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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1909)
PO INDEPENDENCE EN i hKFRiL iNPcrrNnrMrr, rRFf, "intv. December 2i. noa. number AivTvtNTH YEAR " EVANGELISTS TO HOLD FORTH FIRST MEETING IN AUDITORIUM SUNDAY, JANUARY 2. , Independence to B. Morally and Ra ( llglously Improved Through Effort of Unltsd Churchss of City and Band of Ravlval Workers. The churches of Independence have .vry nolo rliiK out t,"ur whllo hi lw ton.s 1UP IiIkIi "'" l' b and pur. He baa an Inherited niultal umpr anient, mid as a sympathetic Inter preter of (lill music h equal toluy.- Mora lila conversion bo sang on Hi" ' f'"1 hh, but ha haa now i.im-rl d Ills talents to the U.rd. IN waa born In New York, rt-lved hla dmatlon In the graded aihool. aft'-rward at tending the State Normal of Peiiiiayl vanla, atudylnic mnaln 'n ,u' Nl"w England Conservatory of Munl al lloHton. Ms.. later taking vocal training of Prof. Ka.kllff and ITof. WagUtln-r. both noted Ucrman leath ers of Now York City; al.o the world fainoua gospel singer, I". P. nil 100 "" nitiiitlns horn of Ghlr.go. Prof. Leonard ha. united tor mo iiurim. --, ,1.rl.nce aa a a aiitri j tT iMaT nil iwii - - meetings for the moral and rellgloua benefit of the entire town ana aur rounding country. Evangelist Rev. George W. Taylor. Mra. Taylor and Prof. F. F. Leonard, all of national fame and Importance, have, by a pe culiar providence, been secured to conduct thla campaign. The local pastors and other leaden of our churches have already algned aa agreement with the owners of the auditorium to begin the meetings In thla lmmenae building Sunday, Jan uary J. Nearly all of our buetneae and profeealonal men have been con sulted and have signed a resolution endorsing the movement and agree ing to give It all needed encourage ment. Evangelist Taylor of Los Angeles, who was once a successful paator In the middle west, haa been engaged In evangelistic work for sixteen yeara. conducting big meetings In the eaat, middle west and much of our coaat country. He was born 48 year ago In Kentucky. He la both a college and university man and has delved deeply Into the treaaurea of the Bible, and knows bow to present them with great clearness and tremendous pow er. In one of his meetings to" Illi nois there were forty professed con versions In seventy minutes. His wife travels with him and is a mas ter of Ihe cornet Prof. F. F. Leonard, the musical director and soloist, Is by nature en dowed with a wonderful voice bf great range and remarkable sweet ness. His voice la a lyric tenor, and yet he sweeps the whole gamut, and OLD COUNCIL'S LAST SESSION CLOSE BOOKS FOR YEAR THE FISCAL business man, politician and man of th. world, and alnce bis conversion 1.1. XilIDD SinKT ' 11 im lum mm D - been phenomenal. n.r luinarrf hu assisted Boany of the greatest evangelists. Including Rev. R. A. Torry, Oypsle Bmitn, u. Campbell Morgan of England. P. P. Bllhorn. E. O. Crablll. and Bam e. Mitchell of San Francisco. Hla splen did work In organising and leading large choirs and hla beautiful and touching solos have given him a wide reputation aa" gospel singer. Ill Health Is Mora Expaw.lv. Than Any Cura, Thla country la now filled with peo pie who migrate across the continent la all directions seeking that which gold cannot buy. Nine-tenth of them are Buffering from throat and hrS trouble or chronic catarrh resulting from neglected colds, and spending fortunes vainly trying to regain lost hearth. Could every sufferer but un the naat and cure that first neg lected cold, all thla sorrow, patn. anx iety and expense could have been avoided. Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy la famous for its cures of cold, and can always be depended npon. Uee it and the mora serious diseases may be avoided. For sale by P. M. Klrkland. A. basket ball game will be played thla evening at the auditorium be tween the Independence high achool basket ball team and one from the Corvallls high school. An admission of 15 and 25 cents will be charged. W. T. Hoffman, President of Coun cil, Offers Resignation but Same1, Is Not Aecaptad Pending Adjourned Meeting to Audit Books. Council met Tuesday evening In Ita last session before the organization of the new council elected last No vember. Four members of the coun cil were present bosldea President of i the Council W. T. Hoffman; J. E. Hubbard. J. 8. Bohannon. M. Mix and , t t. Ilanna. ! Reading of bills followed and me i J . aaroe were oraerea piu: Roy DeArmond v406" Enterprise 0C J. A. Byers was elected to aerve aa deputy city marshal to aci m place of Marshal Feagles who Is con fined In a hospital at Balem. Mr. t ers will serve during the remainder f the fiscal year when a regular election of marshal will lane Pi at convention of new council in Jan- .... A alx mlll tax levy was vpiea oj the council to be nred tor general city purposee. Tht, city charter provides that In coming mayor must have a report made showing the general financial standing of the city- at the beginning .. fiscal year An adjourned meeting of the council waa taken to i... -i.ht when the financial ram- win have had their report ready , for submission and which will be ready for the public ai mo - nual meeting of the council wa, take, plaea the- first Monday m Jan uary . i - - GEO. W. TAYLOR, EVANGELIST MONMOUTH NEWS GREAT MAN'S TELEPHONE HARRIMAN A SLAVE TO TELEPHONE. THE Much of Power and Influence of the phone, ratrhlng a fluctuating mr CHRISTMAS DANCE MU8IC BY Independence Orchestra OPERA HOUSE SPECTATORS 25c DECEMBER 25, 1909 Tbeae bright aunny days have glv en the farmere In thla locality oppor Mmltv tn azaln resume work In the flelda. Miss Ethel Lucas and Miss Blanche Mulkey are each the happy possessor of a new ntano. Our merchante report that business Is very brisk with the closing of the year, and that they have nothing to complain of In the matter of patron ace. ur. Wattu Whitman returned to her home In Portland after apendlng Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. M V. Wheelock. Mr. and Mra. Irvine of Puyallup, Washington, are visiting at the home of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mra. A. V. Poole. Our McRernolda and wife of Seatle are visiting with the parent of Mr. MrRflvnolda thla week. Mr. aad Mrs. H. K. Slckafoose have returned from the Perrydale country mil will again reside at Monmouth. Th.u mm rrienda are oleaaed to 4 USH J welcome them back. ' mlu.l t,f tlie frmr who rot: 'I would as 'h.ii think of tnowli ?; my bay with an old fmhton.-d sytl. as try to mnduct uiy rirn siifful ly wtthotii a telephone." Throughout the farmlns world telephone toiny Is a popular and u ful Instrument. Il was n' I0" auo when Its ue in rural section was u.iheard of. Now It Is th farmer's greatext aid lu bUHiuess, In home llfo and for protwlion. Ho sell hi. rrniM tth the aid of thu teli- Man Was Dus to Aid of His Tele phone, Being His Ready Mssssnger Which Reached His Great Advisers. "His great Instrument was the tele phone." said a biographer of the late Edward H. Harrlman In the Wall Street Journal. "He always had It beside him. The Harrlman switch board waa one of the best equipped , k,-t at lta vtry tip. In the spreading of weather reports It has aaved many thousands of dollars every seanon to the fruitgrowers of the country. U brightens the lives and enriches the social opportunities of the wives and daughtera on the farm. It is their protection against hoboea and ma rauders when the men-folk are away. Perhaps Its greatest service Is in bringing nearer to noire me k..iiD. am tha veterinary In an- and the busiest In New York. Wbeth-, instantly every eu.ergeny er In his office, his library, bis bed-,. , Ul una ui a.v room or bla bamroom, tne teiepnone. waa always there, and when he went Into the Oregon wilderness the tele phone would go, too. '"A slave to the telephone, wrote a New York editor in commenting on Harriman and his telephone. 'Non sense,' ssld Harrlman, when this was called to his attention, 'the telephone Is a slave to me." It Is altogether likely that much of the power and Influence of the The telephones on farms are grow ing more and more popular and nu meroua. The statement U made by the Western Electric Company, man ufacturer of the "Bell" telephones, that over 100.000 of lta new type of rural tclephonea have been aold In the past ten months. There are now cioae to two mlUlan telephones on I . i 4 ijr "irwa" Tims to be thinking of that trip to CALIFORNIA via the . SHASTA & ROUTE .H "ROAD OF A THOUSAND WONDERS" of the SOUTHERN PACIF ;j COMPANY TH.S 18 THE ROUTE OF THAT MAGNIFICENT TRAIN SHASTA LIMITED Luxurious equipment, high-clase service, magnificent scenery enroute and Barbara, and other famous Winter Resorte 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 . wlington. Libera, stop-overs tn .either direction, w th ina e--torn limit six months. Ask any local O. R. & N. or S. P. Agent tor , JrrSTdewsrlbln. the beauties of California as a Winter Para dise, or write to Wm. McMurray GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT, PORTLAND, ORE. JOIll BLAZE THREATENS TOWN . . , - ..... .nvniiid last nlnht at 2 o'clock In the Tha town or inoopmmnv - , . J . mornlna by a fir. alarm. Strang to aay there were not a holf dox.n ou on tha atreeta at that hour. Tha first man to show up at the city hall to help, drag out the fire fighting apparatua waa the Baker, Mr. Webber, who with the assistance of tha, editor of tha Enterprise, pulled th. hose rart ,POund on Main street Edwin Wallace came boundlnjg acros. the r.llroad, drawing on a ehirt over bar. ahoulders, for all th. world like a hero. Th. fire, which proved to be In Je... Whiteak.r-s place of busl ness, gained so much headway that th. building waa a total loss In sprte of thel heroic work of the firemen. It is understood that Mr. Whlteak.r carried an Insurance on ills stock of goods but It is believed that h. will suffer considerable loss from the damages of th. fir. and water. It I. almost miraculous that th. hotd did not burn as the two buildings loins by about two feet. Much good work was done at tha fir. by J. L. : ..u- th fire bringing a couplo of chemicals. It was large- nanna wnu - - y through Ms efforts that tha hotel waa saved. Everybody was out. A. N. Poole and family have re turned from Newport and taken up their residence here. Peter Springer, accompanied by his daughter Lillie and Misses Ruth and Edith Fugate, drove to Salem last Saturday. Following a custom of thirty or more years' duration, a family re union and Christmas entertainment will be given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.- B. V. Butler this Christmas. It is expected that this event will eclipse any former occasion of the kind which haa been held at the But ler home. A very interesting meeting was held at the regular session of Agate Rebekah lodge, No. 177, Thursday ev ening, December 16. One new mem ber was initiated and nine names were balloted on. An interesting pro gram was rendered and last but not least, the state president, Mrs. Car rie Hubbard was present and gave an excellent talk. Refreshments, consist ing of popcorn balls and apples, were served. The basket ball game between Dal las College juniors and Monmouth high school team Saturday evening resulted in the defeat of Dallas by a score of 16 to 8. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Zeber have ar rived in town from Washington to spend the holidays with Mrs. Zeber's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Grounds. C. F. Grover and wife arrived in Monmouth Monday from the Philip pine Islands to spend an indefinite visit at the home of Mrs. Grover's parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. Neal of this place. Mr. Grover is in the em ploy of the civil service of the islands. farms in this country. When President Roosevelt's Coun- ui mo - ; try tare commission wem late Mr. Harrlman waa due to h I fnnerB iast year. hearing testimony mitted M much. His telephone was his aver present messenger, always ready for service. With it he reached all of his business associates and ev ery corner of his vast railroad ter ritory. A man who puts the tele phone In his home places himself in the avenue of approach to millions of other homes, shops, offices and farms. Just as with the railroad king, so It la with farmers and men in other walks of life. The telephone in the home or business place of many a man less famous than Harrlman is performing a work Just as great in Importance, and perhaps is proving even more of a blessing than to the nn conditions of farm life, it report ed that the greatest encouragement to farming of the belter sort and more healthful life in country dis trict, was given by Just such agenc ies a good roads, the extension of !the rural mall system and the farm telephone. For a Lam. Back. When you have pains or lameness la the back hath, the parts with Chamberlain's Liniment twice a day,, maseaging with the palm of the hand for five minutes at each application. Then dampen a piece of flannel slightly with this liniment and biud It on over the .eat of pain, and you w,r h aumrUed to aee how quickly HOT Sttl kAaa avur mmmanil could be carried out The Instrument was the lameness disappears. probably just as Important in the by P. M. K-irmana FRAE E'S" rand Opening of eauty Parlors A noted beauty specialist from the East has btu Imported at great expense to assume charge of this de partment, condu'.t manicuring parlors and handle a complete line of toilet articles and hair goods. Th complete manicuring parlor equipment from the Port land store has been brought to Salem for the asc cf this modern store. pair goods m plum A large balcony has been erected in the stoi..- 10 b" used exclusively for beauty parlors and the most" com plete line of hair goods ever shown in the Willamette valley. An expert has assumed her duties here. She is the only specialist of the kind in Salem. Yo.i are in vited to call and Inspect our new department, me t the beauty specialist, and tell us what you ihink cf lau innovation. Bans MANAG-R j;y Com.ne.vial M., SALEM, OR. i i "