INDEPENDENCE MONITOR VOL. 1 INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1912 NO, 4 NEW WOOD WORKING PLANT THAT $15,000 WILL FULLY AND Incubators, Brooders, Ax and Wood Fittings, in Fact Everything be Developed at Independence Mr. Myers Meets with the Agreeing to Oversee the Work and Market the Output, Furnish Patents and Blue Prints for All Articles to be Manufactured by the Company A new plant has been made possible for I nd ependence through the plan proposed by Mr. C. M. Myers, who is now located in this city. He is an expe perienced wood worker and has a plan to employ from 60 to 100 men in this place if the people desire to cooperate in securing the plant. It will require about $15000 to buy land, build and secure the necessary machinery lor tne plant proposed. It is to be a gen eral wood working plant and IS IMPROVING SCHOOLS Independence Buildings to be Painted, etc. The Board of Education of In dependence is improving the ap pearance of the ward school on C street very materially by build ing new Sheds, putting a new coat of paint on the building, and preparing the grounds for the coming school year. The library books have been selected from the state apportionment,, several new dictionaries have been pur chased and other detail work completed in preparation for the opening of the school. Every indication points to a large attendance this year, and the impiovements being made are absolutely necessary to give the people the school service needed. This school district is growing very fast and the in crease in attendance is surpris ing, besides a Better course is to be added as fast as possible, this school hoping to take a material lead in every branch possible to develop. Every care is used in selecting good teachers, with an eye to special work where possible. TOWN IMPROVEMENTS AGAIN Building News in end ibmt Town Tells Story of Prosperity on Frank Coquelette just' started anew modern bungalow on his lot just west of the Burres Estes residence last week. The build ing is to be 22x24, consists of four rooms, with porches and other modern conveniences. W. B. Milhollen, who came here in April last, bought a lot about two weeks ago joining Mr. 1 Coquelette's place and started the first of the week to put him- self up a neat little two "room re.c-! idence. He is doing the carpen-1 ter work himself and states that this is his first experience in this ' class of work. J. A. Martin is papering his new five-room bungalow in the! southwest part of town. He ha3 a very neat property, consisting j of a sitting room and dining room connected by a large archway, a kitchen, two bedrooms, bath room, pantry, toilet, and wood-; shed all under one roof. The place has hot and cold water con-! nections, and is modern in every respect Mr. Martin was work ing on the property the first of the week when the editor was EMPLOYS 100 PEOPLE COMPLETELY EQUIP THIS PUNT Handles, Sash and Doors, Commercial Club Tuesday will make ax, hatchet, ham mer, and all kinds of handles, sash and doors, incubators and brooders, in fact everything in the wood working line that can be manufactured in a plant of this kind. Mr. Myers agrees to manage the plant, dispose of the total output to the markets and devote his time to building it up. Most of the money must be subscribed by local parties, the stock will be owned by them, and if the prop osition will work out as it would indicate, it will pay a good inter PORTLAND TO COME Commercial Club Invites Them to See The Commercial Club issued an Citation this week to the Commercial Club of Portland in viting them to Independence dur ing hop picking time. A number of the business men of Portland have been anxious to make an ex cursion trip to this place during the hop picking season and plans are now on foot to satisfy them. They will be invited to come when the season is at the high est, and a big central dance in one of the hop yards will proba bly be pulled off in the evening to entertain the visitors. A ban quet will be arranged and a half hundred Portlanders will see what a real live hop yard com munity is. . Independence plans to entertain them in a royal man ner and committees are to be se lected by the president of the Commercial Club to take care of all the details. Dr R. V. Ellis, a friend of Dr. Mclntire and a graduate of the Salem Medical College has located in Airlie where he will practi ce his profession. Every Side looking over the buildings in this section. Near the above properties are located the George Graves bun galow, now occupied by Mr. Graves, and the Asa B. Taylor residence. Several feet of river bottom sand and soil has been hauled into the Taylo' property which makes it very attractive. The residence has five rooms, with bath room and accessories. The kitchen has built-in furni ture, and the dining room has a moulding: boara for the display of dishes. James & Thompson fin ished papering and painting the building Tuesday, and the prop erty has been rented to three of the teachers for the coming year. In this neighborhood, M. Mer- win and Mr. Mcintosh have new 1 residences, but these have been finished for several weeks, al though they are modern houses in every respect, they are not the latest built this season. McCoy Lggs go as far as easy, Uaki-oc eries at Fluke & JoVcickreall, POSSIBLE FOR US READY TO COMMENCE WORK Telephone Gross Arms in this Line to is Plan Evening and Outlines Plan est on the investment. Messrs Bise, Goetz and Wiltse, who were present at the Com merciai uud meeting, were ap pointed as a committee to confer with Mr. Myers and talk over the plans. Mr. Myers has his own patents for the manufactur ing of many of the different wood materials that he plans on making, and these he would use for the benefit of the corporation His proposition is worthy of consideration by the business men. OFFERS SOME MONEY V. P. Portland Stock Yards Writes Club Offer A matter came up before the Commercial Club Tuesday even ing that deserves more than pas sing notice. D. O. Livesley, vice president of the Portland Union Stock Yards, sent a letter to this club stating that the crop extension committee had agreed to appropriate $1000 towards pay ing tor a soil expert man to be kept in this community for year, if the citizens through their organizations would make up the balance. The man selected will come through the Oregon Agri cultural College and would work among the farmers of the county along development lines. It would pay the club here and the business men to cooperate to wards getting additional infor mation regarding this matter. PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN Speakers Talk on Streets of Independence B. Lee Paget, of Portland, can didate for United States Senator on the Prohibition ticket, and O A. Stillman, of Salem, candidate for Congress from this district, presented the platform and prin ciples of their party at a meeting held on Main street Monday af ternoon. This was the eighth address made by Mr. Paget dur ing the day. Other towns visited by his party were West Salem, McCoy, Perrydale, Rickreall, Dal las and Monmouth. In all of these towns there were well at tended street meetings, indicat ing a growing interest in th Prohibition movement. Messrs Paget and Stillman have visited more than 80 towns since their tour began August 4, at Sherwood, Oregon. The dis tance covered by them is approx imately 1000 miles. The sched ule prepared for them provides that meetings shall be held in ev ery county in the state, making it necessary for them to be on the road for the next two months. Mr. Paget has been a represen tative citizen of Portland for ma ny years. He has been treasurer of the People's Power League for me past eignt years. This or ganization has be?n responsible for most of the liberal move ments in Oregon politics which are embraced in the "Oregon System." Its members include such men as W. L U'Ren, Ben Selling. & E. S. Wood and oth ers. Mr. Paget is also a member of the State Grange, and until recently was secretary of the Portland Trust Company. He has always been identified with all movements that have for their object the betterment of the com munity. Messrs Paget and Stillman were accompanied to Indepen dence by D. H. Gill, of the Coun ty Prohibition Committee. Mr. Stillman is an old acquain tance of the editor's in the East ern Oregon country, where he was in charge of the extension work of the Congregational church. He has many friends in that section, is a man of good in tellect and h;gh ideals, and it was a pleasure to meet him at this time. Mr. Stillman is a forceful and logical speaker, and is im pressed with the opportunity of the present time to pluck victory from the disintigrated condition of the political parties. Although not supporting him politically, we know him to be a man. of ability and integrity. HOP MEN REPORT LOSS Winds Blow Down Some Acreage in Yards Several of the hop growers re port considerable damage as are- i suit of the recent rain and wind j storms. The hop vines are heavy j this year and loaded with hops; and the storms caused several of the yards to blow down. We are told Horst Bros, had about 70 acres ro blow down. J. Pincus about 40 acres, and Walker's about the same. These hops are not damaged but it will cause some expense to get them in shape for picking and to keep them from the ground, where they would mold if not properly taken care of. HIAS LOCKET CLUB BACK Back From the Mountain Thickets Refreshed Dr. Butler returned home last Thursday from the mountains, leaving J. B. V., Geo. T. Booth by and Luther Grounds to follow Tuesday. Dr. Butler went out as chief but a big five point buck settled the question for them this year, and George T. BoHhby is the lucky man. They were at their cabin looking around .when they saw a fine buck passing by. They took their guns and excit- dly commenced shooting but with practically no results. The eer climbed up the hill and the two Butlers could not follow it, o Booth by, b"i!ig short "n aver- lupois but long on energy limbed the hill and so killed the leer. inisciuois caiieu me mas Jjocket L.emonti Llub, meaning the big four mountain club. For twenty-five years they have been on these hunting trips. About twelve years ago they gave the club the name, and for thirteen years they have gone to the .same hunting ground They have heir own cabin and plot of ground and it is located on the lower Alsea. In counting points bear counts more than any game, a deer counts IM points. hey have never caught a bear. The most deer ever secured in the camp in a single year was 21, but the four chieftain did not get these all as a number of others were in the neighborhood that year. t,ach day they count up their score for that day and the one of the four having the most points for that day is declared hief for the following day. At the end of the season the count of points are made for the whole season, and the winner holds un til (he next season and orders out the club for the next year. Some of the relatives and friends of the big four call it the "Hias Tikias" clab, which, translated, means the good for nothing club. HILL INTERESTS AND HARRIIWS SUCCESSORS TO DEVELOP THISJEGTI0N SOON HILL LINE T3 GO DIRECT THROUGH INOEPENOENCE REPORT &?, . n i r .."Li j n'uW utjuyi, mmw anu People while the Same Class as Planned in Larger Cities Portland, Eugene and Eastern will Electrify Main Line Through Independence and Route All Fast Passenger Traffic This Way. Branch Lines be Run by Same Power. Hill Will Likely Bridge Willamette Here for Coast Line Indications point to lively times in Independence if the reports we heard this week are true. Parties who have recently been in Portland interviewed railroad oflicials in that place, and we are reliably informed that the South ern Pacific, when they have the valley electritied through Inde pendence, and the branch lines built from here will make this one of their central points of op eration. All of their fast passen ger travel from Portland to Eu gene will be routed through In dependence, this party stated, and this line will be made as up-to-date as any in Oregon. . Not only that but a new depot, mod ern in every respect, will ulti AN OLD PIONEER CALLS Geo, H. Himes, Secretary dreg, Hist. Society Geo. II. Himes, Secretary of Historical Society, Capt. Wm. H. Pope, river pilot from ocean to the sea, his wife and grandson, William Allyn, on tour through the Willamette valley, will beat Dayton tomorrow at the dedica tion of Sheridan Block House removed recently from Grand Rounde Indian Reservation to Dayton and cleaned it up. He goes to Tillamook Thursday. This is Capt. Popes first trip through the valley although a pioneer to Oregon in 1851 and Mr. -llimes walked to Oregon from Illinois in 18"k!, but not to; Polk County until October 19, j 1801. But that trip paid him' well as he found a girl who be-. came his wife. Hurrah for Polk! , HOP PICKING IS NEAR Growers Getting Busy for Rush Season Only a few more days and the town will be a busy place as hop picking time is drawing near. Four thousand people wiH be on the streets of Independence in side of two weeks and the town will be ahuinmirig. Hop baskets have come by the car load and extra cars will be necessary to bring the people to the city dur ing the hop picking season. S. B. Irvine expects to start the ball rolling this year and will start picking hops the 2Sth. He wrote all his pickers Monday to be on hand that date. The big yards will start about the 2nd, in fact two-thirds of the yards ex pect to start then. The hops are looking fine, the best they have looked for several years, the weather having been just right to produce strong vines and fine hops. The Wigrich yard is looking better this year than it has ever looked and there will be a fine crop harvested there this year. The Clemens Horst ranch is in fine condition and will pro duce an immense crop. Mr. Pin cus thinks he has the prize j ard . of the county, but others are j looking just as well. The big bottom ranches on the Missouri j bottom across from Independence i in the Jim Hill annex, are a sight! to behold. I p nir. i Vi txu ess uii ces, aim a own iu wu uuasi uv run S. P. Electric will Build mately be built here, and this will be a leading center for rail - road activity. In speaking of this town the party stated if you have any business interests in In dependence, my advice is to stay right there as there is not a bet ter opening for future growth and development for a live, wide awake man. Another party stated he had interviewed Hill oflicials in Port land this week and they had told him that the Oregon electric would go through Independence direct, and that freight, express and passenger depots would be built here. Regarding the meth- od of getting here the party THE GOOD SAMARITAN Robbed While he Sleeps Peacefully C. O. Welker was taking the part of the good Samaritan Tues day evening. He took a poor hobo home with him for the night, loaned him fifty cents in cash, and gave him a good bed. The next morning when he got up his friend had gone and a search of his pockets revealed the fact that he had been robbed during the night. An open faced Hampton gold watch, a gold chain and gold nugget charm, a $200 note on his brother, five dol lars in cash, two pocket books, and other valuable papers were among the missi' j valuables. About two o'clock in the morn ing the man who accepted the hospitality of Mr. Welker was seen by the night watch and he started towards Salem. SherilF Grant was notified Wednesday morning and the office put their force at work trying to locate the party.- The man wanted wore a brown suit, had a light mustache, light complexioned, mcdinm build, about 5 feet ten tall, and had a slouch hat. RIVER BRIDGE mllCn TOO SMALL Side Walk for Tr:vel to Oregon Electric Boats to . be Built at Once The matter of improving the service between town and the river on C street came up before the council "and statement was made that this was a county bridge. Parties reported that 186 teams had crossed that bridge that day, and that a half more would cross on an average Saturday, whi'e during the hop picking season the traffic was immense. Mr. Damon stated the county court had unofficially inspected this bridge and while acknowledging that it was not adequate to the demands, they felt like making it do for the present as the bridge was sub stantially built and in good con dition, although not of the re quired width. They had given Mr. Damon instructions to go ahead and put in a sidewalk along the side of the main bridge bo as to accomodate the heavy passenger traffic that goes to the boats and to the river. The council thought this would do RECEIVED BY EDITOR THIS WEEK l i. iu n i l.. icii a Fine Depot of would not give information, ! Whether we are to have a direct line from Portland on the west side or whether the river is to be bridged could not be ascertained, although the surveys to the coast from Independence by the . Hill people are not to be abandoned, and we were told the saw mill would come here as soon as the timber was opened up to this place, which indicates that a line will go direct to the coast at New (ort from here. The coining year will see more real advancement in Indepen dence than has been seen for twenty years, and the business that will be opened up to this town will be immense. PIONEEER PASSES AWAY Mrs. Hubbard of Dallas i Dies Dallas, Or., Aug. 19. Mrs. Mary Hubbard died in this city yesterday at the home of her son, John Hubbard, at the age of 87 years. Mrs. Hubbard was born in East Tennessee, Aug. 23, 1825. In 183G she moved with her pa rents to Frank County, 111. In January, 1817, she was married to Charles Hubbard, and in the spring of the same year she and her husband crossed the plains to Oregon by ox team. They first settled in Yamhill county, where they took up a homestead claim. In 1854 they moved from Yamhill county to Polk county, locating near the city of Dallas. Mr." Hubbard died in Dallas in 1887, aged 64. "Grandma Hubbard" was a member of the Baptist church. She is survived by four sons, all residents of Dallas: M. D. Hub bard, C. L. Hubbard, John Hub bard and S. D. Hubbard. Inter ment will take place in the pri vate Hubbard cemetery, about eight miles southwest from here and near Falls City.-Oregonian. although it would be inefficient for any length of time, as the growing trade from the Marion county side makes a standard sized bridge a necessity. Many residents here think the present bridge can be made to do with the side walk added until the matter of a bridge across the Willamette here is taken up and put through, which will undoubt edly be done in a short time, Card of Thanks. We desire hereby to express our sincere appreciation and thanks to the many friends for their kindly sympathy and ten der kindnesses in our recent sad bereavement. Dr. Allin and Family. Mrs. Wallace while in Port land secured the services of a high class trimmer recently from the east. She will be at the Millinery Parlors next week ready to serve the patrons.