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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1922)
TTTTTri rtxTfTnomcrc 1 Friday, Sent, i iJ j Page Two Published Evary Friday bY Z. C KIMBALL. Subscription Rates One Year $150 Six Monti". .75 The Polk' county board of equalization will meet at the court house at Dallas on September 11th for the purpose of going over the rolls as cmpiled by the county assessor. and 15 days from that date are allowed for filing protests against assessments which have been made. If you be lieve that you are carrying more than your share of the tax burden this is your opportunity to present your dissatisfaction in writing to the board. It is a pretty safe plan for every tax payer to find out at this time the amount of his assessment. It might avoid an unpleasant surprise at "tax time" and it is the one opportunity of the taxpayers to get a hearing. After the rolls are finally certified to about all a taxpayer can do is to pay the amount which has been levied against him and per haps do a little grumbling. The announcement that B. F. Swope is about to leave Independence comes as a distinct loss to Independence. Some way or other we had taken it for granted that Judge Swope was a fixture here. He has been so closely related to the various forms.of activity in the community for so long that he has become a necessary cog one that will be missed. In city affairs, in legal matters, in fraternal circles, in church and social activities, Judge Swope has occupied a conspicuous place. Monmouth and Dallas are fortunate, indeed, to gain such desirable folks as Judge Swope and his estimable wif e. MAIL ORDER HOUSES Sales totals of the great mail order houses show an increase, particularly in strictly farming sections. This is not pleasant news for retail stores in our ave rage small town but it is what may be expected. There is only one way in which the insidious mail order campaigns can be combatted, and that is by local merchants frankly explaining their merchandising possi bilities to the people through advertising. It is a well known fact that the mail order concerns maintain departments of considerable magnitude to check up the towns where the local merchants appear to lack enterprise. There they concentrate their batteries of advertising and catalogue distribution. The mail order house never prospers in a town where the local merchants advertise consistently, because the mail order men know they cannot compete with the local merchant if the local merchant understands his business. The cheapness with which the big mail order man can buy is more than offset by the low overhead the local merchant can get along with. To hold his own, however, the local merchant must not hide his light under a bushel. The public needs educating to a knowledge that they can buy at home as cheaply, that they can actually see what they are buying before they pay for it, and that they do not have to wait sometimes for weeks for the delivery of the article they want. The National Cloak and Suit company reports a heavy increase in its business, all in the country, though it is doubtful if this great concern carries anything like the line of up-to-date goods carried by local stores through out the country. When the merchants get ready to talk plainly to the people they will have nothing to fear from the mail order man, but if they remain silent then the outsider will surely burrow his way into their profits. Self-satisfaction has spelled many a bankruptcy. Silverton Appeal j 9 1 and Conkey ..Walker & Oregon Country in Brief Form Strike conditions are hampering the marketing of the Wasco county peach crop. Deer hunters In the mountains of southern Oregon have met with de cided success this fall. Mrs. W. A. Flower was burned to death while making soap on her hus band's ranch near Halfway. The Southern Pacific company is placing new 80-pound rails on the line from Whiteaon to Wlllamlna. After going for many years without a county fair Union county people this year will rejuvenate the fair and hold it at Elgin. A state convention of the newly created progressive party of Oregon has been called to meet in Portland September 5. Plans are practically completed for the second annual northwest hay and grain show to be held at Pendleton, beginning September 18. If. L. Walther of Medford was ap pointed by Governor Olcott a member of the Oregon state fair board to suc ceed C. E. (Pop) Gates. The grain crop in Marlon county is about 25 per cent below normal and will not exceed 75,000 bushels, accord ing to reports compiled. Marlon county has constructed more than 20 miles of paved highway this season, according to a report pre pared by the county court. Only 28 forest fires, the largest a blaze of two and one-fourth acres, were reported for the present season by the officials of the Cascade na tional forest. but better matured than usual at thts Coos county's grain crop Is short season of the year. Ranchers cut a great deal of grain for hay, owing to the dryness of the season. Due to the scarcity of hop pickers In the Rogue river valley, the opening of the Grants Pass schools has been postponed one week so that the school children may assist In the harvest. A systematic survey of the pine timber of Deschutes county, with a view to combating the pine beetle pest, to be carried on by the forest service and private owners, will begin soon, according to A. J. Jaenicke, in sect control specialist. The financial outlook for the Sheri dan section of the Willamette valley rains do not prevent the crop will be one of the largest and boot in. the history of the county. A telegram was received at Salem from Washington authorising tb con slderatton of bids for the. erection of the proposed new dormitory at the Chemawa Indian school, located five miles north of Salem. The dormitory will cost approximately $50,000 and will provide accommodations for mow than 100 students. Although strikes have caused many men to be apparently out of work in eastern Oregon, farmers are complain ing bitterly about lack of men for har vest work. Doth in Union and Wal lowa countlos threshing crews are hard to fill and every morning ranch ers Invade tho different towns tie deavorlng to pick up men. The Salem labor council, at a meet ing held recently, refused tS approve i resolution adopted by the unionists of Omaha asking the American Fed eratlon of Labor to call n general strike of all labor unlops. Tho strike, If called, was to be a rrole.it a:;:iltist the treatment accorded labor through out the country by tho national ad ministration. Mrs. Beatrice R. Towmuml. of Port land, and her mother, Mrs. L. L. Smith, were killed and Lloyd O. Jor dan, also of Portland, was taken to the Eugene hospital as the result of Injuries suffered when the cur In which they were touring to California plunged from the road when attempt ing to pass a northbound machine ten miles north of Eugene. 11. I.nu alnrt.tit 1(1 thfl l-n t M t Tl! C- tUm nf the new rond on Shea hill, a J.t? - - - - - v. section of the Lebanon Toster-Casca dla highway, which is beliiK Improved sHF.FIFF OKU TKADF.X rond from the houss tnm I- Jointly by Linn county and the United. pA,M K()K AI'AUTMF.NT HOUSE The property is netptmi States forest service. The section; j Improved, having gvoj now under construction Is 3.S miles pnlins Observer) j well fenced and is ti: Ions and eliminates what has hereto-j . tile drained. Mr. Orr ku fore been termed the worst piece oil Pallas -John V Orr, sheriff of oprrateJ th , h roadway In Linn connty. nty, on cdnesday of thU Discussion of appropriate legislation! consummated a good-sued re , dealing with the regulation of motorize den, whereby he traded hi. 12 1W acre larm, located on me vvrsv onje ' - -..-..., uUn'4U I Ask Your Banker $2,000,000,000, were taken by stock lcrs. Not one dollar would have becn lojt if investors had first asked their bankers. Men are saved by faith in the next world and by want of it in this. "Ask your JBar before you Buy" keeps many men frombefo. beggars. The Independence National Banji Independence, Oregon. 4' 1 paid on Saving Accounts MEMBEtt FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEH the highways will . located " lr wl nw,f " d conference of of Pacific highway about 34 miles east partments each western slates and of Dallas, for the Klbridgc apart- j th. It ha. h i vehicle traffic on the highways will, feature a suggested British Columbia, which probably will; be held In Portland late in September.; Inland. Letters siiRijestlng the conference The farm just traded has been in were sent out by Sam A. Kozer, sec : the Orr family since 1871 am, is imrl retnrv of state, following an exchange 'of the old James KinsCy donation of Ideas wlthL. P. MeArdle, director landclaim, XO acres of which Mr., f ,. h,,r..,iii cf .-.rrii-ionrv imri KrertlOrr has owned for years. He hai t n.M.u. ,nre,-.r nf th human m added considerably to his holding: amount of realty holdinp !tf licenses of the state of Washington, j since acquiring possession of tho land county, included in whicl t ; About four years ago be purchased j limber iracw. Is considered verv eood for this fall. A Classified Ad 3H4 acres from Cuss Gibson and The prune crop is ripening ar.d if Will bring you a buyer. later purchased f0 acres across the Advertising pays. Try it c 'ments, on 21st and Overton streets, ' 4 every convenience, uV : octng modern in every location of the building a i Ing part of Portland, nhkii to a great extent U mc'.w ment houses. Mr. Orr still h et It The HOME of OREGON MADE PRODUCTS A A. The New 1 sffc ana i ml vercoats WE TAKE MUCH PLEASURE AT THIS TIME IN PRESENTING THE NEW FALL SUITS AND OVER COATS IN ALL THEIR SPLENDOR, EXCLUSIVE NESS, AND INDIVIDUALITY. REFINEMENT IS REFLECTED IN THIS MASTER QUALITY CLOTHES FOR MEN AND YOUNG MEN. YOU WILL WONDER AT THE VAST SCOPE OF OUR EXHIBIT, EVERY NEW AND CORRECT MODEL IS SHOWN-EVERY ' KIND OK FABRIC AND A WEALTH OF VARIETY OF BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS AND COLORINGS. PRICES ARE VERY MODERATE $2 to THE CLOTHES OF HART SHAFNER AND MARX AND OTHER RELIABLE MAKERS COMPRISE THIS WONDERFUL SHOWING OF QUALITY CLOTHES. C. P. BISHOP, Prop. OPEN UNTIL 9 P. M. SATURDAY NIGHTS The HOME of OREGON MADE PRODUCTS Fric i o In t I H t f i or ti