>1 iimouth P u b lic Sch ool.
It (loos not matter whether the
There are 93 d m im eiimlleil on the register
“ Murchison” letter won genuine or
not; Lord Hack v il le W est’s letter was, o f the »cliool. The boy* and girls are very
Publisher. and gives the true relation o f the enthusiastic over their school work this year.
—The directors havesupplitst the school with
democratic party for England.
a Webster Unubridged dictionary, which the
Polk County Observer.
C. ('. DOUGHTY.
Subscription H a le *.
$1 50
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Tuesday is election day. Don’ t has lM-cn expended for ap)«rutus during the
fail to g o to the ik >11 h ; bring your last two months.— Pupils from five different
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counties o f the state are in attemhince.—Mrs.
Advertising rute» inaile known ou nppli- friend, noighlxir and who-evcr-will
cation.
let him come, and cast a vote for Goodnight has her room decorated in a very
< ’orrin|ioiMliiKU U willi-itci! from till frii-iele
pleasing manner. The mottoes are appro
Protection.
t>f the paper.
(Moniuixitli, Oregou, Nov. 3, ISSN.
T h e o b s e r v e r fo r
5 0 C T S
For Four Months.
Republican National Ticket.
For President,
B E NJAM IN 11 AltHWON,
o f Indiana.
Surprising Cash Bargains,
Physician and Surgeon,
Office Main St., next to Vaughn's, Dallas, Or
pupils use to a great advantage.— About
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P w Y it r .
Per Wx Monili».
C. E. Worthington.
: 0 :
»J. K. Loçke*
priate and show the plane to which such
Physician and Surgeon.
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simple lines may lead. The expression ‘‘God
On Tuesday the result o f the great bless the children," cannot hut help to cause feÿ-otttce, Hueim VistupOregon.
est political contest tli is country lias the children to remember that God is watch
ever hud, w ill is- known. A contest ing o'er them in their work. And “ Follow
° J O H N J. D A L Y ,
upon a principle that is fraught with Jwux " to equally significant; while “ Wel
the giO atot interest to ail the jieople come" and "Try, try again,” each have their
o fo u r land-protection o f I¿omo Mar influences. These with the many pictures
kets; or Free Trade and Pauperized in the room give it a home like appearance. Will promptly attend to all legal husiness
entrusted to him.
Industries. See that your vote is — I’rof. Murphey is encouraged frith the out
look for the years work and confidently ex-
D A LLA S , OREGON. •
recorded for Harrison, H om e and
pacta a lar/c in. r a-c in | l l l b n .
siimi.
MES k
W e are Selling our Stock o|
Attorney at Law,
DRY GOODS AT COST.
N ative Land.
Goodman A Douty, Independence.
W A R R E N T I l f IT T ,
Republicans see that every voter
For Vii1
« Preaident,
c9mcs out. The republican clubs and
LEVI P. MOKTON.
local committees should attend act
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D A LLA S , OREGON.
ively to the work. A llo w no man to
‘1 10 Acres, g<>.'d house and bum, 150 acres
in cultivation, $35 per acre.
W ill practice in all the courts o f the State.
say
“
There
w
ill
be
enough
without
O For President iul Electors,
C á rN o w is you r chance to got groat Imrguinc, In our D ry Good*,
(»Ilice in Court N 1 »use.
3H3 Acres, good new house and I mm, new
LEAN,
W m KAPUS, me.”
ROUE CRT
orchurd, 50 acres in cultivation, good timber
Goods, Notions, Clothing, Roots and Mhoes, Furnishing Goods
Farms for Sale.
Attorney at Law,
C. W. FUI.TON.
and pasture, $11 i>or acre.
150 Acres, all g "»1 farm land, 100 acres
minimi'r&llow, gis»d house and bum, g»Msl
orchard, $.17! [ xt acre, it is well located.
100 Acres, all in cultivation, go«sl house
and barn, <K» acres summerfitllow, farm divid-
<»| into three fields, good spring in each, very
dcsirublc farm, $.15 |x'r acre.
;il:< Acres, good house uud hum, to acres
From every section o f the coun in cultivation, good orchard, splendid stock
Poor West must go. Rut he leaves
ty come loud complaints about tin* farm, $10 per acre.
his letter Ixhind.
All the above fumiWurc choice land and
wretched mail service. The best mail
finely located. !*<|uiries by mail \^ill receive
service
the
country
ever
had
was
N ov. litli w ill bring Democratic A p
prompt attention. We sell and take on com
pomattox number
two. — Boston under l(ppuhlicun rule. Isn’ t it time mission, any properties in Oregon. JAMES
to return to the old method?
Traveller.
TATOM, Monmouth, l ’olk county, Oregon.
I ’tatfn&n: Protection o f American
Tin* Republican party’s standard
Industries,
American
J lames (o r (»carer has lx-himl him a vital princi
ple, and that vital principle has bo
Working tten.
llim i it a grand man. N o wonder the
Democrats are rattled.
Don’t fail to voto.
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Maine cndor>*»l it in his Ruffalo
The Knights o f Labor have the
speech when lie culled the Mills hill motto: “ An injury to one is the con
u tariff for votes nod not for revenue. cern o f a ll.” It is just this fact in a
Republic that makes it the general
It is rather hard that British Mie<j concern that a fiOv shall not follow
ister West should l»e attacked so blind prejudice and vote upon Am er
roughly for m erely stating truth re ican workingmen a policy that will
garding the friendly feeling o f the so reduce them to the level o f Euro
democrats for Great Britain and Can pean pauper labor.
ada. Perhaps there are those who
think tin1 truth should not l»c spoken
W illiam H enry Harrison, the
¡it all times lost it spoils .somebody’s grandfather o f the Republican candi
game.
date, believed in protection, and
showed his faith by liis works. The
This issue is the last say the On- wool o f the suit o f clothes in which
HKKVKH w ill have ’ till after the vote he was inaugurated was grown in
Is taken for president. A ll sldt>s in Ilopkiiiton, N. II., and mnnufactur-
the canvass lists ls‘en presented and ed into cloth by the Middlesex Cor
everyone has, no doubt, made up poration, at Low ell, Mass. He be
their mind how they w ill east their lieved that Am erica should protect
vote Tuesday nextou the great issues. American industries, and so does his
W e take pleasure in assuring our grandson.
Republican friends that the prospects
tire bright and most cheering for the
There is to he no Independent or
triumphant election o f Harrison and Mugwump l ’arty ilt this campaign.
Morton. As election approaches the Those who left the Republican I ’ar
political skies brighten. The race ty in 1884, because they could not
Ix'tween Protection and Free Trade clean, w ill now join themselves to
shows Protection far lit the lead, and one party or the other. Th ey have
Hixxxling on to the centre pole at a no such excuse as they had four
gait that w ill distance the overbur years ago. General
Harrison
is
dened revenue reform mule so far worthy any man’s support. I f they
that the pixiranimal will give up the go into the Democratic Party, it
race before the end is reached.
w ill be because* four years o f affilia
The Editor o f tho Itemizer in an
nouncing ¡in address by a republican
on the issues o f the canvass tells its
readers to “ go and listen to his rea
soning, and then form your
con
clusion as to its merits. Rut don’ t
blindly swallow the dose o f m y poli-
enl sjwaker, for all o f then, are more
or less warped in Ixith Judginent and
expression and make it a business to
paint their own aide in the most at-
troetivo colors and make tho op|x>si-
tlon cause appear In as had a light as
possible.” H is patrons might ask
after reading that, what ought his
newspaper to lie? As an ideal it must
not l»e a neutral, or a “ free lance.”
Often the worst kind o f servility and
corruption are found masquerading
under the pretense, and sometimes
the actual lx'lief, o f “ Independence.”
No man can amount to much in this
world who “ (iix's not believe some
thing, and who tits»« not have some
method in his Ix lieving; and to say
o f a man that lie is not a partisan* is
to im ply that he is either a scamp or
a skeptic.” Th e ixlitor can lx*as part
isan as he pleases, but he must seek
to represent tho truth, for truths sake
and not for tho sake o f an office or a
Job. H e must deal frankly and fairly
by the public. Tho editor no doubt,
years ago, mode his conclusions to
vote the democratic ticket, for which
we can find no objections.
In this campaign there is beingcir-
culutcd a vast amount o f false infor
mation. A great proportion o f the
figures quoted are wrong. H a lf the
truth Is only told. Voters ought to
Uxir in mind that the Republican
party has siMvcssfUlly settled all the
great questions o f recent years, and
that whenever Democrats have un
dertaken to Cope with even so small
a problem o f getting rid o f a surplus,
they have made a mess o f it. The
Republican,rcptrdlo* offals« figures
party o f progress. It has hwn trust
ed and proved true to the trust. It
can lie trusted again.
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Everybody come out and vote. It
Is your privilege, prick« and duty.
tion with that party has converted
them to its ways and principles, or
Iteeause they are and have been out
o f accord with the Republican dix--
trinc o f protection. I f they want to
take the road to Free Trade the
Democratic P rty is the proper
company. The 2rp»l»lleon Party is
cnniniittixl hear and soul to the
policy o f Prott «tion o f American
Interests* and or. this issue it goes to
the people, and confidently expects
to w in.
Crockery and G la-swart'. deportments, etc.
& Vernon,
Former Offers Fads Away In Oblivion.
Druggists and Apothecaries.
rugs, Paints. Oils. Glass and all other A r
I) ticles kept in a tint-class drug store.
These goods must lx« sold. fty)'"\Vt« art* goin g t(kclose out our stock
and parties newling anything in our line w ill find it to
their advantage to cull anti see us.
Proscriptions Cure fully Conipountlotl^
New Stable,
jWr-Alsn Renier» la itiisl A Sarti ill's Sil
ver anil Platel Ware, Jewelry, J/iisicul ill
struaieuts of nil kiiuU.
Goods w ill be Sold Cheap.
1N D E I* E N 1 > E N i'E , ORECJON.
IMfl'Livcry.i'oed and Siile stallie«. Firet-idoss
turaouts. ami Jirici s reiisnnabli- Givo ns a
• all. nortli orni nf Maia Street, H E IiK K N A
H A L L , proprietors.
tfiT Remlter the place, corner brick store, N 1 ES A S M IT H ,
Imlr¡tfndrnct.
Crick Chirle,
Dallas,
The dry goods store F. M . «V. w ill
give you a bargain i f you w ill call
and see them.
James
Oregon.
Ta tom.
Real Estate and Insurance Agent
Polk County V Bank.
monmo urn,
Monmouth,
o n ecton .
Oregon.
SHELLEY & VANDUYN,
Opens Septem ber 10th.
'fl'D o e s a general banking business. Sight
Drafts on New York, San Francisco or Pori-
lami. Deposits received subject bi cheek or
on eertilieates o f ilejmsit. ( 'olleetioils will
receive prompt attention. Ofllee hours S n.
in. to 5 p. in. U nir» Burglar Proof Stiff, re
n im i by Yale Time Lock.
3ST.
EE.
B U T L E R ,
Druggist and Apothecary.
Head Quarters for General Merchandise,
— Dealer in—
Vaughn & Hillard.
n
rugs, (Ticniieals, Book.», Stationery,Toilet
articles, ete.
GENERAL BLAGKSÎWITHING.
Prescriptions Carefully
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Monmouth,
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¡ndepf«d£nce
Oregon State
Qregon.
Compoumliil.
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Horse-Shoeing'
B U Y Y O U R (a tO C E lU E S A T
Normal School.
Specialty.
Shop opposite livery stable, at the foundry
Independence.
KID nev TEÁ
U RlNARY*<>KI D N EY TROUBLES
D r H e
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Political pointers; some distance
after the catechism: N am e the thr(«o
greatest speech-makers o f modern
|M»litles: Lincoln, Blaine mid II;.- '-
son. what were their great themes?
Th e Union, Protection and the
home.
F U LL FA C U LTY,
GOOD BUILDINGS.
A
p p e t iz e r
S. J. WATERHOUSES.
LIG H T EXPENSES.
Normal, Collegiate, and
Commercial Departments
A ll Normal Graduates receive a Diplôme
from the State which authorize» them to
Iciirh in any public school in the Mato. Otliei
Slates grant teachers certificates on presenta
tion of these Normal Diplomas, without ex
aniinution.
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—--Carries at all times a fro-di and complete stock of groceries.— ■
N O TIO N S! NOTIONS ! !
every description, as cheap us the cheapest.
Call and seehim .
O cited.
f
Y o u r iiatrenagc I* eoli
Monmouth,
Oregon.
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CURES INDIGESTION
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FOR ALL SK IN D IS E A S E S .
“ Tippecanoe"Harrison was the can
didate o f the party that advocated
a day and roast lxx«f for the w ork
ingman. H istory is repeating itself. '
Buster
C H
E A P
H IA P IP T C 3 -.
FiUGooiI table hoanl is funilsheil to sfa-
uent-at the “ Normul Dining HslT’ nl $l,.‘s
JXT week. Gmxl boaiiling in fniailies with
turni-hisl room, fuel uml lights, $3.00 to » ; .X
I xt week.
Farmers
Mercantile
Association,
ID E E M E L E E L S
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Practical Course
Sold by N. H. Butler.
t <x»k stovt«s fumi-luxl $10 and higher.
Milk pan» 12} cts and higher.
Milk pails .‘{."i eta and higher.
Stove |Hili»h ."> ci» and higher.
Study,
—ComiilctisI in a—
Short
N ew Goods-New Prices.
oí
In General Merchandise.
Time.
Send for Cntalngae. Address the President
D. T. S taxucy , Afontuouth, Oregon.
D. Warren,
Bed Rock Prices,
Best Grade of Goods,
And Fair Oeaiing
Is Our Motto.
J. K . Jemiaix,
W arren
A full lino of Tinware Correspondingly.
& Jenna»,
A ll kinds o f produce taken in exchange for goods.------ -
Nails 8} cts jH«r {Miuntl and higher.
Riqx« 1«! cts per |x»und ami higher.
Hardware, lumlx«r, shingles, tis»ls, sash, dtx»rs, mouldings, («te.
" <*ven w ire and spiral spring Maitressi
F A N C Y W IR E FENCE.
General
MONMOUTH,
Blacksmiths and
Horseshoers.
Anumltinn and fishing tackle.
W all pa|x«r and window shades.
Bini oagt*s, brackets and mirrors.
A Hood Line of
Agricultural Implements ami Farm Machinery
Furniture.
Wood Work a Specialty.
rxv'W bile w e thank you for |xu*t favors we ask a continuance o f vour
patronsgr.-iM
Farmers Supply Depot Co.,
M O N M O U T H ,
OREGON.
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O B Ò E Q -O T S T -
COOPER & C O M A W A Y ,
—DEALERS IN —
'A ll charges trainable.
M ONM OUTH,
Givens a call.
OREGON.
Hardware,
Stoves and
fcaTAgents for Kapp, Burnii A Co.
Tinware.
Indivemlwic«, o r * v « *1©«