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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1909)
V O L!V:ry INDEPB ERPRISE MM HER II INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, FltlHAY, HKIT. 8, l!W. IXTEENTII YBAR sf BENCH ENT I CITY COUNCIL HOLDS SESSION At'pIT TIIK IIHiCUK MONTH TV At XX t NTH. TmiiMM-t IloutliM 1 ! Onleml Cliy JmII Mado iiurtflar Prwf ami Appoints Aiu.tlxr CHf Marshal During Uw ! I'lrklng ftaaaon. Tho city council met In regular monthly aoaalon Vednday evening, &4l. 1, with the mayor, all the city (xuncllium, illy recorder and mar dial preaont. with the exception cf Councilman Hoffman. Aftor the reading of the minutes of the liiHt regular etwalon and tha ptN'lul nu-etlng of the council called for Aug. 17, had been read and ap proved, the lollowlng bualneas wm tranancted: On motion of Mr. Dohannon, the matter of the aldowalk on the aide of the new county bridge bulng built on Monmouth atreet acroae the alough whs referred to the committee ou trwti with instructlona to ascertain the coat of the aume and report at tho pent regular meeting of the council. Councilman Dohannon called atten tion to the condition of the cltv Jail end sugROBted that the aama be fixed lit once, Inasmuch aa two prisoners luid tot out In the lnat week. The mayor atated that he had given the city marahal instruction to have the necenaary repalra made at once and he supposed tlmi the matter hnd boon attended to. Tbe city marshal staled that the Jull had been made burglar proof and that everything was alrUht at the preiwnt time, excepting the piling of the bill. Councilman Cravens etaieJ that Mr. Hansboniugh had ndvlH.'d him that the county court had 'given thff Citizens the timber in th old wooden bridge on Monmouth which being retraced by tho county with a n?v Btad l.r'dge, and that it the citv vmiid bu) a strip of land 'i iKinh.s to J. It. Cooer on Seventh street that the citizens of that end of town vould bear the expense of having the tr!do moed to that tro:. Mr. Cohannon utatp'l Hint tho ninr ter had been referred to tha commit tee on streetH and lights, and as chair man ha had culled upon Mr. Cooix" i.d that he wanted . fr the pi:e of land referred ta nnd n '-e considered the' price ceo '.itna' be bad nsg'eckd to report Uie ma'ler tack to th council. , ' The maw inquired U'the trat: on thnt street would iustlfy the rx pendituce 0'.' that amount of monfv Coancllmt n Mix stated that he U1 cot tUnlk lc v ould, aa there was only about biee ib pie it wo t J be of ftn;' prac .ljal bee ,fl to. . Mr. OftV'ms. stated' th -t it sce-d to be ibfi wl'-'i of tho pw'i ' 'h -t end of to,.u to have the Inl ine moved o Hie Mreet th' atdd of fev nth Ftroi ., 1 n it would iuC'.n.- Itoe more ?erp'.e Mr. lf"l 'i: 1 stated thai M. .oop r ow led li e I- nd on the Lr -t me.. tloned And ft he wotl.l not lake unythlii? leas icr it. Tt wai finally decilsi f M th? mtt9r reat wJthout taking an fur ther ucron Mr, Hanna brought up the matter Of weiring tmother maranii dur"-j the mm h. of September, the. city be ing full cf Etrnngera and all kinds t-f Characters. Already Uv- or thr3 hold up vnl :obberies had been re ported. The mayor stated that this matter Should t atrfnded to at once nn' ug(SU M soi.ecne b'ing thj matter Up In the shape of a motion. He also Inqutnd of the city marshal It ur. hud any one o angest for the piaje City Marshal Feagle stated that t . rad x; 'tde n- mero iB Inquiries u a ito (Jut he lot got no te no .if m-i'l.-.g to r-.e andV suggectsi f Ur. Taylor, lo had been ail;ig p dn irtnbal without ii;y, be gKei the Job ' , Mr. Taylor being present, sta d th h- hud Utv acr-tng s day P r jhi' 11..- some time wit.t the under standing Hint he- was to be en .ie.! d n iiiK tho hop picking time as : all.,! li-ii If lie bad ro g- on at nkln didn't want the Job, but w'.M , cent the position as day man at a salary of S2 per day. favlor wai employed a day marahal durlug the month of September at a alary of ft per day. The following bllla were rwia" n ordered paid, nt nio'J a f ConiiCI- iimn lUitiia: Willamette Valley Co 1104.00 Kred Oberaon. uprlnkllng ... 15 00 Chaa. K. Hpauldlng Co. .... , 9.19 J. II. Keagler, aalury aa city niHrhal for the month of Auiuat 61 roret Klnch, work on cnty bulldtnga , The bond of J. D. Whitaknr for a neur beer llcenae was read and ap proved. A communication from the pro- ntitnra of the Dlack Tent wa read. aaklng the council to reduce the li cense for their ahow from $40 a month to aometjilng more reasonable. After Borne dlxcuitKloD, n wnn-n ine statement waa made that this ahow was a floating one and It would leave town Just aa quick aa the hop pick ing season waa over, tbe idea or re ducing the license waa laughed at. and there was a strong feullng to ward raising it to $4 per day. as called for In the ordinance. Thera beina- no other business the council adjourned to meet at the next regular meeting night HOP PICKERS ARRIVING DAILY HOI I'lCKKItM AKMVI.Nti HY TIIK 1IIMKKIH. Ity Next Mnly er It,0M leiple Will He Kmployed In Uie Varloua llup Vtirtis In ! Vicinity of Inde-IK-nilelH'e. A REMARKABLE YIELII AN ACRE Recent'y we made the statement that the section known as Missouri Bottof, across the river from Indepen dence in Marlon county, was one of the most fertile in the Willamette valley, and 1 nsubstantiatlon of that statement we will say that the far mers over o nthe Bottom finished thresshlng this week, and we here with present some of the results ob tained: D. P. McCnrthy got nine tons of hay and 550 bushels of oats off of nine aires. O. L. Hose threshed 25 acres of oats that averaged 80 bushels to the acre. G. M. Hayser threshed 31S sacks of oats that aver aged 96 pounds to the sack from six acres and 121 bushels of wheat from two acres. . Now, you "hot-nlr art ist," come out and beat It!. The terry commenced running nights this week for the accommoda tion of pickers who are employed on th eopposlte side of the river. Charley and Clarence MacCready were in the cit ythla week. Mrs. Tllin and Mrs. W. II. Walker were among those who went to Sa lem Tuesday of this week. wai pro;.: ly apiayi-d ar fr fro'n lice. E. C. Yuiing, lio represei.ta some of tbe heaviest hop dealera on ttt Tatinc count, during 'he ten cliiy haa visited the majority of the yards In this district and be reports that a great many of them will not hrvet one-third of their crop on account of lice, honeydew and nvM, and a great many of the yards In the foothill will be a total loss. He figures that not over 50 per rent of ths crop of thb district will be saved. There are others who claim that at least ten per cent of the crop that Is saved will not be marketable. Another six days wn. tell who Is right and then look out for the market to soar. Special Meeting of Council. IJiion a netition signed by the re quired number of councilmen the mayor called a special meeting of the council last Friday evening for the purpose of repealing election or dinance No. 105. calling a special Sept. 4th, for the purpose of voting on the referendum petition relative to the Issuing of J17.000 of the bonds of the City of Independence for the nurnose of raising money for the con structing of a system of sewers in the City of Independence. . . . The reason given for the repealing of the ordinance is that the election came at a time when everyone was busy picking hops, and that there would not be a full vote out. As the matter stands now, the vote on the Question will come up at the regular city election next Decem ber, when the matter will be fully placed before the public. It will be remembered that this or dinance was passed by the city coun cil last May; vetoed by the mayor, and passed over the mayor s veto in June. A netition of referendum was served n the city officials on the 2d day of July, asking that the matter he nut before the people for their approval or disapproval at the next regular election in December. L,ater the city council passed an ordinance calling for a special election on Sept. 4th, which ordinance was repealed at the special meeting. A Burnt Child dreads the Are. The dread is whole some, but not the burn; that can be healed and instantly relieved by ap plying Ballard's Snow Linimpnt. Be prepared for accidents by keeping a bottle always in the house. Best for sprains, bruises, cuts, scalds, rheu matism, neuralgia bounions and all aches and pains. Price 25c, 50c, f 1. Sold by Williams Drug Co. Patronize our advertisers. Talk about your four ring curcua, but It ain't much compared to the grea. bop picking carnival now on In Independence. The population of tbo town haa In the past week Increased from 2,000 people to the neighborhood of 10, 000, and every train and boat that ar rives Increases the population from three to four hundred. Krebs' Bros, opened the game last Friday by running a special from rortland to Independence, which landed about 400, Including men, women and children, every aat In the eight coaches being occupied and two baggage, cars filled to their ca pacity wkh baggage. Conrad Krebs, who has an omce in Portland, Is sending up about 75 pickers dally. They expect to dry and bale their hops as fast aa possi ble In order to take advantage' of tho 20-cent ratea now being offered. They have in their yards about 200 acrea in hops and are expecting an average of 1,500 pounds of hoys to the acre. It looks like a moving day, all the pickers seemingly have with them the accumulation ;of a natural life time, Including the feather bed that their mother used to sleep on, the kit chen range, the house cat, dog, canary bird, and enough provisions to last three months, for an alleged outing to last three weeks. But then It must be remembered mat everybody s ap petite Is about three times the size it is when he Is at home. Kverv team available in the dis trict is busy hauling the pickers and their plunder to the different yards In this vicinity. While a number of the small yards commenced nicking on the first of September, picking in general will not btKiu until next Monday, wnen everything will be humming, and long before daylight you can hear that old familiar song of "wire down and "box full" shouted from one camp to another like the crowing of the cock,' in the morning. The streets at present present an the old-time festive spirit of hop pick ing. While nearly all the yards in this section are fairly well fllledtup, the end Is not yet, and before arfbther week naa:es Into the bygones every yard In the district will be in full blast. Every boat, train and wagon that pulls into town has the standing room only sign displayed and all trains and boat are running from a half to an hour and a half late. The present price of hops has stim- uiutod every grower in the valley to exert every effort possible to save every hop in the yard, and like magic have the tented cities sprung In a day or night and the hop shacks taken on the appearance of being inhabited. With the early starting of the hop picking season, fully ten days in ad vance of former years, it is a safe rnmhie that the erowers will beat the B.u - - - game when It comes to mold, etc., and have the big crop fully harvested before the fall rain sets in. A conservative estimate places the amount the growers In the Indepen dence district will pay for the har vesting of the crop at $200,000. The Enterprise printed hop tickets alone that if they are all used will require the expenditure of over $80,000 to redeem them, and it is fair to say that we did not print one-third of the tickets used In the district, as you will always find a lot of growers who do not believe In patronizing home industry. Thursday a report was started that gained considerable headwny before it was contradicted that two or three of the big yards of thi3 district had been condemned by the buyers, ow ing to their poor condition. While ve were unable to substantiate the ru mor it is a known fact that some fha vHrita are so covered with hnnev dew and vermin that the hops will be of a very Inferior quality. It la claimed by those who are in a position to know thaf. these yards in every Instance are where they railed j to spray, as nearly etery yard that Fruit jnd for Kule. K. W. Htrong of Monmouth, who own ffK) acres of fruit land along the line of the Falls City railroad, south west of Dallas, has kid it out into ten acre tracts which he i selling 011 eauy term. For further particular call on the Chan. E. Hicka Real Estate Company, Ind jjieiidencc; T. B. Ford & Co., over LaId 4 Tilton'a bank, Ha lemjor E. W. strong, owner, Mon mouth. 13-1 GAVE HIS SON A 22 TO PLAY WITH "All the fools are not dead yet" is an old and familiar saying, but one of the greatest nowliving is at present picking down at McLaughlin's hop yards. His name his Frank W, Mulkey, and be fore going to his work this morning he gave his four-year old son a 22-re-volver to play with from which it is Baid he pulled the catridges and laid them ou a table. An empty revolver i. 110 uiiruciioit iu ""J, BiirmiBed saw wnere nis niuier uui. the cartridges, got hold of, them and loading up the revolver went out af ter game, is'ot being able to tree any thing, he took a shot Mt his little sis ter, and as his marksmanship was good, the bullnt, which was 22-long, struck her in tiie right cheek, eoniing out at the sale of the neck. A doctor was called and the wound was dressed and there is a good chance lor her recovery. While working with a threshing crew in the vicinity of Parker -last Wednesday afternoon, a son of P. T. Peterson, a resident of Parker, was BLiiousi u not fatally injured. At the time of the accident he was pitch ing straw in the vicinity of the sep arator, when he accidentally dropped the pitchfork he was using: the handle hitting the belt in such a manner that it drove the tines of the fork into the abdomen, passing nearly through him. Dr. Butler was called and the wounds of the patient cared lor. Ai last accounts he was resting easy with a fair chance of recovery unless some unforeseen complication sets in. . Thursday evening the little son of E. E. DeArmond, w.ho resides near Airlie on Soda Creek, was playing in a corral where a number of horses were feeding, the horses became frightened and started to run, with the result that the boy waa run over and trampled under the feet of one of the horses, cutting a bad gash in the right tem ple and mashing one of his feet badly. While bis injuries are not considered dangerous, he will be laid up for some time. '' . Late Peaches for Sale. The late Crawford Teaches, the fin est variety in the world for canning, are now Teady for delivery. Those de siring peaches can be accommodated by calling up either main 364 or farmers 348. Get your orders in early as we have only a limited amount this season. 13.14 D. L. Hedges. The C Street Millinery store will be open about the first of September with anew and complete line of up-to-date goods. A firstclass trimmer will be in charge. 12-13 Wanted Mill and yard hands $2 per day, Willamette Lumber uom pany, Dallas, Oregon. The Novelty Dress Goods For Fall HAVE ARRIVED NOVELTY COLORS will be the pcial feature tlii season. We are showing a remarkable range of hadei in OUJKOSK, LOB6TKK, WISTARIA, CATAWBA, SMOKK.TAUI'K. MAHOGANY, MULBERRY, AM ETHYST, and all ptaplw colors. .SATIN FINISH fabrics still lead. Salem'B Lest dresstru have learned to look to our dress goods department for the neaon'8 most stylish creations. Fancy Silks for waif ts will he in great demand this all. The Dew PERSIAN STRIPES in .combinations of novelty colorings are favorite. Plaids will again be jiopular. Have your New Dress fitted over one of Thompson's Glove-Fitting Corsets The new m del3 produce that long, slender effect so much desired by particular dressers. We show a model for very figure. Barnes' Gash Store E. T. BARNES, Pro., Salem WE UNDERSELL CREDIT STORES 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 rndependence 150. acres In cultivation. This Is another of the good buys. Will sel at $50 an acre. 324 acres 4 miles from Monmouth, 1 . from railroad; 160 acres In cultiva tion. 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 sandy loam soil. Good improvements. Price $15,500. 235 acres, almost all in cultivation at 1 $40 an acre. See Us for City Residences 12 room house and basement, barn, chicken houses, windmill and tanks, water system throughout. Dwell ing is modern, with patent toilet, bath, laundry in basement, Beptic tank, etc. Range goes with proper ty. Nothing better in Independ- , ence. $4000. . 9-room house and 2 lots in Monmouth desirable location; good improve ments. Price $1500. An acr of land and 6-room house; good Improvements, lumber on the ground for barn and other Improve ments and goes with place at $730. ' Look this up. CHAS.E. HICKS REAL ESTATE CO. On motion of Mr. Hubbard, Mr.