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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 189?-190? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1901)
INDKPUNDKNCK KNTKItl'KISK, INDKl'ENDENCE, OltECION, AUGUST 29, 1901. Our new stock 1h now arriving, and in being lu'ctl on the hIioIvch as Hint an jioHHiblo. Next week wo expect to tell you all about it. F. A. DOUTY Is Headquarters for 9 mm Hop Gloves 'We have just received 1,200 pairs of Hop Gloves from a large Eastern factory, ami are going, to undersell every one. Price 15c per pr. sulphur.. ;S We have jiiKt niccivc'd -lOMXJ jounds of Sicily crude Sulphur. It is far superior to the Japan crude and pronounced by S the leading hop men to be the best yet ollered. Come in and see it before you buy. if Baling1 Cloth. : Our stock is the very best 24-ounce double warp, Calcutta, with stripe. We also carry a good ;S stock of I Kiln Cloths, tSacks, Twine. Groceries. If you don't come and get our cah prices on Groceries, you will be loser. We sell more gooilrt for less money than any one. Independence, Oregon. Reduced to 15c. We have a large assortment of 25 and 35c Straw Hats, vvhjich we offer at 15 cents each to close out the entire line. A I 1 M T I V A L LOG A LN. Ice cream only tlx nest at Wagon er's. Hop baskets 0j tHMilH, bold half a box. K. K. GlmmlK-r. Iter, K. J. Thompson will hold ser vices In Haleui on next Sunduy. The Presbyterian church will agulu have service oil Humluy, September 8th, MIssMaoel Oround, of Momuouth, was a passenger to Portland Wednes day. U. II. Crocker, the conductor on tho I)iiIIim express, wu In Hie city lut Sunday. Al llerreii this week botiulit several thousand bushels of wlioiit at h price lll'lir ( IMIIltH. Walter and Perry Castatof ami Frank and Henry Bruce came In from Washington thin morning. Another barber Hhop ha been start ed here by J . It. Hull, who has bceu running a Hhop at Newport thin Mum mer. Tho Misses Ova and Cora Smith, of Monmouth, left hint week for a several month' vInII in Missouri, their former home, D. H. Taylor nnd fiiinlly returned home Wednesday from a several weekg' outing. They were accompanied by Miss Viola Alexander. Mrs. J. U. VanOinitel and sou, Alex, of Dallas, passed through on the train Wednesday afternoon tor their home after a visit at the coast. It seems from present Indications 'thnt the Normal school at Monmouth will again this year have a great majority ot lady students. i Rev. E. J. Thompson was lu Salem f on Monday and conducted the funeral 'services over the body of Miss Ulch ardson, who died very suddenly, f Miss Persephone Butler, of Mon 1 mouth, left on Saturday for Forest t 3roveand Portland where she will ': vMt tor a few days, after which she will leave for Baker City, where she entirely cured I recommend of Beaverton, E. Shaver, of has a position In the public schools Ji here. Try our soda water. None better, Wagoner's, ' " It Is reported that the, lightning ou Hunduy night struck the flouring mill at Willamiim and it caught lire and burned to the ground with the mill bridge near it. Probably for the first llmu the ladles ! of Independence can now get a fine j io cream soda just the same as if you were in Portland or Halem. A great many ladles now make regular culls at our store for their Ice cream sodas. A Wagoner's, 0. O. Buck, Ileirne, Ark., says: I wan troubled with constipation until I bought tVitt's Little Early Risers. Since then I have been of my old complaint, them. A. 8. Locke. Rev. It. I), lienham, Oregon, and Itev. C. Vancouver, Wash., Seveuth Day Ad ventlst, have secured the Auditorium and will hold a series of meetings of about a month's duration, beginning on next Friday evening, August 30, at 7:30 P. M. It was reported this week that the Castle saloon would lie moved frnm its preseut location to the building now occupied by Mrs. M. W. Wallace's millinery store, hut on Inquiry of Kd Owen, the manager, he stated that no permanent arrangements had been made as tar as he knew. Mrs. A. E. Thompson, of Los Angeles, California, spent several days with her futher-in-law, Dr. E. J. Thompson, this week, returning to Corvailia Tuesday. Mrs. Thompson, accompanied by Miss Edith Thomp son, of this city, will leave In a few days for California. Put these things on your list next time you come to the ftaket Stor: needles telescopes pins trunks thread shawl straps sewing supporters machine shoe strings oil shoe tacks shoe polish shoe brushes shoe soles shoes All kiuds ol PIcKel'a. buttou . pictures at For sale. A good 8J wagon and a light hack. Enquire at the Chute blacksmith shop, Monmouth. Glenn Davidson, tho Parker boy, who has been at Salem undergoing medical treatment for his injured eyes, the result of a powder explosion, was brought home Saturday. He will re cover the entire sight of both eyes soon. Miss Anu Mann left early Tuesday morning on her way to Unalaska, where she has a government position as an Instructor. The school over which she will preside is comprised mostly of Russian childreu, and was in charge of her sister, Miss Francis Mann, last year. The position carries a fine salary. Roy Burton, who holds a responsi ble position In Fossil, returned to his home in this city yesterday moruing seriously 111. It is hoped that home care and the best of medical treatmeut will soon restore the young man to his usual good health. Salem Statesman. This young mania quite well kuown in Independence. E. E. PaddocK returned last week from Seattle. Wash. He has pur obased a stock of general merchandise at South Bend, Wash., and Mr. W. P. Connaway is now tn charge of the stock and will conduct the business for Mr. Paddock. Mr. Paddock In forms us that he does not now intend to move his store from here, and as far as he knows will make this his home. Joshua MoOaniel, of near Rickreall, ! was visiting his daughter, Mrs. Oerge Wilcox, over Sunday, returning home i Monday morning- Mr, McDaniel I brought to this office a bunch ef oata that he raised which was close to six feet high, and is some of the finest oata we have ever had the pleasure to see. He has furnished several different lota to the railroad for exhibition purposes. This makes Mr. McDaniel's 67th crop of grain. ELECTKIO KAILKOAl. The Falls City Waterfalls to be Utilized to Furnish Power. It seems from' all indications that only a few years more and the Willamette valley will be one continuous road of electric lines. Already large firms are asking for right-of-way, for railway tracks out of Portland as lar as Salem. Only a few days ago a son of one of the presidents of an electric street railway system of one of the largest cities in the United States spent several days iri this city simply taking items and saying nothing. Since then we have re ceived information that gentlemen now connected with the electric lines of Portland have bad their engineers at Falls City looking over the water power there with a view of utilizing it for electric pur poses, and will try and run an electric line from Falls City by way of Dallas to the Willamette at or near Eola, where the Rickreall empties into the river, and there to connect with a private line of boats, under their ownership, for Portland. Of course it is supposed that the final arrangements will turn out to eventually connect at Salem with the Portland system. ; But it does begin to look as if it was very near a sure f act that it is only a short time until Falls City will have railroad connections oi some kind with the outside woild Collins Flouring MillsCo... 8 .Manufacturers o... Q 01 01 01 01 01 01 w t t. f . . . i r f , 01 nignest price paio ior wneat. 01 tHigh Grade Flours FEED, ETC. We have entirely remodeled our mill to the sifter system, and now have the only full sifter system in the state. Try a sack of our best flour made by the new process. Capacity 150 barrels of flour per day. Grinding capacity 225,000 bushels per year.