INPEPKNDKNC'K ENTERPRISE, INDKPENDKNCK, OREGON
Piices
Wo liftvo a few ttamplo wheels loft nnd wUIcIohg out tho en tiro stock at tho
following jiric(in: '
n,. MOO lUoyclo. "Pace Maker". . H!.7.j One fi.YOO Latona, Raeycln make. .. .$21.2")
ViOO Crewi-nl Illcyolt) 27..r.(l One :$).00 SixII llicyele, ladies model 21.75
!. Itf lH) Hindi Bicycle 27.75 One 37.50 HnU Hinyclu M.W
One .l)(K) Hii-11 liicyclo, with coaHtrr . '12.7.') One .10.00 Cleveland, cushion frame. . .'58.25
Our stock in reduced to tlm above muiipleH only, and when thcno aro
gone no inoru can 1 had at those j.rucH. These are all high-giado bicycles.
llle have a few bargains left in second-hand Wheels.
R. M WADE, & GO.
A. J: GOODMAN, Manager.
fcV-
I'olk county has within its bor
ders besides tne Willamette river a
number of logging streams and
water powers which inay in time
be utilized. We mention the La
Creole, Luckiamuto, Hiletz, H.uth
Yamhill, Mill and Kalmon as
among the more important.
Polk county is but 14 miles from
the ocean and less than 40 miles
from Portland.
Its land consists of bottom land,
yalley land, hill land and moun-
tuns.
Many of the farms of Polk coun
ty are lurger than can be success
fully handled by their owners. A
small farm-of 10 to 1 acres when
nr.i.rlv cultivated insures more
i
$20 AND COSTH.
A. V. Slaiiabory is Fined a
Above for Itcceot Difficulty.
Tuesday afternoon the trial of
State of Oregonva A. VV. Stans
bury, charged with tho crime of
attempting assault on the per
son of II. (J. Seeley with, a dan
gerous weapon, was heard by
Justice of Peace V ilson. Prose
cuting Attorney Hart was in
charge of the state's case and G.
A. Hurley looked after tho in
terests of the defendant. Nu
merous witnesses were examined
and counsel argued the merits
MA Ilubburd, who has
, clerking iu Astoria, came
utsday.
has. Uilyii-u, who is stop
in Dallas, returned Tuos-
from ik trip to Ashland.
(iovro, of North Indepen-
, showed to us Wednesday
i of strawberries that sim
boots anything wo have seen
,n ... 1 ....
many u day. J iriiui-
i weighi'd 15 ounces and
I a box to the running-over
i.t. They were of the Ma
il vuriety.
;,v, K. (". Wiginorc will
,ch his farewell sermon here
ulnv afternoon ut tho Christ-
church. Mr. Wigmoro finds
It it is necessary for lam to
the position ho accepted at
Divinity School at hugeno,
Ir refusing to consider the
gnation he tendered thorn,
regret losing a man of Mr.
-mow's ability, but Eugene
ertninly to be congratulated
LOCALS.
Rev. A. C. MeCauley, pastor
of tho Presbyterian chureh at
Uridgewater, S. D., was visiting
tho Dickinsons hero this week,
leaving Wednesday for Mc
Minnville, thence East.
Au article uu I'olk County reHources,
to be pulillxlted In iiiHtalliiienU.
I'olk county is almost in the cen
ter of the Willamette valley. It is
Mrs. t'has. Fitchard was in Sa-' 24 miles from north to south, and
i 'r.,-.i. 33 miles from east U west. In
AUt-rMwy. -----
i . ; .. i r.n
fr. ltertha Carriers went to S'juure mnes us area is auout
setuniii; his services.
Next .Sabbath morning thcro
El be no Sabbath school or
Iviccs at the rrosliylerian
irch on account of the bac
aureate sermon at the Normal
liool. In tho evening there
El bo special services at 8
lock. Tho Maccabco frater
v will hold their memorial
rvices at this time and placo
i i)t. Thompson will conduct
services ami deliver tho ad
ess. There will bo speeia
isic in charge of Mrs. Babbitt,
cordial invitation is extended
all.
The hop yield will be consider
if lighter this year than last
many tines failing to corao this
F'&K is the reason. However,
fro has been considerable in
ase in the acreage which will
a tendency to offset the short-
Portland Wednesday.
J)on't overlook 11. M. Wndo &
Co.'s ad on page 3.
Mr. Graham, of Canistota, South
Dakota, is in the city this week
the guest of J. Dickinson's family.
He has leen spending teyerul
weeks at Los Angeles, Cal.
Uev. D. V. Poling returned yen
terday afternoon from a trip to
Iono. He tells us every thin looks j
very dry up that way, and that in j
some parts o Morrow county they
,v l.ml no rain for five, months,
and crops are looking bed. The
Dalles Chronicle.
Tho lielit draft ideal Peering
mnuor is tho only mowor hav-
inf both roller and ball bearing.
Is heavier built and 1ms wider
XnumOhan-any other mower on
th market. Sold by It. M.
Wade & Co., ngonts for Peering
machinery.
Morris Wenrut, one of the
old members that is, old in the
Order, but not in years-was pre
sented with a veteran jewel by the
members of Central Lodge ho. IB,
of Salem, on the evening of the
12th inst. Chancellor Command
or Strang made the presentation
spoach. which was responded to
feelingly by Bro. WepruU Bro.
Weprut was initiated in New ork
28 years ago.-Portland Senator.
Notice.
ve
trouble in collecting
outstanding accounts my work will
be strictly cash from this date.
T. B. Cl-EVINOEB,
Boot and shoe maker, Indepen
dence, Oregon
T T, SMITH.
Wholesale Beer and Cigar Dealer.
MingUken out wholesale license, I can now sell all 1"
wholesale ri.
BEST BRANDS WINES AND WJUSKBiS.
Street, - - Independence, Oregon,
miles or 480,000 acres. T.iere are
practically 30 towrmhips in timber
or about 184,320 acres. We esti
mate the timber on an average of
12.000 feet to the acre, or over
2.000,000,000 feet of standing Una
ber in the county. The records of
the assessor give 115,905 acres o
cultivated land and 2G(5,G14 acres
of uncultivated land in the county
Polk county has 80,000 head of
horses, cattle, sheep, goats, swine.
etc. It has 134 1-a miles oi teie
phone system, 00,000 miles of rail
road bed; a population ot 1,100 in
habitants.
There was raised during the year
iust past over !f3,000,000 m pro
ducts, or over 1250 for eyery man
woman and child in the county
The hop meu realized $1,000,000
from their crop; the wheat brought
in 1850,000; the oats $200.000; the
"Lay $208,000; lumber $175,000;
stock $95,000; dairy products $70,-
000; wool $35,000; mohair 2o,uuu
and the fruit and vegetables 1V
000, besides a large amount o pro
duct which was not sold or mar
keted, but used for homeconsump
tinn.
Thn iivfirntre nopulation of l olk
county Is considerable less than 10
to the square mile, and a large
number of this population live in
Ui towns and villages.
Pr.Ur nountv is well connected
hv railroad service and traneporta
ir.n facilities. There is not a bet
aprvi.fl for all of the travelling
nnhl-c. outside of Miltnoman coun
ty, and possibly uiacsamaa uuuu ,
in the state of Oregon. Polk coun
ty has one branch of the Southern
!.,; miuiine tnroucn n, nuu an
other branch reaches to its north
ern extremity where it has its ter
minus., It has a motor line con
noniimr it with two fine sections of
farming territory and threj towns.
Aether railroad ttas jusi Deen
completed into its timber district
r ... i. .l. linn.
at Falls City, u nas me vy nmu.
ette river as a boundary on its east;
has stage connections with all
other parts of the county, and with
another branch of the Southern
Pacific at Salem,
of $20 and cost9 on Stansbury.
Itoso Fair Friday, June 12.
i iju living I.arL'o f dm case. Justice Wilson
VMnu uuiuiuikuuiw ' fi- D .
farms are paying large profits.! took case under advisement un
Manv of Oregon's best business' t:i Monday morning at 9:00
men are investing their surplus i ocl0ck, when he imposed a fine
monev in iarming properwes,
claiming it pay them better than
nterest on money, merchantiie
enterprises, city property, mines,
and is more certain to yield fixed
sums ot income than any enter
prise in which they can place their
capital. Further there is no dan
ger of decreasing of values, as prop
erty in Oregon is bound to raise in
value.
Polk connty excels in good roads,
r.li mate, transnortation facilities,
hops, timber, stock and the dairy
ndustries.
EDUCATION
In the countv of Polk there are
05 school districts with 90 teach
ers. The districts havin? more
than one teacher are Independence
with 8, Dallas with 7, Monmouth
with 5, Falls City with o, Buena
Vista, Mill Creek, Ballston, Rick-
reall. Bethel, Salt Creek, with I
each. There are in. the countv i
colleges. The Oregon State Nor
mal School at Monmouth with 13
teachers and the La Creole Acad
fimv at Dallas with 7 teachers.
There are in the county over 3500
nunils oi school age. The county
is well organized in its school dis
tricts and the ducational iacilities
are the best. The graded schools
in the larger towns teach two and
three grades above the public
school course of grades
The Presbyterian ladies will
have their rose show tomorrow
(Friday) evening in the opera
house. A nice program has
been prepared.
Premiums offered are as fol
lows: Best collection of 10 or
more varieties, $2; 2nd best col
lection of 10 or more varieties,
$1. Best collection of five or
more varieties, $1; 2nd best col- '
lection of five or more varieties,
50 cents. Best specimen of red,
white, pink and yellow, each 50
cents; 2nd best each, 25 cents.
Law Enforced to the Letter.
Clande Habbard leaves
week for a month's visit in
Francisco.
Mrs. Herren, mother of Al
ren, was an incoming passengei
this morning's train.
A meeting of the Polk County
Wool Growers' Association will be
held in Dallas the 19th inst, at 10
A. M. At 11 A. M. the sale of the
pool will take place.
A monument is to be unveiled
oyer the grave of the late Mrs.
Peter Kurre, at the I. O. O. F.
cemetery, south af Independence,
a.,,i .Tun a 14. at 2:00 P. M.
Notice isereby given that
the ordinance prohibiting all
stock from being staked in the
streets, alleys or other public
highways within the city limits
will be enforced to the letter.
Tin's wnrninfT is final, and will
be enforced in every sense of
k r rry
the word. A. J. lurruu.
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
nnd Diarrhoea Remedy.
The Independence Circle will have
charge of the unveiling. All are
invited.
The Independence Division of the
Women'! Department of tue Lewis and
Clark Centennial Exposition held
its regular meeting at the home ef
Mrs. Clarence Ireland Wednesday
evening. It will hold its next meet
ing at the homa of Mrs. G. W. Whit-
eaker "Wednesbay evening, June n,
8 P.M.
Is everywhere rrcognized aa the one
remedy that can always be depended
upon and that ia pleasant to take. It
is especially valuable for summer
diarrhoea in children and is undoubt
.n ha mwina nf Hviiic the lives of a
cuij " 11 , .
great many children each year. For your food
sale by Kirkland Drug Co. Co.
Chamberlain's Btomach and Liver
Tablets are just what you need when
you have no appetite, feel dull after
eating and wake up with a bad taste
in your mouth. They will improvex
vour armetite. cleanse and Invigorate
your stomach and give you a relish for
For sale by KirKiana viug .
Thos. Fennell,
BJacksmithing, Horseshoeing,
WAGON MAKING, ETC.
I have secured the services of one of the best
horseehoers in the northwest, and myite you
to give him a trial. All work done quickly,
neatly and reasonably. . . ...
Near Athletic Club Building, Independence.