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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1909)
TOWN TALK BY THE TOWN CAT About on o'clock yeterdy morn in a fr tmuit to ' ,,",' t lurvty e could iut the lin tyiw into service there wa Ket eraab end the rattiu.g of gUa n ll' front otMoe that lroighl in up a alan.lititf ami nn inve.tilttillt the niii mm fmintl Tom .itllllli OH lilt .tool tiuiitlv wipintt the Mood from hi fai with hi. front aw. What w the matter? You look a M you had twn run throogli lureh In It machins." Ui ld, that w-j narrow Kape; t .. 4.vta4 hat brick in tune anil you can tt that I jumped through the window to get out of the way of the brick that tl)0e Base lUarler were ahying at me.'' "What Ute bailer are you talking about!" "Well, you see, the chance to two possible uy, probable world ' champion amateur team iu actiot for $1(XX) ia not often accorded to the baseball fan of Independence, thi i the tidbit offered by an advertisement sent out from McMinnville and a owe of the boy had got an inside tip on the result of the game, it did not take long to round up a bench that m just aching for an opportunity to gather in sow pf th shekel of those M?M'.QDYi!le sport,'1 Wei! I upioe tliey had their fondest hopes gratified." I 8h.9u.ld. eniVr, hen they got. j MIIuw aUntt th ft lloK (inn Iti l.'l-rmlemv gating lot on the wild of Harney iviunlv ou their way out iu a elir-oliew car?" Ne to me." "They weie traveling after the u went down and by some fiok iu Hi nud (hey gut turned clean around and of the entire pal ty of ail, there wa only one ho could locate the Hurt tar. Of Hure the scarcity of wat in that looa'.ity may have had some thing to tlo with it, but one of theiu hiet the breakfrtKt . for the I arty in backing hia itidiiiiieiit on the location none of thk eorh did e await, bti now we're camping on their trail; the are mad when me critirue their au of the tar. After mine about 83 nub out of their way they built i Hj briudi'tir and camped until day IIKllt. "Well old man do you know that t 'in,'' r commencing to look up in thi nuek of the wotxlt and you will find that there will le great doing from now until after hop pit-king time which will atart tomorrow, by the ar rival of Kreba'epecial front Portland "Who i that calling?" " VI right, Tabby, 1 will call tomor row night and we will go to the grand opening at Kreba. UUlf II tf pivmi"i"'v it was about three milea out In the rural dibtrict to the ground w here the came wa to take place. There being no conveyance in ight they to Street & V alker'a stage line and you know that is always a very dusty wny to travel and awful tiresome because there is no place to let your feet hang ,r nl not even a foot rest, finally we reached the ball ground where we found about 1500 disgusted people who had been attracted by the flaring advertisement. The game had not atarted and it looked for awhile that it wasn't going to start as the Yamhill tports had run in eight 'ringers' out of a possible nine players, and they Lad all kinds of the coin of the realm to bet that the Portland ringers would wipe up the earth with the St. Paul boys. As a result of this 'sturl'ed club' the umpire called all bets off and turned over the $100 forfeit put tip by Yamhill to St. Paul and the chance for the 'gang' to pick up even sou went glimmering and the word, eonked again' went quickly around." "Wasn't there no game?" "Certainly, they couldn't let that 1500 admissions get away, so they llayed a game and divided the gate receipts. "Like all Independence sports in spite of being 'stung' they had a jam-up-good time. Sida Walker at once proceeded to organize what he chose to term the 'Independence Base Bawl Singers and Fun-provokers,' introduc ing the celebrated quartette, under the special direction of that eminent eoloist, Perle Hedges, tenor, George Kutch, baritone, Ed Owen, bass and Tom Sullivan ,second bass, producing the latest musical creation, "That jEmpty Satchel That Hangs on the Wall," in which the entire company joined in the chorus, "Come Take a Jlide with us on our Merry Motor Car" "'J hen there was the three 'World's Greatest Known: Buck and Wing Pancers,' Messrs Mttison, Walker, and Owen. Talk about your side splitting button-busting sketches, but that impromptu production, 'A Sun day in Kreb's hop yard during picking time,' in which every member of the company were in the cast introducing eons, stories, wing and buck dancing for prizes, and as long as the prizes lasted there was something doing all tbe time." Hank Mattison won first priise as the best Buck and Wing artist and re sponded to several encores." "By the way, on behalf of the entire company, I desire to return thanks to Manager Hirschberg for the use of his private car on the trip from Dallas to Indeiendence." "Did you get next to how slick that burglar got away from my friend of the Star last Sunday about 11 p. m.T" "Nevtr heard ol anyone being robbed." "Nobody said anything about any one getting robbed, but one of the clerks in a. Main street store came within an ace of getting caught as a robber, but by a mere chance he made a getaway and if you haven't heard anything about it we will pass it up Jor this V.vy-" Diplomacy. Sunday paaaed. Tuesday rolled round, and atlll bis tall form did Dot loota Id tbe vestibule w-ben the rockoo clock waa sounding 8. Thursday be came, and tbe beautiful g'rl waa burn ing witb wrath. "So tbla la tbe way you neglect mr be biased. "Wbat bv you to say tor yourself? Why didn't you corner "I couldn't.'' faltered tbe young maa. "I bad the dyspepala. and the doctor advised me no( to CO roe." -Wbat-tbe doctor told -Jj not tJ come to tee roe bdcawM you bad tbe dyspepsia.!" MvrU. ha told m to keep away from all wetta." Tbe neit moment abe bad him seat ed ou tbe parlor sofa, telling talro he was tbe nicest young maa In tbe world Loudon Express. OTHER SIDE OF OT 1 TrilPllT lin in i rtrt,gn.Mitl.iil ut 'K Sill IriirlVI III 1 1 I i ,,r',,,r,n. liw )"' UlillLllLllI lllfl I aUnty would Omal betray ju.i a Littl Willis Knaw. Little Willie, tbe son of a German towo woman.' was playing one day wltb tbe girl next door wben tbe latter exclaimed: "Don't you bear your mother calling you? That's three times she's done so. Aren't you going lnT" "Not yet." responded Willie linper turhably. "Won't sbe wblp you?" demanded tbe little girl. awed. "Nawr exclaimed Willie In disgust. "She ain't goin" to wblp nobody: Sbe's got company. So. wben 1 go in. sue u Just say. "Tbe poor little man bas been so deaf since he' bad tbe measles!' "- Llpplncott's. Fully Appreciated. Raymond. aed live, returned from Sunday school In a state of evident excitement. He strutted around tbe room as if about to burst wltb Impor tance. Tbe sympathetic eye oi ois mother was uot slow to observe this. 'Wbat's tbe matter. Raymond?' sbe asked. 'Oh. mother." exclaimed the small boy. his eyes sparkling, "tbe supenn tpndpnt said something awful nice about me In his prayer this morning." 'What did be say?" He said. "O Lord, we thank thee for food and Raymond.'"-WomaD s Home Ccmpanion. The Laziest Man in the World. would not be contented to be kept the house and doing nothing by rheumatism. Neither are you who are always busy and active. Then don't neglect the first twinge of iu ache or pain that you might think is just a "crick. "Rub well with Bal lard's SnowL iniment and, no matter what the trouble is, it will disappear at once. Sold by Williams urug io. Will Enlarge Prison. Seattle, Aug. 17. R. V. La Dow, superintendent of United States pris ons, in an interview here practically stated that one of the three big gov ernment prisons provldtd for by a recent act of congress will be situat ed on McNeil's Island in Puget Sound, near Tacoma, and where there Is now a federal prison far too small for the needs of the government. Think Child Kidnaped. Portland, Or., Aug. 18. Police of three cities are searching for little B-year-old Mildred Waldorf, of As toria, Or.', who left her home more than a month ago for Idaho. The mother of the child entrusted her to the care of H. E. Hallock, who had been Instructed to take her to the home of her grandmother In Boise, Idaho. Nothing has been heard of tbe pairs since they left Astoria. Granulated. Sore Eyes Cured "For twenty year I suffered from a bad case of granulated sore eyes," says Martin Boyd of Henrietta, Ky. "In February, 1903, a gentleman ask ed me to try Chamberlain's salve. I bought one box and used about two thirds of It and my eyes have not given me any trouble since." This galve la for sale by P. M. Klrkland. Wanted Mill and Yard hands $2 per day Willamette Lumber Com . ,:,v. lZ:U. Or.? "!. Mnninoulh, Oreg n, Aug. 20, Ed itor KnUrprue Will you k-ndly give iice (or the following and oblit: a large number of tin citiien of Mon mouth who feel tiie) are not being fairly treated by our home paper., In order that your reader tuny f il- ly understand tbentatu tt affitir we will give a brief ynoia of the other tide No. 1: The council cf Monmouth taw pro per to inveat ?'0 in a iiih11 tl.e en gine againt the protect of many of the tax pa)r and citiien, and be- eauoe thev criticued the failure . I the machine at ths lae Ore they were called many very ugly name by the oigan (Herald) jf Monmputh, luch a ''they would condemn Christ with a great or greater alacrity a the Jew of 11MJ0 year ago, at d because of this criticism, in another editorial becalled the citiiena who opposed certain tcheme Shylock, peasiiuist, and hat they were a source of worriment o their friend and detriment to the community," etc. THK OTIICK KIHK NO. 2. I had another dream in broad day light and aw thoae ixme old kickers till in flight; what wa the occasion f this awful scare, the dad had said Criticise u if you dare." Tviey has- ily organise a masterly retreat and j tier tlie liafltf 01 6M defeat. Some of the push have city phohia they say that make them think in a pecu liar way; give us the city purse and we w ill show that we ate "it," thi you o uiiht to know; withlnotion false their head are set, it' passing strange how bld tl.ey get right on the street and in the crowd they talk such nonsence right out loud; ome use their place for nelflsh end and smooth the path fur special friends. They said, bond the town; WE think it' right, but the reotile rallied in their might, and in their zeal and maddened rage regarded ueither saint nor age, mor.il worth nor treudth of thought and noble birthright counted naught; the fight went on, a fearful sight, from dewey . . . i t . t eve to morning ngni, me lorco oi spiteful paesion stirred the verdict of the "common herd," in this question the Jew of a dinner day; be aurel Mum j mi 're a very had and be'l tell more of ytur meatiue yet; 11111; bitter wordi they alienly tv sai which dander the living a well a tin ded, they thought they put the ai. wer out of reiu h and they were th only pebble on the beach out thry may yet sing on another song and whether the time be abort or lone will not be the muio of the bird, but lout the SMfuo a Balaam heard. I by divine riyht thi favored few a wnyi look Uii iniHiitatit question I rum an opHiiig view, tut oon ex citeinnnt anniig the dad will be iu tenne and on election day we'll hang their 11k in mma the fane. An old hay seed farmer mortgAged hi laud, City folk told them that they h id it planned to buy everything they want and pay canh dow n, and have good credit all over the town, but Mr. Shy lock' interest ouicklr became over due end unles it wa paid he threat ened to ue, then the herir7 cam along and locking about picked up all he could find and sold the man out, then after twenty year have vou oaid " r that city debt, an old puftiiimit slyly winked and aid, "No not yet." Thi tory is aimilur to that of Dariu Oreen, the first inventor of a Hying machine, he waa oositivelv mm h - could Ily very high, iu fact not t p much nhort of the sky; but hi ma chine came dowo a nuverable wreck and he almost succeeded in breaking hi neck. FAX. Cholera Infantum Cured "Something like two years ago my baby, which wa then about a year old, wa taken seriously ill wt b cholera Infantum, vlmltlng and pur ging profusely," write J. F. Demp sey of Denipsey, AlA. "t did what 1 could to relieve her but did ber no good, and being very much alarmed about her went for a physician but failed to find one, so 'came back to Elder Bros. & Carter's store and Mr. Elder recommended Chamber- laln'a Colic. Cholera and Diarrhea remedy. I procured a bottle of it. went home as qultkly as pot Bible and Xpaiuei am jo eaop Xqnq eqi a8 It relieved her In fifteen minu.es and , . .1 t annn eiired her entirely." For sale lost, tne oniy iiitju ncic iwicu uun 1 who had the brains to run ihe town : by P. M. Klrkland. JUST RECEIVED A Fnll and Complete Line of Buster Brown and WMteliouse FOR CHILDREN SHOES Men and Women. Every pair war ranted Also Cotton Blankets and Comforts P. H. DREXLER, TH E GROCER Corner of Main and Monmouth Streets Independence, Ore. We Make a Specialty of Farm Produce Prepares young people for bookkeepers, stenographers, correspondents and general office work. The development of the Northwest will afford openings for thousands in the next few years. Prepare now. Send for catalogue. W. I. Staley, Principal Salem, Oregon GRADUATES CAN BK FOUND mRYWHE THIS SCHUUL AS I HE K fcATHm run 1 nunc Kcrwivum ""'-'J 1 2 m i v 1 m srt mum 1 Facts Worth Noting Enrollment of student past year 468. All graduate placed In good position. Filled but 50 per cent application for off lc help. Reputation (or thorough and pertonal Instruction. Sal and refining Influence. Snd for new Folder and Succts Stories. TWCmMSECIJPiD FOR tWtn IUJ11MW COftPETERT rVITHOUT CHARGE I N 8 U U uV jst o ir, Anyeas wi.hlni ioo relUI Pr Imnraa'- mil e" er write ft. K. CUIH, INDEPENDENCE, OREOON A 1 flit for Utavsr tftate M-nhant.- . sJ f Tertland. and tas listikera Msrraaat Wual st Forsat Ursvs Farmers' Feed and Sales Stable M. EICMEL, Proprietor Grain and May Ur tale. Mors' boar'' ky elay, or month, at reasonable .at N-EtNO NCE, OREGON. Jo spvwjjvpvv ysij Jo )vw)Josty nor vog yt tj . , : ;. . 1 ' ,J " . ' , t '.; --A:Tf . r m t. V 1 Pretty? Ml-. Elothor? That's what you'll say when you see the new and attractive "ALL WOOL" International Fabrics. Every one's a beauty. Drop in and get a line on tha good looks of INTERNATIONAL Clothes. Prices that are popular, and styles that will stay popular. -: : Independence, Oregon SLOPEE BROS. Tabular Well Drillers ' Same prices for wells drilled , with their new larger 1 diameter drill. Wells for Irrigation purposes. Both Phones Independence, Oregon
