THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON
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CRITICISM.
Just now the Mayor and city coun
cil, at least those members who seek
to improve the streets of this city
by hard surface pavement, are vic
tims" of criticism perhaps unjust cri
ticism. It seems to us that no man
should claim the right to be a com
pe:ent critic on this or any other
subject who does not possess a uni
versality of mind on the points at
issue, and it is clearly evident in
this particular cas that all are not
conversant with the conditions.
We sometimes see numbers of men,
and even whole nations, so much fet
tered by habits of their education and
modes of living that they cannot
shake themselves from them even
in the enjoyment of fine arts.
Nothing to them seems to appear
natural, proper or beautiful, which
is foreign to their ideas. In this
exclusive mode of seeing, of feeling
and of living, it is no doubt possible
by means of cultivation, to attain a
great nice'' of discrimination in the
narrow circle within which they are
limited rnd circumscribed. But we
repeat, no man can be a true critic
or connoisseur who does not possess
a universality of mind.
'Observing the progress of Indepen
dence durinjg the past two years,
since the subject of civic improve
ment was first heard from the coun
cil chambers, It Is astounding that
one objection should te raised to
furthering the improvements of our
streets.
Property has almost doubled in
valuation, including the cost of pav
ing. Not only is this true in the
paved districts, but it is true in
all parts of the city and even out
into the immediate tributary country.
And yet we find numberless citizens
who seem to be progressive in many
respects, ready to remonstrate a
ga'.nst further improvement of streets.
HOME INDUSTRY
W'e owe it to the community' in
w)i.h we live ' to do overyth'ng pos:
siMo tint will be to its advantage.
Our neighbor's posperlty mentis a
gr at deal more to us tlv.m someone's
who lives elsewhere and of whom we
know little or nothing. We should
beir this in mind at nil times, ami
especially whe v Iniylng neei'Bsltloa for
the iiouse'iold.
We can r.ff-rd to pay our uierohajit
a firm price for his wares r itlier than
to send our money, knowing as we
, every dollar ot:r citizens make
will help sustain our schools.churohes
and all public institutions and
on the other hand the merchant will
help the case by keeping In stock
such goids as the public demands.
Every dollar sent to Salem, Port
lrnd or elsewhere builds up these
towns and retards the progress of
your home city.
Tnke K. 8 reet with a railroad, Shun
g reet with a franchise grunted for a
'raiload, and more than 1 kely other
streets will some titno be called on
to fur -Ish room for rails and it needs
no nrHiiiiviit to show how Im
practicable this will be on twenty
elg'it foot streets.
; Very truly,
! V. T. HOFFMAN.
A GAME OF GRAB
Some people in Independence seem
to look upon business life as a
great game of "grab." They live
for themselves only and care not
whether the other fellow sinks or
swims. In their lust for gain they
show no scruples ns to the method
employed, their sole aim being
act the part of a hog.
This is frank, but true. If there
existed in this city a high.r stand
ard of fraternity in business and
social circles all would be more pros
pjrors and happier.
frlo. mouth Column
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
THE NORMAL SCHOOL CITY
The First Hinge.
The first hinge was probably that of
the oyster. The thorny oyster of the
Paciiie coast has its two shells joined
together a hinw as good as any
found In iny hardware shop of the
country. There are other binges found
in nature, hut that of the oyster reac h
es the highest perfei-tion. We have
made little advance upon this device
in all of our years of patenting and in
venting. St. Nicholas.
HIS POLICY AGAIN
An Expert.
"1 nerer have any trouble with my
gowns."
"How Is that?"
"You see, uiy husband belongs to the
fire department."
"Well?"
"And he Whook me up in forty-five
seconds." Washington Herald.
She Had.
"Have you any unmarried daughters.
Mrs. De W:lIoughby?" asked the visi
tor. "Oh. yes. Mr. Vnnderbloom. My
daughter Minnie was unmarried last
week by .ludge Cuttem," replied the
lady. Harper's.
A Query.
Fair Pntron The papers say you han
dle mail here by the ton. Postmaster
Yes, indeed. Fair Patron Well, mv
Banee is going away for a couple of
days. What kind of a special rate will
you give me per ton? Woman's Home
Companion.
The pistol measure before the Or
egon legislature last week intended
to abolish the use and maintenance
of guns in homes for self-protection
is1,' in our opinion, a rank injustice
to people of Oregon under the pres
ent conditions. The intention of the
measure is probably all good, but un
der Governor West's prison policy,
with criminals and professional yegg
mm on parole, what protection can
the homes of Oregon have? The law
says someone, but the law does not
act quick enough to prevent the mur
der of an entire family when these
men are at work.
At S'l . erton a few days ago some
one ent:red a home in the night and
stabbed a young lady trirteen times
wi h a sharp instrument of some kind
It is said that the sheriff of Marion
county was called upon to run down
the assailanr, but on account of so
inuch work in the office, occasioned
by tax collections , he could not find
time to leave, and requested that
The city marshal look into the case
Thisl beinlg the case it is seen thati
the law acts slow compared to
the criminal, and we need protection
in our homes other than an officer
who cannot do his duty on account of
tax collections.
This measure again calls to mind
the necessi'y of removing the govern
ors power of pardon. With criminals
and yegg men behind the bars it
might be well to take the gun from
the homo.
HE DENIES IT
J. L, M unlock, who recently moved
his finiily to Portland, was here
Saturday on business.. The jmrpdse
of his moving to Portland was to
act as salesman for the Monmouth
creannry, as the company wishes to
excommunicate all middle men.
The s udenta cf the Sophomore and
Junior classes of the high school
were entertained at the home of
Harold Haley, north of town, Friday
uight.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Arant and son,
Manly, went to Newberg Saturday
and visited with the family of W. L.
Arant, returning home Monday.
A number of the boys of Monmouth
are preparing the ground east of the
confectionery store of Morhuid &
Son, for a tennis court.
The Monmouth hotel changed own
ers last Wednesday. Antone Sch
auer of Portland, traded property
to;fi the metropolis to W. E. Strong
f.ir the business here. The manage
ment of the hotel here has been
changed many times during the j
last few years.
Principal J. W. Livingston of the j
Monmouth High School, suggested to
the student; body of the school
that a me ting cf the parents of
this district be held to discuss the
8;hcol garden propositictt for this
year,: but it was decided to post
pone the meeting indefinitely.
The tennis grounds west of the
grove on the Normal campus have
been plowed and two smooth courts
will be prepared for use of tho Nor-
lii 1 si ml en s this summer.
Luther Grounds, who is in Port
land visiting relatives and friends, is
steadily reeover'ng from his recent
attack of paralytic rheumatism
with which he was afficted.
Plans ars being made for a school
garden for the boys of the seventh,
grade In Monmouth Training School,
and a piece of ground for the pur
pose will be secured soon, If pos
sible. Professor A. B. Beauont, in
structor of Agriculture in the Nor
mal school will direct the work of
planting by the boys.
Hjev. J. M. Orrick, pastor of the
Christian church of this city, has
moved his family from their tem
porary home on Railroad Avenue, op
posite the depot, to the Luther
Grounds house in the southern part
of this city.
The Doughty properly west of town
I has been cleared of prune trees and
! prepared for planting of seed crops
by L. P. and F. M. Arant.
A number of our young people have
attended the revival meetings at
the Christian church in Independen
ce, being conducted by Rev. C. H.
Hilton, the noted evangelist.
! fpmpnt walk work in Mnnrriout'h
was continued the first of the week
and a machine secured for the pur-
has
I
Editor Independence Enterprise:
Dear Sir: -It has been seldom, in the
past that I hhave noted that the En
terprise was guilty of misrepresenta
tion, but in your issue of present date pose of rapid laying of walks
you are guilty of this crime. Your been brought into use
statement on front page that I stated J Mr. and Mrs. Orvllle White have
at the meeting of the city council, - m0Ved from over the Liberal store to
last Wednesday evening, that I would the Meeker residence in the west-
circulate a petition of remonstrance j ern part of town,
against extension of pavement in the J g. W. Sullivan has resigned his
city, is unqualifiedly false. i place as city marshal and superin-
The ficts are these: A mo'ion was Vten'dent of the water works and Is
put before the council instructing the employed on the large farm of J. B.
city recorder to bring in an ordinance stump west of town, to which place
placing the curb line on all streets of tie m0ved last week.
the city, except first and second , at
nineteen feet from the property line,
thus reducing the width of all streets
except thote two mentioned to 28
feet between the curbs. I stated
to the council t'hat if such an ordin-
Miss Anna Wood, one of the mid
year graduates of the Normal, lias
accepted a position at Beaver, Tilla
mook county, and left for her school
Monday.
The Polk County Teacher's Insti-
New Spring
MERCHANDISE
JUST ARH1UED
We arc now displaying our new line of Dress Goods
for spring and summer, both in wool and cotton SUlt
ings, Lorita Striped Katine, liex inert Voiles, Pongeo HlkH, Hrucudod ('hur
metise, .Ituiiuird Madia CI tit, t -'rope CIiUToiih, Crinkled Crepen, Haxnn,
l'iqut'8, (Jinghama uml I'erealo-, New Vaitn and VVaistingn. We have never
shown a more beautiful Spring and Summer lino than wo are nliowing this
Spring.
Men's and Boys' Clothing and Furnishings
Men's, women's and childrens' Shoes
Our Store is now complete, in every department with the newest ami
latest stylos. We invite you, one and all to
ConRey
The Leading Store
Walker
Independence, Ore.
THE OLIVER
The Oliver Chill Plow, so long in use and so well
known to our patrons, needs no introduction in this
community. It sells absolutely on its
MER ITS
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START SPRING WORK
With new equipments. Life is too short to spend your
valuable time trying to get along with old implements,
especially since they can be had so cheaply at our store.
Our line of farm implements is complete.
Sloper Bros & Cockle
Independence,
SUCCESS!) It? TO II ANNA BROS.
Oregon
A attempt will be made this month the Christian church presented a i which has set in tho lobby for" many
years, and Ira C. Powell contributed
ance was passed that I would head , tute will be held at the Central
a referendum petition against this school building in Monmouth, Sat-
ordinance, and I certainly will stand
by my guns on that statement. The
statements of our honorable mayor,
councilmen Bind city engineer that
other towns had cut many of their
urday, March 1, and county school
superintendent H. Cl Seymour, who
will have charge of the meeting has
asked the Normal school to have
school on that day and thereby give
streets down to twenty-two feet to ; the visiting teachers the privilege of
width, are not pertinent to the sit- j seeing the Normal in session. The
uation with us as 1 view it. All those observation will be in lieu of the or-
towns that have wide streets and
have voluntarily cut their width to
less than half, if such their are, have
done so on comparatively little used
streets and have many of their main
streets as wide as it is possible to
have them under existing conditions,
and for this council or any other to
voluntarily cut all our streets except
First street to twenty-eight feet
with nineteen feet for walk and park
ing, would be destroying one of our
city's chief assets, in fact, I can con-
! ceive of no probable action that could
be taken by It that would prove a
A good milch cow and greater calamity to the permanent
See O. T. welfare of the town. For Instance, as
folly of such action.
WANTED
one span of work horses.
Murphy or Phone me at Independence proof of the
! dinary teachers' meeting, and the
I faculty of the school has complied
i with the request. Since the Normal
school and training school will be in
regular session on that day, there
will be no school the following Mon
day, March 3. Miss Butler, Head of
the Department of Domestic Sci
ence, will have charge of the enter
tainment of the visitors.
City Engineer, L. C. Kelsey, of
Portland was In Monmouth Thursday
testing the water system.
At the last regular session of the
city council, J. A. Sturkin was chos
en for cty marshal and superintend
ent of the water system to succeed
G. W. Sullivan.
to secure a suitable place for a base
ball diamond for the Monmouth high
school team, the organization of
which was effected at a meeting last
week.
George Boothby, the ex-goat buyer,
has made noted improvements about
his property on Clay street, In the
form of new cement walks, etc.
J. M. Westfall is seriously ill at
the home of his son at Hopewell,
where he went for a visit a few
weeks ago.
j ha rooms are rapidly taking form
White tu the girls' new dormitory for the
and
up
splendid program In the church Sun
day evening as a result of several , It to the high school
weeks careful preparation.
Louis Murdock and Earl
have resumed their concrete work and Oregon State Normal School
are making sidewalks and cross- the building in general shows
walks. They have purchased a , at a good distance.
concrete mixer at a cost of $135 President J. II. Ackerman went to
which will lay 35 yards of gravel Oregon City the latter part of last
Per day- jweek where ho delivered an address
A business meeting of the Golden ' to the students of the high scliool.
Rule bible class was held at the A pile of wood consisting of over
home of Mrs. K. H. SIcafoose last 1 100 cords is being sawed at the wood
The filbert and walnut trees an the Wednesday afternoon and the ladles yard near the depot after which It
Stump farm, west of town, have present were Mesdames Wolverton, iwlll be delivered to its many con
made a remarkable growth during the Prime, Shore, Ostrom, Haley, Waller, Jsumers in the city,
last two years, notwithstanding some Stone, Daniel, Force, Whitney, Slca- MP Vain Wlnklo was given at the
damage done them by jack rabbits. , foose and Miss Maggie Butler. I Star theatre Thursday and Friday
Misses Mary Haines and Eleanor I Andrew Aynes is the proprietor Gf (evenings and was very much en
Portwood are recovering from typhoid the nnw harrlwam Rtnro nnoned In Joved.
fever. There have been no new j the Bank block to the room owned)
cases reported. ' by H. E. Guthrie.
Charles Smith, one of the pros- j William Riddell, Sr., and James
perous farmers of the Luekiamute ' Riddell, In company with U. S. Grant
valley, s the owner of a new Ford1 ' of Dallas, president of the Northwest
touring car. Angora Goat Association, went to
Mrs. Clary, mother of C. P. Colorado where they are attending
Cornwall in South Monmouth, snf- 1 a goat association meeting.
fered another fall and is again in Miss Sara Hazcltine, of the Nor-
a serious condition. . ' mal school, has gone to Dallas
Owing to a large amount of plumb- I where she has organized a class of
ing In connection with the new wa- students in folk dancing in the
ter system, C. G. Griffa has purchas- j Woodman hall.
ed a new pipe cutting machine for I Since the Interior of the Bank Is
use In his business. j being re-arranged there was not
The Christian Endeavor society of , enough room for the fine large pa"lm
The members of the Monmouth Con
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
one disease
" After four in our f amily had died
jui uuiisumpuun i wus taken with
a frightful cough ami lung trouble,
I hut my life was saved and I Rained
i87 pounds throiisrh iisiiKr
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