THE WEST SIDE J 08. A. C. BRANT, EllUr and ftnprhitor. 8U1WCRUT10N KATK8. IN ADYANCI fwelv mnnth Three iiiti , , .ft . W FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1900 It won't ba long now until wo can begin ewearing off for the next century. For a man in private life, Mark Twain certainly manages to keep his narue' before the public. And ha doos it bo nicely too. In the mini of one part of the average family at the present time the full Christmas stocking is hold ing the edge on the full dinner pail more Daitie-Biups nd armed cruisers are to be built for Uncle Sam, whose varied interests demand an efficient navy as well as an u(H cient army, ., The Hon. Eugene Vox Debs ad wVr mta that he as overwhelmingly defeated, out he is unable to invent as many excuses for the slaughter of Col. Bryan. a A public discussion is to bo held in Manila of the new tariff bill. If Aguinaldo has anything to say let him drop in and say it, or else for ever after hold his peace. Gen. Mercer has withdrawn some of the fire from his sjeech about in vading Great Britain. The distin guished French officer seems to lack the convictions of his courage. The prospective war between Por tugal and Holland will not last long enough to enable Carl Schurz to ascertain which side he ought to be on in order to be inconsistent. ft If the London authorities want to find the Filipino junta in Hong Kong they ought to engage the ser vices of the English spy who dogged the pro-Boer footsteps of Webster Davis last summer. ft Jerry Simpson was given up by congress and in retaliatian has given up politics. Result he is making money and becoming a plutocrat. Pity the poor starving brewers. Their business is in an awful con dition. They only increased their output by three million barrels dur- I. ,.r The Baker "Republican is of the opinion that Oregon "need3 a man." True enough; but it has no use for a senatorial funeral. It wants live man. ft ft ft The canteen provicion incorpor ated in the army bill by the house will almost certainly become a law, although three fourths of the mem bers of both house and senate are opposed to it, and think it exceed ingly ill advised. Who says that public opinion docs not make it self felt in this country ft Washington city's finances are in the hands of congress. Taxes are levied and collected, but not one cent can be spent without the approval of congress. The result is that the capital city of the nation is suffering from an epidemic of typhoid fever, which the physicians testify is due entirely to the filthy condition of the water supply. Yet congress will not appropriate the city's own money for a system of filtration. ft ft The last Republican convention in Multnomah county indorsed Senator Simon as "Multnomah county's representative in the Unit ed Stales senate." That is correct. Simon represents Multnomah coun ty, McBride represents Oregon, Multiiomah included. Should Cor bett be elected, Multnomah county wouldjbaye two representatives in Print fur Counties. The State Board of Agriculture has ordered that be set apart for prizes for displays of the agri cultural and horticultural products of the various counties, variety and quality to bo considered in distri buting prixes. The county making the best exhibit will receive 1250 and a silver cup valued at $100 second priie, 1200; third, $150 fourth, $100; fifth, $75; sixth, $50 The prizes are established at thi time in order that every county may have ample time to arrange for its exhibit at the fair. By tak ing up the matter m time, it woul be just like finding $250 and a $100 silver cup for Polk county to semi a county exhibit to the next stato fair. Now it seems that Governor Pin gree's pardons of the "generals" are void because the proper routine was not followed. The country will re joice to hear this. Anyone less worthy of pardon than the men who plundered the state and robbed the soldiers in war times would bo hard to find. The battle for the Oregon sena tornhip to succeed McBride is tak ing form, and suites of rooms are already engaged at Hotel Willam ette for at least three aspirants, and for twenty days .on and after Fri day, January 11. The legislature meets on Monday the 11th. Ex- Senator Cjrbett will be hero and take personal charge of his candi dacy.' He will make an open light for the honor, and cast aside all the manipulating and secret meth ods of the past. McBride is ex pected to bo here, as well -as Mit chell and Fuiton. Governor Goer says in the most emphatic manner that he will not allow his name to be sprung as a candidate under any circumstances. Salem Journal. ft ft ft Now the Kaiser has realized the mareh of the world, and has decreed that English must be taught in the German gymnasia. This means that Germans must learn to siwak bngliBh almost as well as they uo German. ft ft ft Some of the opposition orators, who started in to fight for free silver and then switched to imperialism and next to trusts, are now making the department stores the chief sub ject of their argumeut. This is pretty "small potatoes" for a great national party to feed on. The origin of tho department store may ha tr&nxi in lh rural liut !..).. li a.t.u. u.OVW IRi A I , bt'rr:"-WHrbo found in evorv FoA&&tfT WASHINGTON LETTER. the United States senate instead of one. 4 General Chaffee may not have acted entirely in accordance with etiquette when he sent that letter to Waldersee, but he- spoke the truth straight from the shoulder in it, all the same. The conduct of ' the allies in China has been un worthy of the most barbarous peo ple in the world. ft ft ft Wisconsin is discussing a law to require candidates for matrimony to submit to a medical examination first. Wisconsin does not stop to consider that the desire to marry may alone constitute proof of in sanity. ft ft ft Chairman Ray of the judiciary Committee is about to take the first steps toward securing an amend . ment to the constitution giving the government power over marriage and divorce. It is to be hoped that he will succeed, though the road will undoubtedly be long and rocky. The divorce laws of many states are a stench in the nostrils of the world. today. The postmaster who sells postage stamps deals also, as a rule, in dry goods and wet goods, in hardware and soft ware, in glue and groceries. The country store was the prototype of the department store. The only difference between the two now is that the city depart ment store ha a separate counter for every separate class of goods, while the country store-keeper, over the same counter, sells his customer anything, from a jug of molasses to package of Tins. Where shall we draw the line on tho department stores? If we wipe out the big one in the city, what will become of the ittle one in the country? ft ft To the Point. Recent shipments of livestock from Independence are: T. J. Fryer, 200 head of choice mutton sheep; Gray, 200; Lee Brown, 500; W. W. Percival, 1200; and also two cars of fat tioirs. The hoes were very choice, bringing the same price as Eastern Oregon hogs. They averaged about 300 lbs. live weight for which the farmers were paid A cents per pound. It mav bo a revelation to the Willamette farmer to learn that the Eastern Oregon hog pells at a quarter to a half cent per pound higher than the valley ing. The explanation of this is that the valley farmer persists in selling his hogs half finished while the Eastern Oregon farmer is never ready to sel! until his hogs are well fattened. And yet there are some very choice hogs in shipment that had not been fed on wheat. They were raised on a rotation of crops and finished on corn, which leaves the grower a nice margin. As it saves the t xpense of har vesting the grain there certainly should be more stock raised in the Willamette valley. They are bring- ng long prices and we surely can compete with favored localities with our mild and even climate. Still mutton sheep and hogs are selling as high here as in Chicago, where the farmers of the eastern states market their stock. They have to prepare for long cold win ters, not like our valley farmers who never expect to have to feed, or if so there are rare occasions. More , livestock and less wheat should be the motto of the Willam ette valley farmer. Rambler. West Side. AND Weekly Oregonian One Year, (In advance) - Sa.oo ashington, D. C, Deo 10. Tho Senate did not take up the Nicaragua Canal bill today, in ao cordanco with the resolution adoj ieu ai mo last session, because, with the vote of tho many friends of tho Canal hill, tho Ship Subsidy bill was hist week made tho regular order of tho Sunn to. The friends o; the Canal bill will wait until the Hay-Pauncefote treaty is acted upon before pushing that measure. They say that they have the votes pledged t) pass it whenever they get ready, and that there is no neei to runh it now. When Congress is good it is very good, and it has bwn very good indeed since this session opened There has not been tho slightest wrangle on tho floor of either Sen atoor House, although iho latter debated and pushed the AiliiiiiUni lion Army Reorganization bill providing for a regular army of from 58,000 to 100, 000. men, in the President's diHcretion, which under ordinary circumstances might have been expected to Jiava- aroused thj minority. Doubtless tho failure of tho minority caucus to agree ujRn a party policy had something to do with the calmness of the debate. Congress is likely to find itself volvod in a financial disoiiHiiion shortly, in connection with an ad ministration bill providing a sys tem of coinage for tho Philippines, where the Mexican dollar, commer cial value, 50 centH, is the jxijmlar unit of value, under U. S. control, as ii was under Spuuish control. No bill has yet been introduced in Congress on tho subject, but from talk at a Cabinet meeting, one is ikely to bo that will provide for the purchase of silver bullion to be coined into pesos, or Phillinine lollars, each to contain alw'ut fifty cents worth of silver, or a little loss than our standard silver dollar. That the agitation by the dairy interest was effective was shown by tho largo vote, UK! to 12 by which the Grout bill for a tax of ten cents a jKiunu on oieomargenne, wa i . i .... . passed oy Uio House. 1 ho pnncipu argument advanced for tho bill is that it was necessary to protect the the dairy interests of tho country A far-reaching measure has la-en introduced by Representative Tay lor, of Ohio, and referred to tho house judiciary committee. Mr, Taylor's primary object was to pro hihit jtolygamy, but in proposing a constitutional amendment for uni form laws on marriage and divorce nyuut flirt h Thtv r.iu. may be pushed at this session, but it is not likely to get through, ow ing to the short timo in which to reach any sort of an agreement among those who hold widely di vergent opinions, not only on the question of marriage and divorce but on the question of tho wisdom of a federal 1 iw to deal with them States rights are involved in the last. Tho senate committee on military affairs today began tho considera tion of the army re-organization bill, passed by the house last week. The house, with a view to expedit ing the measure, made its bill a substitute for one passed by the senate at the last session. The idea being that tho senate would order tho bill sent to Conference. Sen ator Hawley, chairman of the Coi mitteo, says thorn will bo no conf. once on the bill as it now ttanrs; that his committee will cousiderit, grant hearings if necessary nd then make a report in the imiul way. Tho temperance people uo working hard to get tho ihit-fotUl anti-canteen amendment inseied in tho bill by such nn ovenvhe'ui ing majority of tho IIouso, keptin tho Senate, hut their success 1 vtry doubtful. It is openly chared that many members of tho llolw voted for tho amendment beca ho tho W. C. T. U. happened to be in session in Washington, and wth tho hope and expectation that he Senate would cut it out. , Representative Hepburn of Iova nasal CATARRH 1 1 IU ItifM tlWM thuuld Ix elMuliiMrt. . TAj't Cream Dulm r ImmM, tooUiwi x4 hfkla lh 4!wMd bmhiiIhuii. It ear cat 1 li iwnf t uil lit IU bowl auloklr. t'rvoid Itolm U tloI Into th tiwtrlli, )"! ortr tit Membrane 4 l hw'l. IWItf to lui moil lata tutltotirefollowi. It It bt drying tl-.r knt prodUM irwuluu. Ut'f KUo, oul t Ut'if (Ulna tr null I Trial SIm, 10 enu by amll. tl.t DHOTUKIIS.M Warrvu Huaol, New Yo4 The German newspapers are ask ing ioiiio very pertinent questions about the ship subsidy bill thai congress is expected to pass. Among other thing they want to know why a nation ns rich and enter prising as wo are. aim naving, as author of tho ffioaragua Canal bilfl' hoy say, the cheapest coal, steel That cough lflong$on You have used all sorts of cough reme dies but it does not yield; it is too deep seated. It may wear itself out in time, but it is more liable, to produce la grippe, pneumonia or a seri ous throat affection. You need something that will give you strength and build up the body. SCOTT'S EMULSION will do this when everything else fails. There is no doubt about it. It nourishes strengthens, builds up and makes the body strong and healthy, not only to throw off this hard cough, but to fortify the system against further attacks. If you are run down or emaciated you should certainly take this nourishing food medicine. - , oc. and fi.oo, all druggists, SCOTT & BOWNE, Chtmiiu, New York. now lieforo tho Nmato, has doubts of the value of jadilieal oratory in his diMlrict. lie said: "four years ago I mado sixty or seventy speech es, and I pulled through with about six hundred majority, Two year ago, I mado six or seven speeches and received three thousand major ity. In tho campaign just closed, w tm sua, -aim-tHuntj inutte aim speeenos ami my majority was five thousand." Tho investigation of the eluet'oit of Senator Chirk, of Montana, cost tho Senate about I25,(KX), of which Mr. Clark drew Ull.lOas witm-os fees and mileage, When tho House Committee on Ways and Meuns added a reduction of twenty-live cents a barrel in tho tax on Ikht, bafore reporting tho revenue reduction bill to the Hoe.se t made the total reduction UO.OtX), 000 which ii about 25 per cent greater than the Administration wishes it to be, Tho bill will be nit through tho ltono during tho iresenl week. A shrewd Portland man who has observed tho products and the mar kets of tho country has w ritten a ong article telling of a number of ndustries that ought to be made more profitable in Oregon. He says that both our soil and our cli mate aro peculiarly adapted to flux raising. He thinks our wheat crops would bo larger and better if more attention were given to proper sum mer fallowing, and says a greater percent of it ought to he mado into Hour before export, llo sees no good reason for so much oats and hurley products being imported while our own state can produco such Buperior articles. There ought to be several starch factories to utilize our immense crops of poU for bruising in so many hog tuM poultry products, and all tho sugar and butter we need could bo made within tho borders of our own stato. iVid machinery in tho world, should ttve to pay our own citizens to niil ships and make money out of Iti'.ng them. That is what a good cans would like to liioiigo Journal. imly Americ fij,V too Chi LuaVfir Sciio t Iim Cms iiiy Trc J'"to, will rwh THE CITY BOOK STORE tarries Flue MiuMif- ; BTATlONKltY, CONKKCTJONKUY, HOOKS, CKJAUS, . , TOJ1ACCO. Uobinsoii & Co. IiiiltHtin)itiieu, . Oregon limil IIiiiiiIh Wniiled. ' itmircr of I'ullt Cmuitv mm, will reovlv mtiiM Hilajt'-1 i i(.sinrilv. IWttmber !KI, 10OO, " .7 . . ... I ' . , , i I . . I.l 11) OIlH k I'. IU., IHf lOIHH" IHimi, H I'M liwat Amomit el ImiimIs to !' iwoed, iiooo; ,lnu of Untie, Jmitmry 3d, 1101 ; iiawililn in twimtv yeiim, with tlif i.rfriliiL'M ii( tmvliiif lite amim in ten vi.! ilmw inieieat lit U ! ' 0 If rtwnt per Annum: iniereat pityitlili' Afijiminimlly ; imrHHM of iiu To pay off tin iireaeiil (mntlnl imleliH'ilxeM el l:iMH now ilutt hikI lu-UI y Ulair A te NV York, HL'uliisl MhmiI Iilriet No, J. f. KIRKLAND, NOTARY PUBLIC. Real Estate.... Insurance, Loans, Independence, Ore, G. L. Hawkins Independence, Ore. BLUE Main HL til UJL.allr. l A urn ii1.,iii.nileni'K. folk County. Oregon, riitiiM cheek of 10 ei.l ( l.l'l, tn on Any well known Imnk in Uro PAVaIiIu l the exler of I lie uieler il . in list iicrtiiiiiwnv eioli Mil it ttiilee lliBt llm Aiieif (tulul lilililer will coukily with It tat IikI Tin. riiilil i te-erf-i lo rejiwt any aih! nil biln. K V. UAt.ToS, i'utitity Treurer of folk -f2-T-2t Omi'iy, Oregon. NOTICK r.U 1'UIU.ICATIUN. (J. 8. Land OttUv, Orng.ni City, OnKoit. iM-iTlnlu-r I, l!Ii Nnle la lirply vltn llml tlm lollowiun, illicit ftiltlvr l"n llld mil lrt oi hi. loli-itlioii If nmki) lllml mik( III tllM ( til t'laliii, alicl tlmi aniil jmn will In iiihI twlurv On' liiti.ity ( It-ra il I'ulli Ciiiinty, at 1imM,iib lini.tm Jttiiiiary li, lino, vie, Banl.mln Harrington, H. K. No. 11060, lr tlitt .Norllifaat ul MWIIOU 17, I . ,, ll n lln ua'iicNt the IiiIIiiwIii itiii t to piovii lilmnulliiO.nl. rtniliUmi'tititHin mul t'litUvatlou 4 mo i inn. I, n: KUwanl riiiiuiMiil. ol llmvo, (lrtiiiii AHm tI (Dill, of IWtHi, tiria..li; Wllilnto Ki-rny. ul itorvo, Orrm; ihviiI imh.o: iiikwi, (iri'ami CHAD, a M HUH, Itl'ltlltllT. ....- : : West Hide and Pacific Eomeetoftd. lone year, f 2. There iH considerahlo intertt heing aroUHod over tho elaiius fre quently made in tho Btreetn that money in heing freely imed in tho interest of one of tho candidates in the coming senatorial election. That large wealth is interested there can he no question. If men having reputations as boodlera oro intonat ing themselves in thosueceHs of any wealthy aspirant for Hint high oflico let their comings and goings he closely watched by all honorable men. Should they ho seen inter viewing members of tho legislature, let imiuiry bo mado as to their bus iness. Let tho legislators he given to understand that bribery and corruption will not bo tolerated. Oregon needs a representative in tho senate who can accomplish something for the slate, and who has some interest in affairs aside from "personal vindication" or re venge on political enemies. The stato of Oregon has nothing to do with private (lilliculties, and no man has tho right even to ask the legislature to help remove tho blot ches from his moral cscutoheon.. It is work Oregon needs and' not a social light in the giddy whirl of tho fashionable set at tho Nation's Capital. Wealthy entertainers can but political connections, provided they spend money enough. Oro gon is not in need of social distinc tion. She wants a senator who already has, and who can secure, committee assignments where sub stantial benefits can be secured in the way of appropi iatins and favor able legislation. Lot it ho soon to that the right man is , selected. Money does not make the man any more than does tne coat. Thomas A. Edison has just per icted an invention which is des tined to multiply many times the physical forces of tho industrial world. It is a device for the utili zation of all tho energy stored in coal. When it is said that practi cally all physical energy i3 derived from coal, and that as now con sumed coal yields no more than 10 per cent, of its energy, often much ess, the remaining 00 per cent, and more being lost, it will bo under stood how valuable such an inven tion is Ind what its possibilities are for industrial development. Mr. EdiBon accomplishes this liberation of coal energy by means of com- pressed, tdsi Nut Ire for I'tiblUallon. rirnt (ititi. live. II. Ul ub. Fob, 16, TIM II Kit USD ACT. JUNK 3, 1h. , United HUlva l.aml Oltltw. Oriitu Cliy. Ori'ilim, IXfi'tolHiri, l w. : SolltHi la hrt'ly Klvi'll that In ouin,l,Hiiif ailll thn r ivialoti. of lha avt of t'oiitr'i ol Juno a. Ihi'h. riitlllvd ' An ant lor Iliu u. of Uml't lamb In thit Statu (if Cnlllurttta, Oro. Him, INuvail'i, and wuiuiiAiuti irrrltury, a hUmIi i tn all tin' I'lilillu l,aiu1 xtatW't by ai t Hi Auitual 4. t"'i, I'll I tt A. (iirri-ll, of Kerry, Ciiiiiii .V of iMarlini, Slalu of Or, tfcin, hiia thin uiiv llli-.l In Hit" I'lll. p lila .worn tntiiui'ut Ho. ill.!, fur thi! fmrrhnii uf ilivHW of w.,-. amlLl'lll oltt.r iiniof U allow l toil tho Inii'l iiiuk ,1 la mora valn.lili. for tl uiuImt irr .i.iiio ttmiki j r KKrlmilliiral ptirMtMa, ami to uUb. UaliLJ rluim loaattt laml Iwfuro tlm Hi-ui-lur mill iT-ifi'lvur of thta nflti-it Hi UrcKon I'My, 'tiict4r ' " ' v! " lie hi m-a a WIIiimi: II . W. Ilanrn.lt, o( Huaar . o(, urrifoir, Jului l.ui'Ka, ol Hnifur liaf. Uii t'in; Auruimm Jonra, i f 1'orllauil, lirwoii: Hiti-y nnuin, ui rortmnu. un-gon. I Any aiiit nil prrMiuaolahuliiA ailvt rncly llm Aim v.'-.ii. Tiix'il are riHii..U'ii to ni llhclr olalun in thla uflii'ooii or U foru auliJ i ll y ol l-Bljroary, r,il, f'HAS, II, MOORKS. Kt'KUUir SUM'kltoMerH' Sollee. Notice i liertiliy ulvfii thut tlio unniuil i)tiO('ti() o tho atoi'klitilili-ra o( 1 1 to inilo ijx't'dcni'tt hiiiI Moniiiiitilli JUilwity Com Winy will lie hold At Iitili'poiiilotiuo, Oio lin, on Moinliiy, Dwembfr Slut. ISKKI, iii the hour of 1(1 o'clock A. M., for the iJiiction of ilinifturi hiuI oHicor it ml HHIIHIICtltlll of Hlll'll OlhlT l)IIHIIll'H UA (tmy ltifnlly comu boloro aid inccliiin J Dtilfd Noveiiiln'r 1(1, 1IMK). 1) VV. Hkvhh, 8oeretnry. i Wot klinlilcr' Notice. , j otice Ih herohy lvtn t lint the annual rntH'tintf of tho Atockliolilnm of th folk C j;nty Lund ('oinpiuiy will be hold at In'l'liidcrice, Oregon, on Montlnv, h.W'iiiber .'ilHt, Woo, At tho hour of it) o,Juck A. M., for the election of iliroot- And olhcers and inintmction of hucIi nr buHincm h limy leiially conm be- f( h said iiici'tlnn. Jfated uvellllH'r 1(1, 1100. I). W, Mcauh, l'eretHry. 7 tmrr Mead Cemetery etc. C.. Caibfeatl7S; h iit i n pa-Aim IN- ltm P Staple and Fancy tarij M VI SI l 1 M VI VV VI t0IICS ; Work Opera Mow blk.laln Street, Independence. $J Oood numU at ItiKlit I'rices Mflko Kay Selling. jl Our ar lirrit-dasH, our prict'H a low a the ' lowest quality WA vonn'ulercd. itS All kinds of country proiluco bought at the AS Ilidicst Market Prico. : ' !v I Shirs of four hmm Bsspsolfollj Solicifell rc- J V Bl m BAB3IR SHOP C. T. HENKte, Proprl4tor Hot and Cold Baths at nil Times. INDHl'KN'OKM'i; . OIIKUOX For Dray In; ....Call on.... F. M. SKINNER, Independence. Ortlt?ru fir liauliug t'xt'ctitcd jirmiijitly and at miaonable rates. 5 A ( ii -.i u a l)iimrl I'CKKK iMrtliuiit Hixt'ilil g IS a ni At lam I" KMiriMi U:tU in,' Tlyur 8.-UU m a i tn Kk Mumlay H p in Halnriliiy to in 7 . m. Tuiw.TIi"' ami HU (la. ni. Tura.Tlmr mul HhI. l,vlOmrln ,'i A. n. nt, I'nlly TIME SCHEOulU. Arrive Hull l.nk. .li'iivrr. ! Kt. Worth, timiihii, Kmii.ui. City, HI, j 4 ). in. Ionia, I'lihavo ami ( Kt. ! Hall I.ntto. llcnvi-r.Kt j VViiilh.Uiimlia.Kaii- 7 a a. I tty, Hi. IuIm, ' t liltaK'i all. Kuot. j Wall Walla, mif i TiW;3illa'. Ht, PhiiI, j II a. in. iiihitli,,llUiki.i., j t'hliiiao ami Knl, j ' Vctii STtAMSHIPS. All anlllnil lian a villi- ; JmiI lurliMiiito 4 p. in. r or -Mil r ihir'Ihwj nulla vvry 6ilaya Colomlila Klvar Hlranuira. 4 i. Ill T Aaiorla ami Way- Kx.Huml'y IjtntlluKi. lllumi ll" ami Yamhill Itltura, :l:Kli.in. Orricoii City, ihtvtoii, ! Mon.VwI, u,,,l VV.v.ljimlllua i ami rn. WlllrtMi.tln Klvr. fori liuul t Corvallw mul vVay.UiiHliiixH KoHka ltlvnr. Htnurlii lo Ijawlaton. 4::W p. ni. Mini ..Wad am! Krl. I.v. ft wla loo.iluily II a. m. A, in. Wlllaini'tla Itlmr 4 :) p. m . Kx.-iind'y . Ki.Mutni'y- Orpiinn City, Srwlwrg, HhIhiii, Imln. ln'iitli'iiia Way Ijoiiliniia, KtoBiiK-r Moiloo loavaa I'lirllnii'l on Mini, Weil, mul Krlilay. 1,1'avca liiilcit.inlitii-u Thpk, Tlmra, Mai, at (l;:H. M. hir. Itnlli Iwivca liiili.piudtni': fur I'liriland A way Inmltuifa, Mon, Wiul, Krt, A A! , K.r CorvnlUa A whv luiiditiKa Tiiiw, 'I'liura, Hat, fc I'.M. Ktir Hill Innirniallon pull on O. It, A N. Agt, All, IlKKRiiJi, ludi'pniiili.ni'a, or nddrpsa W. H. HURLBURT, Unnrul l'Bsw'uitnr AkouI POKT1.AN1.) Oil a arMini, aa a i i I Our fee retunictl if wo fail. Any ono ncnfling sketch and descripfion of any Invention will jiromj.tljr retx-ivo our opinion free concerning tbo ptumv ttliillty of mmo. How to obtain ft paU-.tit" mil upon roo,aet. I'Maua tiwurod through nn avertixod for mtlo nt our exene. 1'uU'iiU Uk.-n out through un roccive social notice, without chargea Tub I'ate.vt Rkcoho, an illimtratcJ and witluly circuhjtod Jouraal, connulted by SlaiiufMlurcro and Investvs. Send for Kftjiiplu copy FREE. Addrmw, ." VICTOR J. EVANS & CO., (Patent Attorneys,) Zvntts Building, - WASHINGTON, D. C. Barlui Steel Ranges. Tli e most extensive lino of Cutlery consist ing of iVkct Knives, Scissors and Shears, Razors, Plated ware to lo found in Polk County, at 1 ;ADE & COirl A. J. Goodman, Mgr. 2 g IMA FX STKKE'l- , - INDEPENDENCE 2 iiiiiiiiimuiiiiiatuiiiiiiiaauuuiiiiil A Tew Suggestions to Buyers of xx CHRISTMAS PRESENTS In tho hardware line. Useful Presents are always Appreciated. V Boy'H Ax .i!2cal. liiflo Boy's Saw ami Buck Bracket Saw Outfit ITiiurston Lumber Company, Dallas. Oregon. ...MANUFACTURERS OF... UMBER OF ALL KINDS Dry Stock always on Hand, also 'Cedar Shingles. If 1')TE: We have a tlrst-clasM dry kiln wblolt enables ut to (jive you thor t y'H Vry lumber. SOUTH and EAST -vla- SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO Shasta Route. ' Train leaven Inclupontlonce fur Portland and waymnttntiH M :"; Luavo lor (Jorvullld at 11:00 t Lv film Hand buny Ar Aotliliincl " aoniinulito " Hojn FranclHdO.. ' Oon " DiJhVBr. '' Ktf,iinfts Ulty . tjiffloauo., 8:na.m. 7:00 p.m. l!i:30 p. ra. 10:' p. . 12 itl a. in. Jl:;)u. m , f:tH) p. ni. 4::lfH. ill. 7: If) p, in. 8:16 a m. , 5:45 a.m. 11:45 ll. m . 9:011 a, m, ti;00 a. ni , 7:2ft a. m. . 7:a" a. in , 7:46 a in. :80 a. m 7:'H) a. m (1:00 p. m (l::to a, in tc'i'i a. m 4 :t)0 a. in tifffi p. m (1:12 a. ra 12:4il p. lu Ptillmftu and Toiirlut roir on Imth trains CI uflroamHaiiraniuntnloOitrtiHi and Kl l'fto and tiiurlHt Kiirx to Chicago, 81. Louis, New OrU annand Washington. Cc unootltiK at Han Kronclsco with sevora dlmimnlilp lino" for Honolulu, Jiipan, Ulilua PhljUpplnos.Oentral and South Amorloa. . sieMB. a. A. Wilcox t Independence 5ta tH,oraddroBa iT ,. U,fl.lH.""'"l General l'aaBonKor Attont I'ortluud, Or. IM Anirflon 1:L0 p, m. KV I'aito (1:00 1). in. JCiBrt Worth H:;)0a. m. Vi.y of Mexloo..... I.m. " HutiHton ... , 4:00a, ni. Wpw urloaim n:ai p. in. 11:42 a. in. 12:4a p. III. " .Vanhlnnton , " Mew Vork..., -A- 4','ANTKD- ACTIVB ' MAN OV GOOD 0' otor to deliver and collect In Oregon for olutjenUihllHliud inauiifttiiliirliiK wlioleale hmfn (tlNHi a year, sure pay. HoneHl y more thantexperlune 'equlrnd, Our reference, any lianW In any olty. iJnolose self-addivnMed tamped envelope, Munufacturors, Third M, m Vewrboru 8t.,CWoatio. A llitrd Illow. 'Judge Alfred F. Sears, of tho Portland circuit bench, struck a de cisive and timely blow last Monday at tho unjust operations of Savings & Loan Associations which have conducted bu-incss that is littlo less than robbery of honest, unsuspect ing poor people, Judge Sears set aside the bond, mortgage, contract and several other documents with which a poor man's home was plas tered so that it would have been al most impossible for him to ever "pay out." ' It was proven in the case at bar that tho agents of the association represented to the man that he would be all clear when 84 payments should have been made, though of course if he had been ablo to figure out the several docu ments which he had to sign he would have known better, and the association relied upon thoso docu montsclaiming that the mau Bhould have known what he was signing; but tho court held that the man did not have an equal chanco with the makers of those documents, which would require an accomplished ex pert to interpret, and the man had a right to rely upon the represents Tool Chests ' Single Shot dim rock H Knife Small Brass. Lantern Tov Satl Iron Small Wheelbarrow Express Wngou Hunting Coat Meat Chopper Cluss Shears Carving Set tst't of 1817 Kogers' Knives, Forks or Spoons. Xickel Copper Tea Kettle, Coll'eo Tot or Tea Pot Cobbler's Outfit Granite Wure Bread Box Sewing Machine Kitchen Grind Stone Kitchen Meat Saw etc. Persons buying any of the above articles for Cash, will be given a 10 per cent reduction if they mention this advertisement. F. E. CHAMBERS, "' . rr"-". y.T,.r.. I '"In in i r-l THrr.ii ni iiwmr tions of the agents. ' Tho case decided was only one of several depending upon the result in this ono and i8 likelv to cause great commotion Loan Association man. in Building & circlos. States- The TneotiiaSlreet-Railway Company, on whose line a terrible accident occur. rod lust Fourth of July, catihinir the death or injury of many people, has made settlement -with all claimants, at a total coHt, of about $100,000, thus avoid ing liilKitt ion, and Bhowinu (he reason aljIeiieBH aud wisdon of all parties concerned. Steamers jyiooa and Pomona Will leave Independence EVE Ft Y DAY, Sunday excepted, at 7:00 a. in., for SALEM, OREGON CITY, PORTLAND. For Freight or Passage ap ' lily on boardthe boat, or to ' the a Kent , J. E. HUBBARD, Independence . i Oregon. REGULATOR LINE PORTLAND to - THE DALLES By the commodious steamer REGULATOR Leaves Portland dally except Suu oav at 7 a m. This Is the Great Scenic Route. All tourists admit that the soeuery on the Middle Columbia Is not excelled fur beauty and Kiaudeur hi th TTnitori States. Full Information hv Ing or calling on C. G. THAYER, Agt, Tel. 614. Portland. Or - - Wis taiy aii read "Stable . V WOOD TURNOUTS. 1'llK KS BGAS0XARLK. Special Attention to Commercial Men. ,: I. W. DICKINSON, Proprietor. - , i . . i South of tattle Palace Ilotnl, ' Railroad Street, Independence. Oregon, II It i -4 --jN X V