Enterprise hi.kvknth yi:ak, INDHrKNDKNCK, l'OLK COUNTY, OltKGON, MARCH 17, 1901. NUMBER 1G West Side POLK COUNTY BANK Incorporated. MONMOUTH. OREGON J . II. IIawi.ky, 1'. l. CAM I'll K 1,1., rr'siltnt. Vice l'ri'Hident. JlU C. l'oWKM., CttHhiiT. PI4 Capital. ItO.OOO DiMi"T0M-J. H. Hawley. I. L Campbell. I. Ml Rimpaon, J. IJ. V. Uotler, John II. Slump, J. A. Wilhrow, K. H. Powell. Transacts General Nanking in J K. change business. Drafts sold Af lUbU throughout tho United Htalos ml Canada. THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK STOCK, S50.O00.00 .. iiiitHHIlKltU. JWd-ol. A UK AM NKLHON, Vice I'resMoM 0. W. lltVIXK, C.-Mer. .iHKKOTOKH.-II. lTiMwritrii W. II. F. Hn.lih, J. 1'. Wio-lee aid A, tit. A uettoral Uiiklnn eirliiuitf Im.hie-. tranwwlml. Iwtii mJ. ,l.u"tJ. I'omliMtrrLl rrwliu ueaiil-d. mxiUi recel on current at.jwttoclterk. unit COOUIll DRINK SALEM BEER A HOME BEVERAGE. Mde or HOME GROWN HOPS SPECIAL BREW FOR FAMILY USE, IT BEATS THE DUTCH Josse & Bice, UNDERTAKERS ' Fine Parlor in connection. Day or night calls promptly attended to. Day phono 2T3 Night 393 Main St, Independence, Orel W. I. HICK, Kmbulmer and Funeral Director. THE MONMOUTH LAUNDRY H. D. WHITMAN, Proprietor A Home Industry Institutions GOOD WORK, PROMPT DELIVERY OUR WATCHWORDS Work C ailed forTuetdar Delivered Saturday IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE - WAKES THINGS UP New Officers Elected and Many Matters of Vital Interest to Independence Taken up at Monday ' Night's Meeting ...'.'SSSS LIVERY, FEED AND BOARDING STABLE . W. DICKINSON, Prop. Ciood Kir for C.mien-ial Men Scialty. Hood accommodations. Ilornw well fed. I n o H. Horses boarded by uay.wwk m u.u..t,.. rig Te!rihon A. 2!M ImlrpeiHtetH i', Orefoit IT MAKES A MAN FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE To lmv hi rollara end ruir liw raw oIkk, mid iKk likn eamUilatj's Mr rt'tirf iiM-nt. iimtrnd ( frli ttrn.liinlea Iruui ih hiniKlry. What we can t 1Hh0 new i.ilulit nn wHI l thrown away, ll'nlikoii piiili'iit too far none for the loctor. Hi(jtlict Hiihii i im iiiilii-.iii-iilo drnm factor which you muni have not to l anionic tho out. Salem Steam Eaundry, Orders loft Hi Kutch'i Burlier Hliop will receive 1'rompt Attention. , PHONE 411 230 LIBERTY ST. 3 League out of Debt and Money in The Treasury. Scarcity of Houses. Roads. Rural Deliveries. Telephones, Etc. Dr. 0. D. Duller was elected president of th Independence Im provetnent League Monday night Other officers were elected as follows: Vice pretildent, Dr. E. L. Ketchum; secretary, 0 A Hurley; treasurer, U. L. Frazer Advisory hoard, Dr. E, L. Ketchum 0. A. Hurley. U. L. Frazer, W. W I'ercifal, David Calbreath, Secretary Hurley preented bia report on the collection of dues for the pait week. It howd col lection! amounting to $52.50. In addition, 130.30 was received from the former treasurer, E. E. Pad dock intkina a total of ISS.SO. Out of this all outstanding obliga tions of the. League were paid leav ing a cah balance of $28.20 in the treasury. The members present were great ly encouraged with tie new con ditions and prospects for the League and the community aad discussion was had and action taken on a variety of matters of vital interest to Independence. Upon the reading of his report the secretary stated that E. E. Paddock, A. 8. Locke, It. II. Knox and W. F. Campbell had asked that their names be stricken from the roll. The request was granted. SCARCITY OF HOUSES. The matter of scarcity of bouses received attention and aetion taken that no doubt will lead to the build ing of residences. "People are arriv ing here from the east looking for homes .and we haven't houses to shelter them in" said Ex-Peesident Calbreath. '"There is money in the housebuilding business and we wil show capilal there is" said V. W. Percival. "Credit is un known in Independence and pock et are chuck full of money." Then Mr. Percival proposed that the League incorporate and build some houses and stated he would do kis part. To meet the emer gency in the lack ef dwellings, a committee was appointed upon motion of Mr. Calbreath to investi gate and report. KIDNEY UOAD. Ex-President David Calbreath reported progress in the matter of opening a road from Sidney out to the Independence road. A petition, duly signed, it seems had died in the hands of the county court but Judge Sibley stated that by getting deeds for the right of way, the matter would be given consider atien. Mr. Calbreath was of the opinion that deeds can be secured from individuals through whose premises the proposed road passes and the matter was referred to him to press upon the connty court. LINKS OF COMMUNICATION. Rural delivery lines, telephone lines, electric lines aud wagon road lines were discussed. It was brought out that persona living near Independence on the south are served by rural carriers from Parker station which is an inex plainable, inexcusable and un satisfactory arrangement. The Krebs brothers are among those shut off by the awkard arrange ment. "You people of Independence are cslecp," says Leonard Kreba and under the circumstances no one can take issue with him. He adds; "I can't let my mail from Indepen dence. I have to stand and see it go by my place and when it Rets to Parker station its sent back to mi." The Krebs brothers will work forty to fifty men during tne year, besides a number of Chinese who will be on their place as lessees. They do their trading, which ia consider able, in Independence and they have just cause for protest that their mail service is not from this point. Wm. McElmurry and others are similarly situated. The condition of the Salem road, in the vicinity of Commissioner Iliggs' place, received the condem nation of every League member who bad been over it. From Rick reall bridge toward Salem, the road was described by one member as a boulevard but from the same bridge for a distance of two miles toward Independence its condition is no improvement over the high ways of the Aborigines of a cen tury ago. In traversing it, one has no thought of making time nor of anything else but personal safety. Standing pools et water border f this Polk county highway and cross it at regular and irregular in tervals, at right angles and acute angles and where the grade is too steep for water to stand fir boughs are thrown lengthwise across the road for the apparent purpose of practicing horses in walking ties atonal a railroad trestle. In places along this piece of road, fence rails or telegraph poles protrude from great holes in the center of the road as a warning to the pasier-by of impending danger and as monu ments to the road-building court of the county. That no fatalities have been reported is probably due to the fact that people generally travel some other road. ABOUT ELECTRIC ROAD. The proposition to confer with the Greater Salem Commercial Club in the matter of an electric line down the river was taken up and a committee appointed to meet with the Salem club and report on the f-aeibility of the project. TKLErilONE LINES. No action was taken relative to additional telephone connections, though discussion revealed the fact that Polk county is becoming a network of ruraltelephone lines Connection is to be mads with the Salem line of the Bell system by the people of the bop district on Dird Island to the norlk. Connec tions are to be made by the Krebs brothers and other families to the south and there Is prospect of fur ther connections across the river. Dr. Perkiui at Monmouth also keeps busy looking after new sub scribers, and a number of indepen dent lines radiate from Dallas. ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP. New members not before seen at the League meetings were out Moo day night, and earnestness and eotbtiiiasm characterized the pro ceedings. Those present realized an era of prosperity at hand, and opportunities in eight that cannot be neglected. It was the consen sus of opinion, that it is a duty every business man owes to him self and the community to put his shoulder to the wheel and help in the many matters that demand at tention. The roll is open for new membership and the dues are only 331 cents a month. NOKTHWEir A I1UMMEK. The O. It. & N. Co. In It Latest Booklet Sings Praises of Oregon and The Northwest ' Every year is a memorable one in the Pacific Northwest Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Nowhere in the entire world is there such a land of promise and opportunity. Prosperity, plenty, happiness and contentment are seen on every hand throughout the great section, where acres of government land ar yet nntaken, and where several acres of as good, improved land can be bought for the price of one in Illi nois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana Iowa and other states. It it the mecca of the homeseeker and in vestor, and so great has beev the influx of new-comers the past few years that the industrial conditions have been completely changed and the outlook entirely revolutionized. The sun of prosperity shines up on every vale and hill. The spirit of progress is seen everywhere. New homes, new churches, and new schoolbouses are built by the hun dreds each year. With soil, climate and all conditions unsurpassable for the successfull pursuance of every industry, wonderful iudeed is the storv of the three states. In the great grain belts there are thou. sands of farmers who challeng the world to produce a country where like results can be obtained. And without exception, the country was ever so prosperous, many of the mortgage companies declaring that it is difficult to make loans in the farming communities; that the farmers, as a rule, have bank ac counts of their own, and when a loan is made, it is frequently from one farmer to another. The Paciffic Northwest has for its citizens the best class ef settlers from tke oldest sections of the East and Middle West, aad the foreign immigration received is of the high est standard. Oregon and Wash ington are well protected by law from any large movement of Ori entals R. II. Hall in O. R. & N. Booklet. Married Mrs. Leia Hardy and Mr. James Hastings, of Independence, were married at the ' residence of Mr. John Talbott in Dallas Saturday, Upon return to this city, Saturday night, they were met at tne station and escorted to the home of the bride's parents where supper was served. There were fifteen in7itad guests present PROPOSED LAW Voters Must Pass on the Pro posed Local Option Law at the Next June Election LAWS PRINCIPAL FEATURES Wording: of Petition Asking- For The Enactment of the Law Favors Local Option In order that readers of the West Side Enterprise may form an In telligent idea of the provisions of the proposed local option law up on which people are to vote at the June election, the principal provi sions aro herewith set forth: Section 1 provides that whenever ten per cent of the registered voters of any county, precinct, or other legal subdivision of a county peti tion the county court, shall order order an election to be held at the time mentioned in such petition, to determine whether the sale of in toxicating liquors shall be prohibit ed in such territory. By legal sub division of a county Is meant any precinct, town, city or ward. Section 10, which is the most im portant section of the bill, pro vides, "if a majority of the votes hereon as a whole, or in any sub division in the county as a whole, or in aoy precinct in the county, are 'for prohibition,' said court shall immediately make an order declar ing the result of said vote and ab solutely prohibiting the sale of in toxicating liquors within the pro scribed limits. The county court shall issue an order for prohibition, notwithstanding the county as a whole voted against prohibition. Section 11 pro-ides that if a majority voting at any election hereunder vote against prohibition the court shall make an order de claring the result, and have the same enterted of records of said court, all of which shall be subject to the provisions in section 10 of this act. Reading the sections together it appears that it an election is call ed for a county and prohibition carries as a whole, the precincts favoring license are not giyen local option, but are bound by the ma jority vote of the county. If, on the other hand, prohibition is de feated in the county aa a whole, the precincts favoring prohibition are given local option. This is a feature of the measure that should be fairly un derstood. Section 14 reais: When prohi bition has been carried at an elec tion held for the entire county, no election on the question of prohibi tion shall thereafter be held in any subdivision or precinct thereof until after prohibition has been defeated at a subsequent election for the same purpose held for the entire county; nor in any case where prohibition has carried in any subdivision of any county shall an election on this question of prohibition be held thereafter in any precinct of such subdivision until prohibition has been defeated at a subsequent election held for such entire subdivision. This gives the prohibitionist a very decided advantage under the law over those who favor license. The remaining sections relate to the enforcement of the law, and are exceedingly strict, prohibiting the giving away of liquor and throwing the burden of proof upon the per son accused of violating the law, as: "It shall not be necessary to state the kind of liquor sold, nor to describe the place where sold; nor to show the knowledge of the principal to convict for the acts ot an agent or servant." i