THE WEST SIDE
J08. A, C BRANT, Kilttot and PubiUher.
M'tteH'lUrciOK RATKH.
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FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1W1
, Two thousand tons of American
raila have boon sent to England
and 6old there cheaper than they
are at home. Thus th octopus
making tracks to Kurope.
Now pork and beans can bo had
put up in a dainty tabloid. ISeed
lees to say, they meet no favor in
Boston.
V
Tolstoi has written a new sum
mer novel with a heroiue whose
nauio sounds like drawing a glass
of soda water. It is pronounced
Spziufzeff.
A street railway in a suburb o
San Francisco is operated by dec
tricitv cenerated in a swift river
110 miles distant and with a loss o
onlv 5 wr cent in power. At this
rate every mountain cascade can be
harnessed to turn the wheels of in
dustry scores of miles away.
4
The states of Oreeou and Wash
insrton are holdimr a warm debate
as to which has cut down the larg
est tree. If they would show which
state has done the most for the
cause of forestry the intelligent
public will be ready to award the
palm of merit.
It is to he presumed that the con
vention of creiuationists to be held
in Buffalo this summer will open
with a brilliant display of tire-
works.
Oh, no, we don't want to quarre
with Germany, but all the same, it
might be juSt as well to keep our
powder dry and take a squint to
windward once in a while.
The Texas oil wells are said to
be marvelous, but they can hardly
surpass other gigantic spoutera that
she has produced.
It begins to look dark for the
colored man. In addition to losing
his vote an unexpected blLuard has
ruined the (Jeoriria watermelon
crop.
The fierce competition between
the saloons and churches of Kansas
City has completely upset the ol
tradition about Sunday being a day
of rest.
Under the educational qualifica
tion in Alabama the negro vote is
"eliminated." The colored brother
won't mind this his fear was that
he might bo robbed.
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As none but white men are al
lowed to participate in the Ala
bama election, it is easy to believe
the report that "the vote was light
throughout the state."
A big supply of rubber blankets
has been sent to the soldiers serving
in the Philippines, and President
McKinley's desire to have an elas
tic army is about to be gratified.
The most interesting thing about
the recent supreme court decision is
that it will take the lawyers a num
ber of years and several other de
cisions before anybody will be cer
tain just what it means. '
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According to the Oregonian it
Beems to be "up to" the citizens and
residents of towns along the line of
railroad from Portland to CorvalJis,
krown as the weBt side road, as to
whether they get a Sunday mail.
This paper has at different times
epoken in the same vein as the Ore
gonian but our people don't seem
to care anything at all as to whether
they get any Sunday mail or not.
They have been so long without
that they seem to be in a Bort of a
lethargy. Come folks, wake up,
and let us make a pull, and a strong
pull for a Sunday train. Here is
what the Oregonian says:
"The railway mail department is
taking pride in the service it is now
furnishing Portland. Three trains
per day arrive and depart over the
0. R. & F., Northern Pacific and
Southern Pacific Companp's lines
two trains on the West Side (except
Sunday) and two to Astoria, and
on every one of these trains are
postal railway cars and clerks.
If the Southern Pacific Company
would establish a Sunday service
from Portland to Corvallis, a dis
tance of nearly 100 miles, their
happiness would be complete. The
population of this territory has so
increased in the last few years that
this service cannot much longer be
denied to the people. If this mat
tor were brought to the attention of
the officials of the Southern Pacific
by the residents along this line of
of railway, no doubt is entertained
but that it would be favorably con
t)iderc(J. So much mail accumu
lates in the Portland postoffice for
this route over Sunday that it re
quires an extra postal clerk on that
day to segregate the mail for offices
along the way.
WASIIINUTOI LETTER.
Washington, L). C, Apr. 29, 1901
There i an amusing side to the
isit of the Cuban commission to
Washington, which has furnished
un for thus who came In contact
with its members. They had the
speediest and about the worst caso
of swelled head over seen In w ash
ington., where the big head is au
every day complaint, with little
fellows who suddenly become in
toxieated with the greatness which
they imagine goes along with a
newly assumed office. The Cubans
didn't have that kind ot big head.
Theirs was brought on by the jolly
ing they received from officials from
the president down. It began wheu
they wore met at the railway sta
tion bv two army olhoers, who m
formed them that they had leen
detailed by the secretary of war to
escort them to their hotel, and to
look after their comforts during
their stay in town, and culminated
at tho state dinner in the white
house, where all the prominent men
in Washington at the time, took a
hand in pushing tho jolly along
Since then each one of those Cubans
has acted as though he thought he
was the greatest thing that ever
happened. The old saw aliout
oatching more flies with molasses
than with vinegar his apparently
done another stunt. The jollying
has been so efficacious that the
Cubans have promised to o home
and recommend to the convention
that the conditions laid down by
the Piatt amendment bo accepted
riiey tried to get a promise in ex
change from th, president that he
would ask congress to admit Cuban
sugar and tobacco free of duty, but
did not succutd. The nearest they
got was his promise to .appoint com
missioners to negotiate a recipro
city treaty with the government of
Cuba as soon as it was established
Mr. Ca'usha B. Grow, of San
Diego, Cal., a nephew of Itoprescn
tative Galusha B. Grow, of fa, i
visiting Washington for the first
time since he was a boy, and his
uncle was sjn'aker of tho house. Mr
Grow, who is a itroeiierou banker
never tires of sounding the prls
of his home town, thereby showing
that he is made of the right kind of
stuff, in the coursa of a conversa
tion, he said; "San Diego is des
lined some day to be the great jtort
on the Pacific coast. It has
superb harbor and the day wil
come when a line of railroads fol
lowing near the boundry line of
Mexico will form a link in the
shortest route acrosa the continent
A line of Oriental i teams connect
ing with the Santa Fe Railroad
system has, of late, done much to
develop our trade. The railroad
has also been paying much atten
tion to us. But San Diego and tho
surrounding region has 'not beun
half developed yet, and thero is
large future for it."
Mr. G. W. Bolton, of La., a mem
her of tho executive committee of
the American Banking Association
stopped in Washington on his way
home from New York, where hu at
tended a meeting of tho committee
which decided that the association
should hold its next meeting in
Milwaukee. In reply to questions,
Mr. Bolton said: "I do not know of
a period wheu the state of Louisiana
has been more prosperous than at
present. The banks are all full of
money. When the banks are doing
well other industries thrive and
vico versa. There has been great
development in many of the state's
industries in rice growing, in
sugar production and in timber,
with the depletion of tho forests of
tho northwestern states, the timber
produced in Louisiana is coming in
great demand, chiefly now the long
leaf pine, which is of a finer quality
than in any of the adjoining states.
We have much valuable hardwood,
hut that is not yet used very ex
tensively." The action of tho president, on
request of Senator Daniel, of Va.,
in ordering that the Washington
heir-looms, which have been in the
possession of the U. S. government,
since the beginning of the civil war,
be restored to Gen. G. W. C. Leo,
the legal owner, cannot fail to add
to the cordiality of his reception at
those places in thu south at which
he will stop on his way to the Pa
cific coast.
Lyon Tvslge will have work in the
Muster Mason degree Saturday evening.
Musings from Monmouth.
Th0. H. N. 8. track team is training
for the field meet at MuMinnville in
June.
Prof. French, who has been traveling
abroad, arrived in New York April 2.1
Mr. Jan. Eaton has secured a position
as teacher at Jefferson.
Rev. Powell, of fialem. visited his par
ents here last week.
Miss Gertrude Lowe has gone to 8t.
Helens, Columbia county, to teach
school .
Last week Prof. Fellows spent a few
days in Portland.
Miss Mona East, who has been ill, is
again able to be in school.
Miss Edna Ilobnett is suffering from a
lame ankle, the result of a bicycle full.
The lecture delivered by B. F. Mulkey
on "The bible and Science" was well
attended.
Mr. Foshay is visiting his daughter
who is attending school here.
LamiU Nut Worn Out.
C, L. Smith, the Minnesota farm
ng expert, has been engaged by
the Southern Pacific company to
octuro to and confer with the farm
ers of Wtstern and Southern Ore-,
gon on agricultural topics. Mr.
mith hat boon engaged in similar
work for the O. U. & N. Co. for sev
eral months on tho Columbia river
basil. He is no theorist. In Min
ties ita amid conditions which are
about as hard as any farmer con
tends with, ho made a success as
tiller of the soil, and he "acquired
valuable knowledge by studying
and by profiting by the experience
of other.
"Willamette valley farmers are
mistaken about their lands being
worn out. There is no worn out
land, nor is there any poor 'soil in
the valley," said Mr. Smith. Ho
relumed yesterday from a tour" of
Oregon's noted valley, and express
ed himself as well repaid for the
trouble he went to in driving over
its level roads and by its fresh,
green fields.
"The top layer of soil lu many
fields," he said, "has boon deprived
of its humus, or decomposed vege
table matter, by eot.stant cropping
without rotation, and so this soil is
inclined to bake afttr a few dry
lays. I found it hard to convince
some farmers of tho correctness of
my position, but when I went out
into their fields aud ointod out the
difference in the condition of the
soil where a little straw or old grass
had kept it poroti, they began to
think 1 was right.
"What tho Willamette valley
lands are suffering from is the slip'
shod way the soil bus been treated
Planting it to wheat, year after
year, wears out certain properties
in the soil, which would have been
preserved were clover or root crops
produced occasionally, instead o
grain. Summer fallowing has been
practiced to some extent, but sum
mor fallowing, though it may rest
tho soil, exposes it to the rays of
the sun during the hot weather anil
tends to bleach the strength out o
it. Where tho ground has become
inclined to bake at tho surface, I
would recommend a slight covering
of straw. This would tend to hoi
the moisture in the warm, dry days
and there w mid not be such a de
main! for rain. Tho rains are cer
tainly abundant enough in West
crn Oregon to mature crops, even
in the most unfavorable seasons."
Mr. Smith visited tho Oregon Ag
ricultural College at Corvallis, and
found the experiment station in
charge of reliable, scientific men.
"Tho college would Ihj of ' much
greater benefit to tho farmers of
Oregon," ho said, "if they would
pay more attention to Its instruc
tions." Ha found, however, a ten
dency to go it alone on the part of
tho farmer, and thus tho valuable
experiments of the agricultural col
lego were largely set at' naught.-
Oregonian.
Texas is counting on having a
bigger cotton crop in 1901 than it
gathered in 1900. That state has
long led every other locality in the
country in cotton production, but
it apparently is looking for a still
broader margin of excess this year.
Its acreage for 1901 is 25 per cent
greater than was that of 1900.
0
Tho sooner people realize that
medical science is convinced that
neither yellow nor mularial fever is
infectious or contagious but is com
municated solely by mosquitoB, the
sooner thu country will bo in a fair
way to abolish these diseases alto-
$ tf. q.
A I'hilndelphin physician has
sent in a bill for fl '.10.000 for at
tendance on a singlo patient for n
few months. No doubt it seemed
to him as long as several years
would have seemed elsewhere, and
he charged accordingly,
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scon
of Cod Liver Oil is the means
of life, and enjoyment of life to
thousands: men women and
children.
When appetite fails, It re
stores it. When food is a
burden, it lifts the burden.
When youlosc flesh.it brings
thcplumpncss of health.
When work is hard and
duty is heavy, it makes life
bright.
It is the thin edge of the
wedge; the thick end is food.
But what is the use of food,
when you hate it, and can't di
gest it?
Scott's Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil is thefood that makes
you forget your stomach. ,
If you nave not tried It, eend for
free sample, Its agreeable taste will
surprise you.
COT
409 Pearl
T & BOWNE. Chemists,
rtreet. New York.
$1.00 1 all druggists.
60c, an
West Hide and Paolflo Homestead,
ntnon
one year, $2,
humid For II U l ife.
"My father mid nlwlw both tiled of
Coimumplloii," wrllm J.- T. Wither-
wax, of Wyandot!, M IcIi.T "slid I was
saved from Hip smiii filfUtful lulcoiHy
by Dr. King's New DIm oiry. An at
tack of PuiMiiiiiiiila Wi n oUiltmie
cough and very sevt-r lung trouble,
which an excellent, tlmMor could not
help, but a few mould' u of this won
derful ( uii'dlvlne made hip Ss well as
rvernixl I gHlnid much In weight."
rnfulllblo "for reiighii, "Cidds mid all
Throat and Lung trouble frw, (lusr
kiitoed bottle 60o' aHl .'tl .00 Nt Kirk
land's drugstore
Word was reylv,'d , here . Wednesday
evening that Howard linker, a former
resident, of fiidv'utllii, fold been shut
III the liaek k Ibitlevlllo that Mtletiiooll
and Instantly killed.
Quite a number of lndoeiidem'ii po-
jilSwent to ChamoM'B to witness the
eermoi'le attending the unveiling ol
the statue iximuieinoriUliig tho luruiliig
of a provisional government lor Oregon,
The steamer resetted hero about mid
night slier tb ceremony.
: Khudders at II I l'L
'I recall iuw with horror," says Mall
Carrier Huruelt Mann, of levunu, ().
"my three year of stiU'ering from Kid
ttey trouble. I hardly ever flee
from dull aebvs or acute hi my
twek. To "loop or lift mall sticks itmdv
not groan. I felt tired, wolii out,'
bout ready to give up, when I began to
ue Kloolrlo llllierx, but six hollies
ivuniilolely currd mo nud nnule ine feel
liki a new umu." They're unrivaled
to regulate Htonmeb, Llm, Kidneys
aud llowels. Perfect hm Unfurl Ion giinr
auteed by Klrkboid Dmg U'. Only W
cents.
, (Imitl ItoH.lt ty Sample.
Two experts ot th Agriculture
Department have started on i
novel mission from Ch cago to New
Orleans. They are aboard an lilt
noia Central train.
The train will make a few stops
on tho way to New Orleans at vari
ous'towns where a -.sample ol goo!
ronil will bo constructed for the
benefit of tho adjacent farmers. The
length of thine sample mud wil
bo all tho way from a half milu to
a mile, but the stops are made um:
road const ructod only where the
residents of a town are willing to
contribute something toward the
exM.nse, usually about $10ik), This
money is lined toward paying the
laborers and alio toward expenses
for a convention of instruction
which Is held at all thoo stopping
places.
ThereturntoChicagowill.it Is
expected, be the latter part of June
and between now and that time the
train is expected to stop at fifteen
or twenty towns and citu s. . The
stops are of two or throw ays dura
tion. The train oarrius a mimht'
ol skilled instructors and exHrts in
tho construction of good roads.
For a sl.ir neck there Is nothing bet
ter Until a free application of Chamber
lulu's Pal n ltiilm, It quirk ly relieves
the still nesa nud serenes, elU-rthig
complete cure. For sale by Klrktiuid
Drug Co.
Franco has begun tho retaliation
that the frio' ds of reciprocity have
Wn telling us of. With n strok
ol too pen, bin) has abolished our
market of fifteen or twenty million
dollars worth of corn and of corn
meal each, as a punishment for our
failure to ratify tho treaty we mad
with her.
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London is determined to be in
the forefront of progress. Hhe has
just in trot! need electric street curs
and now is to have an automol.i
fire engineall secured from the
United States.
A Very Itemnrkiihlc Itemed)-,
"It Is with a good deaf of ptenMirp
and hutlMoietlon I hut I rt-oonimeiid
CliHiiilierliiln'h (Julio, Cholera and Dliirr-
hoes Remedy, " snys JlrugglHt A, W
Hawtelle, of Hartford, Conn, "A Udy
customer, seeing the remedy exposed
for hhIo on my show eimo, sab! to me:
T really tad love that medlolno saved
my life tho past summer whilo al the
shore,' and she became, so eutlruNlnslie
over Its merits that I st once made up
my mind to recommend it lu the future.
Recently a i(ontleuiHU camo Into my
store so overcome with oollo pains that
ho sunk at once to the floor. I guve
linn a dose of this remedy which helped
him. I repealed the dose and In fifteen
mltiulcs bo left my store smilingly lit
forming me that he felt as well us
ever." For snlo by Kirk land Drug Co,
Ailinlnislriitor's Notice.
Notice Is hereby nivuti Unit tho nmler
sIk'hihI whs on the 4 Lis ilny ol April, 1001,
duly itppninteii tlio adininiHl rulor ol the
oflsto ol John MeQnerry, tleconsoil, liy
the County Court ol Polk County, Ore
Uon. Tl. ii t nil persons lmviiiK eluims
Against the said t-Htute, will pleitso pre
sent them, within six months from date,
to tho undorHlKtind flt Indopendenuii,
Oregon, for examination. That k'I per
sons owiiiK elitiins to ssid estate will
setllu the sumo at once with the uiuloi
sinned. 1). W. Skaiih,
AdminiBtrntor.
Dated, April 'Joili, 1001. 5t
IWontgomery & fIilligan,
FALLS CITY, OR ICG ON.
MANUPACTUBEU8 OF
LUMBEf?
The cannoity of our mill and
n 1 1 i c i i i:
x uu an oruem ior iiiiiiiMjr. uivensacuu. , a
Securea Leal cr Commercial r
EDUCATION
fcVt . BY A'nisNDINU
Behnke'5
M and COaiGCIiL
School. ' 1
No
Viicntloim In I hiv linMin
Ib- ilHhient. '
"HAY AIM) IN1UIII SLIItJOI.
W (nrAUANTKn Mii.-o. HM will.
our ih.xl of, IMUViniJA h
iiisliiHlioii. Hpecliil Hlhnloit
given to Mhorlhaud. Typewrit
ing tuiffclit by the latest Touch Method. I;,vi)im by mail, f.' per month
Send lor Fiee Trial Liwhoii and lataiogiin -oniaIii1ik opinions of prom
nent educators, luiHlneM men, toiiogiuidiot-H and others. Luw 'lenn
commences September 1st.
II. W. HKI1NKK,
Irtu. (Xiiuiirt;ttl
Hit rrfohleutlal Train.
Condneior W. 8, Conser, thu oldest
mint lu th servl.-ti In Oregon, lisving
been on tho trslo ever slneo July, 1H72,
will tiik tiiki. Um presidential t ruin
bom Ashland to l'ortlsnd. A pilot
tr.iiu will preeedu the i.residentisl train
in minutes abesd, Mini will ritrry sny
olll'il or others that need se or meet
tho presidential pitrty In any ollk-Iul
way. All freight trsius will be sb.onl-
tjued a bile tho president 1st train Is in
this dixtrict sud pnsM-nger trains wilt lw
put In the clnsr ons hour In advance to
the presidential train. All switches art
to la spiked slung the line one hour in
S'lviuieo In lbs 'presidential train.
Nasal
CATARRH
la all lu alas '
should Iw tjlMuiluns.
Ely's Creant Balm
r!mM,x,UtM d hrtls
III diMMM ni.mlir.iw.
II euro rinrt h ul d'lvrs
sf Sulii ta UtS liKil
Cream Halm Is nlv4 lata us nrnmtt, spiwii
wit U.s MMtihrtm & Is atwurUml. lUUf Is lm
SinlUia Slid S ran fallows, II Is tea dr jiug-:
imI pnitux tMln(. U.piSiM,MMiisalDrus.
,1.1. of t? tu.ll Trial SIm, IS rtii bf Smll,
Hecurlng appropriations, drum
ming up customers and holding a
world's fair are easy enough. Be
tting a site is where tho hard
work comes in.
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A Chicago janitor-artist Ins won
recognition and fame by producing
a picture called "The 0u Hca."
It is presumed that the back door
of the artist's 11 it opens on tho
Chicago river.
Wimr.Tirj TWoKTllf MKV A till WO-iiii-ii
I.. Imvnl ami tlvr t. for oli ril
ll.liml Iiou.ii tl Mnd llimnrtitl aUilOlns l!-
r)r I.M. yvar ami (ouriini. U )llt) lu
in.li, No ntnvuMln r"i'iiif.l i.ivb rvfi-r-miiw
iil onelu.n .nUatlilrwiMxi .Uioik -I sn-
vrluw. Adlrwi Msiosor, I'" tloil Illc1(,,
(llll.
The Castle
Keeiis. constantly on hand it fine
iiHHorlmetit of
a Whiskies,
Wines,
Brandies,
iB Cigars,
Ms the famous Hop Gold Beor.
l-D. GALE, Proprietor.
Bisycle - Headquarters.
Now in tho time to havo
your liioyclfH overhauled and
clenni'd, i tho soason isconw
ing on, pyn't wait until
KoiiH'tlilng 1'i'i'iikn.
(irnphtto," rubht-r t'onu'itt,
cyclo oils, cork grins, lacing
cord, t'tc, pun ho nud at a
reasonable, price.
All kind of bicycle repair
ing done, work promptly at
tended to. AH work guar
anteed,
C. W. Ik-uiit,
West Sido Oflco
J. W. KIRKLAND,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Real Estate....
Insurance, Loans.
Main Ht.
Iudependence, Ore,
WANTKD.-CHpalili', rullnlilH pi'i'w.n In
every county In refiri'M.-nt, Inrsn ooiiipHny of
nllil llimiii'liil ri'iuilKinin; jiMinliuy ht year,
miil nil eiicni'; Htriiluht, boni. Ilitc, ilcllnlli!
IHiyiililii WKi'liiyi S.I li-r nuy iiimnniuiiy miro
miliiry, no i'ihiiiiiiixiuii; wuiirv I'ui'i i-.kii
Huuinyiy Hint expt-iwu iiioney aiiviiiKied eseh
wank. HTANDAHD IlllUSK, !H1 Dem-tinru
SI., ('li!rao.
THE ARCADE.
Davidson & Hedges, Props.
Clgsrs, Clgaraltot, TobUQooa sind
Confectionary.
T
First Claaa Soda Fountain In oon
nactlon. dry kilns enables v to promptly J
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I'du. Ltw Dept.
olle fur Publication.
I'irl Apr. id Ul puh. Juu.W
riMMKU (.A Nil, AtTJCNK 3, ls?S.
I'lUU-'t Hlaliw l.stnl Oltlmi, Orr cm CIIV,
Or.-suu, Sprit 101 It, I'lil.
Nutli-t- In linri'liy liivi ii tlit In (uiwilltir
Willi Hie irviliiiiirtl.v Mil nl iiiiu r. M el
Jinii- ;i, i i iiiiiiiii "At. wi fur Um ! ol
UmlK'f IhiuU In Oik hihi' nl I !lf..ri.lH, ir
Sun, Nuv'l, imI IVa.niiitfnui li-rrltury,"
M(l'llllil In ll I lit' I'lllllll! I.HIIll KlnU'll hY ai-t
nl Aiisii.I 4 I'lmrlM li. H"riy, ol I'oru
luml, xiMitily nl AlnlUi-iiM.il, H I l el .r. ami,
Im. Iiiiu tiny Sii-il lu tm. I'Hi'u hi. worn
l.li-iiM-iit hit Vlx.. lor tin.' imri limm ol thu N W
i.r Si-vllmi No. In uiililp Nu. S,
lUiise Nu. W, .ml will u8r mmi( IukIiiiw
Mmt Mm UihI .imisIii t. iii.ini v.lii.lilu for
lu tl in 1h r or muiiii llm.1 l''f i(Hi'iiUurl
miiiw, mill o nul.i.ii lo rlmm m .)il
IhimI Iwlnrii lh lo-si.n r nn-l Iti-enlvrr "I U.l
i.iiim. m i.n jinn I'm , iiri-umi, un l-roUy, lliu
huh ilny uf July. lull.
Ili nmiio. a. Hloii'.M-.: I. K. WIIIIshu, of
inlln.,(iii'iiii; ll Milium Ulr.i hlM-m, ol In
ii.m iiilioim-. Ur.KiHi; K. I!. KlrhimtlU'S, u(
l.ulla., trS'li( llw". A. WUiniK, nl ll!!li'iinl
eui'ii. vr.'siiui
Any mni nil rniuiln. lug inlvi'rMtly ilic
Ikiv.mI"ii-Ii .1 IiiimI. mu ri'iUn.l4itl In flip
llo'lr i'IuIim. Ill llii.tiltlM) ui. ur Iwlorn mOI Will
il.y nl July, l.iol,
CIMS. II, MOOKKM,
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Polk County Bank
(INt'OUrOIUTKD.)
MONMOUIH, OkCOON.
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Paid Capital , .$30,000.00
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J. II. Hnwley. P. L. Cni.U-ll, I. M.
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II, htuiii., K. H. Powell,
J'stepli t rsven.
Transacts a General Banking
and Exchange Business.
Tho Iiulepeiulence
NATIONAL BANK
Capital Stork, $50,000.00
tt IllHSCMIirSfl. ARRAHIM KKIJfON,
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C w. IHVISK, CMklsr,
DIRECTORS,
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G, L. Hawkins
Independence, Ore.
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Monuments and
Mead stones
Cemetery Work
etc.
For DrayinK
....Call on....
F. M. SKINNER,
Independence.
Ordern for hauling
executed promptly
and at reasonable
rates.
E. T. HENKLE, Propriator
Hot and Cold Baths at all
Times.
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Meekly I'rop Hulh'llii.
rortlaiul, Oro., Momluy, My , '01
(lencrni Summary.
Tho woatlior during tho lust week
luw lu-eti mure fuvortvlilo for tlw
growth of vegetation, notwithstand
ing tho abnormally low tempera
tures thai have prevailed in nearly
all sections of tho titate. Owing to
an excess of cloudiness, tho day
toninoxatureB have averaged from
4 to 8 degrees below tho normal in
tho western section and from 1 to 4
below in tho eastern sections.
Copious showers occurred in all
in all district "during tho early
part of the week, being heaviest in
in tho southern and eastern coun
ties. As a rosult of the rains crops in
general made rapid advancement,
but warmer weather and more rain
are needed to bring vegitation up
its usual Btate at this seiiron of the
year.
Full wheat, rye and oats are in
an excellent condition and have a
good healthy color. Thero are no
Complaints of damage from insect
pestB except in a few scattered sec
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C. B. Caibfeatl7
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yl Good goodn at Uight rriccH Maku Easy Selling.
j Out' goods aro flrst-claHH, our prict-H as low an the
lowent -quality of good considered. V
A All kinds of country product? bought at tho V!
Highest Market Price.
1 1 Share ol Yaur Patronage Respectfully Solicited.
Yei7icle
TZ Tho HeaHon for sale of vehicles is here; ZZZ
Z and we are well tiquipped to take care of the ZZZ
trade. , , ( 5
' We can furnish anything from a light 35
ZZ Hoad Cart to a lieavy Spring Wagon. ZZZ
g- Wo have a variety of open and top bug-
Z giox, beautifully finished. We invite you to ZZS
g- inspect our stock. We carry also the Hush- 5
g ford Farm Wagons; the best ironed wagons
Z on tho market. ZZ
I R, M. WADE & GO,,
S A. J. Qoodman, Mgr. -2
MAIN STREET - - INDEPENDENCE 2
Are you looking
for a brush?
Not with Germany but a hair brush,
tooth brush, or a silver-polishing
brush. ' I have a good all-bristle hair
brush for 25c. Tooth brushes, 5c up.
A. S. LOCKE,
INDEPENDENCE,
OkEQON
(VlflF-AWAKF MRCHANTS' ADD T0 YOljR BIS,NESS
fstr&m unHrnurnuiiL
MATCHLESS POWER OF ENTERTAINMENT
That aa IXTINSI DtSffiT ( POSSTSSION li awrtrnwd hi sll who bear H.
IT 8UPPUES AN ACTUAL WANT (THE IRRESISTIBLE DEMAND FOR DIVERSION
AND RELAXATION) TO GRATIFY WHICH MANY ARE WILLING TO DO WITHOUT OTHER
NECESSITIES. IT IS THE
UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINER OF THE AGE
As Inothamllblo sonrca al Homfe ! Detigltt ta all.
It In simple I" rotwtnirtiim, sml )rlc-t are aminired to suit all pocket books; while the
demand ill cunlitnic :a Uiii.u na hiiinuu namrt rusts.
The Introduction of s few (iniiiliohone Into a community st once creates so inrreasinfr
drnmml for III CORDS ana Sim IIS, a:ul a CONIIM'WS BtSMSS Is Urns satablUM. Why not
vcuie the liberal Prollts wkick art allowed dealers?
WRITE rOR CATALOGUE, TERMS, ETC., TO
Columbia Phonograph Co., .
125 Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
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tions of Morrow county where wire
worms are reported as having caus
ed slight damage.
Spring sown grain is stooling
well and in some localities has ap
peared above tho ground.
Oats are nearly all sown.
Hops have made satisfactory ad
vancement during tho wook, except
on high ground, where the growth
has been rather Blow. The crop
has a good healthy color and is re
markably free from lice. The train
ing is practically finished in all of
tho larger yards. There are a fow
oomplaints of missing hills but the
correspondents are' of the opinion
that these will come up with the
advent of warm, sunshiny weather.
. Spring seeding is nearly com
pleted. Flowing summer fallow
continuos.
Corn and potato planting have
been in active progress since tho
rains and in some sections of south
ern Oregon corn is up. More rain
is needed, however, bofore corn
planting can be completed.
Gardens have made rapid growth
and sugar boets are now being plan
ted iUuion county.
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Street, Independency
Prescription Druggist
A Han Slips Up
On It every time that he takes his laun
dry work outsldo of the Salem Steam
Lauudiy to be done up. He fluds "that
tired feeling" stealing over him wbeu he
notes the difference in the exquisite color
and tieautiful finish, saying nothing of ihe
good condition lu which your linens ure
returned by the
Salem Steam Laundry.
UOL. J. OLMSTED, Prop.
DOROU8 D. OLMSTED, Mgr
Phone 4 2; Llherly st
Clover and alfalfa are doing well,
and there has been a general im
provement in the condition of pas
turage. In Eastern Oregon stock
is being moved to summer ranges.
Raspberries, strawberries and
apples are in full bloom.
There are a few complaints of
pears and prunes dropping but not
enough to properly thin the crop.
Peaches,, apricots, pears, silver
prunes and 'cherries have suffered
the most from frosts.
One ol the best towns in the state of
Oregon is La Grande. It ia wide awake
and thoroughly up to date. Its last en
terprise is a saratoua chip factory, and
the town" psopoeos to supply the entire"
Orient with the Saratoga chips of com
merce. The wide variety of the fiction pub
lished in The Youth's Companion is
well illustrated in the twenty short
stories contributed to The Companion's
five May issues'. Borne are about boys,
some about girls, some about men and
women, but all of them are of a kind
that appeals to every lover of a good
story, old or young.
.
The calamity howler is never so
much discredited as when his warn
ings oomd true,