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TWENTY CtNTS LOOKS' GOOD HOP GROWERS FEEL JUBILANT OVER PRICES, The Prtce of Mop Struck Twenty Cents . Pound Clip This Week with Ery Indication tht It Will Co t Twenty-Five. The latest advice indicate that the yrlo of hop soarlug Kln N'1 dealer and grower are predicting repetition of the tlrrhn time uf 1904 when th market bee of dealer. There don't me a appear FurU of July affair. The fact turn me brewers of the world are facing sxrlous shortage of bops Is being taken advantage ot by the growers and the dealers bo sell It to thetu. Within the past few weeks tha Ore Son market has Jumped from 10 to 20 cents and from present indications jjt Is bard to tell how much higher U will go. Two weeks ago new-crop contracts 4a the state were made at 15 cents a pound. Last Saturday there was a jwle made in the vicinity of Salem of 350 bales at 18 cents, while Mon day the market advanced to the 20 ctnt level. Taking this as a basis the next advance will naturally reach t; .uttG nit then you can look 73 - lor a 23 cent market. i tho eirlted condition of the w . nroaont it is Impossible! ,.. r.t nvtaila of the lat-l , transactions. Following the 18-, nt business of Saturday, dealers tried to secure options on the grow- . ..ith to cent bid In the Salem district without success, though .,m 19-cent oo'tion was secured In California. Later one of the largest dealers bid 20 cents for 1000 bales of Sonoma and Oregon hepj and ii Is ,, on eood authority that 200 .-.. hiiirht at this price,; pam w v. o - -. - -Whether In Oregon or California It as not yet been stated. 1 An interesting feature, and of the main things that Is stimulating the hop market this season Is the bullish nf th dealers. There don't appear trt he a bear in the crowd and no one wa, foolish enough to sell "short.' inRtPflrt thev tok to the long -ij. m!.rvt fnr1v in the sea- Slut; Ul iuc on and are now Interested In see- lng prices sent higher. It is esti- mated that fully half of the prow- nr rrnii of Oregon. Washington ana California was contracted for early i ho oouann most of the contracts a m nontii n nnnnd. which ueiug aiuujuu i v v " ( meats big profits for the speculat- - a the irrnwers who have VI O, o " ' - t' nt contracted, the estimated cost of raising hops being eight cents a , : Th last high-priced year in the hop market was 1904, wnen uies found tnere. wars muai, i v.-j-b hops went to 32 cents a pound. In to communicate with Mill creek. 1890 there was a bulge that sent Evea the distant planets recognize the market to 45 cents. The big : ltg importance. Xea.T the old-timers talk about was , 1882, when a short crop, manipula- Teachers' Examinations, tion 'and every other device known , Notiue ia hereby given that the to the hop trade combined to lift county. superintendent of Polk coun the market to the extreme price of;ty hold the reguiar examination $1.23 a pound. A great many lts j appUcants toT state and county pa- - . i - aiH that vear at ii.io, uui tu market later dropped to 25 cents. Helps Price of Old Hops' While the mos interest centers In the growing crop, hops of previous years are not being overlooked and fcuyers are snapping them up when ver offered at a parity with the new iops. For last year's crop 13 cents has been bid during the week, while four dealers, eacn wn-u on u.uw 200 bales each, were offering 13 cents last Monday. At present there are. only about louo Dates ui unsold and they could have been pur chased six months ago for five cents pound. Of the growth of 1907, which a short time ago was rated in the market at 2Vz cents a pound, 180 bale loti was sold last Monday at 10 cents .nu. ,hloh rl while "ommhmi ur ..riTio tha winter at IV2 ,twi HnHne the winter at. cents a pound are now finding sale at seven cents, that price being offer ed the first of the week for a 225 "bale lot. About 450 bales of these "olds" and "old-olds" are still held j the growers of Oregon and It Is just like getting money from home when they sell. tho hnn market is ho onterowth of the discouraging crop reports coming from England an fiermanv. The English crop for .nmo timfl nast has been estimated at about 300,000 cwt., but the yards have taken a turn for the worse, because of rains at the critical growing per - lod. and cables received the first of the week said the English estimates , nnw 220.000 to 27:j,000 cwt. Last year England raised 470,000 cwt.; in 1W7 375.000 cwt.; in lut, :4a,uuu Continental rounmn, where th ifwaiiluMiwwn, ll"n ln Knfcleud. U liw estiuieira 60.1HK iL. ati.t ..". iwi, .vum,oo rwt. in It.'?, '.'' In lfoS, Mitd t .00.000 In 1S'0'. The American hop iron U coming doan I'1" ln ,"",,n A liberal -atlmate of th l'nhtl production la 25.0 bal--, compared with SIS.Oi'O bales last year. aou.tHn) bales In Jl07, JSO.OOO babe lu and 300.000 In 190.1. HOPDALE Walter A. Cox is UU Inlying C. W. WVlla In the harvest field, who Is ,,.,.., up a Urge quantity of vetch hay this season. Woodard Williams has been busy fr soum tlniq pat painting the resi dence of Mr. Neal. has completed his Job. Floyd Is Quite handy with the hr.mh and made a wonderful Improve ment la the looks of the place. L. M. McOowan eipects to com plete the work of shingling his burn thta wiV with the assistance of Mr. Dundy, who is helping him la the work. Frank Grounds, who believes In earlv Dlowtng. commenced this week. Mrs. liundy was a Buena Vista vis itor this week. C. P. Wells Is making a number . ,.tiui iniiiriiveineiits on his U BUUBMsiiuni ........ farm ln the way of new buildings. Mrs. A McLaughlin of Corvallls who owns a hop yard In this vicinity, ,..., down this week aud expects to remain until after hop picking. Elmer Nash Is assisting Clint llan- nnn mirav his hops this week. O. W. McLaughlin U hauling his winter's wood, which he Is getting from the big drift. The late rain has started the grass growing ln the pastures and the proa- pwts for fat cattle this fall are vt,y flattering. The fine driving nag of Mrs. Bundy is enjoying having gotten one a rest these days of its hind feet badly cut in a burb wire fence r- cently. - - HARMONY I w..h nnttrv'a hay baler is bal- j. . i. - lng on MUl treek this week, The meeting at J. B. Hayes' Suil day evenlng was well attended, Jo8eph and Silas Hayes aud fam. iUe9 vi8itt.d at J. B. Hayes day Sun Mrs j Reed and family of Goose- k wtre Min creek visitors Mon day Tnm Svron of Prairie spent Sunday " - j - at 1Jarm0ny. B.njamin Ferguson and Norman Waning of Amity were in Harmony Wednesday evening, Grandma Hayes is on the sick list ii.js WPeic t Latham has the position of night-watch in a saw mill. T H Talbot made his custoinary v DiiKrimaKe to Mill creek Sunday A balloon was found in Van rii,o'o f.oM this mornlne. This ig not tne ffrst one that has been t t fritlntr pers at Dallas, as follows: For State papers Commencing on Wednesday, August ; 11, at 9 o'clock a. m. and continuing until Saturday, Aueust 14, at 4 p. m. Wednesday Pennmanship, History, Spelling Physical Geography, Reading Psvchology. TlM1l2(lQ17 Written arithmetic. The- Teaching Grammar, Book- luuigunj . . keeping, Physics. Civil uovernmeiu. PHH 'phvsioiot!y. Geography, Al- Composition, English Liter- gchoo, Law Botany, Plain Geometry, General History. For County Papers Wednesday Pennmanship, History, Wednesday Penmanship, History SpellingReading, Physical Geography An.. written Arithmetic, i ne- J. II ui ouu ' . 'ory of Teaching, Grammar, Physiol " 13 ogy. ' Friday Geography, School r.ivil Government, English Law, Liter- Etre' H. C. SEYMOUR, School Superintendent Polk County. Proper Treatment for Disentery and Diarrhea . The, Veat mortality from disentery j and diarrhea is due to a lack of prop j er treatment at the first stages of th disease. Chamberlain's Colic, Chole ra Remedy Is a reliable and effectual . medlclne and when given in reasona- ; Me tlme will prevent any dangerous ! conseauences .It has been ln use for i many y,arg and has aiways met with ; . For sale by P. M ; Klrkland . All kinds of legal blank for gale ILL ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE HOW TO MAKE A QUICK DRYING ROADWAY Carry H Diretly Across by Slopit n Grading Chang $ua8td King Drsa For Hill Wrk. Ir i I...... Imu.ii rv Intrentetl ' '- ' ' " ... and itiwervani in i"" iimurr i i-wm iry .oad ami huv ivml many 'iim tie artli lea 011 the aulile. I. Hut I "till think there are wine lnt that 1 1 bav luM M'ftl lU- li.M lll'il relative n roadnmklng. eM.-l:i:i.v In the hill country ln8 th Mlrlhlil and Ml aourl alo. The BrcHt object of ronil work ali"ii!il b to K't ' water nwtiy a qulcklv aa poanllile. We have a phI aotl for roadumklns. bin the III"" are of hIU formation, and a Htreaiu of water crumbles them like ao unuh loaf ausar. Many of our exierleiicHl roiulnink ent will throw p a hill grade and car ry the wuter down each aide for bus distances. Then comes a heavy rain fall. Forty thmiaand rlvnleta from the hlllxlde above jMiur Into tho drains, aud such a volume of water accumu lates n to cut deep jrorcea. These make the road almost Impassable and require several days' labor number of times each year to repair. - To avoid this trouble the road may be sloped from the bank side enough to carry the water directly across the road. When a grade Is desired on a side hill roadway plow In three furrows on the lower side, the outside furrow to be about twenty feet from the bank. Wheu grading draw this loose dirt to ward the center of the roadway with a slope of alioiit one inch to tho foot, carrying this slope across the entire grade. The ditch thus made should be opened at short iutervals to let out the water. After the gradinir is done benders should he nut In to divert any water that might f.ll w the wheel truck. To make these headers scrape with the Blusher a trench a little dingonally across the grade 11 bout two scrapers width mid" not deep. Iteposlt this dirt with more from the outside alongside the trench, imiklng the ridge no higher than absolutely necessary to accom plish Its purpose and not less than ten feet wide, thus causing as little ob struction as possible. This plan will always provide a quick drying hill roud. With the occasional use of a King drag this can be kept like n boulevard. Mr. King Is nn enthusiast on the merits of bis Invention and thinks lightly of any changes that mny be made ln It, but for the benefit of those not so sniuYuhie I wi" describe my Improvement, to be used more particu larly ln a hill luntry. We are nil familiar with the con struction of Mr. King's drag. Now, in stead of making this drag rigid by tight mortices, tenons, etc., we use two a 1... r. In.h r-i-oHsnleces with 3 b.V 0 , , ....... - ...... - - inch tenons six Inches long on earn end. The shoulders or tnese tenons are mlrered each way from the center. These fit mortices In each end of the plank. The mortices are mltered from the center to each side. The tenons are secured with one Inch hardwood pins outside of the plank, thus allow ing the frime to oscillate. The utility of this may be seen when we want to carry the dirt all one way on- sloe hills, etc. We pull through as far ns desiwd, then change the team, hltfh to the opposite side, turn around and i.ntlnue moving the dirt as Detore. If properly made this drag will pull in a direct line and do better work. When the highway is cut through a hill It Is desired to keep reducing the trrade. To this end work the road against one bank, leaving a ditch on one side only. Turn all the water from above and along the hill into wis ditch. Plow it In repeateaiy eacn sea son. After this trench has washed too much for safety smooth this side and change the ditch to the opposite side of the road and repeat. You will be surprised at the change ln steepness effected in ten or twelve years. W. S. Wiley ln Good Roads Magazine. A Gold Road. At Oroville. iu Butte county, Cal., a section of roadway has been found so rich In placer gold that an application has been made for permission to dredge It. The miner who maues tne application to the authorities agrees, according to newspaper reports, to re place the rond by one fully as good as or better than the present one. It would seem, however, that if the city owns a gold mine it would pay better to work It and get the money for the city treas ury. Not many cities in the country can boast of paying gold deposits ln the public streets, and there Is proba bly a dearth of precedents to guide the city council In its action. For Sale. A quantity of early peaches of the Charlotte variety; Just the thing for klable and canning purposes. xuc TV desiring peaches can be accommoaai.- ed by calling at the ranch 2V& miles north of town or phoning either 348 or 364, and their orders will be fill ed promptly. D. L. HElMjos. VALUE OF ORAGCINQ ROADS Ha Fsrmars Can Maas Bull Out et Nglctd Ruial H. Tl. M.un J.- (" x,-"'' ' IVunk.t haiiht telH lu me f lis l-tie i f h.iw a rainier lu thai ! M U- Ihi ii niRklnu "1 rad" ! hi ' ti tmllvl.liial etTorl. Th m-waiwiH'r Hem read as follow: Kianh U Nlont'r. rRrai rrin.-i rmhllns al iiu(.t. twliniw In livtn ...mI riMda ami la miihaim ' ibnl llial he w iwarl llf " of ! Out imJ a.luilnlns b' tr "" yav al hl minima tr lila aallaf-ic lion ami lo lro I" b aiai b' fll It an ba il.ina with littla l" To carry uut lila .lana ha ! l r uli.l is.iiitui1.4 a il.iul.la or 11 tl Kins alla Thta ilia ha m0a lilm ir of losa ami mhir man-rial bins aioun.l tha larm, ao thai rrally about tha onlv llilua lliat U coal hl'O aa a hour of labor. Kv.rr farn.rr has th nmloilal lylnu ..,ui..i hia rarai to bullit turn a at UK ami avaiy farmar has anoush machanlr-al ability to build II. aa H riiii o ! rial aiilll ami timttaia mil how rousb roiiKirtii'lbm la. Than, loo. all Ilia farm er linta aoma apai tun to maKt Iba iliait If iney ily tha lima to It. Aflar avery rain that Ilia mad la a III I la unavan Mr. Nlaalay hltrliea a horaa lo tha dian, run It " t!'- i"-l - ,14r ua Id lamia 1)oln tha roait, anil lha ra ault la thai tha road alona hla faun la alMHya nlca and ainooth whan tha rol along hla nlbbora' farms la rough ami full of rula. Tha Nlaalay plan of Improving- tha roada will go far toward aalabllalnng a sooit road ayalam. lia makaa no bt fuaa about iiat ha la solng to do or what ha la do in hni m.a about It In a unlet manual and dooa It. and tha raaulla ahow for thaniaalvaa. Tha fact that tha road la battar alon hla farm than any othar plara In the naishborhmKl la avidanl to all thoaa who una tha roud, and doubtlaaa In tha naar fulura aoma of hi nalshbora alii fnllnw hla exumnl. Thl. hivrr. a do not think la lb rlulit way to kaan nuhllo roada In repair. aa they should I maintained nt tha ex penae of lha publlo and not Individually hv each landowner. IHiiiblleaa Mr. Nib- lv'a nmtrresnlva movement will entliun tha aupervieura of Kaat llemptteld town liln la a full reullaallon of tl.eir leal du Ilea, and doubtleaa In tha near future the lownaliln will have a dras which will lie run over all tha roada of tha townahlp whenever Ihey itel roush, and than an tha roada of the dlalrlct will practical!) I.e iiTimilh all the time. One man and two horaea can In two dva mo over all the roada In a township, and euch work mlitht be neceeaary about a dozen tlma a year. The entire coat ihla will nol amount to 1100 year, but will do more sood than a thousand dol lars a vear spent on the roads with Kiwis' of ftfty or more men. with plows anl scoops, ifoln" over the township once a yenr. ss Is now th plan uaea py moM supervisors. .There are a great many different kinds of avstems advanced for lm- nrovlnir our rountrv roads. One of the simplest and one which every In dividual farmer can employ today without any money and with much benefit to his road Is the system of dragging the dirt road by his farm by the split log road drag. Farmers can make such a drag In a few hours it? simply splitting a log In half eight feet long. If the farmer takes these split pieces, the split surface facing to the front, and fasten tbein with stout staves three feet apart, according lo (he directions given by Mr. King of Maitlund. Mo, the Inventor of the drag, the fanner will have a simple road Implement that will make a fine, smooth country boulevard out of Ihe worst neglected dirt road In the com munity. The secret of successful road miikiiiK with the road drag will de pend upon dragging flic road after every rani, filling In the ruts, smooth ing out the uneven 'places and building a his-'h crown In Hie middle of the mad, so that the water will run into the side ditches insteiid of standing In the middle, and. most of all doing it. Talking does not keep a dirt road repaired. Neither does excuse finding. One hour of drag work Immediately after a rain does the trick, nothing else. GOOD SAND FOR ROADS Value, of Waste' Product From Cali fornia Oil Wells. Two hundred tons of rich black oil sand from the Sunset wells at Vlsalla, Cal., will be used on some of the roads of Tulare county, ln California, this summer. Superintendent Twnddlc chairman of the county governing boftrd, has been experimenting and found it satisfactory. The sand comes from the wells mixed with the oil When this flows Into the sump hole the sand sinks to the bottom and sep arates itself, the oil running off. Grad ually the sand piles up around tne derricks and nt the mouth of the pipe and fills a large part of the sump There are plies forty feet deep on the Adeline, Maricopa road, Oil ana uaie CItv nronertles. which have accumu lated in the course of four or five years. The sand coming with this heavy oil is different from that found with the light; oils, even that with the Kern river product. Those who have tried It say it Is su perior for roads to any common sand that may be mixed with oil. It has a hindlne ouality that Is lacking in aru flcial products. Before its adoption ln Tulare countv it was used quite a lit tin on hlk'hways In the immediate vi cinlty of the oil fields, it being given would load and haul It away. A wide use of this byprod uct by roadmakers will be a boom to the heavy oil producers of Sunset by ridding them of a nuisance and trans forming It Into a source of revenue Value of Good Roads to Farms. It has been said that "good roads lead from good farms to good towns," and it seems a direct way of stating tho tart. Wherever there are good roads leading into a town that town I invariably an active and up to date Hminess community. A henever gooa roads run through a farming region the' farms are found well kept, the rht and in eood repair, and the outbuildings show an air of -anug comfort and prosperity. , Church Aitnouncio..'.. Iti-nnlar services will bo held at the Christian ibunh nl Sunday, by thi! pa.stur. haiU uioiuU.i " ". lng .Sunday IumI t usual lenir Methodist Kplsitipal I hul ih, IUrr McCain, patdor. Aliuouiu eim hi for Sunday, Ausuat 1, U". roiliiliiy nrhool at 10 a. in ; pn ai liln at II in., on "Tla Houl Winners l.lf ' I'rouihliiit at s p. in. on Ut from a rreble." Lukti 13. All are w,.i "inn. There will be no pnaOilng r. i In s In ("ahary Cn sb) K Han church a (he pastor la taking his ta. ailmi beginning wiih the flral of Annual Regular nice, will be resumed tho first Sunday In September. The Us ual Sunday school service will be cout lulled every Sunday morning at 10, o'clock, to whliu all are cordially Invited. Crop Looking Fin. J. F. Smith, on of the old and sub stantial farmer living about seven mile southwest of Independence, In town Tuesday. He reports the crops in Ms locality as good with the exception of hay, which he ays was light on account of lha rain In the first part of the month. Wheat and oats are filling out fine now. It being In the full of tha moon and predicts that ll will commence to harden and ripen Just as soon as the moon changes. He has Just finish ed putting up his hay crop which consisted of 35 acrea of vetch, oats and cheat. He also has considerable of an acreage In wheat and oats this year. A Golden Wadding mean that man and wife have lived to good old age and consequenujr have kept healthy. The best way to keep healthy Is to see that your liver does Its duty 363 days out of 3C"(. The only way to do this to to keep Ballard Herblne ln the house and tako It whenever your liver get In active. DOc per bottle. Card of Thanks. We deslro to return our sincere thanks to the many friends and neigh bors for their kindness and acts of courtesy extended to us during the illness, death and funeral of our be loved daughter. Minnie Whlteaker. J. F. AND M. C. SMITH AND FAMILY. Tlhe iLover of ILinen I m Mil i ' likes to havo his Shirts, Collars and Cuffs Just right in fit and style He Is sure of both if he buys his Haberdashery here. Our 'Dress Shirts are a specialty with us; ln fact, you cannot beat our Linen Goods throughout the dpartment. They are well cut and stitched, all reinforced, with bosoms of pure linen. We are now showing a strikingly beautiful line of New Neckwear in rich de signs and novel effects. O. A. 8LOPER BROS, Tubular Well Drillers Same prices for wells drilled with their new larger'" diameter drill. Wells for Irrigation purposes. j Both Phones California jMaice.Ua op Tlw !. ' Tut !.t dModiuM, iii- I iiim aud iia Iwl. Wis. U. W. Ricbordson, Sr. A(. t. m..i.i,mo' ft . ndrndt nc I'r THE OREGON FIRE RELIEF MeMlitmvilU. ; f Ofjtm Chat. Cra-aoa-y, Jtt., Dallai. Orm. W. H. ALLIN, B. D. DENTIST Both pbot.es. Cooper Bid. Independence. Oregon. k 1 HEWITT, M. 1). rhyalcian and Surgeeii Office In Cooir HulUHng, reomN and . Offloe hoiiri. 9 a. iu. to IJ u. and J lo 6 p. m. Cells eiieerl nifbl and eay. J. O. MATTMIS, M. D. Office Pottofflce Building MONMOUTH, OREGON Phone 61 and 63 J. 0. WINN RIMTY IrtOKtR Farm Loans and Insurance. Hour Public. Buena Vista, Oregon. s B. F. JONES ATTORNEY-ATLAW NOTARY PUBLIC Ofrire next door to Independence National Hank. Independence, Oregon Launch Independence 1'lya betweeu ludependeuite sad em daily except Kanday. I'aaiMSir and freight businesa solicited. Leave Independence : S:30a. ni. Leave Hilem : 3:16 p.m. Grv. Yours Truly, Kjamer g Independence, Oregon -cwt.. and in 1905, 700,000 cwt. German Crop Short. The crop of Germany and other it this office. Patronize our Advertiser.