Image provided by: Dallas Public Library; Dallas, OR
About Polk County itemizer. (Dallas, Or.) 1879-1927 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1913)
T h f L&rgts'f’&nd Bes’t’ PÁpci* ¡n P0II5 Çcfuntÿ I Dallas will Build T wice as Much in 1913 as She Did Last Year * Polk County has Soil Adaptable for all Purposes. ^^^A nyF ruitT taives^ The Paper -tha-t Ç ‘n?es You W h a-TY o u Warvt to DALLAS, OREGON MARCH 27, 1913 VOL. XXXVIII. EVERYBODY'S GOING THERE. A GOOD PROGRAM. Many Thanki, Neighbor. Eola, March 24. 1913. Editor Itemizer: —I wish to com mend you for your editorial about fraternity and citizenship, pub I lished March 13th. It was well written, revealing deep, lofty thoughts, and feeling of soul stirring inspiration. It seems of 1 special significance to me, ap- 1 pearing as it did, in that particu- lar issue. I wonder if some cur- Saturday night the town of Dallas will be deserted while the ren^ event of a public nature, people go down to McMinnville to see the ba3ket-ball team play aroused your desire and spurred the Silverton five that have had their pictures and championship your mind at that particular writeup in the papers all winter. This is the third game for these time, to cause you to write that two teams this season and will decide the championship of the able editoral. Do you know, and state for the present year. The regular Dallas lineup will be play- can you tell, or must I dream e l that have played all season and last season with only one defeat, that I know, and have faith that that being by the Silverton team. The people will have a chance , my dream is true. Thanking you to go down to Mac on a special train which leaves Dallas at-ii _ ¡for that inspiring editorial, I re o'clock and see the boys play the game. The Dallas band will ac main fraternally yours, company the Dallas rooters. The admission to the game will be GEO. C MITTY. f>0 cents. This will be the last game of the season fora Dallas team and will probably be the last for present players who expect If “ D II S” will tell us who to retire at the end of this year. he is we will consider his poem. All Aboard for Mac—75 cents Round Trip-Championship Decided. Ladies, You Are Missing Something T HE women of Dallas and vicinity-som e of th e m - are missing a good thing, and the Itemizer is here giving them a pointer not to do so any longer. There was never in Dallas a finer display of carpets and rugs than the Sterling Furniture Company now have on exhibition in their large show windows. It is a showing of everything that is best in that l i n e - handsome, varied, the latest weaves, and pleasant home makers. Go and see for yourself. GOLDEN WEDDING. NO. 12 p T m i y n T i T i r m r ^in*rT V ívrrryT rnvri-rvT [iinn^tn«T niw > ariiw 'mii «iii*ip¡n wni>iniiwtiiWMWiJMüw.- SAVE of Money by Spending Iriscoll’s Side Entertain Woodman Mr. and Mr*. J. W. Edgar Cele brate Wedding Anniversary. and Circle. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Edgar Last Tuesday evening was quite a scene of festivities at celebrated their fiftieth wedding the Woodman hall, over 100 be anniversary at their home at Oak ing present to enjoy things as Grove, March 18, that also be offered. Many of the old guard ing the birthday of their daugh of the largest fraternal order in ter, Mrs. Ida Williamson. About Dallas were out for the first time fifty relatives came in with bas in years, and were welcomed by kets well filled with all'kinds of the new guard with open arms. good things to eat, and a pleas The Woodman building associa ant time was enjoyed by a ll.1 tion held its annual meeting, and Those present were: Mr. and re-elected its old officers to serve Mrs. J. W. Edgar, Sr., Mr. and HE name XTRAGOOD, another term, they being: Presi Mrs. M. F. White, Mrs. J. W. wherever you see it, stands dent. E. C. Kirkpatrick; vice Lewis, Mrs. Webb Lewis and presidenl, J. E. Sibley; treasur children, Mrs. R. L. Williamson, for stylish, durable, well er, C. L. Hubbard; secretary, W. Mr.’and Mrs. J. W. Edgar, Jr. made, service giving clothes. It G. Vassal 1; trustees, W. A. Ayres, and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. stands for economy too. Wm. Kraber and Tracy Staats. Chas. Warren, Mr. and Mrs. The report of the secretary was ! Thad Stevens and son. Mr. and Beware of cheap boys’ clothes. most encouraging, despite de- Mrs. H. M. Edgar and family, It’s never safe to pay less for pleted revenue and several im Mr. and Mrs. Warren Allen,Mrs. your boy’s suit than the price we Isa Fawk, Mr. and Mrs. ■ F. W. provements. ask for XTRAGOOD. You can It had been given out that Jer Edgar and daughter, Mr. and ry Driscoll’s side in the member Mrs. L. A. Williamson and son, buy XTRAGOOD as low as $5 ship contest was to furnish en Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Edgar and and count on double the service tertainment, so all were found family, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Wil any suit at a lower price would on the qui vive to see what he liamson and daughter, Miss give you. More than that, you could put on, and the regular Manda Robertson, Miss Vivian will find XTRAGOOD superior to lodge work was disposed of in Coats, Miss Blanch Fawk, Sam short order. The first surprise Coats, Isaac Robertson, Chas. any other clothes, at the same ! he gave us was the introduction Warren, Jr., Seth and Ray Fawk. price, that are made. | of some fifty ladies, he having Mr. and Mrs. Edgar received a number of valuable presents. ¡invited the circle in as guests, ¡and soon the large hall was com Their host of friends join in fortably filled with Woodman wishing them many more happy years of married life. and Circleites. Stockwell’s orchestra, compos Ours is the most complete stock MONEY IN JERSEYS. W of boys’ clothes in town; the larg ed of Mr, Stock well, Mr. Uglow, Mr. Downey, Mr. Koempel and the Rice brothers favored the Monmouth Farmer Gets $1800 for / est variety you will find any More beautiful patterns assemblage with a half dozen se Nine of His Cows. J where. effects, richer fabrics and more lections, that so pleased the au dience that they would have John Palmer, a Monmouth far- dressy styles were never seen. kept them at it all night had mer, this week sold nine Jersey » The quality of the suits we show they had their way. The play cows for $1800. The sale was 1 ers in this orchestra are all bril made to Allen A. Keen, of Chi- i in serges, worsteds and cheviots Better liant and experienced musicians cago, but the cattle will be ship- •! cannot be duplicated. and Dallas can well be proud of ped to a point in Idano, where!.* make up your mind now to come BO Y S’ the technical skill with which they will be used to start a stan- S and see tneses they reproduce any music from dard dairy. All the nine were ^ that of the old masters to the registered stock and were Ore- § latest ragtime. We bespeak for gon raised. fe them many engagements from This section of the Willamette »* lovers of good music, correctly valley is noted for :he quality of 5 interpreted. . 8to {k raised. While $200 is Jt Miss Opal McDevitt rendered seemingly pretty good for a cow, ! * a solo in her usual delightful another farmer. John Stump, a manner, and received prolonged j has in his herd two which are ^ worth $1000 each. They are im- ] > applause. Miss Sadie Lynn dramatically ported Jersey Isle stock and are I ^ recited a child’s lament over a two of the best cows in the Un-1 v dead pussy, and had to come ited States. Mr. Stump has sold I ? back and give another selection. several of their caives at $500 fc Wayne Greenwood imperson apiece. He also breeds horses | g ated a young man who had ad that commands a high figure. vertised for a wife, and many Thoroughbred sheep and goats were the ludiccrous applications | are also raised here. The ram ' he received for the position, but which was adjudged the best QUICKLY OVER. found his true love at last in | sheep in the world at the St. Miss Heistand. This pantomime Louis fair is owned just north of | was a corker and kept the au Monmouth. On Riddell broth Humphrey Boys Pay Debt to Law dience in a roar for half an hour. ers’ farm west of Monmouth is a Dr. B. H. McCallon gave a goat from which the fleece sold in Record Time. splendid talk on Woodcraft, in for $75. It was a two-year fleece terlarding his remarks with fun and in places the wool was 24 ny and particularly applicable inches long. This annimal is Saturday morning at 8:03 stories that kept the interest in valued at several hundred dol George and Chas. Humphrey tense and mirth well excited. lars.—Oregon Journal. were conducted up the stairs in ' _____ Miss Zula Heistand gave a pi t o l h ^ d ^ T t r a ^ a n d “ in'Tesl' This is the beginning of the end. You will winnow or never. ano solo that was admirably ren On a Canoe Voyage. than two minutes after thev had Wlth only elght days remaminK in wh'ch to win your share of $250 dered. This brought the time to near Tuesday morning, two men, [«Won the^* 12 foot (ir()„ y , 1 ,'.,! worth of prizes, you must make every minute count for you. This ly 11 o’clock and the rest of the whose general appearance and launched the you last are chance for to bl* y°u must decide which launched them them into into etermtv eternity and and 13 prize Kointr win votes- The R|Kht race jg now c|09e and a few 8ubscrip_ evening was spent in social con clothing denoted the fact that paid their death to law and jus they had been somewhere rough tice for the brutal murder of tions more or less may mean a difference of fifty or seventy-five verse. There will be something doing ing it, made their appearance in Mrs. Griffith in Benton county dollars in the value of the prize vou are going to win. It is right out of the ordinary next Tuesday Salem, and were immediately some time ago. Placed in posi up to you. Which prize are you going to win. Now is the time taken for tramps, cowboys, or| for you to get these subscriptions which your friends have promis evening. on the traps George was ed something of that kind, How-j tion you. Now is the time when you need that subscription. Are asked if he had anything to say. ever, they turned out to be| He replied: “ I am innocent.” you goinjj to lose or win now at the finish. This is the time when BALLARD TARTER DEAD. ' Messrs. Casey, formerly of the reward be. Will your name be among the winners? $25, $75 to Charley your n o w Of th e P o r t l a n d 1 T h e same 'luestion to or $160, which is going to be for you? You can win now if you Passes Away at Dallas Hospital | Farm er^ Dairyman, and McFall brought only a confused mumble will. It is up to yon. On your own efforts will depend wiiat prize ¡of words that could not be recog- of Blake, McFall & Co., paper 'nized. The Episcopal minister you will receive on the fifth of April. Wednesday Morning. ¡dealers, Portland, who were on who accompanied them, then On another page will be found the schedule of votes to be allow After an illness of seven j their way down the river in a ¡stepped forward and said: “The ed during the remainder of the contest. Contestants should pay weeks, resulting from pneumon-i canoe, They have been gone lioys say they are innocent, and careful attention to the difference in the votes allowed on the two ia, Ballard Tarter passed away at from Portland for several weeks. after several months association schedules. Get your subscriptions in while they do you the most the Dallas hospital yesterday T h ey -fist went to Roseburg. j with them, I believe they are in good. morning The funeral was held from where they started down nocent.” As he stepped back today from the family home the Umpqua river toward Scotts- the traps were sprung and in 13 Beats Sfingley Bros. Was Not Afraid. near Airlie, Rev. I). V. Poling burg and Gardiner, but after minutes they were both pronoun- officiating, and the remains in pa'ldlintl »bmit thirty mil«,, < j j . n v S ' P i K t S Editor Itemizer: Not in the least afraid to be Thy were* )lace(, terred in the English cemetery. that rapid stream they lost the r . I cannot boast of a better left alone, tiny 6-year-old Miss once and buried in hatch than Stingley Bros, had, Viola Bradley, of Dallas, who is A large crowd of his lilelong canoe on the rocks in one of its . friends and neighbors were pres numerous rapids, and had to give , plots for that purpose at the in for the number of eggs set, but attending the blind school in this ent at the burial to pay a last it up. Returning, they launched stitution. There were only I believe I hold the record for city, left Saturday morning for a tribute of respect to one whom another canoe into the Willam- about 40 witnesses of the two seasons. I operated a 120- visit with her parents. Little thev had known and thought s o ! ette, at Eugene, and reached Sa- double execution, composed of egg McClanahan incubator last Miss Viola says she has been we][ 0f_ lem Tuesday morning without newspaper men, the jury who year and year before and every blind for a long time but that Mr. Tarter was born in With- noteworthy accident. They have ' convicted them, and prison offi hatch was above 95 per cent of she is learning to read “beauti ville, Virginia, June 29, 1S42, have* had a jolly cruise so far, cials. The prisoners looked bet tested eggs, while the average fully” with her fingers. She coming to Oregon in 1874, and and have apparently enjoyed ter than ever before in their for all the hatches in two seasons says the only tning that makes settling near Airlie. He moved their time and good health, lives, having on good clothes, was 96 per cent of tested eggs. her feel bad is the thought of to Grant county in 1886, where Polk County Itemizer of Septem- j clean shaven, and with crouped I am glad that a “ Made inOre- leaving “ mother and daddy” he stayed until 1909, when he her 20, 1887. hair. It was a job of weeks to gon” machine is making such when she comes back to school. returned to Airlie. Previous to get the grime oil their bodies, and good record. I hope to hear She was alone in the big seat in Found coming to Oregon he had lived : at death they were yet victims of from others through the columns the car when seen and amused in Virginia, Kentucky and Mis In the Catholic church a purse a loathsome disease caused by the of your paper. herself by tapping on the win souri. He was a cousin of the containing money and a siip of filth in which they had always dow pane. A man behind her Yours truly, Tarter boys at Airlie, and was paper with the following on A: lived. was heard to remark, "a smile HOMER CALKINS. "One husband never married. Their last words on the gal- Box 327 Dallas. like that, so timid, wondering, Dozens of babies yet withall such a happy little ! lows were entirely counteracted Perfect life smile, should make a strong dis ■ by the fact that the night before At a meeting of stockholders Live without sickness 1 they confessed to the murder of ders, but these they denied. contented man ashamed of him of Dallas hospital Monday even No fortune.” ing, the old board of directors Mrs. Griffith to Sheriff Grant That the ends of justice were self. ” Salem Statesman. Apply to Father Berne, 627 and others at different times, i rightfully subserved is the be was reelected and F. J. Coad and implicated also Dentist lief of all with whom they have made president. Bids for the Oak street, telephone 342. W. J. Kearth has entered h:a North. Sheriff Grant particu been in contact, and the last new hospital of three stories will of i a Jong time mystery ine Maltese terrier in ths Ken W P. McBee has been qu'te larly them if they were I drama be asked for in the near future, idi IV asked ont\cu w itiii ii u ic j , « tel show at Portland next week- ill this week. guilty of the Polk county mur- ; ba3 now ,)een riaye<L if sufficient funds are raised. A Lot Enough to Get Boys’ X TR A G O O n Clothes T Spring Styles Attractive STYLISH NORFOLKS, $5 TO $10 THE BEE HIVE STORE Spring is here, and you can take that youngster out for a stroll. We have the vehicle to do it with— nobby and cheap. A Reliable Place to Trade Dallas, Oregon LAST CHANCE FOR CONTEST. To get a good night’s sleep, you must make the baby comfortable first of all. Nothing beats our S A N IT A R Y C R IB for that purpose, and everything is so con venient about it should emergency arise. You cannot afford to be without one at the price. WANTED, 10,000 PEOPLE To Attend the Biggest 10c Enameled Ware Sale ever held in Dallas At Lane's 5-10-25c Store on March 29 The Biggest Pieces you will ever see sold for 10c will be sold this day. Come and lay in your supply. Plenty for all. Nothing over 10c. Values up to 65c go at 10c each See our window for display. Sale begins promptly at 10:30 a. m., Saturday, March 29th. L ane’s 5 ,1 0 & 2 5 c Store Get your Second Wind— Stay in Until You Are Under the Wire.