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The
Independence National Bank
Incorporated 1889
Transacts a General Banking Business
Interest Pal on Tim Deposit
B.F.
COTTAGE HOTEL
Mn.J.F.5tavger.rropnor
Special attention to Commercial and
College Organizations.
Salem, Or.
TJcpkoM imi mtmnpl at
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160 Court Stiest. TriephoM an num.
A. C. MACERS. Pw
TELEPHONE MAIN I7S
Standard Liquor Co.
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
WINES, LIQUORS Sr CIGARS
Vi S. COMMERCIAL STREET
iJ OREGOM
j DOINGS IN OREGON j
5 laleraadng Hm flaiharad
6 fc ftAK
; rrom AM ran r m .
Development roagrfM mt Vala.
v.iTh tare daye' seealos o(
tba Oragon-ldaho lvlopront Con
gress, which cloaea at ooo" or
in ihia eitv. did mora, perhaps.
than any on agancy long the con
ference tin to buna up ana buucp
the Intareate of the two elater etataa.
Oregon and Idaho, man any mova
mant aver etarted by the cltlicna of
the lo great commonweslthe.
Tb attendance during th confer
tnca waa vary flattering, thara being
present ibout S00 representative
business men of Portland. Balem,
Roseburg. Mr-thfteld. Eugene, Vala.
Ontario, Pendleton. alo Bolaa. Cald
Pavette and Poralallo.
Th. ii following eongrasaa will
ba held:
Salem, January S nd 80.
Boise, February 21 and 14.
Ontario. March II and IT.
La Orande. April J7 and 1.
Caldwell. May 11 and II.
Iti.rna JlllV 17 and IS-
Tha congress, through resolutions,
declared In favor of atato-alded rail
road, development of Cooa Day har
bor and tha revival of tha Malheur
oroJect.
Deleaatea to the next cougruiwr.
to be held In Bolaa during January
...a aurinc February ara
. " -
ureed to do everything In their pow
... r.inhor (he construction of a
rallroud through Central Oregon to
r-.,a iinv recommending that the
..., k- ..I hv tha Federal Govern
ment as a reat naval and coaling
station. It la urged In tha reaolu
tlona that the delegate urge upon
..., i.,..uininrB nf Oreeon the Import
ance of enacting at Its 1909 aeaalon
a general law enabling all dlBtrlola
-v,i,.h onntain navigable waterB In
Oregon to organlie port commlaalona
and to levy taxea for tne purpose 01
.ii.r nwmpv to lmDrove tne uar
bora of Oregon-
When You Sit Down To
a Meal
In this reataurant you are Mire it w ill be
excellent aa to foot!,. -ookinK and wry.ee.
The Surrounding speak for
and the bill of fare tell mutely ot Hue
C ng at little price.. Come In and bring
. friend or two' along. You will all be
be pleased.
White House Restaurant
Wm. McCJchrat & Son. Proprietor!
SALEM - - - OREGON
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COfa;iMT.
I KT SURANGB
Anyone wishing goo.l reliable Fire Insurance
Call on or write to
S. E. BUSH. INDEPENDENCE. ORE.
A nt for Beaver State Merchants Mutual of Tortland and the
Agent for Waver Mutual o Foregt Grove.
FRESH GOODS
r likPd best by a good many to
ha connoiseurs. Those which are
frpshlv made are soft, sweet-scented
burn even and last longer than those
allowed to dry out tnor
oughly. Fact is, we sell hundreds of
cigars direct to consumers on this
account. If you are fond of a good
cigar, try one made by
SALEM CIGAR FACTORY
Salem, Oregon.
THE NOBLE
D. A. MADISON, Prop.
Corner Commercial
and State Street
SALEM, OREGON
Identity f lto.y Qti-tlMiod.
nr..imn fit v One of the most aen-
eational ai!Ulavitn has Jimt been pre
sented bv Frank Hesse, an auorne
of Portland, In which charge arH
made that bring into question me
Identity of the man whose body waa
found at Spjingbrnnk achoolhouse,
near Oswego, on September 13, last.
Hesse has a client, nerntiarni ttaisi
by name, who avers thut the dead
,,. his brother, but thus far
has brought forward to evidence to
prove this supposition.
One phase of the case mat manes
it unusually Interesting Is the ract
thai tho Heart man had $660 In gold
In his pockets. Coroner Holman took
charge of the remains anu uirn.-u
the money over to the treasurer of
Clackamas county.
In less than a week after the un
known man was buried, Mrs. r.mo
B. Robinson, of Hrland station,
Multnomah county, appeared and de
manded that the remains be ex
humed. This was done and she de
clared that the body was that of her
father, F. A. Williamson, trom tex
arkana, Texas, who was visiting her.
In his efforts to secure testimony
to discredit Mrs. Robinson, Hesse en
gaged a private detective to inter
view her.
Hone to Overthrow Prohibition.
r.a Grande Prohibition in Union
v,nntv is ill dire danger. When the
Aar. first became effective it was at
oiroi bv a local brewer. J. Roesch,
who asked for an injunction on the
ground that Sheriff Childers naa not.
Tr,oriv nnsited the notices of elec
tion. The circuit court denied the
ruinost fnr Iniunctlon.
The case rested there, but since
the supreme court has rendered Its
w0oninr derision in the Grant coun
ty case, which is similar in almost
every respect to this one, Roesch
gave notice of appeal to the supreme
court. When the decision is forth
rw,,r it is believed that the local
option law will be Invalidated, as the
Union county instance Is regarded to
fanitv nostine of notices is similar
to that in Grant county.
Dallas Steam Laundry
"Rest "Work Guaranteed '
Basket leaves Tuesday 6 p m and returns Friday
Olee Robinson Jgent
Independence, Oregon
Want Insurance Iiaw Repealed.
Portland Leading business inter
ests of this city will ask the repeal
by the legislature this winter of the
law requiring foreign insurance com
panies to deposit $50,000 in bonds
with the secretary 01 staie oeiore
being permitted to do business In
this state. Another bill will be pre
sented creating the office of State
Insurance Commissioner and propos
ing a strict regulation of the life, Are
and accident insurance business of
the state.
E. H. MJZCHJtND
Painter and Paperhanger
I have recently located in this city and am prepared do all kinds of House
Sign and Carriage Painting, Paper Hanging, Glaz.ng, etc. My prices are
reasonable and I guarantee eatisfaction. Estimatea freely furnished.
Leave Orders with Bice EL Calbreath
or telephone Main 49.
Roberts Not to Resign.
La Grande A. A. Roberts, re
ceiver of the local land office, whose
accounts are in a muddled condi
tion, stoutly denies he has resigned.
He is, however, out of office on a
two-weeks' furlough on account of
illness.
So voluminous is the task of ex
perting his books that the investi
gation, started two weeks ago, is
hardly under way yet. The special
agent is still silent.
Boys Shoot Each Other.
Roseburg Three boys with air
guns amused themselves Sunday by
shooting at each other. Each snored
a hit. Two of the boys have holoa
in their legs where bullets pass id
through and the third has a hole L:
his back where a bullet entered b :t
has not yet been found. All will
recover.
OREGON BRIEFLETS
A!tn Cn!la eloaad Friday
vantng for lha Chrlatmaa vacation
nd will raauma work January i.
Miia Emma Goldman, high nrlaat-
aa of anarehlara. taeturad In Port
land Bunday and Monday.
All tha Koaeburg aoft-drlnk aatab-
llnhmonta wara raided Saturday
tilht by tha aharlff and bta deputlea
In a aearch for avldanca of any vio
lation of tha local optloa law. No
arreata cava yat Bean maae.
Ai.tinritr n!rvmnla. tonvtrtad or
manalaughter at tha Noventbar term
of court, and whoaa raaa waa ap
paaled. baa been liberated trom tha
county Jail at Tha Dallas, awaiuni
tha action of tha auprema court.
A verdict of murder In tha nrat
rniier, hv tha lury In
tha raie of Harry Haley charged
1th the murder II. Kenny, a I'on-
i.n.t uinnn keener. Thla la tha flrat
verdict of murder In tha flrat degree
In Multnomah county top aevori
yeara.
Dr. 0. D. Whitney, tha young ror-
aat Grove dontlat. waa convirieu .
manalaughter In the circuit court at
Portland laat week for tne oeatn
hla fiancee, Mlaa Mabel Wlrti Ha
sill receive a sentence or irom ona
to IB yeara In tho penitentiary, and
poaalbly a One.
Joseph Ureti. a Lane coumj
farmer, committed aulclde some tlma
between Thursday and Saturday, by
ahootlng himself In tho head. Lor
eta waa tha man who tried to hang
himself near Junction C recently
and was cut down by tne gang of
telephone linemen who saw the man
In time to aave him from atrangllng
to death.
Uepreaentatlve Hawley hna aecured
the passage through tho Houso of a
bill paying to the helra of Thomas
0. Miller, of Illggs. Or., not to ex
ceed $500 on account of the destruc
tion of a ferryboat which Miller waa
operating across tho Columbia river
near the mouth of the Deschutea.
The bout was destroyed In the Ban
wmk Indian war.
OfUcers huve yet aecured no flew
tho Mentitv of tho men who burg-
i.,riH the. store of J. 0. lterry, at
" . n a
Peorlii. last week. It Is now ueuev.u.
that three men were In the Job. Mr.
Ilerry li.is figured that his loss v. in
reach over $1000. The nmners se
cured almost $300 In coin una
men hiniillfe taken Is valued at mora
than $?."'.
A yoii'ig man named Nelson ana
Mrs. Zeigler nre under unesi
Goble ir, cor.n -.Hon with the murder
of Robert Livingstone, tue ki-,.
foreman, two weeks ago. .vrs. . ig
lrr is about 60 years old und Nelson
i.. i Ti,o nndinc of a bloody shirt
In Nelson's room, together with sev
eral artlcl.'s supposed to oeiong
Livingstone, Including a pip.", estab
lishes the evidence upon which the
accusation is based.
It rests entirely with Senator rui-
i..t.t-m in,, u-netner joiiu v.-.
ion
Voting shall become postmaster ui
Portland, or whether some other
man shall be chosen. But It Is en
tirely beyond the power of Senator
Fulton to pick the now posuims.ei.
fin la rwtt en tilled to make a selec
tion, but he has every right to pass
upon the selection made by his col
league, and his approval is necessary
before that choice can uu... infective.
To make the amount oi niuu-v j
which each school district shall re
ceive from the ttato and county
school founds dependent upon the
number of teachers employed in each
district Instead of upon the number
of children of school age was the
radical change in the manner of the
appropriation of school funds urged
by State Superintendent of Public
Instruction J. H. Ackerman at Pen
dleton last week. He was address
ing the second annual meeting or
school officers of Umatilla county.
Details of another reclamation
project for Umatilla county became
known at Pendleton last week when
It was learned that a syndicate of
Spokane capitalists had contracted
for several hundred acres of r ver
bottom land along the Umatilla river
about 20 miles west of Pendleton.
This section is noted for its fine
fruit, heretofore produced on a small
scale, and it is the purpose of the
promoters of the project to divide
the land up Into small fruit tracts.
Though the land to be developed Is
mostly subirrigated, water will be
Sken from the Umatilla river to re
claim portions that may need it.
...ost Sunday of a man
tjy uiw
. . ...a nf the loot In his pos-
sioCar Portland, Sheriff Stevens
la confident ne na i.auh...
the three men implicated in the ho d
ud of O. R. & N. train eight miles
east of Portland. Entrance to express
c" was obtained by nitroglycerin,
and the express messenger, O. H.
Huff was compelled to open the way
" fe ' which was looted. The passen
gers were not molested and the des
peradoes made good their escape af
ter uncoupling the engine and forc
iJ the engineer to carry them down
he Sack I mile or more. That the
robbers got but little for their trou
pe was due to the quick action of
Messenger Huff. Warned by shots
S the uncoupling of the two ex
cess cars, mall car and engine from
?he rest of the train, Huff quickly
nnincked the safe and taking out
Packages containing from $2000 to
J4000 threw them into an obscure
corner. These he replaced with
nackages that had Htle value. It
waB these packages the robbers got
after blowing the car open with dy
namite. Some of the Packages
taken from the express car of the
train was found In the man'e posses
sion and the case against Wm U aaid
to be conclusive.
BARR'S GIFT SHOP
Chriatmas luylng
at If! Zanlth ,
Evidently tha lrr Ides la understood and approved. It haa nv
hiJrlr a.nacUtlon to revolutUml.a lha J-welry bu.lne... but
ETsT. SrJSur. to InatUMnJo tha ZZ
. fuller understanding of things that AUK "J JJlS
In obedlenco to the lawa of Perfect justice. DAHR S OIKT 81101
I. VnJoyh .g a vts of confide,, that la Indeed gratifying to us. and
th r.o" Wtatlou for your continued favor. .Imply rw our
,hP'" If YOU ARC IN DOU.T WHAT TO O.VE
We will offer tha experience of many year., and . personal 1
Si which U Intended to make Christmas .hopping a real pi...
ure' ,f you find the ..ore crowded when you come, bo patient,
we'll do "our beat."
Jawlrs
State and Liberty Bta., Baluin.
Your Attention Ha
Deen Drawn
often lo so Iioliie where the-
inmates seemed lo lo bsvliig tliw
time of their live.. oU have,
,..,il.tl-s. wl-he.1 you .uld havr
such a jolly K.l tliiin at 'ir
bonce. Vou hii aslly uiioiijIi.
Oik. of our talking machines will
furnlfh any kind of entertainment
von denlre. Htop In and see what
wraith of enjoyment it will allortl
L. F. SAVAGE
217 Cummerclal Street, Hslrtn, Or-
MM
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giotbing Cleaned
Prd and Roaircd
!xt deer lo City Rcstaurnt, cit C stret
Independence Oregon
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SALE
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WE WISH TO DISPOSE OF OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF COOK
JtoOes" tinware, enameled ware and house FURNISHING
GOODS AT ONCE. WE QUOTE YUU a ruu...
Enameled Ware
m.nt Rnamelod Dish Pan J.c.
Sale price Z5C
14-dt. Enameled Dish Pan COc.
Sale price 36c
17-qt. Enameled Dish Pan fiOc.
Sale price 40c
Tin Boilers, usual price 8."c.
Pale price 65c
Galvanized Boilers, usual price
$1.00.
Sale price
Tin Boilors, copper
usual price $1.00.
Sale price
Boilers, copper
Tin
... 75c
bottom,
... 75c
bottom,
Sale price $1-50
Tin Boilers, largo and heavy,
usual price $2.25.
Sale price $1-65
Tin Boilers, large and heavy,
usual price $3.00.
Sale price $2.20
Tin Boilers, large and heavy,
tisual price $3.C0.
Sale price $2-70
tisual price $2.00.
We have a fine assortment of twenty kinds and sizes. Our stock is
at present complete, but will not remain so very long at the above price..
20c
14-qt. Tin Dish Pan, regular
price 25c.
Sale Price 15c
17-qt. Tin Dish Pan, regular
price 35c.
Sale price
Granite Iron Pie Plates 10c.
Sale price 60
No. 9 Granite Iron Jelly Cake
Pans 10c.
Sale price 5c
No. 10 Granite Iron Jelly Cake
Pans 15c. k
. I.. 10c
oaio pi
, 1 n, irwr The above nrices arc onlv
Y6 TI1? :8 whole is going at We offer it all at priced
ZZ ouBr imported high-grade Stransky
& Wipperman gooa s.
No. 10 Enameled Fry Pan, 30e.
Sale price 20c
10-qt. Enameled Water Pail 50c.
Sale price -35c
Fine line of dairy pails at less
than the cost of manufacture.
Spencer
Hardware Co.
SALEM, OREGON