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Subscription, 1.M Pee
1( you can a few imI iH i
if the KtittTriM dr u a card.
. lituiKalow", 4 the Alfalfa
haii". i" y inti.c only
l.auv that ha broken oU't)"
No lint lfr e.4 i '!1
under y Ihe' t-k him fur a tlr"
liiaxr try l letting common.
Nr beer mviii to U near enough
to tli r-al tliiiijt to meet the usual re
quirement of the fellow mho nure a
tliirxt.
Fll City i goniK to tsuu a
commercial club. A good idea. Kven
the name of having a commercial club
oiuethiii(i.
The way colleges are heaping hon
ors on Teddy Kooevelt he will soon
have as m ny degree a the thei-
liiometer on hot Aii(iit day.
It take 1150 to get the Enterprise,
luit after taking it a year if you think
the price is too high, make your com
j.UuU and we will run you anither
mx month for your supreme cheek.
We want erei ulwcrtU'r to the
Knterri to awid u a lit ol your
neighbor whom yon think wight
uUri-it. Thi U a.king S' deal
of you Un'l it? Well, ak omething
Whenever a merchant tell you Unit
lie in sacrificing hi profit to get you
to trade with him,, you may depend
upon it that the devil will never have
to sacrifice anything to get that
iellow.
John D. Rockefeller has doclared
JiiniKelf to the affect that he will never
Kin submit to newspaper interviews
I'erhaiw he contemplates spending the
Test of his time musing over what the
devil w ill do with him when he cash-
Down in Oklahoma recently a Bap
tist preacher brought on rain with
prayer after a Methodist and Presby
terian minister had failed. When you
come to think about it ihe Baptist
denomination is famed, for its strong
affinity with water.
The more one sees of the doings of
the human race the more he becomes
convinced that hypocrites in the
church, hypocrites in politics anil
hypocrites in the social circles are a
diabolical trinity of three of the worst
nuisances that infest society today.
A Washington town has passed an
ordinance making it compulsory for
baby carriages, go-carts and wheel
barrows to display red and white sig
nal lights at night. Would it be well
for the town councilmn to now put
a signal on themselves and then have
everything lighted?
irreverent correspondent trys
to stab our pride and self-respect
when he writes us in this fashion:
"Don't you think there are too many
editors in this country?" Probably
there are too many editors in this
world; yet they are not as numerous
as the men who believe they could do
tne editor's work better than he can.
The latest is that hickory nuts are
very desirable for food and that peo
ple should plant and cultivate a large
crop of hickory trees and use the nuts
generously. It is claimed that there
is no danger of hellegra, appendicitis
or any of those other maladies that
uomes from bread made of wheat or
corn. It won't be many years now
until people will be liv ng in hickory
nut trees like squirrels.
Several important changes in the
designs of the paper money of the
country are to take place soon. Sec
retary MacVeagh, Assistant Secretary
Norton and Director Ralph of the
bureau of engraving and printing have
under consideration a general scheme
for systematizing the designs of all
-issues of paper money in such man
ner that the same portraits and em
blems will appear on all the notes of
the same denomination.
Who can imagine the feelings of the
newspaper man who is continually
Advocating and urging his subscrib
ers to patronize the local merchants,
-when he drops into one of these busi
ness houses and finds that the sta
tionery they use is printed by some
house who ne'-er purchased a penny's
worth of goods from them. Record,
Yamhill.
This is not near as bad as to have
the city officials send out of town for
the stationery used by the city. Ain't
that going some?
NESKOWN PARK
AT SLAB CREEK
The multitude of beach gMng V
pie throughout the valley will all be
int.-rei.ted in knowing that MublWl
lch, which has for years been such
favorite camping ground, is now pUt
ted, and the owner w ill offer foi ale a
limited number of lot.
The uatursl advantage of Slab
Ocek bench are known to niot every
one in the Willamette valley. Camp
er were going there twenty year go,
and it ha steadily maintained it po
sition a leing the most wpular sum
mer resort place on the Tillamook
coast.
Condition for the convenience of
summer visitor at Slab Creek have
improved greatly, and the new owner
are offering a sale contract which se
cure many additional improvement
and advantages. The present hotel
will be greatly enlarged at once, mean
taken to assure summer visitor with
complete provisions, supplix, lumber,
etc., in fact all the comforts of home
at Willamette valley prices.
The natural beauty of the place, the
fairly good roads, which will be fur
ther improved o as to make the resort
especially attractive forautomobilists,
the fact that Slab Creek is not an ex
periment, but an established resort,
and the comparatively low price at
which lots will he offered, giving pur
chasers a reasonable certainty of en
hancements in values, combine to as.
sure that Slab Creek beach will greatly
increase in popularity and that its
present summer popolation of from
200 to 5(M) persons will multiply in
numbers. The owners are the NES
KOWIN COMPANY of Portland and
Tillamook.
$100 REWARD $100
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is oue
dreaded disease that science bas been
able to cure in all Us stages, and
that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh,
being a constitutional disease re
quires a constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internal
ly, acting directly on the mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease,
and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitutlSn and as
sisting nature In doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers that they offer One
Hundred' Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of testi
monials. Address, F. J. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take HallV Family Pills for con
stipation.
The Material Here.
The material for the two modern
BtApl hridees to be built by the county
court has arrived and everything is in
readiness to start the work lust as
soon as the contractors are ready
The bridges are to be bvilt in place of.
the old wooden structure on Mon
mouth street on the road between In-
4 i - r . . L. ,1 4-it a
rlfiendence ana luoninouwi, aim "
i ,
other is near the old Hayden home
on the road between this city and
Salem, where there is a deep sink in
the road. These bridges have been a
necessity for some time and everyone
will be pleased to learn that they are
soon to be completed.
Washington's Plague Spots
lie in the low marshy bottoms of the
Potomac, the breeding ground of ma
laria germs. These germs cause
chills, fever and ague, biliousness,
jaundice, lassitude, weakness and gen
eral debility and bring suffering or
death to thousands yearly. But Elec
trie Bitters never fails to destroy
them and cure malaria troubles
"They are. the best all-round tonic
and cure for malaria I ever used,"
writes R. M. James, of Louellen, S.C
They cure Stomach, Liver, Kidney
and Blood Troubles and will prevent
Typhoid. Try- them, 50c. Guaranteed
by all druggists.
For sale one 3 tech wagon
almost new. For Information call on
John Bobbins, Independence. 40tf
Economy jars demonstrated at Ir
vine's grocery August 23-24.
The Crlms el Idles
Idlene Havens trouble for snyoua
It's Ui muk alio bur lWl'r- II
ran. constipation, h-da h. J"1"1, ;
Ire, sallow compb-ilun, plmph ud,
blutxne. Ummi ol aypo'-Uu. nausra. bu .
Dr. King's N Ufe I'tlla soon ban j
Wh Uver troubles and bHd P lrouri
baltki. ne at all drussUts.
I'lrarr WMi-t.
Al Kir (trove hop yard, 1 mile
from Indendenc. 10" rN
hops; river bottom yard and ji"'d
picking. Team meet M ,rin i"'1
boat at Independence, Cvyitig
picker frt to good camping ground.
General store nd butcher shop on
ground. Uood well aster and wood
for camiH'r. Write for further infor
mation lo D. P. MacCarthy, Indcpen
dence, Oregon. IS
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
CALIFORNIA MED
ICATED SOAP
The best for Sore, Chapped
Hand. Dandruff, luect HUuk
and J'oUou Oak.
Mr.J.W.RIchardon Sr., Agt.
Monmouth Street, Independence.
THE OREGON
FIRE RELIEF
MeMlnnvilU. : : i t rmfn
Chat. Gregory. DmlUt: Or.
B. F. JONES '
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC ;
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Offlca next door to Independence;
National Bank. Independence. Oregon
W. n. ALLIN, t. B. S.
DENTIST
Both phones. Coaper BUg.
Independence, Oregon.
L, HEWITT, M. D.
Physician end Surgeon
im. In fnniwr HulMinu. .nom 2
nd 3. Office hour., fl a. in. to 12 m.
ami 2 to tt p. m- Calls nwered night
rikI day
J. O. MATTHIS, M. D.
Office Postoffica Building
MONMOUTH, OREGON
Phones 61 and 63
J. D. WINN
REALTY BROKER
Farm Loans and Insurance. Notary
- Public
Buena Vista, Oregon.
C. '
, Van Allen
Proprietor
Phone UlSMalD
24H N. Com. t.
THE ELDRIDGE
Europeau PJtn
ijr fmnny RKimnEn isulte r Hlnrle
" OentrMly l,ooatd
ki" Salem, Ore.
Faber's Self-fiUlng Fountain Pens.
The? " r'Knt- Williams Drug Co.
H1LLSB0R0
SANITARIUM
Mrs. L, R. Hicks
Wards and private rooms. Inspec
tion invited. All classes of non
contagious cases from reputable
physicians accepted. Special at-
tention to confinement cases un-'
der physicians' care. Trained
nurse in attendance. Phone Pacific
Main 321.
WOOD
Large or Small Orders De
livered Promptly.
HENRY M0TT
Independnece, Oregon.
BELL PHONE
Steele's Ferry
Buena Vista, Oregon.
The ferry that crosses ' the
people.
Mast direct route to Jefferson,
Sclo, Shedburne, Salem and Al
bany from all points in South
ern aad Central Pork county.
THE MIInS RANGE
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Popularly known as the "South Bend Malleable,
the range that combines all that is modern, all that is
foremost in range building a work well done. It is
the range that appeals to common sense through its
severely correct lines and elegant finish and by its eas
ily demonstrated practical perfection in cooking ef
ficiency and economy of fuel. Riveted throughout
like a boiler "The South Bend Malleable' will, with,
proper care, last a lifetime. It is the product of ex
pert range builders who assemble every part with ut
most care. "The South Bend Malleable stands
alone in the world today the greatest of all ranges of
malleable construction It is the range that vye sell
on trial and easv terms and guarantee absolutely.
"ASK THE WOMAN THAT OWNS ONE"
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S SUITS eJ
Now is the Young Man's oppor
tunity to fit himself out for the
rear of the Summer or for Fall
All Young Men's
Long Pants Suits In
cluded in this Sale
Extra special redac
tions are being rru.de
20 to 50 per cent saved
in buying now
Don't let this op
portunity slip by
Salem Woolen Mill Store
SALEM, OREGON.