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PAGE SIX THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. EIGHT PAGES I "The Time Is Coming When The Electric Motor will Move the World" Said Thomas A. Edison roc ently. Certain type of engine have more than 200 reciprocating parta. The ELECTRIC MOTOR has but one moving or revolving part. Many of the prosperous faotorle of the state are operated Toda with electricity served from CENTRAL. GENERATING stations CENTRAL STATION ELECTRIC POWER INCREASES OUT PUT AND SAVES COST. Our power engineers wl II make careful Investigations of power problems and render dependable, scientific reports, with out charge. Telephone 010 Oregon Power Company 32253 OFFICIALS II. 1IIRSCIIBEEG, President D. W. SEARS. Vico-ITes. K. R. DeARMOXD, Cashier THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK Incorporated 1889 Transact a General Banking Business Interest Paid on Time Deposits ? II. HIRSCHEERG. B. F. SMIin, Trying to Break a Record Trying to Save You Money OUR RECORD On for the entire every thought of the home. OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT Is the center of Independence':) great wheel of busi ness institutions th pivot nround which all prices revolve in this city. Keep our store in mind on every shopping trip. L. G; REEVES, The Grocer Sfcft JjSS the constant use of GOOD HARNESS We furnish them "made fo order." C. D. THARP New Meat Market We are pleased to announce to our patrons that we have recently opened a Meat Market on C street, near our for-' mer location and will always supply the trad8 with a choice line of all kinds of meats. Call upon us if you have choice beef, veal, and other meats for the markets. A. NELSON INDEPENDENCE SHOE SPIOP O. FLOYD, Proprietor THE BEST EQUIPPED SHOP IN POLK COUNTY. ALL KINDS OF SHOE REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. MAIN STREET, INDEPENDENCE, ORE. ESSJ DIRECTORS: WV H. WALKER, D. V. SEARS OTIS D. BUTLER BREAKER SALE winter, should be linked with Sood Dick with your horses comes larcrelv fhronah to ' to INDEPENDENCE, ORE. Phone 721 J INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE PACKING PLANT PLANNED, Meat Product JWIII Be Supplied to Stockholders on Coast, A co-operative meat-packing plant to provide consumers in Portland and San Francisco with meat and meat products at wholesale prices will be launched this week in Ashland, Or, by a number of prominent capitalists of Southern Oregon, including Benton Bowers and George Owen, of the Ro true River valley, and W. A. Shoe maker, of Ashland. Officers of the company will be elected at a meeting early in the week and articles of incor poration will be tiled as soon there after as possiblle. Work will be begun at once on plant to cost (300,000, fully equipped for the handling of meats and the) by-products, and it is expected the concern win De reauy to commence shipments early in the fall. Accord ing to W. A. Shoemaker, who has been promoting the company, the money to finance the plant is being secured rapidly and everything is i readiness to go ahead with the work The capitalization of the company is to be $800,000. with S0OO shares o the par value of $100. Half of these have been subscribed in San Francisco and the other half in Portland. Th plan, aa devised, is to sell the meat products to the holders of stock. limit of three shares has been made for each stockholder and efforts have been made to distribute the shares as generally as possible. Meat depots will be established in each of the two cities, at which the stockholders can secure fresh meats or any of the meat products daily a wholesale prices. These depots will be supplied directly from the packing plant. The promoters of the company have selected Ashland as the site for the plant, because of its proximity to the cattle and sheep country and its posi tion midway between Portland and San Francisco. The livestock will be secured from the vast livestock ranges of Southern Oregon and Northern Cal lfornia. The livestock owners are greatly interested in the project, and have promised support because of the benefits to be derived by being able to dispose of their produce so near home. GOOD YEAR PREDI3TED. Weyerhaeuser Representative Says Timber Trade Bettering. Klamath Falls "I anticipate the greatest activity throughout this part of Oregon by timbermen this summer ever witnessed in the annals of the country," said Mike Dooher, one of the leading timber cruisers of this county. Mr. Dooher was for many years with the Weyerhaeuser Timber com pany, operating in many parts of the United States where Frederick Wey erhaeuser has holdings. Since that he has been in Oregon and kept in close touch with the wood and timber in terests of the world. "Activities of the big timbermen are held back just at this time by the approaching presidential campaign, said Mr Dooher. "Just as soon as the conventions have been held and the men selected to represent the two parties in the coming campaign, the timber men of the United States will draw their conclusions as to who will fill the presidential chair for the next four years. Tbeir actions in so far as they go toward developing the timber interests of the country and preparing for a campaign of activity in the timber. Every move of the timber men of the entire country goes to show that this contention is true. "Timber men of note from all parts of the country have been turning their attention toward Klamath for the past year more than ever before. During the past few months representatives of the big interests have been hover ing about Klamath county and the large timber belts of this section awaiting word from those behind them to grab every acre of timber that can be found on the market in this country." County Fair Heads Named. Astoria The directors of the Lower Columbia Agricultural company, which is to have charge of the county fair at Gearharton September 12 to 15, met recently and adopted plans and called for bids on the erection of the necessary buildings. L. G. Rees, president of the organization, appoint ed the following superintendents at the fair: Pavilion, F. B. Butler; livestock, Fred Pool ; horticulture, C. S. Dow; agriculture, A. Jonhson; art, Miss Addie Pool; domestic science, Mrs. H. F. Hurlburt. Woolen Mills to Be Enlarged. St. Johns Plans for the enlarge ment of the Portland Woolen Mills of this city have been prepared by Arch itect L. I. Thompson, of Portland. The plans and specifications call for two stories high, 85 by 200 feet. It will be erected adjoining their present large plant. The lower story will be used for storage purposes and the up per story for a loom room, with a ca pacity of 20 or more machines. Hood River Water Low. Hood River Whenever the fire alarm sounds in Hond River hereafter, because of action just taken by the Board of Aldermen, the citizen who leaves his hydrant running will sub ject himself to a fine of $50. This action was deemed necessary by the council because of inadequacy of the water system in case of a serious fire. NEW TOMATO RECORDS SET. O. A, C. 8tudantt Harvest Unusually Heavy Crop of Vegetable. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor- vallis. Two students at Oregon Agri cultural college, George McFarland of Sitka, Alaska, and John Franklin, of Seattle, who are doing special work in greenhouse vegetable forcing, have et a .new record for indoor tomato producers. These students are now harvesting a heavy crop of unusually fine tomatoes, some weighing 20 ounces, which are being taken from plants grown from seed sown January 1. The first fruit was picked on May 20. "There are six varieties being tested,' said Professor Bouquet, when discussing the work of the student tomato-growers. "The varieties are Bonny Best, Stoad, Jewell, Lorillard, Comet and Early Anna. Several methods of pollination have been em ployed to test their efficiency and the yield of every plant is being noted carefully, so that there will be fairly accarate test of the behavior of each of the varieties, for this year, at least. At the present time the Bonny Best is yielding fine, large, smooth tomatoes. "Ihe seed of this crop was sown January 1 and the plants Bet in the bed March 15. The first picking was made May 20. Fertilizer experiments are oarried on also, with individual plants in each row." COLUMBIA RIVER LAUDED. Harvard Professor Says It Is Worth Four Rhlnes and Two Hudson. Hood River "The Hood River Gorge looks very much like certain parts of the river Oar near Berne, in Switzerland," declared Professor Al bert Bushnell, who was here visiting his niece, Mrs. Robert T. Newhnll. Professor Bushnell, who is a member of Harvard faculty, is exchange pro fessor this year for the four Western colleges, Know, Grinnell, Beloit and the University of Colorado. He is in the department of history and has written a number of well-known text books. "Nowhere in Switzerland, Europe or America," says Professor Bushnell, "is there a waterway to compare with the Columbia from Port land to Hood River. This part of the Columbia is worth four Rhines and two Hudsons. Few streams in the world carry such a force of water; fewer still have Buch a setting of mountain crags and cascades. The people of Oregon do not realize how much their snow peaks add to the at tractiveness of the state. Th3 Three Sisters, Jefferson and Hood, are a part of a series of the most splendid volcanic snow-capped cones in the world." COMAN EXPECTS BIG CROP. Agent for Hill Lines Predicts Grain Yield Will Break Record. Portland W. E. Coman, general freight and passenger agent of the North Bank road and the Hill lines in Oregon, has returned from a week's trip through Eastern Washington, the Puget Sound country and Willamette Valley. He says every district he visited gives promise of bumper crops. Industrial and crop conditions in Oregon and Washington are most sat isfactory," said Mr. Coman. "In the wheat belts of Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington, growing grain never looked better. Farmers are pre paring to harvest the biggest crop ever grown in .the Northwest In all fruit districts I visited 1 found conditions excellent for im mense crops. ine appie yieia proo ably will be the largest in the history of the Northwest. Our lines are preparing now to meet the situation at crop-moving time. It will take hundreds of cars to move the grain and fruit crops this year. The rauroaas win nave mucn new rolling stock to handle the traffic. " Line May Tap Valleys. Klamath Falls Construction of en electric railroad between Klamath Falls and Bonanza is expected to fol low the return of a group of capital ists from a trip through the Bonanza country. The line will tap the Bo nanza valley, roe valley, where a re clamation project is expected to be tarted this summer, Yonna valley and part of Klamath basin. Each of these valleys is rich, and it is estimated enough products are shipped from them each year to net a railroad at least $35,000. State Law Bounty Is Limit Let. Salem Holding that the state board of fish and game commissioners have no power to offer a bounty for cougar scalps other than that provided by the regular state law, which is paid by the county and the state. Assistant Attorney General Van Winkle fur- ished an opinion for that body. Ihe commission desired to know if it could give additional bounty of $10 from the funds collected by the commission to J. B. Hill for five skins. Motorboats Become Popular. Hood River During the past week the first motor boats have ruffled the surface of the waters of the streams of the White Salmon and Hood rivers. The little launches used by the local ferries, plying between this city and Washington bank points, are popular pleasure craft now on the summer evenings after 8 o'clock, when the day's schedules of ferry trips are fin ished. . ! FANCY COSTUMES IN RUSSIA Qovtrnmsnt Exercises Strict Censor ship Over Dress Worn by Men and Women at Galls. The ierll of wearing fancy cos tumes In Kussla because of govern ment consornhtp are many. In one city, say the AngloRuBalnn, the po lice ejected two persona from a fancy dress ball that took place In a local theater for wearing "Improper" fancy dresaea. One of them was supposed to represent Illlodor, the monk of 111 famed reputation, who was upheld as Dressed Up as a Carrot. a saint by the champions of the black hundred, wearing on his breast the mark of an Interrogation Instead of the cross. The other represented a well filled siifk bearing the Inscription. "Famine Year for Merchants," and 10,000,000.000." An empty bag which was hold In one hand bail the Inscrip tion, "A prosiK'roua year for the peas ants,' 'and "0,000,000,000." At Tsheboksnr on a similar occas ion two women were lined 73 rubles each, one for wearing a fancy dress which was supposed to represent her as "the young constitution in chains;" the other for being dressed up As ft carrot, which was supposed to repre sent the famine in eastern and central Hiusla. NOVEL EXPERIMENT FOR BOYS Board Placed Loosely on Table Cov ered by Newspaper Not as Easy to Dislodge as Imagined. Tnko an ordinary board, 2 or 3 ft. long, such ns a bread board, and place It on the table so that about one-third of its length will project over the edge Unfold a newspaper and lay it on the tnble over the board as Bhown In the sketch. Anyone not familiar with ttie experiment would suppose the board could be knocked off by hitting it on the outer end. It would appear to be easy to do, but try it. Unless you are prepared to break the board you will probably not be able to knock the board off. The reason Is that when the board s struck it forces tno oiner cna up An Interesting Experiment. and the newspaper along with it. This causes a momentary vacuum to be formed under the paper, and the pres- ure of the air above, which Is about a lb. to the square inch, prevents the board from coming up. This Is an entertaining trick to play at an even Ing party, and also makes a simple and Interesting school experiment. ORIGIN OF AN ANCIENT GAME nventors or interesting pastime of Domlnoee Were Monks In Famoui Abbey at Monte Casino. The Inventors of the Interesting game of dominoes were two monks In the famous abbey at Monte Casino in Italy. One day the Inmates of the con vent were on the lookout for a method of beguiling their leisure moments without transgressing the rule of el- ence to which they were subject Two of their number hit upon the device of playing with square stones covered with dots, which they showed to each other and combined In an order agreed upon. The winner communicated the result to his partner by pronouncing In a low voice the lines of the vespers, which commence as follows: "Dixit Dominus domino meo." The game soon became a favorite, not only within the walls of monas teries, but outside, also. People with only scanty knowledge of Latin sim plified the monastic formula, only re taining the word "domino," and the ?ame Is still known by that name. That Caught Them. The newest service rendered by monkeys to mankind, says an English paper, was recently illustrated In Lon don. In one of the school districts too many parents reported no chil dren In their families and In order to ascertain the real number of children In the district the school officers re sorted to an Ingenious measure. Two monkeys were gayly dressed, put in a wagon and, accompanied by a brasa band, were carried through the streets of the district. At once crowds of children made their appearance. The procession was stopped In a park and the school officers' began their work; distributing candles to the youngsters, they took their names and addresses. They found out that over sixty par ents kept their children from school. The Ingenious measure brought to the school about 200 boys and girls. Iff I rltrlklni Hit Board I. A M. RAILWAY TIME CARD From Independence to Dallas. Train No. GO loaves Independence dally nt 2:30 p. m. nnd Monmouth at 2:40 p. in. u'ld arrives nt DMUm lit 3:05 p. iu. Train No. 64 loaves Independence dally at 0:1S a. tu. and Monmouth at daily nt 6:00 a, in. and Moumoui'h at 6:31? a. m., and arrives at Dunlins at 7:00 a. m. Train No. 68 loaves Independence at 10: GO a. m,, Monmouth at 11:03 m m.. and arrives at Dallas ut 11:30 a. m. Train No. 70 lemes Independence at 6:15 p. in, and Monmouth at 6:30 p. m and arrive at Dallas a 6:65 p. m. From Independence to Alrlle. Train No. 61 loaves Indeptwidotico at 6:30 n. in. and Monmouth at 6:45 a. ni., nnd arrive nt Alrjlo nt 7:20 a. in. Train No. 73 leaves Independence nt 3:35 P. in. and Monmouth nt 4:10, p. in., and nrrlvos nt Alrlle nt 4:43 p. m. From Dallas to Independence. Train No. 73 leaves Dialing dally at 3:30 p. in. and Monmouth at 3:55. Train No. 65 loaves Dallas dally at 8:30 a. m. wid Monmouth ut 8:53 a. iu. and nrrlves at Indepeiideog nt 9:15 n. in. Trnki No. 69 leaves Dwllas dally nt 1:00 p. m. nnd Monmouth at 1:23 p. in. and wrrlves at Independence nt 1:40 p. m. Train No. 71 leavos Dating daily nt 7:20 p. m. mid Monmouth at 7:45 p. m., nnd arrives nt Independence at 8:05 p. m. From Alrlle to Independence. Train No. 62 leaves Alrlle dully ot 7:30 a. in. and Monmouth at 8:05 a. m., and nrrlvcsat Indopeiidece nt 8: 15 av m. Train No. "3 leaves Alrlle dully at 5:00 p. iu. and Monmouth at 6:35 a. in., tuid arrives at Independence nt D:45 p. in. From Independence to West Salem. Train No. 124 leaves Indepuiulmice d:iy nt 8:20 n. ni. and arrives at West Salem at 9:00 a. m. Train No. 120 leaves Independence at 4:03 p. m. nnd arrives at Went Sa lem at 4:45 p. m. From West Salem to Independence. Train No. 123 leaves West Snlein dnt'ly at 9:50 a. m. and arrives at In dependence at 10:23 n. ni. Train No. 125 leaves West Salem dally nt 5:00 p. m. and arrives at Independence at 6:40 p, m- Chas. D. Smiley, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER 'X Plans And Estimates Furnished On Short Notice. "DWELLING HOUSES A SPECIALTY Hell Phone 624. C. W. H INKLE Funeral Director and Licensed Embalm vr. Lady assistant if desired. Calls attended day or night. Independence, Oregon. W. R. ALLIN, D. D. S. Dentist 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. SNYDER'S POULTRY PARKS Independence Oregon 8. C. W. LEGHORNS and BARRED PLYMOTH ROCKS Pure Bred Eggs $1.00 per 13 or $6.00 Per 100 P. O. Box 181. Home Phone 7521 HOMER LODGE, No 45 meets every Monday evening in their castle hall, Independence, Ore Visiting Knights wel come. 7:30 Is the hour. M. MORAN, C. C. RICHARDSON, JR., K. R. S. HARRY NORTON'S TONSORIAL PARL0R3 Electrlo Shampooing, and everything In Our Line Carefully Attended to. Bath In Connection Main Street, Independence, Ore. Marble and Granite MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES, ETC. ALL CEMETERY WORK. G. L. HAWKINS, DalUs, Oregon J. W.