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Wedding-Bells loJinglB in
The Near Future
New Teacher Makes Ar
rangements to Open
School in This
OREGON NEWS NOTES
IF GENERAL INTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
i-V'O 1' !' rWoek. v:- -
District.'
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C. E. Clapp ha9 started
his early falli farming.
Grandma Sivell and John
Holman 'are on the sick list
this week;
ed In Mr. Redmond a progra,
the constant strife and raciaw
boss can be ended. - :
if only
' bitter-
Mr. and Mrs. Cole and
children of Monmouth passed
through thenrally. Sunday.
Misses Ina and Lettie t jsh
back and Mrs. Vard JFishback
were Salem visitors Monday.
Mr. Eliot, who1, is hired to
teach ths Antiocb school was
in the valley' Friday and ar
' ranged to- b ard t - Wr B.
Ramsey ? and, also, made ar
rangemeots for thecommenc
ing of the school work in the
district.
Will Make Inspection of Road.
Eugene. In an effort to settle out
of court Lane county' suit against
the Southern Pacific company for
(100.000 for tbe destruction of 20 miles
of highway up the middle fork of the
Willamette, a party including mem
bers of the county court, engineers of
the railway company and attorneys
of both parties, will go next Friday on
a trip of Inspection over thot road in
question. i,, , i ,
Woman Socialist Quits Campaign .
Oon rMtiiopn T.tiov ftnnri Whits.
Socialist candidate for supreme judge,
one of the eight nominated at the pri
maries, has announced her withdrawal
from the race. She has been denied
admission to the bar by the appellate
oourt Judges, before whom she appear
ed for examination recently.
Water Supply Is Ready
Klamath Falls. The California-Oregon
Power company is ready to con
nect Its new artesian wells to the
pumps and will UBe this Water exclus
ively for the city, supply in future.
The new water supply Is ample for
the Dresent needs., of the city, the
pumps on a test lifting 800 gallons a
minute, or a supply of nearly l.zoo.ooo
gallons per day.
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Pendleton FalrOpena..
Pendleton. The annual TJmatllla-
Morrow County District Fair opened
here Monday and will continue me
entire week. The fair gives promise
of being more complete In every de
tail , than formerly. . The Round-Up
takes place the last three days ot the
week. - . , ,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Clark an
Mr. and Mrs!" Vard Fishback
ofLewisville were seen in t he
community Sunday. ' '."
Mrs. E. Clark and family
moved into 'their new house
at Monmouth Thursday
They have'Tented their farm
to a Falls City man:
Wedding bells will soon be
-rinsing. A"-- shower party
will be given at the home o!
Mrs. George-Heck Thursday
in honor of. Iiettie Fiehback
County Supt." Seymour, and
Principal Ford and wives o
Dallas made a pleasant visit
this week with Mr. and Mrs
Chute'of this city. . f
Rev. J. R. N. Bell .who" was
nn TndeDendence visitor Sat
urday returned to Corvallis
Souday, visiting while in the
city w-ith?hts daughter,
Mrs. J. W. Ridinrdson, Jr.
It is a subject of frequent re
mQrV the number of new fami
TnHPTwndencel Old resi
11 CO
Aorta can easily, experience the
Bonsation of being1 in a strange
town, so many are the new faces
noted on our streets. The more
the merrier, and all are eordiatty
welcome, and we think we see in
v.-o v.a Winnine of a new era
biuo -"- .
rv MIT Vploved little city; With
all the Jn-iny promised improve
ments and .advancements that
o in nrosDective, Independence
will surfelv .become in fact, as it
.iniiv i in name, the "hub" of
aucovAj
the Willamette 'Valley.
D'
OLD
Is ExWblt'firowh
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FrT Sees)
BEAN IS PRIZEWINNER
Feature Is Exld
Olscevered In Cliff-Dweller's Home
Medford. O. J. Ames, from a smaU
cardea on the Rogue River bottoms.
won the first prize of $50 for yegeta
blee at the county fair and pear show
here. :"' t
A unlaue feature of his exhibit was
h hcant crown from a seed dlscov-
arM In a crevice of a cliff dweller's
tmma In the Aztec ruins In Arlsona,
The original bean had lain there, ac
eordinar ,te Mr. Ames, for nunarea
ktiar.a Vl til a A It Ha nf Tears, when he
j,m nay. '
secured it in 109. .
it wa nlanted the neat year, the
gennlnatlifg element baring survived,
and the present frop reeultea. ' is
.nn - irv ,nnsranu to the Lima
"rr
kan. but more Droll dc. ; t -
Mr. Ames had 48 different varieties
ot vegetables in bis display, J j f
Granae Endorses Wet Crusade.
Oreeon City. At a meeting of the
p.rrflne- iranre. No. 122. resolutions
snntoH lndorslnc the law en-
fomment and anU-Tice crusade la
augurated'by Governor West, and e
presslng .hope pba,t It. would result la
the passing of stricter laws and more
rigid enforcement of the statutes
Albany Trlee Conerets
ilham-Work has tMHTUn OB the
esDtract for laying the first concrete
street Devinf ever Placed In this city
All of the street prtn. "heretofore
laid in Albany is of Wtullthle and" the
concrete . pa rement I
ef aa experia
'AMPHLETS ARE COMPARED
Oregon Measures ToUl 38, With Call-
fornla Only 8.
Salem. Conies of the California inl
tiatlve and referendum pamphlet have
been received at the officeB of Secre
tary Olcott and present some interest
inar comDarisons with the initiative
and referendum pamphlet ot this state
for the coming general' election.
The California pamphlet has but
81 pages. The Oregon pamphlet con
tains 58 pages. - Tbe California pam
phlet oontalns eight measures. Of
these two were referred to lhe people
t th Mtut: laarislature..' three are
meaaurea olaced on the ballot by Ini
tiative petition, and three .are piacea
on the ballot by referendum petition.
In the Oregon pamphlet there are
87 measures, exclusive of seven local
measurea.. Of the 7 measures three
were referred by referendum petlUon,
Six by the .state legislature and
were placed on the ballot by initiative
petition. The number or initiative
measures in Oregon alone la 20 more
than the sum total of measures on the
California ballot.
Candidates Disregard Laws
Washlnsrton. Of the 2000 or more
candidates for oongress less than, one
sixth have obeyed the new publicity
law concerning campaign contribu
tions and expenses. The law requires
a statement before the primary or con
vention and a second statement after
the nomination. '
Stolen $55,000 Package Found.
Pensacola. Fla. The package con
talnlng 155,000 In currency, which was
mysteriously extracted from an ex
press shipment from the First Nation
al bank here to the Louisville ft Nash
vilie pay. car at Flomatch, Alabama,
was found at the rear of the- bank by
the negro Janitor of the building.
crease "in the Columbia river. Opera
tions along the Oregon coast show a
like condition and the pack of the
week wag comparatively smalt
The report of the Deschutes rail
road Shows that since Its Inoeption
86.698 has been spent in the con-
itlon and equipment of its line.
an average cost of $61,499 per
"ekald, a farmer residing
has been placed under
-re of assault and bat-
'-old adopted son,
d maltreatment
arraduating
of the
Moa
ns
MARINES RELIEVE
STARVING POPULACE
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Managua, Nicaragua. After battl
ing his way .through hordes of rebels
under General Mena, besieging the
city of Granada, who had threatened
to sack the town if It should fall. Rear
Admiral Southerland, with marines,
reached Granada and. placed, his men
In control. The populace was found
on the verge of starvation.
Admiral Southerland received posi
tive orders from Washington to re
lieve the town at any cost, owing to
the pressing appeals of relatives of
Amerloans and others besieged there.
While en route to Granada, Ameri
can marines were fired upon at Mas
aya and three men of Major Sutler's
command were wounded.
The prompt action of the United
States at Granada has prevented for
the present, at least, the intervention
of Great Britain and France in the
Nicaraguan war. The relief of Gran
ada aaalnst such odds, it, la thought,
will be proof to foreign nationB that
TTnltud States forces are sufficient to
deal with the rebels. The oollege at
Oranada is known as the French col
lege and its membership is composed
French Klrls and the daugh
ters of most of the well-to-do residents
of Managua and. the larger Nicaragu
an towns.: i,
Cottage Grove Has $30,000 Blase. '
Cottage Grover The most disastrous
fire Cottage Grove has ever known oc
curred when the Commercial stables,
Burkholder-Woods warehouse, Knowl
es & Graber warehouses, S. R. Piper's
residence and several smaller build
ings were burned in about 30 minutes.
The loss Is estimated at about $30,000.
11 Tons of Hops Burn Near Danes.
nallas. Fire in a hop house on the
farm of S. ,H., Petre, Ave miles south
west of this city, destroyed the build
ing with a year's crop, which had
Just been picked and dried prepara
tory to baling. About 23.000 pounas
of dried hops were stored in the build
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WM. T, HAINES
William T. Haines, who was recent
ly elected ReDubllcan oovernor of
Maine.
IRISH DEFY HOME RULE
Men
1 '.
of
Ulster Preparing to Sign
, , Pledge To Resist t ,
London. On Saturday, September
It, Unionists of the northern counties
of Ireland Dropose to register their
formal defiance of home rule.
Assembling in halls, market places
and churches, the men at Ulster will
sign a covenant pledging themselves
never, to submit to any government
from Dublin which may be imposed
goon the country by the Asqulth-Red
taond home rule bill, passed by) the
House of Commons. -.
Home rale in Its revived form of
local self-government, instead of com
Diets separation for. Ireland, 1
aroused no deeper political feeling in
England than other questions tbe
tariff, the Lords and Lloyd George's
taxation measures. Indeed, most of
the .Englishmen appear willing that
rreland shoolA have, the power Involv
struv
ThliW
mile.
W. M. a.
near Salem,
arrest on a char
terv on his 4 yea.
who died from alleg
on August (.
All the members of ths
lOuaaea of February and Jua
n,nn nt-ata Normal school at
.,ih Kin aMtured positions
teaohers and principals for the oomlnf
aohool year.
With the exception of George w.
Joseph, who was nominated for su
preme court Judge, an oi me
dates nominated by ths Progressive
state and congressional conventions
liav filed their acceptances.
Requisition papers Issued by the
governor of California for the return
to Los Angeles of James Brown, col
ored, wanted for the murder of hto
wife, and under arrest in Portland,
were honored by Governor West.
With bands playing, red Are bun
tn and the streets lined with people.
Medford day at the Jackson county
fair at Medford culminated wltn a
Mni In Medford" parade, one mile
inn in which 100 women sunragisis
of the Rogue River valley were a
oeclal attraction. - -
A Detltlon requesting uovernor
West to exercise clemency In the ease
of John Irvln, convicted of seoona
degree murderhas been circulated
and numerously signed at Sumpter.
Irvln shot a man named McCraw dur
ing a Sunday morning saloon row in
the little town of Whitney laat spring.
W R. Foots, the aged Marshfleld
rancher who shot and killed Charlos
wilnox for alleged criminal assaua
on his two young daughters, and who
was tried once, with the result tnai
the Jury disagreed, has pleaded guilty
to manslaughter to save his family
from further trouble and humiliation.
Throuah an agreement reached be
tween State Treasurer I nomas n.j
and Thomaa Drake, administrator of
the estate of Albert C. Hopkins, miir
llonatre timber land owner, woo re
cently died, the appraised value ox
Hopkins' estate In Oregon has been
placed at $1,045,004.68, and tne siaxe
will receive over $10,500 inherltanoe
federal government proposes to ex
change with the stats for scattered
school lands, Oovernor West and State
Forester Elliott have expressed them
selves as satisfied with ths lands. Tho
exchange will not be made pending a
report from ths forestry department.
tZSi K P-v. been omitted or that was
. . ..... . I rw.f dccoucaH
a.i. hw I In. KM .... ...I it . I ar i . JV'l. li.'v'V
where assessed in the name of a
person or persons not the owner
thereof or assessed under or be
yond the actual cash value there
of and to assess al lands, lots
and other property appearing to
Taft Urges Health Bureau
Waahlnirton. iA national bureau of
health was strongly urged by Presl
dent Taft in his address of welcome
to the 15th annual congress of hygiene
and demoerauby., and by Dr. Henrj
P. Walcott, of MiisiochuBetts, presl
dent of the congress.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
w U Pnnnnr.vai kUled by a west
bound train near Haines.
Tof and Sherman pictures weigh
ine 15 tons have arrived at Portland
ninnd nolson resulting from a slight
tifl thumb caused tho
death of Roy B. Wiley, a young bust
ness man of Lebanon.
' Albany college began its forty-sixth
arhnnl vear Monday, with the strong-
. f,.o,,itv it haa ever had and with
the largest freshman class In its his
tory.
nt th vnts of the year for
wse nd stockmen will be the Wood
hum farmers' annual fall horse sale,
which will be held In that city October
5th.
' While digging a well for A. McNair
Harrison In Gold Hill, worklngmen
struck a 12-inch vein of fine quarts
which has every indication of carry
ing rich gold values.
;, An election on October I to vote
on the proposition of issuing bonds to
the amount of $30,000 for the erection
of a new high school building, has
been called at Coqullle.
Catch of salmon agala shows a de-
both the ReDubllcan and Proxresslv
tickets. Phil Metschan, Jr., takes bis
plaoe on the Republican ticket and
the Roosevelt people have named A. S.
Oeddes of La Grande. John L. Rand,
a Baker attorney, takes the place of
fniltam Hanley, of Burns, who failed
to qualify as a Taft candidate for
It sctor.
There are 16,014,220 acres ot lands
wit hln the national forest reserves in
Pit gni or which approximately 2,
401.4 139 acres are held In private own
ership P uPn which either final certifi
cate; Patent or grant has been Issued
er ixot tn Pen(l'nB entries or locations,
Ieartnt ' a net acreage of government
laud i thln tn reserves of 13,413,181
acres. Tn totRl tlmDer within these
reservsaV base( "Pon the latest gov
ernment cruise, , including alienated
(prlvater ,lollJlnl?s approximates 188,
48$ 000 000 . feet' DORri1 measure, which,
at an aversri " of 5 thousand feet,
represents total timbered wealth
wilkin the tuU 'ona5 reserves alons of
$682,440,000.
eduction of a particular assess
ment shall be made in writing,
verified by the oath of the appli
cant or his attorney and be filed
I with the board during the first
j week it is by law required to be
1 in session, and my petition or
application not so made, verified
and filed shall not be considered
tv acted upon by the board.
Dated September 26, A. D.1912.
C. S. GRAVES,
Assessor of Polk County.
9:26-10:17
Advertise in
the Monitor
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Whera Your U do tho work
All the news in the Monitor is yours.
TOM & BILL,
Headquarters for Cigars
Tobacco, Confectionery,
Soft drinks, etc.
Dont forget the
DON REMO
five cent cigar
Located on C street
Notice to Fgrents
All children wh'o will have
reached the age of years on
hafnr-a Februa rv WLJf
oV,Airl ontpr the Drimarx ' depart
OliVuiu -w"
ment before October II
year, as no new class
formed Tin the primary
mpnt until the middle
school year.
By Order of the Hoard oi Directors.'
of this
w.'ll be
tho
We are
Endeavering
( TO ESTABLISH TUB O
Notice of Meeting of Board of
Equalization
' Notice is hereby given that on
Monday, the 21st day of October,
1912, the board of equalization
will meet at the County Court
House in the city of Dallas, in
the County of Polk, State of Ore
gon, to examine and correct all
ent rolls, to correct all
errors in valuation, lots or otr er
tax.
Returning from the Ca.cad' moun- . incorrectly assessed
t.lna where they examined tne lino . " . . . .....
..... in the 60.000 acres which the ' as 10 aescripuun
"Kum Back"
hi every customer. Our marked progress during our short time
Uias demonstrated that we aresucceeding to that end. Highest qual
ity of service has and will be our motto at all times. , However,
if you do not find our goods and service up to the highest standard
advise us; it ia through no lack of intelligent effort on our part but
human fallibility. We will always extend the glad hand to any
honest "kick."
Justice to Us and
Courtesy, to You
Demand It
Brown's Pharmacy
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Why
Buy You a Farm?
TTTpperty to sell or trade list it with us and we will ad
vertise and sell it for you. Fill out the blank below and send it to
The R. J. Taylor Co.
This Woman Can't Shoe
Horse on a Bet bat
;. JIM MILLIARD CAN
He knows how and is too busy to write
an ad even and we rustled this one for
him. Read what he says next week
The Busy Shop
Independence, ... Oregon
NO. 1. 20 Acres $2000.
A tract of twenty acres of good land
located about four miles south of indt'
pendence. All cleared and in cultivation.
Good soil and desirable location. ,
No 2 10 Acres $2100
A fine piece of bottom land, of which
four acres are in hops. All in cultiva
tion. Located near Independence ana
nnrw-t.v that will Day a bii? interest on
the investment. Or will sell for,$ 700 a
tract of about 3 and a half acres n om
this. Only part required down, balance
on long time payments. :
No 3. 133 A $12,500 i
This tract lies 4 miles south of Inde
Dendence on the min Albany road.
5o acres under plow, baitn.ee pjsiaratt
and fine oak timber. $5000 worth of
wood on property. No waste land. Fam
ily orchard of 2 I-Z acres, ana 4 w
acres Newton pippin apples four years
old. new eight room houBe, hot ana com
water, new barn and other buildings, 2
welK spring, gas engine and 100 gallon
tank. Besides there is the following
personal property. 50 head of goats, 2
cows, 3 heifers, : 5 hogs, 1 team 1 wag
on, 1 buggy, plow, disk harrow, rake,
mower, 1 horse cultivator, cream seper
ator and small tools. Jiay in the barn.
Terms one half cash, baU-.nee on time.
So 4 &0 acres $8500
This is a fine tract of well cultivated
land located two miles from Monmouth.
Good house and barn, wells, etc. Well
improved. 45 acres in prunes. All in
cultiuation.
No. 8 8 1-2 acres for $3150
A good piece of property one mile out
of Independence, including all the
household funiture. stock, etc. Land is
all in cultivation
No. 9 147 acres at $30 per acre
This nronerty is located about three
miles from Monmouth, has fair build
ings. Plenty of oak and fir timber uun-
ning water, A dandy place to raise
stock. Good soil. .
No 13 70 acres for $4000
This tract is all fenced, 25 Bcres in
cultivation, 25 bearing fruit trees, Six
room house, barn, granary, wells, etc.
No. 17 98 Acres at $50 per Acre 1
Good 8 room hoube, barn, granary,
fenced. All in cultivation. Well locat
ed, about 8 miles from Independence.
Will sell for cash or will take Indepen
dence property in trado.
Our Sale Contract
I have this day appointed R. J. Taylor to
sell for me my property described below and
if he sells the same or causes the sale of the
said property. :i will allow him 5 of the
f sale price for his labor, advertising, etc,
Description if farm
i ; .j
..Acres, Acres cultivated,
Timber Room house,-- foot Barn,
Chicken house, -Sheds, Wat
ert ... Miles to School, to town,
Terms.
Remarks.
Dated
this.. ..day of - r -1912.
...Owner
The following personal property , included.
No. 18 2 1-2 Acres $3,000
Located in Corvallis. Thib property
a good four room house, barn 26 by 20
new wood shed, chicken house and chick
en park, smoke house, 2000 strawber
ries. 100 logan berries, 50 mammoth
black blackberries, 10 cherry trees. All
in cultivation, city water. Only one half
mile from college. Will sell for cash
or will trade for farm property near
Independence, -
No 20 120 Acres $13,000
This is one of the best improved prop
erties in Polk county. Good clay loam
soil, all fenced and cross fenced, all in
but 10 acres of oak timber, good well
at barn and house, springB, 7 room house
and barn 39 by 48 with 20 foot posts,
granary, wagon sheds, chicken house,
horses, 8 jersey cows, 18 head hogs,
new wagon, hack, carriage, cream sep
arator, drag, mower, rake, cultivator,
3 harrows, 2 plows, chickens, every
thing but house hold goods. Fine fam
ily orchard. 8 miles from Independence
and half mile from school.
No. 21 BO Acres $5000
Near Harrieburg-, river bottom land,
fine for hops or potatoes, all cleared but
15 acres fir and maple timber, all level
and under fence, Bmall orchard and ber
ries, two living springs, private lane,
2 acres prario,' 6 room house, wood shed
and wagon shed,- chicken house, grana
ry, barn, etc. On gravelled road, R. F.
I), half mile to School,1 3 miles to Co-
burg, 7 to Harrlsburg.
NO. 22 6.40 Acres $1803
Half mile from Monmouth, 3 room
house, rustic, new, new barn 14 x 24
chicken house, well, 6 ton hay, 24 chick.
ens, new plow, jersey cow, house and
buggy.l acre in garden; all clearnd an
fenced $800 down
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RTrj7T A Y L O R:-CO. ,
DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF
REAL ESTATE
INDEPENDENCE
OREGON.