Now la the time
California
VLo auiiur ku pasd
la lha northern statea,
tA ni'U U only mild under
llio bilkht blu ! of
Pouibrrn California. TbU
! of ntur'i happy
p'ovlm.u b oti-rnat sum
idir lor lbu ho taunot
ciulur mora vera clt
California baa biHn called
th "Mocra of lh 'winter,
tourlit." li'i hotel and
topping lac-a ara aa
varlttj aa those of all well
Tubulated clllva. Visitors
caa always find aultabla
accommodations, congenial
coinpaulotia, and varied
pleasing recreations.
80UTHFRN PACIFIC CO
Will b glad to supply some
very attractive literature,
describing In djlatl the
many delights of winter in
California.
Tba rat from Independence
to Loa Angoloi and return
la 158.90.
Limit six months, allowing
stopovers In either dlrec
lloo. Similar excursion
rates art In effort to all
California points.
ROD
I DENIES ALL
POINT TO Mt'MM.R If OMR All
:VIIK.-K OK HOKKHTI.
I.N I IX IlKAIril.
Member ft M'alilng liar A
elation iMrrtnlned la Hltt
hiamUl to Ihrilont,
WATIOJfAL Am.K HHOW
Orn.VH AT NI-OKAXK MOtnAT
8ratlla, Wail)., Dee. 7. Breaking
bis allenre for the first tlni alar
his resignation from the supreme
court bench of the stale of Wiah
Inglon, former Justice Mllo A. Hoot
staled that the trouble with which
he ha liiH'oiti Involved and which
led to hi rlKiiatlon, war brought
Rpokane, Wash., lie. T, Th ap
la la the grealoet frull la Ike world
and lha Dortbweatarn corner of the
I'nlied Wales la tba greateat place
la tba world to grow It In. If tba
people gathered here today lo wit
aesa tba opening of th national ap
ple ahow ar to ha believe Their
belief seam to be JuatlBsd by tba
many splendid specimens of fruit
placed on eihlbldoa.
Months ago the projector of th
show, aided by the Spokane Cham
ber of Commerce, Induced the na
tional government to Issue Invita
tions to foreign countries to send
her their best specimens of th ap
pie. The object waa the bringing
together at ona time of the standard
varieties of apple grown for com
mercial purpose throughout th
world for the purpose of compari
son. Another object I the advance
For full Information, sleeping cur
reservation and tickets, call on,
telegraph, or write G. A. Wilcox,
Ageut, Independence, or Win. Mc-
Murray, Gen. PaHS. Agt., Portland.
Oregon.
INDEPENDENCE AND
MONMOUTH RAILWAY
TIME TABLE
MOM INDCPINOCNCC
KOlt DAI I. AM
Train Noirt kvr Imlt'euti'iuw dully (HO
. m.i IpMven Men mlh II. I,i . in.; iirrlvm
1hIIu. i:40 u. in.
Train No H Iravt-a liiilepenilfiii-i dully
lo:.Vl h. ni.; Ii-iiv.b Miiiiiiinulli, ll.u'i a. in.;
arrlvt'H HhIIuh, ll.WMt. m.
Train No "i Ii-hvch liiliiii1i'iiru diitly H:I4
p. ni.; Ii hvi- Miiiiiiiouih (!.. . in.; iirrlvu Ilul
Ihh U:,V, p. in.
KOK AIKI.1K
Train No "3 li'uvf Inili-pi inli'iice dully
p. in.; li-avi-K Motimoiitli -J p. Ml.; uriivca
Alrlio :i ii p. in.
reoM Dallas
KOK lNIUCI'KNDKNCK
Train No f Iciivph XjhIImh dally tenia, in;
li'Kvm Moiiiiioulli :f'i u. in.; Hrrlvi-n linn i-ii.
deuce (:11V a. in.
Train No U Irsves I allaa dally 1:(KI p. m.;
lenvr Monmouth 1:26 1. in.: arrive inili-twii-
den re 1:40 p. in. (Till train counecta at Mon
mouth ror Air lie)
Train No 71 leave Imlliia dully 7:86 p. in.;
leaven Moumoutli It p. in.; arrive JudiipenU.
enee tt:IS p. in,
MOM AIRL.'C
Train No 72 leaven Alrlle dally 4M p. in.!
leave Moninouth 4:40 p. in.; arrive I lido
pendencuiO p. lu
about through trusting a friend mmt of the Intercuts of apple grow
whom he had known for 20 rnars or ! ra.
more.
'Hut let ma say first," said Mr.
Hoot, "I am not corrupt. I did not
receive a si nit le penny. I did not
ask for a cent and what has been
don ha been done honestly and
bove-bosrd. I do not care to aay
that Judge Gordon took my letter
to the Great Northern railway and
capltallied them for any amount. All
I know about that I what friend
of mine have told me.
"H la untrue that Judge Gordon
wrote the dwlslon In the Harrl vs.
Great Northern decision, which hss
been attributed to him." declared
Judge Hoot. "When the derision
first was rendered the court stood
three to four again! the railway.
I have been honest. No one has ver
Influenced " lu the matter of de
cision. This horrible stuff that ha
been circulated against me I- untrue.
It I as false as thoso who have at
tempted to besmirch my name and
character."
Judge Hoot live In a neighbor
hood where there are more working
men's honicK than there are fashion
able resiliences. Kven the btreet in
front of his house Is not graded.
From the chi line occupying almost
an hour from the center of Seattle
to hlH home, his residence Is reached
over u muddy trail aud broken
plunks. There Is no evidence of lux
ury at his home.
Members of the special bar com
mittee are determined to report fully
on the exact facts on ever charge
they can hear. There Is no chance
of a wlillewaxh report, and the bar
committee' findings may be even
more druHtic than have been inti
mated thus far.
Members of (he committee are
holding personal interviews with
ineinberH of the supreme court and
the court stenographers.
I Advance
of
iWSL .
Ml
on. Another object I th advance II ' i'l-Vj 1
IB
I fJal aaj r m
U -Sit :k
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. t f H I
mm mm
Showing
Christmas Gifts
For MEN and YOUNG MEN
Now is the time to do your Chri s t
mas shopping. Here you will find
a splendid assortment of new gift
things attractively priced. Do your
buying now. We will hold the goods
for future delivery. At least come
and see our interesting dis p ayJ j
Men s Clothing
and Furnishings
SIMON TAKES CHARGE
Itebel
leader Proeluims Himself Ex
ecutive of llaj tl.
1
CHINESE SENDS GIFTS
IMvhldeiit Itoonevelt rresented Many j
Volumes of I, it era In re. :
Do You Want to
Sell Your Farm?
Do you want to borrow money on
It? ;
Write me.
I buy and sell, and lend money on
Willamette Valley Farms at lowest
rates.
All correspondence confidential.
H.E.M00NEY
Failing Bldg., Portland.
D TAYLOR
BARBER
Tub and Shower Baths In Connection
! MAIN STREET
Independence, Ore.
Washington, Dec. 7. Mrs. Nicho
las Loiigworth, daughter of the Pres
ident, hiiH been presented with a
beautiful 'pair of Jeweled bracelets,
the K'ft of the late Empress Dowager
of China, to whom eho paid a visit
some years ago. The presentation
was made ny Tang Shoa Yl, the spe
cial ambassador, who, called by ap
pointment at the Longworth home.
There are alBo some presents for
Mrs. Roosevelt, while to the Presi
dent are given several hundred vol
umes of Chinese literature printed
in the Chinese language and hand
somely bound.
Seize Imitation Butter.
Denver, Dec. 6. What is said to
be the biggest raid on the manufac
turers of imitation butter ever at
tempted In any city Is being con
ducted In Denver by deputies of the
Internal revenue office. The most
Important seizure so far Is that of
30,000 pounds belonging to the Star
Creamery, of which ex-State Sena
tor J. E. Button is president. Sever
al other placos have been raided and
more than 2000 pound baa been
confiscated. v
Port au Prince, Dec. 7. Gf-neral
Antolne Simon, commandet-in-chlef
of tlio revolutionists, who Saturday
entered Port au Prince at the head
of an army of 8000, Issued a procla
mation in which he assumed the title
of Chief Executive and declared that
he would organize a provisional gov
ernment pending the assembling of
the Parliament.
The Cuban steamer Oterl arrived
from Kingston Sunday, having on
board General Fouchard and 30
other exiles. General Simon agreed
to permit General Fouchard to land.
The two revolutionary leaders re
mained together for ' some time at
General Simon's headquarters, and
after what proved to be a very amic
able meeting, General Simon pro
claimed General Fouchard chief ex
ecutive of the army, all the forts and
the Haytien gunboats firing a salute
of 21 guns.
The situation at Gonaives and St.
Marc Is grave, the movement In fa
vor of General Antenor Firmln hav
ing been greatly strengthened.
FRAXCK WILIi NOT I,ET
PRESIDENT CASTRO LAND
SALEM, OREGON
GL Hawkins
Dallas, Ore. ; 1
garble and
r Granite 7 v
o . . .
1 Monuments and Head-
ttones Ctmetery .
-J work etc.
FOLETrSHOIIEFEAH
. Electrocution on Trial.
Trenton, N. J., Dec. 6. County
Physician Frank G. Scammel! an
nounced today that he would try to
resuscitate the next man ' electro
cuted in the New Jersey state prison.
Ho will do this In an effort, to dis
prove the claim jf physicians that
electrocution" does not kill. John
Mantazanna is under sentence to be
electrocuted during the week of De
oember 21.
In Whang Chang's Trial Begins.
San Francisco, Dec. 7. The trial
of In Whan Chang, the Corean,
charged with the murder of Durham
White Stevens, American adviser to
the government of Corea, In this
city, on March 23, last, as Mr. Stev
ens was taking his departure for
Washington, was begun today In
Judge Cook's department of the su
perior court. The caBe has been post
poned a number of times, but the at
torneys on botn sides now express
their desire for a speedy conclusion
of the trial.
Paris, Dec. 6. If President Cas
tro, of Venezuela, comes to Bor
deaux, he will not be allowed to set
foot on French soil until after he has
offered a formal apology for the
fashion in which he has flaunted
France. This decision was made by
the Cabinet but Vas kept a secret,
as it was expected that Castro would
disembark at Santander, Spain. But
should he arrive at Bordeaux and his
illness not be serious, permission to
land will be made conditional upon
the dispatch of an official telegram
of apology to the French govern
ment and the dispatch of telegraphic
instructions to Caracas for the imme
diate execution of the arbitral award
in the matter of the French claims,
Ingersoll's Widow Wins Suit.
Washington, Dec. 7. The supreme
court of the United States today de
cided In favor of Mrs. Ingersoll,
widow of the late Robert G. Inger
soll, against Joseph Coram and
others, inrolving a claim of $100,000
by Mrs. Ingersoll on account of ser
vices rendered by her husband in
the breaking of the will of the late
Andrew J. Davis, a Montana million
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices: Club, 89c;
red Russian, 87c; bluestem, 95c;
Valley, 91c.
Barley Feed, $26.50; rolled.
$27.5028.50.
Oats No. 1 white, $31; gray.
$30.
Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley,
fancy, $15; do. ordinary, $12; East
ern Oregon, mixed, $16; do. fancy,
$17.50; alfalfa, $12; clover, $12.
Butter Extra, 36 37c; fancy.
33 34c; choice, 30c store, 1820c.
Eggs Extra, 37 40c.
Hops 1908, choice, 88c;
prime, 77c; medium, 5 6c;
1907, 34c.
Wool Valley 1415c; lb;
Eastern Oregon, 816c, as to
shrinkage.
Mohair Choice, 18 19c.
SEATTLE MARKETS.
Wheat Bluestem, 96 &c.
Oats $30 34.
Barley $26.
Hay Eastern 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.
35c per lb.; ranch, 2123c per lb.
Eggs Selected local, 45 48c
GREENWOOD.
.
Misses Janie Young and Myrtle
Brown aer the appointed committee
to entertain visitors of the G. W.
D. C.
B. P. Arant, the school teacher of
Greenwood, is giving excellent satis
faction to the district.
John Young returned from Port
land Sunday, having made his visit a
short one. '-
Miss Janle Young Is very happy,
thinking of the many Christmas pres
ents she will receive from her Green
wood friends.
J. T. Huntley is hauling fence post
from Rickreall, to be used in building
fence along the new county road.
Mrs. Walter Simon was a Salem
visitor Saturday.
Ralph Martin was a visitor at the
Summers residence last Sunday.
Norman Brown and Albin Becker
were visitors at Alf Brown's Tues
day night.
Fred Young had quite an exciting
experience recently. A big flock of
geese came by and he ran In and got
his ten euage shot gun. He did not
hnrt the geese for they were only
four hundred yards away.
L. HEWITT, M. D. .
rhvsiciun and Surgeon
Office in Cooper Building, rooms 2
and 3. Orliee hour. 9 a. m. to 12 m.
and 2 to 6 p. tu. Calls answered night
and day.
HOMER LODGE No. 4ft K of P
u Meets every Mon. night
InK. of P. HalJ.
M. Goetz, C. C
J. W. Richardson. K.R and S.
THE OREGON
FIRE RELIEF
McMinnoille, : : : Oregon
Chat. Gregory, Jtgt., Dallas. Ort.
B. F. JONES
A TIORNE Y-AT-LA W
NOTARY PUBLIC
Office upptaire in4Cooper Blk
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON
W. B! ALLIN, D. D. S.
"""...Dentist...
ftlnlesa Extraction Cooper Building,
Independence, Oregoa
Youth's Companion Club Rate
The Youth's Companion and Inde
pendence Enterprise will be sold to
gether this Fall, the two for $2.25.
This is the ,best offer ever made in
connection with the Youth's Com
panion. Renewals to that paper will
be accepted with this paper at that
price.
Goff-Wood Nuptials.
Miss Vena Goff was married at
Kennewick, Washington, Sunday, De
cember 6, 1908, to Mr. Charles Wood
of that city. The bride is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Goff of
this city, having been born in Inde
pendence. She was graduated from
the State Normal at Monmouth and
became very popular in Great Falls,
Montana, as a teacher in the public
schools of that city, having been vot
ed favorite of the sixty-six teachers
of Great Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. Wood will make their
home in Kennewick, Washington. ;
Launch Independence
JlSnft'jfTli
Plys betweeu Iudepeodeuce and Sal
em daily except Sunday. Passenger
and freight business solicited.
Leave Independence : 9;30a. m.
Leave Balem : 3 :15 p. m.
Geo. Skinner - Skiirper
Dr. J.L. Calloway
Osteopathic Physician
Graduate of the American School
of Osteopathy. Kirksville, Mo.
under Dr. A. T. Still, found
er of the science .
CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY
Phone 791 f Rooms 7 6 8
COOPER BLOCK
INDEPENDENCE, ORE
JOHN BR AM BERG
Plastering and general mason work..
Stone, Brick and Concrete works,
INDEPENDENCE, OK.
Estimates free on application.
California Medicated Soap
The best for sores, chapped hands
dandruff, Insect stings and poison
oak.
Wrs. J. W. Richardson, Sr.
Agent.
Monmouth Sf;," Independence Or.
More people are taking Foley's
Kidney : Remedy every year. It is
considered to be the most effective
remedy for kidney and bladder trou
bles that medical science can devise.
Foley's Kidney Remedy corrects ir
regularities, builds up worn out tis
sues and restores lost vitality. It wil
make you feel well and look well. P.
M. Klrkland.
GASH
P AID
FOR FARM PRODUCE
. BY THE.... .
BUTLER
PRODUCE CO.
I.W. Dickinsons
LIVERY and FEED
STABLE
Good turnouts and careful drivers
R. E. DUGANNE, P.M.D.
DENTIST
Graduate of N. P. D. C
PHONE M 121. INDEPENDENCE
i0
IT TTi
I BUSINESS COLLEGE
I WASHINGTON AND TCNTH TS.
II I f PORTLAND. OatCQON
JLL JLL write for catalog
Thm SeKaol that Ptaca Tint w a (food Potitinn
Dr. Gr. E. Mills
Uetcritury Surgeon
rhone: Office 153, residence 443.
Office at Newt Jones' Livery Barii-
INDEPEXDEXCE, OREGON