u turni ' ' ie m i The Best and Largest Paper in Polk County. D A I .L A S O R E G O N J A M J A R Y VO L. X X X IV . INDEPENDENCE. = Xb.jJHfT N O . 8. Do You Think For Yourmalf 7 0 /*p N . C o u rtesy W est Side, i A son w h h born to M r. an d M rs. C h as. R ich ard so n , M onday, J a n u a ry *>th. Loom-bid I M rs. F. A. S p u rr d e p a rte d th is week for an ex ten d ed visit w ith frie n d s a t San Francisco. M rs. L. R obinson, of W inlock, W ash ., arriv e d th is week for a v isit w ith h er d a u g h te r, M rs. W. H . C rav en . M rs. E. R allsto n an d d a u g h te r, Lu- cile, re tu rn e d T u esd ay from an e x te n d ed visit to th e ir fo rm er hom e in S outh D akota. Polk co u n ty g oats to th e n u m b e r of 300 w ere sent o u t th is week by B ooth by ik Lewis, th e livestock d e a le rs of M on m o u th . T he g oats w ere c o n tra c te d for last week by C. C. T ay lo r, of M edford, w ho was a t M onm outh for t h a t purp o se. T he goats w ere d riv e n to A lb a n y an d sh ip p e d from th e re T u esd ay . ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE See our Circular for prices. They certainly will # appeal to you. Our store is crowded every day with | people who appreciate our prices. Miss Our Sale on Shoes YOURS FOR BUSINESS Campbell & Hollister, Cash Store I Î • • * • • • * * * * '.* * * • # # # • # NEW JURY LIST. T h e list of ju ro rs d raw n to serve a t th e called te r m of Ju d g e B u r n e tt’s c o u rt in D allas on M onday, J a n u a ry 20th, is as fo llo w s: Ait lie— R . M. Fow le. J . M. S ebring. J . W . Yost, W. I. Brow n. B u tler—J . C. C ock erh am . B ridgeport— VV. L. F rin k , C. L . G a r d e n e r, A. W. P lan k in g to n , S. H . P e tre . B uena V ista —E. B. G obat. B allston—N. F. G regg, F elix Com egys, L ean d er C on n or. D allas—A rth u r F in k , G. W . M yer, I. F . Y oakum , H e n ry Black. E ola—B. I. F erguson. F alls C itv—G. F. Vick, A. R . Bell. In d ep en d en ce—J . R. H a n n a , R. C. D eA rm ond. M o n m o u th —D. G ro u n d , I. M. S im p son, F. Y. M ulkey. P orry d ale— W H M cKee. R ick reall—Cass Ii'g g s, J . A. A llen. T. S. B urch. Suvor—E . Ch a m herlai n . McCoy— F. E . M iller. sj« jjs $ $ sfc ifs îji sjs 5¡í Spray Pumps The time is now at hand when the w ork will commence. We handle one of the str o n g e st lines on coast. F iske, th e b est p rin te r. >jí 5jí ïjî - i}; Collections Promptly Made. I can do y o u r collecting for you as ch e a p as a n y rn e . My ex p erien ce in tn is line w a rra n ts th o ro u g h w ork. B ring m e y o u r accounts, an d I will do th e rest. L . D. B u tler, D allas O re. W e a re ag e n ts for th e W estern Sales Book co m p an y , w ith offices in P o rtla n d , and w ho g et"O u t th e b est sales books m a n u fa c tu re d . W hen you w an t a n y th in g of tin* kind, com e an d see our sam ples an d give y o u r o rd er to a hom e concern. Do n o t send aw ay for a n y th in g of th e kind. $ 2}s >1« if: sfc ^ Don’t overlook the big Beds Beds . Bamboo Furniture Sale J A N U A R Y 18 I t m en»» m o n ey to you j JUST ARRIVED the largest and best assorted stock of iron beds ever shown in Polk County and we es pecially invite you to make comparison of prices, whether catalog or otherwise, as we feel well satis fied that we are in a position to offer you the best values for your money and trust that you will give us a chance to demonstrate this fact. We are offering a good, white-enameled iron bed, all complete, full size at Green or white enameled, neatly trimmed in brass, a good solid bed for rn a The above will give you an outline of what we are doing in this line. Would also mention that we are making just as strong an effort to please you with our PAINTS, WALL PAPER, STOVES AND RANGES Dallas Furniture Co. D A LLA S, OREGON T h e rein «ins of L. S. P e rk in s w ere b ro u g h t from M o n m o u th W ed n esd ay aftern o o n an d ta k e n to N o rth Y am h ill for in te rm e n t. A sh o rt service w as held a t th e hom e bv th e Odd Fellow's and W oodm en, Rev. C h ase, p a s to r of th e C h ristia n ch u rch of th is c ity , o fficiat ing. T h ere was a larg e n u m b e r of m em b ers of th e s e o rd ers a n d also frien d s p resen t a t th e service. T h e Odd Fellow s an d R e b e k a h s jo in ed forces T u esd ay n ig h t an d h eld a p u b lic jo in t in sta lla tio n , an d th e m eetin g proved one of th e m o st en jo y ab le ev en ts ev er held in In d ep en d en ce for th e m em b ers an d th e ir frien d s. In ad d itio n to th e reg u lar in sta lla tio n ex ercises a sh o rt pro g ram as follows w as r e n d e r e d : Vo cal solo, Rev. C h a se ; in s tru m e n ta l so lo, Miss M abel B o y d s to n ; vocal solo, Miss Topsy M a ttis o n ; read in g , M iss Nellie D am o n ; m ale q u a r te t, M essers C hase, Will W alker, F red H o o p er and W. E. ('ra v e n . F o 'lo w in g th e i n sta lla tio n and program an e x c e lle n t b a n q u e t was served an d all k in d s of good th in g s to e a t w ere in evidence. A fine ro ast pig was a featu re of th e b a n q u e t, it h a v in g been d o n ated th e o rd ers for th e occasion by H. W u n d er, of M on m o u th . T h e a tte n d a n c e w as p ro b ab ly 150, th e m em b ers h av in g in v ite d n u m ero u s frien d s to m eet th e m . A n u m b er of O dd Fellow s and R e b ek ah s cairn* in on th e m o to r from Mon m o n th and o th e r p o in ts. T h e occasion w as one long to be rem em b ered as a v ery en jo y ab le one by th o se p a rtic ip a tin g . Bad Stomach Trouble Cured. you oi>en your m onth lik e a youny ilp down w hatever food or u e d i- : otfered'you ? an Intelligen t th in k in g woman. In need o P sG V f from weakness« nervousness, pain and su^eWng, then it m eans m uch to you th at th eresf^ one hflflfiM ■MHilGn»* nr. - uxowln »old hr to g t U M . f >r ih e c u r o o f woman rifla . *1» if if «4» »1» T he m akers o f Dr. P ierce’s F avorite Pre scription. for the cure o f w eak, nervous, run down. over-w orkod. d eb ilitated , pain-racked women, know ing th is m ed icin e to be made up of ingredients, ev ery on e o f w hich has the Strongest possible in d orsem en t o f the leading and standard au thorities o f the several Schools o f p ractice, are p erfectly w illin g, and la fact, are o n ly too glad to print, as th ey do. *ho form ula, or list o f ingredients, o f w hich it is com posed, in p la in English, on every bottle-w rapper. ♦ 4» »•» »f» «#t T he form ula o f Dr. P ieace’s F avorite Pre scription w ill bear the m ost cr itica l exam ina tion o f m edical experts, for it con tain s no alcohol, n a rcotics, harm ful, or h abit-form in g drugs, and n o agent en ters in to it th a t is n ot highly recom m ended by th e m ost advanced and lea d in g m edical teach ers and author- itios o f th eir sev era l sch ools o f practice. T hese a u th o rities recom m end th e Ingredient* o f l>r. 1 'icrce‘s Favorito Prescription for the c v r e o f ex a c tiv the snu to Is world-Vnir.« q mod ne Is ad vi «ed. tft 1 ,T H’ Hfl Ht N o oth er m edicine for w om an’s ills has any such profession al endorsem ent as Dr. P ierce’s F ar >rite Prescription has received, in the un qualified recom m endation o f each o f its sev era l ingr* die 's b y > r e s o f leading m edi cal men o f all the schools o f practice. Is Such an en n sem en t n o t w orthy o f your C onsideration ? dr Ht + »p •'m V A co u n ty , u n d e r a n ew law , can now levy a ta x of n o t less th a n o n e -te n th of a m ill for a b o u n ty fu n d on coyotes, w olves, cougars an d w ild cats. O u r co u rt saw no need for su ch a ta x . T h e re will be p re a c h in g services a t th e U n ited E v an g elical ch u rch th is ev en in g at 7:30. Rev. H . L. P ra tt will p reach and c o n d u c t co m m u n io n service. T h e q u a rte rly co n feren ce w ill m eet a fte r 1 th e service. T h e pub lic in v ite d .—N. W. • S ager, p asto r. T h e Item in er is g e ttin g to h e q u ite a ! rip e fru it rep o sito ry . T h e latest to ! com e in is M r. J . S. *M acorn her w ith a largo h u n ch of rip e ra sp b e rrie s. H e j say s th e y h av e h ad lots of th e m rig h t along all w in ter. T h ey a re of th e ev er h earin g v ariety . F ra n k G lover h as b een d o in g his own b u tc h e rin g lately a n d h as on e x h ib itio n som e of th e n icest d re sie d beef we ev er saw. H e a ls o c u re s h is own liaeon. giv ing th e m p len ty of salt an d oak sm oko, w hich p reserv es all th e n a tu ra l flavor of th e m e a t, m ak in g th e m m uch nicer th a n th e tr u s t sm oked article. /m V /m V ./ip \ /m V j. /m V /ip \ /m V /v p x Z rp x /m V /m V /m V 'm N /m V /> ^ \ Our Entire Stock Reduced - ■ - 0 - ---------- .............. ............................. 0 Our clearance sale will continue all this month. Plenty of goods for everybody. 0 You can buy goods here for less money than at any 0 other store in the valley. S O M E OF O U R S P E C IA L S Ladies’Jackets, $5.00 to 10.00 values goes at $1.00 Ladies’jackets, 10.00 to 15.00 values goes at 1.50 Ladies’ Skirts, 5.00 to 10.00 values goes at , 2.50 Ladies’ Waists at half regular values 38c 50c to 65c Dress Goods, fancy mixtures at $5.00 Grey Wool Oregon Blankets at . . $3.85 12 l-2c yard-wide Bleached Muslin at . . 10c 150 Men’s Fancy Shirts a t ........................... 95c Great slaughtering of all men’s and boys’ suits and overcoats - -prices are absolu tely the lowest ever quoted. New line of Table Linens, Napkins, Towels and Bed Spreads just in. They all go on sale at clearance sale prices. Remnants, odds and ends, and odd garments of every description must be sold at any price, re gardless of cost. Store c lo s e s at 6 .3 0 p.m . Except Saturday C has. M orris, a re c e n t ad d itio n to th e S h erid an L u m b e r Co’s, force of m en , will m ove h is fam ily h e re from D allas an d becom e a p e rm a n e n t citizen of S h e rid a n .—S h erid an S un. /m V _______________ For Over Sixty Year*. T h e H tafrin Drug sto re is ack n o w l edged to be one of th e b est d ru g d isp e n sa ries in th e sta te . T h ey c arry a large and v aried a s s o itm e n t of e v e ry th in g used in th e m o d ern p ra c tic e of m edicine, an<l th e ir m ix o lo g ist is as skilled a t his tra d e as it is possible to be. P re sc rip This is one reason why Ayer’s tio n s a c c u ra te ly an d carefu lly coiniwmnd- ed. Cherry Pectoral is so valua G e t read y for C h ristm a s . Buy h er, ble in consumption. It stops I o r h im , o r yo u rself, so m e th in g th a t will prove ben eficial. A few d o llars in v e s t the wear and tear of useless ed in m in in g stock m ay b rin g w ealth coughing. But it does more and h a p p in e ss for life. T he Lee C o m stock M ining co m p an y , P. O. box 258, — it controls the inflammation, R h y o lite, N evada, h as good p ro p e rty , a quiets the fever, soothes, heals. reliab le m a n a g e m e n t an d sells stock a t 15c a sh a re . Ask your doctor about this. P rof. W . A. W ash , fo rm erly of D allas, Th® b * * t k i n d o f a t e s t i m o n i a l — Oregon», is now a re sid e n t of th e M ount " S o ld f o r o v e r s i x t y y e a r s . ’' Scott d is tric t. M r W ash is an old n ew sp ap er m an . H e was th e o w n er a t • b r J. C C o ., F ^ew all. Mme*. one tim e of th e P olk C o u n ty Ite m iz e r. A ls o u * n u !!ftO tu ro ra o f I u ♦•tit v V i a n ago Mr. W ash VM t • SAM4PAKILLA. p rin cip al of th e W illiam s A v enue school, PILLS. Prof. P ra tt succeeding h im . Prof. W ash ■ AIR VIOOR | ow ns p ro p e rty a t T re m o n t an d will p u t W # h a r t n o s s o re ta • W o p u b lis h a force o Df f I men to clearing it prepara th « f o r m u la « o f «II o u r m o d ie in M . ; tory to bnikling a hom e. The N ew . H a lt e n r e c o v e r , b v k e e p in g *!*• i welcom ee all in ch new comer* aa Prof, r e g u l a r w i t h Ayvr*« • U ta. w a w l fam ily .—MU b c o tt S ew s. yers /m V ip. plan for th e n e x t school ch ild ren s in d u stria l fair. At 12 o'clock over 100 v isito rs w ere served to a bou n tifu l sp read p rep ared by th e p a re n ts an d tea c h e rs of F alls C ity. A fter d in n e r H o n . W . L. Tooze gave an ex cellen t ad d ress upon g en eral school p rin cip les. M r. Tooze h as s tu d ied th e school q u estio n v ery carefully. W in. E llis took u p th e su b ject of Some C on d itio n s in o u r P u b lic Schools, th a t sho u ld be im p ro v e d . II«' gave of ficers an d tea c h e rs se v era l ideas th a t will he of g re a t benefit to th em in th e fu tu re. T h is w as followed by a g en eral d iscussion. M rs. A. E . S ey m o u r read ¡a p a p e r upon O ur P u b lic Schools from a M o th e r ’s P o in t of View M rs. G eorge Sei- fa rth led t h e d iscussion. T hose a tte n d in g from a d istan c e w ere G. W. M yer, M rs. F . H. M orrison, H . C. S ey m o u r. M rs. H . C. S ey m o u r, D al la s ; J . J . M cBee, Miss C lara O lsen, Lib - e r ty ; W. Lewis, C C. G a rd n e r, M rs. C. C. G a rd n e r, A. P la n k in to n , M rs. A. P lo n k in to n . B ridgeport. CITY NEWS. It O-uiets the Cough /•rV V T ---------------- ---- - d? ents Hold an Enjoyable Session. School S u p e rin te n d e n t S ey m o u r in form s ns th a t th e school officers, te a c h e rs an d p a r e n ts ’ m eetin g held at F alls C ity last S a tu rd a y w as o n e of th e best ev er h eld , a n d th a t all w ho atte n d e d w ere m o st e n th u s ia s tic in th e w ork, and each one d esiro u s of a ssistin g in ad v an cin g th e jiow cr a n d facility*« of ed u catio n . T h ey w ere accorded a royal welcom e by th e h o sp ita b le citizen s of F alls C ity, a n d all p re se n t considered it one of th e m oat p leasan t an d in s tr u c t ive m eetin g s of th e k in d th e y h ad ever atten d ed . T h e tw o large room s of th e ¿ j t ' Falls C ity school house w ere th ro w n r \ | o p en in to on e, an d sta n d in g room was 5 / a t a p re m iu m . T h e m eetin g w as called to o rd er by I ra M eh rlin g , an d w ith V / Miss lia llie M orrison a t th e o rg an , all W san g A m erica, a fte r w hich C . L. H aw ley, p re sid e n t of th e Polk C o u n ty School Of- A — ficers’ asso ciatio n , h an d led th e subject, A g ricu ltu re in t h e P u b lic Schools in a j very ab le m a n n er. A g en eral discus- w Y sion follow ed led by C. C. G a rd n e r. Sti- p e rin te n d e n t S ey m o u r e x p la in e d th e /m V — A b o o k let o f ingredients, w ith n u m ero cf a u th o ra tiv e profesional en d orsem en ts by the leading m edical au thorities o f th is country, w ill I k ) m ailed free. to any o n e sen din g nam e fend i.ddress w ith request for sam e. Addreai Dr. L. V. Pierce, lip a alo. N. Y. H iving been sick for th e p a s t t w o y ears w ith a b ad sto m ach tro u b le , a j An old am i well trie d rem ed y . Mr*. frien d gave me a dose of C h a m b e rla in ’« W inslow ’s S oo th in g S y ru p h as been S tom ach a n d L iver T ab lets. T h ey did j used for o v er six ty y ears b y m illio n s of me so m uch good th a t I b o u g h t a b o ttle m o th ers for th e ir c h ild re n w h ile te e th of th em an d h av e used tw elve b o ttle s in ing, w ith p erfe ct success. It so o th es th e all. Today I am well of a had stom acn child, so ften s th e gu m s, allay s all p a in , tro u b le .— M rs. J o h n Lowe, C ooper, cures w in d colic an d is the»best rem ed y M aine. T hese ta b le ts a re for sale by for d ia rrh o e a . Is p le a s a n t to th e ta s te . B elt & C h e rrrin to n . Sold b y d ru g g ists in ev ery p a r t of th e w o rld . 25 c e n ts a b o ttle . I ts value is in calcu ab le. Be su re an d ask for Mry. AT FALLS CITY. W inslow ’s Soothim g S y ru p an d ta k e no o th er k in d . G u a ra n te e d u n d e r th e a n d D rug A ct, J u n e 30, 1906. School Officers, Teachers and Par S Food erial N u m b er 1098. rn An all solid bronzed iron bed with fancy C O 0 0 scroll work, a beauty for only *r ' A U Successors to Adams & Co. P o stm aster M erw in rep o rts th e la rg e st b u sin ess th ro u g h D ecem ber for th e I n d ep en d en ce postoffice ev ^r k n o w n in th e h isto ry of th e office. T h e reg istry busin ess was p ractically d o u b le t h a t of an y previous y e a r, an d in th e m oney o rd e r d e p a rtm e n t an d g en eral postal busin ess th e in crease was a b o u t 20 per c e n t. F ra n k M cDougal is in In d e p e n d e n c e th is week visitin g h is sister, M rs. F . W. 1'reai or. H e h a s been te a c h in g school a t H ain es, in e a s te rn O rego ., b u t re signed h is position to becom e g en eral ag en t for th e O liver T yp w rite r Co. His h e a d q u a rte rs will be a t S e a ttle , and his te rrito ry will in clu d e w estern W ash ington and O regon. Or. /m N - /> 0 p v ''f y ' //> p \ The lee Hive Store &■ & & -& tk & & & Í & & tktUt /m V /m V /m V /> p ^ /m V JíjÍT Üfí íjR ; 0 í j í »¿(í ^0 Üjí /m V ''m v .'x p v /x p v /m V 0 4. >jí + 0 /m V /m V /m V /m V /m V /m V /ip v Dallas » * Oregon C¡5 /m V /m V 0^ 0^ 0^ /m V /m V ^ - 0 ; G rea t S la u g h te r /m V m /» p v Le CLEARANCE SAIÆ\ or CROCHEn \ ,.+ + & # & # # # # |# OF CROCKERY AND NOTIONS Having heavily overstocked for the holiday trade, we find ourselves in a position where we need the money worse than we need the goods. Our bills are coming due and we must have money. To quick- ly realize the amount necessary, we have inaugurat- ed a Great Slaughter Sale. Every article in the house goes at cost or less than cost—nothing reserved. For the next thirty days you will be able to buy goods cheaper than you ever bought them before. | t t +*+ ^ ^ & ** Y 7 Com e E arly B efore th e C hoice Goods are a ll Gone. I W . H. R O Y & CO. S ~ DALLAS. OREGON ' ■