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Clearance Sale !
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Our first annual Clearance Sale will commence Fri
day, January 15th and continue until February 15th.
This being our first regular clearance sale, we can promise the
good people of Independence and surrounding country the great
est bargains ever offered in Independence. This sale will mean
bargains in all lines, so do not miss it as it liieans a saving of dol
larjfto you. Our spring stock will begin to arrive about February
15th and we must make room for it; consequently we shall make
prices that will clean up our present stock.
Yours for Bargains,
W. A. M E
Dry Goods, Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats,
Caps ana uroceries.
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Josse & Bice,
UNDERTAKERS
Fino Parlors in connection. . Day or night
calls promptly attended to.
Day phono 273 Night 393
Main St, Independence, Ore.
F.intmlnier tturt Funeral Director.
County Correspondence
DTLB MJCKIAMUT15.
afford did business in ludcpon
idayi afford attended grange at Lewis
jrday. BaKley spent New Year's day
na Uiltibrand.
Smith and wife are visiting
tOreuon City.
Williams visited liia sister at
lance Wednesday.
cr-ned Monday after a two
l 'on for holidays.
Woods, of Independence, spent
ith friends in this tection.
, IJndsey will preach at Fair
nday, January 10th. at 3:30 P.
Morrison, brother of J. K. Mor
t New Year's day for Portland
tie.
crcTord returned home Friday
ro week'a visit with frionda and
ia Aahland.
1 Kicker, of the upper Luckla
ia a caller at James liUtibrand'i
nd Saturday,
The Luikiainute flouring mills have
again resumed their oiwration after a
lew day lay oirfor the holidays.
S. B. Tetherow and wife, Archie
Tetherow and Mrs. Mathews were the
guests of J. A. Tetherow 's Sunday.
I. F. Foster, our gun smith, is busy
most of the time keeping our sports
guns in order for the shooting snatches.
A great many in this vicinity are
cutting wood for next winter while
others are slashing and clear ing their
timber land.
Mrs. D. D. Steele is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Woods, of
Independence. Donald says it is no
funny thing to batch.
Ralph Dodson and John Parmer
gave a very successful shooting match
at Elkins school house Saturday January
2nd Johnie Yeater furnished the trap
and' pigeons and every one had good
shot. It would be hard to say who was
the best shot, as the turkeys and geese
were changing hands from early in the
morning till darkness put an end to the
shooting in the evening.
ANTIOCII.
Gene Hoskins left Wednesday lor
Kent, Eastern Oregon.
The Charter Oak mill has closed
down for two weeks.
William Herren has rented the Gene
Hoskinson farming land.
l. M. Hewitt and John Ground were
traders at Monmouth Saturday.
K. Morrison has erected a large
amount of American Field fencing.
Henry Pulse aud wife, of Indepen
dence, was in our.midst Thursday.
The Fiehback boys recently finished
outting 150 ricks of cook stove wood.
Grandma Herren went to Wolls station
Saturday, to be gone several weeks.
Bluford Bush, wife and daughter, of
Pedee, was Jn our liiideton New Year's
day.
Amos JoneB. between this place and
and Mt. Pisgah, is working in a Dallas'
livery stable.
Fred Simpson, of Eddy villa, was the
guest of his sister, Mrs. W. M. Herren,
on New Year's day.
August Ohms and V. A. Fishback
visited Frank Stacy and family at Crab
Tree, Linn county, last week.
PEDEE.
Bluford Bush and wife visited
his
sister, Mrs. Henry Pulse, of Indepen
dence, last week.
Polk eounty Bank,
INCORPORATED.
Monmouth, . - Ohsoon.
, II. Hawlkt, P. L, Campbell,
President. Vice Pres.
Ira C. Powill, Cashier.
Paid Capital, oo.ooo.
Dibsctors: J. H. Hawley, P. L.
Campbell, I. M. Simpson, J. B. V.
Bntler, John B. Stomp, J. A.
Withrow, F. S. Powell.
.....Transact General
and Eaohange Jtwafatess...
Drafts sold available throochout
the United States and Canada.
There wi!l be a ehooting match at
Frank Turner's Thursday.
Cub Hooker and Clay Bush attended
the New Year's ball at Airlie.
Lura Critchlow, of Parker, formerly of
Montgomery, visited at home last week.
Mrs. Mary Hooker visited her sister,
Mrs, Vm. Lewis, of Lewisville, last
week.
Rev. Plowman, of Kings Valley, has
been holding a series of meetings at
this place. .
Elmer Burrough raffled off his 50
saddle at Airlie New Year's. It was won
by W. L. Hush.
The basket social at Montgomery New
Year's eve. was decided a 'success.
After a well rendered program by the
young folks, J. D. Wood auctioned the
haRkets. There were quite a number
which sold readily. The baskets netted
$20 which was donated to Key. Lindsey,
of Lewisville.
Itev. Carlisle 1. U. Martin,
JL. L. D. ''
There is nothing you want in
PAPER
that we can't supply from our stock
We are saving money for hundreds o
paper consumers in this valley and we
want you among them. The merchant
the printer, the fruit packer, the bnild
er, the hop buyer are legion among our
customers aud they are satisfied.
6co.T.Rod0er$ Co.,
Wholesale Paper Dealers
Salem, Oregon.
Of VVawerlv. Texas, writes: "Of a
niornnig, when first arising, I often find
a troublesome collection or phlegm,
which produces a cough and is very
hard to dislodge"; but a small quantity
ollsallard's .rioreuouuu ojjup ni
once dislodge It, and the trouble is
over. I know or no naeaieine mat is
equal to it, and it is so nieasani 10
take. I can most cordially recoin
if ir. nil wnKin needinsr a medi-
cine for throat or lung trouble." 2oc,
50c and l.oa ooia iy a. c.
Portland and Return Only
$2.40.
The Southern Pacific Co. ia now
eelliog round trip tickets to Pert
land from Independence, ior $2.50,
good going Saturday or Sunday,
returning Sunday and Monday,
giving ail day Sunday and Monday
in Portland. The Bame arrange
ment applies from Portland, giving
Portland people a chance to Yisi
Valley points at'gn511 reduced
rates.
G. A. HURLEY,
Attorney at Law and
Notary Public.
Collections Promptly Made Titles
Investigated.
East Side Main Street,
Independence, -:- Oregon.
MOTOR LINE
TIME TABLE.
INDEPENDENCE & MONMOUTH
RAILWAY CO.
Leaves Indepen- Leaves Airlie for
dence for Mon- Monmouth and
mouth and Airlie Independence.
7:30 a. m. m-
8:30 p. m. :0a P. m.
Leaves Dallas for
Leaves Indepen" Monmouth and
denr for Mon- Independence,
moutu and Dallas 1:00 p.m.
110 a. m. T.30
&15 p. m. .
Lves Monmouth
L'ves MoDtnooth Independene
rorAlrne.
7:5D a. m.
8:50 p. m. 8 4S "
" fcO
Monmouth
for Dallas. Leavea Indepaa-
II JO a. ro. denee r Moo,
3p.wu M6a.Ba.uC.