TWICE A WEEK
West
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EiXVKNTH YKAH.
INI) K I ' K N I ) K N C I I'OI.K COUNTY, OltKnqMAIU'II 17, 1005.
NUMBER 9;
POLK COUNTY BANK
Incofporatid.
MONMOUTH.
OREGON
rrcaident. Viro President
Iiu C. l'owr.j.L, CahhuT.
ri4 cmi. so.ooo
DtBKi"TOH J. II. Hawley, Y. L. Campbell, I. M. Firopeon, J. It. V.
ButUr, John II. rHurnp, J. A. Withrow, K. H. Powell.
Tranaaota General fluiklngatid Kithangs buine. Prafta sold
tf allabla throughout the UnlUd HtaU ami Canada.
THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK
OAI'JTAL DTOOK, $50,000.00.
.i miimini-un. F-tWni. aIsRAM NI:WON,.Viee l'fM
C, W. IRVINE, CWer.
DIRECTOR!.-!!. llimbl!. w7"i. B. F. Umlih, J. K. Rl oJrt and
A. N!n.
A ..umi! ! trhwif bti.tn- trDctl. Lrmna nad. Bllla
bjarttorhack.
DAVIDSON & HEDGES
1 UiiiquArUn For
Fine Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies
P.pe. eixJWia rV from cob Iw'' w.U
DAVIDSON & HEDGES
C STREET INDEPENDENCE, OREGON!
LIVERY, FEED AND BOARDING STABLE
I. W. DICKINSON, Pi p.
Good Itigs for Commercial Men a lfMty.
Good accommodations. Horses we 1 fed. line
r gs Horses boarded by day, week or month.
Telephone Xo. 303
Jmleixndenee, Oregon
THE MONMOUTH LAUNDRY
1L K mUTMAN, Proprietor
jp A Home Industry Institution
GOOD WORK PROMPT DELIVERY
OUR WATCHWORDS
. ii jt TU.idy Deli1 Saturday
WorK Callad for luio
UNDERTAKING
. - Pay or Night CaK. Promptly attend
ilfo Fine Parlor Id Conneron.
-. An KxperlMiwl1yABBi"tnt-
Phone, maim7J R.V
. ,,.,., rn,ilimf'P ftnl Funeral Director.
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ii imperial HOTEL CO,
SEVENTH and WA
. - OREGON
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n no i irnT9 STEAM HEAT ALL MODERN CONVENIENCE
NEWLY EQUIPPED, GAS LIGHTS, SltAM hmi
3. Conner, Proprietor
Salem,
Oregon
HOTEL HAMPTON
Firstclafis Home Accomodations
Monmouth. Oregon. Rates 1 1 per
d7' D. M.' HAMPTON
W. G. SHARMAN,
Merchant Tailor
Bank Building,
Indepenpenck, Obkcwm.
PMVTDRlMft
League Petitions Railroad
Official Tor Mgbl snd
Horning Train
People aH Along lest Side of 111
lamctte lioVlcg To Need of
Additional Train Service
AfWr diacuing the railroad
altuation in in different adpectn,
the Independence Improvement
League, at iU lait meeting adopted
preamble and revolutions as fd
Iowa; Whereas, the train aervke on the
Went tide di vision of the Harriman
lines in the Willamette Valley is
wholly inadequate to accommodate
the public; and whereas, the Wil
lamette Valley ia now in the midst
oft great and continued commer
cial growth and proeperitj by reason
of its excellent climate, its un-
limited nalnral resources its vwt
acreage of timber, its great hop in
dustry, iU dairy growth, its natur
al increase in stock, hay, and dl-
irerniGad farming induatriee; and
where, there is a ereat growth
from the continued increase of
emigration from the overcrowded,
east; and whereas the present
passenger service, is wholly in
adequate to meet the ' growing de
mand for better accomodations;
and whereas, the great Xationa
Lewis and Clark Centr.nnial Ex
position is now about upon us; and
whereas the passenger service is
now such that the citizens in thin
part of the valley will be unable
to attend the fair and return the
aire day; and whereas there is
now no morning train from Port
land on the Yamhill division, and
no morning train to Portland for
that immense territory lying south
ofWhitesonon the Corvallis di
vision of te Southern Pacific
Svstem. and whereas by the
addition of one train daily this
could be much improved, an a
better, close, Nand more perfect
system on the west side could be
nforced: Thereiore be it resolved
bv the Independence Improve
ment League of Independence
Oregon, as follows to wit:-
First: That we ask the Kail-
road officials for better transporta
tion lacilitiea upon the west side of
he Willamette river. s
Second: 'That we correspond
with the city of Newberg which is
asking for an improved service,
and whose ineflicient service is
pparent, and similar to ours.
Third: That we take up the
matter of better service with all
the valley towns that have here
tofore made complaint to us re
garding their present poor passen
ger service,.
Fourth: That we circulate a
petitition in the city of Indepen
dence, and alone the line of the
rail road in this county, to show
the eeneral complaint and dis
satisfaction among the people with
the present service.
Fifth: That we ask for me
change of Bervice to take effect
mmediatelv, and that the same De
changed and established as fol
lows:- '
That the Coryallis-Portland
train be continued as at present.
That another train be put on so as
tn oive DeoDle of this section the
opportunity to get to Portland in
the morning and return in the
evening. That as close connect
ions as practical-be arranged for
Whiteson junction.
'ANOTHER BRICK
Add Fellows Move In Mailer
01 Needed Business
Bonding .
foU nu , - tu hvImi lKe
fits man's every mood, and this is
why it is immortal.
in Story Brick fit!) Tio Business
Houses la Bear CI Kessncr's
Store 13 be Built
) The I. O. 0. F. Lodge lat night
otd to build a two story brick
ailh two ttore rooms below and
lodge room above on C. tret back
1904 STATISTICS ON OREGON,
Population, 525.000.
Value of fruit crop, 12,240,000.
Pack of Columbia River salmon, MC3,T00 cases.
Area in square miles, 00,03061.459,200 acres.
Hop-i, 16.000,000 pounds; value, 14,000,000; rrofit to producer,
$2,500,000.
Mohair, 450,000 pounds; value, 1150,750; Angora goat;industrj on
the increase.
Lumber mills, 480; output in feet for the year, 1,405,000,000, valued
at 112.650,000.
Value of livestock, 124.920,000, which does not include horses and
cattle in Western Oregon.
Available for irrigation purposes, $4,230,659.75. or a million more
than any other stale in the Union.
Dairy prod nets. $7,052,810. Oregon cattle took first-prize in SU
Louis for both beef and milk production.
Flax culture is receiving considerable attention and the nbre pro
duced here is pronounced by eiperU equal to that of Europe.
Wheat productions. 12,950.000 buehele; oats, 3,221,44 bushels; bar
ley, 639,378 buBhels; total value of these crops, $10,342,276. Alfalfa
is a most important crop.
Oregon's numerous water-powers appeal to the manufacturer, ner
enormous mineral wealth is only in the beginning of ita development.
Oregon aDDles are incomperable, while her prunes, cherries and
berries are unequalled in size and unapproached in flavor anywhere.
Orecon has 3490 manufacturing concerns, employing .b,ii,uo
capital, producing $52,007,775 and paying 25,380 wage-earns $13,135,-
422.
Hrpnn ocrnniea second place in wool output. Wool clip, 19.5W,-
000 pounds; consumed by Oregon mills, 2,500,000 pounds; total value
of the clip, t2,850,UUU.
The Columbia and Willamette Rivers are the most important com
mercial rivers west of the Mississippi and are eo recognized in the
River and Ilarbor Bill.
Oregon's churches, schools, hospitals, libraries and other public in
Btitutions would do credit to any of the older states.
The Lewis and Clark expedition, one hundred years ago, required
868 days in traveling from St. Louis to the Columbia River and back
7679 miles. Today the regular schedule time between New York City
and Portland is 96 hours. , I
Tolk is he Blue Ribbon County of Oregon. Two years in success
ion it has been awarded the first prize over all competition at the
Oregon State Fair. It leads in Hops, Goats and fine Hogs and is
-r-w. .wn ttle and horses. Polk has some of the finest
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orchards in western Oregon and millions of feet of the best timber left
standing in the United States. ; Polk has good scnoois ana cuur,,
vm.. nlt.in plains, unsurpassed landscape yiews, pure
water and welcomes home-makera, manufactures, mvestors and people
of thrift and energy generally.
of their present building. The new
litructure will be 33 x 56 with a
basement underneath and will be
Wted bv steam. The trustees are
m-dfired to have plans and specifi
made immediately and get
bids for the erection of the building.
The rooms below will be 28 by
33 with plate glass front and will
be used for store or business houses
Three flattering offers have already
been made for the rooms.
The up stairs room will be leased
to one of the lodges for a term of
years if satisfactory arrangements
can be made. It ia understood the
K. of P, lodge is considering the
proposition of taking the room for
5 or 10 years. .
Tim l'o i.ra loy.
S'iiuelxfcly hat figured out thnt
the average boy who la drM udei.t
upon bia parents for a HveitluxKl
umil he rchea th ag of teMy
one cota theru four thousand
dollars. On 'Ibis lia of calcu
lation a brood for initanre f six
boys, says an exchange, would rep
resent an outlay of twenty f,.ur
thousand dollars bv the lim'ther
get away from the home rooet. Th
question arite, dot it pay to raixe
boya and are there not other crojm
that would prove more profitable?
If a boy turna out to be a cigar
ette fiend with a breath like a
turkey buzzard and a laogh that
would make the wild, untutored
donkey feel pertV ctly at home in
his society and with an untram-
meled and unconquerable desire to
avoid work, it k afe to say that
hia parent! might have invented
his four thousand dollars 'at much
better advantage.
But if a boy grows up to man
hood with a leMon well learned
that wenlth and success grow only
on bushes watered by the sweat of
one's brow, the parents need not
begrudge whatever they have spent
on him. for he will be a source of
increasing pride and joy to their
hearts and when they grow old and
their bands tremble and their steps
are slow and faltering they have
two strong arms to leao upon- and
help tbem over the rough place
that lie in their twilight path.
THE NEW CHARTER
NOTTET PRINTED
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MRS. GEO. CONKEY, the Soprano
Mrs. Geo. Conkey, the soprano
assisted by Miss Emroy McDevitt
will render a duet between acts in
a "Crazy Idea" Wendesday night.
Inquiry has been make con
cerning Independence new charter.
In response the West Side Enter
prise has made inquiry at the State
House and finds that nothing has
been done toward printing it The
state printing force is now at work
on the session laws. These finished
charters will be taken up. City
and town charters are not printed
with the session laws any more.
They are printed and bound to
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WM. McADAMS, the Noted Baritone
Wm McAc'ams, the noted bari
tone of Polk county, has been en
gaged to sing solos between acts in
'The Crazy Idea."
In art we ask for the widest,
freest and fullest liberty for in-dividuality-that's
all.
tether in a separate volume and
each charter also separate in
pamphlets form. No printed copies
of charters can be baa ior
weeks jet. The Independence
charter will not be operative till
May 18, or ninety days from the
end of the session of the legislature
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It is a good policy to leave a
few things unsaid. 1 .
The book's written behind prison
bars by men in forced exile and by
those who paid the penalty of
honest expression with death
largely inspire earth's highest
thoughts; the world's saviors are
often society's outcasts.