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as Much in 1912
Polk County has Soil
Adaptable (or all Purposes.
A n y Fruit Thrives
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PULLING Tins.
RAINBOW TROUT.
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Woodman Hall
T O N IG H T
PRICES: 25c, 35c, 50c
Joe Crocker Finds Money.
PUBLIC SALE
Count One for Polk.
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Ready! First Showing
Women’s Fall Suits
Latest Advance Styles in
Strikingly Handsome Effects
In these new suits you will find a rare combination of
fashion, fit, service and moderate cost. All of the beauti­
ful new effects are here—all refreshingly novel, all delight­
fully distinctive, yet thoroughly practical.
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Norfolks in Corduroy and Heavy
Manish Weaves and Whipcords.
Grey Mixed Diagonals
$10.00 to $35.00 '
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Many exceedingly attractive values await your inspec­
tion, which are sure to appeal to you both for their beauty
and sensibly moderate prices. See them now, for there is
a great advantage in choosing while assortmentments are
freshly new and unbroken.
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W e have assembled here a splendid array o f the new­
est models in women’s Fall Saits incorporating up-to-the-
last-moment fashion ideas in materials, patterns, colors,
trimmings and proportions—the largest and finest collec­
tion o f high-grade outer garments ever placed a tlh e dis­
posal of the fair sex of Dallas so early in the season. Our
assortment is so varied that you will have no difficulty to
find just the size and model that will fit you to perfection.
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Black Broad Cloth.
Prices to Suit
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Every Purse. $5.00 to $35.00.
Blue and Brown Serge Dresses
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D A L L A S M E R C A N T IL E C O M P A N Y
O re g o n
D a lla s ,
A s forewarned in the Item izer
Sometime since Aleck Lafollett
last week, the stroke o f paralysis was over before our fruit gr«»w-
received by Ben W hiteaker at esr association and gave them a
Independence proved fatal, and talk on how to most successfully
he passed away at his home near grow peaches for market.
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Dallas last Saturday. Ben W hit­ number of our growers took it
eaker was the last to survive o f into their heads that they would
the old branch o f the fam ily that I visit his orchard on Mission bot-
helped so much in the making o f ; tom and see if he was making
Polk county history. H e was ! good on the proposition. Sunday
the fourth child o f
Benjamin ¡morning in W alter Fuller’ s and
Whiteaker, senior, who was born ; Lloyd Soehren’s autos they struck
in North Carolina in 1796, moved out, going across the river to Sa­
to Virginia at an early age, went lem, thence down the river road
to Illinois in 1836, and crossed to opposite
Wheatland,
and
the plains to Polk county in 1844. crossed the river again to Mission
He married Miss Mary Hayter bottom, where Mr. Lafollet has
in 1823, and they had eleven tw o orchards, only one o f which
children. Ben W hiteaker was the party had time to thorough­
born in Illinois May 25, 1835,and ly inspect. The party was com-
came to Oregon with his parents. i posed o f ,W. V. Fuller. F. J.
They located in Polk county and Coad, C. G. Coad, George Stew ­
the Whiteaker homestead marks art, Roht. Fisher, Lloyd Soehren,
their enterprise. He was twice N. L. Guy and Oscar Holmes.
married, his
first
w ife be­ They found Mr. Lafollet had
ing Narcissa Hamer, and to this made no mistatement in claim­
union were born W. H. Whitea- ing that he had some fine peach
xer, o f Portland, A. J. Whitea- orchards. The one visited had
xer, o f Raymond, Wash., Mrs. about 40 acres o f fine grow ing
*V. O. Cook, o f Eugene, Mrs. E. trees, fine looking, without blem­
Roe, o f Enterprise, His second ishes o f any kind, neatly pruned,
w ife was Miss Adelaide Fetzer, and the fruit they were putting
.o whom was born Mrs. Nellie out was some delicious. The or­
Cantner, o f Seattle, and Frank chard was a scene o f beauty, the
ind Glen, o f near Dallas.
ground as carefully cultivated as
The thought first expressed by could be, free from grass and
ill on the.receipt o f the news o f weeds, and presenting a goodly
iis death was especial sorrow picture as the crop was being
hat he had been called away gathered.
The varieties o f
lefore receiving his life ’ s hope— peaches grown were Crawfords,
ne discovery ox an abundance o f Charlottes, Albertas, and Fos­
>il on the Whiteaker farm. For ters. Taken as a whole Mr. La­
nany years Mr. W hiteaker had follet can rightfully claim that
irmly believed in the presence he has made good as a grow er o f
if oil on his place, and nothing this delicious fruit, by the side
could shake his faith in its being o f which peaches grown in Cal:-
ultimately found there. By the fornia and other fa r famed sec­
use o f a considerable amount o f tions are not rightfully entitled
money and continued effort he to the name.
had, in conjunction with others,
made three different attempts to
locate a paying well, but so far
without success. That he should
That about .all the reply Teddy
be taken away before his ambi­
tion was accomplished, is a sad seems to have ready for the nu­
blow to both projector and his merous attacks on him is “ L ia r.”
many friends who hoped jvith
That B ill’s love took wings
him that his hopes would be re­ when .he saw the fair one had
alized.
five fingers and a thumb.
Deceased was a man o f warm
and
generous impulses.
His
That both T a ft and Roosevelt
home was always open and his seem to be putting in most o f
hand ready to help the suffering their time explaining why they
and needy. He gave liberally to did this or that—and neither are
worthy public enterprises, and very good at the job.
had the esteem o f all who knew
That one o f our wealthy men
him, both for his worth as a
man and his ability in securing a is soon to make a proposition to
competence o f this w orld’s goods. the council for the providing o f
Mr. Whiteaker purchased his a drinking fountain for man knd
father’ s donation claim in 1879, beast on Main street.
and has lived there ever since.
That Some o f our hop growers
For a time when he was a young are taking chances in beginning ■
man, he lived at Waitsburg, their picking so early.
Wash. He was first married in
That W est will be called to
1863, his w ife dying in 1880, and
Polk county to do some sleuthing.
married again in 1881.
The funeral services occurred
That candidates are beginning
at the home last Monday after­ to get busy.
noon. and was conducted by Rev.
Some experimental oiling is be­
D. V. Poling, o f The Dalles, and
Rev. D. M. Metzger, o f Dallas. ing done on the new macadam I
Music was furnished by M r;. streets now being laid. Ralph I
Lottie McIntosh, Mrs. Nellie Pau- Adams has secured an oiling a t -:|
dock, Mr. Dressier, Mrs. Wm. tachment fo r his engine and is i
Walker and Mr. Jay Powell. A doing the work for the city.
large number were present to
That another Roosevelt voter
pay their last tribute to one they has been found,and he says he;
had esteemed so highly in life. is not ashamed o f it.
The floral tributes were numer­
That W alter Williams has i- -
ous and beautiful. Interment
was maoein the family cemetery, vested in a Scotch collie.
J. B. V. Butler. R. H. Knox.Jas.
That some o f our nimrods say
Mulkey, Wm. Walker, Mr. Hoos- that beer is all right in its place,
ier and George Booth by acting as but when you have to wash your
pall bearers.
face in it o f a morning, some
kick,
IT IS WHISPERED
Stock Exhibit This Year.
That the chances o f good j
When the Polk county Harvest weather now overshadow all oth - 1
Festival was held last year, no er questions, political or other­
effort was made to get exhibits wise.
other than o f products o f the soil.
That it has been 17 years since
A s a result, no livestock o f any we began picking hops as early
kind was on exhibition. How­ as we have this year.
ever, this year a determined e f­
That the next time Charley
fort is being made to have a
large exhibit o f livestock. To M cDevitt slaps a man on the
this end a committee consisting shoulder, thinking him the edit­
o f the leading farmers o f all or o f the Item izer and calls him
parts o f the county has been ap­ an old cripple, he will look twice
pointed, with instructions to se­ before he slaps, and be certain |
cure not only an agricultural ex­ he has the right man.
hibit, but also an exhibit o f live­
That Bill W hite and Tom Not-
stock o f all kinds.
son should be kept from meeting,
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as Bill says Tom now has his
w ife, hut is keeping her in hid­
ing.
J. M. Card brought us in a
That Tracy Staats has b ee n ;
string o f baby hops yesterday
that for growth beat anything painting his part o f town red.
Fine Lot of Babies.
w e have ever seen. Some of
them measured 3 1-4 inches in
length, and they are firstclass in
every particular except the col­
or, which, o f course, is that of
the first year. On his ten acres
near town Mr. Card has two
acres o f babies, and he expects
them to turn out 1000 pounds to
the acre. An 8-foot runner o f
these is hanging in our window.
Bill W hite will- go to Eola
dry hops.
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VISIT FINE ORCHARD.
BEN WHITEAKER DEAD.
Another Gap in the List of Pioneers Crowd, of Our Growen Go to See
of Polk County
if Lafollet Made Good.
200,000 Turned Loose in the Streams Dedicated to ‘'Ola” Fuller for
of Polk County.
Poit
Entertainer.
Today Fred Toner assisted by A bane a yust good farm er for
Harry Cosper, Jack Sibley, BUI
mare than saxteen yare,
White, Fred Frakes, Lee and A raise wheat and corn, and fat
Carl Fenton, Joe Craven, and
some hogs and steer,
other ardent fisherman, are en­ A watch that farm er business
gaged in stocking the streams o f
close, for where da money gits,
t'olk county with a new supply And aye find it koming kwickest
o f 200,000 young Rainbow trout,
when you bane pulling titts.
which was shipped to Mr. Toner Dam fella whot baneraising gmin
by Came Warden W. L. Finley,
and hauling dam to town,
from the Bonneville hatchery. Hay got no money in the pocket,
The 200,000 constitute a car load,
hay ban broke the whole yare
arriving in eans, containing 1000
round,
each, or 200 cans to the car. , Dam falla what ban fattening
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They came packed in iee, and j stock,
there is no great work about j bane rich and den ban poore
putting them in the streams, the | Some time he make a plenty mon­
only thing being to slightly tem- j ey, some time he losin more.
per the water, so that to an abrupt ¡ Bur dam falla wid da brindlecow
plunge will not be made from | ha got bulla ting you bet
cold to heat. The majority o f : Ha never lose him whole yare’ s
the shipment will go to the La- j if ground dry or got too wet.
creole at Ellendale and Canyon, Ven hail ban strikin down da
THURSDAY, AUG. 29
Creeks, and 120,000 w ill be used
crop, an yust ban raisin’ fits.
in these places; 50,000 going into A t night ha call dem brindles in
the Luckiamute and 25,000 into
and yust ban “ pullin titts”
Creek.
Hay got dam separator what
Don’t Fail to Hear This Salt
A shipment o f 7000 was put
make a lot o f cream.
Talented Company Featur­ in the Lacreóle about two years Ha got da money coming in yust
like a pleasant dream.
ing the Noted Norwegian ago, only a half dozen found to
be dead on arrival, but Mr. To­ Hay got da money in da bank,
Violinist Ingvold Wicks.
ner is not aware how they th riv­
hay got a money in him mitts’
ed.
H iy bane no Rockafellow, hay
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yust ban ‘ ‘pullin titts.”
Budding Their Orchard.
— Exchange.
Bob Fisher has been pretty
busy the last w-ees budding the
cherries on the famous illihee
tract, and now has Royal Anns
Our well known old-time con
and another good commercial ducter, who lives in Portland
¡ variety, o f which we forget the heard a drunken man fall agains
name. A fte r a tree from which his hedge the other evening, am
buds are des red begins to get also the unmistakable clink o
¡dry. a slip is cut otf containing coin. Joe got a lantern and wen
I the buds, whicu appears just ov­ out and found $275. On catch­
er where a leaf will come out. ing up with the drunk, he said
On the new growth o f the tree he never owned that much mon­
a lengthwise slit is cut, close to ey, and now Joe is wondering
I will sell at public
the old growth, also a cross slit,
what to do with it.
and the bud plucked out and in­
auction. September 28th,
serted at the juncture o f tneslit.
A comon twine is then wrapped
at my farm at Oak
around the place to keep the
An autoist who has toured the
bark in place until the bud has
Grove, a full line of im­
taken root. Later on the new entire state this summer told us
growth is cut off above this place, the other day that Polk county
plements ami stock.
and the seedling you planted is had the best roads o f any county
now the variety you desired, and that he had visited. W e consid­
E. L. Harris
has all the benefit o f the growth er that quite a compliment, and
already sustained. A different it is a deserved one, as Polk is
variety may be budded on each surely making good in that re­
spect.
grow th if so desired.
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Q iU e s
dallas , O regon , august 29 , 1912
v o l . xxxvn.
The
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That our annual harvest festi­
val should have one day set aside
in honor o f a return home , day ,
for all our old residents.
That Tom Notson says F. H.
Morrison stole all his chickens
except tw o while he was gone,
and wants him to come and get
them while he has salt in his
gun.
That our letter carriers are
to happy over their 10-per cent in­
crease o f salary.
NEW FALL MERCHANDISE
W E announce the arrival o f N ew and Strictly Up-
v v to-date Merchandise o f every description. Im ­
mense shipments from the Eastern Markets are tak­
ing their places in the various departments and are
now ready fo r your admiration and choice.
We daim our goods were bought right— and will be sold right
CLEVER AND SMART STYLES
IN COATS AND SUITS FOR FALL
GREATEST CLOTHING STORE
IN POLK COUNTY
Hundreds o f ladies in this vicinity
will want a suit, or coat, for this sea­
son.
We believe that the greater
ortion o f them prefer to buy at
ome if prices are right.
Having made arrangements with
some o f the largest Eastern Manufac­
turers, and getting our goods direct
from them, we know that we can
meet any and all competition this
Fall. W e are offering a line o f Suits
at $16.50, $18.00, $18.50, $20.00 and
$25.00 in Serges and fancy materials,
that can’t be beat.
A strong line of
Ladies’ Coats at from $8.00 to $20.00
that are absolutely good values.
As a special favor we ask you to
come and see these goods before plac­
ing your order.
N ew Arrivals in Silk Petticoats,
plain shades, fancy and black $2.25
This fall we are going to give you
Suits at $15.00, $20.00 and $25.00
strictly hand made.
Material, Style
and Workmanship is at the very best.
The Makers Guarantee, and ours, are
back of every suit. See them.
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Wonderful showing o f Separate
Skirts for Misses and Ladies—also ex­
tra sizes to 36 in. waist $3.50-$ 10.00
Complete line o f Dress Goods and
Heavy Suitings—all prices.
B O Y’S CLO TH ING
W e are very strong on Boy's and
Childrens’ Clothing and we have the
largest stock in the State for the size
o f the town.
A ll Good Stuff.
The
little fellows o f today are particular
about their suits, they know pretty
patterns and good style when they
see them.
Bring the boys in.
You will be
pleased with our goods.
STYLISH and SERVICEABLE SHOES
W e are showing an iriimense varie­
ty of good shoes for Fall.
Snappy
Styles in Dress Shoes, for Men, Wom­
en, Hoys and Children.
High cut,
Sewed Shoes for Boys, 10 to 14 inches
high. Also something new for the
little folks in a regular Boot.
They
are very popular. See them.
The BEE HIVE STORE
A Reliable Place to Trade
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