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DALLAS. OREGON. FEBRUARY 5. J9J4
VOL. X X X IX .
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W ON’T PAY TAXES
Southern Pacific Refuses Assessment on
O . & C . L an d s --- Changes to be
M ad e in Postoffice
G ran d Jury Busy - - - Lum ber D ealer
up for Embezzlement ---
Mrs. Dalton Dead.
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swum his horse over three riv­
ers to get there.
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thal “ Mrs. Stewart who died a few
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B' Pother Tells of the week8 agQ here ,n Colvalli8i has
Pioneer Times of the Wil­
often told me about the wedding
lamette Valley.
of my lather and mother. She
prepared the wedding dinner
over her fireplace and served
"M y father, William B. Prath- coffee to her guests which was
■ e r , was two years on the road to a rare treat.
The marriage
«O re g o n ,” said James M. Prather took place at 2 o'clock.
Her
Vjor' Corvallis. “ He started from small log cabin was crowded,but
'Virginia and got as far as Miss- the doors were left open so that
i ouri, where he stayed until the those on the outside could wit­
spring of 1844, when he contin­ ness the ceremony. J. D. Boone
ued his journey to the Willam- a minister from Salem, married
' ette valley. He and his brother them. That evening the young
f Theodore settled in Polk County folks got up a dance and danc­
My father was a man of great ed until nearly morning.
courage.
He had trouble with
“ Next day my father and
■ the Indians several times in Polk mother, with the three children,
■ county, and later he served in went to my father’s farm in Polk
H the Rogue River war. In those county. Their first child they
B days surgery was not the named Perry; the next child was
science it is now, so to the end a girl, whom they named Mar­
of his life he carried two of the tha, and I was the third child. I
bullets he received in lighting was born on July 6, 1855. My
with the Indians.
sister Martha married John W.
“ My mother's name was Bar­ Simpson. Gene Simpson, who
bara Derr Carter. She came in runs the state game farm, and
1846. Her maiden name was who is a wizzard at raising China
Barbara Derr. She married Mr. pheasants, is their son. My
Carter and with her husband mother died a few months later,
I and three children— two girls dying on March 19, 1881. I
I and a boy— they started lor Ore have' lived on my father’s ori­
P gon. Her husband, James Car- ginal donation land claim all my
. ter died on the Humboldt river. life, up to three years ago, when
| David Guthrie, now of Dallas, I moved to Corvallis to educate
I was with him at the time he died. my children.” — Oregon Journal.
I Left a widow with three children
I my mother settled nine miles
Passing It On.
_ north of Corvallis, where Tol
There Is a man in our town
Carter, Mr. Carter’s cousin,
And he is full of prunes;
helped her until she could be­ He has a rusty phonograph
. And never changes tunes.
come established.
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
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“ My father had a farm in Polk
There is a man in or town
i county at the mouth of the
Who's even worse than that;
Luckiamute near Buena Vista,
He's teaching tango dancing on
The floor above our flat.
i He, with some others, went
—Chicago Record-Herald.
l down to the Rogue river country
with provisions to help the emi­
There is a man in our town—
grants of 1847, who had come in
A fiend, 1 do believe—
by the southern route.
Who toots the sliphorn on our floor,
IN EARLY DAYS.
TWENTY-SIX YEARS AGO.
Taken From the Files of the
Itemizer of Saturday,
February 8, 1888.
Sheep and cattle in eastern
and southern Oregon were suc­
cumbing to the severe winter
weather.
Potatoes were quoted at 75
cents per bushel; butter at 25
cents a pound, and eggs at 25
cents per dozen.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John
Guy, a boy.
George W. Bozarth died at
Independence.
Peter Cook purchased the ag­
ricultural machinery business of
L. D. Mulkey.
The telephone line between
Independence and Monmouth
was completed that week.
Dick Ennes’ grocery store at
Perrydale was burglarized.
Symmie Ellis Antle was brutal­
ly murdered with a butcher
knife by her step-father, William
Landreth, aged 61, at Independ­
ence. The murderer was ar­
rested after trying to drowr.
himself in a slough.
Roy Shinn Second Victim.
A special to the city papers
from Walla Walla, Wash., says:
“ The body of Roy Shinn, 28
years old, chief engineer at the
sub-station of the Pacific Power
& Light Company, who was
killed late last night when he
picked up a supposedly dead
wire carrying 25,000 volts, will
be sent to the home of his pa­
rents at Junction City, Oregon.
Mr. Shinn's bride of six months
will accompany the body. Mr.
Shinn was killed by the same
power line that caused the death
of Reed Crews two years ago,
the aeident being within a few
From morn to dewy eve.
"H e met Mrs. Carter, and on
feet of the where the first oc-
— New York Evening Sun.
December 29, 1847, they w ere1
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cured. Mr. Shinn came here
married at the home of Mr. and There is a man in our town,
early last season to try out with
A ruflln sure is he—
Mrs. John Stewart at what is
the
Walla Walla Bears as short­
He sleeps out loud and through his
now Corvallis. They were the
stop and second baseman, but a
nose,
first white people to be married
sore hand and arm caused him
Across the hall from me.
— Oregonian.
in Benton County.
Guests
♦r> nuit the team for the other
came from Long Tom, La Cre­
job.”
There is a man in our town,
ole and as far as Oregon City.
Rov Shinn was a brother of
In despair I tell you.
Tolbert Carter was one who
Who beats a tambourine a’nd shouts: Mrs. Ed. Blessing, of Dallas, and
"Glory, hallelujah!”
came from Oregon City, having
a native of Polk county.
A FITTING EXAMPLE.
POSTOFFICE
CHANCES.
W O N T PAY TAXES.
A Number of Alterations to be S. P. Company Refuses to Long-
Made tor Betterment
er Hay on O. & C. Land
of Service.
Grants.
While in the city last Satur­
Shortly after the new admin­
istration in postottice affairs in day, nght oi way and claim
Dallas, a number oi changes will agent coivig, oi the Southern
be made in tne arrangement of Pacific Railway Company called
our postottice tor m oie efficient on County Assessor F. E. Meyer
and effective service from the and lUtomied tnat gentleman
back room and for the accom­ tnat ms company had decided
modation of patrons. Inspector to reiuse to pay any more taxes
Clemons was a caller last week on Oregon and Cailiortiia rail­
and in consultation with Post­ way laud grants until the com­
master Coad and to-be-Post- pany s title to tne same had been
master Fiske, determined upon definateiy settled by the United
As a
the alteration. Bids are asked ■States supreme Court.
lor the release ot the present protection bom to itself and the
building tor the next five years various counties of the state af-
or some other location. If the lected, the S. P. Company how-
present site is used, larger and tining the payment oi theTHEE
better lights will be installed in! ever, win put up a bond guaran­
tne lobby and kept on until mid­ teeing tne payment of the taxes
night. The present stamp and| w'itu u per cent, interest, in case
delivery windows will be up to the final decision was in its fa-
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the front door in order to give
This decision on the part of
the benefit of the light to the
employees, the money order de­ the railway company will mean
partment will be placed next to that nearly every county in the
them so that employees tending state wni be deprived oi a con­
both windows will not have to siderable portion of its estimated
chase around half a block to revenue. Polk County alone be­
wait on customers and a new ing effected to the amount of
section of boxes will be added to $13,487.76.
where the money order depart- j The Southern Pacific paid the
ment now is.
An up-to-date last hali oi last year’s taxes un­
pouch rack will be added togeth­ der protest and the decision to
er with new racks for the rural not pay it all this year, does not
come as a surprise to those who
mail carriers.
were cognizant of this situa-i
tion. The company of course,
ESTIMABLE WOMAN GONE. will pay its taxes on rolling stock
and equipment without protest.
Passing of Mrs. E. V. DaltaiT
Brings Sorrow to community
NEW GRAND JURY.
While not altogether unex­
pected the community was
shocked Tuesday evening to
learn of the death about 4.30
that afternoon of Mrs. E. V. Dal­
ton, wife of one of Dallas’ most
prominent business men. Mrs.
Dalton had been in a critical
condition for several weeks fol­
lowing an operation.
Funeral services were held at
the Presbyterian Church at 10
o ’clock this morning, conducted
by the pastor, Rev. George H.
Mitchell, and interment was in
the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
Mrs. Dalton, whose maiden
name was Eugenia G. Hurt, was
born April 13th, 1868, at Keyts-
ville. Missouri, and was married
to E. V. Dalton in 1887. Three
children only, one of whom,
Morris, survives, came to this
union .Besides the son and hus­
band, deceased leaves one broth­
er in Kansas City and another in
Keytsville, Mo., also a sister in
Alberquerque, New Mexico.
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Quits Express Company.
After 25 years in thé service
of the Wells Fargo Express com­
pany, the Iasi four o f which,
have been spent as agent in this
citv, James Braden is going into
business for himself. This week
he nmd L. J. Gohrke purchased
the business oi the Dallas Com­
mission company from Henry
Gohrke. The new firm will bo
kiiowm" as Gohrke &. Braden,
feed and produce. Mr. Braden
will retire from the express
office as soon as the company
checks him out and sends his
successor.
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The new' grand jury, which
will serve all this year, when­
ever called into session, conven­
ed Tuesday and has been busy
since then with its investiga­
tions. It is rumored that some
very important matters are be­
ing considered and that indict­
ments of a surprising nature will
be made. It is probable the
grand jury will visit the State
Normal School at Monmouth as
well as other public institutions
before it adjourns its present
session.
The grand jury is composed
of L. Damon of Independence,
foreman, L. C. Sherwood, Inde­
pendence; John Palmer, Mon­
mouth, Henry Clifford, Dallas,
William Butterick, McCoy, C. W.
Boyle, Dallas, W. H. Mixer, Su-
ver.
Wants to Recover Land.
Alleging that the defendant
wrongfully holds land belonging
to the plaintiff, Seid Beck, a
Chinese capitalist of Portland,
has begun an action in Justice
Webster’s court against Phillip
Arthur lor the recovery of pos­
session. Seid Beck alleges that
he ownes a farm of 300 acres
located near East Independence
and that he is entitled to the Im­
mediate possession of it. He
says he demanded that the de­
fendant vacate the nremises, but
that he refused. He asks a
judgment of the court granting
him immediate possession.— Sa­
lem Statesman.
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— F o x in N e w Y ork Even in g Sun.
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In All Sizes, Grades and Pattern»
ome of the most artistic Designs and Colorings,
hese Rugs are NOT FROM THE
RIENT, but are American made.
We want to
lease yon and would
like to have you look
at our stock firsts
Beautiful
Artistic
Shades
that look
as well
from the
inside as
from the
outside.
All sizes
and colors
to order.
OUR SECOND HAND
DEPARTMENT
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“ T h e Reliable Homefurnishers”
Inquisitorial Body Having Busy
Session This Week.
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Davis & Horn
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LADIES DO JURY SERVICE.
One of the first Juries composed entirely of women
did service in this qity last Saturday in a case tried be­
fore Constable J. S. Ashbaugh to determine the owner­
ship of some personal property attached by the con­
stable in a suit brought by Mrs. Winnie Davidson
against D. W. Pickett. The jury, after listening to the
evidence and the arguments of Attorneys W. L. Tooze
and Jack Sibley for a couple of hours, rendered a de­
cision In a few minutes in favor of the plaintiff. Above
is a picture of the Jury. Iieffe-to right. T o * row— y
Hardy Holman, bailiff; Mrs. H. B. Cosper, Mrs. D. M.
Metzger. Bottom row— Mrs. William Greenwood, Mrs.
H. C. Seymour, Miss Bertha Serr, foreman, Mrs. Anna
Coad.
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We have a Buggy, Hack, Empire Cream
Separator, which we will exchange for wood
All kinds of Bargains here. STORAGE
The Reliable
Home
Furnishers
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Davis oc Horn
phone 20
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