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P u b lish ed every F rid a y a t In depen dence, O regon.
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DEVELOP RESOURCES,
CHAMBER’S AIM
second clan matter March 2ti, 1918, at the postonico
lodepeudeuce, Oregon, under the Act ol March 3, 1879.
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C L Y D E T. E C K E R
S u b scrip tion S a te s:
T H R E E M ONTH S
S I X MON T H S
ONE Y E A S
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“Can you get somebody well fit
ted to fix up my advertising for
these cabs?”
“Su re; I’ll get you a good hack ¡g
writer.”
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A Canadian company has ob- J
teined a concession of more than
76,000 acres which it is proposed to
What doe« Oregon need?
What—If It were po«aible to name make use of for grazing grounds
the chief factor—doea It moat need In for a great herd of reindeer.
We don’t know whether VVilhain U. Bennett, Demo
cratic nominee for public service commissioner, will get
very close to the goal in his campaign for election, but
we do know that he is rendering the people of Oregon a
very good service by initiating a measure to be voted on
at the F a ll election to amend the public utilities act so
“ that said commission shall not have authority to alter
existing rates, tolls, charges, join t rates or charges where
same have been fixed by franchise or contract or which
may hereafter be so fixed and further providing that the
commission shall not have authority to fix rates, tolls or
charges in cases where right to fix and estabhsh same
has by legislative grant or by people’s vote been vested by
charter in any municipality. ’ ’
I t is inconceivable that the public will permit a condi
tion to prevail in which a public utility, which has agreed
to perform service at a given rate for a certain period of
tune, can at its option appeal to the public service com
mission and the latter at its option may nullify an agree
ment, contract or franchise and allow a raise in rates. Of
what good is the agreement, contract or franchise any
how /
r i an individual or firm bids to perform a certain work
at a certain rate, tney must carry out tne contract duly
made wketner it is linanciaily profitable or not and for
me protection oi tne puonc tney are requireu to give a
bonu for tne laitn iu i periormance of tne contract. YVny
is a public utinty any better tnan tne individual l YVny
is a public utinty allowed to ride rougnsnod over the
people hhe an outlaw whenever it chooses to do so ( Why
not let the pubhc run tne pubhc utilities lor a while in
stead of the pubhc utilities running the pubhc (
A n unusually brutal crime was committed in Clackamas
county last week and the youth confessing to the crime
says he expects to be hung. He does not know that
capital punishment was not in . effect at the tune he com
mitted the murder. This is only another example that
capital punishment does not prevent crime. There will
be ju s t as many if not more murders m Oregon with
capital punishment as without it.
erable money saved and drawing interest
OREGON PLAYGROUND
F O R T O U R I S T S AIM
O F STATE CHAMBER
T H E R H Y M IN G S U M M A R jl ST
Switzerland used to be the
poorest country, per capita, In
the world. Now It is the richest.
Tourist travel did It.
Main and Colorado each re
ceive $50,000,000 per year from
their tourists; Florida gets $250,-
000,000; California, half a bil
lion a year. Oregon gets $5.000,-
000.
A three year’s advertising cam
paign by the Oregon State Cham
ber of Commerce may be expect
ed to bring In at least one-half
of what Main and Colorado get.
or $25.000,000. which should In
crease on a rising scale.
We know not what goes on within
Whether joy, grief or pouting,
B ut on tne outsiue looking out
There is no cause lor uoubting,
A minion men more or less
Time and money giving,
To laugh and shout,
A s they go about,
Thankful to oe living.
Notice That Certain Street Improve
ment Bonds Will Be Paid.
to be proud of.
Deposit every pay day.
Notice is hereby given that there
are sufficient funds in the Street Im
provement Fund of the City of In
dependence, Oregon, to take up for 7
payment and cancellation Bonds 1
Nos. ‘¿1 and 24 bearing date July 1 , 1
1914.
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That on July 1, 1920 each o 1 said j|
bonds will be taken up and cancelled gj
and paid in full, principal and in- g
terest to said date and thereafter -
said bonds will cease to bear In
terest.
STATE CHAMBER S EEK S
TO D O U B L E P O P U L A T I O N
ON F A R M S IN 3 Y E A R S
you save safely.
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FARMERS
STATE BANK
Independence»
O reg on
C. W. IRVINE,
City Treasurer.
C. W. IRVINE,
J. B. PARKER,
C. G. IRVINE,
GLEN C. SMITH,
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FARMS AND ACREAGE WANTED
For real service and results list
your property with us. We have
six salesmen with machines. We
inspect and photograph your prop
erty and advertise extensively, and
have a demand for property at all
times. Fred W. German Co., 732
Chamber ol Commerce Bldg., Port
land, Oregon.
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factio n from a little of
th e Real Tobacco
Chew.
T h e rich ta ste of
th is class of tobacco
m akes it la st longer—
and co st less— th an the
old kind.
Any m an who uses the
Real Tobacco Chew will
tell you th a t.
Geo. E. Nichols & Co.
Wholesale Produce Merchants
108 Front Street. Portland, Ore.
Farmers, you can ship direct
to us and get the most for
your veal, hogs and poultry.
Get your money the next day
by mail.
Large Hens ....................
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Small Hens ....................... 32c
Tat Vsal ................................21c
Blook Hogs, 125 to 1501b 22yac
You will not feel satisfied
til you get our services.
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Vice President.
Cashier.
Asst. Cashier.
Put up in two styles
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W -B CUT is a long fin e-cu t tobacco
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Doesn’t it look good? Our
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get better meat than we
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you pay. So save time,
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MILLER A SMITH
Effective April 1, trains will
run ae follows:
No. 2 arrivee from Hooking
9:15 A. M daily
No. 4 arrives from Camps
4:00 P. M. daily except Sunday
No. 1 departs for Camps
10:50 A. M. daily axespt Sunday
Na 3 departs for Hoskins
4:15 P. M. daily
Freight service 2:30 P. M. on
Tuesdays and Saturdays
The Independence National Bank
E stab lish ed .1889
Oregon has 16.000.000 seres of till-
ft hbi* land now uncultivated.
: Oregon produced 20.400.000 bushels
c4 whsat In 161».
If Oregon's 16,000.000 acres of tlll-
£ able but uncultivated land were planted
£ 1 In wheat and ths yield were the Ore-
S d are putting out the best bread on the market. i gon average for tsn years 21 i bushels
per sere—new production would be
I t iff more like Mother's bread. Clean and baked i 160.400.00 bushels which at the price
by electricity.
i today of $3 per bushel, would mean a
cash value of $1,061.100.000.
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T ry it; You will like it.
Ths Oregon State Chamber of Com
p mere« expects to double the number
a of farmers to three year* It this
means double the wheat crop. It will
I mean an additional yield of $0.400.000
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__ of »heat, which at the pro
B 1 ratling price would mean a rath value
Independence Bakery
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A N A C C O U N T in a commercial bank is the most
convenient aid to modern business. I t systema
tizes payments, is a cheek on all expenditures and
shows you ju st where you stand each month.
Open one with us today. I t will pay you to do so.
Member Federal Reserve System
Officers and Directors
H. Hirsckberg, Pres. C. A. McLaughlin, V. P.
Ira D. Mix, Cashier
W. H. W alker
D. W. Sears
O. D. Butler
TO R E A L IZ E TH E
I Ha ave Installed Electric 1
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We will help
Dated May 29, 1920.
Oregon has water resources to Ir
rigate 4.000.000 acres of land now un
productive, and which would support
In comfort. 200,000 new population, or
Some may stray from the narrow path,
about 40,000 new families.
B ut th at’s a personal weakness,
If in Its three years campaign to
And dims not tne glory of the band
j put families on Oregon's vacant land,
! the Oregon State Chamber of Com-
That puts some vim in meekness;
S W O P E & SW O P E
I tnsree can bring 1,000 families to ut 11-
Y ou ’ll find them standing on the square
| Ite this land and water, It will metui in
And justice they are humming,
] expenditures alone for such commodl-
LAW YERS
ties as clothing, food, furniture, etc.,
I f you hurt a lung
of $1,000,000. calculating the expendi Office over Craven A Walker's Store
Or should be hung,
tures for an entire family at only
T h ey’ll give you what is coming.
$1000 per year, to say nothing of the
Oregon
wealth produced by theae new settlers Independence,
I.and settlement ts one of the chief
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l u m m a i m m m m i m m m i m m i m i m m m m m Commerce exe»n»lon program In Its
im-vement to aid la the development of
the State.
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Ross, the Docs, Claire, Joe and Ben
r*u( on tneir mbs and tucaer,
Anu neaued lor tne ianu 01 paiins
in its piusn anu puener;
W ith h tue nats upon then- crowns
And tne pass woru in their pocaets
In tney slip
Give the grip
And pass the secret lockets.
S A V IN G S A C C O U N T BO O K whose
happy pages record not only consid
Ciulsss otherwise provided for, subscriptions will be stopped at expiration order to develop with a maximum of
succeaa?
The question 1» impossible to answer.
There la no "chief factor." The solu
tion Ilea not in one particular need,
but many.
Oregon today, facing an era of de
velopment unparalleled in Its hlatory,
must fill these needs If it expects to
go ahead.
Of the many fa cers that must be
employed if the state is to progress
Immigration and colonization stand
pre-eminent In order to solve the vital
problem of land settlement.
Irrigation, reclamation of land and
drainage must be developed as another
method of bringing about the solution
of this problem. Farm labor must be
brought In. Homeseekers who in turn
become food producers, must be en
couraged and made to see the possi
bilities that await them in the great
northwest.
Good roads must be built. As the
vast tracts of wilderness with thejr
billions of feet of timber are concerted
Into lumber, highways must be pro
vided over which commerce can be
carried and the scenic beauties of the
8tate viewed by the tourist.
Among other needs are industrial ex
pansion, railroad extension and water
power development.
Advertising and publicity must be
carried on if Oregon is to be made
known aa a country for the homeseek-
er where Opportunity beckons. Its
scenic beauties must be advertised to
attract the stream of golden dollars
from touristB and pleasure seekers.
Other states, most of them with fewer
advantages to attract, are realizing mil
lions each year from tourists—because
they realize the value of advertising
and making public what advantages
they possess.
Oregon must develop its water
transportation, its mineral lakes, its
ports and reach out for foreign trade
and it must develop the state to pro
duce the exports which are to go down
to the sea in ships. It must expand
Its educational facilities as an addi
tional advantage to hold out to the
honu-seeker with children to educate.
The Oregon State Chamber of Com
merce Is the moBt logical agency to
carry on this development work simply
because a state organization of this
nature can work for the mutual good
of all communities In the state with
out favoring any particular oue.
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