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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1905)
PolS County Observer J. C. HAYTER, EDITOR ANT PtTBLlSECER- Published Weekly t 11.50 per Year. BtrtctlT in Advance. DALLAS, OSSCOX. SsniKtlE 15, IKS 7i iir A build up Dallas is to pat rtniu Dallas ptopU. THE STORK BRINGS JOY 1 Tj tV hot A POOR SORT OF JOKE The Orcgooiao gare excellent ac oountsof the sessiooa of the Oregon Press Association held in Portland last Friday and Saturday, a fact that was appreciated and farorably com mented upon by every publisher present After having received such courteous treatment, imagine if you can, the surprise of the visiting editors when they read the following editorial in the Sunday edition of that paper: "The country editor has come to town. He has left for a time his aanctum, his devil, his esteemed con temporary and the sapid pumpkin contributed by Uncle Ebeneezer Hay seed upon tne celebrated occasion when he called in to pay a year's sub scription. The pumpkin, glowing through the dust of the office window; like a serene and irolden sunset, was; the last thintr the editor's eye rested upon as he climbed into the smoker witn nls pass in nia pocket, to da re ihe temptations of the ereat citr. But when he returns vanquished and bankrupt from his encounter with metropolitan sin, the pumpkin will glow no lontrer. for 'our wife' will have baked it into a batch of those luscious pies. May they take all the bad taste out of bis mouth and re illume his soul with the peaceful light or bucolic in nocenoe. May tne form not be pied nor the devil drunk when he gets back, and may all his de linquent subscribers pay up forthwith either in cash or cord wood, for he will need botn. I be ioys or tne city are expensive, and Winter is at hand. It is evident that the intellectual misfit that penned the foregoing paragraph has not learned that "it is one thing to be funny and another to be smart. While it is altogether probable that no offense was meant. the editorial is not creditable to the man who wrote it nor to the paper that published it A Joke that tends to discredit or cheapen any honorable business or occupation, or the persons engaged therein, is no joke at all. No self-respecting man or woman enjoys being held up to ridicule, and especially is this so in any case where social or business prestige is in volved. The editorial in Sunday's Oregon ian is unjust and harmful, and is an abortive attempt at wit that will not be relished by any publisher who is strivingto conduct his business In a business-like way. The "turnip" and "cordwood" jokes have had their day, and should be permitted to pass into oblivion. Ap peals for money in the shape of jokes about the "starving editor" and his "patched pants" are no longer found in newspapers worthy of the name, and pumpkins do not pass as legal tender in modern country print-shops. There may have been a time when such unbusiness-like methods of conduct ing a country newspaper were common but competition has revolutionized the printing business in the country as well as In the cities, and the pub lisherwho fails to conduct his business on business principles soon finds him self out of the game. The publisher who makes his paper an object of charity soon finds himselt an object of charity, and when ho drops out of the procession ho confers a lasting favor on the respectable publishers that re main in the business. The country publishers of today are as prosperous, comparatively speak ing, as any other class of business men. Most of them own their homes and their printing plants, and are layiug away money for the proverbial rainy day. They are recognized men of affairs in their home towns, and take a leadiug part In the development of their respective communities and the advancement of the entire state. Many country editors are stockholders or directors in their local banks, and the number owning no proierty aside from their plants is small. It is safe to assume that the indebtedness in curred by country publishers In en larging and improving their plants has been no larger lu proportion than that Incurred by the city publishers, and an examination of the records would probably disclose the fact that the rural publishers have been as prompt in lifting their mortgages as their city brothers have been. But the city editor either cannot or will not see it this way. Apparently nothing delights the average metro politan editor more than to picture the country newspaper man as an illy-ftd, Illy-clothed individual, subsisting on vegetables brought In by his farmer subscribers, and finding his only pleasure in ridiDg a few miles on a :vt? i v-itf'iT of lie kT: jkir tit tbr Uv J .1 lb i vttj;"rtCy tni-r- K:'3d si tbv 'ts.w'ihia :iw&r ard- aal all" iv'3r tVy a a bsa jk5v:wS ij wCi-:r4r !rvK5s or To a.2 y.ich -r-y iv v.v tW-r it .1 wi; si it nr-.Ii XZii s X .ti-t. is Hi c .sft'.Tf rc f-neiT tat kr.i iy Dr. IVk w fco a.i jiut' iif.- i.r-rs..T rMvaed irft.5. ttt kx Lscy'i Sllpfr root. Bl-i Cobcfc r::-t rt. im ty .-;-irc::rx. vc:;-:r iKSrsr:::. sHiix:! ti a " a. 1 jI. it srr.e tivn-rt c ;i riTtral h 'h f is rrfi-i ti. .t:T:s'r, ai free pass once or twice a year. The ' editorial in Sunday's Oregonian woali , lead people to infer that the visitirsgi newspaper men were a lot of cheap bums who were oat to "beat" their way from start to ficisli, and upon: whom a great and condescending; favor had been conferred by the Fair j officials and business men of Portland ; in extending the privileges commonly 1 granted to members of the pres. It ; would further insinuate that these ; editors were nothing more than a k ; of rustic bumpkins, ususd to tie ways of a big city, but bent on "seeicg the elephant" and spending their lai dollar in revelry acd dissip-atic-n. ; Lord, but such stuff is nause ating! If any editor left Portland with a bad taste in his mcutn, as the Oregon ian suggest., the ttste was caused by the editorial alluded to, and It would take a p:od many of those "luscious pies" to remove it The writer spent several days in i Portland last week, aKendingthe Fair ; and visiting his brother publishers of , UreEron and asnington, and te did aai not find a single newspaper man who appeared in other than prosperous circumstances and ahi to pay for all that he got These editors were not found hunting cheap hotels and eat iDg houses, nor were they found ask-: ing special rates for any aocommoda- j tions. They paid their bills as they ; went and it is sale to assume that they left as much money in Portland, according to their number, as any business men's organiiation that has : visited the Fair Ciy this year. And ' it is not probable that any of them ; were "ban kruptei" by the few days' visit I The only part of this trip for which ' they were not charged was their rail road fare to and from Portland and their admission to the Fair grounds. The Osseeveb does erf knew whether the Oregonian publishers ride on ad vertising passes or whether they pay their railroad fare; it doesn't know,' neither does it care, whether they pay ; their way into the Fair grounds cr, whether they are admitted free., Plainly speakiog, this is none of our ; affair. But we do know, and we be lieve every fair-minded person will ; agree with us, that the railroad ; companies, the Fair management and the business men of Portland owe the ' Oregon newspapers more than they i can ever pay for the publicity given the Fair enterprise. Certain it is that '. if the Fair had been charged the; usual rates for all this advertising. I the officials would not have found S the worii cf its wcderf ul thomwlvM wnrrvino nwr th lic!. i and advantages, and now tion of the surplus gate receipts, as they are doing now. News and editorial space was given freely, and without thought of compensation, to the exploitation of the project from the day of its incep tion, and it was this influence that made possible a state appropriation of $500,000. It was this advertising, i UK r ALL 5 I UCK ! BUSINESS LOCAL5. fl ! Pr. Eavwr. Dentist Cce ever Wilson's Dr-; Store. Pallas. Oregon. ik and see in.w nne ia;a u; v sinks and lavatorias at Warner Bros. -ber is in tseir em-; A f rst-class pi r Icy, and will siii work. S One cf the bes-t horse-shoers in the ft state will V fni working at Wagner jn to IS NOW READY FOR YOUR INSPECTION, Bro Give him a trial and be j CIS convinced and insped their stock of tath-tubs, j W sinks, toilets, etc; as they now carry i fj the largest stock on the West Side, ! j Thev have enraed the services of a ) ji to to to VE HAVE SO MANY NEW 'llilJNH mat we can not make special nieif of them all here, but ask you to come and see the good things to wear. H !r I II. i i: ' f rs5-das plEber. and would be j fksed call and fga with you on j 1 aiy work you may have in the way of j j water pipes cr plumbing of any kind ? for vo-ar touse, store or ofice. The Iness and ntcst skillful woxk guaran- !ei i a lie :..riT t-ats. Or.lT sa-:iw vb itrt crea fr TVrW Ff . r.- r'T. ;-.j.c t rr.aJ fi! irt" CT:t F.t twj jrr I i-r(ri iz.iiKls Tie 5.: Ui It. p.-er- rrc-r:- F rrr.r la f.'--T ri.cu.' 1 iuuit.. ir.c Pieaiart Pr..tia. lines have been as invalaaMe factor in asraxis i migration t Easiem For Sale or Trade. Fo-r hesj if cattle for sale, or will trsie for g:i work horse. M. D. OcrxtEE, Dallas, Or. Lost- Lest, cn Mill street, a lady's black silk braid cellar. Finder will please re-timtoMss. J. C Uglow. Our line of Clothing will never be excelled in quality and price. i possible i Lost. List, in Dallas, a pair cf spring- ' balance ojles. i Finder i Gij.s"r. wrihir.ctoD pounds. please return to J. M. Ok2zz and the C valley. In addition to his wo preparing folders, pamjhle-ts pablic&tions for his conn tntia Fiver ana snv. : SeJ Wlwat For Sate. Da sen Golden Ctas.5 hard wheat the best producer known f or either wet or dry gronn-i I raised 12 bushels to the aor? this year. Sere criers for seed wheat early to S. P. IUsktssex, Dallas. Fhone No. 455. he has been a stiaiy o:ntrltut.:r to the leading advertising noagaiine and peri-iicals. and his articles ck ?crlptive cf the Pacif c Xorth'f est hav attracted m ioh favoraK'e attention and comaient An isnpc'rtant feature cf Mr. Hali's work is Lis regard for truth and aocnraev of detail Care is taken to avoid exaggeration and care- j less statements, and home-seekers have learned that they can depend j wfc-- upon any information contained ia a J aji? qa.. pucaoation sent out rrom nis dep-an-; pj;; menn western uregon nas long needed some man like Mr. Hall to tell resources that Mr. Craig has placed him at the head cf the nsw department all may rest assured that the work will be per formed thoroughly and well. Prune Wanted. I will te in the market lor prunes again this season, and will receive them at my dryer in Dallas as soon as they are ripe. Will pay the highest market price for all that may be offered. Come and see me. S. P. KIMBALL. LADIES' WRAPS all the new things and it will not be i i i i i t. for our prices to be met anywnere ana you win oe able to save yourself! ,ii i j-.-j: ...ill. t manv dollars Dy irauing wnu us. 'PHONE 246. HAIN STREET What we say here true at our you will find store. Frank C. Baker, chairman of the P.epublican State Central Committee, ha3 amended his invitation to the "peace conference" so as to include continuing month after month, that i "all republicans who desire to aroused the attention and enthusiasm ! attend," and has written Committee- What are Humors? Tbey are vitiated or morbid fluids cours tnt tbe vein and affecting the tissues. They ar commonly due to defective diges tion but are aomttlnies Inherited. IIow do thry manifest taeniae! ret T Ia many form of cuUneous eruption, alt rheum or eca-ma, pimplei and boils, and In weakness, languor, general debility. Flow are they expelled T By Hood's Sarsaparllla whicn aiao fculld np the fysteoi that haa offered from them. It l U Ut luedidue fur u hiasiora of the people and furnished an attend ance that has surpassed the wildest dreams of the Fair promoters and the citizens of Portland. Thousands of columns of advertising have been cheerfully donated by country news papers, and every line of it has cost the publishers good hard money. Xow, that the Fair officials and transportation companies are grate fully acknowledging their apprecia tion of this aid by granting the little courtesies In their power to give, and after the business men of Portland have endeavored to show their grati tude in a most graceful manner, the Oregonian permits some sap-head paragrapher to class these publishers about on a level with "free-lunch" bums. No such fun-making nor patronizing comments have been in dulged iu at the expense of other business or social organizations that havo met in Portland this summer, and it strikes us that the editorial meeting was a poor place to begin. The Observer does not desire to be over-sensitivo in this matter. Its euuor nas utten 111 tne newspaper business long enough to leo.ru that a man must give and take, and would be inclined to pass the Oregonian editorial as a joke were it not for the fact that such writing injures the business of all country publishers who are striving to conduct their papers on a decent and dignified basi?. The writer has long admired tte Oregonian us a great and enterprising newspaper, and has never lost an opportunity to say a good word for It ia his columns when occasion has offered. But we have had a right to expect better things from the big daily than the editorial that appeared In Its Sunday issue. Such a paragraph would have been bad enough in some little obscure village weekly, but it should have been wholly beneath the dignity of a big city paper, Let's hope that the "poor editor" joke has been printed for the last time In Ore gon, and that It will eventually be come as extinct as the dodo and other illustrious has-beens. Let the news paper men command respect by respecting themselves and each other, and, by so doing, give their readers better papers and make more money for themselves. man Williams, of Polk county, to that effect He says that he desires the Direct Primary Law to have a fair trial, and that the committee expects all Republicans to express their choice of candidates at the primaries, and afterwards to stand by the ticket nominated at those primaries. The For Sale. Fantail Pigeons for sale wold buck lamb, subjeet to Gurxx Obb, Eickreall Or, Teams Wanted. Teams wanted for grading. Will resume work Wednesday, September 13. Apply to Salem, Falls City Western By. Co. at Falls Cirv. For Sale. Tetch seed for sale ; also, two Lin coin buck lambs. J. J. Levece, Lewis- viae. Address Monmouth, Or. Sheep Wanted. wanted, ty responsible party, 50 head of gd ewes to keep on shares Inquire at Okeeveb office. Found. T" J V 1- . , ruusa, a n.. 01 v. em Diem pin. uwnercan nave same by paying for tnis notice. meeting will be October 12. held in Portland on Public Sale. Messrs. Fawk & White will sell their personal property at public auction at the E. L. Harris farm at Oak Grove, four miles northeast of Rickreall, on Friday, September 22. The sale will commence at 10 o'clock a. m. The property to be sold inelud livestock, farm tools and implements, grain, seed, household goods, etc. A free lunch will be served at noon M. F. White, of Rickreall, will act as auctioneer. Remember the date. from Fine autumn weather. Blank notes for sale in any quantity desired at this office. George Whitehorn is down eastern Oregon on a visit Dr. and Mrs. L. Pfandhoefer, of Falls City, are attending the Fair. H. L. Fenton's handsome new resi dence on Court street U nearing com pletion. License to wed was granted to D. W. Siddons and Miss Anna Hallock in Tortland this week. Mrs. Oliver Dennis, of Oakdale, has sont many fine flowers to the Portland Fair this summer. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Smith, of Fort Canby, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Moyer, at Falls City this week. The jurisdiction of RinaldoM. Hall, advertising agent or the O. R. & X. Co., has been extended to include the Southern Tacific lines in Oregon. This will be pleasing news to the people of the Willamette Valley and southern Oregon, as this somewhat neglected portion of the state will be sure to reoeive attention from now on. Mr. Hall is a brilliant and forceful writer, and his descriptions of the country reached by the O. R. & X. Another Reduction in Fare. The Southern Pacific Company has again reduced the passenger fare to Portland, in anticipation of a heavy increase In travel next month. Begin ning iseptember 1, the fare will be reduced to one and one-tenth for the round trip. This will make the round trip fare from Dallas $2.10 instead of 2.55. This liberal concession is entirely voluntary on the part of the company, and will be greatly appre ciated by tho traveling public. For Rent. IteLyle farm at Dallas. For terms apply to Mes. Hjleriet L. Veazie, 745 Overton St, Portland, Oregon. Horse and Buggy For Sale. Horse and buggy for sale ; will sell together or separately. Hor3e large enougn ror rarm work. DR. MARK HAYTER, Dallas, Oregon. Notice. As 1 am preparing to retire from the Dallas Flouring Mill, all persons maeoted to tbe mill are requested to can and settle their accounts at once, G. M. Gooch. Notice to Farmers. The Soehren Warehouse Company is now prepared to store farm prod ucts of all kinds at the new fire-proof warenouse in Dallas. Hop and grain sacks for sale. Storage rates made known upon application. Chamberlain's ituSo titm f aila. Buy it cow. 11 autjr win tac Decfness Cannot be Cur4 hr lootl aTiliction, as the eannot reaea the d-4t.-l ttivn cf tae ear. "'There it only one w;i lute.-, iviiafw, anuiaai 10 pr contuta ti.'. d rt nie.lk-i. IVufness is caused br aa ia f cone:. kb of ;ie mucous lminir of the I-"Si4cl,i WBen chss tahecrt!t,ja2aaitd y.-u have a rumbling Bound or iir.Dertect hear int. aJ it is entirely closed Deafness ia toe ra;t, aid unless the indaminatioo caa bs taken out a.id this tube restored to iu normal cva.:ka, heArc r wul be destroved foreer: n necM-jcvt of ten are eaosed'br eatarrh, wtuch is Doihips: hot an inflamed eon&uaa of mucv-u? surfaces. Vew::l ir-re One Hand red Dollars for any r xse of lvafneas (eaused br catarrh) that cmn- n t b cure-J by Hail's Catarrh Care, bead for euvuiara, tree. F.J. CHENEY CO. , Toledo, O. at- V rmri-". "Sc. Ball's Fauusjr Fuis are the best. Schoo Tablets at Meiser Meiser Dallas, Oregon. Street Improvement Notice. To E. J. Boos. Notice is hereby riven, that the CitT Conncil of t Otjr of Daflat. Oreeon, con'eiipUie? the herein iWrtV i X " r ' aide of thtMVi;i ,De adjo.nmj that certain lot or pari, of lot , rarcei, of Er,3und. described as Lot No s. Block Trr.f.,p,rhp-rescrtbd ,by mis o"" Jf!it . h ol iJ sidewalks will be n--ser.se,! !o the alTe d,-scribed proper! T Vn.nt tu and abatiin there-n J nt' inai me tlty council -Ul rit in the rv, .... irV 8 HOUSEWORK From the view point of the average man is very easy. The wife is right at home. She is her own mistress. She can sit down and rest any time. She can even go to bed for a nap if she feels like it. She can order her household affairs just to suit her own convenience. If she doesn't feel equal to doing work to-day, she can do it to-morrow. That's the beautiful theory. She can stop and rest. She can lie down. Why not .' mere are chairs and beds a-plenty. Just suppose the Egyptian taskmas ters, when they made the required daily tale of bricks tax the uttermost of human strength, j had said to the toiling slaves, " Don't hurry, take a rest every now and then only don't forget that your tale of bricks must be all right at night or else there'll be trouble." There's the fact. There are the day's duties to be got through and the women who can rest may not. The woman, who, when she married, said, "Now I'll be my own uiisuess," nnas nerseit a slave to house- noia cares and duties. And oh ! how much that woman necda the rest sometimes. She brushes nnrl scrubs, and rolls pastry, her temples throbbing, her back aching, her nerves quivering under the stress of pain. What she would give if she could just creep upstairs and throw herself on the bed in a darkened room and rest. Rest would temporarily relieve trie strain, doubtleai, but it would be the same story over aeain to-morrow Tv. real need of weak. not rest, but strength, and that real need is fully met and satisfied by Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It makes weak women strong and sick women well. It removes the causes of women's weak ness, regulates the periods, dries weak ening drains, heals inflammation and ulceration, and cures female weakness. It tranquilizes the nerves, encourage th appetite aad induces restful sleep. Fa vorite Prescription contains no alcohol, neither opium, cocaine, nor any other narcotic. It ia a purely vegetable pre paration and will agree with the weakest constitution. GREAT GRATITUDE. ?CT'ot exPr n grateful I am for 'our kind advice and your 'Favorite Prescrin. B. Barricks, of Perrows, Campbell Co., Va. I feel that it has cured me. I had bean in poor health for four years. Suffered great ly with my right side, also with bearing. down pains, and my nerres were in a dreadful state. After using four bottles of your 'Favorite Pre scription' I am new well. I am the mother of two children. With the first child 1 suffer ed twenty-eight hours, and with th second I used your medicine, and was sick only three hours. 1 believe Dr. Pierce's Favorite win bless you i your Tble wori." ' OPERATION AVOID rn. 2XZ te?0Po1nt SSlSft S tidfSn 3 REMEMBER.... We have the only exclusive Shoe Store in town. Our fall line of Shoes are here and they are the best that can be had in the market. We have the Famous "Walk-Over Shoe for Men at S3.50 and $4,00 The St. Cecilia Shoe for women at $3.50 Also a full line of Boys', Misses and Children's School Shoes. Yours for Good Footwear Dallas Boot and Shoe Store MRS. J. C. GAYNOR, Proprietor. your tion,' "writes Mrs, i. D. can ation bv ... kf ,k- " :. " r"" min- frct wreck physically. most prominent phvsicians Me pronounced my casa h aad adriwrf . . that h, prevailed on me to t hr.X Sf!-f .took. bottle? of 'VSorit. and there be; and h.uid not be eor strucieJ 1 aiuewaikt tone bT onWf th- .n,. ;, . .. of liia. m.de on "JS 'i"c"c' ,ae "ty A. D. 15. " Vl Ptember w ltnew Biv han.1 n,l .1.- .... said M tui .. .1 .Ml ? 01 the A. D. ll ixa Qr 04 ptember (seal) DAX P. STOrFKER. cured me of conip.tion. H.v. no, Uk anS medione rnce the Ust of Pehruarv 1 "I attend to aU mv ' - . DOW &todSver utaot- Dr. Pierce', Pleaaant PelleU are of great benefit in connection with "Fa vorite Prescription when the use of laxative medicine is indicated. Repairing Neatly and Promptly Done. J. G. VanOrsdel & Si DEALERS IN- timber and Tarn Eands and City Property. Office on Court Street. Dallas, Oregon. 1 "i How's Your Eyes? ft I have made jears and am a graduate Scientific fJSiw S" a auny ave heGn success tnrt5w fltttelwlth! ?y. glasses and are tOaav testimnniula Consultation tree. ' aut:wsa- CuL GlasSjSjlyerware gnjHigh-C!ass Jewelry 1U8t VhrPih? I3 aDd 8h0WS jusx tne rieht rHtIoo i . 10 meet tn rpmiir,,iv.i. ' . , iB-reat Mature is their stine quahtips. noMo ,.Z. . perfect mrkm.n'.w. ..iT. me ables prices. auu Kason' Watches, Oocks, Fountain Pens and ncuous atones 1 C. H. MORRIS Jeweler and rwM, m-: r. r TSe Famous WASHINGTON ICE CREAM may be had in any quantity desired at Tracy Staats' Confectionery Store Cool Drinhs for Hot Weather... ELASTIC PULP PLASTER No Sand No Lie Fire Proof Water-Proof Will Not Fall Off Crack Crumble JUST THE THING HOP DBYEBS Write for Catalogue. . Pacific Pulp Plaster Phone Main W 517-521 Chamber of Commer POKTLAND, OEE. wokk go1 FOR FIRST-CLASS John E. Smith's Old S- j General Blacksn and Iron V( Horse ShoeingjJS eir- - no waaTH 1 ence in this wort, Maa St, Dallas, Oregon 1 CAL HUTT0N, C" give you a nrti--1"