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VOLUME 29.
fMDtPCMDENOE, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1912.
NUMBER 29.
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ENGINE COLLDES
WITH HAND CAR
L & M. Train Runs Down Road
Workers and Instantly
Kills One Man.
Fog Said to bt Primary Causa of
Locomotive Striking Hand Car
North of Independence.
A aorlotia accident occurred near
Kola on Thursday of Unit week when
the 1. & M. morning train ran down
a hand car and Instantly killed K.
Fukuda. a Japanese laborer In the
mploy of the Salem, Falls City &.
Western rallwHy. The car conveyed
M. Maniiton and throe labor) re bo
iiidei the unfortunate Fukuda.
INSTRUCTORS HERE
Speak Very Encouragingly of The
School Work In Polk County.
QUICK ACTION
SAVES BUILDING
Burning Film at the Moving
Picture Show Comes Near
Causing Fire.
State Superintendent Aldtrmnn 4
Salem, Dr. Buttrlck of Rockefeller In
stitute, New York Olty, Dr. Foster
of R'od Institute of Portland, and
County School Superintendent, II.
C. Seymour of Dallim, were the
city Tuesday. They come over Iium;
Salem In an auto and were on a
tour of Inspection of those rural Panic
schools doing homo credit work, hav
ing selected I'olk county school. The
party went from here to Bucna Vis
ta, Dr. Hut trick U especially In
terested In this work, which Is hla
chief mission In the went.'
The able liiHtructora exriressed
....... a prevented a serious conflagration and
NEWS 80 OLD AS TO BE NEW
It mi Taken From The West . Side
Enterprise Published November
8th, 1883.
themselves us being mi
with the educational work a It
conducted In Polk county.
Masons Will Build.
Hon, F. A. Patterson, one of the
ploneini who went east, returned the
first of the week.
I. Claggelt Is building a shipping
house on the river bank near the
Vanduyn & Smlfh warehouse.
the new shingle mill will soon be
In Operation and will turn out many
thousands of shingles.
J. R. Cooper Is niveitlslng a lot
Qiuck action on the part of flay ot brick for sale. No occasion for de
Lacey, operator at the Suit Theatre, fectlve flues.
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In the, Moving Picture Show ;
Narrowly Averted By Quick !
Action of Operator. , i
MOMMOITH SETS
BETTER SERVICE
Railroad Commissioners Hear
Complaints of Citizens at
Normal School Town.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Get your "Home Cooking" at
M. E. church Bazaar tomorrow.
the
R.
Railroad Officiate Blam the Local
Agents for Conditions at Mon
mouth, and Promise Relief.
FIRE INSURANCE. See
Nunn, Independence, Oregon,
J. L. Hatina was In Albany and
Eugene on business, Tuesday.
G. C. Skinner transacted business
In. Portland yesterd&y.
1 John Sc naffer and fam'ly moved)
to Raymond, Wash., Mondiy.
Fred Stoper lg drilling a well for
Geo. Huntley this week.
Lee Brown of Albwiy, was in the
city Wednesday.
Sam Irvine returned from Portland
Messrs. Field, Scott and Ormstad. Monday.
Southern Pacific officios, una Mr.
jg possible, panic at the show Tuesday
; evening, when he hurled
Rev. J. R. N. Bell of Corvallis, will Campbell of Salem, Railroad Commls- ttD; U "f1? 18 avlngr Wll8on
kitchen built in his house.
Preparatory to tearing down the
old warehouse) at the foot of Mini-
A dense fog enveloped the river mouth street Mid erecting a new
bottoms UimL monilna and the ace I- : building In Its place, J. I). Hlbba &
dent Is probably due to this cause
K. 11. McElinurry, who wan select-
Company have bcem ask"d by the
Masonic lodge to vacate the build
ing In thirty days, and In con
t'd by President lllrscliberg to visit , 8t1I.,t.e of this request Messrs.
the scene of the accident Frlduy, re-1 Uiblm & Co. are closing out tholr
Jutes the circumstance in subsume entire line of vehicles, farm Imple- before anything could have been done
something as follows: ! "',,n,H- el'- tn"re1n
Th. h u- h n,. ....u.r. Kntt"v reduced prices.
l no new oimuing win ue
preach In the M. E. church at this "loner, were in the city Tuesday en-'
a blazing an,inv. nT mnmin, inH ov. 'route to Monmou'h where the investl- J. G. Mcintosh sold rmmia nt ir.t.
film out of the front window to the en lug. gallons were made concerning the this week to Mr. Becker, who will
street,. The work wtw done so sud- , ! complaint filed some time ago by, soon erect a new house.
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ueniy aim bo quieuy mat uui lew nn "ew i lur me puunu uuiuui "c v......... Snap. 8 acres bottom land
in the room were cognizant of the nave Been oraerea Dy tne directors. mrm-uutrB, presiuem oi me i. sn.
situation until the danger was all The seats will come from Portland, road, tweompanied them to the Nor
over. and are models of ease and comfort, mal Behoof city.
Durlria the oroairess of the motion The hearing held 'there upon this
picture show a film became Ignited The members of the Christian occasion, to adjust the alleged griev
(fTom. the arc light, and but for the church have purchased a lot on the ances of the community on the corn-
presence ot mind of the operator the corner of Third and D streets and plaint filed, Is sud to have been an
700
cords of wood on place. T. R. Nunn,
Real Estate, Independence, Oregon.
10 acre trj:t, close In, good terms.
fine soil, T. R. Nunn, Real Estate,
Independence.
Important hearing.
its were riding, wus traveling eint
ward, follow litg the morning train
from Dallas. They were expiating the
Independence tn.m, but the fog pre
vented their view until the engine
was within a few yards of the car.
'"tie fog uIho made It impossible for
Engineer Dornslfe to aee a great
distance ahead. As soon as the np-
new building will tie occu
pied by Illbbs & Co, and will give
them much more store capacity and
a much better room than they hn.e
had.
The lodge will Join walls with
Nelson & ile-nkle, who will begin
work about the first of the year on
their new play house. With these
front end of the building would prob- will erect a building as soon ce suf-
ably luve been enveloped In flames flclent funds can be raised.
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to prevent It, and the play house, a For several weeks a small steam
fnime structure, might have been en- launch being constructed near Douty's roads by Attorney Dey, and the
tirely destroyed together with other sjw mill at the foot of C street, has ficluls named r ove.
represented by w committee consist
ing of Dr. F. R. Bowersox, J. L. Mur
dock and P. H. Johnson, and the rail-
of-
Mrs. Fred Chambers of Eug'ne. is
The citizens were the city, having come here to at-
adjolnlng buildings. While the cel
luloid film was blazing fiercely Mr.
bacey threw it from the window. Not
until U struck the walk In front and
f dished burning did anyone inside
know that the accident had occur
red. . :
Aside from the entire destruction
beeil the object of great Interest to ' The complaint alleged that tickets
many of our citizens. were refused passengers from points
except the Union depot in Portland,
EXCELLENT WORK and these did not provide for bag-
tend her mothtr's sventy-se-ond an
niversary party.
Miss Lillie Smith, a former resi
dent of tils city, died in Portland on
Monday and was buried at Amity
Wednesday.
Claude Oviatt ana family return
ed to Independence this week and
tuL'n huriflumiin Htrnetiir.il flniHhml. the ... ... ....
Broaching euglne wj.h observed close " . , . .. . . ' .,, or ,nfi n,m wnicn is valued at l..u,
nuillll nn Mull il ,im fin
In the rer, Mr. Maimtoti applied the
brake to the machine In an attempt
to stop It, but finding this would be
impossible bo told the men to jump,
which all did, but Fukudu in some
in liner, fell across the track and the
train passed over Ms body, cutting
it In two. The slippery condition of I)r(.
the track mane It Impossible for Mr.
' Dornslfe to bring his engine to
stop for some time and It ran fully
300 feet before he realized the ser
iousness of the accident.
This fs said to be the fourth fatii4
accident that Mr. Dornslfe has wit
nessed during his railroad career, but
no blame is i ttached to him on ac
count of the accident Thuradny. Had
the atmosphere been clear the car
be greatly Improved In w;parance.
Government Wants More Money.
PoatmaBter MerwUt has received
intrauctlons from the First Assist
ant Pos'master General to Increase
e of rental for post office
boxes commencing with January 1,
1913. Boxes heretofore renting for
35 cents will cost 45 cents per quie
ter; 45 cent boxes have been In
gage fjrher thfti Dallas or Independ- will probably make their future home
M. A. Baker Is An Artist at the Age ence; that the depot in Monmouth Is here.
of Seventy-five. unsanitary and there are not ade- Peter Kurre toiured hi8 foot ,ast
quae accommodations for handling Tue8day whUe engaped m mov..ng a
While at the Soldiers' Home in livestock and freight, in support of h . .
ana a slight Dunn sustained by the California recently M. A. Baker busi- meir contention witnesses wtre m- the retir(Kj list for a few dayg
operator, no damage was done- It ed tiiiuaelf m iakiiig mauy beautiful trodueed in each complaint proving . . :,;..
was a close etll to say the least. Had ornwuents from eucalyptus, some of the lack of proper ticket and burgage A horse ridden by Hairy Blot h fell
the fire be ame uncontrollw'jle there -wliich he brought home with him. accommodations by students of the Wendenday, throwing the rider to
is no telling what the result would He hus an ecualyptus portier of Normal School and others, and from the ground with suff'cient force to
have ben. The operating room is his own make on exhibition at L. stock shippers, nierchmts and busi- render him coaaWeratSIy disabled.
Situated move the main entrance and G. Reeves' store which shows re hesa men showing the loss on live-
exit, and the only mei-iis of escane markHiile Lnenuitv nn the nart of stock end merchandise -shipped in
asldd from this Is through a side the venerable soldier, who U past To and out of Monmouth.
door tx the rear of the building. years of sge. The railroads made . no . defense, to
With a crowd of men, women and While others at the home were idle the charge on the ticket and bti;gage
The subject for the morning dis
course at the M. E. church Sundty
is "Spirit Filled Light." In the ev
ening, "Conscience is a Sttfe Guide.'"
children in the room, a panic could and discontented, Mr. Baker wrs mak- matter, but Messrs. Fields and Scott Homer Link of the Luckiamute,
creased to 60 cents and mail draw- hot have been t,,ertPd 11 t1le fir had, ing himself useful and happy, and his offered profuse apology, saying such who has been hunting in Linn
. . .... . bv SOIlIn mismatlllirement liwui ullniv- ulaW hi tha ami h man nrnritnhio na tickets Should not have been Sold, rnnntv rpflirncH hnma oiilr Tnoa.
ers rormeriy rcnien ror ou cenis - - - . - -,
will cost 75 cents after January 1st
jd to spread.
well as r pleasure.
Thesd condiiions we brought about
by the Increased patronage of the
office, which has given It a higher
rating. From this it can be seen
Chrysanthemum Fair and Bazaar,
Home Team Wins.
could have been seen fully 800 feet , tnlV independence will soon be en
ahead at that point, but that morn- tltld to free delivery.
.-Ing It was difficult to observe an j
object more than 100 feet rViead.
Coroner Chapman took the body
to Dallas and an Inquest wi.u held
Deposits $65,000.
The ladies of the M. E. church 1 The Independence High School
111 hold their Bazaar and Chrysm- basket hall team defeated the Mt.
'hemum Fair in the church parlors on! Angel Athletic Club in i. game at
Friday and Saturday of this week. Fri that place Saturday night by a score,
day evening an excellent program will Qf 30 to 17. The Independence boys
throwing all the blame on their loct dcy.
agents, and promised to remedy the
freight facilities so as. to grant the H" C- Hannn returned this week
relief asked for. from Salem, where he has been In
the hospital since returning from
tlwi ec.et
Notice of Stockholders' Meeting.
Notice is hereby given that the The 'd house near the public
Minual meeting of the stockholders school, owned by W. F. Camp
of the Indenendencn MonmoiiHi bell, which was damaged by fire a
be rendered by local talent, in which out-played them throughout md the ; Rallway Company will be held at the year ago, Is being torn down.
A mistake wio mnde In the report " ' "y vision, game was at no time in danger, rne
Which brought out the facts as re- o( ,1(J parmerB State Bank published a rea(ler of considerable fame. The ! home boys took the lead soon !ter
lated above. ln The Enterprise last week and we ;rlce of remission, is 10 and 15 cents. ' the gime bfgan and held the best
LIn.nA ...... 1. 1., .r ...111 1. . . t
publish the correct statement this wx..6 uC u.. onu..- or tneir opponnenis 10 tne liuisn.
Saya Roads are Bad.
week. The Individual deposits are
day afternoon.
. $65,000 instead of $25,000 as publlsh-
J. B. Parker of Orvllle, was In the ed. The depoalls ahow a good gain
city Saturday. Mr. Parker said it had over the pr ceding quarter and it is
Change In Time Card.
Buys 11 Cent Hops.
ben a month since his previous vis- certainly a good showing for m In
it to Independence, and It will be stltution esttblished only a little more
another month before he comes again ! than six months.
unless there Is some Improvement
in the road, which Is not very likely ! Folle A Foul Plot,
at this time of the year. j I
The rural service was abandoned ! When a shameful plot exists be-
between that point and Sulem for I two Hver nd bowels to cause dls-
- AnJ I . A U... U I 'U-V 1 IvaoA Vitf lniicitiiff At t.ilra fir.
ter between there md Salem, than King's New Life Pills, and end such j t11
they are between Orvllle and Inde- abuse of your system. They gent
p ndence I ly compel right action of stomach,
C. L. Fitchard, last week, purchas-
The Oregon Electric Schedule will ed 387 bales of hops from WfVker
be changed Sunday, December 15,
1912. Persons desiring information,
regarding same should phone G. C;
Skinner or Williams Drug Store. The
time card will appear in our next issue.
New Building Going Up
Brothers of this city at 14c per pound
and 62 bales from Peter Heater at
11c. The hops purchased from the
Walker lot is said to be the Iirg
est lot in this vicinity that was un
sold at that time. i
Independence National Bank ln In
dependence, Oregon, on the 28th day
of December, 1912, at the hour of 10
o'clock a. m., for the purpose of
electing officers for said company
for the ensuing year and for the
transaction of other business thrt
my properly come before said meet
ing. D. W. Sears, Secretary.
Dated Dec. . 10, 1912.
Dr. Duganne. Dentist, over Inde
pendence National Bank. Both Phonies.
Hanna Brothers are going to put
a new awning in front of their store
buildings on Main street, similcr to
the one ln front of the Hotel Le
rona. The business houses have been
most beautifully decorated this week
for the Holidays,' and rare taste is
manifested in many isntances. The
interior of Wetherbee & Jones' store
has been converted into a beautiful
palace.
Famoui Stage Beauties
BT"
Too Much Fog.
Hver and. bowels, aid restore your
'rhiei Pomona did hot hwtke Its trip
up to Cbrvalilt Saturday night on
health and all good feelings,
at all druggists.
25c
A blrthdry dinner was given at the
Miller & Kraine, the cabinet makers piles. Only 25c at all druggists.
who have a shop ln the north room
t Birthday Dinner
account lot the dense fog which cover
ed the river, and was obliged to lay
ud ft little way below East Independ- i home of Mrs. Susan Jones, Wednes-
ence until daylight Sunday morning.' day which wm made in the form of of the Garr.e building, are so well
j a reunon 0f the pioneer family and pleased with the patronage they are
Would Sell Stock. ' it ms d verv nleasant occrion. at-1 r ceivlng that they expect soon to
tended by numerous relatives.
Parties were in the city last weefc : The event was her seventy-second
The Independence National Bank j 00lc horror on Skin Eruptions,
Is erecting a building west of the BjQ chPg, Sores or Pimples. They
hank building on Man mouth street, don't utve them, nor will anyone who
which will be occupied by McBeth J uses Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It glori
& Wiltshire, Plumbers. The build- fle8 the face. Eczema or Salt Rheum
ing they now occupy will be torn j vanishes before it. It cures sore Hps,
down as soon an it can be vacated. I jhaiped hands, chilblains; bels all
jurns, cuts and bruises. Unequaled fo
A SHAPELY COLLAR
Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
Notice is hereby given that the cn
nual meeting of the stockholders of
put in new machinery and become bet- the Independence National Bank will
,er equiped to do the work. They : be held on the Second Tuesday in
are turning out some very creditable : January ( January 14, 1913) between
furniture. ; jth'ej hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m., at
. : , tne bank for the purpose of elect-
Mrs. M. W. Wallace will sell for : Ing a board of directors and the
... I the next two weeks, Winter Milll- , transaction of such other business as
Prof. Peck of the O. A. Oi( whs in , I. O. Young has a nertt pony and nery at your own price, as she de- may come before the meeting,
the city Saturday workirig in the delivery cart 'in connection with his Sires to 1 close it out, and her store ' Dated this 10th. day of December,
Interest of the athletic department of ;rher market. He commenced the, will be closed after the first of the 1912.
endeavoring to sell stock In the big ! anniversary, and all or the children
fruit ranch t Derry. So far as can J vete present except two daughters.
be learned but few of our people ;
were interested. ! New Delivery
"p3g
our high school.
hew service last Saturday and it is j year for s few weeks.
giving universal satisfaction among post office.
Next door to
R. R. DeARMOND,
Cashier.
Don't fail to 'attend the Bazattr at his:pat'fbhs.
the M. E. church Friday :id Satur
day. :
NbticeTo Breeders.
G. P. Graham of Newberg, visited ! J. L. Hanna, J. G. Mcintosh and
his son, L. L. Graham, the fore part : A. Whitney were in Salem Tuesday
of the week. He likes Independence to attend a meetlaig held to consider
Miss Kora'Browne will visit friends I claim to be the towner of the best and hopes to locate here in the near the matter of ai deeper Willamette
in A lhimv. Saturday and Sunday. , ,. bull in Oregon. H. Laliberiy. f t ire. I river.
IS EVERY GENTLEMAN'S DESIRE, AND SHAPELY COLLARS
ARE THE ONLY KIND WE KEEP IN STOCK. THE VERY
LATEST STYLES IN DRESS SHIRTS, LINEN COLLARS, AND
THE NEWEST THINGS IN NECK TIES ARE ALWAYS TO
BE FOUND IN OUR STORE. THEN, AGAIN, YOU WILL FIND
THAT WE SAVE YOU MONEY ON CLOTHING. MAKE
THIS YOUR HEADQUARTE ERS FOR USEFUL XMAS PRES
ENTS. YOURS TRULY,
O. A. KPEAMER
Jeweler and Optician