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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 189?-190? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1895)
01 18 BARGAINS IN PROFUSION. Corsets, black or drab, at Nipping Profits in the Bud Broadcloths Black, Hrown, Navy ami Hod at 85c For .vanl Hotter giHuls at $1.50 Fr .var,L , 5(' inch, all wool, Suitings at 75c por yard. All wool Tricos at 25c l,or .vard- Corsets .Inst in. one ease K. 6 G. $1-00 Pr Pair- Bed Spreads-"5 Marsales Quilts, good value, $1.00. Marsales Quilts, large size, extra value, $2.00. Shoes a Just received 20 cases of Mens and Childrens Shoes. Mens Cordovan Shoes, $2.50 Fr l,air Mens heavy Shoes, $1.50 to 1 J5 per pair Oregon Blankets . . . 5-lb mottled, all wool. $4.00 Per Pair- Clothing-ess- Rnvs black and navv blue Chevoit Suits. SG.QO to 12.00 per suit from 12 to 18 years. Next" week 1 lot of Childrens suits, $1.75. Next week 1 lot of Childrens suits, $3.00. Next week 1 lot of Boys suits, $4.00. It is better to look than to wish you had. A TRIAL and we get your trade all the time. West Side Trading Co. Cor. Main and C. Sts., INDEPENDENCE. he (Enterprise. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1S85. Published every Thursday at Independence, eolK county, uregon. Entered at the Poeioffiee at Independence, Oregon, as matter ol the second class. BROWN 4 BAILEY, Proprietors. F. M. Bhowm, Editor. J. T.i'OKl), Associate Editor. L. A. Bajlky, Uusinesa Manager. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. One year 11.50 Ki.i months 75 Three months . Mingle copy 05 fATABLK IN ADVANCE. Advertising Rates will be made known on Annlirattrin. Job Ppintino of all kinds done on short notice and In a first cutss manner. Address all communications to The Enter prise, independence, Oregon. The low price of wheat and hops . is having a depressing effect upon 1 trade, and there is no prospect of a general revival in business before another year. The Statesman is kicking hard against Marion county's $10,000 assessment and census bill. Why can't Mr. Coffey be allowed to en joy his little sugar plum in peace. He may never have another oppor tunity to get a pull at the public teat. the channels of trade and benefits others. Both the spendthrift and the idler is a social parasite because the contagion of their example is bad, but the example of the idler is more to be reprobated than that of the spendthrift. If we give our children proper moral and indus trial education there will be little danger of their becoming either spendthrift or an idler. and thin ia a strong point in favor of the excellence of the new fruit that will come Into market within the next five years. Ti'MOAv'e elections went over whelming!' republican. TJieelec tion in Kentucky and Utah is very close, but probably democratic Delaware was swept out of the democratic ranks by the tidal wave. New York went 70,000 republican ami Mississippi f0,000 democratic. Tub jury verdict in the Dur rant case fell like a thunderbolt on the defendant, but even the grim shadow of the gallows failed to ma tonally disturb his frigid and iin penetrable demeanor. 1 lie case will be appealed, but there ia little prospect that an appeal will any more than temporarily postpone the inevitable. The Apotheosis of Wealth, The growth of national wealth in the United States for the past 70 years has been almost unprecedent ed in the world's history, rising from $7.40 per capita to $37.00. The farm products ot the United states rep resent a value of $12,000,000 daily, and the accumulation of wealth averages $7,000,000 dailv. These figures are based upon the census report of 1890. Sunday's Oregonian wad a splen did number, giving a ' finely lllus trated description of the great In dustrial Fair. This is a fine souv enir number to send east to friends, riving a full - description of the products and diversified resources of Oregon. The past three years have been especially fruitful only in teaching lessons of economy, and the people of Oregon are gainers thereby in so far as they have learned wisdom from experience. There is as much waste in spending as in not earning, and many a hard working man wastes his energies as unprofitably to himself as he who idles away one-half of his time. That which ia bought uselessly is a detriment to the purchaser, but tne money thus expended flows on through A Southern paper says that a "snollygoster" is a fellow who wants office, regardless of party, platform or principles, and who. whenever he wins, gets there by the sheer force of monumental talk nophicial assumacy." Now, we oc casionally run across such a fellow out here in Oregon, but we have never known precisely how to label him, much less to explain why it is that he ever succeeds in being elected to office. The above ex planation is evidentally very eru dite, but hardly satisfactory. American high-pressure life is a trite phruse among our English cousins across tin water. lieu Mr. Herbert Spencer, the dis tinguished English philosopher and thinkVr, visited this country in 188$, he was given a farewell re ception in New York City on the eve of his departure for Europe. In a very interesting and couij re- hensive after-dinner speech he poke of the great harry and busi ness rush of the American peopl He said it was notable that Amor ieanfraged earlier in life than the English. There is relatively more gray-haired men here than in Kng land or on the continent, and attributed this fact to the excessive business worry and mental strain of the irrepressible Yankee. "Your people," said he, "are engaged in maddened and headlong ru h for ealth and as a consequence of this nervous strain they break lown earlv in life." He thought it great pity the American peopl do not partake of the tonic of leis ure more than they do. Nothing only experience will teach them this wholesome lesson. There is much in Mr. Spencer's criticism. The spirit of the old Loudon shopkeeper has run to seed in the lnxuriant soil of the new American commercial life. The J pushing, aggressive, impressive Yankee has no time for leisure and no taste for anything else than the piling upof his sordid accumulation of wealth. Riches wear the crown new god has arisen, or rather the Id god erected on the plains of Sinai by the hands of Aaron, is now apotheonised here in America Both respectability and shoddy do it reverence, and even he who hath not and can never hope to possess the glittering prize is the first to join the innumerable crowd that worships at the feet of Mammon. Industry and thrift is a cardinal virtue and society could not exist without theru; wealth is an essential concomitant of civilization, an uplifler of the race, but a wild mania for riches is nearly as great an evil as the opposite tendency, the apotheosis of the cult of pov erty. The world has passed through the latter regime and the swing of the pendulum is taking us to the other extreme. The American people will yet learn that moderate wealth, united with intellectual leisure, is the happy medium grand. ami niaga.itie articles written in ita defense. A great game wua played In Port land the other day. 1 he noted A liunce team of San Francisco down ed the Webftwl boys, rolled them in tlio mud, wiped them off the face of the earth and done them u lir.m n to the tune of -10 to 0. The nerveless I'oillaudors were no mate in brawn and bulk for the trainee athletes of the big Hay City. lut why should Portland mourn that she was bested in so rowdyiidt contest? To be sure, Portland can't play football, no one ever , .i . 1 1 i i... claimed liiai 'ne coum, mu sooner she lets go and quite he futile and ludicrous contortions up on the gridiron Held the more hou or it will bo to her and to the poo tile of Oregon at lame. Let the r . Poitlanders play draw poker if they must, but football never. There is no genuine merit in the gauie. It is all splutter, mint, pull and tear, a reckless disregard of the eonso 1 IIPIU'I'R to the tiod-liko form of man. Death of Mr. O. 1 Wnller. A University Fad. A comparison of the state census returns lor 1885 and 1895, a period of ten short years, shows that the people of Polk county have been most negligent in the care and cul tivation of their orchards. If will take a decade of industrious and in telligently directed effort to replace the difference between 182,000 bush els of fruit produced in 1885 and 94,000 bushels produced in 1895, but we believe it will be done. A great many new orchards have been planted recently to replace the old wornout diseased orchards of the early days. Our orchardists are also taking great care in selecting the very best marketable varieties, Football is the fad of the young bloods of the universities. It is the game where the Jim Corbett type of students can best exploit their superabundance ot brawn and de ficiency of brain tissue. Its victO' ries are gained by nimble legs, elasticity of muscle and sheer beef weight. There is little intellect in the game except in the coaching The army of players is simply a machine, as automatic and juicy as a dder presB. The game is consid ered tame and uninteresting unless there is a minimum amount of gore mixed wtth a torrent of perspira- . -til tion. It is squeeze ana pusn ana tug, and that's all. The game is brutal and the sport demoralizing. If it has a single redeeming feature we have never seen it exemplified upon the gridiron field or intelli gently exploited in the newepaper Dikd. In Monmouth, Or.. Tues day, November 5, 1SU, Mrs.O. r . Waller, of rtnralvsi. aired oS years and ten months. The deceased was liorn in North laiuhill. January '-"., l.vl. Her maiden name was Barbara Bid well, am) she was married to Mr. O, F. Waller in Monmouth, Oct ober b 1SS0. She left a husband and three children. The funeral will le preached today (Thursday) at 11 o'clobk a. in., in the Christ ian church in Monmouth, Bev. Similiter, oHieiidinir. The remains will be interred in the Monmouth cemetery in the afternoon. Mrs. Waller was an amiable christian lady and she was universally es teemed by all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance. Her aged par ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Bid well, re side in Monmouth. co UN" ci l ruoc i:i:i i xos. City council convened in regular session Aoyemiier ;. rre nient Cook in the chair. Members pres ent: Cook, Cloufelter, rercival and Walker. Street committee submitted re port recommending new cross-walks across li street at intersection of First; and at intersection of 7th and Monmouth streets; also repairs of cross-walk south of the Wi.kin property, and at intersection of C and Sixth streets; repair of side walk adjacent to 11. lurschlierg property on Second street between K andC; same ndjacnt U.Shelly pro perty; same adjacent to the Locke, Bell, Mitchell and W uiiams prop erty on C street between Fifth am Mxth; same adjacent to the Will lam Madison property on Third street between B and C; new siil walk adjacent to the Mrs. M. V Robinson property in Thorps ad dition. And the committee furthe recommended that seven trees standing in center of B street be tween First and Second street be removed. On motion the above report was adopted. On motion the following persons were appointed to act as judges ana clerks at the city election on the first Monday in December next to-wit: r irst ward J. a. Wheeler judge; M. O. Potter and W. O Look, clerks; voting place City hall. Second Ward. J. W. Kirkland. jude; T. J. fryer and J. B. Ford clerks; voting place J. W. Kirk land s ofhee. Third Ward T. J. Scudder. judge; J. A. Beam and J. 1). Winn, clerks, T. J. scudder 8 residence voting place. I he recorder was also instructed to have notice of election published in Enterprise and West Side at least ten days prior to said election. On motion the street committee was instructed to make out bill of lumber for repairs of sidewalks per report adopted. Following bills against town al lowed, to-wit: J. W. Richardson, $4.80; Donty & Locke, $3.20; O. W. Shinn, $19; L. C. Gilmore, $50; J. W. Fetzer. $30; A. J. Tupper. $39: . li, Walker, M1S?: J. T. Ford $10.65; E. Viesko, $18.50; Electric Light Co., $85. 10. On motion tr e council adjourned COUNTY NEWS. Important nppnh'gi and Emtr Trotti ths Variom Nalglibor. bomU in tlis Count Gatlured by Ths Euterpriio'i Oorpi of Able Oorripouduti. Ni.1;.-l.rrw.m.lM.whmil.t U l!-r Itmn Wr,ln.li.r fl-Hi.M.M of" '' I,,.,.,. UUl.U.Vlh'll. IHWIMTV..""" Ill tvy man and WMhi. In th WMiujr, 111! UNA VISTA. CurraaHindiH lu Tun Mi We have had several liard frut. Tim river Imi ralwd aUmt a fool here i i) i i,.it iiuivpil Into town thin v. week. Tlio iiretty weather w broken by eoKI nun lni SMiirduy. Mr. Mark, a WllloW WOlllan. HtOVOtl Into our iiiLlHtlairt wk, 8 W. Utto, our blm kiHiiUli, Inu been very busy ill pant week. Mrs. C. Cole ban been vlsltlnu M lives near tiervulH the ntt wimk. Mr. K. K. Well" moved Into town thl eek. lit) IU remain here unlll urltiil, The Woodmen ol I he World liv' their room about completed and it l rt-al eoy. Mm. Sarah lUUIwhi lis leii vlltln her mother at Junction I'lty (or the l'at week. Kverybndy around aUmt here l well iltal with the venliet of tlie Jury in the Ihirrant eitiw. Mr. Joe Miller left lmt Suttirdiiv for Newport, where he e-eetit to remain a few w-eik tixhiiiK and having kh- tlmeneiierully. MiNtt A.lilie ami Inor Prather led forCorvallla hint Saturday, where I hey will attend arliool. Ituena ha sit re- renentative" there thia year. Pltt'SO. i'.i!Ki:it. urn-iH.nJl.r. lo TIIK NTl IHMllxK. Jaek Front i here onee mow, Jamea lleliiiiek I htmy h!''liik' heat till week. Pan Alkliiaon returned from Hand Ijtke Thiimtay, iiiueh Improved in health. Mi I.lltie Reed, of Corvallia. w vi. itiiii; .Mini Viola Cull.reath Saturday and Sunday. Mi A(i.e Calhreath eiit Suinlay at home, Shu i uttendiii( the Normal at Monmouth. The purtiea who took Janie Il.'lttiii k' lianieaa lanl Thurmlsy iitjjht Int. I leltr Ui returtiniiig them to anve further trouble, for they are oil known. Mr. James Clemen, of Koaehurg, ar rived in town Sunday, havlua drove the w hele Uictaiiee in threa dwya. lie ia a lirutlier-in-law of Win, Met'urdy, and will locate in yonrclty. Win. Fuua n-eeived quite a wound on hi check hou tart week. lie wit MtamlliiK by a hre whieh wua UriiiK lniriM-Hwd, in Homo way when the liar nej waa thrown over the horw Ihe cockeye on the t il hit Win. under the right eyu, ulmot knm kiiiit him down. l.lrriK Jokkh. PKItlCYDALK. Nervous JVostraii0 Could Not SUp-.S(J Appotltt Cured In iocty and Mind by h araaparllia "I'iUtterWI yarjr tnueb f, . With narvoua rwtralloa, I t!" ui mrmrn aw in ml "arafwt,... ' ln(H. 1 " Barta 'T Out i, , "".,' ""Wthibai-, d"lf 1 troiT Could Not lu Itn J, Kdw. Mini wuai nm, Ali(..f. r. aal WM fcwp on Biy Uimaeh. Attar UklaTi Brat holll ol lloott'i ullu ,i! Mtnatl to do ma m 1Hji j V ascend and eoulluuaU to (vt htT got ap faolluf right and Rafrthd tn tha mornlnc. I eontlnurd ( nifitU'liiaaml am cured, botljr tni an I'wp wall and . Utlar B way. I slully rweommand lloud't tin parlllato otlwrt." J. llWo 1M Uadlaon Ara., Allrgliruy, l Hood's So"- He Sure to Get I food's Cure Bncklen'i Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all fekin Eruptions, and nosi- tively cures Piles or no nay re quired. It is guaranteed to cive perfect satisfaction or money re funded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by all druggists. Correspondent1 lo Ihe K.iTKHeiima. Mr. K. C. Keyt biitehertxl and ikhI died out a fine heed thi week. Fred Heliilinif rcreivcl a Inro addition to hi nhM'k of good tli in week. The town seem to lie running; w ild on cnxiiet. Thero in aome one playing nil the time. Rev. Pewtherer.of the IiapliHlehllrch, preached In the M. h. church hereut It a. in. Suudny. Rev. K, If. Slrknfooo, of Amity, preaclie at the Christian church next Sunday at 11 a, in. Mr. June, of Oretown, peddled out a load of fine palmon in thi vicinity the forepart of the week. Wise A Kcyt have sold their hon for 4i cent per pound. They did not iret picking money back. Ir. LaiiHinir, who ban Wn on the ick lit is improving. Ifo in able to be about part of the time. II. B. Tingle ha nhipped nearly 000 cordHof oak wtxxl to Portland during the pant mimmiT and full. A. S. Johiir-on vimted friend in In deH-nlence and Monmouth thi week III eye are lmprovidg slowly. Al. Downing returned from the coaBt Monday. Ho succeeded in killimr three oear and one deer on the trip. Rev. Bhinley finished sawing wood in town Saturday and moved overtolionrv ...i i. , . ' , n n iir no nag some 10 iaw. Supt. Hutchinson viaited the school here last Friday. He came down on hi wheel, but owing to the rain went back on the train. MONMOUTH. CormpondencatoTH KTEarnuic. Walter Crosby ia nick whh typhoid fever in a light form. Al Bently made a flying trip to Dallas and Derry Tuesday. The ExTCRPBISI rnrripa In an.V - r..n m ,uil one of standard legal blanks. I.nther (iroonil and dauutitxr arw fj,. lug In Portland for a few day. Henry I'ortwood ha moved Into hniiae rtM'iiilv owned t.y Julm K. IU; Mt It t.'lt'a pupils ar hr Ir,, inij a rniitntrt lo ! given publU'ly hf Xiiih time. Mr. MiHita hai) lnnvel her Hiillln aiiM'k into b r new Pulhling stid m in neat altrat-llvo shop. The many friend of Mla Msry Cm are pl-ae.l to learn tl.nt aha i ni leaevnt after her action iilnea. Rev. Sherman ia holding etciiinj vice at the i'.aj.tiat ehureli, ileilrlin in I a linn 'riiion Monday evening. Ak Dr. Fpley to let you l.iok llirwi, hi phantom emnera if von wanlloUi a healthy laugh, a will Ut the rrntilt. Ira I'uwell'a renidence ha been rr ly lmprovel by a mw walk on twoii.1 ihertM.f, the eat one etlend i far Dr. I.ty'. , (iiH.rge Kramer was homo ak"in Saturday from the logging camp on tl Itig l.uekiMUintc, where he hat bcon ti gagtnl a lH.k keewr. , . , . A bam! of sheep, ronaialing of head, owned by J. b. Calle, wor drl' en Ihrotiifh town lat Friday, their df tinatioii tH'ing Portland. Senator Iotighty ha returne.1 from minting exMtiiioii anmiid Mary't ( and reM.rla pleMurabl tlmo lwM bringing home a deer a a trophy. If yon want lo at a iiratly l store, well supplied with fancy and prm tlcttl artlelea, call on Mr, llctnbrt. Sh can supply yMiir demnml at reawnsbl llgure. Kluier Hall, of tJuena Vista, who tr t-otttly iiiovimI into town for school ln ellts, ha the typhoid fever in hi '"' ily, hi wile I seriously ill, but Hi two children are slightly improved. Wo would advise mine of the youn iHople of M Hiitiotith to learn on win evening Hallowe'en occurs hereafter,! fore they again tear up paper and thro it onto their neighbor's well kept Issi Rev, I.. S. Fisher preached two fife lent sermons Sunday hist. Ho i no' engaged in a protracted edorl at Gru church, .3 miles north of Montiinutl when much interest I being mn ifested. Despitn the dry weather, Iniprow tnents still continue in Monmouth. TJ lor Halleck I putting up a neat rottag In the east part of town and Mr. Kerr; is also building a new residence whkl will m an addition to the north part of our city. The ordinary man knoweth not whei he Is favored, discontent seems to be I prominent feature in hi composition Whiloweare having one of the dios Is'ft'itiful fall an Oregonian ever wit nessed, many are sighing arid lonnini for rain, th t dainjMUiing atmw-lierl suitable for keeping the ardor and am bition from rising in any breast except ing that of a Webfoot. bast Thursday evening a party, con ltlng of a goodly number, went from town to give Mr. and Mrs. Will Irelanc a Hallowe'en surprise, and were royally entertained. They rexrt a most enjoy aide evening, and returned homefeelins thankful that they had the good fortune to 1k a friend of such a hot and liote The same evening seven couple of youns people from Inde'vendenre decided w serenade the good people of Monmouth. W bile they were thus enaagod some parties not baviim an ear for such music also made their plans, and forthwith they reached development. We feel sorry for those sintrers. hut could not be pres ent to assist them when ten gallons ol cold water was dashed upon them, but we presume the neit time they axw to make the night melodious they not rlioose seat on the stair steps at o'clock in the morning. Hix 4 Kx" i