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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 189?-190? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1902)
I N D 1'T E N P E N C E ENTEU PRISE, lPEPENPENCE, OREOON. SEPTEMBER IS, 11)02 6 r. i- nnnnn v 10 One Week! One Week! fin or OD 01 01 0? 01 Special Shoe Sale Commences friday, Se nd ends tbursday, Sept 25 0 05 01 01 OD U broken pifs and us twted stales of I. tidies Oxfords ranging from $1.50 $2.50 a pair Now 90c to Ladies' Fine Dress Shoes regular price sale, price Vici Kid Luce $2.50 1.45 Vici Kid Lace 3.00 1 iM) Tan Vici Kid 3 50 1.D0 Tan Vici Kid 4 00 2.1.3 Several other lines not listed here just about as good bargains. In this clay and age when etylt'8 art) cuimttintly changing every large store with a ho Mnrlment ! hound to necu mil late wmc odd fixes: and "tylen that do not fell as fast aa they should. We are tint exception to thia rule. It ia our desire to clean tip the shoe stock and tnak more room for the new FALL LINK. The prices we make will move them out. Theee are not ok' chelf worn t-hoeti hu. made of good material hy master workmen. Same few put rn are hHt year's styles hut they are neat and drestiy and will stand the wear and tear, and at the prices we are Hell ing them are valued not found every day. Our NKW LINK of ladies' shoes just in; have the p-oper shape and are perfect-fitting shoes. Keg. price Sale price Child's tan shoes $1.2" Site Youths' tnn Vici shoe 1.8.1 !HVi .hi1 'i i-;A 4,f 4K Other styles not listed here. broken hue in Minute's Vici Kid Lace Syrinx 1 1 - - i Shoes ranging from if i .."(! ti 250 a pair Now 90c Men's Fine New Dress Shoes Satin Calf iul., good seiviceahle tdmeti. Toe slightly out of style. Cheap at 2.50, sale price f 1 .-!". .Men's Kaug. ('If., fine dress shoe, la.l year's toe. Regular 12.50 value, and a bargain at $l.f5. Men's winter-weight tan calf, extended solo, good year welt, strictly up-to-date shoe, was $2.50. Sale price fl.li.). .Men's plow shoe in both buckle and luce; regular $1,50; sale price 95c. OJoooooooSSoSoooo Independence Enterprise. AND WEST SICE. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. R. E.GRAY, EDITOR AND I'HOl'RIE J OR. Entered at Independence, postoftlce an second-class matter. Subscription $1.50 Per Year. TELEPHONIC M. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (Strictly In advance) Per year SI 50 Six months 75 Single copy 03 Local notices are 5 cents per line straight absolutely no reduction for any reason whatsoever. Rates on display advertising made .'known on appll Cation. The state fair at Salem is now in pro gress. It is reported better than ever and is well worth a visit. for many years a trustee of the Agricul-, very heavy. The dense forests liuvo al- tural College at L orvams, and by Dr. J as. j ready been described so often that it; Withycombe, of that institution. I'rof. ; would bo out of place to occupy space for;j Henry says: such purpose, oven were I able adequately The Willamette valley represents the i to Io bo. Let ine say, however, that lN agricultural portion of Oregon par ex- was .surprised to note how ccntle were the ''.US r?? 5? y 5 5 5? 5? 5? 5 5? 5s 5v The Exterpki.se comes out in an en larged form this week. This was neces sitated by the demands of advertisers. We are not yet able to publish our usual amount of reading matter but hope to do bo in the near future. No better hoppicking weather could be made to order. The season is about over in Polk county and if the present favor able weather continues one of the best hop crops ever gathered here, will be safe ly lodged in the warehouse. Peerless Willamette Valley. Prof. V. A. Henry, of Madison, Wis consin, writes to the Breeders' Gazette concerning what he saw during a sojourn in Oregon. The gentleman enjoyed every opportunity for gaining information, be ing assisted in his efforts by Benton Kil len, a long-time resident of the state and cellence It was settled even before Cali fornia bv overland emigrants manv of them Missourians. Homestead laws were liberal in the amount of lands given and each family could gather unto itseli a large tract of government land. On the whole life has been easy with these people in the past. Wheat production and stock raising, the latter in a limited way, con stituted the sole agriculture. There was always a market for wheat, but it was not ahvavs a sure one for cattle, and so animal husbandry dragged and made little real progress. In these latter days one finds the fields yielding much smaller crops than their normal, because for thirty or even forty years, the one crop has been wheat grown almost without change or rotation. Weeds in great abundance in many fields of growing wheat advertise all too plainly the abuse of a naturally strong and productive soil. Either the old settlers must bring about a change for the better, or new ones will surely do so. While much of the Willamette valley was originally prairie, the gently sloping foot hills of both the coast range and the high er Cascade range were originally covered with magnificent forests. Most of this timber is yet standing and constitutes a large portion of the natural wealth of this great Pacific state. Here and there the settlers are cutting timber from off the lower foothills skirt ing the prairie portion of the valley, and converting the rich soil into farming lands. Of course the expense of such change is slopes of the wooded lands rising out of the valley, and how well adapted the soil was to agriculture. It is of a rich clay loam character, not a pebble to be found IN IN IN IN IN in many places. Land carrying enormous amounts of timber can yet bo purchased jfl at from $10 to $15 an acre. Freed of the timber md stumps, these lands should easily be worth 175 per aero for farming purposes. Such lands will grow not only grasses and cloyers, but wheat, potatoes, hops, apples, cherries and prunes, English walnuts and the like. Timothy, orchard grass and the clovers flourish amazingly. The most desirable settlers for this region without doubt would bo Germans, Nor wegians ana swedes people who prize landed property above all other national ities and are willing to give any amount of patient labor to the end that they may possess a home. Thousands of settlers, who have this year purchased land in parts of the Dakotas' where it is altogether too dry for profitable farming, would have done far better had they located in Ore gon, where tfiey could secure at small cost lands carrying valuable timber that would make fine farms after the removal of such timber. There is as yet no boom on in Oregon agriculture, but it will surely come in the very near future. Money is being raised in Portland to aid the forest fire sufferers. Much des titution prevails in the fire-stricken districts. IN IN in yi Vis s m vs is is i t ! IN is IN IN IN IN IN Co (be people Of Independence And Polk county, I have opened an up-to-date Flour, Feed and Commission STORE In the building known as the Athletic Club Building And I earnestly solicit a share of yonr patronage. L. Damon, Prop. 10 dD !0 0 S'D ID 10 10 10 10 0 fO 10 no 10 10 10 co o no no 9 5SI VIA VI VI VI VI V! VI VI VI VI VI VI VI VI VI VI f w w VI VI VI VI VI VI f VI VI VI VI f w VI 1 I VI $ VI