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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1912)
-On- SIGHT PAGES THE INDEPENDENCE ENTIRPRI8E, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. PAGE THREE mm Many merchants seem to think that misrep resentation of values in advertising is per missible, and will Iks excused by the buying public because it has become such a common practice that nobody believes the exaggerated statements, anyway. We holievo that the public is intelligent enough to realize that there is only one standard of honesty and that a mer chant who will try to deceive in his advertising will try to deceive in his store. Fictitious valiifs and imaginary reductions fill, the adver tising columns nowadays. In 'Boston and New York the vomen are organizing to force merchants to tell the truth. It is certainly high time that some effort should be made to check this objectionablo phase of what some merchants choose to call "modern business methods." During our entire business career we have depended upon quality of merchandise sold at prices based upon the "Bpot cash" plan to attract trade. That's why the entire com munity has confidence in our business methods. It costs "credit stores" more to do business than cash stores, besides the loss they sustain from bad accountg. That's why credit stores can't match our prices on DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES Everything for the Whole Family BARNES', GASH STORE 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 JIM HILXIKD 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 6?e CLOTHING and FURNISHINGS That Give Lasting Service and Constant Satisfaction aro sold at THE WHITE HOUSE, ZED ROSENDORF, Proprietor. For many years wo have mado a specialty 0 Bhowlng to tho people a line of goods always acceptable and they havo accom plished the rout loading up to the success we wanted to reach. THE WHITEH0U8E X A. W. RUSSELL General Blacksmithing. Horse Shoeing a Specialty SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO FORGING AND INTERFERING HORSES. DISEASED FEET A SPECIALTY. FIRST DOOR NORTH OF INDEPENDENCE FEED STORE. INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. Che Independence Civcry Bam! CROWLEY BROS., Proprietors. ; Z Main St., North of Garage, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON 2 .2 Bct of Service day or night. Gentle horses and Responsible Drivers. J Horses Boarded By Day, Week or Month. Best of Care and Feed. Price as low as i anywhere. Both Phones. , , ' INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE SUMMER 6E88ION AT O, A. O. One and One-Third Fare Granted on All Roads to Corvallls. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallls Prof. E. D. Ressler, director of the summer session at the Oregon Agricultural college, has secured special rate of a fare and a third over the O-.W. R. & N.. the S. P., and the C. & E. railroads to Corvallis for the summer session, which continues from June 18 to July 28. The rates are good from June 14 to July 29; that Is, on all going tickets purchased from June 14 to July 26 Inclusive, except on the O.-W, It. & N., which grants a selling date only to June 20. All cer t ideates for return will be honored to July 29. There are no examinations for ad mission to the summer session. Ail who believe they can profit by the in struction offered are admitted, since it is presupposed that they come with a serious purpose. College credit is granted those desiring it insofar as the work accomplised is equivalent to that which is standard in the school year. The absolutely necessary expenses, aside from the railway fare, are esti mated at something less than $40, though the sum naturally will vary for the different courses, laboratory work, and for the length of time spent at the college. The regular college registration fee of $5 required of all is the only tuition charge, and will ad mit students to as many courses as they desire to enter. The cost of the entire six weeks may be brought with in $30, allowing $21 for board and room at the dormitory, Waldo Hall, $3.S0 for laundry and incidentals, 60 cents for baggage transfer, and $5 for registration., There is no charge for the rooms at the dormitory, but all must furnish their own pillow, pillow slip, sheets, coverings, towels and soap. A small number of furnished rooms at low cost are available. The 1912 summer session bulletin just issued from the O. A. C. press is the best thing of the sort the college has issued to date. It is larger than any previous summer school announce ment, and is profusely illustrated, containing 48 pages with 21 cuts showing two dozen different views of college activities. There will also be a series of gene ral lectures of wide interest, and en tertainments. Those who wish advice as to routes, train connections, and baggage, or any other details not cov ered in the bulletin, may receive in formation by writing to Prof E. D. Ressler. director of the summer ses sion. REX BERRIES BRING $6. 8TOCKMEN VIE AT 8ALE. 8cappose Scene of Spirited Bidding for Imported Cattle. Scappoose Stockbreeders and dairy men from all parts of the Northwest participated in spirited bidding for thoroughbred imported Jersey stock at H. West a farm . near here, when 93 bead of cattle were sold at auction, bringing a total of $17,640. The average price was a little better than $188 a head, which, considering the number of young calves in the lot. is regarded as a fair valuation. Of the 2G0 persons present probably one-half took part in the bidding. Buyers were present from Oregon, Washington and Idaho. C. E. Griffith, of the Glen Tana farm, Spokane, Wash., was the big' ttest individual buyer. He bid in nine head, at a total of $1856. A. A. New berry, of Spokane, bought six bead for $1206, and W. O. Morrow, of Inde pendence, Or., purchased three head for $1430, among the lot being a fancy bull, Oxford You'll Do, Jr., which brought $850. This animal is 2J years old and is considered by stock fanciers as one of the finest ever im ported to Oregon. The highest price paid for a Jersey cow was $t00, bid in by r. h, Lynn, of Independence, Or. This cow, known as Lady s Pet, of Kilburn, is 8 years old. The animal was the grand cham pion of the fair circuit last year, win ning firsts at Salem, North Yakima and Spokane. The 7-year-old cow, Pretty Eose, of Kilburn, was bought for $450 by W. O. Morrow, of Inde pendence. That the herd was one of the finest ever imported from the Isle of Jersey to the United States is the opinion of Colonel D. L. Perry, of Columbus, O., chief auctioneer at the sale. "It is impossible to assemble a finer or higher-strained nerd, said Mr. Perry. "I have sold Jersey cattle for much higher prices, but they were no better than the West herd. They are not only absolutely thoroughbred cat tle, but they are as sound and healthy as I have ever seen." HEPPNER SEES BIG CROP. Sixty Acres Averages $150 an Acre for Five Years. Portland L. S. Otis, the straw berry king of Oregon, was in the city looking after the marketing of his crop. With his son Mr. utis, wno is retired railroad man, conducts the Spring Lake farm at Rex, in Yamhill county. He has the largest straw berry patch in the state, 60 acres in extent, and is putting out new acreage every year. "We will ship 4000 crates of straw berries this season," said Mr. Otis. 'Next week will be our big week, and we will get out 200 crates daily, all for the Portland market. 'Last week we had the first Yam hill county berries on this market, which the Pearson-Page company sold at $6 a crate. Other Oregon berries at the same time were seling here for $4.50 a crate. "The Rex section in Yamhill county s the coming premier berry section of Oregon. It is earlier than any other part of the state, except Southern Oregon, and this enables us to get our berries on the market at a time when we can get the best price. By the time local strawberries become plenti ful and cheap, we have finished mar keting our product. 'Our strawberries have netted us $160 an acre for the past five years, and we are more than satisfied with the venture." Rains Saver of Forests. Salem The rains of the last few days, which have been general throughout the state, have extinguish ed what forest fires were burning, ac cording to a statement issued from the State Forester's office. The State Forester's office has assisted in forma tion and permanent organization of forest patrol associations in Douglas, Linn, Marion and Clackmas (a joint association) counties, for protection against forest fires. The service this season is more efficient than ever be fore, according to the Forester's office. Gold Hill Chicken Rich. Medford They feed chickens pure gold in Gold Hill, Or., at least that is the conclusion reached by W. H. Ken worthy, of the Medford Fish market, who found a gold nugget in the craw of a hen imported from that city. The nugget was about the size of a pea and was perfect in every way. It as sayed $1 pure gold. It is expected that Gold Hill chickens will be in great demand hereafter. Oregon Wool Sells High. Pendleton Half a million pounds of wool were sold at Pilot Rock at prices ranging from 15Jc to 161c a pound. The largest clip sold was the 91,000 pounds of the Cunningham Sheep and Land company at 16 cents. This is the first public wool sale to be held in Eastern Oregon this year. Recent Rainfall Came at Most Oppor tune Time for Farmers. Heppner That there will be a bum per wheat crop in Morrow county is now assured, as over an inch of rain fell in the past week, and coming at the moat opportune time makes even the doubters sure. Never in the history of the country has there been so big an acreage in wheat and never did it look as well at this time of the season. Shearing has been delayed a few days, owing to the rain. To date there have been but two small clips sold and these were at private sale. The growers are asking from 1 to 2 cents above what the buyers will pay. It is thought that most of the wool will be held for sales day. Salem Bills Cherry Fair. Salem The board of trade has Bet July 11, 12 and 13 as the dates for the annual Cherry Fair. These days were chosen because of the fact that the Elks' reunion will be held in Portland during that week and it is hoped that the attraction here will bring many visitors from the Rose City. The Marion County Manufacturers' exhibit will be held in conjunction with the Cherry Fair, and it is prob able that the Horse Show will also be held one day of the three. Farrell Inspects Brogan Branch. Ontario J. D. Farrell, president of the O.-W. R. & N. ; C. P. Chamber lain, his assistant, and Sam Hill, first vice president of the American Road Builders' association, were here this week. This was the first trip made by President Farrell over the branch line from Ontario to Brogcn. They were taken in automobiles and shown over the orchard sections around On tario and were surprised at the extent of the territory and the large produc tion of apples. Mr. Chamberlin pur chased some suburban property here. Condon Wheat Crop Safe. Condon A heavy fall of rain Sun day and Sunday night all over Gilliam county about cinches matters so far as the fall wheat crop is concerned and has helped the spring crop to a con siderable extent. A couple of hot days gave rise to a rumor that some wheat was damaged, but there is no foundation for the report and this last ram and the cool days which followed have put the fall grain beyond all dan ger from hot winds. Ontario Farmers Happy. Onatrio A general rain over this section for three days assures bumper crops on all the dry farms. Crop con ditions are the most favorable ever known here and there is the largest acreage ever planted. Four thousand acres will be used to produce alfalfa seed. This is a crop that has proven very profitable in this section, owing to the large yield and high grade of the product. Much Honey From South, Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis Prof. H. F. Wilson, in charge of the apiary work at the Oregon Ag ricultural college, has just returned from a trip to Southern Oregon. He reports that there is to be a big crop of honey there this year, as all condi tions have been excellent this year for the best results and 'the bee men are looking for a big year ClMTington Peters Salem's Oldestand Best Piano House Wo make a specialty of supplying the trade with the best make lof instruments that can bo procured in the world. Our immense ine comprises the following: MASON fc HAMLIN, PACKARD, UOBERT M. CABLE, MILTON, HARRINGTON, , KRAKIIUR, HLRDMAN AND MANY OTHERS. In Player Piano Players We have the Emerson, Hardman, Harrington, Fisher, Autotone, Milton. Wc olo havo a complete lino of phonographs, recordSj musical instruments, sheet music, and all kinda of sewing machine supplies including the celebrated Singer Sewing Machine WRITE FOR CATALOG AND PRICE LIST TO Elwrinaion $ Peters, Sakm, Oregon jj jj if JERSEY DAIRY 3 ) CI fj) H. E. Williards J Having acquired the milk route of F. Moseman and Wm. Rob arts, I Will endeavor to deliver puremilk and cream In quantities w O desired. m ct 6:) Phone Bell 803 Independence, Or. (9 rv ,?zs st fs rfs s s s. s -f SUMMER VACATION VIA The Southetn Pacific To the East,' Rose Festival, Elk's Convention SEASHOER OR MOUNTAINS J 0 Round Trip tickets to the principal cities of the east, 'going or re turning through California, 01 via Portland. Going limit 15 days, final return limit October 31, on sale as follows: SALE DATES: May 2-3-4-9-19-11-14-15-17-18-24-29. Aug. 1-2-3-6-7-12-15-16-22-23-29 June 1-6-7-8-13-15-17-18-19-2021-24 30-31. 25- 27-28-29. Sept. 4-5-6-7-8-11-12-30. July 2-3-6-7-10-11-12-15-16-20-22-23- Stop-overs going or returning 26- 29-30-31. within the limit. Newport Yaquina Bay The home of the Rhododendron, an ideal place to spend the summer. Low round trip and week end tickets. Reasonable hotel rates, out door amusements, bathing, boating, golf, fishing, etc. Low Fart to Mooting of Wornon' Clubs San Franelco,Juno 14 to July 6 PACIFI RAILWAY & NAVIGATION BEACHES Are now within easy reach by the P. R. & N. and a new field for a pleasant vacation open. Week end tickets now on sale and season tickets from all points on sale June 1st. PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL Opens June 10 and closes June l5. The greatest Floral Fiesta and Carnival of Pleasure yet held. Low round trip tickets on sale from all points. For beatifully illustrated booklets describing Newport, Bay ocean and other points, as well as information about Eastern Fares, routes, stop-overs, etc., call on nearest agent or write to JOHN M. SCOTT, General Paasenger Agent, Portland, Or. B. P. O. E. (El ks) Convention, July 8 to 13 1912 Get in the Habit of Trading Here We make a specialty of fancy groceries goods with a reputation for quality that pleases the most exacting taste, and we take special pride In recommendin our grocery department to the peo ple of Independence and vicinity. But our efforts to keep our GROCERY DEPARTMENT In theront ranks have been no great er than have been our efforts to make every department of the store Just right If you are not In the habit of making this estab lishment your shopping headquarters, get In the habit. Drexler & Alexander INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. A. ANDERSON New Bicycles with Coasters only $25.00 Agent for POPE MOTORCYCLE Bicycles FOR RENT Repairing a Specialty il