Y o u C an B u y— Market Baskets for 10c 6 pairs Shoe Strings ..............................................10c Waxed Paper, roll ................................. 5c Glass B« rry B ow ls................................... 10c to 35c Fil»re Lunch Box ....................................................10c Drinking Glasses, s e t .......................................... 35c Vegetable Dishes ............................ 15, 20 and 25c 1 lb. can Talcom Powder 15c Thread, 6 spools for 25c Pillow, front and back complete 29c Granite Teakettle........................................ - • 49c Bay Rum ............................................................... 10c Curry Com b.............................................................15c Match B o x .............................................................. 5c Wasli Basin, large tin ..................* 10c Wash Basin, granite........................ 10, 15 and 25c i: * Look in our South Window and see how you may buy a 50c Granite Preserving Kettle Saturday for 1 4 c . Ba sure to get our prices on Tents before purchasing them elsewhere. 20% d isco u n t on H eaters, Iron Beds and M attresses. FIDLERS, the Plain Price Store MAIN STREET, SOUTH OF NEW BANK BUILDING. Last Saturday it was conclud­ The Statesman had quite a to take the Itemizer’s advice writeup yesterday of the sightjy ed of last week and see if m ore! For the purpose of e.icourage- home farm of J. W. Jenkins in money could not be secured from ing housekeepers in the use of the Bethel hills, and says that the Wild West gang who so art­ soft wheat flour and at the same the financial scheme was not all fully bunkoed Bernard Friesen last ; time promoting interests in home this retired clergyman was look- Wednesday week out of $1500. pursuits in the schools, the Per-1 i»g after when he purchased a Accordingly a warrant of arrest ! ’rydale Milling Company has of- j farm there of some 500 acres, was sworn out before Justice fered two prizes to be competed ! The beautiful view to be ob- Hardy Holman for the appre­ for by the school girls of the | tained from portions of the land hension of the guilty parties, it county at the Annual school fair iseems have been the main being expected to serve it at Al- i this coming fall. The proposi­ consideration, as seventeen towps bany where the show was hold­ tion from the Milling company as may be counted on a fair day. ing forth that day, but for some made to Supt. H. C. Seymour is dotting the beautiful expanse of reason this was not attempted valley, and backed by the Cas­ until the show reached the capit- j as follows: Supt. H. C. Seymour, Dallas, Ore. cades, also expose to view six al city Tuesday. Snerilf Grant, snowclad peaks, majestic in ap­ Mr. Friesen and his soninlaw j Dear Friend: For the two-fold purpose of pearance, and a fitting horrison went over there that day and in­ encouraging the girls of our for so grand an exposure of fer- terviewee the cireus people once ! countv in the art and science oi tility. To the west the riew is more. Owing to the fact that bread making, and that we may bordered by the coast range, Mr. Friesen found himself un-j get for distribution, some valu­ nearer and not quite so majestic, able to find or identify anyone | able information regarding the but a towering mass of fir clad connected with the confidence same, we have concluded.to make mountains most pleasing to the game, the officer was once more eye, the following offer: against it, but on advice of Mr. Jenkins is a firm believer up We will give a $10 cash prize Attorney John Carson recourse to the school girl who will bake in diversified farming, although was taken to attachment pro­ exceptionally strong on walnuts, the best loaf of bread from our ceedings, and the show’s after­ "Sunshine” flour, and exhibit of which he has 110 acres, with noon receipts attached. The apple and peach trees as fillers the same at our next annual managers of the show claimed school fair, together with a de­ until the slower growing walnut that they were only lessees of tailed statement of just how she arrives at maturity. He raises the outfit, and that it could not two crops of clover, one in June be attached. The outcome of proceeded in the baking. We also offer a second prize in and one in August, and a herd of the attachment was that another the above contest, one barrel of dairy cows and plenty of sheep compromise was effected by the our well known brand of "Sun­ feed luxuriantly thereon. over $500 more to have The numerous springs on the turning shine” flour. the thing settled, making the I farm have enabled him to abun­ We have been prompted to same old piea that they had i make this offer on account of the dantly provide for the watering nothing to do usith the steal, but j continued influx of E astern!oi his stock and for irrigation as they had before giving a show people who have been : ccastom- purposes, and in addition he has in Dallas told Sheriff Grant they i ed to use the Eastern haru wheat formed a large pond, sufficient would be responsible for any; flour and who don’t know just ! to get exercise with a row boat, wrong doing on their grounds, j how to handle the soft wheat and will people it with trout in they would hold themselves in-1 flour made by their local mills the near future. to that extent As it Unique among the features of debted from home grown wheat. For cost Mr. Friesen $200 for his at­ the farm is a landmark of pecu­ the benefit of these people and torney fee in Salem, he is now others, who are users of hard liar significance. This is an old better off than he was after he wheat flour, who wish to econo­ house which was removed to the got through trying to designate mize by using our flour, we will farm from the Grand Ronde In- the winning card in the show enclose in each sack of our ‘ gun_ I dian reservation, probably a short tent, but he is still a 50 per cent j shine” flour a copy of the recipe I time after the close of the Civil loser, having recovered just half accompanying the prize winning: A ai < in i he reservation in the of the money he expended in at­ ante-bellum days it was the home tempting to get rich quick, and ■ loaf of bread of General Phil Sheridan then in has probably received a lesson in Yours for "Sunshine,” military command H. J. ELLIOTT, . f, , _ of this section such ventures as to last him the Manager Perrydale Milling Co., °* f ,e we8t- The house wai-, of his life. The Itemi- razed when sold by the govern­ 'ifiallance zer is still of the opinion that ment. but the pieces were all ' j G W. Vaughn is attending numbered and on its present lo­ the whole sum could have been to be refunded as well as a circuit court at Toledo. cation it was rebuilt in identical­ made ly the .same shape, piece for portion. piece, as it stood on the reserva­ tion. WILSON FUND. CROP PROSPECTS. i AHSum m er Goods HAS ARRIVED The daily arrivals of Fall Goods are crowding our store badly. W e Need the Room . Therefore, another substantial cut has been made on all summer cloth­ ing. Thrifty buyers should take ad­ vantage of the prevailing low prices. Fall Styles of Mallory Cravenette Hats N ow on Display. Wm. Herzog Leading Clothier Dallas, Oregon ns i Hr During the past week we have re­ ceived several tons of New Fall Mer­ chandise. We are now ready to “show you” some Advance Fall Styles in the follow­ ing well-known lines: f t j? nizfi lli& c tee Adlers “ Collegian” Clothes for Men Cl The “ Beacon” Shoe for Men The “ Marshall” Shoe for Men The “ Pingree” Shoe for Women We have also received a large ship­ ment of the famous “North Star” Blankets and Comforters The BEE HIVE STORE A Reliable Place to Trade .- / DALLAS, OREGON All Grains and Fruits will Pan Out in Abundance. OF Expenses of Campaign to be Met ! By the Whole People. New Arrivals Judge Will R. King, who has in charge the Wilson presidential campaign in Oregon, has request­ ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® « ® ® ® ® ® ® * ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ed the lterr.izer to act as a repos­ itory of campaign funds to be voluntarily contributed by those who desire to see the success of that candidate. It is proposed to raise at least $10,000,as Oreg­ on’s portion of the necessary fund for the great battle of bal­ lots, and contributions are here­ by requested from all patriots who desire to aid in the grand work. Either dollars or dimes will be gratefully accepted, ac­ cording to the state of your poc­ ket book, and we hope to see old Polk come up with her share in good shape, feeling that in Wil­ son we have a man who if elect­ ed, will best subserve the inter­ ests of all classes, the working man more especially. The Item- izer will start the fund with a con­ tribution of $5, and hopes to see it develop into a goodly string of names by next issue: Itemizer.......................... $ 5.00 The crop propects in old Polk this year are proving better as each kind of grain or fruit ap­ proaches maturity, and the out­ look is for an abundance in all lines. Hay, for which m^ny fears were felt owing to the rains which came after a goodly por­ tion was cut, is now safe under shelter for the most part, and is found to be plentiful and bring­ ing a good price. Wheat and oats are above the average in yield, threshing hav­ ing commenced in most places this week, and with the good prices now offered, our grain I raisers have no complaints to make. The great annual hoppicking ¡season is nearing us rapidly, j some yards having called their I pickers to be ready by August 26th, and the outlook for the record crop is most promising. The lice have been successfully combatted, and if too much rain does not develope, of which there NEW SUBSCRIBERS THIS WEEK. is scarcely any danger, our hops will be abundant and free from J. I. Reasoner, Dallas. ravage of vermin. With some D. C. Crider, Dallas. what discouraging reports from A. J. Barham, Dallas. elsewhere hops are certain to E. J. Johnson, Dallas. bring a good price, if not a top- H. D. McDonald, Dallas. notcher. M. H. Spivey, Rocca. Prunes, for which a great T. G. McDonald, Dallas. scare was on during the early M. D. Coulter, Dallas. spring, are proving their worth Nannie Goyan, Jasper, Or. as a staple crop, and while the A. B. Brown. Dallas. yield may not be so large as to Mrs. Hazel Whiting, Freewater break down limbs, yet the re­ Mrs. E. C. Strayer, Portland. ! turns will be as large as in for­ W. E. Marks, Dallas. mer years, as the prunes that Armand Smith, Endicott, Wn. come will be larger and have W. L. Wells, Halsey. more market value than when D. C. Yoakum, Lone Mountain j trees are overloaoed. The price Tenn. market in the Dallas packer, no raisers are complaining. Apples, pears, plums and peaches promise well in all re­ spects, and there is no discour­ agement apparrent for any of our growers. Polk is rightly named the ban­ ner county, as with us a good crop of almost anything can al­ ways be expected and secured one reason why our people are alwas prosperous, with plenty of money at command. J. G. Sears, Hillsboro. Mrs. Ollie Cook, Dallas. W. C. Bird. Dallas. Mary Kirkyatiick, Los Angelea I. F. Yoakum, Dallas. Agnes Windover, Dallas. Jas. Hubbard, Dallas. 1 Bargain Price On Itemizer HAT all in Polk county may know how the Election in this county is progress­ ing we have determined on a Special Sub­ scription Price for the next four months. You can vhath ee Itemizer sent to your address during August, September, October and November for T