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DALLAS. O REGON, SEPTEM BER
V O L . X X X V III.
ITEMIZER CONTEST
Tw o Young Ladies of Polk County to Get $100
Diamond Ring
Time Asked for Putting in Independence
—Pioneer Reminiscences
H O P Y A R D W O R K SOON O VER
AN O LD T IM E R .
T w o Y o u n g Ladios o f Polk
C o u n ty Have C hance to
W ear $100 R ings.
W e a th e r T h is Y ear Ideal, R ain
B eing G reat A id, N o t a
H in d ra n ce .
P leasing R e co lle ctio n s o f Pio-
neer T im e s by Aged
P o lkite .
Beginning on Wednesday, Oc
tober 1st, and closing on Friday.
October 31st, the Itemizer will
run a subscription contest, the
prizes for success being two
diamond rings valued and guar
anteed by one of our leading
jewelers at $100 each.
The
rings are here and can be seen
any day in the show window of
,T. H. Shepard on Main street.
They are the best that money
can buy for the price, and would
be the delight of any young lady
fortunate enough to secure
them, and the everlasting ad
miration of her friends, also,
the envy of all beholders.
These rings are not being o f
fered as first or second prizes,
but as one principal prize for
two diiT rent sections of the
country. In other words, the
n mizer will give one of the
lings to the young lady from
i :;..i who brings us in the
most subscription money, and
t o the lady front outside of Dal
las wl
brings in the largest
subscription list, we will give
the other ring. We are making
the contest this way because
at th.~ Inst one some of our con
testants believed
at they were
working again ;-1
handicap in
t o r ’ .aing with Dallas young
ladies. This way will give the
lady contesting in Polk county
ti e right to work anywhere out
side of Dallas, and the Dallas
ladies wilt be confined to the
Dallas field alone for canvass
ing, although no contestant will
be barred the use of the phone
as that would be restricting all
contestants a little too closely,
and interferring seriously with
good work. There will be no
other restrictions placed on the
contest, and contestants will re
ceive straight through 100 votes
for every dollar’s worth of sub
scriptions, although additional
prizes may be offered for a cer
tain week’s work. This last will
be for future consideration.
If you have a friend whom
you would like to see wearing
diamonds, sign the nomination
blank printed below, with her
name and address and send it in
to this office, or if you wish to
enter the race nominate your
self. On October 1st the names
of those competing will be pub
lished, report blanks having
been furnished them by that
time, and the four weeks’
scramble for votes will be on.
Remember the old adage ah' ut
the early bird, and send in your
name as soon as possible, so
that you may commence with
the dawn on October 1st. On
October 8th, the first week’s re
port will be due, and we will
publish the standing of the con
testants the next day. Now is
the proper time of year to do
good and effective work, as the
long winter evenings are com
ing on, and everybody will be
looking toward renewing their
subscriptions to the great fam
ily newspaper of the county.
A large number of the hop
yards of Independence will finish
up with the picking this week.
The weather lor the picking
this year has been ideal, sunny
but not. too hot. The rains the
first week of the picking season
washed the dust off the vines
and cleared the atmosphere and
since this time there has not
been a day lost in the gathering
of the crop. The quality of hops
this year is the best that it has
been for a number of years,
there being little if any mould.
The C. A. McLaughlin yard fin
ished today and H. Hirschberg,
who owns the place and is pres-
dent of t h e
Independence
National Bank, and also owns
the Independence and Mon
mouth Railway Company, dis
tributed a large amount of
money among the picker’s today,
scattering the money and let
ting them scramble for it.—
Oregoniim.
Mrs. J. W. Shelton, a pioneer
of 1851, lives at Independence,
Ore. “ Like many of our pio
neers, I cante from Virginia,”
said Mrs. Shelton. “ 1 was born
in Brook county, Virginia, but
moved to Morgan county, Ohio.
My father’s name was Israel
Hedges. He took up his dona
tion land claim two and a half
miles south of the present city
of Independence.
"The reason that we cante
here, was that while in the
Grand Ronde valley we met
Henry Hill and C. P. Cook. They
were what were termed in those
days speculators.
They came
out to meet immigrants with
supplies to trade for cattle or
loose stock. When Henry Hill
learned that my father was a
blacksmith, he told him he could
do well by settling near his
claim in Poik county as there
was no blacksmith in that sec
tion of the country.
“ I was only 11 years old
when we came across the
plains. There was a school
house on Major John Thorp’s
donation land claim. The first
teacher I went to was Miss
Mary Rountree. She taught
a three months’ summer term.
The next teacher was a Miss
McWhorter. She was followed
by a young Methodist minister
named McAllister, who taught
several terms.
“ When I was a young girl
there was only one buggy in
this whole neighborhood.
A
man named Hawkins owned it.
The height of every girl’s am
bition was to get a ride in this
buggy. 1 was particularly for
tunate as I had three rides. I
went once to a wedding in it
once to church and once I went
for a pleasure ride.
“ I was married in 1857 when
I was 18 years old. Most folks
thought I was going to be an
old maid to wait that long. My
chum, Elizabeth Davis, married
Janies Carmack when she was
only 14 years old. They have
a son now living on their origi
nal donation land claim. A man
named Tom Bounds married a
young girl named Viney Mc-
Birde. She was 11 years and
two months old. She was a
relative of Dr. McBride. It was
a sort of a family affair as Vi-
ney’s mother married Mr. Mc
Bride and her stepson, Tom
Bounds, married her daughter.
Viney. Tom Bounds, who mar
ried Viney, was nearly 40 years
old. They settled south of In
dependence. The reason girls
were marled so young in those
days was that a man and his
wife could take up a full section
for their donation land claim,
while an unmarried man could
only take up a half section.
“ My father and my husband.
T. C. Thorp, owned a sawmill
W IL L W E A R
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D IA M O N D S .
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N O M IN A T IO N B L A N K .
I hereby nominate for en
try in the Itemizer Diamond
Ring Subscription Contest
the following lady:
Address
. Nominee
T IM E E X T E N S IO N IS A S K E D
Independence C lub M ay G ra n t
R equest o f M ill C om pany.
A letter was received front
the Falls City Lumber Company
today asking for an extension
of one year on the millsite and
their franchise down Sixth
street. The business men of
Independence through the Com
mercial Club presented t he Falls
City Lumber Company with 17
limits of the city, the same to be
used as a millsite. The mill was
to be built within six months.
The company owned a large
bunch of timber in the Siletz
Basin, which will be reached by
the Valley & Siletz Railway, but
owing to the trouble in getting
their right-of-way, it will be im
possible to finish the road this
year. Not being able to get
logs until it is completed the
Falls City Lumber Company will
be delayed in the completion of
the mill.
The extension no doubt will
be granted to them, but noth
ing can be done until the Com
mercial Club directors hold a
meeting. This probably will
take place in the next few days.
— Independence correspondent
in Oregonian.
M O T H E R D IS C O V E R S BOY.
Habeas C orpus S uccessful A fte r
L o n g S earch.
A case that has attracted
considerable attention in thii
county and one that has kept
the sheriff's office and the dis
trict attorney’s office of this
and other counties of the state
busy the past eight months
culmniated successfully Satur
day when Mrs. W. Phelps, for
merly Mrs .Mary Chandler, se
cured possession of her infant
son, John Clotis Chandler. Her
present husband got possession
of the child in Coos county on i rblld, a hoy of 7, and left for
j parts unknown. Mrs. Chandler
habeas corpus proceedings.
Three years ago Mrs. Phelps, soon secured a decree of di
then Mrs. Chandler, was de vorce and was awarded the eare
serted by her husband, John W. and custody of all the children.
Immediately search began for
Chandler.
Chandler left his
wife alone to care for their | Chandler and the boy. When
three children and. contributed Chandler had been definitely
nothing to their support.
A located near the Siletz and
year ago Mrs Chandler began steps were being taken to serve
suit for divorce and asked for him with the necessary papers
the custody of the children. to secure possession of the child
Before the suit could be heard he got notice of what was being
her husband, John Chandler, done and at once left for South
went to the Airlie home, where ern Oregon. After a search of
the children were being cared two months he was located at
for by the father and mother of Fmnire City, in Coos county.—
Mrs. Chandler, took the older ‘ Oregon.
and a grist mill in partnership,
at a place now known as Falls
City. They ran it from early
In the fifties to 1865. when they
moved the flour mill to Rick-
reall. My husband, T. C. Thorp,
was a brother of E. A. Thorp.
They both setled here in 1844.
E. A. Thorp was the man who
laid out the town of Indepen
dence. What is now called North
Independence or ‘Old Tow n’
was the original Independence.
This street running in front of
my house was called Log Cabin
street. The street running east
and west of me was named Jew
street while the street running
north and south on the western
boundary of our property was
named Sag street.
“ When Mr. Thorp laid out
the town a store was started by
Miller and Weinshank. Weln-
shank was a Jew and that is
. hat gave the street its name
of Jew street. There was an
other store on Log Cabin street
>wned by Thomas Burbank and
Leonard Williams.
Burbank's
family lived In the back of the
store while Williams lived on
Ills claim north of town.
"Mrs. Henry Hill, who lives
tcross Ash creek, came here in
'he forties. Her husband alsc
iaid out a town. I think it was
vbout 1860 when Henry Hill
laid out a town on the other
ide of Ash creek. Hill donated
lots in his townsite and the
main part of the town was built
on his claim.
“ I moved into this house
nearly 40 years ago, and have
been here ever since. My pres
ent husband, J. W. Shelton, is a
pioneer, too. He i3 at work out
in the garden. He will be able
to tell you many interesting
things about the early days.”
Mr. Shelton came in and took
a chair by the old-fashioned
fireplace where we were sitting.
‘We came across the plains in
1846,” said Mr. Shelton. "I was
14 years old. Captain Crus
Brown,who is the son of Grand
ma Tabitha Brown, was the
captain of our train. The train
divided near Fort Hall, some go
ing with Steven Meek on the
southern route and the rest of
us taking the northern route,
the regular emigrant trail. We
stayed with the northern route.
“ My father’s name was Zeb-
edee Shelton. Of all the family I
was the only one to stay on the
farm. My brother, J. C. Shel
ton, became a doctor, and lived
.intil his death In Salem. An
other brother, Thomas, became
a doctor and settled at Eugene.
“ When we first came to Ore
gon we settled at Smith’s
Bridge, between North Yamhill
and McMinnville. I have lived
all of my life in Yamhill and
Polk counties. I was born in
1833, so you see I am 80 years
old now, and ant still able to do
a good day’s work on my place
here.
“ When I was 20, I married
Mary Jane Burford, the oldest
of the Burford girls. DY. Mc
Bride married us.
It seems
strange now to think of so
many towns located on the old
donation land claims I used to
know. 1 remember they used
to laugh at William Newbey
who was trying to make a town
where McMinnville now is and
McMinnville is a mighty live,
progressive town. The town of
Carlton is at the ford close to
where we setled.
“ A 'ter my father’s death I
bought the farm. The towns
that were here when we came
in 1846 were Dayton, Wheat-
land, Forest Grove and Oregon
City. Oregon City was our
trading point. Joe Meek anu
Colonel Nesmith and all those
old timers are gone. In fact,
most of my friends have joined
the silent maority.
"When I was a boy, we did all
our traveling on horseback or
with oxen. I used to ride up to
where Wilamina now is, where
my w ife’s father had a claim.
We had gotten acquainted at
school and we had arranged
things between ourselves but we
had thought best not to tell the
folks for a while yet. I used to
ride over to Wilamina pretty
often.
“ In those days all o f the men
folks wore buckskin suits and
moccasins. About the only man
In the whole country that didn't
was my father. He came from
the south and had ideas about
how a gentleman should dress.
He always went to Oregon City
and bought cloth o f Dr. Mc-
Loughiin's store.
“ I lived on that same farm
for 54 years.
I sold It in 1900.”
— Oregon Journal.
18, 19I3J
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TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS AGO.
Taken From the Itemizer Files
of Saturday, September
17, 1887.
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The American bark Coloma, ♦♦♦
Captain Gray, was the first deep
sea vessel to pass up the Wil- 1
ianiette river through the M o r - l J
rison bridge draw.
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More building was done in
1887 than in the three years Dor
previous.
V. P. Fiske came back from a {
trip to ’Frisco.
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Wick Grant accepted a posi- 1 Y
tion as counter hopper in Neis
& Smith’s store.
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F IN E C L O T H E S
Rev. J. S. McCain left to as
sume the pastorate of the
Methodist church at Grant’s j Y
Pass.
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Rev. H. Gould moved from |
Dallas to his new pastorate at «*»
Halsey.
Mrs. B.L. Chambers and child i
were very low with typhoid | {
i’ever.
M. D. Ellis was turning out
iome fine work in the photo «*»
fine.
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Dr. Farley left for the east to &
take a course in Bellvue hos-1 {
pital.
Charley Osborne, of Cooper | V
Hollow, while running races
with Indians on Bird Island,had j «>
'its shoulder dislocated by fall
ing from his horse.
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Judge N. L. Butler tied his
maiden marriage knot, operat
ing on J. A. Tate and Ida F.
McCaleb.
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Miss Ollie Kays died at Buena
Vista.
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Rev. T. F. Royal moved to
Dallas as pastor of the Method
ist church.
B. M. Smith's drug store at
Sellwood was burned up.
The railroad trestle near
Coprrtfht Hart Schaffner * M . n
John Brown’s caught fire and 1
was partially consumed, also
about fifty cords of wood and
some fence for him .
Rolla Ilarboard, of Salem,
was arrested for stealing some
money from L. B. Frazer, of
Crow:, v.
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'Ki d’s Gray Eagle
came out winner in a trotting
race in Brown’s lane near
Dallas.
ArchHastings was badly hurt
above Lewisville by a wagon
running over him.
F. S. Glandon and family
moved from McCoy to Salem.
Miss Hattie Hackleinan was
seriously ill at McCoy.
Bob. McOrew, of Perrydale,
and Vlvi Franklin, of Zena.were
made man and wife.
T. S. Jeffries left McCoy to
take in the pioneers’ excursion
to the eastern states.
Frank Dicus passed away at
his Monmouth home.
La Creole academy opened
with Prof. Bell as principal.
Curt Hawley was advertising
T H E H O M E OF H A R T. SCHAFFNER & M A R X
for a stray bird dog.
P. L. Campbell, of Monmouth,
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and Miss Eugenia Zieber, of
Forest Grove, were married.
Dr. J. B. I.aughary left Dallas
for a course at Bellvue hospital.
Mrs. Samuel Stiles left Dallas
to spend the winter with her
son in Pennsylvania.
Eti. Casey, a former editor of
the Itemizer, dropped into town
having been on a canoe trip
from Portland to the headwa
ters of the Willamette.
who trades with us to
Win. llerren and Rosa Simp
son were married by Rev. Gould
get a good bargain.
at Lewisville.
O. J. Bagley and son, John, u
W e do not claim to
left on the pioneer excursion for
the east.
give you something
C. R. Parker was thrown
for nothing, but we
from a horse at his home at
Buena Vista and had his collar
will give you the very
bone broken.
In a one-mile state champion- 1
best goods for the very
ship bicycle race at Salem Glen
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Lewis, of Dixie, came in first,
least money.
and Carey Howe, of Dallas,
second.
Come in and let us
J. B. Stump’s hop house
burned at Suver and about a
figure with you; we
thousand pounds of hops.
are satisfied we can
James Davidson, near Parker,
had a stubble fire that was put
please you.
out just in time to save great
damage.
Nathan Hughes left Dallas to
work at his trade in California
during the winter.
A. S. Crider, Morris Jones, W.
C. Brown and Win. Chambers
left on the pioneer excursion.
Peter Cook’s fine trotting
Household goods stored by W eek , Month or Y ear
mare,Cleo,ran into some barbed
wire and lacerated her neck
badly.
P. W. Prather's wife at Buena
Vista presented him with a girl.
Phone 20
The Reliable
Dave Dodson was down from
DALLAS,
Home
his l.ong Tom ranch.
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Furnishers
C. E. Herren was badly crip
pled at Buena Vista by a kick
from a horse.
D IFFER ENCE
B E TW E E N
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
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and OTHER Clothes sold
at the same price.
A man wearing a Hart,
• Schaffner- & Marx suit is
our best advertisement.
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Try one, only
$25.00
and big value for every
dollar.
I f You W ant
CHEAPER SUITS
we have them but at a
cheaper price.
Suits and Overcoats at $7.50 amd up.
Boys' Suits and Overcoats, $5.00
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A fine line, just in, o f Blues, Browns and
greys.
Get the boys a suit before
school begins.
BUSTER BR O W N
shoes are the best,
and the best are none too good to stand
the Oregon winters.
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