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POLK
MONMOUTH,
J. H. IlAwrr.y,
Jiu C. lWr.i.t, Caxhitr. j
ri4 cni. iso.ooo j
IihK('Tom J. II. llawly, I'. L Camplell, I. M. Simpson, J. B. V.
Bailer, John II. Stump, J. A. Witbrow, f. H. Powell.
Transact General linking and Kathange business. Drafts sold
ajjlatdo throughout the United Stale and Canada.
THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK
CAPITAL GTOOK, S50.000.00.
II UIKKHHKIUl, I'rMUt.ut A 15K AM .N KlOS,.Vk 1'rr.Men
C. W. IRVIN RLt''ll,'r' 1
DlttKCTOKR.-ll. lTirT.fg, D. W. nr. 11. F. Smith, J. K. KLodre and
A.
A rnIUuklf.gririfiiiibili)wtrit'wrU.i. mul.. Bills
4iwiiild. (.ii.uvi.nUlcru.lit grant. lmil on cur-cut account
(ot.jot t to ehw a. '
DAVIDSON & HEDGES
- 1 UidqmrUn For ;
Fine Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies
Ii.v.. In ntin varlrtv from cob
to bf trriout aod (inert MfrxKum.
DAVIDSON
C STREET
LIVERY, FEED AND
I. W. DICKINSON, Prop.
-: ? Good Riga for Commercial Mon a Socially. ;
Good accommodations. Howes well fed. l'ino
rigs. Horses boarded by day, week or mouth.
Telephone Ao. 20.7
THE MONMOUTH LAUNDRY
II. D. WHITMAN, Proprittor ,
X? A Homo Industry Institution
GOOD WORK, PROMPT DELIVERY
OUR WATCHWORDS '
WorK Called for Tu.idar Dl Wared Saturday
UNDER T A K IN Go
Day or Night Calls Promptly attend
ed to. Floo Parlor In Connection. , '. .. ;
' An Experienced Lady Assistant.,
phene, Wain m . R.
v niri." Kmbalmer and Funeral Director.
BICE 6r "'plLDRMTIi
NEWLY EQUIPPED, GAS LIGHTS, STEAM
3. Conner,
Salem,
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Ills LORDSHIP
THE TOUNQ 5HIRE 5T1LLI0N
, ". .:" . .- I v REGISTERED NO. ioiv
Will make the 1905 Season as follows: r
3 -rTTirsnAY Dickenson's Stable, Independence.
WEDliSUAi n , Stable.
FRIDAY and bAiuni,
i 1 c' Rg
OSCAR HAYTER,
Attorney-at-Law,
CAMPBELL BOILDING. ,
DALLAS, OEEGON,
COUNTY BANK
Incorporated.
OREGON
Sod Fount in fo th hot Uy.
You at Bwtyi wuconvt.
& HEDGES
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON
BOARDING STABLE
liideitcndence, Oregon
OHEOON
HEAT ALL MODERN CONVENIENCItS
Proprietor
Oregon
..m M .
STDITNEYI
M.F. ROSE, OWNER I
E. TrilENKLE,
Barber Shop.
MAIN BTBEET,
f Post Office
Uiw uwi . . , l
Fine Baths in connection with shop
riui suup i
Oregon, j
Independence,
I UII LII III UlUHL.
Sidney Few w Company to De
velop ICOOtae. Power
a! Town of Sidney
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Dredger Already at Work and Water
Hill lie Taken from Sanllam In
Ditch earning 33,003 Inches
Announcement that the work of
developing (iOQ-hor0 power at
Kidney, the terminal of the Banti
am diU:h haa Wn commenced and
in now in prrtgrei.fi, is ait important
Lit of newa for Independence and
vicinity. i
Whil Lafe Pence ol Colorado 11
filing on water powera in the valley
at uclf'a At m ' to Mlarm swne
people, the Sidney Power Company
which otwratea the present Sidney
canal has filed on 30,000 inches of
water in the Santiam near the
town of Marion. This company
baa not ttopped with filing, but
has actually fet cren to work pre
paratory 'to LaruenHing up the
power that has been permitted so
Ions to co to waste in the rantiam.
A dredger has been st-cured and is
now In operation, uunng mo
ummer. the present Si'lney canal
will be deepened and widened un
til a flow Irom the roaring Santiam
is obtained that will give a 1000-
Knran TnwT to the little town of
Sidney.
The power being developed will
be for sale. It means much for
this part of Polk county. Inde-
ptW in. but ix'ncjlei from Sf
ney, being the nearest point to the
seat of power. No greater booo
could be wished by Independence
ml Monmouth than a biz water
power so near at nana ana so con-
venioent. It has been surmised
.a .
that the purpose of the company I
to enter Salem by transmitting
nower to that city to furnish motor
the Citizens Light &
Traction Company. Such' is not
the case. It will furnish power
thfl West Side Enterprise is reli
ably Informed, to the nearest points
desirine it. Polk county towns
Lave the advantage over all points
in obtaining this power. ;
The motor power for the Inde-
pendenceand Monmouth electric
lights now comes from bidney and
when the big ditch is completed
ha Wfc nf a cheat) nower need no
loncer be felt. New factories and
viiv - - i &
new enterprises may be expected
to follow in its wake.
Another filing of water rights on
the Linn county side ot the Santi
am has been made by W. P. Haw
ley and Joseph M, Healy of Port
land. These two men have made
five separate filings, each of which
calls for 100,000 cubic inches of
water, miner's measure, along the
north fork of the Santiam. I he
filiniy naners state that Hawley and
Healy are owners of the land along
it. ' nf th. nrnnnsitn riltCh3
rUUVO Ul WWW ,.v'wwv-
liffht and energy. . The ditches are
to be ten feet deep, 50 feet wide at
the bottom and 70 feet at the top.
These filings are something of a
mystery to Linn county people. -
People around Albany know
nothing of the enterprise or of the
people who are behind these reeer
...;na f watnr riehts. They are
v. u , .tU .
ft hrand new DOOK lor l'"v''
Tb. rigtt. r .W.r"s.r:
. . a 1 e Al-. Unnlie Ttl Tl Vflr. I
filed in the Marion county office,
uieu v
extea& 6i0ng the bank of the river
i mj. ,,.tl fjr()Uh(J b b
Fsntiuii r'rer.
Ileal i:twtii Truiii, r.
Fred Hurst and wifu in KUie ,C
b'Uley; lt in Vt HuUm; V'A
J H Tru'.linger nd wifo to J) T
IM'e; (cort-rrtion deed) 320 CS
acrea hi 6-7; II.
K M .Martin and wifo to amej
(orrei tion dfieJ) 320.91 acres In
0-7:11.
N Phupp et al, Trut- , to Trust-
eec Evangelical Ascn. Monmouth;
lota in Monmouth; f?O0.
Coiiiit 1Uiim Lumbering Co. to
j - m
Geo T Cerlinger; 4Q acr in 8-6:
II.
Henry Scott to Harry Fuuch;
ICO acres in 0-K; f'AlO.
EVERYBODY CAN CO ALONG
Everj'body In Polk and Tasfern Mar
Ion Invited faPorlIandv
April 25.
The Independence Imnrovement
League last night accepted the
courteous offer of Mr. Com an of
the Southern Pacific to set out a
special coach at Independence for
the purpose of carrying excuron
hUs to the State Development
League meeting in Portland.
The League decided to invite
everybody to go. The fare will be
a one and a third rate for the
round trip.
The Monmouth band in full
force will attend.
If you contemplate making a
trip to Portland go with this ex
cursion. It includes a free pass
into the Lewis and Clark Fair
Grounds which everyone should
Bee Dciore ine gaies are open June
1.
"Give your name to ihe president,
Dr. E. L. Ketchum, or secretary,
Qus Hurley, or T. Donovan, land-
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CHESTER P. GATES
IMS IN GMTORY
" -"(":. ' .
With "My Nation's Hope" for
his theme, Chester P. Gates won
the etate prohibition oratorical con
test at McMinnville Friday night.
Chester P. Gates is well known
and highly respected here having
had pastoral care of the Evangeli
cal church at this point and also at
Ruena Vista the Dast vear. lie is
a, graduate of Dallas college. In
his treatment of his subject Mr.
Gates predicted the young men of
the present day will be conquerors
of the liquor traffic, that the hope
of the nation lies in the effective
completion of the attempted reform
unci that the eiens of the times
were that right was systematically
forwarding the cause of temperance.
Rpmnd nlace was won by Miss
Wicklund whose subject was "Why
a Prohibitionist?" Miss Calarvan's
was "The Better Way." The re
maining speakers were: For Philo-(
math, Mrs. R. N. Lewis; for Albany
College, A. C. Masters; for Pacific
College, of Newberg, Louis Saun
ders.' ' v.'' .
O ive The Women's Chance
If vour cemetery is neglected
and a disgrace to your community,
interest the women in its improye
ment. If your school house grounds
are a libel on pur modern system
of education elect a live woman as
school director.. If you want a real
live farmers' institute, elect a bright
woman as. secretary. In a word, it
-; ,
w.,, en dobt. of
Hll VBliLDiLWi
care of the babies and cook your
.
meals.
OFFICIAL NOTICE
Program prepared for League
Convention April 20 mi
21 In Ciiy cf Pcrtland
Commercial Bodies Kay Appoint Del
cgalcs tt'ltbout Limit and Court
and Mayor Ltolse
The official call f.r the unond
annual meeting of the Oren State
Development Le.-igue In now out.
A partial program accompanies th
call
It provides for the convention to
be called to orJer at 9. '50 A. M
-VeJne(Jay, April 2C. The con'
vtotion will continue xver till
Thursday evening, the 27th. The
convention will opn with an ad
dress of welcome by Governor
Chamberlain, which will be fol
lowed by a response by Hon. E. L.
Smith, president of the Oregon
Development League: report of
League's work, Tom Richardson,
swretaiy; addresces by Messrs. II.
W, Goode, president of Lewis and
Clark Exposition; J. It. N. Bell,
Baker City; Frank I. Vawter, Med-
fora; B. A. Worthington, general
manager S. P. and 0. R. & N. Co.,
Portland; Charles V. Galloway, of
McMinnville.
In the afternoon the convention
will meet in sections devoted to the
various industries of the state, en
abling delegates to discuss subjects
in which they are particularly in
terested. The Willamette alley
agricultural section will occupy the
Marquam Grand Theatre; good
roads section, Judge John H. Scott,
Salem, chairman. Tower room of
Portland Commercial Club; dairy
section, J. W. Bailey, Portland,
chairman, ladies' dining room Port
land Commercial Club; fruit sec
tion, Wilbur K. Newell, Dilley,
chairman, Chamber of Commerce'
rooms; mining section, W. S. New-'
burry, Sumpter, and C. C. Beek
man, Jacksonville, joint chairmen.
Black room of Commercial Club.
At these sectional conventions a
condensed but comprehensive re
port will be made for presentation
at the general session. Thursday
morning. , , , - c .
In the evening, - reception in
rooms of Portland Commercial
Club from eight to eleven o'clock,
for delegates, their families and
friends. s
On Thursday morning the', pon
vention will be called to order
promptly at 9 o'clock when general
discuBsioca will take place, , ,
The order of program will be:
Reports from sectional conventions;
reports of Vice Presidents of , the
League; address by Hon. Jefferson
Myers, . president Oregon State
Commission of Lewis and Clark
Exposition; reports, from alj dele
gations represented. -
All delegates will be guests of
the Lewis and Clark Exposition
the afternoon of the 27th,' leaving
for the grounds at exactly two
o'clock, as per announcement to be
made in the convention. '
The addresses on the program
will none of them exceed fifteen
minutes in length, leaving time lor
the important business to be con
sidered. A proper representation
of the various portions of the state
throueh a League headquarters on
the Exposition grounds will receive
attention. ! '..
Everv member of the Oregon
Development League is entitled to
name a delegation to include any
desired number. The section con
ventions should be borne in mind
in anDointine delegates so that
men from the different industries
are nami.
j Kvry !!! r in tho !t i
id-di-pata al tp. VVI rr ti .r m
1. 1 organ bfiUun h u h .j r
jihip in the L"agui, the .i.!i.t
j Uient uf repre'fiitative dtv..lv
, uj-.n the n.ayorcf town and t!
: i . t .
cuiiiinikf loiM-ra, ana n ; t
peeinlly d-ire.l that h-tta! kc
t'.oni of the utate n.t n iw a:'..::trtl
with the I-ngtio ahould organise
and join. Every ).:l.!e jrr.ia
nent U-tn Til cinjuii Im uri-J m
nnuit of tl.e tnoroioua Wft-ra
travel that i now a certainty.
The railroad rat-a from all vI
ley points i one and a third fare.
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EUGdff REGISTER
FEINTS ITS VIEWS
If the State Development Lengua
wants to do the very rt thing
possible for the state at this par
ticiilar time it ahould apply the jit
jitau to the Southern Pacific and
other lins in Orgori in working
the roads over into a pacific agree
ment to furnifh all newcomers and
visitors during the fair wit.h chenp
rates ti all parts of the state with
stopover privileges so that Oregon
will he given the opportunity tha
railroads have claimed we should
have, viz, a chance to show the
people that our claims as to natur
al resources and opportunities aro
as they haye been represented.
Oregon's chief need for years has
beem immigration. Ycu can't rua
a 100 horsepower machine with a
tin horee power boiler, neither can
you conduct a 5,000,000 etate with
a 500,000 population. If Oregon
ia really in earnest about doubling
her population doubling her capita
al, doubling her manufactures and
all other industries, the process by
which it may be dne is right at
band. If the state i goes to sleep
with a fair on its bands, the lotion
that revived Rip Van Winkle
would never arouse us from a per
petual Bleep. Eugene Register.
BOW ATTORXEY GENERAL
EARNS HIS SALARY
A new corporation that has pre
sented articles to be filed in the
state Department at Salem has
been passed upon by Attorney Gen
eral Crawford.
The name of this new corporation
ia the American Birth Insurance
company, but its objects are just
the opposite of what one would
naturally conclude from the nature
of the title, as, instead of insuring
against accident or death in child
birth, the company contracts to
pay stipulated sums, ranging from
$200 to $500, in the" event " of the
birth of a "li ving. breathing child "
to the poicy hoder, The amounts
to be paid are conditioned upon the
number of" monthly assessments
paid by the policy holder to the
date of the birth, ranging in periods
ot from ten to eighteen months
after taking out the policy. An
other peculiar feature of the con
cern, which served to make the
classification more difficult, is that
no person is eligible to hold a
policy unless they be t member of
the American Parents' Educational
association. . . 4
A Cubic meter of diamonds
"mine-run," is valued at approxi
mately seventy-six milli6n dollarsu
The Kimberley mines - have pro
duced more than five hundred mil
lion dollars' worth, 'or enoughs to
fill a bin containing eight and one
half cubic yards. f " ' ,
Reports of the Geological Survey
nf Canada for the last year 6how a
decrease in the output of gold in
the YukoD region. In 19W, twenty-two
million dollars ; was pro
duced. The total production for
la at vear was onlv twelve million,
two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.