THE WEST SIDE JOS. A. C. BRANT, Editor nd rmprit'tor. SUBSCRIPTION RATK8. UI AttVANCttJ rwl v month,.. , , , ........ ThrM numllm .1 0 F III DAY, 1ECKW BEtt . H, 1W0 Will the nt "congress give us new iesuc? Why shouldn't it? Tho last one gve us half a dozen. It ws oruel of Wilhclro to refuse to receive Oom Paul. He should remember that President McKinley received the envoys and showed them the view from his back win dows. President McKinley's message was no doubt a profound and statesmanlike document, but it is improbable that very many people eat up until the wee sma' hours reading' its exciting passages. ' President McKinley is said to have asked congress to guess what he had for them. "And tho boys guessed right, the very first time" They guessed it was a message and it wa one of 18,000 words. ft Croker's campaign aga! nst vice is said to be for revengo against his henchmen who didn't help him out as he thought they should. It is ungrateful, of him, though, when we consider how good vice has al ways been to him. They believe in rigid justico in Canada. The Ottawa courts have fined a baker for selling loaves oi bread that were two ounces heavier than they were orofessed to be. ft ft ft Advice to Lord Kitchener: "First catch your Boer." ft ft There are only about three weeks left in which a man can become one of the heroes of the nineteenth century. $ ft Seems to us we remember some thing about a telegram of congra tulation Bent by Wilhelm to Oom Paul after the smashing of the Jamieson raid. Can this be the same Wilhelm? ft ft ft Tne Dallas city council has passed an ordinance to second read ing which prohibits free hypnotic, mesmeric and somnambulistic ex hibitions. The ordinance is aimed at traveling hypnotists who gener ally have a "subject" asleep in some prominent store window for twenty four hours. ft ft ft The keepers of the vile resorts in New York have closed up but they haven't moved out. They judge from the paBt that the present spasm of reform will run its course, just as a blizzard does and the chances are that they are right. ft Some day soon, we shall all wake up and find ourselves in the next century. Only, it will be the pres ent century then. ft ft ft The shipping bill will have a rough road through the senate. It will probably pass if it ever comes to a vote but it is doubtful whether it can do this. If it ever passes the upper house, however, it will go through the lower one like greased lightening. t ft The prospects for building the Nicaragua canal seem very good, but it is to be hoped that care will be taken to prevent the contractors from forgetting that they are going to dig a canal and not operate a gold mine. ft ft come ot Jioston s aniiqumes nave been found to be boguB, but baked beans are not yet on tho list of them. ft ft ft The W. C. T. U. did about as much harm as it could to the cau.ie of temperence when it sent a dele gation to the capitol to examine the glasses of the dinners in the senaie and bouse restaurants to as certain whether they were drinking anything stronger than they should. Such a breach of good, manners goes Jr to brand the- entire organiza tion. ft ft ft It might be just as well to wait until congress has time to act be fore we decide positively just what war taxes are to be removed. Nearly every paper in the state has had a lick at the ship subsidy bill, yet it is safe to say that the editors of nine-tenths of these papers, not only have no know ledge of what effect the passage of the bill would have, but aside from the general idea that the bill pro vides for a bonus of some kind, know nothing even of the text of the measure. Future embarrass ment is often avoided by giving a matter thouchtful consideration he fore being rash with opinions. Cor vallis Gazette. If the Gazette has any knowledge on the subject why don't it trot the same out for public gaze? ft ft ft Llpplncott's Magazine and the West Bids, one year, J3.SS6. At lea immcrman can hereafter ' hit bacon and ham commit wan the Manchester coronet This will balance a good many dri --''i : What bought of a man in busine . , used to pay his employes their wages beouise the fund set arlde for this purpose proved inadequate? The city of Portland is in pretty much this position. In order to got their pay for October and November the en tire police force has had to sue the city. Why can't the city counoi transfer money from one fund to another to tide them over unti next year's taxes come in? v ft ft ft The president scooped the coun try in his message when he an nounced that Ex-President Ilarri son, Chief Justice Fuller, Ex-Sena tor (5 ray and Attorney-Oenera Griggs have been selected as mem bers of The Hague court of arbitra tion. The country will highly commend the selection ot the first three, but in regard to Mr. Griggs, theie will be Borne misgivings, in view of the extraordinary opinions he lias rendered on omo subjects since he became attorney-general, ft ft ft The Daily Times-Mountaineer, o! Tho Dalles, has susended public tion. It seen s that that thriving little city of Eastern Oregon has also been struck with the cyclone o McKinley prosperity and pretty hard too. -Cottage Grove Leader. The trouble with tho Times Mountaineer, as with a good many other little poocratio sheets throughout this state, is that too much McKinley prosperity has struck their respective localities, so much that tho picking has Itccome very short for them. Hoseburg Plaindealer. Jacob Lntta, his wife, a son 10 years old and a daughter of 8 years Laplanders, reached New York few days ago, on their way home from Alaska. These persons are the survivers of the party of fifteen who went to Alaska thru years ago in charge of a herd of 500 reindeer bought by the United States gov ernnvnt in the hope that these ani mals would thrive and multiply in that country. The country, accord ing to Latta, did not suit either the Lapps or the reindeer. It was cold enough, but different in many ways The reindeer did nol get the same food or treatment that they did in Lapland, and what, with being transported long distances,. with the confinement and dfPcomfoiT'-at transportation means to all ani mals, ignorance and brutality in handling, and scant, unaccustomed food, the wretched creatures perish ed miserably. Nor did the Lapps fare much better, as their sadly decimated ranks show. The ex periment was both futile and costly and represents the initial blunder of the war department under the direction of secretary Alger. Senator Meltride Tuesday attend ed the meeting of the Nicaragua canal committee, which, in an in formal way, discussed the canal biil and the possibilities of its pass age at this session. After this con feience with other members, h says that his opinion as expressed in Portland that tho canal bill would pass if the Ilay-Pauncefote treaty is ratified Btill " holds good and, in fact, has been confirmed and strengthened. lie holds the sentiment prevails among Republi can senators that the treaty should be raulieu first, when inero will bo no difficulty whatever in getting the bill through. It is his belief that a number of loading Republi can senators will stand out against the canal bill until the treaty is ratified, taking the ground that to pass the bill regardlees of the treaty will be to offer a deep insult to Greflt Britain. ft ft ft The Dallas Observer goes out of its way to charge the West Side with making "nasty little flings at Dallas in nearly every issue." The West Side has simply called the attention of its readers to a fact; as stated before, when- Dallas poo pie thought wo Imd smallpi x, they shouted from tho houso tops (figur atively, of course) that wo had forty cases, and now we might got back at them if wo so desired. We do not know of any fight being on be tween Independence and Dallas. We had supposed that was ended when an Independence traifor ap peared, making it possible for Dallas to go so far as to prevent Independence once more getting the upperhand so far as relates to the county seat matter. As for the implied threat that unless the West Side puffs up Dallas it will not get any business there we desire to say that the West Side is a thorn to some of the Dallas papers, hence the unfriendly notice given it by the Observer. Independence, as ever, will continue to be the busi ness center of Polk county, despite its losing (through fraud) the coun ty seat. We have the facilities and do the business, WASHINGTON LETTER, Washington, D. C, Dea 3. Few sessions of Congress haye opened more quietly than that which convened today. Advance knowledge of the fact that adjourn ment was to immediately follow the opening in honor of tho late Senators, Davis, ot Minnesota and Gear, .of Iowa, served to lessen attendance both on the floor ot the House and Senate and in the gal lerios and consequently to lessen Interest in the short proceedings Congressional Interest is strongly centered in the Isthmian Canal question. Kightly or wrongly, the announcement that tho Canal Loin mission had cut out of its report its original recommendation in fa vor of the Nicaragua route; and left it to Congress to decide Mwoen that and tho Panama route, from tho facts and .figure presented, is taken to have Wen brought about by the shrewd work of the lobby ists employed by the Panama Can al Company, and to presage a fight which may cause a scandal before it is endj'd; the lobbyists aro also credited with' pushinglforward tho Ship Subsidy bil!r which is likely to be the bitterest fought measure of the session, for the purpose o displacing the Nicaragua Cunii bill, which by resolution adopted by tho Senate at the last sesssiou should bo taken up on Wednesday ot this week. This last may havo been partly the cause, but there are other reasons why Senators will not object to seeing tho Canal bill go over for a while. Tho Hay-Paun ccfote treaty ha no! yet Intm rati Red, and Secretary Hay has just made a treaty with Nicaragua, giv ing tho U. S. all the rights and privcleges needed to construct the Canal. Many of the strongest sup porters of tho Nicaragua Canal bill think that both of these treaties should bo ratified before the Canal bill is seriously taken up by tho Senate, There is constant watchfulness on the part of Senators to get better seats for themselves. Applications are often filed by Senators for the desirable seats held by retiring Senator" several years in advance of the date of their retirement, and for a Senator who has a good seat, to get sick, is always a signal for applications to be filed for his sent, in case it should be vacated. Sen ator Hanna, who has a less desir able seat, filed a claim for the seat occupied by tho lato Senator Davis, about two years ago, and it is now Ui. JL not-lrn, .hnwover, that the seat would come to him through the death of Senator Davis, The claim was filed because Senator Davis had filed one for the seat of Senator Hoar, who at the time talked of retiring on account of his health. Representative Shaffroth of Colo., is an enthusiast and an expert on the subject of irrigation. He has introduced a bill providing for the construction of, reservoirs in the arid sections of the west and for tho lisposal of tho lands rcclauneJ thereby under tho homestead law. Ho thinks it an erroneous idea that money spent in irrigation only benefits tho state in which it is spent. In bis own words: "W hat benefits one state largely profits consionpiion is destruction of lung by growing germ, precisely as moldy cheese is destruction of cheese by a growing germ. If you kill the germ, you stOD the consumption. You i i can or can't, according to when you begin. - Take Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil: take a little at first. It acts as food : it is the easi est food. Seems not to be food ; makes you hungry ; eating is comfortable. You grow strong- nil picture on it, er. 1 alee more; take no other, not too much ; enough is as much as you like and agrees with you. Satisfy hunger with usual food ; whatever The wtiuine has you like and agrees with you. When you are strong again, have recovered your strength the germs are dead ; you have killed them. If vrtu have not tried It. send for free sample, Its agreeable taste will surprise you. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists. 409 Pearl St., , New York. 60c. and $1.00; all druggists. West Bide and Paolfla Homestead. onyear,a, il mm ...... ill.-. ... I and useless ground would result the providing for homes and a greU future to thousands and .thousands ot homeless, hapless and penniless, men in every state in the Union.", Capt. Carl Reichmann, U. 8. A', who has just returned from m Africa where ho wad sent by tl war department to observe tho ml tary operations of tho lloor,i su of tho lloer commander, whose cent successes havo revived ho among the friends of tho Uoet "Do Wet's a dandy. He U a little man with a clear, fierce eye anu a stern vlstage, and wears a sniil black hat. One would not pfk him out in a company of men it) a warrior; and he's a butcher, or llis brother was, but ho knows how to fight." Capt. Koichmann says t at although the Boers are fine hun ri and good marksmen, they aro tot I I I! L- 1 .1 . . goou soldiers, idealise wiey are sot susceptible to discipline. 1 No one seriously doubts tlat there Jwill eventually bo practjial flying machines, but that jdot: it loejJit .revent money being Inv railway arm Hieiimmiip iiii.;1 ? . M ' . 1 ... 1. J 1!. a level-headed man like Clmlphn Hepburn of tho houso coinmliteo (n inter-stato and foreign' commerce, who at tho last session reported mid urged action on a bill for a Pacific cable is iUoted as expressing the opinion that tho claim of Marconi, whose previous experiments il, wireless telegraphy havo not ni'lt entirely satisfactory even for si rt distances, to havo discovered a s- tm by which messages can be s nt across tho ocean, without calytsi will prevent action on tho caj le bill. There may bo some signifies kco In the remark of Senator Allii n, who is in the front rank of ie majority leaders, that tho oh legislation which must absolu be disposed of at this session, in'or der to prevent an extra session ot the next congress, outside of (he fourteen regular appropriation bills, were tho army bill and tho re-ap portionment bill, and that all the other proposed legislation was wih sidiary and could, if necessary, I HI ess laid aside until the next congj meets. This is the short and last regllar session of the Fifty-sixth Congrj-ss. It will legally end on March 4 nfxt, and the first session of the Fifty- seventh Congress will not begin til) the first Monday of tho following December. Hut an extra session is not improbable. Many important k(rB will cow-Wore , fV this winter, and they canne 'it least they will nof, bo cleared up by March 4. ii 1 1 i -1' - i Nevertheless and notwithstand ing, tho United Stales stands ;cc ond in tho list of nations in tho amount of tonnage it has afl'at. This may sadly jar the advotsti-s of tho shipping bill but it is tf ue all tho same. ft . ' City Treasurer Apperson, of ' Minnville, submitted Ids annual port to tho council at its last niu ing. This report shows a bahnjo of $13-10.58 cash on hand, andia total indebtedness of f!M'.)0.17, ; X clusivo of tho bonded debt, wh :h leaves a flouting debt of $0158, !). Tho cost of building, operating jnd maintaining the water and litht plant for tho past ll years has lim 1117,201.72. If the plant is wJth what it cost ($20,000), then tho t peii"o of maintaining and operatag has been l7f2f'i-l!72. Of t is amount the consumers have plid fj5,8iy.31, leaving a balance f 41,4 45.41 paid or to bo paid the city for water and light duriijg a period of 11 years, or an averse annual cost of $3707.76. Thewajbr and light collections for tho yfear have been $5070.11, leaving a oal anco of $1908.35 in favor of 'tho city. t -a m-LJi-j-ui. ..yrT- Notice for l'ublleatlou, , , t JFiwt puUbuo-U.. rlsm iHlWJf4k.lft.il TIM1IER LAN0 ACT, JUNK 8. WIS. United Htftlin Land ODIcn, Ort'irnn City, OrKon, DeoonilierS, l'KKv with Ihe provlHliiiiHof tliu uct of CmiKri'iii if Not ue m nnronv s vuli Unit In comn uilin Juno8, IH7H. enutlvd ' An ant fur tlm niilo l( timber IhikIh In llm Hlulna of Culirnrillii, Ok gon, Nuvniln, and WnHhingUin Turmory," exleiiilod to all tlm I'ulillu L.and Hiatus by of Auuiint 1 Ift.ii, l'lilllp A. Curri'll, of It-rK, i.oiiiny 111 mariun, nuiiu 01 uroon, nan tl) day filiid In thin ntlloe hi nwcirn liUcimli NO. 4iif, lor llm imnliaxs or IIihSW v. of w Hon ;U, in liiwuwIilu'No. H H, riuiKd No. S wu a win oiiur pniur vi hiiow mm. 111a lul nuiflit in liuiro valuililu lor II a timber or ttl tbiiii for niri lniltiirnl iniriHiHiw. and to em Huh III (liilin In aalil limit buforu I lio Ural 1 and Huut-lver of thin nlllco ut lir(.L'iiii ( it. Ori'Kon, on atuiday, tbe2id Uuy nr Kcbruuii 1WH. He immna aa wiinraimt H . W. Utninift. SiiKHr Loaf, Oriifcoiii Juliu Liicun, of Hiiri l,onf, OrpfTon; Auniliani June, nf I'orllau Oregon; nin y miuin, of roriiunu. orognn. Any and all iicrHiina ulalniliig advumtily t abovi-dnacrlbed lamia nro ii'uiiiwii il in 11 tholr uliilina lu llils olllec on or buforu until i oay 01 r euruury, i'.iui. (JllAM. II. MOOKEH, Kugl:.tur Ste?mer3 Altona and Pcmonj ' Will leave Independence EVERY DAY, Hnndnv excepted, at 7:00 u. in., for 'ii SALEM, I OREGON CITY, PORTLAND. For B'rclglit or PanHuge ap ply on boardtlie bout, or to the aneut 1 J. E. HUBBARD, Inuepenufnco . OregoA. snowier, inns enricniug now u CATARRH aiNi culm you !.' in Balm itraannt to lta. 't.nuttut no 111. JurloM drug. Jl M quickly ilunrlwd. Olviw Itnll.if m nnoo. fun..: L"a l It 0hii (.'lr.n COLD 'N HEAD III NMBI AHkm l.itlatn..illi.n. Ilrl tn.t Pmtwta tho Mimihrun Hnrtnmt tin SoiimM ot Tn.it tnl Kiwlt largo tw, W OMiH l l)riigiflitor l' mull) Trial Slot, locwtit. by null. Kl.Y UIIOI'II KIW, M Wvrwi Burnt. MW Y urlt. Bids for Srlitml llimtls Wanted. , The County Tresiiiirer of Polk County, Ori'iion, fiMiolvn dt'iiM bills n lib oilier), In iJiillitu, I'olk County, Oii-kuii, up to HiUtinlitv, Pi-wtiibor U'iil, 11)00, i 1 uVlot-k 1. Nf., fiirieliiMil ImhiiIi, m lul lows i Amount of boiuls to l Uml, $13,1)00; Utt of Imiiu, Jiimmry :il, 1001 ; psysble In twenty years, with the privilege of iyliiK tlm ssine In tun ytmr; draw interest st the rnto of 6 HT cent t luiiiliin; interest tmynblv muni-sniiiiiilly ; imrxiM of IciutM To (my off tlm irniiiil (mmli'tl liiiU'bliHlni o! 113,000 now duo anil hwld by lllslr A Co., Nw York, HKint Mum) District No. ail, Independent!), I'olk County, Oreunn. A cttrlluVd elmck of 10 per cent of I'M. ilrawn on any well known bank la Urn lion, imysblo to tin order of tlm umler Rilinuii, must m'l'oiiipmiy eiich bid m (titsranttm tlmt lint ui'eKiiful blihler will comply with hi tilil The riubt if re nerved to reject any mid nil bids. L' tl II . . . ... (liiiuiu Tr....ilr.r o( Pfilk County, Ur-nii, NOTICE VOW l'lniMOATION. U. 8. lAinl Olllcu, Orison City, Ormun, ihriMiiiM-r I, Mw Nnltiw In horrlijr itlvrn Hint, tho li.lluwtut. iiiiiiumI rvlllvr lm Mint nciiicm: lil Itili-ntiou In milk II ii ii I ihihiI In tiinrl i( ln uli!ii, und tlmt ftsnl jiriHii will Ii iiKiin liflme Hie ennui) I'lurk i.i folk futility, al bun, urn iron, on JHilimry Ii, HUM, ,t: Btnjamln Hsrrlnflton.il. K. No. 11800, lr tli Nortlivtt ,'.4 nt irtlun 17, T. tt II s lie nummi ih lullowlnn wimM i I'mvn III. Viillllllil Ml raaillltUliill HUj I'lllllmlliill ol Mill Imul, vU; - . Mrtmil -iii,iri, nt liiHvti.Ori'iiiiiii Allit-rt Olm. of KiKii-ii, iiri'itmii Witilmn Kwrny, (' Ihiwiii, Orinuuj I'Kviil Oiii,ii! IUhjixi, uri'siui. CHAM, It. M Hilt KM. Iti'glKluf, yiUHlhtitliini Ilnanl. Not lee I ln'reby pm that on Mum tlsy, the lVth dy of Jioorinber, lmw, llio Isinrtl of rtiuHlitutliiii will mti-ml nl llieolllee of the county ulr-rk of I'olk County, siid pulilicly exnmiuu II10 asnenAiiicnt rolls, nml correi-t sll error In vslustions, dtHicriptlons or iimlitiit of IhiiiIs, lots, or (Ulmr prnirl ; slid it ilmll betbeduty of protitt Inli-rfninl to pHinr t ilia lima ud lttou piint-t-d ; mid if it shall tppenr to inch linnl ol tHjimliiMiiou Hint tlipru sn mii.v lands, Iota or otluT irH-rty swum-d twlw, or in the niinif ol rrtoii or pi-rmmH not the owner thereof, or undi-r 01 Iwyond ill m-tuitl Villus or nny Uinta, lulu, or othor iroK'rty nut mnnuwJ, mid Isisrd slinll make Hit' proH-rcorrii'U(ins. Dule I st Italia, folk t'onntv, OnKnn, this L'Mtti tUy of NuvimiiImt, I1KH). H. H. Con.mkr, County AseMor. '(itle of Administrator's Suits Ntlt lit lii-n liv iilvi'ii 1 lul Hip iiiiitnilKnid Aitlnliiiiitrntiir of llm il iif MiiuiiiU Hill, iti-ixmnml, will, on llif I'nn (luy o iMti'inln.r IIU, Hltlm hmir (i( 111 o'nlmk A, M on uli ilny.al Hie i-mirt Imuan in ' ulliw, I'ulH Cmm. IV. tirvmui. In iiiinniniiKO nl ml ur.kr nl llm I'miniy t i.urt u( oulil I'olk rotiuiy, Hlatn i.f un'irun, limy inmio mm eiiinrtui 011 in. hmii (Uy ol Novombiir, liau. f'irrli in Imml on lli (lulu ul aiilc. Mill nt uiililln mii-iiiii) nml In 111.0 imrwl nil tli ri-l li IuiIoiikIii Ui llio e. Into nl V. I mini it Hill, ii'CfK.l, I lie miiio Iwllig lullyilOKvritH.il mi luli.iwK, lu-wii; hckiii' ut - V 1 MM,.'i"r,w,iii,a4,i.i 0, emiiiiNo.11,1, InTfSItt Wot tlm Will. Mr . thnniH) runulii Kmilli 'j; ..I rlmina; (lumen KntUS5 crmliiBi IIikikh N'urlli '.'inl rli.lm.; tllrlim Wi l y k; ntiwitia, In Hie )e of bruin nlliK ncl cunUluluii ihUn'tn in"rn or Ii m. II. II. KKI.uO, Ailinlnlainiliiriil llm imiitl ol Mlrun.U lllll, tliKKiMwl. IHtlcil Noveintwr Utli, o, 1I IMI StoiklloliliTa' Xollcc. Notice it liert-liy givt-n tlmt tlieanntnil liiwtlnK of the ttacklioldfru of tho Indo pt'i'diuire nd Monmouth Hnilwny Com pany will he hld t Indt'Kind'nu-, Ore Ron, on iVondiiy, Dm 111 be r 3lHt, HUH), at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M., (or llm election of director and olhYer mid traiiKBi-tion of mich other hnincn 11 a may Icuitlly come hefoni Raid nicctliig Ihiled November HI, WOO. V. tlKtuii, Secii'iary. SlockholdiT'.' Notice. Notice in hereby ulve 11 Unit the mhiuiiI meeting of the Ntia-klioldei'ii ot the I'olk County Lund Company will ho held nt Independence, , Oilman, on Monday, December Slut, I'.HiO, nt tlm hour of 10 o'clock A. M., lor tin) election of direct ( r and olllcer mid tniiidticllon of audi other buaineaH us may li'j!iilly come lie fore aaid meeting. Dated Novumber IB, 1000. D. W. Skaks, Secretary, Thurston Lumber Company Dallas. Oregon. ...MANUFACTURERS OF.. LUMBER OF ALL KINDS Dry Stock always on Hand, also Cedar Shingles. NOTE: We have a first-elans dry kiln which enables tin to give you thor oiiRhly dry lumber, ' SOUTH and EAST ' via- SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO Shasta Route. Train Irwvcti Inrlnpumlonoe for I'ortlund and way HlntliiiiH at 2:115 p, in, Lcavo fur CorvnlllH ut IliOO i F.y l'ortlRtid Lv Allinny Ar Ashlund " Hiiommnnto " Ban KroiKiUwo... HMn. ni. l2:.K)p. m. . l'i.'CU.m. m)p. in. 7: in ). in, 7:1)0 p. m. 10 :M p. in 11:110 n. ni, 4 :!!.' a, in. 8:16 a in, lM a. m U:(Hl a. in 7;i" a. m 0:80 a. ra 7:00 a. in OHIO p. m 0 :110 a, m thrift a, in 4:11(1 r, m . n-:a p, in (lllill. Ill 12:411 p. m " Ondim S;45a. m. " Dunvor lltlHlu. in, " Kaimai City 7::'Sa. m. " (JliloftuD 7:ira m, Ixw Angplu lilfflp.ro. " Kl PftMii (1:01) p, in. " Fort.Worth (I:na. m. City 'of Mexico :5ria. m, " HoiiHton 4:110 a. m. " Nuw Orlean fi:'2fi p, m. " Wa.lilngtoU' :4Ja. m. " New York 12:1!) p. m. Pullman and Tourist cum on both train Ct air oars Haoranionto to Ogilon and Kl l'ano and touriHt ours to Clilougo, Ht. l.ouln, Now OrloanB and Washington, Connocllng at Bun FrmiclBOo with novora ateamnhlp lln Tor Honolulu, ,lnpn, China fill llpilin)8, (Jen tral and South America, Roe Mr. G. A, Wilcox at Independence ita. Uon.oraddroHH ' C. H.MAHKHAM, General Passongor Agont Portland, Or. WANTED- ACTIVE MAN OF GOOD ol aracter to deliver itnd collect In Oregon fur old entahllHhod manufacturing wholmale house, IKK) a year, mire pay. HoneHly more than experience required, Our ruferunco, any bank- In any olty. Knclose UHlf-addruHHod itampcd envelope, itiiiiracturern, Third Kl0Qr,S4IDearlxru8t..CUieugo, THE CITY BOOK STORE Corrle fine him of- . ST ATI ON K It Y, CON FKOT I ON 10 K Y, IKK) KB, CKJAH8, TOIJACCO. Robinson Co. IndependeiKNi, Oregon. J. W. KIRKLMD, NOTARY PUBLIC. Real Estate.,,. Insurance, Loans. Main Ht. liiileKndeiioe, Ore. G. L Hawkins Independence, Or. Mohunitit AOiJL. THcad toncs Cemetery etc. Work t. T. HCNKLt, Proprlatoi1 Hot and Cold Baths at all Times. ISDKI'KNDKXt'K - - ()HK(10N Por Drayln ,...(!all on.... F. M. SKINNER, Independence. Orders for hauling executed promptly and at reasonable rates. v u Opiirl TIME SCHEDULES. Arrlv Clllri) fiirllniiil Hm'IhI 914 l" Hull Ijtko. . 'ii vrr. Kl. Wnrlli, oinnlin, Khiiiim I'lly, HI, lnl, l'liti-au o4 Kiut, Hiil I l.ke, lH'tlVfr, Kt Wuilli.iimiili" Kii- I lly, Hi, loulit, I'liUmii'i ii' KwU I p. in. Alliinlle Kl'r" li.DU p m' T , S Hlln Mnlln, Leiria ....Miw.kn". Mill iiimii" .li, Ht. rmu, lMIIUIIl.MllttHllIlM-, t'!il('Mi;u hihI Kiuil, 0CEN $TAMSH)PS7 All tnlllim (I'di'i uli- JlVl III I'llHUKO Vtir mil Kiii!i Hull every 6dny CnliimliU Hiver Klrnumm. To Al'rli mm Wy. IjilllllllK. M'tllNIIII-IIO (11(1 Vmnlillt lllvrr.. Own ('lly. l)vii, mid Wy-ljiiiillii i WlllM.mtt Klvrr. INuiliiuil UiCorviilli unci Wtty.ljuicUnii SjiaVii Itlvi-r. Itlpinla lo l'WHIim. . m, eou p in Ipm 4 p. in. flnlly K HuiiiUir p m HmurcUy 10 p III 7 ft. m. Tupn.riinr Hlltl Kill, i p. m. Kxiiiiiily 3:i p. Ill, Mnii.Wt.il. mul r'n, 4: U p. in. Miri..W(d. (tint Krl, T, Ti-vi-li loil.iliilly V . III. 8 . til. TiiHi.Tliur nml Kul. l.vlliimrla ,i 'M il in. Iiiilly BH. in. Kx.-iiuiVy WllUmotUi Klvcr :8n p. in Ex.Hiinu'y ri'it-n City, NPwlH'm, HH!tn, liulo. iM'iKl. iit-o A IVny 1 jiiiIiiii!. iili'iiiinr Motliio livn IHii iIbikI mi Mini, Wi-il, uiul Krl ilny. i-n von lnilc'iiilciir Till', Tliiirn, Mtl, C ,' ) a. M, Mr. Kiilh Ii-hwi. Inil"tii'inliiii'i Kuriviri limit A w.iy liinillnm, Mini, Wml, Krl, AM. K'r('rvnlliH wuv iwmlltiKM TuiM.TIiura, Hut, 6:'W 1' M. For fill I lnriirmtlnn cull on O. It. A N. Aitt, AL, HKItKON, IniU'iMMiilt'tioo, or mtdri'H W. H. HURLOURT, Ucnenil ruKm-iiiftir Kvnl I'OHTl.ANII on II . 1 THE BEST PRESCRIPTION IS Grove's Tasteless. Chill Tonic. The formula is plainly printed on every bottle hence you know just what you are taking when you take Grove's. Imitators do not advertise their formula knowing that you would not buy their medicine if you knew what it contained. Grove's contains Iron and Quinine put up in correct proportions and is in a Tasteless form. The Iron acts as a tonic while, the Quinine drives the malaria out of the system. Any reliable druggist will tell you that Grove's is the Oriigsntssl arid that all other so-called Tasteless Chill Tonics arc imitations. An analysis of other chill tonics shows that Grove's is superior to all others in every respect.. You are not experimenting when you " take Grove's its superiority and excellence having long ; been established. Grove's is the only Chill Cure sold throughout the ' entire " malarial sections of tk$ United SuUi No Curcj No Pay, Price SQfc -DCALCR 4S Stap le and Fancy Groceries. Opera ilou.w block, Haln Ciootl gotwls at Kiglit jf Our goods aro lirrjt-fcla, our prices an low as the lowt'Ht quality of good considered. iff (h All kinds of country produje bought at the W lliglie.Ht Market Price. " W i 1 Share of h Patronage Issieetfolh Solicited. Z Our feo returned if wo fail. Any one sending sketch and description of any invention wilt promptly receive our opinion free concerning the patent ability of name' "How to obtain a patent " sent upon request. Patents secured through us advertised for sale at our expense. ' Patent taken out through us receive special notice, without charge, in Tub Patent Hkcokd, an illuHtrated aud widely circulated journal, consulted by Manufacturers and Investors. ' ; Send for sample copy FREE. Address, VICTOR J. EVANS & CO., Patent Attorneys,) Evans Dulldlnn, - WACIUKOTOU, D. C. I Garland Steel Ranges. & W,Ua - The most extensive line of Cutlery consist ing of l'ocket Knives, Scissors and Shears, Kazors," Plated ware to be found in Polk County, at R. M. WADE & CO., 1 A. J. Goodman, Mgr. 2 MAIN STREET'- - INDEPENDENCE 3 iiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiaiuuaaiiiiaauaui A Few Suggestions to nmr.' nr rut n In the hardware line.' Useful Presents are always Appreciated. Tool Chests Boy's Ax Boy's Saw and Buck Singlo Shot Guu .22 ciil. Kille Bracket Saw Outfit Pocket Kuifo Small Brasa Lantern Toy Sad Iron Small Wheelbarrow Express Wagon limiting Coat MeatChopper Cliuss Shears Carving Set Set of 1S17 llogeia' Kuivea,' Forku or Spoons. Nickel Copper Tea Ketl le, Coffee Pot or Tea Pot Cobbler's Out fit Granite Ware Bread Box Sewing Slaehiue Kitchen Grind Stone Kitchen Meat Saw etc. Persons buying any of the above articles for Cash, will be Riven a 10 per cent reduction if they mention this advertisement. . F. E. CHAMBERS, Independence MAKES Chills nntf W ' Street, Independence, Trices Make Easy Selling. )K Jaw ui ksdsss. 3 Buyers of i -rT-i--i--kT 7 - - Oregon ........ - - Y IMP '