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About West side enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 1904-1908 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1906)
TWICE A WEEK Side WEST KNTERP RISE THIKTKKNTH YKAU. INIHirKSDKXCK.l'OLK COUNTY, OKKfJON, AUGUST 31 19C0. POLK COUNTY BANTS MONMOUTH, - OREGON. PAID CAPITAL $30,000.00 Trammels a Koiral banking bulie-.. 1PhII received, I-on nmilf, Draft M. Careful ami court.-. attention given all aernunt. Orrll'KHH NI IHRKlTOK J. II. lUwIity, pm., I. U Campbell, Vice Pre., Ira C. rowell, tW.ler J. H. V. Hutlor, K. A. Powell. J. H. Flump, J- A. Wltl.row, ' I. M. H1iiioij. THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK OAPITALSTOOK, $50,000.00. H HIRPIIBKRU, iTMidont. A It It AM JJKION, Vice JVeililen O. W.IRVINE, CaahleN DIRECTORS. H. lhrg,T)".Tv.lw.r. D. F. 8uilth, J. K. Rhode and A. Nelwon, A reneral bunking and eifihange buslne transacted. Loans made. Bill tlroanfed LC Tclal credit, granted. Depo.lt. receifed on current account abject to cbeck. tittle Palace fiotel Independence f. W. Crcanor, Proprietor Carefully Supplied DWcs. Special flmtic lo Commercial Crade. J UNDERTAKING Day or Night Calls Promptly attend ed to. Fine Parlor In Connection. An Eiperlenced Lady Aealetant. Plwi, mala 273 R. 7 W. L. HICK, Kmbalmer and Funeral Director. Licensed by Oregon State Board of Health. INDEPENDENCE! BICE CdLDREdTil OREGON 44444 THE 1IRLIE STORE Largest Country Store in Polk County ummw am. ' , . r-s rTnr POrULAn rmutu oiunt 444444 W44444 444444 444444 44444-tf 444444 44444 444444 444444 444444 444444 44441 4444441 GENERAL MERCHANDISE Dry Goods and Groceries, Men's and Boys Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hardware and a general line of merchandise country produce:handled Butter, Egg, Poultry, Wool, Mohair and Farm Produce Generally Bought. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT Simpson Bros. flirlie, Ore. 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 2Vo. 293 Independence, Oregon W.R ALLIED. D S. Tonsorial Mrtists ...Dentist... Malm Extraction Cooper Buildlag, Iadepeadenoe, i Oregoa B. T. HENKLK, Barber Shop. MAIM 8TRE1T, One door otk of Tost'OffiW Flo Bathi iri eoanectionlwith she? ISBSPSNDKHCK,- . . OrEM5 Hext door to Little Palace Hotel Sharp Razors, Prompt Service. BOOT BLACK IN COWNiCTION. W. G. ISHARMAN Merchant Tailor Bask Building, Indemkdence, 0M NO MARSHAL YET Tuesday Mghi's Council BIcet log Willi Ouorum Present Proved !o be Fiasco Cecord of Mayor In Relation lo Polic ing he Town Since He Was In ducted loin ClIL'C The council held a meeting In the city hall Tuemlay night. Pres ent. Mayor Paddock, Ceunolrnen, Huston, Hubbard, Hanna, Sperl ing Mayor Paddock presented the oame of H. J. Taylor as fan choice to fill the vacancy in the marshal' oflice. Councilman Hubbard moved that the appointment be confirmed. Mayor Paddock, with out wailing for second to the motion, anJ without giving aoy member an opportunity to ray a word on his appointment, proceed ed to call the roll for a vote. Councilman Huston rose to a point of order. Then an agu ment ensued and it was not until some time bad been spent in wrangling that the Mayor admitted that the point of order was well taken. Then there was a wait for a second to Councilman Hubbard's motion. No one rose to second the motion for confirmation of the Mayor's appointment. Council man Hubbard withdrew from the meeting. No quorum left, the rent adjourned. Thus ended the fiasco. Mayor Paddock has brought much criticism upon himself in the matter of keeping the town marshaled since he assumed the oflice of Mayor. His appointment of A. S. Newton caused dissension. His discharge of Newton caused more. Avery Murphy appointed to succeed Newton was dissatisfied under Paddock's administration and resigned. Mr. Murphy, giving due consideration to the interests of the town, gave notice in advance of his intention to resign. The dy for the resignation came and passed and no action was taken by the mayor, leaving the town wholly without police protection. Criti cism became so acute that R. J. Taylor was named temporarily but without assurance of perma nence. A. J. Tupper, and Taylor circulated petitions and obtained endorsements for the place. The mayor declined to act and Tupper withdrew his application. Taylor being tho only one left the mayor nominated him Tuesday night but the way the matter came up arous ed the suspicions of the council men and Taylor's name was with drawn, leaving the town practically without a marshal. He has since been named temporarily again, but is under no bonds and at least one councilman avers he will not vote for paying a marshal under such circumstances. The hop picking season is on and there is no necessity nor reasonable excuse for the present situation. Edgar's Business is a Worthy Enterprise Two years ago last June, a man dropped into Independence and started up a machine Bhop. Unassuming and unpretentious, he opened up his shop on C Btreet, attracting at first very little at tention. As the public found their way into his modest quarters it was discovered that the equipment was that of an up-to-date machinist, in cluding turning lathed vices and all the neceMry toU for cutting and dlling iron and eteel. Thi in bin ict, it developed wan ll. M. Edgar. Mr. P..! r for three er had charge of tlie Haleni Iron Work and left thf re. only becau the irierly which he bad leaeed, was sold. Binre locating here Mr. EJj?ar In proven himelf a first clats machinist and has never fulled to make good in any work rntrUBtrd to him. Hi ability in hit line and courteous treatment to the public, have built up a good trade for ICJjjT'a machine and repair shop, a nl in building up a biiHinei for Mu);lf has been a great accom modation to the people of his town and vicinity. There is nothing from a monkey-wrench to a thr-h-ing mathing he cannot and does not repair. Ilia bhop ha ouie to be headquarters for every one w ith a crippled bicycle, automobile, pen-knife, umbrella, gun, reaper, mower or any kind of machine out of repair. Mr. Edgar is not only a good workman but a genius. The past winter and spring he has put in his spare time working on an automobile and this month has turned out one complete. This is perhaps the first automobile made in Oregon and its a good one. It carries five persons, has a 14-horse power motor and develops a speed of ?0 miles an hour. None of the factory made machines makes the grades with greater ease than the Edgar roadster. When one or two more little appliances are attached it will be put on the road regularly and those wishing an automobile ride can be accommodated by call ing on Edgar the machinist. H. M. Edgar is the kind of man that builds up the town in which he is located and he deserves the appreciation of the people ot this community. A good citizen at tending strictly to his own business and filling a long-felt want by doing the work reeded, he has d.awn people to the town and he is deserving of the patronage of any one having work in his line. HIGH TENSION LINE IS READY Willamette Valley Company is Better Prepared to Serve toe Public with Light and Power ' The Willamette Valley Company has completed its high tension line from Dallas to Monmouth and In dependence. A line of first class poles has been put up and strung with new wires. , The current now being used by Independence and Monmouth is generated at Dallas. The motor formerly used at Independence has been removed to Dallas for tem porary use. The big plant at the latter place is very nearly com plete. Local Manager E. W. Kearns states that within a few weeks they will be able to handle all the power and lighting to be had in or around Independence aud Monmouth. The rates, he states, will be so reasonable, in fact so very low that any consumer of power can afford to use no other than an electric motor. The light company, says Man ager Kearns, anticipates that the citv of Independence will increase its number of fire hydrants. Pipe has already been ordered and re ceived to replace all the water mains'of the city that are not in good condition. By the time mains are put in first class condition, it is expected to have the big electric pctwer pumps installed for protec tion against fire. The city council has not yet acted on the proposition submitted to that body, offering to install ten additional fire hydrants, making a total of 21 at $4 per,, month each, and also ten, at $7 per month each, arc lights to be the standard 1200 candle power. OPENED THE SAFE The Store of S. H. Daniels; at Monmoulli Burglarized Last Tuesday Night Hole Drilled la Sate Before Burglar, Discovered it fas M locked. The Loss Was Small i The store of 8. M. Daniels at Monmouth was entered Monday; night and a small amount of c.h and some papers were atolen. The burglar was a pafe-cracker but was a victim of love's labor lost in this case He drilled a hole in the safe and was ready to apply the ex plosives when the door was dicov-j ered to be unlocked. It is Mr. Daniels' custom to clone his eafe door and turn the bolt, which nerves as protection in case of fire, but he does not lock. Being next door to the bank it is not necessary to keep money in the safe though on this occasion Mrs. Daniels had deposited a box containing 120 and some jewelry. This the burglar got and also some papers of Mr. Daniels. Entrance was made through the rear of the Btore and in leaving the burglar passed in the rear of the bank and blacksmith shop. At the latter place he left a little wooden till taken from the safe. The iron till, alto taken, has not Deen found. His work done, the burglar came direct to Indepen dence. Mr. Daniels tracked him in, the dust Tuesday morning as far aa the Butler place. About 4 o'clock the same mernihg a man was seen passing Hastings, coming into town from the direc tion of Monmouth. Shortly after that time the dogs at W. W. Per cival's residence tlew out as if dis turbed by a passerby. BAILEY GETS J. E. KifiKLM 'ring at the Halnu Fair !rt!nd Arnnrg IfHwe in hi charge wi!l !i Vinny Mann, Oyam and other. Ai'l from hi ti!tlitk-tm!t i a hrein'i, J. K. KlrkUnd i a man of ninv fine qualiti an. I universal regret will he felt In In dependence over the hi r him and hi etimah! wif. J. E. Kirk land it ll. ot;l of honor and generous to a fault. Hegardh"1 of consequences to himMf, he il'itl honently with hi fellowmen. and it is faf to predict hi employer will conn wonder hy lie had not secured his eervics sooner. Mrs. Kirklatid will remain in Independence until the hordes (j into winter quarters which will likely he Vancouver or Lewielon, Ida., and then she will join her husband. Independence Driving Clvb Loses One of Its Best Members, Who Goes to the state's Capital J. E. Kirkland, the Indepen dence horse-trainer, has accepted a position as trainer for S. S. Bailey, the millionaire race horse admirer of Seattle. This will necessitate Trainer Kirkland giving up his string of horses at the Independence Driving Club's track. Fortunately, how ever, Rupert P. Dickinson, who has worked alongside of Mr. Kirk land for a number of years, is here and Kirkland's horses will be turned over to Mr. Dickinson. R. P. Dickinson is very careful with a horse and has proven a good devel oper. As evidence of the confi dence Trainer Kirkland has in him, he has left his mare, Hanna, to be trained by Dickinson. While the Club and people gen erally regret the loss of Mr. Kirk land, all congratulate him in secur ing the position of responsibility for so yaluable a string of horses as those of Mr. Bailey. The latter, too, is very fortunate in securing the services of eo competent a trainer as J. E. Kirkland. Mr. Kirkland is one of the few that can develop a horse and then put him through the excitement of rac ing, successfully. If he has a peer, he has no superior, as a horse triner in the Northwest. In all his experience, J. E. Kirkland has not failed in the development of a horse .entrusted to his oare. He will succeed Mr. Lindsey, the vet eran trainer for Mr. Bailey, and will at once take charge of his Miss Squire Discusses Fashions and Shapes Miss Pearl Squire, the milliner returned Tuesday from Portland where she spent several weeks in butler & Bchutze and Lowengart wholesale millinery establishments. Miss Squire has ordered a large stock of fall millinery which is now arriving and in a few days her ' store and windows will be abloom with the latest triumphs known to millinery art. For taste in selection and skill in making up ladies' bate, Mies Squire ranks among the best. "Buckrum frames will play an important part thia season," says Miss Squire, "mainly on account of this being a strong velvet season. The larger hats promise to be especially good, same calling for Ostrich plumes to v produce the ever pleasing effect that a picture hat has. Coque feathers are rapid ly coming in, and promise to b very strong. Wings and quills are much in demand as are ribbons, pon-pons, birds, aigrettes, ostrich plumes and large ornaments, such as buckles and barettes. All trim mings in the feather line have a strong tendency to the sweeping effect. Plaids, both in silks and ribbons, are very strong, also plaid buckles to harmonize with the colorings in hats. Velvets, princi pally black, black and white, white and black, the three Dahlia shades, and bottle green lead, followed closely by brown. Braids are not used to any great extent except narrow silk braid in solid colors or plaid effects, and used only as finishings or trimmings, and not made up in solid braid hats as in past seasons. For fall walking hats, white, pearl, champagne and ca6tors prevail." Little did Vesta Tilia think when she carelessly placed a sailor on her head wrong end in iront that she was establishing a fashion in the shape of hats, but she did, and the Vesta Tilla shape will be very popular this season. Another shape that will be much in evidence is the snug fitting Peter Pan. Revival Services in Krebs' Hop Yard Revival services in a hop yard is one of the things that people will see who visit Independence during hoppicking says the Oregoman. Two ministers have answered the invitation of Krebs Bros, to con duct religious services on their great Polk county yard during hop picking. They are Rev. D. B. Ells worth and Rev. W. S. Hoffman. These ministers are evangelists who are now conducting a revival meeting at Aurora. Rev. Ellsworth is by denomination a Methodist and Rev. Hoffman is a Baptist. The Sunday services at the Krebs ranch will be held at 10:30 A. M., 2 P. M. and 7 P. M Week days there will be services from 7 to 8 P. M. The meetings will be held in the open air unless the weather is bad. when the big hall will be used. It is estimated that the evangelists will be able to reach 4000 people every Sunday at the hopyard services.