Special One Week!
Monday, October 27, including Saturday, November 1st.
During tl.l W,..-k we give away KubWr OvciWa and Iloniery FUKK to ml. pur
iiliUHd'H of SIwn'h. Tl.orainLl ,nud .re 1k,o. You want Huh. u want KubbciH.
You luivo t, have then, Huy tl.etn nuw while our a!e ia cm.
With evry .!r of la.!!. .1 60 or UK) .ho,, -old for cash w l v. aw.y . on. '
H, ,,!. .Hi .ho,. so... for .h K.v?7y f- - H r rjjbr ' ; J ! 1,,, r Mh w.
.....it i u- .'.n ..... t. worth of hosiery. With every pair iniant. -""
away fr... on. mlr Mo rubbers. Will, v,ry pair ml, or cl.ildrens -X "'' J.1"' " ' ,,.,. worth of hose.
wor hof ho... With ev-ryHrof ,!..,. or children... 50 .ho. sold for cm! we g r
With every ,..lr ....n. H to shoe, sold lor cash . give -way free r, ,e m.r 1... " ,r o( ,. r
of mm.. H.00 to :t M dre. .hor. WM for os.l. wa Klv sw.y free on. pair wafer ,oe rabls r.. J I
boy. '.' M 'In... l.w MM for ca.h w lv sw.iy free 50 cent, worth of how.
The opportunity is ycurs. You will miss it if you miss it, and you will always be sorry.
Our entire stock of Mackintoshes and Box Coats.
Men's, Women's and Children's, 25 per cent off regular price.
"K7T -Ufr. R-'rV Qfo
I V1U1 UllUUtll a X-JDC Uiui w..
.oiKiin.il 111VKU lli:i.it!irown there bv her wheel .coon-j MAKKIBO.
Tli l'omoiitt Haw H'I Trrlbl
KxiterleiiovM.
The riv-r cteamer l'omona, ply
ing between Portland and Salem,
arrived in at the Oregon Trannpor
tation Company' dock laxt eve
ning In a dilapidated condition and
he will lay up a few day. for re
pairs. Her Horry looking plight In
attributed to the fact that the Wil
lamette River has a lower stage of
water than has been known for
years and in making her regular
tripB the vessel has been compelled
for the pant month to literally
plough her way through rooks and
gravel. Oapiain Graham, one of
the owner of the vesnel, said:
"There is no finer or better
equipped boat on the river than
the Pomona and he i all right in
a river, but when it come to run
ning on dry land as we practically
been doing here lately it i more
than she can stand. It in expeo-1
ting too much of her.
Padi.v llATTKKEI).
One can tortn a slight idea of
the rough treatment fche has been
experiencing by taking a look at
her. The wheel buckets are in
sh'eds and look us though they
have bee-i chewed by a band of in
dustrious be aver. Her hurricane
-deck is covered with a layer of
1 uLonnq. Home of them as
1 t V V " - T
large as a gooso's egg. which
were 1
monntoutb-Tndependence and Sakm
...STAGE....
SUMMER SCHEDULE.
Leaves Monmouth at 7:30 A. M.
Tiibi)endence at 8 A. M.
Returning leaves Salem
Headquarters at Little Palace Hotel, Independence.
Iled Front Barn at Salem.
J. A.BYERS. Prop.
IN ! IKI'KN DK.V I' KNTE
Sale !
. M. DAN II
thrown there bv her wheel scoon
ing them up from the river bed.
The buckhead, which w new a
month ago, i o battered by- flying
meks that it will have to be made
over again. The skylights were
also broken by the same missiles,
which were dug from the bottom,
of the riyer.
Low Watkk.
Captain Sprong is master of the
Pomona, having filled that position
for the past 12 years. During that
time he says that the Willamette
ha never been bo low as at pres
ent. For most of the distance
above Oregon City he Bays that the
vessel was bumping along on the
bottom and digging up gravel like
a dredge. As it would come against
the boat the sound was deafening,
resembling in a certain degree the
charges of heavy artillery. "Th
most surprising thing about it,',
he said, "is that the boat stood
such rouch treatment as long as
ahe ha8
The wheel buckets had
to be replaced nearly every day
with new ones. Portland Journal.
For Sale.
Oue good two-stated Hack.
One open single HugKy
One 24-Inch spring-tooth Harrow.
One new Uartlen Cultivator.
For Sale Cheap. Call at A.
L.
CHUTE'S, Monmouth, Or.
at 2:.'U1 o'clock P.
M.
KIM. I SK, I N DKI'KN DKNCE, OREOON', OfTOltKK 2.), 1001
One week only !
At the Hotel Yamhill, at Mc-
Minnville. on Oct,.- 15,-Thoma
Bocks, of Ballston and Mies Myrtle
Stevens, of Willamma. J, O.
Rodgers, officiating.
The eroom is one of our rustling
farmers and is very popular young
man.
The bride is one of Wil lamina's
popular and well known young
ladies. She is a niece of Geo. Halls,
ot Ballston.
Saturday night the Ballston boys
treated them to an old fashioned
charivari and were rewarded by a
box of fine cigars. The young
couple will make their home on
the Sanders place near here.
DIED.
WHITEAKER. At his residence
in this city, on Wednesday, Oct.
22, 1902, David Jesse Whiteaker,
aged 77 years, 11 month and 26
days.
The circumstances leading to
tire death of "Uncle Davey" are too
fresh in memory to be rehearsed at
this time. Suffice it to say that he
scarcely regained consciousness
from the runaway accident of last
week.
Mr. Whiteaker was an honored
pioneer of '4S and a veteran of the
rt.a..nn TnJlflll WHrB. He WBS &
wiirjjwn A... ...... '
native of Virginia. In '3(5 he, with
hia nRients. removed to Illinois
i '
thev being pioneers to that state
His trip across the plnir.sto Oregon
is similar to those of all that heroic
, - . "
band, which braved the hardships
and reclaimed Oregon to the Union.
Funeral services were held to
day at 11 a. m. at the M. E. church
Rev. Cf. H. Osborne officiating. In
terment took place at the family
burying ground on the B. K
Whiteaker farm, north of Mon
mouth. WITHROW, At her home, in
this city, on Tm'.day, October 21'
11)02, Mri. H. K.Withrow, of can
ter. Mr. S. It. Willi row wns ho'ii in
Swklin county, Ohio, July, M.
1812 and at the age of I ft years
moved, with her parents, to Kulton
county, IllinoiH. On November 25
ISfil. she was united Jn marriage
toS. It, .Withrow and .20 years
later they moved to Oregon. De
ceased leave, a husband, two bom
and a daughter.
Funeral services were held at the
Evangelical church
Wednesday 1
morning at 10 a. in.
Selling Ht a Murrain.
I am aelling at a bargain my
cattle, hogH. goats, chickens, feed
and implements at my place, the
eld NichoU place. E. Uakmck
Iluena Vlntii.
Harvev Nash ha. leaned
the
ferry for a year and ha
a.BUtned
charge.
Wm. Steele disposed of his hops,
thiu WPP If In Kaber fe Neis. of
Albany. Their price was 23c.
Wm. Knighton and family have
moved to Buena. They occupy
the dwelling immediately north of
the Evangelical church
Miss Matlie Lee has purchased
of Sam H. Baldwin the nine-acre
tract and the house and two lots
just north of the evangelical
... n 1 1
church. The tract was formerly
owned by Dr. Clair Brown, of Inde
pendence.
H. L. Hall and family were visi
tors, from Friday until Sunday.
John Baldwin, has purchased ot
Mr. Loneacre. the residence
property in Buena Vista occupied
by the former
.
Ihree new.y sning.ea nouse n
aid other improvements aooui,,
the nnsr STEP
Of the child is an event in the mother's
life. How proud he feel, when the
attempt to walk 1. begun to early as to
evidence childish courage and sturdy
strength. Such pride should be enjoyed
bv every mother. But it often happens
that the child is utnKl,
weak and deficient in
vitality, and cling, to the
mother's arms with no
desire to walk or play.
Mothers should learn
that to have strong chil
dren they must them
selves be strong, tor me
child's strengtn is
UK gill I "JC
mother. t2i"
The use of Dr.
Pierca's Favorite
Prescription by
expectant mothers
gives them health
a nd strength to
(jive their chil
dren. It nour-
trengthens the body and give, great
muscular strength and elasticity, so that
the baby's advent is practically painless.
I have been unitiR Dr. Pterce' Fvorite Pre-
KiiiMion, oa can y u is 11 wi. j.
SCTl pi It'll, auu wu i. J , .7-
tir il to bt, .nil can cherrtully rtcomraend it."
write. Mm. Victor J. Hadin, of loaanlville.
Rilev Co.. Kansas. "I began taking H just two
mouths before lby came and was (treatly bene
fited by its as. The doctor who attended mc
aid I did about as well as any one he had seen
(aa I was sick only about Oiree hours), and also
that vour - favorite Prescription ' was ' the one
patent medicine' which he did have faith m.
We uow have a darling baby bov. strouit and
hralthv. who weighed nine pounds when born
Uulv isth). During this month he has gained
(Wee aud one-half pounds."
"Favorite Prescription" makes weak
women strong, sick women well. Accept
no substitute for the medicine which
works wonders for weak women.
The People's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, a book contaiuing 1008 pajres- is
given away. Send 21 one-cent stamps
for expense of mailing only, for the lxxk
in paper covers, or 31 stamps for the
volume bound in cloth. Address Dr.
R. V. Pierce, BulTalo, N. Y.
:.mK
town, denote thst the spirit of
p'rogreadun in being arou-ed in
Iluena.
Faher t-N'-i", of Albany, pur
ch fined (Jus Pagenkopfs hop. thin
we-k, at figure highly satisfactory
to the latter.
Farmer are Btill waiting for rain
In order to begin plowing, but an
occasional shower is all that nan so
far appeared. The rain is later
than usual, for W'ebfoot.
Jsuies (Ictlv. a well known
J'U"b boy. i. now in uaiuornia.
working an engineer at a saiar 01
if 70 per month. His many friend
will he glad to hear such good nws
of Jainew.
Itallnton.
October, 22, 1902.
Our school will give an entertain
ment about Thanksgiving.
Irving Mathews shipped a car
load of M)tatoes. Tuesday.
The potato men ' are digging
their potatoes, this week. The field
is not up to the average.
Wiiliam Short and family, Fred
Wilhoit and family and Fred Cax
ton arrived here from Illinois Tues
day night. They expect to make
Oregon their home.
Mr. Fykes and daughter, left
Wednesday for California.
We are sorry to learn that Mrs.
I). V. Poling is confined to her bed
with an attack of typhoid fever.
Her physicians, however, tell ua
her case is a very light one and
she will probably not be ill long
The Dalles Chronicle.
. Rav Goodrich, Eugene' crack
' football player, has bean engaged
Monmoutb
. , .
1 wora receivea uere jov
I states that D. W. Sears is convales-
cing from an attack of smallpox.
Davidson & Hedges, Props.
CiBars, Cigarettes, Tobac
cos and Confectionery.
First Class Soda Fountain in
Connection.
Rail's ferry
Growing more popular every
day because it is the shortest
and only practical route to Sa
lem. Safe and rapid service
rendered by a skillful ferryman .
nt all hours.
Round Trip on Rigs, 25c.
K D. Pettyjohn, Prep.
Strayed or Stolen.
Eight head of cattle One white 4-tai-old
Milk Cow; one whits 8-year-olil
Milk Cow; one black 3-year-old
Milk tow; one black Steer Calf; one
roan Steer Calf; one red and white
Heckled Heiler Calf; one roan 3-year-old
Bull ; one 2-vear-old red Heifer. All
branded V on risht hip and marked
with crop and under bit in right ear.
A suitable reward for the recovery
same will be paid at Corvallis, Or.
J.W. VINEYARD.
H. n. jasperson,
UNDERTAKER,
independence, Oregon.