.
A nillow held in the inn make
m Mid banis for a writiuir tablet when
1 riilinii ou a train, since it 1
anna the 1nx of tho train and so make
I writing Moier. Another mA device
ia to nave a thin board large enough
for a tablet sustained from onoof the
hook at the top of the car at a oou
vanitmt ankcl in frout of the travel
er by two cords panning around it
upjier end. The lower end of the
board beneath the arm is knld up by
a cord passing under it and around
the arm. The board so sustained
will yield to every motion ot th
train, and one can writ upon it al
most a easy a upon a dusk at home.
-Writer.
The Corvallit ftx)tlll town la to lav
the Multnotiikhs at Tortlaud mi Hatur-
day afternoon.
A Lost Love
A Life's Remorse
Henry Esmond
Dora 1 home
Ib'ckcns History of lincland
The Other Man's Wife
Highways of Literature
Footprints of Fate
Harry Lorrentiuer
Anderson's Fairy Tales
Kornola
The House on the Marsh
The Lamplighter
I Have Lived and Loved
Married at Last
Old Curiosity Shop
The Couseritit
lidmond Dantes
Family Secrets
Oliver J wist.
niEi
GREAT
The Search for Hasil Lynhurst Handy Andy
And many others. Itenicinbcr a 50-ceiit wiok Tor 23 (H'tiis.
rjonrriTFR BROS.
llndtitiirUiw Rir Srlioiil Muitlu-, swU.nu'ry. Umfcvilonorir ml "lil''"il Kwll
$15.00 DINNER SET
In
Prices
AT
ODONNELLS.
McIIACHKRN & SANDHRCOCK'S
GROCERY STORE.
THE
AND
Give us a Call,
Examine Cur Dinner Sets,
Get Cur Prices.
at
Bedrock Prices at
UcEachern &SanrJercock's
Independence.
McEachern & Sandercock
will give, in thirty days, a
Handsome Dinner Set,
worth $15. oo. As cash is
in great demand, and earns
Big Discounts, and buys
Genuine Bargains, for each
ONE-DOLLAR cash pur
chase, the purchaser will
be given ONE GUESS
at the number of Coffee
Grains in the bottle and
the person coming the
nearest the number will be
entitled to the Present.
Shelley, Alexander & Go.,
DRUGGISTS
STATIONERS.
The Finest and Most Complete Line of
STATIONERY
TOILET ARTICLES
In the City.
Main Street, - Independence, Oregon.
Salem
STElf.1 DTEIK6 IHD CUAH1KG
WAlDtMAR NELSON, Pronator.
183 Commoxcial Street.
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-THE-
NEW YORK
RACKET STORE
Is running Full ltlimt in th
D.J.
PATTERSON BROS.
1 he Druggists.
PATTERSON BROS.
The Jewelers.
PATTERSON BROS.
The Headquarters
FOR GOLD and SILVER WATCHES
Kiil)IWInil Iu Km with the iih4 mirM ami mjmmihIvp plxut In the utr
Htnm rtoUy. twtlv Imnw-powiT. Itillra' and "'"'rlollilnir n. rlne fbri
of all klinUclfuliml mul dyMl. CarfSiiU, lllrtukola, KIhiiikiIk, Hllk I'mUTwrtr,
lAUm' IUI11 Htmw HntM, mid fmilifni clrautHl, tl vl ml n-iinvmcd. Hi Ik lUti
Inuiwl. tHIlk lln(n,Htl(rHal,uaKift HhU clwnei, ilywl, Uorkrd and t-liovattsl.
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MTLaav Ordara with Indepandanca, Monmonih, and Falla City Slaga Dri
ar. Or 8and by Mall or Exprata.
Next door to tha Furniture Hloru.
Clear lour Land.
L. DAMON,
INDKl'BDliNU-:, OKliGON,
The American protective tariff
league in special and extraordinary
session on December Kith, respond
ing to the earnost request, of wiige
earners, unanimouHly agreed that il
waa necemary to call upon the press j
of the United States to urge every
patriotic citizen to an.si.st in defeat
ing the proposed Wilson free trade
t-iriff, which is now before congress.
If this measure becomes a law, the
demand for labor in all productive
employments iu this country will be
decreased. This will reduce the
wages and earnings of every man,
woman or child among us: perma
nently lower the standard of living
In this country; and reduce the pur
chasing power of our wage earners
who constitute tho great consuming
force in this land. Lvery person,
rich or poor, high or low, old or
young, who is not in favor of lower
waees and less comforta in life,
should at once write a postal card
to the congressman from his or her
ilini rict. niotestini? airainst the nass-
age of this bill and demanding that
the McKlnley tariff be left un
changed. Write a post al card to
day, and urge every friend of yours
to do the sanio. Perhaps your effort
will defeat free trade and save pro
tection.
A laltar From Lady taaiana.
Lady Henry Somerset, who reached
Hila rnuntrv too lute to attend the
world's coriKrew of reprenentativa
women at ChieuKo. wrote in answer
tw an inquiry as to what she hoped
trom tue con Kress:
The outcome of the woman's In
ternational cong-ross will be In part
inch a fraternity of good women as
the world has never seen. It has
been believed in the past that Uie
separation among the doienaeni sex
would be perpetual, but as an un
natural and enforced dependence
tuused it, a wine and thoughtful in
dependence, combined with the sys
tematic organization of women for
purposes of the highest and beat,
will be its cure. In the world of
tiViilmit.hronv and roform the com
bined energies of the leaders among
women can affect sucn marveisoi
amelioration as far outrun the power
of imagination or of prophecy. A
guild 01 women in eocn locauiy,
based upon the golden rule ana in
tmr-h hv mwiiiH of worldwide or
ganization, will become the rallying
point or tuose uplifting rorcos inai
yet shall purify, protect and bless
the homes of every nation and urge
forward that universal Drotnernoou
for which all true hourts long.
IS THE AGENT TOR THE
hod lhl-00 DPIPC5 Ifllil
uaoii II UAU0 I IIIWLV bUII
.rt mm uiddv LITTLE GIANT GRUBBER
aim 1 lui ll nun 1,
J. A. MILLS,
One of the Simplest, Lightest aud Strone-est
Grubbing. Machines made. For terms and
prices call on L. DAMON,
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 price paid for wheat at all times.
a.tita,otloxk O-aajajxtaaa.. H
Independence, Oregon,
THE
FRED MILLER,
DEALER IN
FRISK AND 11 MEATS,
Poultry, kag&s, 1
Game in Season.
Tim Clirnr Wh a Good One,
A ninn whodo tium was intulliflrent.
hut. whrmn flot.lms wnro Hhnbbv and
whtJHO bearing wus unmiHtakably that
oi a man wno nau snoa every respon
sibility and was taking life as easily
as ho could a city tramp walked
comfortably along in Union square.
AS ne waived ne saw upon tne grounu
Uie discarded end of a cigar. There
was more of it than asmoker usually
Uirows away, wnue ne maae no
tmrticular demonutration over it. the
tramp was evidently pleased to find
it. ue placed it in nis mouiu ana
walked on with just a trace of ela
tion added to his manner of habitual
unconcern.
After walking a few steps be
Hiniiflit. tin wmild mnnlrfl it. He
paused in front of a man who was
sitting on one of Uie bonghef.roding
C Street, Near P.O.
INDEPENDENCE,'- OREGON.
and BAKERY.
J. P. IRVINE, Proprietor.
Everything New, Neat and Clean.
Big Bargains for Cash.
Call and Get Prices.
FREE DELIVERY.
Whiteaker Building, Klaiii Street, Independence.
Independence Stables.
Stylish Turnouts Alwavs In Readiness.
Having lutvly pmchiwwl the entire" iuLervot lu the stuhlt of J. N.
ioiu, we aro now letter prepared thnn ever to meet thf denmmlsol
rhe public s we are now making and are preparing to miike many
HubHtimtial, improvements. Teams boarded by the day or month.
rravnlinir ninn n atwutin1t.tr
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SA M . STAOE-W ojirl k dully mnir linn Mown Bitlam ml Fll HW.
vn iilln ijly Oir lulrpnilFo U in,. ivra ImltMXHitlPnr ftr SmIciii m .ra,
t m ftir liidifiulm, .m hi I p.m,t lwvo ItidiiiwiKlfiira ftr VU City al (vm.
PETER COOK Prop.
DIM
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KOK-
DR. GUMS
ONION
SYRUP
a FOR COUGHS,
COLDS
AND CROUP.
T!I7 CHILDREN LIKE IT.
Wr.nn rti ld, mnlh.r m onion .Tnin rot
0un,.h i, O'l'it liiid UPotif.mturiil Klvtt It to my lll
tl.onori, TltftA U no'hlng .o.lmpl'., dttfrt l.nUllrft
l)r. U'.iin't O'llu.i Myrtip l.n4 hnrmleu. And rlftn"
.ntlfi .iu. ttifo t. h"ne. It u nil1 -'i I' ."i.
nuiKly, why not lr lit Bold -
For sale by J. II. PUC1H.
SVaW'Jll' ll
Fine Photographs
Crayon Work
Pastelles
India Inks
Water Colors
Always get your
OU IIIOEW
done at the
MEN WANTED.
TV- FIW
-Goto-
I). H. CRAVEN'S
Photograph Gallery
Independence, Or,
MM A MM riMWliVllllM
w urn
at living rates.
T 1 S
1
ncome, S1Q0 a Month. Term of Service, 4 mf
Kequireincnts are that they shall" be able bodied, not too old, good
moral character, aud be able to furnish 11.000 guaranteed fund.
For further purtlenlaw call at the Wot Sinn olTlfe, or uddressF.
Ward, Room 13, Cat? and Front Btreels San Frauoisoo,
s W , i imps in '