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About West side enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 1904-1908 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1904)
The SemU Weekly West Side Enterprise Only $1.50 a Year. West Enterprise ELEVKNTH YKAK. INDEPENDENCE, I'OLK COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 9, 1904. NUMBER C8 Bide POLK jjONMOUTH, COUNTY BANK Incorporated. OREGON J, II. IIaWLKY, 1. L. CaMI'KKLL, .resident. Vko President 1KA C. 1 DWELL, Cashier. ! Capital, 9SO.OOO PiRitt-roH J. H. Hawley, I. L. Camplmll, I. M. Birapson, J, B. V. jullr, John . Btump, J. A. Wlthrow, F. 8. Powell. Transacts General Banklag and Kichnge buiineei. Drafts sold ,yiilabls throughout the Unlbtl stales and Canada. r- ' THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK CAPITAL STOCK, $50,000.00. n HIKflllBRKa, PretkJ.nt AlTftAM KKL80N, VIm TrMlden PQLK'SEXHIBIT Mrs. Wolfe Offers to Take Charge of Lewis and Clark Exhibit For $800 Will Fumlah Her Own Help And" Aaki Nothing For Personal EzpcnKi 0. W.fKVIKE, CMhl.. RIodvt and DIRKCT0K8. H. HlrtchWf, D. W. hwim, H. F. Huiith, J. P. A (nom) banking and ihaK builneM IranMctitd. Loant mmle. Bllli Jlitotinlwi. IVimmansUI credit g ran tod. Jtopoaila noelfed on current account nbjeet lochwk. , DAVIDSON & HEDGES it6quAtn For ' Fine -Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies piprt tn fodln varlrtv (ram cob tobrWr-rool tad fl MwiKkiuro. Sod FouoUlo (or tlx hot day. You arc awayt wtlcom. DAVIDSON & HEDGES C STREET INDEPENDENCE, OREGON J LIVERY, FEED AND BOARDING STABLE I. W. DICKINbUri, rrop. Good Rigs for Commercial Men a Specialty. Good accommodations. Horses well fed. Fine rigs. Horses Jwarded by day, week or month. T,W,o,. JTo. 293 Independence, Oregon THE MONMOUTH LAUNDRY H. D. HITMAN, Proprietor A Home Industry Institutions GOOD WORK, PROMPT DELIVERY OUR WATCHWORDS WorH Called for Tudar 'dr Bice & Calbreath, UNDERTAKERS Fine Parlors in connection. Day or night ' calls promptly attended to.. i l'hone 131 Main St, Independence, Ore W. 1- DICK, Erubalmer and Funeral Director. l MMTJCHMM. rm; . W. KKOWLMJ, Mgr. 0I.OO 0I.SO .00 THE IMPERIAL HOTEL CO. 4CVJCNTH PORTLAND. ind WASHINGTON STS. . . OREGON SPERLING BROS who handle the Finest Butcher Stock Independence Meat Market. NEWLY EQUIPPED, MS LIGHTS, Slf 'HEAT, ALL MODERN uuiHvtniLnu.Lu -1 M Mm. Wolfe appeared before tbe County Court Wednesday and stated terms on which ahe would lake charge of Polk county'a ex hibit at the Lewis and Clark Fair next year. Her oiler ia to furr.inh her own help, which consists of her daughter (to to Portland April 1st, and tak charge of the arrangement of th exhibit and remain with it unti the Fair clne, for theanm of $800. She asks for nothing additional for personal expenses. M. M. Elli and Frank Butler of tbe committee were present and discussed tbe matter before the court. J. Cooper, the other member of the a ' committee appointed to confer with Mrs. Wolfe, was unable to be present. The committee recommended tbe employment of Mrs. Wolfe and the report was adopted, though no formal contract was entered into at this setting of tbe court. One reason for not fully closing tbe contract ia the inability of the Court to get a definite reply from the Exposition authorities con cerning space for a Polk county exhibit. It is but proper that the county bare a guarantee of suit able space before beginning the work of preparing an exhibit. - To Organize Oranirea.- Geo. W. McBee and Frank Butler, are stirring the people of Dallas to organize a grange. At present there are but two active granges in the county, Oak Grove and Lewisville. There will be a meeting of all tbe county granges in Independence next month. Mr Butler, district organizer, and Mrs, Waldo, state organizer will be present It is the purpose to organize a local grange here at that time. Polk with its many agricultural interests should be e strong with grange organizations PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Extracts From President Roosevelt's Message to Fifty Third Congress There should be severe child- labor and factory-inspection laws. It is very desirable that married women should not work in fac tories. The prime duty of the man is to work, to be the breadwinner; the prime duty of the woman is to be the mother, the housewife, There are certain offenders, whose criminality takes the shape of bru' tality. The wife-beater, for ex' ample, is inadequately punished by imprisonment Probably some form of corporal punishment would be the most adequate way of meet, ing this kind of crime. It is the cardinal principle of the forest-reserve policy 01 tnis ao ministration that the reserves are . j 1 for use. Whatever interteres wun the use of their resources is to be avoided by every possible means. But these resources must be used in such a way as to make them permanent The making or rarest reserves within railroad and wagon-roaa and-grant limits will hereafter, as for the past three years, be so man aged as to prevent the issue, under the act ot June 4, 1897. of base for exchange of lieu selection (usually called scrip). In connection with the work" ot the forest reserves I desire again to the Congress the un-i u aw w - r - w dent to set aside certain portions of these reserves er other public lands as game refuges for the preservation of the bison, tbe wapiti and other large beasts once so abundant In our woods aod mountains and on our great plains, and now tending toward extinction. Tbt veteran of the Civil War have a claim upon the Nation such as no other . body of citizens pos sesses. I call your attention to the great extravagance in printing and bind ing Government publications, and especially to the fact that alto gether too many of these public linos are printed. The attention of the Congress should be especially given to the currency question. Every silver dollar should be made by law re deemable iu sold at the ouiiun of the holdor. Good Americanism is a matter of heart, of conscience, of lolty as piration, of sound common sense, hut not of birthplace or of creed. Each mqst stand on his worth as a man. and each is entitled to be judged solely thereby. The steady aim of the Nation, as of all enlightened nations, should be to strive to bring ever hearer the day when there shall prevail throughout the world the peace of justice. There are kindti of peace which are highly undesirable, which are in the long run as de structive as any war. The peace of tyrannous terror, the peace of craven weakness, the peace of in justice, all these should be shun ned as we shun unrighteous war. If the great civilized nations of the present day should completely disarm, tbe result would mean an immediate recrudescence of bar barism in one form or another. A great free people owes it to itself and to all mankind not to sink into helplessness before tbe powers ot evil. ' It is cot true that the United States feels any land hunger or en tertains any projects as regards the other nations of the Western Hem sphere saye such as are for their welfare. Our voice is now potent for peace, and is so potent "because we i T are not airaia oi war. xut our protestations upon behalf of peace would neither receive nor deserve the slightest attention if we were m potent to make them good. No other civilized nation has, relatively to its population, such a diminutive Army as ours; and while the Army is bo small we are not to be excused if we fail to keep it at a very hign grade ot pro ficiency. , Above all else, we must strive to keep tbe nignways oi commerce open to all on equal terms; and to do this it is necessary to put a complete stop to all rebates. I urge that the Congress care fully consider whether the power of the Bureau of Corporations cannot constitutionally be extended to cover inters tate transactions in in- CIRCUITJOURT Entire Docket Disposed of or Continued Until The May Term of Court Monmouth Damage Case Goes Over Unless Tried by Stipulation Under Another Judge surance. The National Goyemment alone can deal adequately with great cor porations. To try to deal with them in an intemperate, destruc tive or demagogio spirit would, in all probability, mean that nothing whatever would be accomplished and, with absolute certainty, that if anything were accomplished it would be of a harmful nature. Wherever the National Govern ment has power, ther should be a stringent employers' liability law, which should apply to the Goyem ment itself where the Government is an employer of labor. There is no objection to employes of the Government forming or be longing to unions; but the Govern ment can neither discriminate for nor discriminate against nonunion men who are in its employment, or It was three o'clock yesterday afternoon, when all i ut one case on the circuit court docket had been finally disposed of or continued for another term. The one remain ing case was the someahat cele brated damage case of Laura Adkins against tbe city of Mon mouth. Judge Burnett announced the remaining can of A (I kin" va Mon Diouili would be taken up. "If Your Honor please," answered N. L. Butler, attorney for defendant, "There haa been much confusion in getting this case to trial" and Lawyer Butler went on to explain tnat tbe opposing attorneys were not present but as be understood, were on the way from Salem. The Court replied that if plaintiffs attorneys were not present a non suit conld be taken upon motion of attorney for defendant. Mr. Butler explained further concern ing the arrangements to get to trial and stated he was not disposed to take any advantage of the oppos ing attorneys. Either a non-suit or continuance can be asked, stated the court, but Lawyer Butler answered he did not feel warranted in asktng for either under the cir cumstances. "Case is continued, Bpoke the Court. ''Jury is dis missed." ':.',' ' Thus ended the trying of cases for this term and the long-drawn-out case of Laura Adkins vs the city of Monmouth, apparently no nearer adjudication than it was seven years ago. Webpter Holmes, one of the attor neys fot plaintiff in the case arrived shortly after court adjourned. Lawyer Holmes stated he had been exerting himself to find out when the case would be called and under the supposition that it would be Friday, the witnesses had been subpoenaed to appear on that day. .The court announced at the opening of the term that tbe Mon mouth damage case was entitled to precedence, but might be deferred by agreement of the attorneys to a time of course within the present session of court ' In order that the case may be tried out without further delay, the opposi ng attorneys are now considering the matter of trying it by stipulation before a jury in Judge Galloway's court, or before some other judge. T. S. Garrison was found guilty ef the larceny of a quantity of caBcara bark. His sentence was deferred until today. Verdict for defendant in the sum of $396.41 was awarded by a jury in the case of L. . E. Knapp vs M. J. Cunningham. The case involved the delivery of logs by defendant to plaintiffs ' mill. After delivering a part of the logs, defendant threw up the contract and action followed. Verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $216.19 was awarded in the case of A. C. Dimick ys the Johnson 1 Lumbering company. 1 in tne case oi k. . Williams vs T. A. Riggs, involving the delivery of hops, verdict was found for defendant and damage amounting toll The case of Thomas Burrows vs A. Heise was dismissed for want of presentation. Judgment by default was taken in the case of E. Bement & Sons vs John Ebbe. ' The case of John Richard vs A. tied out of court The cases of II. S. Smith v- J. S. Cooper, and John R. Dimick vs James Plant, also Martin & Blod gett vs Nixon & Dunn were con tinued. The jury awarded plaintiff $4t in the suit of A. S. Newton vs Wm. A. Scott The Court directed the jury to find for full amount, $155, for plaintiff in the case of U. G. Camp bell vs Marie Konnaman. The. claim was for commission as real eotate agent. The case of H. B. Kelso va T. J. Gilpin Henry Buffum et al was set tled among the parties and did not come to trial. Cour- Iteal Estate Transfers Julia A. Courter to II. C. Courter Iotn in Falls ity? H. C. Courier to Julia A. ter;Same$l. H. Hirschberg to D. G. Dove; 159 82 acres in 8-4; $1. Albert Newbill to F. P. Bevens 40 acres in t ,10 s r 6 w $400. John Dorton to Henry A Dorton; and wife; 1.93 acres in 8-6; $300. Marriage license was issued to Wm. II. Squires and Miss Jeannette Smith. Independence Improvements The new buildings under head way in Independence are fast near- ing completion. The Masonic build ing on main street between R. M. Wade & Company. and the Cream ery is undergoing the last finishing touches on the inside, and tbe first floor will soon be ready as an apartment for R. M. Wade & Com pany. The residence of 8. B. Walker on railroad street will, in a short time be ready for occupancy. The work on Thos. FennelFs ' new bouse on 5th street is progressing well. Dr. E. L. Ketchum is having the building next to his home, formerly a photograph gallery, remodeled and will' be, when finished, a neat little cottage. Sperling Bros, have in front of their place of business a new, cement walk. P. M. Kirkland is adding some nice improvements to his broperty on C. street The city also iias some new cross walks which add greatly to the comfort of the traveling public t portance of authorizing the Presi- wn0 SMk to be employed under it Haldeman and F. Murrel was set. Maple Grove. Jno. Taylor returned from Cor vailis last Saturday. Joseph Brown shipped a car load of hogs from Airlie last Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Haudsaker of Eu gene returned home last Thursday after a weeks visit with their daughter Mrs. Bristow. Mr and Mrs. J. A. McCann of Suver .visited friends in Maple Grove last Thursday. Ira Williams is down with the measles. Claude Lewis returned from Portland laBt "Saturday after de livering a load of stock. W. L. Arnold has been holding portracted meetings at the Mont gomery school house for the past week. The meetings closed last Monday night The new house ot R. M. Fowles is last nearing completion, tnis making one more building for the) town and there are more in pros pect Now is the time to go goose hunt ing boys. Some of our neighbors have the furs of twelve or fifteen already this winter. Prof. Palmer and his pupils will giye an exhibition Friday eyening December 16th at the B. F. Smith hall in Lewisville. A short pro gram will be rendered by the school. Following the program will be an old time honored basket so cial, the ladies bringing the handsome basket and the gentle men the change.