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SOCIAL AND
Dr. AUin. IVntUt, Cvr
Tom in U In IVllatiJ today
on buinea.
Mr. J. C. MwUon
from Newport yesterday.
returned
V o. and liur . Melievnold re -
. . 7 - ,
turned Irotn "ewpori yeaiemay.
Rev. I). Thompson filled hi" regv
nlar appointment at Turner Sun
day.
Mica Nan Cooper of The lal!e
i viititini; with the family of J. S
Coojver.
Miaaes Alpha and Glady Wilson
are spending a few day in Tort
land.
Mrs. Wagoner of Portland U vi
itine her duchter. Mr. W. It.
AUin.
Miss Lillian Hac-kleman of Tort
land is visiting with her fister,
Mr. John Belt.
Mr. Lottie Hedges Drris and
Mr. Whitehorn came down from
Albany yesterday. -
Mrs. Claud Skinner returned
Monday, after a pleasant visit with
relatives in Portland.
Arthur Moore and family left
Saturday for the coast, going over
land by way of Alsea.
If you are in need of dentistry
ee Dr. Nehrbas over Inde
pendence National Bank.
You need abundance of So-boss-So
this weather. The place to get
'.t la at Huston fc Simon's.
Mrs. John Burton and daughter,
Miss Florence, left yesterday for
Newport, to be gone several weeks.
There aTe no better wagons made
than the Milburn and Studebaker.
You can get them at Huston &
Simon's.
Miss Edith Stout of Portland,
who has been visiting friends in
Monmouth, returned to her home
yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Clodfeller
drove over from Jefferson Saturday
ind epent Sunday with relatives in
Monmouth.
'Crickett" Bevens of Kings Val
ley was here Saturday on his way
o McMinnville and Portland on a
oubiness trip.
Among the home-comers from
Newport yesterday were J. M. Mit
chell, J. S. Bohannon and daugh
er, Mips Hazel.
Miss Ann Mann, who is here to
ittend the coming wedding of her
iunt, Miss Patience Cooper, spent
Junday at Newport.
S. M. Cooper, from near Albany,
vho held dewn the position of yard
opb in the Jim Cooper yard last
ear, is here looking around.
Jack Rosenau epent Saturday
nd Sunday at McMinnville. He
vas loaded with "Booster" cards
ind showered them far and near.
Miss Goldie Irvine, Mrs. W. W.
Percival and Mies Pearl Percival
j,re among the Independence peo
ple who are enjoying the sea breez
ass at Newport.
A CONFIDENTIAL TALK
The heavy work of harvest time
makes it imperative that you have
pood, stout harneis for your teams.
That's the kind we sell, and it's all
g u aranteed flawless and California
Oak Tanned. Summer lap robes.
GEO. DUNHAM
THE HARNESS MAN Independence.
Also carry stock food and veternary medicine. You are
respectfully invited to call, Inspect our stock and get prices.
PERSONAL
MiLna Del.ong i .pending
the werV with Mi Hab Damon.
Carl IVrotval and John Krebs
returned from Newport yeaterday.
Mr Nettie k'irkland, the pop-
i .)... l.U.lo I, takan a DOHltioll
1. , ';
in Mnrr a tore.
Karl WWt-arver ha rounded out
v.,. ,...,;,, ,n,i u l...lr at klaUoir with all other uboribr
! h- Wm..h.T).ir hhnn.
VIIHII IU IUH .1W..M .
Dr. Nehrbas, K. M. oun and
mon Arunne have luaen to
mountain in the vicinity of Ve
troit lor a couple of week.
airs. U. J. lay.or auu uauguver,
... . . 0 rt
. t .n I 1 1 -1 .
Mim Urine, lett unlly ior v-en.,
traha, Waihinnton, to viail Mr.
. ..r vt.
a. jvueuen, uauguu-r ui
1ylor'
Rev. Eduiondaon and family of
Znna were visiting with old friends
here Saturday. Rev. Eduiondaon
was at one time pastor of the Meth
odist church at this place.
Rev. Bluir of Clatskanie was here
Saturday consulting with the elder
and trustee of the Presbytecian
church and will accept the pastor
ale, beginning about October 1st.
Mrs. Bell Roger had a sack sew
in? at Mr. John Osborn's at Green
wood, Friday, Augii6t 3. Quite a
number were present and had a
verv eniovable time, runch was
served.
You will need some letter heads,
envelopes, cards, bop tickets and
other printing soon. You will
avoid rush and please yourself
and the printer by putting iu your
order now. Try it.
Mrs. A. B. Robinson and son,
Cleve, returned home Friday, from
Goldendale, Wash., after a two
weeks' visit there at the home of
Mrs. Robinson's daughter, Mrs.
Homer Wood.
Upon arrival home from gay
Newport yesterday, an Indepen
dence lady discovered that her hand
grip had been exchanged for B. T.
Brush's, a commercial traveler.
Return that grip, Mr. Brush.
Geo. Ruef, who farm one and a
half miles south of town on the old
Damon place, finished threshing
one day last week and sacked 330
bushels of oats from a 5-acre patch,
being 76 bushels per acre. Tom
Hart's machine did the work.
Among the Independences leav
ing Saturday for Newport were:
R. D. Cooper, Mrs. G. A. Wilcox,
W. W. Percival, B. F. Jones, Sr.,
B. P. Jones, Jr., J. S. Cooper, Mrs.
E. M. Young, Miss Ann Mann,
Miss Pearl Montgomery, J. M. Mit
chell, J. S. Bohannon, J. C. Mor
rison, Claire and Mrs. Irvine, Lee
Robinson, Miss Laurie Burnett.
It Is now alleged that Sarah Bern
hardt, the "divine," was born In Cana
da and reared In Iowa. They will have
to show us the documents before we
will believe that Sarah speaks Des
Moines French.
The president of France says there Is
not a peasant In that country who does
not know Tresident Roosevelt's name.
Only a few of the "gentlemen of
France," however, know how to pro
nounce it.
Low Rales fur Phones
On Polk County Farms
Ili-irnriiUtir of tli Pacific
la. n 1....1...... I, .......
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panv ha aurted house to hoime
CAiivttH among the farmer of thia
county, offering an extremely low
rental rale for Int-trumi-nl to he
ueJ in connection with the centr
office of the company throughout
the aounty. For tJ cent a mouth
the aubaciiber ia given free awitch
connecting with hi central ex
Iliulur Itily rut it U'Atll.1
, 11-u
i wunoui a iHifj'iione arm un ai
tendant advantaged, t-rptcialiy as
every ar-suranee it given of prompt
auJ efficient 8ervicPi
Mr. U. 11. Wartield i in chre
flh j lhu counljr ttj
lie tttte that he msv be Been at
jthe central oflice of the company
i iu Salem or Mill vuit any com
' munity or organization of larinere
interested in telephone matters.
Mail Boxes Must be
Iron Says Department
Washington, Aug. 3 Postmaster-General
Cortelyou's order,
which goes into effect on August
1, permitting patrons of rural de
livery to make their own boxes
or to have them made to order,
provided such boxes are eo con
structed as to fall within the
requirements of the department,
seem to have been misunderstood.
Misleading comments have ap
peered stating that farmers can
now whittle down their wooden
boxes to make a rural mail post
box in any way they chooee.
The order of the Postmaster
General provides exactly the con
tiary. All boxes must be made of
galvanized sheet iron or sheet steel
of certain specified dimensions.
Wooden boxes are regarded a
neither secure nor weather proof
within the requirements of the de
partment and all such boxes now
in use will be gradually eliminated
from the service.
Kuife for Degenerates
Philadelphia, Aug. 3. Follow
ing the theories of the country's
foremost phyiicians and the recent
ruling of the courts, the Pennsyl
vania Society to Prevent Children
From Cruelty has instituted the
practice of performing operations
upon the children given into its
charge, where medical opinion is
that such a course is likely to pre
vent a criminal career.
The firit subjects were operated
upon yesterday at the infirmary of
the society. In all seven children
were put under the knife by a
number of the city's most promi
nent surgeons. A number of other
similar operations will take place
soon.
Of 147 children examined, 50
per cent were found to be suffering
from imperfect refraction of the
eyes. Glasses have been ordered
for all of these.
Finally Captures Her Lover
Seattle, Wash., Aug, 3. Married
through the kindness of some po
lice officers and some bystanders
was the experience of August Ha
kala and Maggie Kauppi, both res
idents of Astoria, Oregon. Maggie
Lfound August after following her
sweetheart around the country for
more than a year. Hakala was
advised by the police to marry the
girl and avoid trouble. This he
was willing to do, but he did not
have any money. . A subscription
was started, and in five minutes $5
was raised and August and Maggie
were made man and wife. They
went away happy and satisfied.
To Kaft Logs South
That it is more economical to fell
Oregon fir trees, railroad them to
the Columbia river, thence convey
them in rafts down the coast to
San Diego, Cal., and there convert
them into lumber than to do the
manufacturing here and ship by
cars and vessels is the belief of the
Incorporator of the Benaoii l.uui
Iter Company. The Capital !ek
f the company i 0 (KM, and It
IKrt tiuliudled Th company pro
pustrs ii"d;'3.l hraviiy in t'.trrr and
limit r land, build li;cloii rnilrVad
and a largo raw null in San li-g
Tim coinern U alao to operate a
vatem of tortboat for conveying
log rafli to the Southern o;iy.
All Tugged for 1'orll.tiitl
Bofton, Auir. 3.-Krth of them
wearing a lag marked "Portland,
Or., V. S. A," three lillle clrk
eldeot not more than V2 year old,
arrived here unaccompanied today
on the Canard liner Kvemia, from
Helaingfor, Finland, tho present
aeat of erioua revolutionary dis
turbance. The girl were given over to tha
railroad official for their journey
acrOH the continent. They go to,
their father, Peter Wetgnrd, of
Portland, Or. j
Salted the Hole i
"I've been eein' New York," an
nounced the western man, as he
blew into the office of a nw York
frieud in a downtown tkycraper,
say the New York Sun.
"Coney Island?" enquired the
New York man languidly.
"Oh, of course."
"Shoot the chutes?"
"Shot everything in eight. Put
the best time I had wa with a kid
down there "
"There are plenty ot them."
"Yes, New York doesn't need to
worry about race euiciie. line
chnp was about three years old
lie was digging in the saud on the
beach with a toy shovel and a tin
bucket. I talked to him awhile
and when be wasn't looking I
slipped two or three cent down the
lole he had dug. When he re
sumed his labors his eye bulged.
He couldn't believe his luck. It
was better than finding pay dirt to
watch him. He dug up the cash
with a yell and started to find bis
mother further down the beach.
While he was gone I slipped in a
few more coppers and threw a little
sand over them. He came right
back and began digging again and
of course he eoon made another
find. That eettled him. He gath
ered in the goods and then he
buckled down to work on that hole
like a prospector. I'll bet he's
digging there yet if his mother has
not dragged him away, and if she
haB I'll bet he yelled some before
he went."
Notice of the Meeting of the
Board ot Equalization
Notice is hereby given that on Mon
day, August 27, 1900, the Hoard of
Equalization will atteud at the odice
of the County Clerk of Polk Couiitj,
Oregon, and publicly examine the
assessment roll and correct all errors
in valuation, description or qualities
of lands, lots, or other property, and
it shall be the duty of persons inter
ested to appear at the time and place
appointed, and if It shall appear to
such Board of Equalization that thsr
are any lauds, lots, or other property
assessed twice or in the name of a
person or persons not the owner there
of, or assessed under or beyoud its
actual value, or any lauds, lotsor other
property not assessed, said Board shall
make proper corrections.
Dated at Dallas, Oregon, this 3rd
day of August, 1900.
C. 8. GRAVES,
Assessor for Polk County.
Commenting on the rapid growth of
telephone communication in Amerlea,
the London Times notes that In Eng
land the telephone is a luxury, more
particularly in private life, while In
the United States It is a necessity of
both businesa and social service. But
telegraphing is much cheaper In Eng
land than here.
It is proposed to hand all the public
lands of Hussia over to the peasants.
Secretary Hitchcock can tell the Rus
sians that they are undertaking a
mighty big job unless the lumber and
cattle syndicates of Russia are more
tractable than they are In this country.
A British ftiilor has been employed by
the war department to make Uncle
Sam's enlisted men look like soldiers.
Hitherto thoy have rubbed along by
merely fighting like soldiers, and no
people are more wise to that fact than
the Britisli themselves.
The czar is said to be surrounded
now by guards who cannot speak Rus
sian. Perhaps he .fears that bombs
might be concealed In some of tha
polysyllabic utterances of his own
countrymen.
DENTISTRY
DR. NEHRU AS
tr 4parfa Mmtimmml flan
The Very Best Work and Material
AT THE MOST REASONABLE PRICES
Fillings 73c up j Crowns
Extracting With Sonnoforni Gas $1,30
Jnnfrm limt Pr la MMtrmtllmg far Half
SPECIAL
Jt fit. mo t'lml wa If Ik
A f 1.1 I'lala with Ut twill
and Aluminum llutngoti
ianllyna4rlt4ntHlnflii'v"l
prmv iaam y glrlmg a wrttimm aaaraa.
faa milk mil war.
Oor I aaa!fwe Hmllamal Aaafr
DENTISTRY
Most Important
In the runmngjof a bakery is cleanlints.
You will find'everythingf icrupulously clean at the
Monmouth Bakery
Fresh Bread baked everyday. Every loaf marked with tha initials "J. R."
Stt that you fd the J. RJ bread. Cookies wholesale and retail
JOS. RADEK
MONMOUTH, OREGON.
'Make Hay While the Sun
Shine"
There U a lesson iu the work of the
thrifty farmer. He knows that the
bright sunshine may last but a day
and lie prepare for the showers which
are so liable to follow. Ho it should be
with every household; Dysentery, di
arrhoea and cholera morbus may at
tack some member of the home with
out warning. Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which
ia the jest known medicine for these
diseases, should always be kept at
hand, as immediate treatment Is nec
essary, and delay may prove iatal.
For sale by P. M. Kirklaud, the Drug
gist. .
Why Fret and Worry
when your child has a severe cold.
You need not fear pneumonia or other
pulmonary diseases. Keep pupplied
with Ballard's Horehound Hyrup a
positive cure for Colds, Coughs, Whoop
Iuk Cough and Bronchitis. Mrs. Hall,
of Hioux Kalis, H. 1).. writes: "I have
used your wonderful -Ballard's Hore
hound Byrup on my children for live
years. Its results have been wouder
ul. "Sold by D, G. Dove.
Summer Diarrhoea in Children
During the hot weather of the sum
mer months the first unnatural loose
ness of a child's bowels should have
immediate attention, so as to check
the disease before It becomes serious.
All that Is necessary ia a few doses of
Chamoerlalu'aColle, Cholera and Di
arrhoea Remedy followed by u dose of
castor oil to cleanse the system. Itev.
M. O. Btockland, pastor of the first M.
E. church, Little Falls, Minn., writes:
"We have used Chamberlnin'B Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for
several years and find It a very val
uable remedy,, especially for mmmcr
disorders in children." Sold by P.
Kirkland, the druggist. ,
Children In Pain
never cry as do children who are suf
fering from hunger. Buch is tbe cause
of all baby's who cry aud are treated
for sickness, when they really are suf
fering from hunger. This is caused
from their food not being assimilated
but devoured by worms. A few doses
of White's Cream Vermifuge will cause
them to cease crying and begin to
thrive at once. Give it a trial. Hold
by D. G. Dove.
Bids AVanted
The Oregon State Normal school
at Monmouth will receive bida fr
certain re-shingling and painting
to be done on the school buildings.
Parties interested will please con
Bult with J. B. V. Butler,
Secretary.
Extractinx 30c
A $-0 rial" Willi tot teeth
and (iold lining only
$15
XI'VHOMER LODGE No. 4A K of P
Meeu every Wed. night
WSM In Mitchell Hall.
Xi K. N. JOHNSON, C, C.
J. W. Richardson, K. of.lt and H.
OSCAR HAYTER,
Attorney-at-Law,
campbell building,
Dallas, Oregon.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL
Airs. May Bowden-Babbitt
Miss Florence Bowden
State Normal School, MONMOUTH.
Cooper Building.. INDEPENDENCE.
B. F. JONES
A TTOIINIH Y-A T-JjA IV
NOTARY I'UJiLIC
Office upstairs in Cooper Block
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON
Licensed Embalmer and Funeral
Director
Olfice Phone 354; Residence Phone 851
INDEPENDENCE - - - OREGON
Portland Flouring
Mill Co.
General Warehouse aud milling busN
ness. Highest cash price paid for all'
grains; also grain takea on storage.
F. C. M'REYNOLDS
MANAGER
Independence and Bu'ena Vista Warehouses.
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