WEST HUM KNTKKNU8I:. IXDEPDNDKNCK, OKEOON .titiAfittAioini'V ,, 1 ... ..... rrinivp a kt ClUUU AiUVUU.UIL.lB SALEM, OREGON. Hating f itlir. Other limber i being discussed and another week limy bring about material changes in the aituation. l. V. Jonea, wad in town Weil nesday. According to "Bent" lie in not 11 cutidi'lrtto at this time but I,iix-ohi ouil it in pretty Program for Haxaar at the lode (wndence opera houa. Thursday, March 31, 1WM. Adniion 15c. Quartet Monmouth Cornet 80I0, F'ank Luca, Monro'h Ym1 Folo Prof. P. O. Powrll Recitation Virginia Owen Tableau Piaoo Holo..Iv McDaniH, Dalla ficrc's a Brcaib of Spring. The Shelves and Counters made vacant by our recent Clearing Sale are now full with Bright, Beautiful, Urandnew Spring Merchan disc. Come and stroll through the store and See Fashion's Favorites for ThlsSeasoi MENS SPRING Clothing A PERFECTLY Gowned Woman ,dllMUth7. '' ' 10u 'r tra -rlally l Uml with ol.fO.Jurli pl grir.H... WIimib iJr ' , rr.l ,.urcl..ii. of a garm-nt ... 1 Im more In It' tvor l'' il mere luatl-r I"'""- Th" ,,r.ir tntlttiutUnof II- dlwrlwluat. no t,ri. 11-"''" ' ', '"i" ,, ami .rlLll l!ct U Ia.-klaf. ,oi ran ft Ihs "itlc effft In iy " lWlM',u ,,ric. Many 10 (,r4 0 cliO" !"" $15.00to $40.00 SPRING SKIRTS What woman l" '"'"J rJ .rrlpbl. ljrlth l,l,wtMwrttl.jf hold on .I.,,uiih! Ie.lr.hip In akirl. Hon tlrU la eel" 2.00 to J7.50 II ever man want marl, print, Undaom cIoUim, It' lin Ida flrl warm data acinar. Noal.ar ran (lilt muil particular man find finer, frili"r,or more aallafyinKalork 10 rhooao from than la )r at lliie momonl. Yet. with H char olr and atylee whirl, our good clothing e, prlrae lo at caralul wan could a lor. Have yon Un In lo ll n" prlng ljlraT If nl you ar Invllwl to inaiwcl lid f rat tuf k o( clulhlnit, 11 imala jroa noUilnic to look. Now IkmU arrlvlnj twr? JT. a 1 1 imi iMii uiii itoi"; 1 j .. uro will Ko totho atat con von- Vocal Holo, Mn. A. Y. tampan, tiotjforhim for joint arputor Monmouth. f..P I-i.,oln Til ..nook and VMi Bolo. Frank M.r.U.ckreal for Lincoln Tillamook Yamhill counties MEN'S HATS For tipntia". Tlt ie ihapare ttvr th moliriit rhang and Uie tuor mwlrraW ow. There U a Wrai ilivfratty of fit iirlw. all of Ihem Kjoally hp nl correct. $2.oo to $4.oo J nn 1 TXr Iran in the fumily or remember GETTING READY Haris Makes a Visit to Polk County In Interest of His Candidacy to Repre sent First District In Congress ABOUT COUNTY AFFAIRS. No Ntw Candidate!. Strong Tick et Wanted. Anybody! Race For Senator. Probability of New Candidate ron in the fumily or remembe ho tniuiy teeth baby hud cut tha last time he was around. A campaigner, Harris is the antithesis of Hermann, a kind of poser as it were. Tho race however, aeoma to be between the two and it is pretty certain ihnt whichever i chosen by the republican convention will be elected t t'airara Itark. A Cehalia, VV'aah. diapalch aya: "Lewia county ha recently become the actite center of the carcara ' hark bueineaa. A few month ago Wlliam Aldia and A. T. I'eteraon of Toledo, Lincoln county, Oregon, came to the county and made purchaHf of a number of fine trade of caacara, paying a mere eong for the bark on each ie parate piece. Within a few wceki a large num ber of purchaaerg from Oregon and other aectione have appeareu on tlie ecene and have endeavored to purchaae the bark. They are now offering a much higher price than at firat. but are not linding me ranchera eo ready to lell. The lat ter have become thorougniy rouad bv the great anaiety and large number of the purchaeere. and aotue of them have coromencea to imagine that they have a fortune in lhir caacara bark and are there fore alow to a-U. A number of the buyera are now purchaaing the land outright in order to get tne nam. A few nurchaaera are in the field to buy the cured bark.aud theee are offering from 5 to 7 centa per round. From nrefent indioatlon! a large amount of the bark will be harvested in Lewis county t&ia year. Ittirglara Caujht. Preparation for t'te Queen n ail Itnr funiaia to be itiven under the auaoices of the Lewie and Clark club are well under way and will be ready for production in a few weeks. There will be nlty people th ranlkt and It Will Ul 1MUIV a be an event worth waiting lor, The preparation! involve a vast amount of work but rehearsals are now frequent and announcement ... . 1 f ika Hiii will be roau bood Violin Solo, Frank Miller.Uickreall Mala Quartnt. Oeo. Hurloo, Will Walker, Wm. liarnett, rranit Maateraon ttecitation I Burton lano Holo Helen Cooper Vocal Bolo Mre. Oeo. Conkey limitation Charlie liurion Vecal Solo KoyJIawkina Cornet Solo Clarence Clodfelter Hon. L.T, Harris n citizen of F.iiRone and ftspirnnt for the re jmblicHii congressional nomina tion for the Firot district, pahl liia resj.otts to Tolk county Inst wcck. Ho apent Friday after noon in Independence and Fri day night in Dallas. During his visit here, C. N. McArthur a former school-mate at the V. of O. was his traveling companion and Mr. McArthur accompanied his friend ol former school days homo. Mr. Harris was cordially r.'.Tivod ns nil visitors are in Polk county, and tho same wel come nwnits him in the luiure Mr. Harris hod littlo to miy soiv ctrning his candidacy, electing to make his trip more ot a bo ciul visit, than ft canvass for d'hcates to the congressonal convention. Thouch striving for tho same honor, there is a in or Vml nnnlrn al between tne -av maw w methods of Mr. Harris and Mr Hermann. Harris has not that faculty of recalling the tiraa and place of meeting you last, nor Kothinc new or sensational Loon snrung by either party in the local camprign the past week. Tho democrats met fai- nnd fixed a date for their . .... mwl reinvention hut iiriiiuti iiB uii't thev are not talking candidates . imwAvcr. iney aro laying for certain probable nom ot the renublicnn conven tion, against which they expect tn nit. whom they consider meir Btrongest men with tho hopo of winning out at tho polls, no- publicans are awakening 10 u. .;.,. inn. nnd the prospects are ono of tho strongest tickets ever named in the county will nc rui .,((,l, time. The sentiment I'U v i a 1 f that tho personal ambition ol candidates must bo suDorum... to tho party's ,wclfaro w ireeiy expressed. No ew candidates have an-' 1 miv with nounceu nor -j drawn. The strife for state .eu otordrags along with out de velopment other than to create an opening for a new man. Tha strife between Messrs Kirkpat rick and Laughary for the Dallas delegation has been such as to lend many having the best in terest of the party at heart to doubt the advisability of nomi- Kotariei Public throughout the County, in the several voting pre cincta. have teen auplied with reg iatralion blank. All votera are re quired to register on or before Mv 15, 1901. Hester emly end avoid extra expem" ot the county ItegMration i r-quir-d every two year. U. 8. OHAKV, County Clerk. It Bavrd HI llf' P. A. IWorlh nt IGrenge, aufTered foralx montba with a fright- f,.l mnnliiir aora on bla ief. but writ Hi at lluckleo'e Arnica lialve wholly cured It la live deje. For Ulcere, Wound, Pllee, It' the btt aalv In the world. Cure guaranteed. Only 26 cu. 8old by A. o. Loche, aruggiai. A Good Markaman. Laat Monday aome markeman to.ik a abot at one of the Iadepen dence & Monmouth Light it Power Co'a inaalatora in a tree top near Sidney. It wa a center abot knockinc the insulator into amiihereena and allowing the wire a P to come in contact with the body 01 th tree at the point where the crow-arm waa auacnea. iu trunk of the tree waa burned almost oft and the croe! arm in two and by midnight the wire waa eo hot it pulled apart and Independence was ithont lisht. Manager uave uai breath brouzbt the tree-top and remaine of thecrois arm into town Tuiaday and McCaleb, the photo Dranner Dictured the wrsck. Mr r'.n.r.tK nflVra reward lor tne VaavivM w - marksman. . Notice For FropoeaU. Onntract will be let for the haul- nir of 70.000 feet of oak logs on tht - n ' G. Zumalt place west of Monmouth, to tne sawmill at Independence. Sealed bide will be received up to April 16. 1904. Right reserved to accept or reject any bid. rorm of contract furnished by the Indepen dence Lumber Co. DiMtrlbutinff rotnt. Inatead of the 45 mile haul from Dallaa to Independence.via of Wbiteson arrangements nave oeen for throuzh rates from Falls r; Airect to Independence, over .Kn T. it M. troin Ualias. ine Southern Pacific has also decided to make Independence the diatri- . buting point for lumber ana oiner friffht ehiDDed from Falls City, - o - . Dallas, Monmouth and intervening point. This arrangement will De i...... ii.o nublic as well as UCVhOI i' , economy for the road. Jturl Delivery. The matter of . a rural delivery out of Independence to the aouth is nA takinir definite shape and the effort persiated in will no doubt re- . it.;. suit in the establishment 01 una needed mail service. Ponle to the south are tired of aeetmr their mail go by on the train and being put to the necessity ot . . i . i l waiting for it to be brought oaca oy a circuitous rout from the south. Many to the south bo their trading here, have'Indepemtence pnysicans thmr familv doctors and the ex tremity of putting them on another rural route instead ol one leaum? out of Independence Beems alto gether unreasonable. It is to remedy this situatiou that the parties interested have taken the matter into their own hands and cau make a showing the au thorities can bardie ignore. The Itest Couch Syrup. r- Atrnle. ei-Probate Judge, w... TCanaaa. Write: "Tbl 1 to .... t T have need iJaiiara a xi"ir- . .a un.n fnr vAara. and thiit I do tinuuu i fiuy . not healtate to recommeud it a It la the beat oough ayrup I hve ever ueed." 25c, 50o and f 100. Hoia ry a. o. -..b TO SIDE ENTERPRISE $1.50 Per Year fine job Priming New Spring and Summer Sample In great variety ju.t receiver. Merchant Tailor BANK BTILDING. INDEPENDENCE, - OREGON CH For Warrant. All Polk Oounty Warrant in dorsed prior to July 4. 1903, are hereby called, lnlereai ceaae the dale of this call. Dated Dallas, Or, March 25. 1904 E. V. Dai-ton. County Treasurer. Beat Kemedy for Consumption. "Tb flneat remedy for oonaumptloo I efer U Chamberlalo'a Stomach nd LUer TableU," aaya Mr. Kll Butler, of Frankvtlle, N. V. "They act gently and without any unpleasant eff and 've me , . l 7 , feet natural condition." 8oId by All Druggleta. 01 I LITTLE PALACE HOTEL Independence, Oregon 10 10 01 01 01 RATES: $1.25 to $2.00 per day Special Attention to COMMERCIAL TRADE Saturday Gale. Th storm that swept down tne valley Saturday night tnd Sunday ..nt nnite a few pranka at lndepen V m J dence. The river was rolled iato foam created billows Saturday night presenting the appearance of the surf of the sea. The tin roof was lifted from the Fi.r- A' Rice hardware tore ex noBiug Zed BosendorFs bachelor nnarter over head to the unfriend- ly elements and awaking iea v a realization ot .- thing in winter to be shattered by the blast." The roof of the opera house was partly torn off and pieces of sheet iron roof on the stables near th depot were scattered a dis tance of two blocks. Three trees were up-rooted io the park and a number of trees were blown down in the groves north along the Salem rrm.'! Ricked cord wood was level ed on R. D. coopers place and eve ry thing loose or unstaDie was given a good shakmg up. Evangelical Meetings. The Evangelioal meetings now in progress at the United Evangelical church are progmsing with in creased interest and' results. The attendance, considering the un favorable weather, baa been very gratifyirg. Rev. E. E. McVicker, formerly pastor hare, and for the past four years preaching in Ne braska, is expected to occupy the pulpit next Sunday. Prof. H. H. Dunhelberger, of Dallaa, will have charge of the music. Services be gin at 7:30 every evening and a cordial invitation is extended to all. Rates to Families or Single Week or Month Persons by 01 (36 J. M. STARK, Proprietor GO TO P. M. KIRKLAND, THE DRUGGIST, FOR PRESCRIPTIONS FOR PATENT MEDICINES . FOR STATIONERY FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR TISSUE PAPER IN ENDLESS VARIETY FOR PAINTS, OILS AND PAINT BRUSHES FOR ALL KINDS OF ARTIST'S SUPPLIES FOR PRICES THAT CAN'T BE BEAT FOR RAFFIA FOR FURTHER ORDERS INDEPENDENCE, - - ORE. 81 ore Kiot-. V nikturlmnrwof etrikera are not near ly aa grave as au ludividual disorder of . the yntem. Overwork, loss or Sleep, nervouK tension will bt followed by utter colapse, unless a reliable remedy ia Immediately employed. There' nothing o effleieut to cure disorders of the Liver or Kidneys as Electric Bit ters. It's a wonderful toDie, and effec tive nervipe and the greatest all around medicine for run down sys tems. It dispels Nervous-jess, Rheu matism and Neuralgia and expels Mi lariu irfrma. Onlv 50c. and satisfao- tiou guaranteed by A. 8. Locke, Druggist. Oirl Wanted. Wanted At Frank's new restau rant, Independence, Ore. a waitress, For Kent. For rent Near Independence tracts ef 5 to 50 acres of good spring grain land. Inquire of Henry Hill, Independence. Constipation Does your head ache ? Pain back, of your eyes? Bad laste in your mouth? It's Cour liver I Ayer's Pills are ver pills. They cure consti pation, headache, dyspepsia. jftu wsa-M I ' Vtn yonr moMtmclx or bK a fcMattftU avwa or rich Waekt Tb.a V? nvt'vr dull. 1 EUCK INGHAM Whiskers a ft. can he tell you now many cuuu