4
Shell We Celebrate awarded to tho pupils of the
In view of the fact that the McCoy school. For graduating
."glorious fourth" will probably go 'exercit-ee Clarence Wagoner, of In-
dcixmdenee, received first rue:
tliirelehnited In 1'nlfc
... . w. n univna
Independence celebrates, we h ur
gent that our public spirited citi
'aeng tuke tho matter in hand and
Inaugurate one of the finest cele
brations ever held in the county.
It in not a diflicult matter, indeed,
Jennie Powell, of Monmouth,
second. The prizes are as follows:
For general exercises, an Atlas of
tho World; for tho drill, a book
entitled "Kimrs of Platform and
it id comparative y easy if wo on y i i . , . ..
Ihiuk so. j Pulpit," and for graduating ex
ercises, two silver medais.
A little money, a little push and
n moiety of public spiriledness is
all th.it is needed. It goes without
Vayintf that the people of this city
itoshcs all these requisites for they
iave proven it on divers of occa
sions.
Our citiians, especially the lead
ing business men, should call a
meeting at once am! set the ball to
polling. Celebration day is near
.at hand, only a month hence, and
'whatever is done tdiould be done
quickly But short as the time
for preparation is, there is ample
time tor making full and complete
arrangements if our citizens will
only act promptly in the mutter.
The expenses of a celebration
need not necessarily be very great.
Voluntary contributions, properly
managed, can be made to cover
the entire cost.
There should le a competent
finance committee appointed to
(solicit contributions to the fund.
This is an important step, but
another element of success is in
liaving an intelligent committee
on amusements.
A uniju and interesting pro
gram should be arranged, a pro
gram that will attract attention
and draw a crowd. There must be
something liesides the regulation
fire crackers and the firing of an
vils, but a competent committee
can easily arrange all these minor I
ueiuus. i Hi; main imng is to get
together and decide to celebrate.
Independence has the reputation
of being one of the most wide-a-',jTake,
public spirited townu in the
valley, and when it becomes
generally known that she is going j
Mrs. Dr. Jeffrie died at her
homo in Salem last Tuesday, and
was laid to rest in our cemetery
beside her daughter, Cassie, who
wa. buried last August. The de
ceased was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Walker, who are the
oldest settlers in our valley.
Spring Valley Cor.
srvKii.
jto celebrate a large attendance is
at onre assured. Uur people are
noted for Ixing royal entertainers
.way up in G, and when they do
a thing it is always done not onlv
well but the very best that can be
cone.
S varal of our ne;ghboring
com ti -s are going to celebrate aud
'"old Polk" has never yet stood
anywhere except in the front row,
and it i rather late in the day f,r
her to take a back seat now. Be
sides our people, the people of Polk
county, we mean',' are the first in
patriotism j the first t do honor to
vthat immortal irsrjment wlfch
makes the crown sit uneasy Uon
the head of every earthly potentate.
Buckle, the historian, savs that
.the df c a-ation of indepeiu'e ice
should be ''blazoned upon the
orch and written over the throne
of every king. if, this great
charter of political liberty fires the
heart of a patriotic Englishman,
how much more should it kindle
he flame of patriotism in the heart
of every true American.
By all nitans let the people of
Inde; endence gtt together and in
vite their fellow-citizens of Polk
"county to join with ihem in cele
brating with patriotic speech,
martial music and booming of
cannon the anniversary of the
'great republic's 119th birthday.
Mr. Bradley, ot Parker, was do
ing business in our little town last
r riday.
Grant Klgin and Koliert Steele
made a Hying visit to Independence
and Monmouth last week.
Miss Melvera Elgin has returned
home from a visit with friends near
Salem.
0. A. Wolverton had a runaway
accident the other day. His team
got away from him and did con
siderable damage to the buggy.
Jake Heeker. of Wells, makes
semi weekly trips through Stiver,
going up-stream.
W. F. Cm ut horn is r lowly re
covering from his recent illness.
A correspondent in last week's
Extkki'KIsk says that "Grant"
makes Hying trips westward, but
we wish to hint that he only
makes the e visits when "Jake"
is traveling in some other direction.
Quite a number of young folks
from this vicinity will attend the
picnic at Fal's City next Saturday.
U. W Steele sawed GO cords of
oak wood l.-i!-t Monday and Tues
day with his steam saw for James
Wheeler.
The dance at Stiver last Satur
day night was one of the best of
the season.
Quite a number of farmers are
shearing their sheep this week.
Wool is selling at Suver lor llcts
cash.
Hold your wool, farmers, for 14
cents and you will get it-.
THE POLK COUNTY PRESS.
TEACHERS' PICNIC.
A Large Audience and a Veil Eendered
Program.
A tarvp irnwf? onthorpA ftt the
e & - - ---
City Park last Saturday to witness
; the Teacher' picnic exercises
Superintendent Hutchinson ex
planned there was a misunder
standing among the teachers of
the county as to the date of the
adjourned picnic of the week Le
fore, some thinking the picnic had
been postponed until the 22, in
stant, hence the exercises would
not be so complete as expected
. 1 lie exercises, however, were
quite interesting and the large
audience appeared well pleased
wjth the program as rendered.
The program consisted of gen
eral exercises, a drill, and graduat
ing exercises. Following is the
program as rendered:
- Music, by the band.
Invocation.
Song, by Mary Stengel, of Monmouth.
" Recitation, by Clara Ireland, of
Elkin3 school.
Recitation, by Sadie Myers, of
Smith field school.
' Recitation, by Bessie Holmes, of
Edna school
Recitation, by Bernice Sears, of
McCoy school.
- Music, by the band.
Tambourine drill, by pupils of
McCoy school.
P. M. Graduating exercises.
1. Selection. "Two Scenes From
the Life of Benedict Arnold," by
Elois Phillips, of Dallas.
2. " Oration, "Mountains of Life"
by Jennie Powell, of Monmouth.
3. Oration, "Elements of Suc
cess" by Clarence Wagoner, of In
dependence. ' - -
For the general exercises Sadie
Sews Items and Editorial Ex
pressions. (Observer.)
Mr. Jesse Berry was certainly
thankful and happily surprised on
being notified last. Saturday that
he was the possessor of $10,000
the gift of an aunt in Missouri.
Johnny Uglow was lucky again
the other day and drew a line
bicycle, this being his second one
within a mouth.
Mrs. Mary Johnston, of this
countv. was taken to the asylum
on last Friday.
Mr. WiJIiard LinviIIe and two
daughters, of CorvallU, are here
this week at the bedside of Mr.
Linville's mother, who is still very
sick. "Grandma" Linville is the
mother of Mrs. David Cosper of
this city.
Decoration day was duly ob
served by Dallas citizens, and
especially by Friendship Lodge, I.
0. O. F. and the Rebekah lodge,
they marching to the cemetery in
a body. It is certainly commend
able to show due respect to the
dead.
Dallas should celebrate on the
fourth of July. Every citizen
should give encouragement.
The Iiemizer is booming a moral
wave for Dallas. It suggests that
some of our women should be cast
out on some other community.
(Transcript.)
G. W, Keeland, II. G. Keeland
and J. F. Hardesty each filed on
100 acres of land yesterday in the
Rock Creek section. The entry
was made before County Clerk
Mulkey.
Wild strawberries are Wing
brought into Dallas iu plentiful
quantities.
It is Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Eakin,
now, us on Monday, May 27th, Miss
Blanche Branson became the wile
of Mr. Eakin, at the home of the
brides parents near Lewisville.
Both are estimable people and
worthy the congratulations ex
tended. Rev. Geo. Gillespie tied
the nuptial knot
It is said that Mr. Wcelman has
gone from our gaze where no one
knows. His family still reside on
a little ranch up the La Creole. j
Rev. Ross, who was here two
years ago ami created quite a
sensation in the field of Christianity.
arrived here with his wife last
Thursday. lie began meetings; at
the Christian church Sunday, and
as before has been drawing crowded
houses.
Mr. W. I). Ralston, of the north
end of the county, reached home
on Friday last from Chicago, where
he had taken a band of cattle for
the market. lie got about double
the price in Chicago that he could
have realized in Portland.
ITK.HS OF INTEREST
Gathered from onr Varlona Eichtmg es
Throughout the State.
At the Pendleton scouring mill,
receipts total up to date are 1,517,-
609 pounds; of this ihero cam by
rail, 1.337.G12; by team, 2SU.O.7.
The week's receipts were 33 1.4 75
pounds. Two cars' of scoured wool
were shipped during the week, and
totd shipments to date are 321
bales, or 134,759 i-coured pounds,
representing about 400,000 pounds
of grease wools.
Several Coos bay lumbermen are
pulling in bids to supply a portion
of the ties which will be used on
the San Joaquin valley road, The
specifications call for eith r while
Minto discusses a topic ofinterest
to horticulturists and farmer gen
erally, and some of his suggestions
are very opportune. The article Is
as follows:
The subject of tins commit men.
tion is timely, inasmuch there is
no time to bo lot in opposirg the
spread of the caterpillar nuisanc.,
generally known as tin- American
tentwonn. The pest does not
make a large web as cover for itself
this year, whether as unnecessary
for the season according to insect
intellignce or liceause it Is a dif
ferent variety of the worm. B
that as it may, it U very g-nral
in its presence in orchards this
year, and the following statement
of facts will show it ii very intelli
gent and very determined to seek
its own support and piopagite
itself. Your readers, rich anil
poor, having orchards in their care,
may get benefit by considering the ;
following facts:
Solomon Dnrbin, a well-to dt
pioneer of this state, has a residence
and orchard abmt a mile oast of
tho penitentiary. Hiving lare
sti ck interests in Eastern O-eg m
and in Montana he is aWut mo t
of each, rummer; and tho orchard
of some 50 apple tree, uh-ut2
years old, is left without much car
or thought. Last year the tnt
worms had their own way, aud
they completely denuded tlr
orchard of leaves and fruit; and
began migrating to the nearest fr.h
supply, about 150 yar.U t the
west, where August Aufrane has a
farm of 2S acres (rrhiehcost him
for the land alone !fGlHH.) o-i
which he has 15 acres of beautiful
young fruit trees and small fruits
well worth, I e.-timat", "4tXK.
The worms in their invasion took
the boards of ihe fence the mares',
and driest way to reach Mr.
Aufrane's trees; and the light
began against them by himself and I
family. To stop Ihe worms, they
fust resorted to wrapping the
boards of the fence with cloths
saturated with coal oil. This
checked the invasion for awhile.
hut the insects soon began a reg
ular wav of leaving tha fence and
piissing the obnoxious (Tied cloth", j
and, mounting the fence again,
kept on toward the fresh fruit trees.
It liecame a systematic approach
by the worms and a determined
defense on the part of the fanr'ly, !
.'listing nearly one month, dating !
which bll hels and bushel.' of in- ;
sects were destroyed. Vet toward i
the end of the period of the cater
pillar stag' of life they got onto
Iffl
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for Infante nnd Children.
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ftrHj bJt.hj-jiit rutural loop.
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Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla.
:::A GOOD WAGON:::
Is whnt yii want. We have
the the very Ix'st Slid Hi ll them
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('ouiu and 'e our
Studebaker Wagons,
Carriages and Buggies.
We a'so handle the well-known
Osborn and Champion Binders and
Mowers.
Frazcr& Cattron,
MoxMotrrn.
t)reg'ip.
loll x&o urdo
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H. O U T B S
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MINN'KAPOLIS
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Alexander-Cooper Drug Co
cedar or redwood hewn ties. Three j tho cherry trees, and the shrubbery
hundred thousand is the amount
rtquiied.
The Wasco county grand jury
finds that 11311.77 in fraudulent
scrip has been issued by its county
clerks, and recommends suits
against the respective bondsmen.
hear the Irum. Now soins one
suggested tho us of l'aris green,
and this dangerous p iNson was
mixed with Hour and dusted on
the leaves of the cherry trees while
the dew was on. This worked like
a charm on the worms and thev
I'erf; lies.
Stationery,
Taints,
Oils,
Varnishes1,
ltrusher,
Combs.
Soups,
Svringrs,
Always aim to please and keep on liiuid
llnt.ber (!m
Slllldilll,
I'iih-iiI Mi-ilifiiio
I'ilfiirs,
ii-r mi ii ii t-for!
ltoiiks,
IVr..
IVn.ils.
Ktc, K!
low HATM TO Al l.
1 ITIK.
Of KAN HTKAMK IIS
t H f'tkrllfllul
SAN FRAKCISCQ.
I'or lull ili i II. i h 'i mii It, II. A II. A unit
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I Urn, )' A ilrtil,
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Prescriptions :-: Carefully-:- Compoundedj H ft F? QUIZES
They urge that the BheritTs books j bean to drop thbk and fast t
(Itemizer.)
Charlie Webster and Henry
Dodsou have brought a band of
horses from Eastern Oregon to the
Ballston settlement.
Jos. Black is having a tough
time of it, having again thrown the
shoulder out of place that has
given him such trouble all winter.
The tool house at the Odd
Fellows cemetery was recently
looted of its entire contents.
Buck English, who is now in
jail at Napa, California, charged
with robbing a stage, was raised
near Airlie and has been an outlaw
for years. His mother lives with
her son, Dr. English, at Clinton in
British Columbia.
Mrs. Mary E. Meyer, wife of
Chas. Meyer, and daughter of D.
Vanbuskirk, departed this life May
25th, at the home of her father
near Perrydale. She was born
April 18, 1876, married November
2, 1893, and was a faithful member
of the Baptist church since 1886.
The last legislature with ninety
members made use of 186 clerks at
an expense of over 120,000. The
concern was thoroughly republican
be examined
Jack Brown, charged with at
tempting to rape two little girls
near Eugene, has been held to the
grand jury in $1000 bonds. The
evidence against Brown is said to
be very strong.
The city council of St. Helen's
has appropriated 40'J as a bonus
for a water plaut. It is estimated
that the works proposed will cost j 1,8
for
wuv -SJ'J a nj VU1IUI.IU J o tv
the ground. Some of the trees
were -on ground to which the
chickens had access, and they (not
having knowledge of Paris green.)
devoured tho worms. There was
a fine pathos in the voice and man
ner of the good woman when i-he
told me the result yesterday.
"Ah, 32 nice chickens all dead!"
Now then, you can see in this
sing'e case the necessity
Day or Nht. i OAS amo ITMAIMCO
IlSTOIEIPIElSroiEIN'CIE, OIREG-OIT.
in regard t this pest, verilied by
my own observation, are, that
orchards stripped of leaves by it
one year give no blossoms, con
sequently no fruit, tho succeeding
yeir. I did not so a single young
apple in Mr. Durbin's orchard, nor
i l that of another of more limited
! extent of old trees near bv the
property of a widow, who made no
effort to kill the pest last year,
Of AM.
Koll MAI.K AT 1 Ills OKKHT.,
ETiCROrtfeii
the law to step in and usejbecauv, as her daughter naively ii iiM!.ie-tur.r..i
Myers, of the Smithfield school, re- J and is yet claimed to be the party
ceived first prize; Bernice Sears, of j of economy and reform. Let the
be Orchard and Jones.
Wednesday night's train from
The Dalles carried out 2!)9 boxes of
strawberries for the Eastern market.
Tillamook county has collected
$13,034.43 for school purposes.
There are 1519 children of school
age in the county.
The body of Mrs. F. E. Robinson
was exhumed at Klamath Falls
last week for shipment to Santa
Rosa for final interment. It re
quired the united efforts of eight
men . to lift the casket from the
grave, as the body had become at
least partially solidified by the ac
tion of the chalk in the cemetery
gronnd. The casket with its con
tents weighed at least 700 pounds,
and no odor was emitted after Wr
ing a hole in the outer boxing.
The flag on the band stand at
Hillsboro on Decoration day went
through the Yakima Indian war of
1856. It hag four bullet holes in
it and is different from the present
flag in that it shows in the blue
field but thirty-two stars. The
banner was loaned by its custodian
Hon. J. W. Sappirgton.
its police power protect the weak Bai,t she estimated that thev could
against the strong. Any man h.-iv-; )uv what fruit they used more
ing the least perception of justice ! cheaply than to spray the dozen or
can see that Mr. Durbin nor anyLo of trees. Thi, the reader will
other rich man has a right to main-j preceive, is a harder cast) to deal
tain a nuisance which can and if j with than the other, but this law
left unchecked will destroy thejpecms necessaiy and opportune,
means of living of others. There 'nnd. of course, oucht to bo enforced
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For
Sash
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is no doubt whatever that at law a
suit could be maintained for all
damages that would si rise from a
recurrence of a case like this.
But this is only one of hundreds
in the state which are now demand
ing attention.
I was, a few days ago, at Silver
ton, one of the thriftiest towns in
Marion county. Nearly in the
middle of it, is the fine residence
of one of the richest men of Marion
county. In the roomy home 1A
are a few old apple trees so infest
ed with this tentwonn pest that if
not destroyed they will shortly
invade the home lots of this man's !
poor neighbors, who are in dread
gently where possible and with
care as to when, how, and whero
poisons are u-w-d in ag-neics. 1
have only touched upon the ob
servation of f ix days of field work.
There are many other pests besides
tentwonn?, and other branches of
horticulture besides apple orchards.
Tho hopy ards, for instance, to
which I will give some attention.
John Mi.sto,
Everybody.
rrli'i'H n-fimiimlile iniI turk itiiiiriiiiti-ril. il
t
CITY LIVELY
SALE and FEED STABLES.
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Mm-ieiiMorii In A. V. liiH-kntnuli-r.
Adjust Family Dlftereiices.
Bad temper is often merely had
digestion.
Many quarrels attributed to per
verse dispositions are due to dis
ordered livers.
Ripans Tabulea adjust family
Styl
ish
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(iood turnouts for Coinmerchil men
Horses iKitirileil ly the ,.ek or nioiith.
1 X I K I K N I K N ( ' K, ) 1 1.
Stationary and Marine Engin
M.Kiir.i-rincn
?r.L::n a hey type foumbsy
ii 7 mamwihic St., B rNri
Estoc cv Elkins,
F'flding-
City Draymen
All kinds of
AX ORCHARD PEST.
McCoy school, second.
The prize for the
drill
was
claim be made no more in Oregon
until facts warrant it. ' r
The Tentworm a Knisaoce which
Seriously Ttreateni ear Orchards-
A splendid article apjcared in
the Oregonian of June 2. Mr.
of just such an invasion as I have i differences, and would prevent
mem, wnicn is oeiier, II taken in
time.
Ripans Tabules, taken after
meals, morning and evening, for a
tried to describe. Within one
fourth of a mile of the rich man's
residence is one of the owner of 22
acres on which is an apple orchard,
which has been sprayed in season.
It is depended on by its owner for
its fruit as a means of living, and
its promise is abundant, with not
a single tentworrn'a nest to be
seen.
All the fctalements made to me
The Weekly Oregonian SO eti a Tear, j
Thn-uUriiucrlj,tlon prlrn nf thi Y.- '
Tkki-hikk lafl.Allandtlie rf-ifulnr miljx rlptlnu
prlii-of Tim U rrnly Krt u..nlBn In l..l All I
tthotlli4M-riti fiif thi KlltrrnrlM. anrl it.v.,n I
i-r In ailvur.re run grt ImiIIi in Knu-rprlw
nd Ihr Wrklr nn-tronla.ii one year fur 2 i. I
All old iilwrrlbrni MVlUK lliclriulorrlnllon I
ffiruti year In adaiK will I cnMMrd lo
the aame uftVr.
WAGONS & CARRIAGES
Made or n-paireil on nlmtt
notii-e, anil at lom-m
silile rii-,
-Jobwork Neatly Done :-
Hiipiiliea for wiifcroiiiniiki-rii
kept roimtantl y on lii.
YOUR PATRONAGE IS SOLICITED
II. I FORI,, prop.
Over Thoa. FniwirMU,p,
IXDEI'KNPEM E, Orkcmi.V.
Hauling
in or out of the titjr
Promptly attended to.
Ch anjvM reasonable.
HORSE
MEN
(Jet your bill
ptinted at t
oflice. and
the best work. You will tha
enabled to secure the beet re""
from your investment. We
some fine
STOCK CUTS-
f-Otir prices are the lowetf