wants to show such people that there was no failure of
any kind of crops in fact that the t rees will all bear
more than they can stand up under.
TH E POLK COUNTY ITEMIZER
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THURSDAY, MAY
11, 1911.
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SU BSCRIPTIO N
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I te m iz e r,o n e y e a r in a d v a n c e ..................................................... |1 60
W ith W eekly O regonian o r S em i-w eekly Journal ............. 1 00
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No. 420>* M ain 81.
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P a tr o n i t e One A n o th e r for the U phuildino o f T ow n a n d C o u n ty .
Our new mayor is proving a man who does things,
not satisfied to sit and let things steer theirown course,
but by aid at the helm assist to propel the civic boat of
state in the direction of progress and prosperity for the
town. And he has men at the oars to help in the good
cause.
Where are all the old croakers gone to that were so
freely predicting a few weeks ago that the fruit crops
of this section were nearly a minus quantity? And we
did not think of using any smudge pots either. Just
took the weather as it comes, and it has never failed as
yet in bringing forth bountiful crops of all kinds.
The income tax amendment to the constitution, which
was a plank in the last democratic national platform,
has now been ratified by thirty states. To insure its
acceptance thirty-five states are necessary. Only four
states, Louisiana, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and
West Virginia, have declared themselves in the nega­
tive. This leaves twelve states from which to secure
the necessary five votes to make the amendment a part
of the constitution. An income tax is practically as­
sured.
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BLACK PRINCE
SIMPLY >4 BUSINESS PROPOSITION.
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Probably there is no individual in the town who has
done more to promote the intererests of Dallas college,
than the editor of the Itemizer. We have talked for its
advancement, both personally and through our columns,
along different lines times without number. And in the
present instance, when the college is again asking for
financial assistance, we once more advocated what we
thought was for the best, although we thought that at
$15,000 for the La Creole property more was being
asked than its value justified. Taking the unusual con­
ditions that prevailed, where both the college and the
high school would be benefited, we hoped that the end
to be attained was justified, and that our school district
could safely invest the sum named in securing forever
a property that would benefit them in the future, if not
greatly needed at the present time. With the full un­
derstanding that $15,000 was to be the price, the Item­
izer cheerfully lent its aid to the consummation of the
project. Since a raise in price of $5000 has been made,
we cannot in justice to our own conscience and the duty
that we owe to the readers of our paper, continue to
advocate the purchase of the academy block by the
school district. The matter has now resolved itself into
a cold blooded business proposition, and as voters we
must lay aside all sentimental considerations in the
matter. Except for such purpose as it is now used, the
college campus is nearly entirely valueless. As a resi­
dence portion of town it is entirely out of the question,
the land nearly all lying so low that it would have to be
filled in to make residences desirable on it, and then
there would be the extra disadvantage of not being able
to make sewer or water connections in the basement
of any of the houses. Some of the land might be used
by manufacturing enterprises, but the latter named ob­
jections would seriously enter into that. Only for a
school could the land be advantageously used, and even
for that purpose $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 would be a high price to pay,
especially when one could go either way from the pres­
ent high school and get whole blocks at a much lower
figure, with buildings on them which would more than
pay any difference. The Itemizer had hoped that the
college authorities would be amenable to reason in this
matter, and not place too high a value on the property,
in order that all our citizens could conscientiously give
it their assistance, and put both institutions on a sound
footing for further advancement, with good and sightly
buildings, and the needs of our scholars subserved for
years to come. It would seem now that this is not to
be, as we believe the preponderance of opinion will be
with the Itemizer, that altogether too much money is
being asked for the property, much more than the
school district would be justified in accumulating added
debt for, and that the bonding of the district will be de­
cisively voted down at the polls. It looks too much like
a graft to most of our people, and the Itemizer has no
doubt that the proposition will meet with the defeat it
deserves. The statement of the college authorities in
the matter will cut no figure with the majority of the
voters, as business is business in all things, and the
voters cannot be asked to pay exorbitant prices just be­
cause our college people desire to attain certain ends.
If the price had been left at $15,000, the Itemizer would
have still been found advocating the purchase, although
that was more than the property is worth, even for
school purposes, but the extra $5000 sticks in our craw
and will not down. No needs of an educational institu­
tion justify getting too far away from the worth of a
property.
The Itemizer man has been cudgeling his mammoth
brain repository for some time trying to think up a dis­
tinctive name for his little ranch back of the city reser­
voir, one of the most sightly locations in the valley,
but so far have not been able to think of one that ex­
actly suits us. We wish to take advantage of the new
law regarding farm home names, and have the same
registered for us alone.. Our brain is weary on the sub­
ject and we will give a five year subscription to the
Itemizer to the man, woman or child who will suggest
to us what hits our fancy. None of the old names will
suit. Buena Vista would suit the location, but that has
been used too much. Savey?
The building of the armory will be a big thing for
Dallas, besides providing a home for our militia boys—
a home of their very own, where they will not be at the
beck or call of any one. The site chosen is an ideal
one, and meets with the approbation of every one. It
is central of location, and the price was as reasonable
as could have been asked by even the most conserva­
tive. The building will be of one story and a basement,
provided with all modern conveniences, and fully
equipped with a large and uptodate stage and the ac­
cessories, providing besides a large and ample meeting
place for our citizens when needed, a first class place
of entertainment, situated in just the right spot, and of
ample seating capacity to house almost any gathering.
Corvallis business men have taken up the scheme pro­
posed by the Itemizer last week in regard to getting
acquainted with the other business men of their county,
and have named May 18th as the day when they will
all take automobiles and make a tour of Benton county.
They will try to spend a couple of hours in each of the
smaller towns, and get thoroughly acquainted with the
people who have heretofore been visiting with them,
thus reciprocating on that proposition, and promoting a
bond of good fellowship that will prove of worth to
them all. The Itemizer hopes that the business men of
Dallas will soon see fit to make such a call and get bet­
ter acquainted with their neighbors all over Polk coun-
ty.
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The woman who sits before her modern sewing ma­
chine, and with a gentle pressure of the foot starts up
the electric motor which does all the hard work, for­
gets that it was but a few years ago that all the sewing
in this world had to be done by hand. One motor-driv­
en sewing machine in twelve hours will sew a hundred
times more than the best hand seamstress in the world
could do in a working day. Even after the foot-power
sewing machine was perfected it was not until the de­
vice could be operated by a small electric motor that the
maximum speed of the machine could be utilized. It
costs only about four cents for the electricity required
to operate a modem sewing machine for a whole work­
ing day and this trifling sum will drive the machine fas­
ter, and keep it under better control, than is possible in
any other way.
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Along with the scandalous reports of crop failures
that have been made about this valley, and which have
now been conclusively proven to be but the mouthings
of those who cry before they are hurt, comes the re­
peated assertion that wheat does not grow to satisfac­
tion on our hill lands. Mr. Cephas Nelson was in Sat­
urday, and desires us to contradict such untrue reports
most emphatically. We hereby do so, but we did not
think that there was an old resident of the county that
would make any such assertion, knowing, as of course
they do. its entire falsity. In the days when Polk
county pretended to raise wheat in any quantity, we
have measured that cereal grown on hill land that went
60 bushels to the acre, and grew so rank that it had to
be cut by hand. Such talk as that wheat will not
thrive on such land comes from the knockers, men who
do not wish to see the county develop along any lines,
even in wheat growing. Mr. Nelson will be glad to
prove the abilities of his hill land in this regard to any
one that will take the time to visit his farm. He also
THE WELL KNOWN YOUNG CLYDE-SHIRE STALLION
The promoters of the Whiteaker oil well desire ten
men who will put in $100 apiece to buy casing and sink
the well a few hundred feet more. The well is now ly­
ing idle by reason of such lack of finances, when it is
practically certain that success in the oil finding line
was almost within their grasp. Owing to the lack of
funds, the well has been sunk for several hundred feet
without casing, but this has been found to be imprac­
ticable, as the dirt will cave in, and it makes boring
very risky. With the showing that has developed there
it is to be hoped that it will not be hard to raise the
money for this purpose locally, and go ahead until it is
definitely decided whether oil is not there. This is a
sort of appeal to everyone at this time to invest, and
help out in this industry, that if successful will mean
so much to our county. The finding of oil here would
do more to populate the county than the issuance of a
thousand million booklets or any other kind of advertis­
ing matter, and would at once bring us the people who
have the money to buy our surplus lands and to further
develop them. M r* W. J. White will be pleased to
take on any one for stock to the amount mentioned at
his Main street office. Sacks lowered into the White­
aker well today and left there for a short time, will
come up saturated with crude oil. That is just how
near we are to finding oil in this vicinity, and the man
who invests his money now to help out in the good
cause is nearly betting on a sure thing, as where there
is so much smoke there must be some fire. Will you be
one of the ten to help get this county started?
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WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1911 AS FOLLOWS:
Mondays
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Tuesdays_________________ F rid ay s_______________ _
Wednesdays ____ _________ Saturdays _.
Sundays at home.
DESCRIPTION:
Black Prince is a jet black, 5 years old, and weighs 1300.
Sired by Dunsmore Prince 2989.
TERMS:
$9.00 to insure a living colt, payable when mare is known to be
with foal, or sold or moved from county. Care taken to prevent
accidents, but will be responsible for none.
All Mares not returned to the horse for trial shall be charged same as in foal.
Home of the horse is at my place, in McTimmonds Valley.
T. J. SULLIVAN, Owner and Manager
Free pasture for mares too far away for convience until known to be with foal.
UNION M EAT CO.
NATURES WARNING.
Dalla* People Must Recognize and
Heed it.
K itlney ills co m e q u ietly — m y sterio u s­
ly.
B ut n a tu r e alw ay s w arns vou
Notice t h e ki dney secretions .
See if th e color is u n h e a l t h y —
If t h e r e are settlings a n d sed im en t,
Passage* f req u e n t, scanty painful
I t ’s tim e th e n to use D oan's Kidney
Pills,
To w ard off B rig h t’s disease or dia-
hetee.
D o an 's h av e d o n e g r e a t work in th is
locality.
P. H. D r e ile r, Main str e e t,» I n d e p e n ­
dence, O re., s a y s : **l have use d Doan’s
Kidney Pills an d I am glad to say t h a t
hey h av e h elp ed me. My hack was
very weak a n d I was b o th ered by irre g ­
ular passages of t h e ki dney secretions.
Being advised to try Doan’s Kidney
Pills, 1 d id so and by t h e tim e I had
taken th e c o n te n ts of t h r e e boxes my
tro u b le b ad d isa p p eare d . I have not
been b o th ered since then an d cohse
•piently, h av e no hesita tion in recom ­
m en d in g D oan’s K idney Pills to o th er
kidney su ffere rs ”
For sale by all d e a le rs. P rice 80
• en ts. F oster- Mil b u rn Co.,
Buffalo,
Vew Y o rk , sole ag en ts for th e U nited
State«.
R e m e m b e r th e nam e— D oan’s—and
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THE DALLAS TRANSFER
D A L L A S , O R EC O N
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Phone and stand at W. R. Ellis’ confectionery
U rb a n E clip se,
G eorge M elles,
P a th s F reres,
S e llg , and
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w hich a re th e bes t p ictu res to be had
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houses of th e Hast a n d West.
Bell phone 64
Mutual 243
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Proprietors.
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