PAGE FOUR INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE. INOEPCNOCNCti QWtGQN. AUGUST 86. 1110. EIGHT PAGM
lNDEPKXDENUE EiNTKRPIUSk"" ; " I
A PREPARED
CHARLES EDWARO HICK.
ia..red et Mdopoudence. Or., pot office a ecoudclae matter.
3uberlptlon, $1.50 Par Yar
JUST USE COMMON SENSE
of the outcome If rain does not oou
intervene.
Th Association emphnslzei that
WaahltiKtoti where they will visit
imiim uiul Crahati.
The best way to dispose of tholCrtt,k war xviu.-tf. and on the t
measure ubn will no puuu tm 'v J( C)pur d.Al,,Il0. west
ballot this fall U to vol "no" on llit.ru MoilUllll lh mtuuilon U about
that yxm do not understand or do not j u tRn avalllll)lo lu.u,
believe will bo for tho bet lnterat botl 0Usll.a without any certaluty
of tho country to nave vmeu umu ...
people. It la fr to vote no than
to not vote at all. Jut because tl
measure Is allowed to be nUift in . danueroua uortlon of the
the ballot la no recommendation for j f t(j coljj Th(,ro uri,
the anliy of the proposal. It ro-;firt., everywhoro tilllt ore tarely be
quires a very small proportion of the ; (ug htlJ ,n ,iash Xew ,. wm
voting population of the country to ovorlax Bll 0XlstlnK organization,
get a measure on the ballot but 'V slnco conuUlons threaten under which
takes a good deal more to get It off. f(nj may travol loll) distances, tlm
The best way Is to defeat question- b4,f ownm are urKtd t0 t.X(tM1a pa
able legislation and all legislation beyonJ tlulr OWIl lra,.tlJ t0 ttn
should be considered questionable danKer pontg. Establishment of clt
that you do not understand. Above'. f brKades Is advised, urin
al. It Is the part of wisdom to vote',zinjf ,u aJvaIu.e for havK help, lend
against all niuasures affecting new
counties and county division meas
ures that occur on the ballot. They
are questions that should be settled
ership and equipment avalluble with
out loss of time. Cities and towns are
asked to take similar steps to sup
ply men when called upon, with ar-
by the Interested parties and their , rangemont8 for transportation. Every
settlement belongs more particularly jcttzen !g urged t0 g,)are neither
to the legislature of the state. Just frloU(1 nor foe Sporting violation
use good common sense when you of ,he f(re aws c8pt,,:aiy by camp
come to mark your ballot and do the ers iand.dearers and spark-emitting
things that you know to be right and ; ol.omotive8. It is pointed out by the
no harm will come to the country.
PASSING OF THE CIRCUS
In exchange for several columns of
free advertising several of the news- groatt,r for(.ei
papers of the country will receive
tickets to the Barnum & Daily show
which is to be in Salem this week. It j
is astonish'ng how some publishers j
can find the cheek to charge some!
advertisers five and ten cents straight
a line and give grafters such as these
shows ten and fifteen dollars worth
of free reading for a paltry reserved
seat at the ringside. It is said that
after the two or three columns of free
Association that if the warnings wide
ly circulated earlier in the season had
resulted In such steps, loss of life and
property would have been largely
avoided. They still apply with even
MONMOUTH NEWS
M ss Delia Rush, a teacher at Ore
gon Agricultural College, visited the
Misses Jackson this week.
Mrs. H. E. Guthrie returned Wed
nesday from a pleasant slay at Nye
beach.
Mrs. Mary Campbell. her mother and
advertising is published the publisher, her ,-aughteri Miss Agnes Campbell,
is required to be identified and a. returned Saturday from a two weeks'
certificate of publication duly Issued' ist t0 th(.ir toltag(, at xye beach,
and acknowledged before a notary Mr HnJ Mrs -pupper of Dilley at
public before the reserved seat isjtendod the funeral of YV. X. Boots,
(forthcoming. ! the father of .Mrs. Tupper.
The Enterprise thinks too much ofj The Ladies' Aid of the Christian
its advertising columns to allow these . cnurch gave a farewell reception
grafters to get in on them. The age .Thursday afternoon to Mr. and Mrs.
jBelshe and daug-hter, Miss Nellie,
who will soon go to Mexico, ice
cream and cake were served and a
social time was enjoyed.
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Powell went to
Newport Monday.
The busy hum of the threshers
arouiid town indicates that the har
vest will soon be over. There are
five crews in sight of Monmouth at
present.
Monroe Mulkey is making some im-
on his farm south of
of the show grafters is passing.
FOREST FIRES
DISASTROUS
That the forest fires of the past
month are but an earnest of worse to pr0vements
come unless people give more active town.
iheed to warnings, is the tenor of a. Misses Maggie and Allie Butler re
review of the fire situation by the turned from Ni-n-pcrt where they
Western Forestry & Conservation As-'Bpent two weeks enjoying the old Pa
sociation based upon advices from cjfic's health-giving air.
private and official fire fighting agen-j Miss Opal Hall has returned to her
cies throughout the Pacific northwest.' art position in New York after a de
August with conditions infinitelymorej Ughtful summer spent at her home
dangerous, for besides increased dry-, here with her mother,
ness of the forests due to prolong-1 Mr. and Mr3. Scott Riggs and two
ed absence of rain, almost continu-' friends were through here from Sa
ous fire fighting has only kept in!iem in their auto Sunday.
check innumerable fires which still
smoulder to be fanned beyond control
should strong wind prevail.
Throughout most of Oregon and
Washington, up to the present time,
more extensive organizations by tim
ber owners and the Forest Service
than ' ever existed before
well counterbalanced the
W. N. Boots, a?ed seventy years,
died at his home here Sunday morn
ing of heart disease. The funeral
took place at 1 o'clock Tuesday from
the Christian church, Rev. W. A.
Wood officiating. Interment was made
ii the K. of P. cemetery south of
has' fairlyj Monmouth. Rev. J. N. Mulkey of
unusually Bethel assisted in the services. Mr.
great number of fires.' Most of them i Boots leaves a wife and three ehil
have been controlled promptly. Never-' dren all of whom were present: N. 0.
theless, the aggregate of small out-j Boots of Monmouth and two daugh
breaks in valuable timber represents: ters, Mr3. Mabel Tupper of Dllioy
heavy loss. The Santiam, Klamath, 'and Mrs. Louise Hedrick of Drai.i.
Wallowa and Hood River districts In ! Also, there were eight grandchildren
Oregon, and the Grays Harbor and in the family. He was a good sub-
For Bumper Fruit and Hop Crop
FRUIT DRYING STOVES
& STEEL HOP STOVES
a Specialty
These stoves are made of heavy boiler
plate lined with fire brick - they re
quire no masonry to be installed
every inch of these stoves is heating
surface they are made in all siz.es
We also have Dryer Pipes
ANDERSON FURNACE CO.
MANUFACTURER OF
The Furnace That Has Made Salem Famous
658 TRADE STREET, SALEM, ORE CON. PHONE 886
Monmouth assumes a very business
like attitude t'aese busy days. Every
one seems to bo employ 'J.
SIDNEY NEWS.
Colville districts in Washington have
suffered seriously. Three men and
four women have burned to death in
these two states already and the sea
eon is not half over.
Since all forces are fighting day
and night with no time to make re
ports it is impossible to estimate the
damage done in Idaho and Montana,
stantial citizen and a .kind avd lov
ing husband and father. He was a
member of A. O. U. W. and A. F. &
A. M. but always expressed his desire
for a simple Christian burial.
Mrs. Mary Campbell of Kentucky
is visiting her cousins here this
week.
Mrs. M. E. Percival went to New-
though doubtless there has been much! poet Wednesday.
exaggeration. In Idaho, especially, Our people are driving down to the
where timber owners' fire associations peach orchards on the river for that
are highly efficient, what seemed an luscious fruit, which is a good crop
almost hopeless situation has been 'this year.
gotten pretty well in check. In the! Rev. W. W. Davis and family have
Coeur d'Alene district but three fires returned home from their outing on
remain not reported under control, ' the Alsea where they have a farm.
Miss Leatha Miller of Jefferson has
been visiting with Miss Maude Ep
ley. George Marlatt was at Salem Fri
day. James Porter of Portland is visiting
around the vicinity of his old home.
Dr. H. Clifford Epley and wife and
a number of other Salem people came
up from Salem one day last week in
the Dr's touring car.
Harry McCormic has returned home
from Roseburg.
George Law of Northfield, Minn., is
visiting at the home of E. B. Cochran
Mrs. Law, a sister of Mr. Cochran,
came last spring.
Miss Linnie Epley returned from
Albany last Monday. , .
Mrs. J. C. McClure was at Jeffersoi
Monday.
A. T. Wain, wife and son of Salem
were at the Sidney Mill Sunday.
W H. Scott and wife of Independ
ence came up to their farm last Sun
day. S. A. Pease and wife of Jefferson
were at the Sidney Mills Monday.
Miss Edith West, of Tacoma is
visiting Miss Linnie Epley.
Mrs. Dumas of Flagg Staff, Arizona
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Marlatt.
Carl Kins, who lives on the W. H.
Anderson place, has bought the Will
Loonev Dlace two miles east of Jer-
ferson and will move on it the 1st.
of October.
Mrs. O. O. Epley and children and
Miss Roxy Gunsaules of Jefferson
are visiting at the home of C. A.
Epley.
George Marlatt and Fred Green
were at Jefferson Tuesday.
BUENA VISTA
T. P. Ogelsbee, was transacting
business in Independence, Saturday.
F. M. Donaldson, was a Portland
passenger Sunday.
R. E. Steele of Bend, Wash., Is here
vsiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Steele.
Mrs. J. R. and Fred Loy, departed
several days ago for the state of
with friends and relatives. Fred in-'
forms ua that a barheior life la any
thing but a success.
J. D. Winn, was transacting busi
ness In Independence Saturday.
The would bo assassin of Mayor
Gaynor, It Is said is sorry now that
he fired the almost fatal shot, the
truthfulness of which wo do not ques
tion. But why Is it that tho wicked
almost invariably wait until the elev
enth hour before they are awakened
to a sense of the enormity of their
misdeeds? Why not take a little time
and look at a question from every
conceivable point of view and be ab
solutely certain that you are right bo-
fore putting your conclusions Into
execution? If this theory is carried
out to the letter wo will venture the
assertion that no one will have caiiHe
to repent, or spend his best days be
hind prison bars.
Mrs. R. L. and George Hall, were
Independence visitors Saturday.
Your Fire Insurance
On account of the great demand
for a mutual fire insurance company
here in Independence by the people
generally I have arranged to repre
sent the Farmers' Fire Relief Asso
ciation. Chas. E. Hicks.
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