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The L&r^s^r&nd Bej*t Paper in Pollj Ç ourvtÿ euttfn Dallas will Build Tw ice as Much in 1913 as She Did Last Year ) El The Paper tha*t Qi\)es Y®u W h iff You W&rvt to R*ad D A L LA S. O RE G O N . A U G U ST 7, 1913 Home Now a Wreck. BOOSTER MEETINGS. N O . 3é I. 0. 0 . F. BUY BRICK. SOUTHERN OREGON. Alleging that the happiness of Second Story of Dallas City Bank his home had been wrecked, that Building Now Property of Pop his w ife’ s affections had been aleniated, and that he suffered ular Order. untold mental anguish and hu Out miliation, C. C. Lang yesterday As was whispered exclusively filed suit against Dick A. MadiJ in the Itemizer some time ago, son, proprietor of Madison’s sa ' the Odd Fellows o f this city have loon, for heart-balm to the ex returned to their first love in the Editor Itemizer:—It might be o f interest to some o f the readers tent o f $2500. This is the sec purchase o f the second story of ond suit Mr. Lang has brought --------- the present quarters o f the Dal o f your paper to know something of the auto road and some im against Madison. The other suit las City bank. This building pressions o f the Pacific Highway from Dallas to Southern Oregon was withdrawn because o f lack T.a«f Thursday evening in the sneedv car of A. R. Muir’ s we 1 was erected by the Odd Fellows by auto, so I will write you a few lines that will convey some ideas o f witnesses on the part o f the took a very pleasant drive by way o f the Salem bridge to the Lin- ln .year iftt>2, and was uie ♦ hut camp tn mp as w p motnroH along- Starting from Dallas tha plaintiff. coin schoolhouse, where a booster meeting had been scheduled for first brick building ever put up entire trip was void o f accidents and breakdowns except a truss that evening. The distance from Dallas was some 20 miles, and *n Dallas. Some years ago it rod that we broke going from Buena Vista to Albany. We travel every mile was a revelation o f the possibilities that Polk county has proved too small for their ed the Pacific Highway from Albany. The signs are a great help within its borders. No other county in the state can boast o f such growth, and they sought other to a stranger o f the roads. The road itself is not what the name 8-Hours For Girls Under 18. grand resources, and bring the necessary proof to substantiate quarters, but financial difficulties to some might signify, but this is no fault of the originators o f the It will be unlawful in Oregon them. Both sides o f the road were lined with diversified crops arose after the purchase o f the scheme to have a Great Pacific Highway, but more perhaps to the to employ a girl under 18 years which attested by their growth and development the worth o f the upper story o f the brick in which people o f the different counties through which the road runs. o f lge for more more than eight soil from which they sprang. One of the largest county developments Uie Beehive is located, and they The road for 21 miles or more over which we passed needs repair hours and 20 minutes a day, or passed was the famous Wallace orchards, the superintendent o f gave it up and for the last three and needs it badly, and the strange part o f it is, it is through a 50 hours a week, after October which is the Mr. Parks on the fair board, and who is taking such years have been occupying the country that it would not be expensive road building. The bad 4, 1913. It will also be unlawful an interest ip its success. The hundreds of acres he has in bearing upper story o f the city hall, road come in patches. For instance: There is a very rough road to keep a girl under 18 employed orchards o f pears, apples and prunes, is a sight to delight the eye, I which was remodeled for them near Goshen, in Lane county, another rough bad road beyond Cot after 8 p. m. or to pay a girl from and one which every man who is looking for a home in Oregon and leased to them by the year. tage Grove on the border of Lane and Douglas counties, more 16 to 18 less than $1 a day, ex should be shown. The trees are all pruned in the best way for The new quarters will at once be rough road north o f Drain. From there on the roads are fairly cept in the cases of apprentices gathering and developing the fruit, and the orchards are kept look fixed up for the needs o f the passable and good time can be made on most of it. From Canyon- and learners. ing as neat an.1 clean as a barn floor, perfectly free from weeds, lodge by the taking out of peti ville over the first pass the road is very rough, stony, narrow in and the ground cultivated until it keeps the necessary moisture tions and the utilizing o f the en places and many sharp turns with steep grades, often dangerous constantly on hand for the well being of the trees. That such tire story, and will be ready for places to meet a team or an auto. After about six miles of this Horse Breaks Leg. work brings financial brings good financial returns is their occupancy in the near fu the road comes out into a beautiful valley with a stretch of ten Rudolph Seagitt, o f Salt Creek, sufficiently attested to by the fact that the products o f those or ture. The lodge is planning to miles or more of a very fine road into Glendale and over another Polk county, had the misfortune chards ever have to hunt for a buyer. We were agreeably sur next year put on a third story, steep pass that has a safe grade on the south side. In a few to lose one o f his horses on prised at the extent and beauty o f Spring Valley, and it is certainly and building up in the rear, as places it would be absolutely impossible to avoid a collision, if two Union street near the new rail a favored section o f this high class county. Besides a most pleas their neighbors across the hall, parties from opposite directions were to meet, because of the steep road bridge yesterday morning. ing view o f the coast range with its beautiful mountains, the eye is the Masonic brotherhood, have ness and narrowness o f the grade and the sharp turns in the road. Mr. Seagitt was driving down About one mile o f this and you reach the town o f Wolf Creek. delighted by the bountiful crops growing everywhere, many of already done. Front street and turned up Union One more pass with a very good grade, wide and safe with a few them just ripening for the sickle. It looked to us as if there was | j near the bridge, where one of more grain grown there than in any other section o f the county, hills and you are into the Rogue River valley with a fairly good 326-Year-old Oak. road. the horses slipped down the and it all looked as if it would turn out fine. Hop yards were scat In 1857, when the English peo grade breaking its leg, besides Why is it that there are not more accidents on these mountain tered all around, and orchards o f every kind helped to take away ple were making attempts at having the root of an old stump any monotony that might have developed from the continuous colonization in America, one o f roads? I was told that there never had been an accident on these pressed into its breast. The goiden sheen. Beautiful homes dotted the landscape, some of the largest and oldest oak trees passes. I cannot account for it in no way except that all drivers animal was carted across the riv are extremely careful. All the reckless driving that is so common er and shot. This is a third of them having as fine residences as it would be possible to find in in Polk county started to grow. in the Willamette Valley is a thing •of the past when the driver any city, and lots o f them had all the modern convenlencs o f such This big giant oak has just been a series o f accidents which have dwellings. If a man could own such nice places as are inhabited sawed down on the edge o f the reaches these mountain passes. Every driver expects to meet happened to horses owned by- by the Simpkins, Crawfords, Donker, Looze, Oliver, Davis, Lake, Whiteaker farm because its mas someone and is constantly on the alert. Many times when meet Mr. Seagitt this year.—States Childers, Walling, Waring, Alexander, Cooley, Patterson, Calder, sive form shaded nearby fruit ing, one or the other has to back up the machine to find a place to man. Catton, Henry, Dancer, Smith, Jennings, Gibson, Purvine, Davis, trees and kept them from grow pass, but that don’ t matter. Safety is what everyone thinks of in the mountains. and many others whom we might mention, he surely should de ing. A careful count of the Our car behaved beautifully. It required about two quarts of sire nothing more on this earth, and be supremely content to live rings on the stump after the tree House Wanted. out his allotted time on earth in the most satisfactory and soul sat had fallen showed its age to be oil for the 500 miles, and one gallon o f gasoline to 20 miles. Seven Wanted to rent, by month or isfying manner that is possible. The schoolhouse was crowded to 326 years. The ax men found gallons to go to Roseburg 149 miles from Dallas. We learned from one man that you should have plenty of for term o f years, modern house listen to the program put up by the Dallas charmers, which was the circumference 18 feet 6 inch in Dallas by September 1st. Must the same as heretofore been the custom, and it was after 10 o’ clock es and the diameter about 6 feet. gasoline, as we had to borrow a bottle full to get to the next town, be modern. when the meeting broke up and the 15 auto loads o f Dallasites Over 26 ricks o f stove wood were from another man that you should have plenty o f oil for the car, as he had to stop often to let his car cool off because he ran out of commenced to wend their way hvoeward. obtained from the tree. This oil, from another that you ought to carry plenty o f water in water Tuesday night our fly by night booster contingent wended their oak was believed to be the sec way by gasoline route to Rickreall, where a most interesting meet ond largest in the county. About bags to cool your car so that it would pull the hills. From our own ing was held, despite the smallness o f the crowd. The last two one mile from it stands the oak experience, that you should have a good pump to keep your tires inflated, and good brakes that would lock the wheels in the twin meetings have made it plain to our fair committee that owing to tree which is considered by ranch kle o f an eye. the busy season o f harvest it is not possible to get large turnouts, folk for miles around as the larg It is a very enjoyable trip; but no auto driver should undertake and the meeting at Rickreall is probably the last one that will be est in the county. Its circum held, although others were projected—Independence, Monmouth, ference is 24 feet 7 inches and it unless he has had experience in driving, knows exactly what his car will do and be thoroughly able to handle it etc. We all deplore the necessity of cessation of the meetings, but the diameter nearly 8 feet. Tourists told us the worst road from here to Los Angeles is en no one can be expected to give much o f their evenings to such countered in the mountains of Oregon. A CENTRAL HEATING PLANT. things after the long hours o f work necessary during the day in OBSERVER. the harvest season. About thirty cars went to Rickreall from Dal las, the band being taken instead of the Moose orchestra. It was Thre^ Business Blocks in Dallas expected to also take a crowd in the Star auto truck, but it was on Will Have Steam Heat from a trip to Salmon river, and did not return in time. The exercises GEO. L TOEL, M. D. One Station. were held in the grove adjacent to town, one o f the prettiest parks ELECTRO-THERAPIST AND ELECTRO-SURGEON in Oregon for such a gathering. The speaker’s stand was well At a meeting o f the directors Specialties: lighted, and the auto lights scattered through the grove, made a o f the Dallas City bank yester most pleasing sight. The air was o f just the right temperature day afternoon it was decided to CANCERS AND TUMORS for enjoyment, and many preferred to loll on the green sward and install what is known as a central No K n ifean dL ossof Blood. No Plasters and Pains for Hours or Days listen to the program rather than to occupy seats in autos or those heating system. This is an ¡no POLYPUS, GOITRE, PILES, FISTULA. STRICTURE, provided for the purpose. Rickreall should be proud o f her grove, vation in heating systems that PHYSIOLOGIC TREATMENTS For it being an ideal one for the holding o f large assemblages. Mark has become very popular in the DISEASES o f WOMEN. SKIN and NERVOUS DISEASES Burch informs us that in early days it was much used for this pur east, and is now being installed pose, being the annual place of holding campmeetings by both the in many large cities on the coast. Neuralgia, Neurasthenia, Gout, Rheumatism, Christian church and Methodist church. These were events of By the new method it is claimed Diseases o f the Liver, Stomach, Kidneys, Bladder, Prostate, Asth great importance to our pioneer settlers and they came from all that heat can be furnished from ma, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Constipation. over Oregon to camp during the session, renew acquaintances and a central plant to a distance of Dallas, Oregon Telephone 1303 promulgate the word o f the Gospel. 619 Washington St. Hours: 9-12, 2-5, 7-8, four blocks without any apprecia The program o f Tuesday evening differed considerable from ble loss in temperature. The One-half Block East o f S. P. R. R. Depot Sundays: 9-1 that o f former occasions, all o f the spell binders being absent, and method of heating used is that Rev. Miles and Dr. McCallon taking their places, and making very o f steam. The central plant will good talks. Readings by Miss Bertha Serr and Miss Ruth Camp be installed in the rear o f the Dr. Toel has again been compelled to extend his stay in Dallas bell were well received, and Charley Bennett gave some cartoon present quarters o f the Dallas work that was greatly appreciated. The band played several num City bank, and by the use of fl on account o f many new cases. He will again accept new patients bers and the affair ended with Rickreall promising her hearty inch mains up and down the al for treatment and stay in Dallas until he has finished their cases. support for the fair. The old timers were their in all their glory ley ways, heat will be provided also. for any of the brick buildings lo cated in the three main business blocks o f the town. These pipes or mains will be lined with as bestos and other material so that they will retain the heat just as it comes from the central station. From this station will be heated | Many Also Get Diarrhoea What the Dallas National building, in to do in Either Case. which the hot water system has proved a failure, the now Dallas Summer ought to be the months o f City bank building an i the new most perfect health, but owing to con Dallas City bank buiidingsoon to taminated water and milk, unripe fruit, rerm « and insects the average o f lie commenced o f erection. These health is not good at this time o f the buildings are all that have t een year. There is much skin trouble from provided for so far, but it is pro acid fruita, and much dyspepsia and di posed to heat any other buildings arrhoea from cold foods and iced bever- ages. The man Davis, charged with the recent killing o f his mother- that may be desired, a regular The skin trouble is easily stopped by monthly rate being charged for discontinuing fruit for a few days, and inlaw. Mrs. Stewart, at Ballston, has advanced through his attor the uae o f a mild laxative to clean . ney W. L. Tooze, a novel defense in place o f the insanity plea that the service according to the ri- by the bowels and tone the blood The it was supposed would be advanced. He now asserts that it was| diation that is furnished. Such dyspepsia is likewise corrected by the not his shot that killed the aged lady, but an accidental shot from buildings to lie equipped will use o f a laxative that oaa combined cramps or pains, and drs. Wm. the gun held by her husband, and that he, Davis, was only acting furnish their stores and offices with it the elements o f a digestive ton causing ic. Hence the best remedy to use is O. Richter. Clayvilie, Va., who co.iaui- with the necessary pipes, and within his rights and protecting himself from being killed by other Hr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, which, as ers it a laxative tonic absolutely unex parties. In view o f this contention, and by order o f the court, then the bank will come to them its name indicates, is a pleasant laxa celled They know o f no pleasanter with the heat. The decision to the proper officials went to Amity Tuesday, exhumed the body and tive combined with the virtues o f pep cure for constipation, liver trouble, in digestion, summer diarrhoea, etc. It removed the bullet from the lady’ s brain, which had entered one install this method of heating sin, which we all know is the best cure is valuable to all the family from infan for indigestion will obviate the necessity for a side o f the head, penetrating the brain and fractured the skull on Uae Syrup Pepein also for summer cy to old age. Children li e its taste. the other side and dropped down to the hase of the skull. The basement under the new bank diarrhoea. Avoid astringents, physics Ail druggists sell it at fifty cents and building, a problem which was bullet was marked for identification by Sheriff Grant, and taken and cathartics, as they are unneceaaar- one dollar a bottle, the latter be’ rig the size. into his custody for presentation at the trial at the proper time. worrying the builders on account ily harsh. Thousands o f good Ameri family Kamiliea wishing to try a free sam can families prefer Ur. Caldwell's Syr o f the shallowness of the Mill This case was set for trial yesterday morning, but the Bayse trial up Pepsin, among them those of Mrs. ple bottle can obtain it, postpaid, by was not completed, and other cases intervening, the date now set street sewer. Work on the in W. A. Taylor. Beloit, Wia., who finds addressing Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 418 stallation o f the new heating she can give it to her baby without Washington St., Monticello, III. for trial is at 9:30 Friday. The officials exhuming the body o f Mrs. Stewart were Sheriff plant will be begun in the near Grant, Coroner Chapman, Attorney Tooze, Attorney Sibley Drs. future, and it is expected to have Starbuckand Stafrin. They were accompanied by Messrs Domsife it in readiness for service by the and Henline to open the grave and a couple o f representatives o f time that it becomes chilly in the fall. the press. Lincoln and Rickreall— Enthusiastic Dallasite Tells What He Found While on Motor Trip. Greetings and Good Words for Fair, i CRAVEN BROS., Agents for Deering and McCormick Harvest ing Machinery a n d Reapers D ALLAS OREGON FIRST CLASS JOB WORK DONE ON SHORT NOTICE AT THE ITEMIZER 0FE1CE 1 Odds and End s! J SÄLE , 8 i Ends Saturday Night | I AUGUST 9th 1 Our Fall Goods are com ing, part of them are here. Take advantage of sale prices while you can. BODY EXHUMED. YO U WON’T SEE SUCH PRICES AGAIN Order o f Court Carried Out for Secur ing Bullet that Killed Mrs. Stewart. ■ S ■ ■ 1 8 I ' ■ ■ I Summer Foods As Cause o f Dyspepsia. Final Clean-up SATURDAY , Dallas - Mercantile - Ge. | I Itemizer Ads Bring Quick Results ww \ \ 'rira VO L . X X X V III. i i Polk County has Soil Adaptable for all Purposes. Any Fruit Thrives it M • t • » I