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About West side enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 1904-1908 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1906)
'I If i , ta TWICE A WEEK V V JU JL JJLJLS M 4 THIKTKKNTH YKAK. iNi)i:ri:NDi:Nci:, roue county, omwon, si:iti:mih:r 4, 1000. NUMBKl. no POLK COUNTY BANK MONMOUTH, - ORHOON. PAID CAPITAL $30,000.00 TrninrU a general tanking tMi.lne. IVpn-lte received, Loans marie, Drafts al1. Careful and ei.urt.-oim attention given all accounta. Orru-KHS asu DiRKcroMi J. II. Jlnwley, I'ree., r. li. Campbell, Vice rre., Ira Powell, ("a-bler J. Ji. V. Hutler, F. ei. Powell, J. H Hump, J. A. Wlthrow, I. M. Himpwiu. THE INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK II BTOOK, $50,000.00. 1IIRB1IISKRG, President. AHKAM NKI.H0N, Vice Frealdeo C. W.1KVINE, Cnalrier Bmith, J. E. firolee and DIRECTORS. H. llirK-lilerg, V. W. heara, It. F. A. Nelson. A f eneral banking nd exchange bnalneaa transacted. Loans made. Bllli dlaoonnud. Commercial credits granted. Deposits received on current noooanl abject to chock. Eitile Palace Roiel T. m. Creauor, Proprietor RACING JVENTS Two Harness Races, h Run nlng Race and Pony Race Pulled Off Salurday Hanna, Lady Malcolm, and II up Yard Queen Were Winners. Serious Accident Narrowly Averted j J record of Willamette VaKey j rojle! naa the i I'owmg ronct ruing Mattison: "ARf.IV ARRIVES;; hi Portland ("omtnerfia! ve Issued the call, mhu It widely published bv the "Among the many fnrmrre of, in h Parlfio nrthet. Polk count who bare won rich Many of (he leading enrntnen itl rrtarDafruHilUM.il through cuImHOD FIGIuS ni l CG IflVaCCU aires.! r hire signified ll.eir I Carefully SuppiM Dtlei. Special Jlitcmio to Coiaaiercia! trade. I o UNDER TAKING Day or Night Calls Promptly attend ed to. Fine Parlor in Connection. An Experienced Lady Assistant. Pficae, mam 27 J R.7 W. Im BICE, Enibalmer and Funeral Director. Licenced by Oregon Btate Board of Health. INDEPENPKNCB BICE 6r ZAL3KUm OREGON rHvvH 'v4v 444444 THE fllRLIE STORE Largest Country Store in Polk County POPULAR PRICED STORE 4vvv 4vvvv-H 1444444 444444 444444 444444 444444 444444 444444 44444 4444 44J 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 Simpson Bros. Jfirlie, 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 Ifo. 293 Independence, Oregon W.R ALLIN.D.D S. ...Dentist... males Extraction Independence, Cooper Building, Oregon B. T. HENKL.E, BarberShop. MAIN BTKKBT, One door seutk of Posi Office. Fln Baths in coaneotioajwith shsp iNDBrKSDEHCE, ObISOb Tonsorial Artists--" KUTCHfi"TilTL2R Kaxt door to Little Palace Hotel Sharp Bazars, Prompt Bervlce. BOOT BLACK IN CQUHICTION. W. G. ISHARMAN Merchant Tailor Baak Building, . Insepxkbenck, 0E 1 wo harneii race?, one running race ami a pony rare were pullei off at the truck of the Indejtend ence Driving Club Saturday after noon. Notwithxlanding '-at and duxt, quite a number turned out to witness the events. The first event was the Club bar nes race with Hanna, driven by Dickinson, Binger Hermann, by Gilpin, and tiusalene, by Kirkland The race was taken by Hanna in three straight heats, 1:191:21 1:201. Hermann was second esch beat. The balf mils dash was sand wiched between the harness races. The entries were McLaughlin's Hop Yard Queen, Perciral's Cbita and Patton'e Paddy Ryan. Mr. Patton was dissatisfied in getting the outside in starting and it re suited in his ordering Jockey Mor gan to take the horse off the track Jockey Morgan obeyed and the judges after ruled that Paddy Ryan was withdrawn. Of course the Hop Yard Queen, with bop pickers obming in by the thousands from every direction and bops 20 cents and up, won. She took the lead from the start and kept it to the finish. Time 52J. ' "" The starters in the second bar ness race were Lady Malcolm, owned by Dickinson; Lady B, owned by ; Apache, by Clark Hembree; Maud S by E. M Turner. Lady Malcolm won in two straight heats; time 1:45 and 1:36. Lady B won second and Maud S third. The pony race..furnished amuBe- ment. It was a quarter mile Jash with six Btarters. Three went off the track at the first turn. Maud S ridden by Staats and George Jones' Bunch Grass, ridden by South, came down the stretch neck and neck. South won by a neck and after passing nnder the wire the horses came together, South's mount lalline and was cleared in a 'iumo by Staats on Maud S. Rider South received injuries but not perious. The judges for the races were Dr. Geo. A. Johnson, C. W. Black and Ed Richmond; time-keeper, R. D. Cooper; clerk, O. D. Byera. George Jones and Clyde Flukes acted as marshals; Dave Dove, gate-keeper. CHAS. A. MATT1SDW EXPIRES Independence Loses Councilman and One of Her Foremost Citizens. Was an Elk and Odd Fellow The cordial smile and friendly hand-clasp of Charles Mattison will be seen nor felt no more by his many friends of Independence. After two and a half months' ill ness he passed away at his home in this place at 2:30 P. M. Sunday. Independence had no more honor able or stable citizen than Charles Mattison. He was a man of kind ly and bympathetio nature, of pub lic sptrit, good business qualifica tions. At the time of his death he was a member of the city council and his judgment was always de ferred to as good by his associate. He was importuned to accept the mayoralty at last election but de clined the offer. tiiaiion of ho is (.'barle Matti on, who was born in 0wTfi, N Y., June 7, lXjtf. Heans the on of laaao ami grandnou of Alfred Mattieon, bolli of New York. Uenreil among the jroi(ri-Miive cn diliona of New York ttate, it vrm the privilege of Chirks MaUion tu Htteixi the public i liooU there by gaining a good foundation fur Uto building of )' future )Un. Accompanying hi father' faintly to Michigan in lSt,', he entered the luiiiljeriup. CHinpg of that Mate the ldlluiiig ye.ir where he worked for wages until 187-i. at that time becoming i rite reeled in agricultural pursuim. This latter bubinejH he continued in until 18"0 in the lame state, out with the prospect which the west afforded for an am bilious farmer, he made the trip to Oregon, and here, with the exercite of bin usual good judgment be se lected for his purchase a farm of 140 acres, in Marion county, op posite Independence. Upon this farm he remained until the fall of 1902 He then purchased property in Independence and has since lived here. In Michigan occurred tke marriage of Mr. Mattison to Miss Elnora Wilson. The marriage has been blessed by the birth of five children, of whom Lovina, the eldest, is the wife of W. W. Perry. The remaining four, Jessie, Wil liam J., Grover and Bertha, being still at the family borne. Mr. Mattison was also a member of the Salem lodge of Elks, an order he joined a year ago. He leaves four living brothers, Lant and Henry of Independence, William of Astoria, and Richard of Dallas. The funeral will take place from the Odd Fellows hall today. Bur ial in Odd Kellows cemetery. by Thousands cf Merry Pickers This Week intention of reridini dleafM anl lo ail in every way pib!e with the work. The call rnyr; uTh jpnrpo of this fathering It to j bring together t!i representative jmen of the inot proejierou ec!;rn English Crop Dues Xof Promise ncllj ,f th" l'nU"! "pr ft .thorough mnaultatitn, unite upon Mich Milfcns fhe Market. C. 'a plan to ndorti th actual re- I sources, and not to eiplot' th 1 peculiar advantage of any of th , cities. Kverv city and town In th ' four states is equally interested in J fecuring the home builder, for it i on. through iricre:wd population tthAf Wttmii iloi'pt.m t 1i..ma f pfirtMii.t. tmmil ttrlrwrfrtnr nL sr. f. tl.a l.tr.1 A..1.I. I 1 I... I iiciuf amu ijuuureuK a every i train at the Independence staticn. A. FcLanohlln's ConfraJ. All roails lead to Independent- The hop picking reason in here. All road are literallf atrevrn with I BOLD BURGLARS OPERATING Two Stores and Pallroad station Are Entered by Burglars at Mon . moutn. Get Small Booty Two more burglaries were com mitted in Monmouth Thursday night following the robbery of S. M. Daniel's safe on Tuesday night of last week. On Thursday night T. A. Riggs' grocery store, next door to Daniel's, was entered as was the Southern Pacific Station. Entrance was gained to Riggs' store through tbe rear door. A hole was bored through near the ook, giving the intruder an open ing for raising the bolt so that the door opened. Nothing of any value has been missed from the store. The railway station was entered by prying open the doors to tbe freight room. Chisels were used to pry open the door. No great loss was sustained at the station, tbe only booty the robber got being some small change left in the day till. Some Monmouth people incline to believe that Thursday night's depredations were committed by local parties and possibly Tuesday night's. There is as yet, no defi nite clue. The norlhhounJ Southern Pacific watj an hour aud a half late yeter day as a result of the congestion of travel incident to the movement toward the hop fields. Hundreds of pickers were brought from Al bauy, CorvaMis and the Yaquina Bay country. The regular morning train from Portland was also a half hour late bringing another installment of hop pickers. At three o'clock in the afternoon a special of eight coaches besides a string of baggage cars arrived from Portland, loaded to the guard rails with pickers and baggage. There were busy scenes around the Independence station all day yesterday. The special train con veyed pickers for the Krebs yard and also some for the Fitchard & Wolfe and the McLaughlin yard. Teams were in waiting at the sta tion and the dispatch with which pickers and baggage were trans ferred from the cars to w agons and were moving toward the hop fields was incredible. All tbe families slept in their tents at the various hop yards last night. The influx continues today. Picking began in Shafer & Reuf s yard yesterday, A few yards will set their pickers to work tomorrow and others will start later in the one resources. " The railroads will grant low- rates to all delegate. One line of work for the convention will be to take steps to induce the legislature for the four states interested to make appropriations for advertis ing the northwest. Mary, Also. Mary, on ber pretty arm, Found a little flea; Every time she grabbed at it, It would 23. Fido saw ber acting up, And the cause he knew; Fido smiled and said : "Ah ha Mary's got 'em, tool" Charley McLaughlin is wearing that "smile that wont rub off' since Hop Yard Queen came under The portrait and biographical I the wire first. - The last contract made in the Independence district was that of C. A. McLaughlin agreeing to de liver to Lacbmund & Pincus 100, 000 pounds at 20 cents. H. Hirschberg is in receipt of the following letter from the Le Mays of London, which reveals the con dition of the English crop: "The English hop crop can. now be safely estimated not to exceed that of 1904, say 230,000 cwts. The continent of Europe will not produce more than half of last year's crop, consequently this will be the best market for your hops. If you decide to ship them to us, you may Tely upon us doing the very best for your interest. The shortage will be proved by the time your hops could reach here, so that buyers will then be eagerly looking around for fresh supplies. We ex pect prices will open at 6 to 8 pounds per cwt., and advance as the season goes on." Thomas J. Kewtill Miss Leooa Hopper At high noon yesterday. Dr. E. J. Thompson said the words thai made Prof. T. J. Newbill and MUs Leona Hopper husband and wife-. The ceremony took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Paddock, which has been tbe homo of the bride since girlhood. Only immediate friends of the contract ing parties were present. Though there was no attempt at display, everything had been appropriately arranged in advance by Mrs Pad dock and was a beautiful home wedding. Little Dorothy Paddock carried the wedding ring and an elegant wedding luncheon was served. Tbe bride and groom left by the afternoon train for Portland and will go thence to Victoria, B. C. on a brief bridal tour. Returning to Portland Prof. Newbill will re sdine his work as principal of the Woodlawn school. The bride is a lady of sweet disposition and uni versally liked and will be missed in Independence which has been her home since a school girl. The groom too, is a Polk county pro duct, and until called away to Portland last year stood at the head of the teaching profession in Polk county. For four years he was principal of the Independence schools. The best wishes of the people of ' Polk county go with Prof and Mrs. Newbill. Spokane Convention Meets This Month Spokane, Wash., Sept. 3. One of the most important movements ever started in the Pacific north west is the convention which has been called to meet in Spokane, Sept. 25, during the Spokane Inter state fair, to which all tbe commer cial bodies in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana have been in vited to send delegates. G. B. Den nis, chairman of the publicity com mittee of the Chamber of. Com merce, and Theodore B. Wilcox, chairman of tbe executive commit- CALVAKr Earl Burch has returned to Portland. Mr. and Mrs. G. I. Davidson of Portland visited friends here Mon day and Tuesday. Mrs. Wm. Fuqua and daughter, Velena, have returned from Ya quina Bay. Mrs. Hattie Dickinson has come home after two weeks' visit with her mother, Mrs. Sam Goff. E. Davidson was in Dallas Thursday. Mies Carrie Evans is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. Smith, in Linn coun ty. Mrs. Isaac McElmurry is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Compton. Mr. and Mrs. James Tedrow and son, Albert, of. Corvallis have moved down to their bop yard until picking is ever. James Helmick and family havs returned from a three weeks out ing at Fish Lake. Will Scott and family have gone to tbe Belknap springs for tbe bene fit of Mr. Scott's health, who is suffering with rheumatism. Mrs. Ellen Johnson of The Dalles is visiting at the home of Mrs. J. O. Davidson.