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Polk County Observer J. C. IIAYTER, KDITOFt AND PUBLISHER. Pallilu-1 Weekly t $1.50 per Year. Strictly in Advance. DALLAS. OKK(iOX, OcTOHKB '21, 1904. The way to build up Dallas is to pat ronize Dallas people. 1 Republican National TicKet FOK PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT, of New York. FOB VICE-PRESIDENT CHAS. W. FAIRBANKS of Indiana. For Presidential Electors: O. B. Diralck, of Clackamas county A. C. Hough, of Josephine county. J. N. Hart, of Polk county. J. A. Fee, of Umatilla county. CARE OF ORCHARDS. The recent agricultural fairat Hood River had as good an exhibit of com mercially packed apples as the world ever saw. Perhaps the best exhibit ever seen in the world. The people of the Hood River district know how to raise and pack apples, and they have a country for the production of them that is ahead of any other, unless it be some of the other apple districts of Oregon. They nave no worms apples in that district. Ihey are a mild mannered people up there, but if a man brought in an apple with a worm in it, they would probably hang bim, the flame as they would string up a man to a juniper tree for stealing a horse a little further into the interior of the bunch-grass country. But there was a plate of Spitzenberg apples ex hibited at the Hood River iair from the Wallace orchard in Polk county, near Salem, that compared favorably with any Spitzenbergs raised in the Hood River district. In fact, a dis interested party might have given the Willamette valley Spitzenbergs the prize over anything in the show of that variety. This proves that atten tion aud cultivation have a good deal to do with the production of good apples. The Wallace orchard has had good attention. It pays to grow good apples. The crop from four acres in the Hood River district has just sold for $1,600. The man who owns the orchard would got very much the worst end of the bargain if ho sold his land upon which the apples grew for i,uuu an acre. Haiern statesman. The Statosman expresses the whole situation relative to apple growing in Oregou In a few words. While the climate and soil of the Hood River valley aro wonderfully adapted to the growing of apples, the farmers do not depend upon the soil and the eloments to do evorything for them. They spray their trees and cultivate the giound. They handle the fruit care fully in picking, and pack it in neat and attractive shape for the market. They make applo raising a business, and are not afraid to spend money to obtain desired results. And they are growing wealthy every one of them. The same results can bo reached by the farmers In the hills of Polk couuty. iho splendid apples raised on the Wallace Tarm prove that the Willam ette Valley is well adapted to the suc cessful growth of this fruit. A prominent orchardist of Hood River told the writer last week that he cou sluered the land in the oak hills uround Dallas as good as the best for applo raising. "But," he added, "you must take care of your orchards ; you must cultivate, and spray, and never cease to war against tho insect pests." These Hood River farmers are prac tical, broad-minded men. Them is nothing narrow or selllsh about them. They know that they have a good upple country, and aro proud of the results they have accomplished. But they also know that thero are many other portions of Oregon well adapted to the successful raising of apples and they do not hesitate to say so. DEATH OF PIONEER EDITOR. In the death of Ira Campbell, for many years editor and publisher of the Eugene Guard, Oregon loses one of her best citizens, and the news paper profession one of its most honored members. Mr. Campbell suffered a stroke of paralysis about three years ago and was obliged to re tire from active newspaper work. The second stroke, which resulted in his death, occurred about two weeks ago. Mr. Campbell was a pioneer news paper man of Oregon and was one of the active members of the State Press Association. At one time he was presi dent of the Association, and always attended the annual meetings of that body. Fraternally, he was an Elk, a Workman, a Woodman of the World, and a Modern Woodman, carrying insurance in the last three named orders. One of his last wishes and hopes was to be present at the State Press Association at Hood River, but the fatal paralytic stroke came only a few days before the Association met. Just before the closing of the session, Secretary Tozier was instructed to send a word of greeting and good cheer to the absent brother, and while the message was being prepared a messenger boy entered the hall with a telegram saying that Mr. Campbell had passed away. The sad news threw a deep gloom over what had otherwise been a happy closing hour, and many of the newspaper boys who had known and loved Ira Campbell during his lifetime could not restrain their tears. After sending a message of condolence to the bereaved family, the meeting was adjourned and the members silently left the hall. Ira Campbell was a kind-hearted, gener ous friend, and the newspaper boys will be lonesome without him. A rapidly growing business has made it necessary for the publishers of the Newberg Graphic to enlarge that already excellent newspaper to a six-column quarto. Brother Wood ward and his son, Walter, deserve all in 1 the good things that are coining their way. The Secretary of the Treasury has awarded to J. E. Bennett, of Portland, the contract for erecting the Govern ment building for the Lewis anil Clark Exposition, at the price named ! i A woman worn-out, who never has to lilt a hand for herself, who does not know the meaning of the word "worry" ! 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I am happy tosav that after the use of the first bottle I felt so m uch improved I decided to take another and after that a third bottle. I have good reasons to be pleased, fur I am to-dav a well woman, work is ensv and the world looks bright. I have per fect health, thanks to your medicine." Sick women are invited to consult Dr. Pierce by letter, w. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, M. Y. "Favorite Prescription" makes weak women strong, sick women well. Ac cept no substitute for the medicine which works wonders for weak women. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets should be used with " Favorite Prescription " when ever a laxative is required. OREGON COW WINS' PRIZE Loretta D., Owned by Ladd Estate, Gains First Honors at St. Louis. The Jersey herd, owned by the Ladd estate, which has been a feature of the cattle exhibit at the St. Louis Fair, has gained another first prize. W. M. Ladd received a telegram from St. Louis, Tuesday, advising him that Loretta D., one of his now justly famed Crystal Springs herd, had won in the test for economical production. The care of the Jersey herd at St. Louis was under the direction of J. J. Richardson , who directed its feeding. In his bid, $235,482. The buildings must be completed by March 1. Mr. Bennett will be required to submit a bond for half the amount of his con tract before commencing work. The j ln the Jersey herd went into the con other big Fair buildings are nearing j te8t meeting in competition Holsteins, nomnletion and will soon be readv to i Shorthorns and Brown Swiss, but the The Oregon butter queen won a hard fought contest, a contest in which feeders and cows of every breed were pitted against each other. Every cow receive the exhibits. The Sulem Statesman says editorial ly: "Dallas the county seat of Polk county, is one of tho most orderly towns in Oregon, Thero were only twelve arrests last year, though the city oflloers are vigilant. The Polk couuty jail is more often tenantless than otherwise. The nmnnml mil. i i road line between. Salem and Dallas will by its connecting us closer give me capital City a moral uplift as well UUuiug fcn-nuj io our uusiness prosperity." The OnSKRVEit editor visited several cities and towns in Western and Cen tral Oregon this week, and in every place visited he heard good words for Dallas and Polk county. No county in Oregon is better advertised than is our own county of Polk, and no two luterior towns are better known than Dallas and Independence. The fame of Polk couuty '8 hops, timber, fruit, and blooded stock has spread not only to all parts of Oregon, but throughout the entire Northwest. Bad Blood h responsible for most of the diseases and ailments of tfca human system. It se riously affects every organ end function, causes catarrh, dyspepsia, rheumatism weak, tired, languid feelings end worse troubles. Take Hood'sSorsaparilla which purifies end enriches the blood cs nothing else cca For testimonials of rmarkaM cures teni for Book on tb EJood. No. 3. C L tio4 Co 19 w2. Matt. The managers of the Lewis and Clark Exposition declare that the live stock show to be held in connection with the fair next year will be the grandest exhibition of the kind ever seen in the United Statos, for the rea son that it will bo held in tho state that produces the prize-winning stock for all the big Fairs lu the Eastern States and Canada. The Rural Northwest says that tho people of Oregon have never fully appreciated the ability of their live stock breedors and the high merit of Oregon blooded stock. The success whichOregon is achieving with its live stock at St. Louis will open the eyes of some of those people who have heretofore been blind to the merits of Oregon. The Oregon Rain. When you see the leaves a fallin' And tho wind begins to roar, And you hoar the rain a dashin' And a splashin' at the door; With tho fodder in the barns, Aud the cattle keepin'dry, And the water comin' down Like 'twas falling from the sky ; Then you grab your umbereller And you put your oil-coat on, For you know that winter's comin' Way out here iu Oregou. People may make fun of us, And our Webfoot state, An' how it rains an' how it pours In the early months an' late: But I'd ruther put my boots on Aud go a splashin' round, Thau to see the water freezin' And a sMckin to the ground : And the more I splash and spatter in all the rain aud mud, The more I seem to like it It must be in my blood. Aud, dern me, I would ruther Be out hero in all this wet, Than to be buck East a freezin' And a starvia' too, you bet. People here in Oregon Should appreciate how they're blest Iu this garden-spot of the Nation And pride of the hull Northwest. Lott D. Brown Baker City, Oregon. prize went to the Jerseys. From the beginning of the test, June 1G to September 1, 1904, in clusive, Loretta D.'s record, 78 days, is: Milk, 3883 pounds, daily average 49.78 pounds; fat 178.09 pounds, daily average, 2.28 pounds. On 92 days Loretta has produced over 2.2 pounds of butter fat in 24 hours; her largest production being on August 133.13 pounds, equivalent to 3.71 pounds of butter. On 1G days, she made over three pounds of butter a day. Her best seven days' yield, 158 days in milk, was for the week ending September 10, 20.G1 pounds, ex ceeding the wonderful record of the great Brown Bessie at Chicago. Ore-gonian. Will Speak In Polk County. Hon. Grant B. Dimick, Mayor of Oregon City and Republican candi date for Presidential Elector, will speak in Independence tonight, and on tomorrow evening will address the people of Dallas. Mr. Dimick is said to be a witty and entertaining speaker, aiid all should hear him. $50 INSTEAD OF $500. Damage to Water-Works Dipping Plant by Fire Was Nominal. The ringing of the flre-bell at 9 o'clock last Thursday night brought the Fire Department out in short order , the occasion of the alarm being a blaze in the dipping shed of the Dallas water-works. The workmen had been dipping pipe iu asphaltum during the day, and the fire had caught in the wood work from the furnace under the tank after they had gone home to supper. The fire had gained good headway when discovered, but a well-directed stream of water soon placed it under control. The office building and machine shop a few feet away were not reached by the flames. The firemen did good work and the damage will be next to nothing. Through some error in a dispatch sent to the Portland Telegram, that paper u made to say that the loss is probably $500. Superintendent Soeh ren, of the water company, says the loss will not reach $50. The shed was only a temporary lean-to, built to pro tect the workmen from the rain, and had no real money value. Even as it is, the boards are only slightly scorched and the shed is as good as ever for all practical purposes. The only loss was the asphaltum in the dipping trough, worth only a few dollars at most. Mr. Gates is deeply grateful to the firemen for their prompt work in sav ing the office and shop from destruc tion, and wishes to say through the columns of the Observer -that he will donate $10 to the treasury of the De partment as a slight token of his thanks and appreciation. FOUNDED INDEPENDENCE Henry Hill Passes Away In His Elgh. ty-First Year. Henry Hill, the founder of Inde pendence, died at noon Moaday. His doath came as a shock as he had been ill but a few days and none outside of his immediate family knew of his con dition. Mr. Hill was in his 80th year, but being of sturdy pioneer stock he was active in looking after his business affairs to the last. He was a horseback rider, and it was his custom to ride downtown almost every day and his presence will be greatly missed in Independence. He owned 1200 acres of land adjoining Independence, be sides land in Crook county. About 100 acres of his land was in hops this year, Birds Cost $1 Each. T W. Johnston and L. W. Elwetzel, the' two Portland men whom State Game Warden Baker arrested on the train at Albany Monday morning with 37 China pheasants in their possession as a result of one day's hunting, have lost all their birds and have paid out $35 because of their disobedience or the law. They put up $35 bonds for appearance last evening in the court of the Justice of the Peace W. S. Kis ley, at Albany, and voluntarily for feited their bail rather than go to Albany, appear for trial and pay a similar amount in the shape of a fine. The Dallas public school ia full to overflowing with pupils, over 300 now being in attendance. The number of children enrolled this year is greater than ever before, and it is believed that the total enrollment will reach 400 before the close of the term. If the increase in attendance continues, another school building will soon be necessary. THE EVIDENCE YOUR EYES (mmm ?S':" ; - is all you need weigh when selecting a Simmons chain. Its perfect workmanship and long wear are absolutely insured by the makers. Simmons Watch. Chains are unconditionally guaranteed. Have You Sees Our Elegant New Cut Glass and Silverware? C. H. MORRIS JEWELER AND . OPTICIAN Dallas, - - Oregon mm Hint i i REALESTATE! 78 acres Nice Homelike place, ir-ifh ,-wl ln i 1 i n era nnrl fotinoc 70 of which was cultivated by ; 10 acs in cultivation lots of fine himself and sons. Mr, Hill took up his donation land claim where Inde pendence now stands in 1817. He platted 40 acres from it and started the town of Independence. In respect to his memory, ail business houses were closed during the funeral services Wednesday. Besides a widow he leaves four children, T. R., Homer, Verd.and a daughter, Miss Garlin Hill. Dallas Iron Works W. C. JACKSON, Mgr. MANUFACTURING, and all kinds of REPAIRING. BIDS AND CONTRACTS given on all kinds of work. : : : : : ; Drawings and Estimates Given. All Work Guaranteed Foot of Mill St. DALLAS, OREGON. timber $1500 5 acres with a good little House and Barn all fenced and under cultivation, only $ 650 Nice 13 acre tract, finely sit uatedworth $50 per acre only $ 32 Fine 100 acre farm, well im proved $5000 Well improved farm of 117 acres $2500 Finely improved farm of 4G0 acres $9500 Stock Banch 900200 acres under cultivation Can't be beat $9000 Nice little Home of 15 acres $1100 Stock and Grain farm of 230 acres a dick nailing good place at a bargain. 164 acres 30 under cultivation ! Buildings Fenced a good place I cheap as dirt only $1500 Here is the cheapest place in Oregou 81 acres, House, Barn, and other improvements worth $1200 at least for only $800 I have all classes of Ranches and Farms for sale I can suit you in quality or price. HENRY CAI1PBELL, DALLAS, OREGON, m.-m . &999 9J1 . mm Why This Store Is Busy This store is busy because the fall season is in full swing and people are supplying their needs. But that's not all. This store is busy because it's a good store because people can depend on the goods being as we repre sent them because courteous treatment and prompt service can be obtained here by everyone because our prices are reasonable in fact, they're low, when you take the quality of our offerings into consideration, because why, we could take up a page in telling you why we're busy. In the space below you'll find some concrete reasons why we're busy and why you should trade here. THE RADCLIFFE SHOE for Ladies, sold here, is the best $2.50 Shoe on the market. Four styles to se lect from; widths B to E. Lew is and Clark Club Meets. The members of tho Twi ami Clark Division met for the first time, I since their summer vacation, onTues- i day afternoon, at the home of Mrs. J. D. Smith and were entertaineu by .Mrs. j, l). Smith, Mrs. J. E. Smith, Mrs. Murrell. Mrs. F. J. Wagner and Mrs. Aivis Lynch. The ladies are making arrangements to assist in making Polk Comity's exhibit at the coining exposition, worthy of the first premium. They now have the Lewis and Clark envelop for sale at Mrs. Metiger'a store. 1 1 VILLAGE SCHOOL SHOES 5 to 8, $1.25; 8 to 11, $1.50; 11 to 13J $1.75; 1 to 3; $1.95 At this price, you cannot expect a three dollar shoe. But we'll leave it to you if it isn't the best shoe you ever saw. It's made from a leather that will stand the racket. The sewing is well done it's a good all around shoe at a medium price. MEN'S GUARANTEED HATS $3.00 Both stiff and soft hats are in this collection. They're in black and w, the leading colors. They're guaranteed to be pure fur, to hold their shape to retain their color. ' I 5. C. DODSON & CO. l New Grocery Department . . the Gn 0 t& n V is II 'ocein. li! We have our New Store in Department nicely arranged. They do say we sell our groceries Witho" profit but you see we sell a great many them. We offer our customers the W can get all the time, very reasonable. and our prices In the Big Store we are now opening one of the finest stoct of General Merchandise ever offered in city. We especially excel in : ; Clothing and Shoes and that are the very our prices are away below ariythi you will find anywhere, and 1 "Star Brand" and "PacKard" Shoes and Hoffman Rothschild Clothing'. best made. ELLIS HEYT tt1? ri ,t ,'h ui 11 ec er w ee ?a; ali 3d po to .ni 'M fly gt thi iw: tc; Et 7. 8e if Y e tl le 1 H ji n Phone 246, flAIN streei; ALL THE NEW BOOKS i LATE COPYRIGHTED AND -1 STANDARD WORKS From 15C Up. Just Received a New Line of Books from the East. Your Patronage Is Solicited, E Wilson Drug Company CONRAD STAFRIN, Mgr. Court and Main Street. . Dallas, Oregon Tahe the Trouble 43.50 sT to investigate our lines and y0B find that our goods and our P' are right. Our Fall and Winter Goods are now ready. New Lasts, Stylish Pattern Repairing Neatly and Prompt! "" Dallas Boot and Shoe Store MRS. J. C. GAYNOR, Propritpr. 1 I i li WAGNER BROS. T T CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF Shovel Plows. TVmhU cwi ti., Wine VUts4, tjuuf ci nunc) " -"v ,, Five-Tooth Cultivators, Disc Cultivators, Peg T Spring Tooth Harrm Wormws. reverb single Plows, narrows, Spring Tooth Harrr, n;c Worrnws. reverb with Extension Head. : : . '. . . : : : : :. ,,,,HAi! kiS f P,0WS' Harrows. Cultivators and everything cultivate a hopyard or orchard. n COR. OAK .d MAIN STREETS. Tl ALL AS. OBi ; - a -r-