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uxpv VOLUME 29. INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1912. NUMBER 2. BOTH SCHOOLS ARE STANDARD County Superintendent II. C. Seymour Reports a Very Successful Year. First Annual Commencement of the Independence High School Held Tim Evening, Both the. High uid public HchooH lt tli In city won the tlevii point this Urm uii r.-nuii,.,! i lv.. them complete standard. Superintendent Ji. C. Seymour vlltoil tho schools las Friday uul awarded each with ttits laniu.ii, TllO School Of independence are t'loslllg U wry SlHCCHHful year's work. .Mr. Seymour expressed hlmuol it highly pleased wltli tuo pant year's work In Independence, und It l need lettu to any tliut the efforts of tnu Bcliool faculty have boon appreciated by th school patrons uud studmets. Tlil. iivKiiliiv will occur Urn first an- uual commencement of the lndePud .... n. s..b.-,i. ih eiercUes will bo hold l' tl opera house. ThiB proin lseB to ho tho gfeut eveiit 'of the school your. Last Friday afternoon tho Gin's LlUrary Society gave the gruluatMg class u reception In the opera Iioubo, where an Interesting program wiib rend red. Mr. Seymour addtvssed the audience In hla uhuuI tnterseting man ner w'ter which he presented the BChool with the beautiful pennant. Mr. Swopt), a member of the board wan preHcnt and also a very in terest ig talk In which he highly com mended the faculty upon their e'''! lent work during the past year und gave (Micournging worus to i"r In gem.ral mi to their prospects for the ensuing year. Mr. Swope stated that the school officers had arranged to add a depart tin-tit of manutJ train ing at the co""cneeineiiit of the next school year, In connection with the other work. The department of do mestic sclnc0 has proven such suc cess that It will ho nmlntwinpd next . year. Refreshments were served and it proved to he a very interesting occas ion. Following program : Mimic Invoc it ion is the Commencement Rev. V. N. Siimlifiir Uih School i iris Quartet "The Future of Oregon" I.uvilk Dixon Piano Iuet Miss lioydfton ami Mrs. Johnson "The F.nricliment of Hooks" Lurctta Ciithhert Violin Solo Raymond Williams Heading Aletha McKinney Vocal Solo l1 McDevitt Address, Prof. T. N. ientle., O. N. S. Vocal Solo O. A. Macy Presentation of Diplomas II. F. Swope Music MAKES THE NATION GASP The awful list of tujurleu on a Fourth of July stuygers humanity. Set over against it, however, is the won derful healing, by Bucklen's Aimica Salve.of thousands, who suffered from burns, cuts, bruises, bullet wounds or explosions. Its the quick healer of bolls, ulcers, eczR, sore Hps or plies. 25 cents at all druggists. MOVE ON NOWI says w policeman to a street crowd, and whacks hewds if it don't. ''Move on now'" says the big, harsh mineral pills to bowel congestion and sufferin follows. Dr. King's New Life PiUs don't bulldoze the bowels. They genti; persuade them ot right action, and health follows. 25 cents wt all drug gists. II1 THEY PUT AN END TO IT Charles Sable, 30 Cook St., Roches ter, N. Y., says he recommends Foley Kidney Pills at every opportunity be cause they gave him prompt relief from a had kidney trouble that had long bothered liu. Such a rec ommendation, coming from Mr. Sable, is direct and convincing evidence of the grewt curative qualities of Foley Kidney Pills Williams Drug Store. THE PRODIGALS RETURN HOME Sell Eggs to Get Spending Money and One May Land in the licforni School. Two Independence Boys Returned to Paternal Roof After Weary Trip to Portland. The Ilem.d boys, wo wave " i i. . imping rrom nome lor -. i nd whose whereabout was e"Ure- ly uuk.iowii, were lou.ed at 1'ortli.uid Ubl Saturday. Tim boys are used nine and "ftL" en. It seems tin Uie older boy I"" been in Hit! habit of Htal"Ui)g spen ding money by means of buying ogK8 hi ou0 store an his father's uccou.it and Belling them lit another where cash wits paid for the. product, when Mr. Bernard went to Settle his hill at Cu.ikey-Walker & Lfhman'i Htore It was learned that more then thirty down of eggs were chuged to his account. Upon further investigation U developed that the flfteen-ye-od son was responsible for the debt. When the boy learned that the par ent was going to punish liim he, with hla yoiuiger brother left for parts un known. The officer of Portland iid Salem, iwid the sheriff of Polk coun ty were notified of their disappear- ance.and the family and friiiids mi..le a diligent search for the runaway youths, which lusted for nearly a i week. They were finally found at Portland and returned to their pip erita In this vlty, It la said the older boy will be committed to the Btate reform school. SELLS MUCH PROPERTY. K. li. Tripp reports the following i sales: 28 acres owned by W'ni. j Roberts adjoining town to Wm. I.ec.i ird of Brownsville and 33 u res near Hueiia Vista to Wm. Leonard. Mr. Leonard will move his family here pi tho inear future and make this his home permnient'y. lie also sold the Independence Gi": ago hullding located on Main street to W. RoliertB, who hi.; leased the same to S. II. Edwards for a term of three yeirs. Mr. Tripp is also re sponsible for the sale of Thomas Warren's farm locwied between here and Monmouth, t0 V. Cotriil.who re cently came here from Kansas. Mr. Cotrill is well pleased with the Will amette Valley and with his .new home ami says he will make this his Per manent residence. MEMORIAL DAY Memorial day was appropriately ob served In this city on Thursday of last week. The G. A. R. Post t"id Women's Relief COrps held a very Interesting meeting at G. A. R. Hall, where a large congregation assembled for a soeli.d time. Dinner was served to members and friends of the order, after which the company marched to the river and held Services strewing the wate-r with flowers. Each annual occasion finds one or more of the old soldiers missing whe the roll is called, but we are pleased to observe almost a full membership this year in the procession, with w flrji and steady tread. Although marks of advanced years tire noticable on every countenance, the membership o the Independence Post for the most part Is in good health and each mem ber bids fatlrto meet upon numerous occasions of this kind. A COMMENDABLE ACT To bring sunshine and comfort into the homes of sick and unfortunate is an act to be highly commended.The VV. C. T. U. h3 appointed commit tees from ladies of different church societies to visit the sick and carry to them flowers and words of com fort. Nothing can be more comforting to one confined to the house by sick ness or misfortune than to know that he or she is thought of and that wlll'ng hands and kind hearts are anxious to afford them wll possible comfort. ." . Harold Herron and Floyd Browne went to Salem, Turner, Jefferson and other points on the formers motor cycle Sunday. SALEM-ALBANY TRAIN JUNE 20 Officials Say Electric . Trains Pass Over New Extcn This Month- Inaugurate 'Passenger Service July 1, Good Service To Portland At Low Rates. According to the std'eMma of Ore gon JOlectrlc authoiKies tne Company will have its trolly wire up aid trai" operating between Salem and Aluwy, over the new extension by Jun 2u. The regular pahsoi'ger sevice, how ever, will mot be Inaugurated until about July 1. A limited train, leaving Albany mort bound in the morning, and anocar leaving Portland southoound, will he placed in operation immediately K'ter the regular passe"ger service u f operation. The ofMcln.s, in making this arrangement devoted especial in tention to the need of ai early limit ed train from Salcm as per request of several local patrons of the Portland Salem section. A limited will also leave Portland and Albay some time in the evening, bound for each Place, which affords an excellent limited service at that time of day. The approximate time thst will be required to run between Salem wid Albany will be thirty-five or forty min utes. Traveling at this rate, Albany people will b able to reach Portland In two hours and two'Uy-five minutes. This same speed will be maintained In bofh directions. Although no definite fare has been decided upon between Salem a.nd Al bmy as yet, it is believed that the Oregon Electric will transport passen gers between the two points for 7r cuts. The cheapest rate now in ex istence, is via the Southern Pu.ific, being 8."i ciwts. AN EDITOR ON DUTY Most tuybody can be an editor. All an editor has to do is to sit at his desk Hix days I,i the week, four weeks in the month and twelve months in the year, and edit such stuff t this.says the Boston Globe: Mrs. Jones of Lost Creek, let a can opener slip last week and cut herself In the pantry. A mischievous lad of Bungtown, threw a stone and struck a compan ion in the alley last Tuesday. Joh,n Doa climbed on the roof of the house lmt week looking for a le8' and fell striking himself on the back porch. While Harold Green was escor ting Miss Violet Wise from church social last Saturday night, a savtye dog attacked them and bit Mr. Green on the public square. Islah Trimmer, of Lebati0n, was playing with a cat Friday when it scru.-thed him on the veranda. Mr. White, while harnessing a broncho last Saturday, was kicked Just south of the corncrlb. Anybody can edit a newspaper It's the easiest Job and softest snap in the world. MAN COUGHS AND BREAKS RlBS. After a frightful coughing spell a man in Neenah, Wis., felt terrtabie pains in his side ttnd his doctor found two ribs had been broken.What agony Dr. Klng"s New Discovery would have saved him. A few teaspoonsful ends a late cough, while persistent use routs stlnate coughs, expels stubborn colds or heals weak, sore lungs. "I feel sure it is a Godsend to humanity," writes Mrs. Effle Morton, Columbia, Mo. "for I believe I would have con sumption to-day, if I hail not used this great remedy." Its guaranteed to satisfy, and you Cam get a free trial bottle or 50-cent or $1.00 Bize t all druggists. , A (number of members of Lyon Lodge A. F. &A. M. no. 29, went to Corvallis on Thursday to attend th dedication of the mew Masonic tem ple in that city. ' Among those who attemded were P. M. Kirkland;C. W. Irvine; Ct W. Butler; R. DeArmon Dr. Butler, H.'Mattison, P. H. Drexier G. W. Conkey;Perl Alexander and others. CELEBRAib CHINA WtDDiNG MAKESNEW LAW Friends and Relatives of Pio- Wm. Campbell Elected to Suc neer Couple Help Celebrate ceed Mr. Hibbard, Anniversary. j Resigned. Mr. and Mn, Marlon Putnam are Vic-j A remarkably long session of the timt of a Mott Enjoyable Surprise t Last Week. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Putnu.n was the scene of a most en joyable occasion a few days ago when relatives co gr gUt(Jd at their farm home to ceU'brn e their twen tieth wedupig anniversary, Mr. i id Mrs. Putnam had almost forgotten that their china wedding day had ap proi'ned until they observed relat ives coining by the car load at an early hour thi. morning. The aggre gation of vehicles and people at the frocit gate bearing luncheon ai'd pres eats reminded the good husbi.idman and wife that they had been married Just twenty years. The dny was sPent most enjoyably. Those present were; Mr. and Mrs. Marion Putnam, .Mr. and Mrs.S. D. Adams, IK. U:d Mrs. B. Southwick Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Southwick, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Putnam, of Indiana, Mr. and Mrs, C. W. Beckett, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. putuun, Salem, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roy, Buena Vista, Mr. aid Mrs. Ed Richmond, Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Etcl Jefferson, Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Beckett, Mr. Scott L'ike, Wisconsin, Messrs. Carl Beck- ett, EJid Chauncey Putnam. Merye, i Zatdee, Gladys, Mary Dee, Ava, Nuia. ueaue una r-nnii ruinam. uaynuju ana Geneviv-e Beckett, ad Virginia Ricb- mond. GREAT FRUIT CRlP SEEM Outlook Is for Harvest 50 per cent Above Banner Year. Portland, Or. The greatest fruit crop in its history, and one that will bring $13,000,000 to $15,000,000 to the orchardistB, is promised in the Pacific Northwest this year. While yet too early tp form any def inite idea as to what the output will be in the final results, conditions as they appear at this date justify a rea-! u.mntile pvnpetatinn that it will am- I CTprat(. m,, trt i5.nnn cars of annies ' and pears, between 2000 and 3000 cars of peaches, and approximately 100 cars of Italian prunes that will be shipped green. Apricots will be com paratively heavy, with cherries a fair crop only. The total, under favorable conditions between now and harvest, should exceed the banner crop of two years ago by 50 per cent. May Have Martial Law in San Diego. ' San Diego. A small riot and a statement by Attorney-General Webb that If Ihe police of San Diego were unable to cope with conditions here the state would assume control of the city increased the seriousness of the I. W. W. situation. The riot was caused by the attempt of A. B. Carson, an Industrial Worker of the World, to test the "move on" ordinance of San Diego by speaking on the street. BIG SHOW COMING Mr. Clasnan of Woodburn was in th city Wednesday making arrange ments with the Commercial Giub to put on a play here Tuesday, June 14 it will he under the auspices of the Commercal Club. "The Wolf", a beautiful comedy drama will be staged in the opera house Tuesday evening June 11, under Commercial Club-This will he present ed by the Natonai Stock Company, j a troupe that has played In wil of the leading cities, of Oregon with a re markable degree of success. Ben Claman, manager af the company, is a Marion county boy, making his head quarters at Woodburn, and Is re cogmized by all theatre goers as amoaig the best actors of the state. He is supported by a large company of good show people and they are i certain to put on an attraction worthy of universal patronage. Popular prices prevail, and seats are on sale at Williams Drug Store. Everyone is requested to aittend. See a good shOw a'.id at the same same time put a few dollars in the Commercial Club's treasury. CITY COUNCIL comnioi council was hell in the eotin ; cil chambers W'ednseday evening, ; Mayor Eldr'ge caned tit& meeting to order i i the usual mt.merand roll call found all members present. The first suggestion rKathe to , street Improvement brought out sev- erai .lo-g discussions as to methods and means. Councilman Hanna recom ux c.ded the improvement of cross j w ks in different pans of the city. It I was fi-'Jally voted to appropriate $40 00 per month toward employin g a jL-;i and team to clean and sprinkle j ::.e streets, aad du whatever wo'k that may seem necessity, and the cit marshal was instructed to make some improvements In cross walks. ! , A. J. Tupper, city marshal, nu.le ; complaint to the council regarding th i night watch stating that he was not ' doing his duty The police commit ee was instructed to investigate 'id make a report at the next meeting. The ordinance relative to fire lim : its was introduced for third reading aid finally made a law. The ordinance intended to estab ; lish park lines 18 feet, thus making jthe streets 38 feet wide was read first tud sec0nd time and put on , its final passage. The ordinance was : passed by a unanimous vote of the council. . . W. E. Campbell was elected coun cilman to succeed J. E. Hubbard, whose resignation was accepted lthe lost meetlng. , - at The petition of Walker & Whitney asking for permit to move their sa loon in the Whiteaker building was deViied by the council. The city marshal was instructed to notify property owners tht.t grass and rubbish must be removed from the streets. After some discussion about sew-.r connections, street improvements, etc the council adJuorned. Calvary Presbyterian Church Regular services at ' Calvary next Sunday, with Sunday school at 10 o'clock tid morning worship with ser- mou at 11. In the evening the Odd fellow and Rebecca Lodges will atten in, a body when Dr. Dunsmore will de liver a memorial address. Speclri music will be rendered by Calvary's popular choir,. The Public are cord ially invited. Oddfellow Memorial Service The annual memorial service of the Oddfellow Society will be observed next Sunday evening at Calvary pres byteriEu church, Dr Dunsmore 'will deliver the memorial address. Special music will be rendered. A cordial invitation is extended to the general public to attend this service. DON'T FORGET THAT $14.00 International Tailored Suits O. A. KREAMER MR. SMITH RESiS former Independence Man PasseJ Away st His Home In Wash. The following article is tiikt.i i'roiu a VvaUoourg paper: Slas W. Smith, a well known res ident of this city and formally a promiiient rnerchant "' re, passed awuy Sunday morI.ig, May 20th, at 1:55. He wan tiTyear, y moith.s and 10 days of age. Severn years fgo Mr Smith suff ered a strike of pM.iysts sin. i vv.iicu time he has been an invalid. While he recovered somewhi... from his firJt sei ere stroke so taut ue wa -able to get about a little, he grau ually failed in strength aid fr n aunuer o' months past had ben con fined to hisroom. For several weeks als condition had been sj serious that the end came not U'lexpe-teujy ihe funeral took pU'e Monday w:ter.. out at 2:ao-lo. froiu tua j ttoristiaa church, Rv. W. H. aJtm. paster, uenvtied a short tah: the bereaved famiiy.There was a number of the friends of the family at the church to pay last respect to an honored ciitizea.inciuding the locui lodges of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, with whom Mr. Smith had oeen affiliated for many years. Interment ww In the Odd Fellows cemetery. S. W. Smith was bor.a in Warren County.Ills., August 16, 1884, and crossed the Plains with his parents to the Oregon Territory la 1853. He was educated at Christian College Monmouth Oregon In November 1867 he was uniteed in marriage to Miss Esther Barney ,the faithful wldow wiio survives him. To this uniou were bora six child ren four sons and two daughters five of whom are still living: Mrs. W. W. Maxwell uid Mrs. Vern Bartlett, of Walla Walla, E. H- Smith, of Ray mond, Wash.; and Otto B. t.id Milan W., who are in business to this city. AH the children were able to be pres ent at the funeral. In 1886 Mr. Smithwith his oldest brother went into the general mer cantile business at Independence, Ore gon, continuing in business there un til 1888, when S. W. Smith t.id family moved to this city, Mr. Smith having purchased the largest general store.. here.For severed years Mr. Smith was our most prominent merchant and among our most public spirited citizens and was engaged actively in all matters of civic importance. He served as Mayor and Councilman of this city. , Mr. Smith finally disposed of his business here to engage in the mer. ctile business at Walla Walla for a time but after a yeac or two inbusi--ness In that city, retired from active jusiness and invested in farm lands, returning .to this city to agtn makei 1 v - his home. 'j Mr. Smith was s devoted father and husband, a man of exceptional personal habits t.nd an honorable and upright citizen, and while on account of illness he has not been active for several years, he leaves a If'ge cir cle of friends who will ever hold his memory in highest esteem. Buys one of those nice Suits which we Just Received. Also that we are now making a cut of $2 to $6 on a number of our