THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR
AN' IMJhl'BNDI-NI MiWSPAWiK
Published Weekly at Independence, Folk County
Oregon, on Friday.
entered as Second Class Matter August 1, 1912 at the Post Office at Inde
pendence, Polk County, Oregon, Undr the Act of March 3, 1879.
NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Members of Congress Anxious
to Return Home to Repair
Political Fence.
HOME FOR SALE
Good i-even room hoiine
with two lots well located in
Independence. Price, $2200,
tialf cahli and half on five
yearn' tin;. It. J. Tay'or
CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor
NINA B. ECKER, Associate
Suoscrlptlon Rates: One Year $1.50 Strictly in Advance
Independence, Oregon, Friday, July 31, 1914
At last reports Juden McN'ary and 1'eriKon wth boll
still in the race.
The Willanmiie Valley is proresHive but itH retirfcHent.i
live in congress is u standpatter. Won't do.
Ab a rulw we do not advocate murder but kill the dent!
penalty in civilized Oregon at the Novemb.r election.
Any man who roam at lare in the woods without any
clothe! on nhould ho arrested. Ho in either crazy or juwt it
plain J fool.
Oregon "wets" urn alllided worse, than Job with his sore
boilh for I'Jmtna (ioldinan ia in the Ktate making qpeeohef
agairiHt prohibition.
HogH f 8 90 in the Portland market, and going up.
Khihh more and more hogs Sali. ni fltatemnan
If you do you'll get rich.
Mr. U'Kcn may bo content to run for govern or on one
ticket instead of two hut there are many who think he
would hav to be on ail nix to bo elected.
If the Beven or eight, editors who recently met at Dalian
condemned th go-called "freak" legislation as is reporte'',
uone of them told it when they got home.
Mr. Ilawley'u private Heerelary, who has arrived in Ore
gon, nay'H that "Uongrewtmian llawley is in Washington
doing his bent under existing conditions." What tiro tin i
"existing conditions" that prevent him from doing butter'1 wa,lt t0 iult may have an honent dis-
A PERFECT CATHARTIC
I i I liere is sure antl wlioJe.
WMhington. MBmbera of congress j some action in every dose of
are bearing from their constituent, ; .'0ey ( "atoartic Tablets
urging thum to K"t tb rough with their !,,,', . .
inliative buRiueu as .oon a pout I I "v cleanse with never :
bio and come home to look after tielr ; jrrilJC or paill Chronic cases
political fouce... ; of const ipHt ion fi nd them in-
of the republican, likewine It U the valuab'e. fttoUt people are
slogan of Home of the democrats. It relieved of that bloated, COII
is an ouen necp.'t, however, that be- ... . . t .
on the part of the republican senator able especially ill hot Weatll
as well as the democrats to aori tne
toga for campaign togs.
Senate democrats in caucus agreed
on a definite legislative program, in
which they expect to put throueh the
anti-trust and appropriation bills and
bring about adjournment of congress
at the earliutit possible moment.
While no predictions as to adjourn
ment were mailt.-, "hurry" was the key
note of the meeting.
National Heavier Than State Burden
The debt of the national govern
ment is a greater financial weight
upon the people of each state, except
Arizona and Massachusetts, than the
obligations of the state In which they
live, according to statistics issued by
the census bureau.
The figuren showed that on June 30,
1913, the per csiuita debt for the 48
states amounted to 13.57, while that
of the national government was
$10.09. The total debt of the state
governments on Unit date was $422,
7y,5:'5. An offsetting Item was $76,-
9Sn,571 in sinking fund assets.
The national government had a to
tal debt ut the end of June last
amounting to $2, MO, 204,914. However,
less cat-It In the I'nited Slates treas
ury available for the payment of debt,
that would be reduced to $1,028,684,-006.
Imprisoning Navy Deserters Ended.
Abolition of imprisonment for de
sertion from the navy in times of
peace was ordered by Secretary Dan
iels.
Under the new regulation, bluepack-
ets who overstay their leave or com
mit similar breaches of discipline, will
be summarily dismissed Instead of be
ing sent to prison, while men who be
come dlssatlHi'ied with the service and
r. Tbev keen your liver
MHy. Williams Drug Co.
Every dog ban its day. The calamity howler haw
had his, but bin time is up. Albany Democrat.
The "tate. Iiureau of IndtiBtrieH and Statistics" inns'
connider its day a long one. It is still howling.
"Where Did You (b t It, Mr. Booth?" Home one has com
inenoed to about. Long before November this cry will be
beard from hill nn.l valley. Kich men before becoming
candidates for oflice should either throw their money away
or give it to us.
The Portland Ttlegrtun is no longer the tail of the
Oregonian kite but this week starts out for itself. It is to
be i.ope l that the separation spells good for the Telegram
and that its new owners will make some necessary im
provements among them being the addition of two more
men for the editorial page.
Say? A. W. LaUVrty who desires to go back to congress
from Portland without heing hitched to any party name:
The i ewspiiprrs for two years have absolutely refused to print anything
anything I Mas duiinr at uMnnfitun, ai d have ilt liln i iitclv tried to deceive
the pie into ti c lu lu I that 1 was in t taken m'I liiimly ill the national
uipiti.l ai d v.u not aci'iiiipli!iing an) Hunt: there.
Any cotigi espiiian , regardless of li H great ness, whoslarts
out to reform creation must have his home newspapers
exploiting bis notion; olheiwise his constituents never
find out what a glory to mankind he is.
enlistment allowances.
The secretary announced that the
navy now had practically a full quota,
61. .148 enlisted men, compared with a
sliortaKO of more than 4000 18 months
ago, and that the time to take the
step had come.
Federal Grain Grades Favored.
Establishment of standard federal
entiles, to which nil grain sold In In
terstate and foreign commerce under
government certificates would he re
quired to conform, Is proposed In the
Most bill, favorably reported to the
house by the agricultural committee.
The bill contemplates eliminating
differences between export and do
mestic gi ades of the same quality, but
Is not designed to affect the shipment
of grain In bond.
An appropriation of $;)75,0 0 0 Is pro
posed to carry out the terms of the
bill and to facilitate supervision of
gmln traffic. The department of ag
riculture proposes to establish branch
laboratories at important grain receiv
ing markets.
Fly Doomed by Borax.
The doom of the perm carrying fly
Is seen In a new discovery announced
by the department of agriculture. Its
use Is declared to assure the complete
extermination of the common house
hold pest that Is largely blamed for
spreading typhoid.
The method consists only of the
sprinkling of a small amount of ordi
nary borax daily on household and ta
ble refuse
National Capital Brevities.
Opening of ihu Panama Canal to
vessels drawing 30 feet on Augmt lu
next whs announced by Secretary Gar
rlson.
The senate foreign relations com
mittee received a request from Col
onel Roosevelt for permission to ap
pear and tell why he opposed the pay
meat of $25.ooii,0oit to Colombia.
Senators of Oregon, Washington
and California have accepted the m
vitatlon of Senator Chamberlain of
Oregon to join Hi asking Preside:!
WiNon to have made deckload me.it.
uremeuts of ships using the Panama
ca rial.
Sudden withdrawal by President
Wilson of his nomination of Thomas
York has become- angrv ut Kormer President Kooseve't and; D. Jones, of chie.mo. to he a member
has commenced suit against him for libel. II
The war dogs are growling rutin r fiercely in Europe at
the present time and a general light may be the outcome
in which three or four poweis and two or three lesser
nations would be involved. As in all other oases, the
common people will do the fighting and after they have
been ordered by their masters to (put killing each other,
if tlu poor devils would then go ahead a, id drive a car, tin
emperiur and three or four kings out of Europe, war would
become very unpopular even among the fellows who don't
have to smell powder.
Jf ycu have money to loin
or want to borrow any, see
R. J. Taylor.
Notice of Settlement of Fl
nal Account
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for t e County of Polk.
In the Matter ot the Estate of
Martha Jane Smith, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that James
Oliver Smith, executor of the estate of
Martha Jane Smith, deceased, has
rendered and presented for tettlerrent,
and filed in said court his final accoiu t
of the adminiitration of said estate
ind praying that said estate be settled
md closed of record, and that said ex
eutor be discharged from further duty
or liability in said trust, and that said
final account be allowed, and Monday
the 7th day of September, 1914. at the
hour of 10:00 a. m.. in the court room
of the county court, at the court house
in Dallas, Polk County, Oregon, has
been duly appointee1 by said court for
settlement of said account and the
settlement of said estate as prayed for
by said executor, at which time and
plaj'e any person i'lterested in said
estate may appear and file his accept
ions, in writing', to said final account,
and contes t the same, and show cause,
if any, why such settlement of said
account anil estate, should not be
made.
Dated this 30th day of July, 1914.
JAMES OLIVER SMITH.
First Publication July 31, 1914.
Last Publication Aug. 28, WI4.
The Greater Need.
"Ami now they've started a company
to Insure people against lack of em
ployment." I Pin! What we need Is a company
to Insure ngninst hnTing to work."
Lnstlge Hlatter.
Sarcastic.
"I'd like to tnke this hat. but 85
mnrks"-
"ll's only 50 marks now. You see,
minium lias been trying on for three
hours, and It Is uo longer so fashion
able M -1 11c.
WofH Rtrnes, who with Uoss Murphy, shares the glorv of
controlling the republican and democratic parties in New
Braver Poor Percentage Explained.
The mystery of the poor percentage
ho fur uchieved by the Boston Braves
tins been explained at Inst Most of
the critics tind expected that club with
Stiillings for teacher and Evers for
agitator to accomplish wonders and
cannot understand why it has fallen
down It's easily understood, however,
according to I.ee Magee of St Louis
"Kverybody expected to see a lot of
inside ball displayed by that club,"
says Magee. "Well, the Inside ball Is
there nil right, but It's so far Inside
that they can't get It out In time."
Dave Robertson Veteran.
Pave Robertson, the outfield Hud of
the season, who Is hitting like a fiend
for the New York Olnnts at present. Is
not. n s many fans suppose, a meteoric
arrival In the baseball firmament, but
lias been nursed along for the past
three years by Mctlraw. Davy was
tir-t picked up by the (Slants as a
pitcher, but a football accident In col
eire spoiled his pitching wing, and
MugL'sv had to mnke htm over Into a
ilelder ItobertRon was the swatting
sensation of the Southern association
last year
federal treasury
. luecnal banks
I V ;U HI! lll'.S fl!
v "t ,,f rrepi
,.,),, i ; i of tb federal reserve board ended the
allies 111!.
, .. nmer com rov ersv over nis counrma-
reput.ttn n at $ uuuu wucii tie acclaims one llieoilere'
Roosevelt bus w holly destroyed by untruthful ."tatements!
and insiiiuat t',i and gives a a precedent for hisactbp
the .ib l mi'u !' Un-'sevelt a; iint a Michigan editor be
tied .nit in prio' that h (U M'Velt'i v.o drunk. We di
not know it w is p wsil.it to I v I I politic d crooks hk
liart es or Murphy but it appears in,m the bill of partial
lars that Harms bad tt portion of hi reputation stored 1
it a v U'L.rii tlw nvii'. ik.tnl.l ,,'i ....i ... .... I .!... I . . i. '
""V """'in in n nun tutu iunse en , : Ev)C.i sc.s.s
1- . !., .
itaviog more - is titan nny other man. tie.nl or alive . . 1 ' wry different
tton In the senate
Money from tin'
will be deposit. '(
t'.iivevbout t lie i ou
to t.H'lhtatw the in.
1 promote) bum. r.-
Confirmed.
"1 heard his bneh.-lor dinner was a
Tery dry affair "
let. extra dry." H'.i:i;,i
K press.
, ...
spteil it iino kicKea u p, uu sewer, and as it is impossible
to recover aoyihuig thai reaches the ewer, Ibirnes de
mands the $ulHJOU from Koom veil for its loss.
kinds of n. v,.s ;
been found in Pr.c'-i i
;i-M'rtM, have
C.ei .-its Worde.
Jernian t 's words t r "hors
mo Iranian lias ,k for tHm"
!.'' for "nwunl."
and
Mack Has Indian Battery.
Connie Mack has an Indian battery
In the Incubator, If he ever gets to
spring it he will have a battery unique
in the majors, as the Indians are broth
ers Connie's young risdsklns are John
aud Joe Craves Joe, eighteen, Is a
pitcher; John, twenty. Is a catcher
They are fellow trlU-smen of Chief
Mender. The Craves brothers played
ball on the reservation and later at
l-'laiidian school. Joe attracted .Mack's
attention while pitching for Mrnluerd
Minn , where Joe Bush got his start
Smith'e Boat Topi Record.
The closing days racing of the
seventh n turn a I .Mississippi Valley as
sociation saw Baby Spvd lH'niou.
ow i.ist ty ' Kin'th of A'gonae
Mich., equal and outdo the Amerlcau
reevirvls set up by Kitty llawk VI..
owmM ,y II. II. Tluikeu. Canton. O.
The four miles, two up and two
down stream, were traveled at an aver
age -o,l of ,'i ."4 miles nu hour. Her
fastest lap averaged 64. M miles an
bvmr
Say Moba Stalled.
The Imxini commission of Montana
has t.iki n action regarding boxers who
"stall" in tvnits. I'ho commission held
HP the r.wlpts of the recent Pillow
Moha e, i.;,.st on the ground that Molia
did l ot his best. It Is hard to be
lie.,. i!i it Hub would be gni ty of de
;l. - .it. Iv trim; to "'stall.' for In near
Iv hi i s rattles he h.i worked h'ul
'I't'e p. ,s of ':fe deends en Its
i . ... . , .earnest of purpose, quiet
mid votisoioss energy. Kuskiu.
Clearance
Sale
L3y
Sloper Bros. & Cockle
Independence's Largest Hardware and Implement Store
5 and 14-tooth Cultivators, regular price
$5.50 and $6. The few we have left will o at
$4
Oliver Riding, self-guiding Cultivator,
price $40.00. Will be sold during July
at . . .
Regular
$29
We have one McCormrck Mower left which will be
sold dirt cheap. The regular price is $55.
For Hot Weather
Conveniences which lessens the work of
the housewife, we have several articles
that will please her. For example, why
roast over a hot cook stove when with
one of our
Gasoline or Oil
Stoves
it will be cool and enjoyable and make
cooking a pleasure.
When you go for a
PICNIC .
get you supplies from
Sloper Bros. &
Cockle
A) l the best and latest in
FISHING
TACKLE
Including a license. We
furnish everything but the
fish.
We cordially invite every man and woman in this section to visit our
store at any time and look at our stock.
oper mm
ockle
TOM AND FAR1V1 PROPERTY
ALE
I have 100 good farms and residences for sale
or trade and some of these are fine bargains. Now
call and look over our list and let us show you.
uuirrrj(fttft ttftrr1fJ...rrM-r niiv.Twr erraaT
I make a specialty of renting your property
for you and collecting the rent monthly.
If you have a farm to lease I can lease it for you.
1. J. -TAYLOR
The Pioneer Real Estate Man of Polk County
Independence, Oregon
ill nii yarsrrrsTtrirrirriT r eyT'ls's'wiyejr
Vour Place Might Interest a Customer of Mine
THE PROFESSIONS
Or
. R. T. Mclntire
Physician and Surgens
Office over Independence Natior
al Bank. Thore No. 4112
InUcrn.ne. Urticon
N'. L. Butler G A. Hurl.
Butler & Hurley
Attorneys at Lav
Office in Coor Block
Independence,
Oregon
R. E. Dusanne
IXntist
Office ov.t lmle' .
ul Bank.
B. V. Swope
Attorney at Law and Notary fur x
Will jirk-tiee in all cemt- of the
state. I'm-bate mnttirs i.d col
lections given prompt a' .ion.
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