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EXHIBITS AT DALLAS FESTIVAL
SHOW COUNTY'S GREAT RESOURCES
Commercial CloVf Efforts Result in
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I I Da'.lus has had Its carnlvala; Polk
Caunty has bad Ita various amuse
ment enterprises and small fair; but
nerer Id the history of this city or
county has anything been held that
will In any manner compara with tha
Great Harvest Ktstlral and Carnival
Just closed.
Ktrst mentluned and plans for It be
gan but one mont sen. with the en
t.re burden fa:Une upon tha shoulders
of tha tallaa Commercial Club. Though
tha weather on Wednesday threatened
. ruin It as an amusement enterprise.
nd though hop-ptcktna? Is In full blast
all over tha county, and though ex
perienced persons In mattera of this
kind could not be found, this festival
proved to ba a huge success; a much
greater success even than tha promot
era of tha sama even dared to hope a
month ago.
With the Pallas Commercial Club be
hind the movement, and Independence.
?'aJ!s C?r jid Monmouth. through
tnetr Commercial Clubs, aiding and ad
vising In every possible way and with
t;ie county Court of Polk County fa
vorably Interested In tha matter. It Is
really not so wonderful after all. Tha
dirrerent Commercial Clubs of the
county have united with tha Dallas
Commercial Club In all demands made
t-pon tha County Court for financial
assistance: outside clubs have appointed
committees and emplovad men to go
var ibalr rsipscuve districts and se
Greater Success Than Promoters Dared
Now Display at State Fair Future Is
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cure products, etc for exhibit pur
poses. bxblbll ( Be Made at Salem.
Tha primary object of giving this
fair thts year and tie reason It waa
given this year regardless of tha late
ness of the data when It was first pro
posed, and the reason It waa given this
week In preference to all other times,
was tha desire of the Dallaa Commer
cial Club and the other Commercial
Ciuha of the county to sea Polk County
arain represented at the State Kalr
with a credltabla exhibit; one that the
rlilxens of tha vounty could ba proud
of: one that would bid fair to capture
aome of the premluma offered there.
It waa assumed that this local fair
would aerve as an assemblage place for
the products of the county: and that
out of the exhibit made hera a grand
exhibit could be aecured for the State
Kalr. This desire haa been fully re
alised, though It must ba admitted that
Polka fruit exhibit will not ba rery
great, owing to the fact that the fruit
of tha county waa practically all gone
before gatherlnr of tha same for
this exhibit commenced- Grains and
grasses, vegetables, fruits, lumber, mo
hair and other products of Polk County
were brought here by the. wagon load.
It all looked good, persons who have
attended other fairs In the state this
season aay that the exhibit hera
eclipses anything they have yet aeen.
Wednesday was artisan's -Uay. Ex
ercises appropriate to the day wera
l.eld. and many artisans from different
sectlona of tha county and stats wera
to Hop "Blue Ribbon County" of
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attendance. Durlnjr the evening of
Wednesday the Dallas band entertained
the visitors In a concert given on the
courthouse lawn and the shows running
continually gave the visitors a place
to go.
Hawley Delivers Address.
Thursday was Independence day.
Though Independence was practically
deserted, owing to so many people be
ing employed in the hop fields, still a
large crowd of visitors came down from
Independence to show the people of the
county that It was their day at the fair.
Independence had a separate exhibit of
products gathered In the immediate vi
c'nlty of Independence. Balloon ascen
sion, high dive, baseball, and the shows
furnished the entertainment for the
day. During the evening in addition to
the usual band concert an address was
delivered by W. C. Hawley. Represen
tative from Oregon. Mr. Hawley paid
a glowing tribute to the wonderful re
sources of Polk County; to the apparent
success of the fair being held, and
talked along agricultural lines. His
address was well received, anu made
a decided impression upon his hearers.
Friday was Fall City day. The mills
In Falls City closed: the stores gave
their clerks a holiday, and all Fallp
City turned out to make their day tile
one big day of the fair, and in thla.
they were very successful. From morn
ing until night, there was nothing to
It but Falls City. Spreading the ad
vertising spirit with all the eloquence
and broadness of a "Tom Law son." It
was Falls City all the time. Appro
priate exercises and sports were held
under the auspices of the Falls City
Commercial Club. .
Dedlaa Day Drawa Crowd.
Saturday, tha last day of tha big flr,
waa Dallas' own day. Modesty forbids
tha atatemeat that It was the best day.
Hut Dallas left nothing undone that
could ba dona to show tha visitors that
Dallas was on tha map, and in a good
live way at that. A bigger crowd waa
In attendance on Saturday, all the hop
pickers coming In that evening to en
Joy the fair. During the day the ex
ercises wera not unlike the exercises of
the other three days: but at night
well. It la enough to say that there was
plenty of fun; plenty of excitement;
and all the noise that hundreds of cow
bells, horns and other noise-makers
could produce. It was a gay ending
of a gay carnival, and a fitting climax
to one of the most entertaining events
of its kind that has ever been held In
the state.
Vndoubtedly Dallas and Polk County
will receive a great deal of valuable
advertising as a result of this fair; not
only in this manner has good been
accomplished, but a commendable prec
edent has been established. Polk County
has been provided with a creditable ex-l-ib'.t
for the State Fair; the citizens
of the county have been brought to
gether vsth a unity of spirit and feel
inav and Polk County has awakened at
last to what she Is capable of doing.
Itoay Future Pictured.
For a county as rich as it Is In re
sources, icd for a city as well-located
and backed by such a substantial coun
try, the development of Polk County
and the City of Dnllas has not been
what it should, have been. There has
not been enough progress, not enough
effort made lo get outside capital -interested.
The citlxens of the city and
county were content to enjoy their
wonderful advantages' themselves,
without sharing them with outside peo
ple and outside capital. But with tha
election of the present County Court,
the formation of various live commer
cial clubs over the county, and with
the- people as a whole at last awaken
ing to the fact that new life and new
capital Is needed in order to get all
there Is out of natural wealth of this
great county. Polk Is now growing
rapidly.
Adapted as the soil and climate Is to
the raising r . fruit of all kinds, and
fruit of a superior quality: the raising
of all grains and grasses. Including
ifalfn the mlslnsr of hODS. this being
acknowledged one of the hop centers of
the' state; and the wonderful advan
tages offered to the stockralser, dairy
man and poultryman. and the untold
wealth lylnjr In the billions of feet of
standing timber here of quality un
equaled anywhere in the world, noth
ing on earth can stop or retard the
growth of this great county, tho county
that was spoken of by W. H. Downey,
president of the State Board of Agri
culture. In 1905. as the "Blue Ribbon
County" of Oregon: the county that
took more first prizes at the Oregon
Btate Fair in 1904 and 1905 than any
other county in the state.
Today. Dallas is acknowledged to ba
the prune center of the state. The
fact that the J. K. Armsby Company,
backed by millions of dollars, decided
to locate their only Oregon branch
plant in Dallas, for packing and can
ning purposes. Is good evidence of thts.
It will be but a ahort while until there
ill be practically as many, if not more,
apples raised here than prunes. Wal
nuts are doing well, and the farmers
are prosperous and contented. No sec
tion of the state, or of the Pacific
Coast, has a more promising future
than Polk County, and Its county seat,
Dallas, the Prune City of Oregon.
Haunts of Friends Will
Become Quaker Mecca
Amerlcaa Followers of William
Pena May Make Buckinghamshire
Ceater of Summer Pleasures Jor
daa Meetinghouse Yet Stands.
LONDON. Sept. 1. (Special.) Tha
little Buckinghamshire haunt of
Jordans, closely associated for gen
erations with the memory of William
Penn and other founders of the Society
of Friends, seems sewn to become a
Quaker Mecca. Here stands among
other Interesting buildings the old Jor
dans farmhouse, where hardy Friends
worshipped In persecution days, and
nearby the old Jordan meeting-house,
dating from the abandonment of that
persecution in 16SS. It Is proposed to
take over the roomy, old-fashioned
farmhouse as a Friends' guest-hostelry
nd to make It In future the center of
Summer colony of Quaker tourists
from America and the numerous con
gregations In KnRland and the colonies.
The old building Is admirably suited
for Its new purpose, as It will put up
at least 20 families In Its spacious, com
fortable chambers. It Is more than
250 years old, but Is still In fairly good
repair. The kitchen in particular la as
trim and commodious as when a room
ful of Quakers conducted their silent
rites In secret fear of the Informer.
The relic Is at present the rjroperty,
together with a large parcel of ' the
surrounding land, of the St. Luke's
Hospital of London. The hospital
trustees have found the healthful
countryside a model site for their con
valescent homes for patients afflicted
with mental diseases, and several
buildings On the estate accommodate
the people who are recovering their
mental balance In the sane, Quaker
ish atmosphere.
Old Jordana. as the farmhouse is
called, has not been uaed for this pur
pose, however, and has been offered to
Its ancient devotees at the low figure
of S7500. A little more than this sum.
will be required to put the house in
shape for Its new usage, and it la un
derstood that the money is coming In
brlsMy to the Friends' central oTflce
In London.
When the property is acquired, Jor
dans may become the gathering place
of an annual Friends' Chautauqua,
with plenty of accommodation for vis
itors In the neighboring cottages and
tenting facilities freely offered on the
broad Buckinghamshire acres of the
new estate. An educational, devotion
al and historical programme is to be
carried out each Summer, presided over
by Quaker leaders from all over the
world.
It was only In May of last year that
Jordana meeting-house, after, an idle
ness of nearly a century, came again
Into active use. In tha churchyard He
the bones of Wiliiam Penn himself,
whence they have resisted all attempts
at deportation by enthusiastic Ameri
can admirers. Now they are fitly at
rest among the memoriala of practical
ly the whole Penn family. Many dep
utations front the Pennsylvania So
ciety have visited them here and have
been largely Instrumental In rescuing
the church from Its long- disuse, as
now the farmhouse has also been
brought Into its own.' Neighboring
Quakers alt each Sunday morning in
the pews where Penn. and probably
Fox aa well, formerly worshiped.
Quaker congt-egatlons are still slow
ly growing throughout modern Eng
land, there being SO of them in Lon
don alone, while they retain much of
their old strength in the country dis
tricts. Blissful Ignorance.
Success.
Holden, the New York "bird man,"
lately had In his shop a taciturn par
rot. Day after day It sat silent on Its
perch. Indifferent to every -luestion.
At last a Cuban lady came Into the
shop and spoke to It In her native
tongue. The parrot brightened up at
once, opened Its beak and emitted a
jubilant volley of vehsient Spanish
words. When the parrot finally
ceased speaking, the lady turned to
Mr. Holden and, blushing violently,
asked:
"Do you understand Spanish?"
"No." he replied.
"Tnank God!" aha replied, and left
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SELF MASTERY WINS HAPPINESS TO
MANY IN NOVEL NEW JERSEY COLONY
Men Who Are "Down on Luck" Are Eeceived at Farm and Allowed All the Liberties of Life Coufidence Is
Cultivated by Andreas Floyd, W ho Conducts "Prodigal Home."
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NEW YORK, Sept. 16. Don't swear
unless It Is absolutely necessary.
This is the motto at the Self Mas
ter Home in Unlor, N. J. Andress
Floyd, who created the Self Master
colony and Is Its guiding spirit, says
that much of the responsibility and
credit of the success of the colony Is
due to this motto.
The Self Master colony is a home for
the prodigal son. It Is a system far
restoring to the prodigal a measure of
self-respect as a basis for reform. Mr.
Floyd Is not a preacher and his col
ony Is not a rellRious colony. Ha be
lieves that the rellcion of any man's
mother is good enough for that man
and he does not try to preach doctrine.
In fact preaching of any kind is not
a part of the life at the Self Master
colony.
Mr. Floyd started his colony because
he had a feeling that he knew the way
to redeem Intemperate, discouraged and
homeless men. He did it of his own
motion, carrying out his own ideas. He
had a theory that elaborate system was
hurtful rather than helpful to men
such as he wished to reach, and one
beauty of the Self Master colony Is Its
simplicity. It has exactly one rule
each man who lives in the colony gives
each day seven hours labor and in re
turn he receives board, clothing and
a little pay. The members of the col
ony do all the work of the colony
cooking, farming, etc.
To make the colony self-supporting
there Is a tea room where motor par
tips can get "Hobo Luncheons," and
thera is a print shop which does busi
ness for tho outside world and pub
lishes a little, magazine. There is also
a rug-making shop where some of the
colony find work weaving rugs on old
fashioned looms; these rugs are sold
for the support of the colony.
But Mr. Floyd Is not left wholly to
his own resources. Charles H. Inger
soll, a wealthy man of South Orange,
gave to the colony Its big farm -and
help has been received from Horace A.
Colby, of Plalnfield; William A. Clark,
of the State Trust Company of Plain
field, and Alexander C. Lltterst, of the
Metuchen National Bank. These men
are the advisory board and the trus
tees of tho colony. It has also eight
directors fi'ing In nearby towns.
Mr. Ingersoll when he turned over B0
acres to Mr. Floyd did so with a feel
ing that it might help to clean some of
the human scum out of the cities. But
Mr. Floyd, does not regard the dere
licts from Vhe city as scum. He thinks
most of the outcasts have good In them
If they can only be braced up and
taught self control and If someone
would only give them a chance.
Charity associations, missions, and
clergymen send men in need of help to
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BEER TOTING IN DARK
MYSTIFIES STRANGER
Raid on Illicit Thirst-Quenching Establishments at Paisley on Following
Bay Offers Explanation to Newcomer in Silver Lake.
SILVER LAivE, Or., Sept. 16. (Spe
cial.) Awakened at an early hour
In the morning: by the crunching
of gravel, a stranger in Silver. Lake
peered out of his window and saw two
men rolling a bulky object from a yard
on the opposite side of the street. As
he watched another man came around
the corner of the house with a box un
der each arm. ' So heavy was his load
that the third man staggered.
Believing his new neighbors tha vic
tims of burglars, the stranger aroused
his host, only to bo told to "forget It"
and go back to sleep. The stranger re
turned to his room but could not sleep,
so he sat by the window and watched
the strange proceedings across the
street.
The two- men rolling the heavy object
heaved away until. Inch by Inch, they
disappeared into the darkness. Their
companion, who had carried away the
weighty boxes, meanwhile returned for
more. He made six trips while the mys
tified Btranger watched. It was dawn
before the night tollers completed their
task.
"Fonret It," Says Landlord. .
In theaj morning the stranger again
broached the mystery to his landlord
and again was told, with much em
phasis, to "forget it."
That afternoon the Silver Lake Lead
er, a weekly newspaper. Issued an ex
tra edition telling of a raid -on two
speak-easy dives In Paisley, a few
miles south of here. Inquiry proved
that the atranger'a "house of mystery"
was the, home of a Silver Lake near
beer Joint-keeper, and an inspection of
the. ground about the premises showed
that a barrel had been rolled from the
cellar.
In the first raid at Paisley. Sheriff
Snyder and Deputy Prosecuting Attor
ney Venator confiscated 1090 bottles of
beer and 60 gallons of whisky frpm the
cellar of a near-beer Joint kept by D.
Blggerstaff. In addition to this there
was enough wine, brandy, gin 'and oth
er thirst-quenchers to stock a first
class bar. Blggerstaff. with the con
fiscated beverage, was taken to Lake
view, where he waived examination and
produced bond to appear on a charge
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the Self Master-colony. Mr. Floyd clas
sifies them" as. first, the man unable
to find immediate employment second,
the man In middle life who has lost his
business; third, the Intemperate man
trying to control himself; fourth, the
country boy stranded in the city;' fifth,
rich man's son, wayward, estran-red
from his family: sixth, the man dis
couraged through domestic troubles;
seventh, men run down physically and
mentally, needing outdoor work.
There is no aristocracy In the Self
Master colony. All of Its colonists are
"the boys" to Mr. Floyd. ' No effort is
made to preach to them as has beenl
said. No attempt Is made to amuse
them. Most of them find their great
est amusement fh reading. No control
is exercised over their movements and
there Is no prohibition against going to
of selling liquor In a dry territory. He
says the officers didn't play the game
according to the rules, as he Is a new
comer In Lake County and did not rec
ognize the Sheriff when he entered the
place and called for whisky.
Pauley Hotel Raided.
Not. wishing to. slight any one, Sny
der and Venator returned to Paisley
the following night and raided the bar
of the Hotel Chewaucan, the leading
hostelry of the town. This hotel Is
owned and operated by'R. B. Jackson,
County School Superintendent. G. W.
Cooley was tending bar at the place
and was placed under arrest. Snyder
J and Venator found 50 barrels of beer.
which Cooley says he owns, in a va
cant house near the hotel. Jackson put
up bond for Cooley and employed an
attorney to defend him.
Continuing In their Carrie Nation
roles, the officers Invaded a livery
stable owned by George Ranney. Here
they found more whisky and arrested
the proprietor. Ranney also obtained
bond and an attorney.
The officers admit they were after
School Superintendent Jackson. Last
year Jackson was haled before court
and made to explain why he deposited
school funds in his own name instead
of in the regular course as prescribed
by law.
Interesting developments are ex
pected at the trial, as It is believed
Cooley, rather than go to Jail, will tell
who really owned the . confiscated
liquor.
Florida Finds an Orator.
A Speech by Representative Clark In
the Congressional Record.
Mr. Speaker, in the extreme south of
the" great fnlon of sovereign States,
between the Gulf of Mexico and tho
Atlantic Ocean, lies Florida, the fair
est flower in the garden of Statehood.
(Applause.) Her balmy climate, her
healthful ocean breezes, her delicious
tropical fruits, her wonderful palm
trees, her tall pines, her majestic oaks,
her silvery lakes, heY wonderful
rivers, and her youth-preservlns
springs have made Florida famous
throughout the civilized world. (Ap
plause.) Nowhere in all the habitable
globe does the sun shine with such
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the nearby saloon and getting a drink.
But this very lack of restraint exer
cises a restraining influence. It brinps
oat the character dormant in the man.
If he is a sufferer from drink he goes
to Mr. Floyd with his troubles and If
Mr. Floyd really thinks he needs It he
gives him whisky.
When the man is ready to leave the
colony he.goes out into the-world' with
the good wishes of its director. If he
falls a?atn by the wayside he Is al
ways welcome to return. Mr. Floyd
has conducted his colony four or five
years and he has many letters from
his graduates who have gone out into
the world and succeeded. In his con
duct of the colony he is assisted by
Mrs. Floyd, who directs the housekeep
ing. But the housekeeping is all don
by the colonists.
resplendent glory as in Florida; no
painter's brush can transfer to canvas
the ravishing beauty of a moonlight
night in Florida; no pen can picture,
nor can any Imagination conceive the
transcendent beauty of her landscape,
the fertility of her soil, the luxuri
ance of her tropical fruits and flowers,
th rich perfume of which is borne in
riotous profusion on every passing
breeze.
DISFIGURED WITH
SCALES AND CRUSTS
Eczema from Top of Head to Waist.
Suffered Untold Agony and Pain.
Doctors Said-It Could Not Be Cured.
Set of Cuticura Remedies Success
ful When All Else Had Failed.
"Some time ago I was taken with eczema
from the top of my head to my waist. It
began with scales on my body. I suffered
untold itchine and burning, and could not
sleep. I was greatly disfigured with scales
and crusts. My ears looked as if they had
been most cut off with a razor, and my neck
was perfectly raw. I suffered untold agony
and pain. I tried two doctors who said I
had eczema in its fullest stage, and that it
could not be cured. I then tried other rem- ,
edies to no avail. At last, I tried a set of
the genuine Cuticura Remedies, which cured
me. Cuticura Remedies cured me of eczema
when all else had failed, therefore I cannot
praise them too highly.
" I suffered with eczema about ten months,
but am now entirely cured, an I believe
Cuticura Remedies are the best ekin cure
there Ts." (Signed) Miss Mattie J. Shaffer,
R. F. D. 1, Box 8, Dancy, Miss., Oct. 27, 1910.
"I had buffered from eczema about four
years when boils began to break out on
different parts of my body. It started with
a fine red rash. My back was affected first,
when it also spread over my face. The itching
was almost unbearable at times. I tried
different soaps and salves, but nothing seemed
to help me until I began to use the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. One box of them cured .
me entirely. I recommended them to mj
sister for her baby who was troubled wito
tooth eczema, and they . completely cured
her baby." (Signed) Mrs. F. L. Marberget
Drehersville, Pa., Sept. 6, 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and Cuticurt
Ointment are sold by druggists and dealera
everywhere, a liberal sample of each, witb
32-page booklet on the skin and hair, wiU
be sent, post-free, on application to Pottel
Drue U Cbem Com. Dept. 4B. Boston.