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INDKriJNDKNCE, l'OLK COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 30, 1903.
NUMBER 35
(JONTKST CLOSKS.
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No iiulillo '.'hoot principal In
tlia alata nltmrd yur'i work with
mum Uurrln than did T.J. Nawblll, r
llJ of III Illlll'llill'lm M'lllMll f
lal yar, ami ra-elwtd thla year, f
Th auljw:t of thla (ketch I f
imllvB Kin, a ii a graduate or tlia
Monmouth aohnol, !( I a oimtatit
atudfiit, and bla ihnroUKhiieaa man-
irMU lUfir In every department of
Ilia m-IkmiI, II I a M-lf.maile man
mm wlio Iim taken tli hard knocks
of III. ar.d hi autx-v In hi cIiomui
field of labor la th reault of perals
tent application and a good hraio.
WllTMAN GONK WRONG.
Foriurr MlnWter of Indrprn-drm-e
Qnr-ation-utilri
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Mantlny aN constable' of
: of tli Tojertjr formerly be
ting to Hev. O. Howard. Onborne
hMJ. This fai t in iuelf I no
ijrtw and no mention would Iw
ij of it were not the question-
condition surrounding it.
Uit winter Mr. OilKirno dwiring
miw fund, gvo chattel mort-H
.i to noma projH-rty. Shortly
r leeuring the money ho sold
r mortgaged properly to other
lirt, raising further fund on
property. He then toured the
jolrr with a acini-religious illun-
!1 lctur mnl concert, and he
ii present in California. When
-cliMuro of chattel mortgag was
nemade, the officer of the law
yetel tho property from in
not purchasers, anil now if they
tm redress it will probably have
win through criminal prosectt-
in of Mr. Oolxirno. This i not
only qiiPdlionable act pf the
wnd gmitleman. Indeed a
krrsnt ih in the ha nils of ollicers
fence several weeks ago
Thii blot on Mr, Osborne is uo-
pto. ltw men gifted' as he
I'Mver come within our midst.
man with matchless vocal
e, and was far above the av
i in culture, intellect and eio
"ic. Tin lact that he mill re-
im tin garb of a minister, in the
''i of the world, enlarges the of-
N. and does an irreparable in-
rft'llin cause of right which he
M fmii represent.
amok of battle had cleared away
it waa found Independence wa the
winner by a acore of 4 to 6. The
game waa fairly well played on
both nulea, but our boys had the
better of the argument throughout
the content.
FOOT CKUSIIKO.
Win. Sharer Mert With an Ai
pulllnir Acrlclcnt.
OlnFuvor of IihIpiu'IkUmicp.
vunliiy nfti-rnoon tho basbivll
of Sheridan nnd Indepen
crosw-d ltita, and when the
While working with a hay baler
Friday morning Win. Shafer met
with a aerioua accident. Ai is the
cmo with similar accident how it
happned is hardly known, but mf
fice to nay tho bonea of two toe
were broken and the foot badly
cruahed. The accident will impair
him for labor lor eeveral weeks to
come.
Friday Kvcnliif, July 31, at0:OO
O'clock It Cornea to an Knd.
This coming Friday (July 31)
0:00 P. M. the correspondent con
tent will be closed. Another wi
follow. Friday noon a statemen
of all pointg received at th office
will be made public but after tha
time no information will be given
out. This is in strict comnliance
with a set rule of previous contests
Frequently we have seen a dark
horse win in the last hour, and
more than one person has come to
us with more than sufficient points
to win if we will divulge the stand
ing at the last moment. From
personal standpoint of ain a plan
like that might be better, but strict
fairnehs and impartiality will com
pel us to follow our former rule.
It I a Go.
A new school house for Puena
Viata is no longer classed among
the.vague possibilities of "some
day," but it is numbered among
the reasonably certain events of
the near future, and local residents
unite in sincere gratification that
it is bo.
Bids are to be opened August let,
at 2:00 o'clock P. M., and work
will be started thereafter as soon
as arrangements can be made.
The architect is F. II. Morrison, of
Dallas, and the plana are on dis
play at the Cash fetore lhey are
for a two-room, ground floor struc
ture, 40x48, with sliding doors to
throw the rooms together when de
sired
God Hie lnd'
We happened in a home the oth
er day anil over the parlor door we
saw. worked in liters of red
"What is home without a mother?"
Across the room was another brie
P.! I.Iah our home." Now what's
the matter with "God blew our
dad." He gets up early, lights the
fire, boils an egg, grabs his dinner
pail and wipe the dew offthednwn
with his boots while many a mom
er is sleeping. He makes the ween
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t..n.imit fnr the butcher, ine
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EUGENE HAYTER,
fr Shrlir of Polk County.
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erocer. the milkman and the tmKer,
and his little pile h been badIy
worn before he has been home an
hour. He stands ott me oruiu
kwim the rent paid up. If there is
a noise during the night dud ie
titi..! in tho buck and made to go
stnlrs to find the burglar and
kill him. Mother darns the socks,
bat dad bought them in the first
r,Wn and the needles and yarn ai-
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terwards. Mother docs ue iru.,,
well, dad bought it all; and jars
.wl .iiffar costs like the mischief.
Pad buys chiokons for the Sunday
dinner, carves them himself and
draws tho neck from the ruins after
everyone else is served. "What , w
home without a mother? les,
that is right; but what is home
without a father? Ten chances, to
one it is a boarding house, father w
under a slab "and the landlady ie a
widow. Pad, here's to you; you ve
got your fault. you may have lots
of em but you're all right and we
will miss you when you're gone.-
Selected.
Clay Frazer has accepted a posi
tion with D. B- Boydston. ,
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Independence's $20,000 public
4 ciu.nl hnililliiff. one of the best T
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fit:
We understand it is the inten
nf thn chool board to have
the new building in readiness for
service at the opening of school in
September.
This is another step in the-rjght
direction, and the pupils, patents
and friends in and of the town
hould lend their energies to keep
ing up the good work of improve
ment. , ' .
Re-cognition from the Govern
ment.
Washington, D. C-
July 17, 1903.
City Mayor,
Independence, uregon.
Dear Sir:
The Donartment of Agriculture
extends to you and the citizens of
Independence its cordial thanfcs
for demonstrating to the German
floriculturists the methods of hop
culture employed in Oregon hop
yards. The itinerary through the
Willamette Valley was arraugcu
C. D. SIMPSON
Mr. Simpson la assist
ant principal ot the In
dependence school, and
bla eighth grade claan
waa one of tbe highest
In the atate. His future
givea every promiae of
being a briKbtone.
for this Department by Mr. W. E.
Coinan of Portland.
Very respectfully yours,
J. H. BlXOHAM,
Assistant Secretary.
lie Careful in Selecting Profess
ion.
Scientific American.
The other day at the convention
of tbe American Medical Associa
tion, in New Orleans, where some
4,000 or 5,000 phyeiciahs and at
tendants were gathered, Dr. Bill
iDgs drew attention to tbe decided
oversnpply of medical men in the
United States. He attributed the
urplus to tbe fact that the medical
colleges are graduating annually
from 10.000 to 12,500 physicians,
when the actual needs of the coun
try call for only about' 2,500. If
Dr. Billings is correct, and there is
no reason to doubt his figures, from
7,000 to 10,000 young men are an
nually entering a profession in
which they have but the slimmest
hopes of making even the proverb
ial "comfortable living." Of course,
it goes without saying that most of
the professions are more or less
overcrowded; but we doubt if any
of them, except, the Law, could af
ford a parallel to the condition of
things brought to light at the New
Orleans convention. What this
disparity between the demand and
uoply means to this army of young
i i I. L..
men, can oniy te eurraisea; uui
certain it is that in the majority of
casea it will involve the loss of
much money, that can ill be spared,
and much time, that can be spared
still less. It does really seem a
pity that some of thee graduates
have not entered other, professions
that are not so crowded, and can
offer better prospects of remunera
tion. Sanitary engineering, nayal
architecture, and the comparatively
new profession of forestry, for in
stance, are not overcrowded, and
there will soon be a great demand
for really competent automobile
ngineers, men who combine with
mechanical ability a thorough
nowledge of gas and other engines
that are competing for the control
of the field. Then there is the
sphere of journalism, which, while
abundantly supplied as to numbers,
is pitiably supplied as to quality.
There must be among those thous
ands of graduates not a few young
men who have a natural gift for
good writing in these days an all-too-rare
accomplishment that
threatens to become a lost art.
Mr. and Mrs. .II. McGrath re
turned to their home in Portland
undav. Mrs. McGrath has rpent
everal weeks visiting her mother,
Mrs. J. W. Richardson.
MOVED TO FALLS CITY.
Tbe Stark Grocery to Be an En
terprise ot Falls City,
The Stark grocery was packed
up Saturday and this' week is being
moved to Falls City, where it will
be put on the market. The build
ing vacated by the grocery is to bo
occupied by the restaurant of Mr.
Stoll.
Tbe Down Grade.
Special from Buena Vista.
Life is a mighty railway, and
the wrecks along its course are
numbered by the thousands, year
ly. Were the wreckage composed
of iron, of wood, of steel or of other
substances, the loss were great
enough; but it ia far worse.
Not of material things is the
mass of debris composed, but of the
souls of men and women, of boys
and girls; and dailx. aye hourly,
the ruin goes on and but few pause
to view the awful desolation
wrought.
At picnics, at celebrations, at all
public gatherings, the sight is' one
of the commoneiit, and the wreck
age is strewn here and there with
reckless abandon.
Yonder a group of young boys,
drinking yes, drunk cursing,
blackguarding; on the down-grade,
the throttle-valve wide open, and a
demon 'standing guard. Is it any
wonder that there is a wreck re
ported at the other end of the line?
Another group over there is com
posed of young girls. One glance,
one moment's attention to the con
versation, and the listener turns
aside.
Sad is the story. Debris here;
wreckage there; ruin, desolation,
despair.
When will the parents ot the
world realize their reeponsibility
and assume it? When will the en
gineers of the older generation
stand beside the young man or wo
man and insist on careful prepara
tion and observance of rules of con
duct, until the daring young opera
tor shall be fit and able to manip
ulate hi own engine?
May the day come soon, when
wrecks on life's railway shall be so
few as to startle the whole universe
when one occurs.
David Calbreath and family were
in Portland over Sunday.
The notorious Harry Dunn, he
of street-labor renown in this city
several years ago, is in serious
trouble at Salem. He no more
than gets out of trouble until he
gets in trouble again.