PAGE SIX THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. EIGHT PAGE9 P. gam COMPETION CONTROLS PRICES wgPBWWivat :MSiwa!Wwwwg?'iwcwasga.i' yMfiniM1. awn You probably do not fully realize the extant to which the buying public la benefitted by the extremely low prices we make on all line of merchandise. The Fact That We Sell Strictly Reliable Goods at a lower price than "regular store" can afford to meet, make It necessary for all stores to sell at a mora reason able price than would ba necessary if there were no strict ly cash store In the city. Why not trade at a store that has been Instrumental In making Salem the most economical trading point In the Willamette Valley? INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE We never buy t price Is right and purchaser. in srticfe until we are satisfied that the that It will prove satisfactory to the We Undersell "Credit Stores" on DRY GOODS, CLOTHING SHOES EVERYTHING FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. BARNES' CASH STORE E. T. BARNES, Prop. Salem, - - - Oregon Get in the Habit of Trading Here We make a specialty of fancygrocerles goods with a reputation for quality that pleases the most exacting teste, and we take special pride In rec'ommendin our grocery department to tho peo ple of Independence and vicinity. But our efforts to keep our GROCERY DEPARTMENT In the front ranks have been no great er than have been our efforts to make every department of the tore Just right- If you are not In the habit of making this estab lishment your shopping headquarters, get In the habit Drexler & Alexander INDEPENDENCE, F HBraM.asJiiiiHE OREGON. gr&y.i. ... good Dick :.1'V' -V wil with your horses comes largely through the constant use of GOOD HARNESS We furnish them "made fo order." C. D. THARP y INDEPENDENCE, ORE. Phone 721, FARMERS IN NEED OF AID. President of Agricultural College Makes Tour of State. Corvallis That Oregon ready for the installation of a statewide system of agricultural education and rural inspiration is the belief of President W. J. Kerr, who has just returned from an extended inspection trip in Eastern Oregon. The people every where seem to be convinced that the rich agricultural heritage of Oregon cannot be realised until intelligent and scientific methods are applied in all phases of the agricultural Indus tries, according to Dr. Kerr. But, more than this, they seem to ba con vinced that this can be brought about only by organized effort which should reach into every community in the state. He reports that as a result of his invest;gation of the work which has been done during the paBt year at the branch experiment stations and the demonstration farms, and in co-opera tion with these by the farmers of Central and Eastern Oregon, he is convinced more than ever that this great work of organization and ex tension of agricultural education will be done in large measure through the use of demonstration farms, branch experiment stations and the general extension agencies of the college working in co-operation with the farmers in the various localities of the state. "The two things most needed for successfully carrying forward the ag ricultural extension work", said Dr. Kerr, "are demonstration farms and traveling agricultural advisors." In support of his theory, President Kerr cited the success of the work now being done at the demonstration farms atMetolius and Redmond, and, particularly, in connection with the branch experiment station and demon stration farm in Harney county, and the work undertaken in connection with the county high school at Klam ath Falls. He feels that the value of this line of work has already been demonstrated in these sections. CANBY BRIDGE LOCATED. flectric Railway Viaduct to Be 900 Feet Long, Canby Engineer R. H. Hollenbeck has definitely located the bridge by which the electric lines of the Port land, Eugene & Eastern railway will cross the Willamette at Rocky Reef, a point about two miles northwest of Canby. The bridge is to be construct ed of steel and will be 75 feet above low water mark as required by the government regulations concerning river traffic, where draws are not maintained. This height will allow any boat operating on the upper river to pass under the bridge at any water stage. The steel portion of the new electric railway bridge will be about 900 feet in length, the approaches on either side of the river being of wood and each being approximately 1200 feet in length. LINN FAiR IS SUCCESSFUL. "Spend Money on Shows, Not Re form Schools," Says Ben Sellirg Scio The sixth annual Linn County fair came to a successful end this week, even though the rain prevented some of the races and was also the cause of many people staying away. Both the Linn county school child ren's industrial exhibit and the Linn county general exhibit were good. This was the first school children's fair, and its results were gratifying both in extent and quality. Many children only 9 years old exhibited first-class poultry, vegetables, sewing, cooking, drawing and mechanical ar ticles. . Among the noteworthy visitors at the fair was Ben Selling. Mr. Selling says that money had better be spent on the school children's fairs than on reform schools. HOP PICKING STARTED. Full Crew of Workore Open Season at McMinnville, McMinnville The hop picking sea son commenced here Tuesday, when a full crew of pickers started to work in the John Hackett yard west of this city, Mr. Hackett' hops were barely ripe, but owing to the fact that a large portion were on the ground, due to a heavy crop and the late rains, picking was started a little early. Within a week picking will be general throughout the county. Two other growers will start picking their hops immediately. The hops are in fine condition and the yield will be better than last year. If weather conditions remain favor able the next week will witness seve ral thousand pounds of hops dried and baled. Many growers bale their hops as soon as possible after they are prop erly dried and are Tit to go into the bale. The hop picking season for this county will cover two week. Pickers are plentiful, boing recruited from local residents. Threshing of grain and hulling of clover is in full swing, every machine in the county working full time. There is plenty of lato spring grain yet to bo threshed, and an abundance of cover in the fields has not yet been touched. POLK COUNTY SETS NEW MARK Both fK.?ittgton Peters Salem's Oldestand Best Piano House Wo make a specialty of supplying tho trade with tho best make lo! Instruments that can bo procured in the world. Our immousu ino comprises tho following: MASON A HAM UN, PACKARD, 1I0BEUT M. CABLE, MILTON, HARRINGTON, KUAKllllt, ULRDMAN AND MANY OTHERS. In Player Piano Players llunlmnn, Harrington, Fibber, Autotmip, n comiilulo lino wf phonographs, records. We have tho Emerson, Milton. Wo olno havo imiKH-al instruments, litct iniixto, uiul nil kinds of sowing machine supplies including tho celolnatod Singer Sewing Machine WHITE FOR CATALOG AND PRICE LIST TO U)e PANTORIUM A. W. JOHNSON, Prop Cleaning and Pressing a Specialty C street Independence, Oregon. A. W. RUSSELL General Btacksmithing. Horse Shoeing a Specialty SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO FORGING AND INTERFERING HORSES. DISEASED FEET A SPECIALTY. FIRST DOOR NORTH OF INDEPENDENCE FEED 8TORE. INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. Oats 55 Bushels to Acre. Gold Hill Oats on the Pankey ranch in Sams valley yielded 64 bush els to three-quarters of an acre. They were sown on March 29. On a four-acre place in the same neighbor hood, sown April 19, 220 buhsels were threshed, or an average of 65 bushels an acre. Owing to the decreased grain acreage resulting from the planting of fruit trees two threshing outfits now do all the threshing in Rogue river .valley. A few years ago it took half a dozen. Several flouring mills have shut down. Hop Crop This Year Best In Quality and Quantity. Dallas Hop picking has opened in this county in the yard owned by C. G. Coad and Charles Bilyeu, about a mile to the west of this city, and bo- fore the week is over, harvesting of tho hop crop will be in lull swing all over the county. Never before have the hops of the county Bhown so well as they do at the present time. The quality is far above the average, and the yield is al so large, the damage caused by the heavy rains of a week ago having been nearly wholly repaired. Barring the possibility of steady rains for the ext two weeks, every indication points to the best hop crop in the istory of the county. If it rains, picking will be delayed in many of the ards. Much of the crop of the county has een contracted for, nearly all of the smaller yards having disposed of their leld during the winter. The contract price averages 20 cents. An effort is being made this year to hold the pick era down to picking fairly clean. BIG WATER RIGHT GIVEN. Cberrington $ Peters, Sakni, Oregon Graphite Vein Found.' Coquille E. C. Barker, of Marsh field, has struck in 18-inch vein of graphite on his ranch, six miles north of Coquille, and is sending a quantity of the material to the Oregon Agri cultural college to be, tested. The vein is only 16 feet from the surface and where struck is near the banks of the north fork of the Coquille river, where the power necessary for mining operations is easily accessible. Gilliam Crops Are Big. Condon Harvest is nearly over in Gilliam county, with a good average yield all over. In some cases the crop was enormous. James Coutuse, of Ferry Canyon, has the banner crop. He threshed 3480 sacks of 40-fold wheat off 140 acres. The wheat is worth at present prices, $5000, about double the price Mr. Coutuse paid for this land a few years ago. State Engineer Approves Permit for 36,000 Acres Salem W. W. Caviness has secured from the state engineer an approval of a permit to irrigate 35,000 acres of land from the Cottonwood creek tribu tary of the Malheur river. This is the first unit of a considerably larger pro ject, involving the construction of one reservoir for the storage of 50,000 acre-feet of water and another for the storage of 1200 acre-feet. This is the third irrigation project of considerable magnitude initiated in the vicinity of Vale during the pres ent year. The other projects are the Malheur Water , Users' association project, which contemplates the irri gation of 32,000 acres of land north west of Vale, with the waters of the Malheur river stored in the Warm Springs reservoir, and the Vale, Ore gon, Irrigation company's project of 24,000 acres to be irrigated from the waters of Bully creek stored in the Lamberson reservoir. These activities are probably due to the construction of the railroad from Vale up the Malheur canyon towards Burns. Bonton County Has 20 Fairs. Corvallis Thirty school districts participated in the Benton County In dustrial Fair here. The extent, var iety and excellence of the products shown far exceeded the expectation of the fair managers. The young exhib itors were intensely interested, and heavy showers of rain failed to damp' en their enthusiasm. They carefully compared the prize-winning exhibits with others in the same class, getting pointers for their endeavors of next season. The great success of this fair makes it certain that the school expo sition will be made an annual affair. OFFICIALS II. lllllSCIIBEIZO, Proxi.lont I. V. SKAKS. Vice-PTes. R. It. Pu.VRMOXl), Cashier THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK Incorporated Transact a General B.m!dng Business Interest Paid on Time Deposits J ii. initsciiiii:no. B. F. SMITH, DIRECTORS: V. II. WALKER, OTIS I). I). W. SEARS BUTLER - v - i- Vw' n-- x.- s- -s.' Siy w" vv' St' W JERSEY DAIRY H. E. Williards 0 Having acquired the milk route of F, Charts, I Will endeavor to deliver puremllk dttlred. . . G3 Phone Bell 803 Independence, Or. Moseman s and cream nd Wm. Rob In quantities i'W c & ta ct & gk v "N SS N --av s N s-Zs S9v T (S . w 4--f. .J..j..;. &fe CLOTHING and j FURNISHINGS I Tlmt CSive Lasting Service and Constant Satisfaction nro sold at THE WHITE HOUSE, ZED EOSENDOJtF, Proprietor. Salmon Catch Nets S2I70. Astoria The fishermen who have been 'trolling for salmon outside the mouth of the river are meeting with good success, some getting as high, as 50 fish a day. Some days, however, the catches are light, owing to a heavy swell. As near as can be learned the high boat among the gillnetters dur ing the past fishing season was Nels Ericson, who fishes for the Sanborn- Cutting Packing company. His catch is said to have been 31,000 pounds, or 16i tons, which at $140 a ton makes a total of $2170 for the summer's work. ' Cattle Bring Fancy Price. Champoeg Thomas Carsten, presi dent of the Carsten Packing company, of Seattle, has just shipped 120 head of fine beef cattle from Broadacres to their establishment. The cattle were purchased from the Smith Brothers, of this place, for $12,000. These are said to be the finest lot of cattle ever shipped out of Oregon. They were all three-year-olds, and averaged f $100 per bead. For many years wo have mado a specialty of showing to tho people a lino of goods always acceptable and they liavo accom plished tho rot leading up to the success wo wnntod to reach. THE WHITEHOUSE New Meat Market Wo are pleased to announce to our patrons that we hav recently opened a Meat Market on C street, near our for mer location and will always supply tho trad with a choico line of all kinds of moats. Call upon us if you have choice beef, veal, and other meats for tho markets. A. NELSON f IU Independence limy Bant f CROWLEY BK08., Proprietors. Main 8t., North of Garage, Best of Eervicsay or night. Gentle horsea and Eeeponsibls Driven. Horses Boarded By Pay, Week or Month. Best of Gar and Fwd. Prices aa low aa inrwhon Rath PhnnM. T fTTfTTTTffTfl ' Vat