Image provided by: Independence Public Library; Independence, OR
About West side enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 1904-1908 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1904)
1 1 f I I I f t ! ) I WEST S1PE KNTKUriUSK, INPKI'KNPKN't'K, OKKUON West Side Enterprise. Pl'BLISHKU KVKUV Tlll'ltsOAY. wvair I Ht O I O IT 0 NO raoean tOB Knler.! a Iint-fti.lnf, Opr Huffi Mvuu.llaM matter. SiilwripiicH Price; $1.50 per yr. TKI.KI'UONK M. dlMUH'UirTlO.N RATKS. (Xlrietljr In ad van.! IVr rar Mix month W to ,. TJ ly divide the party. Thero is practically no division on any party issue. All elements arc for Roosevelt for president and there is nothing left to keep re publicans apart but strife for nartv control. ilio time lias from the office giving the quick est service. Independence, sit uated in the center of the hop district of the state, and sur rounded by an otherwise rich agricultural country has one rural delivery route. It covers Kdln( nollceilOopnlH Pf llneflwl In- aartlon; Aeenu r line tol midmIIbI Iu art Ion. Rate on llplaya4vrllliif mad known application. CLUB BJXQUET. There will be a banquet at the Little Falaee Hotel in Inde pendence Saturday night will be the tirgt annual banquet of the Folk County Republican Club and the first public politi cal function iu the county for the coming campaign. It may be said to be the opening gun The Republican party in Ore gon ia in large majority and un happily divided into factions The Folk County Republican Club, in making up a list guests to sit at its annual ban quet has known no factions Its invitation committee has ig nored factional lines altogether there probably is not one among the invited guests but has trained and fought in a fac tion opposed by some member of the club. There will be those present among the invited guests republicans who have been arrayed against each other in hostile camps. The com mittee in sending out invita tions sought, rather than avoid ed bringing together republi cans who have had their differ ences, or think they have. The banquet is intended as a kind of love feast where republicans may clasp hands and gather in spiration from contact with one another. A presidential election takes place this year, besides the June election when county, district and some state officers are to be elected. This is the time when everyone claiming allegiance to the republican party must bury any grievance he may have against a fellow republican or sacrifice, if need be, any per sonal ambitions he may have. The chasm between the dif ferent elements in the repub lican party is really, largely imaginative, and is neither so deep nor so wide as to hopeless- come when republicans cannot 21! miles and serves u great au"ord to permit this family con- many people to the north but test to reach a stage of bitter- there is not n lino leading out a 1.1 I.. ...... . I . .1 ? Ii.t. ne.i nr ia rjrriiM lwvnn,l II1A 111 MllV I'Uicr uiivvuuu. i nominating convention. It is two and a quarter miles ialem for the purnoso of bringing re- No 2 beginning at Urunka and publicans together, promoting running to the southwest laps harmony and extending the on the Independence route. To hand of good fellowship that the south, people are .erved from the Folk County Republican Farker to within tew a miles Club will tender a banquet on of Independence. Some of the Saturday night. The welcome patrons on this line express the of the club is extended to fellow desire to be served from Inde-j hnth within nnd pendence. ltu the view Ol without the county and everv giving the rural people the best visitor is assured that he will be service possible and allotting to among his friends while in In- each post-oflice the territory dependence. I that properly belongs to it, and avoiding the unnecessary con dition of carriers from two different points traversing the Folk county. It would won. that h formation of such an as sociation would he benefit to the Ktoek raiser, nd :.. r... ..;!.!.. ... i,i-.v..ti not olilr bv Juiltf Hll IV Iieeieiiiiiir - - bo found wtii- 'King t,,MI' lion to the r'ui!iatii ,.v restoring you will I'" -'Milled to vote twice ihn year once in V. I d once m .NoMiniM'r. the success of such uiuloriaking ..tli..r .'.unities but by the f flirt itnuHrv nliow in iii this county. There are cer Uinly more live stock raisers in the county than poultry fanciers and its success should not be questioned if the proper efforts are put forth in its organization. McMinnville News. JtUR.iL DELIVERY. There are nine rural free de livery routes leading out from same road, Uncle Sam owes a Salem and during the month of closer investigation of the de January 51,147 letters, news-mauds of the Independence papers, packages etc., were de-Jpost-oflice and the people that ivered while the total collection might be best served from it was lu-ya. ine total numoer of applications for money orders MILITIA n ATCIIUS O, taken by the carriers were 20G. The long deferred conflict bo The value of the stamps on the tween Russia aud Japan has mail matter was 1203.55 and been a stimulant in military the value of the stamps, stamped I circles the world over. Every papers etc., sold by the carriers move has been followed with was 1149.12. The rural delivery keen interest by regulars and vstem is crowing. It is a grand officers and soldiers convenience to those living out effectin this country. The of town and it will never be dis- of the apparent certainty continued. It is to the interest of the clash has been noticeable of every community to have in the national guard of Ore eading out from its post-office gen. The companies are recruit as many rural delivery routes ed np and members are attend as, the business of surrounding ing drills better than they were The publication of interesting happenings ef fifty years ago by the Salem Statesman causes John Kelly of the Portland Telegram to print what ho conceives to be news fifty years hence. One of his political items of half a cen tury into the future reads: "Factional fights continue io disrupt the Republicau party in Multomah county aud a hot campaign is assured between the ins and outs. The Demo crats are undecided which side to support. They were gold bricked again at the last election, j will require mv free holder to swear in your vote. to Tiring oftho dilatory Inches of Russia, Japan has p (he Russia-Japanese war by fir ing on (he former warship. In the carnage follow there is no question that the prejHUid- nniiic or se iiiiiieni in oi" country is in favor or japan and will bo as long a she observes the rules of civilized warfare. nnd- r tl"C, mvo ihU f r tti 1Uy m pithy loll In thin tottMry Japnu In th unmade hiei iH now .rell.'nllj witrfed and ...!t njkioh lli wi-rld thotiM i,.,t l0( I tiMf 111 T fBiiehlde it Will 'a-.llft oiiitTi; a dtf)'Ud and humiliate viol I in. i Mr. I rr ( Opening of war between Rus i .1 It tin ami japan, ine i:nmurr fire, passage of the Lewis and Clark appropriation bill through the senate, sensational arrest of Norman Williams were some of the principal news items for last Tuesday. NacUl Whlat ( lilt no ......I.I tl'l.i.t f'l..l. ... . I n rueiai ' 'i'in . I I i..l.Ci.,l availing Id tlletl 11 " lUbbllt Ust wek. In the i.. .. i. .. . i tarl ul tne fTniiiik- n niriuivra s ini't and tdjoiirued to attend , Imakrl bsll gam at Monmouth. I I'jHui rolsrn tn tiumbera nr pUvml Mr. J. E. Hubbard m,J L Mrs. O. l. futlsr wihnii.g first I priie whil Mayor J. H, ('oojnir nj A Mrs. I.. I'auion won the UkiM, y While mtxt f th meiuWra rr I attending Ihe bankrt balt gmt, ( a few reuuiriKd and with a nuuiUr of lnyilt.1 guta HKK1 n'iu!r kiii of "Pit." 1 i i nirliU ware sere ed. country will justify. If a post office neglects to serve the people of its district with rural delivery the people will naturally turn to the next nearest office forservice and trade centers largely upon the source of mail supply. Salem 6eems to be very much awake to her interests in this re spect. Nine rural delivery routes means a great deal to the place to which they center and the example of the Salem post-office in reaching out to serve the country people is one to be emulated. One post-office as much as as another, is entitled to the surrounding territory it can most expeditiously serve. The farmers are entitled to be served i At the last regimental review in Portland, ninety per cent of the strength of the companies turu- d out, which! is very unusual. Independence has some young men inclined toward military life who have been watching the trend of events in the Orient and if there were a vacancy in the State national guard this city would ask permission to enroll a military company. FOLLOWING POLK. Our Bellevue correspondent revives the subject of a livestock association in Yamhill county, elsewhere in this issue. He very pertinently asks why Yam hill should not have a stock show as much as our neighbor, Iheroisiio longer any ques tion about Japan and Kussia as they had been for the past t0: going to war. I hoy are at it. years iu this county, but Alex) 1 Sweek, Fat Rowers and J. H. kLr "H,,U Ryan are determined that th?) The West Sipk Xxtkiukisk Republicans shall delivor the; has a cartoon dealing gently goods this time. j with various political aspirations, Washington, Feb. 9 Old ; including several well know u tu man W. J. Bryan says that tho I Albany. The work was evident- i i . i i .. ... . t . i . i . i . coming convention sliouui re- ly uone uy oho oi wie leaning affirm the silver plank of tit blacksmiths of Independence, forgotten Kansas City platform.",' (Or.) anl is a credit to that , , village. Governor Chamberlain has! AnJ t,li!' froni th A!jacJ tf II . I ! . II I appointed George Conser, cash- "erB,a- rrmwu m a u in Ur v In iL llefrrnti- i 1. ( AND OREGON SllOHTlJNE IMON PACIFIC JTIUlNHHtOM IUHTI.aND 1UIIT I'liriMiKli I'lil'iiiian laiill and I'ttf- l slarhinit rar lUUr llmalia. t'hk I - - t m . . r j io Kanwia t'lljr ; llirutitfh rullnian Uur- m aliH-iii( rar (ivrauoailv cixi'lurtxl) prkly tu I M' ' atij Ranaa Cut; rwiwuliif chair ran (arala lro) Io Ka.t Jail. iist-Aur TI.MKSt llr.Pt I.K ami ra ri riatt.iti thorn ier or the Ileppner bank, a member of the State Lewis and Clarko exposition commission, vice C. li. Wade, resigned. It's a good appointment. Mr. Con ser is a strictly honest man and will not knowingly stand for any grafts on the state nppro- piation. Let it bo hoped the ordeal before him will bo loss trying than tho Ileppner disaster. Rrother Wash, of the Itemizer, asks: "Upon what grounds enn the republicans claim that their entire ticket should be eloctod?" Upon the grounds that the re publicans are in the majority and have as good men in tho party as there are out of it to fill the offices. Elsewhere in this paper will shop, edited by a cross-reads ex press agent, under tho supervis ion of a wheat manipulator under directions issued from the stato printing office OitnttM Hall tVtivoiy I'urtiaritl M Wurth, Omaha, St-ll Kaiiaaa t'lljr, hU 4 Jti 4i 9 -.i)a m vSaUmlt,! titriifo ea! Hunting- Kat. tun. ( (l1'KTI..t Jill 111..) With Japan ascendaot we may look for the orderly developinenl of China along the brilliant line set by Japan itself. The whole coun try would be open to the whole world, just as Japan is, not a sealed book to the world a li Kuseia. It is a remarkable conjuncture of cir. camstanees which makes of this representative of the yeilow race the apparent agency to lead in the direction of a higher and letter 8pm civilization in the far east, to loosen I that region from its thralldotn while the very contrary would be expect- jhumiay Atlantic fall fjike, tv-nrw, Kirti ll Worth, Omaha, S : 14 in via KanM Cut. Hi 10 X) a i Hunting- l.oula, (hlrau tun. and Kl. ( aw J Ifa-.l Walla Walla. Iwla. f Kaal Mail ton..-.ki.,Wl. f S a in via !-, f u 1 1 m a n, 7:55 am lc Hukana, M liitioapulis. Ml . Paul. Ihilmh.Mll. w alike. I ImotfO and Yj. 70 hours. I'urtlaml Io hlrafir. N rhanite nf cars. 1 lekcta Kt la all mil nr via lt anil rail via I'nrtlaml. OCKA.V AMI lUVKIl ht'HKDULE fa raoM t-OMTMnn, All fliOK tlalre tlhjnrt Io chaii. Fur han Kranrri Hall everv 6 dajra. 4pm coi t ariM atvia ed in the event of Russian ascend ency. This, together with the American inclination to favor the vntf 4pm B. taw a p m To Aatnria and Hattirdajr liiiini. iu i m Al. 1 1 Kit K KN A gi'nimlaiKd-wee. p" o FURNITURE CARPETS LINOLEUM The Largest Stock of Wall IPaper Between Portland and Sacramento. SALEM, OREGON. We Prepay the Freight OUR OWN Upholstered Work has a reputation for quality nnd durability. Couches from $5.50 to 35 Davenports from 20 to 35 Parlor Suits, 17 If you want real swell patterns we have them. If you want cheap paper we have it cff)mmmmmm "" """" Every Youiik Iidy Admiree IRON BEDSTEADS Our line i.i especially attractive at tho present time. Kyery U;d is enainnli-d in our own finishing room and leaves our store In first-class shape. No scratches or mars go from hero. WALL PAPER OIL CLOTH MATTIMG Wo make our own Kitchen Furniture, our TREASURES are tho host on the market. Let us send you one of our $1.00 onuH, they are bettor than others at $5.00 We Bell more LINOLEUM than any two hIoich in the Valley. WHY? iSeeatiso wo curry a largo assortment of all kinds. INLAID, ENtihLSJI and AM Kill CAN in all grade. 0 s v' w mf ir7TMaaaiawawaa(ia e jaa w w w w w w w w w w