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D ALLAS, O R E G O N JA N U A R Y 23, 1913
VOL. X X X V IU .
eight columns o f solid nonpanel,
which the court had secured Bill
Wright to compile, and given a
Snowfall Brings Recollections o f verbal order for publication. A f­
ter it had missed an issue, and
Nearly Thirty Years A go.
made the publication illegal, the
court saw fit to go back on th e .
The unusual snow fall for this whole thing and we were out all
valley o f last week brings back the cost o f putting the same in
vividly the big storm of 1884-5. type. Hazlett was stopping at
Many think that this one is near­ the famous Stone boarding house
ly up to it in depth, but they are across from Andy Muirs, and be­
mistaken, as the other was a good ing used to hardship had spent
three feet on the level. The most o f his time at the office
Itemizer and Independence West when all he had to do was to
Side were the only papers in keep a fire going. It was ex­
Polk county, the latter having tremely cold during this fall o f
been started a couple o f months 28 years ago, and as all type
before by J, H. Stine.
The paraphernalia, was considerably
Itemizer office was in the second i effected, he had done no wor rk
UR Clearance Sale has been a hummer, and
story of the J. D. Lee building, 1 but write editorial matter, of
we thank our old customers, as well as
where Craven Bros. Implement I which he had a stock on hand for
house now is, and we owned and several weeks ahead. Hazlett
many new ones, who visited our store dur­
lived in the property now occu- was a learned man, a master of
ing this week. Only a few days remain to
pied by Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Coad. seven languages, and had he
buy 72x84 Wool Nap Blankets, at, the pair
$2.45
This was before Mrs. Coad’s ; left liquor alone, he could have
1.39
marriage, and she lived with us. been one o f our most noted writ­
72x8u Cotton Blankets
A couple o f days before Christ­ ers. The loss of his entire fami­
mas we took our buggy and span ly in the Chicago fire had caused
o f grays from the stable we him to take to drink and there­
Shoes on sale that ought to be marked up are
running where the Bee after the road. As we left him
still selling at very low prices.
Don’t overlook the 5 were
Hive store now is, and started for no money, and none came in, he
fact that Shoes are going to be higher.
5 Salem to visit our mother and could not get drunk, and had the
get a few things for Christmas quiet time of his life. A couple
cheer. It began snowing on the o f weeks later he got the wan­
We are offering wonderful bargains in nearly ^ way, and kept it up all night at derlust, and we took him to Sa­
a good pace. We delayed start­ lem, purchased him anew suit of
£ all lines.
$. ing home next day on account of clothes, and paid him off. Sev­
the storm, but decided to start eral hours later before leaving
next day. We had our team in for home, we saw him being in
Boh Ford’ s livery stable, and an alley, his money gone, his
when we went to get them, he suit pawned, the old ones on
strongly advised against it, say­ again, and he blind to the troubles
ing that a hard crust had formed o f life.
According to present
day
on the snow, and no trail being
broken, it would be inhuman to standards,—although the systems
take a team out. Investigation o f today have been quite put to
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D A L L A S , O R E G O N
< proved this to be a fact, and it to maintain service during the
that it was impossible to get any- last week, probably the most
where with a horse. We found primitive was our transportation
Salem to be entirely isolated, facilities o f that time. Only two
\ Good Merchandise at Very Low Prices is our Slogan J No roads were open anywhere, lines o f railway crossed the val-
and the east side line was entire- ley—the east side newly through
ly tied up. There was no mail to California and the West Side
coming in or going out, and the j to Corvallis, beside the narrow
telegraph wires were all down, gauge line that ran from Port-
so that we could not be certain land through Dallas to Airlie.
CAPTAIN CONRAD S T A F 8 R of anything that was going on in Ed Biddle was master mechanic
theoutside world. The ferry could of our one train a day service,
be worked across the river at Sa­ Charley Gould conductor. Ed. I
We here present in his latest lem, there being no bridge,, but Ford engineer, Sam Scanlon,
regimentals the new captain of as people could not travel, it kept fireman. Harry Deacon rail de­
Company G, the man who after them at home and laid up. The pot, and John Shultz with his
the regretable happening o f last Salem papers were gotten out, one horse dray delivered the
summer at the encampment, has but as they had nothing particu­ goods to the merchants and act-
from a small nucleus worked up a lar to tell, were sorry looking j ed as city murshal. It was sim-
sheets.
Everybody displayed a ! ply impossible to with their
wonderful liking for home life, equipment buck the deep snow,
and only those waded through so the train crew simply laid up
the deep snow because necessity waiting for nature to relieve the
in some shape required it. Busi­ strain of indolence. The second
ness o f all kinds was practically at town visitor after ourselves was
a stand still, and all one thought Frank Butler, who made a pair
o f was getting in wood and wa­ of snow shoes at his home near
what is now Falls City, and
ter, eating and sleeping.
If memory serves right, it was came the mountainside down.
on the fourth day after the big A few lightweights also journey­
fall that the O & C R K borrow­ ed in on the crust from nearby
ed a snow plow from some one farms.
To in anyway contrast the late
and managed to get the eastside
line cleared as far as Salem. fall o f snow with the one o f 28
We took the first train to Port­ years ago is not possible, condi­
land, hoping the narrow gauge tions being so entirely different.
had been able to clear their line, We can never again be as isola­
and we could get home that way. ted as we were then, for many
Who has now fully acquired
We found they had not been able reasons. This time many phones
the title by ratification o f the
to do so, but about that time were out and telegraph lines
vote of the people by that o f the
the Corvallis road was cleared, down, but enough escaped to
legi: 1 iture.
and we came up to Derry. The keep up communication with
Salem stage had, o f course been nearly every town, our trains
full company o f dependable sold­ unable to run, but we found the got through a little late, but we
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
iers, men who will work with a stag©
driver, Wes. Ruston, received our daily papers, and
vim to make the company the there to meet us, he having farmers could come to town, ev­
Monday night the Adelphian pride o f the regiment and of our broken a trail down for one horse en if it was pretty hard going.
Stafrin
is on the south side o f the creek.
literary society had a big time citizens. Captain
with a feed and rally. They proud of his men, and they o f At the old Colonel Nesmith home
Newberg is Defeated.
met at the high school building, him, and their aim from the we borrowed a horse o f Jim Nes­
and held a meeting. The sub­ start is to be perfection in every mith, and made it home with
Last Friday night Company G
Ruston. Even with the trail he basketball team won from Pacific
ject of a good time was brought respect.
had broken it was a sorry old College in the armory by the
up a n d 't was decided to spend
some o f the money in the treas­ in preparation for the big game trip, and our horse’s legs were score o f 32 to 17. The game
ury fer a good time, to be held Friday, The boys feel that they bleeding fiercely from being cut was fast and interesting. The
immediately after the meeting. had the beat time that they could from the crust. The snow was first half was very close, neither
The society adjourned and form­ have had for the money, and the nearly over the fences every team doing any sensational work.
ed in lock step and marched to girls will have to go some to where, and the crust on top Both teams played fast clean ball
Lloyd Kohara’s restaurant. They have a better one.
would bear a light man’ s weight, and if they had played the whole
gave their orders and then plac­
The high school basket ball but not ours, or we could have i game at that speed it would have
ed all the tables together and set team are practising hard getting walked home from Salem. Dal­ ¡resulted in a very close score.
down to one o f the best times ready for the Newberg high las was certainly an isolates vjl Whep time was called at the end
that they have had fo r . some school quintet whom they meet lage.
No news had been re- o f the first half the score was 14
time. Noodles was th main or­ Friday night at Newberg. The ceived from anywhere, and most to 13 with Newberg on top.
der given by the hilarious boys: Dallas lads feel that they will o f the inhabitants had not come
The Dallas boys were deter-
One o f the boys had to be detail­ have a hard game with the low­ out o f their houses, except to dig mined to win and played fast
ed to to the bakery to get pies er valley bunch and will go pre­ paths to the barn and attend to consistent ball during the whole
for the desert. While the eats pared to put up the fight of their the stock.
Before leaving we o f the second half. The last half
were being consumed toasts were lives. Last season the Dallas had just purchased a hog o f Dr. was considerably rougher than
given by some of the boys, to the team broke even with the New- Magers, so that with plenty o f the fir9t. The Newberg team
health o f the Adelphian literary barg team with one game apiece. flour in hand Mrs. Coad that is was unable to do much in the
society. A short business meet­ This season Newberg have not and Mrs. Fiske had lived sump­ scoring line, getting only two
ing was held, and since the Phil- lost a game and Dallas have lost tuously, and paid no attention to points. The scoring o f field bas­
ogia society is alwas shooting it but one, that to the Dallas high whether school kept or not.
kets for Dallas was Smith 6,
into the Adelphians about dying school early in the season. New­
The Itemizer force consisted of Boydston 5, Foster 1. Matheney
out, they decided to hold their berg have practically the same Old Man Hazlett, a noted tramp 1, Heistand 1. Newberg threw
regular meetings as usual. They lineup as last year, but the Dal­ printer o f the day. Chalmers six field baskets, Boydston threw
decided also to give a big open las boys have changed their line­ Kirkpatrick, Laura Hagood, now 4 fouls out o f 7, Newberg 5 fouls.
program in about a month. A up and according to all dope Mrs. Graham Glass, o f Portland, Both lineups were changed dur­
committee was appointed to have maoe a change for the b* - and our better half.
Old Man ing the game. Dallas substituting
make out the program and ai- ter. If anyone would like to go Hazlett had been the only one to Matheney tor Birk, Heistand for
range for giving it sometime in to Newberg with the Dallas boys show up at the office during the VanOrsdel. Lewis, o f New­
^he pear future. The boys fin­ Friday night they can get rates six days we had been gone, and berg refereed,
ished up the feed and paid the as the team will be accompanied for perhaps the only time in itf}
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bill, then formed in lock step by some o f the high school root­ existence the paper was not is­
Mrs. Ed Richmond, o f Dallas,
again and marched to the rink. ers. If Dallas wins this game sued for that week. It probably
and Mrs. Helen Roy. o f Buena
They soon finished their business they will have a good chance to cost us about $500 because it was
Vista, arrived here yesterday on
there and then left for the ar­
not published, for the reason
a visit to their mother, Mrs. D.
mory where they watched the
that it contained Polk county’s S. Adams.—Corvallis Gazette.
(Continued on L ilt Page ).
militiamen practice for a while
first delinquent tax notice, about
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REMINISCENCES.
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Lasi Day of Clearance Sale
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Only Eight More Days
People o f Dallas and vicinity, in fact, all
o f Polk County, are taking a remarkable in­
terest in our Clearance Sale regardless o f
weather conditions. Our store has been crowd­
ed every day during the Sale.
We have it
figured out.
This is the “ Quality” and “ Ser­
vice” age o f merchandising, and our good
people know that when The Bee Hive Store
offers a reduction the Quality o f the merchan­
dise sold is A l, consequently the goods give
service and a price reduction on standard goods
actually means a great saving.
real Sale Will Close Febru­
ary 1st,
We want to call special attention to the
fact that all accumulation o f remnants and
odds and ends, from our sale, will be offered
during these last days at extraordinary clos­
ing out prices.
Men’s All-Wool Suits, one lotto close $9.85
Only a few left.
Must close the entire
line before Inventory.
Boys’ Knickerbocker Suits, all wool
Good assortment o f patterns and sizes.
$ 3.95
Reduction on Table Linens, Towels, Bed
Spreads, Blankets, Curtains, Draperies, Etc.
Groat Bargains In Our Shoe Section
Childrens’ and Misse’s Shoes, broken line,
at from 50c up. One lot Ladies’ Shoes, $3.50
and $4.00 values at $1.85.
THE BEE
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