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TOE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNINQ FEBRUARY 10, 1024 3 MED BY mm mm mm mam mm . ma If & ' I Mmety bf sogial sikvi'cf PiRrTJjR W 1 jsmesig Old Knight House Was Home of, First Organization in j i This City '! lrr , ,. While the community is think ing along the lines of historic buildings, It may not be amiss to make reference to an old tenement which stands oti the ey just back of .theElectric apartments on Liberty street. This Js known as tliof "Knight House." ! This might be called the "mo ther, house" for Jiebe the present JUW.U.A. was born.- Something near kin to this or ganization had. its Inception many years earlier perhaps in 1194, and was christened "The Woman's Auxiliary to the Y.M.C.A." This was , before the women of Salem had been granted the , suffrage, and before they had become co workera'with their fellow-man, so Iztky modestly sheltered them ees behind the mantles of their others and brothers. This auxil larjr; concerned -Itself ' exclusively with the needs of men and boys, a4 ,bad to. do-chlefir. with thei: stomachs. W.ith the passing of the years! the Y.M.C.A. so increased "Knight House" mentioned above was secured for the purpose. It was successful from the outset, and was for a time a truly home for all who came within its influ ence. However, the .growth of the community industrially and edu cationally combined with the en larged vision of the needs and possibilitines of young women and girls, impressed upon the leaders In this work the need for trained leadership and adequate housing facilities, which needs could not be met in the rooms then occupied. As a result of all this, the pres ent home at 128 Liberty street was secured and the Salem Y.W. C.A. organized, according to the standards of the national Y.W.C.A. It was fortunate that this organ ization preceded, the , opening of the world "war. It tended to uni fication of purpose during that most unsettling period. The as sociation has kept shoulder to shoulder with the public demand. Classes in Biblical history, Eng lish, French, and so on. were or ganized. Also in tharee branches of Home Economics, dressmaking millinery, and cooking. When our people became an actual partici pant in the war, classes in first aid and nursing were orgnized. When these hd fulfilled their mis sion, the war' mercifully beingat an end, new demands were prompt ly met. The Girl Reserveswork is the outstanding objective at the present time. No movement of My First Visit To The YWCA Cafeteria "Katlng Under the Blue Triangle" The first time I went to the rooms was in the nature of an ex periment. Two hours were to be filled before starting another lap of the journey home. If I yielded to the blandishments of the res taurant windows and lunched behind them what would be done with the ninety minutes, more or less, which would remain after the modest meal had been eaten. If, however, I climbed the spotless speckless steps leading to the YWCA I could utilise the sand wiches and cookies left from yes terday's lunch thus reducing tho expense. And, chief inducement, there would also be a sympathetic ear willing to listen to the story of my recent woes. Then the ninety minutes, more or less, would be filled to overflowing with the homelike chatter, .the music of piano and victrola, the new magazines and papers, the whole permeated to the indescrib able atmosphere of friendliness and cheer, found only in the YWCA outside of one's own home. I went the second time for the above mentioned atmosphere and the chicken soup. Now 1 live in Salem and I go each day for the combination of comforts I be long now and liavc been tup plied with some interesting facts and figures which I shall pass o;i to you. For the soup and the at mosphere you mast come in per son also to see, our cook'who in addition to her culinary r.fts, is really very beautiful. These ate the figures she gave me: Number of meals served during the year; 25,327, at an average etst of 21.7 cents. I remember the little blond woman with her baby or six months who came to T-alem to be near her husbsimi who was iu the state penitentiary for manslaugh ter. He was brought to Salem six months before the coming of the child the ivii'e taught a small country school until her health iaterfered. Ah soon as she could she came to Salem from Jhe distant eastern Oregjn town. When she arrived her money was gone, and she knew no one hsre. fche came to nie with her story 1 held the baby while she tolrl it. Despite the long journey the child was fresb and sweet with the daintest clothing. She , said she felt hopeless when she lft the train she did not know inhere to turn At the .station, in answer to her -inquiry, was directed to the YWCA.. She said, with tears in her eyes, that she felt close to ;her friends when told that, she was only one block away from the rooms. Their welcoming shelter seemed as the arms of an old friend placed about her tired body and spirit and there she re mained cared for and comforted until a permanent io:nu was found for her. More Permanent Provision YMCA irl Excursionists Is Seen .1 vs- 1 1 5- ... , .1: ri 1 -At T -X J J YW day at the YMCA Pool in stature and strength as to out grow the needs for this helper, so lttceased to function.' For several years prior to 19$, tb need, tor a rest room bad impressed itself u on the members of the Salem Wo man's Club, , There was no resting place within the business limits of Salem for women and .their little families who came to the shopping district for the day or for a few hours. . After much consultation. and hesitation and trepidation, the the day has been richer in poten tialities. Its chief strength lies in these (wp things, the plasticity of, the material used youth with iti outlook of hope and its aspir ing vision, and the fact that it is under the aegis of the, national as sociation. Other organizations of teen age cirls relinquish their training and direction at maturity. The National Associations adopts its members for life, one Is served and one serves. LOCAL SUPPORT NECESSARY TO h r GIRLS' RESERVE CONFERENCE On account of a drastic cut In the V. W. C. A. National Board Budget, made necessary because of the' great expenses Jhe National Board has Incurred, Miss Helen Pricey girl reserve member of the National Traveling" staff has writ ten the high school girls that ' it will be impossible to finance the Oregon - state summer conference ' of "girl reserve, last summer Ibis conference was held at Oearhart, Portland's summer camp; and 14 girls with Miss Jeannette Kletilng, Miss Jenelle Vanderwort and Miss Marian Wyman as chaperones and conference leaders. The meeting ot representatives of li4cLabs of the Btate has helped the girls of Oregon ao much ' that they,, are loathe to give It up. -During the Y. W. C.-A-conference . Which w held last week-in Portland." repre sentatives ot tb.e board and aecre taries from Astoria, j Med ford, PoYtland.t The Dalles : and Salem " a creed ihat this conf erence was ' verr ! - necessary and" that they . would do alt in their power to brbc it about by local means. It , wUl.be a special issue.atvthe' mid " winter conference in March, which js to oe neia iu cict ; Mlsa Jeannett'e -Kletzfng, fdr m?r teacher, in alem high school and now teaching In the Benson Polytechnic high- school of Port i.t ita inf taiien the adviaershln ot- the older XMrls Reserve clnb xr h Jf feTson high Aecheol In Portlands ?MIss 'Kletzlngi Vas an AdViser. for Ltlfe Salem high, school .;ik-ii(. TW and attesded the su'hiiaer conWrence "at Cearbart as 'Tho highstjfiool1Gl?rReerves of Salem have been chenJ; by Miss Helett Price f nd Miss "Esther A Dayman, regional directors of r.irt Reserve as hcsteBscs for tne state mid-winter conference, which the second affair of its kind In Oregon, the first one being in Portland last year. The location of Salem makes it a better center I owe it to myself to be all I can be. I believe in my job. It is my chance to share in the work of the world to be of service to other people. My work should be charac terized by Tionesty, punctu ality and loyalty. ' I believe In-. my employer . To- help him in; every way possible, , I believe he will do right by me if I do the same by him. I believe in the other work er. I owe it to the other work er to be cheerful and help ful at all times possible. It is my responsibility to join with other workers to help improve conditions. I believe in my home. 1 In the changed conditions of life, there is need for real homes. I should do all I can to be a proper home maker myself. . I believe, in my community. It is my responsibility to know all about my com munity and to do all I can to better it. I believe in my nation. I owe it to my nation to have the right spirit of pat riotism, thought of loyalty and self-sacrifice in the times of peace as well as war. It is my duty to help make real the ideals of bro therhood and democracy for which our nation was founded. I believe in the world. I believe., America will be most truly greal'Vhen' she helps to spread brotherhood among all nations. considered in the light of a stepj pinK stone it would not be a step in tin wrong direction, hut with mar.y girls it is a start on a round of aimless "slcpting." People who have studied the probleihs of employment know at once that a choice is not posnible every time.' but girls who hava found them selves in their 'work know that sometime the oppon unity comes for the work whih I the toiler nvs-t desires, and such an oppor tunity must always be grasped. Many women who have applied to the YWCA bureau this winter aie in need of employment . be cause thtir husban(.s sre out of work and they must Help by working by the day or week. A number of Salem women have provided a day of work each week and have in this way kept families from the necessity of asking for charity. During 1923 three hundred and twenty full time positions were filled, and about two hundred temDorarv or piece jobs were filled. rooms' in the association quarters. mdny glfls are placed in homee in Salemj filling furnished rooms and apartments and incidentally helping to fill the pocketbooks of keepers, of large houses. During 1923 about ,70 rooms were listed in the Y. W. C. 'A. roams registry and about half of, these were filled. : A' The one week tamp for junior hij;h school feirls which was held last July by the local V. W. C. A. only emphasized the need of a more permanent set-up for a girls camp for Salem. The limit was set at 30 girls, and 30 very happy campers appeared for the week's outing, which was held in Tay lor's Grove at Mehama. Beds ,of fir and brake fern are very com fortable indeed when you are 13, and the blue sky by day and the stars and moon at ntgnt are a BUDGET OF YWCA FOR 1924 Rent DlsburacmCnlH 1024 2,256.00 Salariea Telephone Light' ".it'.. . . National' Quota Conference ........ Printing-. Office Supplies. . T, . He use - ' :-v Running Kxptnses Replacements ... Cafeteria Salaries '; . . . , . Running Expenses Replacements ... 2,490.00 175.00 300.00 250.00 100.00 200.00 25.0'. 354.00 450.00 2,290.00 4,000.00 ; 210.0'J Committees i r Girl Raserve ...... - Membership ....... Social . . . Education (Rel. Gen. and Phys.) Miscellaneous . . . . . . 250.90 0.00 100.00 450.00 : 100,00. ' Receipts 1024 ,'; .;.'' Cafeteria ..... lt . . '. . $ ' e;5C i Q.ijyf Hooma .,';. . 'i.OOOOC'i a".-R. & MIstceIlan;eous;.t-iOO.poj Swimming ...... '4 - '250.00r; Budget T)ifference, i "lUtd.or HISS DOE GREAT . ' HOOD nil glorious canopy at any age -in I Rev. Body in Salem Tonight Bunt Fine Church From Starving Churches fair weather. Two tents, for sup plies and dressing were provided. but life was carried on out-of- doors. .Miss Marian Wyman, gen eral secretary of the Y. W..C. A. was in charge of the camp, with Jenelle .Vanderwort, Mary Erick- 000 was Jiled : the -Coos vBay Logging company sti':-k-!s:A , Under the blue sky iaet mit was, Issued to Jteed rw,Ch,am- bers, Inc., of Por t land . to, .sell i stock. in the sum of $3QO,000. and ; to the "Western platemite company of Portland to. sell stock in Jthp. sum of $86,000. , . 1 ; WV tt-.i Xb Jsr A Rev. H. Boddy, of Hood Riv er r5,who preaches for Dr. W.- C. son and XaVinia Beurgy as able as- jHantner, of ttbe First Congrega- sistants, 1 I tional church tonight. Is pastor of There are n6w three high school church' that is witbont Question Girl Reserve lubs under the dlr the most -successful Community ex periment In that line in the state. if not on the Pacific coast. Dr." Boddy was formerly on- the faculty of-Reed college,, but broke down from overwork and went to the Hood River valley to recuper ate. While there tie transformed a Tundown" neighborhood church into a modern institution. At this time there 'were fragments of several churches in Hood River, none of which was able to carry on a self-supporting work. Business men of Hood River who had seen Dr. Body's work in the valley unit ed in asking him to come down to Hood River and to make pne good church grow where several were starving to death. After more than three years of effort the com munity was so well pleased with Ralpm Junior Hitrh School Girl Reserves at Taylor's Grove, the experiment that nothing NE W BOOKS AT PUBLIC LiBRARY "the Soul c pf -Ana . Rutledge," i Babcock; "The River Trafl. Ers- V kiae; - "Old . Forever," Ollrrantj , "31 Stories byr81 Authors.i' Rhys ? & j -Scott; ."Beyond 'i the tanset."' r Smith; "A Son t thc JFroftt,'-' i Wharton;. Tjje Exile f ihp La;- iat," Willsiej.-VMen, .Womanfc and God,' Gray ''Cbtmlsttry; pf J-'ood t and , Nutrition" oShermani t'Tbo Rose in America."' ilcFarland: i Under the Big Top', Cooper .v ror the chUdren: 'Merrimeg,".. Bowen ; "Captain January', Rich ards; "Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know," Mable; i "Animal , Stories from -Eskimo -jLandi" Mehama. M OF EVENTS Hundreds of Women and Girls From United States 1 and Canada Visit During 1923, 400 women and girls from 17 states and three pro vinces of Canada and two women from roreigrt countries have reg istered in the big black book on MEMBERSHIP IS . Altruism Is Basis of Activity! Association's Results T Indicate , for a state conference, and abou 125 girls and advisers are expect ed. The Girl Reserves of Stayton and Wood burn and probably of Chemawa will assist Salem girls aiTvostesses. The dates of March C-7-8 are set; Miss Elizabeth. Fair child president of the high scboo club has not yet named her com mittees. 1 . i I Although- the student Sr.W.C.A, at Willamette university is organ ized apart from the Salem asBOCia tion there have been many oppor tunities for cooperation. Thirty university women attended the tall training course for Girl Re serve advisers given in October, Of this class some -were unable to take active leadership during tbe school year, but are planning for service in their home towns dur ing the summer months and in the high schools in which they will teach after graduation. Ten of the members ot; the training course, under the chairmanship of Edna Shreiber have organized four clubs of Girl Reserves at the girls training school. These clubs meet on Saturday afternoons. Six other college girls are leading clubs in- junior high schools. Th'e Salem YW,C.A. very much appre elates the cooperation of the unl versify association in its work with younger girls, v Miss Adelia White chaifman7of the Social Service committee-,, has tnade much of the work possible. '? , Mrs. Henry Millie,! ' -Miss Marie Corner and Miss ,; Margaret Pur- vjrfe areriew advisers this winter fdr the high school Girl Reserve Work. Miss Lina HeirBt, chief ad vlser has been connected with the 4.-- t-X'. f ' . . '-- - lii - ; fjW W.'M' Wu M W ''.'I. . ' .11 ft... would persuade them to go back to the former expensive divided i plan, . , A .i ... Dr. Boddy's experiment in Hood River has proved that men of dif- i ferent religious ' rtalning and, of different views can work and wof ection of the Salem Y. W. C. A. The Salem high school club has 75 members, and four splendid advisers. Miss Lina Heirst, cblet adviser, has been with the girls jshjp together for the interests of for two years. Miss Margaret the community of which thev r State Girl Reserve Conference at Gearhart, 1923. j.o be held In Marc,h. This is club for two years. CREED FOR INDUSTRIAL GIRLS i OF YWCA IN THESE PARAGRAPHS r i V jrbe A.B.C.V pf what i he Y.W. Cl'J would have ,the .Industrial eicla a homo and abroad stand for T believe in Ood. "' God ia 'he great and Towcr- 2. ful spirit of the world, a loving person with -whom we may have relationship The life and teachings bf .icsus vnriu neip us under stand -what God Is like. 1 believe in myself. MM SEEKING FOB EMPLOYMENT the Y. W. C. A. office desk. This list is not a regular hotel guest list It b a true record of human events. There is the girl whose family is under quarantine and who needs a temporary horn. There is the dear old lady whose Special Bureau of YWCA-At tracts Large Numoers ot Women and Girls The large number of girls and women who are. seeking employ ment in Salem this winter nas brought about somedeep thousht on the .part of organisations and individuals who arc interested in the women of Salem. .Daring January nearly fifty special cases came to the YWCA emplqyioent bureau. Most of these were girls and married women who had had no special training in any line. but have spent their summers working rn the orchards or can neries of Salem and vicinity and their winters in looking for work or takins places they found by chance. Lack of training and education and lack of careful consideration of vocation have made wanderers and Job-tramps ot many girls and brought wrinkles and the lines of age to many young wrjmeu. Girls seeking their first Job follow the "help wanted", ids, which are aimed at finding the right girl for the right place, but follow tho call regardless of tholr fitness for the husband is spending his last days n a hospital, and who stays loyally 1 ents and capabilities of all. Membership is a road to serv ice, according to the plan recently adopted by the Salem Young Wo men's Christian Association. Those who enlist as members do more than endorse a worthy movement in the community they enter the ranks of those who are united in making effective the association's purpose , that "young women everywhere shall have that abun dant life which can be fauiid only as, person by person, human ca pacities for achievement are re leased by the power of Jesus Christ Believing that such de velopment of personality is the -'goal of all education, the associa tion's program is. based on. educa tion, to tbe end that youn. wo men may: bxj able to adapt them selves to their social environment, to appreciate tbe world in which they live, and to be intelligent and creative citizens in the social order of their, day." Service now being suggested by the membership committee in eludes opportunities to act as hos tess, serve on a 'committee, lead a club, tejcih a class, play the piano read or sing, act as rhaperone, make posters, ' send magazines. lend automobile, and many other activities which, will suit the tal- Purvine, Miss Marie Corner, and Mrs. Henry Millie have taken the advisership during the present year. The cabinet consisting of Elizabeth Fairehtld, president; Esther Deffenbach, vice president; Ella Hon Lee. treasurer; Helen Campbell, secretary, was elected in the spring to hold office for one year. The following commit tee direct the work L.:a Vlnia Beurgy, program; Bernice Mulvay, social; Irene Breithaupt, service; and Ruth Payton. publicity A very diversified urogram is planned by tho. club, with a var ietv of activities. World Fellow ship, "Candle-lighting meetings. Good Manners, World reace. Standards of personal living all have had their place on the fall program of the Salem high school club, The service committee has been given the task of furnishing a rest a part. He is reported to be a speaker of more than usual ability. SHAW I - SHAW, Or., Feb! 9. J. W. Fle- ber and family moved to Toledo, Or., where he is employed in the sawmill. M. Etzel and son ignatus were in Salem Tuesday. V. J. Peterson, George Amort and son Walter, Andrew Wonder and John Burgermeister were Sa lem visitors Thursday, Mrs. George Etzel spent a few days visiting her sister near Sub limity. 1 ". ' . ; Mr. and Mrs. P. Thatcher and son and Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Wells and spn Irvine ' Dudley spent room for girls m the new wing of Thursday evening with C. L. Me the high school. The school board Alllster. kindly provided congoleum rugs Mr,, and Mts. JB. B. Kunkle ot for the floor, a cot and two chairs; Portland spent Sunday ' at the and the Girl Reserves made cur- home of ,her mother, Mrs. ' J tains, hunrf' pictures, und made Schmltz. the room attractive for the girls Miss Christiana Salfeld of Port- of the high school. land purchased a half acre of or 1 by him in the last few weeks as; she has stayed for 50 years. There is the high school girl whose par ents are In California for the win ter. There is the girl just arrived from Sweden, sent to the Salem Y. W. C. A. by a secretary at K1H Island. She is to meet her sturdy Adolph here, marry him and. rive with hrm in the new -par adise of America. There is the i cirl who has missed lhe last stage' T.nt iifr sdiliurban home, and must hnembersii.i plan whereby all phone to her family and spend the! money contributed toward fur niirht tn town. Besides these there J thering the work is received at are many transient friends-of the l.the annual finance campaign Y. W. C, A. who are total "strang-j time, aiemnerslitp is ln,inis wny en;, staying a day or two in ?aiemi cis.sociatea from money, ana me hefor coine on to a more or less entire empnasis is placed upon The strength of the Young Wo men's Christian Association is not told in terms of numbers' so much as in terms of the activity of the membership J-rou'p, and the Salem association is planning a program that will bring together the mem bership family at least three times a year' for active participation in the affairs of the organization, The association is now operat ing upon ' the approved . non-ice Besides the high school club in TSalem, the Salem Y. V. C. A. has the oversight of the high school clubs in our neighboring towns of Woodburn and Stayton. In the junior high schools of Sa- , T, .......... n Wif(Vtfk' lem, SO Uiri ueseiea i"" The Girl Reserves are feeling themselves a vital part of the na- lonal and world movement of .'10,000 teen-age cirls who are now organized under the blue tri- ingle. The purpose to Find and r.ivp th Rest and the slogan, To ,1rnlla Taatlnatinn. Many Ol i , ts k.Vj v.. ...... . 4V.ncn onmr With the WOrdS. "I ' lld. w ... - - - - have stayed at Y. W. C A. rooms all alone the way." or The i . v C. A. has helped nie in several nwn tn find a room and somP commitment to the purpose i and activity in the carrying out of the purpose. All members are given an opportunity to contribute to the budget and are urged to make this a nart o? their service to the t vnn In flint for KiriS : CrBHlZailUU III WIIIUII mo ir nuiiv, j ....... .... . The Salem Y. W. C. A. quarters rusted nrovide 11 rooms and six cots for Membership, is not required in iri.nient and nermancnt rental. Order that a young woman may The cots and two rooms ato kept participate in the fluba and clas;- r.- ih- travnirr hut a choice group fa ana outer activities oi tne w Dcruianeiitly. and have their meals noc requirea ouc mucu urauya position. It the . first Job were together. Besides' providingj has been, adopted. chard from F. Masscr. August Moorman has the contract to build a residence for Miss Solfeld. Mrs. J. C. Wageman; of Wood burn spent a few days visfting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. Lend! ken. B. D. Wells made a buslnes trip to Salem Thursday. Anthony Fieber returned to To ledo Tuesday, where he is employ ed in. the mill, after spending week at home. V Rev. F. H. Scherbring went to Face Life Squarely ,"' is bringing Portland Tuesday, returning Wed these girls of Salem a new lire nesday. accompanied by Rev and a fuller joy of living, as It has Father Kelly of Portland. brought to thousands or tnelr sis t?rs whether of our own race, or of another. No ideals and stand ards are good enough for the youns people of our day but the verv best, and it is the best which I NEW CORPORATIONS I The Bine Lake Logging com Girl Reserves take when they say, DsmY with offices in Portland aad 'As a Girl Reserve I "Will Be: Gracious in manner, Impartial in judgment, Heady for service. Loyal to friend. Reaching toward the best, Karncist iu knowledge, Seeing the beautiful. Kager for knowledge. Reverent toward God, Victorious over self, Kver dependable. Slncore at all times. Don't despair. The most cele brated wit hf stupid much more frequent titan he is brilliant. At resent there is but one Latin' country in armed rebellion against Uncle Bam. capitalized at JfiOO.fltiO, filed ar tWcs of incorporation Saturday in the offices of the state torpor at ion department. The incorpor ators are L. L. Gilstrap, E. Trop fcnbauui and Jay Bowernian. Other articles filcd-were: Ancher Sales company, Inc., Portland; Incorporators, A. Moles' worth. H. R. Salisbury. L. A, Means: capitalization, $1,000. Cummings Tire company, Inc Portland: incorporators. Edward H Cuhimlncs. Mildred T. Cum mings. Walter C. Mason; capital zation, Jl&.OOO. Snnnlemontarv articles were filed by the Ernest E. Johnson company ot rortianu. cuaufcm the name to Wallen & Co., Inc. Notice of an incrcaso in cap talhation from $100,000 to $200 HI Dallas ; Chamber 'of Cpm- merc&-Members Decide ? ?" tc,Put;Oyerrojejct3v; Enthused-ty the Vondeff nlf ear- 4 neatness of H," b. " Pier, tfnanclalf secretary of thV 'Oregon State' CSiamber ot Commerce,' thldlrec- tors of the Dallas Commercial club' Tuesday evening decided iipoii M' a tentative program that may-mean the wonderful advancement - 'of Polk County. '?' ; While the directorsnagreed 4.6 so .' forward the details' of tho plaa - was left 'to the budget committer consisting of E. j. "Craven, 'Tracj Staats and Newton L. Guy. The: plan includes the raising of suffic- lent money put on a "program- that'-' LwJU mean the building of "Toads," the paving of streets, and even -a " decided Individual interest .-In 'the personality bf county officials t t be elected, particularly as to WCni- bers of the county court. Mr. Pier recently ' came from California, and he told of what has been accomplished down. there.-. by Community- efforti nd-o4m- f v pressed the 20 business and prq.j fessiona men, present that It was- decided' 'to emulsttc :the example from the south, and , proceed Jo. i build a more, prosperous, a -blggcj - anda better, community. Jnciden- . tally Mr.-Pier insisted -that truh prosperity, wijl only come to the' territory Vhep the: growers, the business men and ibebansrs eV behind the cooperative handling ol the fruit. ! : ' -i Among the immediate project' to be undertaken, this being favs ored at the instance of R. L. Krca?;t son, was the paving ot the rpai from Dallas to Orr's corner, and i the paving of , the road from Dallas. to the market road leading from -j Monmouth to Pedee.. More and more paved streets In Dallas wrc. j urged by Mr. Pier and oilier 8peak;ji ers, and a quickening, of 1 clvlc. pride and energy asked. All an swered affirmatively to the con tentlon of lr. Pier that Polk coun? ty has all tha potential possibilf- ties of prosperity, possessed by any j. California community; and jean be." mailo Intn n llvp. nrnrrpRsiva enf! ity. An Instance of the many argirf f meuts uced by Mr. Pier to rousj this enthusiasm, was that tho pop- i ' ulation of Oregon.;wlU next vycat J Increase 100,000, or "lSH per cent, and that Polk county can get eveuj more than its share by showing , is preparing for .this increase. ,." Withal, it was the most remark? , ; able and beneficial meeting undo? the auspices' ot ' the Commercial club during the past five years. It, proved that once aroused the bus iness men and -cltiaens generairVrV are ready to adopt a program tha will bring to Dallas tho prbminencf that Its huge pay-roll and the ad- vantages of Us location warrants. As always, TJie -Observer will do i more than its full share Jn favor- -lug and pushing every move fot . the material advancement of Poll county. I . J. C. Tracy "was elected to a va cancy on' the board. Polk Count. Observer. Mm JiJiiX .-.-w