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COLUMBIA TRU5TS1
CHilc Palace fiotcl
Ittdpettdence
T. W. Cre4ir, Proprietor
Some Good
Real Estate
230 Acre, three miles from Independence. 130 acres in
enlrivation Good fir and oak timber on place. House, barn,
grioary, email orchard and two good well, and pnnK i $50
pasture. Per acre
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aSwft- w,8fibU00TriceeS,acrren'g:?n: 50
ary, a dug well and spring. Best buy. Pnoe per acre
l Acre one mile from Independence. All cultivated and
3 fced Vo improverxients. The place will be so.d for fSOOO
fiOO Acres four miles from Dallas. 50 acres i in cultivation.
Oua7tep mUe from railroad. Enough ax-handle grub oak to
ptyC tbt place Bix-room house on place. Ideal dairy and
goat ranch. Per acre
BUSINESS CHANCES
A $3000 grocery tor sale and $9000 general merchandise business. The
latter can be bought on terms.
CHAS. E. HICKS, Agt
Enterprise Office, Independence
a. ....m.. MMiuii rMt ntui Htttntton to Commercial Cradc
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fari.ii-r who liml i-kIoiihIvh l.uil.lin
t.liniH ti rurry out wl.lt U reiulrel aev
rral rarloud of luinUr. lu looking
alH.ut for a lit- I" urclme Ii ran
-roH the ailvertlm-iiu'iit of uoiiw
wrm-LIng it.iiiein of a distant city.
and. fnkcti In iiy Hip ulowinir aeaenp
tloiia of Ihtf (llfrert'iit lifiiia advertlnel.
ho orden-d his inaterlul from the catn
lnu'iie lioua wllho.it uiukluj: Imiulry of
lila bunt dealer. Afl.-r bla stuff cams
ml tut hail us Id Slt rush for tue
whole hill and frelKbt fbargea. amount
ing to about .', be wiran to eiarumo
My nr.1er and comnsrt U with what he
could ha vp Rot from the home dealer.
lie found that Ul doors cosi uiui
$1.2.1 when he could have got
i Dm aa.uu thlna at home for ...
with fn-lifht imld. Tbe hitha were thir
ty-two limteml or roriy-fig.u iuu.-
Ioiik. while dlini-nslon atuir. aiding.
flmirli! and niilslilng iuiuimt. we.e
Di-rcontlhly Inferior In ijunllty to line
stuff in tbe home yards. Added to this
wn tho ImiidUap or being unai.ie t
return crwikHl or otherwlae defective
material, a privilege that ne woum
line hud hnd lie negotiated with the
hnm. liimtwrman. The experienre
which thla fiirmer bad la not narrated
In the f-ope that It will be or any
cflt to him. though It probably will If
be buys agnln. but It may cause aome
render w ho Is tempted to ao ine nui
thins to nt least figure with tbe home
dealer before placing an order w ith a
distant hour. And tbe principle ap
plies to household furniture, to silk
drcsse and sewing machines Just as
pertinently as It does to big orders of
lumlier stock.
COW3 AND FLIES.
Rnmm reura nco the Wisconsin Agri
cultural experiment station conducted
a test with a view to deterniininK uie
rMiitta to lie obtained from protecting
cows from files during the late sum
mer months. One bunch of aeven
cows was confined durlug the daytime
In a comfortable atnble provided wltb
screen doors and windows, wniie n
second bunch waa confined In a small
lot provided with ahuudance of shade.
Both lots were pastured at night and
rrcivd the same kind and amount
of jtraln feed, together with ail the
freshly cut sorghum ana green corn
thnt they would eat up clean during
the day. While the cowa confined in
the stable ate considerably more green
corn and sorghum, they lost more In
live weight during the four weeks or
the experiment than did the cowa left
out of doors. During the first two
wekn of the experiment the cows Kept
in the stable produced 50.7 pounds of
milk less than during the two weens
nTwiruis while the cows not confined
showed a decrease of only 40.4 pounds.
The decrease In butter rat was .i
nonnrt for the stabled cows aad 218
nnnnJ. tnr thnSA lUnnlniT At larKC. A
consideration of the results or we iem
ones not seem to ahow as great an ei
feet on milk flow from the fly nuisance
as Is generally supposed.
HOW IT GETS A FOOTHOLD,
Than Is hardlv town In the north
central states but has alloys or vacant
lots on which grow thrifty pntcnes oi
that worst of all agricultural pests,
quack grass. The grass is in full head
florins' th latter cart of June and
early July. Unless it Is recognized
and precautions taken tne seea is iw
ly to be scattered on adjoining gardens
or fed. thrown on the manure Tlle
and put on gardens or plowed land.
When once the seed is In the soil the
mischief is done, and ten stitches will
be required to eradicate It where one
would have sufficed to prevent Its
being scattered on tbe land. Such
patches in town and along the road
sides should be spotted and pains
taken not only to keep them from go
ing to seed, but to kill the plants
themselves. Such small patches may
be easily disposed of by covering with
tar paper for sixty days and putting
earth around the edges, bo as to keep
out the light and air.
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farm l oulnlmd . . .iw.-. ne "o.
ativti over I . ii o in ivn, U-l '"
hi reeelp: fro." Iilsslfulfa rum 1. wen
f K.oi;.
An old f .shloned hitnly rose of tin
double pink variety nn.wl.ig l H
nolglila.rliood In wlil'h the writer llve
la suld by old residents of the plu. e U
have hvu sending forth sl.ooi fmu
the ssnie roots ro.itluiioUHly for tin
past thirty-live yen is. The re Ii
yuestluu Is the busb varluty and ta
never covered.
Time was when most any kind of
milking and handling of the milk Id the
Ublo were put up with provided tbe
crenm was handled properly In the
dairy. It's different now. there being a
full realization of tbt fact that dirt or
od'tn which get Into the milk In the
tahle cannot lw erudlcated In tho
churning or process of buttcrmaklng.
Itcport from one province of Japan
are to the effect that there Is at pres
ent growing liefore a temple of Itnddha
In one of Its cltia a pine tree which
Is said to I 1.20 years old. The tree
was planted lu front of the pagoda by
a renlotiH devotee ns n sort of wrpetiinl
rr. will offering, la all the nucc-ed-
Ins centuries the conifer baa beeu
carefully tended.
The best way to fight tbe knot or
am!. rm wtiloh sometimes gets a
foothold la the lawn In the Bummer
months Is to water the lawn frequently
If rainfall Is Insufficient, thus keeping
the lawn grass In a thrifty condition,
and cut quite often. Being a hot
ti.i. iimn rooted irrass. the crab
grans flourishes under conditions In
which the blue grass will remain at a
standstill.
a fsmllv of blackblrda which havs
nested In tbe writer's yard this season,
the location of the nest not being dis
covered until after tbe young were
nearly ready to fly. have broken up a
robin's and a mourning dove's nest
and would have treated a catbird's
nest similarly had not timely assist
ance been rendered. The blackbird
and bluejay are pirates and should be
treated as such.
There are quite a lot of pretty
good girls from many points of view
who seem to overlook the fact that
.when a young fellow looks around for
wife he directs his attention to the
one who has sunshine in her heart and
deftness of hand rather than artificial
blushes or powder on her cheeks. There
is no deception which is so crude and
raw and ill concealed as this. A fool,
running, can spot it at a glance.
THE DIGNITY OF COMMON TOIL.
Real worth in living consists not so
much in doing some great work or per
forming some great service, but doing
the little things and common duties in
a noble and faithful way. The house
wife who performs her routine duties
faithfully and cheerfully, the woman
who washes clothes the best she knows
how and the man who digs ditches or
saws wood, together with the multitude
of workers in shop or factory, perform
Just as valuable a service for their fel
lows as others who may make the laws
or administer them, teach school or
preach the gospeL A doctrine that
needs extensive preaching today is that
which upholds the dignity and sacred
ness of the common toll of life of what
ever character. Only on such a basis
is life endurable and can it be consid
ered worth the living, for it is the com
mon work of life that most of tit are
destined to perform.
Next year's raspberry patch will be
in a great deal better shape and pro
duce much more fruit if the tips of
this year's new shoots are snipped off
when they have reached the desired
height, from three to four feet This
treatment not only makes them less
spindly, but greatly increases the fruit
bearing shoots for next year. If al
lowed to grow In their own way some
of the black varieties, especially the
Older, will attain a length of ten to
twelve feet.
The habits of thought and work that
a boy acquires at from ten to fourteen
years are quite likely to be largely de
termining and molding factors in all
his after life. On this occasion it is
well for the parents to give wise direc
tion In these formative years and for
tho boy to take himself in hand with a
view to developing his powers and tal
ents in the best possible ways. The
boy that runs loose and wild during
these years without restraint of any
kind cannot be expected to develop
into a good man any more than a colt
similarly handled can be expected to
make a tractable and valuable horse.
A. friend who sowed rye last fall ou
a plot of ground several acres from
which he took a crop of potatoes the
latter part of September tells us that,
while he pastured this piece well Into
the winter and turned his cows on It
early last spring and did not take them
off until the 1st of May, the stand of
the cereal is so heavy and the Heads
filling so well that he anticipates a
yield of close to thirty bushew per
acre. In addition to furnishing a good
bite for his stock when green food was
scarce, the putting of the rye on the
piece of ground has resulted In keep
ing it very free from weeds. After the
rye Is cut he will be able to grow a
crop of buckwheat, millet or turnips.
We believe that rye might be used a
great deal more than it is in the above
manner and the weed nuisance abated
considerably as a result.
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Light, Power & Water at Very Reasonable Rates
WATER R.ATES(Water by meter applies to resi
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tomers only who pay $2.00 and over at the rate o!20o
per 1,000 gallons; minimum $ 1.00 per month.
ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER RATE-
Residence, 15 cents per K. W.
Business houses, 25 cents per drop and 5 cenU per K. w.
Tower, rates on application.
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Independence National Bank
Incorporated 18S9
Transacts a General Banking Business
Interest Paid on Time Deposits
Directors: H. Hirsohberg, A.Nelson, D. W. Searg, B. F.
Smith and J. E. Rhodes.
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MONMOUTH, - OREGON.
PAID CAPITAL $30,000.00
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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.B.Powell, J. B. Stump,
I. M. Simpson.