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I s I "IMmmm - 1 1lLI'Jl Tl IIM I II : I I l(V U'U U T 1 t , nil,.,!,, a i 1 ' " w' v a wojiiv o, xyu nAAnrnnn . I rn k vn . 7j7 i ' " " " i- )AT SERVICE TARTS MONDAY ,t Western ; to Handle 'assengers and Freight to Independence -ueh "team wo rk- 1- u7' 14 the am.. . rk . whl(:h makes urenton spoke wte at Tho D.I1... nd Thursday and Mr But i Wednesday. Con(,on on Miss Kuifcriin MM..i.i . ... '"VI JOWH. JllTia in the insti- en Wedn(,i IBS irrilitllnf -t.-i cert SunSJ. ftt th - . A "wing picture mn,, . Monday, InJcpt-ndonco Ar''p"' ' W'H bo given in th freight und pusautiger ."turJ"y evening, Oct. 9 vuL The Northwestern. Hires' may bu called nn An..:.. ' v...hwc and was regarded fnr yuir by Europeans, particularly the Jirl'Bh. as the typical pi,, of "'cn life. It , , RJ "J hy Hufficient inter num of the characters to furnish n interesting plot. INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, OCTOBER TOM DAY FOR MASS MEETING LOCAL LIBRARY ;inning ervice is being operated by tho Port- N'ttvigntinn company, between ij and Siiumi, will extend its IiiJependcnce und Albuny, j both puHscngers and Nortliweslern leaves Portlurid Wednesday und Friday p at 7 o clock und the ar ,,re will he luto in tho evening same day. Returning, it will ilbany about six in tho inorn jwdiiyn, Thursdays and Sat- L and in scheduled to touch ibuut y in the morning. LGruhnm, agent of the com as here inuriay making rtssary arrang .I . r- ,,n oi me service, jur. ura "iKiunces that the service will :imjed as long as water will t, which win on. until ttpring rt and if busings warrants It bout will be added. Portland Navigation mm- in funned aliout a year ago L been operating between Sa- :i , Portland. Dean Vincent lent, Clyde Raabe is vice it nd manager, and P. V. A. xcretary-treasurer. " Effort is to Be Marl,. n r. Large its Scope of Usefulness MONDAY NIGHT Mayor Walker Makes Call For Selection of Candi dates for City Offices . GRAND CHANCELLOR VISITS PYTHIAN LODGE HERE has been Day" for library by (;im:i:.hishop case SETTLEIl OUT OF COURT Tlw. I ; i : ... -..v ....Kuun oi Adam Green of ":an" - Bishop, a farmer over the i i Tl , m cnma cutter was set "vunesuay after thn ---- - " v. aiu gone throuch iustii- p,.,, j iw ",1V,J iiiuiviiik - w v o-iiu Wan cements for the " l ycrWt being tried in circuit v wui t, Mr. Green had rented no Mr. n;,h op an ensilage cutter, the rental to ne ?,j per day, and amounting to $15 i "e macmne was damaged in the process of the operation by ' Mr. imnop and replaced bv a nPW As no pay was forthcoming for the uso or the machine Green brought xuit in Justice Baker's court and was given a judgment. This was appealed by Mr. Bishop to the cir cuit court but the interested parties were finally prevailed upon to effect a settlement. Green was represented hv B. V i Swope and Bishop by D. E. Fletcher. mon Normal concert by the Minneapolis ny Orchestra given laBt Sun moon in the chapel was per most important entertain- tt offered by the Normal to nt and f riends. It was a ale performance and ' made lasting imprcasion upon the idience gathered to. listen. : would be an impossible task ante the various excellen ce orchestra and it talent rtor, let it sufflA nv i music had never before rd in Monmouth. Great r the auccess of thia nter ii due Mira Mabel West. of the Normal School com- the affair in charge, ' conceived the idea of the great orchestra to 1 nd who workeJ untir- the success of the venture nt feature of the visit of iestra was the tempting at the dormitory Sun- 5 w the musicians.' Mr. and 'fhoffer and other visiting "ere the presideht's 11 special tables. r,flry societies will hold F rePi'ar meeting for the moay evening, October 8, 11 the chapel. Officers will and new members in- WALTER INCH IS NOW GENERAL MANAGER Saturday. OctoW i designate! as "Boop.tcr the Independence the board when PverwVwi., v.v.jwuvij id cuauu upon to do something to make the library bigger and better in order that it may become utill m,,Q i,n. ficial. While the members nf iha ,t ----- w - vw uv;am teel that Independence has a library "ien compares favorahlv hu - j niunc oi much a iieve if the proper community mm is manifested its usefulness can be increased. In announcing the affair, the board says: "We have an efficient librarian, the best o vw bo found upon the table in the pleas ant reading room, many new books have been added to the rJipIvo ing the past year. We are sure the people are proud of this institution which is such a factor for rnnri ...v. ...iiiumi.y, anu bsk tnat every CHlZen help to boost this PonrI wnrt on Library Booster Day."' A mass meeting is to be held in the city hall next Monday - evening for, the nomination of candidates for mayor, three couneilmen and a re. corder for Independence, to be voted upon at the general election on No vember 2. The matter was brought up for consideration at the regular meeting of the city council Wednes day evening and the call is officially issued by Mayor W. II. Walker. So far as the Enterprise has been able toind out there are no avowed candidates for any of these offices. The present incumbents are holdine them as a. matter of civic welfare and have expressed themselves as being agreeable to passing the hon-' ors to others. . The terms of mayor and recorder are now two years and those of the couneilmen four years. NEW OFFICERS SELECTED BY PARENT-TEACHERS Walter Inch, well-known In Inde pendence, has been selected as gen eral manager of the Siletz Lumber & Logging company, to succeed R. L. Donald, according to report re ceived here. Mr. . Inch, who has been makinir his headnuartera in Hoskins, has been servinir very ef ficiently as construction engineer on both the railroad and milling project? of the company.' The Parent-Teachers' association met Tuesday afternoon and perfect ed an organization for the coming year's work by the selection of Mrs. Crosby Davis as president and the continuance of Miss Houx as secre tary. ' I.."..,:-!- Plans for the year were discussed and a new system of entertainment was decided upon. Instead of hav ing the youngsters do the entertain! ing parents and teachers will carry out the program. Miss Arbuthnot was selected as chairman of the pro gram committee, with Mrs. Hewett and Mrs. Calbreath as the other members The next' meeting will be held on the first Tuesday in November, and win be in the nature of a "get-to- Julien A. Hurley of Vale, Oregon, grand chancellor for the srrand do main oi Uregon of the Knights of Pythias, made an official visit tn Homer Lodg-e No 45 Mondnv n?o-kt and gave a very pleasing address on Pythianism. A good sized delegation " of Py thians from Falls City was present' and participated in the event. A lunch was served. The affair nrov- ed a. delightful one. Mr. Hurley is a former Indenpn- dence boy. He is meetine- with marked success nractif ino- law in the eastern Oregon town and is a member .of the state legislature. Many local Pythians are plan ning to go to Dallas and "Falls City tomorrow " afternoon to attend the ceremonials of the Dokks. There is to be a' crorcreous naradp at rnlln ? the afternoon and in the evening there is to be a banquet and dance at Falls City. COOK TO HALSEY; CLEMO IS HERE Independence and Halsey metnodisk Ministers Exchange Charges LINN HAS BECOME FARMER AT DUNDEE After providing for the mass meeting, very little other business was transacted. The street com mittee, consisting of J. S. Bohannon, Charles Calbreath and Guy Walker, was directed to investigate the con dition of the jpavement from the fill to tne nortn city limits on Mam street and have made what changes necessary to prevent water from standing on the pavement to the se vere detriment of, the navement. The following claims were allow. ed and. ordered paid: Smith & Son, broken e showcas frlsfcs $ 7.00 W. E. Craven Hardware, mdse 1.15 L. Damon, cleaning strpeta... K1 nn J. L. Linn, a resident of Indepen dence for the past few vears. has taken possession of a 115, acre farm at Dundee and TTlOVPil Ilia -famili there Tuesday. Mr. Linn purchased the place about a year ago, but was unable to take possession until the present time as it was under lease. Mr. Linn has sold his property on Third Street, between B and C to E. F. ("Doc") Black of ' Buena Vista. Mr. Black, moved his farmily 1 here Tuesday. He has been employed for some time as cattle- buyer for the Miller & Smith meat market. - continue in this work. CATLIN & SPEERS ADD PILO TO EQUIPMENT Catlin & Gpeers are erecting an Indiana siln rn fVioii- toik.1i Vi ntlm. t. - ... . . vuw.- i .- t , Wl cue VWiCl. James Morgan, salary, marshal, for side of the Wigrich. It has a dia- ERNEST ZIELESCH WILL HAVE SALE OCTOBER 22 MAekerman Spoke Wed- 'he county institute at The Oak the the Point I super critic, Center at ly under Collins. f,od atendance. w class met Monday for -inon. After the usu- "ttitt the elected; Mrs. rw "aterloo, president; vice Forence Davis of St. 8jretary-treasurer, Fred Snedd; serpeant-nt-jirTTin. Warren; yell leader, . St., IIoIptiIo. nnnnfil E'hel Dickson. Pnrtlon. . , 'J V4. VllAll" J'limTiM mouth, Ernest Zielesch, a well-known Parker rancher, accompanied by Mrs. Zielesch, was in Independence Thursday making preparations for a big public sale which he will, hold on October 22. Mr. Zielesch has leased the larger part of his farm land, and has an ex? cess of horses, cows, sheep, pigs and farming implements which he will sell at that time. t . , MAXWELL DOWN; NASH IIS SAME gether" gathering with program and lunch. The association desires to have all who may be interested in the work to attend. ' MOSS WALKER "TOUCHED" BY JEWELRY FAKIR In Medium Car Class Max well Makes Heaviest Slash in Prices moss waiKer has come to the con clusion that a hotel man needs to qualify as a 'jewelry expert in order to be able to solve the knotty prob lems of a' hotel man. The story, as it is going the rounds, is to the ef fect that a couple of men were here selling "shoddy" jewelry. They did not meet with much success, so they tried the game from another angle. One of them represented to Mr. Walker that he was traveling by auto to Corvallis. He had run short of funds and wanted a loan of a few dollars on a ring he was wear ing. Mr. Walker fell. He still has the ring. The latest quotation on old brass is seven cents per pound 'and old glass has no value. September C. K.. . Spaulding Lbr. Co.. plies B. F. Swope, recorder's tember 75.00 sup- 47.35 fees, Sep 6.60 City High School meter of 10 feet and a heighth of 35 feet. In addition to raisins: hops they . do general . farmine. Thev have 18 acre's of corn which will be put in the silo for cattle and hog feed. The' silo was takpn tn tho ranch Tuesday f rom ' Rickreall NO REDUCTION IN DODGE PRICES . The .. first annual student body meeting was held at the I. H. S. last week. 1 The following officers were elected: . President Cyril Reynolds. First vice ' president Glen Bur- right. , : .. ' , ; Second vice . president Erma Boughey. , ... V Secretary Kathleen Skinner. Treasurer Ruth Dickinson. , ine upper classmen have started tw;, ,, -j4..v . tho 'enotol hell wllivt, U,. 1 : I. . . . ...v , ,U1I,8 prices of Dodge Brothers, cars, ac- .iwpuua wme rresnmen next cording to. announcement received Friday night at the' school buildinc. wA'-w ciii..-M.-J.. y.. viaBa ima a plenum pany. The telegram reads: piugram preparea, ? unaer tne su- .n- rh ti i pervision of the. juniors the refresh- way3 been to give full value for the B. P. Savles is Officiallv Notified of Continuance of Present Prices An exceptionally heavy' cut in price has been made on the Maxwell onr.vrilnn' to announcement re WILLIAMS SALE IS SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR J. J. Williams expresses himself as being well satisfied with the pub- lle; Clay E.. More- r class met Tuesday and "V. Tn I mt -wniwing omcers: , -viiium, monmoutn H Flnr,,....... .treasurer, Marguer- 'w.inn; sergeant-at-91 A. T, r.n. l M i'twias; reporu lr, Portland; yell 1 e Hyskell, Warren. Aermnn and the com. y take this opportun- w appreciation j,, - -u-operation given t, ""ens of Monmouth -em putting on this car. The new price in inae pendence is $1195, or a reduction of $175 over the former price. xt ..irtinn is to be made in nVs. ia the declara- tion of C. W. Nash, president of the big concern. In a letter to the Auto Utilities Co., the local repreesnta tive, Mr. Nash says: "Our policy has always been to give the consumer the best automo bile and truck we could build at the least possible cost. We have never asked a dollar more for our product .-rJ,r Wause we could get it. In view of the fact that there is no re duction today in the price of mater ials or' labor entering into the Nash ""''"""" i . ..... ceived by U. G. Berry of the Auto lie sale which was held Monday on Utilities Co. local distributor for the farm north of town which he - centiy SOia. ine toiai stues aggie e-nted a little more than $2000. o - While some of the articles went at bargain prices full prices were paid for others. Mr. Williams made a clean sweep of everything he had to sell, and will now take life consider, able easier, having purchased a de civnlilo residence nroDerty at Mon mouth and moved his family there. "HANK" MATTISON CHECKS SPEED IN MONMOUTH products and that there is no possi- .i fnlnrt.ion IOr some Dlllty 0! -xijr ..mtinnv tnat can uuowiu"v cost tne fimn tn come i.i-.j. wionnfftCturing policy of the Nash Motor Co. will be - -fcoAintolv maintain its present w i iA(yA I VV the prices on both passenger can m-' trucks to at least July 1, 1921. (On his way to attend court at Dal- ioo Wodnesdav morning, "HanK" Mattison was "stepping upon her slightly" when he ran afoul of Mar shal C. E. Stewart in. Monmouth. "Hank" allowed that he might have been exceeding the speed limit oiiVhtlv but that he understood that ,i nf 1R miles wab nermissi- 1 Dccu ble when the thoroughfare was not congested. With an admonition not to sin again he was sent on his way. ments are sure to be all that the Freshmen expect. And the artistic arrangement of the rooms will be due to the Seniors. .Last lnursday afternoon , was given to cleaning up the campus endeavoring to improve the , general appearance of the building itself employment was round tor every one and when 3:15 came a marked improvement could be notficed ine students appreciated very much the holiday which the board so generously gave during fair week. The schol was largely represented and a most enjoyable time was re ported. The high school is enjoying the largest attendance this year that it has had for nearly three years About 70 students have enrolled and all are anticipating a most enjoyable winter. price asKea. Ahere will be no re duction in nrespnt. nvicao n-f Tin Ana Brothers' ' cars. ' Newsoaner reDorts suPPed by R. C.' Blackwell .'. J f A:j ir m Tfr Rev. C. T. Cook, for the past two years, pastor of . the Methodist churches at Independence and Buena Vi'sta, has been assigned to Halsey, which is located about 20 of Albany on the Albany-Eugene highway. Mr. Cook will be succeed ed here by Rev. F. S. Clemo of the Halsey church.. -.. ; ; Rev. Cook is having his house hold goods moved to Halspv tnrW by auto truck and the same truck will return with Rev. Clemn's sonal effects. While no official announcement has been made, it is probable that Rev. Clemo will hold regular ser vices in the church on Sunday. The departure from Independence of Rev. Cook and his estimable family is regretted . by a large circle of friends. Mr. Cook i an earnest, diligent worker, and he .has been Very ably assisted by Mrs. Cook. The Ladies Aid society gave a de lightful luncheon Thursday after noon, with Revt and Mrs. Cook the guests of honor. Quite a large num ber were present and there is sin cere regret over their departure to The other appointments for " the Salem district are: Albany, J. C. Spencer. " Amity, A. F. Lacy. Banks and North Plains, to be sup plied by F.'L. Post. Bay .City to be supplied by J. T. Keating. . Brooks, J. S. Moore. Buena Vista, to be supplied by F. S. Clemo. ' Clackamas and Cams, J. W. War rell. . ' . : Cornelius, to be supplied by W. T. Miller., , , - ', v Cornelius, G. H. Parkinson." , ; .Dallas, Frank James. ., . Dayton, M. A. Marcy. " . rr , Dilley, to be supplied , ,by F H. Schell.- ' , ,. ; ., ; : ' Dundee, L. E. Taborv ' . . Falls ' City,. A. F. Grissom. Fargo, to be. supplied. Forest Grove,. Cv R. Carlos. " ... Hillsboro,. Walter Skipworth. . ; Hubbard, William Nickell. ,: Keizer, F; R. Royston. - .. . Lafayette and Carlton, ...J. J. tOn. V 1 '; . . Livesley, E. G. Ranton. , ' , Marquam, to be supplied b J. Benton. . , , - McCabe and Bellevue, S. W. fiall. McMinnville, E M. Smith. - . Molalla, S. ,W.. Kester. Nehalem and " Wheeler, W. J. Warren. Newberg, :..C. E. Gibson. North. Howell and Liberty, to be supplied by E. W.Withnell. Oak Grove and Oswce-o. to Pat- R. to the contrary are true." absolutely tm- FUNERAL OF S. C. BENNETT IS HELD AT BRIDGEPORT SLOPERS HAVE PRIZE PIG AT STATE FAIR In addition to growing hops, broc coli and many other crops on their ranch south of town, Sloper Bros. are specializing on Poland China pigs, lhey were awarded a $15 cash prize on a boar at the state fair last week. They have been Samuel C. Bennett, a resident of Independence for ' about 15 years. died in the Salem hospital last Fri day evening, where he had been taken for treatment the previous week. The funeral was held Mon day at the home of a daughter. Mrs. R. R. Riggs, at Bridgeport, and in terment was made in the cemeterv there, the pastor of the Dallas Chris tian church officiating. Mr. Bennett is survived by a wid ow, two sons and two daughters. The daughters are Mrs. Riggs and Mrs. Lizzie Skuzie of Holden. Ore.. and the sons are George and John Bennett, both of Independence. Mr. Bennett was a little past 67 years old. The family resided in North Dakota before coming here. Oregon City, M. T. Wire. ft I 1-1 sm m oaiem n,ast . Salem, to be sup plied by E. R. Derry; First church, B. E. Kirkpatrick; Jason Lee Mem orial, Thomas Acheson; Leslie, H. N. Aldrich; West Salem, Alexander Hawthorne. . v Sheridan, G. 0. Oliver. t Silverton, F. W. Keagy. Tillamook, C. L. Dark. Turner, C. M. Keefer. Viola, and Clarks, to be supplied. Willamette, H. O. Cooper. Willamina, P. M. Blenkinsop. Woodburn, R. E. Myers. ' Yamhill, R. S. Bishop. ' DECOSTE1J HAS CAR . t . DESTROYED BY FIRE Through some unaccountable Rftnrrp. a TPtvrA tmirinn. par V.lv.rt.tv breeding registered stock only about to Vire-il DeCobtpr. rnnolir. fim loo a year, having secured their stock week while in operation and was en from O. T. Murphy of Hubbard, a tirely destroyed. The car was in former resident of Independence, sured and Mr. DeCoster baa rmUoA Mr. Murphy had a fine exhibit at it with a new Ford roadster, which the fair," getting $400 in prizes. 'he purchased from the Ace Garage. SUVER FARMER BUYS ACREAGE PROPERTY HERE John Gosser of Suver. has pur chased from K. C. Eldridge 27 acres of land at the foot of Seventh street in Independence, through the Independence Realty comnanv. The considration was $4500. Mr. Gosser will take possession at once. He has been successfully op erating a rented farm at Suver. POLK COUNTY FAIR IS BEING HELD AT DALLAS The Polk county fair opened Thurs day and will continue until Saturday night. While weather conditions have not been favorable so far, re ports from Dallas are to the effect that the attendance has been fair and it is expected that Saturday will show a notable increase.