Image provided by: Independence Public Library; Independence, OR
About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 189?-190? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1903)
INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE AND WEST SIDE. Ill YKAIt. INOKl'KNDKNCK, I'OLK COUNTY, OKKCJON, SE1TKMHKH 21, 1903. NUMHEK 43 THIS OREGON OF OURS. L nvr fail i Oregon. I.. Oregon Ut year produced 17..VK) I), ton of ugar eeu, which, when Jcoiivi-rled Into ugr, sold fur 42DO, '(KM (,in UilriM lt produc-i wngt.n uii year sold houl 200,. j(KK)head f ptiBi There gr, j about tKAI.Oikj h-id in the state II iw WO,!-1- knifl r"""v" -a" ' j;o mile. ()n b Lr0 creauierlr and -.x factories. Ifun'tf fntliri )er net Mtil-l'-'.M-V.HI. ii contain" t'7,274 square t,r a).i7l,UJ ".. rUnii per tKiit, cf th Kr-Ki U lit cultivation. L ptu!tr industry in Oregon nt represented I4,,XMXU. Ut year ralI 10.1,444 ,0f ry. valued at C2,(xyi. last year riI 34H,Vii iuf corn. V1um1 ftl SiW.'.MO. Ul year rsireil S-l.ttlO I!m... valued" tit :i,25.XKJ. i . . ... i unl. oycionee, wnp4twp vinlilii are unknown Hi Ore Ijon Il year produce! l.O'.'f , ,of hay, valued at 410.G07, Ln Ut year rUed 2,'J'JH bu- link wheat, vaiurj at II,- ;n Ui year raised l.Oll,Kl7j at Ur!i")', valued lit I ;n lt year rI"l 5tX).0tiO of onion, valued al 42V r price if wol in Ore- l year wm 12 12 ruili ijm ll year raised l,h 1,222 wf uUtoes, valued nl 41, nhieof garden truck ra!d ii ll yer reached 10.- 0 Im yuure uiidevclopeVe limn any other state in hi. fniil tnut ftuF M.l.lttd J" ' f II f...il. 2kx lo the wealth of,"' - Oregon Utt year sold 42"rO,OU worth .f horren. The-stork re. llininiiij; u r.tiinatrd M .'WKtKH) I.e. I. Orrgoii InimU of tlia fimtil rli tul in th worlJ iivnr 1h roh! iii im'r, aim imver I ) i iioi m miiniiirr. Tim $a if hK in Orcon Ut ypr rrarliH 1,2.10,()(X(. The vluo ffthowi on hand it ilwut tha Mini. Orfon it th hums of th far fniul KingnwkpJ or Chirm torjtja tu phi-mniit, the uiot gmuy of all Kmn bird. Thn total va)u of taxftblo prop erty in Oregon Ut year, u pijiul is by th county board of hjiial ition waa 4HS.DiW.001.G5. Oregon U ths pportunmn'a puri' dm-, (iame of all kitldil in plen tilu). Her alreama and Ukea teem with trout of almoot every epecie. The finet tnohair prodaad on the American continent in grown in Oregon. La at year the clip waa 3.0,(UO pound, valued at 4H7.5UO Oregon containa nearly two and a miarier million acre more than N w York, New llamfuhire, Ver moot. Maaanchualta, Khode ! bad, Connectieiit. New Jersey and IMaware put together. Aa t!ii kly ptuilated a Khwle Inland, Oregon would have a pop ulation of over od.OOU.OOO, and as di'imely populated ait England it imputation would be in exreaa of M.OiUl.D'tO. Oregon litvt year old 4S00,HX) wor th of arm!. llOMKX) worth .f jwueliea, 4lDi,(HX worth of p-ara, 175,(XX) worth of utrawberrie. ;5').()iX) worth of cherries, f 'O.0tX) worth of grape", and 4475.000 worth Doll flnimtir UvhihU!1'' Hr'1 w" "fl" 1 UlA VUUUtT IjAlllUltlcloa.inaiKK-tion and thn exercim of v ..... Ma beat judgment. Mra, Y, A. Wolf, the aurcefu At tlm Ntat Fair Htt. Irnd tlie hi !! t yeiir marketed 1 ,.'2). idn id honey, valued ttt :mj 'H)1 clip tif Oregon lBt year i '.1."?, I '.),( hk poondu, ontl t he 'fit WK4l,,M0,tXX). ii' lumber cut Iat year '.'proximately l.fMKl.lNHl.tKK) lied at 10,(XX),(XX). n ha n rt'liool popuhition of 'w.OOil uml laxt vear had 'I'i.'Xl in nchool fund. n'l production of wax lnet N 22.1 H "I iiuunda. and the ' film eiiinu wa 4.V5O0. million dollar waa real ithe 10,000,000 ponnda of h raiaej in Oregon last year. "cragn jiId of hop in i'OU) pounds per aero, eigt-t of bale 183 pounds; Nt of raiaing, 8 cenU per veraco rhI liner nrica last a cenU per pound. Average fruit yield per acre in Oregon are: apple, 200 buahela, pear, 15t) himhela; peache. oiK) 1m liel; pluain, 2d0 bunhoU; pruned. 2(X) bunheln; cherriei, loO bnnheln; quiuoea, 200 buahcta; apricots, d(Kt busli-'U; grapea, O.OtK) poStuda; atrawiierriea, 4.0K) pounds; cur rant. 1,0") pound; racpberries, r.(X)0 pound; blackberries, t'stHX) pound,' I i understood thi week the sur veyor for tho ox tension of the Ihili a A. Falls City railroad into the limber belt from Fall City will be commenced and that construction on tin's end of tlio lino will very noon be in operation. Tho Salem end from Dallas, it is also reported, will soon be built at least toa point of the nearest contact with the Willamette river from Dallas. Auction sale of dairy cows al M Suyer's, near Suver, Thursday, Oc tober 1, commencing at 10:00 o'clock. mate fair week wai a glorious one for I'olk county. On this oc ('ion it was awarded to I'olk county the honor of being the ban ner agricultural county In the late. Not only in agriculture and kindred lines did I'olk county how superiority over her sis ter cnunth'N, but in the railing of thoroughbred stock the blue ribbon came within our borders on sundry occasion'. Tho. W. Ilrunk, Win Hiddell, J. H. Stump, I). M. Cal breath, Mr. I). L Whiteaker and other all carried away with them prize In slock and poultry. I'olk county ha besn awarded flrt place in the county exhibit competition at the state fair, and consequently claims to be the ban ner agricultural county of Oregon. A woman, Mr. K. A. Wolf, of Falls City, prepared and arranged the ex hibit, aNited by her daughter, Mi Ik-lle Wolf. I'olk county led only by a scratch, Linn county coining a clone second and Wanliington a close tLird. Marion dropped a lit tle further back as fourth and Lane still further back as fifth. Vein hill gets sixth place. Douglas would have had the seventh pre mium, but ttiat exhibit was noi en tered in the competition. Union coufrtr'a exhibit was delayed in transit so that it could not be en tered or placed on display, but it arrived Thursday afternoon and waa arranged in the Union county IwMlh. The premiums awarded are: l'o:k county, Mr. F. A. Wolf, 4.550; Linn county, J. H. Douglas, 4U00; Washington county, F. M. Heidol and son, 4250; Marion coun ty, C. T. Bonrey, 42(H); Lane coun ty, 15. M. Warren, 4150; Yamhill eountv, J. C. Cooper. 4100. Doug- la and Union would have received 4100 each hut! tbey entered. The deciding feature in favor of Polk county wag number of vari eties and arrangement. Polk had & lurgo collection of well-selected article in perfect condition. Linn county had a fine exhibit of b th green and preserved fruits, espec ially of iruits put up in large jars, that made an excellent display. H ahington fell considerably bo- hind in number of varieties, and Marion dropped oil' on quality, though Mr. Iionney hail a good variety. Lane was very strong on grain, especially oats, but lacked Varieties and was weak on arrangement. Mr. Cooper, of Yamhill, laugh ingly acknowledges that bis dis play belongs in the "also ran" class, for he did not expend either the effort or the money some of the leaders did. Hi unique design. 'Orecon Leads the World," was superb, but could not make up for lack of agricultural product. The awards were made by Tro- 'essor George Coote, of the chair of floriculture and landscape garden ing at the State Agricultural Col lege Professor Coote says that the 1 Iln.n noints were very vioco I .. IIT.AIrtvn anl Polk, tiinn anu '"""" " Contestant, ha been at) exhibitor at th State Fair for the last SO year and won firnt place in the district competition five or six years ago. This i her third ex bibit on the county competition hhe ha been preparing for thi exhibition ever since the close or the Jast inato fair, and ha spared no effort that would help her win. In this she ba had the very great assistance of her daughter, lielle, an active, tireless las of 10 year. Miss Belle Wolf, of Kalis City, Polk County, is evidently a credit to her state. And her 16 year how most excellent training on the part of ber mother, Mr, F. A Wolf. Together they deserve the highest praise from the others of their county aud from the state at ante. For it i due to the effort of these women that Polk County ba been declared to be the banner agricultural county of Oregon rather let u say that it is due to them that Polk County has been recognized to be the best. There fore, congratulation are doubly owed to the county: it is blessed jth extraordinary fertility and livel-headed farmers, a.id its fruits nd grains are the envy of the elate; but it is also blessed with women whose bands do work that is an honor to praise fittingly, and it is to be hoped that Polk County will not be backward in applauding Mr, and Miss Wolf for their ex cellent success. Telegram. Itluo AiulaliiNlnns. My birds took, all the first prizes at the 1003 State Fair for this breed. I have cockerels for sale. Writa for prices. D. M. Calbreath, Monmouth, Oregon. Word From Sampler. Sumpter, Oreg., Sept. 19. Editor Enteki'kise: Thinking a few lines from Suwipter would be of in terest to the many readers of the Entekphise, I send you the follow ing. Sumpter is a city of about 1500 inhabitants, situated at the head of Sumpter Valley, at an elevation of 4700 feet. It thirty-five miles from Baker City, the county seatot this county, and is connected with that city by a narrow gauge road, called the "Sumpter Valley R. R." There are five grocery stores, sev eral dry goods and clothing stores, two hardware stores, five hotels, two restaurants and plenty of sa loons. The different religious de nominations are well represented, mong them being the Christian, Methodist and Catholic. There is a splendid water works system, supplying the city with an abun dance of clear, cold water, from high up in the mountains. There are three newspapers, one daily and two weeklies, the last two mentioned being devoted chiefly to the mining industries of the sur rounding country. There are several Polk county neorle Lore, among them being Garrison "McAllister, formerly of Independence, who is working at the carpenter trade. Jolly Barney Flynn, formerly in the peddling business with head qua'Wa at Monmouth, is in the real estate business in tbia city. The electric light plant f in charge of J. E. Shinn, who at one time was in charge of the light plant in your city. Your humble servant is the night man at the plant, watching the wheel go 'round and incidentally throwing in a few stick of wood w hile be is resting. Very truly, J. E. Pagett. ii i DEATH OF F. I ItKOWN. Injuries Sustained Several Week Ago Keault Fatally. F. L. Brown, of Airlie. waa kick ed on the bead several week ago, and sustained a badly fractured skull. He was brought to thi city. thence taken to Salem. For 71 long days he hovered in thetbadow of death, but Sunday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock he surrendered bis desperate struggle to the grim monster, death. The immediate members of the family were at tbe bedside at the final hour. The re main were interred in the Locke graveyard near Corvallis The family certainly deserve the sympathy of the community. "Mis fortune never come single handed" is exemplified in theircase. In ad dition to the catamily befalling Mr. BrowD, every member of his family has been seriously ill. His wife was in the hospital, and his little boy was thrown from a. horse and his collar bone was broken. How it Origloated. 'Uncle Original, did you ever see my nice silver birthday spoon?" "No Freddy, I never did. I heerd some about it being right pretty. Let me, see it." All were interested. 'See here, you youngsters, did you ever notice this stamped on it?" At the same time pointing to the word '-sterling." "No, Uncle" quickly responded Clara, "tell us about it." "And so you never heerd about it. Well, I'll tell you youngsters about it. In eastern Germany or northern Europe there were some minters, that is peoplewho made money. These people were so smart at their business that a lot of them were in filed to England to make the metal money of the King dom. These' people were called 'easterli ngs.' Now you see that was a big word and somebody once dropped ofl e, a and s and called them 'steiling' and this was stamped on all thfc stuff they made, whether it was money or different kinds oi things. - So you see how it come about, don't you? If you young folks will come round Borae time when I'm not real busy I'll tell you all about the boy who started us in chemistry. Run off and play and let me hear lots of singing." W. W. E. 100 sheet of fancy colored sta tionery for 25 cents at Wagoner's. H. M. Ebbert, after a visit in, Monmouth, returned to Troutdalo Sunday. I r r I