B. F.
Independence.
Jones is in Toledo this
week
Wallace Huntly will attend the;
Grand Lodge in Albany.
D. B. Taylor and wife were
Corvallis visitors Monday.
Charley Williams was a pass
enger to Portland Sunday.
Frank Coquellett and wife, of
Talmage, leave for Falls City Friday.
Black brothers are building a
large barn on their farm north of
town.
Miss Hattie Mix has returned
from Chicago and other places in
the east
Edd Wallace, from 0. A. C
SDent Sunday with his mother
and sister.
A gasoline carpet cleaner is do-
incr erood work in our town the
last few days.
Grant McLaughlin, an 0. A
C. student, spent Sunday with
friends in this city
Mr. Hall has sold his farm north
of town to some new comers,
Mr. Hall will move to town.
J. W. Richardson Jr., has re
turned from Seaside, where he
has been employed for some time.
The base ball Juniors drove to
Buena Vista Sunday and won the
game 18 to 7 in favor of Indepen
dence.
Mrs. Dr. Robinson leaves for
Vancouver this week where she
will visit her daughter, Mrs,
Woods.
Jimmie Johnson and his mother
have moved to McMinnville this
week where the son will have em
ployment.
Miss Ida Richardson will give
up dress making and go to Port
land this week where she has
other employment
Hanna Bros, are tearing down
the two frame buildings adjoin
ing their store, which are to be
replaced with a new brick.
' Fred Hooper and Rev. Jones
are the two delegates from Val
ley Lodge No. 42 to the Grand
Lodge in Albany this week.
The baseball game Sunday, be
tween Corvallis and Independence
was won by the Independence
boys. The attendance was large.
Frank Wilson has sold his gen
eral merchandise store to Mr.
Drexler. We understand that
Mr. Wilson will move to Portland.
The mother of Dave Sears died
Saturday morning. The funeral
was held at the home Sunday, at
two o'clock, and the remains were
laid to rest in the Odd Fellows
cemetery.
Mrs. E. H. Hubbard was a
passenger to Albany Monday
morning to attend the grand
lodge. Mrs. D. A. Hodge, Mrs.
Allen and Katherina Jones are
delegates from this lodge to the
Grand lodge in Albany.
Twen Campbell met with an ac
cident last Friday morning while
working on his new building. A
large timber was being drawn to
the roof when the ends of two
fingers on his right hand were
caught and crushed so that they
were amputated by Dr. Hewitt.
Quite a pleasant time was had
last Friday evening in the W. 0.
W. hall. The circle met and Mrs.
Bohannon and Mrs. Flukes were
elected delegates to the district
convention which meets in Port
land in June. The Woodmen sur
prised ihe circle with ice cream
and cake. The evening was spent
in playing games and all parted
at a late hour.
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Wade McKinney, Jess Whiteaker
P. M. Kirkland, Joe Hubbard, C.
C, Long, W. W. Percival, G. Dix
on, T. Sullivan, Roy Addison, J.
L. Smith, Eph Young, Edd Owen,
L. Bice, Sam Irvine, Harry Coup
lin, J. Burton, J. Hanna, Rube
Dickinson.
Mrs. John McQuerry, who lived
with her son, D. W. Sears, in this
city, died last Saturday, May 15.
She was born in Virginia, March
8, 1826. She moved to Iowa at
the age of 11 years and was
married there at the age of 16
years, to John Sears. He died
in 1861 and in 1870 she married
John McQuerry, came to Oregon
in 1874 and has resided in Polk
county ever, since. She leaves
six children-J. K. Sears, McCoy;
Mrs. J. Collins, of this city; Mrs.
Mary Bricker, Dallas; Van D.
Sears, Ballston; andD. W. Sears,
of this city. A son, Sam Sears,
died in 1902.
Sold
(Continued from First Page)
saloon men grew a schism in the
ranks of the wholesale dealers.
Part of the brewers and of the
wholesalers upheld Crof ton. Part
believed in his ideas but consider
ed that the strained relations be
tween him and the retail men mil
itated against his usefulness as a
political manager. The remain
der were opposed to him.
. Early in 1906 Crofton tendered
his resignation as secretary. It
was not accepted. He served for
nearly a year longer, then resign
ed finally, and his resignation
was accepted. Shortly after the
Wholesale Brewers' and Liquor
Dealers' association blew up and
was disbanded.
More than a year ago the brew
ers formed an organization of
their own. Following that the
wholesale liquor dealers formed
another organization. At the
head of the first is Paul We3sin-
ger, leading the second with Fred
Rothschild.
Since the disbandment of the
big organization the liquor men
have on several occasions called
on Crofton to aid them in political
maneuvers. He accomplished the
defeat of the McKenna ordinance
in 1908 and directed the anti-local
option fight on the east side at
that time. He has been the di
recting force in several other lo
cal option battles. An effort was
made to put him at the helm once
more for the coming fight but he
declined to serve, and consequent
ly a new director general has
been imported from San Francis
co to take up the fight.
The principal work of the new
political agent will be to ward off
state wide local option. If he is
successful in the task he will then
turn his attention to local option
fights in different parts of the
state, as these fights come up
Portland Journal.
The Michigan Buggies are Sold by R. M. WADE & CO.
They exceed in Quality and Style. And are Lowest in
Price. Look the Michigan over before you buy.
INDEPENDENCE, ORE.
Ballston, the score being 8 to 5
in favor of the home team.
Everybody is planting lots of
potatoes this spring seed pota
toes are only $1.50 per bushel.
A Crowley farmer's wealth is es
timated by the number of bushels
he has to plant.
Notice of Dissolution.
Notice is hereby given that the
partnership heretofore existing
under the firm name of Black &
Wells is this day dissolved by J.
E. Wells retiring from the firm.
All accounts due the firm are
payable to E F. Black who agrees
to pay all bills against said firm.
Dated at Buena Vista, Oregon,
this third day of May 1909.
E. F. Black,
J. E. Wells.
Crowley.
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Craven,
of Dallas,- spent Sunday with C.
S. Taylor and wife.
W. VV. rawk will commence
work on the new road with four
teams, Wednesday.
Mrs. Babe Graham, of Mon
mouth, was a" pleasant caller at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. S
Taylor.
Miss Emma Pettit returned to
her new home in Corvallis, Mon
day, after spending a few days
with Mrs. Clay Taylor, of this
place.
Miss Doris Evans, of Salem,
returned to her home last Thurs
day, after spending a few weeks
with her old friend, Mrs. D. M
Pewtherer, of Oak Grove.
Wednesday evening last a skat
ing party was given at the Oak
Grove rink in honor of Miss Emma
Pettit of Corvallis, and Miss
Doris Evans, of Salem.
There was an interesting game
of baseball played at Rlckreall
Sunday between Rickreall and
Eggs For Sale.
Full blood, single combe White
Leghorn eggs for sale, Inquire
of W. A. Wood, Monmouth.
We have a buyer for a farm
who has property in east Port
land worth $2,000 that he wants
to trade in as part payment,
Polk County Realty Co.
A well located lot 50x100. In
quire at the Herald office.
Polk County Realty Company
Transacts a general Real Estate business
and attends to collecting rent for out of town
owners.
We have buyers
If you have any land for sale list it
with us.
Monmouth
Oregon
Hotel Hampton
D. M. Hampton, Proprietor
15 years in Monmouth
Under Same Old Management
Everything strictly firstclass
Grove A. Peterson
Notaiy Fubliv,
Monmouth On gr j
Read the offer of a free trip to
the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposi
tion at Seattle. Costs nothing
but a little effort and you see
everything. All the sights on the
Pay Streak included. ' Read it, it
w;ll not be open to your accept
ance after May 15.
A Rare Bargain.
230 acres of the finest
Polk county. All under
land in
cultiva-1
tion. Good for gram, fruit, wal
nuts, clover, garden or small
fruits. Land adjoining it selling
for $65 to $100 per acre. Will be
offered for sale for a short time
for $55 an acre. Two miles from
Monmouth. Inquire of Polk
County Realty Co., at the Her
ald Office.
Sheep Shearing machines with
horse clipping attachment for
sale at R. M. Wade & Co.
J. W. HOWELL
Contractor and Builder
Carpenter shop and General
Repair Work.
Moulding and Finishing
Material
Cor. Knox and Jackson Sts.
Church Directory.
Evangelical Church
L. C. Hoover, Pastor
Morning service at 11:00 o'clock
Evening service at 7:00 o'clock
Sunday School at 10:00 a. m.
Y. P. A. Meeting at 6.30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
W. A. Wood, Pastor.
Morning Service at 11. a. m.
Evening Service at 7:00 p. m.
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Y. P. S. C. E. 6:30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30 p. m.
Baptist Church.
Sunday School 10 a. m.
Preaching 2:30 p. m.
W. C. T. U.
Local Union meets every sec
ond and fourth Friday in the E
vangelical church at 2:30 p. m.
A Snap
160 acre farm, 50 under cultiva
tion, 70 pasture, 40 timber, 7
in hops, all under good fence,
6 springs on place, 7 room
dwelling, 4 room tenant house,
good hop house, two good
barns, fine for fruit or dairy,
three miles to railroad, one
half mile to school. Price $30
per acre. Polk County Realty
Co., at Herald office, Mo -mouth,
Oregon.
Nice cottage of five rooms and
pantry with good wcodshed. Well
on porch. Prunes; apples, pears
and small fruits together with
one and eighty-seven one-hund-redths
acres of good land in Mon-
J mouth for $1000. For sale bv
Polk County Realty Co.
Lamps and fixtures, electric
irons, chafing dishes, broilers,
heaters and electric motors of
all kinds. Wireing scientifically
done in all its branches. Elec
tric lights installed. Estimates
furnished on short notice.
Phone Main 98.
V. D. Butler.
CITY MEAT MARKET
H. C. Chamberlin, Prop.
Dealer in
All kinds of Fresh and Cured
Meats. Fish and Game in Season
Lard a Specialty
Cash Paid for Poultry
Oysters
L. L. Hewitt, M. D.
Independence, Oregon
Office in Cooper Building
Office hours: 9 to 12 a. m. and
2 to 6 p. m. Both Phones.