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VOLUME 20.
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1913.
NUMBER ' 43
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TAX LAW&y
AHK.G
8TATE TAXB WILL BE"
"VllCH NEXT
YEAR.
A reiHTHMiitiitlve of the KtilcrprlBti
was Informed Saturday nt Hn'oin (lint
Hia jtoMHlbllliy of thu state levy In-
Ink iih high um 4.75 1 1 1 1 1 1 m Ik seen In
mil of upproprliil ion h (lull
i l. . ....i t .t ii. ...
Iaxcs Kclainc'd-hquali- mi, ilt u tH roiabi thai u.e i..y
'i:iitn in Mont K'irlior 'will lie reduced to about 4 2 mills.
System of raying One-Half of '
The IcIkI: it urtt appropriated $!,
,-. oo,i)(H). Th Ih year the tux levy of 1.2
nillU will ralsn n bout $1,122,000. R Ih
(Chang. that, nru considered of Himlj (lint receipts for licenses
much linporlaiuc, In the system of ., 0lJ.r mr,., t taxation will lolnl
taxation aid collection of tuxes alo $;,oo,0oo for I UN. There Ih a pobhIM-
tncluded In IiIUm which have panned my r HOIm, of 1H , ...proprlai ionu
the legislature and become a law. ,iK ,, up iy ti, r,.f,.rciiluiii.
T1ienn bills are prepared by Ih-i Vllli Umbo poHMlbllltk-H In bIkIiI It Ik
tale board of tux commissioners. ,.Hinati d tin levy for 1H will be
Tht-g-6 are four principal IiIIIh In the tl,mt 4.2 mills. Without them It. will
llMt. IIoiimo bill 4i chaiiKOH th ilal.' lj(J ,m HM 4.75 mlllH. VIiIh Ih
J
1
re
of 'ho niecit Iiik o county boarilH of
c-cjuall.iitloti to licKla Hi" hih (Mm1 Mdii
(!:' In Sept timber liiHlcad of llic
third Monday In October. This pro
S'Uli'H for tin ftirllt-r lvy tuiid xtin
Kioii of the tax mid lli opt'iiliiK of
thn tax roll for colled Ion it leaat turn
inoiith earlier thiin Ih portnltted luider
the pr.wont law.
UhhIiik th iihhi'hhciI viiluirlon at t'.)"t,
000,000, th prt'Heiit valuation bcltij;
!lor),0(M),000.
( ttiine door twice.. It s eimy, vnry easy
to got vot(; try it .id e
AT THE CHR'STIAN CHURCH
POlK scmols 10
HAVE FIELD MEET
j Clara O. Eoson, State Utble School
I Superintendent, will sp:u at the '
iChriHtlw chirch Sunday inorMnf? at BusinCSS Mdl cf IndeDdltYllCe
jT;,fTt5ii viiu n, viuw Will Sinj
j at this Bf-rvii.-e. In the evuiltiK '
jpr:4se gcrvice will be conducted
lEvryone Is extended a cordial invl
J ta ion to a tend name. The follow
' Ing program will be given at 7:30 Ui
the fvnit g:
Subscribe Larfee Amount to
Meet Expenses.
j Prelude M'ss Kre ner.
j Hymn Congregation,
i Evening prayer.
; ".Make a Joyfrl noUe",
Choir.
i Scripture raiding.
1 Solo Mrs. Paddocks.
Oabrlel-
INSURANCE COMPANY
SETTLES PROMPTLY.
1 Kant w-ek t!. A. W'e'ls called at the
KnliiprU e office fcelli K highly elat-
ThlM bill pTovldeB that water rights .v,-r Ihn proiiiptness of the
and wafer powers ahull Un taken Into Karmors Klre Hellef ABSoclailon of
consideration In delei niinlng the, va- UuttovllI.. OreKon, in which com-
lue or real properly for HHHeHBiioit ,u,y lo had a policy In, and the
lurptMCM. It requires that cultivated B t lenie .t of h!s recent Iohs
ttu uncultlvKtted IiiihIh of the same or a mr(1 aM,j about seventy Kmis of
character, quality a,ud Blmllarly nil- hay whk h was entirely consumed by
tinted shall bo asBCHxed at the. same fire never. i we.-ks ago. The com-
value. It makes the tro;iinr tax ptt,iy Bied with him In full last
collector Instead of the sheriff. This week, receiving a check for H.7C6.00
feature of the act, however does not for OHn, ,jr, ell Ih very much
go Wito effwt until Janutry 1st, l!H4. na(lnfl.'d with the company's .settle-
This hill does away with the three ,net a,i ,.a reecommend them to
per tent rebate and also with tha anyone Beekli g mutual fire protection.
ten per cent penalty and twelve per
cent Interest on taxes unpaid prior Throllg , s,opor iirolh(.r &
to the first Monday In April. In lieu Cw.Me umJ Cnivon & urf nHnIw))re
of the ridiate and ponUty and InUTeKt U)(.PH. rftmi a la,.lure inmtm P) by
v.
A petl Ion was . circult'ted Wed-
nesd;y amo: g the busi.:e. s men for
the purpose cf get! lug enough sign
ers to gnar.-inu e the expenses of
boldit.g a field Meet in Independenc
May 10th. The t:e'essary amo'it to
defray the expenses for such an
evert we more th:i gjaranteed by
the bus'fless men who donated very
"Oreat is the Lord Dortch, Choir, liberaily and theic should be little,
Jerusalem Parker Mr. Crow. y. contention among the commit.
Quartette, "O Thou whose Hand' tee 10 decide on this city as the most
Hns-m Mr. Hooper, Meegdatnes' P d convenient place to hold it.
docks, tMd CUre Irwin, Mr. Duvall Much Interest Is shown ;;nong th
"Pra'se the Iord," Meyer Choir. various schools of Polk county in thj
coming Field Meet which Is to tak
place on May 10 h. Efforts are being
mtde to have the Meet pulled off in
Independence s it is the most logi
cal point In this county. Independence
can get the Field Meet here by a
little ex'ra effort, as It will be the
means of trit ging many hundreds of
people to our city from all p:cts of
A brief sketch of Christ will be giv
en by Mr. Crow.
Clo-ing Hymn.
SCARLET FEVER CLOSES
SCHOOLS AT AIR LIE.
f)r H.Charles Dunsmore Resigns
At the unnu:l congregational meet- year of the present pastor: e.
Ing of Calvary Presbytt rlai church though giving up the pastorate,
Ik Id on the, evei lig of March 13th.. Dunsmore xn tg to remain in
Dr. Dunsmore presented his resigna- dependence and will continue to oc-iCan,n0t account for ffie orien f the take place, will decide upon this
Al-Dr.
In-
From authentic sot rces we were in
formed hat the schools of Airlie were the county. All grhofls will have one
j ordered closed this week on . account or more competitive teams represen
j of an epidemic of scarlet fever in t"d to compete for the various prii
j virulent form, bel g quite .prevalent es and we hope th:t those h iving the
i!n the community. Many homes arranging of the program and selec
have been quarantined aid physicians tion of the town where the Meet is
Hon
31s .
as pastor to take effect March cupy the Manse least until the
This will compil e exactly four aid of the summer.
diseioft. Six or seven cases are re- city.
ported.
beautiful colored moving pictures will
be given at the Star Theatre on next
Stnrdny nfiernoon at 2 p. 'ui. 'March
22nd. The lecture Is given by the In
ternational Harvester Compntiy and
WANTS TO BUY
OIK TANNERY
SO EASY TO
GET VOTES
TICKETS FOR THE ASKING.
"The Romrmce of the Reaper,"
which js to be given Jii $he,.. .Star
Theatre SiCurday afternoon of
this week, March 22nd, at 2 p. rn.
is of special Interest to farmers, bus-
, ine s men and school pupils.
It. provides for a cumulative, penalty
of one per cent for each calendar
month or part thereof thi( taxes
remain unpaid after llie flrnt day of
April.
m. ..i 11 1 ...... u..m
in invm-K ui 11.u1.iK uutvunu 01 , p11Ued ,he JtonlH
me i miB.-u ..Ka..,L m,y ,ei e Hn(, wI tnrollgh
properly or me personal tax cnargeu ghow the iro.re . of RgTclUlre
agHiiiHt any lndlvldu;. prior to April Mln .,. ,.mo VPH ThA nM .
1st Is retalnel. All taxes unpaid on the WHJg of pown am, m,r.
the first day of September becomes v,tlllr Hr (.,.,irelv hnwn luirt n v..i. .v, r,..... c U'k.n k (h.i,(
delinquent, and the same pwinlty :nd lluuui ii,,, n, tr,a nt tha . j .w . 1 1. t o .,. .1. . tries of the world.
' , , , , ' , passing glimpse of the rarms of the Crest Cannery, was in Independence thiit John L.Sullivan was the greatest: ,,.,. ..
Interest now provided by law for dtv '..,,, ,ha roo r rf .,. ;.. .. ....... . . . ... 1 William G. I Ilrey operates the mov-
.u cm,.., v..v, ... ..i riiu y wnn n. view 10 d. ren; aifiijc iuc uwici uaj we uct uur ituii
IlllflllOlll luvua lln -.!! Ullltll II llll 111. .... ...
''motirZrs Dal,as iMan ifv, stfgates The What Do You Think of the; -Ud . ioB .Pte
iiuiepc reft nee Factory. nano lontest:
. .. . 1. . 1 . . i 1 .
1 iui a ucip 10 snow uuw mouenn iarm
imti'hines are made and used; how
,' agriculture has been developed, and
how crops are r:sed in many coun-
Bherlff Is to be the collector of all
abo-
Ing picture machines and gives the
BUENA VISTA IN TRACK MEET
The boys of the high school of
Btie'a , are making prepar:tions to
enter the Polk county track meet.
The athletics decided on by the pr"tn
clpal V CTutF for the: rtieef'are'f Run-'1
nlng broad Jump, standing broad
Jump, rii! ding broad Jump, standing:
high Jump, low hurdhs, 120 yards,
dash, 880 yards, 440yards, 220 yards,
100 yards, 50 y.rds, pole vault, ham
mer throw 12 pounds; relay race for
four men,
The prob:ble cost of the meet is
$200 pnd the commercial clubs in
Polk county will be teked for finan
cial aid.
Can be secured free by Calling It the miiliioil litl fr unmo llnm H a In. lish Jittlo. Arltinr" frnm nft tha man'
dtfllnqueiit taxes under the new law. ai,0ve hardware stores for the asking, terviewed a number of our represen- of this grand, old United States; hen-1
House bill 41.. provides for gmier- p,,,.,,,,.- nre eSp lally Invited to be tatlve cl izens. siKlig that it was estly we did. and whan Arthur fin-l
ui provision of the law relating to. the 1)reHW1 a8 the subJwt Is otie of grei. his purpose to purchase the building iJhed, we were J.ist like the man who,
interest to them. nrovli Ine an association could be s; Id to us:
"' formed here to work In conjunction If I should die tonight, 1
lecture at thet same time.
Admission is by ticket, and tickets CELEBRATES HER
m.y be secured by calling oh Sloper EIGHTY-SECOND BIRTHDAY.
Brothers & Cockle, or Craven !
Huff.
changes the name of tli: t body to the
sti o tax commission. It does not
provide for an Increase of salaries ncf
carry any appropriation. It harmoniz
es with house bill 414 and the two
taken together pr6vldo in: ny remedies
and corrections of the tax system of
the, state.
The purpose of house bill No. 4lit!l
to provide a more efficient means for
the collection of taxes on transient
merchant ttid on unsecured personal
property. It amends section 3728 of
Lord's Oregon L: ws to require the
assessor, at the time of making t lie
assessment of any tratiHlent merch
andise brought Uito his county, to col
lift the tvx thereon :it the rate of
the current year. The pei-sent law
provides the same meihod for mak
ing tha assessment and determining
the tax to be p;i!d, but is more cum
bersom iund uncertain in the collect In
of the tax.
It Is provided In this bill In the
event of the tax paid on transient
And you would come to my cold
corpse ;d say,
"Here's that ten dollars that I
owe,"
I would rise up In my white
crava' and say,
"What's thaU':'"
Well, that was us; all we could
HOP MARKET ACTIVE
I Since the first of March over 1000
i bales of Oregon's hops have been sold
1 There is n steady movement in the
lower grades of hops which is
gradually cleaning up the surplus, the
demand comii g principally from Eng
land. Sixteen cents wr the price
paid for 104 bales.
Last Sur.day afternoon n post card
shower was given la honor of Mrs.
A. J. Cooper, it being her eighty-second
bir hday. After a pleasant visit
with Mrs. Cooper, refreshments of
cake and coco;. were served. Thosa
present were: A. VV. Cooper and fam
ily, Theodore Cooper, of W'as'hingtoit,
(Mr. and Mrs. Arch Sloper, Mr. and
Mrs. Chester Sloper, Katie Murphy,
Mrs. Orpha Cockle, Mrs. Vida Hunt
ley and son, C. S. Rockwell, Mrs.
Marthr Richardson, Mrs. Saerpta
Richardson, Mr. rod Mrs.E. Well, Mrs
Billock, Mr. and Mrs. Hooper. Af-
An upstate contemporary tells us of with a similar establishment at Dallas
novel contribution baskets for church- and Corvallis A cannery, no doubt,
es Invented by an Oklahoma nuw. If Jlxmld be 11 great benefit to the;
;i person drops In a quarter or more fruit growers of this vicinity and we
into the box there Is silence; If he hope that his proposition will mater
tlropB a dime in a bell rings, a nickel lallze and will be In active operation
Hounds at whistle nmd a punny fires 11 in time to handle this seasons crop,
blank cartridge. If one person pre- The building In question was recent-
tends to be asleep when the box is ly sold to other parties who retain whisper was, "What's thn'.?"
passed, it awakens him with a watch- an option on It and what they contem- Now, we grew to believe that Mr.
nini's! rattle and a kodak takes his plate installing Into the building, no Jbhnson was a wonder, so when we
picture. I'nforttuiately the n::ne one seems to know. We trust that heiird that he was after Barney Old-j
and postofflce address of the inventor the buildii g will not remain idle long field's scalp, we were about to say 1 A gentlenun who makes this city ter wishing Mrs. Cooper many happy
are' not g;lven. There are a number and that it will be utilized for some a prayer for Barney. ' about once a year living In Chicago, birthdays, the gues s departed.
of church stewards In Tndepeindence inaiiuf.icturli g pirpofe. The one fine morning we woke up1 said l;et eve: ing while in conversa-
as well as in the county, who would and found that the colored person tino wi h several other gentlemen BIG CROWD PRESENT
like, no doubl, to get Into commiinic.a PASSENGER COUCH BURNS. wasn't 1, 2, 3, in the automobile rac- In the lobby of the Hottfl Lerona. The lergest crowd of people, tha!.
tion with him. ! Ing g:nv. : "The more I travel over this country ever visited Salem on a winter's day
i A pass'dger coach sidetr.cked at All this goes to show that we have the more Impressed I am with the -was in evidence at Salem Saturday to
J. D. Cook and son J. B., of New- l&st Independence and used by G. C. all got to change our opinions once fact that Independence is the com- attend the celebration given on ac
burg, will In a few weeks becme per- Skinner for a depot, was consumed by in a while '"The rolling Btone gath-; Ing town. It is the liviest in thej count of the opening of the ne
maneiit residents in this community. f,re one dy last week. The orgiin of ers no moss," but the man who doeo Valley." bridge.
A deal was consummated Saturday tIle fire 18 unknown, but It is sup- jfaot roll bis ideas over once in a --BaBHaB----
In which tlte father and son each ac- Posea to nave originated irom tae .vh je gushers moss 011 his brain
mil red thti-tv nrps nt tha .Tnhn IPnir Stove wilhin. The boat boys built n When this contest started we were
merchandise or on unsecured, personal . - 4 . ... . ... P the heater in the mnmlns. 1,, ..i tK.,oiooti.-
I tl 111 (1. 1V1 1, I 1 1 LUnll OC -VUI I . lUOl'll lilt? . " ,- L' ' "lvij ouiuuoiaoin., out 1 "
Mcintosh & Kurre engineered the an(l when tney reached that place it goes on we are getting more en-,
deal. We are glad to welcome these ln making the second forenoon trip thusiastic every day. It is actually :
estimable people into our midst, as ,h( car w,,s idmost entirely consum- getting so and when we sit down to j
they are progressive and the kind of .e(1- the table wife says: "Just forget that;
farmers needed in this county. j Tne car belonged to the Oregon contest While you eat." I
I Electric Company . x Well, this Is the way the candi-I
A. Nelson, the popuhr ,C. street dates want to get to work, girls,
butcher, will soon have one of the SUVER TO HAVE A NEW DEPOT Nobody in this old world ever got
most up-to-date butcher shops in the According to a report received at something for nothing. Here you
Willamette Valley. We we Informed the Enterprise! office this week, Suver have the) opportunity of a life time
that he has placed m order through I In line for a new depot within the to win a splendid piano free. It does
an Eastern firm for rn Ammonia cool- next few wewks. We have heard a not cost you one cent. You can't
property at the rate of the current
year, exceeds tthe amount which
should have. been paid on such proper
ty ut the rate of the year for which
the assessment is made, the taxpayer
shall be entitled to repayment by the
county of the excess collected.
The purpose of house bill 412 is to
provide t'luit there shall be a meeting
of thoi county court of each county In
December In each year. This is mi:i:'a
necessary In view of the fact that
house bill 545 requires that taxes be
levied by the county courts in Dec
ember of each year instead of Jan
uary, as now provided by law. j
A COLD, LA GRIPPE, THEN PENU-
MONIA
Is too often the fat.'i sequence. Lw
Gripe coughs hang on weaken the sys
tern and lower the vital resistance.
ing plant which 'he will install soon great many farmers in that vicinity get it without work, but do you ex
as the material arrives. When' placed say that a new depot was badly need- pect some one to come along and
in running operation he will have all Vd on account of the large amount of hand you $450.00 and saiy, "Thank
the modern fixtures for handling and livestock and other farm productions you; so glad you like it." 1
caring for meats during the warm that ara shipped from this point to ' Not on your life you don't; it is
seiisons. j he Portland markets. The new build the worker who is going to win.
ing will be much more. comodious than Say if some folks would work
NOTICE..
present structure.
as
Jiaird aC their trade as you do iiy
getting something for nothing they
A handsome little girl is the lr.itest oulid have old jfolim D. beaten to a
nntaltlnn In iha hnma rf Mr nnrl frf7.7.et
R. G. Collins, Pos mns er, t arneKnt, N , Amerl b order of the Woi.tny Pres Mrs. Roy Sanbaun north of town. The Now to leave out the slang; ser-
s iy: "i was trour.iea witn a sever . , t . . . , , . . ... . . ...
To the members of Independence :
Lodge, No. 212, Fraternal Union of! acquisition in the home of Mr.
La Grippe cough which completely
exhausted me. Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound soon stopped the cough
ing spells entirely. It can't be beat.
"Williams Drug Co.
ident Stella Calbreath. j Enterprise extends hearty congratula- iously, this is a good proposition and
You are requested to attend the tions to the happy parents and we it is the cr.wdidates who will work,
meeting on Wednesday, March 2fith. hope the little one will be, a steady who will win; it is an opportunity j
Business of importance. bonirder In their household for many for every one and remember that op- j
ELLA HART, Secretary, years to come. portunity does not knock on the J
Give Your Clothes Ideas
A Mental Message
TREAT YOURSELF TO THE GLADSOME THOUGHT THAT
HIGH PRICES FOR GOOD MADE TO ORDER CLOTHES
ARE GONE FOR EVER.
Our Made-to-Measure System
BREAKS UP THE OLD COMBINATION THAT HAS BLED
YOU FOR MANY YEARS. WE CAN MAKE YOU A FIRST-
CLASS MADE TO MEASURE SUIT FROM $15.00 to $35.00 THAT J
WILL HOLD THEIR SHAPE AND LOOK GOOD UNTIL WORN
OUT. WE CAN ALSO SELL YOU A HART SCHAFFNER AND
MARX BLUE SERGE, FINE GRADE, ALL WOOL, FOR $18.50.
AND WE HAVE GOOD WOOL CHEVIOT FROM $10.00 to
$16.50. WE ACTUALLY SAVE YOU FROM $2.00 to $4.00
EVERY SUIT.
on
O. A. KREAMER