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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1909)
RY This sale means a mercantile event that borders on the marvelous. A regular price-cutting outrage. A sweep ing reduction throughout this entire store. Reduced prices that will undoubtedly create a sensation. All broken lines and odds and ends go at a mere fraction of their former value. Prices have been cut as never before. We are iroinir to make this sale a record breaker in the history of this house. The only original and genuine clear ance sale will be on at THE BEE HIVE STORE SALE CONTINUES DURING MONTH OF JANUARY This gigantic sale which started here last week carries an important message to every family in Polk county. Clearance Bala of Man't Shlrte Men's Klf Kliirtx, broken Hut' vulues from 0(e to $l."0, wile ..3'"' Monarch" HblrtH, $1.00 to $i.2.- Hlllo "'f(' Clearance Sal Underwear Men's eel' n ribbed liiderwenr regulur tOc grade 37 4c .... Miii'K wool rlbbotl, $t. 00 grulc 7'o Clearance Sal Men's Pant A Una of fancy worsted Pants, values to $3.50, salo $2.40 Clearance Salo Hosiery Ono lot of children'" black Hoho regular 2.fic values, salo .. . .12Vic Clearance Sal Suspenders Heavy web Kunpenders, 2.1c and 35c values VJc Clearance Sale Shoes Ono lot of children's Shoes, val ues up to $1.23, sale 69c Clearance Sale Ladles' Shoe Ono lot of ladles' $3.00 and $3.50 Sh j's, all good makes, sale ..$2.50 Clearance Sale of Towels Our lure 25c ''nen Towels, white and fancy border, sale 18c Clearance 8ale Underwear Chlldrens' and misses' union Suits values to $1.00, one lot, Kale.. 48c Clearance Sale of Comforters Special lot, full Ue white cotton sale $145 Clearance Sale of Linen 66-Inch table damask, 75c grade at 59c Clearance Sale of Outing Best quality Outing, fancy and plain colors, sale 8c Clearance Sale of Embroidery One lot 8c and 10c values 5c Clearance Sale Petticoats Sateen and heatherbloom, sale from $1.65 to $3.43 Clearance Sale Bed 8pread A large, heavy Marseilles Spread $1.25 value, salo 93c Clearance Sale Blankets All wool Blankets, white and values to $7.50, sale $4.95 Clearance Sale of Muslin Heavy brown Muslin sale 6c "Lonsdale" bleach Muslin sale 9c Clearance Sale Boys' Caps All 50c Caps, all styles, sale .... 35c Lot 1. Boys' Knee Pants Suits $3.00 to $3.50 values, sale ....$1.98 Lot 2. Boys' knee Pants Suits, reg. $4.0$ and $4.50 vals $2.79 Lot 3. Boys' $5.00 and $6.E0 knee Pants Suits all late cuts, sale $4.39 Lot 4. A broken line of Men's Suits,reg.$8 and $10 vals. sale $4.75 Lot 5. Men's navy blue serge, fan cy worsted and mixed effects regular $12.50 to $15, sale ....$9.85 Lo 6. Men's hand tailored Suits Values $16.50 to $20, sale .. $13.85 There will be no reductions on the fllowing Butterick Patterns. Prices on these goods are lines: W. L. Douglas shoes, Queen Quality shoes, Gordon Hats, controlled by the manufacturer and must be sold regularly. This Sale Positively Closes Saturday, January 30, 1909. DALLAS THE BEE HIVE STORE OREGON NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE If you will take Foley's Orlno Lax atlvo until the bowels become regular i you will not have to take purgatives j coiiHtuptly, as Foley's Orino Laxative positively cures chronic constipation land sluggish liver. Pleasant to take. P. M. Kirkland. LUCKIAMUTE 13. J. Steele butchered Thursday of last week and shipped some fine porkers to Portland Friday. Glen Hlltlbrand is working on the section at Parker. Stock stood the storm well In this vicinity. Quite a few of our hunters put in the snowy days hunting coons, but the writer failed to see any hides. C. W. Stewart is again able to be around after a severe attack of rheumatism. Joseph Lampfltt sent thirteen fine porkers to Portland last Tuesday that averaged nearly 200 pounds net. M 8 Daisy Kays and son returned home Monday after spending a few days with 1ier 'parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. Steele. ' Our school did not close on ac count of cold weather and is prog ressing nicely under the able man agement of Miss Nellie V. Williams. ITEMIZER ITEMS Hon. H. V. Gates, owner of the Dallas waterworks system, has made an offer to that city to sell the plant for $40,000. The matter will be brought up at a regular meeting of Sheriff Grant reported last week that there remained only about $574. 38 in delinquent taxes, $360 of which was on personal property and $214.33 on real property. During the day the whole of the delinquency on real estate was taken up by C. W. Irvine of Independence. Besides Mr. Irvine there are about eleven other parties who have taken up property on which the taxes have become de linquent during the past year. BUENA VISTA George Kreutz of Springfield is in this city and will visit with relatives for a short time. Ed Dorenbacher of Portland is here transacting business. Chas. W. Fisk, foreman of the Dorenbacher logging camp, at this place, will resume operations just as soon as weather conditions will permit. J. D. Winn is clerking in J. K. Neal's ' general merchandise store at present. McClaln Bros, operate their feed mill every Monday. The ipublic schools at this place have been closed for several days on account of the cold snap. Hurrah; Buena Vista is to have a Oliver Chilled Plow HANNA BROS., Exclusive Agents for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works HANNA BR0S. HARDWARE AND HARNESS DEALERS INDEPENDENCE, OREGON . , new butchershop. Mr. Black, of American Bottom, and Mr. J. Wells Wells of this city will be proprietors of the new enterprise. Success to you, boys. Francis M. Donaldson, one of our enterprising merchants, has purchase! the house and lot Just across the street from the blacksmith shop and will erect a new store building there on in the near future. ANTIOCH Miss Bessie Sullivan of Monmouth visited Sunday at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Clark. John Pitzer, who Is working for Arthur Grooms at Cochran, Sundayed with his parents who reside in this neighborhood. Mr. Mumma of Monmouth was out to Antloch Wednesday and drove back several cattle to the city. Mrs. Herman Wonder and daught er, Minnie, spent Saturday In Mon mouth visiting friends. Several coons have been killed lately in this locality. Richard Osborne, formerly of this place but now of Black Rock, visited friends in this neighborhood Wednes day. Arthur Gordon and wife of Cochran spent two days of last week with Oscar Lehman and family. We are delighted to see the rain once again, as we Oregonians don't like very much to be acquainted with cold and snowy weather. Mrs. Kate Rogers, who has been visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Towns, took the north bound train to Portland Thursday. Her husband has employment in that city. Allie Griffith, wife and daughter, Nettle, returned home Saturday from a three weeks visit in Benton coun ty. RED PRARIE (These Items from Red Prarie were received too late for last week's En terprise. Ed.) Mrs. P. H. Bell has been on the sick list. Mrs. George Coimer gave a very successful Christmas dinner. All re port a very enjoyable day. Mr. and Mrs. Tabor and little Ruth spent Christmas with their daughter, Mrs. Wince, of Portland. The Van Sears farm was sold dur ing the last few days to a Mr. Smith of Hillsboro. Miss Ana Conner, who has been visiting friends in Brownsville, Alba ny and Cottage Grove, has returned to her home In this neighborhood. Mr. Garber has sold his farm and has gone to see about buylag a cigar store at Woodburn. They expect to move soon. Alf Hill bought the pasture of the Garber farm and Mr. Dugan, a mer chant of Clatskauine, the rest of the farm. Mr. Dugan expects to move on to the place as soon as he can close out his business at Clatskanine. Miss Lizzie Thurston has been vls itlng friends in Portland. Peter Syron has had a severe case of tonsilitis but is recovering. Grandma Bell is among us again She has been visiting her son, John Bell of Wlllamlna. Ressie Dykstra, who is attending the Pacific University, spent the holi days with his brother, Ed Dykstra. Clifton Hill is visiting his mother and brother. Grandma Dean gave a New Year's dinner which was greatly enjoyed by all who were present. Miss Cora Gay spent the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gay of Crowley. We haye had nearly 18 inches of snow. This morning, January 12, it was near 4 below zero. GREENWOOD Burton Arant has resigned his po sition as teacher of the Greenwood school. Clay Gordon Huntley, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Huntley, is convalescing slowly under the care of a Salem physician. Miss Eva Martin of Corning, Cal., Is visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Manley Martin. Miss Miller of Dallas hag been employed to take Mr. Arant's place as teacher of the Greenwood school. Miss Gertrude Harrison, a trained nurse of the Salem hospital, is wait ing on Mrs. J. T. Huntley and little son, Gordon. Asa Taylor, the hustling livery man of Independence, was In these parts the first of the week. Charles and Wesley Brooks can relate some interesting coon stories eince the recent snow storm. Mr. Morris has sold his farm of 56 acres to T. B. Kay of Salem. Mr. Kay expects to put his new farm to English walnuts. The young ladies of Greenwood have organized a riding club. Follow ing are the officers: 'Jennie Young , president; Iva Martin, vice president and Myrtle Brown, secretary. The ciub expects to give some enjoyable riding parties during the coming stasia. teiprlse.: Editor. Harmony hill was a very popular place with the boys and girls during the last week. School was closed last week and during the storm. Everyone enjoyed the sleighing while it lasted. They semmed to re alize that they might not have, an other such chance In Oregon soon. A number of pur young people spent a very pleasant evening at the home of J. B. Hayes Tuesday evening MONMOUTH H. M. Guthrie made a brief visit with his parents and sisters in Mon mouth last week while en route to Seattlewhere he is taking a special course of study in forestry and min eral work. C. C. Lowe and wife went to Se attle last Friday after having en joyed a pleasant visit with the lar ter's parents.Mr. and Mrs. John Rem lugton. : , . Clarence Fream and wife of Falls City spent a pleasant time with the folks at home last week. Business has begun to revive in Monmouth. Not much sickness in town, con sidering the recent severe cold weather. HARMONY (These Items from Harmony were received too late for last week's En- HIGHLAND. Frank Valliere finished hauling the lumber for his new barn last Friday. Henry and Oren McElmurry were Independence visitors last Thursday. A. Hamann and C. E. Nash were Monmouth and Independence visitors last Saturday. Among the visitors to Independ ence last Saturday were "Bud'' Alex ander, Lew Stapleton and eon, Norv al, Harvey Valliere, Henry McElmur ry, Joe Loundree and family. Three of S. H. McElmurry's goats met with a sad accident on last Mon day, while placidly feeding around the bottom of a strawstack and ru minating, probably, upon the hard ships which they had indured during the late snowstorm. They were sud denly sent to goat heaven by the stack toppling over onto them and striking the three dead with a pole which had been used to hold the straw in place. The green verdure of the hillsides and meadows is certainly a pleasant sight to the occupants of , the hen roosts and stables of this neighbor hood, after the snow of the last two weeks. tries on the Buena Vista school rost- er this week. " ; Our school was closed during the recent snow storm. j The primary teacher. Miss Belshe, has a severe attack of la grippe and is- unable to be at her post of duty. ) The vacancy is being ably filled by Miss O'Connell of Lincoln, Nebraska. Mrs. Belshe of Monmouth is ).,here , attending at the sick bed of Tier daughter. - Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter of Idaho are here visiting with their daughterr! Mrs. Ralph Hall of this place. J. D. Winn has moved into the house of Mr. Neal, having sold his home to Mr. Donaldson. Mr. Black will move to town in a few days so his children will be handy to schooL J. M. Prather was in Portland last week, having been called there on account of sickness. The river is quite high now and has caused some to move off from r the bottom lands to higher grounds . into Buena Vista. C ..I 'j EAST DALLAS i-U.' The snow is thawing very fast.la consequence there is much water on the low lands. " " , 'j j There are no signs of injury to the grain fields apparent at this time and it is believed that the freeze did not affect growing grain. f r i; J. P. Neufeldt of Richmond. Tex as, and Miss Helena Remipel of Rick reall were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents, G. lT. Rempel, Thursday, the 7th inst. - All outdoor work ha3 been stopped for the present on account ' of the storm. .. , Misses ara and Elenora Wenger of Silverton, Marlon county, visited in this neighborhood last week. The stork visaed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Rempel and left a IVt, pound daughter on the 8th inst. BUENA VI8TA Jim and Hugh KIger ara aew en- roads 8 mills. Polk County's Tax Levy. The tax levy of Polk county is 15.6 mills this year, 4.1 mills higher than tne levy of last year but, con sidering the increased expenses for much needed road improvement dur ing the past year, the additional ex-'; pense for still more of the same kind of progressive work during the year to come, and the fact that the as sessed valuation of the property in Polk county during 1908 was about $429,000 less than that of 1907, the new levy does not seem exhorbitant, says the Itemizer. The levy is di vided as follows: state 3.9. mills; county, 6.9 mills; schools 2.8 mills;