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Dr. J.L. Calloway Osteopathic Physician Graduate f the Anirrrn h tuol ol OriM'path. kltiivl!!. Sin. on.lrr lr. A. T. Mill, lou oil er l)f 111 SCienee, CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY PAn 79 Rooms 7 4-8 COOPER BLOCK INDEPENDENCE. ORE JOHN BRAMBERG Plastering and general mason work, htone, P-rirk And Concerts work, INDEPENDENCE, OR. F-atituatet (tee on application. I.W. Dickinsons LIVERY and FEED STABLE GiXkl tornoaU eud Crful driver t c-e I R.E.DUGANNE,).M.D. I Jk . DENTIST J 2 ij j - Graduate of N. P. I. 0 J PHONE M 121. INDEPENDENCES 1 INDEPENDENCE AND MONMOUTH RAILWAY TIMC TABLE MOM INDCPCNUfNCC FOR DALLAS Train Now leave Independence dally H a. in.: leave Monmouth tklo a. m.; arrives i)allu a. in. Train No M leave Independence dally lofo a. m.: leare Monmoulh, 11:1 a. m.; arrive! ltouna, Jl.o a. tn. Train No Til leave Independence dally 41:15 9. ni.: leave Mouniouth :) p. in.; arrive lal laa :oo p. id. FOK AIRI.IK Train No 73 leave Independence dally 2:) p. in.: leaven MuDiuuulh 2:6u p. tu.; arrive Alrlle &) p. m. FROM DALLAS FOR INDEPENDENCE Train No 65 leave Dalian dully :.'. m; leave Munnioutli i5a. ni.; arrive indepen dence :1S a. m. Train No I leave Dalla dally 1:0 p. TO.; leave Monmoulh 1:35 p. n.; arrive Indepen dence 1:) p. m. (Tin train connect at Mou Dioutb for Alrlle) Train No 71 leave Dallas dally 7:35 p. m.; leave Monmouth s p. in.; arrive Independ ence 8:15 p. ui. MOM aiRL.'C Train No 72 leave Alrlle dally 4r05 p. in.! leave Monmouln :top. in.; arrives Inde pendence 4:56 p. m I I BUSINESS COLLEGE! II II "A"l""TON AND riXTH II PORTLAND. ORIOON H. . J-l WRITE FOR CATALOG I SrJuyoi that PLactt Y(m in a QtaA Parity Jam Wix.re acquitted at La Grand last rk, aflcr the Jury bad aeuwraiea a rlod of II hours. was charged with killing a negro nc-.herder rmrnily. Tha Jury onerated him on Ida ground that be buc la aelf-iloftmao, HolH Jewrlry store at Clatska- la waa broken Into last wwk and almo.t all the .oda la the display window stolen, the rubier broke pan of ,-laaa and grabbed what ha could reach and disappeared be for tha family, a ho lived above tha store, were able to g-,j downstairs. Fall Ashing bat bwa nearly abin donnd on all parti of tba Columbia river. Tha catrhua of tba glllnettera bav not been larc enough to Justify their continuing. The fall season baa Nfii a dismal fallura from atart to flnUh and no claaa of gear baa Biada any money. Tha same la trua of tha few canneries that have oper ated. , ma rual fimlna which waa be coming aerloua In Vale and other towns la that territory waa tempo rarily relieved last week by tb ar rival cf a car of coal. This will not laat long, and unless the railroad ships mora In during tha neit few days ! will again have to fall back upon sagebrush, tba only local fuel available. Tba nearest timber Is 60 miles sway. Leaning out of a window In bis room in Portland, last week, II. B Mlchell, a middle-aged merchant who formerly lived at The Dalles, lost his balance and fell from the , second story to the back yard, where be was found In an unconscious condition. His breath of air may coat, him his life, for be Is seriously Injured and It Is believed that his neck wss broken by the fall. The surgeons at tending him are uncertain as to bis recovery. The smallest rotlng precinct In Wasco county and. In all probability the smallest In the state, Is that of Deschutes, near the dividing line be tween Wasco and Sherman counties. It has but 11 registered voters. Six of these were at the polls on elec tion day from 8 o'clock In the morn Ing until 7 o'llock In the afternoon acting as clerks and judges. They were not rushed with work on that day, for the remaining five voters bad the whole day In which to cast their votes. Butte township, 14 miles south' west or Frlnevllle on the road to Bend, Is driving a deep artesian well In an effort to obtain a sanitary sup ply of water. All water for domestic use Is now drawn from the Irrigating canals, which before reaching Pow ell Buttes, cover a distance through the desert of 30 miles or more. The welldrillers are now down 900 feet. and at this depth some water Is re ported, but not In satisfactory quan tity. The drilling will be prosecuted to a depth of 1500 feet If necessary. In response to a great many In qulrles. the attorney-general holds tbit tha assessment of bank stock as required by the law of 1907 must be determined by adding the stock surplus and undivided earnings, and taking from that sum the Investments or real property made by the bank. This will give the stock upon which the banks under the new law must pay taxes. Guy W. ! DOINGS IN OREGON : Inlrrrvllng I tent (ialhrrr-d IYumi All I'aria of Hie Mate. Valuation of fUilntaula l4w. Saiem The facts recently gaih red by the Oregon Railroad Com nilMlon regarding lbs original cost and the estimated cost of reprodur tlon of the lines and equipment of tba Oregon Railroad Navigation Company and the Corvallls tt Kant- em furntah the bals for soma In resting comparisons with the fig tires shown In the summaries of county aasesamenta filed In the offl of the Secretary of 8(ate. Railroads and their equipment, a cording to their ahowlng, are aaaeaaed at only one-third of their coat At (he last bearing It was shown that the lines and equipment of tha O. K. A N exclusive of three of Its branch lines, cost, down to date. over 133,000,000. With these branch lines figured In the total would be over 35.(50,000. According to es timates of the cost of reproducing the lines and equipment, made by the company's engineer, It would cost about 131,000,000 to rebuild the lines and replace the equipment. The total assessed valuation of all the railroads In Oregon Is 136,556,' 000 and this Includes the rolling stock of street railways, which are not segregated In the report from the rolling stock of steam roads. The total aaaeaaed valuation of all the roads Is less than the actual cost of the material property of one road, and that considerably less thsn one- half the total mileage In the slate. I will sell Real Estate But I will list only property that can be sold at a reasona bly low price. Don't ask me to list yours if you want the , earth for it. It will move if your price is right. Chas. E. Hicks D. TAYLOR BARBER Bath Room in Con nection Talbot, general manager of the Oregon Electric Company, has returned from New York with au thority to expend $600,000 on new equipment and extensions to the line. He has recommended to the board the construction of a line from Ti gardville, on the Portland-Salem line, to McMinnville. The extension of the Salem line as far as Albany may also be undertaken if traffic condi tions this winter warrant early com mencement of the work, A farming demonstration train will arrive in Corvallls November 6 and will tour the Willamette Valley in connection with the Agricultural Col lege. The train will consist of seven cars and lectures will be given from each car. One will be devoted to grasses, grains and modern machin ery; one to dairying, livestock and milk testing; another to horticulture, budding, grafting, spraying and lnr Where Ills Money Came From Halsey A young man named Floyd Dyar recently flashed like brilliant meteor In the midst of Hal aey'a smart set No youth in thli community ever wore such stunning garb; none ever spent money with such lavish hand. The whisper went around that hla father waa very rich but Inclined to niggardliness, allow ing his son only $50 a month foi spending money. But during the past few days let ters from Indiana relatives unfor seen letters have been reaching dif ferent officials around Halsey, beg ging them to go and see Floyd Dyar. who was lying near death at Hotel Halsey of typhoid fever, while loved ones at home were sleepless from anxiety. His father, B. F. Dvar, of Worth- Ington, Ind., wrote that he had not heard from his son for three weeks, although he had written every three days since his illness. Rumor placet the amount sent young Dyar by vari ous sympathetic relatives from $150 to $200. He has one brother who is a prominent minister in Indiana. He still boards at Hotel Halsey. Willow Creek Dam to lie Rebuilt. Vale J. W. Richards, of Seattle and a party of the Colorado capital ists interested in the promotion oil the Willow Creek irrigation project. which contemplates the watering oil over 100,000 acres of land In the Willow Creek Valley adjacent to this city, paid a brief visit to Vale last week, and while here sold to a Den ver Investor who accompanied the party a tract In the valley comprising 20 acres for 3 2,000. The promot ers of the project have disposed of sufficient bonds to enable them to go right ahead with the construc tion of the dam at the head of the creek, and they are confident they will have water through the valley by the next irrigation season. The company contemplates the construction of an electric railroad through the valley to Vale, utilizing Its irrigation works for power pur poses, and a line from here to On tario also is under consideration. proved methods of packing fruit. full demonstration of the latest metb ods of agriculture and animal hus bandry will be given by members of the college faculty. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track prices: Club, 88c red Russian, 86c; bluestem, 93c; Valley, 91c. Barley Feed, $26; rolled, $27 28. Oats No. l wnite, 131; gray, $30. Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley, fancy, $14; do. ordinary, $11; East ern Oregon, mixed, $15.50; do. fancy $17; alfalfa, $11.50. Butter Extra, 35c; fancy, 33 c; choice, 30c; store, 18c. Eggs Extra, 35 38c; Eastern 28 32c. tt xrAM nMn-Aii 9m Oil 1 n at uLiiaWKJnS 24c; 1906, iyic. Wool vaiiey X4(gj.ac; id; Eastern Oregon, 8 16c, as to shrinkage. Mohair Choice, 18 19c. C STREET ; Independence, Ore. Dr. Gr. E. Mills Uetcrinary surgeon Phone: Office 153, residence 443. Office at Newt Jones' Livery Barn. INDEPENDENCE, OBEGON Dallas, Ore, garble and Granite Monuments and Head stones Cemetery work ete. Polk'n Gazetteer. A bnlnes dlree"orr or sack cltr. town and !! Iture In Orec-oo and Wanlilngton, Hiving deecrlpt- Ive (ketch of Men place, together with the loca tion and ampplng racuilles ana a ciassinea direc tory of acn banlnea and profession. H, L. rout t Co., Inc., Beattle. SEATTLE MARKETS. Wheat Bluestem, 95c. Oats $30 31. Barley $26. Hay Eautern Washington, timo thy, $16 per ton; Puget Sound hay, $10 11 per ton; wheat hay, $12 per ton; alfalfa, $9.50 10 per ton. Butter Washington creamery, 34o per R; ranch, 21 23c per lb; Ore gon, 28c per lb.' Eggs Selected local,. 44 46c per tlag; Eastern, 80lo pr doi; Ort gon ranch, S6e par aVos. Had Any Psychic Experience? Salem Professor Edwin Tausch, Ph. D., one of the new professors in the university, who occupies the chair of philosophy, wants answers to the questions as to whence we came, whither we go and what we are here for? He has Issued circulars and asks any one who has had any pe culiar experiences to relate them with full attending circumstances. He says: "Write out such information as you can recall about those periods in your past life when you were perplexed over the purpose or mean ing of your own existence and the world about you; likewise about the times and occasions, if any, In which an old view of your relation to God and your fellow-men was confirmed or a new prospect opened before your inner vision." He wants the age of the person at the time of the experience, and a statement of the occurrences and cir cumstances that brought on the ex perience; also a description of the peculiar feelings accompanying it. 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The yearly increase In the coat of fuel should alone prompt you to select the most economical heating stove that Is made. I .4 -'i3ll fyVi tat . . m L i a.1 . a You want the one that will heat your home with the leust amount of fuel. Our lino embraces every iUb nnd style of heater to meet all de mands. Here are a few styles and prices. Air Tight Heaters $2.25 $3.25 $5.50 up Clover - 6.50 7.50 8.50 Sunlight " U.OO 12.00 13.00 Cast Box Heaters $ 5.50 Pearl Jura " 13.00 $ 6.D0 $ 8.00 12.00 14.00 15.00 17.00 Agents for the celebrated PERFECTION CCOK STOVES and HEATERS I, iaa at.iiiiwiin u A. HatrfMaaAArftsa HOUSE FURNISHERS Special attraction, Independence, Tuesday, Nov. 10 Wm. Rasmus presents the popular Alcazar Stock Company in the beautiful Southern comedy-drama Independence Opera House 6 A play bubbling with laughter and melting to tears. A picturesque story of Southern life. Come and spend a night in Dixie land with the com pany that belongs to you. Remember THE BEST FOR THE BEST is our motto Popular prices Seats now selling Firebug in Baker City. Baker City Fire believed to have been of incendiary origin was discov ered Saturday morning in the tower of the North Baker City school building, one of the most substantial and commodious structures for school purposes In Eastern Oregon. When the fire department arrived the build ing was a seething furnace and was quickly destroyed. The building was completed last year at a cost of $20, 000. The school board carried an In surance of but $7500 on the building and $1000 oa the furniture asd eaulyment. Pneumonia Follows a Cold but never follows the use of Foley's Honey and Tar. It stops the cough, heals and strengthens the lungs and prevents pneumonia. D. G. Dove. Patronize our advertisers. They are tne people are maKing me niii terprise the paper it is. Sick Headache. This distressing disease results from a disordered condition of the stomach, and can be cured by taking Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Get a free sample at P. M. Kirkland'a drug store and try it. Cf oibittd Cleaned Pressed and Repaired next door to City Restaurant, on street independence Oregon