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POLK COUNTY BANK
MONMOUTH, - OREGON.
PAID CAPITAL $30,000.00
Tranaaots a genual Unking business. IV,lt. revived, Loan,
made, Draft. .ld. Cartful and court., atl.nllou g! all account..
Orleans and Piri.ctobs
J. H. HawWy, fre4., I. L. Crural, Vie. Fre... Ira C. Powell, Caahler
J. B. V. IlutUr, F, H. Powell, J. B. Htump, J. A. Withrow,
I. M. Hltuou.
THE. IN DEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK
OJSJFJTJi.lL BTOOK, S50.000.00.
B IIIRRHBEUC1, ftasMenU " ABRAM KKLSON, Vic TMu
0. W.IRVINE, Cnhler.
DIRECTORS. H. llirschtarg, dTwT.m, B. F. Broith, J. E. Rhode, and
A. Nelaon.
A nrl Uaklai nd eiehanf e bu.lne.ii transacted. 'Loans mad.. Bills
.1.; C "'..I cAdit. ranted. Depo.it. receifed on cnrreut ooont
Object to check.
OHlc Palace Rote!
TnJepcnicnce
T. W. CrtMtr, Prcprlcter
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Day or Nigat Calls Promptly atUad
edto. Fine Parlor In Connection.
An Experienced Lady Assistant.
PDoe, Rlila ill K. 7
W. L. BICE, firnbalmer and Funeral Director.
Licensed by Oregon Btat Board of Htralth.
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Largest Country Store in Polk County
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Dry Goodi and Groceries, Men's and Boys Clothing,
Boots, Shoes, Hardware and a general line of merchandise
COUNTRY PRODUCE HANDLED
Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Wool, Mobair and Farm Produce
Generally Bought.
OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT
Simpson Bros,
Jsirlle, Ore.
Hunters With Guns and High
Bred Dogs are Afield Bin
ning Ou! Pheasants
Game Warden sod Deputies Siallonci
Tbrouflhout Valley to rrcvent
Illegal Slaughter ol Birds
LIVERY, FEED AND BOARDING STABLE
I. W. DICKINSON, Prop.
Good Rigs for Commercial Men a Specialty.
Good accommodations. Horses well fed. tine
rigs. Horses boarded by day, week or month.
Yeiterday was th first day of
the open season for Chinese pheas
ants. The bang of guns and whir
of pheaaant wings hare filled the
air in the Willamette valley since
the opening hour. Since the latter
part of la.t week hunters with dogs
and guns have been pouring out of
Portland and stationing themselves
at different points in the valley to
await the hour when they might
legally begin the slaughter of birds.
It is principally people from the
city that carry on the work of ex
termination. The rothless way in
which tbey go after the balf-tanie
birds with their unleashed high
bred docs often attracts the atten
tion of humanitarians. In many
instances great damage is done in
frightening stock.
The Chinese or Mongolian pheas
ant, sometimes called the Denny
pheasant, was imported to Oregon
from China in 1880 by United
States Consul 0. N. Denny, then
stationed at Tien Tsin. Mr. Dsnny
recognixing the value of the Mon
golian pheasant as a game bird,
shipped fifty pheasants to his
brother John Denny. Owing to
the lack of proper care in transit
across the Pacific ocean, only 2b ol
the pheasants arrived alive. These
birds were turned loose by John
Denny on his farm near Peterson's
Butte on March 17, 1880, St. Pat
rick's day.
From the beginning the birds
seemed to thrive, and increased
rapidly. Hunters, however, soon
caused a swift decrease in the num
ber, and in 1885 the legislature
passed a protective measare, pro
hibiting anyone killing the birds
for fiye years. In 1891 the legisla
ture declared a short open season,
and since then from time to time
the season has been lenthened and
decreased according to the supply
of birds. The limit too has been
ohanged at various times. For a
time it was permissible to kill
tnrentv birds in one dav. but this
soon caused the pheasants to be
come scarce, and now the limit by
law ia but teu birds a day. The
sport has now come to be recognized
as the beet to be had anywhere in
the world, and hunters come frem
far distances to engage in hunting
for Chineee pheasants.
There will not be much illegal
hunting this year. Game wardens
and their deDuties are stationed
throughout the counties where the
hirrU nr hunted for inoftt and will
watch for those with no license.
It is permissible for a manor any
member of his family to hunt on
his own land without license.
Telephone 2fo. 893
Independence, Oregon
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W.R ALLIED. D S.
...Dentist..,
IMla Sxtnotlaa
Xadepeadeaoe,
CMir Balllg,
Oregoa
E. T. HENKUS,
Barber Shop.
I1AIM STBEET,
One deor soutk of PesHOIBot.
FIn laths in enectie;witk hep
Tonsorial Artists-
switch ar rarim
Xaxt deor te Little Palace Hotel
Sharp Baser, Prompt Service.
BOOT BLACK IX COIf HBCTIOW .
W. G. ISHABMAN!
Merchant Tailor
BaakBailding,
Imhwrbsk, Own
Oregon Heavy Exporter
of Lumber and Grain
Of thu quantity '
0 port tilling
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n.rii iii Anlrlhi r-ilx-rla ami
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iCMuia. tMnee lh Timl ol the yw
Portland Im hipped 175,37:.3I
f. l of lumWer, 91,017,941 f"t of
this having gone tocMtwie iirti
and th remainder or 84,?.l,CS:l
fret foreign. This i the biggest
record ever attained In the L'utorr
of this port and is within a few
million foet of eqaalling Urn entire
output of lait year, which wae the
banner year of the port. The fact
that there are three months yet to
run on gos to show conclusively
at this time tlat the year lOOti will
by far close with the biggest lumber
shipments ever made from local
mills. The figures here do not in
clude shipaients made from mills
on the lower river, whenca enor
mous quantities of lumber and rail
road ties have been eel afloat in the
pant five or six months.
Towns on Coast of Oulf of
Mexico Dcvaslcd by a
Terrible Hurricane
sy that not s long ago we tial oc
rssion to btSeivu that It wan vry
near the center, anJ we are utl
quite sure about it yet. Auiity
Enterprise.
Horses end Hufcs Costly.
TK orain aliinmflntn tar the
month make a good showing, close
to 50,000 bushels having been dis
patched from Portland docks since
the first of September. Large
quantities were also sent to Sao
Francisco on the Harriman liners,
so that all told at least COO.OOO
bushels were shipped by waUr.
The flour shipments were also
hevy, the largest shipment for ths
month having been made on the
Portland-Asiatio liner Arabia,
which leaves down this afternoon,
the flour stowed away beneath her
hatches being valued at $219,056.
Hcier Davenport
i Importing Horses,
Lumber, breadstuffs and general
merchandise to the value of more
than $1,000,000 wai shipped by
wni frnm Portland durinn the
east month, according to the rec
erds in th office of the oollector of same period in 1905,
country adjacent to this eity.
The lumber shipments were par'
Washington. 8t. 21 DiHl-
Kondrcds cf reople Lose Their Livcs'culty eriemd by the
and KiiHons cl Dollars Wortn
el Property Is Destroyed
Silverton, Or., Sept. 24 T. W.
Davennort is in receipt of a letter
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from his son, Homer C. Davenport,
which was mailed at Arabia as he
was about ready to start home
with 21 head of full blood Arabian
horses. He has seoured the horses
he went after and has met with
the most kindly treatment from
the citizens of that country. Until
this attempt exportation ot mares
from that country has been abso
lutely prohibited, and his suocees
in the recent undertaking is th re
nil nf a letter of introduction to
the sheik of that country from
President Roosevelt. The head
sheik took a great liking to Homer
He temporarily adopted Mr. Dav
enport into his tribe and not only
allowed him to purchase such ani
mals as he wanted, but made him
a present of a beautiful horse.
Girl Injured by Train.
Hillsboro, Sept. 25. The Forest
Grove local passenger train on the
Southern Pacific on its last trip
Saturday night reached here with
a large number of passengers, but
before all had time to alight the
train was started. Emily Young,
a girl of about 18, was thrown vio
lently to the ground. Th train
went on for about half a mile, and
the passengers who were unable to
aretoffatthe station, protested to
the conductor who returned with
his train.
Colonists are pouring into Ore
con over the Harrimaa lines at the
average rate of 100 a day. This is
shown in a statement issued by the
passenger department to the effect
that from August 31 to September
15 there were 1411 colonists brought
into the state who located at vari
ous points. A comparison bring s
out the fact that the travel this
year is twice as heavy at for the
It is assert
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 20. Between
75 and 100 Hvps lost, fully two
score vesaels driven aihore or
wrecked in various parts of th
Gulf of Mexico, damage amounting
to $4,500,000 in the city of Mobile,
and to Bullions more at outside
points, is the record of tbe storm
which swept Mobile Wednesday
and Wednesday night. No accur
ate estimate of the casualties can
be made as yet, and it is doubtful
if exsct figures will be known for a
week or more. Grave apprehen
sion exists regardiog Gulfport and
Biloxi, where it is believed many
lives have been lost. Reports from
those places are meager and unsat
isfactory. It is declared by the lo
cal municipal officials that no lives
have been lost in Mobile, but that
all of the deaths have occurred
within a radius of 50 miles of her.
Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 28. The
worst hurricane to visit this city in
history raged here furiously all
last night, this morning and today,
with a gale still blowing. The city
presents a wrecked appearance and
the damage is estimated at $5,000,-
000. The loss of life will be heavy
among the mariners, but thus far
only one body has been recovered,
that of George Morgan, a fisher
man. Other bodies are reported
along the shore, but have not been
recoyered.
Mobile. Ala., Sept. 29 (later)
One hundred dead is the estimate
of the loss of life in Mobile and
vicinity by the recent storm, and
$10,000,000 Iosb in property. The
wires are still down from neighbor
ing places, but tales of disaster are
constantly reaching this city.
Whole towns were wiped out and
many vessels wrecked and their
crews lost, liuiiport is reporiea
washed away, the loss including
the famous Gulfport hotel, haying
200 rooms overlooking the sea.
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 30. Tbe
number of casualties in the great
storm of last Wednesday is slowly
increasing, as messages arrive from
places which have heretofore been
inaccessible. The total last night
nf thn known dead was 75. This
number was brought up to a cer
tainty of 79, and a possibility ot
102, by the reperts which reached
Mobile during the night and early
day.
Younehub And you made these
biscuits without aay assistance?
Mra. Yo un eh u b Yes. dear
YouDghub But you must have
had Borne one help you lift them
out oLtbe oven.
Yamhill Connty
Would Butt In.
customs and of this the greater ed by the passenger officials mat
bulk was drawn directly from the the business it Being aaaea to ai
ly, and by the time the special
rates expire, October 31, Oregon
;i., l. w Wh for foreicrn and will have received the heaviest in
coastwise porta, aggregating a total I flux In the history f special rates.
roent in obtaining horses and
wuleu. Even at high prices. gnl
cavalry horses are scarce, and
nearly impossible to procure. The
scarcity extends throughout the
country. A few weeks ago a con
tractor in the state of Washington
was awarded a contract to supply
500 cavalry horees for the army at
his bid of a head. Thus far he
has been unable to fill the contract,
and may be financially ruined in
his efforts to do so.
Mules are even higher than
horses. Good mules are worth
about $180 a head, and are difficult
to gel at that price on account of
the great foreign demand.
Hops ere Earned.
Corvallis, Sept. 28 The hop
house and its entire contents of
28.000 pounds of dried hops, on the
old Jerry Henkle yard near Philo
math, burned to th ground about
5:30 o'clock Thursday morning.
Th loss is on Alford & Rujt, who
had the yard leased this year.
Picking would have been com
pleted in about four dayt. The
fire was cauoed by some of th
bricks caving in in the back of the
furnace.
It Costs film $5,059
New York, Sept. 28 Jean Bap-
tiste Martin, proprietor of the Cafe
Martin, mad an offer a little over
a year ago of $100 to any of his em
ployes who would marry, and $50
for each of the first children born.
A marriage epidemic ensued. Al
together 32 couples took advantage
of their employer's offer, thus re
ceiving from him $3,200. Reports
of visits of the stork have been
coming in during the last three
months. Most generally only one
youngster came to brighten a home,
but four times there were twins
and in each case of twins $100 was
given to the parents. Altogether,
since the Cupid campaign was in
augurated, 37 $50 bills have been
given out by Martin, making the
expense he has incurred opoa him
self a grand total of 5,050.
Belles ol Palace Hotel .
It is amusing to read about th
Polk County goat in our exchanges.
Recently several carloads of goats
were bought in Yamhill and Polk
Counties for shipment to Washing
ton and Montana, hut the whole
layout was dubbed Polk County
goats because a Polk County man
aoncht and shipped them. The
editor of this paper, however,'
San Francisco, Sept. 29. Buried
in the ruins of the Palace hotel,
battered by debris and blackened
by fire, is a large quantity of silver
ware which i3 being unearthed by
workmen engaged in clearing the
site for the new hostelry. Some cf
it is fairly well preserved. The
rest of it ia being sought by men
who deal in the sale of souvenirs.
Most of the old silver will be
marked ,lPalace" and sent east to
be sold in hotels where the name
of the San Francisco hotel is well
known and where a souvenir of its
ruins will be prized.
Bobby's Joke.
"Pa," said Bobby, as he leaned
over the deck rail, "what kind of a
boat is that out on the lake?"
"That," replied pa, as h raised
his glass, "is a sister ship to the
one w are on."
Bobby watched the big funnels
for awhile and then said:
"Pa, I think that must be a
brother ship."
"Why so, my son?"
"BecauB it smokes so much."
The Portland grain handlers are
on a strike for an increase in payx