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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 189?-190? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1902)
INPI-rKNDKNCK ENTF.Ut'UISK, LXPKl'KNDKNCK, ORKfiOS. AUtil'ST 21, 1U02 jr m Independence Enterprise. AND WEST SICC. n m.isim kvkuy TiiriwoAY. It. K lilt AY, HI'lToH AND rUOIKlMOlt, Subscription $1.50 Per Year. TKt.M'lloNr. 51 sril'KHTIOS HATIX ("irlolly In iKtvanrvi ,Vr j,r .. Bix months... ' HniiU copy... Ik IxK-al imtl.fn Rr5 com K H "Hl,;lit-.Mliit.ty no rwluolion for any rroii hatmiever. If,.c oiv itl-plny mvrilln nimle known mi m'l'" Citl Ion. Scatter more tlowcrs jn your friends' pathway ami loss upon their graves. The kind word and helping haud in life are more elotpiept than the virtues extolled after death. Keniemher the word that at 'random spoken may soothe or wound the heart that is broken," and that each day should record some worthy action done. The committee appointed to take charge of the matter of advertising Inde pendence and vicinity will wait on our business men during the coming week to see what they are willing to do in the matter. The time is short and if we are going to do anything should make haste. The homeseekers' excursions begin next month and Tolk county should get its share of this influx of strangers. It can only get its share by advertising and it is up to our business men as to wneiner they want to advertise or not. Once more the attention of the world is called to Tolar exploration by the defeat of the Baldwin-Zeigler scheme. Why this constant and seemingly unattainable struggle for the North role? Is it the de sire for adventure, the overcoming of seemingly unsurmountable obstacles? This and more. It means the penulti. mate secret of the earth's surface has yielded up its mysteries, after a constant struggle of hardships of nearly three cen turies duration. Some think the North Tolar region is habitable; others think it is an open sea; still others think the broad waste of ice prevails. ' Personal am bition will not only be gratified but science will also be enriched in the exact knowledge of existing conditions there. Some day a flag will be planted there we hope by an American. Pegree by de gree the Arctic circle has been penetrated. Pr. Kane, Ross, Nordenskiold, Greeley, Franklin, PeLong, Willman, Nansen, the Puke d'Abruzzi, and Terry, the latter already two years absent in the North striving for the distinction and may see his efforts crowned with success, have undergone hardships untold until com paratively few miles now remain to be overcome until the coveted goal is reached. Cold and barren Norway had no longer secured the honor of being closer to the Pole than any other until they were shorn by sunny Italy, who now retains them. But these latter day successes only give an impetus to the efforts of others. Only 200 miles remain to be overcome, and may one of the expeditions now in the field be successful. i.e.- cent of all the wheat raised in this I tn'ii ... ....11. . la nil. lountrv! Tho w luaiucuo j surpassed as n stock and dairying vountry, and an final tribute may bo paid the coast counties. An eminent authority on dairying, from the ,tate of Minnesota, which now stands ut the head of bu ter producing states, calmly prcdic s that honor for the Mate of Oregon. id you notice that long list of awards of the 1 an American exposition? It is worth your time. Oregon was a leader there Have vou ever thought of the millions of feet or Ihe finest tinier in the world Me in Oregon? Well you ought to. Po you i... .... .i... li iL.m- Miuntrv and houtli- I em Oregon produce nearly as much go d ! ii .,..!. in in tlifi Worltl, as anv goiu-muiuifc , Or that Southern Oregon is unsurpasse.I for tine fruit? Or the great grnm.g holds for stock east of the mountains? Or the tine seaports? Or the .h ep-water channel soon to bo constructed to Port land Or the incomparable fisheries? Or our hue climate? And a thousand other reasons ofe.fual import. Nature is no niggard. Evorv place h blessed with some advan tageous feature. Wo believe Oregon has more-than its share, but people are slow i. of it. They are turn- in- toward us. "Westward the course of empire takes its way." California has had her .lay-Washington is in the mids of bers Oregon's is almost here Ilia fact seems certain. We have unlinuted faith in the future of our grand staten state already far and yonder out of debt, and the abodo of as brave, sturdy ami in tellectual class of people as adorn Oods footstool. Here's to Oregon! pti 03d favorite. I 6 01 OH 01 OH OH or ..1) I H Q 0H OH or B 01 01 01 OH OH 01 linking for Flaws, Don't look for Haws as yon go on through life, And even when you find them It is wine and kin.t to be somewhat blitul An.t look for the virtue behind them. For the cloudiest niulit law a hint of light Somewhere in the shadows hiding; It is better by fur to look for a star Than the spots on the son biding. The current of life runs ever away To the bosom of God's great ocean ; Don't set vour force 'gainst the river 8 course, And think to alter its motion, Don't waste a curse on the universe Don't shrink at the trials before yon ; Don't butt at the norm with your puny form, But bend and let it go o'er yon. The world will never adjust itself To suit your whims to mo lem-i , Some things must go wrong your whole life long, ti,o uvinn von know it the better. It is follv to fight for the infinite. And" go under at last in the wrestle. The wisest man "hapes into God's plan As the water shapes mio 7"". Ella Wheeler Wilcox. S OREGON f 'Ok tyn P YI7"oTfill All Ofl W g milling tt waiciiuuou m COMPANY Warehouses at Independence, ...... Monmouth and Ainie. mms at Independence. Firmly do we believe that the grand old state of Oregon is entering upon a period of commercial development that its most ardent admirer little dreams. Oregon's superb climate neither too cold nor the monotonous similarity of the tropica is undoubtedly the greatest characteristic in its favor. Then its fertile fields just think of Umatilla county producing one now ready for Business EXCHANGES Made at any of their ware- jjjjjj houses. jj? WHEAT AND OATS $ Received on storage or, bought at highest market price. g f Eatest up-to-date processes J flniir. whole wheat flour, germea, and mill fe"d of all kinds. p 01 0D 01 1 01 1 QD 01 01 OH 01 1 1 1 OH OH 0D 01 OH 1 1 01 OH 01 01 01 Correspondence gonjest Contest Closes October 4 at 6 P. M. ill First Prlxe. maplficcnt morris CMr. 33 mi. J Second Prize. H Tine $10 Camp. Correspondents Contest! 3d Prize, VSV worth of Photos at J. .!. McCaleb's. 4th Prize, $2 worth of Photos at E. PicKet's. 5th Prize, Subscription to Pacific Homestead. tith Prize, Ladies Home, Jour nal, Conditions Governing Contest. One point for every nowa item ac cepted. A story worthy of a separate heading 'lh points. A column artiele 60 points. For every yearly mihscriber, new or a renewul, "fl iKilnts. lxss than a year at the same proportion. We want correspondents in every part of J'olk county. Now is the time to make known our resources. Send in your contributions whether you are a correspondent or not. fiow You Stand. Monmouth, H llallston, It ii.'t'2 liuena Vista, II ..... mi 1'edee, I' W Anti'ich " HiKhlands, B liickreal.O "1 Calvary, I) IW I'arker, 71 Mount Hood View, C Ciowley, O i:! Airlle.S llallston 1'-' I.ewisville, K Monmout h, A ljttj Monmouth, B Kiinpson. B J Monmouth, S , 1" Huver F 1,1 Contest ends it 6 P. m. 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