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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 189?-190? | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1902)
U 1NIK.T.NIKNCK 1-NTKKl'MSK, 1UPK l'K NDK NCK, ORK(!ON. JULY '.'I, W2 J : : Independence Enterprise. AND WEST SICE. ri lll.lNHK.lt KVl'HV THV11S!.Y. K. K liK W. MWTOU ANOI'li "ClUKfOK. Enlennl a liU'iiiuli'ii.v,H.lirtli'v rs'l-MHi" timtnr. Subscription $1.50 Per Year. 1 Kl.KflloNh .l, M I'.sCUll'TloN ISATKS. (xirlfily In mlvitm-ri New Telephone l.li Kallston, Ore., July Koitoh l,NTi;i!i'i;tK: A rural tele plume line, reaching from oallstou to Henry tlandlield's phx'e, six mile south of huihton, is now being built. iiito u number of the fanners ami hop men in that section will put private 'phones their home. Tliey will rent the 'phones from the eoinpnny tit n cost of alitil lilty ! cents per month. 15v renting the phones .jl of the company they will he allowed the , v. I use of the eoiui.in y's lines to other points. Irr ji'ar Six moiitli l.wal uotlmnrpi iviiu jvr line ii;i.lil-l.sliHil,v switchboard Will he pllt ill lit Ihlllstoll.j BO rvili'liu for any rvHou 1ibi,hv,i r 1 'liili u lio h:lH il hir'je hop VUl'd ' live miles from town, lias taken u v r , li.Hi i Jliiiy u.lunivnii muti Known eatliiu Immigration experts predict that Ore gon will double in population within the next five vears. active part in working the line through Mr. Clandtield, who is one of the largest hop growers in this section, is also much int..i-ti.,l in the work. V tins IlieiUlr they will he placed in immediate connei Over 2.000.000 pamphlets have lecnj,. .,..,., .vi,it.i, lV;i creatlv. pledged the Harriinan syndicate to ad- j r.lt.i!itaU. g,.ttig hop supplies and the! vertise Oregon. I fanners in ordering supplies of any kind: i .1nvim lu crowded harvest season. They n i who have no phones' u $ NOW k Qty That tlio utock, in eur several lines, is full ami our More crowded (0 on every tloor, wo feel that it is time to toll the peoih of Indepou- , tf,A Va .l.iiee 'Uiil vicililtv itf !1 foW of tllO tllilll'S willed wn 11 1 1 ult'.'i'i m -it very close prices. If you ato needing anything m the lino of ) to to to to to m If you ato needing anything; in the lino of FURNITURE ,OT L I expect to let those -e the line for a small lee. I his is a That was a good suggestion of Mr. lave I'alhrenth to have Saturday evening con certs d.inng the summer niontiis. i movt, in ,,, ri;lt ,ir,.,.,iti and will be of cost is trilling computed with the heaelitsj )cm,U (u Uh M.(.ti;,u. t wj ,,roi,. resulting therefrom. Start the music jjy not hi, long until all the large farm- jers will have "phoms to connect with Instead of our towns and villages shriv- j their houses, eling up and dving by slow stages Oregon j When the line is completed we will give will soon take on new life and grow and i the cost of building as other neighbor- i ,i t x- .i . 1 1 hoods mav want to do likewise, expand under the impulse ot the trained i mou efforts ot the immigration bureau. Iti of itttf-n t . I a Ynu will likely lind uhal you want at our stoio. Wo hao a gnml as soitnieiit of ( hi ill's (''. hi. th in wont! and iron. hir lino of Iron Bedsteads 05) Is not stoic iii the valley. Nearly eery hody nowadays buys Iron liodstoads it) refelciice to the older ami liioro objectionable wooden ones. You should consider their advantages ho forc biiving. Mirpassel by tl ioso of any 1 ."7 . i ft1 takes j'cople to make a state great. If von want the best county paper and .1 . II . . .. A I. 1 ' tlie nest weeKiy paper giving iiw gciieiaiy news, and the best farm paper send 'f:! to this olliee and get the Knteiummsk, Weekly ij'y Oregonian and the Pacific Iloniestend. There is nothing that can approach them;j in their several lines. ; It is desired to have an early meeting of the committee appointed last Friday to j take charge of the matter of properly ad- N vertising Polk county. It is thought that VIN Tn;lricniliv.tipf mid T)m11:i enold Pilsilv CO- ; 1 Something new and up-to-date in the i photo Gine To show you. All the latest things in operate and jointly get out a pamphlet IV that would do justice to both towns and i the county at large. In this way a whole, lot of trouble and expense would be saved ; and just as much gained in the end. believe it would be a good idea to call a! j meeting of the committees and see what can be done on a joint basis. Statistics are pretty dry reading these ;( 1,-. ,in-a Vint tliA follow! nrr facts and i w-v ' 13 i fii-rnrna nnnwrninrr I Irpnnn is snmpthill!? I ' liVtlV J .xxw...-. . - f-, O you ought to know. An exchange says: Population is what we need most of all. Oregon became a state in 1S5!. For -12 years we have enjoyed statehood priv ileges without making the best use of them. We have a surface area of 94,500 square miles, filled to the brim with the greatest natural resources of any state in( the West, yet the census of 1900 gives us! f the meager population of 413,o.b, or 4.4 people to the square mile. One-fourth of this population is centered in and around Portland. The population of the cities, towns and villages of Oregon aggregates 1 C ( OOO ,..V,;in tln'nlv onrend nvpr !)4 CKIfl square miles of territory is found the If other 229,000 giving us a rural popula tion of 2.4 to the square mile. And Novelties, and would he pleased at any time to show you samples and give you prices. mcgaleb's, C Street, Independence. MA You can bank your money on our r-. Dining Tables . --' ' .'. ' . . . , .... .i AT, -- 1'Cllig gooil values. I iiey are llio n ties l lit make and finish wo ever had. The X-i .... style is up Willi tallies oi iiigncr osi made hy other factories. They arc made h, H, 10 and 12 feet in length. Wo have them as low m price as to ID to to to to Qt . mm The last reports from Tracy state that he is still rusticating somewhere in West ern Washington and improving in health. The body of Merrill, his companion in crime, was buried last Thursday in the penitentiary graveyard at Salem. "lie who had lived by the fruits of his own crime died at the hands of a criminal, and no man wept over his departure." N'o reward has yet been paid Mrs. Wag goner for the finding of the body. 6D ii ' nth can get a 'L,01 1 1 l!i" ' 111:1,1(1 to ul','t'r at our store, which will out last sev eral common lounges and not cost any more. We make all of our upholster ed work and by so doing put 'dollars into the pockets of every purchaser. Why? I'.fcause we make each piece upon honor. We try to see how good, not how ( heap and poor, we can do our r!-l.5(. Some people do not know that they 15 ; , 'Ol to to mmmm mmmm mm aM mmm , Fire siif mmLMm work. I'.ox couche for cosy corners (Ml and hetl rooms are quite popular at the f ,. 4too o 1 1 i i i i i t ii i 1 1 t i if till I JMt 'M III aiiu jiiui wi time is occupied with special orders of this kind. Wo have them as low a$4. V. 0. P20TS Monmouth, Oregon, .REPRESENTS THE Fire Association of adelphia Phil- TnCllPQTlPD lllOUltlllUUi t'i) it i II f i m m t m m at a Co$$c$ promptly pail 1 AND THE London & Lancashire Fire Insurance Co. (B 01 01 01 01 01 Of 01 ' v If you are thinking of furnishing an olliee wo would like to show you our olliee desks and revolving chairs. A full lint? of dif f ren izes of roll and Hat top desks in quarter-sawed 00e to $2.50 each oak. We have Arti ficial FalniH for decorative use. Why bothorwith live plants when you can have ar tificial oneswitli so much less trouble. From 5 SALEM,1 to do 10 10 CD to to CO no 10 OREGON, y Wii5rll