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Newspaper Page Text! INnWPKNnKNCE ENTERPRISE . , ..1--. 1 " f Independence Enterprise Published Every Friday by Z. C. KIMBALL. Subscription Rates One Year $1-50 Six Months 75 ASSOCIATION IS DOING VOUK. GOOD i Portland gave one of the finest ex hibitions of hospitality ever wit nessed on the Pacific coast in its en tertainment of the Shriners and their friends this week. Notwithstanding that there were more than 75,000 vis itors, noteworthy entertainment was provided and with practically a com plete elimination of the profiteering which is frequently characteristic ol big gatherings. At The Baptist Church Su Were you at the unpwv Sunday both morning The irreat value of unity of action With sufficient gas to keep me the 'ni.i V.H7I wncnn humming: with aue- flas Deen snuwn in iimifv..-. - o - - past few weeks. In common with qUate moisture to assure bumper most places in the west Independence crops; with the highway troubles has an organization of its business being adjudicated, and with Dinty men It was started by the retail 'Moore to keep the folks laughing dealers as mainly a credit association ( with his witticisms, Independence but as there was no other organize- is in a joyous mood. ion of the business men its scope of . usefulness has been enlarged until j One hundred percent Americanism it has become a full-fledged business : means loyalty to your home town as men's organization, with the credit wej M country. It means work for issue only a small part of its work. jit Yes, and fight for it if necessary. Oriirinally membership was con-,hen this attitude once Decomes pre valent it is wonderful what can be accomplished. Let's get the habit here fined to retailers but gradually the doors have been opened to business and professional men quite generally. a itte more fixed. Stated meetings are held monthly, "and one remarkable thing about these ia that thev are attended by a large while ohool WATERPOWER IS RELEASED Speculation on the outcome of the ,sn Francisco convention is rue. percentage of the membership withjThe tWQ big eiements are Bryan and ; clock-work regularity, lhis resuns jWiison- Neither is a publicly avowed in keen interest. Possibly some in" candidate, yet there are many stu centive in attendance is due to thel 0 political economy who are of custom of having a substantial re- the op;nion that either Mr. Bryan or past served at the Hotel Beaver as ajMr wilson wijj be f0Und the stand preliminary to the meeting. jar(j bearer when the smoke of battle At these meetings community mat- hag cleare(i away ters are brought up for consideration. ' Views are freely expressed and it is ( really surprising how thoroughly a , body of men can get together after j there has been an opportunity to At last the waterpower bill is law, mingle ideas. ibut in making it so President Wilson And these men are live ones, too. and Secretary of Interior Payne act When they take up a project thejTed like one who grudgingly relaxes keep at it until they have accomplish- his grip on a long cherished treasure, ed their purpose. The crystalization Fear lest some mercenary exploiter of the Indeepndence end of the high- should despoil any of the national way fight was brought about in this .parks of iheir beauty was of the same manner, and then when it was found j character as that distrust of every that the curtailment of gasoline was j thing and everybody which has inspir injuring business there was activity ;ed opposition to all the bills that have until the desired end had been se-jbeen smothered in the last eleven cured. jyears. Some overpowering neces- With an organization of this char-'sity could alone lead the secretaries acter there is practically no" limit tOjof war, agriculture and the interior what may be accomplished, and the! to permit the streams of the Yellow beneficial effects are going to be felt j stone, Yosemite, Mount Rainier, Cra-' more and more. ter Lake, Glacier or other national 'parks to be commercialized. If they Most people believe that a loser jshould attempt it, a national protest should accept his fate gracefully, would halt them, for the parks are a The agitation to get Hiram Johnson national heritage and the selfish de to run as an independent candidate will not accomplish anything if the Herald has sized Mr. Johnson up cor rectly. It is natural that the friends .promise to introduce an amending of the Califomian were disappointed .bill should reassure the timid. sires of the people living near them would not weigh against the wishes of the whole nation. Senator Jones' The loss which the nation has suf fered through the cowardly surrender over the outcome of the convention, yet this is not sufficient cause for re- nigging. Mr. Johnson is too big a of congress every time that a little man to want to do anything other jcoterie of fanatics has raised the cry than play the game and play it fair-j of monopoly against a waterpower ly. It is true that he is of the fight- bill is incalculable. Since Secretary ing type, but an analysis of his pol- Garfield revoked about forty permits itical career reveals the fact that his jon the eve of his retirement from of fights were undertakem only when jfice in March, 1909, few men have forced upon him. While Senator been willing to put their capital at Harding may not appeal to ardsat 'the mercy of a procession of officials Johnson men as the best selection and development has been confined to which could have been made, yet ac- 1 a few small projects. In the name cording to the rules of the game he 'of conservation as distorted by Gif is entitled to the field so far as ford Pinchot and his clique, water- other participating nominating can didates are concerned. The old saw that distance lends enchantment seems to be applicable to many people having money to in vest. Much money from this coun try is being invested in Canadian stood in dire bonds and ,pther long range securities, j The price of Pinchotism may equal They are undoubtedly perfectly good . Germany's huge bill for reparations, and are yielding a good return in in- j How great is the need of power may terest. Yet loyalty to home institu-, be inferred from the fact that men are power has run to waste and unlimited wealth in the shape of coal, oil, labor and transportation has been squan dered. The country has also been de prived of nitrates, chemicals and many other commodities which might have been produced and of which it need during the war. tions should result in these being cared for first. Right now the Moun tain States Power company is offer ing bonds with a very attractive In terest rate. The security is regarded as of the very best and the money de rived from the sale of these securi ties will be used in enlarging the company's usefulness in this district. eager to undertake some projects though they must pay 9 or 10 per cent for the greater part of the capital to be employed, and though have doubled in six years. The financial conditions are most unfavorable for enterprises requiring so large an initial invest ment as do waterpower plants, but the demand for power has overtaken the supply on the Pacific coast and the "An eye for an eye" has again be- (price will be paid. The excess of come the attitude of Oregonians in present interest rates over those which dealing with first-degree murderers. : prevailed before the war is the price An official proclamation by Governor j which the people must pay for the ob Olcott was issued last Friday restor-; struction that prevented earlier act ing capital punishment. This is In lion. v conformity with the result of the I The Columbia river basin, which election when a majority of the voters jhas one-third of the undeveloped pow went on record favoring such action. er of the nation, is in a fair way to Capital punishment may have a ten-! profit most by the new law. Hugh dency to retard again it may not. murder and then There is no accur- L. Cooper's statement that the great Dalles-Celilo project is not too large ate way of determining. Horrible as ; to be undertaken at this time opens a murder is, legalized execution is not j prospect of extensive manufactures ness, extravagance or uncleanness." to be established on the middle Colum bia, on the Deschutes and other trib utaries of the Columbia, on the streams flowing into the Willamette and on those of southern Oregon. Within a few years we may see chem ical, dye, nitrate, smelting, woolen, paper and lumber mills run by hydro-electric power in all parts of the northwest. Mountain railroads may be electrified and arid land at high er levels irrigated. The deadening hand of the embrago on development is lifted from Oregon, and the state's long neglected wealth will pour forth in the nexf decade. Oregonian. In the West Side highway contro versy Monmouth is manifesting an unusual attitude, to say the least. Its commercial club has gone on rec ord as upholding the highway com mission in its effort to violate an Oregon legislative enactment. Un til such time as the courts have de clared the Polk county routing of the highway 'unconstitutional, law abiding citizens have but one duty to perform, and that is to prevent if possible the highway commission son from violating the law. uiav church and evening T .!... ..I Va nMirkt'tl If you were you enjoy"" v increase in attendance and enjoyed the splendid sen-ices, but if u stayed at home you missed some thing. Miss Erma Boughey re.ulor ed two numbers on her -Bells" in her own unique way which was enjoyed Kv M nresent. Next Sunday prom ises to be another day worth Tim Sunday k your ii"'"S' showed an incre.ise over last Sun day. I eet nt 10 a m- At 11 "' m. Rev. H. 1 rroppo wiI1 Premh on the timely subject of "The Great Reservoir." This is an important as well as interesting sermon imd you will want to hear it. The Young Peoples Society, the only one of its kind in the city, where young people are in charge and where Christian characters are built meets at 7 p m. There will be special violin solos and a fine meeting is promised. You must plan to come. At the hour of 8 p. m. the Rev. II. L. Proppe preach on "Playing the Fool." Come and find out who these people are. There will also be special music at this sen-ice. The church is plan- 3 Read This Test of Truck Endurance Santa, Taula, Ctf, May 4, W. fn Volt.ir. Calif, to UnrMttr, tU quart of oil Afur m - . . I. I v. I . . n r ninn no Hitnutin mvi. r - . . Chevrolet Motor Co, ' or n , o fM k l ' ' l .. . ... am maklnir InO nuurs " ""J . hour, hauling 1 1-2 ng 10 una ole t-Mi. fcJ miloa don. ftr I Centlemeu: .... . . ... J ....!;.... i. I Am...t.iw .. On the 15th of October, 1918, l evi-ry - noun, . - .uiw m nurchnsed a 1-Ton Truck from 11. fc. one wy . . . .71 ,1 " . T ' 4 ,UUMk v.. ;f nn nn hnnd for,.- .,.,... .. p.l .ml httva over tuounUin roaua. 1'unr.K uw coiumum. tmk t th ; SV si and with hoth':; lhe tnk ntinuounly two wek. of h.!l-lh. truck w.. averaging 2? . . . . .v. ... ,L":v" u . ... . ,. ..,. I want of rptUklrs. irolllif initxl. V,l!. ..a nrnrnn n nvinir ior me it-'s tt,. hiiiiimw ntf uvrr nv n"!' "" " -- - "kt u vices the music will be enjoyed by 1 h mounUin roads averaging 33 there were milra of low gear work, next truck will bt CW ) b 1919 on gas and on. averogini: j. nu.o- ueo. M. kz From October, 191, hauling apples to the gallon of ga and 19 milen lo m 1 aula, (hf, Vcotmb au. ii you come "i i; " v"-v" ,v miles a awaits you. FOUR M. E. OX LINER, STUDENTS SAIL WEST NOVEMHREM Four O. A. C. cal engineering Oriental liner, from Portland students in mechani sailed on the big West Novembrem, to Northern China SAYLES MOTOR CAR COMPANY C STREET, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON ports last week. The men getting onioie, of Corvallw. This is the ec , berths for this trip to the Orient are ond voyage by Mr. Miller. The boys , til early in August. Garth Young, senior of Portland, are all connected with t'tik'ine work, j -. Lloyd Miller, junior of Portland, for which they are qualifying under Robert Faucett, sophomore of' Stan- Prof. 0. U. Goldman. The hip will f The l.n'.t rj.r field, and Vernon W. Harper, soph- call at Shanghai and other loading and w not due nt h-r home un- j Seventh I lay Advn(iit Ch Indrpt-ndrtwe. Sublath g.i ,1.30. frrvWtt at 2.30 ti. ie it ntstj $1 .'.0 a year. Hall ovrr C'ravpn & WtVi : tionery tore urorij tmH All arc wrlcuinp. l- WE HAVEN'T TIME TO WASTE WRITING A LOT OF "BUNK" ED ITORIAL STUFF TELLING YOU "WHY," AND YOU DONT CARK A SNAP WHY- HERE ARE THE PRICES THEY TALK FOR THEM SELVES. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN. AT THE ELECTRIC SIGN "SHOES" If SALEM, OREGON CLOSING OUT THEUN3 Wr klill have a limitrd numlwtW Mtiall uite of Slutm hni hit mitrd lot, none larfrr (Mil! which e Ou'd nr!l la maifH jobber for 11.00 a pair, but it (Ti to cle our rrgular ' rsutoam Sij lMrnfit, ho will finUh tUiaf Ik out at OO Crnti Momth-End Shoe Six days, beginning June 24 j A LOT OF ALL-BLACK KID BUTTON SHOES i Only in sizes 2 1-2 to 4 1-2 at $1.90 !' One lot of Lace Shoes, some all kid, some cloth top, sizes 2 1-2 to 4 1-2 only at $2.35 Ladies' White Canvas Lace Shoes, a big Id., all I heels $1.95 I And another lot of Better Ones, worth up to j $6.00 at . . $2.45 j MISSES' WHITE CANVAS SHOES 1 A bottle of Fitz Presto White Cleaner FREE with each pair of these shoes During This Sale Only a A" T lf a afar fv - - .$1.80 $1.S5 .$2.20 Lace, .$2.29 .$2.65 White Canvas Lace and Button, $2.50 grade Same in sizes 11 Jto 2 $3.00 grade Whfye Canvas Lace, 11 to 2 at. . $3.50 to $4.00 grade White Reinskin Cloth 8 to 11 at Sizes 11 tot 2 at MISSES' SCUFFERS Sizes 11 to 2 for $2.95 Gun Metal Scuf fer style shoes for outing wear, berry picking, etc., and worth $4.00 Misses' sizes, 11 to 2, Black Kid Lace $3.35 Misses' Dark Grey all Kid English Lace, IV to 2 $4.35 This is a real $6.00 quality Misses' Brown Elk English lace belting leather soles, rubber heels, sizes 11 to 2, worth $6.00 a!;. . .$4.65 Also many other rare bargains in the bins. You must see them to appreciate the saving. "DUTCH" OR BABY LOUIS HEEL AT EXTRAORDINARY LOW PRICES. TH are Ihe low concaved or Iiaht weight heeU, tMj nice in appearance, yet you have the low h,cK fort. TKju will I, -.1 .II.. Inur nrlctd k mil ic caw buiuiiibiii; pvt. i $13.85 Grade Rrnwn Tlf Colonial Red Croii quality $10.45, taxS $12.25 Grade Black Kid Colonial Red Croii quality $9.38. tax IR $8.50 Grade Black Kid Colonial "Hol.enhw oualitv t7 55. tal R j ........ . . .r, "i J NEW ONE EYELET RIBBON TIES i Specially Priced for This Sale 1 Every one a high-grade pump and there is nothing I nicer for the summer wear. They are convertible c into buckle Colonials later if you wish. Compare I these wonderful prices: $15.40 Grade Brown Kid Red Cross quality I ..... $10.90, tax 9c I $15.40 Grade Black Patent Red Cross qualify I $10.90, tax 9c I $13.00 Grade Black Dull Kid Red Cross I quality. . . $9.98, tax none r X3.0 uraae orown rviu nuucmiuc sua" J .... $7.95, tax none BEST BUYS IN BOYS' SHOES A few sizp Uft nt R. F1L R.l. M.50 erade at i Boys' Brown Blucher round toes', 9 to 13 at.. A 13 1.5! fft 9 . ...J34 - v. O.I. , , , CI 2 1.2ifofiat n Gun Metal Blucher Round toes,' sizes 9 to 13 worth $4.50 ai One lot Boys' Lace and Button',' sizes 1 to g, priced at Boys' Brown' English Lace, 1 to5,' wor:h $6 Boys' Brown Blucher,' 'round 'toe's, ll to 13 worth $8.00 at .. f urnrui $6 50 at "S:"411 Lace, 1 10 u, BPr HOlCE 10 ,NCH LOGGERS' SHOES Bergmann, Forester Niehoff worth up to $22.00 a Pair. Only one to ..f w vMvawaaava w - m MEN'S HEAVY SHOES Vnftam f Iain toe medium heavy $7.00 value at h 53 1 Tl 8trap sliPPe" patent or brown 5t08:::: : . Pr,81- a glimpse of he majy and shelve " maKe Come look at tne 18 NS2?.our main d also in our NEW BIG BARGAIN DEPT. ROOM mmo baCk Part f thC t0rC'