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KTSESTH TEAR
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, f KIDAY, Ai d. 2-., 1MJ
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NEW QUARTERS
' FOR POSTOFFICE
ONKOPTIIK H KhT FQUIITKH
in Tiir. VAI m:y.
Thomcr FUturm tn b of Solid
Oak nd MoiUm in r.vrjr lr.
tleulur, Willi Hw Combination
Lock Moira.
t -Ming. Mr. 1". M. KtrkUiia go n
, rise, an egg Water, for having Ilia
bikilift wore, while Mr. Damon took
the booby prim, a strainer. Mr. O.
A. Wilcoi awarded a girts lor i
ing the best lory teller.
Dlaagrtcabla at Horn
Lot of men and women wbo are
agreeable with .other net "cranky"
at home. It's not deposition, it a tn
liver. If you And lnyourelf that
you feel from around tt house. Itt-
l. worry rou. 1'ist buy a lv
tie of Ballard's Herbln and put your
liver In Shape. Too and everymxi
a ..... win foel better for It.
r-i, r.n n.r hotlle at
I . W www .
Drug Co.
The government ha Just clowJ
jin i rapt with II. Ilirschberg for a t.
year lease on the building no
. .....toffe. and K. T. Henkle' Wr-
.. -k.. Tl.. l.uililine is to I
imr "
thrown into one room making a fiooi
pace of 31x31 foet, snd will I fitted
lip in accordance with plans and spe
' .i..tinns i.rovided by tli govern
nipnt. The present poftofflee will 1
thrown into a lobby, and the room oc
e upied by the barber shop will le ntn
hod a the working space of the office
Th Work of overhauling the build
ing will I commence! just as soon as
lWmatr Merwln csn move me posi
office in temporary quarters while the
i. .., it ;mr Dim imiiiiinir is in
unwre.
Now that the niRtter i definitely
.tt1d. Mr. Ilirschberg has gone one
. ...... v,r. the Government, and
WViri .... r
thrmnrh his wide and public spirited
liens IndeiKjndence will soon have one
thi. finest wiuiplxHl and furnished
jKjstolHcos outside of the city of Port
i i in annnrdnnce with its size
will hsve the Portland office skinned
m. eitv block. The furniture bus Ucn
ordered from the Pacific Post office
Equipment Co.. of Indianapolis, and
:it 1.1.;....! in a few dllV. It IS
regular bank furniture of heavy oak
n,l nf the latest pattern ami mane
Itmdde a new s.ife there will 1 a full
compartment of lock boxes equipped
with the latest improved communion
locks Gaeat cure has been tak'm in
.i ...... ,....,i,.f nf the building to
IMW Htmiiv.ii. - ... t
l.ve everything handy for tho r.ipid
handling of the business of the oflice
whieh is steadily increasing.
The post office will be moved to the
1 .. .. . .s. i i... r. i;,.
Imilding rwtenry vwe.niei 17
while the work is being done. Unl ss
Bomothing unforseen happens every
..!;.,, ..., in. int. with tiride to our
magnificent pustofliee.
Each tuiuuty lya Hlf-
At ft conference held here last week
between the members of the county
nnrtd of l'olk and Marion, an agree
ment in regard to the free ferry here
urns arrived at. It was agreed that
each county should bear half of the
expenses of operating the ferry, and
James L. llanna has been appointed
manager of the ferry, ins auues are
to see that the ferry is kept in good
repair, to furnish extra help whenever
required, and whatever else that may
need immediate attention. It was al
" ao agreed thut Mr. Hanna Bend all
billa to the county court of Polk coun
ty, which will audit and pay them,
and upon the court of Marion county
shown the same, the said court
will refund to Polk county one half of
the money expended,
Run an Kxciimtoii Circus Iay,
The fast steamer Louise will be run
as an excursion boat between Inde
nonnnce and Salem next Wednesday,
Aug. 26, so those who want to attend
Ringling's circus will na"e an oppor
.nStv. The boat will leave Independ
ence at 8 a. m., arriving in Salem in
tn ee the parade. Returning
they will leave Salem at 6:30, arriving
home at 8:30. Arrangements have
Ken made to accommodate Mon
mouth passengers both ways. The
.nnd t.rin tickets are now on sale at
Kirkland's drug store, the fare being
fl.00.
IIAIEV coin
P1LGR1MSBACK
HOMKTOOK Ul LANI WIIILK
OTHKItrt IIIHNOT.
Vaat liflVrii- f Opinion Prr
vmIU AmnnThnwhwsl to
Tfkf P l-arrl lnd l Ururj
Cou siy lat Urck.
it vmir lroirfy.
.... house is a very dim-
1 iriiso"
cult thing to get at present in Indo-
a.... th,w with modern imp""'-
menu and the only kind ti.a majority
of people want nowadays. 1 rowiy
owners will find ma. u. ....
gone t.y w.n-.. ...... ,
...i.i.-l.iV ol a liaco
People of this time and age are not
. .ti.fi.wt im ess their place 01 re.ur.
is provided with all the convenience
that modern ttmes provioe, aim
are going to have them no matter
what ihe cost. You will find that a
miority of our newcomers prefer to
rent a house rstner man .".7 -
t the present time as they prefer to
..u, f..r themselves how they like the
country More they make any invest
ments. At this season H is neanv
impossible to rent a farm and a a
oonsequenee they are forced vo rem
town property. Now you who have
city property could find gooa remen.
if von would iust loosen up and put
some money into circulation in re-
piir.
Fried Chicken.
Cut tho chicken into six or eight
pieces and season well with salt and
H-pper. Dip in beaten eggs and then
ad crumbs, in which there
is a teaspoon ful "of chopped parsley to
every small cup of . crumbs. , iip
and crumtis, and try m
n... tmilimr fat. Cover the center of
, cold dish with a nice white sauce
OWNS A VERY
VALUABLE COIN
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Entertains the 500 Club.
Mrs. C. L. Fitchard entertained the
members of the Independence Five
n,1 Club at her bungalow three
miles below town on Thursday of last
.v The oarty went down in con
veyances in the morning and dinner
was served at noon by the hostess.
In the afternoon there was a society
circus, some card playing and story
San Francisco, August 12. A gold
piece, valued by collectors at $500,
was paid into police court today for a
$10 fine and is said to bo one of the
freak pieces coined in 1847 from which
tho words "In God We Trust" were
omitted by accident. These six coins
escaped into circulation before the
nnler was received and they are
..na..ltr anil irht hv collectors. It
is not known who paid the piece.
O,. the arrival of the Daily urcgon-
iun of Portland in Independence last
KVidnv. A. A. BenUy. night cierK at
the Red Front, discovered that he was
the Inekv holders of one ot tne
sixteen-dollar gold pieces referred to
in the above dispatch. Ihe otner lour
kuvinir been accounted for on the At
lantic coast and the one paid in at
. nolice court brings to lignt tne
fifth and the one now in the possebion
r.fMr Ttentlv beme the sixtn,
For some time past Mr. JBently nas
inwr. that the coin was ot value, dui
.iiv;m it
how valuable he was unable to esti-
Tn oinlaininff how he came into
possession of the coin he says that one
evening just before closing time a man
into his olace of business aim
asked for change for ft ten dollar gold
i,,B. The mftn was ftccommoaaiea
and on picking up the coin Bently
ration,! thn date and the maice 01 me
coin and immediately surmised that
the coin must be worth more than its
face value. He exchanged the coin
for one he had and since the incident
has been carrying the coin as a pocket
piece. Recently he noticed an article
in the Portland Telegram describing
similar coins and telling of their value
At once he opened correspondence
with a reliable firm of coin collectors
and in reply to his correspondence he
was offered P00 for the piece, but re
fused the offer.
A well equipped stock of sick room
necessities. Williams Drug Co. lltf
There are all kinds of ontagiona
disease floating around these day.
Home times it is small-pox, others it
is the itch snd again it i something
else. Th latent epidemic that ha
hit Independence is the craws for gov
ernment land. Ever since the govern
n.Aiit ha none into the lottry busi-
ne by forcing settlors to gamble for a
.irnta of land by law, the crw lias set
.1.. ..,..,!. nf imonle for every UK)
crs that was thrown open for settle
ment.
Now that excitement ha ended in
a hulitiie. someoooy, inii"j -
agent of the railroad company and
the staire lines that run into that
country, have been circulating reports
about the great opportunities mat are
to be grabbed by taking up tioseri
land in Harney county, where there
hv been about 60.000 acres of gov
ernment land thrown oieu for settle
ment under the desert act on Jul)
th, of this year. This tract of land
was tiled upon several years ago uy
whRt is known as the Harney vauey
Irrigation Company, the stock holder
of which were the owner of large tracts
of land in that country who were in
terested in the stock raising business.
They laid the proposition before Port
land and Salt Lake capital with the
result that they l-ecame interested in
the scheme to control the land, for
which they agreed 10 plce water on
the land so that it can be put on the
market at $6 per acre.
After spending large sums of money
in making surveys, etc., it was discov-
I !... vntr emiM not be put on
ei viw. w ..-. .
the land for the estimated amount
and the company were unable to pro
cure the capital to float the scheme.
As a consequence the bind reverted
and was
Uttl-IW V' H'V '
thrown open for settlement under the
desert act.
The provisions of the desert act
i.rintlv stated, are: Each settler is en-
t.itUul to take up 320 acres, for which
v.h iihvb 25 cents per acre at the time
of tilinu. and before he can prove up
. . .1... 1... .a u t.n show that he
Oil toe Ullivi " ;
has expended If 3.00 per acre m inv
movements, have forty acres in grain
fnrt v broke, water on forty acres, anu
v... i,.,iu,i.o in irmHH. and upon tne
navment of $1 per acre the govern
1 . ... . . .1..
nient will give him a paienc ior uie
hi nil
As a result of this stampede quite a
nnmher of Independence people
Inmned out in a hurry to get in on the
("I . . . ., .
r,rm,n,l Hoor and this week tney nave
commenced to return, and as everyone
; interested in the prospects for secur
ing land we will give you the opinion
of those who have just got oacK ,irom
hut. nnnntrv.
C. H. Fitchard "You can nave an
thA Harnev county land you want, but
in my estimation Polk county land is
-,tv, t.hroA times as much. 1 .aon 1
nwi wi. v . . . x-.
want any of it in mine."
r. W. Craven "I did not see any
thing in that country that looked
eood to me. Of course if you want a
hmtead there, there might possibly
be something for a man that wants to
go through the privations of a home
.tAaHer. bnt for a man to take it up
under the desert act there is nothing
to it."
mint Moore "I went over a large
of the land open for settle
ment under the desert act, ,and while
gome of it is all right there is none any
good unless you have water on it, and
in my estimation there is no chance
to get water on it at any cost."
Wm. Kurre "Polk county land is
good enough for me. I don't want
any of it in mine. ,, it migni do an
right if it had plenty of water on it,
but it is cheaper to get beer in that
county than water."
D. A. Hodge "I didn't see any
thing io ln..t section lht looked g'"il
to ma. You tsn boy I1 in lhi -
tion when transitu tm ioti gt fhrr
cheaper than you can local it nodei
the desert act."
J. M. Jonea "I got in on one stage
nd wont out ou the next one that
luft town. None of it for me. I am
too old to play that kind of ft game. I
111 gUd that I went. It was worth
the juice to see ht a fool I made of
myself, but a person is never too old to
learn."
Pearl Alexander "I took time to
look over the land and I was to well
pleased that I just grsobed on to 100
acres.
8. E. Irvine "I think that it is the
opportunity of a young man' life, and
after a careful investigation I filed on
IttO acres and I am glad of it.
I'ro,' Mrlntonb also took UO 100
acres as well a Miss Uitf, but we have
not been able to see either of them,
and just what they think of the proj
oaition e are unable to say.
L. Damon and J. E. Hubbard tele
phoned from Portland that they each
filed on 320 aero.
W. W. Percival, Jim Hanna, and
D. G. Dove, the last that was heard
from them was that they had char
tered an automobile and that they
were going to play the string ont and
come home by the way o: alo. All
of those who went into the Harney
valley are glad they made the trip for
the reason that it gave them an oppor
tunity to see just what a big country
we have in Oregon.
Intense Colicky Pain Relieved
"For some year I suffered from
Intense colicky pain which, would
come on at times and from wmcn
I could find no relief," says I. S.
Maaon, of Beaver Dam, Ky. "Cham
berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea
Remedy was recommended to me by
a friend. After taking ft few doses o
the remedy I was entirely relieved.
Tk.i g fnnr vears ago and there
has been no return of the symptoms
since that time." This remedy la for
sale by P. M. Klrkland.
THOSE WHO GOT
CERTIFICATES
ti,0 f,.iwinir have iust been granted
certificates, having successfully passed
thn t.niher's examination:
Fiv.t rrne Miss Ethel Lucas, Mon
mouth; J: It. Bidgood, Eickreall; Miss
uiannhB R.,llev. Bandon; Miss m
Waters, West Salem; Miss Evangeline
ir..,f n-lhis: Miss Olive Williams, m
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dependence; 8. C, Davenport, BiacK
M sb Ella uarpemer, i uiw.,
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Miss Myrtle Davis, Portland ; ais
Salem: Miss Jessie
Tr.iliiifiiiilence.
Second grade Miss Susie Bennett,
Aaia- Mis Ruth D. Wood, Mon
mouth; Miss Mabel Ellis, Independ-
Aliss Madee Groves, lnoepenu
A. T. O'Reilly. Salem; K- so. a,
' i . tr:
MissTCate Jennings, i'erryaaie; juiss
cuQn At Rarkman. Corvallis; J. J. at-
Uiicu -
Mnmmith: Miss Hazel KuyKem
dall, Yamhill; Miss t!itnei Mcimmm,
McMinnville; Mrs. Lela nayes insrp,
McMinnville; F. G. Chute, twiem, a.
xV- i.xr; Ruth Beaver. Salem, R.
No. 1; Miss Mae Benedict, Portland,
Miss Ruth E. Angell, Uieone.
Third grade Miss Allie Bramoerg,
Independence; Miss Josephine Hyde,
xro-horir: Miss Carrie Dahm, Salem, R.
No. 1; Miss Vera Cosper, Dallas; Miss
Veva Burns, Dallas; Miss Iva Hughes,
Newherg; Miss Alice Grant, Dallas;
Miss Ritta Alderman, Falls City; Mis
Eva Chapin, Falls City; Miss May Jar
nalltta: Miss Letha Tupper, Mon
mouth: Elmo Meador, Dallas, Georgia
tw;ii, Dallas: Emma Ridgeway, uu-
,,. i.-; k'llv. Portland: Ethel
Suver: Lillian McCready, Suver.
Primary Miss Hallie Jb. Morrison,
Falls City.
Datly Bot8 Uiiring Hop Picking
The steamer Louise will run daily
between Salem and Independence dur
ing the hop picking seassn for the ac
commodation oj the hop piCKers.
Remember the date-August 2S-24
. .rrr Ra sure to be
there.
WE HAVE JUST FILLED
the Bargain Boxe. axaln with brok
en line of Shoe
THE 50e BOX U full of Child
ren' Kho-, In size Z to
, and Children' 8llpp-r In
mall le. Prices wer ..c
to 1130; now tc.
THE 75c BOX I full of Child
ren'a 8ho- and Slipper In
broken line, worth from 9"c
to $1.50, mostly sizes 5 to 8.
THE 11-00 BOX Is full of La-
dii-' high Rrad Oxfords most
ly 'sixes 2'4 to 3V4 ftr Indies
and 12 to 1 for Misses.
THE 1150 BOX contains a blK
variety ef Ladie' Oxford
Tie in Patent Laiher and
VUl Kid, nioitly from our
$2..'.0 line. In silifa 2Vj to o's
Also Ladies' fine Shos io
KiK'i 2 to 3'. wonhh $l'.7:.,
$3.00 and 13.2",, nw $1.."0.
S3 pair of Ladle' fine turn-sole vicl
kid dress Shoe's, sizes 2 Mi to 5. tn C.
D, E. and KB widths, regular price
$3.00, now $2.25.
All Tan Oxfords and Tan
Shoes Reduced 20 per cent
Those boys' tan outing Shoes, soft
as glove, sizes 3, 4 and 5. Now $1.60
regular price $2.00. Sizes 12 to 2
now $1.44, regular price $1.80.
Barnes' Cash Store
E. T. BARNES, Pro., Salem
BROKEN LINES In all departments at. greatly REDUCED PRICES
FARMS FOR SALE
102 acres, one mile from town; 45
acres under cultivation; orchard:
dug well; 25 acres timber, balance
pasture; new modern 7-room house
and good barn and fences. Terms.
Price $3800.
277 acres 10 miles from Independence
150 acres in cultivation. This is
another of the good buysy Will sel .
at $30 an acre.
324 acres 4 miles from Monmouth.lVi
from railroad; 160 acres in cultiva
tiou. Good improvements. A good
buy. $30 an acre.
160 acres, within mile of town and
railroad. Al piece of land and .fine
country home. Rich saudy loam
soil. . Good improvements. Price
$15,500.
235 acres, almost all in cultivation at ;
$40 an acre.
See Us for City Residences
12 room house and basement, barn,
chicken iiouses, windmill and tanks,
x water system throughout. Dwell
ing la modern, with patent toilet,
bath, laundry in basement, septic
tank, etc. Range goes with proper- -ty.
Nothing better in Independ- ,
ence. $4000.
-room house and 2 lots in Monmouth
desirable location; good improve
ments. Price $1500.
An acre of land and -room house;
good improvements, lumber on the
ground for barn and other Improve
ments and goes with place at $750.
Look this up.
CHAS.E. HICKS
REAL ESTATE CO.
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