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BOOST FOR k BETTER CITY
Mr, Jones Gives Advlde lo
AH Wbo Are Inclined to
Wield a Hammer.
INDEPENDENCE. OREGON, THUKSDAY, JUNE IWW.
NUMBER I
Independence, Orefrn, June, 21
liMlK.
To the Editor:
Now that tho I mle-ndt'iH:e cannery
in complete and ready for nitration,
it in the duty f every citicn to help
the enterprise along. Wc understand
that tlii'ro iiro oino few stockholder
that are not satisfied with tl
management of the cannery, (
theo we will nay that the director.
wore elected hy a big majority of all
tho stockholder ami some of them
were not candidate and were not
even in tho county when they were
elected.
I am aatistiod that every mem
Iter of the hoard hnt acted in good
faith and done the best he knew how
and I further believe that we hav
one of tho bet plant in tho Wil
lamutte Valley for tho money invented
and the direetora moat earnestly re
quest that all tho stockholder come
and inspect the building and plant,
before pacing judgment either upon
the plant or tho manner in which
the directors have conducted the
affair of the oompany. . .
The director have given much of
their time during the paxt three
months without money or hre to
tho oompany, and their time is as
valuable lo them ft the time of the
average pereon. What Independence
really wants and needs is men to
whoop up the town and talk long
and loud for if you can't help an
enterprise and if you are not satis-
tied with the way the business is
managed don't knock it,. just get in
and help to correct tho evil.
Put your shoulder to tho wheel
and help bear the burden. Don't you
know that when you get out on the
street; and tell people that your town
is dead and that the management of
the saw mill is bad of that the direc
tors of the cannery are not compe
tent to run it or that the bank is
about to closo its doom, you are
knocking your own town und work
ing against your own interests.
If you have any energy to spare do
not une it in tearing down your town.
You will never make it any larger
or any better by abusing the town,
tho mayor, the councibnon or the bus
iness men.
Doa't growl about the election. You
had a right to vote as you pleased and
you must accord every other man the
same privilege. Under our form of
government we have agreed to let the
majority rule. Those of you who
voted dry ought to be satisfied and
ought to work all the harder for the
town. You who votod wet ought to
bow to the will of tho majority and
get in and work all the harder for the
town if you believe it will be dead af
ter July 1st, or in a sickly condition.
We can't all get just what we want
but we can all better our condition by
being cheerful and putting our shoul
der to the wheel and helping to push
Independence and Polk county to the
front.
A town, county or state is, just
what the people make it. Please cast
your eyes over the towns in Oregon
that have come to the front in the
past few years and then visit these
towns and talk with the business men.
It will do you good. Advertise and
talk and work for your town and oth
er people will catch the spirit.
On the 15th of last October I board- j
ed a train at Kansas City, Mo., and 1 1
e.tinialol that there m about three
htiiidrod emigrant oil th train bound
for the el. I'retly oi rnn
came through tho train handing out
printed matter. II I'"! crowd
around liiin. 1 drew near to hira U
what ii was peddling and hr
hat ha had to My, and soon dico.
ered that waa handing out C'noa
Hay leaflet, and I actually know that
before wo had got ten half way aero
tlm plain that that man hd inducd
eople to go to Coo Kay who had left
the F.aat with th avowed purpose of
nettling In Idaho and Washington.
Hut they caught the spirit d th re
sult wa that Coo Hay got a nice
hunch of settler.
Itoy. It py to advertiiMi. It y
to talk about your town. If you don't
like a man or hi bimin jutt let him
alone. It i lrely iiblo that he
my have tho me opinion of you. It
take all kind of ople to make up a
busy world and a long a a man don't
tramp (in your toe don't knock him
or hi buine, or, if he doe tramp
on your toe, eizehiin up before you
knock him.
We all have our like and our dis
like, but when it come to building
up a town or community let us U
charitable and remember that there i
ome good in every one, and that in
union there i strength.
It. F. JONES.
Iludly Npralned Ankle Cured.
Three yer ago our daughter prined
her ankle and had been ufferinK terri
bly for three day and night had not
lept a minute. Mr. Stalling, of But
ler, Tenn., told u of Chamberlain'
Pain Halm. We went to the store that
night and got a bottle of it and bathed
her ankle two or three time and he
went to deep and had a good night'
rest. The next morning she wa much
better and In a fhort time ceuld walk
around and had no more trouble with
her ankle. E. M. flrumitt, Hampton,
Tenn. 25 and 50 centslse for tale by
P. M. Klrkiand.
I'S LOSE TO
DALLAS TEAM
The ball camo played between In-
dettendence and Dallas in thi city
last Sunday resulted in a walk-awajr
for Dallas. Independence got off on
the wrong foot from the opening
when Dallas pulled five tallies from
the first inning. It seemed to have
taken all the wind out of their sails.
Unt this was for only a moment for
Independence gathered herself togeth
er and battered the Dallas lineup
with Herculean swats with the result
that at the conclusion of the fourth
inning she had appropriated two
prizes. Dallas, however, showed re
serve energy in the fifth that had not
been reckoned on by her opponents.
With the addition of two notches in
their totem stick and length for
twenty Independence faded like a
zephyr before a storm.
From the fifth inning Dallas made
desultory gains to the end of the
ninth when hasty invoice discovered
a total of twenty hatches of normal
nd averajre growth. It was Inde
pendence's off day. Don't you ever
think we can't do better than that.
Isn't that right boys?
Following is the hne-up of tho two
teams: .
Independence Dallas
Collins
Phil Borham
Fatton . Borham
Johnson Shaw
Walker J- Borham
Davidson Boydson
Blanchard Paul
Blacketar Linn
Kirkland McDonald
Score 20 to 2.
No Humbug.
No humbug claims to be made for
Foley's Honey and Tar, the well
known remedy for coughs, colds
and lung troubles. The fact that
more bottles of Foley's Honey and
Tar are used than of any other cough
remedy is the best testimonial of its
great merit. Why then risk taking
some unknown preparation when
Foley's Honey and Tar coats you no
more and is safe and sure. Dove &
Williams,
HAPPENINGS
OF INTEREST
Oregon People Exchange
Visits.
STRAWBERRIES AND CHERRIES
Magnificent lo Quality ood
Quantity Is Almost
Unlimited.
The Oregon Banker' Asaociation
will hold their next convention in
Halem on Friday and Saturday, of
thi week. The program will lo one
of the moKt interesting ever preee.nted
and the busines men of Halcm are
planning an entertainment in honor
of the association.
Buitine men of Portland made an
excursion to Eugene for the double
purpose of participating in the com
mencement exercise at the university
nd witnessed the opening of the
new deiiot. At a later date the Port
land Ad Club will go to Albany as
the guests of the Albany Commercial
Club, the manager of which organ!
zation wa a former president of the
Ad Men' Club.
Klamath Falls ha boon esfecially
well represented at Portland during the
past two or three weeks. An interest
ing feature wa a meeting of the
Klamath Falls Chamber of Commerce
in the rooms of the Portland Com
mercial Club, with luncheon following
1358 is the actual membership
today of the Portland Commercial
Club, and there are twenty-two
antilication - to be . considered
at the regular meeting of the
hnurd of governors tomorrow. 1400
is a figure of early realization. In
quiries have come from all over the
state relative to the membership of
this organization, the interest proba
bly being awakened" by the recent
housewarming held in the new, eight
story steel home of the Club. ,
There i a hearty and healthy
rivalry between member of the Port
land Commercial Club in furnishing
flowers for its decoration. . Each day
a different member is the donor, and
flowers are promised more than ten
days in advance. The ladies, too,
have become enthusiastic and have
added much to the effect through
their taste in floral arrangement.
1908 will register the greatest crop
of berries and cherries that Oregon
has ever produced. Quality is magni
ficent, quantity almost unlimited,
and while humanity is enjoying this
fruit the maturing hay crop insures a
big increase in the dairy output,
which has been greatly benefitted by
as good spring pastures as were ever
known in this section. Residents of
the Northwest should take pains to
see that their eastern country friends
are made familiar with the unequalled
conditions which make dairying so
profitable here.
The Sixth National Conclave of the
Phi Delta Kappa will meet in Portland
from the 6th to the 11th of July, and
the local chapter is arranging an
elaborate series of festivities.
The Oregon Society .of Mutual
Insurance was organized last week in
the convention hall, of the Portland
Commercial Club, and will affiliate
with the National Association at once.
W. C. Hagerty, of McMinnville, is
president; B. J. Barry, of Dayton,
secretary of the Oregon body.
BLANCHARD GETS INTO TROUBLE.
Following is a partial account tak
en from the Capital Journal of the
case against Charles Blanchard, who
got into trouble here Wednesday of
last week: .
Unless Wilma Lee, a . 16-year-old
girl, living near Monmouth, is mis
taken in her; identification, Deputy,
Sheriff Mitilo ha brought to bay one
of the wont of criiitinaU.
The young ldy )tUrdy w.vi
Iting her uncle, luud dim, who live
ut arroM the rivrr from InJe
mlenc, Hhe walking along the
river tank when the wa encounter!.
The girl grappled with the fiend in
a life and death atruggle, striking and
kicking him, and t the ain time
crramiog for help. Th lnn became
frightened, and matching the girl's
jure, which contained about a dollar,
he made hi cpe aero the river
lo Independence,
The herifT of Halem w at once
notified, and Deputy lUrry Minto
Urtl for Indejiendence. Charle
Blanchard wa arrested by City Mar
thai Collin, and wa identified by
Uiu Lee the nun who aulted
her. He wa brought to Halem by
Deputy Minto, and charged with -
ault
BUnchard appeared before Justice
Wcbrter at Kt o'clock thi morning,
and waived examination. The hear
ing in tho Ciuie wa not for Moliduy
morning at 10 o'clock, when the wit
nesses will l ummoned. The pri
oner stated that ho wanted to retain
an attorney from Indeyendence,
He will also call Mrs. M. Uarrigu,
hi uraiiduiother, a. witness. His
bou.i was fixral nt $1000, and until he
secure this HImi. chard will remain in
the county jail.
Ittick leu's Arnica Salve Wins.
Tom Moore, of Rural Route, 1,
Cochran, ., writes: I bad a bad
or com on the Instep of my foot
and could find nothing that would
heal it uutil I applied Buckleo'
Arnica Halve. Lee than half a V
cent box woii the day for me by affect
ing a ct feet cure." Sold under
guarantee at all drugg!sU.
$1 OU A Head ltuya Them.
For sale 140 head of goats. For
information address D. L. Hedges,
Independence, Oregon. Thone 346.
NORMAL
HOLDS
COMMENCEMENT
1 The twenty-sixth annual commence
ment exercises of the O.S.N.S. at
Monmouth was introduced.by a play.
Pygmalion and Galatea, given by the
students in the chapel on June 20,
under the direction of Miss Sarah
Tuthill, teacher of elecution in the
school. Following is the cast of
characters:
Pygmalion (Athenian sculptor). .....
E. T. Montague
LehciDne fa soldier). . . . .Ray Murphy
Chrysos (Art patron) T. C. Henry
Agesimos (Chrisos' slave)
Ray Murphy
Minios (Pygmalion's slave)
David B. Campbell
Galatea (animated statue)
Mrs. C. A. Bryant
Cynisca (Pygmalion's wife)
Ruby Shearer
Daphne (Chrisos' wife). . .Mona Nayle
Myrine (Pygmalion's sister)
. Blanche Goodwin.
The play was a strong one, the best
we think that has ever been given by
the school. The cast was more
evenly balanced than casts usually
are under such circumstances, and
each character was well sustained
throughout, the young folks covering
themselves all over with glory.
The audience comfortably filled
the house and gave their undi
vided attention to every word of the
interesting play. The players are
to be complimented upon their suc
cess and Miss Tuthill has reason to
be proud of the successful result of
her training for her work was apparent
in every metion and word of the play.
The school also, is to be congratulated
for it needs no foreign aid in putting
plays upon its boards.
The class sermon was preached by
Rev. Dr. Clarence True Wilson, pastor
of the Centenary M.E. church, Port
land, on Sunday morning. Following
is the accompanying program:
Piano Voluntary Prelude in G Minor
. '...... Bach-List
Mn. May Bowden-Babbitt.
(Continued on editorial page.)
FIRST STATE BANK
Independence, Oregon.
C PITAX, S25,000
A OKXERiL JUXA'IXO JiUSIMSS COXDZCTF.D
OrriciRs AMD Pibictori:
W. A. Mner. Pre. K. Ilofer, Viee-Pree. C. C. rWlck,Ch
Wro. Biddell F. N. flturop. J. P. Roger
YOUNG Sr JONES
The Real Estate Men
Farmers, List We are going to sell real estate
and are now in touch with peo
ple in the east and some who
are now on the ground and
want small farms. They have
lndpndnc. Or: the money and are going to in
vest in Polk county.
Your Prop
erty Now!
Farm and City
Property. Farm YQJ WANT TO SELL,
Property is Our fQW IS YOUR TIME
Specialty
A FULL
LINE
of single and double harness. My
harness i all made from oak tan
Uatber and . warranted to be fc
from flaw. 1
My prices are light. '
G C Dunham
Independence,
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. Stump,
I. M. Simpson.