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Independence Enterprise.
AND WEST SICE.
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K. K liK W. MWTOU ANOI'li "ClUKfOK.
Enlennl a liU'iiiuli'ii.v,H.lirtli'v rs'l-MHi" timtnr.
Subscription $1.50 Per Year.
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M I'.sCUll'TloN ISATKS.
(xirlfily In mlvitm-ri
New Telephone l.li
Kallston, Ore., July
Koitoh l,NTi;i!i'i;tK: A rural tele
plume line, reaching from oallstou to
Henry tlandlield's phx'e, six mile south
of huihton, is now being built. iiito u
number of the fanners ami hop men in
that section will put private 'phones
their home. Tliey will rent the 'phones
from the eoinpnny tit n cost of alitil lilty
! cents per month. 15v renting the phones
.jl of the company they will he allowed the
, v. I use of the eoiui.in y's lines to other points.
Irr ji'ar
Six moiitli
l.wal uotlmnrpi iviiu jvr line ii;i.lil-l.sliHil,v switchboard Will he pllt ill lit Ihlllstoll.j
BO rvili'liu for any rvHou 1ibi,hv,i r 1 'liili u lio h:lH il hir'je hop VUl'd '
live miles from town, lias taken u v r ,
li.Hi i Jliiiy u.lunivnii muti Known
eatliiu
Immigration experts predict that Ore
gon will double in population within the
next five vears.
active part in working the line through
Mr. Clandtield, who is one of the largest
hop growers in this section, is also much
int..i-ti.,l in the work. V tins IlieiUlr
they will he placed in immediate connei
Over 2.000.000 pamphlets have lecnj,. .,..,., .vi,it.i, lV;i creatlv.
pledged the Harriinan syndicate to ad- j r.lt.i!itaU. g,.ttig hop supplies and the!
vertise Oregon. I fanners in ordering supplies of any kind:
i .1nvim lu crowded harvest season. They
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who have no phones'
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$ 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
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If you ato needing anything; in the lino of
FURNITURE
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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
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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
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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- ;
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Something new and up-to-date
in the
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photo Gine
To show you. All the latest
things in
operate and jointly get out a pamphlet
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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.
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You can bank your money
on our
r-. Dining Tables
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AT, -- 1'Cllig gooil values. I iiey are llio n ties l
lit make and finish wo ever had. The
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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
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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
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Some people do not know that
they
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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.
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Monmouth, Oregon,
.REPRESENTS THE
Fire Association of
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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
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