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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1908)
gndrpfiuUurc Cutrrprsif. Issued werkly from Iolrtriidtor Or (on CIim. E. Hicks, I'ublLhrr and pro lrlotor. KnUrxJ at Ioilt'iwnJomti, Or., hI otfW m tttixMid-rU hillr Subscription. $1.50 Per Year llilerr.t.d In tlli advanci'lltfllt of the Willamette valky towns mi 4 to pi- king of way and meant by hlih th work of rfjuveuatlng In dependence might be act-omplUhed he said: "I thluk that If the p.HipIt of Independent- were proper ly orgduUed Into a coiuimrclat body tl would eiiabla them lo work as unit In developing the town and with an organltatlon, and by the way, I understand you hav one ktartid now, Tom Richardson of Portland would consent 1 1 come and address your people, telling theiu what o:her town In tlio state ar dolag and hov they are doing It. RAIPINQ THI POOR EDITOR! How tha Irst tubcrlbr Vsnts MUt Wrath In England, A country i-tllior waa niadu to w rit ha In keenest humiliation of spir it on rrcrlpt rf th f"Hwlnf (mhi h- ing criticism by a aubm-ribvr on the conduct of hi paper: IVit 8ur I hereby offer my reslg- nashun aa a subscriber to your paper It beln a pamphlet of such a mall con iki'tii aa not to benefit my family by takln f It. What you need In your ahete la brauea an soma one SUCCESS MUST TOLLOW. I dolag and hov thoy are doing It. to russell up news an rile eddyator- IVn't ba afraid of fa. lure. Thourh The amount of It la that the rereads lata on anuibal topless. It may appear that your ef'jru are are doltig everything In their power I No meiiHhlon haa been mado la failure, persUtetcy l.n alvertUIng, t develop the towns and country ad-1 your shete of ma buteherln a lU mm In everything el la aure to win. Jaeenl to and atrved by their llnea. welshln 8tfi pounda or of the galps You know to a certainty what amount and 'f the town would gel together In the chickens out this way. You f money you should devote to news-1 and organise properly for thla kind stcjusly Ignore the fsct that tha dry laper advertising. Don't bold any of .'of work there would ba soma way rot Is eating thing up out here an .u which the company could begin aay nothln about Hill Simpson's dur- to work in harmony with the people, ham bull rait breakln Its legs fulllu Th-:e is no town In the state." con- down a well or of grandma Slpea a t'nued Mr. Jenkins, "that Is, for Its havln tha sore leges. uizo, going ahead like McMlnnvllle. Two Important weddlna here has That town is well organised and it been utterly igknored by your kol- lf through the efforts of tha organl- umns, an a twokolumn obluhuary ration and co-operation of othr or- writ by me on the death of grandpa Ionization of the atata that their Henry was li ft out of your shete, to progress Is beiux made. The reason say nothing of a alfabetk-lo poem bo- why I know this la because of the glnnin with "A la for Andy an also greater amount of household goods for Ark," writ by my darter. This Is that Is being shipped to that city why your shete is unpopulcr here. It from the East. Organize and get In you don't want eddytorlals from this line with the other wide-awake towns place an ain't goln to put In no news of valley. Independence deserves in your shete we don't want said to be a much better town than It is." shete. Yourn In disgust, Mr. Jenkins has given us some HIRAM DOAKS. good pointers In this little talk of P. S. If you print that obitchuary his. As has been the custom here- In your next Issoo I may subskrlbe tofore, It Is now up to the people of again for your shete. II. D. the town to fold their arms tighter, Tld-Mts. cock their feet up higher and pull their bats down lower over their Eugens Does Advertising, It bark. Keep continually at your ad vertising and from the Impenetrable darkness of uncertainty wUI blase forth your reward: S U C C E S S. It you are not spending the amount of money that you should for adver tising, then you are "aquevilng" the c-agle to no purpose, and you are showing little regard for your patrons who pay you the same prices for your goods that they pay the merchant wuo does advertise. iou' patrons allow that the best asset that a coun try km have Is a creditable news taper, "Agreed but we have never had " We hasten to cut off this ooju-lion with the advice: "Don't confess anything, lest the question might be asked, "Whose fault is it?" wide-awake newspaper is one of the most healthful Influences In a community, and although the pub lishers aa a class do not get paid In proportion to the services render ed, they are men, generally, of pub-' brows and show the stubbornness of As a suggestion as to what an Ore- llc BDirit. working for the upbuilding their nature. And, by all means, g0n community can do If it tries, a of the community in every way pos sible. A merchant who does not adver tise li holding out on everybody. First, he Is holding out funds which belong to publicity purposes. Prices I of goods In this age include cost of advertising. "Oh, yes, but these are my individual prices," objects the merchant. No, they are , the same prices that are charged everywhere else and the same goods are often advertised at less. Second, he Is taking this money from patrons who pay for advertising that is not done. don't Join that struggling little club letter received by Tom Richardson that has hoped to do something for from the Commercial club of Eugene Independence, something that you says that the club has been inserting should have done long ago. classified advertisements In the news papers through the East, with the naa a WIOIO vail. 1 result that U hm hnff In ma.-uru nn Mrs. Ada L. Croora, the widely extra expert Btenograipher to answer known proprietor of the Croora Ho- tne communications sent It by pros- tel. Vaughn, Miss., says: "For sev- pectlve Oregon settlers, the InqulrleJ eral months I suffered with a severe keeplng four people bugy ln the of. cough, and consumption seemed to flce of the dub gay8 tne East 0re. have its grip on me, when a friend gonan rtcommenaeaur.iung.TOwuii.cov- Oakland, Oregon, Is the latest ery. I began taking It and three bot- communlty t0 get out a booklet des tles effected a complete cure." The cribinlr ... attractions, and It has and last, he is lirnorina the very in-' fame of thIs "saving cough and d ,t . , h ,d atitutlon which has done much to ' cold remedy, and lung and throat a,m08t lrreslstlbie to the reader. The world wide. Sold at a" photographs are especially beautiful, make it possible for him to come into the community and set up for business. "I am a pioneer merchant o this town and grew up with the business I now have." You came here when the newspaper came and the business that you now have has come largely through new settlements that have been made through the con stant efforts of the paper. Your busi ness will continue to grow, for peo ple who read your home paper will ay, "It is a good country and a good place to go to make a home as :i easily judged by the paper." WHAT OTHERS SAY OF US. W. H. Jenkins, traveling passen ;ger agent of the Southern Pacific Company, was in this city Tuesday, and while here called on the Enter prise to renew his acquaintance with the publisher. Mr. Jenkins, like the 'Company he represents. Is very much healer Is druggists, tie free. 50c and 11.00. Trial bot particularly those of the Southerlin valley, which as yet is but little developed. Puts on Early Morning Train. A w bookle, on Hoo(1 Rlver and During the month of November the one 0Q Waa Waa Wa8n ( are ln course of preparation by the Sunset people for the development organiza tions of those two cities. Independence & Monmouth Ry. CO. will operate a special train to Mon mouth and Alrlle, leaving Indepen dence at 7:30 in the morning. This will be good news to those students of the Normal School who are attend- More Than Enough is Too Much To maintain health a mature man ing from Independence and who de-1 woman needa Jugt eQOUgh foQd tQ sire to live at home. After a month's trial the train will be put on regul arly If the service Justifies. For Chapped Skin Chapped skin on the hands or face may be cured in one night by applying Chamberlain's Salve. It is also unequalled for sore nipples, Lppetlte control and take a feW doB repair the waste and supply energy and body heat. The habitual con sumption of more food than is ne cessary for these purposes is the prime cause of stomach troubles, rheumatism and disorders of the kid neys. If troubled with Indigestion, revise your diet, let reason and not burns- and scalds Kirkland For sale by P. M. es of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and you will soon be all right again. For sale by P. M. Kirkland. There are two lands of whiskey. One is the other isn't The kind that IS contains all the constituents that come from proper distillation and ageing That's what makes it REAL whiskey. 'The kind that ISN'T is made of alcohol, prune juice and bead oil or is simply alcohol put in charred barrels, and branded whiskey. The Pure Food Law aims at having the consumer get exactly what he calls for. When you call for whiskey ask your dealer if it will respond to a government laboratory test. Ask him it he guarantees it. Then you will know what you are paying your money for. Buy the brand you know, the standard for 70 years Gyrus Noble pure whiskey all whiskey old whiskey. EAST DALLAS. . The fine weather Is appreciated by the farmers. Fall work Is progressing rapidly. Last Sunday, the 18th Inst.,' while visiting at the home of their parents, the five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Rempel got badly burned with carbolic acid. The wound Is healing nicely now. F. A. Hoser reports having thresh ed nearly ten tons of clover ' seed from fifty-five acres. He thinks it will average $50 per acre. 4 Dr. M. Hayter Is having a good deal of his cherry and apple orchard sowed to vetch. The warehouse at Polk Station was blown from Its foundation by the big storm last week. 4 quart bottles of GENUINE CYRUS NOBLE direct to you, all charges paid to the nearest railroad express office, W. 1. VAN SCHUYVER & CO. EsUbUwd 1664 105-107 Second Street, Portland. Oregon CUT AT THIB'LIHC NO MMk TO-OAV W. J. Van SchuTver A Co PwtkW, Om. EikWJ please ad$4.90 far whica pleaa md BM tl one by CENUINE CYRUS NOBLE. pnpud, four quarts P.O. Add ...Ship r.. Where Bullets Flew. David Parker of Fayette, N. Y., a veteran of the civil war, who lost a foot at Gettysburg, says: "The good Electric Bitters have done is worth more than five hundred dol lars to me. I spent much money doctoring for a bad case of stomach trouble, to little purpose. I then tried Electric Bitters, and they cured me. I now take them as a tonic and they keep me strong and well." 60c at all druggists. ICM TO Yl I A Healthy Family. "Our whole family has enjoyed good health since we began using Dr. King's New Life Pills, three years ago," says L. A. Bartlett, of Rural Route 1, Guilford, Maine. They cleanse and tone the system in a gen tle way. that does you good. 25c at all druggists. Bishops Ready Cailored Raincoats and Overcoats Tor men and Voimg men are mafcbable at $$ to $30 tea V , Hi 1 ft 1 1 i '1 ' 'I m w ' Washlngton jC- Fashioned Apparel When you buy ah Overcoat or a Raincoat you want one that will give you vSatisfacrion for several seasons, one that will be in style, fit accurately, and will not lose its shape in the most trying conditions, and one that is rain proolf. Here you can get precisely what you want in the Season's Smartest Coats $8, $10, $15, $20 and up. Salem w oolen Mill Salem, Oregon. Store MONUMENTS Monuments carved from soundest and handsomest of native and foreign granites and marbles. The highest quality of material and workmanship is my fixed policy. I have on hand a large stock finished ready for lettering of which I can make quick delivery. I have, besides, on the sea and coming by rail many others that will arrive in time for Fall delivery. Prices uniform and as low as any reliable house on the coast Salen? Grapite & jVTarble Works W. W. MARTIN, Proprietor 239 Liberty Street, SALEM, OREGON I-Liblio Amotiori Sale Having sold the farm, 1 will close out at Public Auction at my residence near Lewlsvllle, on the Lucklamute, SATUEDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1908 ot 9:30 o'clock a. m., the following property: 3 horses, 1 mare and 5-months-old celt, 4 cows will be fresh in December, 12 steers and heifers fat for beef, 4 spring calves, binder (been run 4 years),mower (new), shoe drill (13 shoes),' 16-lnch sulky plow, 14-inch walking plow, 10-inch walking plow, double shovel plow, spring tooth harrow, Mitchell wagon (3V4 spindle), buggy, 2 sets harness with breeching, platform scales (1200 lbs.), hand truck, a quantity of wheat, oats and hay, 6 bedsteads and 6 wire springs, 3 bureaus, 4 tables, 10 chairs, wool bed, 2 excelsior beds, 2 cooking stoves, 2 heaters, cooking utensils, 8-ft. cross-cut saw, 7 flfty-gal. barrels, and many other articles. TERMS OF SALE Under 10 cash; on sums of $10 and over a credit of ten months will bo given on fur nishing a bankable note drawing 6 per cent interest, payable at the Dallas National Bank in Dallas, Oregon. 3 per cent discount for cash on all sums entitled to credit. FKEE LUNCH AT NOON. E. EC. Hosner, .Auctioneer Surprise Birthday Party. Miss Dora Yeley entertained a few relatives and friends at a dinner in honor of her sister, Mrs. J. A. Glas- ner, Saturday, October 24th, it being the occasion of her birthday. She was the recipient of many presents. The day was very pleasantly spent. Those present were: Mrs. Edminston, Mrs. Edna Brown, Mrs. Hattie and Master Ivan Williams, Mrs. J. and Stella Bagley.