CHARLES EDWARD HICKS
K, -i" it lit 1 idepeua'nuc-, Or., p.'
ffl M'oiiJ.tliiM matter.
3uhcHptton, $t.M Pr Vf
There are times when it la worth
to be a farmer than II I to bt
thrt i titn, nd the prenent lime
b'aiHt of them, itU hlnh prim pr.
vulliu for fcbouw everything ram-d.'
He ! th tiaditiotial on dollar for
wheat and C5 cenU for oat la gelliUK
up among the alrshlpa. Kj:;s and
butterfat arc wdl up abovp the In
water mark. If he bsi rlile. i'i. al
most anything 10 to li rf : s a
pound. Potaio' will iuak" a million-alri-
of li I in If he has u kHhI rop.
Hay In higher than for years. In fruit
good pru-a prevail. In tart ther la
hardly a thin. that does not bring
lit in aubKtanffal return. llesldes tula
the report tome from all act'iloiia
of the valley that trops nre (,''! rally
(tooil this year. All of this mean
a ko1 ileal of iuoohiIiik with some
thins substantial to It.
and put another step on top of the
Udder, au.l muio tin been uuui -r
ou reponw it bli Kama. Tut wh-l
ttainMe I mie of th.i Rr.u-t nan.oa
played, onw that M'H'i atit.nttoii, fi-
... til l 'Ujm to Ilia peo
ple .
H-H-h
Ttiv I'l-inll.tou uoUu mill tll
sumn opiratioua alinniy ai i r b i ir
tioaisl down for number of yeara.
At one tlu ltiet inllla n-rc faliu.ua
for the Indian blanket turned out
by litem.
H i I !
Li Tueaday July ill., Ku;eue
day at the .rt-at Alunku- Vuki.u -xh)-
hltlo.. and that city was well r.pre
MUlted at tli fair OU that day. u-i-euc
U aiJ-.U lous if al.f I uothl.iit
els.
-H-H-
"Hiihliiesa has been much better
thla year than last" Is a fmulllar my
Ink anions thf local merchant. It
clo-s not lmllate that ther U any
thing wruiiH with the city.
-I-Hi-I-
A Douglas, county farmer, who has
been spending a good (leal of the
world' goods on tils favorite son In
orili r that he might not be like his
dad and have to go through the wortf
without an education was aicused uy
his hopeful, who ereently graduated
from a college, thus: ''Dad, I hare
long cherished the desire to so on ,lie
slage. and have at last decided, with
your permission to ". About this
time the old man, who had been ren
dered speechless, gained the power cf
articulation, interrupted his son as
follows: "My boy, all the world's a
stage. You hitch the mules to the
big red plow and transfer the outfit
to the ten-acre lot behind the baru
where you can enact the star role In
the beautiful little drama, entitled,
'down on the farm.' "
-H-H-
Afooul 200,000 people rushed Into the
Coeur. d'Alene country after a chance
In some government land. The av
erage person will pay almost any
thing for a chance in something of
fering extra returns. The world is
rushing along after chances in one
way, while the plodder is the man
who has the bank account. Of
course, there are exceptions to the
rule, but not many. The prospector,
as a rule, is one all his life, gray cf
hair and hunting gold.. It is chick-,
ens today and feath-rs tomorrow. A
few have made while thousands have
loa;. In the parlance of the street it
Is a losing game.
The commercial organizations of
the various towns of the Willamette
valley are flooding President Taft
with invitations to stop a few minutes
if not longer while or. his tour of the
Northwest. Now here is an opportu
nity for the commercial club of this '
cily to get busy and join the proces
sion by extending the hospitality of
the city to the president and give
him a chance to se'; our pretty ?irls
and to kiss the babies. This will be
possible now that it has been decided
that the president is to have his own
special train.
i I I I '
According to a a recent decis
Ion handed down by the suprenr
court of Iowa, swearing over the tel
ephone Is permissible. Because of
this ruling the Marcy Telephone -Co.
of Boone will have to reinstate the
telephone of George Huffman. Th"
company took it out (because they
said he "cussed" over the wire. The
supreme court reached the conclusioi
that cussing is a relief for a man
under business strain.
! Pay no attention to the wall of ilu
lutlxt. A neMsluilat 1 Uian
': whune liver la ailing 1 therefore
' believe that all the world I feeling
badlv.
-HH-H
In the good old hop-picking time
the genus hobo Is alway with us.
and then It behooves the householder
to hide their valuahb s.
Every towu needs energetic, op
timistic workers. Independence has
them, though they aro not always
busy,
-l-H-H
LO, TMK POOR EDITOR
The following definition of an edl
tor, taken from one of our exchange
hits the nail on the head and la wor
thy of reproduction:
The editor of today has to get his
nose down on the grindstone and
keep It there sixteen hours per day
and 36.". days in the year or he falls
by the wayside. There are men who
quit work Saturday night and rest tyi
til Monday morning. They lay aside
isiness cares at five or six to'clock
every evening and do not resume
thera until seven or eight the next
uiorning. Not so, your editor. He ha
no elegant leisure. He knows no
hours, no Sundays, no nights. When
he goes to a party, or to church, or
on a pleasure trip, it Is all in the
line of duty. Withal, your editor is
a cheerful, longsuffering soul, going
about doing good in his huul.jle way.
He returns good for evil. He writes
long puffs for church sociables, and
in return thorefor accepts a huuk of
cake that would sink an ironclad. He
notes the arrival of all the babies In
the neighborhood and eternally per
jures his soul in telling how pretty
they are. He rejoices with the gay
and mourns with those who are sad.
He booms every enterprise which
makes his community rich and goes
about himself clothed In gunny sack
coats and one suspender. He glories
over the fortune of his neighbor, and
meekly eats his own repast of fboiled
corn cobs and colored labels off to
mato cans. He can write a sermon
an account of a prize fight, a politica
speech, an obituary notice, poetry;
split wood, 'pitch- hay, wash dishes,
preside at a camp meeting, curry
horses, quote law or gospel or any
thing else at a moment's notice.
Who will be flrt umti to '
tti ball rolllu.
Hoiub ureal barmlu In nieii' liata
at Conkey. Walker A Lehman',
STATEMENT
of thu Independent. National Hank,
uf Indepeud.uu, I'olk couuty, ute
of Oregon, khuwiiiK the amount Ui!:d
ln to lhi credit of err dupuitor
July I, 1U'J. who J Hot uiadu a de
ptwll. ur who ha Hot williurawu i'
part of hi dupiHtlt, principal or Inter
mit for a period of uior than evu
(7) year 'mtuedlaloly prior to 'd
data with tlrn name, lam kitcwu p ace
of residence or poNioffu ddr of
ui h depositor, and thn Ui t of hi
death. If known,
J II liyerley. Independents, Or
e!on I 3;
Lwvina Siiupaou, ludependeiic.
Oregon
W V Ireland. Monmouth, Oro-
gou ,
Mr A K Turner. Independence,
Oregou
W. U. Klaiim. Independence
Oregon
a S Klder, ludJp .ndeiu:.', Or-
Independence, Or-
SO
1 SO
9
6 Ov
SI
4 :to
4 W
H Smith
egon
Barbara Sloper Kst., ludepend
ence, Oregon
Charle I'hllilpH, Independence,
Oregon '
J 11 Morris, Independence, or
egou Carrie M llrown. Independence,
Oregon
O C Heck, Independence, Ore
gon John K Lacey, Independence,
Oregon
0 A Wells Sr., Huena Vista. Or
egon . 7 f,
Geo W Murphy, Duena Vista,
Oregon 63
Gibson Iturch & Kox, Duena
Vista, Oregon a 4
Wm Well. Huena Vista, Ore-
j;i u
1 40
2 uu
2 61
15 00
30 0
58
The state of Washington has passe
a law requiring superior judges to
wear gowns. Now comes a Clarke
county jutfee who prefers the plain
American form of dress and who pro
tests against the custom but who is
advised by the attorney general that
he must comply with the law.
The judge, however, is to be congrat
ulated upon his objection to frills ami,
furbelows in connection with admin-J
istration of justice. i
-H-H-
According ib information sent from
f&e seat of government at Washing
ton Mclhe doge cf the fiscal' year,,1
.the government is twenty-five million
dollars richer than it was, because,
tt owes that much less than it was i
feared that it would. To a perfectly
Stfiyent government or individual, sub
traction In d)t is addition in wealthy
If you are interested in the wel-
fare of Independence be sure fb at
tend all the meetings which are be
ing held from time to time, the ob
ject of which is the promotion of the,
interests of the city and surround
ing country .
-H-H-
With 90c gas at Portland and $2
pas at Salem the citizens of the cap
ital city naturally think that there is
something wrong. And they are right
During the past week wheat soared
again the gamblers having got busy
WOULD LAY OUT
FRUIT TRACTS
(Continued from first page)
be one of the heavy stockholders of
the company, and as he is very en
thusiastic over Polk county as a fruit
raising section, he induced W. A. Al
bin, prefcident of the company, to
make a personal inspection of the
soil and the climatic conditions of
this section, with the result that Mr.
Albin is now as enthusiastic as Mr.
Simon liiimself, and he will use the
best endeavors with the other mem
bers of the company to locate in our
midst on the showing of proper en
couragement in Independence.
This is a matter that every citizen
of Independence and of Polk county,
who are in the least possible; manner
interested in its growth and develop
ment, should lend their hearty sup
port. It should be given every pos
sible encouragement to help it along.
Within a short time after it has
become generally known that such a
project is being developed in Polk
county attention will be attracted to
us from all parts of the United States
and it would not be many years be
fore Polk county apples would be as
famous as Hood River or Rogue Riv
er are now. Excursion trains would
be running almost every day from
! Portland bringing prospective buyers
among us and Independence would be
on the map. Of course, we have our
hop industry which no one can well
sneeze at, but outside of the county
the general opinion prevails that we
can't raise anything else. Now is an
opportunity and let us embrace it.
Ron
Joshua McDanlel, Rickreall, Or
egon T P Cummins. Rickreall, Oregon
E I. Gale &. Co. Independence, i
Oregon 1 r
T C James,, independence, Ore- i
gon 2 .
Hoskins Iumber Co, ludepend-
ence. Oregon ' 2' i
Wm Faber, Portlund, Oregon... 68 70
H 1) Waller. Portland, Oregon, 3 84 (
State of Oregon, county of I'olk. ss. I
I. C. W. Irvine, being first duly.
sworn, depose and say upon oath, that I
I an the cashier of the Independence
National Hank of Independence, coun-!
ty of Polk, state of Oregon; that the
foregoing statement Is a fuli.true.cor
rect and complete statement, showing
the name, last known residence or
postofflce address, fact of death, if
known, and the amount to the credit
of each depositor as required by the
provisions of chapter 148. of the gen
eral laws of Oregon of 190".
C. W. IRVINE.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this Kith day of July, A. D.. 1 !W!.
li. WILSON,
Notary public for Oregon.
Recor d-Br eaki ng
REDUCTION SALE
Sensational selling the Rule. Nothing
like it. All previous J ulysajes records
have been broken. -There will be no
let-up. As fast as goods are marked
down they will be included.
Everything Simply Must be Sold
All up-to-date raiment Included In this uil. Garment for Immediate wear and lu all ir. A
Interest Increase a.i tiuent dwindle.
Come at once for your particular style and size.
Prices cut like this:
Regular values running as high as $15.00 Now $ 8.00
Regular values running as high as $20.00 Now $10.00
Regular values running as high as $22.01) Now $12.00
hK Men's Suils 20 lo 50 per cent reduction
Salem Woolen Mill Store
SALEM, OREGON. .
i i ii ,.,,, , .., m.io. ,f Now come the report from New For mile A number of first i ln
Dr. AUln. Dentist. Coper Bid. f Um wvii,Mm l)(,tw(.,.u 1000
-: : formerly of Fort land, la afur Mayor and 12IM). KlmM-laM rosnUters. Ku.
I McClelland red hot. l u- wuiHa the quire of I. V. Dickinson, at his 11 v.
diuii.eu8 of New York to recall the ery barn on Main s.reet. 8-10
I mayor who, he declares, has prontl-
Ituted his high office and hu been New Up.t0-date rasket and coffins,
playing into the hands of rowdies and burial roues, special line of trim-
thugs. inlusB for Cat hollos, O. A. R. and
. secret order obtained from H. H.
A no-hat club Is the latent fad in Jaaperson. tf.
San KranclKco. Hareheuded will be
the rule. Ii Is said to be a run
thing for head and health as well.
Here is tin oporlunity for Home Inde
pondence man to start something.
whom lu Mike? i
Smoke Craven & Moore's specia
5 and 6 for 25c.
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TIIK HAWAIIAN lUILIHM.. A.-V.-F. KYIf 1SITIO.V. HKVTTI.H.
The building erected at the Alaska-Yukon-Paciflc Exposition for the
exclusive ute of the Hawaiian Ialunds. occupies a prominent position on
the Court, of Honor next the central government t. .icture
Hawaiia has prepared a more-extensive and compreheuH ve exh U
of its marvelous resources than for any other world . fa..-.
all of its native fruits and vegetables; will offer an aquarium of live fUh.
and in various other ways interest the fair visitors. Fruits will be
served by native girls and native orchestras and singers will be always
on hand A tank in the center of the structure will show the islands as
thev rest in the Pacific Ocean. . ,, IT
Upward" of 1100.000 has been expended in assembling Hawaii.
display. , L-:
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