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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1909)
INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE eiXTKtNTH YEAR INDEPENDENCE, OREGO... FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17. 109. NUMBER 29 ALL PARTS OF POLK COUNTY MANY INCIDENTS RELATINQ TO PEOPLE ABOUT US. J. L. Flshback Worked at Erection of National Capitol Building Ray Savlar of Black Rock Dlaa Suddan ly Othar Intsretslng Itama. Afu-r an llliu-sa of aliort duration from brain fevrr llay Bevler of HIu k Ilork died in the Dallaa hospital Ua( wm k. II la survived by a father and brother, Orvlllo, at Eugene and a brother, Guy, at Falls CHy. News of the young nian'e death came without warning to the father and brother at Fire broke out In the residence of Mrs. Irene Dalton of Monmouth Mon day of laat week. On account of frees lng weather It was with difficulty that the flamea were extinguished be fore much damage waa done. M. N. Suver of Lurklamute made an unaucceaaful attempt at delivering ' a drove of boga to Dallaa laat week during the anow atorm by mena of a large aled. After aeveral trlale to make headway with the contrivance the hoga were dumped out and driven back home. J. L. Flahback, an old resident of Antloch neighborhood, three miles woat of Monmouth, died at hie home the 3rd of thla month after a protract ed Illness. Mr. FlHhback, who wan one of tbe highly respected realdenU of Polk county, waa aeventy ali years of age at the time of hie death. A large family survives him, constating of a wife, aeven aona and two daugh ters. The dlatlnctlon la to hla credit Of having been one of the mechanic who helped to build the national cap Itol building at Washington, D. C. A booster meeting of the commer cial club at Falls City waa held last Saturday night when plans were ef focted for putting that thriving town on the map. One of the features of tbe occasion was a basket social at which cash prises were given for the tasili'nl bakoL John Huvh r, an n'd and r i-d resident of t'anpt-r Hollow, dld at hi home lam wi k afu-r a lingering 111 irv of many year from rancor. Mine MukkIu IWblea of 8l"in waa married last w k at Dallas to II Morrison, son of one of the pioneer families of Oregon. Tli.-y will iuk their futturo homo In Dallas. Rev. I). 8. Poling, father of Dr. C. 0. I'otlUR, died last week at hla home In Pennsylvania at the advanced sn ot elKhty years. He had been an act ive member of the Evangelical church for fifty yeara. More than throe hundred teachers of Polk county attended the annual teachera' Institute at Dallaa last week. The remarkable thing la thai only three teachers of the county were not In attendance. Among the educators of the atate In attendance were E. D. Ressler of Oregon Agri cultural College, L. R. Alderman of University of Oregon, R. F. Robinson of Multnomah county, J. M. Powers, Superintendent of Balora city achools, Dr. W. J. Kerr, President of Oregon Agricultural College, C. M. Kendall of Albany, and others. Mrs. W. W. Bird died last week of typhoid fever at her home near Dallas. She waa a pioneer of Oregon having resided In Polk county for 24 yeara. She leave a husband and four children. A Tacoma company ef capitalists haTe Juat purchased a tract of 231 acrea of land near the northern bor der of Polk county at a cost of f IV 180. With their former purchases there thla inertasea their holdings to 2000 acre which tbe company will subdivide Into ten and twenty acre tracts and plant out to walnuts and fruit. This land will finally be put on the market to eastern colonisla at 1300 an acre. A permanent organisation of the real estate firms of Albany baa Just been perfected. Every real estate firm of the city la a member or me organisation. , . Thoughtful -aapWIOif freatment of tuberculosis, pneumonia, paralyals and nervous diseases were read last week at Dallas at the meeting of the Polk and Yamhill Counties Medical Association. At the business meeting all old officers were re-elected and the time and place of the next meet- FALSE REPORT SAYS NEWELL WRITES LETTER TO INOEPEN OENCE ENTERPRISE. (Continued on page eight.) CHRISTMAS DANCE MUSIC BY Independence Orchestra OPERA HOUSE SPECTATORS 25o DECEMBER 25, 1909 Declares Klamath Project Charges Ara Untrue and Recite History of Charge and the Deal Alltosd to Have Been Mad. The following letter to the Inde pendence Enterprise In which he de nies charge of swindle, director of the United State reclamation ser vice, F. K. Newell, write a follows: A number of newspaper bava pub lished an article charging that graft I suspected In connection with cer tain purchase of canals by tbe U. 8. reclamation aervlce for the Klamath project in Oregon because of the high price paid. The price In Ques tion were published In a pamphlet and generally distributed long In ad vance of the purchase, and were spe cifically approved by the board of di rector of the water ucr' associa tion, which 1 a corporation compris ing all landowner In the project. The charge In question, except those regarding the Moore Bros, eon tract, which are new, were presented to President Roosevelt and to the several aceretal of tbe interior, Hitchcock, Garfield and Ballinger, and disposed of by all of them being without foundation. Abel Adr of Klamath Falls. Or egon, who recently repeated these charcea to the senate committee on irrigation, originally- preaented them in 1905 and waa at that time given a public opportunity to substantiate them, at a meeting of tbe board of directors of the Water Users' Associa tion held March 4,190. Mr. Ady publicly withdrew all charge of graft and withdrew his objection to the price paid. The following Is Quoted from the minute of that meeting: "Mr. Adr state that so far a any fraud or Intention of anything of the kind was concerned hla letters to the secretary were never intended to be bo taken; that if he had known of any fraud he would have bo stated In hi letter in so many words . . . and that ho would have been willing to dm fierneri tn car double the amount agreed upon for tbe canals, etc., to save a year's delay in the rnnntructlon of the project. These charges are now revived when those most directly connected are not connected with the reclama tion service, namely the lata Secre tary Hitchcock, Director Charles D. Waucott, now secretary of the Smith sonian Institution, and Supervising Time to be thinking of that trip to CALIFORNIA via the SHASTA &r ROUTE and "ROAD OF A THOUSAND WONDERS" of the SOUTHERN PACIF IC COMPANY. THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THAT MAGNIFICENT TRAIN SHASTA LIMITED Luxurious equipment, high-class service, magnificent scenery en route, and all the pleasing features that go to make winter travel easy. Now is the time to see the Old Missions, Paso Robles Hot Springs, Del Monte, Santa Barbara, and other famous Winter Resorts in California, the Land of Sun shine and Flowers. Special Round Trip Rate From Independence $56.95 To Los Angeles, with corresponding low rates from all other points in Ore gon and Washington. Liberal stop-overs in either direction, with final re turn limit six months. Ak any local O. R. & N. or S. P. Agent for at tractive booklets describing the beauties of California as a Winter Para dise, or write to Wm. McMurray GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT, PORTLAND, ORE. Eukiur J. li. Upptucott, now engi neer fur Ui Los Augck-s aqueduct. Too (.barges in detail aru as fol lows: 1. Thai the government paid $H3, 00 for the (In in Bli.t and reservoir alto at Clear Lake, Included in the Curr am a whllo thla property had Loon offered fo sain for tM.ooo. The records of thj government show that pending the negotiations tor the purchave which included only a part of the ranch, the entire ranch aold fur 1300,000, and that the por tion bought by the United States, about one-half of the laud and valu able riparian rights, was fully worth lis proportional part of the entire ranch. A the hearing before the sen ate committee, V. C Dalton, who was part owuer of tbe ranch de nounced as false the statement that the rauch bad been offered for $35, 000 and offered to forfeit $500 to any one who could substantiate such a statement 2. It is charged that the Adams ca nal for which the government paid $100,000, had been valude by the engi neer of the service at $31,000. This Is entirely wrong. The engi neer reported that it construction cost about $78,000 and that the prop erty was fully worth $100,000 to the Unfed States. The former owner now expresses hi willingness to re purchase the system at a higher price and claim that he. would make a profit by such a transaction. 3. That the Ankeny canal was pur chased for $104,000 cash though vat ued at $20,000 by the government en gineer. Both statements are false. The purchase price was $50,000 and the canal was never valued at less than $50,000 by any government engineer. While the government was negotiat ing this purchase an offer of $50,000 in cash was made for the canal by outside parties. 4. There is a claim that the gov ernment purchased the ditch of the Moore Brothers and allowed to them (Continued on page six) HOW HANS HEALED SICK The American Indian is the craf tiest, most reasoning and deepest student of barbaric or semi-barbaric people. He knows more about the secrets of nature: his history shows a closer touch with natural laws, than even the legions of the Aryan or Cau casian race. Especially interesting i3 the studj of the Indian and his methods of curing his sick. In addition to his wonderful knowledge of plant life and the mixing of it to bring forth health concoctions, the Indian is said to be the first race to study the value of mineral water ba hs. Long before the chemist and alchemist of Europe had analyzed the waters of th'lr fa tnous springs and found medical prop erties there, t'.ie North Anuriia.i In dian was curing his sick at Fa o Ro bles Hot Springs. The; oM Franciscan monks, while making their wonderful journeys, building their missions and teaching Christianity along the California coast, l'i-nquently sat at the Indian council tamp fires and heard there tales of a wonderful spring where in to bathe was to be male fei from tl jeasc. The tales sc-fri.ed unholy worship nt;d iio..p:-nsf to the holy fathers, but at leng h ;Jvy, tco, caught the enihu-. siasm of the I.idiar.s and their sick began the l Ilstimtiw to Paso Rjblr?s (the Pass of the Oaks), so namrd by those holy men. Then began a series of reporls to the Papal home of the church ar.d to the Kin j cf Spain, so that early in the rc'gn or Castle over California these springs were regarded as the ideal spot sought for by Ponce de Le-; on. i But asidn from the romance of the j Indian and the holy reports of 'he Franciscan monks, Paso Robles today is making fame ' for her waters by reason of her-wonderful cures. Rheumatism, gout, kidney and stomach troubles disappear before the bath treatments at Paso Robles so quirkly that the citizens of Paso Ro bles eW.m that no case can be severe enouch to defeat the waters from n 0 III I ARE NOW READY FOR YOU We're showing the most complete line of Holiday nov elties suitable for Christmas presents thai you have ev er seen In our store. Remember that "cash store" pri ces apply to Holiday gooda as well as to all regular lines. See our Una of Dolls, Games, Books, Toi let Cases, Photo Cases, Col lar and Cuff Boxes, Shaving Sets. Handkerchiefs, etc. An sort of fancy notioas. Early buyers find best se lections. Don't forget that PRACTICAL PRESENTS are often more acceptable than useless finery. A nice dress pattern or silk waist pattern or fine silk umbrella for your wife, or a suit of clothes, a good overcoat or a pair of shoe for the boy will be appreciated be ' cause they are useful Trade early in tbe mornings if yoa caa, because we can erve you better then tbaa la he afternoon rtsb. Barnes' Cash Store E. T. BARNES, PROPRIETOR, SALEM, ORE60N F RAKE'S grand 0 petting of eanty Parlors A notad beauty specialist from the East has been imported at great expense to assume charge cf this de partment, conduct manicuring parlors and hacu'.lii a omplete line of toilet articles and hair goods. Th ? complete manicuring parlor equipment from the lJcr land store has been brought to Salem for the use of this modern store. 1 Hair 6 ood$ em- porium A large balcony has been erected iu the store to ' used exclusively for beauty parlors and the most com plete line of hair goods ever shown iu the Willamette valley. An expert has assumed her duties here. She is the oniy specialist of the kind iu Sa'.?ui. V r; are, in vited to call and inspect our new depamuijut. meet the beauty specialist, and tell us what you think of :iv innovation. miss IU, D. 8an$ MANAGER 279 Commercial . I ., SALEM. OR. I (Continued on page eight.)
