EIGHT PACES THt INDEPCNOtNCt ENTERPRISE. INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. INDEPENDENCE AND MONMOUTH RAILWAY From !n!epnUK lo DwlU Train No. U ie e ln.lt i-m)ppcf i!y at 6 :( a. ni. and Monmouth at t':K a. m. and arrive at lHi at 6:40 a. m. Train No. fi leave Indcemienctf daily at 10:50 a. m. and Monmouth at 11:05 a. m., and arrive at Pallas at 11 :30 a. m. ... Train No. 70 leave Independence daily at 6:15 p. m. and Monmouth at 6:30 p. m., ami arrives at DalU at 6:55 p. m. Prom Independence to Air lie. Train No. 61 leave Independence daily at 7:00 a. m. and Monmouth at 7:15 a. m., and arrive at Airlie at 7:50 a. m. Train No. 73 leave Independence daily at 2 :20 p. m. and Monmouth 2:50 p. m., and arrive at Airlie at 3 :25 p. m. From Dalle. to Independence. Train No. 65 leave Dallaj dailjr at 8:30 a. m. and Monmouth at S :ao a. m.. and arrive at Independence at 9:15 a. m . Train No. 69 leaves Dallas daily at 1 :00 p. m. and Monmouth at 1 :35 p. m. and arrives at Independence at 1 :40 p. m. (Thi train connect at Monmouth for Airlie.) Train No. 71 leaves Pallas daily at 8 :00 p. m. and Monmouth at S :25 p. m., and arrives at Independence at 8 :40 p. m. From Airlio to Independent Train No. 62 leaves Airlie daily at 8:15 a. m. and Monmouth at 8:50 a. m., and arrives at Independence at 9:10. a. m. Train No. 72 leaves Airlie daily at 4:05 p. m. and Monmouth at 4 :40 p. m., and arrives at Independence at 4 :50 p. m. AUTOMOBILE TIME CARD Leaving Independence at 7:30 a. m. arrives at the McNary crossing in time to catch the east bound train. Leaving Independence in the even ing at 3:30 p. m. and arriving at the .mciimr in time to make connection - with trains going both ways, and re turn at 4:49. Fare 50 cents for each trip. INTERNATIONAL CORRE SPONDENCE SCHOOL Scran ton, Pa. H. V. REED, - Representative 233 Alder Street.; Portland, Oregon. Will be in Independence every month. C W. H INKLE Funeral Director and Licensed Em balm r. Lady assistant if de3ired. Calls attended day or night. Independence, Oregon, L. L. HEWITT. M. D. Physician and Surgeon Office in Cooper Building, 'rooms 2 and 3. Office hours 9 a. m. to 12 m. and 2 to 6 p. m. Calls answered night and day. W. R. ALL1N, D. D. S. DentUt Both phones. Cooper Bldg. Independence, Oregon. B. F. SWOPE Attorney at Law and Notary Public Will practice in all courts of the State. Probate matters and collec tions given prompt attention. Office, Cooper Bldg. Independence, Oregon. THE ELDRIDGE C. E. Van Allen, Proprietor Large sunny rooms en suite or sin gle. Electric lights, batlTand piano. European Plan. 248JN. Commercial St., Salem, Ore. THE DEAL POULTRY PARK INDEPENDENCE, OREGON S. C. W. Leghorns a Specialty. Eggs for hatching, per setting (13) fl.00, 50 13.50, and 100 $6.00. SANFORD SNYDER, Prop. Box 181, Home Phone 7521. CASH PAD) FOR Farm Produce BY THE BUTLER PRODUCE CO. CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK Dote of the World at Large Told in Brief. General Resume of Important EvenU Presented In Condensed Form for Our Busy Reader. Nebraska wheat raixera are using women a harvt hand and paying the fj'.l cale. An angler at Cobtirg. Ore., caught ten fish In five caU, uamg eeveral hook on hi line. General Wood's plan for abandon ing some of the small nv.lii.iry poM will not affect the Vancouver bar racks. fiv the bursting of a reservoir at Gratia Juiictlijn. Cal . 5cu cuttle were drowned, but no vtfcer live ere lost. An Investigating committee In Chi cago sa that society leader are the owners of many j;ves, but the ; names are withheld. ; Mildred Holland, an actress, was enu need to one year la the peniten tiary of New York state for attemit i ing to commit suicide. An Alaska miner, thoucht dead, i visited his home In Derby, Conn., and there saw a monument erected to ; bis memory in the cemetery. ; Senator Lorimer's friend deny cor 1 ruption and liquor wen are attacked. President Taft fends message of greeting to King George, and wishes friendly relations to continue. Pastors at Colville. Waeh . have formed a baseball nine and will play match games for the benefit of a church building fund. While a rastor In Wheeling. Va., Is preaching, a highwayman holds up the church treasurer in the ante room, who had Just made the collec tion, and escapes. The secret of the destruction of the battleship Maine will never be known, according to a statement of the chief eneineer, for the wreck was so complete that It cannot be told whether the vessel was blown up from within or without. The John Dav Valley, Oregon, wool clip will be l.'oOO.OOO pounds. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track prices: Bluestem 979"Hc; club, S6tzS7c; Russian, 85 S6c; Valley, 87c; 40-fold, 87c. Millstuffs Bran, $24.5025 per ton; middlings, $31: shorts, $25.50 26; rolled barley, $29.501130.50. Corn Whole, $29; cracked, $30 per ton. Barley Choice feed $27 per ton. Oats No. 1 white, $27.50028 per ton. Hav Timothv, Eastern Oregon. No 1, $20f21; light roiied, $18f?19; heavy mixed, $16 17; alfalfa, $12.50 13; clover, $12.5013; grain hay, $13.50 14.50. Poultry Hens, 1516c; broilers, 20 22c; ducks, young, 15c; geese, nom inal; turkeys, 20c; dressed, choice 25c. Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 21c per dozen; case count, 20c per dozen; Eastern, 19-3200. Butter City creamery extra, 1 and 2-pound prints, In boxes, 24c per pound; less than box lots, cartons and delivery extra. Cheese Twins, triplets and daisies, 14(ai4c per pound; Young Amer icas, 1515c. Pork Fancy, 1010c per pound. Veal Fancy, ll12c per pound. Fresh Fruit Strawberries. Oregon, $1.251.75 per crate; gooseberries, 5 6c per pound; apples, $13 per box; cherries, $1.20 1.50 per box; 1010'4c per pound; apricots, $1.50 2 ner crate: cantaloupes, iz.suw 3.25 per crate; peaches, $1.50 1.75 per erate. Sack Vegetables New carrots, per sack; turnips, $2; beets, $2. Potatoes Old, $3 per nunarea; new California, 4'5c per pound. Vegetables Asparagus, 755 90c per box; beans, 1012c; cabbage, $3 per hundredweight; corn, 20 25c per dozen; cucumbers, $11.25 per doz en; eggplant, 15c per pound; garlic, 1012c pr pound; lettuce, 30 35c per dozen; hothouse lettuce, $1.25 1.75 per box; peas, 5 6c per pound; peppers, 30 35c per pound; radishes, 12c per dozen; rhubarb, 12c per pound; tomatoes, $1.251.75. Onions Yellow, $3; red, $2.75 per hundred; crystal wax, $3.50 per hun dred. Hops 1911 contracts, 232oc per pound; 1910 crop, 22c; 1909 crop, 15315c; olds, 810c. Mohair Choice, 3637c pound. Wool Eastern Oregon, 1016c per pound, according to shrinkage; Val ley, 1416c per pound. Cattle Prime grain-fed steers, $6 IS.25: nrime hay-fed steers, $66.25; choice, $5.756; fair to good, $5.25 5.50; common, $5(35.25; prime cows, $55.50; good to choice, $4.755; fair to " good, $4.504.75; poor, $4.25 4.50; choice heifers, $5.50 5.75; choice bulls, $4.50 5; good to choice bulls, $4.254.50; choice light calves. $7(7.50; good to choice, $6.757; choice heavy, $5 5.50; choice stags. $5.756.25; good to choice stags, $a.25 5.75. Hogs Choice hogs, $f.757; good to choice, $6.506.75; choice heavy. $6(fi6.25; common, $56; stook, $0.75 6 7.50. Sheep Choice spring lambs, $1 6.25; choice yearlings, $t.S05; good to choice, $4.50 4.75; fair to medium, $4'5'4.25; choice ewes, $33.50; good to choice ewes, $2.753; fair to med ium ewes, $2.502.75; good to choice heavy wetuers, $3.754; old heavy wethers, $34; mixed lots, J45. i SECRET SOUGHT FROM WIFE. Dctectv Arranj Meeting of Me- Mamgel On Side. .,, AnceN". -Tin- i'H'viil"H nr-raiik-iil M.iite netim in Mi N.im.ti djiumitie i-oii -I'll ac y de Yt!U'-.t.t that 1,1,11 mi' i ie. dnmiiiUe efT-eM. Tli. v tout routed Mr. Ottie K. MeMmiU.il her hh.Ull. one of t in aecu-etl eon .-;itol III mi ante loom of the mid U:- i-luim!'.'i nd !'' the n,t. ni." ' iii.led "he had !.!! u In "' l.jt. r, when she emt io d hMteil ,n fiimi ttie onleiil, Alt.'iney Jimefh Sentt an associate 'f I'laume Vtl i,.w In the defense f the Mt-Naiuara brothel, limbed i'! " let-e-Jne iiiroiitHltn her and. with cliuched n..t. swept them Hslde with thnaf of violence It they did m cee "houndlim thlw wmnun " The detective ald the nbjwt of the Intenlew wa to ha McMati leal Induce hi wife to clntliKe her attiMide and abandon the detenne. In aoc.nil.uice with preararnKi-d l.laii. Mr McManlUiil wa taken before the Brand Jury to W told that she wu not eiinpl frvm tetlf Inu aait-t-t the MoNmmtia brolher on the Kn'iind that she niUht tnctinil nate her husband She wa !mi In formed that by rt f iitua to tell what f;e U believed to Know nf lite ill aster to the la' Antele Tlnie buildlns October 1. 1SH. hen 21 emplove lost their llvon. she laid herself liable to a jail sentence for contempt, and to xssiile prosecution as an accomplice in the alleged ph't. CIRCLES NIAGARA FALLS. Daring California Aviator Mad a Dangerous Trip. Niagara Falls With a whir of hi biplane. Lincoln lteiiclny. the Cali fornia aviator, after clrclinc alve Niagara swimped beneath the upper steel brliUe and down the gorge almt to the whirlpool. Kmtnc auain between the sides of the lower river. Hearhey went tv ward the Canadian side, where he made a splendid landins. It was the first time a blrdman had cut tne air crrssins the Canadian border. When he crossed the American Ortie E. McManigal, Accused a Lo Angelei Times Dynamiter, Whoa Wife is Now Central Figure in Case Falls he was about 2100 feet In the air. Dropping, on hw second circle, he went well to the southwest. Once over the cataract he lowered Ma nlanes He raiiuht some of the wash from the outlet of the power tunne which shoots over me irac of the precipice. The space through which he flew is 16 feet hich and barely 10 feet from side to side. 1 he dwtanre from the hn'rk nf th ThHs to the bridge nf w-hieh he made the (iil) is about 4200 yards. It Is estimated 150,000 persons witnessed the flight. Child Beaten to Death. Chico, Ca!. Helen Rumbel, 13 years old, beaten for neglecting a task, is dead in her home near Grid lev. Mrs. Emma Rumbel, her step mother, and Arthur Lewis, her step brother, are held by a coroner g Jury to answer to charges of murder, and have been rushed to the county jail at Oroville for safety. The countryside is half crazed with rage. Lewis and Mrs. Knmoel reported that the girl had committed suicide. An inquest, instituted Immediately developed that the girl s bony was : mass of bruises, and that her race in death remained black from the choking she had received. Creeds Cast Red Pepper. Lansing, Mich. Red pepper was thrown about and a shotgun was dis played aggressively in a riot among members of the Mayflower Congre gational Church and adherents of the Latter Day Saints. The former attempted to tear down an old church they had sold to the other congregation, and the latter drove off the invaders. The Congregation- alists say the property was Bold with the understanding that the building be removed to another lo cality and trouble began when the new owners kept it in Its present location. Own Monument Visited. Derby, Conn. Thomas Mulcahy, one of the few men whose lot has been to see a monument erected to his memory, has left home here to return to the Klondike, where he has spent his last 12 years. Shortly after his departure from here 12 i-eai-B aen word came of his death and a monument was erected to his memory in a local cemetery. Six weeks "a iro Mulcahv returned home, and since then has paid several visits to the monument. Taft Is Caught in Storm. AVntihinf'tnn (lelutre of rain and hail accompanied by thunder and ghtning and a wind that attameu f f.u mile,-! an hour today forced an adjournment of the Sen fht President Taft. in the open on the Chevy Cha- golf links, caused the destruction of a building at the Soldiers Home and piayeu havoc with shade trees. r fry VH" '- ,i fvif &l : r- V I ! : ? '.V . i& --r. t I INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE CONVICTS TO BUILD ROAD. Covtrnor Writ PUm Rout From Portland t Siem. C,o.tiior itit' iopi'.tl to -e ,oiii( in h'lli.l lie model hii;liN Pel ween I'oitluud n l Sab iii ha .iionxed InlcM'sl and Mppivtal mn.iiitf buinesi men. Kood roml entbumaot and the people who It alotm the pinposed line of construction Not only would the road shorten the leiisth of tiavel between IVlt laud and the capital. It I mild, but a loim dcslied Ideal of connect I im Oreiion' uictrto! ii and th Wlllatn ette valley with road easily tnivi-r-iiblo would '' reallicd. Two route are vpeti. One bad through the country on the east side of the Willamette thnuiKh Ou-koii City and I shorter than the eotiil route on the west iide of the Wil lamette aslr throuwli New bens and Pa. urn and IncludiiiK the 12 mile stielch between Hex and TU.inkille That eon let build pd roads Is demonstrated b the stability of hlh wns in other stales where they have been put to work. The value of the mad i. shown by the Increase In the nltio of the land through which it is built. In southern Marion coun ty, for Instance, the prune cmwei i-iit together and taxed theiiiH. hes to build rock hUhwav. Tln-y did this when they found that they would be steadily loslm; t their bimniesri with out road over which Ihey nilcht haul their crop to distribution cen ters. The lueieftse per acre In the prune belt wai from $.'3 to $."a); the cc.st averaged hIkhiI t'i an ncre. The prune growers find that butld'ng and maintaining piod maiU Is exceeding i. . . .t 1 1 . 1 . 1.. It la tiii, l lln. convict liullt road whlth governor West pro wseg would be even more profitable, and the const ruction iiiIkIU lie made to Include both sides of the river. WIDE FIELD BENEFITED. Shower Have Been General Through out Pacific Northwest. Soaking rain that fell throughout Oregon and the Northwest the flrnt of the week have been of immense value to farmer, according to re lrt from Oregon and Washington towns. Coming on the heel of one of the longest dry periods known In the state, when in ome district the crop outlook wa approaching zero, the jifbllation of farmers Is marked. While grain generally Is pretty well along, they say the rains wll have a tendency to nil out the crop, and that the quality will be greatly improved. In twelve hours a little over half an inch of rain fell, making a toiul precipitation of Hj.Sj Inches since September 1, S.22 incheri under nor mal. The indications are (hat show ers will continue in the eastern part of the state the showers being more general over the Willamette benefit ing practically the entire state. The rain extends over Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, where .2:1 of an inch fell. Lincoln count v. Washington. Is asnured a 15,0110. (lOO-bushel crop as a result of the showers. UNITED WORK PLAN. Three Organizations to Labor for Good Roads. Co-operation with all organizations in the state that are interested In the good roads movement will be one of the objectn of the Oregon Association for Hlghwuy Improve ment. At a meeting of the directors of the association held recently, It was decided to become Identified with the Oregon Development , League and the Oregon Slate Grange for the pur pose of working out a uniform legis lative program that would be ac ceptable to all Interests in the state. The association will carry on a campaign for additional funds aii soon as the Oregon Development League has determined positively what action It will take in helping the association to advance the good roads movement. The legislative committee of the State Grange will he asked to meet the directors at an early date to discuss proponed laws covering the road question. C. E. Spence, or Ore gon Citv; C. L. Shaw, of Albany, and A. I. Mason, of Hood River, members of the Grange committee, assured President I'rall. of the Oregon Asso ciation for Highway Improvement of giving their support to the organiza tion. Auto Passenger Service. Jacksonville Jacksonville and Med ford people are Binging the praises of V. C. Gorst, who has established an automobile pasnenger service be tween the two cities. Mr. Gorst makes a round trip every hour, and has found his way into popular favor to such an extent that he will soon put on another machine. He Is also talk ing of putting on a truck to compete with the Rogue River Valley railway in hauling freight. Coo Bay Timber Sold. Marshfield The annual meeting of the Southern Oregon Co. was held at Empire and new officers and di rectors of the company were elected, rt became known positively that a majority of the stock of the company had passed into the hands of the Menasha Woodenware Co. of Men asha. Wifi. The officers elected were: President, C. R. Smith, head of the Menasha Company; vice-president, Herbert Armstrong, local representa tive of the company; secretary. C. G. Hockett, of North Hend; assistant secretary, Frank H. Damon, of Iios-ton. GOOD APPLt CROP IN EAST. Northwtit Condition Brljjhten Saori Advance. Th Nuithwesietn Fruit Kxrhnniin Kle the folloVWIiK tesut of apple ciop condition: Since llie dme of our lnt bulletin, No, !. Iio limine of "eial llil poiUnce hH In-cU ieHilleil to the exchange. Statement In if it ant to the nop et of tbo Mloiiil river ar roiifllitltiK In many )', but lb liciicial tone confirm the piel oiuly -relleiated advice ItiMt the )lcld lu Hume. dUlrlcU will le much lamer than ti .Ih--u liar rated for a Dumber of year. Many kecllou In tbo east tiuvii been visited with abundant rain which have helH'd strengthen the situation. Oil the whole, the rain havo letl of excep tional value at Oils lime, follow Im; the extiviuely hot weather and ne ver drouths. Th Juno drop be much heavier Ihan wim expected, whllti a IiuiiiIhT of localities report bliisllng of sonic varieties. It seems ceitaln tlist New York and Mtchlttan, at bust, will linvu bumper yield, esinclally III the fall vuiletle. The Virginia promise, a very fair crop, although smaller than that of IVIo. Information from .New Yoik lute under recent dale ahowa heavier dropping than Is considered desir able In aoine loculltle. whllo other resirt blasting, but on the averagn condition Indicate an exceedingly Iuiki volume of tonnage. Michigan rejKiit are of the iuue general character. Virginia reHirt are recent and comprehensive. Thn Shenandoah Val ley ami eastern panhandle of West Virginia promise crop of unusually fins quality, but on the whole the quantity will hardly exceed id or tla (s-r cent of last year' harvest. The shortagM i attributed to the last late frost, and the rxcesslve . drouth lasting three week. The drop ha also been abnormally heavy. The falling off In the older orchards, which Ure heavily last year, will bt offset, to a large extent, by the great acreage of young orchards Just com ing Into bearing. The Shenandoah Valley wa visited by severe hall, lightning and wind storm on June 6. the effect of which could not be determined at the time of our ad vice. Whatever damage ha resulted in the southern part of the valley may be rquallcrd by tlm benefit of rainfall In the northern section. OREGON CITIES PAVING. Numerous Town Ar Engaged In Some Permanent Street Work. La Grande The Warren Construc tion company ha completed the pav ing of Sixth afreet and ha begun work on Main avenue. Washington avenue la also being graded and the rock has been laid for one block. Ou Elm street everything Is awaiting the "hot stuff" which will be applied a soon as Main avenue I completed. With these and other street paved and Second. Went, Adam and South Fourth macadamized, La Grande will surely have as many first-class streets as any town or city of its size in Oregon. Salem The city council has agreed to lay hnrd surface pavement on East State street Instead of ma cadam. It Is the plan of the state to construct a boulevard connecting the penitentiary and the asylum lr this street Is paved, and that will mean juuch travel on the street nnil In the judgment of the council, makes it Imperative that a hard surface pavement be laid. Medford Last year nearly loO.OOO square yard of hard surface pave ment was laid in MVdford. Con tracts aggregating nearly 150,000 art tin ra feet were carried over for completion this year. This amount. with what has tieen contracted ior this season, to date brings the total up to 270,000 square yards to be laid this year. Forest Grove Street Improvement work Is going rapidly on. Ditches for the curbing on Main street from North Second avenue to Pacific ave mm hnv been made and are prac tically ready to receive the concrete mixture. Rock is being delivered for constructing the 18 blocks of hard surface streets for which the city has contracted. . Tinker Street navlng In Baker lias i jtivj1 Dovoriil limes, but AC-1 ueeu ur.i,,, - , live work Is now being pusneri ior- ward. Raker Is doing so mucn pav ing this year that there has been some anxiety that the delay might prove sufficient to prevent the com pletion of all that Is contemplated. Rnrlnirfleld At an adjourned meet ing of the common council a resolu tion was passed providing for an ad ditional bond issue of $50,000, to be expended in street Improvement. This action is In line w.itn tne coun cil's plan to make Springfield a mod el city. vanillin Tho navlner of Third street was begun several days ago and the block between Madison and Tor-foi-ann with a nart of the one to the north, is entirely finished. The street between Adams and Jackson is 52 feet wide. Pendleton The city council has practically agreed to pave 1500 feet of Alta street, or the connection be tween Main and Court streets. The property abutting on the street, in cludes the courthouse and three churches. Grants Pass Contracts for the paving of North" Sixth street from fi st reet north to Evelyn avenue, and the paving of fi street from Sixth to Seventh, have been let to the War ren Construction company, the rate being $2.10 per square yard. La! "" . ' I I "TOI OF TIIR MOKNINO TO YOU." sin nl Mr Hreail to n-t Mi Chocolate Cake, they met on ' delivery lliorillUK." BREAD AND CAKE fter Hie above eolhspiy , ere short ly theieatler found mugly en.i one ed in Mr. il l.ivei raker y larder. Hak.'l stulT from this bak ery is wlioleoin and ii'l"'tiiiik'. The Independence Bakery WHILE WE ARE "AHEAD of the meat business," It i berom a eriou matter with the ordinary wafrr-earner to know how to lupply the family tuble with WHOLESOME MEAT Although our niurgin U mall. we buy nly the best and give our customer the benefit of it, and every part of our market i kept clean and in a sanitary condition. GEO. F. HECK PROPRIETOR Independence, Oregon Cba$. Smiley CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Independence, Oregon riar. and Sle Ifb atluns Cheerful 1y Submitted. Ball Phone. Farmer 524 INDEPENDENCE SHOE SHOP O. FLOYD, Prop. All kind of repairing dona with neatnei and d ipatch. Shop on Main Street. ' CHAS. INGRAM Painting, Paper Hanging and DECORATING. Free Hand Frecolng a Specialty. AIRLIE, OREGON The Independence Enterprise Everything in Job Printing All the News All the Time