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Rates on Jlsplny ailvi-riKliie tnit known on ni'i'"'
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liMlrpt'iulolKO Wool Market.
More ami Utter wool has been mar
keted at Independence tliis your tlian in
any other previous year, remarked a local
wool .Valor the other day. So far this
about HiO.000 pounds have Won sold
here at prices averaging 1" cents per
pound. The tleeoes area little lighter
this year, but of better quality than here
tofore. In asking the reason for this it
was suggested that it might be owing to
the heavy rains during the past season as
fleeces were unusually clean. The shrink
age in weight was doubtless due to the ab
sence of dirt.
Keferring to the sheep industry of Polk
county it was thought that no better field
could be found than right here. The
trouble has been it has not been given
any attention until quite recently. Nearly
all the wool grown is of course grade
ami hence brings the lowest market price.
Medium and fine grades are much in de
mand for use right here in the Willamette
valley and always bring good prices.
Fine grades are shipped in every year to
supply the home consumption, while our
course wool is shipped East to be made
into carpets and other course goocis.
It ought not to take very much mental
arithmetic for our growers to see what
they ought to do to increase their bank
account. Think it over.
products, for ISSM was $oS,0W,W!, of
which ltVJSI,'2S-., or I'-'. lor cent,
represents the value of annunl products,
and $21,S0(i,tS7, or .S.2 per cent the
value of crops, including the forest pro
ducts out or produced on farms. The
gross farm income in Oregon in 1SW was
:ll,S!tiV-MS.
Salem extends a cordial invitation to
thu people of Independence and Polk
county generally to join in the Fourth of
July celebration at that place. There
will be a monster parade, tloats, fireworks
and kindred attractions.
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A large crowd witnessed the unveiling
of the monuments at the graves of Joseph
Pu.yd and K. T. Ilutchins, by the otli-
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cers oi uie .m uui - ft
men, in the Dallas I. O. O. F. cemetery j $)
Sunday afternoon. A special motor ar- j
rived at o'clock, biinging members Ln
of the order from Monmouth, Indepcn- j & )
deuce ami l.uckiumuto and the Mo-, fi
mouth Cadet Ihmd. The members f;SL
Dallas Camp, No. -J0H, W. . '., and ! (p
Mistletoe Circle, No. :A, Women of Wood-J a :j
cratt, auenueu me wm-w-j ' .
The Woodmen team made their lirst PU,H$ ill preference to tin' older and more
lie annearam-e in full uniform. Thei . v
IK apj(.uun. (....MKilHl V1) obpv lonab e woo. If n .Ml.-. U
ceremony at the cemetery as oeauuiui .i
and impressive. Tlie monuments are , .mi.j n .usider their ad ca-ntai'S bo
beautiful shafts of blue marble, ami were j
erected by the order at a- expense of Io; fo,v laiying.
eacn . v uiser ei .
You will likfly timl what you want
at our toii. Wo have u g.'.r as-soi-tiiient
otW fi Hit's Cribs, la.tli in
woo! ami iron,
( hir lino of
Iron Bedsteads
Is not sui j'UsM'd by tliosc of any
store in the valley. Nearly every
body now'aduvH bins Iron I'.e.lsteu.ls
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enlarged.
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You can bank your money
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Dining Tables
l'eing good values. They are the linoat
make and finish we ever had. The
style is up with tables of higher eost
No higher compliment could be paid to
the State Normal School at Monmouth
than the selection of its teachers to occupy
higher educational positions in other state
institutions. No sooner was President
Campbell "elected to the presidency of the
State University when the announcement
was made that Mr. B. F. Mulkey was
elected to the presidency of the Southern
Oregon State Normal at Ashland. George
Bishop, another teacher of the Mon
mouth school, also goes to the Southern
Oregon institution to occupy the chair of
science. These gentlemen, all eminent in
their several lines of educational work, do
not by any means exhaust the educational
talent on the faculty of the Monmouth
Normal. It has long been recognized by
the people of Oregon that this is an ex
ceptionally strong school and the verdict
of the people has been confirmed by those
high in authority who are selecting its
officers and teachers for advancer educa
tional work.
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Portraits promptly and
satisfactorily filled.
I also have the oeiicy fly the
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Cameries and Kodak Supplies.
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A census bulletin on the agriculture in
Oregon shows that farms of the state, on
June 1, 1900, numbered 35,837, and were
valued at $182,338,514. Of this amount
119,109,094, or 14.5 per cent, represents
the value of the buildings, and $113,138,
820, or 85.5 per cent, the value of land and
improvements other than buildings. The
value of farm implements and machinery
was $6,506,725, and of livestock, $33,917,
048. These values, added to that 6f farms
give $172,761,287 as the total value of
arm property. The total value of farm
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Fire
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Monmouth, Oregon,
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Fire Association of Philadelphia
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made by other factories. They are
made (i, 8, 10 and 12 feet in length.
We have them as low in price us
tint L-mivv that tbev
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jgd can get a JOUI lLr ,na,1, to ,"'l!er
at our store, which will out last sev-
Vt eral common lounges ami not cost any
more. We make all of our upholster-
( ed work and by so doing put dollars '1jjV5
M, 1.1... . .l...i .C n,... " VJnKnfl
lnio ine pocK.ei oi o-iy jui m. . Tvijpvj l( Q
Jl Wlty? Uecauso wo make each iieco A&l OU
1Jj immi honor. ft trv to see how ifoou, 3rA&kfd:;JJi !,J,-:riu,
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If you are thinking of
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s luruisning an oimi-
would like to show you our
0) ofliee desks and revolving
Ojh chairs. A full line of dif--V
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lerent sizes oi rou aim nui
W-y ,., loulru in ninrtoi'-Kawed
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6?) That tin-stock, in our several lines, is full and our store crowded (iV
tft on everv lloor. we feel that it is tunc to tell the pie oi iiiuopmi.
Z( deuce and vicinity of a few of the things which we aie olh-rtng at
very cl e prices. If you are needing anything in tin- nne oi
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IF))) not how cheat) and poor, wo can do our fti?Mlf
work. Box coucho for cosy comers fj
and bed rooms aro quite opular at the
present time, and qui to a lot of our
time is occupied with upecia! orders of
this kind. We have them as low as $4.
Wo have Arti
ficial Pal ni8 for
decorative use.
Why botherwith
live plants when
vou can have ar
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tiC..inl itwiuwit.li t'il'iBfck!'1 I
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trouble. From
fiOcto $2.o0each
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