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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 189?-190? | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1903)
. t 1 INDKl'KNDKNCK KST C t.Mt I 5. U ) E TENDENCY, OREfJQN Uixani'" uixkittion. oik County Frntr, Imprt-a i - i . I, nil kihtou: Having wunu 1 with a dwire to a rei- I J tt.rHt, United Slate, I f id the train at ialon, In Linton county, whera I wa Cine with n-lHtive. riieweath U of that orl that would not U one with tho belief that all wren in tho region from M tli' K"ul' r'H ciuiualca, bfur I had been aboard the 1 30 minutes tho rido of tho V)D firmer begau to patter on Lmlofmv car. llio train ol cotcbe wai literally packed people bnt on loving the Jtut, and on arriving at I'ort- t found that a heavy down bad preceded u, which ren ll th street slushy, and all rt, mure especially tho rei populaliou of Portland, wore ilj imilo. j,t no time in wending my totbe Hotel l'erkins, where I Lied tJ find todginga during K-eptiuu ot the president, but jr arrival there I wtu iuformwl every available apace in the bad been engaged and the inswiT wua made us at each Bruited. I finally succeeded tturiug lodging at a private nee. ) eight spread before my eyes U Tic. in ty of the Hotel Tort us oiio lung to be remember i lerging mas oi huinatiity plodding tliu streets, which y thin tiaiti been tniiipforinod ;ilnke of mud and slush, but ! ilmtauiling the inconvenience keiit under such circuiuatancra me seemed t be good nutureil Hpy. 1 retired ut 10 o'clock, g tl.e streets still packed ught-scers, who seemed to aunlit for the light showers t intervals precipitated upon heads. AriMin early on the of the day on which the ifiii wan to arrive I found I the weather seemed going to Unit one could desire, for the tnonainna were fifteen by twenty live feet. It wa evident that it liH'l in time past been a victim of relio humeri, at it lower portion waa somewhat mutihited; but not withstanding ita tattered condition we could ee hidden down deep in ita foldn the Declaration of Inde pendenco, the constitution of the United State and the Monroe Doc trine. Tho excessive rain had greatly marred the beauty ol out aide decoration, but mm alru. toward ita destination. Arriving at the north end of tho park the president' carriage waa turned from the itreer onto the park ground where a stop waa made and the long procession 11 led by in plain view of the chief. The re view having ended the atart waa made to City Tark. where the lay ing of the comer alone of the Lewie ud Clark monument by the presi dent waa to take ulaee. About ihia time the rain began to make . I n l .i mi-Hi ueno uie element and that III appearance and umbrellas in consisted of the hundred of elre- counties number lined tl.u streets. trio light that were scattered with This atute of affair lasted until the profusion over both the Hot! Tort- park ws reached and long there land and the Oregonian building, after, for with the lai.ee of time the Theew formed a most beautiful tain increased in Volume until 11 RCeilO. Iiotireil ilnu ii in m i.i.i l.. i liur ) I -1 i j j n mi u v. V l . It wa about one o'clock 1'. M. Thia lasted during the whole time when the great mans of humanity required to complete tho cere- began to move from all direction monies. The president was clad toward Went Park, where there- in a robe of oilcloth to protect him view wa to take place, The pre!- from the atorm. A hole havina dent wa to arrive at 2:10 and the been made in the center he thruHt Intervening time wa employed in hi head through it and all that putting everything in readine for wus visible of the nation's chiei hi coming. Kvery tree, telephone executive was hi head adorned pole and houae-top in the vicinity with hie biith ttilk hat. of tho park had ita occupant and I want to ay here that there tho thoucanda of people who had was at this Btage of the proceedincs collected in the etreet on either apparently only one man who was aidu of the park were atrueelincLviln tn WPr tt umfla an1 that woo : lor poaiuoiu oi vantage. Uneucene RooHevelt. The ceremonies being at thia point that eclipsed them terminated a grand rubh waa made all wa the seating of the 12,000 by the' invrlada of neoole for the schoolchildren in such a position Hirw!t carg ll)al wero jn wuitinir at inai tue preHiueni, a no was uuing mie foot of the hill. Water 15 STKONGEK THAN IT5 it i vni ltj i r T I T fVT lr 15 STRONGER THAN HIS STOMACH D PIERCES GOLDEN 'MEDICAL' DI5C0VERY iMAKES WEAKl 5TOMACH5 5TR0NG was when a small boy his face no doubt was nrofuaelv decorated with driven by, could see at a glance Lolling down the hillside in quan- freckles. There is nothing about thai tnougn uregon may be aen- tities and at a velocity that blears the man borderinir on the beauti- lect in some things she is none the description. Where the cars were ful, but this should not detract less a foe to racial suicide. It was (,0 assemble to receive the neoDle from his ability to administer the near 2:!50 when the shout went up, a lake of thick muddy water had fti',l'r8 f tne presidential office, -there ho comes!'' aud all eyes rorill,, wv,i,,, fliri f hB ,ttra tn Portland deserves praise from all , ., , , , Uregon lor tne manner ol her re .... ........ .. vo. . niove iaruier up me niu io ury street, and sure enough about two Lround whero the people could get blocks distant from the north end to t,IH wit10Ut wading. It was of the park the head of the pro- ,re tho funniest incident of the cession was seen slowly moving (j.4y happened. People in their toward where we stood. Tho street mi.h to L'et to shelter failed to look at this jKunt is quite sloping and jU8t wicr t)ey were stejqdng, and the lirnt view 1 got -f the president a voting lady dressed in the heigh th only included tho top ol his silk 0f fafjllon and having every ap- caption of the president. No ex pense nor pain had been spared ta make hi brief stay In Portland a pleasant one. Oregon will derive much benefit from the visit, aa uch occurrences tend to widen thu acquaintanceship of the East with her boundless possibilities. X. X. A I It LIE. The picnic at Ridders grove last Thursday was a decided nuccess. A bear feasted on one of Asa Staats goats one night lat week, A. II. Lewi has opened up his butcher shop for the coming season, James Ililtibranc has sown about twenty acres to timothy this spring. Eras tn s McTimmonds has sold and is delivering bis oats at Falls City. Dr. R. E. Golden, of Portland, was visiting relatives here last week. Claude Lewis Wan 'buying beef cattle at this place during the week. , Deputy Assessor Walter Butler was interviewing the property own ers in this vicinity last week. C. E. Staats and wife have re turned from attendance at a meet ing ot the Mate Orange at Uregon City. A. J. Hannum. road supervisor, has a surplus of business on hand at present and will ask the court for a deputy. Tracy Staats, secretary of the Farmers' Telephone Company, was making collections through hera last Wednesday. H. L. Fenton was receiving wool horn 'lnnMnv It hainff olawtirtn day the town was full of teams and assumed quite a business air. TENTH Correspondents' Contest in hi. liio nky blue and lhi On April let, we commenced our Tenth Correspondents' Contest and on Friiluv. .Iiilv 31. IWl.'l. ut. fl:O0 P. !M. wo w ill close it. offer as nreiniunis thn hat, but as tho procession moveu p,.ftrance of belonging to the Upper- following articles, selected by the Correspondents' theuinelves ; .... .1 i. : i ....i,l v, ,.t . . . . , . I upuieiuu iiioio i-"u.u . r.c. ui tell ,n society, accompanieu oy a FIRST PRIZE A handsome. well-UDholstered. velvet Couch Oregon's chief guest and as became young man of equal station in life SECOND PRIZE A lovely PictB.ro nearer his broad snoulders iiu- stepped o(f into a chuck hole filled THIRD PRIZE A fine Students' Lamp i.resMd me as that of a mail of i ,h KrJm with slush nd mud. UL ' ul 1 A gooa set or ring rong. I .... . ,.CTII tt i i v rv....:K...,i ii- Aj t. - - 11.... U 1 r,rl" liu"" ' Wi'K -wl.f In it is needless to sny she measu red gIXT1I JRI ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; "; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;;;;;; ; ; ; ;Ladiee Hoiue JournaI '1 about 210 pounds weight. ... tirti I' r . I ' (lAIll wtuicq xuiuc; uui un i. u. gn u in proinistf oi , ,lllgHl.d Hit. iiiuiii where 1 was im- dpi.tlm for f heard a sniash. saw uvvvvtu thmvip r .,...,.-.. tt,. ,i.i. r i ., iit 1 I 1 i i i o- j v 1 ll i uiiu,,,,,,i.i iraubia u. ioiu nun iv auuicco ui uiiv y vi "Ul . I i I f II llill a I III A Mil II Ml I . . I .. .. J , I. .. .1 1 1' I 1. ..i I ft i 1 11 " i" inruMifij iiuiiuiug u ufUL-u urn nounucr anu an was over. iiiifi.ai BimriH waijult IUM )OWe( l0 Ul0 cheering The thought flashed through uiy lU1lt JilMJUshibllll V mi driiMHi .....l.,,! .... 1,tnUr -rn . i ... a n l.,ti- 1 f ' lilliwn " lUi'H I.UM1VHVI u p " vawc-v.v i in I nii riiiiL m, iiVt) uwiiui diiud aim . . l : I.- .... ...ii ...,,..1.1 . i. i i r.n. . io nis eHrmiKo ,io um . suk Biocaing ouu lanm v.uum tJ We want all tho news that happens in Polk county and we want tbeE.vTEB- IM'i iiiil, Ueyond wei lim scnooi Portland 8 reception. prisk to visit every family in the county. We want to help you and we want you lm crowd. I'riililfii nl lb 'iii wi-re tu In? seen in pro- rum tin. tups of the UllLhi,lJfl.n in CONDITIONS. I .1 ... .n.l.iiruli ! . Ill III HHM lUllliUlt'il ill H ' 'iiivmii . ....... truiiur.s t u,e cuih.4 of the i.....:..; -hoimhII v l-Ulrft htiloW. 8 "I Vt-i y '"HiUj-hlarr. h'g Hit case along the mule Ux ocM.lfiit wus In be Over i hit hi n et in front ol r ll j 1 l.,,.A ,., i,;,,!, tin; ,l"l the llni- which Hit! Sec- !..... t ' , .... ""R'ni iiiiintccrs unlurleU k. r i.;. ...i.i..l. . . ji'i iiin . i.i.i. 1 1 4 1 . l ii ll.... ... I r'il of (i u r Micct'H.-ful con (lict l'iii. i t the unfurling of '8 iWciohl jiruoe. This Hag 'fiiiill nlliiir, for an near as ' could ii.rasuro it, iis di- 1 1 ji Miiutii nag. reached a lappin flags mid i rvid,.d fur them, and cacii carry nature auorne.i il; a inurn ecrt'cialiy ! u'i,.n ii. nr..Kiiliiit point in front of this rising genera tion the cheering became d. alening ai.d Mr. Roosevelt seemed to great ly enjoy this jicrt of the program us evidenced by that peciili.tr smile we feel justified in s.ivmii would be hard to duplicate. On win d the procession continued, the noise all the while increasing until tho roar incident to the mov ing of such a conglumoiHte mass sounded like a mixture ofearth iiuaKc and thunder. Tho presi-j dent remained standing the entire distance, thus rendering it possible tor one to gel a perfect view ol bun as he moved along. He constantly lipped his tall Silk hat and bowed frequently to th-i lens of thousands of patriotic citizens who had their v.. riveted upon him. The pro- cession, on arriving at the end of the route mapped out, made the turn across West I'ark and slowly uloved back along Tark street The street cars were unable to to help us. Our interests are mutual. We will give points as follows: carry the people away as fast as One point for every item of news worthy of publication. 25 points for every , .11. . ,1 ii.,.j article worthy of a seperate head. If an article be specially meritorious or start- they wished to go and thousands 1 . ... ' D . . ling in the eight of tne manager of this department an extra 15 points will be started on foot to places of shelter. giwn For every new yearly subscription 85 points. For every yearly renewal The procession being broken to 75 points. For a subscription three months 2o points; six month and less than pieces the president was driven di- a year 35 points. For every dollar's worth Advertisement or Job Work we give 50 rod to the Hotel Pprtland. where points, and we will gladly furnish you prices on any kind of Ad or Job. We are 1 ,iio.l going to make a campaign lor some new corresponaente, ana we win announce an immense crowd had collected to b , , . . at times the places in this column. atch for them, as we will make it to your see him arrive. interest to secure representatives in the sections we want represented. Other My impression ol KooseveH was featnres will be announced along. such as to cause me to believe him tu be a hale good fellow, oneof the imvs. as the navine coes. He stands about live feet ten inches HOW YOU STAND. ,.Paj)er ki. eiirry fourteen vuri !,"'', ni i,. weights of '"I'I'icK nijier." We jl'"" l,:uV what you """t. del our prices. F- Rodgers& Co !holesae laper Healers Salem, Oregon. high and is heavily liuilt, weign- LreHlite(1 ntii after it appears In the paper, although subscriptions and points ing in the vicinity of 200 pounds. aecnrej jn 0ther way will be announced as they come in. AVe (cant to keep He is lacking in those magnetic everything fair and straight and If you think an error has occurred in your.poiuts dualities of Blaine and the polished write us within the week following nud we will make thorough investigation, manners of McKir.ley, and would Buena Vista.H 1475 impress one with the belief that he Momi;ou;i;;ii;;;;;;;;;";;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; 829 prefers athletic sports to being tied ia,.ker SIS to modern etiquette. Ai he was Saet : SSi being driven through the streets in Antioch 216 a carriage literally smothered in Monmouth, B '....106 flowers, he looked as though he pjj' 0' . " . " ' ' . '. '. . . . '. '. '. '. '."...'.".'.'.'.'."..."".!'."."."'.".". would have preferred to walk so as ni(jhlan(i8( d ...I , 92 to be able to mingle with those Falls Cjty . 72 ...u ..a to do him homaee. Monmoutn, a . w mn.t.rl,. Sunny Slope lie snpjioris a "UJ .uw.., has a very florid complexion, and 49 Kallston 8