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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 189?-190? | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1903)
NDEPENDENCE ENT ERPRISE AND WEST SIDE. yiCAK. INUKI'KNDKNCK, I'OLK COUNTY, OltKGO.V, Al'HII, '.), IDitf. NUMBKtt 19 j INDEPENDENCE, i I ami M r. forth 1 1 r KIIIImkm OF UNION DEPOT EXHIBIT ndeiirt uml t Wil li Valley iii l.irg OlIllplllllPllM. iendem-e Improvement hI ft meeting for f iho purpose of meet f, K. V. Iko and Mr. Ji. who are in charge of 'i,f.irliiiUion Kurrau at A large and enthusi ' pii-K) nt and many ftl-Ilt l'tlill"'PH llll'll at- neting. i know tliiit fur Cortland to grow the destroyed. They represent iguur Willamette valley rniiHt grow. Fur ance, slothfulness and stagnation Portland to be a New York we There is a Jaw in this elate to de- must have mattered alonu- the Wil-1 troy these orchards. We muNt lamelle valley a Philadelphia, a "ee to it that thia law ia carried Chicago, a Buffalo, an Albany and out. We must handle our fruits as other citiea of importance. To huh- we would our childrencare for tain a large population at Cortland them, take palua with them. We there must he an inlnnd empiro in must spray and prune these or the Willamette valley and in Kant- chards and pick them an they ern and Southern Oregon. shhuld be picked. Many of our "We do int know of our re- citizen have information under g iureen we have no definite infor- their hat band which we need; malion. Our organization wishes they know all about the keeping of to remedy thin; we want to know fruit and we want that and you what you have, where it is. what ,m,Ht B"1 il- Thev will puna away ita value ia and how to net at it; tt,,(1 we will never secure this in we want all products, we want to formation if we don't take it now know where you secure them, we wnon t,,e opiwrtunity is at hand want to know about your Hoil if " Th D0'(' has but one idea in you have nalt or clay, good pear, view ai,(1 that ia to organize the reach or apple lutid.or whatever it H,ale 01 Oregon. W by was the or U wo want samples of it; we want gttistalioii made? It was found to know the price of your land, that we knew nothing of our state and if a man Mat.-a that he wishes iu tt dwfiuile ttml systematic man- Ulven Under the Auspices of the K. of r. Lodge. "DAMON AND pyTHIA81The,MeiP.!vea,iI''d' boveth9"' punaes, w in im pjaoeu in a separate fund tote used as a charity fund or for similar purposes by the lodge. The Independence orchestra and the Monmouth band were present and discoursed some excellent music. After the play was over the lodge boys provided the play erg' with a sumptuous repast. Come with another, boys. CAST. OPERA HOUSE CROWDEO TO DOORS. Moat Kluboratc Costumes Ever Seen on the Loral . Stage. Damon .'...P. L Alexander Pythia U. I Inzer Dionysfus Verd Hill 1'lnlinlhm Clarence It. Wagoner Proele Will Walker Damocles Tom Fltcbard a certain kind of land to raifa ov- k .. A. Jk . JJ .1 Mr. Gwo.1V. Conktr f (ii of I'olk count v'w leading so- f pram, tor yearn nle win a teach- L er In the Polk county mthool, and , in now unit of Hie tnintt ixmuliir Utlll tier. A party wrote us last year who wanted to put in $500,000 in the paper business. I wrote to the boards of trude over the state and tile information I secured wan not worth $10 to me aud would be of a great deal less value to a man who was to leaye his own state and come Here on our information. Now we wish tq remedy this. Last Friday evening the local K of P. lodge presented the celebrated assic drama, "Damon and Py- I.ueullua J. W. Richardson, Jr. Unas." tn the larirpat linime (.vor . Servant Arch fcloper . , ,. . , Senators E. 8. Hllliard, D. Davidson, semuieu in town to witness a nome Kain Irvine, W. Patton, Clinton talent production. To sav that Moore, t. M. Skinner, aud .other. I Ma nu W V I'anjnha .11; ouiitcui uinmntouuu, irJ HiTmlDO . ....Mrs. Oeo. Li. iiurton ever so clever, could do. ample jus- Ca'anthe Mn. U. L. Frazer , , , , ,, Arriah Mrs. F. M. Skinner uce 10 so proiounu a piay wouiu ue Child of Damon Charley Burton making an assertion difficult to hoiuiera, guarda.etc. ludli-H Iii our educational iiiIihIcbI circleN. t nf the vinit wan to Btirohriate diKphtv til enitiiri', mapH and in Jut I'olk county at the lin the Union depot at I h has a suitable room ft of competent per l(i,(XK) haa been sub' eminent bueineHS men display of Oregon's placed tt.ere by her ire mrrr who are the llie bureau are well s )( ability and capital. has. K. I.add, of Ladd . lmeyman, of the lardware Oo; W. II. layward Hros; 11. C, O. It. A N Co. and orth, a capitaliHt and ii of Portland. Jh worth and Col. Drake je uliove mentioned !'boiit mi hour and the im of their remarks If . ' -ni for tlie purpose of flnd ourseIv"S in build I of Oregon. OrtgoR i fg dormant And has not Immigration t-j which 1. Wo have been 'ifgleotful. While we this dormant condi- witueHsnd the state of row; wo have seen Ku representatives in phrp.'ss and California ten. Oregon's re- pirdly been touched. y a population of a P.000 while its area is that of the whole of Pghind -Btates. Some idea is to build up it we know and vou J tain products we can tell him just where to go. We send him to your league aud state that they will be able to give him the land he wants. If we locate a man and he ia satis- fled ho advertises our - state and if not he does us damnce. There are suHtain. Dut, on the other hand. it may be said the parties sustain- Hatlt 8. S. Exercises. in the various characters in last Following is the program to be Friday night's production perform- rendered at the Baptist church in ed as well as any other aggrega- this city Sundap evening: tion that could be assembled here. Anthem "The True Easter". The writer, having assumed one of I By the choir the minor and weaker roles, hesi- Sci ipture Reading By the Supt tates either to condemn or to Prayer Vou want in ,n.n f Pra,8i therelore, lie takes as a song l ueiong to mm . . . i .,. basis of his remarks the verdict of .Primary class disinterested parties. Recitation "A Small Boy's Prob- In the difficult role of "Damon," lem" Bryan Newton P. L. Alexander was very credit- polo "God is Love". able. He was particularly effective .Esther Muhleman. in the scaffold scene and in hi-s Exercise "An Easter Rainbow". . frenzy act with "Lucullus." The By primary class latter character was the servant of Easter song. "Damon" and could hardly have Primary and Intermediate been imDroved UDon. The Dart , classes . it the county with the mountains, rivers, cities, rail roads, wugon roads, schools, timber and locations of the different kinds of land all placed on it in proper manner Send samples of your products of every kind neatly marked and properly made; eend photographs of your best stock wit h the name of the owner alnn vnnr furnm dairy farms, hop farms, etc. Send P y J. W. Richardson. Recitation ........ Ella Muhleman o vnnr mni.v nn .n,i .Mrl . Mr. and Mrs. U. L. Frazer "Open our Hearts" thmn ..lni in h0Mui played those two great dual char- ...Male quartette t... iv :r j . acters. "Pvthias" and "Calanthe." Easter Chimes Edna Scott im tucuj. j'jvcu u vuu uo iioii gei a l one customer as a direct result it is land no two members of the cast Solo .T. .Lora Craven good investment. Why? Be- Put 8reater forc0 or feelinS in their Exerci8e-"A BaS of Wishes" noi lie uoes us uamiige. iw w ' , . narla aa these two Mrs fienrne T ... ., ... . eauae vnnr enternr in mi mmh n P8118 lne8e l"0, iurs. ueorge 1. PP'' n our state wnoon:a,H ; , vu Burton, who has appeared in var- "Swing Back YeGates". US 10 grOW, WHO WOUIU Iiov pu a I , , r-r-- - - - - hora ai nraaontaj By eight girls i i i. .. i . lous roies nere. cieveriv nreseniea uuwwo. . ,i niniriHo who I ooo it nti veriisw you are not. consiu- ' " , penny in any good enterprise, "o ' ....... the part of "Hermion "-Her char- Exercise By five boys i-J rm -r, ., . .. Ueter ren n i red more feelinir than Concert Recitation The Golden -.T.T"Tli that nn real Mtate "c "B""g was miwiusiaBiioi . . . II " - - , ..... . . that ot anv other on the staon and lextiortne auarier. , , n a i i nn iinrruta nrAQdnr. u'nra rrpoar. u I changes hands on a down market f - r- - a; how we ahft erforme(i u mar u,, t 4 u(.iA infnr. M pieaueu wiin ijr. urate ana ivir . r ... .Ik. Jl I i n fronrnrt V rW ,,yU,WTW If vou have anv t)roducefrit. audience w,s deeply moyed by her interests, ua i u maae ? . , .. presentation, Verd Hill, as "Dio- valuea. California has land that is cereals woo, hops grasses or J ....... ' ... snecial 80U ot any kind onng in a -J" ."v..-... o...B, 0.0.. v"l- i j i. l a . j : n-.l , ..mn.., l....it .5iK tk oor. e mosfc aruni aumirere. e .By the school attested in the assertion that the Collection Anthem "Sweet Sabbath Eve". . . .By the choir- worth from '200 to 300 per fht. will nnt rnnmnre with our soi which sells only at font 20 to 150. tary of the league. Don't kick at the rest of the state, There is room for all, If one part grows the other part must follow. We have never witnessed an im migration as we will during the next four years. We want to con contrate our efforts, we want to so G. A. Hurley, Sec. Fine Standard II reed Chickens. Fifteen Buff Cochin eggs for $1.50 if shipped. If taken at the jards, $1.25 per 15. No attention cure a population of 2,000,000 in- paid to orders unless accompanied i,,.i.;fUnia n. nnr Btnte and there is wun casn. Address orders to question if there are many profes sional playeri who could play this particular role much better than he performed it the other evening. I Other roles deserving of particular mention were those of Tommy Death or Mrs. A. Ii. Iliatt. Mrs. A. B. Hiatt died at her home in this city April 4, of con sumption, having been a sufferer of that dreaded disease for a number of yesrs." v Deceased was born January SO, 'Itorrt l. " a . 1. rr Pilchard as 'Damocles." the oracle LiO0U' ai r -a&f 01 T yeaf8 of the senate; W riu.m f.ir mnnv more than that. The Pacific is now the front door; we are no more at the back door in riiii mil rtrni.a? the Orient is the meeca tor tho West. We are pass-1 in a frmn the steam ace to the elcc- n " J. S. Mooke, Box 214, Independence, Ore. A Great Sensation. There was a big sensation iu Lees- ville, Ind., when W. H. Brown, of !... I . m I. . ..... tn trie aee, divided interests to united . , . . ... . . Kine'a New effort. Our people should be hand- rjiscevery for Consumption. He led without gloves. Look at the writes: "I endured Insufferable agon . ..... .. . .Ko.J.. vi I li from BHthma. but your New Dim orchards oi our eiaie, um ui-rv" - , at the 'world's fairs" oxcelled and yet our orchards throughout the Willamette valley are a libel to the state. We should see to uu. um assessors should take these down and report all the diseased and in fected orchards and they should be oovery gave me immediate relief and soon thereafter enectea a complete cure." Similar cures of consumption, pneumonia, bronchitis and grip are numerous. It's the peerless remedy for all throat and lung troubles. Price dOcand $1.00. Guaranteed by Kirk land Drug Co. Trial bottles tree. II. Walker as "Procles," in command of the troops at Syracuse; Archie Sloper as the servant of Pythias; Mrs. F. M. Skiuner as "Arriah" and lastly (we would be doing an injustice to omit it) little Charley Burton as "Damon's" child. In addition to the above characters there were senators, soldiers, etc. The cos tnmes were very elaborate, and were loaned for the occasion by the K. of P. lodge of Salem. What measure of success the per formance realized is due entirely to the painstaking efforts of Arthur Plymouth Rock chickens, one-half Moore, who drilled tbem under mile west of college. Address great disadvantages. The boys are Elbert AVant, Monmouth, Ore. certainly more grateful than words Delineator and Designer now on can express for his kindly efforts, sale at Wagoner's. two months and six days when she died" She wa9 married to Mr. A. B. Hiatt in Illinois, where they lived until 1891. when they moved to Oregon. Deceased leaves a husband and a large family of children to mourn her death. The funeral was held at the Christian church, of which she was a member, the funeral ser vices being conducted by ' Rev. E. C. Wigmore. Flue Effgs To Sell v From thorough-bred Barred