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VOL. XXXIX.
DALLAS. OREGON. JANUARY I, 1914
.n, which they very skillfully and
NONAGENARIAN DEAD.
successfully rem oved. T he phy­
sicians who did th e good work Orville W aller, Pioneer M erchant
•vere Dr. Davis, of Albany, as- of Polk County, Passes Away
sisted by Drs. McCallon and
at M onm outh.
Starbuck, of Dallas. A fter all
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was skillfuly accom plished, for
T. Orville W aller died T ues-
some reason unknow n to th e day at his hom e in M onm outh.'
writer, while th ey had me down The end cam e a fte r a brief ill-
hey jum ped onto my large toe ness of ab o u t seven days. He
and com pletely rem oved the nail, had reached th e age of 91 years
Mow, my dear doctors, the best in good health and celebrated
three in the state, you will have his birthday an n iversary on!
^o pay me large sum s of m oney N ovem ber 20th. F requent walks)
or th a t nail, as it was an old! were taken from his hom e in t h e !
relic th a t I had carried since i n o rthern residence d istrict of
long before O regon w as a state, th a t city to the business section
and I wished to retain it as a this fall and at tim es he a tte n d ­
keepsake.
ed services a t the C hristian
T here lies hidden an old m oss- church, of which he had been a
covered rock som ew here near m em ber fo r several years.
B. F. S m ith ’s farm . I f it could
In the passing of Orville W al-' j
OLD
PO
LKITE
DIES.
Have Swell Christm as.
be found and educated so it ler, Oregon loses one of its old-
T W E N T Y -S IX YEARS AGO.
About 250 men, women and
could talk it would vouch for est pioneer m erchants. Born in
Taken From the Files of th e children gathered a t the M oose, One ot Best Known Women of every word th a t I have said j Morgan county, 111., in 1822, he
hall last T hu rsd ay evening to t
&pnng Vaney Section
Item izer of Saturday,
about my toe.
cam e to Oregon in 1849 and
j celebrate the gladsom e occasion, j
Passes Beyond.
December 31,1887.
Now, lest I w eary you by i settled in Polk county u n der the
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I Despite th e fact th a t o th e r prior
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claim ing too m uch space, I will donation land act. T he first
hasten this lette r to a close by store in Eola w as built by him in
sounding a w arning once m ore 1856, and for th irteen y ears he
to the old bachelors of Polk. T h d y /a s engaged a t the m ercantile
i>t. M ary s hospital a t Albany is business in th a t place. Polk
t h r'o r^ ?f
? h Bv\nd, b^ v , wprp tree loaded, with p resents for all, H orace Sykes, ol N ewport, and 30 full of old m aids th a t they are county then lay as a rugged, un-
C arrie and Eolia Royal w e r e w a g t h e prJme attra c tio n , w ith a uaugncer, ¿sell, a te a c h e r oi
over from Salem to ririta plenty of light eatables to e n -d o m e s tic science a t the m ute boldly offering them selves a t six developed and partially isolated
C h ristm as w ith th e ir p aren ts, h ance the occasion. A splen- school, as wen as her husband, bits apiece, and I am quite sure country, inhabited by b u t few
th at such as F ran k Gilliam and people. One year a fte r Mr. W al­
Rev. and Mrs. T. F. Royal.
did extem poraneous program ,Jolin S yses, w ere a t h e r bedside F. M. Sm ith, who still retain ler built his sto re a t Eola, the
J.H . R oach and his bride, G er­ w as rendered, all acq u ittin g a *- lue tune 1)1 her death,
m ost of th eir teeth , could get first house in M onm outh was
tie Elliott, w ere over from the them selves well. T he affair w as
Mrs. Sykes, who is well know n one apiece a t cut rates, but built.
B usiness tran sactio n s
capital.
such a sucess th a t a bigger and *n Salem and M arion county, Uncle Bill W illiams, the Airlie
B orn, to th e wife of Prof. R. L. b e tte r one will be given by th a t was Miss O ra W hite before her boss, would have to com e in as a w ere not num erous, b u t in buy­
ing th eir supplies the pioneers
R obinson, a son.
popular o rd er next year.
I m arriage and was a m em ber ot good third and tak e choice of took aw ay a large q u an tity at a
H. J. Ellis w as m ade chief of
one of the oldest fam ilies in the w hat w as left .and th en he would time, in 1873 Mr. W aller moved
com m issary a t th e sta te pent
state. She w as a sister of Jas. be forced to pay first cost.
Prizes a t Mac.
to a farm n ear Rickreall, then
ten tiary .
; W hite, of P ortland, Tom. W hite,
Yours truly,
know n as Dixie, w here he re ­
About
ere e exhib-
Sol. W oods w as exhibiting an
a u u u i 700
mu birds
uirus w
were
im u - |0i McMinnville, H arry W hite of
F. M. LEWIS.
m ained b u t one year, and then
old le tte r to his fa th e r th a t ited a t the McMinnville p o u ltry ) Los Angeies, Mrs. C harles H eu-
w ent to E astern Oregon, w here
crossed th e plains in 1846.
show last week, and, as usual, let, of Hood River, who w as also
A SINCERE PROTEST.
he lived four years. On re tu rn ­
T w o C hinam en w ere foully p j cam e off with hi ah honors i with her a t the the tim e of her
m urdered a t M onm outh, w here ^ a ia s cam e o n w n n m gn nonors.
and leaves two ofh*>r s’B- Black Rock Citizen Shows Why ing to the W illam ette Valley, he
th e y had been ru n n in g a laundry. Miller P ersons w as judge_and j t p r s ¿ na in Spokane and one ‘in Precinct Should be L e ft Alone. settled a t Amity, and left th a t
town for M onm outh in 1880,
T ony N oltner, th e well know n th e affair w as a big sucess from p,0s Angeles. T he m other ot
w here he h as lived ever since.
d em ocratic w arhorse, w as up s ta rt to finish. D allas people ; Mrs. S yaes had been living with
Black Rock. Ore., Dec. 30.
F
or years his in terests w ere w ith
from P ortlan d fo r a visit a t Atr- w i n n j n g w e r e -
her during the past few years.
To th e H onorable C ounty C o u rt, N?1 L
. 'viercantile Assooi-
of Polk C ountv:
aj e Farm ers M ercantile Associ
ation,
which
included M essrs
C o n a S o r 'c r o c k e r m d Engl-
H enry Voth. Brow n L eg b o rn » '
Before you fully decide on
n eer S canlon w ere m oving th eir1 1st on cock; 1st on cockrell; 3rd
Polk co untv w aere sjle re striking o u t the voting pw clnct B utler. Stum p, Bidwell and two
fam ilies to P ortland.
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o f P l p o k R o '. p Q .- i
■ it in M essrs Waller.
Orville W aller w as m arried on
C hristm as trees w ere reported |- n d on pen
w hen th e family moved to p art of th s w F al|P rH v n r„
from nearly all th e school
.1. M. Card, Brown L eghorns— fcalein and rente(J a lurmsue(J cinct. I
9’ 1847 h „ t 0 ^
MarlR
houses.
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3rd on
pulieit.
vc™ to ° them
J ? and
T died
co ttag e m S outn Salem , w here -o u r valuable time,
. . fo r (»,. bene-LU
-born
. f’ve
Mi's. C™
W aller
H ariy Butz b ro u g h t in som e
Dr. L. A. Bollman, W hite Leg- tnc services of a thoroughly ex­ r t .
,
M a rc h 2, 1862, and he m arried
stra w b e rry blossom s th a t he h o rn s— 3rd on cock. Buff j.eg- perienced physician could be se- 1 m a „i, d ’L v . iC! ’
I T oi ‘¡.VT’I
1879, . Mrs. Rachael
picked on th e 26th.
h o r n s - 1st on cockerel; 2nd on cured. Sue had been afflicted situated io u r miles \vcst
Falls. again, July5,
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cock; 2nd on hen; 3rd on pen.
w ith h e a rt failure for several Citv in the h e a rt of th e «nest I
W orking by N ight.
W innie Braden, W hite Rocks > ea ts and as th e a tta c k s becam e body of standing tim ber in th e I Mulkey, th en of M onm outh She
T h e Falls City L um ber Com ­ on hen; 3rd on pullet; 1st on pen m ore freq u en t th e family grew United S tates, and we have a |
population of from 700 to 900, od<1’
J ^ S elle' Mr- W aller
p any is c o n stru c tin g a logging on h en; 3rd on pullet; 1st on pen. alarm ed.
railro ad from th e ir Falls City
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H er death m ark s the passing except for two m onths of t h e 1 w a? wed k,n° wn th ro u g h o u t the
,hf 8 ^ v i v e d niany
mill to T eal C reek, a d istan ce of
W orkm an Expires Suddenly. ofJ one of O regon’s m ost respect- year when th ere is only about
th re e and o n e-h alf miles. W ork
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ed women. She leaves behind 300. N early half of th 'e tax es
H a^ey
Sam . Sauvam , 53 years old, a h er hosts of friends in Marion hat keep up Polk county are de
h as been in prog ress for several
w eeks, w ith day and nig h t shifts widower w ith ,to u r children, died and p 0lk' counties, who had rived from this valuable tim ber. W' f coW; ‘a te editor of/ he .0 r e 7
of w orkm en, using electric light suddenly while a t work in th e K.-0wn to adm ire her C hristian The S. F. C. & W. Rv. would not g o nian’ At one tim e, when about
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-u years oi age, he shook hands
from th e co m pany’s local plant
faithfulness th ro u g h m any trials lie in operation today were it not w ith A braham Lincoln and had
fo r th e night w ork. W hen th is Tile Com pany, on the Canyon
'o r Black Rock.
Falls Citv
Salem S tatesm an.
road is com pleted th e com pany road, yesterday. His death, said
would be a little ham let of 250 a brief conversation with him.
P rom inent in m any sections
will be able to o p erate th e ir mill Dr. R. J. M arsh, w ho w as sum ­
"oople today had it not been foi
Frank Lewis Operated On.
all w inter, a s logging in the Teal m oned, w as due to n atu ral Editor Item izer:—
Black Rock, for, as we know, of th e sta te w a s Mac W aller,
b ro th er of Orville, who w a s a
C reek tim b er will be co m p ara­ causes. W orkm en w ere rep air­
P lease allow m e space in your before th e railroad was built
tively easy In all seasons. It la, ing boilers in the plant, and on d ear old Item izer to notify my the stre e ts of Falls City w ere s o ; C hristian m inister. His services
u nderstood th a t th is road will be re tu rn in g from lunch, found m any friends and relatives th a t m uddy th at we have seen four in the early churches are yet
extended into th e Peedee coun­ S au v ain ’s body. Sauvain lived
horse team s w ith 1800 feet of rem em bered by the earliest pio­
try an d connect w ith th e Valley! n e a r M ount C alvary C em etery, of^old^Poffl" the&very best°countv lum ber m ire down on the N orth neers. A nother brother, T ow n­
send, was a farm er in the Wil­
& Siletz (th e la tte r now u nder »»
B arnes road. A post- ln the s ta te u n d e m e n t
Main street.
lam ette Valley, feach of the m
c co o n n stru
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painful, yet very successful oper-
th ree b ro thers were well known.
th e Falls City mill direct con-.
g
ation, in w hich the doctors re- we are all so proud of. has re­
nectlon w ith th e billions of feet)
Mr. Sauvain w as a resident of m oved several varicose veins ceived a financial blessing from Orville W aller w as th e oldest
of fine tim b er in th e Siletz conn- Dallas fo r several years, tending tn a t cam e in contact with an this precinct, for w ithout Black m an in M onm obth and one of
try . O regonian.
j b ar for Jo h n n y Schultz.
. ugly ulcer of m any y ears stan d - Rock Dallas would be w ithout the oldest ln Polk county. The
her large payroll a t th e D. L. & L. funeral will be held in th a t city.
Co. mill, and also th e payroll at
Pass It On.
the S. F. C. & W. car shops.
THE SEASON OF INCONSISTENCY.
I love th e m o v ie a c to rs
B e cau se th e y n e v e r flau n t
Were It not for the valuable tim ­
ber around Black Rock, th e peo­ T h e ir -im itlatlo n B ritish
By d ra w lin g o u t a “ C aw n’t .”
ple of Dallas would today be
—P e o ria Jo u rn a l.
riding to th e sta te capital in the
1 love th e m o v ie a c to rs;
This sp e ech th o y n e v e r m ake,
old rattlin g mail stage.
We, th e people of Black Rock, T h a t, "R a g s is ro y al ra im en t
W hen w o re fo r v irtu e 's s a t e . ”
1 do not even have a rep re se n ta ­
— C hicago In ter-O cean .
tive o r even a voice in th e r u n - ) I love th e m o v ie a c to r s ,
F o r w hile I w atch th em play
rin g of o u r public school system .
N obody e v e r Jogs m e
Not because we are not capable
m
And w h isp e rs, “ W h at d ’e s a y ? ”
of m anaging the sam e, but b e - ;
—O reg o n ian .
cause Falls City district No. 57, I lo v e th e m o v ie a c to rs,
So e lo q u e n tly m u te ;
w ants th e surplus m oney from j
T h e y n e v e r h in t th e y say :
] this place to build additions, ex-
“ Qh, it's ju s t aw fu l c u te ! ”
j cavate basem ents and m aintain
an up-to-date public and high W ill Have More Prize Babies.
I school. T his th ey could not do
Encased in a black m ourning
w ithout th e m oney from this border the words, “ Dallas will
place.
s ta rt 1914 with a $10,000 hospi-
W hat have we to be proud of
A school house built of rough
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lum ber donated and co n structed
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L O S T HIS NAIL
| Mrs. Gregory’s Clearance
Sale
Frank Lewis Kicks Over Theft of Old Residenter
— Polk Chickens Good in Old Yamhill —
Several Deaths.
A ll Goods Slaughtered
Protest Entered on Division of Black Rock Pre­
cinct -- Rail Work Carried on by Electricity
— Poetical Doggerel.
Read C arefu lly These Prices:
Ladies' Coats at One-Half Original Price
$10 and $12 Coats
and Rain Coats Marked down to
and All Others in Same Proportion
$3 to $3.50 Sweaters Cut to $1.50
Corsets at One-Third Price
$1.50 and over, $1.
$1 and over, 75c.
75c and over, 50c.
50c and over 35c.
Hair Goods at G reatly Reduced P rices
Big Reduction in Ladies' and Children's Shoes
Ladies’ Patent Leather Shoes, good
quality
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2 .4 -7
Ladies Velvet Shoes, good quality,
..................................... $ 2 . 4 7
Ladies’ Gun metal Shoes, good qual­
ity
$ 2 .4 7
Shoes, $1.25 to
$ 2 .2 5
Ladies High Top Tan Shoes $ 2 . 4 7
Old Ladies’ Comfort Shoes
99c
Children’s Shoes 40c to -
$ 1 .2 5
Boys’ High Top Tans $2 to $ 2 . 5 0
Ladies’ Vici Kid
Ladies’ Kid Gloves only 89c
Ladies’Green Petticoats, $1. to $3.50.
Fancy
Serving Aprons, 25c
Ladies’ Long Sleeve Work Apron 49c
Ladies House
Dresses, 98c to $1.49.
All Ladies’ Muslin will be sold at Reduced Price
Plain white and colored Oil cloth, 15c iter yard
In fact this is a Clearence Sale th a t will bear the closest investigation as every
article in our store will be sold at reduced prices. Come and see h »w far a little u
money will go at
Mrs. Gregory’s Variety Store
S
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bv th e neonle of ] th is P
p lace
six gpeaklnK
n ,ig h t in d th
,c e a te new
th a y t e eu
en ically
lace six
a r g wi]1
not
1 Y’
too sto Z rm v y to work in the woods.
School district No. 57. for fear
of loosing the taxes from these
parts, had us placed as a branch
of th e F'alls City school, not for
; th e love they had for us, b u t
they knew w hat side th eir bread
was b u ttered on.
G entlem en, before you act on
this m atter, please stop and rea-
son w ith us. Should you place
us In th e Falls City voting dis-
trict how m any of o u r voters
won Id be able to get to th e polls?
In May. 1914, we will have a t
least 180 legal voters here. We
have only one train to Falls Citv
each day and th e railroad has
notices on all its bridges,” No
tn n
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— B ra d le y in C h i c a g o N o w »
We have enjoyed nine months of the
S past year in business in Dallas and we
■ are very much pleased with our success.
S We wish to assure the citizens of Dallas
8 and vicinity that we have greatly ap-
g predated their acquaintance and patron-
8 age. We have tried to please you with
8 goods and prices.
«core
Pro„„ very h ig h .- F o r e s t Grove i
‘ ’ h' .
T resspassing Allowed,” and our,
o u r county road well. I hav* ;
said enough about th a t in the
past
Now, eentlem en, all I ask for'
is o u r just dues. We are all free
A m erican-born and like to be
treated as such. I would have 5
com e In person to plead wilh
your H onorable body, b u t it is
impossible on a c co u n t of the
postofflee.
T h anking you for tak in g up
so m uch of yo u r valuable time,
I beg to rem ain,
Yours very truly,
F. J. HOLMAN.
g It will be our aim during this year to keep what you
J want or get it for you at prices as low as possible
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To one and all we say
A
Happy And Prosperous N ew Year
The Reliable
Home
Furnishers
Davis & Horn
Phone 20
DALLAS,
ORE.