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About West side enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 1904-1908 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1904)
The Semi. Weekly West Side Enterprise Only $1,1)0 a Year. West ide Enterprise KLEVKNTII YKAK. INDEl'KNDKNCK, l'OLK COUNTY, OREGON, NOVKMI1ER 22,1904. NUMBER 63 POLK MONMOUTH, COUNTY BANK. Incorporated. OREGON j. II. lUwwcy, l'lCHUlont. I HA ('. IWkix, Canliier. rl4 Capital, ISO.OOO 1'. I. Cami'Iikij., Vh-u l'rt'Hidcnt But) PihmT'b--J- H. Hwly, I'. L. 'atnpMl, I. M. fiimpson, J. H. V, ar, John It. Htuntp, J. A. Wllhrow, F. 8. Powell. Tratit 0nerl HankUg srid Kit-hang buainui. Drafts sold yailabl throughout the UniU-d Htatea and Canada. THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK CAPITAL STOCK, S5O.O0O.O0. .. iimHIIHKKU. Iwldent. AUttAM N KUON , Ira Prrilden n 0. W. IK VISE. Chir. J. P. lii.o.K and HifZl . Cimi r"l.l cmllt. granl-i. on c,,rr',Dt Mooun, Nb)ct to chi. DAVIDSON & HEDGES- lUaiquirto For !- Fine Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies ti. 1. mnAln vnrit v Irom cub k aod Mmtlun. Soda Fountain for lh bo( dayn. You a away w noma. DAVIDSON & HEDGES r ctreeT INDEPENDENCE, OREGON m m ff I LIVERY. FEED AND BOARDING STABLE Good Kigt for Commercial Men aSpdalty. Gool accommodations. Horses well fed. tine rigs. Horses boarded by day, week or month. Telephone yt 293 jmlriemleHce, Oregon THE MONMOUTH LAUNDRY H. D. HITMAN, Proprldor & A Home Industry Institution 0 GOOD WORK, PROMPT DELIVERY OUR WATCHWORDS WorK C-ll.drorTu..d.rD.l Saturday Bice & Oalbreath, UNDERTAKERS Fine Parlors in connection. Day or night calls promptly attended to. Phone 131 . Main St, Independence, Ore W. i IlICi:, i:i..bttlier and Funeral Director. J, JJ mm mm mm mm ' 1 MMTJCHJtM, frmt C U7. KNOWLKS. Mgr. Kurtpmmn Plan Onlf 01.00 91. SO tt.OO THE IMPERIAL HOTEL. CO, SEVENTH -nd WASHINGTON STS. . - OREGON ruivi L,srMJ, SPERLING BROS., who h-n die the Finest Butcher Stock TnHndence Meat Market. m EQUIPPED, LIGHTS STUM HEAT. ALL MOUtKN tuntniunu. EXCHANGE SHOTS Marshal Spies Two Men, Takes Two Shots and One is Returned. Men Supposed to Have Designs to Rob Pott Office Fired upon and Leave Tools Behind . City Ma rolia! Win. Ball exchang ed shots with a couple of ' men in the vicinity of the xit oflice at 4 o'clock Sunday morning. Th marshal's attention was at traded toward the poet ollice by an unusual noixe and walking to the Paddock corner, he nbrved a man standing opposite the side entrance to the jKHtt ollice lobby on C street. The man stuped toward the door, the lobby light whs turned out and Mr. Hull banged away. Two men emerged from the building , as the marshal's fire was returned and aa they turned down C. street toward the river the marshal - fired another shot. , In their departure, the men kept close to the building says Mr. Ball, so as to avoid the electric light near the end of the bridge. In the poMt oflice lobby were lei t a sledge hammer, hand hammer, and a cold chisel. These had been taken from tV-e blacksmith shop of Millard Bros. A window broken out and the side door shoved slight ly ajar would indicate entrance was made through the window and exit through the door. It was possible to open the door from the inside but not from the outside. , ' The noise that attracted "the marshal's attention was probably caused dy the attempt to shut the front doers opening on Main street Mupprd Confidence Man. Last week a bright looking man giving the name of CIihs. DeLone negotiated for some property at Silverton and intended to erect a 2'),fXK) dollar hotel. lie had noth ing to show for the amount of fnOOO the price of the proprty. but a sight draft in the hands of a stranger. DeLone was not mis trusted until a letter came, stating that a man whose description was identical to that of DeLone, was wanted in Washington towns for defrauding the people. DeLone hsd left town on an earlier train for Portland. Advertising Pays. What you can't do by not adver tising was illustrated by a show company that appeared at the ojiera-house Satnrdav night. Miss Buff a Silverton lady posse ed Of real histrionio talent accoro lanied by fair support was to ren der . ''Women against Woman." The advertising, consisted cf the scattering of a few little gutter snies on Saturday. The ' au dience attracted consisted of about a dozer, people. There was no show. Moral: If you have any thing good advetiee it. ' Flower fair Closed. The attendance at the Chrys auihemum Fair Friday night was even greater than Thursday even ing. The program was entertain ing and held the crowd to the last It opened with a piano duet by Johnnie and Inez Stark. A Del- sarte drill and song "Little Pap. poose," . were rendered by eleven little eirls. A vocal colo was rend UNIVERSITY WINS In a Driving Rain University of Oregon Wins from O. A. C. . By Score of 6 to 5 Large Crowd Braves The Storm to Witness dean Game Between . State Colleges is there any clue to robbers. - " - I a 7 7 , : ncu vj 4on v . - , -- . There waa no ; damage done nor PConcert solo by Clarence Clodf elter . . a 1 1 I . me wouia-oei Mm Kimberhn also entertained with song, little Tiny Wilson with recitation. Miss Bowden with vio lin cello solo, Miss Inez Stark voc al solo and Mise Hartman with eonir. t Music by the orchestra and o ice cream and cake made the even ing's entertainment complete,' and the ladies of the M. E. church are to be congratulated on the success of their 1904 Chrysanthemum Fair- Sounds Fnnny., It is said that up in the North Powder country they have hay to burn: that there 'are thousands of tons of bay up there hunting buy era at H per ton in the stack, and cash will probably' 1 get some of it at 13.50 per ton. There is no stock in the country to feed this hay to, and owners of hay are won dering what they will do with it. North Powder is a natural hay country, and consequently a feed ing ground that tought; to attract the attention of stock-men.-Dallas Chronicle. ' . Iteal Estate Transfers. G G Gibson to Thomas Pearce; land in Eola; $500. John Fuhr and wf to Thad Ste vens; CO acres in 7-4; $950. Same to Thad Stevens; 10 acreB in -4; foov. MARRIAGE LICENSES John Ridder and Clara Loy. Walter Gerth and Grace Ed wards. B, E. Porterfield and Jessie B. Hartman. F. G. Smith and Garnet Wilson. CIRCUIT COURT Cases were filed in circuit court as follows: Martin & Blodgett vs Nixon & Dunn; action for money. II S Smith vs J S Cooper; action for real estate agent's commission. T),a Indian Lewis and Clark club of Dallas met last week, says the years in the penitentiary Observer, and elected officers as fol lows: Mrs. John E. Smith, presi dent: Mrs. M. M. Ellis, nresident; Mrs. Charles McDevitt, second vice-president; Mrs. H. B. Cosper, secretary; Mrs. J. V. Smitn, treasurer, (e-elected); Mrs. Ueorge Hawkins, press correspondent. On the night of October 16. a fire fiend touched a match to the Port land Flouring Mills ' Company's big brick mills and warehouse at Salem, in which ware stored several thousand dollars worth of flax. All but a frame building was de- strbved. On Friday night the in cendiary completed his work by burning the frame building too. A quantity of flax was also lost in this. Mr. Bossethe owner of the flax, carried' no insurance. There is no clue to the firebug nor is it very clear as to his object. Negroes Must Leave The Chief of Police of Reno Nev. has issued an order that all negroes must leave town within 24 hours. Already over a dozen negroes have obeyed the command, and more are leaving by eyery train, ims order is the result of a number of depredations committed by neg roes in Beno during the laBt few weeks. George Burns wa the first off ender. He attempted to assault a white girl and narrowly escaped lynching. He was sentenced to 15 Farmers between Walla Walla firet vice- Milton hay9 orgaBlzed a mu tual telephone company. Aireaay they have a complete system con necting the ranches In that part oi the country with Walla Walla and Milton With three ol her bHt men out. Oregon Agricultural College held the University of Oregon down to six score hile the farmer boys made five at Corvallis Saturday. There was never greater interest centered in a home game, never a cleaner gained nor1 ever a game play ed In more strenuous weather in the state. A rain driven by a fierce gale raged all day but weather, good or bad entered not into the cal culations of the football players nor did it keep spectators away from the grounds.' Two hours before the game was called evt-ry ' seat in the grandstand, the only place that afforded shelter, was taken. There were 2,000 or more spectators present and men women and chil dren stood in mud and faced a driving rain to wituees the contest. Eugene sent a large ' delegation, and a special motor of two coaches from here was crowded to its. ut most capacity with people from Independence, Monmouth, Dallas, Airlie and Rickreall, and there were football enthusiasts from Port land south. There was disappointment when it was learned Pilkington,' captaiu, Boot and Bundy of the 0 A C could not play on account of being crip pled. . But the Agrics asked " no quarter. They went in and did welL Having done their best they acknowledged and took defeat gracefully. It was likewise given in a spirit of magnanimity. ;, Bay : Walker of Independence played full back and did well," con sidering his experience. Williams of Airlie who it was said would not dare his kangaroo leaps with the U of 0 team, left the ground twice. Once he cleared his tackle and once was caught in the air but succeeded in making gain before his body touched the ground. The spectacular ; feature of the game was' furnished by Walker 1 a 208 pounder when in a pile up Templeton let go the muddy slicK ball and 0. A. C'a. big man seized it and was 20 yards away on , a 95 yard run to goal before he was per ceived. Once be almost stopped as if to meditate on whether or not he had the right to make the run, but on came the U of 0 eleven and on splashed Walker through the mud reaching the goal ten yards ahead of hie nearest pursuer. The ground gains for 0. A. C, were Williams Abrahams. The star players for U of O were Joe and Frank Templeton and Full back Kerron. Neither team was strong on offensive work and O. A. C. was little inferior to U. of O on defensive work: A K. of 1'. Campaign. The Knights of Pythias of Ore gon are planing a campaign this winter to improve their lodge and bring their drill teams up to a high state nt efficiency to the end that they may make a splendid showing at the Lewis and Clark Fair. With this purpose in view' Grand Chancellor L. M. Curl of Albany has mapped out a plan of work and has divided the state in to 12 Knights of Pythias districts. The lodge in each of these districts will hjll a convention some time during the first six months of n-xt year and at these dis'rict conven tions prizes will be ofi-rt-d for the best drilled teams, it being expected that every Knights of Pvthias lodge in the state will compete for honors in its respective district. The team which makeB the bent showing in. the exemplification of lodge work at each of these district conven tions will be sent to compete at the next sespion of the grand lodge, , to , be t eld in Portland during the Fair. October 11, 1905 has been set aside as Pythian Day al the Fair. MET LAST NIGHT Polk Co. Needs an Experimental Farm Snch as is Maintained in Eastern Oregon The celebrated cases of S. A. D Puter, H. McKinley, Marie Ware Emma Watson and D. W. Tarpley, charged with defrauding the gov ernment of publio lands, are now on in Portland. John H. Hall, as sisted by Francis J. Heny are pros ecuting the cases and able counsel has been retained by defendants. The trial will be an interesting one. ' The National Grange adopted resolutions favoring the enactment of a law by Congress . against the manufacture and sale of cigarettes or cigarette papers within the United States. Stormy weather and lack of lights did not prevent a meeting of the Improvement League last night. The committee to draft by-laws for the mutual joint stock telephone company asked for further time to report a code of laws and time was extended to Wednesday. It was the sense of the meeting however, Mr. Staats, who was present, in eluded, that the board of, directors may go ahead and contract for poles and take other steps neces sary to the. construction of a line of poles to Monmouth and the instal lation of a switchboard. After the report of the committee on by-laws . Chairman Craven will call a meet ing of the stock-holders to act on the report. " 4 The matter of advertising in a New Year's number of the Salem Statesman was taken tip and re ferred to a committee.' The need in Polk county, of an experimental farm, such as the Harriman Railroad System main- , tains in eastern Oregon,, was dis cussed." That such a farm would be of incalculable value to the farming interests of this county was the verdict of every member present and the secretary was au thorized to ascertain ' what the League might do toward the se curing of it. Low water is a thing of the past for this season. The Luckiamute is out of its banks and the William ette has risen nearly six feet and still rising. The Oregon City Transportation Company has put -their boats on the upper river and they will be kept on the run as far south as Corvallis. The Pomona arrived here last night and laid over returning at 6 this morn ing. The Pomona and Oregona will ply the upper river. Neal Sullivan, foreman of a work- . ing crew on the Corvallis & East ern railroad fell between two grav el cars near Detroit Friday after noon and was instantly killed. Sullivan was a young man highly respected. He was a member of the K. of. P and Elk orders of Al bany and the Workmen lodge at Detroit. . Portland gets the National Irri gation Congress for 1905. We'll have something to show the irriga tors at that time. I , . . . - - ...r-. It ' . - -