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CIQHT PACES INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE. INDEPENDENCE, QRIOON. MAY g7. 1810. PAGE POUR Lid bv L'uiutuuuder W. V. l'Uhr. OUR SHOE DISPLAY I lXDEl'KNDEXCK JjNTKKIMUSK " CHARLES EDWARD HICKS JEutervd it Independence. Or..., posloftW m second das Subscription, $1.50 Pr Ytr I. A. S. COOPER VISITS OREGON MONMOUTH NEWS Newman & Muaou are paint Ihk " of town. it a Marin in nrtittv Improved lit heiilth by trcntim tit In Portland. shew will soon luln mak ing brick. which will (iltv employment tO It'll IIICU. Mr mul Mm J. llli'klUUIl Visited at HAS RESIDED IN PANAMA FOR Le' ?".ou the putt returning t Tin-mi nr. j Mr. and Mr. P. II. Johnson are ; the proud parents of a sou, born May j is. ... Mesdame Stlne and Daiion re TELLS OP GREAT TRANSFORM A-, fwm Kru,,j (o(1(.e , Ku ,.,. TION TAKING PLACE ON ISTH-" Friday and report a delUh.ful time mi. I triti Mr. Nettle Hocue. who went to FIFTEEN YEARS. AtUS AND MORAL INFLUENCE OF AMERICAN OCCUPATION. n,.b..- .-.nr.iv liut KtlllillUT fur hi twnri health and to live where her son. i Philip, was teaching school, returned lust Wednesday to her home here ami Dr Arthur S. Cooper, nephew of J. wtn take rare of her father, Mr. Gull S Cooper of tUl city, la vlsitlu tblJiiamg wno t quite sick. Mrs. Itoche week at the home of his uncle. Dr.jgay, er 8on Philip, was married a Cooper is here from Panama and Uj month ago to a popular young lady of to spend some time visiting with hls.rjaker county. numerous relatives. An interesting; Mlss Frleda Grant of Dallas la vis interview was given to an Oregon iau ( ltlIlg at the i,0me of her grand moth representative at McMinnvllle last er Mrs Amauda Doughty, this week. Saturday which is herewith reprinted.: Mr. and Mrs. U.S. Port wood of Air as oIiows: lie were business visitors and shaking "Dr Arthur S. Cooper, who Is cn a j nan(l8 wlln 0ld friends Tuesday, visit to his parents, Colonel and Mrs.; c c yeater and family of Luckla j C Cooper, of McMlnuvllle. after a mute were over Sunday visitors at ;.L nr fifteen years In the trop-' jeorH, Raun's. . l 1 ' ...... . ...,....!. tha Ereat i lcs is enmu3iui.ii: vc -transformation that the I'nlted States . . rto,l nil the ISlh- Oovernmeni uao mus of Panama since establishing Its (Continued on fourth page) aU,h0riDyr 'coXr "'om Costing and genera, ranching. Much of ago. Dr. Cooper " h i th lun.l has never been examined In Blra to Panama m t. rM B(.,pn,mc manner, and HANDLES HUGE TRACT spent the largest portion of the last ourteen years at tliat pice. ing his close acquaintance with our southern neighbors, he says: My experiences with the Latin Amer icans have been the most pleasant. They have shown me every consider ation that I could expect in my home country, and at. times a great deal "During the earlier years of Dr ..iH.nr in Panama, the coopei b ico,"' French were engaged In carrying on m v o the natural resources, although known to be great, are by no means thor-. oughly explored. Originally a Railroad Grant The land involved In the purchase was originally granted to the state of Oregon In 1863 by the United States government, and was In turn granted by the state to the Willam ette Valley & Cascade Mountain Road corporation, formed for the purpose of constructing a nignway omrns-pd in carrying u oi wus" ""i - French were engagea in ..'... t,. r iitti nf the erant to , in a small way in "l umic "--j ihe canal work in wlth!thp rna(l corDOration ever passed from .!... . ,nli1 their cirareM"""' - - ... , .u Pair otic Song ..Choir and Audience. Heading- Scripiuiv .... He. ii. Chan. lunsnion. l. D. Prayer ..Hev. V. J. Weber. Slo Lliuoln's IJettysburg Addfess Itev. W. 8. Stewart. Duet Address Kev. K. K. Hrl' kle). ltiioiutlun of Monument. Patriotic Song ..Choir ami Audieueo. March to the Kiver. Special Kxerclne W. It. d Mrs. tieo. V. Conki-y, MuhVo Dl reitor. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS Baptist Church The Went Willamette Association of Baptist churches Is to hold its annual meeting with us from Monday, June 6 through Wednesday, June 8. We are making preparation to gle our denominational brethren a warm re ception. This Is the time that we rally the Hapllst forces of this val-l There will be Sunday clnol at leu1 next Sutiday.at which time the school t will begin practiclug for Children Day. There will be no preaching tier-1 . t,i i.-i.. vice in the morning as we wm In the union service at the auditor ium. Ii. Y. P. lT. meeting In the ev ening at 7:16. and preaching service at 8. The evening service will be of a musical nature. There will be vio lin solos, flute, vocal and special mu- .1-. i. ., , hni-rh rholr. All the con- V MJ - " gregational hymns will be thone writ ten by Fanny Crosby, au lover m music are especially invited to attend no regular Wednesday evening prayer meeting at 8. and the Nlble study on Friday at 8. Calvary Presbyterian tnurcn There will be no service In Calvary MAY BE SEEN ALL TH.3 WEEK AT OUR "TABLIJHMENT AND THEY ARE ALL NEW SPRING GOODS. TOO-NEW IDEAS fN FOOTWEAR TiAT ARE SURE TO MAKE 'URCHAS. ERS OF THOSE WHO LIKE TO DRESS THEIR FEET NEATLY AND COMFORTABLY. WE HAVE OXFORD TIES THAT ARE EX CEEDINGLY HANDSOME. FORMED ON UP-TO-DATE LAiTS. AND MOST GRACEFUL IN FORM. ALL SIZES TO PIT ALL FEET. THE PRICES ARE EXTREMELY MODEST. CONSIDERING THE HIGH QUALITIES. YOURS TRULY, O. A. KRAMER JEWELER AND GENTS' FURNISHINGS. . an. I oliut lv milllO of OUr beVt vocalists. TU public are cordially In vited to attena our services. ouw school will meet as usual at 10 a. m. At th Methodist Church On Sunday mornlug the pastor will preach the memorial sermon at the auditorium. All the churches will unite In this service. In the evening will bo considered the Infamous ar ticle wrlttten by a preacneriTi v f WBMK..IL aicalnst pnhibltlou The brewers anil their allies have dr ,...ioi,i thla immiihlef with the view Presbyterian church next Sunday i .......nrin- the people against vol- morning, the pastor and ?Hj ,. All are II1UI UlllfSi uniting in the union memorial service In the tabernacle. t vilne. Dr. Dunsmore will speak on the topic: "The Apparent Decline in the Moral e.tins i -Body Politic'. Special music by the Ing for "Oregon dry l'.H0 Invited to( attend. Sunday school at 10 o'clock and League at 7:20. Christian Church Sunday mwning this church will Join with the other churches In the union memorial aervlee In the auditor lum In memory of the brave men who died for our country. The pastor', evening aubject will be "Lesson of the '60's applied to 1910". It will be a historical sermon with present day application. Come at 7:30 for song and prayer. The Bible school, includ ing the two young people's club of preacher(T) by Loyal Sons luid Loyal Daughter. will meet at ten o cio a. um-r people welcomed Into these clubs. They enjoyed a very pleasant social Mondny evenlug on the pastor" lawn, with the vcllps and comet as nature' attraction. The Bible ehool U'sboii and the latter chapter of John both are expounded each Wednesday even ing. "Tlie- Spirit (of God) and the Bride (chttDth) ay 'Come'." ier to ii"1" """ - . . lt. i r ih French, he wit- ied the birth of the Reput ,11c of Panama, the transition of the city Som a malaria Incubator to a paved JnTsewered city with a good water system, the change thus wrought be ing appreciated by natives and tor Sfners alike. He was an Interested spectator the following year of the In .L.ratlon of the systematic work of " , huildine by the United Stares,; the work having been P".6, from the first with rap.di ty and un Jer an organization that was practic rToo, one of the best things the United States ed to Panama Is its moral influence for a stable, government, matters po litical having been remarkably tame there for the past few years. "The French, says Mr. Cooper, ex cavated approximately 80,000,000 cubl yards of earth, about half of their work being serviceable to the present canal construction. The Americans have up to this time excavated about 105 000,000 cubic yards, and there yet remains about 68,000,000 yards to ex cavate Including the dredging and steamshovel work. They are remov ing the earth from the canal at an average rate of about 35,000.000 yards a year, and using an average of about eighteen tons of dynamite a dav for each working day. The three locking stations will require about 4, 500,000 cubic yards, and at the pres ent time the work is progressing at the rate of 5000 cubic yards a day. Dr Cooper says there Is every reason to expect the completion of the canal at the appointed date, the year 1915. .. l.tmnnf in the "One great aisappuuii.iiici.1. . - it ownership, and the grant, when transferred to the new lana corpoia tlon by purchase, was practically In tact. The Southern Pacific crosses the eastern end of the grant, which penetrates into the Willamette valley. It crosses the Cascades by way of Sanitas Pass, and includes large tracts along tthe Crooked river, a tributary of the Deschutes, Mallfeur river, and a number or otner mv and streams. There is no litigation pending against any portion of the grant except one friendly action brought to protect riparian and water rights oh the Deschutes. u.ih h French Investors The owners of the property were French investors acting f'ft1"; r thm.,h T.azanl Freres of Paris, in the transfers which were made com pleting the sale, the titles, transferre by the French owners to an individu al for convenience, were transferred to the new Oregon & Western Colon ization company. A number of previ ous offers were made the French in vestors, but they took the position that they would sell the entire grant or none, and refused a num!er cf very profitable propositions for the 'development of Individual Irrigation projects. The St. Paul corporation closed with them on the basis of the sale of the entire grant at their fixe d price and has taken over all the lands without respert to classification Programs for Memorial Services The following program will be ren dered at the audUoriiim, Sunday, May 29, at 11 a. m., all the ehurch,s c the city uniting in the services. Dr. H. Chas. Dunsmore will pre&ice. une f,ic.i. ... q ptrwa't. . ... .... m, anH nne ereat I Inocatlon Fev. V . ' trce of chagrirto them, says' Dr. Photic Song . Choir and Audience. Cooper, Is the glaring lack of an ade-1 Script Reading, Rev. L W BuU r. ,muri..a ineroaant marine w ouu ' qTt L CZtZZln the canalj Prayer ..Rev. Maynard R. omin. profit by the tra nc tnro g Mp,dames Paddock and Drexler ... ntiin It t a deolor upon us tumi'i"""'- - abfe fact, says he, Oliat there is not - ;i lino nf American ships touch ing at Colon, the Atlantic entrance- to the canal, except tnose owneu uj the canal commission .and which are engaged in transporting supplies for the commission. The Pacific Mail is the only line flyng the Amerii flag on the Pacific side.while at each port the flag of nearly every European Anion is represented." Address ev. w. J. xr.n min Mr Thas. E. Hicks. ,Lurioic Song ...Choir and Audience. Benediction ev. . tu. d..v- Mrs. Geo. W. Conlwy, Director of Choir. On Monday, May 30, at 10:30 a. m., the following program w,lll be carried out at the auditorium. Rev. Maynard R. Thompson presiding: EJ?rclse by G. A. R STOCKTON SALEM, OREGON 20e!e Discount on Everything in the Store NOT ONE PRIOE RAISED WE BUY AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE CASH PRICES AND ALWAYS Tell It te lowest possible' cash prices, our annual PROFIT THAT WE HAVE ASKED OF THE PUBL.C HAS BEEN FROM 6 TO 7 PER CENT OF OUR SALES. NOW WE GIVE YOU 20 PER CENT No old goods all are brand new AND Our Styles are Absolutely Correct STOCKTON SALEM, OREGON