o n it t
HERE’S A HOME FOR YOU
HO acres of tine orchard land,
hail of it cleared,
Vi
Good im
provement«).
wj
FRUIT TRACTS FOR SALE
,
Prunes, Cherries, Walnuts,
Perfect stand of trees two
years growth,
No better
proposition.
SEE THIS OFFICE.
The Best and Largest Paper in Polk County
SEE THIS OFFICE
DALLAS OREGON JULY 8. 1909,
VOL. XXXIV
NO. 24.
ORCHARD CITY
1 D O N ’T F O R G E T
July Bargains
That we will give you big values in
Mens’ Ladies’ or Childrens’ Shoes
\
Can License D o g s —Y o u n g M an
Drowned in Willamette—New
Campbell & Hollister
Tracts Platted.
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BLACK’S
h+++++++++^+++-i-+++++
Will
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STABLES
The acreage tracts on the old
Bridwell place are now being
platted by R. M. and W. B.
Ew ing fo r sale to eastern par
EVERYTHING FIRST-CLASS
ties. The sale o f this place was
recently consumated by the Item-
Excellent accomodations fo r commercial men.
izer Realty Concern, and is one
o f the biggest and best buys
lately made. It was purchased
&.
DALLAS. OREGON
MAIN STREF.T
from C. G. Coad and I. N. Woods
by E w in g Bros., Messrs. Coad
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and Woods having purchased it
a day or tw o previously from M.
J. Bridwell. There is no better
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orchard land around here, and
the Ew ing Brothers w ill have no
Let Us Book Your Orders For —
% trouble in disposing o f their
tracts at quite an advance in the
price paid. It is their purpose to
plant and cultivate the tracts for
their purchasers until the trees
come into bearing, and i f desired
$ 1 .0 0 p e r C rate
the payments can be made on the
installment plan. This way o f
W e carry the ROYAL BREAD, of Portland, fresh every
handling an orchard in this sec
day. Everybody wants SANTOS COFFEE, 5 lb. cans,
tion is entirely new, but has
$1.25. Just the thing for the Coast or Mountains.
proven successful in many other
places, and there is no doubt o f
Jelly Glasses, 35 cents per dozen, the kind with tops
its w orking out successfully here.
It is advantageous to both buyer
W e L e a d a n d O th e rs F o llo w
and seller, to the buyer because
it eliminates all the disadvant
ages arising from the putting
out o f an orchard by inexperienced
men, and enables him to keep at
work at something else until his
orchard is ready to his hand,
when he can build and make his
home thereon or not, just as he
pleases. The seller brings the
land to a greatly increased valu
ation, and o f course profits suffi
ciently fo r the time and experi
ence that he has put into it. It
will not be long until this is be
ing done all over our valley, and
homes being made ready for the
many new comers constantly
turning their eyes in this direc
tion.
That Dallas has an im
mense future as the orchard cen
ter o f the W illam ette valley none
w ill gainsay who have studied
the situation carefully, and to
! the E w in g boys can be accorded
i the title o f pioneer in the move
ment in this garden spot o f the
valley. The tracts will be known
as the Ulini orchards, and is com
prised o f 160 acres all told. They
are located within tw o miles o f
town on two lines o f railways, in
as picturesque a spot as is to be
found on the west side o f the
river.
STOW E
LOGANBERRIES
1
C R ID E R ’S GROCERY
DEERING
Binders
Mowers
Rakes
The Deering Twine Binder. “The
First of Its Kind”, Light
est in Draft and
Constructed
for
Durability
CRAVEN BROS.. Agents
D a lla s , O re g o n
While You Are
Not Too Busy
Get your wagon and bug
g y tires set by Fred Wagner.
He has the best appliances
for doing the work.
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A A lA ftA
What do you
Know about
This?
BRASIG
B r e d f o r S t y le
and A c tio n
The newly imported Ger
man coach stallion, Bra-
sig, w ill be at Dallas
Fnday and Saturday o f
each week.
COACH HORSE CO.
Is certainly the right place to
go to get the right prices slid
best goods; such as oranges,
cigars, candies, bananas, pine
apples, nuts and the best ice-
cream in the country.
We
know it because we tried it.
J. A . L Y N C H is the man who
fixe* thinga just like you want
them. Successor to Johnson
Bros.
V W V V W V
ORCHARD CITY LEADS.
Since our .last issue the city
Dads have held three meetings.
The first one was held on the
evening o f the 1st, and was for
The Item izer’ s ballot box plac
ed at the foot o f our stairway
last Friday and Saturday for the
residents o f the county to desig
nate the name w h i c h t h e y
teSSrSS’rtó
ia k ta w M
!
p resen t
a policeman at the request o f the j
one
o
f
Dallas,
was
patronized
by
Arnold shows, who wanted his
services as nightwatch.
Chief 506 persons, who thus desired to
Odom also thought he wanted show their preference. Orchard
more assistance for the celebra City received quite a few the
tion, and Edward Shaw was most votes, Keystone City and
elected as special officer fo r the Willamette Center coming next.
Consequently, i f we were to abide
two days.
The first regular meeting night by this vote, the title o f our city
o f the month was last Monday would hereafter be: Dallas, The
evening, but as the statues pro Orchard City. This, however, as
vide that in the event o f the w e stated last week, was not the
Fourth o f July fallin g on Sun purpose o f the vote. The adopt
day, the follow ing Monday will ing o f a name was left to the
be considered the legal day o f Dallas Protective association, and
rest, it was not possible to trans the ballot was only taken to se
act any business, and the coun cure a consensus o f the people as
cil adjourned until Tuesday eve to what they thought most desi
rable. Since our last issue, other
ning.
That date found all the offi names have been sent in, and
cials present except Councilman some o f them may get the prize.
And there may be other and bet
Stafrin.
A yres recommended the repair ter suggestions yet to come, as
o f certain crosswalks, and the the association does not meet un
til next Monday evening.
We
same was ordered.
Ellis reported the draw ing up would like to here correct the im
o f a contract with the electric pression that seems to have got
light people by which the lights ten abroad that we were endeav
for the free library will h ereaf oring to change the name, Dallas.
ter cost $3 a month, a considera This new title has nothing to do
ble reduction from what has with the changing o f the name,
Dallas, and we should h a v e
been paid.
Notices o f delinquency were thought that this had been stat
ordered published in the matters ed enough to make it plain to
o f the Gooch and Coulsen side even the thickest cranium. The
vote on the names on the ballot
walk properties.
On request City Attorney Tooze was follows:
C it y ....................................... 105
presented a lengthy report g iv Orchard
Keystone C it y .................................... 91
ing it as his opinion that dogs W illam ette C ity ............................... HO
could be licensed by the city, and Rust ling C ity .........................................53
and the same collected, despite Fruit C ity ................................... .........61
C it y .................................... 25
an act o f the last legislature Progress
l)og C it y ............................................. 17
making them personal property, Crystal C it y ..................................... 11
and thereby creating what may Ham m er C ity ..................................... 11
he called a double taxation. He Dallas, the Pride o f P o lk ................... 8
C it y ........................................ 7
held that a license could not be Reaver
Apple C ity .......................
5
construed as a tax, and quoted Prune C it y ......................
5
numerous authorities to uphold Pioneer C it y ........................................ 4
his contention, He also submit Chrystal W ater C it y .......................... 3
C e n t e r ................................... 3
ted an affirmative opinion on the Angora
Sawdust C it v ......................................
2
question as to whether the city City of the V a lle y .............................. 2
could prohibit the sale and ex Market C it y ........................................ 1
Garland C it y ......................................
1
plosion o f firecrackers.
Hop C it y ...........................................
1
The marshal was ordered to Gem
C en ter........................................
1
abate certain complained o f nuis Parlor C it y .......................................... 1
ances at the corner o f Main and Prize C it y * ........ ................................. 1
Opportunity C it y .............................. 1
Mill.
Commercial C ity ................................ 1
The matter o f the Crider and Mohair
Mohair,.lty
C it y ........................................
1
Smith cement sidewalks on Main j industrial city
......................... 1
streets was referred to the street
mew n a m e s
committee,, and they were given i
.. ‘
'
.„n-i
power to close the street if the
Mrs. Mary E. Brown A s Dal-
old walks became dangerous, pri- 'as IS anJ'J1' ' , l , y p; i W1
or to an
an adjustment
adjustment o f the con- s u ^ t The U | - ^ N o w Ctty.
The Home
Mrs. A . M
troversy as to who is to build the
cement foundation fo r said walks 1
Anonymous — The Fruit and
over the race.
Lumber Disseminator.
Claims allowed :
J. L. A tw a ter—The Vine City o f
Street and crusher w ork............ $3068 32
E M Smith, recording...............
3 00 Mt. Pisgah.
A visit to our store during this month will be
appreciated—we have a great many things to show
you that will interest you—we want to call your
attention especially to our wash fabrics, nice clean
merchandise now closing out at about half price.
A ll our 18c Batiste and Or
gandies, July sale per yd.
10c
All our 25c goods in figured wash
materials, July sale, per i r
y a rd ................................
D C
All 30c and 35c goods, July
sale, per yard
19c
All our 55c grade in figured silk
Organdies, July sale, per
yard
35c
A ll our 8c, 10c and 12Jc
goods, July sale, at, per
y a rd ...
Shoe Specials
75 pairs of Ladies Oxfords in patent leather, light
and heavy soles, good styles, formerly sold
at $3.00 and $3.50, July sale, per pair___
The BEE HIVE Store
DALLAS,
‘A Reliable Place to Trade”
UNION
MEAT COMPANY
MORE
P1 NKHAM
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.
%r w v v w v J 1
OREGON
D ALLAS, ORECON
Stowe &c Holman, Prop's.
We
carry constantly on hand all kinds of Pickled l ’ork, Corned Beef, Canned
Meats, Cooked Meats for luncheon, Mutton, Veal, Beef and Pork, also Sausages
of all kinds.
Prompt attention will be given to all orders.
O n M ain S tre e t next door to R estaurant.
o f three feet in length has practi-! whirlpool, ant! was sucked under
cally no weight, showing the by the current, not being a good
lightness o f the wood as well as swimmer. Earl had a narrow
its cork protuberances. — States- escape from drowning, being as
sisted by friends, who passed
man.
him a long pole, and thus rescu
ed him.
More News for Dallasites.
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The big sixty-horsepower auto
MOVING PICTURES.
mobile belonging to Hughes &
Strong, o f this city, had a pecu
M D Coulter, w a te r....................
45 85
liar experience Sunday in Dallas A Remarkable Exhibition at the
W illam ette Lum ber C o .............
12 26
when it picked up a horse and
SURE A CORKER.
VV J W hite, police ...................
4 Of)
Christian Church July 12th.
I its rider and carried them for
Ed Shaw, p olice.........................
4 00
several fee t setting the horse
F H Morrison, salary................ 10J|
¡¡7 ■>;! i But Most Anything Will Grow in
John M artin, w o o d .. . . .
down uninjured, the rider being
7 ."si
W W Dawson, salary ..
The genius o f Edison has at
merely shaken up, but the ma
Our Fine Clinu te.
U II!)
VV J W hite, labor
chine having a badly battered last been brought under tribute
t
>
on
emj “ ri T>rjntinte
Camden, N .J.— “ It is with pleasure [!1
H i no
lamp as the result o f the colli to the world-wide missionary en
ny testimonial to your Electric^iirtts - - • ■
that I add my
Grow ing on the lawn at the
The Christian church
!) 10
Adams
& Brobst, sundries
sion. The machine, it is stated, terprise.
.
already lonff list— hoping that it may
72 UO home o f Mrs. A. C Matthes at
induce others to avail themselves of r A Odom, salary ..........
was m oving at a moderate rate ls *Si/' lave a striking exhibition o f
4
4
no
Lake I^abish is one o f the most o f speed under the guidance o f heath<
this valuable niedi- (
Gregory salary . . .
ten life through the medium
101 25
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- Observer, p rin tin g ..........
eine, LydiaE
. Pink-
remarkable trees ever seen in
Strong through the o f moving pictures. These mov-
"S
h
off”
ham ’s V e g e t a b l e ! The compensation o f the mar the temperate zone, belonging to
•
I ■
when in some ¡ng picture films have been se-
streets o f Dallas
Compound. I suf-1
•:< T
if
ft'red from terrible ; shall for flushing sewers was fix- the tropics by its w r y nature [n" pyicable manner it picked up curred by the Foreign Christian
ii f
headaches, pain fn j en at $10 a month.
7
7
%
and proving conclusively that £
horse and carried out the Missionary society, and will be
my back and right i
'£
An ordinance to protect the anything can be raised in Ore- L fo rm a n c e referred to. Salem shown in connection with the
side, was tired and macadam streets was read first
f t
lecture on ‘ ‘Strange People o f
nervous, and
so
po!es.fr0m
Statesman.
S
Many I.ands” at the church. The
w eak I could hardly i time, also one limiting the speed
:>
s t a n d . Lydia E. o f autos to 10 miles an hour.
foreign society o f the Christian
The tree is about fifteen feet
m iid c c nnnWN«;
l ’inkham’s Vegeta
NUK3L DKUV»nj.
On motion o f A yres the street high and was grown from a mere
church, is the first organization
•f
ble Compound re
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commissioner was authorized to sprout a fe w years ago by Mrs.
in America to bring these scenes
j i
stored me to health j
t
ntin, I
I ifP While before the churches. This wiil
_ and
_ _ made
_ _ _ me feel like a new person, | give W. J. W hite the lines for a Matthes, whose farm is located W 1
and it shall always have my praise.” contemplated new sidewalk along on the justly celebrated U k e Walter lompkins Loses Lite wnne a rare opportunity for the people
— Mrs. \V. P. V a l e n t i n e , 902 Lincoln his property on Maple street.
Lahish soil, and whose success
o f this city. N o admission will
Swimming in Willamette,
Avenue. Camden, N . J-
A yres requested a warrant for in agriculture, horticulture and
lie charged. A voluntary offer
it I (¡.inliner. Me. — " I was a great suf
ing will be taken. This is sim
ferer from a female (li -case. The doc- $6 to pay interest on city hall floriculture is simply phenomenal.
W alter Tompkins, a nurse at ply to pay the expense o f the ex
*» i tor said I would have to go to the bonds, and that treasurer lie nnt- During the summer season the
It hospital for an operation, but Lydia E. ified to take up a $100 warrant appearance o f this tree is in no the Portland Sanitarium, was hibitions from place to place,
jî Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound com now due, also a warrant for $25 ways remarkable, being com drowned in the W illamette river and o f the expert who has charge
pletely cured rue in three months.” —
near his home at Hopewell, op o f the machine. This moving
M rs . s . A. W i l l i a m s , K. F. I). X o. 14, to pay interest on water bonds, pletely covered with leaves very
Ì Box 30. Gardiner Me.
and another one o f $240 for the much like those o f a cherry tree, posite Salem, Sunday afternoon. picture machine is the best that
Because your ease is a difficult one, paying off o f interest.
•>
Ordered. but with the approach o f autumn His body was recovered Monday can he purchased.
Many fine
having done yon no good,
:> doctors
........
The
matter
o
f
fixing
the
duties and the shedding o f the leaves, morning about 10 o’ clock. He stereopticon views will likewise
do not continue to suffer without
ï tr ' i- - I ■' i >' ITnkham’i
Vegetable and compensation o f the city at the peculiar growths o f cork may had gone home Sunday morning lie shown in the lecture.
Fred
I
Compound a triaL It snrely has cured torney was referred to the ordi be noted on the
trunk and for a short vacation. In the a f E. Hagin will give this lecture
many cases of female ills, such as in-
branches. The cork is in strange ternoon he went swimming with July 12th.
? fiammaiion. ulceration, displacements, nance committee.
shapes, very much as i f it had his brother Earl, 17 years old.
> fibroid tumors. Irregularities, perhx’.ir
Walter, who was 2t years o f
Dr. Lowe's new eye glasses with sani been carved, but with a certain
pains, backache, that bearing-down
The supply of qua* la chips aliti soap
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner tary guards will fit most any nose and regularity that makes the tree age, and in his second year as a in abort this eason, §<> ■ i li i I I »otter
> vous prostration. It costs but a trille cannot cansc cancer. Have him show itself look like some m ighty rep- nurse at the Portland Sanitari infer early if y u w mt to be certain of
? to try it, and the result is worth mil | it to vou when he is in Dallas licit i tile o f scaled species. A branch um; unconsciously drifted into a gettimi any. At Buehren*« warehouse.
j Monday ami Tuesday, July 12 ami 13lh.
lions to many suffering women.
The Dallas Confectionery :>
S T O R E
COUNCIL MEETINGS.
be Divided up into Orchard Nearly Midnight Before They are That Name Seemed Most Liked by
the Voters Friday and Saturday, j 58
Tract*.
able to Cease Their Delibera
tions
Having purchased this well-known barn,
we solicit a share o f your patronage.
SEARS
o p sfl
JÊPÜ
S T O H E
BRIDW ELL TRACT SOLD.
^McCOY
a.
NEW BOOKS HERE.
Dallas has Received Her New Ad
vertising Matter.
The secretary o f the Dallas
Development league last Wed
nesday received a shipment o f
10,000 o f the handsome new
booklets that were ordered last
April to be utilized in displaying
the advantages o f our town to
inquiring strangers. They are
very handsomely gotten up, the
first page being a welcoming
hand reaching from the clouds
above an ideal farm scene, and
inviting the recipient to Dal
las. Oregon, the land o f opportu
nity. There are 32 pages besides
this cover, and they are chuck
full o f good reading matter about
our town and vicinity, and are
emliellished with many pretty
cuts, the center one being a map
o f Polk county, with Dallas as
the hub. Any one is welcome to
them to send friends in the east
who have spoken o f coming to
this region, and they can be ob
tained at this office or o f Henry
Campbell, the secretary.
A W A Y OFF IN GUESS.
Statesman Reporter Makes Dallas
Population Away Down.
A reporter on I he Nalen. Statesman
way-: “ Ihillas, the connty «eat of his
toric ohl Polk county, haa a population
of abont 2200. Fa ID City ha« a popu
lation of IftOO, and Black Kook a popu
lation of 1000.1’ W e had that many res
idents about 10 year* ago, so according
to this bright pencil pusher we hare
not grown any. Better make a closer
guess next time, brother, and also find
out a little more about the other towns
you mention.