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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1909)
I etnl II rr,iU or the unnrwMnlei dlQufpCau(Q(( VTlltftpfUf IfMwtb of the mrn.ll Its problems forward. II mutt, la an Im'ttiM In population of at least 4.000,000 in the next Cneen years. It facea the ieot. try of tretiiFiulnua changes to pro vide eunuch street room alone. New V rfc haa a m-nnit.rrtil rouit tttau worked out by tbe rreateat experts In Infinite detail. Tbe fan-) In out f Ihla ulan haa already iM-ro bciruu. bur lit will take a generation for It com iilctlon. even thouah every rear makes I it more anu-uit ami expensive. aoliliiKton la actually being built on a irrat ami Ivrautmil nUu ninue More System Needed In Arrang. Z?0XXJ:1X t i- i n. ti .. i . i .,..(. ing iirccis anj Duiiums. Charles eowano hicki Kotered at Independence, Or., post office a coodrlaaa matur, Subscription, fl.SO Par Vaar UNIFOH TYIHTOWI IS VALUE OF THE GROUP PLAN. Clvia Cantar From Which Rsdiate Buainaaa and Transportation From It a Town Can Crow Along 8yitm- tia and Economical Line. Two billion dollars, II la estimated, wilt be ajx-iit In fixing up and making ever our American cltlca no that for- elgncrs cannot Jeer at their ugllnes If recently completed plana are all car ricd out Americana bare. It seems, suddenly waked up to the fact Hint they bur tbe ricbeat and plainest and worst lau out towns and cltlea on earth. Every body la beginning to worry about It, from tbe sewing circles and culture cluba of tbe small tonus to the big butiinosa men of the great cltlea. tv orvihlnr la all wronir. it anitcars. Our architecture la a hopeless polyglot of half d seated foreign styles. our streets are either tod wide or too nnr row and arranged In tbe most Incon venient way. We have too few parks ami much, much too uiuuy telephone poles. Our European visitors are laughing at us, and we, discovering our own shortcomings by comparison with the beauties or the oitier woriu. are banging our beads In shame, jin gling the money In our pockets and betnring for somebody to tell us. please. If anything can be done. All this seems highly pleasing to that small section of the American miblic that has taken time to learn what good architecture la and bns see a the Champs Elysee and the Ave nue de I Opera, in I'arls. ana has poured over plans of municipal art commissions. Americans are an artistic people. they say, but they have been too nusy making money to find It out. Now that they have grown so prosperous that tbey have time to think they aee what a lot of foolish mlstaKes tney have made In their hurry. The bust cess man has been so bary getting time saving systems into his counting loom and factory that be has over looked the advantages cf having a lit tle more system In the arrangement of streets from his factory to tha railroad ,.n tho one hand and to bis inaruec r.aa his home on tb Jther. Ills town, like fro haa "lust crowed." but It has "growed" so fast that It has bunched here and overrun there till there was iiforallv mi hpnd or tall to It. As for beauty, be never thought much about that except as related to his parlor or his church. &omeuow beauty and business didn't seem to have much to do with each other, not as much even as religion and business. What had good looks to do with the rear end of commission bouses and sidings and box cars? These things were for use. not for deccration. He had no sympathy with this "city beau tiful" nonsense which to blm meant pink ribbons on the lampposts and water color drawings, all nicely framed, on the coal yard fences. But after awhile the business man discovered that neatly packed and ar tistically labeled goods sold better thin the other kind, and be found profit In Increased lithographer's bills. Art. then, did have a commercial value in business. Then the city, against his will, tore down a row of shanties opposite the factory and widened the narrow street v-'cre his teams had sometimes been Mocked for hours. His tares were 30 per cent higher the following year, but h- had saved the difference several times over In his shipping department and his property had nearly doubled 1UAanearby city erected a handsome new hotel. It was no more comforta ble or convenient than the o'i one, but It had a white marble lobby and a Dutch dining room with good wall paintings, and he found his customers dropping off at the nearby towns and doing their buying there unless he went after them. So the American business man has been discovering some things on earth that had not but ought to be included In his hard headed commercial phi .,nh Hi. hns found that good looks count for much In business, that a town does not Improve in appear ance or comfort of Itself and that It Is easier to build a fine house without a plan than a fine city. Meanwhile his wife has taken the successive steps from embroidery to house decoration and from that to tf. and treed avenues and parks Diaiuui; nnhiin huildines and civic cen- tens. She, with her clubs and lectures ho- trins to Europe, has helped to stir up civic pride and a desire for more beautiful surroundings for the next generation. rpi moult- us we have Been, is a widespread national movement of the greatest value and Importance. And out of this has come the appointment of art commissions throughout the country and the drawing of most i on wonderful Dlans for the t' i.l l W1 Lt l-- - making over and" rearrangement or practically all the principal cities ana fanr amnller ones. New .York tookthe Jeadln this re- iK-ttcr. Ban Kranclaco wmiM have Ihi'ti a wonderful place If It had eiud the pinna that were made fur It nt the time i f Ita reconstruction, but the emergency and the difficulties were tio treat, and It liaa risen on Ita uld street llnea and must now tiej;lii all over ug:iln. Cleveland haa a very fine group plan. and It la making It a reality very rap- lillr Indeed. Ill fa t. CIevel.it d Im.i Kli.nvn Itwlf the moat prugrcwilvf of Anierli'nn cltlea III ttil reenrd. and It deserve to I e and will tie held up aa worthy example to ita glower ulster. In CU'VclatuTa cns. aa In many n ti ers, the nlan l-eirnn with the tmll!iii of a new Hstitl!ee. The I'nitod State iressurv detuirtnieiit la lining more than any other one body to promote the t-auxe of good architecture In America. Ita recently dewlgncd build-ln--a ore rp'-oiriilzed a of the highest standard, and the procpei t of securing one lias become the Incentive in each communl'v for making the wont of It artistically and commercially Instead j of hiding It on some unimportant sine street, as used oftea to be done In the past. A postofflee handsomer and bet ter than any other building lu the city beccc:es naturally a center, and It thus in the new understanding de mands n central location with conven ient approaches and nearness to the heart of the business section. It fol lows naturally that this is also the best location for the city hall, court house and other public buildings and that their convenience is enhanced If their proximity to one another. Out cf hld .TF-.ti-fl a prniin iilun with SUcb. ad ditions In the way of new or widened streets, nark spaces, etc.. as la require cd or the citizens decide tbey can af ford. Tbe commuuity thus has that most nseful and excellent thing, a civ ic center from which radiates t u' luess nnd traiiKrtatIou and from wuk-bj the cltv grows along aystematlc amt economical lines. It Is because of the Importance of federal lml!d!nss iri municipal better ment and the growing demand for higher standards In all public build ings that an agitation has been started for a federal art commission. This 1H: Intended to maintain the standard. made by the treasury department Im all departments so that Lncie san himself iray continue to set the exam ple In this most significant national mnvPTripnt. As a first step It la pro posed that hereafter all federal archi tecture shall be under the treasury ue imrtment. which has already showa such marked ability In the designing and placing of its buildings. THE GOVERNOR WILL ATTEND Shows Inttrett In National Irrigation Congress. Coventor tleore K. Chamberlain of Oregon says la a letter from Balein to H. Iiialngcr, chairman of the local board of control of the 17th National Irrigation Congress, schedul ed to meet In Spokane August KUH that lie la Interested In the prepar ation being made for llovenora' iy. addln: 'Terml! we to Bay that I am satisfied the governor of Oregon with aj many of his ataft aa can possibly got away, will attend the couiireaa out of loyalty to the weat. and that, too, without having any appropriation made by the leglalature. "I sincerely hope that thecougrea will be a perfect success for we are all Uncreated In the work, it has in hand". Mr. Insliiiicr haa al.o receive Ut ters from orchardista and Irrlgatluu lsta operating along the Columbia river in Oregon that they will bo pre sent at the aettaUMiu. Several towns will send di-lcKatlons and band to take part in the parade of th Irrlgax- lon Army, which will be oiu of th out-door featurva of the meeting. Tint Indian department has given purmlsta- lon to secure Indiana of the Spokane NezlVrce, I'miatUiaand Yaklnaitrtbe to participate lit the ImUiatrlul parade In which the progress of the red man will be- shown In a striking manner. $100 REWARD $100 The readers of Uila paper will, be pleased to learn tbat there Is at- last one dreaded diseaaa that science- has been able to cure In all Its stages. and thai. Is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only poaitlve cure known to the medical fraternity. Cat.irrh being a. constitutional disease re- pulres a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure.- la. taken lnr nally. acting directly- upon the blood and mucous surface, of. the syst'toi, thereby destroying the. foundation of ;the dlseiise, and giving the patlmt 'strength by building up the constitu tion and assisting nature to doing ita jwork. Tie proprietor have so mi.iii faith in Its curative powers that tl'aqr offer One Hundred DoUaura for stay 'case that, it fails to oure. Send tor 'list of testimonials. Address F. J. Cheaejy A Co., ToJO do, Ohio. Sold by all Druggists. Zue. Take Hall's Famih PUls tor constipation. NEED OF A PARK. Picture That Might Be Painted of Amy Small Town. I n Dort of Flint. Mich., haa writ- ton for the newspapers of Flint a three column letter pleading for the execu tion by the town or tne parit auu boulevard plans that have been out lined by Warren II. Manning. Outside Flint the Interest of the latter 1 only in those arguments which have general application. Of them the following. which seldom has been so -wen ex pressed, is significant: He is telling bow the people woke to the need of parks, realizing that for all the river "and its beautiful shore uM hnth shove and below tne city. for boating, camping and other recrea tion purposes" hundreds, noi 10 say thnnaamU. ot Dersons during the sum mer months, because there was no community utilization of the opportu nities, "poured out of tbe city by train, trolley and such other means as could be employed to sees rest anu reci ra tion in the fields or woods or by the side of lake and stream," and that for the same reason "hundreds or otners perhaps on a Sunday morning or after noon might be Been standing about on our business streets very often and ,ith ronr irood reason bitterly com plaining of the city's almost utter lack of suitable public resting and recrea tion grounds." This Is a picture that migni oe paint ed of many a small town ana city where parks would be no expensive business and yet where their establish ment would mean for the people a more wholesome physical ana social life. Small Trees For City Streets. Tr, nnvpv cf Kent. O., known all over the United States as a high au- .i..if nn trp,. culture, dellverea an nn.,tiiir ipotnre some time ago at tne new Avondale (O.) school under the auspices of the Avondale improvement inn -Mnnv more trees, he said, are deformed or killed by cutting and trimming than by letting nature uiouo govern their form and growin. an. t.,... -Hviae.! the Dlantlng of small trees lastesd of the larger varieties that eventually interfere with overhead o,iroa nnrt hnve to be either trimmed to an unsightly appearance or entirely cut down. DeWitt'a Kidney and Bladder Pills are the best pills made for backache weak back, urinary disorders, etc Sold by The Williams Drug Co. Dr. Allln. Destist, Cooper BUg. tf Humor and Pfcilosophr By DUNCAN Hi SMITH Qtl BUSINESS PRINCIPLES. Bentle wlttt ha- erring, For you can never know But what the man. may qulckljy Recover from the blow, And If you try ia soften Hla lot perhapa a ten Or better you may borrow When he'a en top again. Mistakes ar more than common, And, aa for every crime, Not every person guilty Is busy doing time. Man Is ao very human. Ha sometimes makes a ajlp, But by Judicious boosting He may regain his grip. No one can read the future. You cannot always tel.1 Who'll be on top tomorrow And who'll be down the well. Hold In reserve your Judgment And try to figure out For every erring brother A fraction of a Uouht. We cannot all be aogels. 1 We cannot always say Just when our UUte footsteps Will toddle off astray. And preaching's somewhat different From sticking to the text. Ee gentle with tlio erring. Who knows? We may be next Certain to Be Uncertain. CTT DON'T There Is this about a woman she is just as certain to be uncertain as she is to be flippant and ununaersianaauie. Williams Drug Co. for spraying ma torlola 36-39 Mrs. T. J. Fryer is spending a few days with friends in Portland. '09 SPRING '09 The New GORDON HATS Are Out ALWAYS $3.00 Smart novelties for the young fellows shape 'em as you like. Dignified styles for elderly men. Popular and Faddish Greens, rich Browns, conservative Blacks. Get yours here The Bee Hive Store I. 0. 0. F. Building A RELIABLE PLACE TO TRADE Dallas, Orcgoa MONUMENTS Monuments to be in place before Memorial Day should be ordered now, before the usual rush season. I have a large stock on hand and, besides, a full carload of Eastern Granite coming by rail and a large consign ment of Scotch Granite on the sea to arrive soon. We will gladly show designs and reserve any of this stock. I strictly guarantee my work to be as good as can be procured anywhere and my prices are as low. Correspondence solicited and promptly answered. Salem Granite and Marble Works IVILTOW IV. MJ111TIN, Proprietor Sometimes the advocate Is the chief reason why you can't bo per suaded that a given thing is right. Get in touch with the good things, but don't get touched for a good thing. A woman may be well posted in poll tics and still be able to select a good brand of complexion powder. There are Just two kinds of He those you don't believe and those you do. Anything will do for Brother Bob. He doesn't know a Christmas present from a horseshoe nail anyhow. C OH ' &KYNl NDIGESTION OR DYSPEPSIA Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup not only allays Information and Irri tation of throats and lungs, but It drives out the cold from the system by a free yet gentle action of the bowels. Sold by The Williams Drug Co. Makes Misery for an Upset Stomach Vanish In Five Minutes Every family here ought to keep some Diapepsin in the house as any one of you may have an attack of in digestion or stomach trouble at any time, day or night. This harmless preparation will di gest anything you eat and overcome sour stomach five minutes afterwards. If your meals don't tempt you, or what little you do eat seems to fill you, or lay like a lump of lead on your stomach, or If you have heart burn, that is a sign of Indigestion. Ask your pharmacist for a 50-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin and take one triangle after supper tonight. There will be no sour risings, no belching of undigested food mixed with acid, no stomach gas or heartburn, fullness or heavy feeling In the stomach. Dizziness or Intestinal griping. This will all go, and, besides, there will be no Bour food left over In the stom ach to poison your breath with nause ous odors. Pape's Diapepsin Is a certain cure for all stomach misery, because It will take hold of your food arid digest it the same as if your stomach wasn't there. Actual, prompt relief for all your stomach misery is at your pharmacists waiting for you. 1 These large 50-cent cases contain I more than sufficient to cure a case of Dyspepsia or Indigestion. The committee In charge of the preparations for the banquet next Monday nigh atre sparing no pains to make the occasion one to be long remembered. Responses from prom inent men who are Invited are com ing in and something unusual will be lu store for the public-spirited citi zens on that night. Let's all forget for once that we have any ill feelings for our nelgh- Ibors. Let's organize for work.