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About Independence monitor. (Independence, Or.) 1912-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1912)
THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR Published Weekly at Independence, i'olk County, Oregon on Tluusday. Entered as Second Class Matter August 1, 1912 at the Post Office at Inde pendence, Polk County, Oregon, Under ti e Act of March 3, 1879. G. A. Hurley, Publisher Sr Proprietor Subscription Rates: One Year $1.50 Strictly in Advance Independence, Oregon, Thursday, August 29, 1912 The Home Trade Movement. There is an increasing tendency to patronize t he home town morn and seek leu the alvorlis d merchandise of the foreign city. The person living ii: Independence who buys his groceries, drygoods or clothing in Halern or Tort land makes a mistake. The merchant who allows thi to be. donevis not watching his business a he should. Ex penses are cheaper in thin city than in Salem, so why pui c'lase your groceries there unless you Have nvney in doing bo? If you nave money in doing bo. why is it? The mer chant in Independence can buy us cheap and sell cheaper t!'-n the Salem merchant. Why not, then patronize your home stores? We ceo legitimate adverlizimg in the valley papers within a radius of 20 miles of Salem advertizing Salem etores. This advertizing must pay them or they would not do it. If it pays them they are getting trade -from the ter ritory served by these papers. That means, Mr. Local Merchant, that you are overlooking your own opportunity. If the Jones Grocery Store of Salem curries a half pago ad in the Monitor and you do not. then the idea is that Jones is selling goods to your customers and getting cash for his I he fall is hera and will .n be gone. School will; Mrs Siiermai linker, who soon commence and prepara'io s are io order for winter ; formerly resided in this city, trading, winter wood, plowing, and general work that; is up from Portland visiting comes on with the change of the seaBon. General road th Mrs. Stansnerry and . , , .. i.i i her Independence friends work should be pretty well done by this time and that : which has not been done ehould be rushed al mg getting; ' the roads leading to towns in vrood condition. In lep i- rrf!. siluul WiUm of Ocean denoe should get busy about this and see to her roa Is lead- Park is visiting this week ing out to her trading territory. If the vork has been with her friend Mrs. Stans .i..iiUll mwwl ami wpII hut if no t. we. ghou Id u'et bus v . The berry. Commercial .club could take up this matter out. and woik it A town to he successful must be stable. Every move ment in a business way in Independence should be. ba-md oo a solid footing and the expanding movement should be made on a solid basis only The fixtures for the new Jones & Weatherbee tore ar riv d in the city this week and woik was commenced placing them at once. County Judge Cad made X .. ,,,rnpiinptin r II 1 Tlflll I I nilll X i THh NUtPtNUtNUt NAIIUNAL darn Established - " 1889 A Successful Business Career of Twenty Three Years INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS t t t t x i - X OFFICERS AIND DIRECTORS II. Hirschberg, Pres. D. W. Sears, V. P. R. R. DeArmond, Cashier w H. Walker. B. F. Smith, O. D. Butler - - . 4, the Monitor pleasant call Fri- day afternoon. LOCAL NEWS NOTES The (Joiv His Gazette Times last week said, "Miss Emma Henkle, of Indepen dence, came in today and will bo the guet of Mrs. Geo. Irvine a brief time Miss Henkle is one of the instruc- a : . .1 - i 11 : - I . vorsin ine irvaiiis nunoom We are sending the Monitor to every state in the union but four and have been print ing hut five weeks now. This week we added Tennes- see'to tle list jvith two new goods while you can't afford to advertize to the extent hejsobscribers. does. If Jones can afford to advertize judiciously and make it pay, why can't you go and do likewise? .As a merchant you figure your location a big fuature, your clerks another feature, your display another feature mwl vnnr 11 iverliziiiL' is i list as necessarv a feature. ion j . - o 1 Saturday was expoeedto be busy day as preparation was made to take out ii500 hop I pickers to the different yarcK 1 " I'lM.,. I., P..-I1.. .1,1 must, rciwli tliH n-ntilH nr von will never make vour busi-l . . , . 1 -I j- " them trom coming ami ouiv ness grow ami advertising is a part of any successful, CHn)e business. .. ! Word Butler returned from THE KICKER ALSO HELPS BOOST SOME j the coast S it.mlay where he Every town has its croaker ami kicker. They arnj J() vacation for his health necessary evils and represe nt the balance wheel that keeps. yH have his word for it th.it other people really on the go. If people did not kick;ju, improved much mid gain now and then othera would overlook the idea of boosting 'e,l a little over t-vo pmnds more than they do. When n n an nis- ibis tow n it-ot ad another near him shakes the kickers equanimity by call ing him a fibber with a strongir accent to it and then poo- n!n look no 11ml decide for themselves. The man who: progresses, investigates from every point, lie does not keep his eyes glued to his hoes all the time, thus getting round shouldered, but he often looks into t he skv and st es the itunsiiie, the stars, and possibly a cloud no v a.id then, but he is reasonable and views life from the broach 1 view. The kicker is a pessimist and looks on the daik t-iduof everything. He sees no good in aiivone and often feels ashamed of himself. The optimist sees the good in every thin)? and weighs it with a view of succeeding and pro gressing. That is why the pessimists emt keep ibis town down. There are too many optimists, too many men w.th ideas and plans, too many men who reason w ith judgment' and determine from the result reached ai d ihekiekets and croakers are left whittling and whioeing whiie the imvn goes on. while absent. 1. jtth..... K . - .... Card of Thanks. f Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kiserjl and family wish to extend Iff their thanks to their friends ii who so kindly assisted them in the sickness and death of their little daughter Iantha Gertrude. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kiser. 1 k, t:i illy wa i 1 At in1 in ;il Hill I'll' it THE VALLEY WAKING UP Til-' A litany H el aid 1'iliiic I i 1 1' ' I e - k I 1 1 i that MarU Woodruff, of lie- I'. it E. U ii. bany from Eugene, st.ilini- "Hoi eveiy! i g is full eanncitv on ell llie w I k f tie' i' Ivit 10. i tieularlv heU'en Eue. uc and M. mrn. Mr. UnnJnill' j for fn b-peiideuoi'. llew.H u 1 1 tl e o s w j .1 s t. w Ii ii t h i ex tension lr..m Albaev to l-'oster iMmd be begun, l.ut said il was Pres Sralmro's tnt.-nlio i ! get all construction un der wa V as ra pi'My us ere ws a nd ma lei ial cmil ! he tis.M-iubled. The E'l-'ti;' lt'gist.r h is fr 'ipt'iitlv aunouiuied iinpr.ivnieiii a tin t ptiint, w I il" lnd. m't no- i- sl owit g an advniic inovt tnetit not experienced lor 'it) e,ns. The Kotest Gtove Tunes mid t be M e , M i ioi I K gi-itr hei Ii nc tii n 'elling of mirMd buili'o c development in i h-r 8 cools and tin i d.e:itin- g- m-ral inoveio' ir to m ids the iie roving ol valhy coihIhimiis Beftittr. SOME BUSINESS ITEMS (lO to the People's Variety Stoie for bargains in notions. See the retinoid Post Cards at the leoph's Variety Store. tl :i .0 IV THAT PROGRESSIVE TENDENCY Polititions always lake tune by (lie let luck amls'.irt Romelhing when the tune is oportun Ao lionest p di'i tio'i is quite a novelty and when yo t s.e men playiag ihe game there is a'do to be someihii.g in it for tln i !ii mis. They love the dear people bui no one enii rcpioeul tiu in Bo h ueslly and justly tis they would like to. The em ban feature of the Oregon ninnin uing system is that an tin scrupulously crooked in in has a ctiauoe in seleui. up h pUn that sounds pleasing to ihe pecph and lide lut iotliei on a popular iiDVeai -ut, while he U iuly working lb game to leather Ins oui ne t. If this e m!d It" avoided the pr sent plat: wou'd be a got d "lie and if met hod cou! b-evolved "o thoroughly tetU a man's history and u-u acts before be has his name painted on the ballot it would go far toward clearing the cystem. PREPARE FOR WINTER NOW It is time to commence plannim lor the winter sias-m Exclusive Agency for thk : Untied .n w flmir 7it I' hike ii , ! I. lV JoilUon I For Sale: Cheat .tcd Eoi ' li.iriii ulars call hi idiKiie - I i I iidfjienui3i.ee, ! llou.el' Hill (. )i egi.ll For Sale: Good 1U Acre tract of laud at $1GIX). Loca ted near town, bee J. be vlor. Wanted: Money io Loan.jj 1 iiaie 1111111111.- ivn nui if.iOII 10 lUOt.) oil gooit Ml'UI i . . K.J. Taylor, ludepeu ce ice, On goll. For Sale: Ib.e Mine .-i c.ii ... i K '( i; d .,., le nar ... s. .-: ,.go . .,"! i 'Higgv , li'. boi p . ! n il .! I it J i i!V It, ll' I !ll I SI ,i I . J. .il Ii. Jtr Sale: . i.i- . nice t. o i . . d Uui :i ij o ol i o Ci . I ' .-, I .nr g.i i coir. H e l.i. .o It l-es, a - i nub pap i e, ; j 1 1 i .:i I .i tVa-'i! g a n ..: r f i'l. -, dd ' Valuable lit Mil V otic lidl- o;;to open a sioa.l tdlieeand an he gotten I' a-oti.ble. Telephone your job prim ..j. to 4 I'Jl. Ihe Monitor, A luiky number. Monitor ha- en letters, t-4 2-1 add. ' iiiike ileven. Steu eon; , It Veil. There is no betterjgiidon Earth than tharound Independence There are no better towns in which to invest in real estate than Monmouth and Independence, the former the home of the State Normal school, the latter a rail road and river transportation, hop and dairy center, A live community bound to grow continually for years. Kill and Harriman are both making Indapsndence a railroad center, two electric lines will go to the caast, one to Salem, and one to Buena Vista besides the electrification of the main line together with the motors 1 AHHTfPJ i uAvr sonar nnnn M 91 HF HFRF VAmK JIM t i- i i i 4 4 4 : 4 i 4 4 4 4 A 4 ft 4 A 4 4 4 4 4 4 20 Acres about four miles from' Independence, cleared and in cultivalion, at $2000. Ten acres of bottom land $2200. 125 acres improved, well located, price on inquiry. 90 acres, a large part in fruit, fine building, all cultivated $8500. 162 acres all in cultivation $2D00. 110 acres at $95 per arce, near town. Many other farms, small acreage, hop ranches, and some very desirabe city property cheap. Near Harrisburg Pin A. Bottom Land. 2 A. Prarie. 40 A. Cleared. All Level and Fenced, Small Orchard, Berries, 2 Springs, Well, 5 Room House, Wood Shed, Chicken House, Granary, Barn $5,500 r hpk ff""'-t"."l f "v 4 1LZ il iKic3 4 4 4 4 4 4 f 4 w 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 Mi s iorvai For 9ndopend!iG3 Acre Property Worth $J i La iroperty a d 10 or. Farm and of Same Valun For Particular write or Call at Our Office E iiilYEBS FOR THESE SMSAfS m h z 3 1 V i wo. to fifteen acres near town s ) as to secure modern con veniences $500 cash or trade $000 Portland property in on k One or two good lots reasonable. I. tavi no - 4 til Jt 1 V r I' ; 'sum n 1 N CO. ; t - . i z l 4