Enterprise Publishing Co., PuWishm
J, T. FlRl Killlor.
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OrriCI BAST K1DI MAIN fTRKKT,
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mVBUUH PMHI ...... . .
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$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
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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
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We solicit a trial order.
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