LOCAyEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Elkins
of Albany are visiting friends
and relatives in the city.
Mrs. K II. Drexler enter
tained the Bridge Club on
Friday afternoon of last week.
Miss Kora Browne visited in
Lebanon the latter part of
last week.
St. Patricks dance by the
orchestra, Tuesday night,
March 17.
Clarence Ireland of Nim
rod was in town several days
this week.
Lymon Danon was in
Portland on business several
days of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson,
former proprietors of the
Gail in Dallas are visiting
Mrs. Thompson's brother,
Moss Walker this week.
Plenty of Lime and Sul
phur Solution at Williams
Drug Co.
Mrs. Guy Walker was a
Corvallis visitor the last of
the week.
The Misses Jean and Beth
Ketchum of O. A. C. visited
their parents here ovtr Sun
day. Dr. and Mrs. 0 D. Butler
were Portland visitors ov9r
Sunday. They report Will
Walker improving rapidly.
For healthj' fruit trees use
one part Dependable Lime
& Sulphur Solution to ten
parts water. Williams Drug
Co.
Get your visiting cards and
business cards printed at the
Monitor office where you get
atisfactory service.
Mr. Gromewold and Mr.
Ilann who recently purchas
ed a large acreage of laud
west of Monmouth were in
the city on business Monday.
They state they are getting
their land well uuder culti
vation and will have a fine
piece of property in a short
time.
H. Wunder made the edi
tor of the Monitor a visit
the first of the week, and re
ports everything in first class
shape in the neighborhood
wet of Monmouth.
Fred Wiltshire left Tues
day morning for his farm
home near Cottage Groe.
His wife and family went u
day ahead.
Lieutenant Geo. Parker of
Vancouver was a guest of
J. S. Cooper's family over
Sunday.
J. S. Cooper returned
from Portland Saturday evening.
STATE NEWS
INDUSTRIALLY
The Wilbur woolen mi!l3 at
Stayton will be enlarged and a
warehouse and mattress factory
added.
The Everfresh Food Products
Co. at Sutherlin will enlarge its
plant to double capacity.
The Rainier Mineral soap fac
tory at St. Helens has made
arrangements to operate this
year, starting this month.
'Ihe Boeker basket factory at
Hillsboro will be enlarged and
add a line of wicker chairs.
Kimball cultivators manufac
tured at The Dallas are shipped
east by the carload.
The people of Turner voted to
install a supply of pure spring"
water. !
The striking operatives in
shingle mills in Oregon and!
Washington are being replaced !
by non-union men. j
The state and federal com-;
missioners on development of
The Dallas water power project
visited the grounds the past week t
to select a site. )
i
The Eugene Excelsior plant.
will double its plant and in a new
fire proof building hopes to have
a payroll of $10,000 within a
year.
There is general sentiment
growing that Oregon has gone
too far in progressive legislation
that handicaps industries.
Lane county manufacturers
meet Tuesday, March 10th, to
consider a state industrial con
vention and county exhibit.
A $20,000 office buildng will
be erected at Baker City for
Louis Sommers of Portland.
The Swedish Lutheran church
of Portland will erect a hospital.
The Eugene Iron Works is
planning to begin the manufac-l
ture of a portable range for
mountain and military purposes.
O. L- Clark of Marshfield will
erect a three story apartment 50
by 100 feet.
Among new brick buildings for
1914 are a school house at Silver
ton and a city hall at Woodburn.
Corvallis Odd Fellows plan the
erection of a three story temple.
Molalla is to have a $25,000
electric power plant.
Two concrete business build
ings are going to be built at once
in Eugene.
Veatch Brothers of Cottage
Grove will erect a new store
building.
The Attorney General sustains
the injunction suit of the Em-j
plovers Association against run-'
ring the state printing office as a
closed shop, but holds the state j
can pay the Union scale of w ages, j
All subcontractors on the Will- j
amettee Pacific are preparing to j
start work at once. j
Woolen manufacturers at Co-i
logne, Germany, are seeking to I
contract for the Oregon grown j
teasel and that industry is re- j
viving.
Catholic people at La Grande
are planning a $30,000 cathedral.
The Milton box factory is being
enlarged to 500,000 capacity.
The new Southern Pacific
bridge over Coos Bay will cost
$300,000.
A logging company at Knappa
will extend its railroad three
miles,
Eugene Fruit Growers Asso
ciation has orders for $10,000 of
thier 1011 product
West Linn, C!aekama3 county.
will erect a $13,000 city hall.
North Bend school board is
The Public Expects It
The Public Gets It
The public has a perfect right to expect polite attention at oar
store, and that is exactly what thapublic eets
Don't hesitate to come in. It mikes no difference even if you only
want to inquire the name of a street, ws are glad to give assistance to you
The public expects to get the purest an best drugs at our store,
never are they disappointed.
On account of our exceptionally large stock the public expects
to find things here which are njt obtainable elsewhere; in this
too, we cause no disappointment.
Our stock is alwyas complete with
everything to be found in a first
class drug store.
THE RED CROSS PHARMACY
V, J. BROWN, Propr,, Independence, Oregon
Claiming a nwrt u j -
Sherwood is to have a $10,000
hotel and bank building, ( J
Springfield and Hood' River
have stock subscribed for can-
neries.
DRIVING CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
The Independence Driving Club
at their annual election chose
officers for the ensuing year as
follows:
P. M. Kirkland, President; J.
S. Cooper, Jr., Secretary; II. R.
DeArmond. Treasurer; W. L.
Bice, Oscar Dixon and Ross II.
Nelson, Board of Directors. -
A race meet will be held on
their track this year ajrain and a
number of fine horses have al
ready been assured for the races.
Printing that pleases at
the Monitor office. We
can order what yon want.
THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK
Established - - - 1889
A Successful Business Career of Twenty Three Years
INTEREST PAID ON
TIME DEPOSITS
OFFICKRSAND DIRECTORS
H. Hirschberg, Pres. p. W. Sears, V. P.
R. R. DeArmond, Cashier
W. H. Walker, B. F. Smith, O. D. Butler
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d ID. SWIFT & CO.!
?m JUvmth St.. Washington. D. C.J
The Best Is Good Enough and You
get only the best when you
buy meat from us
A new refrigerating plant keep the meat oool
and fre-ih, an 1 when you ouch buy from us
you hay aain, bjtmiau oir meat give aatUfa-o-tioa.
We have jmt added new rendering vats and
aaa-sai m i ;hiu iry thm being able to sup
ply you with lard ani aainage, at all time
Y have oir ovu smoke home and give you
country cansd lunn and bacon.
NELSON' MARKET
C Street, I.'t,.. K-jvs,. Ore.