BETTER FRUIT IN THE STORES County Fruit Inspector Parke Notifies Stores The law Repiiires the Destruction of Diseased and Infected Fruit and Independence Stores Notified J. S. Parker, county fruit in BDector of Polk county, made a personal visit to Independence a few days aeo and notified all stores to recsive only well se lectedfood that would comply with pure food law. A great deal of fruit is brought to market that is wormy and otherwise infected and bo long as the law was not enforced no attention was paid. The result is that much poor fruit has been brought to the market and sold. This action on the part of the fruit inspector requiring only good fruit to be sold by the mer chatas is an irv.i crative law. Thelcounty court appoints the fruit inspect or, whose duty it is to inspect fru i civhards and fruit, enforce the laws now in force re garding growing, handling and selling of fruit, fruit trees and nursery stock, which authority is vested in section 5482 of the Btatutes of the state. Some of the provisions of the law are Sec. 5499. It shall be unlawful for any peason, firm or corporation to import or sell any infested or diseased fruit of any kind in the state of Oregon Sec. 5496 makes it the duty of any person, firm or corporation owning a fruit orchard, if infect ed with any kind of insects pests or diseases to spray or de 8troy the same in such a manner , as the county fruit inspector may request. Tne law also de clares an orchard infested by pests, diseases or fungous growth is a public nuisance. In order to make the law effective a pen altyof $25 as a minumum fine and $100 as a maximum fine has been made effective in Sec. 5501 of the state law for refusal to comply with the law. Civil Powr of Earth Ars About to Unit In Common Cauoo Powerful InRuanoo Prcoarina For th Battl of Armageddon A Rolgn of Anarchy Will Ba th Raault of th War-far Until Tha Maaaiah Takaa Control. mentv of boidb will be strangled by tbe i iDlf n;jnlnst Cud.'' be'uuse of their luck I ,, tar M? PASIOK. Kij5SI.lL) Brooklyn, N. I, Nor. 1-TIji Brooklyn Academy of Moilc was crowded to the lim it today to bear P a a t o r Russell' discourse on tbe "Battle of Arnia jreddon." Ola text waa: "lie gathered them together unto a placa called In tbe Hebrew tongue Armageddon. The speaker Bald m t t i. Ij. 1 1 tinman moved in town last week for the wint er. Chas, Iinrford of Sivleni was in town a few days this week. Ch'i . Ltahninn from Simp son .... u was in town Wednesday. John (J round of tlieLuck- iamutew'.s in town the fiit of the wcjk, Phy Simpson of the Simp son Ioginn Co. was anions us during trie week. J. J. Dave returned from Co vnllis where lie 1ms an in-lei.'-t in a crop jf hops. Fru'ilv Kt lly a ml Adam ltar-ki-; were visitors to Tur ner ll. first of the week. Mi Oenriin Hrnmboiy, wit h ii'Hcliin thti school in P.ukr sieiit Saturday will her father here, returning it her ?t. liool work Sum nioi r. i u. Iy H. .! Taylor was a passe n jrm to Portland Snturl nieetii.;' Mrs. Taylor who has been ;oinlin u few weeks.1 with her daughter. Mis War. ii in I'atein U'ahii'j; ton, li morn tli 'K returning Monday ARQOEDDON OF Til SCRIPTURES Slart!i;;j teciitatlon of Com ing Events. PASTCR RUSSELL'S VIEWS. Churches of All Denomination and tha (Revelntlffi svL 18.) ArmiigeiMrm In tbe Hebrew signifies the "Hill of Meglddo," or Mount of De tructlon. It wag famoua a a battle Oeld In Old Testament time. Tbe Lord hits aeen fit to associate the Dame Armageddon, with the great con troversy between Truth and Error. right and wrong, God and Mammon, with which thin age will close, periah, and tbe New Age of Messlub's glory be unbered In. lie has purposely used bigbly symbolical flgurea of speech In tbe last book of tbe Bible, evidently with a view to biding certain impor tant truth until tbe due time for their reveal meiit liut even in tbe due time, the lilble assures ua, "None of the wicked shall understand" (Daniel xll. 9, 10 none who are out of heart har mony with God but only the wise of Uis people the "wise virgin1 class of the Master parable. I have long avoided presentation of my -understanding of our text and It context I take It up now by request and because I believe It la due time to be understood. I disclaim any special Inspiration. In some particular my views agree with those of other Bible students, and In other respect they disagree. Each hearer must use bis own Judgment, do hi own Bible study, and reach his owd conclusion. Kindly remember that 1 am not re sponsible for tbe figures of speech nsed by the Lord. My interpretations do In deed constitute terrible arraignment of Institutions whlph we have all rever enced and which embrace good people, of good words and good works. God' saintly people In these various instlto uona, being comparatively few, ere Ignored when system as whole are dealt with In prophecy. The Dragon, Beast, Falsa Prophet. Our context tell us that three 1m pure spirit (teachings) will go forth from the mouths of the Dragon, tbe Boaatandtbe False Prophet, and these three will be In accord, and symbolical ly the doctrines are represented by "frogs." These three doctrine are to have a mighty influence throughout the civilized earth. They are to gather the kings and their armies to the great Battle of Armageddon. The ecclesiastical kings and princes. and their retluue of clergy and faith fill adherents, will be gathered In solid phalanx Protestant and Catholic. The kings and captains of Industry, and a many as can be Influenced by them, will te gathered to the same side. The political kings and princes, with all their henchmen and retainers, will fol low in line ou the same side. The flnnnclnl kings and merchant prince, and all whom they can Influence by the most gigantic power ever yet exercis ed In the world, will loin the same side, according to this prophecy. These "doctrine of demons," repre sented by the "frog." will lead many noble people In this great army to as sume an attitude quite contrary to their preference. For a time the wheels of liberty and progress will be turned backward and medieval re strnlnts will te considered necessary for self-preservation for the mainte nance of the present order of things. In Riving tills Interpretation, it Is oeceHHiiry for us to Indicate what is symbolized by the Dragon, the Rennt. and the False Prophet Bible students of nearly all denominations agree with a that tbe "Dragon" of Hevelnt' represents the purely Civil Po ., . . Protestant Interpreters generally ntr , that the "Reast like a leopard" (Itevi Intlon xlll, 2i represents the Pnpnc.v Hut fewer still, we fear, will be remlv to support our view that Protantiintlsm Is tbe "Image of the Beast" (Revelation till, In) In our context given another name, "the False Prophet" We urge no one to accept our Interpretation nor shall we think bard of any wlm refuse It We will neither slander ivu other wine, injure them now, nor threat en them with eternal torture. Tin- have tbe same rtght to their views Hi i 1 have, and the same right to mat, them known to others. And I. fi no. will he very glnd to consider anv thlnii which opponents may set fort I as their Interpretations of our text "Unolssn eolrits Like Froos." The aymho w of Scripture, right ly iiudorat" always forcefv When th" plrlt used a "froir U ayml represent carta n doctrine or tc!. : , we may b? ure the true apt ... ... ..n will lit weli A frog has a wiui- (,Hk. a wise In. .k it swell Itself op in an apparent deavor to Impress tbe beholder, i (treat mouth well represents Its ct-i power, used to crosk. Applying these symbols, we leiri that an evil spirit, Influence, tea"i.n: will come from the Protestant cIim.- p. federated, from the Church of Kouie and from the Civil authorities, all lu full agreement The spirit of ill will ba boastful; an atr of superior wisdom nd knowledge will be proudly assumed-all will cronk in harmony All will tell of dire results that would follow. Involving the Interests of both the present and tntt future life. If their counsel be not f allowed However con flicting th cretds, (he differences will tie Ignored In the general proposition that nothing r tic-lent must be disturb ed, or looked into, or repudiated. The Divine KiUnorlty of the Church. I ind the Divine ilrbt of kings, aside from tbe Church, wtu not be allowed to conflict Any persona or teachings In conflict with these boastful and un scrtptural claims will be branded aa everything rile, at the mouths of these frogs" speaking from pulpits and platforms and through the reltsloua and secular pre The nobler lenU philosophy of the same evil spirit whlcb spoke through Calapuaa. the high priest, respecting Jesus. As Caia pha declared it expedient to commit a crime in violation of justice, human and Divine, to be rid of Jesus and UU teaching, so tlila "frog" spirit will ap prove of every violation of principle necessary to their self-protection. The croaking of these "frog" spirits or doctrine will gather the king and princes, financial, political, religious and Industrial into one great army The snlrlt of fear, inspired by tbe croaklngs of these "frogs," will scourge tbe passions of otherwise good and reasonable men to fury, desperation In their blind following of these evil spirits, evil doctrines, they- will be ready to sacrifice lift and everything od tbe altar or wnat tney mistuKeniy suppose Is Justice, truth and righteous- oess, under a Divine arrangement For a brief time, aa we understand the Scrlpturos. these combined forces of Armugeddon will triumph. Free speech, free malls, and other liberties which hnve come to be the very breath of tbe masses In our day, will be ruth lessly shut off under the flea of neces sity, the glory of God, the commands of tbe Church, etc. All will seem to be serene, until the great social explosion In our context described as the "great Earthquake." An "earthquake," in symbolic language, signifies social revolution, and the declaration of the context I that none like onto It ever before occurred. (Revelation xvl. 18, 10.) Jesus described it a a time of trouble such as never was Blnce there Was nation. Matthew ixlv, 21. Th Lord Will Gather Thsm. Tbe false, frog-like teaching will gather together Into one host the great tbe rich, tbe wise, tbe learned and the king of tbe earth, to bnttle. At this Juncture Divine Power will step for ward, and our text tells ua that UK hall gather the marshaled boats to Armageddon to tbe Mountain of De tructlon. The very thing which they ought to avert by their union, federa tion, etc., will be tbe very thing they HI hasten. Other Scriptures toll us that God will be represented by the Great Messiah, and that lie will be on the side of tbe masses. Thus we rend In Daniel xll, 1: "At that time shall Michael (tbe Godlike One-MesslabJ stand up" assume authority. Ue will take possession of ills Kingdom in a manner little looked for by many of those who erroneously have been clulinlng that they were Ills Kingdom, and authorized by Him to reign in Uis name and In His stead. Jeans declared, "Ilia servants ye are onto whom ye render service." Some may be rendering service to Satan and to error, who claim to be rendering service to God and to righteousness; and some of these may be serving lg norantly, as did Baul of Tarsus, who "verily thought that he did God a serv Ice" in persecuting the Church. The same principle holds true reversely. As an earthly king does not hold him self responsible for the moral character of each soldier who fights in his bat tles, so tbe Lord does not vouch for tbe moral character of all who will enlist and Oglit on Uis side of any question Uis servants tbey are to whom they render ervlce," whatever the motive or object prompting them. The same principles will apply In the coming Rattle of Armageddon. God' aide of that battle will be the people's side, and the very nondescript host the people, will he pitted at the begin ning of the battle. Anarchists, Social ists, and bot-hended radical of every school of reason and unreason, will be In tbe forefront of that battle. The majority of the poor and the middle class prefer pence at almost any price. A comparatively small number, God's consecrated people, will at heart be longing for Messiah's Kingdom. These will bide the Lord's time and wait pa tlently for It; they will be of good courage, knowing the outcome outlined In the "more sure word of prophecy," to which tbey have done well to take heed, "as nnto a light shining In a dnrk place until tbe Day dawn." II . 19 The masses will be restless of their restraints, but will be conscious of their own weakness as compared to tbe kings and princes, financial, religious and polltlcii. which will then bold way. Reside, the masses have no sympathy with anarchy. They realize truly that the worst form of govern ment Is better than none. The masses will sect relief through the ballot and peaceful re-adjustment of earth's sf fairs for the elimination of evil, for the placing of monoottes and utilities and the supplies of unture In the hands of the people for the public good. The crisis will be reached when the hither to upholders of law shall become vio lators of the law and reslsters of the will of the majority as expressed by the ballot Fear for the future will lead the well-meaning masses to desper ation; and anarchy will result when Socialism fulls. The Cloud's Silver Lining. Horrible would be this outlook for the future did we not have the Infalli ble Word of God assuring us of a glorious outcome: Divine Wisdom tins withheld until our day the great knowl edge and skill which la at the same time breeding millionaires and discon tents. Had God lifted the veil a thou sand years sooner, the world would have lined up for It Armageddon a thousand yours sooner. I'vt thnt would have lieen too soon for the Di vine purpose, liecsnse Messiah's King dom Is to he the great Thousand-Year-Sabbath of the worlds history 0hI In kindness veiled our eyes until the time when the Blithering to Ar niagtMlden would Immediately precede MesNlsb's taking to Himself Ills g'-i-at power, and heglnulng ills tvlgn.-lieve 1st ton xl, IT. IS. "Send Thsm 8trong Dilutions." Pt Paul wrote prophetically of our time, that It would be one of serious trial and testing to ninny professing to De t lirtstiitn. The reason for this he stutee they received not the Truth In the lovi of It. (II Thessalonlans II, 10, 11.1 Tbey preferred their own errone ous theories, the Apostle explains, and therefore God will give them over to a "strong delusion," aud let them believe the Ue which tbey preferred, and let them Buffer for missing the Truth j which they did not love. Thns they l will be In tbe condemned host.,"flght- of love for the Truth. It Is ssd to say that we sll a Chris tlana have been laboring under a tbor ough delusion respecting God's Plan. We hnve claimed that Christ set up His Church In Kingdom power, and that the Church baa been reigning on tbe earth aa HI representative. On tbe strength of this delusion, Jews and heretics have been persecuted to death as opponents to Christ's Kingdom. All the while we thoughtlessly repeatej the Lord' prayer: "Thy Kingdom come; Tby will be done on earth, as In Heaven." We knew that the Redeemer said that Ue would come again to make us His Bride and Joint-heirs; but we ignored the Scriptures. We were drunk, as the Scriptures symbolically say, "nil nations were drunk" with the fnlse doctrine It Is this false doctrine that will constitute the "frog" spirit whlcb soon will begin to croak and to prepare for Armageddon Tbe Bible presentation Is that the world Is a section of the universe In rebellion against Divine authority, un der the captaincy of Satan and his as sociated fallen nngels. By Divine grace Jesus hus already "tasted death for every oiun. n rid the merit of that sac rifice must, eventually, (.-runt Adam nnd his posterity a full, fair opportunity fo the attainment of everlnstlnu life. Ail w ho thus see t lie Divine - program and ure wnlUinglii the light may know something at least respecting the "times and seasons." These brethren "are not In darkness, that that day (nnd that bnttle of Armageddon should overtake" them "as a thief un ana res Armageddon Not Yst but Soon. For forty years the Armugeddon forces hnve been mustering for both sides of tile couillct Strikes, lockouts and lints, great and suiull. have been merely incidental skirmishes as the belligerent purtles crossed ench other's paths Court and Army scandals lu IJurope. Insurance. Trust and Court scundnls in America, have shaken pub lie confidence. Dyniimlte plots, cliarg ed by turns on employees and on em ployers, hnve further shaken conn deuce and tended to moke each dis trustful of the other. Hitter and angry feelings on both sides ure more and more manifest. The lines of battle are dally becoming more distinctly marked. Nevertheless Armageddon cannot yet be fought. Other mutters Intervene, according to prophecy. Gentile times have still two years to run The "Image of the Beast" of our context must yet receive life power Tbe Image must be transformed from a mere mechanism to a living force. Protestnnt Federation realizes that Its orguiiinllon will still be futile unless It receive vitnlizutioii -unless its clergy directly or indirectly shall be recog ulzed ns possessed of apostolic ordlna lion and authority to tench Tills the prophecy Indicates will come from the two horned lienst. which, we believe, symbolically represents the Church of England High handed activities of Protestantism and Catholicism, operat ing In conjunction for the suppression of human liberties, iiwalt this vivifying of the Iningc This inuy come soon, but Armageddon cannot precede it, but must follow perhaps a year after it according lo our view of the Prophecy Still another thing Intervenes; Al though the Jews are gradually flowing Into Palestine, gradually obtaining con trol of the liinil of Canaan, and ul though reports say that already nine teen millionaires are there, .neverthe less prophecy requires an evidently larger nnnriier of wealthy Hebrews to be there before the Armageddon crisis be reached Indeed we understand that "Jacob's trouble" In the Holy Land will nunc at the very close ot Armiigedilou Then Messiah' Klnc dom will begin to he manifested Thenceforth Israel In the land of prom Ise will gradually rise froui the ashes of the pas! to the grandeur of pmph ecy Through Its Divinely appointed princes Messiah's Kingdom, all power fill but invisible, will begin t,i rob whv the curse and to lift up mankind TRAIN AND BOH SERVICE Southern Pacific System Passenger Number 1 leaves Inde pendence for Corvallis at 10:45 a. m. Passenger Number 2 leaves Inde pendence for Portland 2:20 p. m. Independence and Monmouth Line. No. 66 leaves Independence daily at 2: 30 p. m. and Monmouth at 2:40 p. m. and arrives at Dallas at 3:05 p. m. No. 64 leaves Independence daily at 6:15 a. m. and Monmouth at 6:35 a. m. and arrives at Dallas at 7:00 a. m. No. 68 leaves Independence at 10:5 a. m., Monmouth at 11:05 a. m., and ar rives at Dallas 11;30 a. m. No. 70 leaves Independence at 6:15 p. m. and Monmouth at 6:30 p. m. and arrives at Dallas at 6:55 p. m. No. 61 leaves Independence at 6.30 a. m. and Monmouth at 6;40 a. m., and arrives at Airlie at 7:25 a. m. No. 73 leaves Independence at 3:35 p. m. and Monmouth at 4:10 p. m. and ar rives at Airlie at 4:45 p. m. No. 73 leaves Dallas daily at 3;rf0 p, m. and Monmonth at 3:55. No. 65 leaves Dallas daily at 8:30 a m. and Monmouth at 8:55 a, m m. and arrives at Independence at 9:15 a. m. 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" " No. 8 7:50 a. m. for Portland and Independence Chapter No. R. A. M. Meets every first Friday following full moon of each monlh. ' Adah Chapter No. 34 O. E. S. Meets Second and Fourth Tuesday of each month in the Masonia Hall. Margaret Pomeroy, Secretary. Helen Kirk land. W. M. Valley Lodge No. 42 i. o. o. r. Meets every Thursday at 8 P. M. in their own hall on corner Main and C streets. A. Moore, Sec. O. B. Travis, N. G. Model Encampment No. 35 I. O. O. F. Meets 5cond and Fourth Tuesdays each month in I. O. O. F. Hall. F. L. Hooper, S. C. W, ELECTRIC WIRING AND Electric Supplies I am prepared to wire your building for electric lights, furnish all materials and prepare you to connect with the Electric Light Company. Write me or phone 4021 and I will call on you. STORE AND SUPPLY HOUSE LOCATED ON East Side of Main Street JAMES M, JONES HE Salem. No. 12 Salem. No. 16 Salem. No. 20 Salem. No. 22 Salem. 10:30 a. m. for Portland and 2:50 p. m for Portland and 5:25 p. m. for Portland and 8:20 p. m. for Portland and INDEPENDENCE MAIL SERVICE and Notice I am planning on retiring from dusiness and I must have my ac counts settled. All persons in bebted to me will please call and ettle the ir accounts inside of the next 30 days. I need t money and am not prepared to extend credit beyond that date. Jas. lliliard. Mails made up 8:00 a. m. for Salem. 10:15 for Dallas. Monmouth south points. 2:00 p. m. for Monmouth and north points. 4:10 p. m. for Salem and east side points. 6:00 p. m. for Dallas and Mon mouth. 8:00 p. m. for 6:10 a. m. train for Dallas, Portland, etc. Malls arrive 10:25 from Salem and east side points. 10:45 from Portland and north .-points Monmouth and Dallas. 2:30 p. m. from Corvallis and south nointa. 5 p. m. from Portland and north points. DIRECTORY OF LOCAL LODGES Lyon lodge No. 20 A. F. 8 A. M. Meets every Saturday on or before 'he full rr"fn, nd two weeks there after. Olaire Irvine, Sec. H. Mattison, W. M Clover Leaf Rebakah Lodge No. I. O. O. F. Meets 1st & 3rii, Tuesdays of each month in I. O. O. F. Hall. Ruth Conkey, Sec. Edith West, N. G Henkle, C. P , . , Indepsncence Oregon Homer Lodge No. 45 KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Meets every Monday in their Castle Hall on Main and C streets. J. W. Richardson, K. of R. & S. H. f Mclnturff, C. C. Independence Camp No. 201 WOODMEN OF THE WORLD Meets First and Third Fridays of the month in their hall in the Camp bell building on Main street. Clair Thorp, Clerk O. D. Byers, C. C Independence Circle No. 69 WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT Meets Second and Fourth Fridays W. O. W. Hall. Independence Lodge No. 2 12 FRATERNAL UNION OF AMERICA Meets Second and Fourth Wednes days of each month in K. of P. Hall. Ella Hart, Sec. Ida Collins, W. P. Willamette Camp No. 7489 MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA Meets Second and Fourth Wednes days of each month in their own hail in the Whiteaker building on Main street. O. T. Solie, Clerk, 0. B. Travis, C. READ THE SAN FRAMCISCO EXAMINER ALL THE BEST NEWS BY THE BEST WRITERS PUBLISHED DAILY BY THE EXAMINER INDEPENDENCE STEAM LAUNDRY Patronize home Institutions and Help Buildup POLK COUNTY, Oregon 1 2 Al work Guaranteed. Independence, Oregon T . A. NELSON announces Fresh meats and everything clean and up-to-date. Refrigerator accomodation. Meat bought in ar lots, not from peddlers but direct from Port' d Stock Yards. Why not get the best when it ts no more? I am now located in my new building on C street and would be pleased to have you call and inspect our stock. THE "C" STREET MEAT MARKET Independence, Oregon. ET"S I mam lection is Over (saving is ooming; tSz. iSSz- 2s- Youwill WantOnet)f Those Up-to-Date Lisk Roasters for your bi Thaksgivino; Turkey. 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