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POLK COUNTY BANK
MONMOUTH. OREGON
Paid Capital, $30,000.00
Transacts a General Banking Business
ornctRS ano diwctors
The Arcade Cigar Store
F. A. WILLIAMS
Cigars Tobaccos Candies
Soft Drinks and Confectionery
C STREET INDEPENDENCE, OREGON
TOSUPPLYTHEDEMAND
Is to provide such roods, as will meet
the test under all circumstances.
This is what we have endeavored to
do, and the result is an increased
trade, rapid sales, and a clean, fresh
stock on hand at all times. If you
have not tried our grocery depart
ment, do so and become one of our
many satisfied customers.
L. C. REEVES, The Grocer
OFf ICIALS
H. HIRSCHBERG, President A. NELSON. Vice President
C. W. IRVINE, Cashier
The Independence
National Bank
INCORPORATED 1889
Transacts a General Banking Business
Interest Paid on Time Deposits
DIRECTORS
H HIRSCHBERG A. NELSON D. W. SEARS
B. F. SMITH OTIS D. BUTLER
ASK
Willamette Valley Lumber Co.
FOR PRICES ON
Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors
Superior Quality and Prompt Delivery
DALLAS, OREGON
Independence Livery
and Feed Stable
Good Rigs, with or without driver, for any
point in the valley
Automobile accommodations if desired
J. D. LAYTON AND SON
PROPRIETORS
JIM
General Blacksmithing
Horse Shoeing General Repairing
We do all kinds of Wagon and Carriage Work and keep in
stock all parts for vehicles; work guaranteed
Main Street, near the Bridge INDEPENDENCE, OREGON
FURNISHED ROOMS
Established 1896
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
WhiteHouseRestaurant
WM. McGILCHRIST & SONS, Proprietors
Best and Most Popular Eating Place in the Willamette Valley
Telephone 196 SALEM, OREGON 362 State Street
THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE IN DC PEN PENCE. OREGON.
SWINE PRODUCTS OF WORLD JMFIIK 1 AINLIi Uf LKALUWl IINU
INJURIOUS CATTLE TICK
Other Countrl Btld Unlttd
Stat Increasing Hog Produc
tion Bacon Nglctd.
Fred (lawyer, of 8tft Co.. r
entty returned front an extended
Furopran trli. say the I-lv Stock
World. Mr Sawyer was surprised at
tha viirnt la which countries abroad
are Increasing th production of hod
slur prices In America have iwn too
high to admit of exportation on anv
ronatderable !, Countries that
lava alwav been dependent uimn
other for hog meat ar finding out
how -ay It la for thrm to produce
pok. Th biggest bog h aw were
In Hungary. They are sold there In
pairs aud very common weight for
a pair la 1.100 pound. These hoe
are skinned and frequently produce
trt nnumla nf lard aidece. Paeon rut
almost no figure with many rontl
Dental European countries and m
production of fat teem to ha th
prime objoct. He had often wondered
why there I no sale In Franc for
breakfast baron. II found th res
on to be that tley da not bother
about hreakfast. a run of coffee and
a roll being all they expect ' h"v
before noon, llawner, th best no-
) In I'arla nf course, are catering
In thla a In other respect to the
American custom. hnglund, however,
la ualnK heavier cut of bog meat and
even the people of Ponmark, long fa
moua for baron production, are grow
ing heavier hog to meet the general
continental demnnd. Kngland la get
ting large quant It le of hog product
from Australia and New Zealand and
Mr. Sawver think that unlcsa Amor-
Ira get ao ahe ran produce more
hog at leaa coat ine will oon oe
hut entirely out of the market of
the world. America ha started them
all to raining hog.
Southern Stl Ncil Mor. nnd Hetter Uv Stock and
Lnrtr Dairy iruiusiry-tJtu")
ly Destroy lun It.
TAKING CARE OF ROADSIDES
Unsightly Brush Should B Rmevd
nd All Ornamental and Shad
Tr Protected.
No matter how imooth and well
conatructed the traveled road may be,
If the roadsides are not cared for. the
highway as a whole will not give a
nod Impression. All rubbish hould
ha removed! the eiravatlon should
be filled and embankment smoothed
and planted with gras wherever it
will grow. Cnslghtly brush should
be cut and grubbed out. Sometimes,
however, the brush and mall trees,
If suitably trimmed, add to the at
tractiveness of the roadside.
All tree that are ornamental o
which have value as shade trees
should be preserved and protected,
unless they grow ao close together
as to make a dense shade. In hot. dry
climates particularly, and, Indeed, It!
most place, trees are a considerable
factor In reducing the cost of main
tenance, since they lessen the evapo
ration of the moisture from the mac
adam. In exposed places where the
sweep of the wind would be otherwise
unbroken they serve to prevent in a
measure the blowing away of th
binder from the road surface. Unfor
inrstsli In anrh nlncps it la Oftet
difficult to make trees grow. Care In
the selection of the kinds of treei
best suited to the locality Is Important.
The eradication of th rattle tick
from th southern state I a problem
of prime Importance to th agileul-
tu ml lull root of that section, wore
ever, the good (but would remilt from
the elimination of th tick would not
l entirely confined to the region di
rectly concerned, and hu the matter
SH.ume. to certain d. rc a national
Importance.
The south need more and better
llv tock and a latgor d.ilry Industry,
and then objects would be greatly
promoted by th destruction of the
lick. Th Increased productlun of llv
took by reason of It Important bear
ing In maintaining and Improving the
fertility of the soil, would he of dis
tinct benefit In Increasing the yield of
field crops. An Incidental though Im
portant advantage of stock raUlng nnd
dairying would be found In the distri
bution of the fanner" Income tnrougn
out the year, enabling him to live on
a cash hauls. It can thu no seen mai
iha benefit which would accrue to
southern agrlcultuie from the exterm
ination of tht cattlo tick would b
very great and far-reaching.
There are several species 01 rnun-
tlck but th chief cue Is commonly
called the "cattle" or "Texii fever
tick. It U tho one most freuuentiy
found on cattle and U much more
abundant than the other specie.
When tbo losses occasioned by tins
nr,lt ro once thoroughly under
stood by fitrniurs and stockmen there
will be little need for arguments in
lavor of tick eradication. Some of th
losses are not directly noticeable nnd
rnn.eouently n-ak little Impression.
while other losses properly charge
able to tho tick are frequently auriD
uted to other causes.
Various writers have estimated the
annual loss due to the tick at from
140,000.00 to 1 1 00,000.000. These fig
ure's should be ample argument, even
to the most comprehensive, for the
eradication of the pest.
In getting rid of tho lick. It may be
attacked ou the pasture and on the
cattle.
in freeing pastures the method fol
lowed may be 'either a direct or an
Indirect one.
The former connlsts In exctuig all
cattle, horses ana muies nom pic
tures until all the ticks have tiled from
d
ire
1
III
venlent and practical way of treatln
nnttU mi the iiinloiity of farms.
mi! iv'.. of i.all unray mini p will
ufli.-l,.nt for trentlna- small ner
AI....II IS feet of S S Inch high presaii
hose Is refilled and a type of no
furnlshln; a cone hpeil spray w
i... f.mn.l natlxfiiftory. A noulo wl
two small an apeiture should not t
used. . .
i.-v..rv norilon of the body should o"
thoroughly treated, aperlal attentltu
being given to th head, dewlap
brUket. Inside of elbows, thighs ant
flanks, the lull and tho depressions a
the base of the tall. Crude oil atom
may be used, but In general a SO to 2.
per cent, emulsion will b better.
All the cattle should tie spraje
every two weeks ana tne iretm
hould not be discontinued aiiiipiv i"
.. . . . . . . . in
cause ine iicks iibts iiviuuiv ....... -
seem to have disappeared,
in localities where ticks comuioni)
occur on rattle In considerable nunv
h..r during the winter time It will ot
advisable to continue iraylng. In 1
ralltles where ticks disappear or ar
present In very small number during
the winter, the cattle should be In
snerted carefully each week to reini.r.-
nnd destroy any tick that may be
present. When warm westner com..-,
i, .in k. wi.11 In all case In which
spraying has been discontinued dur
ing the winter to begin sprnjin
continue until It can be detenulned
with certainty that eradication ha
been accomplished. The spraying
should not b delayed until ticks show
i in noiiHl.lernh a number. un
.Lotrnved In llio early spring will
save the trouble of deiroyiu iuu
sands a few mouths later.
Market for Farmer.
City people would rather deal direct
with the farmer when they are sure
they will get pure, fresh and whole
some stuff. Bays a writer in. an ex-rhnne-e.
One of my neighbor has
for the past four years sold all the
eo-ira nff her farm to cltv Deonle. one
- r n " - ...
Is sendliig about bu aozen a weeK to
Chicago this winter and gets five
rents above the retail cost. She has
averaged 38 cents per dozen for her
eggs, the consumer paying express
ihnrees. while the average price at
our home town has been about 23
cents. Pays, doesn t it?
This woman never buys eggs except
from two neighbors whoBe reliability
nha Vnnws. but she taKes ail iney sen
and makes a profit of about 15 cents
a dozen on them, or courBe, she aoes
not tell anybody what she gets from
the city consumers. She packs the
eggs in paper boxes with partitions
forming a little compartment for each
egg. She usually ships from four to
six dozen in a box.
Pall Spraying Pump.
ofarviiHon. The latter consists In per
mitting the cattle and other animals
to continue on the Infested paBture
and treating them at regular inter
vals with oils or other agents deHtruc
Hvb tn ticks and thus preventing en
females from dropping and re
Infextlng the pasture. The larvae on
h nsHture. or those which hatch
from egg3 laid by females already
thpre will all eventually meet death.
Snrh nf these as get upon the cattle
from time to time will be destroyed by
tho treatment, while those wnicn ran
to find a hoBt will die In the pasture
from starvation.
Animals may be freed of ticks In
two ways. They may be treated with
an agent that will destroy ail tno ticKs
nreHent. or they may be rotated at
proper Intervals on tick-free fields un
til all the ticks have dropped.
Spraying is probably tho most con-
Green Feed for Chicks.
Have tender green feed for the
early chicks. Young collards and ten
der lettuce will bo eaten readily by
them. The chicks may help them
selves from the growing plants or the
latter mav be cut un with a sharp
knife. Both these plants stand low
temperatures, and will give green
feed early if planted soon enough.
Care for Setting Hen,
Setting hens should come off the
nest once a day, preferably at the
same time each day. Feed them on
whole corn and supply clean fresh wa
ter and grit. A good "dust bath" of
moist, fine, sandy loam will be appre
ciated. It is a lot better than reaj
dust that is "bone dry."
Getting Best Stock.
Some breeders claim to get their
best stock from April or May hatched
pullets which have been kept back
from egg production until nearly time
for setting eggs for incubation.
Lack of Exercise In Sows.
When sows kill and eat their pigs
the common cause Is pampering and
c.ru-iillv the lack of exercise. The
sows become fat, costive, nervou and
cross,
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MFYIfAN STYLE
OF FAKMliiu
Moat Primitive Mthod ot Agrt.
culture An SHU tai-rnu
In Mnr I'wrtw of the
Old HepuMIC
(ny CE-coN8fL n. m. BTAnnrcs
The most primitive method o
farming I still carried on In many
.- f itoiii-o- Th blowing Is don
1 the old tlme bull tongue, which
I. . rrnnked St Ck Wltn 1110 poilll iu
ered with an Iron shoo, which only
scratches the soil.
f.,rn u i.innted bv band, a man fol
lowing the plow, dropping the seed
and covering It with hi foot. It Is
cultivated with the same plow, which
gives very poor result In destroying
.h- m,u The fudilor la gathered
by pulling the leaves or bludes from
the stock, which are mane imu
dies and carried from the fields by
nnrk mules.
Uico Is planted, after the native
plow has scratched over the land, by
being thrown broadcast, and covered
hv hauling a bunch of brush over the
. i m v.., tii rim la about one
t.., r is inches high it Is cut down
-hi, rn. hooks: not even a scythe
i urt fnr this work. This cutting
hn, v u mild to make tho rice grow
i. nriH enables the rice
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plant to'get the best of the weeds
., i,r., if the land had been proper
i.. .i,.,v.! before Dlantlng. there
would bo no weeds and this cutting
bock would not be necessary. Some
eight or ten days before cutting or
i,..rotintr time the water Is shut off
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from tho rice fields to allow the rice
to ripen, when It Is cut with the same
ikw.ub it is then piled up for
three days, when It Is threshed by be
ing hand beaten on a rot-K, ny wnicn
Ave to ten per cent, of the
c..tn remains on the straw. During
,ha odrht or ten days the field Is dry
lng out a loss of about 40 per cent of
grain occurs from various causes.
Thi. iitvin of farming, without
farm Implements, could be continued
through the long list of crops mai am
raised In that country.
SLIDING PARTITION IN STALL
illustration provides
The sliding p.nTr;. - - th
a safe way to approach ne r.eao he 8tall from behind
harness. ll does away mui w - . manc.nr
and the risk of being kicked. The partition reaches a. far a the manger.
and the entire framework and ooaras are . " "' Mch side of
to a lolst above. Small metal clips are fastened to th floor on each -ids) of
the partition to keep the bottom in place ana guide it, m .
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dm.:: right of kings
King Jim' C3nplonl Estlmt cf
Myal Ohnlty a Epria
In 6pch.
Th stnt of monarchy Is th '
prettiest thing on earth: for klngsar
not only (lod lieutenant upon earth,
and alt upon lod' throne, but even by
r.,l lilinlf (ha ara called god.
There be three principal similitude
that lllustrnt the tto of monarchy.
Ou taken out of th word of Uod and
th other two taken out of the ground
of policy and philosophy.
In th Scripture king ar cnn
god and ao (heir power I afur a cer
tain relation compared to th divine
rower. Klncs ara also compared to
the father of famllli; for a king Is
truly peren patriae, th polltlo fa
ther of hi people. And lastly king
ar compared to th head or Ibis mi
crocosm of th body of man.
King ar Justly called go.is, ir
that they exercise a manner of r
emblanc of dlvln power upon
arth; for If you will consider th at
tributes to Ood. you hall how
they agree In th person or a "
(lod bath power to creat or destroy,
mak or unmak at his pleasure, to
itvn Ufa or send death, to judg all
and to be Judged nor accountable to
non. to rala low thing aud to man
Ugh thing low at tils pleasur. and to
God are both soul and body due.
And the Ilk power have sings; iner
make and unmake their .bject, they
have power of raising and casting
down, of life and death. Judge over
II Ihalr aiibteela and In all CSUHi S
and yet accountable to non but God
only. They have power to xnlt low
thing and abas high things, and
make of their ubject like mm at
the chess a pawn to take a bishop or
a knight and to cry up or down any
of their subjects, they do their
money. And to the king I due both
the affection of the oul and th serv
lc of th body of hi subjects. From
a Speech or Jame I. neioro rariia
ment In l(,
HOW TO DOCTOK THE TREES
8m Slmpl Direction for Trtinf
Cavities Which Ar
Still Small.
Many of the so-called tree doctors,
as well a the peoplo who employ
them, have become so elated over un
Idea of tree surgery that they find
ome cause for treating almost every
anil anv tree, reirardlesa of Its neces-
alilea or the resulLa of such treatment.
or whether It ts worth whll to spend
either time or money upon mem.
A word of caution Is thereforo not
out of place. If you feel that jour
trees need attention, look Into th
mailer nf tree doctoring, so that you
may know Bomothlng about It, and then
call ution a responslblo nuiU wltn a
good reputation to do your work.
Vhnn the tre hBS been neglected
and rnvltles have formed In the trunk
of the treo, something should be dons
to stop the Increase of the opening, for,
after It has become so lurgo as to en
rirele the ereatcr oortlon of the tree,
or where the entire center has been
destroyed. It is not worth the time and
money it takes to properly treat these
In ratios where the tree can
still bo treated the cavity should be
scraped and cloaned of all dead wood,
then trlve the cavity a thorough wash
ing or spraying with a solution of cop
per sulphate. This solution, applied
to all part of the cavity, will kill all
the remaining rot spores. Now the
cavity Is ready to be nlied witn a co
rn, .nf mlntiirn nslnir one nart of ce
ment to three parts of clean, sharp
sand. This Is packed into tna cavuy,
filling It to one inch of the finished
surface, and thon apply a covering of
ono nart cement to ono part sand.
This is put on so as to bring tho
filling to a smooth surface, making u
conform to the contour of the tree
trunk. A coat of coal tar may be ap
plied to discolor the cement and aid
In making the filling water-tight.
Question of Disposition.
riBsatlsfled PatronGentle dlsposV
tlonl Why, he wants to bite ine nau
off every dog he meets. 1 ve Deen
swindled!" Dog Merchant ion
didn't ought to keep dogs at all, mister.
The animals you ought to keep wlT
your temperament Is silkworms."-
Punch.
, The Limit.
He absolutely lacks the business
Instinct." "Does he?" "Why, he'd
have no more Idea of business than
to open a garage in Venice." Chlcaga
Record-Herald. .
Fore of Habit.
Do you know, Dr. Knifem walked
deliberately past me today and never
poke."
"Don't mind that, Emmy. He's so
used to cutting people that he did It
Without thinking."