THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR
Published Weekly at Independence, Polk County,
Oregon, on Thursday.
Intend 'at Second Class Matter August 1,1912 at the Peat Office at Inde
pendence, Polk County, Oregon, unfltr me aci oi marm d,i".
5. A. Hurley, Publisher & Proprietor
SuoscrlpUon Rates: One Year $1.50 Strictly In Advance
Independence, Oregon, Friday, Jai. 24, 1913
What Advertising Will Do
Did you ever sit down and,think what advertising will
do for you, Mr. Grocer) man? .Take for instance a campaign
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started by you on certain lines t quality goods mow you
have a special line of no; eunne-d tomato-?, catsup, 01
nnnn -td vflifntahlfH. Your wholesale auwvx coiih-h t- you
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with samples, bragu up tlieir good rjualitiea, you as a remili
buy them, Tsow do you tt 11 your trade a'jout iiiem i i
There u a pur ami in everything. TI.civ'h 'he -bnM..
u UtiH circtm; th" comic in the p: y, : merry man m
'hey keep tin; nu niyKpf of i 'u .v LUlnniog '-very wn-rr .
1'olk county Cotswol.l sheep were exHul.it 1 throughout
'o tl.H ,,r Mslern fain a d to k first prizes. Tint ni-aii- tint
you try roget a trade eMablishcd for them? Do you tell i'.dk county is a world ivinm-i '. tine sheep.
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the reonle about them? Now again the buny hoimewif
wants somtthing special for a meal, what can she get, fhe
asks heraelf? And why not you Mr. Groccryman help Iot?
Think of tiie Jittle extrim you have in your store, that cost
no more than the common run of potatoen, flour, beans and
becon. Tell the busy housewife about them. There's olivet
in bulk, ntuffed olives, fiench sardine, canned calrnon,
specials in cookies, hominy, canni d asparague, pure strained
honey, etc., etc. Then every Ktore lias a few specials they
are overstocked in and could sell at a small reduction and
could make money by making room for more staple goods.
Because goods are offered cheap is no sign they are inferior
in quality, because the successful merchant a'ways keeps
his stock moving. Stagnant stock is not an asset, it is a li
ability and a heavy one. You can't afford to pay in'erest
on dead merchandise. Ad vertiwing helps move your good-".
Try the Monitor, Independence best advertising medium.
Farmers Are Prosperous
In the last two issues of the Monitor we have had con
siderable review nevvs of this county showing quite a de
velopment among the rural districts. The farmers, as a
rule, are prosperous and are making probably more clear
money yearly from the amount they have invested than
any class of business men. There are no old, grained-to-deatb
farms in this county at the present time. The land is
being enriched bv dairying, clover raising ami divsersified
crops. More hogs, eheep, goats, cows and chicken1 are being
raised and they bring the best of returns on the money in
vested. The Hour mill owners rocogiiue this change and
plan securing their future grain from the big gram fields of
Eastern Oregon. The Willamette valley is the future gar
den spot of the west, as well an the fruit, dairy nnd poultn
center of lha state.
The Power of Suggestion
We boast of our originality, hut from the cradle to the
grave we are mimics. We gel the laugh, the walk, the talk
of our neighbors; we tell the stories told us to our next
door friend; we crane our necks to see wluu others are see
ing. We even go to a moving picture show and smile with
the actum. Wo dress in the came style of some person we
think stylish and they get tin ir ideas from some other.
We eat what some one suggests na being good, and here is
the nub to our advertisers. ' fcH't the style in dress and eat
ing by suggestion.
Blanket Of White Over The West
According to reports the show of the hist week covered
the entire went from the Rockies to the coast and from the
Siskiyous i orth. This is of innstimahle vaiueto thee intern
Oregon, Idaho and VWhingi n Hectinn and will mean sev
eral millions of dollar in th' increase of crops. It will
mean lull reservoirs in ail the irntjatiiitf sections of th w xi
and will alo prevent the giiii i from freezing out. I'nkei
all in all, it ii a big help to the country
Monitor's Contest Popular
The Monitor contest is receivi ng gem rat attootioi and
is bound to le t lie most attract vo of any contest ever given
in Polk county. We have a. ranged to have u man in
charge of the work here during the next two months, nnd
will close wih a sucoisf ul. dnn record that will advertise 1
the Monitor f . r and wide as the most wide awake paper in
this part of Oregon.
Boys Should Learn To work
.Ve print this week an iraprfa i' letter from St its Sup r
intendent of Instruction Alderman, The hoys and girls
should lea n to do something worth while themselves and
he ia outlining a method that is proving very pjp lar.
Polk cjunty schools under 11 C Seymour are making fine
piogrea with the new system and it is popular.
Mere Man Gets But Little
All nature is demonstrative of work. F rom t ho old world
circling on its axis to the chicken scratching for its living,
Man must do likewise, but the gn at majority complain
principally because a few have so niuoli as a result of their
labor and the big herd so little. It looks like a just com
plaint too.
Even the leaves rustle. Ib a leaf.
There seems to he warn, times in the Washingto . legis
lature and HjU M-hw-party an; ;m- rmd ihn guts. The
republicans and d-nv.rat, combined control and are juet
handing out a fe crumbs now an 1 then to the third parly
count icb.
The Oregon he Mature talks is th.o it would trim dow n
the appropriation budget V th- minimum. To -re has b en
. goodly nurnbrof bills introduced iskio lor oi-donations
The beggars seem to think li e can get noih.ng, by not
asking.
The stylish, time ho-ored. -ociety f t ict'm i, tho presi
dents grand inaugural bull, is so ee done auy with tht
year is the report from the New .Jeisey and a reception
only, will he the feature
family soon as some of thier
truiks have arrived. They
have bought land from Pearte
Brothers and will make their
home here
The thrt-o V's, vim. vigor and viv icity r almost at
imprortant to the iverag j p irs m as the thrad It's, rolling,
ri'ing and rit lmietic.
If you holievoin Independence just say a fowgood things
for it now and then.
SUNNY SLOPE NEWS
A. J. Shipley was on the
ick list last week.
Mr. ChesboroofTh Dalles1
was hero Monday on business.
Dell Plaster a, id wife were
trading in Dal las one day the
past week.
Quite a number of p ople
in this neighborhood have
had colds.
There was no school hi re
this we-k on account of Hie
recent snow.
Riley Rhoades visited with
friends in Monmouth Katur
day and Sunday.
Newt Foster ftom no. ih of
Mon mouth was seen in our
vicinity Thursday.
Clay (iiithridge made a
business trip to Falls City
one day the past week.
Mrs. Veil Venter of the
Luckianiute "passed through
this neighborhood Tuesday.
Mrs. K. Clarke sold her
team of hoises last week to
Mr. Prophet of Pottage Grove.
Mr. plessinger and family
of Independence called on
Dell Plaster and wife ednes
day. It' ley Rhoades visited
with Kd Wonder and family
of the Luckianiute the past
Week.
Miss Inn Fishback spent
Vcdnesday and Thursday
editing rehitives and friends
m thu huckiauiute.
MOUNTAIN VIEW
Mrs. Guy McDowell has
been on the sick list.
Mrs. Fields is very sick at
the hnspital in Salem.
Mrs. Bowles of Dallas is
visiting Mrs. M. 0. Wilson.
The Ladies' Aid mt at Mi e
Clarke's last Thursday tosew.
Mrs. James Smith has been
on thesictt list with neuralgia.
Charlie Adams is visiting
his sister Lena Sampler, near
Liberty
Rosa Grice of Monmouth
spent the week end with her
parents.
Glenn South wick has been
sick with la grippe but is im
proving now.
Some are making good u-e
of the snow by having jolly
coasting parlies,
Many fruit trees have been
broken down under the
weight of the snow.
Mis. Gibson had been
Portland with her son Mr.
Lje Gii.son and wife.
Mrs. J.R. Chapman is still
iinproviin, horn being very
badly hurt by a fall.
Mr. Webb and wifeo Ohio
are visiting with their sou
II. M. Webb and wife.
Many telephone" pole?
and wires were troktu down
under ihewetghtof thesliow
Mr. Do run and f-unily have
moved into lluir mv house
which is Hearing completion.
in
r;n n..,,.L-, i, I ,(..' Toe i-.ck rabbit huntei
II Ml l"'t ' H'ii' I . mmm " in 4
of Mistletoe were pi iH.n.t "' but the raohiis re
"i. sts of her mother, M i s. 'e. d ooe on the i.uatei t.
Kli.a Olin nnd family Tues-' Mi-- Nei.d dl, K tint aim
i
lay. K iNeiuiail have ieen visit
n.; I. "j; wtih Mr. and Mrs. Wel
I Mil 111 IIIV '"OO " euo III .
iheie were a large number of j f,lrl '
snow birds Hying around try-j Nan Wilson, Kate Fry,
nsj to get food where ever and Mrs. Bowles mted .Mrs.
hey enuM. Mon t tail to J toes Mo tn rnuay aner-
feed t he l)irds. iit oii.
John James an i wife are
An article from Salem speeting relatives irom
vt ites that Ira Smith, former- I'- nnsyivania to make them
1 of this place, is h inz men-' H visit.
t'oned as a po-sibility as a Mr. Morgan and fimilj
einilidate for Governor. ;.ie been vi uing with the
Ira is now a mem, lr of the l.rters pu"ents, J. Wehber
legislature fiotnt'oos Coun'v. i,d v fe.
Hugh MeClain of Coos ir. Mtlbr and wife of
country has been designated (; , ,.M woo I have been visiting
to carry the Oregon i led- ;;, former's sister, Mrs.
orial vote to Washington . Koeiin.
where it will be oast for Wil- . .
(hir mail oat rier changed
I route s.Miif which make
It is reported that 1 1 cents j
is being offered on contract
for 1913 boos, hut this vear's
eiperieme is making the Clarke and wife are
growers a hltle cautions. expo-ting John Mmons ana
This town needs more opti
mists and less p.-B-iu.ists.
The men that t-ee - e silver
lining behind th clouds are
he men that make the world
h'ippv.
"I don't want him to come
urounJ me when he'sgrou
chv" said the bishfui young
laciv. Thct's whv be smiles
now.
Thefuiou man came durii g
the week and left a ba'J cold
hahind i od wiMlber for
the de'itist though.
Tin- in in wit lit le hammer
should leave the Monitor
alone, because lhtle knocks
make pore spots.
Independence sent a small
mountain to the legislature.
New Building on Monmouth
Street.
Mr. Anderson , the bicvele
i i ni r a
rmm. has mnnaseo o ioii
frontage i f Mrs. H. II. Ja?
i)i rson and is erecting a new
corrugated iron building on
the property. He is moving
the present building to a lo
cation heownbin North In
dependence. The new build
ina will he 20 by 40 feet.
New Real Estate Firm
T. It. Nunn and J. W.
Wiltse formed a co partner
ship last week and will do
a general real estate business.
Both partners are old hands
in the business and are ac-
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duantea in inis seciiou
Debating League Formed
Independence, Monmouth,
and Fells City have formed
a debating league. The school
receiving the most points is
;o receive a large silver cup
which Supt. II. C. Seymour
will award the winner. Each
school will have four debit, es
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
All notieei under this held will be
charged at the rate of lc a word for
one insertion or 6c a line by contini
oui advertisers. Fraclonal lines count
as full lines.
LIV1 STOCK, IMPLEMENTS. ETC.
for salb-A good horse for $100.
See R. J. Taylor.
for SALB-Running jreari of a good 2J
waon. R. J. Taylor.
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
ABSTKACT3 OK TITLE made promptly,
carefully and at a reasonable price
Brown 4 Sibley, Attorneys and Ab-
Hlrai-tors. 610 Mill St, Dallas, Oregon.
in about an hour or tiour
u.nl a half Inter.
DEALERS IN COAX AND WOOD
coal, for sale; The Chaa. K. Spaulding
Logging Co.
RESIDENCE PROPERTY rOR SALE
roR sale New bungalow; 5 rooms
mid bath, beam ceiling, panelled walla.
buffet in dining room, tinted wall, fire
place and cabinet kitchen. Easy terms.
Inquire K. C Eldridge at Creamery.
TOM & BILL
Hudquarters for Cigars
Tobaooo, Confictlontry,
Soft drinks, tc
Iknit forget the
DON RE.MO
five cent cigar
Located on C street
lOPYRIGHTEO lIJ
R STERN & SON
EW YORK 4 CHICAGO
CLOTHES may not
make the man but they
help a lot to establish him
We make the kind of clothes that make a
man feel right. The clothes wear right and
eatisfybecause our kind of tailoring makes it
possible.
E. M .Dietze, Tailor
I Odd Fellows Bldff., C Street
I "THE PANTORIUM"
l ACKERMAN'S FISH MARKET
Deae 'i in
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J Fresh Oysters, Clams, Crab, Salmon, Halibut and
1 Small Fish of All Kinds.
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All Kinds Of Fish and Poultry
Located In old Hotel Building Facing
Railroad Street
Goodness to the House-
wife,vith pride of cooking:, signi
fies materials that will make
appetizing, palatable food that
kind that brings praise from
family or g:uest.
Carefulness In purchasing gro
ceries gives satisfying results.
With us quality counts. Our
groceries are of the standard
brands.
Some of ourSpecialsare
Drifted Snow Flour, Dilmonte Canned Fruits
Flag Brand Vegetables, M. J. B. Coffee
Fluke & Johnson, Grocers
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