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INDEPENDENCE MONITOR NO. 43 COUNCIL HAS BUSY SESSION All Paving Bids Rejected New Bids Galled For .SPECIFICATIONS DIFFERENT Only One Small Bill This Meeting Bridge Matter Discussed grocery stocks taking sample cans of some goods to have them test ed as to purity. He also looked up the meat markets. The Mon itor resDonded to a request to show him samples of butter wrap pers printed by us for our custo mers and was assured that the specifications required by law had been fully complied with. The wrappers specify the butter to be Dairy Butter'-', full weight of 16 oz. or 32 oz., and the name and address of the maker. The city council decided Wed nesday night to reject all bids that had been made for paving and are advertising for new bids on a 1-2-4 mixture of cement, with or without surface covering, also on a hard surface paving of dif ferent composition. It is believed better offers will be made at the next meeting of the . council. Separate bids are asked for grad ing, curbing and the street pav ing and the council reserves the right to reject any part of the bids. A.n ordinance was read impos ing a fine from $10 to $50 or im prisonment for 5 to 25 days for failure to remove a nuisance, rub bish or manure, piles from any DroDerty or in the alleys inside th.i itv lim its. after notice had been served by the marshal. The notice gives 10 day to com- nlu with the notice. This law ...... took effect at once and wa3 passed unanimously. A bill of $1.50 for puttinr up sign poits for city read and or dered paid. A bill for grading certain intersections was referred to street committee for investi - gation. Matter of cement bridge from river to Main street on C street came up and council deferred action until they could meet with the county court. Postmaster M. Merwin appear ed before the council and stated the U. S. Dost office department would probably establish a village delivery in this city if the people would shape for it The walks would all have to be in good shape as no dirt walks would be con sidered by the government. All houses must be numbered. The itv council aDDointed a com- mittpft ennsistinar of W. H. Wal ker. W. L. Bice and A. L. Sper ling to investigate this matter thoroughly and report the results of their investigation at the next council meeting. NEW MEAT MARLET IS OPENED MONDAY McAulay 5 Cook, the New Proprietors Mr. Nelson, proprietor of the C street market, sold the Main street market last week to Mc Aul.iy & Cook. The new firm took possession Monday. Both men are experienced dealers and have been in business for many years. Robert McAulay comes from Newport and S. F. Cook from Toledo. They also state they expect to handle fish and crabs for the trade here, lhey deserve a part of the support pf the citizens of Independence. BACK TO PRUNES SURVEYORS COME HERE Work Started on Indepen dence-Albany Cut off CREW STARIS WORK MONOAY Better Route is Reported From Here Than From Any Other Point There has been a renewed in terest shown in the prune indus try within the past two years in the state. The department of horticulture at 0. A. C. has re cently completed a prune survey in which some 700 orchards in 9 different counties of the state were visited. From the data ob tained a special set of lectures was given at the last short course TEN PRIZES f OR LABOR SAVING DEVICES BY BOYS Ten Drizes for labor saving de vices made by Oregon boys ana exhibited at the state fair next fall are announced in the bulletin on industrial contests by the ex fonsinn division of the O. A. 0. as follows: Class A. First prize, a library tahle (riven by the K. C. Spauld ir T.nmher Co.. Salem: Second nn'ze. an 8-ft. Ba3tian prunerand and an 8-ft Bastian dicker from the Storey Man'f. Co., Portland; Third prize. $3; Fourth prize Fifth nrize $1. naa TV First Drize. a trio ot White Plymouth Rocks from Jus tamere Poultry Farm, Salem; Second prize, $4; Third prize $3; Fourth, prize $2; Fifth prize $1 BOY SHOOTS HI) SISTER IN LEG GOTO McMINNVILLE A party consisting of the Misses June Seeley and Anna Cuthbert, Mrs. J. K. Johnson, Mrs. D. B. Rovdston and Prof. Ridgeway was taken in an auto by Chet Lon2 to McMinnville Tuesday evening last, to attend a recital pven by Miss Mao e, noyu u. . of p piano, and Miss reanciacKSw.e. -- - wounded vocal, students of the McMinn- u. - "--R . v nis o jcoi-uiu Mr. Burbank who had been butchering hogs sent the boy out irot. his min and the boy raising the gun pointed it at his little a ofor Anrf to a ner ne wuum Gun Was Loaded and Bov Did Not Know It Last week the Monitor an nounced that Engine ;r McCly mpnds had been investigating a route from this place to Albany far the pleetric cutoff for the Portland, Eugene & Eastern cut off. Monday the surveyors ar rived in town and started their survey work starting on railroad street near the depot. The plan was to break off from the. main line in the south part of the rail road yard3 and keep above the high water mark in the rich hop bottom section south of town going through Buena Vista on to Albanv. This proposed route it is helieved will encounter no seri ous difficulties from low land or expensive cuts, the route being an easy one, natural passes being easily secured. Harrv Blochand G rover Matti- soh were employed on the engi neer force. The editor of the Monitor made a triD to Buena Vista this week and found the Portland. Eugene & Ea?tern surveyors at work on the proposed line from Indepen dence to Albany. They were m the Wells field opposite the fine Wells residence on the iiurfna Vista road and werf just getting readv to start this survey up the draw south of the Wells residence that Veads into Buena Vista on a ve'rj easy grade. We understood that the engineer in charge in company with Newt Pratherwill go over the line of the proposed route from Buena Vista to Albany. There is only one bad piece of road, about 1000 feet of tresseling being required in crossing the Luckiamute, An almost direct survey was made from Indepen dence to the Wells place, but another survey from Indepen dence to this point is to be made at once we are informed keeping lower towards the river, in order to miss a sort of a lake that is in the Wells and Addison fields as now surveyed. The line survey ed iroes through Addirfon's farm coming in at one corner and out Hiatrrmnllv almost at the OthtT corner. The company is highly pleased with this route of survey on ac count of the new country it will reach that has no railroad service at the present time. It is also stated that this route will cut off 'settlement along this road now and this road really should be improved. Another bad place was report ed above Falls City between Falls City and Black Rock, where the Gerlinger logging road with a double cable crosses the road at a sort of a horseshoe bend, making it almost impassable for a wagon. RACES AT?REST GROVE A matinee for harness horses will be pulled off at Forest Grove the 30th. of this month. Capt McCann who has the $11,000 horse, Bondsman, owns the track there and will give an interesting days races at the Grove city May 30. POLK COUNTY IS OUT OF DEBT Warrant Call Made for the Outstanding Warrants Polk county is practically clear of indebtedness. Her taxes are adequate for all expenses and the county treasurer is this week cilling in all outstanding war rants that have been unpaid. When we consider that Polk county is building good roads and bridges, keeping up the necessary i. pvnpnse and nas a nne stone court house, we should feel some nride in our healthful financial r condition. DELEGATION VISITS COUNTY COURT wiiio f.nn apr vatorv of Music. A clans of four will graduate from the conservatory this year, Miss Boydston of Independence being one of the number. Graduation exercises will be held on the evening of June 10. Their recital will take place Saturday evening, May 24. DAIRY AND FOOD COMMISSIONER VISITS from Eugene to Independence and will probably be used for some of the fast trains from Eugene to Portland. For -more than 21 years Dr. Lowe, the optician and optomet risthas been visiting the towns in rii. Tli htf shoot. He pulled the trigger ana gjves j3 now recognized as tne fh hall nassed through the little u.t tn i,e haH at any price. Peo- . , i i ... a.1 1-! , , i on :i rt pie come lor more man w nines around to have their glasses changed and get advice on how to About forty ,f the business men of Independence got into automobiles Tuesday morning and went to Dallas to meet the miintv f-nurt and talk over the matter of acounty fair. Theday before the court was asked to appropriate money for the Dallas industrial fair, but the court ae cided not to make any appropria tion at the present tima. The court will take this matter no acrain in June when the citi zens of this section of Polk count y hope to be present to represent the requests they think ngnt ana just in this matter. BOLTER-WOLVERTON At nnnn Mav 18. 1913. at the residence of the bride'ii parents, Mr and Mrs. O. A. Wolverton, Miss Edith A. Wolverton, was married to Mr. Donald A. Bolter of Salem, the wedding ceremony being performed by Rev. Vv. A. Wood, pastor of the Christian church. Promptly at 12 o'clock Miss Leto Wolverton struck up the wedding march in beautiful strains, and the couple entered, takinir their place in the east considerable milage room of the handsomely decorat- t's AM AJOOSE the Best Say the Initiated 13 CLASS TUESDAY HERE egs Set at 150 by Lodge at this Place-Then a Fine New Hall triria ler iust below the knee without entering the bones. Dr. Hewitt had charge of the case, dressing the wound. W. B. Duncan Sees Mer chants and Inspects Lines at Stores PEOPLES MARKET ORDERS MACHINERY care for their eyes. Plan on Adding Equipment for Good Town W. B. Duncan, of Salem, dep uty dairy and food commissioner, visited IndeDendence Friday in specting the lines coming under the provisions of the pure tooa law. tie weigneu upwiiaiuciauic , I"- ... j .i u butter to see if it was true to! tor and additional fixtures needed ; through th? C street market A BAD PIECE OF ROAD A ubscriber Thinks Im provement is Needed "The Antioch road leading Mr Nelson proprietor of the from Monmoutn to raus o.iy People's Market on C street, or-j in an alm-st impassable consi dered a new Buffalo silent sausage j tion" says a subscriber to the nni2 and one 36 Enter- Monitor. I his road has always ed t.ariora. and the ceremony was immediately preceded with, being the one selected by the bride. The bride was arrayed in a hut graceful traveling suit and looked sweet and com mwpd under the ordeal. The wnddinir was attended by the immediate relatives of the mntmctinir Darties. and was a most pleasant affair, the happy couple receiving the hearty con era filiations of all. Breakfast was served at once after the wedding and all were delightfully entertained by th host and charming hostess. Many presents were showered upon the bride and groom. The bride is the eldest daughter of O. A. Wolverton, Monmouth's accommodating postmaster, and the groom a son of George Bol ter, a well-to-do resident of Salem. The happy couple took their departure under a shower of rice in ,.ofa nt,t disclosed to their Whv I am a Moose also the ups and downs of an Organizer. First, I am a Moose as 1 believe it the best Order on barm, us nrineitles of educating the or- phan children should appeal to all, no matter if he has no lanuiy ot his own, as no good citizen would rofuseto contribute to the edu cation of an orphan child, which every member of the Moose does. besides furnishing protection to mi himself and family, lake, ior instance, the free medical atten- tion. Suppose a member naa belonged ten years and had no use for a physician. He would nav in $90.00 in that time; u sickness would overtake him how long would it take him to run up a $90.00 doctor bill? Then sup pose again a member is carrying other orders or old line insurance. If he is a member of the Moose, is taken sick, the $1.00 per day for 13 weeks will support his fam ily, and free medical attendance means he has no dead horse to pay for after getting well. Then, i e - i. again, look at tne social ieauuco. The Moose do not ape tne ncn, fhpv live bv the wayside, and one Howdy Pap is just as good socially as another as long as ne keeps his character good. I will tnUf. a man's hand shoveling on the street just as soon as tn bankerthe Moose teaches you this. Again, the Moose teaches f brother errs do not con tinually ostracize him for his first offense, but go to mm ana Bay iptH reason together. You have rred, try and do better; we win B9Hist vou. Let all Moose do the .i j i. same, reason togetner; uon v You see a person mat says he knows he is right, and will not reason a point-ne places himself as a second God, God knows it all, bo do I. After a ru.rnn ceases to try to learn, his value decreases. Then again the Aa tr.nirue of ffossip might get started. Thoroughly investigate hf.fnr vou condemn. A dog that will hrinir a bone will carry one r.n nn the Drinciple that we are all Missourians before you con demn. Harmony does more to build up the Moose Order than anything else. Many times, in discussing plans, you will find persons that will not yield a point and threaten to witnaraw irum the- Order if their ideas are not carried out, and it is far better for the lodge to encourage him to do so, and if he does not, expel him. Such men as that remind me of my experience as a railroad mQn vpars atro. I was a passen ger brakeman on ' the Erie rail road and was dismissed trom me service. I actually went down to the train, expecting to see Borne thing wrong with that train with out me being there, but the train came in on time that morning and has been doing so since 1878, a raiirnnd comuany has till I J LUb . w. . . forgotten I am on earth. The ups and downs of an or ganizer are many. When he ar rives In town and his business becomes known quite a number will rush to him and tell him how i i iV. mlir is knd SBV i it and the city could not exist un less they were there. You let them leave the city and you will j hardly see their name mentioned ' in the paper. The next person you meet and talk Moose to, will say; T belong to another order. , j He will give you the idea that he has reached the pinnacle and eould not improve his condition should he join anything else; he is satisfied with the world, so please let him alone. Then you meet the thinking man, the one that is ready to improve his con dition. After he studios the mat ter over he will give you his ap plication to become a member; he has a friend; he tells him what he has done; this friend believes that if this is good for him he will take a shot at it. Therefore you get another application, and so on down the line. Then comes Johnny Know All. Ha wants to know all about it; thinks he will join providing you can teach him anything to his benefit. You start in and tell him all the giod qualities of the Moose. After you are through . he will tell you of some man that belongs to the Moose that he don't like, and if you don't fire that person out he will not join Those persons usually have a patch on their pants, and the longer you talk, the larger the patch will grow. Jhen, after the Organizer has gone, they will commence to dis cuss the amount of money that organizer made while there. Before they get through discus sing the matter they will imagine he is on his way to buy out the steel trust, or Standard Oil Com pany. I could still give lllustra- rions of different people I meet, hut that would only tire the readers; therefore I will close. Fraternally yours in P. A. P., S. W. Greene. W. A. James is now quartered in his new business location on Monmouth street, just west of the city library. M. E. CHURCH NOTICE Sunday School 10 a. m. Union Memorial services at the Christian church 11 a. m. Kpworth League 7 p. m. Topic- The Social Im pulse; Human Fellowship' Lea der, Mary Purvine. evening ser mon 8 p. m. Theme- 'Abraham nd his Droblems. This is the first of a series oi sermons on Mountain Peak char artora of the bible. 5noril music with song service. A welcome is ettanded to the public. F. N. Sandifur, pastor. FARMERS DAY PROGRAMME See Pap Ad for the In ductions This Day PROF, TK0S. SHAW, TO COME Farmers Union Meeting at Opera House at 1:30 to Effect Organization The program for the big me.it ing at Independence, Saturday, May 31, is as follow1: 1. Quartet. 2. Solo Selected, Jay Poweli, Monmouth. Introduction of speaker by B. F. Swope. 4. Address by Prof.Thos. Shaw, agricultural expert of the Great Northern Railroad. 5. Selection, by Chas. Huntley. 6. Organization of "Farmers' Union. At 10:00 a. m., the big auction will be held and the goods to be auctioned will be rushed through before the noon hour. Promptly at 1:30 p. m. ths farmers meeting will be called to order at the opera house, where the program as given above will be carried out. This organization is expectod to c operate with the county granges, but will be organized on a mor extensive scale. It will be a purely business meeting and one which it is hoped wiil be of great benefit to the farmers of Polk county. Everything free. ' , attend" AUCTION y.'LE Once Mend more America wil the American cup Thw classic yachting, raco was assured fur September, 19U. ,i. tin, N'ftw York Yacht 11 IH II v.-- Club cabled it acceptance Lintoii'H chal- k.' At"...-" I ei-Ro. Saturday May, 31,10 a.m. At 10:00 a. m. Saturday, ay 31, the auction will commence. Bring in whatever you have to sell. Already listed are one regis tered doric boar, one buggy, one clock, three bed steads, 3 sets bed springs, three mattresses, one Int house furniture, one lot jew el- rv. one lot lady cloaks, and many other item too numerous mention. J. N. Rascue, auctioneer sells this at the front door of tne Monitor. -ovisions of the pure food machine, one anuu.. , . - - - , , They beK,n housekeeo He weighed up considerable ; prise chopper . a new elnc mo-1 een a baa one o ' bR &t once in Salem and will be He is' countv. where considerable road ' at home to tne r - we urht and notified all stores not m m- "-'- -- , , j after June 1st at ouuw Accept Tsale any unbranded lalso going to build an addition to work ,s neceary to ma e goo , after .. butter. He also looked over the the rear of the market. roads. There is a pretty gooa PERRYDALE NEWS NOTES Mrs. L W. Flanery left Wednesday morning for a gix weeks visit with relatives in the east. Her mother if coming home with her and will make her home here in the went with her daughter. D.L.Keytand Mins Fannie Keyt were Portia ,d visitors tb Ut of the wtek. (Irandma Hutterick died Tuenday evening after a short ii Ti, funeral was 1 1 1 liunn held in th Perrydale Chris ,.l,nrdi after which the n" POST OFFICE REPORTS GROWTH Independence Makes Fine Increase This lear is Report From March 31, 1012 to April 1. 1913 the Independence post office made an increase in receipts of more than $1100 over that or the same period the year before. With the present indications for future growth this place would be entitled to a regular city deliv orv in luflfl than two years time. Only two towns in Uregon nave the village delivery, but inde pendence is built so compactly that with good walks and tne Bulnres numbered there would be no trouble in getting the de- ivery of mail established nere. . cia Ih'k! to rest l haraupme my , - im:,v (V.m-trv don't believe you can oagamze , the Am i y Um f . .l r,ia hurrien-' M ri Kj nan. oiin ' - here, as in in w , ... t . ,. ,, Pd with lodges." Thentheywill - ull relatives m Dallas. Korrin tn tfdl vou the faults of the . n.. w a ii imp v mid Mini , , i ma -j different citizens and why Amity vinitor should not become a member ot , I .iwav. look UDoni Wednesday. ine mi-ivac. - i such persons with suspicion, as! Werner and son lei kvir knocken of the town, , . Perrvlale while they believe that their Tusday, presence in the City is. credit to vitor. Iu-siay, AT BAPTIST CHURCH l'ator, VV. T. Tapsoott At 10:0O a. m. Sunday I ' 1wt.nll HCtiOOl. Ij'fS'Ml. and Be'.jainin." de". 43. 11:00 a. in. Union Memorial Service in mihuau church, at which Paster VV. T. TapHeott will preach. 7-no n m. Younc 1 eo -. w p-'rt meeting. Topic: iutr and Developing Sunday Schools." 8-00 p. m., Sermon by the pastor. Sub ject: "Thw Horrible Pit and I How I (Jot Out of It." v ' IwAil IMA Baptist