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INDCFENQENCE ENTERPRISE. .NOEPENOENCI. OREGON. DECEMBER t. 1.10.
PACK FOUR
INDEPENDENCE KNTKKl'ttlBK
CHARLES EDWARD HICKt
rn,.,..A Independence. Or.. pt offlc a .eoJ eta. UT.
.,K.rrlotltn. 11.60 PT Yf I
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FOR A' GREATER INOtKu. - K8
With thl u the owuemblp or I
into the hand, of Henry K. Krowne THE NEED OF GOOD
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list a:d good will of lUe lPr of ltu Worla a!ul lu pM.
expectation. - m ... i ,., ,, lf ev.rv jay. Our com-
on the pan' of patron and publisher
are the requisite by wnicn we mj
hope to reach great achievement.
AV trust that the time and attention
we purpose to give this lis'u! iT civ
ilization In the future may merit
the co-operation of every buslnesa
man and every private citizen. We
are not going to make a long column
of promise to b broken soon, but
will simply say we have come to
do our very best as a citizen of In
dependence to enthuse public senti
ment in the direction of a Greater
Independence in every sense of the
term. We have watched the devel
opment of the city for more than
ten years with a marked degree of
interest. We have observed Its pron
perity and Its adversity and take up
the work perhaps not fully convers
ant with the extreme conditions, yet
not entirely a stranger.
During the past twenty-four year
we have learned- many Important
lessons, chief among which is, per
haps, that a public servant is not
capable of pleasing everybody. He
fcnay at all times worn ior wuai
growing Into It every day. Our com
man schools have been our main sin
guard against Ignorant niffrage. but
their work Is too narrow to meet
modern needs. Our district schools
are run at a groat expense to teach
the children how to road, chiefly, and
then leave not of them to gft their
future reading by chance. The few
year of school life would be worth
aatly more lf the training was only
preliminary to a lifelong education
wrought from good books by mature
minds.
Our growing system of school li
braries la giving young people a de
sire for good reading but how shall
they gratiry It? In some cities In
Oregon this problem Is being met by
free public libraries whose Increasing
number and usefulness Is a happy
omen for their future. 'But how about
our farming neighborhoods, our ham
lets and small villages? Hundreds of
such communities have tried to pro
Mo fSnmBelves with permanent libra-
nd have almost invariably
failed. They have raised money by
entertainments or by private sumscrip
Srw;.-!5- - have bourht books with
believes 10 db iur f mnt nued success, but
the public in general regale-. y nearIy aJway9
frown or favor. This we expect 10
a nnaclentlnuslv and persistently.
The great success of the city and
the paper In this undertaking may
nnfnrtnnatelv they nearly always
bought volumes too difficult for the
their people, and the
few entertaining and worthy books
the paper in tn.s unue
depend upon your cses. Here Is where the need
good will ana we uu -
fnrt alone this line may merit ur.i
versal good will if not unanimous
support.
From a political standpoint the new
publisher is a republican and believes
in those grand old party principles.
However 'we are in sympathy with
the great American demand for the
"square deal" for every man which
has become insistent as it never has
been before, but thes questions have
been settled for the present and by
the time other issues are before the
public conditions ,may so change that
the few voices now pleading for fair
treatment will become a chorus al
most universal In the demand for fair
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of a traveling library is reucueu m
the country places.
JOIN WITH US
While a newspaper may print col
umn after colnmn cf matter eulogistic
of its town, the very brightest say
ing will be received with a grain of
doubt if Us advertising columns do
not bear the impress of enterprise.
The outside public has become well
used to the patriotic utterances of
the western press, and now, when an
eastern man takes up a western pa
per he turns first to see for himself
what enterprises are represented in
. i. i, firria advertising ccl-
v, financial, industrial and, . h knows at once
political world. While the Enterprise papej. ,g ,lbH8hed In a well
not meet evry requirement . .lish(J(1. prosperous roiRU'iPlly,
along this line we trust that our proeedH to examlm?
faults will not retard the success of reading tofttter td gain special Inform
the paper on other Important topics Hg kn0WB that so far as
of great interest. We are not too rea(Jmg Js COTcerned' an elegant pa
old in experience to learn nor so bg publiBned m a claim shan
conversant with 'the conditions to be him the adverUsements are
above just criticism. On the contra- ,,;disputaWe evidence of actual devel
ry we solicit criticism that is given ent A ncw8paper to be a real
for the purpose of bettering the gen- benefjt t0 a town ln the way of lit
eral conditions of the town and vi- tracUng investors, must be the joint
cinity and for the purpose of build- prodnction of the publisher and the
In? a Greater Independence. ,, hnH;nps men. That's what we
In concision let it be said we( want t0 make the Enterprise and we
heed your assistance in making the fajth enough in the home busi-
paper reach the expectations of the tQ belieVe they will join
publisher, rntil we become more t-wHb Jls ln this undertaking.
miliar with the town au w.tu
people it will be Indeed difficult to
get the news, and we will most cer-(
to;r,i annreciate your every effort!
in this respect. We want a live cor' ! Mercly an ornament to a- town, but a
respondent in every tow'n and valley J nficeBt.i(y for the best of school work,
tributary to Independence and we ex- Q wnQ have been obliged to
pect to have one. As soon as tne' Uy for yc.ars in a cold and poorly
win warrant it we will en- ,.,,,, hnildine can fully appre-
large the paper and increase our - ciate what the Independence schools
sr.HOOL BUILDINGS
A handsome school building is not j
forts and capacity to meet the re-
i mean
to our young people and to
let this be our slogan:
Independence in 19H-'
auirements of the Greater Indepes-, . generations. Pure air is a ne-
dence which we expect io &e n. -'"-1 cessity for clear-neaoea worn.
o future. Helo us, get busy, and . ( Droper temperature.
""A room which is eitner too wo.m
lor too cold will cause physical dis
, ! comfort which will in turn detract
" from mental energy. Crowd into a
My labors end as editor of the In- room twice as many pupils as it was
dependence Enterprise with this is- tended to accommodate and you
sue It is needless to say that the have as bad a state of affairs in a
Bue- . . . T7.fr-ia.i a ir,ni honsft as existed in
canptlim sanCtOHUm OI iue Ciiii-ci Vi, , uiuucm .
i. .trt tn mv successor, Mr. Hen
ry E. Browne, with all confidence in
his ability to do better by you than
' T have. I am deeply sensible of my
the old one. The fault is not in me
room, but in the fact that there are
not enough of them. This, however,
has been overcome to this city and
T have. 1 am aeepiy seuu-c u w oB ,, , T
Bhortcomlngs as an editor and it is u.e future welfare of e fupito In In-
P . ., . . I J.nnnrlonra linn TlAAfl Well thOUght 0l
with pleasure mai i leLumuin .....
Browne to you, believing in his abU- to the construction of the new school
itv to unite Independence in an. un- building. The school system is a cred
divdied support of the Enterprise. I it to any place and the people of this
.. . ... . v. nnntont tn 1 oTitov-nrifrfn -Yimmirn4ty are deserving
tnist tnat you win uc wi-wiv Wi vuf' o - -
daJm me as a resident and that the! of great credit to their efforts to lm-.
Claim me bo .... ,tr,if loo tnr education.
pleasant relations wnicn nave exisLcu vnly0 me vi-i-. -
PREPARE ss
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 sizes
We also have Dryer Pipes
ANDERSON FURNACE CO.
MANUFACTURER OF
The Furnace That Has Made' Salem Famous
558 TRADE STREET, SALEM, OREGON. PHONE 88
HEADQUARTERS
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Silver Sets, Fancy Silverware, Fancy
Clocks, Fancy Plates, Fancy Cups
and Saucers,, Liby Cut Glass, Knives
Forks and Spoons.
O. A. KREAMER
t.W Clother ' Independence, Oregon
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