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VOLUME 28.
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1811. 4
NUMBER 16.
PICKERS ARE
DISSATISFIED
Conditions at the Rose Hop
Yard are Said to be Very
Unsatisfactory.
Plckera art Too Numerous and .art
Discontented
Authentic reports have been receiv
ed to tbe effect ,tut (he pickers at
Hose's hop yard :'e dta -autlafled
to the extent thut if they are not
provided with employment in a hor
time they will a 1 1 ave the yard and,
It la said, loma will md avor to lnstl
tute a au t for dumages ugalnat the
proprietor.
It la atatod that Mr. Roae, while
la PoMand during the early part of
tbe season, conducted a kind of in
dependent emplryimmt bureau and
that in tiila office he secured the
contracts of several hundred pick
er. He agreed to furnish three week
employment and to provide the, sign,
ora with round trip tickets to and
from Independence. Upon getting to
the yard it was found that instead
of the 2"0jickers that are required
by Mr. Roue, thire were about 700
pickers. This condition made it lm
possible to furnish work for all at tl
same time, therefore some had to be
la'd off for part of the time and otn
ers at ether times. This state of of
fairs, together wl h the rainy weath
er, hns iiU'de the pickers dls satis
fled and they are ready to do most
any thing in order to get out whole.
A committee, appolnetd by the
plckera.-wtnt ' to the office of the
Rose Hop Co., In Salem, for the Pur
pose of conferring with Mr., Rose. It
was reporeii'at that Place that the
man that they Bought was out of the
el'y and would not return for some
time. In a day or two Mr. Rose, in
company with some deputy sheriffs,
went out to the yard and there en
deavored to negotiate with the pick
ers" in regard to the situation. All
of the return tlckotB he tried to pur
chase at $5.00 wn. and in this way
sought to get out of the dilemma.
It la said f-at about a hundred of the
tickets were sold and as soon as the
pickers sold their tickets they were
put hodlly out of the yard and were
n"t ullowed to return aa'n. In this
kind wy, about a hundred pickers
disoosed of and the only ques
tion now remaining Is. "What, sha'l
be done w
PLENTY OF PICKERS
It is sUted by persons who have
lived In this I-art of the country for
23 years, that there are m0re hop
pickers in the yards this season
thun tiere ever were before. There
are hip-pickers under the trees;
there are hop-pickors in tents, shedB,
ba-ns, and driers; there are hop-Pick-ers
in wajons. bugles and carts;
thera are fco'.i-pickerg everywhere.
This condition can be accounted
for from the fa't that, last year there
were not enough pickers to gatherd
the crop and the growers, fearing
auo'her such experience, t;ok pre
cau ions to sjo t lat they weren't met
by the same condition this year.
Horst Bros., who ordinarily employ
about one thousand people, have' this
year, two thousand five hundred
pickers in their yard. Practically all
of the growers have the same por
porttohat3 surplus.
During, the early part of the sea
son the picksrs were not numerous
itt this section but when they did
come they came thick and fast bo tha
by the time the rains had let up
there were about throe times as man
pickers as was necessary in order o
gat her the crop. In hardly any of
the yards can the pickers jyork all
. of the time, most all of them get in
about six hours per day.
The wfat'her has been a handicap
to the pickers more than to the grow
er. Dissatisfaction is spoken , of on
every hand in no measured terms.
Dreams of six and seven boxes per
day do not materialize this year and
atr-cnstles ,built on imaginations of
full pocketbooks. do not develop.
Whereas in the fore part of the
week the streets were crowded with
wagon-loa-'s of pickers with bt'lsht
and smiling faces, bound for the dif
ferent fields, now the streets are al
most as crowded with unhappy, dis-
contented people, leaving for their
lues and returning to endeavor to
resocure tbe poHltlona given up in
the hope that a ' stake" would be
made In the hop field.
The riln of last week repeated
themselves during the present week
and, althoiiRb there, has no damage
been dine to the hora as yet, it l
certain lhar 1' the rain do"s not
lot tip' within tse next few days,
some of (he hops at leait, will never
be pick d In mont of thi yards at
the present time, the rain hns brok
en down the vines to some extent
Horst Brca. report that aKoit one
huodred acres of theirs have been
nl'iioat rulnel by bavlng broken dow".
Krebs will Iohb a'toiit seventy acres
1n tills war. Most all of fie yards re-po-t
lows of greater or leps extent,,
from the broken treplses. Mr. Da
mon's yard is in about the best shape
In this resp-et but mrae of his wires
are broken,
OWEN-POMEROY WEDDING
' ' '
The wedding of Miss Mildred Owen
to Mr. Dole Pomeroy, was solemniz
ed at the home of the- bride's Par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Owen in
this city, Sunday noon, September
tenfi, Kev. Mr. Clark officiating.
The rooms were decorated in
white and pink asters.
Th hrtdn whs aowned In cream
satin aid carried a shower boquet
of carnations.
Miss Opal McDevltt played the
w.'dding ma'ch; Immediately before
the ceremony Miss McDevltt Bang,
"I Love You Truly."
After the Impressive ring ceremo
ny, a wedding breakfast was served
to the assembled guests, after which
the young couple departed in an au
tomobHe amid shower of rice and
the consra'ula'lons of their many
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy. will make
their home at Grayo River for tbe
pr?aent where Mr. Pomeroy is with
a surveying party.
The young people have grown up
In t'Hs city and have hosts of friends
who wish thera all the Joy and hpp
plness possible. ' ,
MEN FIGHT WITH RAZORS
On the Salem road between the O.
A. McLaughlin ho1? yard and that of
Horst Bros., there occurred a fight,
during the fore part of the week, that
could very eftslly have proved fatl.
The fight was between Irvine ana
the other. It seems
that a mm was traveling on j.he r0ad
in n brgey and was carrying a flag
in his hand. The Devine brothers
accos'ed him and a quarrej ensued
Thn man. thlnkins: that the two as
sa'lnts were too much for him, drew
forth a razor and the consequence
was that the Devlnlties are much
wor for the wear. The stranger
escaped unhurt and, up to the pres
ent lme, has not been heard of-
WILL MOVE TO PORTLAND
D. J. Collins o' this city has prac
tically completed moving to Portland.
Mra rniiinn left for that city some
dnys ago and her husband followed
Wednesday.
Mr. Collins is well known in this
city having lived here most of his
life. During the paBt few years he
hns been eneaeed In the fruit busi
ness near this place. His apple or
chard on the river 6 miles above In
dependence is considered one of the
finest In this pan ot the Valley.
Both he and his wife will be greatl
mlBsed in the social and business
circles of the city.
ALL. GO TO SEE STATE FAIR
It Is evident from reports of Inde
pendence people, that 'the 50th State
Pair is a marked success. Almost
fell of the people In the city have ei
ther gone to the fair or are making
preparations to attned.
Among teh men the races are ap
preciated above all else and every on
pronounced them the best that they
have ever witnessed.
The stock and frulfxftiblts are al
so admired.
kui.. hi. win.
see Hanna Brother the Hardwar
Men.
FALLS FROM THE
RAILROAD BRIDGE
Intoxicated Man Falls Twenty
J
Feet from Railroad Bridge
and is Killed.
la Taken to Salem Hospital In Auto
by Police and Health Officer
Passes Away Sunday.
An unknown man fell from the rail
road bridge near the pumping sta
tion Saturday evening and met with
Injuries which have proved fatal- The
man was evidently a hobo and on his
person there was absalutely nothing
of value or a mark to identify him.
He had been on the river for ' the
probable purpose of sleeping off an
over Indulgence in ' booze" and was
evidently enroute to a gin mill when
he met with the accident A few
freight cars had been sidetracked
over the bridge and the man probably
did not dia:oer tbse un.il he
bnmped aga'nst them In the darkness
which caused blm to fall through the
bridge. He struck on timber twen
ty feet or more below the track.
Mr. Hubbard, who Is in charge of
the pumping" plant, was the -first to
discover the troubled man. He heard
a noise coming irom we airetuo"
of the slough Indicating that some
one needed assistance. He .walked
down the track to the bridge where
he found the suffering man groan
ing and incoherently calling for help.
He was taken to Dickinson's livery
a able where a physician was sum
moned and It was then discovered
that he had sustained a fracture of
couuty. He died Sunday,
ed. He was removed to a hospital in
Salem Immediately and placed in the
care of nurses at the expense of the
county.
The Injured man was an entire stra
ger in Indepjandence and apparently
had no associates. He is not known
In any of the hop yards where thou
sands of strangers are now at work,
and It is the belief of the police that
he is a famp. Mr Feagles accompan
pnidsooj eu 0 umn paanfui em per
Saturday night.
It has since been learned that
the man's name was Donaheu. but
his residence is still unknown.
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
Still retains Its high Place as ta.
best household remedy for all coughs
....... ,
Still retains its h eh Place as the
and colda, either for children or for
grown persons, rreveuis euuui Mo
.
sul's from a cold. Take only the gen
ulne Foley Honey and Tar Compound
and refuse substitutes.
For Sale by Williams Drug Co
AN ESSAY BY
REV. BLACKST0NE
Pastor of the Baptist Church
Writes Interesting Article
on Death.
(An essay by Arthur R. Biackstone.)
In those days was Hezeklah sick
unto death. And Isaiah, the prophet,
t'ie Son of Amos, came to him and
said unto him,' Thus saith Jehove.
Set thy house in order, for thou shalt
aiirrlv Aa nnil nnt live."
The first thought that comes to
us from this text is, In life we are
in the midst of death.- A lady , recent
ly ea'd to me, "At six in the evening
my child was out playing in the yard;
ah elirht a corpse In my arms." about
two years ago a neighbor stepped m
to a lumber yard office to pay for the
lumber of his new home. The clerk,
who was waiting on him, stepped in
to another room and before he could
return my neighbor lay a corpse on
the floor. One cannot pick up a
da'ly newspaper without reading of
some railway accident, of some auto
mobile turning turtle, or of some oth
er accident, or affair, in which blood
has been shed and lives lost. The
bible says. "Come now, ye that Bay,
'Today or tomorrow we will go into
Continued on page 8.
SOME CRITICISM
There seems to be some criticism
directed ugalnat the . minister who
performed the ceremony joining Col.
T .T. Atir Anil Mlau ITnrcn In mar
TV JlLTI "TT l
the Portland clergy. We have read
the Portland clergy. We have read
with Intercut the different sides of
the pro-os!tlon In the dally paiers
of thit city and, as the argument wa.
es hoter and ho'er, we cannot help
bu recall that scene about 1900
yeirs ago when a minister, whose
character hns never been questioned
and whose laws have never been re
pal3rt, said, "Let hlra who Is among
you without s'n cast the first stone."
In thia connection the Oregoilan
of the 13th favs:
"The eesy virtue o his parition
ers has comrelled the' minls'er who
married As'or and tylss Force t-)
leave his puloit The righteousness
which consists in condemning other
proTle Is fail? and, cheap. Persecu
t'on I nds It a shade of meanness
which it might otherwise lack Doz
ens of men more wicked than Astor
are married every day by ministers,
but since they are too inconspicuous
to shed no'orlety on their critics,
no clamor arises."
feet.
CAMPERS IN HOPYARD ATTACK
FOREIGNERS
Warrants were issued at Salem on
Monday, for the arrest ot C. O'Dcn-
ald, Carl Brown. Ed. Britten and
Ivan Wetierford, all being pickers
in the Groves ho? yard near this
city, who are charged with assait
and ba'tery on a family of Armenians
It- is charged thet the party of men
after tsaring the foreigners tent
down, severely beat a male camper
and then Injured his wife, me
cause of the aTray is laid to race Pre
Judice in the yard. .
MAN SHOT IN HAND
Mr Clouch, w:o is livfg across the
river, was shot In the band , the
bullet entering Just below the thick
of the humb, and lodging between
the little finger end the wris'. It
not known bow he was shot
Neither he . nor his companion will
say how it occurred.
INJURED IN RUNAWAY
A man bv the name of Zumalt was
found near a fence on the Buena"Vls-
ta road. Mr Zumalt's team had run
awav and thrown him out against a
I. irnloin. him If WHB
ieuce, sevcieiy u-
' .... t , . v,
w&g ound by
. ..,. nn thfl roa, He
D"'"c
-.V U UNUIW.
Mr. Putnam Suffers With Hand
Mr Putnam who has a farm near th
'tv and "who does the butchering
and most of- the buying for W. H.
Bloch, is suffering seveny with an
abcess In hiB hand.
Mr. Putnam cut his hand while do
ing some butchering last winter and
at tha'. time blood uoisou set in m th
hand. Since that time he has been
considerably bothered with some
form or another of blood poisoning.
Stole Livery Team.
"Ted" Irvine, o! the Beuvieu Jtep
er oire Company, drove out to the
Krebs hop yard where the troup was'
engaged to put on a theatrical per
formance, but when he started to go
home he found that some one had
been in need of a team and had bor
rowed his. No clue was left, by the
miscreant bvt he was reported to
have passed through McMinnvlile on
the same n'ght with a team that an
swered the description of Ted's.
A Great Advantage to Working Men
J. A. Maple, 125 S. 7th St., Steu
ben ville, O., says: "For years I suf
fered from weak kidneys and a se
vere bladder trouble. I learned of Fo
ley Kidney Pills and their wonderful
cures bo I began taking them and
sure enough I had as good results as
any I heard about. My backache left
me and to one of my business, ex
pressman, that alone is a great advan
tage. My kidneys acted freely and
normal, and that saved me a lot of
misery. Foley Kidney Pills have cur
ed me and have tny highest praise.
For Sale by Williams Drug Co
THE MARKET IS
AGAINBOOMING
Cables Report Firm Condftlons In,
Europe With the Germane Try
ing to Buy Hops in
England.
There was inquiry on tie market
this week lor new hops In large lots
a. 34 and 2i cents but no sellers.
No business o.' any kind was report
ed from the country. ,
in tha later pan of last week a
number of small crops, aggregating
60,000 pounds, were secured at pric
es around 30 cents, but the purchase
on Saturday by T. A. Llvesley & Co.
of 1000 bales at 35 cents completely
put) a stop to su:h low priced selling
and firmly established the market
at the 35 cent po:nt
Tha present Strang h sjems to be
due In part to the belief by dealers
that he Oregon crop will not come
down as heavily as was expected ear
lier in the season. By the close of
this week a sufficient number of
yards will have been picked to enable
a fairly close es imate of the yield
to be made.
Hop contracts have been filed in
thia county as follows: J. W. Myer
to F. Rosen wald & Co., entire crop
at 35 cents per. pound; John Sim
kins to, same, 10,000 pounds, at 35
cents; M. D. Bevena. to, T. Rosen
wald & Co., 10,000 pounc's at 40c.
Cables received are encouraging to.
selljrs. One from Manger & Henley,
of London, was as follows:
"Growers holding back, expecting
higher prices. Market strong. Large
exorrt demand aid prices steady."
A Nuremberg cable quoted the Ger
man market firm and higher.
The market position, from an Eng
lish standpoint, is sta'jed by W- H. &
H. LeMay, of London, in their anun
al circular, as follows:
"In regard to the quantity, we do
n't think it is possible to grow as
many as we did lastyear, DUt presum
ing that the total crop should reach
300,000 cwt, it is barely half our an
nual consumption, and the question
that will exercise he minds of all
users o' hops is. 'Where is the other
half to come frDm?' Germany has
suffered very intensely from heat
and drought, and will "have no hops
for export; in fact, she is buying
Advance Fall Showing
-
OF -
LAMPS' SUITS AND COATS
and allied lines, can now be seen on exhibition here each day-more
and more of the New fall goods arrive till we are crowded to our ut
most capacity to take care of th em.
We will be pleased to have you come in and let us show you thea
new arrivals, whether you purchase or not. The new fall suits and
coats will surely prove attractive to yon. Never before have the
styles been more original and striking. You will enjoy this display
of fresh, new tell styles, and ffind It most satisfactory to
Make your selection while this beauti
ful assortment of garments is complete.
READY FOR INSPECTION
We are now showing the ad
vance styles for fall and winter
In Mens' ,
SUITS AND OVERCOATS
The weaves and patterns are
newand striklngi You must see
them to appreciate them,
Let us outfit you with , he cor
' rect suit for fall we don't want
to sell you ONLY a suit or over
coat; we want to sell you satis
faction. Satisfaction we guaran
tee. (
PRICES $10.00 TO $35.00
THE
QUALITY
STORE
SALEM
STOCKTON'S
largely from other countries. Ameri
ca, wl h lta greatly increased con
sumption of beer, which now evceeds
tat of any other country, will have
very few hops to s.are tor export. Of
course, those hops that have alrea
dy been contractsd for will come
Irrespective of any home rsqulrement
ard thes3 would be the only hops,
as far as we can sae at the moment,
that will be impor ed into England.
This being the case, the prospect for
me jsigusn grower is better man ne
has hid for many yas, and prices
are likely to be such as will, to some
extent, rscoupe him for the losses
he made during ;he many low priced
years he has bad to contend with."
M. Gut.rmann Sonne, of Sear,
Bohemia, In their 42nd annual report
on the world's hop harvest, estimate
the output as follows:
1911. 1910
164,000 309,000
1909
Austria, Hun.,
Germany, -
Belg., Hoi., -Frence,
- -Russia,
-
England, - -America,
- -
167,000
123,000
196,000 385.0CO
60,000 60,000
50,000 55,000
43,000 55,000
275,000 300,000
392 000 400,000
30,000
60,000
Z7,uuu
210,000
310,000
Total - M82.C00 1,564,000 927,000
WILL BE BURIED IN PORTLAND.'
Mr. O. L. Buchanon, who for some
time past hag been employed as a
brakeman on the Independence and
Monmouth Railway, died Sunday in
the hospital in Portland.
Mr. Buchanon was a good and faith
f ul employee, never missing a shift
wh le in the employ of the railroad
here. All, who knew him liked him
and all said that he was the most
accomodating kind of man. Dea'.h
came as a result of injuries sustained
nrVi'l. Aimllniv f-tmA ora (n t ha VAffl
of the railway here. !
He leaves a wife and five children
to mourn his loss.
Interment took place in Portland.,
BANK DECLARES DIVIDEND
At a meeting of the d'rectors of
the Independence National Bank, on
September 5th, a s3mi-annual divi
dend of six per cent was declared.
The bank has made a good show
ing, as bas always been characteris
tic -of IK during the past six m0nths
and the dividend Just declared shows
it to be one of the strongest bank
ing institutions in the State. . j
NEW FALL SHOES
for the entire family. The kind
that fit. The kind that wear.
We haver ready for your fhspec
tlon, all the new shapes in, both
black and tan, lace or button, at
PRICES THAT PLEASE
HOPPICKERS' SUPPLIES
If you are going to the hop
yards, It will save you money to
buy your supplies here Blankets
60c-75c-85c and up comforts
$1.25-$1.50-$1.75 and up-Jiop hats
10c and up hop gloves 10e
and up ' ,
THE
QUALITY
STORE
OREGON.