A YEAR'S HISTORY AS TOLD
EACH WEEKJN THE MONITOR
We Count the Year Successful and Take Pride in Re
freshing Our Readeis Minds With Facts
August 1. Property is sell
ing in Indepedenca. Mrs.
Martha Hill has made n pro
viso that houses must be
built on Main street property
she sells. Mrs. Milf s Porter
field and Dane J. Purvine buy
two of these lota and later
build on them. Vena Go IT
and 15. M, Eaten buy lots
near the high school. (1. N.
Newton buildit a new home
on hiH place on tjie I'edeo.
Conkey A W;lker enlarge
their btore by putting in a
big balcony to hold their in
created stock. H. llirschberg
plans to erect a fine store
building to be occupied by
Wetherbei it Jones, which i8
finished and occupied during
the year. Asa 15 Taylor has
the wa'ls up for hiH new 33x
90 foot store building on C
street and later W. V. (iaines
rents the building for hia
cigur store and billard parlors.
Summer Normal finishes with
lo3 enrolled and school in a
auccess. Attendance almost
aa large as the combined at
tendance of 0. A. C. and the
University.
August 8: Big dairy ranch
oithof town planned and
I). W. Stapleton building big
barn to handle 75 head of
cows, Southern Pacific starts
on its plan of electrification
for the valley. C. A. Mc
Laughlin starts a fine resi
dence an Fifth etreetin Inde
pendence. State authorities
decide referendum matters
and Oregon Normal gets the
new $50,000 dormitory which
is finished during the year.
Lerona Hotel built and occu
pied only a abort time, bent
in the valley for town of the
size or independence.
August 15. Independence
to got new railroad. Buena
Vista country gets line
that lets out the products of
the American Bottom sect ion.
Craven A Huff add line of
implements and got ware
house promised, which is
built during theyeur. E. M.
Young builds line now home
in country on hia farm. A. O
Itrown also erects fine home
on his ranch. The Monmouth
Normal decides to add do
mestic science department to
the school. Alfalfa grows
well on bottom land is re
port of farmers. Post ollice
business at Independence in
crease -10 per cent in six
mouth period, lurmeit uf
buckiainuto buy thresher fur
their own use. American
bottom plans better tele
phono service and got later a
ten arm two party system es
tablished. ,. A. Oary de
cide to locate in Indcpend
eno ; with his tine stock of
general nicrelmidise. High
lititfuin A sons build new
building near Horst Pros
and llirsohberg hopyards
50 x 100 ford since hall, Flour
mill decides to put in gas
pOA'-'r plant.
August 22. Frank lvuil
lt'tttarta residence building j
J. A. Martin and P. Mil.)
hollon nlso start residence"..
Railroad to SileU projected.
August ".). Fi ne returns
reported from clover need
$".S..r0 pr acre on one tract.
A. Nelson niovi h meat .u ir
ket to the new .1. S. Cooper
building on (Street 'Nelson
it Henkle decide to build now
brick on Main atreet. New
bungalowstarted by contract
or Pine. O. A. Macy starts
residence this week.
September 5. J. S Cooper
lets contract for fine residence.
Win. Riddell buys a clover
hullsr.
September 12. Independ
ence creamary butter takes
estate deals made at Inde
pendence. L. V. Baker prop
erty bought and improved.
New addition platted in weit
part of town.
November 28. Trout re
ceived for Polk county
streams. Company of sur
veyore start surveying new
routn for roilroad from In
stance been made into gravel
bunkers for the Oregon
Electric railroad opposite
Independence.
January 24 R. L. Collino
of Suver plans going into
Iloletein cattle as well -s
Jeraeys.
January 31. Monitor se
curea new office building,
being erected by G.A.Rich
on C atreet. W. F. Gordon
opens a restaurant and lunch
counter in the Gaines billard timber in Oregon.
over $200 to the acre in logan
berries. Henry Ford pur
chases pressing parlors in In
dependence. Baptist church
calls minister permanently.
April 4. City plan to pave
Railroad, Monmouth and 15,
D.juid E between Main and
Railroad streets at Independ
ence. The Valley and Siletz
company buy right of way for
a railroad from Independence
west into the finest body of
The J. R. Cooper Residence, Independence, Built This Year
dependence to Salem. 1144
feet of cement walks started
in Rosedale addition to city.
East Independence passenger
station being improved.
Eley Fluke. Clint Moore and
diet Long buy lots In the
Hill addition to town. Horst
Brothers start bridge to span
Rjckreall and flat; station on
R. R. will be established near
their hop ranch. 100 fruit
trees planted by' Mrs. Bow
man and others plant some
fruit.
December 5. Independ
ence schools declared the only
schoola in county with man
ual training complete.
fin t prize at state fair. Polk
county beads list at state fair
stock exhibit. Independence
National Bank declares a
dividend. Sheep shipped to
Eastern Oregon at fanoy
prices for fancy stock.
September 1!). Falls City
lumber mill get franchise for
railroad right of way and
sign contract to put in a saw
mill to employ 100 men.
Independence school board
orders manual training equip
ment and more equipment
for domestic science depart
ment of schools. R. II. Do
Armoud gets $1)0 per acre foi
his clover aeed. Riddell Bros.
start threshing 230 acres of
clover seed on their farm.
Homer Wood building two
new residences in Independ
ence and K. C. Eldridee
staitaabungalow. Wetherbee
A Jones store opened build
ing during the week. Inde
pendence warehouse bad at
that time received 400,000
pounds of hops.
September 20. About 2,000,
000 pounds of bona now at!
Independence ware houses. J
October 3. Ko.erof Rick-,
reall exhibits his fine sheep J
at the eastern fairs and takes,'
first prizes against the best '
from England and Canada
New cement walks being
built at Monmouth. Several1
now buildings being buile in'
North Independence. ,inK for puinbillg lnop 3Qx new rajlg for 9ccUw ,;ne9
vi -we, o n. i.ooper ,0 building to be built join
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"mill ll mil' ,6i7lM lOOi
Deoember 11. McBeth &
Wiltshire secure a new build-1 track laying crew, putting in
.'
Polk Prize Winning Sheep, Photographed near Monmouth
April 11 Meat market on
0 street put? in cold storage
plant. J. R. Cooper moves
into his fine new home.
Furniture Hid fixtures ar
rive for t!ie new brick mov
ing picture theatre. Thecity
water system gets two new
pumps and new well. County
opens a new roan lor tne tann
ers between Independence
and Monmouth south from
Talmage. Farmers of Ameri
can Bottom plan draining 200
Horn nf liMfi tn act tuorp !
farming land.
. April 18. Governmenten
gineera decide to improve
Willamette - below Independ
ence byputtingin wingdams.
G. G. Hewitt of Monmouth
ships car of 17 fine Jerseys to
parties in Washington.
April 25. Roads receiving
much improvement by coun
ty road supervisors under
supervision of the county
court. II. G. Campbell of
Dallas plants 6,500 prune
trees on his place. Dallas
decides to pave its streets.
The Independence Creamery
ships over two tons of butter
in one day this week. Public
school building at Independ
ence to benewlv painted anil
new cement, walks and a
proaobos to he put in. Park
er to have some new build
ings built. Moumouth Hour
mill gets pormise of a spur
from the Southern Pacific
and plans new buildings.
Riddell A Sons put in big
catapillar engine and eight
plows to break their iand.
They will plant to clover.
Have their own threshing
outfit to handle the clover.
The Independence Creamery
in one week paid out 200
for express on cream alone.
May 9. Eoia egg farm a
big ind ustry. C o m p a n y
plans to bring the capacity
of this plant to 15,000 chick
ens annually. John Law is
building new dairy barn near)
Ruena Vista. Mr Stina of!
the Beaver hotel starts now
addition 28x40, 2 story high ;
to rear of the present Pt rue-!
j ture. County court orders,
new cement bridge to river j
j at Independence at cost of,
i about $0000.
! May 16. Chiefengineeruf '
March 31. J. G. Molntosh j Portland, Eugene A Eastern'
ball room.
February 7. W. II. vVal-
ker purchases the opera houe.
The $40,000 Hi tei Lerona is
purchased by W. F. Stine who
decides to add more room.
City Council goes on record
for more paving in Independ
ence.
February 14. Portland,
Eugene A Eastern bridge
across river at Salem is fin
ished.
February 28. Monmouth
to get fine now dopot elates
Southern Paoifio officials.
I L. Patterson improving
and building near Eola sta
tion. Railroad station is to
bo built at Scrafford.
March 7. The U. S Gov.
ernment appropriates $10,000
to improve the Willamette
at Independence. Cement
bridge to river on C street
planned at oost at $0000 by
county for Independence.
Edwards A Ball add raachin
nry to their garage, putting
in up-to-date machine shops.
March 14. E. E. ' Hilte
brand reports $158.16 a
month from II cows in hia
dairy herd. Hop stakes
made near Independence ag
gregate 3,000,000 stakes this
year. r. M. Kirkland starts
building additions to his
stores on Main street. The
Conkey A Walker Btore re
quiring a room 40 feet deep
to take care of their business.
Frank. Matomi putin quassia
chipping plant in the other
building. P.,E. A E reach
Independence with their
chineryand opens anew ma
chine shop at Independence
J. C. Muernian, expert of the
U. S. Bureau of school?, visits.
Independence, snd says Polk
ecliools chosen for investiga
tion becaus they are the
most advanced in the state.
Moose lodge organized and
membership is boosted to over
200 mark.
May 23. Surveyors start
to find route for electric line
from Independence to Al
bany. McAuley A Cook pur
chase meat marker at Inde
pendence. Po'.k countyr is
out of debt and all out-standing
warrants are ca'led in.
Independence po.-toifice in
year ending April 1st made
an increase in receipts of
more than $1100 over the
previous year in Indepe.id
once. F. R. Arrell purchases
furniture stoie.
May '60. Bud Alexander
and George Reuf start, fine
new dairy barns. The A. J.
Brown hop drying plant is
improved with new cooling
room 28x48 and new kiln
20x24. Residents of west
sectiou of toA'n petitions
council for better streets in
new part of town.
June 6. Prof. Thos. Shaw
at Independence said: "I
never saw a country so capable
of producing bo miny varied
products. This is the great
est hop country in the world.
The dairy industry is capable
of the be?t results in the
world here." Larson and
Ski nner purchase gravel pits
and start putting in gravel
bunkers. Railroad promises
to run switch to river for
them. City council accepts
bids and eet time for remon
strances to b ; filed to paving
June 13. Isis moving pic
ture house opens this week
in finest building in the val
ley of town size of Independ
ence. Wr. L. Bice starts new
bungalow, having sold his
residence 10 N. L. Butler who
has opened law ollice in In
dependence. Railroad com
pany has secured almost all
the right o: way on the Siletz
road. Independence poBt
ofttce shows big growth in
eleven years, gradually going
from a $1100 office 'to one
paying $1800 a year in salary.
Business having increased
from $2200 a year to $7000.
Juae 20 Independence
plans on having a gymnasium
at high school. Matter to go
before district later.
June. 27. Mo n m o u t h
plans a new rural mail route
to reach a number of farmers.
Oregon Normal regents ask
for plans foi a new gymna
sium, manual training ani
domestic seiense building
combined to cost about $7000
and to purchase additional
land.
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October 17. Flax raised
suiwks fully in this county
producing about $.".(5.00 per
acre. W. 8. McC'lain in
creases capacity ot bis chop
ping mill at Buena Vista.
Independence creamery en
laigetl and ii creased business
materially.
X vember 7 Orch a r iK
hinted near Kola last spi ing
ai nan. t4. j. ! owler takes j Monmouth street Indepen-,a route from Independence:
up restaurant business on Cutanea Hour mill ships Hour to ; to Albany, via Buena Vista
foreign markets. i and reports easy grades for a !
March 2S. Polk county new line for this company.;
has soil capable of producing vVaher Bradley secures ma
theatre and Mas.ma
a new
i
are now lookiinr tine. Kiel;.
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rea'l jets n m-w store.
November 14. Independ
ence i aised $5000 to get new
saw mill EndohitiK orchard
exhibit shows up to behest
in country. Xew bungalow
darted on JSixth street by
Biseetul. Good w ter system
is siaMeil for .M
reserv.iii mi Cupids Knoll is
completed for to hold
water.
Xovember 21
street.
January2. Several thouc
and prune trees received for
planting by farmers near
Monmouth. Monmouth
creamery reports decided
growth.
January'J. Banks deposits
aggregate $400,000. School
district census of Independ
ence shows (UK.) children and
a taxable wtalth of $1,000,000
Masons decide to build biy
store and modern lodge bll
Sunny Slopo section reports
A. J. Shipley, A. J. Johnson,
Noah Itatlly, Charlie OsUrn,
Mr. Miller, Allen and I.afe
Johnson. George Heck, Dan
(,al breath, 0. NhUoh h
mmoutb m d others building, clearing, put-
ting in truit or inmrovii.vr
tbeitbeir poultry luiines. Her-
bnrt Wallace purcha-ei gravel
Several real I pit o Dave Hedge, which has
I I 1 I Pil liVjl U 7 7 . 7 'V Men
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The Methodist Episcopal Church of Independence, while
not the oldest denomination, has grown until it occupies a
foremost place in church activity here. Its organization wa3
effected in the early 70's by settlers from various parts of
the county, who were members of the Methodist church
where they came from. At the first there were but eij?ht
charter members, two of whom still reside in Independence,
viz: J. E. Elkins and Mrs. Lucy Whittaker. The little socie
ety worshiped on alternate Sundays in the church building
then owned by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, after
wards sold and at present owned and used by the Catholic
church at the corner of Monmouth and Fourth Streets.
The Evangelical Church erected an edifice at the corner
of Fifth and Monmouth Streets, which they sold to the
Methodist Episcopal Church in 1894, and this property has
remained in the possession of the church since. In the sum
mer of 1910 the old church building was entirely-remodeled
and greatly enlarged under the able pastorate of Rtv. W. J
Weber and was dedicated in November. 1910.
There have been many changes in membership as people
have come and gone, but the services have been held regularly
from the first, A very live Sunday School is maintained
which is training a larpe number of the children and youth of
this community for Christian activity.
The church has been served by some able pastors, among
whom might be mentioned Rev. Joseph Mottershead, Rev.
E. W. Elayer of Minneapolis, Minn., W. J. Douglass of Port
land, W. J. Weber of Hillaboro. The present, pastor, F. F.
Sandifur, formerly of the Illinois Conference, isanalumnus
of DePauw University and Boston School of Theology.
Sophomore
Clothes
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Coats.
i rices
i tru e Xoi folks, two or three buttoned
n late Spring Styles, all greatly reduced
$15 00, $18.00, $20.00, $22.50, $25.00
11.50, 15.00, 16 50, 18.50, 20.00
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SPECIAL Men Oxfords. bla"k or tan i,, I
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I A INDEPENDENCE
L-.. -V. Wtlry OREGON