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COUNCIL MEETING
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White Buck and Tan Calf Button Boots,
a little different from the ordinary toe,
giving the foot a much neater appear
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Embroideries, Linens, Dress Goods, New
Spring Styles in R & G Corsets are here.
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whole family is the Black Cat. Every
pair guaranteed to give you satisfaction.
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Advertising the
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Thin in the belief concerning electric advertising of
Alfred Stahel & Sons, Inc., propri tors oi a large
crockery store in San Diego, California. This pro
gressive firm says, over its signature:
“ We «re fully eon v i need th a t e le c tr ic sign a d v e r tis
in g is o f g re a te r ben efit than m ost m erch a n ts a p p ré
ciât«'.
W e co n s id er this fo rm o f a d v e r tis in g the m ost
eco n o m ica l and p o s it iv e ly fee l that
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The temporary removal of this firm’s sign gave it an
opportunity for a comparison of values. Do you know
of our very liberal two-year-to-pay sign proposition?
A representative will call and explain at your request.
Oregon Power Company
Telephone 24
605 Court Street
The Big Demand
for “ Oregon’s Heat” Flour is due
solely to ittj many fine qualities.
We could tell you of bow much
better bread, etc., it bakes, bow
much farther it goes and a lot of
other things in its praise. But we
refrain, knowing that the trial of
a single sack will be p better ad
vertisement for “ Oregon’s Best”
Flour than any we could write.
Order a sack today.
Made in Dallas by
S W E E N E Y BRO S.
Italian Prane Trees
F e b ru a ry I9 tb
A F T E R making a recount of our
Prune Trees, we find that we
have several thousand trees in stock.
W e are now offering these at reason
able prices, and if you have not yet
supplied your wants hustle in your
orders, for we have a fine class o f
stock, the best we have ever grown.
i W e Suggest that you A ct Quickly I
for we have the Only Supply
CARLTON NURSERY CO.
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Plans
BAND CONCERT.
and Specification of Ash Program for Next Wednesday Ev-
Sewer Take Time.
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ening at the Armory.
Council met in rejnrtar session Overture, K in g o f Diamonds
last Monday evening with Mavor
Rni'WwplI
Craven in the chair and all the R e v e rie '‘ The Wayside Chapel
officers and councilmen present
Wilann
except Coad and Campbell.
F lo w e d ’ ’ ¿ f " t h e " Wildwood
Captain Tooze, on behalf o f the
W ilt?P <5
Skairmt
officers convention, verbally re-
Rand'..........K8*
i ported a vote of thanks from the A nvil Chorus.il Trovatore. .V erdi
! association
they claiming to
Thorne’s Orchestra
have had the best convention Vocal Duett................
Selected
here during their career o f the
M r. 0 rr and Miss Morrison
I last six years.
Pastorale and Polka Im itative,
A resolution covering the ma-
The T w itterin g B ird s.. .Moran
cadamization o f certain parts o f .
Band
Church and Washington streets, P.eading, I W ant to Hear the
and the alleys in blocks 9 and 10
Old Band Play . . ..................
was read and passed.
......... .James Whitcomb Riley
An ordinance providing for the
Eugene Foster
same was read first time.
The Old Band Plays Good Fel
An ordinance was read second
lowship________________ Billings
time providing for the construc-
Soloist Master Ralph Howe
j tion o f sewers along Oregon ave Selection from the Operette,
nue, Uglow avenue and Ash
The Spring Maid___ Reinhardt
street, and left over until n e x t1
Thorne’ s Orchestra
meeting for proposed amend- Overture,
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The Huntsman. M cFall
ment, Staats specifying that
Band
such meeting be next Friday A Day in the Cotton Field,
night.
Piece Characteristic________
On motion
o f Fuller the
________ ______ Smith & Zublin
auditor was instructed to adver
Band
tise for bids for this year’s ma
Synopsis: Darkies on their
cadam
work
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way to the cotton field on the
On motion o f F enton the same Mississippi river. Darkies sing-
action
was taken regarding ¡nfr at their work. Steamboat
curbs.
'whistle. Darkies dance with de-
Property owners o f Uglow fight as boat approaches. Song
av.e nV® anc^ ®UJC] 1, through Ayres on boat, My Old Kentucky Home,
asked for relief from a congested Darkies resume dancing as boat
waterway. On motion o f Staats passes away. Homeward bound,
the matter was referred to the Darkies disappear in the distance.
street committee.
The Mill in the Forest, De
Through A yres Mr.
Woods
scriptive Id y ll_______ Filenberg
brought in a request for his lot
Band
, line that had mysteriously disap
Synopsis: On the brook, the
peared, he desiring to build a mill starts; rushing o f the waters;
fence thereon. The council did the mill running at full speed;
not feel able to establish a pre-1 the mill gradually stops, but the
cedent in such matters.
water rushes on.
On motion o f Staats the mat- Violin Cello, solo, Sweet Even-
ter o f a crosswalk at Wm. Weav- j ¡ng star, Tannhäuser Mayner
ers and the straightening o f the I
j q Uglow
walks on that street was left to a Day at W est Point, Descrip
the street committee.
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Fantasy......... .......Bendix
tive —
On motion o f Staats the ordi
Band
nance committee was authorized
Synopsis: Reneville, assembly,
to bring in a raise on street sunrise, gun, devotional exercis
hawkers license and one covering es.
es, ' the'
the army blue, adjutant’ s
auctions.
I call, march, dress parade, salute
On motion o f Staats the re- to the colors. Star Spangled Ban
| quest o f Ayres for a warrant for ner; band and audience please
$1,100 to cover i.eficit in 1911 rise, assembly o f buglers, boots
street fund was granted.
and saddles, cavalry drill, pass
ing review, Benny H aven’s, taps,
A HEN RECORD.
The Arm y Blue, Auld Lang Syne,
Yankee Doodle and Finle.
Indignation Meeting of Citizens
Against Proposed Action
of S. P.
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Mr. F. E. Myer Averages $3.64 a
DEPOT ROBBED IN DAYLIGHT.
Year Net From 70 Hens.
The follow ing record for the While Salem Agent is Away Bur
glars Pry Open Window.
year 1911 has been handed us by
Frank M yer o f the net profit he
derived from the keeping o f 70
single combed White Leghorns.
Mr. Myers is a firm believer in
making a business o f poultry
raising just as he would anything
else, and knows to a cent just
what his flock cost him and what
he makes out o f them. His ac
counts also run over the entire
year, and not only during the
laying period, as some fanciers
sometimes figure them. During
last year those 70 hens laid 10,603
eggs, from which amount 7,134
were sold in the market and for
hatching purposes at an average
price o f 30 1-3 cents a dozen.
They consumed at home the bal
ance. The record reads:
Eggs sold____________
$180.18
Eggs consumed__________ 87.18
! Stock sold.________________ 111.87
¡Total . ...................... -..$378.91
Feed and other expenses 124.00
¡N e t profit-...................._ $254.91
This makes a net profit o f $3.64
j received during the year from
1 each hen, and that they averag-
| ed 151 eggs each. They are all
, pure bred stock, and many o f the
j eggs were sold for hatching at
I fancy prices. Others can do as
| well as Mr. Myers will they but
put the time, care and attention
to the industry that he does.
Dallas High Loses.
S 2 A Y S Johnnie Bull to Uncle Sa mi
“ I w e n t to shake your hand
On this the birthday of the man
W h o fa thered your fine land.
Th oug h once my thoughts of him were
hard.
I’ v e changed my notions quite.
And now I say to you. old pard,
O. W w a s all right.”
^ A Y S Uncle Sam to Johnnie Built
“ I’ m glad to shake y ou r hand.
Th o u g h once you made a sad mis*
take.
T o d a y you understand.
Ge o rg e W a shi ngt on, you now car. sas.
W a s a patriot most sublime.
It took you years to find it out—
I kn ew it all the tim .*
WILL KNOW FOR CERTAIN
Item izer W ill T a k e C e n su s o f O u r City’s Popu
latio n S o m e tim e D u r in g N e x t W e e k .
So continued has been the discontent regarding the number o f in
The W est Salem termimal de habitants given us by the last official U. S. census, that the Item i
pot o f the Salem Falls City & zer has concluded to definitely settle the matter by going to the
Western was broken into by bur
glars in daylight Sunday while expense o f personal visiting every household in town, and find out
A gen t W. H. Norris was absent, just how many residents we have. We are all practically certain
and the robbers escaped with that Dallas did not.receive full value, according to our numerical
what is believed to be a consider strength from Uncle Sam’s officials, not because o f lack o f diligence
able sum o f money. How much on their part, but because in the time consumed it was impossible
was taken the agent says he will to make it accurate. Monday morning the Item izer’s representa-
be unable to announce until he tiues will start out, and we hope our citizens will all assist, in see
ing that none escape being counted.
makes a check on the tickets.
A gen t Norris le ft the depot
shortly after 9 o ’ clock, follow ing |
the departure o f a morning trtfip
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for Black Rock, returning at 10
o ’ clock for another departing
F a c s i m i l e o f H is I n t e r e s t in g L e t t e r
train. On his return he found a
window pried open and the cash
to th e G r a n d L o d g e o f P e n n sy lv a n ia
drawer broken into, but he thinks
nothing was taken from th a t
NEW SUBSCRIBERS THIS WEEK.
Cass Gibson, Salem.
Van B. Sears, Ballston.
J. E. Mason, Dallas.
S. H. McElmurry, Indepen
dence.
J. A. Foster, Carrytown, Tenn.
C. D. Shepard, Dallas.
Louis Toedemier, Airlie.
W. R. Davis, Salem.
W. F. Crawford, Salem.
Gus S. Lake, Salem.
J. W. Childers, Salem.
T. W. Waring, Salem.
H. N. Alderman, Salem.
A. E. Alderman, Salem.
H. W. Cooley, Salem.
J. W. Jenkins, McCoy.
M. C. Huffman, Dallas.
W. A. Carpenter, Salem.
Mrs. F. Sewald, Independence.
A. W. Vernon, Independence.
L. A . Dickinson, Dallas.
W. B. Ramsey, Monmouth.
Ed M. Wunder, Monmouth.
John Yeater, Monmouth.
A. W. Armstrong, Dallas.
Last Friday night the Dallas
I high school team went to New-
j berg and played the high school
i team there, losing to them by the
score o f 19 to 9. The game was
fast and clean. The Dallas boys
used their team work until they
got within about 20 feet o f the
basket, when they seemed to see
nothing but the basket. The
hall was heated which was a
great disadvantage to the Dallas
Baptist Church.
team. The first half ended 9 to
3. Poling threw 2 and Woods 1
Sunday school at 10 a. m., sub
field basket for Dallas and Boyd- ject. “ The Tem pter and Jesus”
1 ston threw 3 fouls. A reception,
Junior League at 2:30 p. m., j
! was given to the visitors which subject, “ The Voice o f an Angel
was enjoyed very much by them, that Saved a Boy From Death.” |
j Charley Poling represented them
Young People’ s Meeting, 6:30,
j with a speech.
Evening service, “ L ife ”
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M. Hayter, dentist, Bank Blk.
Pastor.
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Dallas was visited by an excur
Secretary Tooze called a spec sion o f over 100 people from
ial meeting o f the commercial Sheridan on last Tuesday even
club at the council chamber Tues ing’ s special. Miss Gleason and
day evening, President A. B. Miss M erritt closed a meeting in
Muir being in Portland, called by Sheridan just previous to coming
request o f the members o f the to Dallas in which there were 153
club to protest against a project conversions and to which a num
ed action o f the Southern Pacific ber have since been added in the
regular services o f the various
railtoad.
W. L. Sohren stated that he churches. The jo y o f the new
had heard from good authority converts and their desire to be o f
| that the S. P. proposed in the help to the meeting now in pro
I near future to cut out our morn gress in the Methodist church
ing and evening train service to caused them to charter strain and
j Portland, running the same to make the trip. Their ringing
| Corvallis instead. The S. P. first testimonies o f the new found
! had in contemplation the taking Christ and their hearty, cheary
¡off o f the Sheridan train and run songs put spirit and power into
meeting.
Such interest
ning it to Corvallis, but such a the
howl was raised from that town shown in the religious necessities
o f the community certainly ought
that the S. P. backed water.
Mr. Soehren suggested a way to call out a more hearty response
out o f the difficulty for the S. P. by the men o f Dallas touching
in that they run the motor from the great truths o f the Scripture.
The Sheridan people were w el
Independence to connect with
our train at Derry, coming on comed by the choir with the
here and making the regular Chautauqua salute. The salu
Monmouth tun. He suggested tation was returned and there
that a lot o f our business men go was scarcely a dry eye in the
to Portland and personally inter house'as all sang “ Blessed be
view the S. P. officials regarding the tie that binds our hearts in
I Christian love.” A t the close o f
the matter.
Mr. Ayres spoke along the the service the Ladies Aid served
same line and on motion o f Mr. i the Sheridan people with light
Foster, a committee o f three, refreshments, which was very
Foster. A yres and Soehren, were much appreciated because o f the
appointed to interview our busi necessity o f an early supper.
The train arrived from Sheri
ness men and see how many
could go to Portland and meet dan at 7 p. m. and le ft returning
with said officials. It was agreed at 10:30 p. m.
Thirty-eigfht have gone fo r
to arrange for a meeting on W ed
ward since the meeting began
nesday in Portland.
and signified a desire to stand
among the Christians o f Dallas.
N0TH1NGT0 IT.
The large chorus choir and the
solos o f Miss M erritt make the
Committee at Portland Yesterday music attractive.
The strong
] preaching and the earnest ap
Meet With Every Snccesa.
peals o f the evangelist, Miss
Gleason, make each meeting one
According to the program out o f rare opportunity and very
lined elsewhere in this issue some helpful.
15 o f our business men went | Thursday evening the address
down to Portland yesterday to will be general, but on Friday
interview the Southern Pacific evening the address will be es
officials regarding the rumor that pecially to the young people o f
has gained credence here that the city. A special invitation is
our night and morning trains extended to the young people o f
were to be taken off and ran to high school, college and clerks
Independence. The committee and stenographers and other
met with the S. P. officials at the young people o f the city. No
time arranged for and learned one is excluded from any o f these
that the trains would not be ta services.
ken, off but Independence served
in some other way, probably by
PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES.
use o f the new gasoline motor
soon to begin making trips to Sa
Services Sunday, Febuary 25.
lem from Independence. The
Sunday school 10 a. m.
committee were extended every
Morning service 11 a. m., topic
courtesy by Mr. Campbell and
his associates, taken to lunch at “ The Cross o f Christ.”
Christian Endeavor 6:30 p. m.
the commercial club, and assured
Evening service, 7:30, topic,
o f better service, a new depot
The
Voice o f the Good Shepherd.
and other improvements in the
Prayer meeting Thursday eve
near future.
ning 7:30.
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You are invited to worship
STAR THEATER CHANGES.
with us. Good music and a cor
dial greeting.
S P E C IA L MUSIC
N. L Hayes, Recently of Corvallis,
Formerly of Boston, is Purchaser.
Mr. Hayes has had years o f
experience in the theater busi
ness. being a scenic artist by
trade, and has managed theaters
in several cities o f N ew England.
His intention is to remodel the
Star, putting in an attractive and
uptodate front, enlarging the in
terior and seating capacity, re
building the stage and furnish
ing same
with new scenery
throughout.
An orchestra pit
will be built, in fact everything
done to make it a perfect little
family resort and new opera
chairs will be installed.
4 T h e stage will be large enough
to handle any vaudeville act that
may come along, also plays o f
any cast or character can be
handled.
The moving picture show is
here to stay, and with a better
class o f vaudeville acts, which
are coming more and more to
this style o f show house, the
whole thing developes into the
popular priced amusement which
the American people want.
While now some very inferior
acts are going through the coun
try, eventually this will be stop
ped and booking agencys are al
ready being established in the
larger cities for the purpose o f
hooking the better class o f per
formers on what is called the M.
P. circuits, and it is Mr. Hayes’
intention as soon as the house is
put into shape, to be a customer
o f these agencies and get the
best that can be obtained in the
way o f feature acts. The Star
will run the Independent films
and a brand new corps o f actors
will be brought before the people
o f Dallas. He will make a spec
ialty o f feature films and pictures
that have proven o f interest
throughout the country.
M O R N IN G
Voluntary _ “ Serenity” . . Wilson
Response ............................ Giffe
“ Gloria Patri”
Offertory ___________ ..Kinross
“ Ballade”
Anthem ......................... McPhail
“ I W ill Extol Thee”
E V E N IN G
Voluntary...... ........Mendelssohn
“ Look Down on U s”
Response_________________Brooks
“ Father Hear Our Prayer”
O ffertory_‘ ‘Trust’ ’ „ ________ Fisca
Anthem _______
Lorenz
“ That Beautiful Land”
ED G A R W. M ILES.
Pastor.
LETTER LIST.
The following letters remained
uncalled for in the Dallas post-
office Tuesday:
Mr. Elmer Brickley.
Mrs. Purl Daily.
John Defurr.
Mrs. K. Griffith.
Mr. R. L. Nickman.
Mr. G. Jones.
Mrs. A. Lang.
Mr. John McMullen.
Mr. H. J. Martin.
Mr. A. B. Nelson.
W. E. Peters (2).
Mr. Ed Smith.
Mr. Gustave Sperling.
C. C. Coad,
Postmaster.
Dallas Victorious.
Saturday night the Company
G team defeated |the Silverton
Athletic Club in a fast game by
the score o f 44 to 13. The game
was very fast, some fine team
work being played by both fives.
The score at the end o f the first
half was 26 to 7. A ll the locsil
boys figured in the scoring, Bal-
lantyne getting 4, Gates 5, Shaw
5, Boydston 4 and L . Shaw 1.