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About West side enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 1904-1908 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1904)
The Semi- Weekly West Side Enterprise Only $1.50 a Yew, West ide Enterprise ELEVENTH YEAH. INDEPENDENCE, I'OLK. COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 2, 1904. NUMBER 66 POLK COUNTY BANK. Incorporated. MONMOUTH, - OREGON J.H. Hawucy, T. L. Camiukix, 1'rvsldont. Vice President Iua C. Powell, Cashier. r!4 Capital, ItO.OOO DimtcToaa J. II. Hawley. I. L. Campl!!, I. M. Slrnpaon, J. B. V. Butler, John H. Bturop, J. A. Wlthrow, K. 8. Powell Tranaaota General Banklag and Kxchange buninesa. Drafts sold THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK CAPITAL BTOOK, $50,000.00. fl HIR8HHEKCI. f ritWont. ABRAM KELHON, Vice Freiideo 0. W. IRVINE, Caahler. niRFCTORH. H. Illrachtwri, D. W. fewm, B. F. Smith, J. P. Model and " A. Nalaon. A rneml banking and eiehanga builnww trantactai. In mud. Billi wnantwi. Commercial crtnllu granted. , Depoaita raceled on current account vabjvrt to ci. DAVIDSON & HEDGES -- lUadquarto For Fine Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies Pipe In tndUw varUtv from cob lobrwrroot and liar Mrhum. Soda Foualala lor (he ko day. Yoa at awayt wclcoma. DAVIDSON & HEDGES C STREET INDEPENDENCE, OREGON LIVERY. FEED AND BOARDING STABLE I. W. DICKINSON, Prop. ' Good Rigs for Commercial Men a Socially. . Good accommodations. Horsea well fed. J? ine ' rigs. Howes boarded by day, week or month. Teltjthone JVo. 293 Trulenden4X, Oregon THE MONMOUTH LAUNDRY H. R HITMAN. Propria tA Homo Industry Institution GOOD WORK, PROMPT DELIVERY . OUR WATCHWORDS WerK CH.4forT..UrD.llT.r.d S.turcUr Bice & Calbreath, UNDERTAKERS Fine Parlors in connection. Day or night calls promptly attended to. Phone 131 Main St, Independence, Ore W. U KICK, Entbalmer and Funeral Director. M l MMTJCNAM. Vrt: C. IO. KKOWLMJ, Ml 01.00 0I.SO 09.OO THELIMPERIAL HOTEL CO. SEVWTH.-WA5HlNCTO . OREGON PORTLAND -DTldOCta who handle the Finest Butcher Stock ,nr.ikc.niy &$,7 but r. Kium i""' ch,,p ' , . rnripnce Meat Market. AllA.i m EQWEO. GAS UGHTLSTEAM HEAT. OIL AT MONMOUTH Discovery In Weil at State Normal Proves to Be Petroleum Oil to Be Had Without Going: to California, Texas or Far Away Alaska When the discovery of what wai thought to be oil was made on the campus grounds of the State Normal thre weeks ago, Secretary J. K. V. Butler aent a sample of the fluid to Eugene for chemical analysis. A dinpatch from the University of Oregon rays; "That the sample Is s driaiv of pffwletim i de termined by the analysis jaft com pleted by I'-otewor Stafford, of the University of Oregon, of an oil-like fluid taken from a , well on the State Normal grounds at Mon mouth. The test is of do little sig nificance as indicating that petrole um deposits exist in the vicinity". That there is petroleum under neath the surface of the ground near Monmouth bas been thorough ly demonstrated. It offers a prom ising field for exploitation. The analysis of samples sent to the University is but one of the many proofs that oil exists in Polk county. The interesting of cap ital to develop these oil deposits is the next step in order. A success ful development will make things hum as even the most optimistic have never dreamed of. Outside capital is becoming' Interested and work will doubtless commence be fore many months on a well. CITIZENS BANQUET W. C Brown of Dallas gives Ban quet at Cottage Hotel For Old Citizens , Wednesday W. C. Brown gave a banquet at the Cottage Hotel in Dallas to Polk county Citizens who bave passed their majority. Present on the occasion were. Jno. Ashbough age 83; Wm. Wil son Havter 70; E. Cad well70; Mrs. Cadwell 43: Mrs. Harnett Shreve 75: Corneil Hughes 70; Mrs. Cor- neil Hughes 68; F. M. Collins 70; Mrs. Lizzie Collins 65; W. C. Bro wn: Mrs. Eliza' Emmons;' J. M. Campbell 71; Mrs. J. M. Campbell 60: Mrs. E. L. Delashmutt 74; C. H. Chabman 75; Mrs. N." J. Frink 73, N. W. Allen 76; G. , D. Robin son 73; A.'Shultz 81; Mrs! E. Shnl- tz 74: C. G. Rowell 71; Mrs. H. N. Webb 68; Mrs. M. Peterson 70; W. Pollan 70; Mrs. M. Pollan 45; W. W. Miller 73; Mrs. W. W. Miller 65; J.P.Starr 72; Mrs. A. E. Starr 65; Mrs. E. Lawrenson 73; C. Nye 77; Mrs. M. A. Brown 70; Mrs. F. A. Harris 82; Mrs. A. M. Williams 73; J. J. Williams 75; Mrs. E. T. Miller 75; M. Guy 89; Monroe Miller 77; Ab BVrely 72; Aleck McDonald 80; Thomas Elli att 75; Mrs. Thos. ElUatt 72; F. Ludwiiz 71; Mrs. Ludwig 65; K. Cutler 88: Mrs. Polly Robinson 81; Mrs. Mary Hubbard 79: Mrs. Fa- unie Nye 74; Dr. Hunter O; Mrs. Dr. Hunter 48: Mrs. J. C. Wagner 65; Mrs. Josephine P. Bayle 74; J. L. Collins 72; Mrs. Mary E.Coll ins 56; Mrs. S. L. Irvine 82; T. J. Cummings 71; Sam Coad 72; Mrs. Sam Coad 48; The .Need of Freight Transpor tation. The driving of 1140 bead of mut- ton sheep from Corvallis to Port- Harbin Cooper a Well Known land, a distance of about 100 miles shows the kind of sorvice people in the Willamette valley are getting in the way of freight transportation. 8tocktuen have for a long time complained of this service without avail, and in order to get their stock to market are compalled to resort to old-time methods before railroads were built. Tbe shrink, age in driving fat stock such a dis tance is great, consequently an ex pensive method of shipping. We believe if this matter was put be fore ths Southern Pacific Company in the right light they woald come to the relief of the shipper, thereby encouraging a larger trade along their Hum. We do not believe tht any railroad that has ben so friendly to the interest of the farm er in the Willamette valley as has tbe Southern Pacific, would allow these conditions to exist any length of time, were they fully aware of the damage to their own interest. Rural Spirit. THE GERLINGER MILL An Up-To-Date Lnmber Factory to Be Put In By Douty and Simpson You can tell a successful farmer u lvinir at the wife's fruit in the o closet. You can tell a slouchy woman by Jooxing ai ner aau, jv can tell a dry goods box statesman by the patches on bis pantaloons. You. can tell the poisonous serpent by the bluntnees of his taiL But the easiest thing of all, you can tell the enterprising merchant by a glance at the local papers. This is not devine revaiation but busi ness and gospel truth. 'Yes, we have bought a saw mill plant from Gerlinger" said F. A. Douty, one of the owners ot the Independence saw-mill, yesterday. He added that the machinery is now being boxed for shipping and will be here very soon. , The nlant purchased is neaff Boring, a station on the O. W. P. Co's. roftd in Clackamas -aonoty. The plant is practically new, and is said to be a good one. It is in a locality burned over during the forest fires last summer, nd there is little timber left accessible. . The mill will cut, Mr. Douty es timates,. 50,000 feet in ten hours. It has a ioO-horee powey engine. The Douty & Simpson mill here has a 60-horse power engine. When the new plant is in place, it is the purpose of the proprietors to apply the power of the larger engine to the big saw while the smaller en gine will be used to run tbe plan ers. It is now a question of ody a ,t,A.t ,'ma nnf.il lnmber orders. large or small can be failed right BPnt here in Independence. A large manufacturing plant will be in op eration here, which will carry a considerable pay roll. In connec tion with the mill will be a dry-kiln as well as planers for it is the pur pose of Douty & Simpson in put ting in a large plant; to not only be able to fill orders promptly, but to turn out as fine a finished pro- duct as is to be had. The hard wood mill of Fred Ob- erer recently removed here, it ib understood, will start up soon also, and the prospects are that within a few weeks, any kind of lumber order can be filled at Independence. DIED YESTERDAY Polk County Gtizen passes to The Beyond Miner, Prospector, Business Man Whose History Recalls Life of Pioneer Days Poles Purchased The Board of Directors of the Independence Telephone Company met this week and purchased 100 Doles to be set between Independ ence and Monmouth. Poles 30 feet in length and 8 inches in di ameter were bought. They were secured from C. N. Thorp and will be on the ground within ten days. Lavish nrepa rations are being made by tha, members of Salem Lodge 336, Benevolent and Pro tective Order of Elks of Salem for holding the annual memorial ser vices of the order next Sunday af ternoon. The exercises will b held in the Grand Opera House at 2 o'clock, and will be open to the public free of charge. L. T.. Har ris of Eugene, will deliver the me morial oration. II. M. Cooper, known better as Harbin Cooper, died at his home in Independence yesterday morning. Tbe announcement'eame as a sur prise to peopb generally although he had been sick since Thanksgiv ing dav. The immediate cau-e of his death was heart trouble, though be had been afflicted with asthma and bronchial troubles for some time. IT. M. Cooner was a brother of Jobrj R. Cooper, and leaves a widow and five children. Curtis Cooper the youngest and Mrs. Viola Hall, live here. , Wil'iam Cooper lives in The Dalles, Theo dore in Yakima county. Wash, and Wilmurin Sherman county, Ore gon. H. M. Cooper was born near Louisville in Kentucky, Decem bers, 1829 and therefore would have been seventy-five years old had he lived until next Sunday. In 1839 he emigrated with his fath er's family to Missouri. There he remained until 1849, when like many others be left for California to engdge in mining. In one year he returned, to Missouri and was there married to Miss A. J. Stewart, who is now the surriving widow. In 185.3, together they set out with ox team, for Oregon. They located in JCooper Hollow,-Polk, -county, where his father's family had set tled the year before. The Cooper Hollow vicinity took its name from Lewis L. Cooper, father of Harbin and John R. Harbin spent a few yean mining in Kittitas county. Wash, add owned and operated a grist mill in John Day. He sold the mill in '93 and returned to In dependence where he since remain- fl At tbe time of his death he owned a farm of 300 acres just south of town and with Mrs. Hall, a 200 acre farm near the Krebs hop ranch. He also has interests in the Gold Creek Mining Co's proper ty in Marion county. The greater part of Mr. Cooper's active life was mining and prospecting As a mountaineer, he had few peers. He traversed the Cascades from California to British Colum bia. The solitude, of the mount ains had charms; the hidden min eral wealth attractions for Harbin Cooper. He knew what it was to sleep alone in the mountains where the howl of hungry wolves and shrieks of panther's disturbed the tired man's slumbers.' His was the nature of a Davy Crocket, though he never carried a gun. As a citi zen, Mr. Cooper's life was exempla ry. For a number of years, he was a consistent member of the Christ ian church. Pleasant Reception A reception was given Monday evening by the Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. Church for the new minister Rev. E. W. Elayer and family at the home ot Mr. and Mrs Geo. Skinner of this city. A short but interesting programs was ren dered, after which delicious re freshments were served. A very pleasent evening was enjoyed by all present who were as follows: Rev. Mr. and Mrs Elayer and chUdren, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Skin ner, Mr. and Mrs. Stansbury, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Knox and children, Mr. and Mrs. Drexler, Mrs. E. E. Paddock and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Inger manson, Mr. and Mrs. Alms, Mrs. W. H. Craven. Mrs. Reese, Mr. and Mrs. Byers, Mr. and Mrs. Ingram Mrs. Reaves and mother, Mrs. A J. Wilson, Mrs. Johnson, Jackson and Clara Purvine, Maud 'and Bertha Tbarp, Leona Hopper, Al pha and Gladys Wilson, Claud Tharp, II. E. Conger. Mr. Billlam- son. Mr. Heppney, Mr. and Mrs. B. Wilson. A Serious Injury Geo. Farrier received serious in jury while operating a stump pull er on Bird Island yesterday. He was following the horse when a clevis slipped off the end ofths sweepstake. The sweepgtake flew back, striking him on the thigh and broke the bone of his log com pletely. Tr. Butler dressed the wound and sent the crippled man to the Salem hospital to be cared for. It was in the operation of tbe Carl Russell stump puller, the ac cident occurred. Mr. Farrier form erly worked for Fred Oberer. IN PORTLAND COURTS Mr. and Mrs. W. M. McLaughlin -Take Their Troubles to Bad City of Portland : : W. M. McLaughlin and wife, Elmira, of Polk county are sharing with those who are attracting pub lic attention through the courts at Portland. Mrs. McLaughlin first got her husband into trouble by turning over to tbe U. 8. District Attorney, a letter from Mr. Mc Laughlin." Then she brought suit for divorce and asked for $150 to pay the expense of the suit. The husband has filed an affidavit in answer to the petition for tbe $150 allowance. The Oregonian's ac count of (be matter says; He re citeB in tbe affidavit that, as a matter of fact, he is not her legal husband at all, for the reason she was married to him within six , months from the time she was di vorced from Thomas W. Jenkins, in Seattle. The divorce decree for bid her to marry until after the expiration of six months. She was divorced from Jenkins September 26, 1903, and her marriage to Mc Laughlin was solemnized in Mc Minnville, March 24, 1904. This is a close shave, because it gives McLaughlin only a margin of two days to get within the six-months' limit, but he thinks he can make the point stick. . Before she was Mrs. Jenkins, McLaughlin asserts that she was known as Mrs. Lee. McLaughlin denies all the charges in the complaint. The allegations of Mrs. Mc Laughlin are that the defendant was jealous of her, and carried on a vexatious espionage on her move ments. She says he wrote a vile letter to her in October last con taining false accusations, which she submitted to tne United States postal authorities and caused him to be arrested. McLaughlin owns property in Polk county valued at $7000. Mrs. McLaughlin asks the court to de cree her one-third of it and $40 per month alimony. Presbyterian Bazaar "The Presbyterian Bazaar next- Friday at the Opera house, will be the headquarters for pretty things for Christmas. The ladies will be there all after noon to show and, sell kirnonas, aprons, fancy slippers for old and young, hand made handkerchiefs. fancy cushions and sofa pillows, besides other articles too numer ous to mention. A musical and literary program will be given in the evening to which an admission of 10 cents will be charged. Announcement I hereby announce myself an in dependent candidate for the office of marshal of the city of Independ ence. J- w- B1L