M j U ) I The Best and Largest Paper in Polk County VO L. X X X IV DALLAS OREGON MUST EDUCATE. A SNAP!- Values up to $2.50 i A PAIR W e are showing a good line of Boys’ knee pant suits the kind with two pair of pants to match. Don’t forget that our shoe stock is complete, and our prices are right. We will save you money on your fall purchases of Dress Goods, Furs, Ladies’ and Childrens’ Coats, Skirts, Shoes, Umbrellas and Underwerr. W e invite your inspection. ■•‘ T H E SC H O O L OF Q U A L IT Y ” - A . P. A rm strong, LL.B., Princip C,W e occupy two floors 65 by 100 feet, have a $20,000 equipmen employ a large faculty, give individual instruction, receive more call for office help than we can meet. Our school admittedly leads a others in quality of instruction. It pays to attend such an institution «.Said a Business Man: “ Keep hammering away everlastingly on thorough work. It will win out in the end.” Said an Educator: “ The quality o f instruc tion given in your school makes it the standard o f its kind in the Northwest. ’ C,Open all the year. Students admitted at any time. Catalogue free. R eferen ces: A n y bank, any newspaper, any business man in Portland. Our Salem Railroad. # p c pc $ $ # $ Sentenced to Death. Work on the grading of the road from ! At a special sittingof Judge Burnett’s here to the state capital is progressing court last Monday A. J. Hembree, who as rapidly as a crew of 40 men and 20 i stands convicted of the murder of his teams can do it, and it is expected that wife and daughter in Tillamook county, bv fall all the heaviest part of the grad- ! was sentenced to pay the full penalty of iug on the line will have been com plet­ the law. The motion to ser aside the ed. Th ‘ balance of the route, after the verdict was overruled by the Judge, but grading near Kola is completed, will be the defense will have until the first of comparative!v easv. November to tile a bill of exceptions. I sition was talked over to a finish. Some of the council men took the stand that $000 a year was entirely prohibitive, | of all reason and an unjust discrimi- < ‘ Gets the Big Prize in the Portland Of City Dads- Neer Beer Estab- out nation, ami the city attorney gave it as 1 ' Jfc. opinion that such a tax would not Journal’s Contest. lishments Taxed. hold under the charter. Other cou n cil-) men looked at it from an entirely m or-, . The city council met in regular ses­ al standi>oint rather than from their, Again has a Dalian girl demonstrated to the state of Oregon that Dallas is the sion last Monday evening with all the authority as allowed by the -charter. The happenings of Sunday night, when ; place where they do things, and that officials present. it is said a number of young men were , this town never goes hark on its girls, The street committee was given au­ in an intoxicated condition, entered i in every contest in which Dallas girls | have entered, they have come out large thority to pu in certain street and alley largely into the discussion. At last a winners, and in most cases nt he very crosswalks on Washington street where motion to reconsider wtas made by Cos- | per, placing the tax at $75 a quarter rop notch. The latest is the case of or $300 a veur, and the ordinance was ; . :he Oregon Journal’s educational oon- sidewalks had recently been laid. On suggestion o f Cosper the fire chief so passed by a vote of six to one, Myers *st, in which was entered M h s Freda aimer, a little miss of some lft «lim­ and mar hal were instructed to make a voting no. The marshal was ordered to have ners. She is small in stature, hut has thorough test of all fire hose prior to Mr. Kearns’ sidewalk laid straight and • M tainlv done some pretty tall rustling, md comes out at the top of the whole putting it away for the W'inter, as sev­ | with the city engineer’s stakes. hunch, beating her nearest competitor, eral leaks had developed at. the* last tire, I Coad moved that a committee of two lad from Portland, by 1200 votes. On motion of Ellis $100 was ordered 1 be appointed to investigate the ques­ Phis gives her a cash prize of $150, and drawn from the general fund to the cred­ tion of putting the sewer laterals through private property, and Cosper •so entitles her to a year’ s scholar- and Uglow were instructed to act with j hip in one of the several colleges that it of the free library. The city engineer made the follow ing the city engineer in the matter. he may select from. Miss Latiner has The city engineer was instructed to ertainfy worked hard and deserves the report of the cost of construction of the prize she has striven so earnestly for. several blocks of macadam streets as hire a man to superintend the laying of i the sewers. here given : The block on Main street,be­ The marshal was ordered to locate tween Court atul Washington, $1.177.71 ; Judge Stouffer’ s private drain pipe j SOMETHING WRONG. Court, between Main and Jefferson, $1,148.82; Court, betw'een Main and COMPULSORY EDUCATION. Same Promises Made Before. Why Church $.515.50; Mill, between Main Were They not Kept. and Jefferson, $1,202.08. The cost, of tlie intersection at Main and Court was Parents Liable to Fine if Children On many dead factories in the United reported at $231.03, and that of the arch are Not Schooled. tates this notice is being posted: ¡over the mill race on Main, $153.18. Parents are liable to arrest and pun­ “ Believing that the election of Taft I A resolution ordering the building of ishment by fine and imprisonment if nd Sherman means a safe and progress­ ive business administration the day a cement walk in front of D. C. Crider’s they do not send their children to school throughout the school year. The law •Bowing their election we shall start Main street property was passed, was changed by the last legislature and his plant o n ‘ Full Time and Keep Go­ i Claims allowed: many do not know that it is much more ng.’ ” <>. Hayter, salary........................ $ 22.50 drastic than it was formerly. County There seems to be something radical­ F. II. Morrison, salary ............. 150 00 Truant Officer II. C. Seymour says that ly wrong about this notice, other than Dallas Lumber C o.......................... 12.32 parents, guardians and others having Will Shewey, hauling...................... 2.50 it*8 aim to draw votes for Taft and Stow Bro9 . hauling....................... 2.50 control of children, are charged with the duty of sending every child between Sherman. Do we not re member of like Dave Reddekopp, hauling................. 5.00 the ages of ft and 14 and all between 14 notices being posted up at former pres- and 16 who are not regularly engaged in T otal.............................. $217.92 any useful employment, to school. 'dential elections. I guess we do. Then An ordinance providing for a cement Children who are physically unfit must why aie those factories not running conduit tor race in block 9 read first exhibit to the truant officer a certificate now? Are we to believe that the wrord time. of a competent physician. The penalty of the proprietors, and the instigators An ordinance fixing license on the imposed on parents for neglecting to of the notices is of no account whatev­ sale of neer beer came up for final pas­ send their children to school is a fine of er? It certainly looks that way. If sage. On motion of Stafrin the license $5 to $25. 2 to 10 days in the county jail they has kept their promise of former was placed at $600. four of the council- or bot.' fine and jail sentence. Teacher, men voting for such a tax and three principals, and school officers are charg­ years, the factories would now l>e run­ against. No license is to be taken out ed oy the new law under penalty of a ning. Were we not assured that the for less than three months, and the line, with reporting to the truant o f - 1 election of McKinley would insure a full penalty for violation of the provisions ficer all information they have regarding dinner pail and a job for everyone. Was of the ordinance was placed at a fine of any violation of the school law, and all not less than $25 nor more than $109, or cases of children who do not attend1 not this promise also made for imprisonment for more than 50 days. school. Teachers who fail to obey the 1 Roosevelt? Why, sure. And other This ordinance provoked considerable law in this respect may be fined from j promises were also made and not kept. discussion, and the wet and dry propo* $5 to $25 for each offense. FREDA LAUNER WINS $ fft Ì # $ $ # # # * Dallas GirlW ins—Neer Beer Taxed— M ore Republican Promises. 1 Lace Curtains T en th and M orrison, Portland, O regon # 0 Special lot of $L 4 9 N O . 35. S E P T E M B E R 24. 1908 F a ll S h o w in g O f Ladies Tailored S u its INTERESTING MEETING You will see at a glance the difference between our “ La Vogue” garments and those of other makes. W e can assure you a perfect fit—the latest styles—the most perfect finished garments in all America, and our prices are very reasonable Give us a call early and get your first choice. 0 Th . Bee Hive Store* $ -A . 3R.EL.IA.BL j H ] PLACE TO TRADE 0 **###ÿ DALLAS, :: $ &« # # # - OREGON î # # # # EAT SALE! . SQUARE AIR-TIGHT DID YO U EVER HEAR OF ONE BEFORE? ii^i^^m******** ***************************** Will continue until our stock is reduced to suit our room. Everything marked in plain figures! < We have a great many bargains to offer you in high grade furniture and implements When buying furniture insist on having the Oregon Manufactory Company’s make. You can easily tell. It has a better finish and workmanship than most furniture, and is sold for less because there is no high freight to pay from the east. NEW fjj  Firm F& Knd& fj& n lew « a n It's pure paint every aiu. : The body is made of genunine planished iron and is protected by a cast lining, the front section of which is so formed that the draft admitted by the screw damper is carried downward nearly to TRIUMPH 1 ’ - • - i GANG r * J of it The reputi'ions of thousand of 500 i r r -i v - a!! over this country lias been ¡'rmly bui'r on :’• foundation of New Era Paine, be.. •. »' r work was so excellent that it defied cornj-'-.i-.t or criticism. New Era Paint is made from the highest qr;de of materials, and its quclity Is est ;i!id .;J by yea.:, practical tests. } H f : Ask for color card, showing latest fashionable shafts and proofs of New Era quality. j The door opening is very large and is provided with a smoke curtain. There is a Acme White Lead At Color Works, Detroit, Mich. tor to handle. Heavy cast ribs to hold The wheels carry the entire weight; not only the weight of the driver, hut also the weight of v1 check damper under the pipe collar to be used in keeping fire at night. It combines perfectly the four great essentials in a gang plow: First, it is strong and durable in construction; second, it does absolutely perfect work; third, it is extremely light of draft; fourth, it is easy for the opera­ Made by the stove bottom. PLOWS J W e will be pleased to show you < rtv H u w w w .v w w w w m w w w w u w % w w w w w n the many good points of this wonderful heater. frame, furrows, turned and Iandside pressure are all carried on the wheels. est draft gang plow. That is one of the reasons that it is so popular. That is the reason it is the high­ No one accuse.: the New Triumph of a layer of ashes. being a horse killer. 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