TWICE A WEEI Side "Enterprise WES TlUHTHKNTIl YKAH. POLK COUNTY BANK MONMOUTH, PAID CAPITAL Tr.na.eU . general K l"""le-. reetlved, It. j n.a!e, DwfU .M. Careful and courteoua attention ,-lveo all aeeounU. ; Orricni ni DumToita J. II. Il.wley, Pre.., 1'. L. Cm.l.Ml, Vl Ira t'. Caller J. 11. V. Bullr, 1". rf. l'uwall, J. It. htuwp, J. A. Wltlirow, I. M. Hlm(m. THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK OAPITALBTOOK, $50,000.00. H IIIKKIIBKUa, t'reaideut C. W. I It VINE, DIRECTORS.-1I. flirwlilrg, 1). W. Hear. B. F. Smith, J. E. Modes and ' A. Nelson. A ni.ra1 banklrana-eMang tran-arted. "lld"- B11! dl. vfun! mnwclll 'rediU granted. , I."" recced on cnrrent aecount object to check. mmm Little Palace Hotel Independence T. Ul. Crcanor, proprietor I frrtfttliy Supplied Cables. SrecUl UNDERTAKING Day or Night Calls Promptly attend ed to. Fine Parlor Id Connection. An Kiperlenced Lady Asslotant. Pfceiie, main 27 R. wi W. L. HICK, Embalmer and Funeral Director. Licenced by Oregon State Board of Health. BICE &r CdLDRE.TH INDEPENDENCE THE dIRLIE STORE Largest Country Store in Polk County 444444 444444 ittwson Bros. T . POPULAK 4444441 GENERAL MERCHANDISE Dry Goods and, Groceries, Men's and Boys Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hardware and a general line of merchandise COUNTRY PRODUCEIHANDLED Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Wool, Mohair and Farm Produce Generally Bought. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT 444444 444444 444444 444444 444444 444444 M444 444444 444444 444444 444444 Simpson Bros, LIVERY, FEED AND BOARDING STABLE I. W. DICKINSON, Prop. Good Rigs for Commercial Men a Specialty. Good accommodations. Horses well fed. Fine rigs Horses boarded by day, week or month. Telephone 2To. 293 W.R ALLIN.D.D S. ...Dentist... Falnleas Kztraotlon Jndepeadenoe, Cooper Building, Oreaoa JB. T. HENKX.K, Barber Shop. MAIH STREET, r Af mnnih of PosHOffice. VMJO WW ( ... , Fine Baths m cneotiorjwith shop Obeooi - OREGON. $30,000.00 A Jl H A M NE1XIN, Vice rret.!den Ca-hler. 1 flmnticn to Commercial Crade. OREGON ir-n r-rr r-i r- rmutuoiunc flirHe, Ore. Independence, Oregon Tonsorial Artists-- K.UTCH fir TflYL2R Next door to LittlePalace Hotsl Sharp Bazore, Prompt Service. BOOT BLACK IN CONNECTION. W. G. (SHARMAN Merchant Tailor Bank Building, Independence, Obmk INDHl'KNDKNCi:. TOI.K COUNTY, OKKOON, ACfiL'ST BKIGHAM YOUNG " j Kot lie of Many Wives, he Polk Ccunly Caclielor Yearns for a Woman t tcccnfrlc Character of Itsc LucklJ mute Regales a Crowd Ullh a Rucllallun of His Troubles lit re i a chance for the rigli 1 person to Ixn'oine the beiitfieiary o f a will; to nj'iy th conipanioniihip of a bachelor h I riwirinR the sun ml of life; t' revel in tha Invig orating atmociihere of the foothills fuur toiles Ix-yond Airlie; to fnjoy tho cctaiy of Ktclunion from all the world but Urigham Young while he live, and the bleseings of hi 1G0 acres of laud and all his personal property whtn he dies. Briharu YounR has again been cilled from the loneliness of bis ranch on the Luckiamute to adjust relations with hie lellowiuen. He spent Tuesday night in town and while here acquainted his friends with the new troubles with which he is' confronted. On the 14th of lattt February, Brigham loune made a will by virtue of which all his earthly possessions should, at bis death, pass into the bands of a yountc German. The conditions of the will as understood by Brigham. required the German to live on the place. Brigham was to furnwb. the groceries and the hand was to work during the day and do chores morn ing and evening. These relations were to be kept up until Brigham. now 78. rounded out hia allotted time on earth, and when he should be called to press brick on the golden streets of the Great Here after, the German was to be sole proprietor of the Brigham Young ranch on the Luckiamute. The German balked. lie has quit Brigham before the fulfillment of the agreement. He has nut only thrown up his job, but sued Brig ham for $200 wages. He'll never get it witheut a stiff fight. Brig ham has employed N. L. Butler as attorney, and will right it to the bitter end. In the meantime he has annulled the will and is ready to make another in favor of some man who will come live with him according to the terms that may be agreed upon. One overBhadowing condition of the next will, Brigham would have understood in advance, is that the devisor is to be boss while he lives. In fact Brigham would be czar over the 160 acres of land he has held down since 'GG. Brigham Young has a code of morals and ideas of liberality, which, while parallel to" the general view, are entitled to the distinction of originality. "Generosity 1 Didn't 1 give ,my baud two dollars spending money on the Fourth of July?" exclaimed Brigham. "I have never lied in Polk coun ty" he states. All he asks of hisfel lowmau is a square deal, Brigham claims, but his peace of mind is often s disturbed by Luckiamute neighbors. He is particularly bitter against the "Luckiamute Thief" who has stolen money from his place on two occasions. Once masked men robbed him of $16, and because the robbers believed he had more money than he had yielded up sat him on a hot stove. Under the circumstances, a woman to cook and a man to work are very much desired by Brigham Young. Vhil he haa never been married, he is not attempting to play out the matrimonial string, longer. Brigham once had serious inten tions of linking himself up for bet j tr f r for . with one cif lb oj hit r. t. In fact he adn.its that Lti iitti iiitMlmoiu neighbors tir i i.i . i - -: .. ...... iit.i I m .t. iMIJi.irtJ l It f tun jf tiswfc fay j(t, n0liy ,! jy I) head i f that he kkinned a dog and ucnl the M r hartiei oil. "But a girl would be a loil to marry o now," tht 75 yar old bacheirr, "and I would be a fixd to oarry," and prred for a reaiou for hia -oition ht whispers tha word "put t.." If, Ut lowt ver, t he re is anyone longing a u.Hii rhe can call all her own, bo dt'MH-a the opportunity to try mak - - ii g an iniprecM'Hi on Brlghaui, or au,irri.d man who would make tern's with hiiu, addre, Brigham Young, Airlie, Oie. A few children in tht family ara no serious o!jc lion, but Urigham will not stan.l for a Koonevelt family of twelve. He draws the limit at bit Ko Quorum for Council Meeting Tuesday KIgbt There was no council meetiog Tuesday night for the reason thie were not enough councilmen pres ent to make a quorum. Had a quorum been present there prob ablv would have been a new town marshal on duty for Marshal Avery Murphy had previously handed in his resignation to take efiect on Tuesday night. Mr. Murphy had been contemplating this step for some time. There are two appli cants for the place. B. J. Taylor, the present deputy marshal, is an applicant, and A. J. Tupper who baa served the town as marshal f ji a number of years is the other. The installation of the new water system is another matter pending before the council. Ah far as the city officials have proceeded so far, $9 o f ecure options on the springs on the Black place and the Cox place. The Electric Light com pany has put in its bill for the full month for lighting the city. Ac cording to instructions from the council, the company should have shut off the city lights after July 15th. The council proposes to pay the old rate up to the 15th, but more they refuse to pay except by mandate of court. Mean of Him The red moon reilected on the breakers as they dashed against the dark rocks. "Oh, the foam!" cried the poet ical girl with rapture in her voice. "The oceans of foam! Where did you ever see so much foam before?" Tha young man chuckled remi- nisceutly. "In Milwaukee!" he whispered, gleefully. "In dear old Milwau kee." . And the poetical girl refuted to speak to him again for an hour. Too Much Method Hicks My wife is very method ioal. She's always got a place for everything and everything in its place. Wicks So has mine, but I can never find the place. Left Her Much A prominent man called to con dole with a lady on the death of her husband, and concluded by saying: "Did he leave you much?" "Nearly every night," was the reply. - The Morning- Nap Lives there a man who has not said, "Tomorrow I'll eet out of bed At six o'clock and get things done Before the setting of the bui r.ivna there a man who has not said At six a. m., "How good this bed DoeB feel," and snored till after eight, Then wondered how be slept so late 10 19( 0. IiaPPILY MAKItltlJ Miss Patience Cooper and M. F. Craft arc Hade Man ond Wife August 8th Many friends Gather a! Country Home of Brldu's Brolhcr and Illness Ccreineny Ly Pcv. Osburne Mica Patience Cooper it w. , Mrs, XI. F. Craft it in. The traim- j formation took place at "The Bach I el.-'a Betreat," the beautiful sub j urban home of ft. l'. Cooper, a brother, one mile north of Inde tier.dence on the Salem road. The ceremony, gatherum the ro-e i from the bunh of maidenhood and - i remiing Michael F. Crntt from im pending doom of-forlorn bachelor ImxwI, was performed by Itev. John 0lori.e in his plain but impressive style. Assembled to witness be happy event wan a notable gathering. Of ven brothers and one sister, of the bride, all were present but one, J.C.Cooper of McMinnville who was called away to Tillamook coun ty. There were in attendance Mr. Henry Cooper and daughter, Mies Cora, of Stay ton; Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Conner and dauebter. Miss Nancy, of The Dalles; Mr and Mrs. E. W. Cooper of Albany; Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cooper and daughters, Misses Dorothy, Mabel, Frances and Genevieve; Mr. and Mrs. John Gildow of Silverton; John Cooper of Albany and R. D. Cooper of Independence. Miss Ann Mann, a niece, and Mrs. Carpenter of Portland were also present. The front parlor of the country home was beautifully decorated in cle matis and sweet peas and the back parlor with jasmin, for the occa sion. Little Misses Genevieve Coop er, Dorothy Taddock and Gladys Bailey were the flower girls. The ceremony took place at high noon and was followed by congrat ulations and refreshments and the afternoon was given up to a family reunion. The bride for the past few years has made her home in Portland though Bhe formerly lived in Inde pendence. She has a wide circle of acquaintances and is a friend to everyone she knows, and everyone who knew Miss Patience Cooper, is her friend. The groom is a pros perous farmer residing near The Dalles and it is there the newly wedded couple will make their fu ture home. Mid showers of rice, they left via Salem Wednesday afternoon. . Bad Luck Tiirsiies Farmer Pendleton, Or., Aug. 7. Bud Nelson lost a $1400 threshing ma chine this morning by fire due to a smut explosion. This is the sec ond time this season this rancher has suffered from smut fires, hav ing lost another machine a fort night ago. Big Logging Company to Operate In Washington The Wisconsin Logging & Lum bering Company, of Portland, which recently bought out the Benson logging caaaps at Oak Point, Wash., is preparing to employ 250 men in the woods this fall The new own ers are now making rt-pairs to the eight-mile logging road, putting in 60-pound rails and ballasting the track in order to render it secure. They expect to Jrop 50,000,000 feet a year into the Columbia river for towing to the mills in Portland. The Benson Logging Company is Ni;,MHi;ii i--ri-; -:r;:.v;: Tli ri.i.i Mil! ! near Ciaukanie, and th .' are to l e buni!d ii I ...d t.wed I u A iifc'eirn, wnere in company n j now em ling a Ir," iaiiii;i. The ting of hue rafl li not ci.id I errd af two incHstha 'f the year, ! and there is laid to lm very little i rik of hM in towing lon.s from the usouili it the Columbia to ulhern California fort. A Mirewil I'H kiMit kel j A couple of pickpocket followed ia gentleman hr some dietance with view tif availing thcitm-lvt of the tirst opportunity to relieve him of his purae. He suddenly turned into a lawyer's otlice. "What shall we do now?" aiked one. "Wait lor the lawyer," said the other. The 1 1 Hi lowed t;rot Full fifty years ego, there stood a grove, Near by the house where I was born A maple grove, from out whoge branching boughs Tht song-birds caroled in the morn, Such music sweet Mine ears did greet, As ever came from bird's retreat. That charming grove the dearest spot on earth; Twaa thera the family played and sang, My sisters romped, my brothers shouted loud, And all the grove with laughter rang. Such fun had we, While we could see, That only night did set us free. Just at the peep of day the robin's song Would rouse us from our beds, and then We'd scamper to the cool and friendly shade To read, and talk, and sing, till ten, Such love had we For every tree, We'd hug them hard with child ish glee. When on the ground we'd fall and hurt a foot, Or bruise a limb or Bcratch a face, We'd creep into a hammock 'neath the boughs, And thank our stars for such a place; Or sink to rest On Mother's breast, A soothing balm for every guests When last I saw the place, the grove was gone; The vandal's ax had smote the trees; The birds had flown, no songs were heard; No leaves hung shivering in the . breezs; The greed of man Had plowed the ground, And not a shrub could then be found. Ah! little knew the avaricious hand, The pure delights which once reigned here; Sweet rendezvous of tots and pets and birds, Where all rejoiced without a fear; O hallow'd grove, Like heav'n above, Where mother reigned and ruled in love. J. H. Fletcher. Man's Appreciation Mrs. Wedderly The audacity of our cook! Sbt told me this morn ing that she didn't want me fussing around the kitchen. Wedderly Guess I'll go right down and interview her. Mrs. Wedderly Are you goisg to discharge her? Wedderly -I should say not, I'm going to raise her wages. XniEPEirEircXi