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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