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The
Independence National Bank
Incorporated 1889
Transacts a General Banking Business
Interest Paid on Time Deposits
Director.: H. Hiraohbarg, A. Nelson, D. W. Seart, B. F.
Smith and J. K. Rhodaa.
COTTAGE HOTEL
Mrs. J. F. Staiger, Proprietor
Special attention to Commercial and
College Organizations.
wmttr mnic at hotel. Colm Of
Tdcphoo. 209 Maia. OtllCIIlj Wl.
ToVphoo and menengtr
160 Court Street.
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gloibiitfl gleaned
Pressed and Repaired
next door to City Rrttawrant, en G street
Independence Oregon
I NSURANGB
Anyone wishing good reliable Fire Insurance
Culi on or write to
S. E. BUSH. INDEPENDENCE. ORE.
Agent for Beaver State Merchants Mutual of Portland and the
Bankers Merchant Mutual of Forest Grove.
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FRESH GOODS
OREGON BRIEFLETS
Rotare broke Into the poetnfflr
at Uilt during a W(KxlmB or the)
World baaqutat tod scurd between
1100 aad flOO.
Goldman Anthony, II yrara old.
and Ik cir-)nrM4 Inrwndlarjr
who burnd srral bulldlnia In
Oaker City, waa arntenred Satur
day to the Reform B hool until ha la
tl yara old.
Tha annual convention of th
echool officers of Polk county waa
nid at lallaa Saturday, with an at
trndance or about 80 achool officers,
representing he boards of every
arnooi district in the county
Rjoctod from a far on the Salem
Wtrlc line, compelled to walk two
mll bark along a lonely i railroad
track on a dark night and to eleep la
an old shed. Mary K. Ollrlen haa
brought a 15000 daman" ault agalnat
the railroad at Portland.
Unarlut McNamee, of Portland.
speaking on "Child Labor," won tha
raralty oratorical con teat, at Notra
Dame Cnlveraltjr, Ind. Ha will re
ceive tha llwn gold medal for ora
tory and will represent Notra Dame
In tha atate content
Oil drilling operatlona wera Inter
rupted at Ontario by exploalona of
gas. Water from the 1000-foot
wlla shot 100 feet Into the air. Tha
Ran In one of the wells caught lira
and It waa with difficulty that a huge
boiler waa lowered over tha flame
and tha fire smothered.
Saturday evening while Charlea
McFarland. of the Southern Paclfto
freight department at Eugene, was
assisting some workmen unload a
shipment of plata glass at tha depot.
the big crate fell, pinning htm un
derneath the load and breaking his
arm.
Samuel R. Claypool, Oregon pion
eer of 1846, hero of tha Indian wars,
former county commissioner of Llna
county and member of the Oregon
legislature, died at his horns In Leb
anon, at 10:30 o'clock Sunday morn
ing; at the age of72 years. He had
been In ill health for the paRt two
years. Mr. Claypool was a resident
of Linn county for mora than half
a century.
The Oregon Railroad Commission
has dismissed proceedings agalnxt
the Coos Ray, Roseburg & Eastern,
in which that road was accused of
discrimination against the California
& Oregon Coast Steamship Company.
The commission ordered that the
Corvallis & Eastern provide two toi
let rooms in each of its passenger
cars, except those running only be
tween Albany and Corvallis.
That a bounty is needed on cou
gars, wolves and other wild animals
to prevent their rapid increase in
the mountains and foothills of East
ern Linn county is the assertion of
residents of that part of the county,
who have presented a big petition to
the county court asking for a special
tax levy on the 1909 roll for that
purpose. They want a bounty of $10
on all cougars and wolves and $2.50
on wildcats and coyotes killed in
Linn county during the coming year.
In the manufacture of lumber and
Its products for the year 1907. Ore
gon ranks tenth among the states,
according to a pamphlet that has
been Issued by the Department of
MORE NEW
SUITS
Received Saturday
Blacks
Blues
Reds
Ed i sons
Greens
Browns
Taupes
Novelties
$ 1 5to$30
- 0
tu4u aunt
In offering these Suits to our trade we feel sure that they
will find favor with the most critical purchaser. These
cloths are principally worsteds, serges and Herringbones
and a few broadcloths. We will be glad to have anyone
come and examine the line even if they do not purchase.
Skinner's Lace Sale Cushion
Satin Bias 5 Cents a Tops for
Bands Yard Xmas
We have Skinner's Satin cut New Torchon Laces In i-x- Studies in colors in applique
In bias bauds, continuous ceptloimlly good quality, worth In fur.velvet.sutln.etc., painted
lengths, all widths for trimming up to 15c a yard. portraits, Homati stripes, etc.
Petticoats JL L STOCKTON skirts
RICKREALL.
are liked best by a good many to- Commerce and Labor on the lumber
bacco connoiseurs. Those which are cut of the United States for last
freshly made are soft, sweet-scented, year. Washington heads the list as
burn even and last longer than those the greatest lumber-producing state,
which are allowed to dry out thor-
while the following states are credit-
pH with n Idrtrpr Clli- than that- ct
oughly. .Fact Is, we sell hundreds of Oregon: Louisiana, Texas, Mlssiss
cigars direct to consumers on this hppi, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Michigan,
account. If you are fond of a good Pennsylvania and Minnesota.
cigar, try one made by
SALEM CIGAR FACTORY
Salem, Oregon.
THE NOBLE
D. A. MADISON, Prop.
Corner Commercial
and State, Street SALEM, OREGON
Dallas Steam Laundry
IBest "Work Guaranteed
Basket leaves Tuesday 6pm and returns Friday
Olee Robinson .Argent
Independence:, Ohegox
E. H. MJICHJtND
Painter and Paperhanger
I have recently located in this city and am nrenared to do all kinds of House. a release bill for the difference,
liVn. and Carriaee Paint.inir. Paoer HamHnir. Glazing -. Mu nri. ..J George S. Nickerson, whose head-
reasonable and I guarantee satisfaction. Estimates freely furnished. quarters at present are in Wlnne-
mucca, Nev., has been taking meas-
Leave Orders With Bice & Calbreath urements for several months along
Will Mack shot and fatally Injured
Miles Carter, proprietor of a soft
drink establishment in Grants Pass.
Mack went into the place and or
dered a glass of near-beer, and after
drinking It, refused to pay for it.
and when pressed for the payment
turned and fired point blank at Car
ter's head. Carter dodged so that
the ball entered the left shoulder.
passing downward and out at the
back under the shoulder blade. Mack
was captured by the sheriff and a
deputy.
Binger Hermann, ex-congresBman
from Oregon, will go to Washington,
D. C, to Intercede with the commit
tee on rivers and harbors In con
gress In the interests of the Coqullle
river bar and harbor, In the hope
of getting an appropriation from
that body for the bettering of the
harbor at Bandon, and for dredging
the up-river so that ocean boats can
gr to Coqullle and possibly to Myrtle
Point. Mr. Hermann goes as a spe
cial representative from this valley
and his expenses will be borne by
the citizens and business men.
The directors of the Water Users'
Association, at Klamath Falls, have
taken a determined stand not to pay
over $18.60 per acre for Government
Irrigation. They will gather hun
dreds of affidavits showing that the
water users were promised water at
$18.60 per acre, including main
tenance, and that the cost would not
exceed $20 per acre in any event. If
the Reclamation Service Insists on
the payment of $30 per acre and 75
cents maintenance charge, the asso
ciation will go before Congress with
Peter Cook and W. W. Howell were
in Portland on business last week.
Orville Price has been engaged to
work in the Btore here.
Isaac Goodell was In Perrydale last
week, where he was engaged In paint
ing.
A. Hill was a Dallas visitor last
week.
Miss Pauline Nesmith is visiting
in Portland this week.
Mrs. Fred Koser was a Portland
visitor last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Orr and son,
Glen, have gone to Portland to re-
main until after Christmas.
Peter Cook is loading a car of
straw to ship to Portland.
Mrs. Cass Gibson and daughter,
La Verne, weree Independence visit
ors last week.
A number of our young people at
tended the basket ball game and vis
ited the skating rink in Dallas Sat
urday night.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with local applications, as they can
not reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh Is a blood or constitutional
disease, and in order to cure It you
must take internal remedies. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, and I
acts directly on the blood and mu
cous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure
Is not a quack medicine. It waa pre
scribed by one of the best physicians
in this country for years and Is a
regular prescription. It is composed
of the best tonics known, combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting
directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination of the two in
gredients is what produces such won
derful results in curing catarrh. Send
for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo.O.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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or telephone Main 49.
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we c- B iq ess uin rfne-
buy ir usmjuiu ic
for .pot mh. lo to t more mony for too to ship JUw hnuj nufm to a. than to
mil at horn. Writ for Prlo. Lint. M .raw "Report. Shipping Taa. andabtmt oar
MUriTERS a TRAPPERS' GUIDE.
W """1 i2LTi V. ".v "" "V "'f - UlafktUnf itthr Aaim.li. Ail
At I 0i "7-. 'P". iMw. now Ma wiwn to tnp. ... to fceooaic .
r autumn. SI K. BtdM Una, int.
owsffll trappar. It's, rafatar KiKTeiopedia. Priea, tt. Too
J"1 caie wt a.. Daopr ""art. aalanb In trap 11.00 par bottla, Sh.o T,r
Bioat .al ran UlaBdaattntipncat. Amitnch Br., Bwmt. Tl, Mlaa cavpalla. M Ua.
the Donder and Blitzen river in the
northern slopes of Stein Mountains,
the result of his investigation and
calculations being that a man repre
senting heavy capital has filed in the
county clerk's office a claim to a
water right on that stream of 4800
cubic inches, or 120 cubic feet per
second, the intention being to de
velop an immense power for gener
ating electricity to supply the entire
Harney Valley with light and oper
ating force.
Women Help to Advertise.
The women of the Pacific North
west are taking an increasingly ac
tive part in its development and ad
vertisement and the Portland Wo
man's Club will go out on a unique
excursion next week, when they will
gather the beautifully tinted branches
of "Oregon Grape" in quantity suffi
cient to decorate the famous Plyrn-.
outh church of Brooklyn, New York,
of which Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis
is pastor. The Portland Commercial
Club will send this east by express in
ample time to reach Brooklyn by
Christmas.
17-qt. Tin Dish Pan, regular
price 3Dc.
Sale price 20c
Granite Iron Pie Plates 10c.
Sale price 5c
No. 9 Granite Iron Jelly Cake
Pans 10c.
Sale price 5c
No. 10 Granite Iron Jelly Cake
Pans 15c.
Sale price 10c
14-qt. Tin Dish Pan, regular
price 25c. . .
Sale Price 15c
No. 10 Enameled Fry Pan, 30c.
Sale price 20c
10-qt. Enameled Water Pail 50c.
Sale price 35c
Fine line of dairy pails at less
than the cost of manufacture.
We are wanting to dispose of everything. The above prices are only
samples of what our whole stock is going at. We offer it all at prices
which cannot be duplicated, including our imported high-grade Strunskv
fc Wipperman good s.
Spencer Hard
ware
SALEM, OREGON
Co.
SALE
WE WISH TO DISPOSE OF OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF COOK
STOVES, TINWARE, ENAMELED WARE AND HOUSE FURNISHING
GOODS AT ONCE. WE QUOTE YOU AS FOLLOWS:
Enameled Ware pT
r if u i'wurw
, n ... it i T-.I..1. n-.. m V-. t Jp J. ' - r - . .
iw-qi. biiauiuieu jjihu i-au ouu, o.; Vf .
sale price 25c r-
14-qt. Enameled Dish Pan 50c. VS 1, j-
Sale Pr'ce 35c V " JV, ! . !' ,
i-qt. unainoina dish fan (juc. , . ;v S t
Tin Boilers, usual price 85c. Sale price . $1.50
Pale price " 65c Tin Boilers, large and heavy,
Galvanized Boilers, usual price usual price $2.25.
$1.00. Sale price ...$1.65
Sale Pr,ce 75c Tin Boilers, large and heavy,
Tin Boilers, copper bottom, usual price $3.00.
usual price $1.00. Sale price '..$2.20
8a,e Pric 75c Tin Boilers, large and heavy,
Tin Boilers, copper bottom, usual price $3.50.
usual price $2.00. Sale price $2.70
We have a fine assortment of twenty kinds and sizes. Our slock is
t present complete, but will not remain so very long at the above prices.