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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 189?-190? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1895)
Enterprise Publishing Co., PuWishm J, T. FlRl Killlor. i. B, MOUI.N, Duitneu Mmiagw rCBUUHltD TUl'BSDAYt AT ISDKrKNDICSOB OrriCI BAST K1DI MAIN fTRKKT, JtMmn at U taiofllc at ln1inliio., Or, M mVBUUH PMHI ...... . . f UBHCHlrTlON: $1.50 TJK VKAB THURSDAY, JAS. 5.1. Financial hoodoo. That Vnclo 6niiny'i cxclieipier la giving the loan and p).lUilil.l ohl gentlemiin deal of troublo jaet now is .one f the most conspicuous facta ol whlcU tlielry4i., public eoRiiiaiint, jml the wiee men of t!io East are telling fcjm that he must tko tlie "gold cure" Joforn he c" '1 i0 recover from lii1 peneiit nttucVJot finum-inl jlmjanis. lint It it also ascertained that aUout all ol Uncle Sammy' children, except tlie .comparatively fe who discovered tlie rpM care," are sufferin;? from tlie stitne jcompWnt, that afflicts tho old gentle yuan. Tlie disease has become an eji .domicin the fauiilv. Of court fumt tiling must be done, and done quickly, grelai) Uucle Sammy and liiaentiiv fain fly will be laid up in tha reKciviiijr hos pital for the poor To t sure, ero; were never more plentiful, abundance exists everywhere throughout the land, millions of liorsts jii.d cattle and sheep graze upon the ver dant hills and luxuriant plaius, but in the midst of plenty -the people cannot cct money to pay their lioneH debts. And what makes existing conditions) jnore strange and inexplicable, money is aperabundant, to we are to'.d, so abun daut that it threatens to become cheap, hence "good money" (gold) is hoarded or fear that the country will rush head idnn to tlie silver basis, the "bad" money standard. There aru .two great finan cial doctors in this country Di. Slier jpiaii and Dr. Cleveland. Dr. Sherman made a diagnosis of Uncle Sammy' uis ttse some twenty years ago and pre scribed the "gold cure," but the obdu rate old gentleman insisted that he was not seriously ailing, and declined taking the' remedy except in homeopathic 4fjoses. A few years ago Dr. Cleveland pame along and prescribed the Fame treatment, but iusisted that it nmst be diuinistered heroically, for the paticr.t was in a critical condition. Xo atten tion was paid to the bis, fussy doctor, nd strange fosay.the patient continued javcrrgood health. But after awhile Uncle Sammy thought that his liver was possibly a little out of order and he concluded to try the famous "sold cure ' doctor's remedy. The doctor was dc Jighted and confidently predicted that . ; Jhe patient's restoration to health would ' lie rapid and immediate. But alas! for the doctor's present and posthumous fame, his noble patient lecame suddenly ill , and has been growing worse and jjrorse until now the symptoms are really alarming. ' Both the old doctor and the big doctor till dogmatically insist that their fa mous "gold cure" is the only panacea for the conn try, ignoring the fact that the total amount of s0,d in the world only equals about 10 per cent of the bus iness of the world. Their special formula Js as follows: Call in all the green : laeks and issue interest bearing gold txnds iu their stead, make silver merely . fi subsidiary coin redeemable in gold, give to national banks alone the power to issue paper currency, and nee gold as money of ultimate payment. When this is done, we are told, the country will again - be prosperous and money plentiful; peace and contentment will prevail among the toiling masses, and the bright sun of financial progress will once more make glad the waste places In the land. . .. THE SPECIAL MESSAGE. Tlie president's special message is a farefully and soberly written statement f)l - the financial difficulties which con front the people aud government of the United - States, and it is probably the most extraordinary state pajer that has been submitted to congress within a - generation. Whatever may be men's differences of opinion as to proper reme dial legislation, no sane person ques tions tlie fact that a financial crisis is seriously threatened. Mr, Cleveland bends all the energy of his character and strength of intellect to impress upon ongress the gravity of the situation, and the remedial legislation which, in his opinion, should be enacted, The peat menace to the treasury, Mr. Cleveland says, is the easy facility with which the gohi reserve is being contin ually depleted. There are now outstand ing some (500,000,000 legal tender notes which are redeemable in gold on pre sentation at the treaenry. The law is fv.ch that these notes when paid may Jjj rci-med, and although 1300,000,000 Pec yollr of the (500,000,000 have Ixin redeemed the original amouutis itill outstanding Speculators in told u thww notct pcrietiial drain upon the treasury. The president recommend to congivsa that the secretary of the treasury U author ised at his discretion to issue (500.000, 000 of 3 per cent 60-year bond, and that the local tender and tnr.Miy notes, Mlttfii redeemed, he tamvl .i and re tired from circulation.' Ho also sug gests that "oar dutbj on iuuorts rhould be jKdd in go'd." TUe dent makes suggestions h regard t.i the dcp islt of Unds i.i Ui- and the is suance thereon of pu r c imiie.v. A iw.int in the nicsMir.' is wlieic the i ivyidcnt points oat the heavy drain age upoa the gold reserve (uad. t.om the daw of the llrst (.OOO.OOO bon.t issue tn ovenuer ijm issue in January there was withdrawn from the treasury (HX1,000,O.J in gold, and since the last bond issuance there Us been withdrawn (0,000,000, which cleaily shows that gold is Rvoding from tho treasury at an accelerated pace. It is certainly astonishing that l period of profound peace, with the pro ductive wealth of the country annually inCRiising and all the natural condi tions of prosperity existing to make a people wealthy and contented, it thould Ucouie necessary for the president ol the United States to asK coagrcsi thorizo the issuing of fjJO,000,0OO In bonds to prevent the collapse of the United Suites treasury and the loss ol ihe nation's credit. There is evidently something radically, aye, criminally wroiig with our present financial system. Tins time has come in the history of this country when United States tcn ators should bo elected by the direct vole of the people. At the lime of the formation of the federal constitution the present method of electing United States ser.ntcrs was simply u compro mise between the extreme states right party and those who held that all power should be vested in the sovereign will of the people. The privilege to elect rep resentatives to congress was granted tin people while the election of Uniteu Slates scuators was rested in the hands of a represenalive oi the state the law making or legislative body. The two houses of congress were supposed to represent the sovereigu authoiity of the states and the sovereign will of the people. But tho political evolution of live generations of republican form of government has wrought a radical change in publie scntimeut. The states rights shibboleth is practically dead, and the grander idea that all authority belongs to and is vested in the people is now the leading thought, the dominant seuthuent of the country. The heated deadlock now going on at our state capital is "evidence strong as proof of holv writ" that a change in the method of electing United States senators is im peratively demanded in the interests of good government and useful legislation. Already weeks of the iieople'e lime and thousands of dollars of the people's money have been squandered in the pit iable struggle between rival factions to elect a United States senator, and the end is not yet in sight. It is a matter of the commonest notoriety that fre quently the most corrupt methods are used to secure an election to the United Slates senate. The exoiested wishes of the people are ignored, useful and need ed legislation is blocked aiid bad laws are enacted because of the contentious spirit engendered by these long, bitter factional lights. It is in the interest of sound and economical legislation, to mention nothing else, that the election of United States senator should be taken out of the hands of the legislature. Tins ladies edition of the Salem Daily Statesman is something of a dis appointment from a literary point, but what it "lacks in salt it makes up in malt."The advertising coining are flood ed to overflowing, and no doubt a large revenue will be derived from this edition. The editor tells us in an ex planatory note "column upon column of reading matter has unavoidably been crowded out to make room for jmid ad vertisements the proceeds from which go to charity. In truth, the paper to day simply covers the news field briefly, the literary and social features are re gietfully omitted. These articles, how ever, will appear in next Sunday's Statesman, which will be an overflow charity edition." Tiik editor is frequently criticised for admitting matter into his paper which appears unimportant to a number of persons, and even the editor himself oc casionally has the temerity to express opinions that many of hie most intelli gent readers cannot indorse. Xow, is this really a j-ist cause of complaint? We hardly think it is. People differ in opinion . What pleases one person is not pleasing to another person. Indi- ho,,., ul eow vldu,!l,.o.dUr,r.aud iu.luite vanety ) Is tho rule in lU world of mind ns well j tti in the world of mutter. A one hi'" personal, for Instance, pleim-s a cvrtain iwnon, esiially if the reader hai-pens to U-the individual mentioned, although Mine other person may consider it en extravagant wait of printer's ink. A half column "write up" l usually pas sable reading to a mail of h i-uro, but U is simply abominable in the eyes of the busy mail, whoso time i 1 '"ul,0.v The local newspaper 1 as much a cater er t public taste as the city daily, only in a lesser dogree. Tim ncsaHr man writes lor all classes of readers, and as a result a motley mosaic of local and other matter Is "hashed u" each week, and occasionally some stupid fellow will W his readers "lia h," "c !d h i"'.!," "old i ...,.. i l. ..i!." n.ich week. When miMi that sort of thins havens a g d roas ing "kick" is always in order. Tiik sold reserve is at a low ebb. There hi iinniii cnt dnngvr that Secre tary C.u li.-le HI lve t;i i-ssiie bids for another (50,000,000. ale of loads. The tivcWo ii c-i:y cNi.laii.ul. Tho gov- '.... tvrskltt eminent a exicsiuitures than its revenues The pc.'i'le rv! op ,cl to tlie salo of bond. to raise money iopsiytheexpuidituivi of tho govern-uu-nt.butin its pnsel.t strait the gov en.uieiit must either levy a te.x or bor row money. Cne should devise means v.ithia a wd-fc to raise tuoiu-y to replenish the gold reserve. Thtro are numerous sources of revenuo ithin easy ieae!i oi the leislativ arm of gov ernment, ai:d it should iwt promptly and decisively. Tiits is no ti:iu to filibuster currency sehcines. .- . - .i: .i... inm.nii' lis.ii men iao tirMiruncu..i-; t he currency n-ioi.n. "v enie.s of a Ilaiiii!to:i to vitalise ti e emaciated form 'of fina.-.ce and caute it to return to health again. Itovii tho Ur.'goi:iai and the States man are rev eayina conipl'.aiculary things cf Messrs. Fulton and Tongue, the irsuasivo centlciiicii who were snowed under by the bis republican caucus. The Statesman relicts a bi il liant future for these gentlemen on con dition that they repent and be baptised in the goldbug fountain. Tub Statesman says: "Jf it w iil kili .... .. ajvcral score? of useless l-ms, me scua-: tori.il deadlock will, after all, not le an unmixed evil." Our contemporary's remark is luminously perspicacious Thedcfiatof a score or more of worth- i ....!..- and cstravajsimt bills is " . . even pin ramouut to who shall be United States senator. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder World's Flr Hljhc.-t KeJal a4 Diploma. GnavantceJ Cnra. We authorize our udvertied diiijrist to sell Dr. King's New l)is.-.,vcry fot Consumption, Coughs and CliN, upo:. this condition. If you are nllli-H-d with (Quells, Cold or any Luii;.', Throat i r Chest trouble, and ill use tms remedy j as directed, giving it a nor n un, nnu experience no benefit, you may relurn the bottle and have your money re funded. We could not make this oiler .. . 3l . ...... l.r I.'i.wr'u Vif- (11(1 We HOI KU'IW .Ui.l X'l. " " Discovery could be relied upon, ft never disnpoint. TnuiD imsmr a ' . - Dru. i?tore. Large size cOc. mid 1.01). Stockholders' Meeting. Notice is hereby given Unit Uio annual mertlug f tlie Block holders ol The Inde pendence Water and Klectrio LlsUt C'. will l.e held at Ihe Independence nauoim. i.umr, Independence, Oreson, :. Wednesday, the Wth day of January, Wi, at 7 o-click p. in, for the purpose of electing oincers for wild company and attending to nueti other huai ues a may come borforeTOld niecllni;. II. II. JAHI'KP.HO ' HEART DISEASE! Flutterinz, No Appetite, Could Not Sleep, Wind on Stomach. "For a lonir time I had a terrible pain at my heart, which fluttered al most incessantly. I had no appetite and could not sleep. I would be com pelled to sit up in bed and belch pas from my stomach until I thought that every minute would be my last, There was a feelling of oppression about my heart, and I was afraid to draw a full breath. I could not sweep a room without resting. My bus band induced me to try Dr; Miles' Heart Cure and am happy to say It has cured me. 1 now bare a splendid appetite and sleep wclL Its effect was truly marvelous." WHS. rjARET E. STARE, PotteriHe, Pa. Dr. Miles Heart Cure to sold on a pwltfr ruarmntee that the lirsl boMle lll neneni. All drnKelKUix-llltm.il. botth tot 16, or It will be wrnU prepaid, on receipt of prlr I Ux Dr. Hiie Medicai Co, Elkhart, lad. eU-,uul Imv th. at U Star Grocery n 1 1 irnnllt I I rTTTD (jy (JALlrUKNIA LL I I Ll I Wonderful ProdiictlveiM-a f tliv Niu-rwmciiCo VUe. Juprscsdentsd Bilni-Great Damags by FIoodiTb Climate. Soil auit Crops of 0lifjr We herewith publish ft lending extract from tt letter written by Hon. Uecw Clark, of WotxlUnd. Cal , to tho editor of thin paper. Many of the old settlers of IVlk county will remember Mr. Chirk m n little "tow-headed" boy, orphan waif eiwt upon the rc5tles scaof pioneer life, and ut'BOiuent ly ns nn ambitious youth who ought t win from "eruel fftto J iron fortune" tx jilueo and r.nmo tunor.g hU fellow men. Mr. Chirk euiigrivflil to California eurly in tho 70's. studied hiw, was admitted to tho b tr, nnd is nowcnjoyii g a lu crative nraetiee. He was uttorney for tlto Mato in tho jiro.wution of !. v.v,.l in 1 !r .in w reciters, the recent trial of whom has mvi.Uetied wide ppread interest throughout the e .ur.try. It thirds us a grcai deal 4, pleasure to Icar.i tl.at Mr. ... . . i Clark has eueeet.'iilly t limbed the slippery r-niuda of the legal ladder, for ho was our boyhood's 'chum, and we knew of and ynnm'liivd with h'.i daring, but laudable, am bition. His letter is f-trgcly retro-gpi-etively reminiscent. Ho Ejeak f thc.ioneer days, hi.-i own ally ptri'gglei, and pays a generous tri bute to tho memory of the old , I,,..., i.ionci rs. many oi wnom '' . . .. ... i ,1 pa-ml over lo mo siicr.i v..... Mr. Clark pays n upci-iiil'v glowing tribute to the Lto James W. Nes niith, to whom ho aaya he owes n debt of gratiiudu fjr wordj of help i'ul encouragement. We quote as follows from Mr. Clark's letter: ' I live in tlio best po:tion of the gr. ut Paeraui'Mito valley, the Anda lusia of the Pacific coast. It is the finest body of laud in California, and, I think, in the world. Here 1 nil the tropical and . ..11-...,:, In,-..lli..r u-ilh o j.. - a st 'iiii.riiiLui nun.-, j nearly all the cerealH and nuts ; known to civilization. Ill fact there is such great diversity of foil and climate within th'-' scope ol .this mighty valley, that almost .. . . .. ..!.!., ! everything Known 10 tnu u'uuic, fruit and cereal won, that man- kind has anv use for, can be grown iii abundance. And not only is the soil and climate prolific and ver fificd. but the Fpurs of the noble and perennially fuow capped Sicrran, which jut down into the valley, for more than forty years have been over generdiw in their output of pold and silver and other precious mclalB. At Woodland, the county seat of Yolo couuty, which, by the way 13 the beet county in the state, we i have had this year a regular "Oregon mist" of 23 inches of rain, about 12 inches more than wo usu ally have up to this time, and the flood created thereby has played tho mischief with our river farmers , One of my clients has lost 8,W0 acres of Cno wheat which stood about four inches high when his levees broke and Hooded his ranches. His fields are now about eiht feet under water. This, how ever, is not a total loss, as the practice in such cases is to follow up the receding waters inthespving and plant corn, barley, potatoes and other garden "truck." Crops thus planted often produce more profitably than when', the Sacra mento river furnish a cheap and convenient route of transpor tation to Sai Francisco. Two of my 6ons (now about my .-ize) are farming near here, the one next 10 them in age is a junior in the state university at Berkeley, where I have a pleapant family residence; my other "olive branches" (too numerous to men tion) are either in the high school or in tho public schools. My old home and residence is here at Woodland, with an office here, at Berkeley and at San Francisco, iny family vibrating between our horn 2 here and at Berkeley. Bat now comes the item that pleases the editor best, that makes glad the heart of the old gray head ed cockroach that is pining away for a fresh pot of paste, that causes the "devil" to wash another week on credit, to-wit: Find herewith ll.oO for a year's subscription, not 11.50 in cabbages or cordwood, but coin of the realm. IttFSE Clark. i cv, -i. -p1- i . UUie Slav Jlr" Born aGenlus Dlteaae Threatens to Cut Short a Noble Cnroer But Mood' rparlll Ratort Good Hsalth. 1 nils My noiitler Is aro..mpllliel Uonl.t ana imtu.nl Ikii iwskirol only lyws oluo. tliUUisonly chlia U-mtii- wvc bctow Uia put'llo. "' dWI not leiiuit liw-fri'in an allark of ,ltM it UMbkMHt. H.f Uwnw,rtlitirttclltlKUfi "C. I. Hood. Co., l.awtl, Mttss.l I hwirUly J'tn lltl M: l""r Uoiinas lhl trs rwomim .lli.g Howl's 8ra'itiillv 1 Ui.l hetn tMM-a frin li.froi.-y Hli pl!'rhii; la HIS SSS'wi Si. ihomiiit u Uisouii in) Ulu, tut I Continued to Crow Worao. I will iwrsuaJwl illly b s trie J totrjr IloJ'S KarMrUl. Ths U ol " b""1 C,J th Hood's'y-Cures leelholy U blnod l lCto Iniprots. After Ui u of Uirwi loitlrs tlw gathfrluf t i .... -nr.,! nf iiiv fnrmiT Imulik ll my Ufa ana ". "'f'" VlTlTst l.v, tUwltiyHle. In.ll.ina. t.. t li'-M-O Hood'e PlllJi' t lly. Tr l-r'l' saJ Okasull. ou Uio liver baU buwvU. I& Appointment '..ll,iln ' ftlT"1,",-",,V.r1!. ,1 1, m.....i.,, ... il : fM't.!"..'!- ''. Sjsiiii.ity, u...r..M.i i ll i'""f " .; IMP HI . i, It t Mutiny, li-! I " ionium .t.i;V!..,, vMutf. You can't live without Estir.gp , , An I ,vii eiin.t cut wil limit bond. If iu want the U-sl BREAD delivered lit "itir lilH.I 'V I V ll"" " lug buy ii I be NEW FAKERY. i cEO.c..3Tnor;a.p..-. J CITY LIVERY SAf.B ami FKKD Sl'AlU.K. KKM.KY A KOV, rrops. HiiH-.r lo A. W. lkH kn-.ul' r. (loiul turmmtM for Commerc'al men I iimM hoarded by the week or nioi.lli. - INDKl'ODS M.'K, OH. City : Feed : Stable, Km Joiinhos, 1'rop. Morec fi-d lV tlse d.iy, week or iin.!it!i. Triiu cnt Muck left in our cure will bo wed in tended to. Charge rcn.-onablc. Main St. Independence, Harness Shop F. K. SiiAKEit, Prop. gcllx the lckt hand made l:itrnca nnd olhcr widdh ry iroodK for lew, " money than ..v?r before oftcrcd, ,'. Don'lbuy factory made utocli when you cud n l lh hand made for the Maine money. ltejHtit'iny neatly and pronijitll done. C ST., 1.NOKI-KNIIKNCK, OltMiON. DRESS MAKING Miss Sophia Goff. Jlus lately returned from San J FranciHCo and Ih prepared to give her patrons the benefit of a new Kvetcni of " DrcH.H Cutting ftii.l I'ittlng. J Cor. Railroad and I HIh. INDKI'E.VDKXDK.OIIKHOX. TAILORING. Afine line of samples alwaya on hand to wlect from. Satisfaction Guaranteed T. L&YTOIT JENKS, ndependence, Or. Turn-k:iql'" outs itZ "'' If Your Feet Fit Your shoes, you'll 1 iwleoii liin.'li woik. raster than If yon " h aft! I a u ! "I d "o .mike I.U busl..-. a smve... 1 f livid, i ll nit wmm his bu-lncM and ,; '; " "i lb mi It Hs.ts a r.iu.1 deal to acar III llttlu !... It costs, frf litflR to wear Perfectly Fitted Shoes If von cmio lo It's Quite a Trick i '.. . ... . ....i.vimd.iff advartlKctneiit 1miuI harness and aad.lhr 1 t . .1 ..I..1... M.iiv.ii-(l:i. All ucniera cihi.h i.. I. f. ,r l I n illM.-riiii iiiatimr nii.l ti t vou to examine our those of other dealers It's Easy For tin to ne il when you have we u relling bhm1 gooda for any ti'.her dealer in Oregon. money. W. H. Now Year's Proclamation. ritltl.' .. .,.1.. I., I' J tuU notice that durinir the R vear Ih'.H tho HAN N Mil CASH . : fill '1M! ' 1. .1 8 line rrovrie nnd 1"W prices. J- Tlii yei r 1 hey prooe to put a t, Mill renter distance U-twerulhem- J, eel u s 111 .1 sll eoii.petit'irs. They will sell pHHis nt Uttoiii prieci". J. J ' I A pew HAVKyot the itj-i 'AVK IiiMi00 You havedoubtless learned lontj ago that Bruins are used- Tt make a f.'ool joh of juintinp. So U eonsck-iKO. A joh mado without hkill and hononty i no pood. 1 o 0 Q O THE ENTERPRISE Has tho bent equipped oflieo in tlie :imnty antl employs tho, most skilled ariitsi. Its reputation for line work U beeoming rapidly known. f Remembsr that it Costs No More To have your work done hero than it does to . have it done any other plaee. The Enterprise also carries the best line of Legal Blanks in Polk county. They are correct in every partic ular. aWA. .LLLJ : '''' and do It im"l ! PATTERSON' . SHOE STORE, , i.. f ' Main (ilrvet, IndeKii.lonc m. . ......il. t,,fu,t Ihl.lll I t render to In-lieve. All we do la to t mt - stink, and compare our prices wl done this. We are convinced H 0 as little money. M you cn gat fn ,K Investigate this matter aud V 1 CRAVEN CO B rf I'nlk rr.init v will ll.e ir.i'-i I.MOII with 1 j P. IRVINE, GROCRS ' a, Pointers: vou fverciiisilortltliat jH-araneo f tho i-ta- ;iuiieiy tisi tl ly va liiuietn man linn a iriitt th ai ti th witl.tthe t.j.initiK fornu'tl of him by llumc vitlt wlicim iHVforrtHpoiulM? We solicit a trial order. J I: if k In I J, ; W i m v fit V. d in; l. L lu 1 mi 1 1 1: e it