THIS POLK COUNTY lMtllSS. 4w ltMM mill Editorial " irvilouH. From the Dalian lbiwrvir. Albert Uogr has filed his pa pers with the county clerk to be come a citizen of the United Stales. Dave Grant and Silas Hart kill ed a large black bear that had been t making ha J havoc among their ' sheep, out on the Luckiamutc, Sun day. The census blanks for Polk coun ty have all ben filkd out and re turned and a summary of the work j now being made by Assessor liackett. , Mrs. V. S. Cary arrived in Dal las from Nebraska lant Friday to Join her husband, Dr. Cary, who recently located here to practice iis profostsiou. , Probate matters: lu the estate of Esther Brooks, a minor, order granted that land b nold at private gale as prayed in petition. Sale to be had October 7, 1895. In the es tate of James Win. Townsend. peti tion for salf of personal property filed. Order granted. In the office of County Clerk Mulkey, Wednesday, a hop contract was filed to be entered of record in which Jacob Brown, of Independ ence, agrees to deliver to Dole Bros & Company, of Boston, 12,000 pounds of hops of the growth of the yeur 1S95 for 8 cents per pound An advance of 5 cents per pound is to be made at the time ot picking. The hops are to be delivered in In dependence not later than October 1st From the Dtllw Iteiniier, Rev. Futrell preached his fare well sermon last Sunday evening. Miss Mary Collins, of Dallas, will teach at Eluia, in Chehalis county, Washington. The depot at Derry is going to have a new roof, foundation and fresh coat of paint. Miss Etfie Emmett, of McCoy, was among those .examined for j teachers certificates at McMinn-j yille last week. One of our merchants says that out of about 300 pounds of lard he bought of different ones in five and ten pound cans, at least one-third was returned to him by the buyers because not good. He who comes out ahead in the race for success in life must beat fUftler along whatever line he uii-l dertakes. This is an age of close competition and none but the brisk in mind or body can meet the op position. Elder B. F, Bonnell, now of Eu gene, baa been engaged to preach at the Dallas Christian church for a year, beginning the first of next month.- . Many of our readers will remember an interesting series of sermons he preached here before their church was built. As a result of the teachers ex amination, six failed1 Miss Zelia Minor and J E. Luce were granted first grades, T. S. Brown a second grade, Mrs. F IL Morrison, Miss Emma Phillips, W. J Shepard, Mrs. Carrand Praireton Todd.third grades, and the -papers of Misses Hattieand Myrtle Williams were pent to Yamhill county for examination. THE HEEL OF MAMMON. yond all mundane care. The old buncombe about the divine rights of kings has exploded; together with an unlimited faith in myth ology, and are as little heeded now-a-days as is one of the govern ment pledges that they intended solving the unemployed questioi and setting the people economic ally free. It is now many years since the French people, driven to despera tion by the tactics pursued by heartless kings, a profligate and licentious nobility who were back up in their course of injustice by i clergy who knew not the poor, aroce in their might, took the gild ed mansions, sent tin ir blue blood ed ocenpants to investigate regions vet unknown. So it was then, bo it is now. The people are crushed down by monopoly, with a weight of wrongs nearly as heavy as any which preceded the French revolu tion. The "have nota" of society are crushed down, treated with scorn and indignity, the burdeu becoming heavier every day. The sweating wage earner has tried gentle remonstrance and oflVrs of conciliation, but the tyrant capi talist liear it not; or hearing, heeds j not, cares not, sleeping on in fanci ed security. But the day is not far dUtant when a rude awaken ine niav take place. A spirit of unrest is engendered and felt all nvir the so-called civilized world. Labor is writhing in the chains of slavedom the haggard counte nance betokening dispair and un less some determining effort is made to satisfy the just needs of mankind and abolish all class dis tinctions, na'ions will weap tears of bitter repentance for having neglected to solve Bocial problems and meting out justice, not law, to all. Men and women are the slaves of machines machinery being utilized to displace human labor, and ere long a war of discontent will emanate from astarving, work- less proletariat, revibrating into the inmost sanctities of society's holies, that will blanch the cheeks of self satisfied plutocracy. It be hooves those who consider them selves secure to weigh well the un certainty of their positions in these times of rapid changes, and desist from pursuing a course of persecu tion and injustice which, if persist ed in, must ultimately end in their own ruin. Like the French Berfs, the people are giving their warn ing warning that if not attended to may have the same unceremon ious beginnings and probably the same fatal termination. S. S. bacco factories; and 135 cigar fac tories, producing (1,780,100 cigars during the past year, and uainji 317,770 pounds of leaf tobacco. There are five grain distilleries and nine fruit distilleries. In Ore jon there are 40 wholesale liquor lealers; in Washington, 16, Ore gon 13 wholesale malt liquor deal- .rs; In Washington, 19. Oregon has 31 retail malt liquor dealers and Washington 33. Washington has five wholesale dealers in oleo margarine and 34 retail, while Ore gon has no wholesale and only retail dealers. Oregon has 13 rec tifier or wholesalers, who mix liquors, and Washington only 1. The total collections for the past ver in the district from taxes amount to 33l,8iK).5l. This mon ev has been received from the man ufactarers and sellers of liquor, to bacco and oleomargarine. It the sum of internal revenue taxes that Oregon, Washington and Alas ka have paid to the support of the general government, Oregon Agri uhurist. Temptations I in idiom. Of nil the iukldluua Temptations luvldloiu Contrived by tlir d-vll for pulling men down, Th r It none more doluntve. Seductive. abusive. Thau 111 auare to a niau Willi liU wife out or town. lie ft-t'l uch dellKlitrulut, My-uiit all -Dig litrulm-M, Sun-to iff I tllufulut'M- I own It with ootn A bacuelor rnklahm-M, Wlial-wlll-yoti-taktithut'U. Nuue cn explain. HU wife may tie beautiful, Tendurand diitltul, "1'ls not that fei-rabM-nre Would cause liliu delight; But U.e cursed opportunity Hult'ful Immunity. Scatter hie Kruples aa day rutter ntKht. -Detroit Tribune. 'When to Harvest Wheat. Collector BIackman'8 Report. The Social Unrest of Today May Lead to Revolution. A MEW PLUTOCRACY IS ARISING Those Who Occupy Hiftli Places Should Take Warning: and Hee that Justice is Done the Struggling- Poor. Special Correspondence. Revolution! What a discordant ring there is about the word as it eouuds in the tyrants ears, as it reaches the worried senses of the Usurer and disturbs the equanim ty of kings who are intent on amassing profits from the blood and toil of their fellow man; whilst on the other hand it is like music to the ears of the oppressed, it in one word embodying all their hopes after methods of peace have been at the present time hovers throughout the world, like a dense storm cloud, ready to break at any moment and shroud in a night of chaos those bayonet hedg ed palaces of monarchy, those un- j just dens of usury, and palatial residences of sweaters. The omi nous signs of revolution are every where to be 6een, and already we hear the echo of crumbling castles and the wailing cries of drones infer out to Vrk, if not put be- The report of Henry Blackman, collector of internal revenue, for the year ending June 30, has just been completed. It gives Bom9 very interesting figures concerning the liquor and tobacco business in Oregon, Washington and Alaska, the district over which Collector Blackman has charge. According to the figures of his deputies there are 2,665 saloons, or as they are called in the report, re tail liquor dealers, in Oregon and Washington. there are d in Alaska, making 2,738 in the whole district. Oregon has 1,382, while Washington has 1,283, or 99 fewer saloons. This proportion holds good in other lines of the liquor business. For instance, Oregon has 29 breweries while Washington has 26. Taken with the smaller number of ealoons this seems to prove that less beer is drunk in Washington than in Oregon. In Alaska beer seems to be in demand There are seven breweries. Con sidering the small population a vary large amount of beer is drunk per capita or else the breweries are verj small. As Alaska is not not ed for hot weather, which is pro ductive of a thirst for ber, it is to be inferred that the breweries are small. The 55 breweries in Oregon and Washington made 178J258 barrels of beer during the fiscal year com mencing July 1, 1894, and ending on June 30, last. This amount of beer was consumed by about 750,- 000 people, which means that every 4 1,10 persons, including women and children, drank a barrel of beer during 12 months. As there are about 180,000 voters in the two states, it shows that one barrel was drunk to every voter. But, as a great many persona who are old enough to vote, do not drink beer, the actual consumption per capita Experiments at the Utah agri cultural college showed that wheat averaged for four years to give when cut in bloom for 12 square rods 268.3 uounds of straw, when cut at the milk stage 13.8 pounds of grain and 145.8 pounds of straw, when cut at early dough state 49.2 pounds of grain and 134.5 pounds of straw, when cut at full dough state 71.22 pounds of grain and 137.7 pounds of straw, and when cut at the time the seed is dry to the center the vield of grain was 97.5 pounds and 134.3 pounds of straw. The latter figures are for three years instead of four. After this date the grain shattered bo that it was difficult to ascertain whether the wheat in creased or decreased. These figures are of value to those who use wheat as part of grain mixture for forage crops, as they show that the total crop continues to increase up to the time that the seed should dry at the center. The Indiana experiment station reported the results of harvesting wheat at five different periods. The first cutting was made when the wheat was in dough and the last when the wheat was dead ripe, and at intervals of four days between the cutting T.ie earliest cutting gave 24.17 bushels per acre as the average of three years' trial. The next cutting or early cutting gave 26.42 bushels. Medium cutting gave 27.44 bushel; late cutting, 28.47 bushels and very late cutting 29.24 bushels. Trials of late years are showing that wheat continues to increase in yield up to the peri od that it becomes dead ripe or dried, and hard through to the cen ter Oregon Agriculturalist. One thousand dollars has been subscribed for the projiosud Metho dist Kpiscojal church, South, school, to lie located at Weston. Only 1,900 is required to secure the school. J. L. Cox, of Yoakum, has kept 300 hogs on his ranch, and on Thursday sold 209 stock hogs foi tl50. He will turn his porkers In to wheat fields and make them har vest the crop this year. Th itn for the cannery at the mouth of thrfSileU has been locate: and the machinery bought, and the latter will be taken in at early date. The plant will be a large one, having a capacity of about 000 cases daily. A quantity of fruit left The Pall es Saturday night by a special train. The destination is Chicago The train was compose! of nine cars-oik) from The Dalles, one from Hood River, one from Port land, one from Walla Walla and one from Willamette valley points. The Junction City Times learns that the west slope of the Coast range directly west of there is on fire and everything is being burnt d clear. The tire is driving wild game of all kind to the eastern slooe and into the valley. It is a . , . . t i common inmg to see tieer nrovts ing around the foothill ranches, while cougar, panther and bear an- equally numerous. A little daughter of E. E- Mon tague, says the Albany Herald, was kicked by a horse Monday. Th horse was tethered in the yard and the little girl was playing with tl) rope, w hen the horse kicked her with both feet. The little child was knocked about 20 feet distant. One hoof struck her on the mouth and the other on her leg, but strange to say, leyond a lew bruis es the child was not much hurt. for Infants and Children. MOTHERS. DoYouKnow m ntua rrn.rde. f..r .hlklr.. sr. con,,"! of -p.-- Mrrortei ayiuue, aa lo Von Knew that opium am! mori lo Vml Kn i IMuf ,ht...... tupcfyli.i ""' oa' ... . II ...... 4 tl r lh.1 In a d.a-.r. aot " without labeling-UicmpoUonir von K ,.w that yo- .hou'.d . V "JW'" ' m .. I a ,7,uor vour phy.Wlaa kaaw of what II - coa.p. ,o Von Kt.cn that C..to.l. U . purely WtabW r,-"- "J "", ' Ita Ingredient ta puWt.lie. with every Untie f VQ.,,novv that Ca.torL U .... ' ThM 1 b.. '",rt UJ "U' m" C of all other rcnwvUw for children combined t von K ..... I-..c. om .Wl-r.mc..t of .... '.. -4 J C-lorl aa It. lonnu... and th.t to Imitate ...cm U . ..... ' von K,.ow that oucofth. r..-.. to ...U. w..Uf.u..C...ol.....d . -- von Know ,h.t SS - of C.o... ... lushed M mil., or one ecu. a doe f no Von KQQ ..... p--Jf M. P prn-r..lo.r.rch.U,.y U Upl wcil. aud thl you may h. Ui.irkcu . Writ. ttir-r lMHj. arc worth knowing Th.y Mtirnnlnrc o la on rwrr wrapiwr. ESC Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. U-5V aim to 1'iiciy ulitHt-fluHH HtHk(?f oflltUHlwatv, Iinph'iiwnlH. Slovox W Tiuvaio,tf., nstook that will nu'ft tho wants of tir trulo SUPERIOR STOVES - - - WE MrlYE RECEIVED iiaasu ,JV:y-a;sw,iaMatt a nv lot of tlifKO stoves, lor rooking ami hoatinj; imrnont-H. lxth CILL AND 5EE THEM, the IwHt. Kol-t for tho le-unt money. FRAZER & CATTRON .Monmouth, Oregon. r ; All Reider, did you ever take Simmons Liver itnauLATon, tne -kino of Lrvcit Medicines?" Everybody needs take ft liver remedy. It ie a sluggish or diseased liver mas impairs uikubuou and causes constipation, when the waste that should be carried on remains in kinda Tliat dulL heavy feelinu is due to a torpid liver. Biliousness, Headache, .Malaria and Indigestion are all liver diseases. Keep the liver active by an occasional dose of Simmons Liver Reg ulator and you'U get rid of these trou bles, and givo tone to the vhole sys tem. For a laxative Simmons Liver Regulator is bettek than Pnxs. It does not trripo, nor weaken, but greatly refii'sncs ana strenginens. Every package litis the lted Z st:i:iu on tne tvriinner. o. it, Zeilin & Co., I'hiUulelptiia, Legal Blanks For nale at thin Oilire. W. H. Wheeler, STATE NEWS. Hon. E. N. Thomas, of Jefferson, estimates his prune crop this year at 12,000 bushels. B. C. Snyder, ol Deer island, is a heavy laser by forest fires. He lost his camp, barn, six or eight yokes of oxen, roads and rollway, and over 200,000 teet of logs that were in the creek. A bright and promising son of E. O. Smith, of Eugene, who has receutly graduated from the Chica go law schools, has been appointed librarian of the law institute of Chicago. This library ie one of the largest in the United States. Mr. Smith's salary is $2,000 a year. There are about twenty hop yards in cultivation in this vicinity, says the Harrisburg Review, and there are employed in the neighborhood of 1,400 people in taking care of the crop. It is estimated, by gentle- men whose judgment is entitled to credit,' that there will be 2,000; bales for shipment from this point, i PIANOS, ORGANS, & Dealer In SEWING MACHINES Sewing Machine Needles and Oils. SEWING MACHINES NEATLY REPAIRED. NEAT CLEAN ATTRACTIVE That is the Kind you Want That is the Kind we Do That is the Kind That Pays Office with City Book Htore Near the pot olllce. Main St., Independence TAILORING. Aline line of samples lwayi on hand to aelect fruin. Safcisfacfcien Guaranteed T. LAYTON JE1IKS, Independence, Or. At ten cents per pound, they will might figure down to two barrels bring into circulation the neat lit- to the beer drinker. . " j tie sum of $36,000. This sum will , There are jn the district 3J to-! be felt n the volume of bueiness. WAGONS CARRIAGES Made or repaired on short notice, and at lowent po aible prices, -: Jobwork Neatly Done :- ' Supplies for WRfron makers kept constantly on hand. YOUR PATRONAGE IS SOLICITED II. I FOKI, Prop. Over Tboa. Fennell'i abop, INDEPENDENCE, - - OREGON. While we do notclaam to excel in all kinds of first class printing (though we Hatter ourselves that we can hold our own), "WEI that we have unsurpassed DO facilities for getting tip CJlA.I;M: attractive Pamph1etess'and I Printing. attend to the whole business. Tell us what you want we will do the rest, and nobody can do it better. Good JL&q May He Spoiled In The Good Egge Sottiag. 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