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THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR Published Weekly at Independence, Folk County, Oregon on Thursday. lelected you have to vote on 32 iniative ami referendum measures. Have you cirefully read these measures and I are you prepared to vote intelligently on them? If not, make a Btudy of them ail before votiug on Ihursday next r jtcrsd at Second C1M Matter Ansort 1. 1912 at the fwrt Office at Hide pcndcacc, Polk County, Oregon, Under tne Act of March 3, 1879 O. A. Hurley, Publisher Sr Proprietor . i I for the benefit of those wmitiiiL' this information. We be a purpose and we shall from time to time print a portion of the data we gather. A Bureau of Information Everyday we have parties coming to the Monitor office for information. We are goin to organize an infoi- mation bureau and keep an information record on hand Independency Oregon, Thursday, Oct. 31, 1912 OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Republican Ticket The policies of the Kebublican. party can best be carri ed out by the - Republican candidates being elected at the coming election. This we believe to be true fiom the fact that any deviation from this rule makes a different baeo tvent8 Occurring Throughout . a . a . i I operation tor trie national anairs If you believe in Democratic policies you should vote for the Democratic candidate. Wilson and Marshall rep resent a high type of democratic citizenship but whyshouK a republican repudiate his party at this -time by voting aeainBt his convictions lJ I . . I V. ..I Taft and Sherman are the candidates nominated for rVM the highest offices on the Republican ticket and repre ent point, Bandon and coquiiie. officer ware elected and a schedule was made out for the athletlo and literary con- teats of the year. Superintendent A. T. Park of Myrtle Point was elected president to succeed Superintendent F. A. Tledgon of Marshfield. BRItF NEWS OF OREGON members of the tuberculosa board recommending that the institution be abolished, that the patients to put In care of private entablifelinients, and that the building be converted Into a home for wayward girls n matt tutlon they think has lon been a need of the state. IM OFFICERS AND CLU3S Mormon Society Meets. La Grande-Tne relief society con ference of the Latter Day Saints church held a session at their taber nacle Sunday. A large delegation from the whole of eastern Oregon and Idaho were present the State During the Past Week. Sohool Association Formed In Coos. Coqullle The Coos County High School association met at Coqullle the party, not as a platform, but as men to carry out a plat form. As a Republican can, you expect Wilson to carry out the Dartv ideas of the Republican party? La Toilette af thinks not; Borah thinks not, and hundreds of others with broad, progressive ideas, think not. Are theyrighf? The Dureineof the Republican cartv from corruption forest Fire Bum. over 4oo Acre.. . , :u: Tl.. ; . f Medford-The biggest foreat fire of DJUiHWUiB liuui wiuiui. xiiov wio icaou., .u. tnt Tear and s Bman one at that has position to the KOOSevelt pqllCieS., UOOSevelt not only IS just been extinguished In the Thomp- loa.4.n a minntitv tantinn Kit. liA ia , lanrlinir n . rrv ru t inn aon creek district. In all 400 acrea. T, , . . . j I mostly brush and second growth element, reruns, me Harvester iruni, anu muuetjy htb 110 trees, were burned over. It la sel- more public.- spirited- than are the hundreds of other dom there is a forest fire so late in . . . i 1 1 I liio fmr, 1UD HIT 1UBB Ut)IV mil lii usu nuu iimov iroum. Within the Republican party is a great force for right. By a solid unit, cooperating the policies desired by Repub licans, can be secured. It can never result from a demo cratic president and a democratic congress. It can not re sult from a republican president and a democratic congress, on Is almost nothing. SCIENTIFIC FARMS LEAD Experiment Station Crop. Big and of High Grade. Corvallis That the scientific meth- Offloer. Suspended for Clubbing Man Eugene Accused of unnecessarily beating a man over the head in at tempting to arrest him, night Chief of Polio. George Morrlss and Officer Clark, of the looal police force, were In Other Words the people mUbt be COncistant.if they euspended by Mayor Berger, after an believe in the tariff policies on which we., have founded our ,nTM"gatIon the ca"by the pollce , . . . . . eommlttee of th. council. government; a strongly centralized government and a per mance of judicial decision. Within the Republican paity today there is more rial reform gJing on than in any party and every advunce step is a permanent one, Put in a different party and new allignnients will be made, new issues will be fostered, and of fftrmln followed at the three as a result we may be glad to get hack to Republican rule, ittttloni are Mtremeiy practical and and that Without the cleansing. Spirit BO pieValent in the I nave been as largely responsible as DartV nVVi' I ueu u uuunuaiiy lavornuie " J I weather conditions, for the sulendld The bigJeiders.x)! progressiveness are still in the party ahowing made this year by station and will ultimately biing about the reforms desired bv the oropB' u th Plnlon ot Professor h . t A t L1 il' t , -F. DWUUUCI VI UIORUH AUVUIlUini moBl piiigiBBivo puiwy auviuoB. fivui una Biano point coiIege. who ha. lust returned from .done why should a Republican ecratch the ticket this year, a trip of inspection covering the ex- Ben Selling as the Republican .nominee for. the u. 1 ' S. Senate and Representative Hawley for ro-election to The evidence upon which rrofessor the lower, house of Congress, should be elected . un Bcudder bases hi. opinion is the fact , t .1. i . i tx-. I mai in. crops raisea at me expert Wv0lals.uuuUD, w - b.vu...,-u, v..Cvfev.. me.t stations, under dlrectloh of the primary system before which they placet! their names and college experts, yielded on the aver- were nominated janother because ot their political affiliation. " " 10 5" per C8nt larger crops . 1.1 ,1111 wou voauu tun Dciinuu it a man IS a IVOOSOVeil auVOCrtie, UeSIlOUlU Support Uamp. from other fields In the same locall bell and' Clarke, it a Wilson advocatd lie should supooit Uei Harrv T ftn and R U Smith Frofeasor Soudder reports that Harry iane aim it. Kt. oraini. .i.rn nrnn frmr. . hvin such success with corn, field peas airaiia and Turkey red wheat as to Indicate a promising future for these crops In the dry farming belt BOB MORGAN IS CAPTURED Slayer of Vlrgie Hart Breaks Down When Jailed Condon, Or. Bob Morgan, who slew pretty Vlrgie Hart and fatally wounded MIbs Crane, a bystander, here, was captured by Sheriff Mon tague of Gilliam county, 18 miles Boutb of Fossil. When disarmed and placed In Jail be broke ckwn and cried like a child. Morgan did not show fight. He threw up his hands and held them up until Dr. Taylor applied handcuffs. Morgan had nothing to eat from Thursday night until Saturday morn ing except a few apples. He bad two meals since. He expressed sincere re gret at shooting Miss Crane, but had nothing to say about shooting the girl. Calvary Presbyterian Church H. CHAS. DUNSMOKE, D. D. PASTOR Morning Services, 11 A. M. Evening Services, 8 P. M. Sunday School 10 A. M.. Ladies Needlecraft, each alternate Thursday. Christian Church Bible School at 10:00 a. m. every Sun diiy. 1 rayer - meeting services Wednesday evenings. Baptist Church Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. B. Y. P. U. Sunday evenings at 7:00 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evenings. Methodist Church REV. A. F. SANDDTUR, PASTOR Sunday School 10:00 a. m. Morning Service, 11:00 a. m., Even ing Service, P:00 p. m.. -Epworth League, 7:00 p. m. Midweek prayer service, Wednesday evenings. QaDVR T IJ5E1 ! 1 IT Sitting Down to Work Too many never settle down to work. They are good starters but poor, finishers. Too many towns have their Aeroplane Blow Fatal to Man 83, rrlneville Stowell Crane, who was .trunk hv An anrnnlnnM nn tha irrmmila organisations in this condition, they start "lit alright and of the central Oregon fair here dur- then begin to ati. Sometimes its the- officers at fault: ,ng a ,IlKht bjr 8- christofferson oi , . . ,i i i t .i i roruana nas uiea as a result or ms sometimes its the lack of unity among the members; some lnJurie.. Mr. Craue WM 63 year8 old times its just the lack of interent. Whatever the cause and the shock of the injury was too man liu ita luiil nml tliu Inwn ia ilia l.,.r 'P l,.i t , : i I ra- wants a live town in Independence. The location, the op portunity, the conditions are favorable, all that is needed is the spirit of good upi erniowt. (Jet the spirit. Portland Breaks Registration Records. Portland. All registration records for Multnomah eounty were shuttered when the registration books dosed. 51,764 votes being made eligible to vote at the general election Novem ber 5. Of these 1585 waited until the closing day. REGISTRATION IS HIGH Our Correrpondents Contest Each week this contest, U getting more interestin The plan we have is of value to our readers as it gets for this paper the very best news from the communities of Polk county. This news h valuable as an advertising med ium, because the people like the news from all seetion nud especially their own locality. Where the pape.1 attracts on-Account of Us news value, it also attracts as an ad vertising medium. We can safely promise the advertiser for th P,,url' wa "i.aso. -. i i . .. , , , w r i . I an lnoreas. of about 15.000 a muusaim nuuiea visiieu iy me .Monitor ironi ana alter December 1st. Oppose Flat Salary The Monitor is opposed to the Har salary bill for the state printer and believes the state should go out of the printing business and let its contraoU for printing to th? printing houss over the state. Why not havea centra) dry gooils storei a grocery store, a clothing houms and its own hardware stores just as well as to have its printing office graft? Election Day Thursday Next Thursday besides vofing for the candidates to be Stat. Voter. May Total 147,000 Mark Is C.tlmate. Salem Registration, which closes next Saturday, probably will reach as high as 147,000, according to a close estimate which was prepared by Sec retary Olcott. Th. registration he- This since that tlm.. The registration before th. general election In 1910 wis 121.741 and In 1908 was 122.05. The Increase of 1910 ov.r 1908 was slight, but this year the Increase over U'H) will b. about 24.000. Th. largest Increase of any of the counties .Inc. th primaries, that I. percentage of Increase and not In ac tual numbers, probably will be In Lane county, where It Is estimated sources of Clatsop county during the H. T. West has shipped 3200 sheep from Enterprise to the eastern mar sets. Mr. West paid $4-65 a hundred pounds for the sheep. The net income of the Great North ern Railway company for the patt year was 0,903,924.05, according to Its annual report, filed with the rail road commission. After a lapse of several months since the Morning Star ceased publi cation. La Grande 1b soon to have an up-to-dute morning paper. It Is to be known as the Morning Exami ner. Ten thousand people from all parts of the Willamette valley gathered at Eugene and Joined that city In the celebration of the completion of the Oregon electrio railway from Portland to Eugene. G. W. Nutter, an aged resident of the Clatsop Plains district, dropped dead In the railroad depot at War renton. Mr. Nutter was 88 years old, a native of New York and came to the coast lr 1849. Articles of Incorporation have been filed at Salem by the Oregon Pacific & Eastern Railway company, with a capitalization of $1,000,000. The ob ject is to build a railroad from the mouth of Umpqua river to Cottage Grove. Charged with appropriating bank funds to his own uses and making false entries on the books of the Cit izens National bank of Baker, of which he was formerly cashier, Guy L. Lindsay has been Indicted and placed under $10,000 bonds. That It is not criminal trespass to bunt upon uninclosed or unimproved lands, even though trespass notices are posted, la the substance of an opinion by Attorney General Craw ford. The statute provides that crim inal trespass only holds on inclosed lands. Hood River wTll for this year aban don the holding of the annual apple show. This action Is because the apple crop k sn large this season that j growers do not hav time to prepare for exhibits, in vlrw of the latene of the season for the harvesting of the crop. Appropriation. In round numbers by the 1911 legislature were $5,500, 000, with 1,924,000 divided among the state institutions proper, not In cluding educational Institutions. This Is a statement given out by Governor West preparatory to the Issuance of the budget for the next legislature. Valuation of property in Multnomah county on which the 1913 tax levy will be based, not Including the val uation of franchises and railroads which Is fixed by the state tax com mission, totals $306,806,095, as against $295,400,820 for last year, or an In crease of $11,405,275. Imports received in the Portland custom house districts during the quarter terminating September 30, were valued at $909,258, those on which duties were paid being worth $537,366, and those entered free be ing appraised at $371,892. The value of the exports for the three months was $1,885,801. Governor West announces that at the next meeting of the state land board he will ask It to Instruct the attorney general to bring suit against Benson & Hyde, the timber operators, who during their operations in the state acquired from It about 50,000 acres of state land, o have them re vert to the state on the ground of fraud. Total recommendations for approp riations of superintendents of the state institutions to the next legis lative assembly, exclusive of the east ern Oregon branch asylum, will be $1,448,981, or $54,549.95 more than the appropriations which were made for the same institutions in 1911. So far there has been appropriated $530,000 for the asylum at Pendleton. Winter supplies for Wallowa coun ty sheep men, whose herds pass the cold mouths on Snake river, will be taken In by the all water route from Portland. The goods will go up the Columbia river, up the Snake to Lewlston by regular boats and thence to destination on the gasoline craft Prospector, which has been running on the upper river since early sum mer. After a controversy continuing for nearly a year over what disposition shall be made of Hie balance in the fund raised last year by a special levy of mills "to exploit t!. re-:)out forget the Independence, Polk Co., Oregon. Population 1800, has wuter, sewer and electrc light systems, $25,000 high school, public school, city p;irk, hotel, paved streets, two bankst fine railroad and boat connections, and city hall The city officers are: Mayor, K. C. Eldredire. Marshal, A. J. Tupp-r. Recorder, 15. F. Swope. Treasurer, R. R. DeArmond. City Councilrr.en, J. L. H mna, M. W. Mix, J. S Boharnon. J. H. Dixon, W. P. Campbell, A. L. Sperling. Meftts 1st and 3rd Wednesdays ofeach month, Independence Commercial Club Meets First arid Third Tuesdays of each month. Membership over 100. J. S. Cooper, President. K. C. Eldredge, Treasurer. J. G. Mcintosh, Secretary. THE PROFESSIONS B. F. Swope Attorney at Law and Notary Public Will practice in all courts of the state. Probate matters and col lections given prompt attention. office: cooper block Independence, Oregon Thompson Brothers Architects and Builders Plans and Specifications Fur nished on All Building-s free. Phone Main 1603. Office: 205 Lincoln Street SALEM, 0REQON Dr. R.T. Mclntire Physician and Surgeon Office over Independence Nation al Bank. Phone No. 4412 Independence. Oregon R. E. Duganne Dentist Office over-Independence Nation al Bank. Phone No. 44fl Independence, Oregon Advertise in the Monitor Where Your $s do tss work All the news in the Monitor is yours. lji4iMiij.j.j.j.,'.j.j.ij.j.AAW44'H4'Tm-rtt Dane J. Purvine Architect aud Draughtsman Independence, Oregon t r t IF YOU Want a Cook Want a Clerk Want a Partner Want a Situation Want a Servant girl Want to Sell a Piano Want to Sell a Carriage Want to Sell Town Lots Want to sell your groceries Want to Sell your Hardware Want Customers for Anything Advertise in Indpndnce. Monitor Advertising is the way to success Advertising brings in customers Advertising Keeps Customers Advertising insures success Advertising is Energetic Advertising is Plucky Advertising is "Biz" Advertise or Bust Advertise Strong Advertise Well ADVERTISE At Once in I w 4 1 1 C ii'WIi on avnoncSiroi 'fClij lO lllV I rtJ "U" wAfWIISIfWJ m&same (iroceies high power racing? A. automobile, so with? irroceries, The hu- i f in in mrnJrto tlooHcJ man iiLfeiini.w ubwuj4 m I the best kl to get J -fETxti the srrcatesl efficiency f sssscr k , ..... im .. . ironi Hi just tine me- motor car. Give t lie 1 fine auto bad gasoline and youget poor speed, feed the J best man alive on improper food and yoa pee a human J wreck. You owe it to yourself tor your health's sake J to feed your stomach with the finest groceries get tliem at I FLUKE and JOHNSON rttTttttttf tTtttTTTTt "TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT III! I ll SHOEING HORSES IS -JAMES MILLIARD'S SPECIALTY The Busy Shop , Independence, Oregon COAL New Castle Lump $10.00 New Castle Nut $8.50 A nice clean fuel, no "splitting" and throwing in." Its just as cheap as wood. We will be pleased to deliver this coal to you for the above prices. Cartage extra on less than half ton lots SPAULDING LOGGING CO. Independence, Oregon TOM 5c BILL Headquarters forClgars Tobacco, Confectionery, Soft drinks, etc. thsr will ha an cent increase of !S ler Month-Old Child'. Lg Amputated. Roseburg A mr. case in medical science was brought to notice here when doctors amputated below the kn. th leg of a ons-month-old in- j fiint The child -was affected with gaasra is the lower left leg. centennial celebration," the centen- j nlul committee has decided to bring : suit agulntt Clutsop county for I6S2S.03, th amount remaining in th fund. Declaring the pr capita cost of the state tuberculosis sanitorlum at Sa lem to b too hlfth, and that the In stitution 1 top heavy, the state board has sent out l letter, to each of th DON REAAO rive cent cigai Located on C street THE C. STREET POOL ROOM W. W GAINES, PROPRIETOR New Pool, Billiard & Card Tables Everything new ar.d clean, large room, well lighted and ventilated Cigars, tobacco, candy, soft drinks, etc. Lunch Counter in the Building: 4 t 4 4 c. a. mm Transfer S Dray Offica at Craven 8 Huff's I have just started a trans fer business here and ask a share of your work.