the polk c o u n ty item izer . A d m itte d to th e second rlns> oí mull T hty Don't Speak Now. “You love long ram bles In the coun­ try?” asked tbo girl In the white sw eater. "Yes, Indeed," responded the young man In the green h at w ith tlie purple band and butkled shoes. “W hen I go out In the eouutry all n a tu re seems to smile.” "G racious! I don’t blam e her. it 1» a wonder she doesn't laugh outright.” —New York Herald. m a tte r. THURSDAY, IAN. 7, 1909. V. P. FISKE. , Item izer, one year in advance.............................. .......... SU BSCRIPTION ' W ith Weekly Oregonian or Semi-weekly Journal ...... - 00 J Witi» Oregon W oodm an................ ......................... .............. 1 *'r> Office, 257 'PHONES: “■‘-M b evidence, 113 11 ( Office. M U TU AI ( Residence ,1401 Patronize One A nother for the U nbuilding o f Toten and C.unify. Congress ¡a g e ttin g ready to prac- You h n''e more to do w ith m utin y it ii happy and pro*peroim new year tice to get ready to adjourn. th a n anybody elm;. L et your first T here will he Itig Stick doings resolve l>e th a t d u rin g 1309 you will the Outlook offi after M arch 1th add one new citizen to the population of Oregon. N ext th in g Hull .! will pack V ene­ use and tak e it zuela in her su it 1908 will go down in history as the home. greatest year Oregon ever enloyed, and the num erous New Y ear and D ynam ite is not Die only th in g th a t holiday editions of th e new spapers ° f has been exploding over th e P anam a the sta te will carry th e story of this canal. progress to thousands of eastern (*o Lodge, m eetings th is week have pie. been som ething of a failure, th e m em ­ W hile form er prohibition candidate bers preferring to stay by th e ir fire­ Ohafin is engaged in his loyal task of side rattier th a n face th e hard walk cleaning out the W hite House cellar, up town. it m ight be well for him to inspect W e wonder if Mr. T aft as president the foundations and see if they are strong enough to bear the. added will he able to call th e tu rn on vice, strain th a t will come upon them business im m orality and general had after March 4. citizenship in s t m any and varied term s as has his honored predecessor. T he apples of th e Pacific N o rth ­ west are th e subject of an extended M any of th e farm er lads aie having article in a recent issue of the S a tu r­ g re at sport ju st now h u n tin g jack day Evening Post. T his a ttra c tiv e rabbits in th e snow, and th ey are kill presentation of the fruit industry to ing them off in large num bers. about five m illions of people is a rec­ ognition m uch appreciated by Oregon D uring the blizzards reported from and W ashington. various sections of the co u n try , the The K aiser will c o n tin u e to reign K rause he lias agreed n o t to govern. H is m ajesty is credited w ith the philosopical rem ark th a t if you are going to lie an em peror you m ust dress th e p art and you m u st not play the part for all it's w orth. B u t he will not hereafter work th e p a rt for all it is worth. hospitable clim ate of Oregon is especially appreciated by dwellers in the Beaver state. T he se ttin g o u t of new orchards is j going on in th is section w ith renewed | vigor, and it will not be long u n til all onr hit's and dales arc b ringing in a j vast revenue to th eir owners. All ' the nurserym en report large sales of j T he P ortland C om m ercial club has ' stock, and the well known firm of introduce a novel feature th a t should ; Brooks Bros., of C arlton, have done lie adopted by every co m m unity in such a business th is fall th a t they Oregon. It is the ap p o in tm en t of n h a v e bou g h t land near Perrydnle for | newcom er's special com m ittee and ( th e puopose of establishing a branch th a t com inittc held its first m eeting I nursery. Soon m ost everyone will Saturday, o u tlin in g a plan to b e c a r­ l>e ow ner of a few acres of incom e ril d on th ro u g h o u t the e n tire year hearing trees to help o u t th e ir other w hich will resu lt in giving egeli and financial receipts. every newcom er th e “glad h a n d .'' The council Monday n ig h t in pas­ sing ail ordinance p ro h ib itin g the fu­ tu re building of those u n sig h tly and practically useless wooden curbs, took a step forward in the c ity 's upbuilding on which they should he greatly c o n ­ gratulated. Any city th a t discards such m akeshifts, m arks a p o in t in her o n ­ ward progress. To Council litan Uglow m ust be conceded the honor for the introduction of the o rd in an c e,an d the council stood by him nearly to a m an. Dallas m erchants nil report the holiday trade as far exceeding expor­ tatio n s. More C h ristm a s goods were purchased th a n ever before in its h is­ tory, and they were of th e U’st too. People here are year by year in ­ vesting in costlier »tuff for th a t sea­ son th an ever before in th e tow n's history. All m erchants in th e dirt'or- e n t lines m ention th a t as a noticea­ ble fact. All of w hich tends to show th a t our people are m aking more money th an heretofore, or th ey would not be able, to so invest. Such fairly indicates the trend of tim es t > a con­ tinued prosperity. O ur town is still open to stiggi s, tions for » distinctive nam e, to lie placed on the stationery of the Dallas D evelopm ent league. W hile th e sug­ gestion of Miss N unn last week was well received, yet it was f u in l im ­ practicable to adopt if. as th ere is a (Histoffiec by th a t nam e over on tlit* C entral X E astern railroad, and its use would lead to errors in address. W h at Dallas w ants is som ething en- tsrely applicable, o u t of the com m on ru t of nam es already adopted, and t h a t will effectively advertise some of her leading products or industries. Can you you not th in k of som ething t h a t will do th at? A G e t t i n g Gid dy . Confectionery John—01 tell ’ec, Maria, we did It In style. We ’ad a fly from the station. M aria—Goo’ gracious, John! Ye don’ mean to say you bin In one o' the w unnerful nasty ol* alryplunny thinks like ye w as tellin’ me on?—T atler. T h a t is w h a t W e have. R ealism . Stage M anager—1 wish we could work In a fow m ore realistic touches In this woodland scene. Now, how would It be to have some one growl like a bear? Author—The very thing! We'll call In the critics!—H arper's Weekly. | We h a v e everything ■; constantly on hand that % is generally kept in the :• best confectionery and | cigar stores in the land. % < >ur goods are the best, % and our prices are right, i Come and see us. A m bition. "H ere's an Invitation to the wed­ ding of A lexander Ham ilton Jones to Mary Jane Wiggs. Gracious, I w inder what Jones Is m arrying her for?” “ Probably Just to sec Ills name spell­ ed out In full.”—Catholic Standard ar.:l ä Johnson Bros. I North Main Street DALLAS Games Played by the Oregons up to This Date. Vancouver 6. Dec 1 1 —Oregons 43; Win lock 4. Dec 16—Oregons 34; Seattle 16. Dec K6—Oregons .34; 1 Ha- 17 —Oregons 42; Rosslyn 17. Dec 18 —Oregons 67; Ellenslmrg 3. Spokane 14. Dec I-.' —Oregons 55; Dee 21 — Oregons 22, Anaconda 16. Billings H. Dec 24 —Oregons 57; Dec 25-—Oregons 50; Billings 15. Billings 15. Dec 29 —Oregons 39; Dickenson 10. D.T 29 —Oregons 60; 1 Ha- 31 -Oregons 36; Jamestown 15. Jan 1 —Oregons 29, Minneapolis 29. Jan. 2 --Oregons 33; Minneapolis 16. Jan. 3—Oregons 14: Stillw ater 2.1, ......... W hy the O regonian and Telegram Jan. 4 > 0 game. Jan. 5 - -Oregons 36; J amestown 15. will continue to slAnder the fair nam e Ja n . 6 ()regona—27 ; Red Wing 9 of our Oregon basket l>all team by a s­ GAMES AHEAD sertin g th a t they lost a gam e of basket Jan t —Oregon vs. 1 44 Crosse, Wis. hall a t M inneapolis, we are unable to Jan. 8-9 —Oregons vs Portage. Wis Jan . 11 14—Oregons vs Ncenali, Wis fathom . I t seems th a t sueh great Jan. 12- 13—Oregons vs . Fnndulac, \\ is. papers would tie willing a t least to I Since the Oregons \ laved St ill wat er, give the facts, even if they cannot I as told about elsewhere bv our corres- j pondent, they have played two games brag of the fam ous record th a t our with the Redwings being victorious in basket hall team is m aking against both by good scores, and m aking 15 th e handicaps of higher a ltitu d e games won, one lost and one tie. They won last night in one of the roughest terrible cold weather, and long n ig h t ] games of the season from| the Red by a score of 27 to 9. The te m ­ Wings rides after playing Tiafd games even- perature was á»0 degrees below zero evening. H ardly any óf th is team there, hut had no bad effects on the had ever been o u t of Oregon before Oregonians. -— ♦ • ♦ a n d born and raised us they have been | Dr. ami Mrs. II. !.. Toney are now in th e W illam ette Valley, w ith it« Portland residents. c o n tin u a l m ild w eather, they s r 0 ' The rivers are b «ginning to boom. m ak in g a record t h a t we D allasitcs Look out for a flood. • re proud of As we go to press we learn of the death of an infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Fiske, the Beat P rinter. Phillips. took the Emulsion I had no appetite; was weak; had lost nearly fifty pounds of flesh, and now I eat well and am gaining every day. I find Scott's Emulsion to be very easily digested and a good food for all weak p e o p le .” F LORENCE BLEEKER, No. 1 Myrtle Avenue, Bridgeton, N. J. This is only one of thousands of cases where Scott’s Emulsion has given an appetite. It’s so easily digested that it doesn’t tax the digestive organs and they rest; yet the body is wonderfully nour­ ished and built up. The digestion is improved—then ordinary fo o d is sufficient. Growing b o y s a n d g irls, w h o n ee d s o much f o o d to k e e p th e m w ell a n d s tr o n g , a n d a lso g ro w in g , s h o u ld b e g iv e n a b o ttle o f S c o t t ’ s E m u l s io n ev e ry few weeks. It d o e s w o n d e rs f o r th e m . It pre­ v e n ts th e ir g e ttin g ru n d o w n and s p in d ly . N o th in g d o e s them so m uch good. A 1.1, d r u g g i s t s ‘Ergbedg’s 'agazitte I FOR JANUARY will tell you something you may not know about Farming, Fires, Pearl Fishing, Pills, Woman’s Invasion, Flying- Machines, and Actors. It will give you lots o f good short stories and beautiful pictures. Y o u ’ll like it. Get one to-day. LOOK FOR T11F. PATCHWORK COVER Now is the time to visit ’ C a lifo r n ia When sum m er has passed in these northern states,the sun is only mild under the bright blue skies of Southern C ali­ fornia. This is one of n a tu re ’s h a p p y provisions—eternal sum m er for those who can­ not endure a more severe climate. California has been called the “ Mecca of the winter to u rist.” Its hotels and stop­ ping places are as varied as those of all well regulated cities. Visitors can always find suitable accommodations congenial companions, and varied, pleasing recreations. SOUTHERN PACIfIC CO. Will be glad to supply some very attractive literatu re d e ­ scribing in detail the many de­ lights of w inter in California. Very low round trip excursion tickets are on sale to California. The rate from DALLAS to Los Angeles and return is $ 58.00 Limit six m onths, allowing stop-overs in either direction. Sim ilar excursions rates are in effect to all California points. F or fu ll In fo rm a tio n , sleep in g c a r re s e rv a ­ tio n s a n d tic k e ts, c a ll on. te le g ra p h o r w rite I. X. WOODS, Agent, DALLAS >»4 you ««»me U*ttor* nn»-■* • u b j.r t A !*• at ('-uni. « m o * 3 an amt (be nnnu* of tkla paper. SCOTT A BOWNF. New York 40 J Pearl Straat WM. M cM U R R A Y , Cep. P a ss . A g e n t P O R T L A N D , - O R EC O N PORTLAND HOTEL ARRIVALS F rid a y : C. Rowell, Falls City. C. F. Snelling, Dallas. Mrs Snelling, Dallas. Mrs. J. L. Calloway, Independence. MIND STRUCTURES. Mr. Mack e, Rickreall. Mrs. Mackie, Rickreall. A lth o u g h w e c a n n o t la y a b ric k Mrs. P. Finseth, Dallas. O r Ju g g le w ith a m aul, S till p a la c e * w e m a y c o n s tr u c t S a tu rd ay : O r p ris o n * g rim m u l ta ll Van Dornsife, Independence. A m i m a k e o u r re s id e n c e th e r e in Mrs. Dornsife, Independence. laved train to Minneapolis, 334 miles U n f e tt e r e d o r co n fin ed Geo. Morton, Dallas. away. A c c o rd in g a s w e m o ld a n d fo rm C. B. W illiams, Dallas. Arriving in tim e for supper, they ate T h e s e b u ild in g s o f th e m ind. J. Bush, Falls City. and donned their war tugs to meet one of H ig h in th e regioiiB o f th o a i r M ary C. McClay, Monmouth. th e best team s in a great basket ball A re s p le n d id c o r n e r lo ts. city, the worst court seen th u s far. S unday: W ith s p le n d id p ro s p e c ts a ll a ro u n d , The faults of the court begin a t the Lexie Stratum , Monmouth. A n d o th e r b u ild in g s p o ts . floor and extend to the baskets, inclu­ W. F. Nitschke, Dallas. T h o u g li on th e m c a s t le s w e c o n s tr u c t sively. The walls supporting the A. Dellinger, Dallas. O r p a la c e s o f m irth . zallery take a liberal slice of territory W e h a v e to s ta y b elow a n d liv e Jay F. Powell, M onmouth. off each corner of an already small I n th o s e w e b u ild on e a rth . Ed Dunn, Dallas. court, resulting in a floor having eight Mrs. Dunn, Dallas. S to n e w a lls do n o t a p ris o n m a k e , or nine sides instead of four, which is a Jos. Crowther, Dallas. S a id o n e w h o k n e w a lot, wonderful disadvantage to a team new j A n d iro n b a r s a r e n o t a c a g e M onday; to the floor, while one of the baskets | I f w e In s is t t h e y ’re n o t. O. D. Butler, Independence. was solidly attached to the wall, the A n d , on th e o th e r c a llo u s e d h a n d , R. E. W illiams, Dallas. A m a n s io n g r a n d m a y be o ther loosely attached to a sm all p lat­ E. M Y’oung, Independence. A p r is o n u n to o n e w ith in form. Mrs. J. C. Morrison, Independence. U n le s s th e m in d is fre e . The Holcombs are a fast bunch and W 111 . Boots, Monmouth. on the sm all court every man plays for T h e h o m e is w h a t w e m a k e th e s a m e . T uesday: the basket, often dribbling to a mean T h o u g li h u m b le , p o o r a n d low J . 8. Cooper, Independence. position, or until be sees a m an free to O r h ig h a n d g lid e d to th e d o m e Captain W right, Falls City. A n d u p in H a u g h ty ro w , pass to. Mrs. W right, Falls City. I n v illa g e o r m e tro p o lis. The game was a lively one from start YV. II. Becker, Falls City. I n m a n s io n o r In flat, to finish. During the early p art of the W e m a k e o r m n r It in o u r m in d . J. C. K ram er, Falls City. game th e Holcombs had an advantage I D id you e v e r th i n k o f t h a t ? M rs..W atson, Butler. of th ree points, but some careful and j Wednesday fast work on th e p a rt of the Oregons Win. Faull, Dallas. finished the first half of he game 19 to | /iE KNEW ABOUT Mrs. Faull, Dallas. 13 to the good for the Oregons. Fenton And T h a t W a s W h y He Was N ot In ­ Miss Cooper, Independence. opened th e second half by scoring a terested In tho Cas e. E. H. Hosner, Monmouth. goal. Then came the fortunate period for 1 The sudden m anner In which the the home team , which by a num ber of team th a t w as coming down the road splendid throw s quickly increased their halted was enough to show th a t the AT LEAST 28 MILLS. 400 score. W ith the score about even, the last 10 m inutes was a terrific struggle j driver w as surprised at som ething. He which ended in a score of 29 for each took his h a t off and waved It nt a man who w as w orking In the field, a t the Will be the Amount of Taxes for team . The score was announced by the I sam e tim e calling a t the top of his Dallas This Year. Holcombs’ scorer as 29 to 28 in favor of | voice: his team . After the team s had retired “ S-a-a-y, t-h-c-r-e!” Last year the citizens of Dallas had to to th eir rooms, it was found he had “W hat do you want?** asked the man either purposely or carelessly failed to who was working as ho cam e and pay a tax cf 22 and 5-10th mills on their give the Oregons credit for a point property. This year they will not get which they had made. This fact point­ leaned"over the fence w ithout letting off with less th an 28 mills, and it may ed out, could not be disputed by the 1 : 0 of the IIno3 over his team. “ D idn't you hefir ’bout it?” De more. The county court has not yet Holcombs, but they did refuse to cor­ rect the error and the correct score re­ “ ’Bout w hat?” m ade th eir levy, but they assured us mained a tie, notw ithstanding, the “ It’s goln’ on.” this m orning th a t the state, county, local papers and M inneapolis people 1 “ W hat's goln’ on?” rejoiced over a supposed to bo victory. ' “L and sakes! T here’s a man fu r ye! school and road tax would not fall short of 15 mills, which with the city tax of 10* The score: Field goals, W iseman (forward) 4, G raham (forward) 1, G ra y . I Ye'll be sayin’ next yer uncle didn’t mills and the 3 mill city school tax ill th a t m entions ye (center) 1, Arundel (guard)l, Meeker; dla un leave a (guard) 1, R. Michelson (guard) 2, Reed ter have a hull lot o’ money if the oth­ brings the am ount to 28 mills for 1909.. 2, Fenton 2, Shaw 4, Morton 2. Savory e r fellers don’t succeed In breakin’ it.” This is not as high as a num ber of th e 1 , fouls, Gray 9 out of 14, Reed 5 out of other goahead towns in this valley, and “Cpurso I knowed th at.’” 15, points aw arded to Oregon 2. “An* tho case come up fur trial this will have to be borne w ithout corn plaint. morn in’.” Oregons 33, Co. B. Minneapolis .33. “ I knowed th a t too.” The Oregons opened the new year by Mission. “T hen why w asn’t ye up to the adm inistering a good drubbing to one of The ApostaliC Faith Assembly holds the strongest team s in Minneapolis. courthouse tftkin’ a n ’ Interest inter P regular services at the hall opposite tlie The T ribune among other tilings made sam e ez the re st on ’em did?” north of court house, on Mill street, the following com m ent on the struggle: “W aal, ye see, this here’s a busy every Tuesday and Friday evening a t The Dallas, Ore., cham pions went season w ith me. If I hedn’t■».nothin’ after Frank Reed’s Company 1» team at else te r do I wouldn’t mind droppin’ 7 :30. Sunday school a t 10 o'clock Sun­ day m orning, regular preaching sevice th e National G uard Armory last night and romped to a .33 to 16 victory with In an* henrln* ’em nrgy back a n ’ forth. following at 11 o’clock, and also a t 7 :30 B ut I dunno’s I care much which o’ in the evening. All are w elcom e.— com parative ease. “ Team work of a calibre never before tl\e. .lawyers gits the money.”—D etroit E rnest Hanson, pastor. seen in Minneapolis was th e cudgel with which th e invaders slew the soldiers. The play of the first few m inutes clearly coin ted tlie result of the contest, for the visitors were too shifty for the locals to follow. Desperate though the efforts of tlie Company 15 men to cover their op­ Foolish question! Yet some people act as if a medicine ponents, they could not stop the inces­ sant trials for baskets.” could take the place of a doctor! The best medicine in “ Deering put up a good game against the world cannot do this. Have a family doctor, consult Shaw, who was a sta r against the Hol­ combs. Shaw was too tall for the form­ him frequently, trust him fully. If we did not believe er university captain, though, and he doctors endorsed Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for coughs and put the ball wherever he wanted on ev­ ery toss-up. Reed, the little forward of colds, we would not offer it to you. your doctor. the Oregons got seven baskets. Fenton No alcohol in this COUgh medicine. J. C.Ayer Co ., Lowell, Mass. was a big factor again in the team work and fed the ball to Reed incessantly for If we did not believe doctors endorsed Ayer’s Fills for constipation, biliousness, sick- clear shots at the n e t.” Field goals, Reed 7, Fenton .3, E.Shaw headache, wc would not offer them to you. Ask your own doctor about this. 2, Brown (guard) 13, Clarke (forward) 1 Deering (center) l,M cE!m eel (guard) 1. Foul baskets: Reed 7. Deering 4. Points awarded to Oregons, 2 What Our County Officials Have Done Since Our Last Issue. W h e n o n p a r a d e th e p e o p le th i n k H e Is a m illio n a ire . B u t th in g s lo o k d if f e re n t in h is ro o m . C o u ld th e y b u t see h im th e y e. —B a ltim o r e A m e ric a n . Model Humor and Philosophy By DUNCAN M. SMITH No Wonder. M other (viciously scrubbing her small boy's face w ith soap and water) —Johnny, didn’t t tell you never to blacken your face w ith burnt cork again? Here I have been scrubbing half an hour, and It won’t come off. Boy (between Rulp»)—I—uch ain’t T h is w o m a n s a y s t h a t Nick your little boy—ueh! I's Mose, de col­ w o m e n sh o u ld n o t f a il to tr y l .y d i a K. lM n k h a iii's V e g e ta b le ored lady's b o y .-Ju d g e. C o m p o u n d a s s h e d id . T h r e e F li g h t * H ig h . M i s. A . G re g o ry , o f ¿355 L aw re n c e The city child w a i describing to her St., D eliver, Col., w r ite s to M rs. friends a very tall tree she had seen In 1’in k h a m : " I w as prnrtieally an invalid for six the country. “Oh, It was aw ful big,” she said. years, on aeeount of female troubles. “ Well, how big?” they asked. 1 underw ent an operation by the doctor’s advice, b u t in a few m onths I “Three flights,” cam e th® answ er.— w as worse th an before. A friend ad- New York Press. vi-ed l.ydia E. Pinkham 's Vegetable Compound and it restored me to perfect T h e F i r s t S lo w On*. health, such as 1 have nut enjoyed in H e uttered a Joyous cry. m any years. Any wom an suffering as “And I am really and truly the first 1 did w ith backache, bearing-dow n pains, and periodic pains,should not fail man you ever kissed?” to use L ydia E. Pinkham ’s Vegetable “Yes, Clarence,” the beautiful girl Compound,” rejoined, her red lip curling slightly. others all took the initiative.**— F A C TS F O R S IC K W O M E N . “The F o r t h i r t y y e a rs L y d ia E. I ’ink- Pittsburg Post. h a n i’s V e g e ta b le C o m p o u n d , m ad e If T h e y O n ly K n e w . fro m ro o ts a n d h e rb s, lia s Iteen th e s ta n d a r d re m e d y fo r fem ale ills, a n d h a s p o sitiv e ly c u re d th o u s a n d s of w o m e n w h o h a v e b e e n tro u b le d w ith d is p la c e m e n ts , in fla m m a tio n , u lc e ra ­ tio n , fib ro id tu m o rs , irre g u la ritie s , p e rio d ic p a in s, b a ck a ch e , t h a t liear- in g -d o w n fe elin g , fla tu le n c y , in d ig e s­ tio n ,d iz z in e ss o r n e rv o u s p ro s tra tio n . W h y d o n ’t y o u t r y it ? M rs . IM n U h n m i n v i t e s a ll s ic k w o m e n t o w r i t e h e r f o r a d v ic e . S h e h a s g u i d e d t h o u s a n d s t< h e a lth . A d d re s s , L y n n , M ass. Appropos of a n um ber of trees lately I p u t o u t and to he set, th e Item izer would caution th e growers th a t an i orchard is like any o th e r line of husi- I ness, it m ust he a tte n d ed to to prove profitable. You c a n n o t set o u t the trees a n d expect them to tak e e are o f % them selves. T hey will need careful % and cons a n t a tte n tio n in order to he th rifty and bear fru it th a t will com- com pete w ith th e e x cellen t a rticle "v: Ï p u t o u t by others. Probably there *••*## x-x-ryx- * * # * # * * # * # # * * * # # * * Is not a n o th e r business in th e world th a t needs such p a in sta k in g care as The Dallas Suit and Cloak house are moving into th eir new quarters ji t t does th e grow ing of good fruit. vacated bv the Racket store. Mr. liam sey will uot leave for some time O ur correspondence c o n te st is m ov­ yet. ing nicely along. All tlie c o n te st­ The railroad is up against it too, this ant** have to do is to be faithful to kind of w eather and the hands are hay ing no picnic getting their trains through th eir weekly obligation, and two of on tim e. This m orning, while the the leaders are certain of a nice prize freight was backing up in the yard to reward them for th e ir endeavors. here, the caboose went off the rails and they had a tim e getting it on again. We are proud of our correspondence The Flyer did not get up from Portland page, and every day h ear gratifying until 1 :30—two hours and a half late. rem arks concerning it. O ur associate editors are surely doing th e ir best to assist in m aking good th e Ite m iz e r’s “ I have taken S co tt’s claim th a t it is th e biggest and best Emulsion for six weeks paper in Polk county. We w ant ev­ and have found it a won­ ery locality represented, and there are derful remedy. Before I a few more places y et o u t in th e cold. OUR VICTORIOUS TEAM UNDER THE BIG CLOCK. P r o b a te C o u rt. E state of A. F. Stoner, deceased—re­ port of sale of personal property a p ­ proved ; final account set for hearing Saturday, January 30th. a t 10 a. in. E state of Lyle Ball, a m inor—guar­ dian authorized to sell real property at private sale. E state of Isaac Dyck, deceased—in- ventorv and appraisem ent tiled ami approved. R E A L E ST A T E T R A N S F E R S . Nolan R Sm ith to F E Sm ith ^ interest in 105 acres, t 7 and 8 s, r 5 w ............................................ $ 1 C A Sm ith to Bertha G Sm ith, % interest in 10J acres, t 7 and 8 s, r 5 w ....................................... 1 Bertha G Sm ith to F E Sm ith, Vgi interest in 100 acres, t 7 and 8 s, r 5 w ......... ...................................... 1 Verella P Lung to J Brooks, et al 101 acres, t 0 s, r 5 w ................. 5 Preston Lung to J Brooks e t al, 101 acres, t 0 s, r 5 w .................. 4,250 J Brooks et ux to Preston Lung, 101 acres, t 6 8, r 5 w ................. 2,000 V B Sears et ux to M attie L Sm ith 156)4 Berea, t 6 s, r 6 w ............. 5,464 A B Muir and L R Livermore, e x ­ ecutors to Carrie G rant, lot in D allas............................................ J A McLean to Mary E Ship, lots in W est S alem ............................... 1000 J G VanOrsdel et ux to B ernard McCamish, lot in D allas........... 140 Charles P Darling to C F and So­ phie Vick, land in t 8 8, r 6 w . . 500 K arl Torgenson to U nited States 16 acres In 1 6 e, r 7 w ............. 130 Charles E Heyn to U nited States, 60 acres, t 6 s, r 8 w ..................... 487 Van B Sears e t ux to M attie L Sm ith, 156 acres in t 6 s, r 5 w. 5464 E lizabeth Stoner et al to T M Ray lots in D allas................................. 1 Susan McKinney to School Dis­ trict Num ber 8, 2 acres, in t ü s, r 6 W ............................................... 1 Lee Sm ith to B ertha Barrie Sm ith block in D allas.............................. 1 H E Law to Anglo-American Se­ curities company, 40 acres, t 8 s, r 6 w ............................................. 10 M argaret L Fox and hd to Seth Riggs, 100 acres in t 7 s, r 4 w . . 5009 R L El wood et ux to S G Sheets, 15 acres in t 7 s, r 3 w ........... .. 2500 W E W illiam s to School D istrict N um ber 16, land in A irlie........... 100 W E Williams to M artha Simpson land in Airlie ............................. 100 W illiam Failli et ux to Jasp er M and Jam es R Craven, land in D a lla s ............................................. 1 Dora M Everette and hd to Thomas L Strob, 320 acres in t 6 s, r 7 w ......................................... 3200 M a rria g e L icen ses. A. F. Mackie and Blanche I. Goodwin. John P.Newfeldt and Helena Remple. P a te n ts . U. S. to W. E. W illiam s. C o m m issio n e rs’ C o u rt. In the m atter of the petition for change of boundaries of school districts Nos. 8 and 10 ; ordered th a t the prayer of the petitioners be granted. Same ac­ tion taken in school districts 10 and 30. Petition of G. W. M cLaughlin to de- vide district 16; granted. Ordered th a t the sum of $.394.90 be transfered from the general fund to the school library fund. In the m atter of the petition of Har- land W heeler to change road and tender deed for new road; ordered th a t deed be accepted, but old road rem ain open until new one is ready. In the m atter of th e road petition of J. II. Moser et al for establishing county road ; ordered th a t J. M. Farley, Evan Evans and the county surveyor m eet at the beginning point of said proposed road on Jan u ary 21st to view and locate said road and re p o rtâ t February term . 'rite annual report of the sheriff as tax collector for 1907 presented and approved. The county treasurer presents the fol­ lowing w arrants and vouchers paid and cancelled : County road w a rra n ts............. $ 379.25 Special school............................. 30.38 County school o rd e rs................ 91.1 Called w arrant fu n d s................ 1409.00 I n te r e s t....................................... 22.34 A r e D o c to rs A n y G o o d ? Ask Oregon 14 Stillw ater 29. W ith the fifteenth game came the first defeat of the “ Oregons” on their long tour. C ontrary to the wav the score I reads the game was no test of the rela-1 tive strength of the opposing team s whatever, th a t is, if the strength of a team as shown on a court where foot­ ing is reasonably sure th u s enabling quick floor work, which is one of the great and scientific qualities of a really) firstclass game of basketball. The Stillw ater team , adm irably ad ap t­ ed itself to conditions, has a slick-floor, style of play,'w hich, on a court against a team unfam iliar with unpolished floors only, makes it seemingly invin- vincible. They sta rt off as if they evpected to play ball for half a day in ­ stead of 40 m inutes and are, com para­ T o t a l ....................................... $2071..18 tively speaking, fairly sure footed on T reasurer credited with above am ount. this slickest of floors while th eir oppo­ The Commissioner» are now busy on nents are or were practically helpless. supervisor» report» which they have to They made some good goal shots, the (jet through today, after which th e new openings for which nearly invariably oner will lie appointed, the jury list came because of the inability of the draw n, the tax levy made and o th er im­ Oregonians to move or even stand still. portant bnsineas necessary to the be­ The score at the end of the first half ginning of the year transacted. stood 11 to 7 in favor of the home team . -- —♦ ♦ ♦ ■ ■ Between halves tlie Oregons, know­ ing defeat was certain unless they could ALL ABOUT THE GAMES. rind some m eans of sticking the floor, pulled off their shoes and stockings ami went it barefooted, but to no avail, and Claud Shaw Tells Us why the Ore­ they tried to grin and take medicine, feeling the strength of the two team s gons W ere Defeated at Stillwater. I hnd been put to no fair test, and losing under th e conditions no disgrace. The points came th u s: Field goals, Oregons 60; Dickenson, N. Dakota 10 W ith the exception of having a floor Crowley (forward) 1, McDonald (for­ ward) 2, Holen (center) 3, Meaner like ice the court at Dickenson is the fi­ nest we have seen. This one short com­ (guard) 1, McGuire (guard) 3; Reed 2; ing of the court was productive of m any foul baskets, Reed 10 out of 17, McDon­ am using antics in which ‘’Colonel” ald none in one try. Crow lev 8 out of 14, points aw arded to Stillw ater 1. Teats was a particular star. As th e score indicates, the Dickenson Mrs. C. Kisser, after spending several j team was fairly outclassed in all th e fine points of the game, the team play and m onths w ith her daughter, Dena, in \ goal shooting of the victors being steady the east, has returned home. at all tim es. Stowe Bros, are reaping a harvest, j The points were made as follows iving sleigh rides up and down our | # Field goals, Kunz (forward) one, Dodd I Main street a t so m uch per hour, (forw ard) one, Campbell (center) one, Schotsh (guard) two, Teats five, Reed ; twelve, Fenton twelve. Foul goals, j WEATHER F0RCA3T. Reed two out of five tries. Oregons 35; Jam estow n, N. Dakota 15. | At Jam estow n another slick court was j m et with but it was sm all and especially narrow which kept th e players much closer together and made the difficulty I of startin g and stopping m nch less con­ spicuous. The team is m edium in height, strong ami active and play a game som ewhat different from tlie usual Oregon style, particularly in the forward playing of guards ami vice versa. T hen clear un­ obstructed shots a t goal came i n ' “ hunches” rather few and far best ween while clear shots cam e to the crowd in a ! painfully regular fashion and usually j m eant an additional two points. The score book tells the following: story: Field goals, Rlewett (forward) one. N. Severn (center) two, Reed one, Fenton five, Shaw six. Morton th ree ; fouls, M. Severn eight out of seventeen tries, Reed six out of twelve, awarded to 1 Jam estow n one. Oregons 29; Holcombs. M inn., 29. The last dav of the year tire Oregons | arose in the young hours of the m orning . 1 only to aw ait about four hours foi a de- 1 The Forced Sale at W. H. Roy & Co’s. is moving the stock very rapidly and if you want to have the ben­ efit of a complete stock to select from we would advise that you come early. Just a few spent in you th at goods at moments of your time the store will convince we are actually selling cost and below. W. H. ROY & CO. D A LLA S , ORECON * ••< » * * * •* * * * • * « * * * » * * * • * « * Reduction in P rices on all S H O E S E xcep t- ..... Walk Over, S t. C ecilia and Bergm ann. * * ❖ ❖ * ❖ * * * * ❖ * ♦ * ♦ DALLAS SHOE STORE C O L D E n ,. P H O N E 1251 !5I M R S . «I. C. 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