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4k POLK COUNTY HUB OF Th WILLAMETTE VALLEY I.NDIPNDXut the HOP CENTER Op; THE WORLD 444 i D INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1912. VOLUME .0. NUMBER 19. JESSE M'CORKLE KILLED BY AUTO Well Known Hop Buyer Meets Sudden Death In Automo bile Accident at Kola. Salem Pollci Are Notified and Make Immediate Investigation Coroner Takes Charge of Body. Jesse Mi t'oiklo, who ban been cm- Dloyoil at, the WIkHcIi ranch since It bus bi-mi under the management ()f Slid futhcT In-law, John Cnriiilchiicl, met sudden dituth between here nid Suleiu at n bout 1 1 : :!0 Tuesday night, when his atitoniobllo, went over un Miibiinkinoiit mar the wiv.i r tank on the Salem I'ind Independence road. Mr. Mc'"ikle left Salem alone In hi car a fw minutes u'tcr 11:00 o'clock that nlnht, expiating to drive to the WlKrlc h ranch five miles Honth Mr. Wilcox said the city ban devel ot this city. Jiwt bow the accld.vit op-d more in the year that he him ,..,.,,.,! ,.r uluib .-mined It will lirob- 'b".vi i.')H.-nt than It has during the nbly never bo known. It In believed, however, that something went wrong with the it ex ring apparatus- on the car at this point of the road, iwtd be fore the machine could be stopped It , timed turtle over the embw ikment and eru.Hhd the driver to death lu st Ht ly. The overturned machine with Mr. WcColkl's inantflod body beneath It was firm Been by a couple of young men mid their lady companion)!, who we're going from DuIIiih to Salem. 'One of the girls, It 1h said, fainted at the sight of tbo nmn'B crushed form, and for her relief the pu.ty hurried to Sinlem, not stopping to of fer assistance, or to apprehend the unfortunate party. Offlcert Are Notified. w i... ,i.iilv r.tiwluwl Kmlem the "'r : .. : ..n'Pennonco well drllhrs ItOlice were nui nam t j i"" '"" and one of Iheni took W. W. (ialiies anil C. N. Matlock to the scelie of the' accident In a very few minutes. They ' reached the spot where Mr. WoCorklo met his death within one hour from the time the ncldcnt oc curred, but only to find the driver dead, and it is the opinion of the. officers that death was almost lm fctariSaneouH. Mr. Muilock went to Kola and tele phoned to Coroner Chapman at Dal las, obtaining permission to turn the . . i .j' Sn ooay over to - ; . iu Ifli'l tt tho MP- tion nid took charge of the body. The bank over which the cur plung ed Is about five feet, but It is not r gardinl as a dnngi rous "place. It Is clewrly evident that tho machine was not In good repiw r. Jesse McCorkle was well known in . t. ...i a O .. t . . ...Uonn hno lived ne'irlv all of hia life. Uiirlng th? pat summer he lived on the Wig rich rrnch, but. had moved back to Si'leni for the winter only recently, tie has beea engaged in the hop busi ness one way and another for m num ber of years, lie was about 30. years of age and is survived by a wife and one child. Sheriff Sells Silverware. Sheriff Grant sold a consignment of silverware on the streets of Inde pendence lHiit Saturday to secure costs of an action started some time ago by the Sterling Silver Co. r.sainst R. 31. Knox of this city. Mr. Knox won the case and the sheriff attached the goods consigned to the defendant, and sold the same to pet money to piiiy costs of the case, Will Sell Fine Horses. ' O. T. Murphy will hold mx auction Bale at his farm in American Bottoms six miles southeast of this city, on Wednesday, October 9th, mid has at number of very fancy driving horses With speed records Included in the lot. See his ad in thia issue. Three Squashes Make Load. Walter Huntley came; to the city Tuesday with a wagon load of squash es and the total number comprising the load was three. It was not w very big wngon, but they were monster squashes. mis cuy, aun i - - - :.ter ,berw.ltlc,pate a large Increase Ln will incorporate j Dr. Mott & Company Will Plant 240 Acrtca To Loganberries, j Dr. AV. 8. Molt of Salem, one of the owners of the 2110 acre farm north' of thin city Which whs p-waiUy pur chimed from Vun Walters, was In the city Friday. Dr. Mott sitya they will Incorporate tinder the name of tin Oregon Logan berry Culture & Land Co., with a cHiilial stock of $r,0.000. They will br'nln ImniMllately to make extensive 'Improvements In the plain and dur ing the- coinlt'K summer will plant It to !Iikii iberrles. This 1h a biimlMoiue pleco of prop- riy iwid wh n nuiy uevciopoa aecoiu- .. . . i.i.i ...in i. . l 'K io me i iu win u wm- ui tlin uiOHt valuable farms In I oik comity. Say It Will Crow. (loo. Wllrox and family, of Cornel Iiih, visited In the city Sundny. Mr. Wilcox wiih for many yeics station ntf ut In this city. I'l MpcsikliiK of the wonderful lm-1naprovi-ine;itH iniulu In Independence, pant thlnecn yeem previous. And h.. im firm In the belief that it will con i In ui to develop. Mr. Wilcox Is one of the oldest railroad employees the state, hay ing served In f the ciipuclty of agent and operator for more thmu thirty two yours, and most of that time wim in thoi office at Independeiiee. Will Drill 200 Feet Well. Sloper Urothcrs have secured the contract of drilling the we'll at Mon mouth for the city water system. It scoiiiB that the contract hud bee,n lot to a party at Dallas, but. be, eould, not Becure the necessary equipment to complete the work w cording to the plana and specifications and the work V.is then turned ovir to the Inde- It Is to be i a ten nu ll wen anil proimuiy -uu .tea'. deep. I Mr. rnd Mrs. C. 0. Sloper went to Portland Titenday where the former will, buy tools and otlur necessary iirt'cles to complete the contract, and 'it is expected thM' the work will be coniineneed during the early part of:toctiej lul organization in this city, next! week. ' tut if so It whs done so quietly that . but f w jneW( i, lyching about it. Held Pleasant Meeting. :Mike (io;'tz, pred ict committeeman, " " Lud 'ne KnUrprise man undertook to Iut Wednesday evwiing the mem-joln tht,lr Tu lkSi iong enough at least hers of the Fraternal Cnlon held a ; fn obtnln 8ome knowledge of the at1- v-rv nt,...u.t mnetlr.c In the K. of P. 1 i"m " ' n .- I are now planning ror r.i grand nine ax the initiation which will be held In .the nir future. j This lodge Is one of the most popu - ,lar. beneflcinry orders in the west, and isiraptdly pushing forward in I - dependence. During the coming win- their membership. ttr. Hewitt is Plaintiff. Dr. 1l L. Hewittt is pli.ntlff in an aclton started im Judge Wilson's court against Mrs. Lindsey who lives a fjw mlls .Tiorthi of this city. Per sonal property belonging to the lady hr been attached and the casei Will come up for .trial mext week. Jas. (HUlialref, let al, t e said to have as signed accounts against the' lady to Dr. Heiwltt, wh sues to recover the claims. Will Elect Officers. Annual election of officers of the Polk' County Soldiers and Sailors As sociation will bet held at the Armory in Dallrs at 2 p. m., Saturday, Oct. 5, 1912. It Is earnestly requested that all veterans of thei civil war in our county be' present on thnt day, as it is the closing day of the County Fair. It is the intention to hold a County Soldiers' Reunion each year hereafter. Pedete Man Passes Away. Harry Lacey died at his home at Pedee Friday night at 12 o'clock after a lingering illness with tuberculos is. The funeral was held ait the fami ly home Sunday. This is the second death in that home within two weeks, Mr. Lacey's daughter having died with spinal mer. ingitis a week or ten days previous. REMEMBER: THE SINGLE TAX SERPENT MUST BE FED or OWN e uooOvi. "JSrtTr WHAT DID BULL : MOOSERS DO? They Hold Secret Session and Enterprise Man Didn't Have the Pass Word. M. Goetz Also Considered Incurable And Could Get No Line On The Meeting. A number of Bull Moosers from Dallas were li the city . Suturihv evening and it is said that they ef- I...,. ..... .,... ,,. ... lilil. UUl ,U:y iciumru iu autmi, iab ! arive a noi se to waier, out a iputn ranst he lead." j Consider River Improvement. - i j . dvwati0n from tho Commercial 1 Club went to Albany yesterdwy to at- ft d meeting madeup of delegates frmn thG dlfforent valley towns in- iterested in the proposed improvement 'of the Willamette River. There Is isome qiies'lon as to the fet'Sibillty of . a six-foot channel from OregcMi City to Corvallis and this will pro'jably be settled at this meeting. Candidates Active. li-. Since the harvest is nearly over and the busy season passing for the present, county candidates find it possible' to look around In their own Interests. Election is drawing near, and there Is wqrk that need be done before the Cth of November. Suffers An Operation. Miss Retta Cuthbei't, accompanied by her mother acid sister, Effia, left for Dallas Tuesday evening where the former will suffer ani operation for a pendlcitlg. Visits Her Parents. N. W. Chirns md wife of Colfax, Wash., arrived in the city Monday ev- 'eining and are visiting at the home of the butter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Russell. . At the M. E. Church. Sunday School and the usur.4 serv ices at the M. E. church nest Sun day. Morning subject: "The Most Profitable Crop to Grow." Evening ; subject: "Why Fire Burns." QUICK ACTION SAVES BUILDING Cheniical Fire Extinguisher is Brought Into Play at . Conkey & Walker's. Conflagration Narrowly Averted By Timely Discovery of a Blaze in Rear of Store. Fire origin.r.ing in a pile of rub bish in the rctir of Coik;y & Wal ker's s ore Friday afternoon, ciuie near causing fci serious conflagration. Just how t.ie fire started is some thing of a mystery, but it is presum ed that some c.jireless smoker threw a lighted cigar stub Into the rubbish as he was passing through thei alley. Henry Ford, one of the clerks at the store happened to go into the warehouse for something when he dis - covered a blaze running up the bijk ! end of the building about fifteen feet. 1 I He immediately gave alarm and the j I private fire extinguisher kept in the store was put into service. The blaze was ex iguished be-fore any damage was done, but it was a narrow escape. Had the fire burned a few minutes longer it would have been beyond tQ lndelendence, but ws,.j unable to day taking inventory of Zed Roaem control, aid considerable damage fiQd ft houE mA ha8 moved to Mon- dorf's stock of goods. What dispo would have been the result. mouth for the winter. Some one, It sition will be made of the stock is The fire was extinguished so quick- ( seems ought to build a few more hot known. Mr. Rosendorf is now in ly and so quietly mat only a rew w. work in tha immediate vicinity knew anything about it, and the assistance of the fire department m not rt Jquired. When the fire was discovered it was eating its way to the warehouse back of Zed Rozendorf's store. There is no telling what the result would have been if it had started in the high,t or had a few minutes more to get started. Brant-Addison Wedding. Mr. Harrison H. Brant and Miss Millie Addison, both of Independence, ' were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. j Wm. Addison, southeast of this city, ; Tuesday evening, at 7 o'clock. i Mr. Brant is a young ranchman of splendid worth, and has been living on a farm two milols southwest of Monmouth. Miss Addison is one of the very highly respected young ladies of j this vicinity. The young couple departajd immed iately after the ceremony for south ern California, where they intend to nuuke their future home. S. H. McElmurry injured his foot a couple of weeks ago by having a rusty nail penetrate the membeir. He is now able to navigatei by the use of crutches, DIES FROM OPERATION Mrs. Bloch'a Death (Caused From Diseased Kidney, Say Doctors. r Mrs. Will II. Bloch's death, t. brief mention of which was made in the Enterprise last week, followed an op- erjtlon fat the hospital in Portland, j For some time it lu besn the belief of relatives of the unfortunate ' woman that she was suffering from ' tuberculosis, and the Enterprise stt4.- !ed that her den.h was caused from that dreaded disease, but the opera- tion revealed the fat:t thi her long 'suffering was caus;d from a diseas- ed kidney, the probable result of an accident when she was quite young. Fr. okei M. Tozer, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Tozer, was born in Afchh-ind, Oregon, March 21, 1887, and most of her life was spent in ;that vicinity. September 20, 1910, she was nif cried at Por la'id to Will H. Blo;h, and until a year ego last April, when they moved to Independence, they lived in that city. Her dea h occurred in Portland on the 22nd of September. D Ting her long suffering she was given evervthirg to comfort hir that mon y and skill could provide. Mrs. Bioch was a kind and affec tionate young lady and hul many warm friends in this city who re-1 gret her early departure in life. Her remains were shipped to Ash laind last week and the f uneryl was ; held, per her parents' request, under j the trees at the old home place where she played so often In her happy , childhood. Interment wen made in i the Ashland cemetery, where Mr. Toz er has owned a lot since 1847, and . Mrs. Bloeh is the first member of I the family to be buried there. The funeral address was delivered by , Rev. Van Fosen, of Astoria, aj friend of the family, and who was at tending the M. E. conference at thsit place when the funeral was held. Mr. Bloch returned from Ashland Friday. Buys Polk County Farm. E. E. Tripp reports the- sn'.e of the Baisy f rm located onej mile north of Iidene-idence. to Ben Leask or London. Mr. Leask and family are well pleas-! crt with Indenendence! and will becrin at once to make improvements in the place where they expect to make a, life home. Will Buy More Seats. At a meeting of the school board q W- Camp Friday evening in Wood held If3t Monday it was voted to nian nau an(j an members are re purchase more seats for the high quested to be present, as theire is j school building and also to erect r ; new wcodshed. Improvements con- i tinue. Need More Houses. X.ewis von Gal, who purchased th Per3e farm last week, has also pur- ehased 30 acres adjoV;ing it from Joe I Cravem. Mr. Pease intended to move housrs t0 Tent Our new cloth ing for Fall and Winter. If you wantsomething GOOD at the RIGHT price we can give it to you i tmM Yours truly, O. A. KREAMER COUNCIL SAYS City Dads Vote Down Hie Two Franchise Ordinances After Long Deliberation. MaY Introduce Ordinance At Adjourn- ed Meeting, Granting Franchise ( " For atr PlaRt- In the absimce of Mayor Eldridge President Mix called the council to order in the usual place aid form on 'Wednesday eve.lng. Members of the council present were Messrs. Bo hannon, Campbell, Dixon, H;(nna and Sperlirg. Aside from the regular rou tine of business littl? businens W transacted. One important feature' was an or der made to ht e thel foot-bridge re paired inmiediatey. The 'ordinance intended to grant a franchise to H. Hirschberg for the construttioi and maintenance of an electric light and water system, whi h w Introduced threte or four months ago, was tak en up aiid placed on ita' final passive, but was lost by the following vote: Messrs. Bohannon and Dixon, yes; Me3srj. Cimpbell, llama and Sprrling no. . The ordinance Intended to grant Mr. Hirschberg a strett railway fran chise was Et'so treated in the same maaner. Toward the close of the ses sion, however, Mr. Campbell made a motion to the effect that the ordi nance committee bring la a bill for to ordinance granting to Mr. Hirsch berg a franchise for the construc tion of a wf.tetr plant and the mo tion prevailed. The council adjourned to meet on Wednesday of next week. Vtrd Hill, democratic candidate for representative, and A. B. Robinson, democratic candidate for county clerk made a trip over in the northern p"t of the cour.ty Tuesday, with August Sperling at the wheel of -the Over- jan(j Mr. Underwood of Humbolt county, pass 3d through the city Wednesday eiroute to Woodburn, where he goes to visit, friends. He was very much pleased with Independence and the surrounding country. There will be a meriting of the W. important business to come before the ' mftPti-iff W. S. Kurre purchased S. H. Clod felt er's house Tuesday, md Mr. Clod felt; r has purchafeW a lot from J. G. Mcintosh on G.. street, and will build at once. j Parties are here from Portland to- a hospital at Portland. I