THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERP ISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON.
PAGE THREE
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
Our Clothing for
WATER TO FLOW FAR.
HAZERS DISCIPLINED,
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for
Big fir, 4 ft, per cord - - $4.50
Second growth per cord, - 4.00
Delivered to any part of the city.
Put in your season's supply now.
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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 gootls,' all irrices, but
great values.
Our Grocery Department is always in the lead
Call in and sec us; we assure you courteous treat
ment and fair dealing.
Dreider & Alexander
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON
THE HOTEL SALEM
Corner of Stato and High Streets, Sulcm, Oregon
J, M. BTALEY, Proprietor
Ronovated and Improved throughout. A. gplondid location, fln
meals, good service No botter place in Salem to find homolilc ao
commodations. Kcmcmber tha location just opposite th court
house on State street.
WORKS WHILE
YOU SLEEIWs
Money works while you sleep,
and works while you work,
too. Money in the bank may be
considered a good silent partner that
will work night and day the long
er it is undisturbed, the better will
be its work. We pay interest in
our Savings Department at the rate
of 4 per cent, and one Dollar will
start the account.
United States National Bank
salem, oregon
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
IT'S BEST T0.
CONSIDER QUALITY FIRST AND THEN QUANTITY. WHEN
YOU ARE BUYING FOR THE HOUSEHOLD. THAT HAS
ALWAYS BEN OUR MOTO, AND THAT 13 WHY WE ALWAYS
SHOW THE BEST MEATS IN THE MARKETS. IF YOU HAVE
GOOD FAT CATTLE OR HOGS WE WANT THEM AT THE
HIGHEST MARKET PRICES.
WILL H. BLOCH,
Both Phones.
INDEPENDENCE, ORB.
Ok Impendence Etoery Darn
CIIOWLEY'BKOS., Proprietors.
Main St., North of Garage, '
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON
Best of Service day or night. Gentle horses and Responsible Drivers.
-Horses Boarded .
By Day, Week or Month. Best of Care and Feed. Prices as low as j
Gigantic Irrigation Scheme Proposed
for Lake County.
Lakeview A gigantic Irrigation
project to cover about 400,000 acres
and to reclaim two of the largest val
leys in Northern Lake county is ex
pected here from a group of Minneap
olis capitalists.
It is asserted on reliable authority
that $10,000,000 will be spent by a
company close in touch with IIIII in
terests to take water from Lake Odell
and convey it through canals a dis
tance of from 50 to 80 miles into
Christmas and Silver Lake valleys.
Owing to the character of the soil this
main canal will travewe there is
little doubt that many miles will have
to bo cement-lined to prevent exces
sive seepage.
The magnitude of the undertaking
is made evident in the fact that the
United StateB reclamation service
withdrew thousands of acres from all
forms of entry, including the lake
which is the natural reservoir, but
after finding that the cost would be
greater than could be spent by the
government on any one project within
the state at this time, the land was
restored to entry.
A large corps of men has been mak
ing surveys and estimates recently of
the cost of constructing such a plant
and it is now believed that the data is
in such form that there will be little
delay in handling the project.
Ten million dollars spent on this
water will develop one of the best val
leys in the state lying in one county
and will pay the capitalists large'divi
dends and make a reasonable rate per
acre for water placed on the land;
water power for lighting and manu
facturing purposes will be developed,
and as the surveys pass through some
of the finest timber lands in Klamath
and Lake counties and are close to
the Oregon Eastern and Oregon Trunk
surveys, the ultimate use of other
millions in manufacturing. New
towns will be founded and Northern
Lake county will become a large fac
tor in the growth of the state.
FARM LAND SALES BRISK.
Tract of 410 Acres Near Springfield
Is Sold to Promoter.
Springfield One of the largest real
estate deals ever made in Springfield
was consummated this week when
Clark & Washburn sold a large tract,
known as Douglas Gardens, consisting
of 410 acres of fine farming land ad
joining the city on the east, to F. E.
McCroskey, of Washington, and H. W.
Cousins of San Francisco. The con
sideration is not given out. Chirk &
Washburn paid over $40,000 for the
tract a year ago and it is known that
they made a good profit on the deal.
Clark & Washburn, after they pur
chased the tract, sub-divided it into
five and 10-acre tracts and at least 20
houses have been built on it since.
The Southern Pacific Natron exten
sion, which will in time become the
main line between Oregon and Cali
fornia, passes through the center of
the tract and a passenger and freight
depot is promised.
The new owners say they will irri
gate the entire tract by a system of
pumps. The plant they intend to in
stall will have a capacity to irrigate
from 800 to 1,000 acres of land, which
means that they intend to add to their
holdings in that vicinity.
CATTLE PRICES SOARING.
anywhere. Both Phonos.
Buyers at Pendleton Offering $30
Head for Yearlings,
Pendleton With cattle buyers
offering $30 a head for "yearlings"
and with stockmen refusing to sell
even at this record price, the predict
ed beef famine seems in a fair way to
become a reality.
"It looks like I will be compelled to
go to Portland to buy my 'feeders,' "
declared B. D. Sherry, a local grower.
"I can buy that class of cattle cheaper
at the Portland stockyards than I can
on the ranges of Eastern Oregon.
Stock cattle actually are higher here
now than beeves. " While admitting
he had never received $30 for a year
ling, Mr. Sherry said he refused that
price Saturday. He explained that
the few yearlings he possessed were
not for sale at any price, for the reas
on that they could not be replaced.
Settlers tor Malheur Lands,
Vale Plans for the colonization of
200,000 acres of rich arid land in the
Malheur valley are under way by
Colonel R. E. Pearce and H. W. Dor
man of Caldwell, Idaho, who are said
to have an option on this land, which
at present is owned by the Oregon
Washington Colonization company of
St. Paul. Promoters of this move
ment have been in Vale for the last
week seeking'the support of citizens
now located in and around Vale. The
new company is to be known as tne
Vale-Oregon Land company.
Vouchers Tell Growth.
Salem Growth of the State of Ore
gon i indicated by the fact that 1,700
vouchers will have been received by
the secretary of state's office when
the month of October closes, the high
water mark in the history of the state.
Before Secretary Olcott went into
office the average number a month
was 1,000 and the record was 1,200
for one month. In July the number
of vouchers reached 1,400, but this
month there will be 300 more than
that.
Five Agricultural College Sophomores
Receive Penalties.
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lisTwo men suspended for the re
mainder of the year and three made to
offer public apologies was the punish
ment meted out by the student council
at the college on account of the hazing
of freshmen, which occurred last week.
Those who are suspended until the
fall of 1912 are Fred F. Glen, Port
land, and Mont Oliver, Seattle, Wash.
John F. Forbis, Portland; Freeman
Mason, Pasadena, Cat., and Lester T.
Hutt, Yamhill, made a public apology
before the faculty and students gath
ered at convocation. The men are all
members of the sophomore class.
COOS TAXES AKE OBJECTED.
County Will Have All Timber Land
Cruised for Taxes.
Marshfield Many objections to the
assessment on timber lands will be
presented to the board of equalization
of Coos county by the Coos County
Tax association. The tax association
is composed of many timber owners in
this county. They will object to the
whole assessment on the grounds that
in many cases the assessment has been
raised when it should not be and that
many tracts are assessed without
equity in comparison to the land.
All of the individual cases will be
brought up and besides the tax associ
ation several companies owning tim
ber will also have objections to pre
sent to the board. The county has
cruisers at work now cruising all the
timber in the county with a view of
making a more equitable assessment.
In the townships where the timber has
been cruised by the county there have
been advances in the assessment of
about $2.50 an acre.
MARSHFIELD MINE SOLD,
Millicoma Development Company
Will Sell Coal,
Marshfield The Millicoma mine, on
the east side of the bay opposite
Marshfield, which for the past two
years has been developed by J. A.
Ward, has been sold to the Millicoma
Development company, a new corpora
tion organized by local men. The de
velopment work of the mine is prac
tically finished, and it is the intention
of th company to put coal on the
Coast market.
The concern has 430 acres of land,
under which it is estimated that there
are 10,000,000 tons of coal which is
claimed to be of as fine qaulity as any
procured in this country. The build
ings and tramways have all been built
and a shaft 275 feet deep has been
sunk thus far. It is possible to load
the coal from bunkers along a deep
channel, so that ocean-going vessels
can take on a cargo at the mine bunk
ers. It i3 also the intention of the
company to lay out a part of the land
into residence tracts which will over
look the bay.
DAM BUILDS AT. CHERRY.
Over 70 Acres of Water Will Hold
Lumber Company's Logs.
Forest Grove Construction work on
a huge dam across the Tualatin river
at the new townsite, Cherry Grove,
will begin at once by the Lovegren
Lumber company in the southeast sec
tion of Washington county, a few
miles from the town of Gaston. This
dam, which will contain more than 70
acres of wp.ter, will float the logs of
the company, from which millions of
feet of the finished lumber will be
produced.
The company recently completed its
railroad into the timber'belted district
and is now erecting a temporary mill,
which will have a capacity of 50,000
feet per day. As soon as machinery
from the East can be obtained and in
stalled, a permanent mill will be es
tablished, capable of sawing 150,00 0
feet a day and employing about 350
men.
Trout Fry Transfer On.
T. J. Craig, chief deputy game war
den, has begun transferring between
250,000 and 300,000 trout fry from the
Minam hatchery, in Wallowa county,
into Wallowa lake. The work will
occupy about a week. The annual
distribution of trout fry began several
weeks ago, with the transfer of some
300,000 fry from the Bonneville hatch
ery to different streams of Baker and
Umatilla counties. The distribution
of fry in the Deschutes river will be
gin as soon as the work of stocking
Wallowa lake is finished.
Lake County Builds Roads.
Lakeview Work on three new roads
in Lake county will begin at an early
date, the county court having acted
favorably upon petitions presented by
the voters and taxpayers. The trio of
highways to be improved is composed
of the one from Paisley to the Harney
county line, via Albert lake; one
through Bullard canyon to Mud creek,
on the Warner valley route, and a new
road to give settlers along the shore
of Goose lake an outlet.
Silverside Catch Gains.
Astoria The catch of silversides,
which was light for several days, has
shown improvement in the past few
days, following the change in the
weather. Not only the gillnetters but
the traps and seines have been doing
well. The Miller seining ground is
reported to have closed a few days
ago, but now that the catch is increas
ing, it may resume operations.
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We're showing a complete line of
WINTER UNDERWEAR
for every member of the family. If you want
RELIABLE SHOES
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made to stand hard service during the rainy sea
son, we can suit you. Footwear for the whole fam
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our line of
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COMFORTS and BLANKETS
For the cooler nights.
We can Save You Money on Every Article.
BARNES' CASH STORE
SALEM, OREGON.
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SALESMANSHIP
HALF OF SALESMANSHIP IS ENTHUSIASM. THE MERCHANT
WHO ADVERTISES WITH AN ELECTRIC SIGN TELLS THE
WORLD THAT HE IS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HIS STORE.
THE ELECTRIC SIGN DRIV ES HOME THIS MESSAGE AND
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OF ENTHUSIASM THAT YOU CAN FIND AT ANY PRICE.
' GET A SIGN THAT STANDS FOR YOUR BUSINESS AND NONE
OTHER. OUR NEW BUSINESS DEPARTMENT WILL ORIGINATE
A SPECIAL DESIGN FOR SYOU. ,
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OREGON POWER CO.
Telephone: Bell 41.
Mutual 5010.
J. L. WHITE, Manager.
NEW STORE
See the new store just opened
on Commercial Street, across
the bridge in Salem. Every
thing in Clothing and Gent's
Furnishings. J. JAMES.
During the Long School Season
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