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About West side enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 1904-1908 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1905)
West TV- JKNTERPRI KLKVKNTU YHAU. INIUOl'KNDKNCK, l'OLK COUNTY, OJiECJON, FJJJJKUAitY 24, 1905. NUMBEIt 89 Side POLK COUNTY BANK. Incorporated. MONMOUTH, J. II. 1IAWI.KV, 1'. L. CAMI'UKIX, rr-niiU'iit. Vico rrcnident I ha ('. .Well, CttfillitT. rM citi, $ao.ooo I)imkitoi J. II. lUwley, 1. L. Campbell, 1. M. Simpson, J. B. V. Butler, John H. Htump, J. A. Withrow, F. 8. Powell. Transacts General Hanking ami Exchange Lu&ineHs. Drafts sold available throughout tho Uritiil HtnUm and Canada. THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK OA-ITlIj BTOOK, $50,000.00. H HIRSIIBKKG, irVldeut." A Kit AM N KLK)N,.Vle rre-iln 0. W.IK VISE, C'Ml.r. DIRKCT0U8. H. Hirr)ilrg, 1MV. r, IS. F. (Smith, J. 1'. JUxxlei and A. Neln. A ttnr1 bunking ami tirhanip bunlnwti traiMcled. Loam made. BI1U dlwmtiiited. t'-oiniiwrcll credit granted. ljxiu received on current account labjoct tohs-k. 1 DAVIDSON & HEDGES -. H4qur1m For -- Fine Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies In vnrMy Irom tob Sod. FoonUlo for th hot Uy. to briUt od ftt Mbum. Yoa m away, welcome. DAVIDSON & HEDGES r ctpfft INDEPENDENCE, OREGON LIVERY, FEED AND BOARDING STABLE I. W. DICKINSON, Prop. Good Rige for Commercial Men a Specialty, flood accommodations. Horses well fed. ine rigs HorBes boarded by day, week or month. Telejthone JVo. 203 THE MONMOUTH LAUNDRY H. D. 'WHITMAN, Proprietor X7A Home Industry Institution GOOD WORK, PROMPT DELIVERY OUR WATCHWORDS WorK Called forTu.adar P.ltTr.d Saturday UNDERTAKING Day or gul CaKa Promptly attend ed to. Fin Parlor la Connection. An Experienced Lady Assistant. Phont,m4iJ RM'131 ... mrr Fmbalmer and Funeral Director. blOPUIWU VJ V"B.. BICE CflLDREflTH j IS DKI'KN PENt'K Jl I MTSCHXi C. IV. KIOWLKS. Mf' THE IMPERIAL HOTEL CO. SEVENTH and WASHINGTON STS. . OREGON PORTLANU EQUIPPED, GAS LIGHTS, STEAM NEWLY 3. Conner, Salem, 0. C. T. C0'8. STEAMERS POMONA, ALTONA, OREGONA Leave Independence for Albany daily, 8 P. Mi for CorvalhB, Mon days, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturday at 8 P. M. Leave Independence for Portland daily, 9 A.M. OREGON Jmlepetuletice, Oregon OKEGON Maroptan Plan Onlf ft.OO 9. BO ti.OO HEAT ALL MODERN CONVENIENCItS Proprietor Oregon G. A. HURLEY Attorney at Law and Notary Public. Collections Promptly Made-Titles Investigated. East Side Main Street, Impendence, r Oregon OOLQHKTRICK Wm.Vancc WealtbyAIbany Man Is Swindled Out of $10,000 by Confidence Hen Daughter's Pleadings Proved Vain arid Victim Is Very 111 In Portland In Win. Vance, the wealthy Albany man who was swindled nut of 10.000 by the "gold brick" trick at Salem last week, lies very ill at the residence of his son-in-law in Portland, while throughout the country detectives are spending their energies to capture the con fidence men who accomplished the daring robbery. The detectives declare that never in the hiHtory of the northwest has a robbery so daring and so success ful been brought to light. A daughter of Mr. Vance used every t flbrt to persuade her aged father to have nothing to do with the roan who called himself William Dunn and who operated in Albany until he had won the entire confi dence of Mr. Vance and took him to Salem, where the $10,000 check was cashed at Ladd & Bush's bank. The daughter's pleadings proved in vain. He persisted in following the dictates ol Mr. Dunn, whom he said would be his greatest bene factor. As a last resort Mr. Vance's daughter sent a telegram to an attorney at Salem, a friend of the family, to have him use his influ ence. But when he tried to -reason with Mr. Vance he turned away. He went with the confidence man, Mr. Dunn, to the Ladd & Bush Bank, where he wrote the check and where it was cashed and the coin pocketed by the swindler. This was after the gold brick had been "assayed" at the fake office of the second confidence man, to show the great value of the ore in the Arizona mine the oged man was made to believe he was buying. Mr. Vance received a letter from "Dunn" Saturday saying he had swindled Vance. The latter for the first time realized that he had let slip a small fortune and fell to the floor with an attack of heart failure and has been very ill since. CONFIDENCE GOOD IN HOP MARKET The Krebs Bros, are going up against the hop market with the boldness of Tom Lawson against the Standard Oil Trust. They have 2000 bales on hand if the bears succeed in lowering the market a notch. It only emboldens the Krebs to bid for more hops. "There is a world shortage" says Conrad Krebs, "and if the law of supply and demand is to rule hops must go higher before another crop is raised. Their confidence in the future market is indicated by their offer to advance money to the holders who need the cash to carry them over. A circular setting forth the conditions is issued every few days by the Krebs Bros. Ilenrv Snyder, a hop authority of Aurora is quoted in a Portland paper as saying; "The hop growers in the vicinity of Aurora are going to hold for an advance in prices. Some of them are going to wait until the market goes back to 30o a pound, but others "now signify their intention of selling when the market reached 26o for choice stock. In the Aurora district there are more hops being held than in any other place, as this is the banner growing section." rcnt'CATiox payh A statistician shows the average salary of an educated man to bo $1,000 per year, while that of an umducatd man is $1.50 per day for 300 working days per year. Working an average ef 40 yearn, the educated man receive $ 40,000, the uneducated man $18,000, leav ing a balance in favor of the edu cated man of $22,000. Twelve year might be vailed a reaHonable period of time to devote to study, or about 2,100 school days, and this would allow tho pupil about ten dollars per day for every day spent In school. Is it not worth while making every effort to get an education from a cold blooded standpoint, to say nothing of the happiness it gives in later life, hap pinesi to yourself and others. COMPLAINTS OF SALEM PEOPLE The erection of a new building by the Pacific States Telephone allayed the complaints of Salem people against the service of the company temporarily but now new cause for complaint is found and the city council has taken the matter up It seems that the tele phone company is contemplating a raise in the rates from $1 to 11.50 per month and the opposition it has aroused is formidable. At a meeting of the city council this week strong resolutions were adopt ed Betting out that the service in the past has been unsatisfactory in some respects, denouncing the pro posed raise as arbitrary and un just and placing the stamp of dis approval generally upon the pro posed action of the company. ELECT NEW COUNCILMAN John McCready, Live Awake Busi ness Han of the City is Elected To Vacancy John, McCready was elected councilman Tuesday evening to fill the vacancy caused by the re signation of D. B. Taylor. F. A. Patterson was also nominated and received two votes. McCready received the other four. Mr. McCready should be a valuable acquisition to the council. He is a new comer, arriving here from Oklahoma a year ago and is one of the live awake business men of the city. He is always foremost in anv enterprise for the good of the community and always ready to uphold law and order. W ith a council as now constituted, Inde pendence should make some for ward progress this year. The bills allowed at Tuesday nights meeting; Independence fire department $25.00; F. S. Wilson $8.00; Carson & Cannon, gettingjup charter, $100.00. MILLS SHUT DOWN Most all the lumbering mills near Dallas and Falls City have shut down for the present time. The Coast Range at Falls City closed down on account of its mill burning some time ago. Bryan & Lucas of Falls City have shut down. E. J. Knapp, the Oak saw- mills of Dallas, have shut down for the present. The Johnson Lum bering company of Dallas is still continuing work. COUNTY JUDGE COAD IS CRITICALLY ILL County Judge Coad is lying criti cally ill at his home in ' Dallas. TTa wan t. liken with lacrippe two weeks ago. It developed into pneumonia of a malignant type and the Judge's condition is now serious. APPOINTS JUDGES II Governor Chamberlain Ap points Democrat and Re publican to Judgeships Claire Crawford Named as District Attorney to Succeed Captain Sam White Governor Chamberlain has ap pointed Sam White, of Baker City, as judge of the Eight judicial dis trict, just created; Lawrence T. Harris, of Eune, as associate judge of the Second judicial dist rict, to sit "with Judge Hamilton, and Claire Crawford, as district attorney for the Tenth judicial district, to succeed Mr. White. Captain Sam White is the Baker City gentleman under whose reign as chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, Geo. E. Chamberlain was elected governor. L. T. Harris is a well known young republican of this congressional district. Two years ago he was gpsaker of the lower house of legis lature. One year ago he was a prominent candidate for the reDublican nomination for con gress in this district against Binger Herman. . As to his motives for appointing Mr. Harris Governor Chamber lain said: "Because I have always believed that the judiciary should be non partisan and there is no better way to prove the sincerity of one's be lief than by putting it into practice. The Eight judicial district, just created, was presided over by a Republican judge and I have ap pointed a Democrat to preside over the district cut out therefrom. The Second judicial district has a Democratic judge, and I appointed a Republican associate to preside with him. Some of my Demo cratic friends disagree ' with the propriety of the course I have taken, but it carries out a policy which I have always firmly believ ed in." But there are those who ascribe to the Governor other than non partisan motives. Harris is con sidered a dangerous man for con gress to succeed Herman this time. A man of less strength wou?d give the democratic candidate a better chance. PETITION MARION COUNTY COURT H. K. Cautborn was in town yesterday with his petition for im- Drovine the roads across the river on the Marion county side. There are three roads converging from the Bottom at the Independence ferry and the subscriptions secured up to 12 o'clock yesterday were: 8IDNEY EOAD H. K. Cauthorn $45 G. Wiederkehr. .............. 9 Ellis Dodson ................ 9 Wm. McCallister . 9 C. A. Mattison........' 60 Pearce & Rowland 1 John Cox 45 Daniel Dodson 9 J. T. Groves.. u INDEPENDENCE AND HALL'S FERKY . ROAD J. B. Parker, team work . . . .... $45 H. K. Cauthorn, team work ... 15 G. Wiederkehr, team work 9 Frank Fluke, team work 12 HILL BOAD J. B. Parker 15 The Marion county court con tributes 40 cents for each dollar subscribed by individuals and it is necessary to have the petition be- fore the court at its March term which convenes npxt Wednesday. No time should bo lost getting your name on the list. Ohio To Oregon John D. Watson, whose Vath was mentioned in the last iema of this pajr was born in Ohio. June 14, 1823. He moved to Illinois where he was married to Mi Ilacbael Wheeler. With his family, he came to Oregon in 1881 and located on a farm in the Luckiamute country and after wards moved to Independence. Seven years ago deceased was stricken with paralysis and for the past three years was confined to his bed. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Besides a widow, one daughter, MrB. C. M. Tharp and a son, J. M. Watson, of Illinois, survive. IC. F. I). INSPECTION E. 0. Clement, of the postoffice department, inspected a route this week with a view to the establish ment of Corvallis R. F. D. number 4. What the result of the inspec tion will be is not yet known. The territory that it is proposed to serve lies south and southwest ot Corvallis. A Portland syndicate has mir chased the Dr. Bailey orooertv at a Newport and will convert- it into a swell hotel for the accommo dation of summer tourists. The one thing needed at Oregon's fa vorite resort. Lookout for New port and Nye Creek to boom. OREGON, THE COAT STATE Polk Has Over 15,000 Coats, Aver age Fleece Last Tear was Three And One Half Pounds Oregon is the greatest, goat state in the Union and Polk is the lead ing county. There are probably 115,000 to 125,000 goats in Oregon all of which have an infusion of An gora blood. Seveny-five per cent of goata of Oregon are within a radius of fifty miles of Independence. Polk county alone has over 15.000 goats. There are 1500 registered goats in this state. Thirty-four cents was the price for the Polk county pool last year. Individual clips have brought 70 cents a pound, and $3 a pound has been paid for especially long fiber for wig making. The average of the Polk county fleece of 15,000 for last year was three and one-half pounds. In dividual clips have run as high as twelve pounds. There is no better goat country in the world than Polk county and in due time the flocks will be finer than those found in Turkey. Our flocks are now ahead of those of South Africa. The common goats of Oregon are now selling from $4 to $5 for fe males. Males for breeding stock are selling for prices ranging from $10 up. INDEPENDENCE MILL READY FOR BUSINESS The big mill of Douty & Irvine's cut its first lumber this week. It has not started up permanently but was merely put in operation to try the machinery and cut some timbers for the mill's own use. In about two weeks, the mill will be in readiness to start up on custom work. There ae logs wait ing at the mouth of the Luckia mute ready to be floated down an d in the music of the buzz-saw will be a familiar sound in Indepen dence within a fortnight.