fc
Guaranteed
V
For 25 Years
Against Breakage
! Drive them together with nn ax.
! They will not break. Do they sell
; for more? No.
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you, not so mutu bwati
want to them, but to convince you that what we nay about
m are (acts.
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The House Furnishing Co.
177 Court St., Salem, Or.
"ill
5 &J 14
345
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Pianos
Organs
Sewing Machines
Talking Machine Records
Piano and Organ Studies
Sheet Music
Extras for All Makes of
Sewing Machines
GEO. C. WILL,
POLK COUNTY BANK
MONMOUTH, OREGON
PAID CAPITAL, $30,000.00
Transacts a general banking and
exchange business.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
J H. Hawley, Pres. J. B. V. Butler, Vice Pres. Ira C. Powell, Cash.
F. S. Powell. J. B. .Stump. I. M. Simpson.
Little Palace Rotel
iBdepcttdesce
f. w. crowr,
We hv olJ roor mful
beds durin tho pant 60
J .. . . It ..ik .xM C at 11111
cowlin-J- Why D-
rati our li! I'ttl to
bd buyt-r btlng bittT
detuned, better finUhvd ami
better bargains.
Wo ant tJ Uow thetu to
SPRING STYLES FOR MEN,
shown In our new shoo stock, ex
hibit soma very desirable shapeB in
patent leather, calf and kid. If your
occupation keeps you out of dorrs all
day we have a solid, sturdy. djuble
sole style that is neat, but very sub
stantial Just suited for the farm
also something lighter for indoor
wear, while our dress shoes ar mar
vels of grace, beauty and comfort.
Repairing a Specialty.
JACOB
Street.
VOGT
Salem,
State
Ore.
BASIS Of 6UCC688
of Old and Relia
ble House of Geo.
C. Wills
Good goods,
right prices, posi
tive guarantee,
and defects (the
fault of instru
ment) repaired
fre of charge.
121 Commercial Street
Salem, Oregon.
PrwMor
frm City Prepay
:j ?, tuiwt all la cuiuauou.
LmkUinut rlvtr ruu lbroua lb
pUi; !H tutl- trow motor lln;
f. uiCTi and ro fui-; bt and
oat bat b-fu rui uu plct of
late. tiwd hop land or would
make good walnut farm. This
pUc kelout U an 14 Ban who
baa only daubur with whom b
U and be dmlrr to get bit
bualiiFM oUlwl. 30.0 an ar.
To reldencre In beat art of Ind
pcuJoui. IUllroad and Mou mouth
irvft. for alo at I!" for botu.
Coui and let au thow Ibetu to
you. TbU U on of th dealrable
location for a tin boot In !
p.-tid.iu. Hetler buy now while
the owner U In a notion of alllu.
.t; acra, 4 wile outhtt of Mou
mouth, mllo and a half from Lutk
lauiut tatlou. 160 atr In culti
vation, remalndvr In paatur and
Uiuber: 30 air fir timber, re-
maf mlr tu k Well watered and
feueed. tioid family orchard. Kuia.ll
fruits, grapes, cherries, apples and
prunes, pears, etc Dwelll-J 24x:'4,
iwo atorl.n, new and itt liooo.
llarn )x:.6. 20 feet high and coal
$000. 3 ben houses, hog houoe,
milk boue. meat bouse, two bay
bams for cattle and noata l V"
ture. Farm U sultublo . for grain
raUlng or dairying, or stock ral-
i,, Witiii.t h.t fine walnut or
fruit land. 1'riee per acre. Il'j.od.
i,v p..a mil.. Binl a half north of
Ukkreall, on county road and rail
road. No Improvement. Part of
donation claim recently divide
among heirs. First claa liind
rolling. 60 acre lu cultivation,
balance In pusture and onk timber.
Can bo bought on good terms.
Per acre, 40.00.
J3 acres ouo mile from Indeper
rtmce; all cultivated and fenced;
m improvements. The place will
bo sold for $3000
600 acres four miles from Dallas;
03 acres lu cultivation; quarter
mi from rail road; enounh axe
handld ru oak to pay for the
place; sli-room bouse; Ideal dairy
and goat ranch. Per acre ..$20.00
2S aiTi-a aJjoUil-i? city limits of In-dep.-udence;
ail in cultivation, one
third acne in strawbi-rnes aud oth
ir fralts on place; two-Btcry house,
five rooms below; dug well with
abundanco of water; large barn
and chicken house; woven wire
around place,, also cross fences.
3000, including household furniture
and farm implements. A bargain.
102 acres one mile from Indepen
dence; fenoed. wttb woven wrle
and well improved; cross fences
of woven wire. This is a real
farm. All in cultivation except 10
acres in timber and pasture; large
8-room house; bara 40xG0; other
outbuildings, such as machine
sheds, chicken houses etc.; living
water on place and good dug well.
Per acre $100.
215 acres, two milt; from Indepen
dence Is another of the good farms
near Independence; level, but with
17 feet drainage In half mile; 205
acres in cultivation, rest in good
oak timber; new barn 40x.')6; chick
en houses and other buildings; a
young orchard of 115 trees Just
coming into bearing, also old or
chard; has good well, windmill and
tower, with water piped to house;
good fences and cross fences, cow
ham 40x44. granary, etc. Can be
bought for $60,00) an acre.
102 acres, seven, miles south of In
dpmenrtenee. one mil from two
school houses 45 acres in cultiva
tion; young orchard of 100 trees,
eight years old; 25 acres of oak
and fir timben on place; living wa
ter runs thnoagh corner of place;
7-room cottage built last year, good
barn 50x34;. jlace fenced with wo.
.ca vlro: telephone goes with
place; after October 1st will have
to buy croD that Is seeded to get
possession. Price for this place,
$3800..
22 acres, two and one-half miles from
Independence; rolling, good land;
14 acres in cultivation; house has
three rooms below, upper rooms
not finished;, barn 20x30; good well
with plenty of water; fenced with
barbed wire and woven wire; good
spring on place. Place cost $50
in srrubs and stumns. Can be
bought for $1300.
53 acres, one and one-half miles from
Albany, In highest state or cultiva
tion; 27 acres in Baldwin and
Jobnathan apples; young orchard
In all kinds cf fruit and two acres
In berries; orchard is In first-class
shape; Baldwins had seven boxes
Annies to tree this season: six
acres In clover pasture; barn
40x45; dwelling is 8-room house;
jrood well with water in house;
three crops would pay for place.
Situated on slope Place can be
hnneht for $2000 and balance on
lonjr time at six per cent. Price
$9000.
33 1-3 acres, one and one-half miles
from Independence, bottom land
has hop yard of 10 acres on it;
best quality onion land; 30 acres in
cultivation; all fenced; old bulla
log. A good buy. !'lc ttt b
bought for $4004.
I lou, bullfully altuatMt la ldpn
dene. All or part of lbm will b
old cbp.
40 aire, all lu cultivation, 11 air.
Hded to wheat, oat and ct h
All under good fmrf. Quarter of
mil from rbool houe. Choice
fruit land. l-"d lie rolling. Trice
$1!HM).
i room nou and thr lots In Inde
pendence; Urg septic tank; but
and cold water and bath; electric
light aud telephone; Urn, trull
and bcrrle; rang and linoleum
Will go With place, $2200.
Hood 7 room boua aud V M; barn,
rblcken bous and wood bouno,
fruit tree, atrawberrle aud mail
fruit. In Independence. $850.
10 room house and two desirable lot
In HlUa addition to Independence,
llarn 12xl, bed on tw Idea.good
rblcken hou and wood shed; full
grown hedge fence In front. Splen
did buy. Term. $1500.
7 room bouse, with closet aud two
lot, lu Putuon A Haley addition
to Monmouth. OuUlde city limit,
llest well water In Monmouth;
chicken boue. wood house, fruit
trees; house 1 old b t l very
comfortable. $t0l.
Country more, hotel aud pootofrioe li.
Northern California. A nood money
making proposition for a man and
bis wife. ThI phu can be bud
very reasonable.
I have the Mencr residence In
Independence for !. Tbhi Is prob-
ubly the finest resldeuce property In
tbU city. 1 have oilier good rel-
deuco properties In town und aoino
lu Monmouth for sale. Chas. K.
111.-k.
C1IAS. E. HICKS,
Real Estate Broker,
Independence, ' Oregon.
For that Dull Feeling After Eating.
I hav tmed Chamberlain's blouiacn
und Liver Tablets for some Uniejiiid
can testify thut they have done me
more good than any tablets ( have
ever used. My trouble was u. havy
dull feeling after eating. David fc'rve-
"an. Kempt. Nova Scotia. These
tabl"ts Mi-Midi" n the moiuucli. and
Improve thi; dilution. They also
regulate tho live" mid l.'vls. Tuy
are f.ir uv rl r to piil- but cost nn
more. Get a freo sample at r.
Kirklnnd's drug storo nnd -ep wlsit
a splendid medicine it U
School Attendance Above Averse8--
fnnntv Sihoal Superintendent It-
C. Seymour of Dallas wa attenditi
mhfxil matters In Indepetidelice
Saturday. lie. reports that the at-'
tendanctf at tlie scliools of the conn-j
iv la nhrmt on Dcr cent better than i
any previous year. "The compulsory
li.tii)ii law is working to good ef
fect. " said .Mr. Seymour to a repre
sentative of the Enterprise bnturnay...
"and has brought out a good attend
ance to the schools of the county.
All children coming within the com
pulsory education age limit are In
school, so far as I can find out."
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the
Annual Meeting of tbe Stockholders
A the Independence and Monmouth,
Pailway Company will be held at the
Independence National Bank in Inde
pendence. Oregon, at 10 o'clock a. ni
on Thursday, the 31st day of Docenir
ber, A. D. 1908, for the purpose ol
electing officers and such other busi
ness as may properly come before
stid meeting.
D. W. SEARS,
25-30 Secretary.
WOULD KEW8 IX BRIEF.
A German battleship of 18,00,0
tons was successfully launched at
Kiel, Germany, Saturday.
Chief Hump, of Wounded Km?e
fame, the last survivor of this im
portant fight, died last week at his
camp at Cherry Creek, S. D.
It is officially announced that a
marriage is to take place between
the Earl of Granard and a daughter
of J. Odgen Mills, of New York.
More manufactures were exported
from the United States in the- fiscal
year 1908 than in any preceding
year, aggregating in values three
quarters of a billion dollars.
Fourteen are known to m dead,
three of the Americans, and' 60 in
jured as a result of the pnemature
explosion of 21 tons of dynamite at
Bas Obispo, in the Panama Canal
Zone, Saturday.
The Government made a profit
during the fiscal year ended June 30,
1908, of $10,541,371 oa the coinage
of silver, nickel and ono-cent bronze
pieces. This represent the differ
enc betwe- i the price- paid by the
government tor the metals and their
coinage value.
Mrs. Cora Whitney, wife of C.
William Whitney, of New York, edi
tor of the Outing Maganine and one
of the best known sporting writers
In the country, was granted a divorce
with $300 a month alimony at Oma
ha last week.
Mrs. Roosevelt has received the
gifts brought from China by Special
Chinese Ambassador Tang Shao Yl.
They consist of a very handsome
tigerskin lined with yellow silk and
said to be one of the largest In ex
istence; bolts of beautiful silk, sa
bles and silver. The gifts were tak
en to tho White Hous.
Th Kind You Have Always
la u IPX wver w
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Vf tonal
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i:IHrliurit that trifle vrlth nd w.di.rr the hwdth of
What Is CASTOR I A
(-M.torU 1 a lmnnloM ub.tltut for Ctr Oil. Vr
rorlc. lrti mud thl Hjrup. It U MBJ' "
conUla. ludthor Opium, Morphine nor othr JUreo
uh.Uu.or. It Ke U IU guarantee. It de.troy. rn
and nll a rcvrrMinr. It rurc. lhrrht. and M Ind
Colic It ndloviM. Tiethlnir Troublea. cur. ton-t imtlon
and Flatulency. It a. I ml la tea tho FwhI. Wtota the
Stomach and llewrlm glvlnif healthy tu.d natural leci.
The Chlldrcu l'anacon The Mother' i rlcnO.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
si
Boars tbe
Tie Kind You Hate Always Bonglit
In Use For
TnI ...T.UK M.IMI.
The Willamette
Light, Power & Water
WATER RATES (Water by meter applie to resi
dence only.) Residence rate on meter applio to cus
tomers only who pay $2.00 and over at the rate of 30c
per 1,000 gallons; minimum $1.00 per month.
ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER RATE-
Ketddonce, 15 cents per K. W.
Business houses, .r cents per drop and 5 cent per K. W.
Power, rate on application.
OFFICE AT WATERWORKS PHONE MAIN 41
She Gourt Resort ar?d
Gepnyan hupcb Place
KKANK II :OI. LINN, Proprietor
357 State St. Salem. Oregon Pbope 117
LONG'S MEAT MARKET
CO l OiNfli I'mprlftiir
AH Kinds of Fre.'h and Cu ed Meats
Game pd Fish in Season
INDEPENDENCE OREGON
MAKE YOUR OWN
SK1DOO HORSE AND CATTLE TABLETS
Crush and mix In feed or alb Proper dot In tablet
Makes Your Stock Look Like the Top Price
Fot Hone., Cl, Sbcep, Swtae nd Fowl. They are made from th ctlv prindpl. or tt
condned e.sence of th drug. TJiey don't contala Sawdust, Ahe, Cbop Feed or Bran. Ar Jurt
i. tfood wheo 10 yttn old a when 10 day old. They comply with all pure drnj law. Ak(or
.od trv one SKIDOO Condition TabLet. or 6KIDOO Worn, Kidney, Chicken ChoUra,
BlUtcr; Catbartic. Hr.e. Fever, Hot Cholera, Dwtemp.r, Pink Eye, Colic UbleUorLooM Powder,
Soavin Cur. or Barb Wire LioUnent. Distributed by TUB BLUE BELL MEDIOINB OO..
corporatedi Capital Stock $300,000.00; Watertown, South Dakota. U. S. A-
For sale by HANNA & IRVINE, Independence, Oregon
UNDERTIKINQ
Day and night callB promptly attended to. Fine parlor in con
nection. An experienced lady assistant.
W. L. BICE, Embalmer and Funeral Director. Licensed by the
Oregon State Board of Health.
BICE & CALBREATH
Independence, Oregon Home Phone: Store, 2220; Re. 3121
Preparing Good Road Bill.
Members of the Legislative Com
mittee of the Oregon Good Roads
Association and State Grange, ap
pointed at a largely attended state
conference, have gone to Portland to
ipend a full day, for the third time
In the past two months, in order
Bought, nutl which hn been
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1. - Kn Kiailn II ml i r liiii 1H.1
juprvUlon alnra It lufiui. j.
. ...... i.,MAli'irutl In till.
.T..aa.aruiil" HrO UUl
Signature of '
Over 30 Years.
" . ' "T-
Valley Company
at Very Reasonable Rate
STOCK FOODS BX USING
Tthat they might agree upon such
bill as could be brought before the
legislature and become a law with
out unnecessary delay.
Attend the Christmas dance In the
opera house. Dance given by the In
dependence orchestra.