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About West side enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 1904-1908 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1904)
WEST SIDE ENTEKl'lHSK, INDh.r. ... . County CorrespondentenieS itnom mim vi mrjnl !rr,:s';r ii" ! GRANGE MEETING 5-' PIONEER GONE Mrs. Leah Traegol Nichols, One of Polk's Oldest and Most Respected Pio neers Passes Away DEATH OF JUDGE FLINN. Judge Flinn wm a Regent of the State Normal and Monmonth Honor His Memory (mohmocth spsciai.) Mm. Leah Traegol-Nlcbol. for many year, an Invalid, died 2:30 A. M. Monday at her noma In Mon m.,th. Her daughter, Mrs. Powell and Mrs. John Nichols were present .k.. th nd came. In the death of Mrs. Kicbols, Polk county low one of its oldest and beet kiown pioneers. Mrs. .Nichols was born at Cam December 27. 1823. At the age of H she was married to Xirhola. Seven years later they made their way by means of a covered wagon to Illinois, and in 1S52 crossed the plains to Polk county, Or. During the neit 37 years they made their home in Oregon, laano ami which, owing to Mr Nichols' falling health, they settled permaoently in Monmoutn, ur. u 1898, after 58 years of happy married life, death separated them. Mrs. Nichols' great sorrow at this parting probably did mere than anything else to take away the strength whioh had always characterized her busy life. Though given the tenderest care, she gradually declined, and seemed lo look forward with pleasure to the meeting with ber husband in the bright future of which she loved to talk. She was a member of the Disciples' church, and lived a radiant Christian life. Mrs. Nichols was the mother of 15 children, ten of whom survive her. Funeral services were conducted by Bev. 8. A. Siewert from the Evaageli cai church Tuesday. B. B. Barnes, of Corvallis, was visit iDR relatives here the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Powell, of Brownsville, spent this week with friends here. Miss Mand Hawley left for a visit at Ashland last Friday. Miss Maggie Owen returned from Salem last week, after spending two months there. After a severe illness of four weeks, Forest Barnes is slowly recovering. Miss Inez Pitney returned Friday from a visit with her parents at Eugene, leaving Baturday for her school at The Dalles. The Christian church dosed its re vivsl meeting Sunday evening. The results have been very encouraging and in spite of bad weather, great interest has been manifested throughout the meeting. Affr fnrtv-two days of rain, "Old Sni" mimrised everybody by a bright smile and now the great topic of con versation Is, "Have you planted your garden?" The reception tendered the new members at the Christian church Wednesday evening was a very pleas ant affair. A large number were pres ent and a short program and light re freshments were enjoyed by all. r. K. Skidmore is hers this week, establishing agencies for the Keystone View Co. Mr. Skldmors has been at tending the Willamette University during the winter. Herman Allen, of Salem, is visiting his brother, Prof. T. C. Allen, of the Training Department. J. A. Emsaltt, of Portland, is spend ing a few days here. Jehn is a ton aorial artist of the metropolis. Miss Rose Rutherford, a studenl of the O. A. C, spent Baturday and Bun day here yisiting hsr brother. Henry Netz, of Vancouver, Wash., fcought 10 acres of the W. H. Ireland farm this week, the consideration be ing $50 per acra. Mr. Netz will en gage la the poultry business on an ex tensive scale. He sold a chicken farm at Vancouver ami went to California, . ..... . n.i a better location. ah looking over that state he returned to nr...ou as hs could not find as de sirable location In California. v i Kmiih. our next couuty clerk, ,,enl Sunday here, Kd has a host or friends and they are all pleased with the apparent certainty of his nomina tion. j V Fronk and family moved to MaMlnuville this week, he having bought a farm near thst place. Tt rumored that the 8. P. It- It. Co. will put In a steel bridge at Luck- lainst this summer ana assumm-. ... .11 ivu that the detxit building at this place will be remodeled and eu . . .v... - I'hD iiiKt bu d- ing Is much too small to acouiniodate the patrons of the road aud this im provement comes ta relieve a loug felt want. n. v..i,.h.. tinticrht the corner north ef the Lewis photo gallery aud j ben ,g la ortier will erect a uanaaoine reaiueuir- soon as the weather will permit. The Dr. assures us that the building will be for rent. LOST BUT FOUND Passed Over the Divide Into the Beyond But Returned to tell Story of Hardships Andrew Hannutn and Elmer Bur row, Lost on Bald Mountain. Harrowing; Experience (MAl'l.K UKOVK 81'KCiaU) Heavy frest the 13th Instant. Mix F.thel McCloud returned from her eoumu's, Mrs, Mattleoti, of Inde pendence. Miss May Rush returned heme last week from ludepeudence. ti,i. u th season of the year wheu gardeu making and the setting of the Postmaster Lucas has notices posted asking for a carrier on rural route No. 1 from this office, W. J. Mulkey, the regular carrier, having reslgued. Pros perity is evidently abroad in the land, for only one application bas beea made for the place. The poor salary bas caused many carriers to resign ut thm nresent conaress will doubtless remedy this asatter as such a bill is new pending. The band is figuring on the erection ot a city hall (iOxlOO feet. Liberal do- i.atUna from manv of the citizens nave been offered and it is thought to be a certainty that the project will be a go. Such a building will be a great thing for the town as the Chapel is tne oniy ivailakle dace for meetings of any kind. It will cause the organization nfn thletio association here as the floor will be large enough for all kinds of Indoor athletics. Q Th hand Is DreDarine for concerts to be given here and at Independence hnut the last of the month. 1 he boys are in line shape, and a musical treat la in utmm for their audiences. Bum- mr concerts bv the band, at Indepen dence, should be the next move and the boys sre anticipating a successful termination ef the efforts now being made to arrange for them. Several of our citizens attended the basket ball game at Corvallis Friday night. TTewa received here Saturday an nouncing the death of Judge Flinn, at Albany, cast a gloom over our little city, and expressions ef sorrow were hwird on every band. Judge Fllun had served for the past eight years as a member of the Board of Regents or tne Normal and ever had the interests of the school at heart. Both faculty and students realize the great loss sus tained. AoDronriate services in his memory were held Monday in the Chapel. Several families arrived from Michi iran Saturday night and will buy farms in Polk county. Thru. Williams butchered a porker last Wednesday that weighed seven hundred pouuds. i Urnwu bouirht and weighed up 15 head of beef cattle here last Tuesday that averaged the owners w per heaa. Miss Stella Bagley is visiting at Jno. StaaU' this week. ReulQ Hastioas and wife, of Pedee, spent the day at this place last tues- day. Claude Lewis had a hello machine nut in their house last week. A uiau who uss no 'phoue these days i not "in it" at all. d r? C. Pollnir. of Dallas, will preach here next Suuday. Mrs. Haines returned from Dallas last Sunday. Henry Williams was visiting home the first of the week. at Proper Treatment of Pneumo nla. Pneumonia is too dangerous a dis ease for anyone to attempt to doctor himself, although he may have the mnner remedies at hand. A physician be called. It should be borne in mind, however, that pneu monia alwavs results from a cold or from an attack of the grip, and by the I nroner treatment of these diseases a threatened attack of pneumonia may be warded off. There is no question whatever about this, as during the thirty years and more that Chamber lain's Cough Remedy has been used, we have yet to learn of a single case of a cold or attack of the grip having re sulted in pneumonia when this reme dy was used. It is also used by physi cians In the treatment or pneumonia with the best results. Dr. W. J. Smith, of Sanders, Ala., who is also a druggist, says of it: "1 have been selling Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and prescribing it in my practice for the past six years. I use it in cases of pneumonia and have always gotten the best results. " Bold by all drag-gists. T.aat Fridav morning Andrew Han num and Elmer Burrows started hunt ing toward the Bald Mountain coun try, taking a lunch for their dinners tht iav. and Intending to return borne that night. But they went over hevsnd the divide a little farther than ihgv intended, and striking a deer trail, thev followed it on for some dis tance but at last were lost in the deep anow. which when drifted, they said, uin Borne daces 40 feet deep. 1 hey took the wronir ridge whieh took them off on the western slope of the moun tains and they found themselves there when night overtook them, without food or shelter. They barely kept warm through the night by cutting vine maple brush for fuol. Mr. Burrows broke his knife, rendering it very diffioult to keep from freezing during the night. The next morning, Baturday, they attemDted to come out but failed again to take the right course and so were compelled to remaiu out again over Saturday night. They found a hollow log that night, laying off the ground. They made a fire in it and remained under it duriug the night, keeping quite comfortable. They decided to kill their dog for breakfast Sunday morning, but the sky had cleared so they were able to see their course more clearly and made another attempt to come out when they finally reached B. F. Hastings for their first meal since Friday noon. vile, ami will proimmv Mauri,- Wheel. caching s-lylit Itiontlt. sH-hua.1 allloUi. Tillamook county. M. Marv CsinnMI. of Monmouth, Is here visiting " brother, J"'"1 s,u,1,i' Alfred WheeWk attended the orator ical eolihwt at Forest tlrove Friday. Toinmle Osborne was out from Inde pendence the first of the wrk. U. L. Zumwalt will erect a iaryo l"' this hi in mi' r. Spring Is almoMt here. Flowers ami strawberries are beKinning to burst forth. All await a lew dty of inmhine w hh'li will start the procession of blossom. A number of farmers will this season try the merit of Vieia Villoma, Wonder ful FeneiUaria and Brotuns tirans. The political pot is beginning to boll in this neighborhood. Kenort of the Sunny Slope school for month ending March 11 I'XU. !ys taught Days present Days absent Average attendance. ...... Times tardy Visitors Those neither absent or lardy during the month were Ina Fishlwck and Urpa Shipley. COOPKlt HOLLOW. Mr. Calloway and wife, from the (. ara visitinir at the home of his sister, Mrs. Win. Ysater. Janiea Goodman, Lee Clarke and Charles Hayues transacted business in Dallas Monday. Sam Davis recently sold a colt to James Goodman for f&. George Sullivan is making hop poles. Ellis Urouuds is visiting her sister, Mrs. Rust, at Independence. "Aunt Martha" Hiulth spent a week among friends aud relatives at Lewis- ville. James Qoodman made a business trip to Falls City Wednesday. Clarence McCaleb. who bas been quite mote, is Improving. Ten Applications i One Nigtt and Arrangements on for An other Big Mting Improvement In Evidence. Hop. Hos, d Diry trie Thriving; :7 M .13 . 0 . 8 (OAK UHOVK M-tVIAI..) 0k t.rove tirange held Its regular .i i. i)it. with a evening emon .Msrm -! Un.-eatteihU.L-... Ten spplicauor.. . ...l.i.'li ivel Uu, order a large membership and all on day Ul .. are active workers. Me.Ue. the regular business, an Interesting program wa rendered. The next meeting will b held Mareh '.H.tb. A good program Is In course of preparation for the occasion The degree team has been organued and well drilled and will confer the "t and second degree, ou a large c!. Ar rangement, will be male that lHor. may stay over night. On the second Saturday i" J . Oak drove Grange will eulertaiu Uoman Grange. k 'I..IIIVI1W. HI I W..-. ' :''!... ,,'.'.,..- Mim Ida HubUrd. iim" - .,..1 i..m,I W. I. McAdsma l- y his. i old a nuuitr or nnw lfsleemb. I. W. Il.own. HI. reported that th. farmers tier .rssoon to rMl.ert.l .lib l"urt laml. by aprUats 'phon Una. II M. Herrv '""A atuiday talking p.lvat. telepbon. bu.lne-. Mr Carol, and family l'l! wllb Ilia family of (. W. Ilom.r ImI Hun day Th. farmrr. ar getting their plo ready f sprlnf '" .;, iirxM was In town from the lillla The children an. brlmilng In .ptlr. ,U,wer. in lb - -'' w""r ,'"' ICe.olilliona of ItrapcU v....l..tirtna na.e! hy th tuJ- SUVKU Henry Berry made a business trip to Suver Monday and also remembered the correspondent with his subscription to the Enterprise, Several families in aud around Suver are just getting over the whooping cough. C. E. McLane made a business trip to Independence Tuesday. The rural carriers always welcome the sunshine as the roads are getting very muddy in places. ANTIOOH. V. A. and H. B. Fish back were county seat visitors Monday. "Grandma" Ilarren bas returned from Pedee. Frank Laugbary, of the big Lnckia- mnte, was an Antioch visitor last week. Fred and Tommie Simpson have die- Marks Bros, are cutting wood. Lizzie Osborne visited with Mrs. Sevier Sunday. Dollie Guthrie has returned from a visit with ber brother at Gardner, Southern Oregou. Mr. Cummings and wife visited at the home of Mr. Sullivan Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Mack visited with Mr. Calbreath and wife Sunday. Alice Mack spent Sunday with Ada Sampter. Vardie and Bussell Fishback were Dallas visitors Monday. PA ft K Kit. Claud Boone visited in Corvullis Sun day. Mrs. A. B. Lacey and Mrs. A. Kerr were Independence visitors Monday. Mrs. Powell and children came horns from Crabtreo Saturday. Mrs. Murion Winn, of Buena Vista, visited Mrs. Kerr Tuesday. I'ete Peterson sold one of his horses to the horse buyers for $1.0. Mr. and Mth. Ellis Davidson were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Win. Fuqua. Quite a few from here attended the drama at Wells and all report a good time. t red frail II and Jim Hewitt were up' looking at the Luckiamute bridge. Miss Ruth Cauthorn is visiting at Mr. Evan s. Miss Mabel Wheelock und I.ura Cirtchlow entertained a few of their friends Wednesday evening. Floor games were played and lunch served at a late hour. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Fuqua, Mrs. A. B. Lacey, Mrs. A. S. Kerr, and Misses Mabel Wheelock, Lara Critchlow, Maggie Kerr, Francis Lacey, and Velena Fuqua, Messrs. Willis Powell, Dell Gngsby, Henry McElmnrry, Ed Steele. Ona McLain, Walter Kerr, Bay Prince and Johnnie Lacey. Mr.. J. 1. Ho'ms and a brother-in-law and familv. of Baser City, are vl.il Ing in this vicinity and will probably locate here. CHtT McArthur i preparing to put out 111 acre more of ho on the Molwn place. J. U, Knowles will put up'-HM rod. of wire fencing on his already Improved farm. Mr. Martin also contemplates put ting up some r.ew wire fence and other wise improving his place. Mis llertha Holm i vUiting In Port land. The wet weather will make grain sow ing late. C. E. llrooks, Jim Huntley ami O. W. Morrow sold to W. W. I'ercival a car load of fine bogs for the Portland mar ket. Thi-se hog had each Wii fed Vu pounds of chopped barley with skimmed milk, per day. They averaged PC pounds. Mr, Morrow who runs a dairy i4 lieen getting one pound of butter a dav from his cow all winter, A I U!. IK. MIhs Wllma Dalton, of Monmouth, is vlaitltig her grandmother, Mrs, O, M. Ktaats, Hchoel is getting along nicely under the management ot Oran liyer.. Dr. T, U. Williams was in town Fri day. Wade and Willie Williams were re pairing rural telephone lines near Lewisvllle lust Saturday. Arch McNary was seen nn our streets lust Friday. Link Chambers stayed over nlgbt at W. K. Williams' ou his way home in Klnirs Valley, Mlsn Nannie Iloae visited Miss Allen (,'aron h.xt Thursday evening. Among those who spent Hunduy at Mr. and Mrs. McChuii's were Mr. and M.t U.!y of the Oregon Flats Nor u.al School on the death of Ju.tgw I.. Flinn: Vii kka. f'l ha remova.1 from our mia.l by the hand r.f death, Judge !.. Klinn. an honored and r- specled nombrr of th Hoard of Regents of the Oregon Htata Nor mal School; and WI.erea. i fully r.li that in his death our ichcI ,1 (he atale have itistsineJ a great tots. Hk IT Ur-ict vin, that ws, th students of the tVegon Stale Nor mal School, do hereby exprees oar appreciation of th active Interest he ha taken in our Institution. That we attend to ths fsmily car deep sympathy In their great l r.avement. That, copy of thea rolutioni he sent lo the Umiljr and a copy to the prsss Win. Metger, lltilh t'onj'er, Olga Valeria Hoatrnao, Committee, Had of Sad Trip Mr. M. Ilcaendorf roturne. Ttie day freio her sad trip east with th r mains of her son, KJward. w h died in rhiUdelphis while altenJ ing collrge. She was met in Port land ly Joseph Hirtchlatrg. brother-in-law, and accompanied to C'orvalli. where funeral t-rrtmonie were held. Pr. Thompson of thl city, where Mrs. Itoeudrf former ly lived, cnnductel the service and a Utk'S crowd from Independent--attended, returning by special men tor. The tnotlier and relative have the sympathy of this com munity in their bereavement. - -"- Farmers Tnka A'ollcr. Chopping done on Weduesday and Saturday at the Oregon Milling k Warehouse Co' mill iia Independence. w:est si i) io ;en-imoiip.ii i sir: Correspondents Contest. The prewent Correspond nti ConteHt tfoiniiience.l Thursday, March 10. with one ririzp.a Rchnlii n,l,m ;.. it., i; i . (, . .. "j- im vim . m ruiiiw-i i . i,n. v,iirreK,lcll' ... . . ' m H i ii hi or oiH-rni mo tnai no ono wiii is. urK-a to put lortt. extra cx.-rtion for iiothii,K. Though other pnzcH are yet to he Hnnoiinci-l evi-ry point won sun-o Marc), 10 i credited to the correspondent who sends it ,. The one thir.K that c'on UBtants are connHel,,! HKani8t iH holding ha. k anvthiuK upon whicbv point are g.ven. I'rizes of cah value are put up and ,t is the purpone t- reomro CnntaHt.anta tn r..r....i1- :.i . 1 . .u-- I "iiot.hj jair wkii encn oiner y sem ina ir evnrvthinrr anh wmL 1,;i.i r .. . . - - -d r. n uiio vuu paimr is lair r-nntpatitnla and impartial toward alt COI3ITTOTTiS. l ne carresponilcntH Fn, u. uv oa .correipon.l.nts page. everv item fmZ7tl,- V- " "ow I in tU r every item or more than ordinary interest 15 points flowed lore s.srv item of extraordinary nterest Tj nninta u. ' mwea. wort rerj points. Every yrly ry yearly subscription 85- Anoints Ri.LJii jV P Three months lubscr pt o