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INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1908.
NUMIJER 49
BELIEVE SHE
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Evidence Strong Hiss Wyman
Het Fool Play.
SUSPICION BESTS ON MANLEY
State meut Hade by Coroner and
Undertaker Arc Convinc
ing Documents.
intiinat frienda. The door of the
parlor waa found cIimm-I which ni'iiml
unusual aikI tiling more unusual
waa that the window overlooking the
vermnU which circled the 4villon
waa raised. Suspicion naturally
rests upon Manlry (or tlio ruaaon that
he la iriKii mkhI to have Ixi'ii the only
limn on the prtsini t tht hour of
the evening, ml (or the further
reason that no onn would have been
in that part of the building, aa it waa
uacd aa private ajwrtment by the
Manic) i.
According to the inquest of the
cnro;;"r at incoma mere were no
brunt on the body, Thi statement
of the cane dMa not corryml with
the iii(iiit which waa held over th
remit ins in tin city and which waa
called for n the apparent evidence of
foul play aa sn'n by people here. Ir,
Ketchum, V. h. Uice and the county
coroner all pronounce thai ciroiim
stantial evidence in very strong that
the victim met with foul piny.
HORSE SALE
IS
SUCCESS
Horsemen ot Western Stales
In AttPndance.
agrd that they ahould tch child
ren in the aclioola that alcohol waa
not newiMMiry for ordinary phyairal
life, but to go on and tell them, aa in
ome American achoola, that thr
were morally wrong in drinking a
glsa of w io, and to do to waa taking
poiaon, a Unscientific twaddle and
waa aUilutcly wrong. If that waa
hat they w re going (o I taught,
then lie, fr one, prelrrred to teach
them nothing at all. Physiological
science had taught one thing, that a
man or woman did not want to drink
conventions FORTIUS coast rrt:.' rrr:
A Talk With 1'atron.
Owing to failing health I have I wen
obliged to clone out my market which
I have Uhu conducting in this city
I desire, in retiring from bUMiieiui in
In(linndence, to thank the patron
of the City Meat Market for their
trail? and to rucommend the firm of
C'IihiiiIktI 'in & Iong who will nerve
them well in the future.
GEOKGE KOKNEKK,
Proprietor City Meat Market
Cement Work.
,1 have located in IndciK'ndenre mid
am prepared to do all kinds of cement
work in tlio most approved manner,
such a reservoirs, vaults, engine foun
dations, and sidewalks. All finished
work done by
L. C. WILLIAMS.
WOULD SWELL
SCHOOL FUND
Waa there, foul play in tho death of
Mir Lillian Wyman which occurred
in Tacoma on the 2.rith of April at
Point Defiance tavilliirt? Fueh ia the
belief of the coroner of Polk county
and the undertaker of Indeiendence,
both of whom made examination of
the remains. According to Coroner
Chapman and W. L. Uice, the under
taker who bad charge of the remain
here, and lr. K. L. Ketchtim, who
al.ii made an c -lamination ot ttie
IxmIv, it ia an imKMwihility for a dead
body to recnive and show euch bruises
aa were found on the remain Of ,Mis
Wyman when they arrived in Inde
pendence from Tucoiiift. On the neck
were the apparent murks of finger
print indicating that deadly strug
rl. Imd taken Tilace and that the vie-
tim had been choked to death. Be
tween the eye were knuckle printa a
il n hfiuvv blow had been deaft. The
.....
Tacoma pupcra any that in a few min
after Mitt Wvman a death one 01
the girla went upntair and found the
dead body lying on the IUor, but the
girl, who was an intimate friend of
Min Wyman, iiys that she went up
About an hour after Minn V ymiin had
left the kitchen. She had put on tier In an interview which was printed
jacket and her hat and had one glove jn tni) Oregonian of April 29th,v J.' II.
on and the other in her hand ready to Ackerman, superintendent of public
etep out of the room on her return to Hns'traction goes on record as favoring
her home in the north end ol lacoma I that the Oregon & California land
-when the encounter occurred. The grant, 'if recovered by the United
opinion of Mr. Moueman, ftep-father states Government, should .lie donated
of the dead girl, is that it was an im- to tje state 0 Oregon as an addition
poMsibility for the girl to fall in the t0 tne irreducible school fund,
position in which she was fount! just ' ne will head a movement to have
as it would appear she were ready to tll0 Oregon delegation in congress
leave the room and at the same time Btep8 to j,ftve a grant made as
l)ear the marks on her body as they g0on'osthe land has returned to the
were found when the remains reached ownership of the United States.
Independence. Just a few minutes "No better disposition of the land
before she was laughing and talking couj be made," said Superintendent
with her companions in the best of Ackerman today in discussing his
health under which circumstances it jdea. The land was granted by the
would seem impossible for her to have government to aid the state of Oregon
come to her death and be found in through the building of a railroad,
the position in which she was discov- The government fixed a maximum
ered with the marks which showed on prjce an(i established other restric
the remains when they were exam- tions as to sale of the land.
ined here unless there wore foul play As j am informed, the railroad
in the case. The body was reclining oornpany sold part of the land for
on the floor and the head was resting practically enough money to make up
the total to which it would be en
titled at the maximum rate on the
whole grant. The company has
therefore no further claim to the
land, : especially in view of the fact
that it has refused to carry out the
terms of the grant and aid in the
development of the state. Having
once granted the land, there is no
the government
to retain it. It
could not use the land for the de-
on a pillow on the couch.
Miss Wyman had formed an at
tachment for a sixteen-year-old girl
who washed dishes in the establish
ment and it had been their custom
to always bid each other good-bye
every evening on leaving. On this
evening Miss Wyman had not done so
and the srirl went to see if she were
.fill in the buildimr and on enterine more reason why
v .h. rnim(l fim iinfnrfnna.fp. should now desire
vnune woman in the position as
stated. At the time of evening that velopment of the state to better ad
aiu r.nrA if ia ovirlnnt that, vantage than by turning it over to
IIIO UUliHU v.l.. iv . ,.w.- I -
there were onlv five or . six people the public schools of the state
present. ' Harry K. Manley, who owns
the pavilion in partnership with his
brother and who was absent at the
National Retail Grocers Conven
tion ror 1903 Invited to Con
vene in Portlaod.
A special delegation leave Portland
Monday for Itoston, where the Nation
al Retail (irocers Aiwociution will
convene next Monday, to invite that
Axitociation to hold it l'.MK) sennion
in Portland. Dr. J. Whitcomb
Uroughcr, paetor of the "White Tem
ple", gov to Oklahoma City to attend
linlewa they were doing lutnvy, muiwu
lar work. That amount of berr
would not do any more harm than
tea. A study of the evidence of the
Physical Deterioration Commitwion
ahowed him that tea drinking in the
neighborlirxxl of large towns, where
tea waa aoakod on the hob and given
to children, wan producing deteriora
tion in the very wont form. There
fore, ha would put in a plea for light
heera containing only 2 rx-r cent of
alcohol. (The average lager beer con
tain 3) per cent.) In hi opinion a
meal of cliche and bread and light j
weer waa infinitely more scientific j
than food which the children were
now getting of bread, tea and jam
The teaching in our school on the
w.u uuruit-ri, co.Mcni.u.i gi,ioct should be scientific and not
middle of this month. Kev. U UUam ti)ctum, with d
if: f ti mi i" i:.. 1 r
..rmlkCT....SUvM,,v, The intrnati(,nRi Temperance
10 participate in uie general ossemu.y lContirn. hcW t Antwern some vear
of the Presbyterian church. Portland ! ..... t, ,triinm:tia, .,...
will endorse in the heartiest manner h trained to total alwtinence
the invitation to be extended l.y be- , , . ... , u:..,i.. ii,i
attle for the 1909 convention of this
body,
The commercial club of Walla Wal
hi, Waidiington, has panned resolutions
urging the railroad companies to
grant a one-fare rate for the round
trip, by continuous pamsage, between
points in interior ashington and
Oregon and the seaside resorts of thete
two states. It is understood that the
club also favors a higher rate when
stoi-over privileges are allowed. The
Walla Walla club has requested the
commercial bodies of eastern Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, as well as the
commercial club of Portland, to pass
similar resolutions. It is hoped, that
favorable action may' be taken by all,
as the people of the interior should be
given tho opportunity of visiting the
coast, especially during the summer
months, at the least possible cost.
The Mount Angel commercial club
is the latest affiliation with the Ore
gon development league.
The Sumpter Valley Railroad, com
prising a length of sixty-seven miles
between Baker City and Austin, Ore'
gon, runs tnrougn the sumpter mm
ing belt and is soon to double its
mileage.
is destructive in every lorm except
when used for medicinal purKwes.
Social dance at Rose's hop yard
every two weeks commencing pat-
urday, May 2d. Everybody invited. 521
DORA THORNE
NEXT WEEK
To those who have never read Ber
tha M. Clay's famous novel, the fol
lowing synopsis of the story will prove
interesting, especially as ' "Dora
Thorne" will appear at the Independ
ence opera house one night only, May
13th. This play and book deals with
a beautiful love story in a rural home.
An innocent girl, daughter of a lodge
keeper of an Englishman of high
birth, is loved by the son of the latter.
The match meets with the disfavor
of the young man's father, but despite
the fact that the father informs him
Today ninety-three per cent either to give up the girl or his home
of the freight of this road comes from
timber; though it is not generally
known that Baker City is a lumber
center.
It will be the fifteenth of May
before the new eight-story steel build-
of luxury, he chooses "Dora Thorne"
and marries her. The young girl,
a pure and honest creature, loves th
young man quite as well as he loves
her, but through the efforts of
young sailor, the young couple are
time of the tragedy, was in the bath
room which adjoins the parlor and
which opens out on the same. When
discovered later he was in tho bath
rnnni nrenarinir to shave. It would
not seem possible that he could have "P the Plan of 8ellinS the mature
I a ' 1 S i iL. 1 1 xl 1
been so near and not have heard the
"If the land was so donated to the
state, proper restrictions could be
made to prevent its sale to specula
tors. So much of it as is located on
the headwaters of streams could be
withheld from sale by the state and
made a forest reserve for the conser
vation of water. The state could
fall of the young woman had her death
occurred in the manner ascribed by
the coroner of Tacoma. It is stated
that the girl had a dislike for Mr.
Manley from the first meeting with
him and it is rumored here that Man
ley and the coroner of Tacoma are
timber, and not the land, thereby
protecting the young growth of timber
and preserving the future generations.
"At the same time, the irreducible
school fund, which is now only about
1,000,000 would be practically
doubled. All the children of the state
(Continued on Editorial page)
ing of the Portland Commercial Club separated and made to believe later
will be ready fer occupancy. The that each had been unfaithful to the
club will formally open its new quar- other. This state comes about as the
ters on June 12th, the anniversary "of result of the efforts of Lady Chartaris
the laying of the corner stone. The and the father of the Earl. The
cost oj the building and its furnish- young sailor returns after two years
ines has been $434,000. vovage to find that Dora's favor has
TTntToto rwrrr. h.a Konmo r.no been transferred from him to the
of the most prosperous resorts between yunS nobleman and several compli
the Rocky mountains and the Pa- cations arise from this, which for
,.; .iti ThoinnroptattAnonA fnr awhile take on a serious aspect. The
many months has been one hundred time arrlves wnen nonesiy ana iaun
and thirty.
Last week witnessed the most sue
cesstui sale ot norses ever neia in
Portland. Breeders and buyers from
Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho,
California, and British Columbia were
there, with a liberal sprinkling of
eastern owners. The average was
$2j40 each for every horse sold during makes
one day of the sale.
fulness triumph, and the closing
A . ... IIP
scenes nna everything iavoraoie ior
the young folks.
A Common Mistake.
Many women mistake kidney and
BEES VERSUS TEA.
Dr. Henry Davy, president of the
bladder troubles for some irregularity
peculiar to the sex. Foley's Kidney
Remedy corrects irregularities and
women well. Miss Carrie
Harden, Bowling Green, Ky., writes:
I have suffered much pain from
kidney and bladder trouble until I
started to use Foley's Kidney Remedy
The first bottle gave me great relief,
British Medical Association, speaking and after taking the second bottle I
at a breakfast given by the National
Temperance League, on August 15,
1907, said he had some hesitation in
attending the gathering, not that he
had not the greatest sympathy with
the temperance movement, but be
cause most temperance societies and
a large number of temperance advo
cates talked the most unscientific
twaddle that was ever invented. He
was entirely well. D. Q.Dove."
Mr. John Riha of Vining, Ia., says:
"I have been selling DeWltt's Kidney
and Bladder Pills for about a year and
they give better satisfaction than any
pill I ever sold. There are a dozen
people here who have used them and
they give perfect satisfaction in every
case, x nava asea inem myseit wun
fine results." Sold by Dove & Williams.
FIRST STATE BANK
Independence, Oregon.
C A.PITAL, 825,000
J nKXKKAL 1UXKIXO BUSINESS CONDUCT MI
OrriCKR ADD DlKKCTORi:
W. A. Measiifr. PrM. K. Hofr, Vic.Pr. tl. tl. Patrick, Cash
Win. Rid.J-ll F. N. Btump J. P. Tcgra
vea ng
& JONES
THE REAL
EST ATE MEN
Indpndinc, Or:
Farmers, List Your
Farm and City
Property. Farm
Property is Our
Specialty
Property Now!
We aro going to sell real estate
arid are now in touch with peo
ple in the eant and some who
are now on the ground and
want small farms. They have
the money and are going tu in
vest in Polk countv. v
IF YOU WANT TO SELL,
NOW IS YOUR TIME
Something Nice in
Harness
W hT Slngla and Donbl Cteu, made o
Ilia flnrol imthrre and bcautirbllv finished and
trimmed. Not only perfect In dpalfn and
hmhlonliiff, bat every article well sewn and
ready Ibr long and arduous service. We sha'l
be pleased to snow you samples or our stock
Harness, and to also make sets to your order
We guarantee entire satlnfactlon witn our
work and the male rata that wa put Into it.
George Dunham
Independence,
Oregoa
FLOUR
"PRIDE OF OREGON"
Valley
"Prize Peach"
HARD WHEAT FLOUR
We guarantee these Flours equal to
any on the market. Keep your
money at home and buy only home
made Flour. We solicit a trial
Oregon Milling & Warehouse Co.
POLK COUNTY BANK
MONMOUTH, - OREGON.
PAID CAPITAL $30,000.00
Transacts a general banking and exchange business. Deposits
received Loans made, Drafts sold.
Officers and Directors
J. H. Hawley, Pres., P. L. Campbell, Vice Pres., Ira C. Powell, Cashier
J. B. V. Butler, F. 8. Powell, J. B. Btump,
I. M. Simpson.