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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1911)
t i f ESTABLISHED 1883. OREGON'S . UWHAKERS OREGON LAWMAKERS WORK AS REVIEWED. second Week U Exciting and Num- roue Bllle ere Introduced In Houib. Balem, Oro.The most exciting event during the second wwl of the legislative session was the political rumpus In the Soaate over the Kella tier resolution to have the Legislature endorse the Oregon system "us the tent In the world." The dbut. last ing Ovo hours, embittered by person alities, was the stormiest heard In many sessions. Jonathun Bourne, more than the resolution was the tar get at which the vcrbul bullets flow. The resolution wns de'eated, but It undoubtedly would have been adopted but for the charges of the standpat Republicans that It was a scheme of T'nltod States Senator Bourne to ad vertise blinsolf; his bond was sus jtectod even by some progressives, so, with one. accord, they resurrected Bourne's political pant and called him everything they could think of In lan guage fit for utterance to public gathurlng. Among thosM burling verbal har poons Into Bourne wore Abraham, Al beo, Chase, Carson, Bowerman, Not tingham. Calkins, Norton and Malar key. Tho defenders of the resolution and the Oregon System were Dlmlck, Sinnott. MUlor, McColloch and Kella her. Moat of tho spoechs were liter ally "hot stuff," but applause was scarce. Msy Adopt Modified Resolution. Senator Albce has revised the reso lution to indorse the Oregon System by not deciding: Oregon "has the best Eovnrjirueiit In the world." This ac tion i In Hoe with the desire of friend of the Oregon System, to take away tho ill effect caused by the Sen ate's refusal to indorse the resolution lnat week. Standpat politicians al ready have boon using the failure to Indorse the system as a weapon, and It 1s to countoract this that Albce has brought up the matter again. As now drafted, the resolution le expect ed to puss, tor several progressives who refused to vote for the original resolution will accept it In the new form. Bowerman Raps Asylum Heads. Jay Bowerman also stirred up the Senate b" his vigorous dofense of his purchaso of the branch asylum site at Pendleton. He openly charged Dr. R. E. Lee Stclnor, of the 9tate Asylum, iwitU extravagance; charged the State Board with playing poanut politics, and Insisted that be would not toler ate being placed, before tho people or the state as a fool or a knave. It was the explosion which has been gather ing ever since Governor West sent in bis special measuga, asking that a committee be solected to visit the Bowerman asylum site and see If It was satisfactory. A joint committee constating of Representatives L. L. Mann of Uma tilla, J. C. Bryant of Benton, Senator L. 13. Bean, of Lane and Senator W. C. Chase of Coos and Curry counties, was appointed to view the site ee lected by Acting Governor Jay Bower man at Pendleton for the branch asylum. Both Houses Working Well. Aside from the row in the House over patronage, the failure of the Sen ate to Indorse the Oregon System of popular goernment, and the attack n the extravagance at the Asylum and Home for Feeble Minded, both House and. Senate are working well, the organisation being on business Hoes, the committees rushing. Many bills referred to committees have been reported back within half an hour fa vorably or unfavorably. The desire to be businesslike has extended to the defeat of resolutions for Junketing committees to the institutions of the state. These Investigations are con sidered nothing but pleasure trips, which are an expense to the state and bring no result. The Senate has turned down every proposed commit tee of tne sort- Then, too, there Is a tendency to hold down the number of clerks employed, and there la also a piuTUlity for mon olcrks and .nog raphxrs miliar than for wotnn. Committee Charge eUivijiM. The uiaunicnieut of tie state In State Aylura an Stat" Bchool for ptctb) Minded ere criticised to the report made y the onmmlive ap- irintad to lneii(ljti tb needs of the mu fcuututiona and to nmnoui used. Not only waf (ha oommlttee sew lu rofumooo lo toe manner In which th fuoos allowed the asylum have ben piaudr3 by Dr. Btelnrr, but they sm Inclined to place the blame upon Mm for tha manner In which tho Home for the Peoble Mtudod has been OTWd with Inmates who should never bare bo transferred from ths asy lum at all. Undoubtedly tho use of the probe on state Institutions, and especially on the asylum, the penitentiary and the Home for the Freblo Minded, will bo continued by this Legislature, by reason of the astonishing misuse of fimds, extravagunce and unbusiness like methods shown to have prevailed. The temper of the members of the House was shown by the Incidents marking ths conclusion of the reading of the report. Fraternal Regulation Provided. Regulation of the fraternal benefit societies of the state and their super vision by the Insurance commissioner Is provided by a bill introduced by the Insurance committee of tho House. The bill wbs drafted by State Insur ance Commissioner Korer and has been Indorsed by the National Frater nal Congrews and the Associated Fra ternities of America. One of the pro visions of the bill gives these socie ties a prescribed time In which to bring their rates up to a basis that will insure fulfillment of their mem bership certificates. Constitutional Amendments Proposed. Two proposed constitutional amend ments appeared In tho House in the form of resolutions. Clyde of Mult nomah proposes an ansfodmentwblch abolishes capital punishment and lim its the pardoning power of the gov ernor. Provision for a lieutenant-governor Is provided by another constitutional amendment proiwsod by Representa-tl-ve Powell This amendment fixes the salary of such omcer at 1 1,200 per annum except t such times as he shall be filling the office of governor, when he shall receive the regular sal ary of that offlclal. Changes In Election Laws. Changes In the election laws are proposed by a number of bills before the Legislature. Senator Barrett of Washington has Introduced a resolu tion raising the percentage of voters necessary to inaugurate an initiative petition from 8 pur cent to 20 per ., .n.i for thn referendum from 6 to 10 per cent. Senator Carson has a bill requiring county assessors to register electors. This, he contends, Is a way of reach ing all voters and saves them the trouble of going to the court house, especially those living In the country. Representative Qill has a bill In the House which provides for a certificate of registration on which an elector can vote when not at home. It also provides that electors need not regis ter more than once when they have nr moved from their precinct. This UVA ixiw.w, -' " r does away with repeated registrations, The certification of registration con- tains a complete description of tho elector, aown iu mo uo i,,,.,,,! nnnitinrlUpR. These . .i i. Ma iaa tUU till J y i j gviui j . v. . - - - i markings are to prevent another vot- ing on the certificate. uniiM Pav Students' Railway Fares A bill which is intended to appease the friends of the Ashland and Wes- ton normal school by paying the traveling expenses of students living nA.a than inn nil1fi from the Mon- uiu.u - - m mouth school was introduced In the and Weston territory, who will now be eomnelled to go to Monmouth, will be .,(oiir, ainrt it the bill eoesl... 4,u.p,,i niio-ha that no other U,U'Mlj " - I . . . .nvmAnt I througn. in oruer to securo w"' of their traveling expenses n..i inn from Monmouth ... . , . must graduate and teaca tor ai leaai 19 months afterwards Anti-Trust Law Introduced. An anti-tniet law, which is inteaaed to hit all combinations In restraint at trade, was (atroduced In the fleaate by Joseph of Multnomah and may loom aa one of Che large measures of the session. It Is modeled largely after the Sherman law, and hits at trusts -or combinations formed la re straint of trade. The bill alms to eliminate iU contracts to combina- INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, BIO VALUES MANY PORKERS ARE PUT THE LOCAL MARKET. ON parmePi Progressive Polk County Load Nearly $2000 Worth For Portland. The ml week can well be cliriten tl "lioR week," in this city, as hogs have been pouring into town by the wt(oii losils. I'Lrl lT..nil,n.. Hank Mattison and a Mr. Stewart baring sold several mrloails to" V W. l'ercival. a Iocs buyer, the consiileaation aggregating in tho neighborhood of f 2000. The market quotation on Iiors (or tho jut few days is 10 J am! 11 J. This is no doubt the cause for the above named stock men selling at the same time. This county has ;i record for bring Ing the highest prices on bogs an sheep, in fact it leads the entire Northwest in theno lines. The bog crop is making money lor the Oregon farmers when grain Would not do it if the grain were sold on the market. Good cattle feed in connec tion with hogs gives more hope of profit than for many years. It is evident from tne large ship ments which go out from Indepen dence and other Polk county towns that the farmers have these lines dis tinctly develoied. With the prevail ing prices for bogs, cattle, sheep, and horses, there is money on the farm for the Oregon farmer. Each year the conditions on the farm are im proving and the farmer who can sell from his ranch, nearly $1,200 worth of pork is prosper- us and no doubt happy. This line of industry ought to be highly encouraged 'by every farmer and every business man in the l'olk county towns.. With an excellent market at our very door and the shipping facilities that Independence afford, this section is fast becoming reconized as a country of more than ordinary importance. lions between two or more persons, corporations or associations, to limit or reduce production or increase' or reduce the price of any merchandise or commodity. . Total of Pupils Regulates Pay. Representatives Belknap and Thomp son have introduced a bill which pro poses a uniform basis for computing the salary for county school superin tendents of the state. The bill pro vides that the salary of the school superintendent of each county shall be $1,000, and in addition thereto ?100 for every 1,200 children In his county as shown by the last annual school census. No superintendent, however, is to receive a salary in excess of $2,r.OO. 1150,000 Asked for Capitol. An appropriation of $150,000 Is rec . . ommended, by tho House committee on capitol buildings and grounds for the construction of the state house invmnrta. east or ne ouiiuiua. ui a . building of sufficient slxe for the ac- commodation of the state library, the suoremo court, the library commission, the railroad coao mission and the at- torney-eeneral. SAVES TWO LIVES ....... !,,. mvseif jNGitner my oiouoi w - - .. . todav. if it had not been for Dr. King's New Discovery" ueen iui a-". .-o wiWa. d. McDonald "of Fayette v rp r. No. 8. "for we both UttU LUfelim . ..... tit. rvl , , Til 17 remedy could neip. we wo " . . ). t..oc vorv sister had consumyuuu. ouo --j L - i, i. nitrht sweats but your . . . .Intnl. .n wonderiul meaicme ouyreij no Vinth it's tne oesi x or heard of." For sore lungs.coughs, colds, hemorrhage, lagrippe, asthma, hav fever, croup. Whooping cough, all bronchial troubles, its suprem Trial bottle free. 50c and $100. Gu aranteed by all Druggists. ,CTey;hrbestr and latest line" showing the best and latest line oi . I men's; ladles and children's snoes and they will keep your feet dry. I0GS FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1911. TEACHERS' MEETING To be Held at Independence In February i Supl. It-j'C. Seymour has arranged for another of those succehsful meet- lugs of t ' Iktii, tills one to bo held at Independence on Saturday, Febru ary 4, -l&H. The meeting luld at Falls CHy on January 7, was pro nounced by a!l teachers present to be orm of tb'1 best and most successful they hud r attended, and all ag reed t-t jllio teachers whu missoa that nictlUK lout something that they should iiaie dad lu their school work. Prof. J.- V. Llv'.ugsion, who gave Instruction at Falls City on " The Verb and the franoun" alHo "Learn ing to Head" was a success ' and tho way be handled It meant that all teachers present would return to their work stronger in those lines tha when they earn to the meeting State Supt. L. R. Alderman gave au Instruf tlve address on the "Fu ture of the Schools of Oregon." which was appreciated by all. The lecture In the evening by Prof. Liv ingston was considered one of the best ever given in the County along tnat u ne. Now tho meeting at Indep endence wJH be as good If not better ' thau the. S'iUIs City meeting and every teacher fttho county owes It to her chool t6 attend as many of these meetings as possible. On Friday evening, January 26, Prof. J. W. Livingston will give a lecture at the Independence High School on "The Challenge of the Twentieth Century." This lecture has been reported as one cf b.s best and every teacher should hear It if possible. On Saturday, the following pro gram will be given: Opening .exer cise, J. y. Livingston, "Mastering the Pronovin," J. W. Livingston, Re ading to Learn, J. W. Livingston, Question Box, "What we as Direct- ors expect from Teachers' C. L. " exnioueu w SprlT-,t Char.manIndependence'nlattermore myshfying to the pat- School Board. REAL ESTATE IS MOVING Few Deals That Were Recently Consumated by the Indepen dence Real Estate Company. 171 acres of the F, A. Sloan farm to 8. J. Bennet, consideration f 12 000.00. 12 acres of the C. A. Cooper farm to A. P. Kirkland, consideration ifl 7.00.00. The A. J. Butler property located on Monmouth street, to The Spauld ing Logging Co., consideration $2000. The Butler house and two Jots to Mrs. Dunsmore, consideration 11800. The Mrn. Vannortrick house and lot on 4th street to Homer Mills, con sideration $350.00 The F. A; Cole house and lot in the Old Town-, to Viola Schelegel, consideration $350.00, The J. P. Morgan hou&e and one aero on 7th street, to A. G. Gilliland, consideration $850.00. The W. S. Kurree bungalow located on 3rd street, to S. II. Roberts, con sideration $2000.00. The John Dickinson farm of 40 acres to Dr. Dunsmore, consideration $1250.00. The members of the Independence Real Estate Company are Wm. Dawes, R. E. Furguson and E. E. Tripp who are all favorably known to the busi ness men of Independence and any business entrusted to them will be fully attended to. PAINFUL ACCIDENT While hunting last Friday after noon xvoy tarmacs acemtuuy buui himMl through the hand with a re noon Roy Carmack accidently shot - thn hov lost a p-reat deal of blood be- -o fore medical attendance could be ob- I ' I ' uuuw. The boys were examining the me- chanioal parts of the revolver when it fU diBChargedi the bullet paB(,ing . was discharged, th through his hand. It is not thought that he will lose is hand. . . . I fin,, m an 'a rurn 1Q n In ir p-nnna fiBDarL ment is well supplied with all thel hvrnnW w Uw Walker & Lehman. ROAD SHOW WORST EVER COMPANY 'FAILS TO MAKE GOOD IN INDEPENDENCE. Theatre Cowers of Thia City to Appreciate Efforts of Road Company. Fajl The Orpbeum Koad show, about the worst aggregation of "barnstorm er" that ever bilked an audience, (dis)graced the boards at the opera house Inst Saturday night. A very fair pataonage was tendered tbem, and after nearly an hour of waiting beyond the regular time for an enter tainment to bein, the curtain labor ed its way skyward and the first stunt of the "high-class vaudeville?" pro gram was .launched. The show opened with a very clever contortion act by W. Forbs and Kate Kid. They were realy good, that is, Forbs "contorted" commendably and we are willing to concede a few laurels to Kate as well, for although she had only to stand perfectly still and hold a pocket kerchief, she seem ed to have absolute control of her fac ulties during this most trying ordeal and sustained her part well. Then came "Norba," the mystify ing, science baflling Xorba. After a two minute speech by '.'itself" behind the curtain, the canvas was raised and this awe-inspiring creature was reveal ed to the waiting, breathless audience, ilow can we discribe "it?" That it is a thing alive is beyond doubt, but rons of the show than" any of "its' silly maneuvers. Madam Hudson was good very good, in her way. But as the Madam "weighs" only 130 averdupois, and did not es-ay to do any thing more startl ing t'ian to invite any man in the house to lift her, her part in the graft is in a measure excusable. Sandow the second, "King Hudson" next performed. We have not learn ed just what the "King" intended to do. But what he really accomplished however, was to grasp an iron rod, about the size of a lead pencil, and bend it a few times, holding it between his massave jaws. Then he piled a few chairs in the middle of the stage, ' and after letting them tumble down 1. . J., I.?.. .... . n..T.i.T rimaf th o i ia the Kine. but his ambition for the staee has deprived some nice little town of what might have made a fine, big burley blacksmith. The strong man was followed by a poor excuse of single handed minstrel y a lone nigger, who made a weak attempt at monologue. This was too much for the "spit row" in the bal cony, end the curtain just asved the coon from being "soaked" with a cab bage. Some one'from behind scenes announced that the agony was over, and the audience dispersed as quietly as could be expected under the cir cumstances. The show was without a redeeming feature, and it is just such fakers as this Orpheum Road Show, that kill the patronage of de serving companies when one of the latter happens to come this wsy. MAIL CARRIERS HAPPY Postmaster Merwin received a tele gram Tuesday from Congressman Hawley, advising him that he hadbeea successful! in getting the salary of rural mail carriers raised to one th ousand dollars per year. This in formation brings a heap of joy to the mail carriers in Independence. ,, Mr. Hawley is doing things for Oregon people this year and is mak ing a reputation that he and his many friends will be proud of. OLD SOLDIER TORTURED TT. ,nn T oof PaVfiA nfl L'TinQ V Q Vila torture from Indigestion, constipation and liver trouble", wrote A. K. Smitl a war veteran at Erie, Pa., "but Dr. I T'l xt T 1 Dfllo tt-raA ttt a fill JV.IIK o Hew m right They're simply great.' Try them for anv stomach liver or kidney trou --- - ,B. ole- uul' " NUMBER 35. HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE Tb f rst er. of tho d. l r.t, t-f the I'ollt County lllgb 8cUim.iI In bating Leauu will be tcld next rrl day tilRht, January 27. This Is tUo first of a series of two debates and lu caso of a tie tho teams tli-lmg will debate again and settla tho tie. Each school Is represented by U debaters and these form a team of three affirmative and three negative debaters. All affirmative teams tra vel and the negative teams rcmaf.a at borne meeting tho lulling affirm atlo team. All points won by tha debaters from a school sre couiiUm! for that school and at tho close of the series the school having won the most points will be declared the win ners of the league and will receive the cup given last year by Supt. II. C. Seymour to the team or school win nlng tho greatest number of points, the cup to remain the property of the school winning It two years in suc cession. Falls City school won last year. All debates will be held oa Friday night, January 27, excepting rtho one In Dallas, which, owing to the Banket Ball game between Porane Wis. and Dallas, will not be held until Saturday n'.ght, January S. The question Is: Excepting . all reference to the last election, Re solved: That the method of Single Taxation should be adopted." , The teams will meet each other as follows: Independence at Falls City, Falls City at Perrydale, Perrydale at Bethel,' Bethel at Monmouth, Mon mouth at Dallas, Dallas at Indepen dence. Everv nn interested In education Land interested In the tax question. should attend some of these debates. TEACHER'S EXAMINATIONS Notice is hereby given that the County Superintendent of Polk county will hold the regular examination for applicants for State and County pa pers' at the county court house In Dallas, Oregon, as follows: . For state papers, commencing Wed nesday, February 8, at a o'clock a. m. and continuing until Saturday, Feb ruary 11 at 4 p. m. Wednesday Spelling, Physical Geo graphy, Reading, Psychology. Thursday Written Arithmetic, The ory of Teaching, Grammar, Bookkeep Ing, Physics, Civil Government. Friday Algebra, Geography, Com position, Physiology, English Litera ture, School Law. ' Saturday Botany, Plane Geometry, General History For County papers, commencing Wednesday, February 8, at 9 o'clock a. m., and continuing until Friday, February 10 at 4 p. m. weanesaay renmansnip, History, Orthography, Reading, Physical Geo- . Thursday Written Arithmetic, The- 0ry of Teaching, Grammar, phy- s'iology. Friday Geography. School Law, Clivl Government, English Literature. Respectfully, ' H. C. Seymour, School Superintendent, Polk County, Oregon. WOODMEN AND CIRCLE INSTALL The W. O. W. and Clover Leaf Circle held joint installation in the'lr lodge rooms last Friday evening at which time following officers were installed for the Circle: Guardian Neighbor, Kathrine Jones, Past G. N., Mrs. Fluke, Advisor, Letitia Per vlne, Attendent, Nellie Ford, Clerk, Nettie Bohannon, Banker, Cora Hub bard, Magician, Margaret Whitney, Inner Sentinel, Nellie Graves, Outer Sentinel, Mary Ball. After the work was finished a grand banquet was set before the members present. The remainder of the evening was spent in games and other amusements. As all the candidates were not pres ent the Woodmen were unable to install the entire list. No need to take the statement of someone living far away as evidence. Here's a case right in this locality. E. Woods, 22 North 5th St., Salem, Ore., says: "It gives me pleasure to recommend Doan,s Kidney Pills. Al though I have never used this reme by myself, it has been taken by mem bers of my family for kidney and bladder trouble with good results.' For sale by all dealers. Price 50 New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other.