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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 189?-190? | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1895)
i 1 3 1 u 't I 'J I 1; I ll 1 I t ' i. ' i . '1 V ' 1 .' t'l ' ' ;4 t Feed your horse and cow w ell-nnd buy the feed at the Star Grocery he CSntcrprioc. Enterprise Publishing Co., Publisher i. T. ORP. Editor. i. H. MOR1N, Biula Xanafor mtUIIIIR TltVCSD.YS AT IHDIPINDKNCI OrriCI CAST SIDS MAIN STBIST. Mr at tk pMtotto M lntMdDC., Or, M hwiWw mall autf lr. subscription: 11.50 pkr ykar It Is fiwr(ing to see so great Mwspapor m ths New York World cousins: round to International bimstal lifiu. In a reeent editorial the World says: "The prospect lor bliiiatalliaui continue to I iu prove. The V wiled States is not tli only country deeply ronccrued, lor the sabjeet is foreiug it- lVuiorest Mo.lal Content, Mrs. Liniu Stoner; Ixyl TentH'ranee !,ogion, Mrs. L. L. Whitcaker; Sciontillo Temperance Instruction, Mrs. Minnie Cramer 1'unty, Mr. J. A. Uriggs; l'arlor work, Mrs. Morrison; Refuge Home, Mrs. C. Richardson: Fairs ami Public ir ui. tlatttntlun of Great lliltain. ' (i&therinirs. Mrs. Jane 1 owell; t - j ' ' . which Is, financially apeaking, the Hint . Sunday Observance, Mn. Lewis; of nations. The Australian colonic j general business, adjournment. 16 Boilsnt Once Hoods raaparllla rurlflas ths Blood and Watoraa Maalth. THURSDAT, MARCH 28, MKSS9LU A " .-. L 1S15 I are heavy silver vrwdixvrs, and India ' ; has been greatly injured b the docliue discriminating ,,! in the prie l that awtal. We Hre sivs,' I'kcly to se many important develop Tn usually irihtlv Portland Tomahawk that nineteen centuries oldlvlno lig-ht went lu the currency problem Wfore .J m.n nn hnttw. To 1 1 he ear is out." Yes, and one of the Drove thi.. let auv mm. matter what , "inplant development" will be the hie Xatkrn in life may be, hold himself it;in around of the World sparely alooffromtheworldandeerwHyme.il- bimetallic platform in late Don all the sorrows and sufferings to be witnessed on every ham)." It i difficult to understand how any person, ho has familiarised hiiuseli w ith the . social eondittons of the ancient word, a the editorial writer abovo quoteil evidently has, can deliberately make the crude statement "that ninteen centuries of divlue light have m:Kle man mo better." We also fail to appreciate the soundness of the philosophy of the admonition that profer way to be-; j Within the last fo.ir or five years tl American jnople have benun to realUe the iiniMirtance of rood roads. Msuv of the older and more populous states aro beginning to enact souie wholesome law in regard to the improvement of roads lu Matachusett the state advances the money to build new rutids and U'ars 75 per cent, of the total cost, leaving '.'o pei ; cent, to te refunded within six years b. come Acpiaintcd with "the sorrows and rotinty benetitteil. The Ainsworth sufferings ot the world" ia to "IhU1 one tdfaloof from the worl.." It ia only by comiuf in actual contact with the work), by association with our fellow ofXewYork is modelled on a similar plan. Oood roads mean cheaper and better living for the ieople of both town and country. Well traded, level rood- . . . . i . i i Uuitwe learn oi ooin we goou -na lUo , . , , , makinir the bill now peudina before the legislature evil that csist in the social organism, and thi w holesome experience teaches ns the grand truth that good predomi nates, that society is becoming better and sweeter and nobler as the ages roll on. Each age is the child of tbe pre ceding age and lines of moral evolution are a marked in the growth oi Unman society aa 7ideice of organic evolution is along the plane of physical life. Oar esteemed contemporary writes in the spirit of Diogenes rather than in that of Socrates or his great pupil Plato, whom be quotes so approvingly. Tus wonderful increase in agricul tural products going on in remote parts of the world, hitherto ntiknown to com merce, has awised the ptice of wheat to drop to its lowest minimum value. The farmers of Oregon for a number of years depended upon their wheat crop for their annsal income ; it was their principal soarce of revenue, but within recent years all th?s has been changed. That ie to say wheat is no longer an infallible and nufailing source of revenue. The great cereal has been compelled to lav down its scepter of kingship asthechief est souice ot profit to the farmer. Bread is still the staff of life, but wheat is bo longer king. The farmers of Ore gon way continue to complain against existing economic conditions, but they can only change them by drrerfifying the. prodocts ot the farm. Pork, bacon, mutton, beef, wool, hay, hops, large and small fruits and vegetables must be in cluded among tbe resources of the well tilled farm. All these changes cannot come at once. The innovation will be made gradually through the isolated efforts of a few progressive Individuals here and there, and then on some fine summer day the belated neighbors will realize whv it is that farmers A and B so easily turn the products of their farm into gold, Diversified farming will come in time as the population of th3 country increases, as Its resources are developed and the local demands of the community enlarge. But the pioneer in the move ment will reap the largest benefits. Now is the time to begin. country a pleasant place to live and the cities at least decent for honest folks. Good rowls do much to make a people contented, civilized and prosperous. It would appear that England, France and Kassia are the great gold hoarding nations of Europe. Tho German em pire, which is the greatest military power, hasonly a small stock of gold The report of Die Imperial Pauk of Germany for 1834. which luts just an peared, gives its stock of gold and silver as follows: Gold in bars and cuius 71-M36,000 marks, silver 299,7S4,fV0 marks. Estimating the valuo of the mark at 24 cents, the bank held in round numbers oxi Doc.jmber 31, 170,- 000,000 ol gold and $72,000,000 of silver, Is there any wonder that Germany if feeling the cruel pinch of "hard times" when we see tliat her neighbors are ab sorbing all of her gold and silver. Th assault upon the liicof I.i Hung Chang at Siinonosaki last Sunday by a hot headed Japanese was a most unfor tunate affair. The promptness with which the Japanese government repu diate the cowardly act and the universal expression of sympathy of tho people with the distinguished Chinese viceroy goes t show that no hostile feclingexists ii Japan towards the peaceenvoys. While this accident mar retard pe-.ico negotia tions there are apparantly no good reasons for believeing that it will destroy all hope of peace between the two countries. Vie learn from the West Side that, "arrangements have been about per fected . for issuing a newspaper in In dependence to be delivered by carrier each Saturday night or Sunday morning earr. Mr. Gus H. Bynon will call on tbe people for promise of patronage. The first paper will apjear about April I." Oar contemporary also goeson tosay titat Mr. Bynon is "an experienced newspaper man." He has been con nected with the Victoria Times, Berkeley Advocate, Seattle Press, Portland Sun and other paper on the coast." If farther evidence were wanted that Mr. Bynon ia "an experienced newspaper man" it is easily found in the fact that he ia arranging to start a third newspa per in a town of the population and business . patronage of Independence. That the originator of this scheme has "wheels in his head" and also possesses courage is nadubi table, but his newt paper experience will be considerably enlarged after a six months rustle for subscriptions and ads among the intel ligent but conservative citizens of this community. The Sunday edition, bow ever, is simply a tail to, help fly th Vest Side kite, that's all. Ir it is true as reported that Governor McKinley will not accept the republican nomination for president on a free silver platform, it is within the l:m'ts of probability that he will never reach the White House. No man ia sufficiently wise to foresee the precise attitude of either the republican or the democratic party on the money question two years hence. 7:o0 i in. Devotional cxm-nc led by Mrs. Lutie Stoner; Address of Welcome, Mr. Wbitmoro; He siHuisp, Mrs. Jennie I.oct. p. Lecture by Mrs. Narcissi White Kinney, stalo president of llw Ore gon W. O.T. V. Solo, Mrs. ll tyes. Collection adjournment. - Saturday, April C, 9 o'clock p. nt. Devotional exercises, led by Mrs. Minnie Cramer; Heading of min ute., reports of superii .tendon ts continued; Music, Mrs. While; Mercy, Mrs. l'.ryant; Franchise. Mrti. Orr; Press, Mrs. II. A. Ad kins; Union Signal, or White Hib bon, etc., Mrs Ncsmith; Lecture work. L:uim AJkins; general busi ness. 12 oVl.iok m, noontide pr:i y-r. InU-rmisM mi. 1:1') o'clock p. m. Devotional exerci-es, led ly Mrs. Joiuue Lcct; t lection of oiliccrs and superinten dents; report of committees; un finished business; jui-stion box, conducted by State President Mrs. Kinney. Adjournment. Friends of the e;uise urecordully invited to meet with us. Mkl II. A. Adki.ns, Pres., Mrs. L, L. White ikeu, Sec. Letter From S:iu Diego. You will find out by this letter that I am not a Shakespeare, but I will trv and give your readers :i few items that may interest them. in Diogo is a nice town. It is safe ti say there are hundreds ol vacant bouses in the city. Pro perty that cost $7.".000 a few years . i i . r - ago can now ik no 113111 ior one third of its original value. There is only a small pa it of tho country around San Die-o that is produc tive, and it takes about nil that a farmer makes to pay for irrigation. The orang.0 and lemon growers will probably make some nie-uey this year owing to the failure of the Ur, . II. Slow-! Wlmi't. B. 1. a t.It'Xxt ., ho""". Ms. I , - AI1..11I rnr ywt suo my wl' trouble wlUl nil rliiun. AlUiotmh trlst i'rly vnrvtlilm It wnr lintmi'l ' IMsr simI inborn... hr iii.u l;1,11lri,r,, l U not lt.r Ihm-u roiil-ll, ' !' alsr, ItMi, uo; uwk wil 1111 bns 01 a Sorofulouo Naturo. Tlwra wer iHteca of Uim at ones awl as soon M tliT lil.l filers vn.Hl.l Irvnk out My i..k liiyillv booiuiio corcru.l Uh rlls will work, I. when wo republi cans get in power, which we are sure to do, J.J. Kckkk. San Diego, Cab, March IS, IN!):.. KlUtO HERSELF IN TUBUC. How a ILravJ ihln IU"e Kn.l4 llr l). Mr. Mlhuit. for many yeara Ih it isU wniMil at Shanghai, tells In tho Million .f a singular "card of tuvitatlou" which he nvoived iu Chi 11a. It was from a lady, intimating her intention to commit suieido 011 n siHviil.Hl date. She was very young and attractive and belonged to a wealthy family, but the Chinese eon tleman to whom she had boeu ufll ancl ftxm childhood having died just Indole the date fixed for their nuptials the gave out that alio doom ed it her duty toreuder her widow hood irrevocable by dying with her Utrothid. 80 she sent curds around to tho local gentry giving notieo of her purposa. No attempt wm ruado by her rela tives ivtuo local authoritiea to frua truto la-r desigu. though Mr. Med hurst arjieiiUHl to tho inaiulariim, U10 gf uernl opinion being that she was about to perform a meritorious net Eventually. 'on the day named, tho woman .did deliberately sacrifice her Ufe ia tiio yrcseuco )f thouaauda ot Bucctatora. A stiigt) was erectel iu tho oir'ii fields, with a to.itrd fnuno over it. from witicu was susihuhuhi a strip of scurlet crnjie. One end of this sltty) the fas te tied round her neck, aud theu, embracing a little boy pro sctitcd by one of the byataudera, s'bw motiuted a chair aud rwolately iumpetl off, her lattlo cIusikkI handd aivlutingtheiLssiuiibhigo as her body twirled round with tho tightening coitl. Tho womnu was not hounded ou by a fanatic mob, ua was Uio lunetieo ut suttet "in fudia, but iuiiuolutiou ap peared to be an entirely voluutury act Sacrifices of this kind, accord ing to Mr. Medhurst, are not uiicotn mon iu certaiu diatricta of China, aud. strange to say.they ore rowaiih d with monuments, suiuetiuiea erevted by ortler of tlio euiperor. 11-I For tha AgrA. I find, suyj a writer iu Tho Gentle man's Maguziue, that if old jxHiple are iut ou a gotxl meat diet in tho way of ctrong soup, bevf tea and aui- ; mal food, ami only just suiucient ra riuaceous food and fata and sugnr to maintaiu the heat of tho body, they incrense wonderfully in energy ua they ofteu exprohs it, feel to yer.ra younger. This is only natural; it is a food of energy, the food that builds np muscle, nervo and coustitutiotiul stamina. The requirements of the system of old age, us a rule, are tgt very great, rIaod'ss,sGures . . .1 ..t t-tl,,.l' Hnrt t- tonra. I wen commviu wi . hft.I all h'b i nm jo pi' in mi'" ""'i' , " ' 1 ..... ..t ml t niri cr t- hip 1 Brow ri.i., in,l. " """ "HoOd'sPtllS sot uUT. r- pwinptly I ,mcluUj, ou Ui Uviw auit U1- JUL i.f.'U' FOR SALEI My entire HIiH'k of HimiIs and hhiMN, at (he Inllowluu pile: Men's Storm Rubbers $ .55 Ladies' " " Children's " fine kid shoes, 5 to 8"-- Si to 11 - 12to2 ... Men's Tan Shoes- .35 .30 .05 1.00 1.20 1.85 Ladies' Kid Shoes from $1.25 to 3.00 ALL OTHER GOODS at LIKE PRICES: I.OOO r-'ainplsa of Clothing tn salsrl fri'iii. hulls limile to i.iih r for $IU.r,0, all and I ( in. Mined ll.nl on con uo 2.0 ci et ui, on sour iirihnie, . W. H. PATTERSON, INDEPENDENCE r -r f v N"ow Year's Proclamation. v jTIIEWI.LIilSliOU-Ei W. W.WILLIAKS.fror. A II !!, I "ol'-l In nil IK tt'Hii.i. nuv I . . . . li !ii..n f. r ih.iii- mtiviiil men. . . S Srri.M.sr: V'.t K, t'. I'r". in i)i:ri:Ni K.N i:, uk N- ',. T. CROW f i f PHI" people cf I'olli c-tiiity will I take i, i. ttre I hat dining tbn vsar 1'.'I the 1I.NM:K CASH tiKCl I CUV bl the pioe sioi with lire gtoctrir ninl low ptin-s. 'I I U y-sr Ihty pu pi e to put a siiil greater !.il.u.re brt crii Ihfltl srlvisiu il nil ei iiipetitois, 1 boy will sdl j,"uhU at bottom prices. J. P. IRVINE, GR0CE- Mnaiifm l;:r r ut ot,i1 nuiin lim-.il irf ilrmA lv t.'ilrimr too Florida crop. But, judging from ; mut.h foo thaJ1 by inking too little. tli a lirRt. iiiforiniitioii I can Cft. 1 I Ihivs known ih;oiIo eoiisidcmb v there is not mucli prolit in fruit 1 over 70 to derive the greatest beneiit JJ ine Navel oranges i a . , f nf are selling for 11. 'Jo per box and ; 0tj 0 t.uru ghould lo taken that lirst class lemons retail nt one cent! tho body is not subjected to rapid . . . ...... i rli'inm-a in ti'in Df'rfitnriA When tho each. 1 was (town ai me tieam-i o . -- r i 1 nervous power is decreasing, as the ship wharf the day after I arrived i Jt f oU ,Ull Ul0 tom k hero and to my surjirise I found . losiiur power uf combntius cold and that Oregon products were well : strain upon its energy, a stimulating represented, such as flour, bacon Lot Sash Doors I Evorybodyi! A Few Pointers: rrlcr reniil)lo ud work b'i litn'S ll i II I The djci wlio advertisas his business intelligently and judiciously is the one who makes the largest sales. Adver tiidi K 's the bait that attracts customers the quality and prices of your goods is the line that pulls thein in. If you have no bait on your hook you will not catch any fish, it makes no difference how fine a silken line you may use. Thi New York World says: It is only since men have bognn to nde bicycles that they have learned what mules have alwars known that four miles around is a shorter way home than a single mile cither up the hill or down it. Ir yon wish to do business with the public yon mast keep your business be fore the pnplic. Tni merchant who thinks that he can it on a drygdods box and whittle and bnainess will come to him, ia always Tbe . 0. T- TJ. Convention Program of the Polk county W. C. T. U. convention to be held in the Christian church at Indepen dence, Or., commencing April 5, at 10 a. m. holding two days. Devotional exercises, led by County Evangelist Mrs. Crow; rending minutes of last meeting; appoint ment of committee on ere Te itiab; and potatoes. Flour sells for !f 1.00 per pack, bacon sides 17 cents per pound and potatoes $1.20 per cental. Now it looks to me like some one is get ting tho better of the Oregon farm ers, and it is my opinion that it is the farmers themselves. Instead of selling tho products of their farms to any buyer that happens! f long, it is my opinion that the j I farmers should store their produce at home, ami then arrano0 to have some reliable man at each port, giving him the b n tit if a stinpu latcd cemmission. Well, Mr. Edi tor, if this idea won't work nr w, I think that in tvo rears more it diet invigorates and is conducive to maintaining constitutional stamina better than any other. ' 5 DRESS MAKING ? To the Teachers of Polk county. The ENTERPRISE Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Worid'sFair Highest Mcdaland Diploma. Heart Disease 30Yrs! Short Breath, Palpitation. Mr. G. W. McKinsey, postmaster of Kokomo, Ind., and a brave cx-soldier, says: "I had been severely troubled with heart disease ever since leaving the army at the close of the late war. I was troubled with palpitation and shortness of breath. I could not sleep on my left side, and had pain around my heart, i became so ui is prepared to print Programs for I Commencement Exercises on short notice and at rates varying from $1-25 to $14 a hundred, according to kind of Program usd. that I was much alarmed, and for entertainment courtesies; plan of j tunately my attention was called to work; resolutions and financ?. 12 o'clock m., noontide prayer. In termission. 1:45 p. m. Devotional, led by Mrs. C. Richardson; report of county officers, followed by re- i -r :i J .e J i jiuri ui DuicriuKuucu oi uepan- i Dr. Miles' Heart Cure I decided to try it The first bottle made a decided improvement in my condition, and five bottles have com pletely cured me." 6. W. McKINiEY, P. &L, Kokomo, lad Dr. Miles Heart Cure In sold on a positive ruaranw-e thai tbe nrst Dottle will beneOU 1 ! 1 Miss Sophia Goff. comDUinini of hard times and seldom men ts; Evangelistic, Mrs. Crow: AlldratrslstaaeUltatU. t bottles forS5.or Jt will be aent. prepaid, on receipt or prk-a ees a vsh customer. j Flower Mission, Mrs. E. Percival; fey ue in. Miiea Medical Co, jqimart. Ida, All teachers should use them. I lias lutWy returned from Sun i-'raurlueii and Is ri-p;iivd to givi? her patrrtriH the benefit :f a new syt'tu pf Iiosm Cutling nnd Fittlig Cur. luiilioad and I) Sin, I N L K V KN I K X I ) I O I I : 1 0 X . HAVK yiu cvt'T cotisidcrt'il tltnt tho appcaranco f tlio Ma tioiicry und ly a busincBH man han :i f.nat t!ci! to ilo with tlio c j iuii us fi.tuit'ct of 1 1 i m by tho uillt whom lie torrfHitondrt? f HJ : t M O You hnvcdoubtlcss learned lony ogo that TAILORING. AOoeiiocofsa!i))icsr:;;;:r 'Safcibfaceion Guar-anieed T. LilYTOIT JEHKS, Iiulepondenee, Or Write us regarding tbe matter, or better still, if toBiLle. call And examine 1 W'l" ,t,.i.;(Tna W 6"" ll stETtrin7 BLACKSMITHING I'roinptly ami neatly done by H. A. FULLER, The Ca-h IllackRiiiith. dorses loei 1 1 A Specialty. C STREET, - IXDEI'ENDENCE. COPYRIGHTS. rnmint mi), war )W1 mn honwt oiiinlon, wni. to SI I N M Jkc '0., wbr toavr lm4 ii(rlTnfty tnuV . .iiwinnie in in. )wni Muinrs. v ommiinun Itrains are used. Tn mal o a good job of printing, fln is conHcioncc. A job nalo wit! out skill and bonoiity i no g.H.d. o O Q THE ENTERPRISE linn tho bout equipped olTice in the :ounty and employs the niopt rkillod ai tis-ts. Its reputation for lino work is becoming rapidly known. Uons trlntlr 0ontl1witl&l. A IlssHdhaaab ..r . formation ormosrniai faimisi im! bow in .0 tin thorn snt fro. Also a musUiyueot "F-itm-loal and dentine txlt- (w-ut fre. PfttenU Ufeen t krone h Muna ft Co. renrtve mdmi DOttmln tb Ar-UntiAr Amrrirmn, atxl tbns mrm kwoutrht wiltr tA?4rll puhltc wiiii. out rmt to Ui iiTiiitflr, 1 hti siiir-nriid immt lafTjr weklr. mmmm2j lUwnrmifil. Umm l,r ikrtui Uryswt ri real at id of any nsfntiflo w,rli in tb Worid. 93 irr. Ham ill c nit trim. Bolldlfi KrtltitMLfnthlf, f2jst,a var. Mnrta rsptaa, US oatita. Wwj riamU rmiina lu brai pimum, la orsi'jra. and ihoinrrna of hw kooM witJj ptaia. nabiirtt buUkw to fshow Ujsj iauuit 1wlrr and oar ormtrartn, A(ldrva RemembrrthatitCosls No More To have your work done hero than it doeri to have it dono any other place. The Enterprise also carries ths best line of Legal Blanks in Polk county. They are correct in every partic ular. V Kulicit a trinl unlitr t I -STT s: r3 1