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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1909)
aurpctuWucr vutfrpmf CHARLES IDWARO HICK Cmr4 at nd-pdce. Or. P-1 oRIco at i-onJ-tlw iuhiU. 8uertptlon. 1.50 Per Y'J- BROKE IT GENTLY. The ! rVmn Quit flail- reading for Awhil. It.uii) Wtmmnh bMkru.ah Ou dr bl a la iwl" " u'1" tra.l. i a uwu In Ohio B'W.S?r train tlint m d..ln onv wii. hh.it on (lie siih track .ii.nW-nlT bmc!J ralKKM on the rwir platform f whM" Funny Ka aiamllng. and H TrtVlj tinilx.-d H waa tk.n l. Ml boapltal. wbTf U was funl 'nm blH Injuria were wrli.ua aa to ue i4Mliai hi rriiialiiliia several w""l f.ir treatment Al lb end f a iiumiiu .urprli.ed bit mother ti li.-r home lu rtttKburjr by walking Into the hti iU rnilrhea. "Why. Punny." the erlalml. "whiti 1 the matter? Wbii htt happened to your Why, I wroi mid told you. mother ." be answered with a irrln "No. ton. you didn't. All y M" I htt yl wr lng to quit riill nuidlnit for awtille. h;it you bud ftw.! aoinethltig elw to d and thai It wh an Indoor Job You didn't nay a '"! kIm.ui getting hurt or' anything of thni klt d - "I aurely did. mother. I told yu wh l happened to me." "You anrely didn't T flow did I u; I rtin to be ttsyliii In thtt town?" "You wild yon happened to be cauehi there between train." "Well. I was."-Youth's Companion OUR MILLIONAIRES. .American Monty Kings From a Gor man Point- of View. In a tatlrical article eotliled "The turtl History of American Mlllion alrea" a writer In tbe Berliner Taire blart sayt: -They all rtme to New York. Chicago or Philadelphia With one shirt and with one cent In the pocket of tbe only other garment. All served as bootblacks, errand boys or even In more bumble posit loon and In tbe second week bad saved enough to buy a waistcoat After one month they appeared before tbelr respective employers clad In new clothes and told them with Imposing self confl- dence that the organisation of tbelr business was defective aud required reorganization, a year latPr tbe Ikjv has become a partner. In two years he hii outstripped the former boss in wealth, and year later he has grown nuiart enough to kill off the benefactor of other days. All American million aires arise at 3 In the morning, eat and driuk almost nothing, cease their work at midntuht and allow ouiy those to live whom they think are good enough to Invite. Every dollar king founds a university, an opera, a mu seum or a picture gallery. Life be comes a burden to tbem when there .arc no more competitors in their branch worthy of destruction. Then they lie down and die of eunui." PROBE ALASKA COAL LANDS Hearing Hwmle dl (Ma fine. n Aifcg-rd fratid, Waahlnitoit, A 17.- Mh l tertut U uitulfe4 her by Interior 4rtarinittt m-Ula III rxrt from p. uvr tbtt a bearing la Seattle. Beit month, will Jim In prtKr of (Igantlc tittult lu rnnuctloit with eoal land In Alaska Th dwllued ta tba abamcti of 8ecrtary Halllnger and Gxueial land Commlsalouer Deonet to dUftnui the natur of the report. It la learned that upward of 73 1 entrlea on coal UiuU In Alaska. In Vnt: about 11J.O00 arret coutalu Ing valuable telnt, have ben aua ppiided b the department during the lact three 'rearm, tttlmatlng that thete entries are worth at leatt IS000 per acre on oasm or i cem per ton. thee conl laodt would b worth f200.000.00a. Hearln will be held In other clue In the West In addition to Se attle, but Juat what ones wat not dis closed. ' Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy Never Known to Fail 'I have uaed Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy since It. was first Introduced to the public In 1871, and have never found one inatance where a cure was not speed J Uy effected by Its use. I have been i a commercial traveler for eighteen J years, and never atari out on a trip ' without this, my faithful friend." says H. 8. Nichols of Oakland. Ind. Tcr. For sale by P. M. Klrklaud. LEGALLY A CORPSE. Tnerefere Me Cents' No! aoil Have It waa Ike ruatmn la lb svmd Pitt daya to Ureal Itrttatn and Irrlaud hatiK roulounnl mea for hf an bom Uud tta Us. J ovtr tu tb.tr frtenda A uiaa utiued Uabney a tMtiwd la this way. At lbs end ol boll aa hour bit Ualy waa given to bts friends, who put hint la a erou Ibey bod brovgbt with them and ttal bped off with htm on a tart. Hut be hire tbey were out of tight of the gallows authorities the eriie lu the eiuberauce of bU Joy sat up lu lb. Cv.ttln and tbouted. 'IliKiroor A "pal." terriued leal lb la eiblbttlou of vtlnllt v should raiiae the txecutlotier to come after tbetu, hit the banged man play fully oa the bead with bts stkk, re marking. "Kapa quiet. Jt spalpeen." The alienclng wat en effectual that the victim of It never woke agnlu. but wat well and trul "aaked'' thai tame evening. There wit no doubt thtt the blow 00 tbe head allied blm. The fact rame to thi knowledge of th HUlBo iil. a. and a Jitlce was speHled to for a warrant for the culprit s arreni on a charge of murder, but the Juatb re fused It. explalulut that as the man was dead, having beeo hanged for half to hour and glvto up to bla frleuda legally a con"- Imnosalble that be could have beeo niurdered. Loudoo Tll-Blta. I'nlleire ITesldenta Meet la Portland Portlao:'., OK. Aug. 1. Agricul tural college presidents of nearly every atate In the Union are on band In Portland today, on the oc casion of the Hth annual meeting of the American Association of Farmere' Institute Workert. Millionaire Must Serve Sentence. San Rafael, Cal., Aug. 18. Mil lionaire William B. Bradbury, sen tenced to nerve a term In San Quen tln for p.vi-.ry, must remain In the Marin County Jail until the termina tion of a 30 days' reprieve granted hlra recently by Governor Gillett. Almost Heavenly. "That Is Saturn you see uow." ex plains the astronomer, while the visitor to the observatory peer through the telescope at the mysterious orb with Its rings and with its moons showing as little points of light. "It's away off. Isn't it?" asks the -visitor. "Otu yes. Saturn is so far off that it requires thirty of our years to make the circuit around the sun." "Thirty years!" "Yes." "My! Saturn must be pretty close to heaven." "1 couldn't say as to that" "I should call it almost heavenly not to have to buy spring dresses and hats for my wife and daughters not more than once In thirty years." For fear the visitor would have something to say about the summer engagements on Saturn being respon sible for tbe rings, the astronomer juickly pointed the telescope toward Jupiter. Chicago Post. Doing a Man's Work. The Widow Skinner has been twice bereaved, and she was telling meabnut her two husbands over a cup of tea. "Boggs was the first," she said -'dreamily, "a ornery hound wot usued to irlt drunk and come home and lam- bfiste me all over the place. Arte, i Koags died 1 married Skinner. He was a good for not bin, ornery critter wot 'ud turn u; full, and I'd lam blm ti!' '" couldn't see." S'-e chuckled with quiet amusement. -Well." s:ild a listener, "the last waa better than the Hrst. at least." But the widow shook her head. "No. 'tw'un't." she said. "I'd kinder got used to Boggs' little ways, and in Skinner's case I never cottoned to the Jdea of doln' a man's work about the ;bouse." Exchange. Disagreeable at Home Lots of men and women who are agreeable with others get "cranky" at home. It's not disposition, it's the liver. If you find inyourself that you feel cross around the house, lit tle thingi worry you, ji st buy a bot tie of Ballard's Herblne and put your liver in shape. You and everybody around you will feel better for it. Price 50c per bottle at Williams Drug Co. A well equipped stock of sick room nece3sltiB. Williams Drug Co. lltf Gorgeous S i l iners THgeant. Seattle. Aug. 17. in the most magniScent pageant ever seen In the west, 25,000 Masons from all parts of the Pacific Coast will parade the grounds of the A.-Y.-P. on Shriners' day, Wednesday, August 25. Over a baif-million dollars' worth of cos tumes alone will be used in the pro cession. Camels, elephants and a whole menagerie of animals of- vari ous kinds will be used in the parade. The Crime of Idleness Idleness means trouble for anyone. It's the same with a lazy liver. It causes constipation, headache, Jaund ice sallow complexion, pimples and blotches, loss of appetite, nausea, bu Dr. King's New Life Pills soon ban lsh liver troubles and build up your health. 25c at all druggists. Bryan Day at A.-Y.-P. Fair. Seattle, Aug. 18. Wm. J. Bryan, having announced his intention of visiting the exposition during the closing week, exercises may be. ar ranged for the celebration of Bryan day, with excursions all over the Vorth-est.. Drifted Into It. "Yes. I've managed to get into debt ipretty deeply." said Kayrliss. "Indeed," remarked Wise. "I gave " you credit for more sense than you seem to have." "H'm! The trouble was that my tai lor gave me credit for more dollars than I seem to have." said Kayrliss. -Catholic Standard and Times. The C Street Millinery store will be pehbout the first of September with a new and complete line of up-to-date goods. A firstclaas trimmer will be in charge. 12-13 What Is Best for Indigestion? Mr. A. Robinson of Drum ;ui ), On'a rio, has been troubled for year:-, wi'l' Indigestion and re omme ;ds Chau'uer lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets at "the bast medicine I ever used." If troubled with indigestion or consti pation give them a trial. They art certain to prove beneficial. They are easy to take and pleasant in efe Price 25 cents. Samples free at P. if. iKrkland's. THE AFRICAN MARKET. Prices That Wild Animals Bring In the Intarior. Tbe price of wild aolumla naturally Ductuate with tbe demand. An ex cessive supply of rhinoceros would auou reduce the market value. Five for tale at any time in tbe world would glut tbe market, for one cannot sell a rhinoceros every day. Tbe malnte ntnee of wild animals la costly and they soon eat tbelr value lu food, so that every day tbey are oo tbe hunt er's or tbe dealer's bands be is losing money. After tbe animals are captured tbey have to be transported to tbe coast This adds greatly to tbe cost. Dellv ered at Nairobi or Fort Florence. mrhifh are inland and practically OD tbe African bunting field, a baby rhinoceros of tbe prehensile iipM?a ow-iea will bring from S375 to $500. a giraffe from fJriO to $500 and a baby hippopotamus from $250 to $450. elands and most of tbe large antelope from $125 to 2uO, elephants rrom sjo m H7.v lions and leopards, wltb tbe exception of the black specie of tbe latter, from $100 to $425. according to .lie and condition. The gorilla and the square muzzled (or so called white) rhinoceros can be told at auction oy teleirrsnh. Tbelr value might run from r.0()0 to J.'JO.OOO. according to tbe bidding. -Hampton's Maguiue. Washington's Plague 8 pete ' ia tia low marHty bottoms of tit lrjrtjao, the breeding fraud of ma germs. Thene erms ca we cuius, ferer and agu-a. blllour--oo, Jaundice, i.U'3ltude, weagness and gen eral debility and bring guffrlng or death to thousands yearly But Eiec 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. PROFESSIONAL. CARDS CALIFORNIA MED ICATED SOAP The best for Sores, Chappec Hands, Dandruff, Insect Stingfc and Poison Oak. Mrs.J. W.Richardson 8r Agt. Monmouth Street, Independence. THE OREGON FIRE R ELI EF McMlnnville, Oregon Chat. Gregory, Jtgt., Dallas. Ore. Nothing to Offer. "Have you." asked tbe Judge of a re cently convicted man. "anything to of fer tile court before seuteuce is pass ed?" "No. your honor." replied the prison er. "My la wyer took my last farthing." -London Mall. Wise Poets. "Do poets ever write poems in their letters to tbelr sweethearts?" asked the sweet young thing. "No." replied the near famous bard. "We're got more sense than to queer tbe game in that manner." Milwaukee Journal. B. F. JONES ATTORN EYAT-LAW NOTARY PUBLIC Office next door to Independence National Bank, Independence, Oregon W. R. ALLIN, D. D. S. DENTIST Both phones. Cooper Bldg. Independence, Oregon. L. L. HEWITT, .M. I. Physician and Surgeon Office in Cooper Building, room 2j and 3. Office hour ,. i a. m. to 12 m. j and 2 to b p. in. Calls ntitiwered night i SBd day. J. O. MATTHIS, M. D. Office Pottoffice Building MONMOUTH, OREGON Phones $1 and 63 THEiMIirSi RANGE IV" V i X Popularly known as the "South Bend Malleable, the range that combines all that is modern, all that is foremost in range buildinqr-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 we sell on trial and easy terms and guarantee absolutely. "ASK THE WOMAN THAT OWNS ONE" UD 1 n JJL-vS ILU vL aimilll V Jr 1 Mi Mm We must make room for our fall goods. We will reduce our pre sent stock by giving record break ing prices. All this season's goods re-marked to effect an immediate and sweeping sale Will buy suits that have been sell ing for $10 to $20. Don't delay come early and get your size in . the best styles Salem Woolen Mill Store SALEM, OREGON.