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Poi UNT PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY VOL. XIX DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, OCTOBER 18, 1907. NO. 34 w Watch here The People Trade! Don't think for a min ute that we would get the business we do if our Prices were not Right. If our Stock were not right; if our treatment of people were not fair and right, we would not expect it. Dalton Complete Line of Furniture Hardware and Plumbing Goods. The store where you ways get your money's orth. alias, Oregon YQ' ! NRWS OF f!OTTNTY TOWNS I NEWS OF COUNTY TOWNS. AIRLIE. The farmers are busy seeding. J. O. Staats transacted business in Dallas, Monday. J. S. Buchanan, of Montavilla, is visiting relatives here. J. P. Simpson has moved his family to this place for the winter. Our mail "carrier, Clyde Turner, was quite ill four days last week. Frank Lindeman is spending week with Chester Morrison at Pioneer, Mrs. I. M. Simpson and Mrs. Lena Hiltibrand were shopping in Albany Monday. Jtive or James Kay's family were down with the measles at one time last week. George Conn and A. J. Hannum are hunting in the mountains beyond Mary's Peak. Bura Tarter is in Sherwood visiting Lewis Teadtemeire, who recently bought the E. E. Staats farm. Percy Had ley has a force or men repairing Main street by putting in drains and other improvements. . Joe Brown passed through here Monday with a fine drove of hogs that he bought at the George Steele sale. Al St Dennis, whose leg was broken recently while riding on the running gears of a wagon, is getting along nioely. One of William Woods' little boys broke his arm just above the wrist, while playing on the school. ground. Tuesday. Mr. Armstrong has leased the axe handle mill on the Brown place from J. Brown, and will keep a full crew at work all winter. Joseph Rose has taken his engine to the Link & Brown sawmill, where it will be used in running a planer in connection with the mill.. Nellie Link, who recently gradu ated from one of the leading colleges in Pennsylvania, returned home a short time ago, and is now teaching school at Perrydale. BLACK ROCK. Lumon Bich, of Newberg, has taken the position of bookkeeper at Wyatt's general merchandise store. Miss Lillie Boss returned last Thurs day from Eugene, where she has been visiting friends for a month. Still Black Bock grows. Last Sat urday, the writer counted eight new dwellings in the course of construction. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Scott, of Rick- reall, visited with Mrs. Neil. Mrs. Scott's mother last Friday. Mr. Scott is foreman of the Spaulding logging camp atthis place. BUENA VISTA. J. M. Prather and family were in Albany, Saturday. Mrs. Church is visiting at the home of Mrs. A. Anderson. Martin Conger visited his father at Philomath last week. The ferry has changed hands again. Mr. Dow is running it now. Much straw is being baled in this vicinity for the use of the paper mills at Lebanon. -t ;1: Mr. Milner's ba,by died. Friday .after a short illness. It was buried Satur day in the L.O, O. F. cemetery. . School has been going tbiee weeks with an enrollment of 60, and several more will start in soon. Miss. Sears, the primary' teacher,; is doing very satisfactory work. She a is graduate or the Normal at Monmouth. BUTLER. - Bay Wallace is visiting his parents. Mrs. Hartman was at Sheridan last week. Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Lady were in Sheridan last week. Ira Yocum and family were Sher idan visitors last week. Mrs. Chester Ellis and children have been visiting her father, Mr. Shepard. William Ray and family have moved to Willamina where Mr. Ray will con duct a grocery store. Willis Bowell and family have moved up here to the farm they bought from Mr. Pettijohn. Dick Daniels and William Cher- rington, of Salem, were in this neigh borhood the first of the week. EOLA. Mrs. H. B. Brophy is spending several days in Salem. Rev. A. G. Byers visited relatives in Independence, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Tbacker have returned to their home In Oregon City, after several weeks' visit with relatives here. Arthur C. Benson, of Carrollton, Washington, visited at the home of his mother, Mrs. O. G. Savage, Tues day. Mr. Benson will work in the blacksmith shop of George Gosser in Salem. H. B. Brophy and Thomas Holman are getting their hop yard cleared off and in good shape ready for their work. Mrs. Elliott, of West Salem, who sprained her ankle severely several weeks ago, is now able to get around with the &Id of crutches. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Edwards, of Pop corn, are now nicely settled at house keeping on the Eaven's place, which has recently been purchased by Mrs. Edwards' father, L. Grlce. The Rev. William Pearce, of Pop corn, has recently been sent by the Methodist conference to Siletz, where he will preach the coming year. Mr. Pearce will receive a good salary. Our new pastor, the Rev. Walker, of Washington, will preach at Oak Grove, Sunday, at 10:30 a. m., and at Eola, at 7 :30 p. m. Rev. Walker has had fifteen years' experience in the ministry, and nas worked six years as an evangelist FALLS CITY. Mayor A. B. Muir, of Dallas, was a Falls City visitor, Wednesday. A social dance will bo given at Wagner's hall, Saturday evening, October 19. Dr. O. K. Wolfe made a business trip to Salem, Saturday, returning Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Emmett left Fri day afternoon for Drain and other southern Oregon points. Mrs. G. F. Rounds loft for California, Monday, on a pleasure trip. She will be gone several months. Orville Arthur, who has been work ing on the Kirkpatrick building, left Tuesday for his home in Portland. J. A. Quinn, foreman of the P. S. Easterday Bridge Company, of Walla Walla, arrived here Thursday to superintend the construction of the new bridge. Fire destroyed the home of Charles Ritchie near Mill 1, Wednesday night. Mr. Ritchie was able to save some of the personal belongings of the family before tho fire had gained much headway. Power was turned on at the electric light station last night, and the street lights in the business portion of town were kept burning until 9 o'clock. The lamps gave a strong, steady illumi nation. Regular service will begin this week. Judge Coad and County Commis sioners Riddell and Teal were in the city Friday for the purpose of select ing the exact location for the new steel bridge. The work of clearing away the brush began Saturday morning, and the work on the piers will begin at an early date. report a good time, and will bo home in about two weeks, bringing Mr Hanna's sister with them. In Mr. Collins' write-up, no mention was made of C. S. Craton's dairy. Mr, Craton Is the pioneer dairyman of tho hills, having been engaged in the busi ness for 20 years. He and his father, while milking only 7 cows at present, have made a herd of 12 cows pay $900 in a year, and would be milking 20 now if help could be obtained. We heard a man say that the I. X. I , ranch was the poorest investment in the dairying business around here as to tne truth or this assertion we have nothing to say, as we have no means of knowing what profit our neighbor is making, but we will give a few figures from the ranch books from March, 1, 1907, to date and let people judge for themselves as to the paying quality of the property : Cream sold in March, $36.44; April, $51.93; May, $72.63; June, $81.70 ;July,$82 91; August, $61.77; September, $30.94 Besides, there were sold $125 worth of veal and hogs fattened on the skim milk ;of this amount, the landlord got half. Did it pay him? MONMOUTH. This fine Fall weather captivates the Eastern people. The skating rink opened Monday night with a large crowd. Mrs. H. Miller was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Halleck, Monday. J. Robinson, the meat market man, has returned from a business trip to Washington. Charles Herron Is building some new sidewalk and otherwise improving his property. Mrs. W. T. Bradley, of Eugene, visited old-time neighbors and friends n Monmouth last week. Many apple and pear trees In Wil liam Barnett's orchard have a second crop or bloom. It makes one think Spring is coming. M. N. Bowman's prune orchard, two miles south of Monmouth, yielded a revenue of $140 an acre this year. He sold for 5 J cents a pound. That beats raising grain. Postmaster O. A. Wolverton attended the funeral of his uncle in Linn county, Sunday. The late Mr. Wol verton wa3 a brother of O. A.'s father, and was 80 years old. The burial was conducted by the Masonic fraternity. Mrs. Mary Withrow's orchard near Suver is loaded with fruit. She has sold her large apple crop to a Portland firm at 75 cents a bushel in the orchard. The fruit was sprayed four or Ave times, and is free from worms. It pays to spray. PEDEE HILLS. Thomas Kinchin made a trip to Dal las for the I. X. L. ranch, Monday. Mrs. Escbricht is building on her 320-acre ranch. Next summer she will build a summer cottage for her family. Harold, the little son of C. S. Craton, was successfully operated on by Drs. McCallon and Bollman this week for an injury sustained to his hand about a year ago. " Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hanna are visit ing relatives In Pennsylvania. They PERRYDALE. Henry McKee lost a valuable cow last week. Ida Duignan Is teaching the Enter prise school. Miss Susie Bennett is teaching the Concord school. miss .binK, or Airlie, is our new primary teacher. Mrs. Bell, of near Ballston, is visit ing her daughter, Mrs. John Jolly. Mr. Cochrane, of Amity, has moved his family to the farm recently vacated by Tony Nance. Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell, of Dallas, passed Sunday at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Lee Conner. SOUTH RICKREALL. AUTUMN. (With apologies to Dean Collins) The leaves are falling To beat the band : The song of the wood-saw Is neard in the land. The old farmer mutters : "Gosh-all-dim-it." As the reckless hunter Scores the limit. But the hunter ere lorig Will shoot his last shoot. And the gas-wagon "snuffer" Will scoot bis last scoot. Then the farmer's sad spirit Will be turned Into cav : Like the proverbial dog. He will then have his day. For with larder and storehouse Filled with good cheer, He can thankfully utter: "Bless the Lord, I'm still here!" Cass Gibson raised some delicious melons this year. Mr. Arehart has rented the O'Brien Bros.' large farm near Balm Grove. Walter Metzler has been up from Portland for a short visit with his parents. One of John Orr's best milk cows died recently, supposedly from eating some poisonous weed. Miss Geneva Miller, from Iowa, a niece of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Miller, is teaching the Harmony school. Robert Loe, our hustling road super visor, Is repairing the bridges and getting the roads in excellent condition for winter. Ed Lorence and sisters, Hazel and Mabel, of Monmouth, helped to furnish delightful music for the social dance at Rickreall. - Mr: and Mrs. Mark Ellis had a lively runaway, while out hunting a few days ago. Mrs. Ellis was thrown from the buggy, but was not seriously hurt SPRING VALLEY. being rapidly ZENA AND The hop yards are cleaned up at Lincoln. Miss Inez Bollier is homo from her work for a few days' rest. Mrs. Whitman and three children are visiting relatives in Colorado. Miss Lois Simpson spent Sunday with friends in this neighborhood. -.: Cards are out for the marriage of Fred Purvineand Mabel Bradford. Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Crawford have returned to their home in Portland. Ralph Shepard has moved onto his father's farm and will have charge of it this winter. Robert Duncan is at home for a short visit, having packed out from his claim in the mountains. Samuel Trusscll has sold his place and expects to move to a higher alti tude on account of bi3 health. J. L. Purvine is moving his family to Salem, where he will make his home. He is one of the pioneer farmers of Spring Valley, and It will be lonely without him. The Observer office wants the print ing you are particular about The only true constipation cure must begin its soothing, healing action when it enters the mouth. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea restores the whole system to a healthy, normal condition. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Belt & Cher-rington. Its a Pleasure to Do Business When we know that every time we get a man into a Hart, Schaffner & Marx Suit we've done him a real lllllf rap service. Copyright 1907 by Hart Schaffner W Marx Such clothes as these actually raise the standard of all men in town, and we're selling them at the right prices $18 to $25. Lots of other good makes at $8 to $15. Men's Hats, Shoes, Shirts, Underwear and Neckties in the latest styles. We are showing the best assortment of Ladies' and Children's Cloaks in Dallas for the price. It will pay you to see us before buying your Fall wrap. Ladies' and Children's Furs from $1 to $20. New Dress Goods New Suits New Suit Cases and TrunKs In fact, our stock is very complete in all lines, and our prices will interest you. Yours for business, CAMPBELL HOLLISTER CASH STORE DALLAS, OREGON BALLSTON. Peter Cook was a Portland visitor last week. Thomas Short and family visited in Sheridan, Sunday. N. M. Conner, who has been ill for some time, is no better. Mrs. George Berry, who has been quite ill, is improving. Holidav Roods at Haynes.' Every body call and avoid the rush. Mr. and Mrs. I. Hinshaw are the proud parents of a twelve-pound boy. Lou Downing is improving the looks of his house by a new coat of paint. Edward Hall and Gilbert Campbell. the two boys with broken limbs, are mproving rapidly. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Savery, of Salt Creek, have moved to the resi dence of Richard Clanfleld. Mr. and Mrs. William Robertson, of Airlie, visited at the home of Mrs. Robertson's father last week. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Royal and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Savery, of Dallas, were Ballston visitors last week. George Berry and sister, Mrs. Lily Bowman, came down from Eastern Oregon last week to attend the funeral of their sister, Mrs. Eugene Brown. BUELL. Roland Horning is improving from a severe illness. Harry Hinshaw and R. Blair have gone to the coast. A. W. Fletcher and family have moved to their home at Buell. Farmers are wishing for rain to moisten the ground, so that they may hasten the plowing. The Misses Blair and cousin, Miss Burgess, visited at Clarence Olm stead's, Wednesday. School opened last week under the able management of C. C. Allor, prin cipal, and Miss Nagel, primary teacher. The Rev. Hollingsworth preached his first sermon at Buell, Sunday, to a small but appreciative congregation. He is an earnest, forcoful speaker. J. M. Davis has ordered a gang plow from Portland and will soon demonstrate his activity by tho amount of farming done, despite the fact that he is 76 years young. There is much moving In this vicinity. Mr. Berry now lives on Mrs. Keas' place; J. B. Constable will occupy the house just vacated by Mr. Berry, on the David Giger farm, which he has rented. J.M. lescent. BRIDGEPORT. Rhodes is reported as conva- W. H. Mack filled his three silos with corn last week. Cecil Smith and Clint Foster aro students at Dallas College Tho Rev. I. N. Mulkoy, of Bethel, preached at Antioch, Sunday. Sam Davis has moved from Antioch to tho Henry Clanflold place near Mt. Pisguh. George McColIom went to Portland a few clays ago, to take treatment for a cancer. Miss Rachel Smith is having a new house built on her place in McTim monds valley. Brown & Link are moving their sawmill from its present location to Fred Johnson's placo. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kurro, of Inde pendence, visited in this vicinity Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Mack has moved out from Dallas to live at her son-in-laws', her youngest daughter, Maudo, having married recently. Henry Fern has rented tho G. W. Leo placo. This is one of the best farms in this community and has been without an occupant for three yoars "Taking Advantage of the Best Is Your Duty." BRIDGE,BEACH&CO "SUPERIOR" EM ISiSID f BRIDGE BEACH RANGES Are Not Cheap in Quality. They are made for people who want something good. Perhaps you know that Perhaps you don't. Perhaps you had better see the goods and talk it over with us. We We are still selling these at the extremely low prices before advertised, also carry a full line of Hardware, Implements, Kitchen Utensils and Mechanics' Tools at prices that will fit your pocket book. WM. FAULL DALLAS, THE LEADING HARDWARE DEALER OREGON