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- -Z VV. A Tin lift .WEEIiLY AND SEMMVEEKL VOL. XIX Courting Couples are, of course, contem plating matrimony and subsequent housekeep ing. They are the class we are looking out for particularly. We know that the majority of young married people must start economically, and our stock of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE includes all necessary ar ticles for beginning housekeeping in a mod est and economical way. We invite the attention of all couples now con templating the setting up of their own estab lishment. We not only furnish your Furniture, ' but also a line of KITCHEN HARDWARE Did you ever see our Toledo Range? 3 reasons why its better: No trouble to keep clean, all plain nick el, bakes quicker and more even than any other stove on the market. A 10-year guarantee with every Toledo Range Better get our prices on Building Hardware Our Furniture Depart ment is becoming more complete every day. : i Better see our new lines of Carpets and Rugs 1907 Patterns of Wall Paper Elegant China Closets and Buffets- Pretty designs in Lino leums. We can and will sell you everything in the Housefurnishing Goods at a price that can't be oeat. GUY BROS. & DALTON Dallas, Oregon Pattons Sun -Proof Paint Is Good. LODGE DIRECTORY. Masonic Calendar. ""limns iige, No. J, stated comiminieiitionB, Second and I -r ruurwi iTKiaygof each month 1. L. Hawkins, W. M. -J. C. Hayter, Sec. AiiiBworth Chapter, No. 17, R. A. M., stated convocation. Viral i! irst and third Fridays of each iinumi. Oscar IIavtkr. II. P. U. 8. Grant, Sec. f4aon Chapter, No. 22,0. R. 8., stated 1 'meetings Second and Fourth Tuea- uayj oi eacn month. Mrs. Maqhib Havtkb, W. M. Mrs. Libbik Muir, Sec. Woodmen of the World. ftallas Camp, No. 209, meets in tl whall in the Woodman tmildinif ev Tuesday evening. . icir very B. M. iuv C. O. W. G. Vashali., Clerk JUfistletoe Circle, No. 33, W'.L A' 4flmeets in (heir Hall, in the Woodman building every Wednesday evening. Mrs. Helkn Gkeenwood, G. N. B. M. Guy. Clerk. Knights of the Maccabees. Dallas Tent, No. 3, meets Second and Fourth Thursdays of each month in I. O. 0. F.hall. Mark Hayter, 8. K. Com. 1. N. Woods. R. K. Ikilac Hive, No. 28, L. 0. T. M., meets uon Second and Fourth Thursday after noon of each month. Mrs. Kittie N. Miller. L. C. Mrs. Robe Fidler, R. K. Knights of Pythias BJlARMION LODGEO. 90, K. of P. Meets everv Monday evening in W. 0. W. building. Visiting Knights are welcome. M. A. Ford, C. O. G. L. Hawkins, K. of R. 8. Fraternal Union of America fLodge No. 144 Meets Third Tuesday W.J. Wagner, F. M. ; Mrs. 8. E. Morrison, Sec. A. 0. U. W. Mlffr. Union Lodge. No. 35 Meets First if','M and Third Wednesday of each W month. II. L. Fkntok.M. W. John E. Smith, Fin. Crystal Lodge, No. 50, 1), of li., meets First and Third Wednesday of each month. Mhs. C. G. Coad, C. of II. Mrs. Ed. F. Coad, Fin. United Artisans. Assembly No. 40 meets Fimt Third TiiAmlav of each month. and Willis Simonton, M. A. I. 0. 0. F. '"t, Friendship Lodge, No. 0, meets ' xevery Saturday evening in I. '-- 0. 0. F. Hall. W. L. Bokhrkn, N. G. W. A. Ayres, Rec.Sec. 1 1 l rt . Vrt OA moalii Uaureoie jiiicaujijuiciii, aw. -v, tfwnml and Fourth Monday of each month. W. A. Ayres, C. A. P. V. Teats, Serile. Almira Lodge, No. 20, l'. oi K., meeu the first and third Wednesdays of each month. Miss Mabel Holmes, N. (i. Miss Ollie Howe, Sec. Calls promptly answered day or night. R. L. CHAPMAN FUNERAL DIRECTOR & EMBALMER DA LI. A -, OREGON Mutual Phone LS06 Bell Phone 103 OCCIDENTAL HOTEL High Service and Low Rates W. NIXON, Proprietor, CorvcIIis, Oregon. c. THE ORIGINAL LAXATIVE COUGH KEKHEDY'S LAXATIVE BOSEMAB l Cb 6bKna iJ tlo&rr k M Ituy Unit W. J. STOWE, Dort haullnf of all kinds at ronable rat. OA LI. A 3. DALLAS, POLK PEOPLE YOU KNOW ncir comings and doings, as Told In the Columns ot Our State Exchanges. Ricl,"d N.Thurston, of the Cola pooia Lumber Company, was in Al bany, Saturday, and made final proof upon 100 acres of fine timber land.- Brownsville Times. niuy roriers surveyiog gang passed through this morning, having reached Newport with the preliminary survey down the coast for the Jim Hill road. The road has been located only as far south as Tillamook. Mr. j orter ana ins men have been out since last September. Toledo Reporter Mrs. Sydney Trask, or Falls City. Is the guest of her parents, Rev. and Mrs. P. A. Moses, in this city.-Cor- val lis Gazette. Mrs. Win. Sargeant came down from T) 1 1 ... n ... . xvuyuaie me nrsi or tne week ror a visit with her daughter, Mrs. 0. K. Edwards. Newberg Graphic. T T T 'l . . . . x. u, uewiey is lining up his race track farm west of town and will have a fine stable of trotters in training during the coming summer. Mc Minnville Reporter. Miss O'Keefe of the hospital went to Portland yesterday to attend the wed ding of Mis3 Jester, of Halsey, to Dr. Bolluian, a well known physician of Dallas. Albany Herald. Reports are current that Hon. Wal ter L. Tooze, well known In this city, has disposed of his holdings at Wood burn and will move to California. Walter Is a rustler and will succeed in business anywhere. Brownsville Times. W. H. Brunk, of Ashland, has been appointed to a position by Superin tendent C. W. James, of the state pen itentiary at Salem, as guard and has entered upon his duties. Mrs. Brunk and children left Ashland last week and will take up their home in Salem. Ashland Tidings. Gust Olsen, of Toledo, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of violating the local option law and fined $70 includ ing costs.- Newport News. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Wood, of Dallas, were visiting during the past week at the home of the latter's uncle, R. L. Conner and family. McMinn ville Telephone-Register. Miss Ethel Whiteaker, after a short visit In Forest Grove, returned to her home Id Independence. She was a conservatory student, and does not ex pect to return the next term. Mc- Minnville Telephone-Register. First Wheat In Oregon. In his Reminiscences of Oregon, Hon. B. F. Nichols tells in the Laid- law Chronicle of the first wheat raised in Oregon: May 12th, 184G, near where Dallas, Polk county now stands, General Gilliam seeded ten acres of bottom land to California spring red wheat, from which he thrashed and cleaned up 100 bushels of red wheat. The crop next year was volunteer, and yielded over 25 bushels per acre of California fall or white winter wheat. The next crop, 1848, also yielded 32 bushels per acre. The white wheat that was mixed with the sowing In the first place, did not mature but spread out over the ground, allowing tne spring wheat to be harvested the first year, and leaving the other to grow and mature for 1817. The third crop was the largest of all, and all from one seeding. A truly wonderful thing to those who had come from the cold bleak prairies of northwestern Mis souri and Illinois, where the ground is covered with snow from 12 to 15 Inches deep, four to six months of the year, and where the mercury drops to 36 degrees below zero quite often during the winter. Yamhill's Old Courthouse. When the county seat was removed from LaFayette to McMinnville, some . i 1 1 . ... 1, n . . r. Hrna years ago, me oiu wjuiuiuuwj nan turned over to the Evangelical church to be used for a college building, and it was so used up to the time of the removal of the college to Dallas, when the building was disposed of to private carties. It is now claimed that the ground on which the building stands was deeded with the provision that it was to hold good only while it should be used for county purposes, the land and the building being donated almost entirely by the citizens of La Fayette, and it is stated that the town council will institute legal proceed ings to recover the property. The old building is oniy a renc oi 1 r . I. . bygone days id tne uisiory vi county ana state, arm is worth the cost of a suir, oui Bini-e there is a third party to be considered it probably cannot be avoiueu. new berg Graphic Isaac Butler, an honored pioneer of Independent who recently went w Los Angeles for the benefit of his health, writes to T. J. uaywr uii u is not improving as rapiuiy as ne could wish. He says the weaiuer nas been very disagreeable in NJiunern Califor!a this winter and he has been confined to the house nearly every osy since "i"u6 - Angeles. With the coming oi warmer weather, he hopes to find himself im proving ia health. COUNTY, OREGON, COURT HOUSE NOTES Items of Interest From the Records In the County Offices. PROBATE. Estate of Cynthia Glaze, deceased inventory and appraisement filed and approved. Instate of Horace G. Hawley, de ceasedfinal account set for hearing on May 4, at 1 p. m. Estate of C. A. Mattison, deceased- semi-annual account filed. Estate of Martha A. Brown, de ceased executor authorized to sell personal property described In peti tlon. Guardianship of Henrietta Robert son, an Insane person annual report filed. Guardiauship of A. J. Croslar, in firm final account approved. REAL ESTATE. A M Trent and wf to James and Annie Ross, lot in Dallas, $850. Polk County Bank to Charles II Watts, lots in Falls City. $50. Geo W Wolf and wife to George I Horn, lot 7 of the West Side Fruit Farms. $850. Geo W and Lydia Watt to Geo W Woir, lot 7 of the West Side Fruit Farms, $250. J H Patterson to B Albiker, 1 acre In Independence, $250. John Carmody and wife to August W Fischer; 215 acres, t 7 s, r 6 w, $19,000. S R Kennedy to J A Lawrenson, lot In Dallas, $10Q. A Y Ellis to John J Finn, lots in McCoy, $400. Richard Cook to D S Bentley, 20 acres, 1 8 s, i 6 w, $60. Richard Cook to D S Bentley, 200 acres, 1 8 s, r 0 w, $640. United States to Joseph C Mitchell, 203 acres, 1 6 s, r 8 w, patent. Joseph C Mitchell to J C Cocker- ham, 203 acres, 1 6 s, r 8 w, $1. Charles W Buell to Ernst Wlebold, 100 acres In 1 6 s, r 6 w, $C000. " II G Campbell to T A Moorman, 97 acres 1 7 s, r 5 w, $5000. FAMOUS JUBILEE SINGERS Colored Vocalists Will Olve Con cert in Woodman Hall, Thurs day Night. In presenting Williams Jubilee Singers to the publio, the manage ment has made special effort to have a high moral as well as musical stand ard. The members have been selected from the best Christian homes, and have been trained in some of Amer ica's best schools. Rust University, of Mississippi ; Knoxvllle College and Fink University of Tennessee, and Oberlin College, of Ohio, are repre sented In the Company. The Quartette Is a special feature and is always a favorite. The prima donna was trained by one of the best instructors of Chicago. She has a lyric voice possessing the flute qual ity, which is classed by the European masters as being the rarest and most beautiful. The colored race has pro duced few singers as great as she. The Contralto has been a student at the Oberlin conservatory of music, and also traveled with the Famous Fisk Jubilee Singers. She possesses a rich and charming voice of great depth and power, which has won for her many admirers. The pianist is a trained accompan ist of great natural ability. She also has a rich mezzo soprano voice. The selection of songs varies from the Opera to the Negro Boat and Cabin Songs. Woodman Hall, Thursday evening, April 4. FAMINE FUND GROWS B. Thompson Reports Contributions For Aid Starving Chinese. Liberal ot J. B. Thompson reports several con tributions to the fund for the aid of the famine sufferers In China this week. None but free-will offerings are asked, and for this reason there will be no canvass of the town for subscriptions. The church people all over the United States are interesting themselves in this movement and a large sum of money Is being forwarded to the missionaries to be used In al leviating the suffering of the starviog people. The Government is assisting in the work by handling the funds and seeing that all money Is for warded to the ntirtsionaries. Contri butions reported by Mr. Thompson are as follows: E. S. Piper fl.oo J. F. Holman 2.50 George Bowles 50 C. Kisser 2 50 Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Johnson 2 00 W. H. 15oais 600 Mrs, J. R, Hubbard 100 J. B. Thompson ul?0 Total 3i.50 It i earnestly hoped that those de siring to contribute to this fund will do so quickly, as human lives are at - . t I. flA Ik 1 1 - - ' ' contributions received by Mr. Thomp son w ill 1 forward! to ttie proper destination without delay. APKIL 2, 1007. LIKES THE CLIMATE Sam T. Thurston Writes From Arizona That His Health Is Improving. ALHAMBRA, Arizona, March 26 (To the Editor.) Thinking possibly some of my old friends in Dallas might be interested In hearing from me, I will write them a letter through the Observer. I am now at Alhambra, Arizona, and am feeling some better. I have to keep very quiet, however, and as long as I do that I feel as good as I ever did. I am in bed about all of the time, but in the last week I have got up and aressea myself and have eaten one meal at the table. I have lost little or no flesh, and hope by thetimesummer Is over to be able to show my old self again. I have great confidence in this climate, and am sure that If I can get health anywhere I can get It here. Speaking of climate, one can get It here if it is to be had. We have had considerable rain and many cloudy days, but you would not notice it in Oregon. Here In the valley, rains never last more than a da)', but that is long enough to make the people forget all their religion. The temperature ranges from 70 to 80 degrees in the day time, and between 40 and 50 de grees at night. For a few days, It was above 90 degrees and the humidity down to 10 per cent. Alhambra Is a little burg on the Santa Fe railroad, about five miles from Phoenix. We have a saloon. store and postofflce, all in one; no church, but a good dance hall. There is to, be a dance tonight Old Glory climbs up and proclaims it to the countryside. There are many sights here that would claim your highest appre ciation. For instance, 200 or 300 fat cattle in one field, with the alfalfa up to their backs. It is claimed that stockmen here can raise a four-year-old steer and fit him for the market for $7. Another grand sight is the shearing camps. Sheepmen gradually work their flocks down the valley, or desert, and all shear at one center. There Is one camp close to this placo where over 15,000 sheep are ready to be shorn. The shearing is done by ma chinery at the rate of 3,000 sheep per day. Buyers come here from the East, and the wool is all bought up early In the season. The ostrich farm is also very Inter esting. It is all fenced off In half acre lots and each pair Is kept by Itself. There are about 1,500 or 2,000 birds in the vicinity of Phoenix, claimed to be the largest number In captivity at any one place In the world. Indian blankets and relics and the mounds of the old mound-builders and many other things are dear to the tourist, but the most Impressive feat ure to an Orcgonian Is the excellent system of county roads. Today I watched a team hauling a wagon with over 100 bales of hay on it. , They use what we call bundle-racks, and It beats all how they loud them. Arizona Is certainly a grand place to spend the winter, but Is rather warm in the summer. I must close for this time. Please remember me to all, of my old friends In Polk county and tell them I would like to be with them again. . SAM T. THURSTON. Do You Want To Sell? you' want to sell your timber If claim, and sell It quick, see B. Gild- ner. ne has connections that has enabled him to buy every claim so far offered for sale at a reasonable figure. He does not want options, but will buy your claim If you desire to sell. Cull on him, or write him at Dallas. Printing, the kind that pays, at the Observkb office. Thousands have pronounced Hollis- tor's Rocky Mountain Tea the greatest healing power on earth. W hen med ical science fails, It succeeds. Makes you Well anu Keeps you wen. oo cents. Tea or Tablets. Belt & Cher- rlngton. 7: Lighter, koval bak!N3 rcvrttn kJ k kxii 1 V1 w You will find at our store up-to-date lines of LADIES' SILK WAISTS WHITS WASH WAISTS " E1ADY-T0-WEAK SKIRTS WASH FABRICS in profusion MEN'S HATS FANCY HOSIERY UNDERWEAR SHOES m m t m m m t Our prices appeal to the careful buyer, and we I will appreciate your looking at our goods whether I you buy or not. CAMPBELL Successors to MANY VALUABLE PRIZES Merchants of Dallas Make Libera Donations for School Children's Fair. The following Is a list of special premiums offered by the public spirited business men of Dallas to the children of the city schools who make the best exhibit- of the articles named at the Polk County School Children's Industrial Fair next Fall : EXHIBITORS OVf.R 12 YEARS. 1. Best S potatoes 11 rst, $3.50 berry set, U. S. Loughary; seoond, $1.60 catcher's mitt, Lee Smith. 2. Best cabbage first, pair $3.50 shoes, J. C. Gaynor; second, $2 bridle, T. B. mil. 3. Best Hubbard squash first, $3.50 picture, Guy Bros. & Dalton; second, $1 pocket knife, William Faull. 4. Best muskmelon first, $2.50 silk shirt, Uglow Clothing House ; second, $1.50 fountain pea, Belt&Cherrington 5. 1000-headed kale first, $3 ham mock, F. S. Ramsey ; second, $1.50 cash, Ray & Stoner. Free to all. 6. Best loaf of bread made from Dallas Mill's flour first, one barrel of flour, Sweeney Bros. ; second, $2 cash, Ghorke & Shaw. Free to alk 7. Best cake made from Dallas Mill's flour first, one barrel flour, Sweeney Bros. ; second, $2.60 cash. 8. Best Jolly (8 glasses) first, $3.50 salad set, W. H. Roy & Co. ; second, $1 bottle perfume, Stafrln Drug Co. 9. Canned fruit, berries and chor rles (2 samples) first, $3.60 best pho tos, T. J. Chorrlngton ; second, $1 cash. , 10. Best sample of handwork In sewing first, $3 hat, Mrs. E. J. Metz gcr j second, $1 berry set, W. R. Howe. 11. Best display of asters first, $2.50 center table, F. J. Chapman ; second, $1 cash. 12. Best display of sweet peas $3 lap robe, A. F. Salficky ; second $1 cash. ' ' 13. Best display of panslos first, $2.50 lamp, Simonton & Scott; second, $1 cash. 14. Best display of dahlias first, $2.50 toilet set. Belt & Cherrlngton; second, $1 cash. , EXHIHITOB9 IINPER 12 YEARS. I, Best five potatoes first, $2.50 silk shirt, Uglow Clothing House; second, $1 cash. 2. Best cabbage first, pair $3 You can make better food . ,W lJ -A n ' M xf - Lm" W 4 sweeter, more palat and wholesome. CO. NO. 4 in 07 H0LLISTE0 L. M. Pollock. shoes, Campbell JfeHolllsterj second, $1 cash. 3. Hubbard squash first, $2.50 hat, Ellis & Keyt; second, 1 cash. 4. Musk melon first, $2.50 fountain pen, Stafrin Drug Co.; second, $1 cash. 5. C and 7. Given in other Hat -open to all. 8. Jelly (2 glasses)-flrst, $2.50 dress puttorn, P. A. Finseth ; second, pair small scissors, C. Risser. 9. Canned fruit, berries and cher ries (2 samples)flrst, $2.50 silk um brella, P. A. Finseth; second, $1.25 box candy, n. A. Webster. 10. Best sample " hand sewing flrst,$2.50 nlckled tea set, William Faull, second, f 1,25 box candy, W. R. Ellis. 11. Best display of asters first, $2 pearl-handled knife, C. Risser; sec ond, $1.25 box candy, Johnson Bros. 12. Best display of sweet peas $2.50 dress pattern, Ellis & Keyt; second, $1.25 box candy, II. A. Webster. 13. BoBt display pansiea flrat,$2.50 carving set, W. R. Howe: second, $1.25 box candy, W. R. Ellis. 14. Best display of dahlias first, $2.50 hat, Miss Bertha Collins; sec. ond, $1.25 box candy, Johnson Bros. For best display by any boy first, $10 watch, A. H. narrls ; second, $2 cash. For best display by any girl first, $10 watch, C. II. Morris;' second, $2 cash. These premiums are open to any boy or girl attending the public school, or of school age In the district Those who have contributed and whose names do not appear In the foregoing list are : Dallas City Bank ; Dallas National Bank ; J. B. Thomp son, Hotel Gall; Dr. Mark Hayter, dentist; H. G. Campbell, real estate; I). P. Browne, bakery; F. J. Coad, sash and door fictory; Ed Riddle, foundry ; County Clerk E. M. Smith, Shoriff J. M. Grant, Postmaster 0. G. Coad, Dr. II. L, Toney, dentist. W. I. REYNOLDS. Charles Chace has our thanks for several copies of tha Chico Dally Herald, published at Chlco,California. Mr. Chaco holds the responsible posi tion of circulation manager In the office of the Herald. There are many tonics In the land, As by the papers you can see; But none of them can equal Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Belt & Cherrlngton. with - ) 1 i ; ; tea ( r m 0 m m m s