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About West side enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 1904-1908 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1905)
West En i ELKVKSTII YKAlt. IKDEI'KNDENCE, l'OI.K COUNTY, OHEGO.V, JANUAKY (!, 1905. NUJIIiKK 75 1 POLK I30NMOUTH, COUNTY BANK. , Incorporated. OREGON J. II. IIawi.hy, Pntudent. 1 Ika C. Powku, Canlucr. Vice Prmdetit ri4 ciui, aao.ooo thMMTOKa J. H. Ifawley, P. L." Campbell, I. M. Mropeon, J. H. V. Sutler, John 11. Htump, J. A. Wlthrow, F. 8. Powell. Transacts General Bankl in J Exchange bualnms. Drafts sold ayailshl throughout the United HUUa and Canada. ' THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK ' " 1 " " - 1 " --- , ,.. ,(., OAPITAL 8TOOK, S50.000.O0. ulKflJIHKKU. Hvttdant. AliKAM JiEIiiON, Vice Pretiden G,W. IRVINE, Chie. DIRKCTORH.II. iTimhii, D. W. Keart, B. F. Smith, J. P. Rhodst and A. Nelaun, A (nrl tanking end ichanire btnlniw transacted. Iwnt md. Bill iirooiitd. CororowcUl erdlt granUl. frptxIU relfl on current account ct to ebk. i , MAYOR'S ADDRESSi First Business Meeting of the Council Held at City Hall Tuesday Night , DAVIDSON & HEDGES t HMiquutan Tot Fine Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies lp k) tedUm vrifty Irotn cob lo brtf-roo od iiMtt Mnncluum. Sod Fount io forth hot dy. You art wy wtUotae. DAVIDSON & HEDGES C STREET INDEPENDENCE, OREGON LIVERY, FEED AND BOARDING STABLE . W. DICKINSON, rrop. Good Rigs (or Commercial Men a Socially. (Sood accommodations. Horn well fed. tine rigs. Horses boarded by day, week or month. ln1rtnlenx, Oregon Tetephon JVo. 2!3 THE; MONMOUTH LAUNDRY H. D.i WHITMAN, Proprktot . . ,.. AoP Juntrr In.tltution GOOD WORK, PROMPT iElivERY' OURfWATOWpRDS WorH ClUd frTd.r Plird Sturdr Bice & Calbreath, UNDERTAKERS Fine Parlors in connection. Day or night calls promptly, attended to. Phone 131 Main . St, Independence, Orel i..n.rai Director. MCI, Embaimcr ami ...--- , , ' 1 1 1 ' I MtTJCHJtM. Pr. C to. KHOW IKS, Mgr. .oo . miTn TTurTYTITlT A T SEVENTH and WASHINGTON ST5. OREGON PORTLAND, - newly am wS HE"' ALL MOucriN liunicniu.- The Matter of Tax Levy Fixed" By Out going; Council , Coniiiered Oentloineti ol the Council: The iuont important, thin to be dono in to put our charter in obape so that what ia done.wUt b done legal!. Then Hie council will fuel morlike, going ahad., Thf outgoing council, at its, loHt meeting, apointd a. comnjitlfe, to look after thin but. as yet nothing baa ben done and I should like, to add one of this council to artist that committee. It will be necee sary to gnt the drat of a new char tor ready for the coming seat ion . of the lejMHlature. Gentlemen of the council, per mit me to call your attention to I lie financial condition of our city. It ia true there i now about tSOU in the treasury, but there are now hills due to the amount of over 1300, thus leaving leas than $500 on band. I feel there ia much to be done in the wav ofimurovenjenta. Our streele are in bad condition. They need drainage. It doesn't look right to see ponds of water standing over the citv. There should be a num ber of new cross-walks and 1 should recommend that a grade be estab lished oq the business streets so that all sidewalks be uniform and on a level or even grade and fur ther that all walka in the business portion of the city be of .cement; and that the city put in cement cross walks in the business portion of tbe city, as far( as funds will permit. ' With you gentlemen, who , haye been elected to govern the Affairs of our city, I feel confident the best interest of our city will be care fully and judiciously looked after and that progress and-the. better ment of the city's. interest; will. be tbe chief aim.. This, we ieel should be a year of progress and improve ment. The great Iwis and Clar Fair to be held ' in .Portland wUl at- tract thousands, of people from, all over the country and .no doutt a grea many of the yisitors( to this Fair, will come to, tee' Oregon to seek homes and investments and we all as good citizens should do all we can to improve oar property and homes; see that our side-walks are kept. in good condition; keep np our lawns and improve the san- itary conditions the beBt we can. It' should not require orders from the council to do all these things, j It should be borne m mind that councilmen get no pay for the time they give to the city, nor should they be asked to give all their time to looking after the condition of sidewalks, alleys, etc . , ; The above is the statement pre pared by W. A. Messner as his in augural upon assuming the duties of the office of mayor or inae- pendence. The first business meeting of the council was held Tuesday nignt. The treasurers and recorders re port' were read and G. A Hurley elected treasurer for the ensuing year. The regular batch ot monthly bills was. allowed. The matter of the cutting down of the levy by the old council from 7 miles to 5 was taken up. The view was generally held that in view of this being the , Fair year when every town, is vying with others to put up a good appearance that it is unwise to cut down the levy for the present year but there seemed to, be no remedy. New York city has the largest orld. It fiaa Walked 47 Mllea. A victim of '"dry'' county drop ped Into Independence Monday, lie wan renident of Denton county and liv" four miles beyond A1ea. At four o'clock Sunday afternoon it dawned upon this Rentonite that the prohibition law had taken effect and be set out immediately for Independence " HON. H OTT LOUrtflARY BeDator from Tolk Couuty. where the exhilarating beverage is daily dispensed over tbe bar. The distunre i-i 47 mile and he walked evi-ry Mej of the wnv, reaching here t f o'He b 'or dsy after noon. Tiiit liit jdaee visited upon rearhing Independence, whs a COUNTY COURT Road Supervisors to be Af pointed by County Court This Week Judge Galloway Holds Two Days Seuion and Grants one Divorce Tbe county v urt. in eessinn at Dullas this week, is wrestling with the problem ot appointing road supervisors. , Jn I? ne n a Vista precinct, there is an effort to have Mr. Roe ap pointed in place- of Supervisor Becker, who is said to hsye estab lished a reputation of enforcing rond work, rigidly. There is a move on to have Luckiamuie precinct of which W. K. Williams is supervisor, , cut ia two And making Mr. Hannan su pervisor of the west half and Mr. HadVv of the east half. There in h petition in for creat tt; a new precinct off the east end of Jackcon and west end of Doug las precinct, T;,ere is a "ecrap" on to make a rh"g in the alt Lake Precinct in which D. L. Keyt of Perrydale ... rr . 1 . i - J and r. nennein are luwreenju. Supervisor Brunk, who has al lowed himself to become odious to OREGON STATE CAPITOP AT PALEMt The Oregon state legislature convenes next Monday; ' So far there has been proposed no legislation of unusual importance but this session will have to face the demand for the biggest appropriation inj the bis tory of the state. Polk county's delegation, headed by Senator .Lough ary have few pet measures to put through,. Baloon and the ' first thing called for was a drink. He got his drink, supplied himseif with a flask of the BOfqe and the "dry' man from Al- sea,passed on. , Dldu'tivpeJiAt,, One of our Georgia editors p!ay ed in bard, luck ;ithev ether,;, night.. Just as he was about to step into his new $5,000 automobile, two of the bed slats , broke, and h woke up. From the Cedartown (Ga.) Standard., i x i t- ..' t i 1 ' J. S. COOPER RepreaeDtative from Polk County. Ont of the four Corvallis saloons closed on New Year's day by the local option vote,, two . intend to locate in , other . places . while the remaining two are running their places as lunch counters with card rooms attached and soft drinks on sale. This curious and novel pro ceeding has attracted , ;Ptrp.na?e ttio Yaaidnnta of the south ' end of Eola precinct, has been indus triously circulating a petition for reappointment. Independence has in a petition for the creation of a new precinct which proyides . for takjng care of the people of the south end of Eola precinct by cut ting them off from Mr. Brunk's jurisdiction. Relying on this go ing through, there has been no pe; tition for anyone other than Mr. Brunk for Eola precinct ' The In dependence petition provides for the changing of the voting precinct to correspond with the proposed road district, but the court holds this cannot be done at this time. The court knows the situation how ever, and promises to look after tbe Bouth end of Eola precinct. granted a prayed for. . J T Ford, sheritf, vs E V Dalu-t;; suit to cancel deed; decree granted as prayed for. J T Ford, sherifl, vs F Meyer; suit to cancel ceed; decree granted as prayed for. Agatba Dyck vs Angenatba Red deknpp; partition; default againet defendants; E M Smith appointed guardian ad litem for minor de fendants; report of guardian filed and Henry J Rose, Geo W Meyers and Abram Reistel appointed ref erees. J W Myer vs T A Liyesley & Co; mandate; dismissed as per man date with costs attached to plaintiff. Bebekafas Install. The Clover Leaf Rebekah Lodge at their regular meeting Tuesday night, bad installation of officers and three candidates were also in itiated into the mysteries of the order, Refreshments were served by the committee io tbe banquet hall after tbe ceremonies 'of the evening were finished. The in stalled officers were: Katheryn Jones, N. G; Neliie Graves, V. G; May Huntley, Secretary; Nora Mattison, F. S; Edna Irvine, Treasurer; Mabel Cnssy, , Warden; Lola Perry, Conductor; Goldie Irvine, L G; Ella Irvine, 0. G; Florence Allin, R. S.N. G; Hattie flenkle, L. S. N. G; Nellie Hillard, R. S. V. G; Clara Williams. L. S. V, ,G; Mrs. Frances Conkey, Chaplain. POMONA GRANGE MEET Awakening ot ' the Grange Spirit In Old Polk. Mr.Waldo . Talks Pomona Grange held a meeting in the K'. of P. rooms in Indepen dence Wednesday. The attendance was not large but it included some of Polk;?, county., best citizen ship and gye evidence, of ani;awakeov ing of th,e Rrange spifit ift the Bba&:. Ribbon County of the state, Mrs. Clara Waldo state lecturer,, drove 1 i ( ! ' C -Vvlirt arhrwtl in the " . . .j a orvi UfAiUr ihja , th ; Droonelorft ej- a fAn ronniM luu r-vv t s pupils, 2,500 boys and 2,000 girl, joyed before .closing the saloons. Judge Galloway convened court Monday and continued over Tues day. x The fo'lowmg causes were disposed of: " Louise Weinhard et al ys Ed ward and Serelia Patras; suit to foreclose mortgage; default and de cree as prayed for. E L Levens et al vs G M Gooch et al; injunction; settled and dismissed. B R Nicholas vs T H March; suit to quiet title; default and decree. Isaac H Whealdon vs Mary C Whealdon; divorce; default and de cree granted. Lucy Neal vs Wm Neal; divorce; dismissed. Washington Natl Bldg A Xoan AssnvsJ C and Mary Morrison; foreclosure; dismissed on motion of plaintiff. H lliichberg vs Martha Sloper ' FRANK FAWK Representative from Polk ( jun'v. fifty miles to attend. , lion. Fniiik -Butler district organizer and M rs. Butler were also present. . Enter taining and instructive talks were delivered by Mrs. Waldo, Mr. But ler, and others in attendance and nad they let it be known at what hour the meeting was open to the public, a large crowd of Indepen dence people would have $en pres ent. At this meeting it was de cided to make Independence head- . quarters for, the county grange. With the . rich farniimr country surrounding Independence and with so many interests in common with the grange there should be a Strong organization here. Every farmer iu the surrouodir.it country and many residents of Independ ence shonld lend the movement their heartiest support. D. A. Hod lies. ,C. D. Cal breath and Jihn Bortou have been in trusted to look a.'W mea.heridiip to charter a local grange.., It should, be organised here with a big meo. et .al; suit to quiet titie; decree I berebip to start with. i