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THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON.
MISSION
CAFE
W. F. BURT
A good place to cat
Everything new
and clean
If it is in the market
we will serve you
with it
No Liquor Allowed
MAIN STREET
Two Door from Post Office
Independence, Oregon
MEAT
WHILE WE ARE "AHEAD
of the rnrnt buiiiM," It hee become
errloue mUr with the ordinary
wK-erriiT to know how to euly
the family table with
WHOLESOME MEAT
Although our margin U email, we buy
only the bt end give our customers
the benefit of It, and every part of our
market l kept cloan and in a eanitary
condition.
GEO. F. HECK
PROPRIETOR
Independence, Oregon
NEW DRESS GOODS
We invite the Ladies of Independence and vicinity
to inspect the Price and Quality of our large line
of Spring and Summer Dress Goods.
We have never had a better assortment of colors;
also newest weaves in black goods, all prices, but
great values.
Our Grocery Department is always in the lead
Call in and see us; we assure you courteous treat
ment and fair dealing.
Drexler & Alexander
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON
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Sewing Latest
j Machines Sheet Music !
; Genuine Needles. Oil and piano anj Organ Studies I
; New Part, for all Sewing Violins and Guitars I
' - Machines. w , .. . r !
I Sowing Machine rented. Mandolin. Bnd BanjM ;
! Geo. C. Will Geo. C. Will jj
; SALEM, OREGON SALEM, OREGON
- , EDISON, VICTOR AND !
: JTianOSand Columbia :j
Organs Talking jj
; from the cheapest to the 1 f rliri fQ I
! best sold on installments lTlO-dllllCO -
I and rented A full Stock 0f Records ;
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WATT SHIPP
THE BICYCLE MAN
SALEM, OREGON .
Athletic and Gymnasium Goods
Guns, Ammunition and Fishing Tackle
Bicycles and Repairing
Pocket Cutlery and Razors Sun Typewriter, $10
Our Dress Goods
When in pursuit of Dress Goods, don't fail to look
over our line. We are prepared to make the city
bargain sale a shady feature in merchandising.
AND IN SHOES we also have bargains that will
surprise you; this is our strong hold and we can
show an immense line at bargain prices every day.
L. RICE, The Furnisher
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON
BRIEF REPORT OF THE DAILY
WORK OF NATION'S LAWMAKERS
vV'Mhlitn, April 27. A Miiamtlon I Washington, April 2fl. Th Demo
wai inning In tht hou Uxluy, when crste trto JUt bill, characUriwd
MuMehuiwtta. Introduced
rolut1oni of Inquiry In rwpon to
fhrKt by IMemiorferof l'ennylvn
la, Oiat mony and Influence wrr be
ing umkI to glva an Estern manufac.
turlng eoncern a monopoly In tha con
tract for aboa for the army and navy.
DifTomiorfer tald ha could prove bii
Mwrtlon, and aa a result Gardner
calk-d ujon tha secretary of war and
th- s-retary of the navy for all pos
sible information concerning tha shoe
contracts.
DifTendorfer Interrupted Gardner In
hla apecch on the free list mil ycaver-
dsy whlla discussing government
tiricfS for "army sha. "I u noi a
f.rt." ha asked, "that Herman & Co.,
nf Huston, absolute! control, after
fnez!nr out averv other competitor in
the United States, the manufacture of
hoes for tha army and navy of the
UnlUyl .States 7" liartlner Mia mi
he had n-ver ht-ard of such a firm.
"I shall be at liberty, then, In the
" DifTendorfer said, "to
show to the gentleman that they nave
absolute control of the shoea manu
factured In this country for tha army
and navy, and that they have frozen
out competitors that I know or wno
have lost out and today"re bankrupt,
owing to the Jact that thia firm of
Herman & Co. ha used Ita innuence
with the representatives of the United
Riatj or those in control of the Uni
ted States government have used their
influence, to -freeze out competitors
and have placed them on the black
list, so to speak, and have even gone
so far as to give money so that other
firms may not be competitors aiier
freeting them out"
Washington, Apr. 27 A bill provid
ing for the enlargement of the nation
al house of representatives from 391 to
433 members and the apportionment
of these members to the different
states on the basis of the population
shown by the recent Federal census
passed the house early thia evening
after vain efforts of members of both
political parties to amend It
The proposed size of the house la
identical with that provided for In
the Crumpacker bill passed by the
house at the last session of congress,
but not acted upon by the senate.
The Houston bill, passed today, leaves
to the legislatures of the different
states the power to rearrange the con
sressional districts in their respective
states on the new population basis of
one member for eacn zn.vil innaoi
The two important amendment pro- K Republicans
nosed and defeated today were lo put
the re-districting power in the hand
of the governors of states when the
legislature had failed to act; ana to
limit the house In the future to a
membership of 430 or 433, leaving fu
ture reapportionments to the secretary
of commerce and labor. Each amend
ment was vigorously championed by
the Republicans and had aome Demo
cratic support.
Washington. April 26. After a day
of caucuses, conferences and aecret
meetings, in which the Democrat of
the "progressive Kepubiicans oi me
senate were blocked by the regular
senators, the two factions tonight are
resting on their arms.
Whther the ficrht of the "Droeres-
sives".for more appointments to com
mittees of Importance win do trans
ferred to the senate noor rests wun a
meeting of the progressives in the
morning.
The skirmish began in 'the meeting
of the Republican committee on com
mittees early in the day. Ballinger
reported the list or committees.
Immediately La roiiette oDjectea,
Insisting that the "proeressives
were being treated "unjustly and un
fairly." He said he would reserve
the tight to oppose further in hia own
time. The Ballineer list was adopted,
the four insurgents voting no. v
Washington, April 27. Victor Ber
ber, of Milwaukee, the Socialist mem
ber of congress, in a resolution intro
duced today, not only proposes to aDoi-
ish the senate, Dut aims to swine irom
h hnnd of the nresident tha veto
power and take from the courts author
ity to invalidate legislation enacted
by the house of representatives. All
y . 3 a. x
this is proposed as an amendment w
the constitution, which, if petitioned
for by 6 per cent of the voters in each
state, shall be submitted to a general
referendum.
The senate has run Its course,
said Mr. Berger, after his threatening
document had been dropped into the
hopper on the speaker's desk.
"It must some day, as wun me
British house of lords, yield to the
popular demand for its reformation or
abolition."
daps Free American Suspects. '-.
Washineton The two Caiforniana,
Richardson and Fletcher, arrested in
Japan as spies, because they photo
graphed the Maizuru naval station,
hnva henn released, and the State de
partment has been notified by Ambas-
unrtnr O'Brien. An investigation ais
by
the Republicans a "political soothin
syrup," was roujrhly handled in the
house this afternoon by the Republl
can side.
Underwood, Democrstlc chairman of
the ways ad means committee, Intro
duced It in an hour's speech, shortly
after the session convened at noon It
is now left to the mercies of Mann
of Illinois, leader of tha Republican
side, and what Mann said about It in
the two hours he hold .the floor gave
both sides food for much debate, com
ment and criticism.
Underwood, in explaining the pro
posed measure, acknowledged that it
would mean reduction in government
revenues by at least f 10,p00,000 a
year, but declared that this would be
more than met by government econo
mies.
"This free list bill is not offered as
a compensation to the farmer for pro
ducts of his that were put on the free
list in the reciprocity bill," said Un
derwood, "beftause we do not believe
the passage of the reciprocity bill will
in any way affect the farmers' income.
One of the object of this bill is to re
move from the protected list those im
plements that the farmer uses in pro
ducing his crops. The other purpose
is to reduce the cost of living to the
masses by putting their food products
on the free list"
Underwood announced that this was
only the beginning of the Democratic
revision of the tariff.
"We propose to revise the tariff
schedule by schedule," he said. "That,
in our opinion, is the only proper way
to handle the tariff question in con
gress. The Democratic party does
not stand for the wiping out of the
custom houses; we realize that the
xnenu of covemment must be borne
by a judicious system of duties. But
by lowering and adjusting prohibitive
duties we can fully maintain the
amount of customs revenues."
Underwood charged the Republicans
with making the Payne tariff law so
thst it left a tariff on everything that
the farmer used, while reducing many
of his protective duties.
The minority report signed by all
Kepubiicans on the ways ana
meana committee, declares that tne
measure represents a "transparent at
tempt at the manufacture of politcal
capital." It asserts that congress
was called together specifically to
pass the Canadian reciprocity bill.
"Tha interests of the farmer and
of everybody else will be subserved,"
says the report "if the country is
spared further exploitation and fur
ther tariff legislation at the present
time and if adjournment is taken
promptly after the reciprocity bill
shall have been finally acted on.
Washincrton. April 24. Despite the
fact that hicrh officials of the Navy de
partment have apologized to Professor
Beers, of Yale, and his daughter tor
the. slight recently administered in
connection with a social affair at Ann
apolis, congress may make an official
investfgation of the alleged snobbery
at the naval academy and at West
Point as well. Apparently Repre
sentative Korbly of Indiana and other
members of congress who have taken
an interest in the incident are not
satisfied with the explanations of the
Navy department about "social sta
tus" and the like, and some, hot words
are likely to find utterance on- the
floors of congress as a result oi tne
form the official apology in the Beers
case has taken.
The incident, arising from the snub
given Miss Beers at a recent social
"hop" at Annapolis,' has grown in im
portance, a circumstance distressing
to Navy department omciais, wno are
loath to see anything that tends to
create a prejudice against the service.
Miss Beers was taken to the hop at
Annapolis by a midshipman, who was
subsequently reprimanded for so do-
insr. Miss Beers is employed as gov
emess in the household of Lieutenant
Commander William H. Tarrant, U.
N. Then came the storm.
Following the storm came the apol
ogy. Secretary Meyer ana tne super
intendent of the academy saying it
was demanded because of a misunder
standing of the "status" of the young
woman. In other words, it was found
that she was not in "domestic service"
as a matter of necesity, but was from
a family of "social status." There
fore an apology was unnecessary.
New Land Office Needed.
Washington The Oregon delega
tion is discussing the advisability of
introducing a bill to establish a new
land office in Central Oregon, probably
at Madras. Present land offices at
The Dalles, Lakeview, Burns and Vale
the new
country being opened by the Des
tiny to 75 new settlers
arriving daily and the
distance to the land office is working
a hardship.
DDUUl v .... - - r-. I -
closed that they inadvertently directed are too far removed from
their cameras toward a forbidden zone country Dei
in getting a picture of the harbor ' chutes road.
from the deck of a steamsnip on wnicn . are reportea
they were traveling.
Congress May Discuss Arrests.
Washington, D. C With a view to
determining whether any Federal law
was violated in the arrest of J. J. Mc-
Namara in connection with the Los
Angeles Times explosion, Represena
tive Korblev. of Indiana, telegraphed
to Indianapolis, asking for all the
facts. Mr. Korbley has Deen urgea
by labor constituents in Indiana to lay
the matter before congress.
Feud Becomes History.
Washington With the resignation
of Edward C. Finney as chief law offi
cer of the reclamation service, to take
effect May 1, practically.'all the offi
cials of the Interior department whose
names figured prominently during the
Ballinger-Pinchot investigation, have
now severed their connection with the
government service.
POLK COUNTY BANK
MONMOUTH, OREGON
Paid Capital, $30,000.00
Transacts a General Banking Business
OmCfRS AND DIRECTORS
J. It. HA WirY. PrtsUaal J.B.V. SUTUR. Vic PruMal BAA C. POWtll, CmUw
r. s. rowru i. b. ium l m. shmtsox
The Arcade Cigar Store
F. A. WILLIAMS
Cigars Tobaccos Candies
Soft Drinks and Confectionery
C STREET INDEPENDENCE; OREGON
TOSUPPLYTHEDEMAND
Is to provide such poods 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 nand at all times. If you
have not tried our grocery depart
ment, do so and become one of cfur
many satisfied customers.
L. C. REEVES, The Grocer
OFFICIALS
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 fflLLJRB
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 YaHey
Telephone 196 SALEM, OREGON 362 State Street
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