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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1909)
GEM RESTAURANT C STREET C K. KOOIER, PROPRIETOR INDKPKNDKNCK. OKKXiON IVt Cla-i in Kvry ReP-t. 0Hi Day and Night. Regular MhU.. js ceuta. Short Order at all "ours. Uha u. a Trial. Auditorium Skating Rink OVIATT BROS.. Prorpletors Open EVERY EVENING Except SUNDAY From 7:30 la. 10 Double session every Saturday evening Good Music, Hardwood Floor and flr.Ulasa Skat-.. Com out and j 'enjoy yourself. No Rowdyism allowed. Clover Seed Wanted We are In the market for Red aad Alslke Clover Seed. Send sain plea and state Quantity for sale FARM SEEDS Remember that we carry a complete stock of Farm and Field Seed Including a complete stock of Grass Seed.. Seed Grain, etc Wri.e for price, matin quantity wanted. Samples sent free. Our price, are tbe lowest in the valley for first-class seeds. 18-21 D. A. WHITE & SONS, SALEM. OREGON PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY Get your laundry done at the INDEPENDENCE JTEin LAUNDRY All ork guaranteed to be flrst-clasa. Our price, are right. Wagon calls for your bandies HAUSER BROS. 51 LEH, Props, of Salem Gun Store OREGON We now have on display a very fine and complete line of Base Ball Goods, Lawn Tennis Sup plies and also Fine Fishing Tackle Send for-Catalogue of Base Ball Uniterm Farmers' Feed and Sales Stable H. EICHEL, Proprietor Grain and Hay for Sale. Horace boarded by day, week or month, at reasonable .-ate-NEPENDrNCE, OREGON. The Salem Steam Laundry GUARANTEES YOU PERFECT WORK Leave order at D. Taylor's Barber Shop, Independence, Oregon Specials for this Week Towels, stamped to embroider. . 79c The Famous Needlecraft Cherry ' Pillow 50c The latest Waists are those embroidered on French Eton Crepe which require no starching or ironing. Full waist length, J stamped to embroider or braid "T REMEMBER, we are selling the balance of our-Ready Made Shirt Waists and Tub Suits at One-Half to One-Third Off. 2 Needlecraft iShop Mrs. S. C. Wall 270;N. Com'l. St, Salem, Oregon H. Hinchberg, Pres. A. N.laon, Vice Pre.. 0. W. Iryine, Caab. The Independence National Bank Incorporated 1889 Transacts a General Banking Business Interest Paid on Tim Deposits Director: H. Hiraohberg, A. Nelson, D. W. Sear., B. F. Smith and J. E. Rhode.. The Fighting Chance ROBERT W. CHAMBERS Copyright, 1906, by the Curtis l'ulllhtng Company. Copyright, 1901, by Robert W. Chambers. (Continued from laat weefc) lsu't that a aluuulim picture ?" aald Siward In a low voice. "What a beau ty he la like a statue In white aud blue veined marble. You may talk. Mlsa I.andls; woodcock don't flush at the sound of the human voice as grouse do." See his brown eyes roll back at us! He wonder why we dou't do aome thing!" whispered the girl. "Look, Mr. Siward! Now his head Is moving, oh. so gradually to the left1" "The bird Is moving on the ground." nodded Siward. "Now the bird has stopiwd." "I do wish I could see a woodcock on the ground." she breathed. "Do you think we mlk'bt by any chancer Siward noiselessly sank to his knees snd crouched, keen eyes minutely busy among the shadowy browns and gray of wet earth and withered lenf. and efter awhile cautiously he slgunled the girl to kueel leslile him and stretch ed out one arm, forellngcr extended. "Sight straight along my arm." he said, "as though It were a rifle barrel." Her soft cheek reRted against his shoulder, a stray strand of shining hair brushing his face. "Under that bunch of fern." he whis pered. "Just the color of the dead leaves. Do you see? Don't you see that big woodcock squatted flat, bill pointed straight out and resting on the leaves V After a long while she saw suddenly, nd an exquisite little shock tightened her fingers on Slward's extended arm. "Oh. the feathered miracle!" she whispered. "The wonder of its clever ness to hide like that! You look and stare, seeing It all the while and not knowing that you see It. Then In a flash it is there, motionless, a brown shaped shadow among shadows. The dear little thing! Mr. Siward, do you think are you going to" "No, I won't shoot it." "Thank you. Might I sit here a moment to watch It?" She seated herself soundlessly among the dead leaves. He sank In to place beside her, laying his gun aside. "Doihor. rnni-h on the dog," he . . l it t t - n said, with a grimace. t ow. It is very good of yon, Mr. SIwu.-!. to do this for my pleasure. Oh h! Do you see? Oh, the little beauty r The woodcock bad risen, plumage puffed out, strutting with wings bowed and tall spread, facing the dog. The sudden pygmy defiance thrilled her. "Brave, brave!" she exclaimed, en raptured, but at the sound of her voice the bird crouched like a flash, large dark liquid eyes shining, long bill pointed straight toward them. "He'll fly the way his bill points," iid Siward. "Watch!" He rose. She sprang light y to her feet There came a whirring flutter, a twittering shower of sweet notes, soft wings beating almost in their very faces, a distant shadow against the sky, and the woodcock was gone. Quieting the astounded dog, gun iradled in the hollow of his left arm, tie turned to the girl beside him. "That sort of thing wins no cups," he said. "It wins something else, Mr. Si ward my very warm regard for you." "There is no choice between that and the Shotover cup," he admitted, con sidering her. Ido you mean it?" "Of course I do!" "Then you are much nicer than I thought you. And, after all, if the pi-ice of a cup Is the life of that brave little bird I had rather shoot clay pigeons. Now you will scorn me, I suppose. Begin!" "My ideal woman has never been a life taker," he said coolly. "Once when I was a boy there was a girl, very 'lovely, my first sweetheart; I saw her at the traps once just after she had killed her seventh pigeon straight, 'pulling it down' from over head, you know, very ciever. i,i .a hi-onthine on the erass, and it made sounds"- He shrugged nnd walked on. "Sue Kiuea uei iwcu- ty-first bird straight. It was a hand some cup too. And after a silence, "So you didn't love her any more, Mr. Siward mockingly sweet. They laughed, and at the sound of laughter the tall stemmed alders echo ed with the rushing roar of a cock grouse thundering skyward. Crack! Crack! Whirling over and over through a cloud of floating feathers, a heavy weight struck the springy earth. There lay the big mottled bird, splendid silky ruffs spread, dead eyes closing, a sin gle tiny crimson bead twinkling like a ruby on tbe gaping beak. "Dead!" said Siward to the dog who had dropped to shot. "Fetch!" And, signaling the boy behind, he relieved the dog of his burden and tossed the dead weight of ruffled plumage to ward him. Then he broke his gun, and as the empty shells flew rattling backward slipped in fresh cartridges, locked the barrels and walked for ward, the flush of excitement still staining his sunburned face. "Yon deal death mercifully, satd the girl In a low voice. "I wonder whnt your ei-ilevant sweetheart would iniua 01 you. "A bungler had t-etter stick to the traps," he asseuted. Ignoring the badl aage. "1 am wouderlng." she said thought fully, "what I thluk of men who kill." lie turned sharply, hesitated, shrug ged. "Wild thing' llea are uriei m best-fox or flying tun, wei uiw ,i,a- mvl hawk, weasel or man. Hut the death nmu deals Is the most mer ciful. Besides" he added, laughing, "ours Is not a case of sweethearts." "My argument la purely In the ab stract. Mr. 81 ward. I am asking you whether the death uieu deal la more Justifiable than a woman'a gift of ..otith." ' Oh. well, life tuklng. the giving of life-there cau I only one answer to the mystery, and 1 dou't know It," he replied, smiling. "I do." "Tell uie, then, he snld," atlll amused. They had passed awale after swale of silver birches, waist deep In per 'urned fern ui.d brake. The big tim ber lay before them. She moved for ward, light guu swung easily across her leather padded shoulder, end on the wood's sunuy edge sho seated her self, straight young back agalust a giant pine, gun balanced across her flattened knee. "You are feeling the puce a little." he suld, coming up and standing In frout of her. "The pace? No, Mr. Siward." She sat, bright bead pillowed In her arms, Idly attentive to his low running comment on beast and bird and tree, on forest stillness and forest Bounds, on' life aud the wild laws of life and death governing the great out world twlxt sky and earth. Somewhere in the woouiauu ww.u the crows were holding a noisy ses d,, nn.i Rl.fl told him that was the Jury debating the degree of his guilt in killing the birds. n "Because you're guilty, of course, she continued. "I wonder what your sentence is to be? "I'll leave it to you," he suggested lazily. "Suppose I sentenced you to alay no more?" JUST RECEIVED A Tnll and CompIde4Line of Buster Brown and Wliiteliouse FOR CHILDREN SHOES Kvery pair warranted Ilea and Women- Also Cotton Blankets and Comforts P.H.DREXLER.THE GROCER Corner of Main ana" Menmouth Streets Independence, Ore, We Make a Specialty of Farm Produce POLK COUNTY BANK Monmouth, Orefjon Paid capital, $30,000.00 Transacts a General Banking Business OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: j h. Hawley. Pres. J. B. V. Butler. Vice Pres. Ira C, Powell. Cash. F. 8. rewell. J. B. Jtump. 1. M. 61m F. Lj. G -A. I jNT HI S Dealer In Tobacco. Cigars. Soft Drinks, and Lunch Goods. It you want to enjoy a quiet game of pool or aolo. come here. INDEPENDENCE. OREGON Money and time inve8ted In a training at thl. achool. Insure, the P"' . ssion of substantia, dividends throughout life. We t. ..per. terert la he welfare of each student Using expen.e. low. Send for catalogue. W-1- Staley, Principal Salem, Oregon (To be continued) Salem's Greatest and Most Sue- . ,,! th business the greatest In our history. rWP The people appreciate high-class merchandise sold at low prl UIC . the greatest stock in Salem to nu. your t.u purclia,,.. from, come to u. CMcmo Sioro. lb. .lor. ttu I"1'- . cess ful St Hiah-Class Tailor-Made Suits, Coats and Millinery sold at Low Prices If you ' want values that surpass, goods that sur pass, and styles In cloaks, suits, and millinery that' surpass anything you can find In this part of the world come to the Chicago Store. We have the proof right here. We are doing the business and that Is proof enough that the people are wide awake to good styles and values, also the low pri ces. We buy right we sell right and we do the volume of business. That is the reason we can undersell our competitors. See these prices: La dies' $8.00 Broadcloth Cloaks from $3.90 up; La-, dies' $18.00 swell suits from $10.50 and up; La dies' all wool sweaters from $1.90 and up; La dies' silk petticoats from $3.45 and up; Ladles trimmed hats $2.50, $3.50 and up. Remember theHe are all the newest goods. Mountains of all the latest and newest DRESS GOODS AND SILKS ' " T", , thmnoii thU Mammoth stock. There is not a class. Now on sale. Come to oar store and ook h beauuful imported goods for ev- Weave or style in these ugh fromty intelligent lady is all we want and we are to"?? We h'Sh'C,aM E0d8 " PriC6S- Flne sllks yard 25c' 35c- 49c- 65c' 750 a"d "P Itl Dress Goods, yard 25c, 35c. 39c. 45c. 49c,65c. 69c and up 1000 pair of ' Blankets now on sale 49c, 65c, 75c. 98c and up CHICAGO STORE SALEM, OREGON THE STORE THAT SAVES YOU MCNEY 5000 yards of Standard Outing Flannel, per yard, 4c.
