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ff?' i s . 1 I Observer your groct. r for Star Bakery Campbell, agent McMinnville ico Co, Muir was an Independence Wednesday. f your produce to D. C. Crider, Vhlto Front Grocery. lasEBVEfl odoe wants the print , are particular about. 'Jabel Cressy, ot Independence, isitor in Dal is, Wednesday. Jill to crcfuo Cascade county the House without opposition, 7. 300 Waft-to Machine guaran- 'ear,o you or money refunded. 03. id Mrs. Tom Stockwell have n to the George Starr residence ns street. or private parties to loan at ent on well-improved farms. Sc Eakin. . make a dollar purchase at a., next week, and get a piece jelled Ware free. antos coffee lias an aroma that folks thirsty. Drink it and always buy it. D. C. Crider. r and Mrs. TJ. S. Loughary Friday night from Salem, mt Saturday and Sunday at Hubbard, president of the 3ity, Dallas and Lewisville e Company, was a county tor, Monday. tV. T. Wardle, pastor of the esbyterian church of Dallas, in the evangelistic services at dence the first of the week. , L. Toney, dentist ; graduate irbor, Michigan. Office up glow building. Hours 8 to 12 5.. Examinations free. Phone rschberg, president of the dence National Batik, was a isitor, Wednesday. He was nied by J. W. Maxwell, 1 Bank Examiner for the Washington. se out quickly, we offer a fine imps and fancy china dishes price. This is your golden iity to get really fine ware at ice. Don't faii to see these Loughaby & Ellis. eek we received over one-half ue, porcelain-lined Enamelled om the factory at Bellaire, hat you may know, as we do, 1 and how cheap it is, we will one week, beginning Satur jruary i, any piece of this ued at 25c to those who pur us $1.00 or more and ask for 3hiy Bros. . E. Dennis, of Oakdale, calls ition to a slight inaccuracy t of poultry premium awards ihed last week In our report at show, wherein it was stated B. Grant captured all the the Barred Plymouth Kock rs. Dennis was awarded first is for cockerel and pullet, Mr. iking the remainder of the rhe birds exhibited by both o as can be found in Oregon. The Star Bakery's cookies can't be beaten. Take your prescriptions to the Wil son drug store. Miss Mabel Davis, of Portland, is visiting her sister, Mrs. G. N. Cherr ington. The Independence orchestra will give a masquerade ball on St. Valen tine's day. The Star Bakery's ginger snaps are the finest on the market. Ask your grocer for them. Write or call for prices and descrip tion on Keystone and Peoria field fence. Guy Bros. Louis Wiprut, of Independence, passed through Dallas, Saturday, on his way to Falls City. Mr. and Mrs. Homer L. White have moved from Amity to a farm about two miles from Eickreall. Mr. and Mrs. Cal Headley, of Albany, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Muscott. Miss Pauline Snyder returned to McMinnville, Monday, after a three weeks' visit with relatives in Dallas. Mrs. J. O. Lamb, of McMinnville, is visiting at the home of her sisters, Mrs. Robert Hattou and Mrs. C. E. Snyder. B. Jacobson, owner of the Hub Clothing Store in Dallas, was up from San Francisco looking after his business interests in Dallas and Mc Minnville the first of the week. T. H. March has sold the Mill Creek sawmill to Henry Stevenson, formerly of Chehalis, Wash. Twelve hundred acres of choice 'timber land on the headwaters of Mill creek are included in tne deal. The price paid for the property was $20,000. P. A. Finseth, of the Bee Hive store, left yesterday for North Bend, Ore gon, tor a three weeks stay. W. R. Craven, manager of the firm's branch store in North Bend, will come to Dallas and assist in managing the business of the Bee Hive during the absence of his employer. R. M. Caldwell, a prosperous farmer of Jackson precinct, was a county seat visitor, Saturday. He says that the people in his neighborhood are deeply interested in the movement for better roads, and is of the opinion that a petition for the purchase of a rock crusher by the county would receive a large number of signatures. W. W. Weybright, who has been connected with the Dallas Hardwood Handle Company in the capacity of secretary and general manager, leaves this week for San Franciso, from which city he will sail for Panama early in the spring. Mr. Weybright is a pleasant and courteous gentle man and made many friends during his stay in Dallas. Hon. H. "V. Gates, of Hillsboro, accompanied by Mrs. Gates, was in town this week, inspecting the exten sions to the waterworks system, and looking over the plant for the purpose of making any necessary improve ments. He finds the entire system to be in good condition. Since the com pletion of the waterworks last June, 8200 feet of pipe have been laid into the suburban districts, and further extensions are contemplated for the near future. H. W. Bancroft, of Falls City, was in Dallas yesterday. Hiram Burt has moved from Dallas to Gresham, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. George Richmond, of Perrydale, visited relatives in Dallas, Sunday. Cass Riggs and son, Cecil, of McCoy, were in Dallas on a business visit yesterday. George M. Cornwall, publisher of The Timberman, was up from Port land on a business visit, Friday. L. Gerlinger.president of the Dallas and Falls City railroad company came up from "Portland Wednesday night. Mrs. Mattie Martin and Miss Retta Steele, of McMinnville, were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Uglow over Sunday. A large attendance is expected at the Good Roads convention to be held in the courthouse next Tuesday. The County Court invites every citizen of Polk county to be present. Riley Cooper, the well-known Inde pendence hop raiser who has been traveling in Mexico, writes that he has had an enjoyable trip and that he will soon return home. On Monday, January 30, 1905, there were advertised letters in the Dallas postoffice for Joseph Flory, D. P. Kitchen, Mrs. Charlotte Higdon, Mrs. Gertie Williams and Miss Leona Scott. C. G. Coad, Postmaster. The free telephone service between Dallas, Independence and Monmouth is a great convenience, and is greatly appreciated by the subscribers of the Pacific States Telephone Company. The service will grow more and more valuable as people become accustomed to the change. A large assortment of second-hand cook stoves and heaters are offered for sale by Vaughn & Weaver. Some great bargains are offered in both lines, and if you are needing a stove of any kind you will never have a better opportunity than this tosecure one for a small amount of money. Don't fail to call and look them over. They must be sold to make room for other goods. Elsewhere in this paper will.be found an interesting communication from Frank L. Merrick, director of the Bureau of Publicity of the Lewis and Clark Fair. Mr. Merrick's article gives a comprehensive idea of the scope of the enterprise, together with an accurate description of the grounds and buildings, and also tells of the progress of the work up to the present time. The communication is worthy the perusal of every reader of the Observer. J. M. Stark has leased the Little Palace Hotel in Independence to Tim othy Donovan, a former hotel man of East Portland. The new manager took charge of the property February 1, buying the furniture and leasing the building. Mr. Stark has had charge of the hotel for several years, and has been successful in the business. He will continue to reside in Indepen dence, and will give his attention to his other property interests. The new manager comes well recommended as a hotel man, and will doubtless keep the house up to its present degree of excellence. C. C. Campbell Is Id Portland this week. . City council meeting next Monday night. Miss Louise Collins visited relatives in Monmouth and Independence this week. Services will be held at the usual hours in the Dallas churches next Sunday. , F. H. Morrison left yesterday on business visit to Portland and East Side points. The Dallas College first basketball team will play the Multnomah first- team in Portland, February 17. vt. u. u. Hunter is slowly re covering from asevere attack of blood poisoning, but is not able to resume his practice. Wesley Vaughn, of the hardware firm of Vaughn & Weaver, left on Saturday for a several weeks visit to his old home in Iowa. It is altogether probable that a lodge of Knights of Pythias will be organ ized in Dallas in the near future, .trans li. Muscott is circulating a paper for charter members and is navlng good success in securing signatures. Both Independence and Falls City have lodges of Knights, and when one considers how fraternal societies grow and flourish in Dallas, it is passing strange that this popular order has not already gained a foot hold here. Principal Reynolds desires to in form the patrons of the Dallas public school that the school building has been thoroughly fumigated, and that the pupils will run no risk of infection from this source when they go to school next Monday morning. No pupil will be permitted to enter the school from any house where there has been a case of scarlet fever until a proper certificate is obtained from theJ County Health Officer to the effect that all possible danger of infection from such pupil is past. The directors and teachers have taken every precaution to protect the health of tke pupils, and this vigilance will not be relaxed as long as the least possible chance of in fection exists. AND GEORGE C. ALSO Clackamas Senator Is Indicted By Federal Grand Jury in Land Fraud Cases. First 1905 Surprise Sale FEBRUARY 8 WEDNESDAY and Wednesday only we place on sale 25 i Cliildren's and Misses' Hose; 20c values, all sizes, 11 r pair 1 &2 THURSDAY and Thursday only All our Shetland Floss Yam all colors, per box 75 cents. & LL NEXT WEEK Sensational Selling of Overcoats. ur $1( ur Slo.t :) 12.50 and $13.50 Coats will goat less than cost your choice $7.50 $10.50 and $18.00 Coats, at $12.50 THESE BARGAINS ABE FOR NEXT WEEK ONLY. BEE H .7 BUH.DINC, T F V LL f STORE DALLAS, OREGON The latest and most, sensational development in the land fraud cases is the indictment of Senator George C. Brownell on charges of subornation of perjury. The indictment was made public Tuesday. The indictment against Senator Brownell involves land In the same district in Eastern Oregon in which forged applications for surveys were made and upon which Ex-Surveyor Meldrum was convicted last year. The charges against Brownell are in the nature of a conspiracy with Malcolm S. McCown and Rufus S. Moore.deputy surveyors, and Henry Meldrum, sur veyor general of Oregon, to defraud the government of public land by pro curing surveys to be made of land in a manner prejudicial to the adminis tration of the law and that he caused Fred Sievers and John Howland to take an oath before him as notary public and that they appeared before him in his official capacity as notary in December, 1901, and did swear to final oath as assistants in the official field notes which stated that the sur vey had been well and faithfully made. The indictment alleges that Sievers and Howland did not make the oath in good faith and that they so swore be cause Brownell suborned and insti gated them to do so, and that Brownell knew the oaths were untrue. tts t tis tts ts is its is tts (US tiS IS is .is .v, &Sfe ISN'T THAT NEW OVERCOAT PAST DUE? It's about now that cold storage weather packages are due from Manitoba. Never mind, we have an Overcoat waiting for you. IT'S ALL READY to move into at a moment's notice. Here are the made-to-order styles and qualities of Winter Overcoats at half the made-to-order cost. Our assortment includes full-back, broad-shouldered sacks (the pride of dressy young men); medium length sack Overcoats (for quiet dressers) etc., etc. When you buy an Overcoat here you need not be afraid of comparing notes with anybody either in Style, Quality or Price We start in our Overcoat show at $7.00, and wind up at $18.00, but there are plenty of stopping points in between where most people purchase. f UGLOW CLOT HING :ouse MILL STREET DALLAS, OREGON W $ LOSS IS HEAVY Coast Range Sawmill at Falls City, Destroyed by Fire, Sunday Morning. NO NEW FEVER CASES Physicians Disease Express Has Run Opinion That Its Course. No further spread of scarlet fever has been reported in the last ten days, and it is believed that the disease has run its course. The patients are all convalescing, and the greater number of them have been practically restored to their usual health. The infected houses are still quarantined, and will continue so until all danger of in fee tion has passed. The disease has been In a very mild form in nearly every instance, and only two deaths have occurred. County Health Officer W. S. Cary and the physicians of the city unite in the opinion that the disease will spread no further if proper precautions are taken in the way of fumigating and disinfecting according to the laws of the state and ordinances of the city, and the authorities will endeavor to see that these regulations are correctly observed. The public school and college will open next Monday morning, and church services will be held as usual on Sunday. The lodges of the city have been permitted to resume their meetings, and no restriction will be placed on public gatherings of any kind hereafter further than that the inmates of the Infected homes will not be permitted to attend until all danger of infection is passed. $200 REWARD. To the end that the guilty party may be brought to justice, a reward of Two Hundred Dollars will be paid for information that will lead to the detection and arrest of the person who set fire to the Coast Range Lumbering Company's sawmill in the mountains west of Falls City on the morning of Sunday, January 29, 1905. Coast Range Lcmbeeino Co. George T. Gerlinger, Trustee. F0IEYSI!EUEYC0r3 EUkts Kldaeys mo4 Cladiw !tt The Coast Range Lumbering Com pany's sawmill in the mountains west of Falls City was destroyed by Are shortly after 12 o'clock Saturday night. The building and machinery are almost a total loss, but the greater part of the lumber on the yard escaped the ravages of the Are. The mill was valued at $30,000, and the loss will probably amount to two-thirds of this sum. No insurance was carried on the property. The origin of the fire is not known. The blaze was discovered by the night watchman in the interior of the building shortly after midnight. The flames were at that time eating their way through the upper floor of the mill between the boiler room and the edger. The watchman made a heroic effort to reach the Are hose in the upper story of the building, but was driven back by the intense heat. The flames spread rapidly and the building was soon destroyed. The mill was one of the best of its size in Western Oregon, being equipped with first-class machinery throughout. It was built by E. H. Watkins & Son, of Portland, and was operated by them on a large scale, the lumber finding a ready sale in the Eastern and California markets. The lumber was flumed to Falls City, where the company's planer and dry kilns were located, and was there loaded on the cars for shipment. The building of the mill and flume in volved the expenditure of a large sum of money, and the owners recently found it necessary to make an assign ment of the property for the benefit of their cred iters, . The entire plant was accordingly turned over to George T. Gerlinger as trustee. Mr. Gerlinger at once decided to continue the operation of the mill, and was in Portland making arrange ments to carry out his plans when the disastrous fire occurred. Receiving a message notifying him of the loss, he returned to Dallas, Sunday, and loft immediately for Falls City. It is not yet known whether the mill will be rebuilt, and the matter will not be decided until Mr. Gerlinger confers with all parties interested in the property. The industry was of great commercial importance to Falls City, and, in fact, to all of Polk county, and it Is earnestly hoped that a new mill will be put up on the old site. Mr. Gerlinger is a successful sawmill man, and it is the general opinion that under his management, the busi ness would soon be placed on a profit able basis. TAX COLLECTION BEGINS GOOD MEN ARE NAMED Rolls Were Turned Over to Sheriff Yesterday Afternoon. Team Goes to Portland. The Dallas College second basket ball team left this morning for Port land, where they will play the Y. M. C. A. Tigers tonight Tomorrow night they will play a return game with the Multnomah second team, and on Monday night they will meet the first team of Pacific University, at Forest Grove. The boys have been training diligently, and Manager Arnold feels confident that they will give a good account of themselves. Legal blanks for sale here. The 1904 tax roll was completed yesterday afternoon, and is now in the Sheriff's office for collection. A rebate of 3 per cent is allowed on all taxes paid in full on or before March 15, and ns a majority of the taxpayers in the county are always anxious to save this discount, collections will be lively for the next few weeks, and it is probable that fully two-thirds of the taxes will have been collected by that date. Taxes will become delinquent Mon day, April 3. Taxpayers can avoid delinquency by paying one-half of their total tax on or before that date, and the remaining one-half will then be allowed to run until the first Mou day in October without costs. No re bate will be allowed after March 15 ; neither will any rebate be granted to taxpayers who remit only one-half of their tax, or any part of the tax, be fore that date. County Court Appoints Committees to Assist in Gathering Fair Exhibit. Legal Blanks for sale here. Muir & McDonald have received one of the largest and best leather finishing machines known to the trade for their tannery in this city. Here tofore all finishing work In the Dallas tannery has been done by haud. The new machine weighs 2000 pounds,' and will turn out hidos at a rapid rate. To assist in the preparation of the Polk county exhibit for the Lewis and Clark Fair, the County Court has appointed committees as follows : Sheep, goats, mohair and wool TJ. S. Grant, H. L. Fenton, of Dallas : A. C. Staats, of Airlie ; James ltiddell, of Moumouth ; T. VV. Brunk, of Eola ; C. L. Hawley, of McCoy. Woods George E. Johnson, J. W. Coovert, F. J. Coad, F. J. Chapman, of Dallas; E. J. Bryan, George T. Gerlinger, of Falls City ; W. L. Bice, John Bohannon, of Independence. Hops-E. C. Kirkpatrick, R. E. Williams, of Dallas ; W. W. Percival, E. M. Young, of Independence. Leather Peter Kurre, of Inde pendence; A. B. Muir, of Dallas. All of these men are specialists in their respective occupations, and were chosen by the Court with a view to their especial fitness for the work of preparing a creditable exhibit. PRUSSIAN STOCK FOOD latest and best food for Horses, Cattle, Sheep aud Hogs. PRUSSIAN POULTRY FOOD For sale by S. M. RAY, Dallas, Oregon Dallas Ice 1 Cold Storage Co. WHOLESALE Cold Storage Rates are Cheap. AND RETAIL Our Ice Is made of Pure Mountain Water. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL MEAT MARKET CONNECTED WITH OUR PLANT. We Guarantee the Choicest and Best Cold Storage Meats. 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