ORESPONDEICE
BUENA VISTA
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Elkins
are spending Thanksgirinsr with
Mrs. Elkins' parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Stnnehocker at Lewisville.
The ladies of the M. E. church
met at the parsonage Tuesday
afternoon and organized a Ladies
Aid Society with Mrs. Myrtle
Wells president, Mrs. Tyler vice
president, Mrs. W. It. Bevms,
secretary and Mrs. Lennon
treasurer. They meet every
Tuesday afternoon. All the
ladies of the town and country
are irmted to meet with us and
join our society, We need help
and work.
Marvin Well is helping W. i'
Bevins in the store the last days,
Rev. and Mrs. Atkinson and
family and Mr. and Mrs. F. L.
Chown and son Ernest were
Thanksgiving guests at the E.
M. Lichty home. Mrs. Lichty
Berved a splendid dinner and all
did justice by it.
Miss Bernice Well was hostess
to a Sunday school party, the
knights of honor and loyal daugh
ters at the gym. A splendid
good time was had and light re
freshments were served.
Mr. Cryderman and daughter
Geneva were Thanksgiving
guests at the home of fi. C.
Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Elkins of
; Dallas were lhanksgiving guests
at the home of their daughter,
Mrs. W. R. Bevens.
! The marriage of Mrs. Harriet
i Well and Mr. William Hall, an
elderly couple, took place in
Salem Monday. The congratu
lations of the community are ex
tended to them.
i N. E. Tyler left Wednesday
for Salem to spend Thanksgiving
with friends. He returned Thurs.
day evening.
Ernest Chown was the dele
crate from the M. E. church to
the Older Boys Conference at
Corvallis Dec. 1 to 3.
Mrs. N. E. Tyler was a Thanks
! giving guest at Mr. and Mrs.
Lennon's.
i There will be a Christmas tree
and pt gram at the M. E. church.
j Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Lichty
were Sunday guests at the home
of Robert Emmons.
I
. 1 l . n . . M
i i'eari wens came over irom
Salem Monday to visit her par-
, ents.
ents.
Mrs. Lennons, Jay McCarty,
Prof. Buell, Mr. and Mrs. H. T.
Atkinson and family are all num
bered on the sick list.
Lena Snyder is getting along
fine at the hospital and is ex
pected home in a few days.
PRIZE WINNERS OF THE
INDEPENDENCE CORN SHOW
YELLOW DENT
100 ear lots-10 entries. -1st, A. R. Southwick. Salem Rt. 1;
2nd, Vern Alsip, Dallas; 3rd, T, L. Hartman, Independence.
10 ear lot -15 entries-lst, A. R. Southwick, Salem Rt. 1;
2nd, J. B. Farker, Independence; 3rd, E. F. Tiee, Independence.
1 ear lots 12 entries-lst. A. R. Southwick, Salem St. 1; 2nd.
John Groves, Independence; 3rd, W. G. Shafer, Independence.
WHITE DENT
100 ear lots 2 entries-lst, Gilbert & Patterson, 8alem Rt. 2;
2nd, F. C. Turner, IndepenPence.
10 ear lota-3 entries-lst, Gilbert & Patterson, Salem Rt. 2;
2nd, F. C. Turner, Independence; 3rd, Vern Alsip, Dallas.
1 ear lots 3 entries-lst, Gilberts Patterson; 2nd, F. C.
Turner; 3rd, Vern Alsip.
FLINT CORN
10 ear lota 1 entry W. L. Soehren, Dallas.
1 ear lota 1 entry W. L. Soehren, Dallas.
RED AND MIXED DENT
100 ear lota 3 entries 1st, R. D. Landon; 2nd, Tom Fennell;
3rd, Albert Quartier.
10 ear lots 3 entries-lst, Tom Fennell; 2nd, W. L. Bice; 3rd.
R, D. Landon.
1 ear lots 9 entries-lst, R. D. Landon; 2nd, W. L. Bice; 3rd,
Albert Quartier.
POP CORN
12?earlots-8 entries-lst, A. R. iothwick; 2nd, T. L. Hart
man; 3rd, A. M. Bingman.
SWEET CORN
12 ear lota-6 entries-(Golden Bantam), 1st, F. E. Rider; 2nd
T. L. Rartman; (Philadelphia Earlv), 3rd, T. L. Hartman.
H?ti eusrf torn Jihi
CONCERNING THE NORTH
INDEPENDENCE STREET LINE
To the Good People of Inde
pendence: I think 1 owe an ex
planation of facts. I know it all
started over putting in a cement
walk which ona of the ntnvt
committed men wanted five feet
in place of four which I put it
according to grade given me by
the city purveyor. The one who
wai opposed to the four foot
walk wanted to know what I put
In a four foot walk 'for. 1 told
him it was on account of the
ditch dug out by the county
along my property. In a snort
time afterwards two of the coun
cilman were over here with the
county surveyor running the line
on the east side of the county
road. I do not know where they
started their first line. I know
he said it wa alright till he got
to block eleven where he found
the fence in the street. So tP.ey
went to the corner of the place
and found it in the road. Then
when they came to a barn which
had belonged to one of the eoun
cilmen it was out in the road
fourteen inches. After making
the first survey, which he told
us was alright, then he makes
the second survey, commencing
at a bottle and goes four feet in
the county road. and when
asked about it, said: "1 have
gone four feet in the county
road and I can go fonr feet more
if 1 want to." I can prove this
by foil" or five witnesses. And
after he got to block nine one of
the oounciiBien asked the other
where Uty gut the riht to wo
in the county road four feet. He
took a deed of block nine and
said it called for one hundred
and twenty feet. My deed calls
for the same, which means to the
center of the alley. The sur
veyor told the co.ncilmen, after
he got through, that they had
better take his first survey as his
second would hurt everyone in
town. One of my neighbors got
up a petition to take the first
survey. Everybody signed it on
the street, that was home, but
one man. This was turned down
by the council. Then we tried
to get two county surveyors to
find the lines, but suceeeded in
securing only one. Then the
man who owned the red barn
went to see an attorney. He
said if we got a surveyor living
in town it would be alright, so
he told me. I went around town
and collectei the money to pay
for same. In running from the
bottle to a rock, found it the
same distance. Every man knows
from one given point to another
is the same if measured alike.
The alley on the Russell place
and the streets came out
alright. W hen we measured the
property of the man with the
red tarn, he, wanted to know if
he did not come out in t ie street
four feet. The surveyors told
him he had every foot of land
his deed called for and his bapn
was fourteen inches in the coun
ty road, and they put a chalk
mark showing where his line
came to. Our town is composed
of thirty-six blocks, commencing
at block one, running to block
six, then over to seven, then to
twelve on the east siile of the
county road, then thirteen to
eighteen My property is in
seventeen, the street is eighty
feet four inches wid6 at my
southeast corner, running in an
angle to the county road of sixty
feet at the Johnson land. The
tier of blocks on the north are
only three lots and twenty-seven
feet wide from block six to
thirty. Now if they want to
find the town lines let them com
mence at either one or six ai d
they will find the town alright.
These are the truths as far as 1
know what is the truth. I am
an old man, don't intend to be
with the good people of Inde
dependence much longer and all
I want is justice.
C. A. Dick.
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Christmas
Closing "Out Sale
Rowe's Jewelry Store
to c?ose out entire Jewelry Stock including: every
thing: on the Jewelry side. Prices way down
below cost. Must be closed out by
January 1st, 1917
A Fine Chance for Santa Glaus
Under the Folly
Bough
tQt who have loved each other
In thfa fjat fau.rui year,
Sinter or frlonj or brother,
Come, a.i.lwr happy here
Hnd let your hcjrtt grow fonder
H memory fjbj shall ponder
Old lov.i .tn.l Liter wooing
Ucncith the holly tough,
60 ewect In their renewing
Beneath the holly bough.
Y who have nourished sadnesa
In thla f;.st fading year,
6trangcd from oy and gladness.
Come, gather fopclul here
fy'o more let undent) Borrow
pursue your night and twrow.
Come. oln in our tmbr. cc
lkncjib the holly bougu.
rah he't, i' !.!.- h.I y.'ii" fires
Ueneath the holly lough.
-Cl aile:) Machay
Chriitmat Sup.ratition.
Tl I'nilt'il St:itos l-i tttiim-t Ioerty
Htrli'kou lit an far ns lis colli', (am of
niiperMitlons Is oeiireniotl, our curly
seniors liiivliii; failod to Import many
from Kiirope ami not nlt inn those
of the luihi'iis. IK ooiiim' some of us
don't like to see the now moon over
llii! left shoiiicU'i' or unit a journey on
Trill. iv Mud ilie like t ut few of u take
even t!,e-e verj seriously. We must
no t "the old e.)iiuirie" to get super
Mltioiis Willi mi) vet. nine thrill In
11. ii l li. 10 aio tiinuher whiob have
t tlo li'.i rlirl-tuiin.
In north tientii ny. here the pra.
Ikal )ei pooiir spiiininn heel still
tit:. in hi tUe oo! M .rott, one must not
apiu l:i:it j the niUil of Christ
liiiii loM ho or she :iki lifter death
(To the Aiui'ti.t'u render it may oeeur
that this won i r.d.aHy he more dim
turhltii: to oiiioi" t .in ii to i m'M'If.l If
the splinii!'.; l ,'ioi e it 'tor sunset on
Sutiirda;- mini e.it tV" work.
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I'f . u!ier t .'.tk .tn.l '( tvm.li ttbiott
Nn.r a tloui'i t..SU on tola
ft lit... and t uu t.n '
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An Auctioneer Has Promised to try
to be with us by the I8th.
I am goirrg entirely out of the Jewelry business on
account of too much confinement andpoo- health.
I will hereatter follow and push the electric light
ing business, which I followed several years
before I came to Oregon.
n.
J. Rowe
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S MOTHER, FATHER,-
$ GRANDPA and GRANDMA- E
GIFTS TOR. ALL I
Buy substantial gifts for Christmas.
Something- that will last for years.
A selection from our stock of
Silverware, Cutlery,
Cooking Utensils, Etc.,
wili give pleasure and value.
Be sure to visit our store
before Christmas.
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SLOPER BROS, fi COCKLE
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