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Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, August 20 1909 No. 52
INDEPENDENCE NEWS BUDGET
From Our Regular Corres
pondent DAILY HAPPENINGS IN OUR SISTER CITY.
Scan This Column For News of
Importance From the
Riverside.
Bill Withrow left Monday for
a trip to Tillamook.
Cecile Wilcox left Wednesday i
for a vacation to Newport.
D. B. Taylor and wife were
passengers to Corvallis Wednes
day. Blaine Cooley, of McMinnville,
was visiting friends here over
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Nelson return
ed the last of the week from the
Seattle Fair.
Dr. Eaton, of Portland, was in
our city Sunday to visit his little
son Joe Eaton.
Walter Brinkley, of Airlie pass
ed through here Wednesday on
his way to Newport.
B. K. Lawson, of Portland,
was in Independence on business
the last of the week.
A. C. Moore and WE. Craven
returned the first of the week
from' Harney county. ""
Susie Fennell Pipes was visit
'ing at the home of her father
Tom Fennell last week.
Frank Kersey of Dallas, passed
through here the last of the week
on his way to Newport.
Charlie Collins who lives near
San Francisco, is visiting at the
home of his parents this week.
J. S. Cooper and Harold Fitch
ard made a trip to J. S. Cooper's
ranch Monday in Fitchard'sauto.
J. W. Richardson and son John
went to Corvallis the first of the
week to finish seme work in that
city.
Hazel Bohanon returned Satur
day from Dallas, where she has
been taking the teachers examin
ation. The Polk County Oil Company
will soon begin drilling for oil
again on the B. F. Whiteaker
ranch.
Lucia Campbell, who has been
visiting Cecile Wilcox returned
to her home in Eugene the first
of the week.
Mrs. M. Wallace and Miss Ber
tha Bohannon left Tuesday for
Portland to attend the millinery
opening at that city.
. Mrs. Ada Taylor and little
daughter, of Portland, came Sat
urday for a short visit with rela
tives here and in Monmouth.
R. H. Knox and son Freddie,
Frank Whiteaker and his two
sisters Ethel and Vivian, return
ed the first of the week from the
Belknap springs.
Clarence MacCready, who has
been visiting at Black Rock vis
ited in Independence a while
Monday on his way to Corvallis
where he intends to make his
future home.
Wm. Swift and wife who have
been the guests of Mrs. Monroe
Kirkland for some time, left the
last of the week for Portland and
from there to Wauseca, Minn.,
to their home.
Elmer Bail, who got his hand
caught in a gang planer at Falls
City sawmill and lost a finger,
came with his family Saturday
and will visit with his folks until
his hand is better.
The Independence "bunch"
that went to Newport Saturday
returned Monday. The crowd
consisted of Zed Rosendof, Moss
Walker, W. L.vBice, Ed Owen,
Al Whitney, Asa Taylor, and
Grover Mattison. They all had
a very pleasant time.
The ten dollar gold piece of
1847 which was found here the
other day and was reported to be
worth five hundred dollars has
depreciated a great deal in value
since the Oregonian reported Sun
day that there were nearly a mil
lion and a half pieces like it coined
this year. This one belonged to
Al Bently.
Kings Valley
Dan Ross and wife returned
from Alsea Sunday. '
Rush and Allen threshing ma
chine will start work Tuesday.
Miss Eihel Price is in Corvallis
to attend the teachers examina
tions. Sam Eddy and wife of Portland
are in the valley visiting rela
tives. Mrs. Dave Simpson and Miss
Lessie Bush of Airlie were in the
valley Sunday. 1
Addie and Gladys Maxwell
went to FallCity Saturday and re
turned Sunday.
Miller and Frantz threshing
machine will begin threshing at
A. C. Millers Monday.
Mrs. Mary McConnell and Mrs.
J. T. Miller were the guests of
Mrs. Rose Banks Sunday.
Mrs. John Chambers who has
been confined to the house sever
al years was out visiting Sunday.
Last Tuesday Mrs. Hattie Mil
ler tying her horse up went hazel
nutting, when she came back he
was dead.
Roy Price and wife and son
were in the valley Friday to at
tend the funeral of his father the
late J. H. Price.
Jake Chambers and wife and
Joe Graham and wife started to
Newport Friday. Mr. and Mrs.
Graham do not expect to return
until October.
The people of the valley were
very much shocked Wednesday
when a telephone message came
that Unele Jim Price had died
very suddenly in Corvallis of
heart failure. Mr. and Mrs. Price
had gone to Corvallis on a visit.
He was as well as usual and had
been down town in the morning
and came home and walked
around the yard then came in and
sat down in a chair, in a few min
utes his wife and son hearing him
fall went to him and he was dead.
He was buried in the Kings Val
ley Cemetery Friday. The Oddfel
lows had charge at the cemetery.
He leaves a wife and two sons,
Roy and Frank Price both of Cor
vallis, one sister Mrs. Saphronia
Townsend and one brother Pres
ton Price and other relatives and
friends to mourn his death. He
was 67 years old. Mrs. Price is
prostrate with grief.
REGULAR PORTLAND LETTER
Oregon Conservation Com
mission Meets.
ALBERS BROS. TO BUILD BIG MILL
Fast Speeding of Autos to be
Done Away With in
Near Future
Portland, Or., Aug.l7-The
conservation resources will be
discussed fully at Portland by
the Oregon Conservation Com
mission, which will hold its con
vention on August 30. Gifford
Pinchot, head of the forestry ser
vice, will be the principal speak
er and will discuss the varions
phases of conservation in Oregon.
He is thoroughly 'familiar with
the situation here, having studied
it in connection with his foresty
work.
Since the commission was or
ganized, much has been accom
plished in protecting natural re
sources. Water power, timber
and land have been saved to the
state. It is expected that much
good will result in furthering
this work by the forthcoming
convention. Citizens from the
whole state are invited to attend.
German residents of the
states are to take part in
large numbers in the celebration
of German Day at Seattle, Aug
ust 19. German-Americans of
the city will make the trip in two
divisions, leaving on August 17
and 18. Preparations have been
made at Seattle on a large scale
to receive the visitors. The ex
ercises will be held at the fair
grounds and the exposition man
agement is taking steps to make
the affair one long to be remem
bered. Work has been started in Port
land on what will be the biggest
and most complete cereal mill in
the Coast. The mill is being
built by Albers Bros, and will be
located on the river front, where
additional property for the pur
pose was recently purchased.
When complete, the plant will
represent an outlay of $1,000,000.
It is expected the plant will be
ready for operation this winter.
Joy riders have been put under
the ban by the Portland Automo
mobile Club 'and steps were
taken at a meeting held this
week to do away with reckless
motorists. Recent killings by
autos on speedways about the
city by the classes of drivers
known as joy riders have caused
the Automobile Club to start a
campaign to restrict dare-devil
automobile speeding. Resolutions
were passed at the meeting and
members of the club are going
to do everything they can to put
a stop to speeding on public
roads.
During late September and
early October, Portland will be
the scene of the greatest gather
ing of undertakers ever heid in
America. It will be the occasion
of the annual convention of the
National Funeral Directors' Asso
ciation, in conjunction with which
will be held the annual conven
tions of the Oregon and Wash
ington state association. Septem
ber 28, 29 and 30 and October 1
and 2 are the dates set for the
three conventions. This will be
the first time the national con
vention has been held on the
Pacific Coast Preparations have
been made to give the visitors a
warm reception. They will be
dined at the Commercial Club,
formally welcomed to the city by
the Mayor and the Club officials,
and taken about Portland and up
the Columbia River for sight-seeing
trips.
Contracts were let during the
past week for double tracking the
Northern Pacific main line be
tween Kalama and Tacoma. Be
tween Kalama and Portland a
double track already exists. The
additional track is being laid to
provide for the common use of
the Northern Pacific line by the
Union Pacific between Portland
and the Puget Sound Cities. The
work is expected to be completed
within six months at a cost of
about $1,000,000.
Monmouth Heights.
Allen Towns made a special
trip to Falls City Saturday.
Mr. Nelson, of Monmouth, was
in this vicinity Friday on busi
ness. Geo. Bingman visited with his
brother William, at Liberty Sat
urday. Oscar Lehman was on the
streets of Monmouth one day of
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wunder
made a business trip to Buena
Vista, Saturday.
Wallace Tuttle and wife, of
Black Rock, have been down vis
iting her parents.
Mrs. E. Clark has been having
some new wire fencing erected
around her garden.
Ed. Wunder and family, of old
Independence, were guests of
friends here Sunday.
Loren Chamberlain, of Bridge
port, passed through here Tues
day on his way to Independence.
Clarence McCaleb and wife
spent Saturday in Monmouth, at
the home of his father John Mc
Caleb. Mrs. Treat, of Monmouth, was
out to this neighborhood Wed
nesday visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Ed. Rogers.
Allie Griffith and family, Chas.
and Robert Shipley returned
home Wednesday from a visit at
Corvallis and Monroe.
Miss Anna Bingman, who has
been visiting relatives and old
friends near Salem, returned
home the latter part of last week.
Mrs. Newt Grooms and daugh
ter Flossie, of Bridgeport, were
over the Heights Tuesday enroute
to her son Arthur, at Cochrane.
Mrs. J. L. Fishback and sons,
Pearl and Len, returned home
Saturday, from the Capital City,
where they visited her cousin,
Mrs. Martha Atkins, of New
Albany, Indiana, whom they had
never met before.
Rev. David Husband, of Eugene
was in Monmouth a couple of days
this week. He is working in the
interest of the national paper of
the Christian church.
IS A PROGRESSIVE CITIZEN
Has A Model Home In Mon
mouth's Suburbs.
GROWING WALNUTS AND BLOODED STOCK
Trip Over a Portion of John B.
Stump's Farm Adjoining
This City.
The Herald man had the plea
sure of a trip over the grounds
and through the walnut grove of
J. B. Stump this week. Mr.
Stump has a private water system
at his home in the western part
of the city that is equal to any in
any town. He has piped water
from a small spring on the side of
Cupid's knoll to the house and
there it is taken down into the
well formely used for household
purposes and where the water is
cooled to almost icy temperature .
for drinking purposes. It is piped
all through the house and every
modern convenience is found on
the premises.
From the house we went
through the walnut orchard
where some of the finest six year
old trees on the coast were seen.
Many of these are bearing a fair
amount of nuts this year. He
has several varieties, most of
which are doing very well. This
country is the best adapted to nut
culture of any in the world and in
time will be producing the bulk of
the world's nuts. Mr. Stump also
has a lot of filberts which he has
set out this spring, that are show
ing a vigorous growth. He has
about ten acres in nuts at his sub
urban orchard and a large acreage ,
on the farm, altogether about 100
acres. A few years ago Mr.
Stump bought this land for $30 an
acre and we would not care to
hazzard a guess as to how many
hundred dollars per acre would
have to be paid for it now.
From the walnuts we walked
over to the barn where we were
shown one of the finest two year
old draft horses we have seen
since the Lewis and Clark Fair.
In this connection we want to say
that there is too great an inclina
tion to overlook the good things
in livestock at home and run after
those that have been imported.
True we expect to import occa
sionally, certain strains, but when
we have just as good at home,
direct descendents of imported
ancestors, we should give our
home product the preference.
If Mr. Stump were to place this
young stallion on the market at
home, we doubt he would get
much more for him than he is
worth as a work horse, but if he
were shipped out and came back
branded ' imported" and a long
pedigree attached to his name, he
would bring a price up in the
thousands. Let us be loyal to our
home people who are trying to im
prove the breeds of stock. Inci
dentally we learned that there is
a big demand for bucks of the
long wool breeds of sheep and
that they can be produced here
to a greater degree of perfection
than in any other climate. Mr.
Stump is among the prominent
breeders of Lincoln sheep in this
state, he also has quite a number
of well bred goats.
Mr. Stump has some splendid
ideas on modern methods of farm
ing, but space forbids giving any
of them in this short article, suf
fice to say that those who will
take up his ideas will be sure to
reap largely of the benefits to ac
crue to all who will handle the
soil of this section of the state
intelligently.