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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1909)
SELLING YOUR SLOW SELLERS A,A$T INSTALLMENT OF TALK! ON ADVERTISING ( Written by Herbert Henry Muff and Copyrljht by American Prm As sociation, 1IO, and Showing Value f Newspaper Advertising. "Mr. Uualueae Mao, you were apeak iof of loalng money on 'leftover' oode." "Yea; I shall be glad to iarn bow I can avo(J thla loaa." "You cannot eliminate It entirely, but It ran b very much reduced. I , told you bow to treat a dumand for sew goods ao they will wove mora frtM-ly. but the moat experienced buyoi will ouietlwea ovoratep or purchase tbe wrong kind of gooda." "The bent way to avoid having, reuialndora la to buy right. Uooda, well bought am half sold. Study the want of tbe people of the community. Iluy what will evil, not what you like. Learn from experience the le and Qualltlt-a that go beat and slo k up on these. Follow the tread of fashion. Study gooda. Know all of their merits and di-fi'da. Learn all that la to be known about the Hues you are hand ling. Iluy In amull qiianltles and cfti'n rn ..oui If win tuiimlhlv run ThO flTHt Cost may be loss wnun you uuy m gross or ten gross; but, counting In terest on money Invested, deteriora tion in value, apace occupied, the chance of going out of demand, etc., this difference la wiped out. "The boat of buyer will get 'stuck' occasionally. When It occura make the beat of It. Profit by their experlcnc You may atock up on aomethlng for which there la not the expected de mand; you may buy heavily of an article that aoon goea out of faahlon; you may purchase more than regular selling will dlapoae of whatever the reason get rid of It!" " But 1 bate to dlapoae of articles at coat or below." "But you niuat! It la the most eco nomical way out of It. You buy gooda to aell not to ahow. You can't afford to tie up capital in alow acliera, and then, too, the public gets a bad opln gooda each aeaaon or keep tbe same Urn of your atore If you rwurrart old marcbandlse oa your ibelvea year In ao year out. Make things lvly, K" gooda uoving. Turn ovraioclt fr- nuemly, 'If aa articM don't go at roai. mark It lower! If you can't tell it at any price, put something with It and aell theta together.' "How about dull seasons!" "There Is no dull spell for the mer chant that advertise. When trade be. glna to lag be Increaaes bis pare and makes bc'ter offers. During the sum mer months be pushes seasonable goods by creating a demand for them and makes things lively with frequent bargain offers. Advertising: create an artlflcal demand. It will sell wool blsnk ets In July, straw bata In November and fall Stills in February. Likewise It will shift trsde to leas busy days of the week. Monday is the big day In cities and Saturday In the smaller towns. By continued advertising of 'leaders' on Kiiday It haa been chang ed from a dull day to one of (he beat. Good day!" Albany The Ulrla' Collegiate lie bating league of Oregon will begin Its schedule of debstes Friday even ing. It will We a new experiment In Intercollegiate corneals, tor this i. the first exclusively co-ed organi sation ever formed In thla elate. Fri day evening Albany College will meet the Oregon Agricultural Col lege In Corvallla, while the Mon mouth Normal School and McMlnn vllle College will coutest In MiMlnn vllle. The Dalles William Kccles, Jr.. of Oee, Or., 26 years old. sttempted suicide by shooting hlnmelf In the right aid." between the sixth and aeventh riba with a .38 caliber re volver In a room In the rear of a aa-1-jon In thla city Saturday evening. The young man la a aon of William Kcclea, of Hood River, and a nephew of David Kcclea, millionaire Mormon of Salt Lake, who la heavily Inter ested In the Mount Hood Railroad Company. Portland Amoa W. Long la In tbe county Jail here, charged with crooked dealings while clerk of the lsnd offlcs at The Dallea. Long Is charged with having given Portland triends an advance tip that valuable public lands were to be opened for settlement, the purpose being to file on several claims and then turn them over to timber speculators. For the tip he was to be given hslf the profits of the deal, but before the tcheme was carried through he was discovered. T' llBllBlii 111. Home Decoration A part of our business an Important part Is to make houses Into home. No endeavor along this lino is too small to secure our Interest, and none too large. Cost Is a matter which, of course, you may decide for your self. Our chief concern is that you may get the most and the best for the amount you wish to spend. Nothing which should bo here is missing. You'll find it the larg est, most complete and lowest priced assortment of home furnishings ever gathered together under one roof. An expression of your general needs will be sufficient to enlist a special service, ready to plan with you, to make suggestions o help you to sound economy, and at the same time to the utmost of home beauty. Our divided payment plan meets all requirements. A visit will result to our mutual satisfaction. NEEDFUL KNOWLEDGE Independence People Should Leer to Detect tho Approach of Kldeoy Dleeeso The Symplons of kidney trouble ore so unmlsuksble tbst they leave no ground for doubt. Sick kidneys ei-( rrete a thick, cloudy, offensive urine, full of sediment. Irregulsr of psssg or attended by a sensstlon of scalding. Tbe ba k atbes constsntly, headache and diisy apells msy occur and the vlo tlm Is often weighted down by a feel-; Ing of languor and fatigue. Neleft these warnings and there Is danger of dropsy, Ilrlght's Disease, or dlsbetes. i Any one of these symptonsls wsrulng enough to begin trestlng the kidneys at once. Delay often proves fatal. You can use no bett-r Mii..'dy than Doan's Kidney I'ilU. Here's Indepen- deuce proof: 1 Mra. Joa. Whltford, Independence, Ore., aays: "Doan's Kidney Pills , helped my husband a great deal when suffering from kidney complaint and backache. At limes he would be so I stiff that he could hardly move and If he attempted to stoop, sharp pains j would catch him In the kidneys. The kidney secretions were so frequent as to force him to arise many times dur ing the night. He procured a bo of Doan'a Kidney Pills at P. M. Kirk land's Drug Store and noticed a great change for the better In a short time. He now feels much Improved In every way. We are glad to give Doan's Kid ney Pills our recommendation. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo New York .sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. County Treasurer's Notice Notice It hereby given that all Polk county warrants which were present ed and endorsed "not paid for want of funds" prior to November 7 1908, will be paid on presentation at my office No Interest will be allowed on the same after date of this notice. Dated this 26 day of March, 1909 Ed C. Dunn, County Treasurer. The Best of Clotllhe No one questions, nowaday!, thit Clothes hve much to do with th formstlon of first Im pressions. Every dlsoernlnr man recognizes the distinct advantage becoming Clothes give to per sonality. The well-bred ma a Is distinguishable, no less by the dignity of his Clothes than by his manner. Why, then, be careless of yonr appearance? Plenty of good Clothes here and at moderate prices. Suits $10 to $30 Trousers $2 to $7 NOTICE We pay your round trip fare between Independence and Salem with all purchases of $10 or over. 6. W. JOHNSON & CO. Albany Scio will hold a rose show June 5. This action was de termined upon at a meeting of Ban ner Grange, of Sclo, Saturday, when the Linn county council of the Orange was invited to meet at Sclo for its regular June session. La Grande Sixty-five thousand dollars of the $100,000 needed to float bond to build the Meadow Brook Irrigation project has been subscribed. More big money Is holding back, it is said, until the scheme become a community Interest by many small subscriptions. Salem The city council has taken tile initial steps for the establish ment of a juvenile court. The de tails are not yet worked out, but it Is probable the janitors of the vari ous schools will be vested with po lice power and detention quarters for youthful offenders fitted up In the city hall. Astoria The county court has made an order directing the clerk to draw a warrant for the first half of the state tax as levied by the state hoard on January 2, 1909. This means that the county court will not recognize the $400 Increase which the state board at a later date made In Clatsop county's apportionment of the state tax. Salem The work of transcribing the minutes of the journal of the house of the recent session of the Oregon legislature has been com pleted by a force of clerks under At torney Winslow, and the work of transcribing the senate journal is now under way. The work of print ing the laws is nearly completed. Astoria A party of 20 engineers employed by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company Is at work sur veying a line for a railroad from Rocky Point, near. Frankforl, Wash., up Deep River to Salmon Creek, and thence over the divide to Shoalwater Bay. An excellent grade is said to have been found, but In some por tions of the line the cost of constrac tlon will be heavy. Portland A bold attempt to wreck the overland express on the Northern Pacific was made within the city limits of Portland last week. The attempt was kept secret by offi cials in an effort to secure a clew that would lead to the arrest of the would-be tralnwreckers. It is be lieved they planned to hold up the train, but were frightened away by the failure of their scheme to derail the locomotive. DeWltt's Little Early Risers, gen tle, easy, pleasant, little liver pills. Sold bv nil dru-ist?. TBIS LABEL STAKUS rut SAKS mor KWOWiwq Hnw Vi LIU' 'j I 1 11 llvWfll L 141 North Commercial STREET New Designs in Pillow Tops Stamped and Tinted for Embroidery " ! I " "' T We have just received our new stock for summer work Pillow Tops with backs - - - 50c Richardson's Grand Prize Embroidery Silk, per Skein 4c FREE LESSONS IN EMBROIDERY l Needlecraft Shop Mrs. 5. C. Wall 270 N. Com'l. St. Salem, Oregon Kodol gives the stomach a chance to regain its lost strength and health, and after a little while you need not take Kodol longer, but take It while you do need it and if i falls to bene fit you your money will be refunded. Sold by all druggists. If you like the Enterprise, give it your patronage. If you can spare the money, pay something on subscrip tion. Your expiration U printed on your paper. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely de range the whole system when enter ing It through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physlcans, as the damage they will do slble derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mer it ten fold to the good you can'pos cury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made In Toledo, Ohio, by P. J. Che ney ft Co. Testimonials free. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. " For sale Gasoline engine at In-, df-pemleivce Enterprise office. 1 horse. , Salem, Ore. Steele's ferry Buena Vista, Oregon. The ferry that crosses the people. Most direct route to Jefferson, Sclo, Shedburne, Salem and Al bany from all points In South ern and Central Polk county. WOOD Large or Small Orders De livered Promptly. HENRY M0TT Independence, Oregon. BELL PHONE