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INDEPENDEI MOM TO VOL. 1 INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 9, 1913 NO. 25 NCR R POLK COUNTY MAKES GREAT SHOWINGTHIS YEAR Sheep, Cattle,. Goats, Hogs, Flax, Clover, logan berries and Dairying Make Good Returns We feel that we are not claim ing any too much for Polk coun ty and Independence when we claim the comity leads in her sheep, goats, cattle, chickens, lo gan berry 'Culture, clover, flax and hops. This county with its sheep leads at the state fair. John B. Stump, Riddell & Son, C. L. Haw ley, F. A. Koser, of Rickreall, j and others in this county excel in this industry. When the big flock masters of Eastern Oregon. the Andersons and Gwinns, the Smythes, and others come here for thoroughbred stock to im prove their big herds on the ran ges, it is because . they know these are the best sheep the mar ket affords. Sheep from Polk county go to Texas, California, the Dakotas, Idaho, Washington, and Montana, and wherever the rule is to raise the best. Every few days you see Polk county stock at the express station for shipment to some eastern state. The same is true with goats as with sheep. John B. Stump led at the state fair on his herd of Jerseys, taking almost all prizes open. J. L. Linn, of Perrydale, W. 0. Morrow, of Independence, and C. P. Hembree and Frank Laughary, of Monmouth, make fine cattle a business. Thomas Brunk, of Eola, has fine hogs and helps keep up the pure bred stock of the county. Fine horses are raised here and the state fair awards went to Burge & Evans, of Rickreall, Charles Black, of Dallas, and W. It. Coult-r, of Monmouth, for their fine horses. During the last year the new industry, "Loganberry Culture" has sprung into existance in Polk county, and a company has been formed to handle this fruit on an extensive scale. Large acreage has been purchased near Rick reall and plan3 are now well ma tured for planting this large tract. A plant will be built there to take care of the fruit, and the industry promises to be a leading one. The raising of clover is com mencing to be a more general plan and Riddell's have several hundred acres planted which is doing well. Enough is now planted in the county to keep several clover huller machines busy the full run of the clover hulling season and the crop proves very profitable. The first flax was grown this year by H. Wunder, near Mon mouth, who reports it a paying crop. Dairying has become ' general and a number of large herds are kept in the county, the milk and' cream going to the Polk county creameries. This county is a leader in the best of every industry connected with the farm and is making im provement every year. BUILDING IN THE DOWN TOWN DISTRICT AN INDICATION Several Hundred Thousand Dollars In Improvements in This City During the Year - men's clothing and furnishings very materially. The new Weath erbee & Jones store is a credit to the town, while Drexler & Al exander and Conkey & Walker both added more room to their stores. The Craven & Huff hard ware store had established a good store and stock during the year, while Hanna Bros, and J. D. Hibbs Company have made much improvement in their stores. Klyde's Kandy Kitchen, Gaines' Pool and Billiard hall, Tom & Bill's Cigar store, the Pantorium, are new stores opened during the year. We have during our shoit stay announced many improve ments in a business way, all of which are a fair barometer of the year's development. THE MAYOR RECKIENDS Many Needed Improve nen ts Outlined MORE PAVING ONE OF NEEDS Water and Light Systems Require Attention of City Council NEWCOUNCIL IN OFFICE Mayor Appoints Committees for the Year The new council, consisting of K. C. Eldredge, mayor, P. H. Drexler, C. W. Irvine, J. L. Han na, A. L. Sperling, J. H. Dixon and W. H. Walker, councilmen and B. F. Swope, recorder, were sworn into office Monday. No appointments were made to fill the office held by A. J. Tupper, or of treasurer, held bv K. R DeArmond, at this meeting. W H. -Walker was elected presiden of the council. Committees tor the coming year were appointed by the may or as follows: Streets Sperling, Hanna. Finance Irvine, Sperling. Health Drexler, Sperling. Police Hanna, Walker. Fire and Water Dixon, Walker, Irvine. Ordinance Walker, Hanna, Irvine. The reports of the recorder and treasurer were received and filed. All business was postponed un til the next regular meeting. Drexler, Drexler, Dixon, Drexler, The new Lerona brick hotel built this year is a three-story structure, the upper stories being for hotel purposes exclusively, the lower story having bank room, dining room, hotel office, grill room and bakery, and cost about $40,000 completed. Other new buildings erected during the year p.re the new Weatherbee & Jones store, built by H. Hirsch- by Nelson & Henkle; which is" to be of br'ck, and modern in every respect. G. A. Rich has started a new cement building 15x90, which has been leased by the Monitor, and which will be One of the finest printing offices in the valley. Just west of the In dependence National Bank a 33x 50 feet plumbing shop is being built, a large addition was built erg, the new pool hall and cigar! to the Seed and Feed Company store, with a frontage of 30 feet j building, being a corrugated iron on C street, and a depth of 90 feet; the new meat market of A. Nelson, built by J. S. Cooper on C street; the new auto garage on store house for their hay. To the rear of the opera house building has been built an implement room for the new hardware store Main street; the new furniture j of Craven & Huff. These new store built by Mr. Brown on c! buildings indicate quite an ex street, all of which are new brick j tensive growth in the business or cement structures. During i section of the city and auger the year have been announced a j woll for the improvements in all new moving picture show house lines of merchandising and trade. POBLIGAND HIGH SCHOOL Improvements and Growth is an Indication at Conditions AMONG STORES, BANKS.AND HOTELS IS DEVELOPMENT Many New Stores are Prospering, Old Ones Increas ing their Stocks and Doing a Better Business This year has seen more devel opment in the the town than has been recorded during the last ten years. The most striking' denee National Bank, the old in stitution and the Farmer's State Bank combined, showinjr depos its aggregating $400,000. The feature is the new Lerona hotel, : stability of a communty is known a three story press brick stmc-. by its financial standing and the ture, which has taken the place business. of that section has rich of the Independence, the old two ; es far in excess of most commu story wooden building on C and nities. We next turn to our mer Railroad streets. Another addi- eantile line and here we see one tion worthy of mention is the new hardware store, two new opening up of a new bank in this dry goods stores, pool halls, con city. TheTrrmer's State Bank j fectionery stores, and many other was incorporated during the year improvements. The L. A. Cary and opened up for business in ' store carries a well selected stock June, with a capital st ck of $-: and is a needed improvement to 00). The city shows a strong n-, the town. The Wm. Herzotr diallv invited to attend. nancial standing, the Indepen- j store has enlarged its stock of By order of Secretaries. During the year the Indepen dence schools have made decided advancement. Extra teachers were found necessary to take care of the school population and today 14 instructors are employed in the Independence schools. Prof. Chute, assisted by Miss Cate, of the domestic science de partment, and the board has made domestic science a strong department of the school, while manual training was added this year, lhe grounds are being platted by the department of en gineering of the 0. A. C. and will be laid out according to a plan outlined scientifically. A complete set of manual training tools have been purchased, and a room in thehigh school fitted up for this work. In the domestic science department a ste 1 range and kitchen furniture has been purchased, a sewing machine boughi, and the rooms for this work made as complete as the money available would permit. This year the school census showed GOO odd children of school age in the district and a wealth in the district of over $1,- 000,000, according to the taxable property in .he district, a healthy increase over that of a year ago. Mayor K. C. Eldredge, at the meeting of the council Monday iiiul, react a report 10 tne new council, over which lie will pre side this year, making reeom mendations for-the new counci consideration as follows: First, and of most importance, more paving in the main thor oughfares of the city. CI. J . 4 ' aeconu: jn improvement in both ourlight and water systems Third: An extension of the city boundaries to take in resi dence district not now in the corporation. Fourth: An adopt i n of a new charter at a special election called tor that purpose or at the next general election. Fifth: The dividing of the city into more wards for election purposes. sixtn: An ordinance requir ing permits to be given from th city before old buildings can be moved through the streets of the city to new localities. These are all important mat ters and the Monitor believes they should be considered care fully by the council. Just as much paving as the people can afford should be built, as good streets are a paying asset to cily. The Monitor nas thought often that the water and light questions were matters that shoi.ld be planned now for the future and tvery care should be made to get the very best sys terns possible at the least cost obtainable. We believe in the city owning its own plants. From a cursory examination of the charter, we believe there is much need of many changes, or of a new charter in its entirety k good method of handling this matter would be for a committee of business men to work in con nection with an attorney and formulate a complete charter, such as would meet the needs of the present day. ASQNS DE CIDE FOB HALL New Building to Join the Present Building aga, a suit case weighing exactly eleven pounds, and which was the full capacity in size. Two loaves of bread and a dressed chicken were among the parcels mailed this week. Postmaster Merw in said the only time he was ever tempted to rob the mails was when that chicken was brought in for mailing. 10 CITIZENslNDEPENOENCE Notice is hereby given that un less all cigar stands and confect ionery stores, and all other places of business are closed next Sun day, January I2th, we the under signed business men purpose to open our places of business as usual. signed. Davis and son. Thos. H. Brinkley R. L. Gaines Oregon Normal School to train the teachers in giving to the pu pils the proper instruction. The state, and the school district of Monmouth pay the critic teachers who oversee the work of the stu dent-teachers and correct the mistakes they make. The first and second grades have for their critic, Miss Ruby E. Shearer, graduate of the Normal, and teacher of wide experience in the Notice of Installation Te Woodmen of the World and Women of Woodcraft give notice of a joint installation at their hall on the fourth Friday of this month, or January 24th, and all members of the two lodges and their husbands or wives are invited to attend. Vis aing Woodmen and Ladies of Woodcraft in the city are cor- Lyon Lodge, A. F. & A. M., at a meeting Saturday decided not to dispose of any of their proper ty and to erect on their tract of land at the end of Monmouth street a new building 40x1 12 feet This building will be built at the same time the Nelson & Henkle bungalow will be erected and work will begin on both in a very few weeks. The Masons will rent the lower sotry whil ! the upper story will be made into a fine lodge hall. The building will be modern and up-to-date and a valuable addi tion to the city. Instructions were given by the lodge for work to be commenced at once and the trustees have full charge of the matter. FIRST AT PARCELS POST Also a Few of the Packages Mailed or Received Miss Etta Welch received the first jrirce); E. E. I'add ck mailed out tne fir-1 parcel and Mrs. O. ! Floyd sent out the largest pack- primary department. The third and fourth, or intermediate grades, are taught by Miss Grace Davis, who is in her second yar's work in that department of the Monmouth school. Miss Todd, formerly of the Wisconsin schools, has charge of the fifth and sixth grades, and Miss Mcin tosh, also of Wisconsin, is critic- teacher of the seventh and eighth grades. The attendance this year in the Training School is over 200 pupils, which is less than half the total school popula tion of Monmouth. The pupils of the school are fortunate in having for their teachers, normal students who are studying the latest methods of instruction, and many of them have had several years of experience in school teaching. The critics, in teach ing the student-teachers give to the pupils much more and better knowledge of the common school studies than thy would other wise receive. The Monmouth district in giving to thf- state the permission of access to the Train ing School further aids in the ad vancement of practical methods n teaching by having experi ments tried out in the school in order to help solve problems that confront those whoengagein the profession of school teaching. The state, in return, helps hire critics of rare ability that could not otherwise be obtained, and gives the pupils of Moumouth splendid facilities of training. Each is an aid to the other in the advancement of educational methods and their practices. A great concert and entertain ment will be given at the opera house, Wednesday, January 15, at 8 p. m, Everyone is cordially invited to come and encourage by his presence our home talent The program will be divided as follows: Piano Solo, Miss Louise Bern- dorfner. Song, "Will the Roses Bloom in Heaven?" L. Davis. Selections, Dr. Mclntire. "Mother Goose, " a drill for children. Piano Solo, Miss L. Berndorf ner. "The Rosary," Mrs. E. E. Paddock. "La Cinquantaine," cello, Miss Emma O'Blasser. Selections, Mrs. A. L. Johnson "A Cup of Coffee," a comedy; in one act. A pleasant evening is prom ised to all. RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT DUR ING THEYEAR 1912 Polk County Has New Lines and New Plans Worthy of Notice Jby People With the completion of the Ore- 'people for Polk county was the gon Electric to Albany and Eu-: bridging of the Willamette at Sa gene during this year the east 'em. the cut olf from Albany to part of Polk county secured its Wells and thf cut olf from Iiulo first competing line ol railroad pendenee to Salem, the 'at ter bo and had opened to it the pros-ii'itf a part of the new main elec pect of several lines of feeding trie line from Eugene through electric railroads through differ-! Monroe, Corvallis and Indepen ent parts of the county. The! dence to Portland. To the farm proposed line that is attracting ers of the valley near this city the most attention is that from the new freight line built from Newport and the Siletz Basin, ! Independence to the Wiggin through this county, which will Richardson hop yards is of great have its terminal at Indepen- value, giving the American Rot- dence where it will connect either ! torn section an easy market for with the Oregon Electric oppo-l their crops, site this city, or with, a West Ere another year shall pass the side extension from McMinnville. ! Monitor expects and hopes to bo This line has been located, sur- ab,t- to announce the completion veyed, and most of the right of of the different lines that have way has been purchased. In j l)een Proposed this year, as well as those not omcially announced, but which we have every reason to believe will be built during the first half of the coming year. The Portland, Eugene and Eastern Electric is reaching this way with their work of electrifi cation. The latter part of last week they distributed rails through Independence, These are heavy steel rai's and will he Eastern Electric was incorpora- j used in place of the present rails, ted, rolling stock and equipment , The road bed will be overhauled was purchased, and lines of sur- ; and new poles to carry their elec vey were made, throughout the trie wiring is being placed, ami valley. Three of the important ( will be in Independence in a few announcements made by these weeks. STATE NORMUSCHOOL Monmouth Training School a Big Factor tor Teachers The Monmouth Training School located on the sprnnd flnnr nf tho! new $25,000 high school building i th'3 connection it might be wor- east of the Normal, is used by the j tny of note to state that lhe Falls City Lumber Company have a survey for a logging road into this same section from Indepen dence. Later during the sum mer there came the announce ment of extensive plans of elec tiihcation by the Harriman sys tem. The Portland, Eugene and THE YEAR IN AN INDUSTRY WAY IS MARKED PROGRESSIVE The Saw Mill Announced for Early ' Coupletion The main announcement made during the yesr, and the one that takes the leading place in an in dustrial way is the decision' of the Falls City Lumber Company to put in a saw mill in this city with a capacity of at least 100, - 000 feet daily in a day of ten hours; coupled with this is the building of a railroad to the tim ber of the Cobb & Mitchell peo ple in the Siletz. With the above permanently located other wood working factories will come, making this a center not only of the lumber industry but of the associated industries in connec tion. This city already has an excellent flour mill, the Indepen dence Milling Company; a cream ery, the Indpendence Creamerj that holds first position in the state for its butter making, while t exceeds all valley creameries in the quantity of cream it han- ! dies in a year. At this plant are operated a fi'-st class ice factory and ice cream plant, both of which do a fine shipping busi ness. , The SpauHing Logging Company, besides their ltimbir yards, have leased the Bolian non Sash and Door Factory, ami are doing good business in their lines' hero. A steam laundry is well evuipped here. A chop and feed mill is operated by Geo. E. Prey, that handles quite a quantity of wheat, oats ami oth er cereals every year. These are the beginnings of better things for this city. The Edwards Car age ami Machine Shops is a now industry that is attracting con siderable business, and was es tablished during the year. So in anindistrial way Independence has made decided improvements in the last twelve months. FINE GROWTH IN RESIDENCE SECTION IS DESERVING OfJOTICE FOR THE YEAR Beautiful Homes Buill Dnring the Year and Many ol the Best In Process of Construction at this Time Nothing helps a town's appear ance so much as neat homes, newly built, modern and up-to-date. No town in the valley can boast of the improvements in this line during the year that In dependence can. A year ago there were practically no bunga lows or late styled buildings while this year they can be counted by the dozen. The south Hill addition has practically been newdy built during the year; thousands of feet of new cement walk have been laid and the old houses that had not been im proved for the last ten years, have all been rebuilt arid made modern. W. H. Craven finished during the last few months one of the finest homes in the city as did M. Merwin, J. G. Mcintosh, Homer Woods, Mrs. M. M. Porterfield, pane Purvine, Prof. Chute, K. C. Eldredge, Dee Taylor, A. P. Tny ior, Shelly Clodfelter, Contractor Pise, Northwest Building Co., O. A. Maey, Frank Coquellelte, J. A. Martin and Gtorge Graves. New bungalows and residences in the process of construction in clude the J. S. Cooper borne, the J. R. Cooper residence, thr C. A. McLaughlin bungalow, the Con tractor Mclfenry property, and the new Murres Este-s home. W. S. McCready is remodeling the L. V. iiaker property recently pur chased; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hen kle greatly improved their prop erty on Kailroud street; E, T, Henkle improved his place mater ially, while additions have been made to quite a number of other properties. In North independence several new homes have been built and improvements made that have beenjieeded.
