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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1903)
Pols County Qinmt BEGAN AT CANYON CREEK J. C. HAYTER, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, Published Weekly at One Dollar Strictly in Advance. per Yeai DALLAS, OREGON, AOGCBT 14, 1903 The way to build up Dallas is to pat ronize Dallas people. AMERICANS OWN AMERICA London says she is not interested in the Wall street flurry. She has no especial need to be. England owns comparatively little American properties at the present time. There was a day, and that not very remote, when British investors had very large holdings of property on this side of the Atlantic. They owned so many stocks and bonds in the United States, in fact, that some timid or blind persons feared that England would soon dictate the politics and shape the social life of this country. The panic of 1893 led to vast sales of American properties by British owners. In the crash at that time English investors, who had been rendered especially nervous by their losses in Argen tina's smash up in 1890-91 and in the wreck in Australia in 1892, be lieved there was to be a general cataclysm in the financial world, and they disposed of their Ameri can securities in 1893-95 at great losses, Americans, in most instances, being the buyers. In the con vulsion, which lasted till the Re publicans entered power in 1897, many hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of American proper ties thus came into the hands of American owners, and in the ad vance that set in immediately afterward Americans were large gainers. Here is the reason why London is expressing no alarm over the little disturbance on Wall street. The United States has nlu a guuil reason for unconcern. No serious consequences are likely to come from the break in stocks. The crops are good, all the leading in- Work on the Dallas Water System Is Now Under Way and Will Be Rushed to Completion. of dustries are busy, and the general business throughout the country is confident. Nobody is frightened at the outlook. The wise owner of stocks will hold them. At present prices most of them are u very good investment. An advance is sure to come before long, for th situation has bullish factors which must soon pssert themselves. No financial convulsion ever took place when the general business cotuli tions were as solid and safe as they are at this time. St. Louis Globe Democrat. Work on the water-works was be gun at Canyon Creek yesterday morning, and will be carried on steadily until the plant is completed. A crew of 20 men, under the super vision of Contractor H. V. Gates, are constructing the hettdworks and in take on Canyon Creek about one-half mile above its mouth, and as soon as this work is completed, the digging of the ditch for the pipe-line to DaPas will begin. Mr. Gates says that it is his inten tion to clear the right-of-way timber, brush and logs along its entire length at once, and then to dig the ditch from Canyon Creek to the reservoir, one mile West of town. As soon as the ditch is completed, the pipe gang will begin at this end of the line and lay the conduit, finishing ud at the point of intake. When the conduit is finished, the construction of the 300,000 gallon reservoir will be commenced. The reservoir is to be of masonry throughout, and water for the cement work will be furnished from Canyon Creek. After the con duit and reservoir are completed, the laying of the mains and placing of hydrants in the city will begin. Two carloads of small pipe to be used in the residence portion of the city have arrived, and the large pipe to be laid between the reservoi and the West end of Court street will be shipped from San Francisco to morrow. The 6-inch and 8-inch iron pipe to be used in the circulating system inside the city limits will be shinned from the East about Oct. 1 The workshop near the public school buildine: is nearlnp: completion. It is a substantial two-story structure, about 30 by 60 feet in size, with a cor rugated iron roof. The machinery to be placed in this building will be shipped from Cincinnati within the next 60 days. The dipping tank, in which all pipe will be treated to a coat of hot asphalt, inside and out, before beinor placed in the around, has arrived. Mr. Gates will remain here, until the plant is completed, and will per Bonally oversee the work. J. S. Talbott was a Portland visitor this week. See II. G. Campbell's new list of land bargains in another column of this paper. Mr. Soth's new residence in the south part of town i9 nearlng com pletion, and presents a neat appear ance. Vera Cosper and little Rudolph Pol ing, who have been seriously 111 with fever, are reported to be steadily Improving. Some person seeing the heavy smoke arising from the furnace of the Dallas foundry late yesterday afternoon, turned in the fire alarm and called out the entire department in 6hort order. When the engine reached Main street, the boys were In formed that there wus no fire and the apparatus was taken back to the hall. This is the second or third time In the last few years that the smoke from the Foundry furnace has seared some one into yelling "fire" and culliug out the department When an actual flreoccur3, It is a very commendable act to give the alarm quickly, but these "foundry fires" are becoming a chestnut The alarm last even lug accomplished about four results: It gave everybody a scare; it proved that there are a good inauy people who have not gone to the seaside or mountain resorts; It deeply disgusted a large number of citizens, and it cost the city 5. Dou't do it again. Scrofula i'tw ore entirely frwrfrom It It nay develop to slowly as to cause litt'.e if any disturbance during tlte whole per1...! f rhlldhoixl. 1( i;;i- then produce Irregularity of th- ill tn-A U, cf.epsiii, cnt.-irr ni.ir: --d ti-txlt'ik-y to consuniptii. 'i:..i::.Vst!i!2 ::.e!f In inucb cutuM.-c ii or rlai'fl .'.ir swelling. bf "i :o ! c:ir that yea are qr.h )-n !t, and for it cvn.;ibte eradic. k. can rU ou Hood's SarsaparillL The best of ail medicine fur all humors. hi. tx: ei . fr" t.o: District Attorney J. N. Hart went to Portland, Wednesday morning. Send in your orders for hop checks early and your printing will be ready for you promptly on time. T. W. Nordby, of the firm of Nordby & Finseth, came up from Portland, Saturday, on a business visit. Dr. O. D. Butler, of Independence, and J. B. V. Butler, of Monmouth, were Dallas visitors yesterday. ,. Master MeohftniQFlynn of.tha Dallas & Falls City railroad, visited his family in Portland over Sunday. Rev. Arthur B. Waltz, of Baker City, will preach at the Baptist church next Sunday, morning and evening. All are invited. The Jeffrios-Corbett fight will take place in San Francisco tonight. Arrangements have been made in Dallas to receive tho report of the fight by rounds. The young people of the Christian Church will serve ice cream in the Ellis & Keyt building this (Friday) afternoon aud evening. Ice cream and homo-made cake, 10 cents; peaches and cream, 10 cents. Miss Ada Sutmeyer, who visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Koser last summer, and who has been at tending a music school in Salem since that time, left for her home in Pitts burg, Pa., this week. She was accom panied by Miss Hortense Kimball. Uncle David Cosper has been catch ing some fine trout in the deep pool below the mill dam this week. The old gentleman takes great pleasure in exhibiting the largest fish in his catch to his brother fishermen and ther) giv ing them to the sick poople In town. Miss Maggie Glaze left for her home in Prlneville, Tuesday, after a pleasant four weeks' visit at the home of her uncle, D. B. Richardson. Miss Glaze is a compositor in the ofilce of the Prinevillo Journal, and enjoys spending her vacations in the Will- ametto Valley. Expert Buehanau is checking up thebooksof the county officers this week. This is a yearly custom in Polk county, and, as the books are kept in excellent shape by the various officers, tho work of verifying their accounts is quickly done. Mr. Buchanan is assisted in his work by Miss James, a daughter of C. W. James, superintendent of the Oregon State Trisou. E. J. Bryan came out from Newport this week, and went up to Falls City esterday. Tho pleasure of his visit to the seaside was somewhat marred by an accident which happened to him while playing a game of base ball. A swiftly thrown ball struck him on the lop near the ankle with uch force as to almost break the uone, Druising mo imio in sucli a maimer as to keep him in his room several days. Later he was able to get out with the aid of crutches ami enjoy himself fairly well notwith standing his damaged ankle. Mrs. Bryan, who accompanied him to New ort, will remain several weeks at that delightful resort Are 'lie drc- d of those whose lungs are "weak." Some fortunate people nan follow the summer as it goes southward, and escape the cold blasts of winter and ti'e chill airs of spring. But for the trujority of people this is impossible. raumy cares ana business obliga tions hold them fast. " Weak " lungs are made strong by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov ery. It cures the obstinate cough, heals the in flamed tissues, stops the iiem orrnajre, and re stores the lost flesh to the ema ciated body. "I am a railroad agent." write I. B. Staples, Ksq., of Barclay, Omc Co., Kana., "ana four years ago my work keeping me in a warm room and stepping out fre quently into the cold air gave me bronchitis, which became chronic aud deep seated. Doctors failed to reach my case and advised me to try a higher air, hut. fortunately for me. a friend also advised me to try Or. Pierce's medicines. I commenced taking your ' Golden Medical Discovery,' and by the time I had I: ' en the first bottle f was bet ter, and after t:....nt about four bottles my cough was entirely gone. J have found no ne cessity for seeking another climate." Sometimes a dealer, tempted by the little more profit paid on the sale of less meritorious medicines, will offer the customer a substitute as being "just as good " as the " Discovery." You get the People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, the best medical work ever published, free by sending stamps, to pay expense of mailing only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for book in paper covers, or 31 stamps for cloth-bound vol 1x1. to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. fx V . . . ' SsL. A-iffiSBSnLc a ,r, - k fi t--- -i-jrr - , ).,l,.w,.-jiiJ-l lM ,a -in n - it- miiTrirw State Hernial School MONMOUTH, OREGON Training School for Teachera' courses ar ranged esieclally for training teachera for all brunches of the profession. Most approv ed methods for graded and ungraded work taught in actual district school. The demand for graduates of this school far exceeds the supply. The Training Department, which consists of a niue-Krude public school of about 'jO pupils, is well equipped in all its branches, including music, drawing and Physical training. The Normal course is the est and quickest way to a State certificate. Fall term opens September '22. For cata logue or iufonuatiou, address K. D. RESSLER, or J. B. V. BUTLER, President Secretary COURT HOUSE NOTES COMMISSIONERS' COURT. CLAIMS ALLOWED R Brunk, road acct $ 4 68 Irwin-Hodson Co., supplies 7 50 Dr L Pfandhoefer, pauper acct, 15 00 C E Seeley, road acct 9 00 J E Sibley, salary CO 65 Ind Lumber Co., road acct 6 E Hayter, salary 65 00 Seth Riggs, salary 24 00 J B Teal, salary 8 80 PROBATE. Guardianship of Geo. L Gwin, an insane person report of sale of real property filed. Estate of James L. Gwin, deceased final account set for hearing Sep tember 12, 1903, at 10 o'clock a. m. Estate of Ebert W". Thompson, de ceased final account set for hearing Monday, September 14, 1903, at o'clock p. m. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Eleanor and Lewis Zumwalt to Jane Brown and Maud Butler, lot 2, block 2, Levens' add to Dallas, $1100. Town of Falls City to Wra Gilson that portion of Second street lying be tween Mm tu 4 Main, streets. $1. Hnd M E Fawk to P B S Miller et ux, 58.04 acres, 1 7 s, r 4 w, SI. V C Brown to Matthew Digby, lots 3, 6 and 8, block 6, Germantown, $120. A J Haley, adm'r, to Sarah E Fisher, lots in Monmouth, $1300. A J Johnson et ux to Willamette Valley Stock and Land Co., 2646 acres, 1 10 s, r 5 w, $1. Cora D and James Clark to F G McLonch, 4 acres, 1 6 s, r 3 w, $108, D 0 Sherman, trustee, et ux to Amanda C McLench, lot 2, block B, West Salem, $100. M O Plank to August Bittner, lots in Germantown, $1000. B F Gwin et al to Mary E Gwin, tract in 1 8 s, r 5 w, $5. Watches . Clocks Jewelry Optical Qoods Kodaks & Photo Supplies All Goods Fully Guaranteed Prices lowest consistent with quality PFENNIG JEWELER. &' OPTICIAN Wilson Block, Dallas BUILD UP YOUR TOWN Patronize Home Merchants and Your Money Will Come Back To You. PRUNE CROP IS LARGE Fully Thirty Million Pounds Will Be Marketed This Year. 1, WIFE IDENTIFIES REMAINS Body Found in Willamette River Was That of Qeorge Armstrong. .ir-. bl.inks f.ir sule at this The unexplained disappearance the third of last March of George Arm strong from his home and family near Wells, which has ever since con tinued to bo one of the mysteries that hung over Benton, has been made clear by the finding of his body in the Willamette River. Armstrong, it will be remembered, attended a school meeting in the vicinity of his home on the morning of March 3rd. He re turned home, changed his clothing, and went across the field to where his hired man was working. After a few minutes of conversation, he left the man and started to return home. He failed to appear at the house, and there was instituted a search in which the whole neighborhood participated, and which continued for several days. During tho search, the river was dragged, and its banks examined, and the woods in the vicinity were scoured, without finding any kind of a trace. Various rumors of foul play and other sensational reports were circulated, but the finding of a stark body in the cruel waters has set all these question ings and surmises at rest Armstrong's body was found by loggers near Sydney, Marion county, Sunday last Mrs. Armstrong and son went to the scene, and identified the grewsome find as that of the missing husband and father. The body was in bad con dition, but enough was left for the identification to be perfect The whiskers on one side of tho face re mained, the boots were still on, but enough of the waistband was intact to show the body to be thatof Armstrong. The body was buried at Sydney, but the family intends to exhume and re inter at Wells. Corvall is Times. Oregon prunegrowers will do well this year as the crop is large and prices bid fair to be good, according to President Smith, of the State Board of Horticulture. "I look for fully 30,000,000 pounds of dried prunes as Oregon's output this Fall, and the shortage in the Eastern states and Europe will cause good prices to prevail. The Oregon prune reaches out farther into the world's markets every year, and this season they will be sent into Eastern Canada where a good demand pre vails." He thinks that pruneraising will prove a profitable industry one year with another, where the grower has a large orchard and has good facilities for handling the fruit. By a large orchard he means 40 acres and up ward. He does not consider a 10-acre prune orchard large enough to justify the grower in making prunegrowing a business. , Mr. Smith, however, is not engaged in prunegrowing, himself, but devotes his time to apple raising in the Hood River district. He predicts a con tinued prosperity for Hood River orohardists this.yev aa the Hood River apple has now a name abroad and the apple crop of the East is near ly a failure. Potent Pill Pleasure. The pills that are potent in their action and pleasant in effect are De- Witt's Little Early Risers. W. S. Philpot of Albany, Ga., sas : "Dur ing a bilious attack I took one. Small as it was it did me more good than calomel, blue-mass or any other pills ever took and at the same time it effected me pleasantly. Little Early Risers are certainly an ideal pill." Sold by Belt & Cherrington. The following from an exchange will interest a small class of people, (and, fortunately, the number in Polk county is small and growing smaller), who send away from home for their goods : "Here is the experience of a farmer near Farmersville. Ten years ago he put an X mark on a silver dollar and came to town and spent it with a mer chant. Before the year was out he got the marked dollar . back for poultry and spent it with the home merchant Four times in six years that dollar came home to him for produce and three other times he heard of it in the pockets of his neighbors. The last time he got it in change, nearly four years ago, he sent it to an eastern mail order firm that has amassed a hundred million dollars by selling third rate goods at second rate prices. He has not seen the marked dollar since, and never will till the crack of doom. "That dollar will never pay any more school or road tax for him, never help to build up the town or country, never bless and brighten the homes of his neighbors. He sent it entirely out of the circle of usefulness to him. "Moral : Send your dollars where you will get a chance at them again ; where they will help you pay your taxes, build your bridges, educate your children and enhance the value of your farms." IF WHITE GOO Shirt Waists, ILadics' Neckwear, Summer Dress Goods and the like are going to be sold and out of the way before m 0V8 Do you want your share of these? A 11.75 Pays for the OBSERVER and the Weekly Oregonian one year. In order to take advantage of this .liberal offer, your subscription to the Observes muBtbenaid up to date. Now is the time to subscribe. a woman is in love, That's Her Business. , If a man is in love, That's His Business. liut if the- are both in love", and want a wedding ring, That's My Business! C. II. MORRIS, JEWELER and OPTICIAN BRIQHT'S DISEASE. The largest sum ever paid for a pre scription, changed hands in San Fran Cisco, August 30, 1901. The transfer in volved in coin and stoctt $112,500.00 and was paid by a party of business men for a specific for Bright's Disease and Dia betes, hitherto incurable diseases. They commenced the serious invest! gation of the specific Nov. 15, 1900 They interviewed scores of the cured nd tried .t out on its merits by putting over three dozen cases on the treatment and watching them. They nlso got phy sicians to name chronic, incurable eases, nd administered it with the physicians for judges. Up to Aug. 25, eighty-seyen per cent of the test cases were either well or progressing favorably. There being but thirteen per cent of failures, the parties were satisfied 'and closed the transaction. The proceedings of the investigating committee and the clinical reports of the test capes were published and will be mailed free on ap plication. Address John J. Fclton Company, 420 Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal. tlcmji III) DYSPEPSIA CAN EE CURED BY uMnk Acker's Dysixpsi Tbiet. On liriU Tablet will give tmmeuile rellrf or moiivj refunded. Sold In hai.djome tin boi t Ii cnts. Belt A Cherrlnston. Di: Oregon. PZ LA12 Oyspop n n sia Cure Digests what you cat. This preparation contains all cf tb digestants and digests all kinds ct food, ltgives instantrelief and never fails to cure. It allows you to eat all the food you want. The most sensitive stomachs can take It. By its use many thousands of dyspeptics liave been cured after everything else failed. It prevents formation of pas on the stom ach, relieving all distress after eating. Dietlngunnecessary. JPleasanttotake, j II can't help ' but da you gocd Yti (L UxUe cunuuns 34 U K ll joa Hmh BELT & CHERRINGTON Ill'S IB That prices cut no figure. In a case like this it is not 34 cents and up. We are going to sell them KEYT Main Street DALLAS OREGON Biggest Bars In Town For A Nickel.. You can't afford to buy elsewhere Main St., Dallas, Ore. 1anOrsdel, Hayes & Co. DEALERS IN- IReal Estate YOU WILL FIND IT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO LI8T YOUR PROPERTY WITH US. FARMS, STOCK RANCHES, TIMBER LANDS and CITY PROPERTY. 1, (upstairs) Wilson Building, Dallas, Ore. I ROOM HARNESS RfiD SADDLES. I have just received a Fine New Stock of Harness and Saddles and invite you to call and examine them as to style, workmcnBhip and price. I have the finest line of saddles ever shown in Polk county. They are strictlv "down-to. date" in every respect. HORSE BLANKETS A biz assortment prices according to quality all fitted with "Double Sur cingles," a new feature which every horseman will readily appreciate. Come and see them. HAKXESS OIL, Best Grade. WHIPS and ROBES. Frank A. Stiles MAIN ST.. DALLAS. ORE. WAGNER BROS. CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF Single Shovel Plows, Double Shovel Plows, Wing Shovel Plow., Five-Tooth Cultivators, Disc Cultivators, Peg Tooth Harrows, Spring Tooth Harrows, Disc Harrows, reversible with Extension Head. ::::::::::::; All kinds of Plows, Harrows, Cultivators and everything needed to cultivate a hopyard or orchard. COR. OAK and MAIN STREETS. DALLAS. OREGON. CENTRAL MARKET Haldeman & Murrell, Prop'rs. FRESH AND SALT MEATS of All Kinds. Fish, Game and Chickens ICE FOR SALE Farmers will find it to their advantage to bring us their Poultry and Eggs, as we pay the highest cash price for same at all times EAST SIDE OF HAIN STREET Dallas, Oregon. Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic EEr rJJV vcr Oss czi a Half I. rwrrr?sr, 10 you t m co ca Eade4 wkh em kotil. k irSlTJJi .... WS, HO MV. OUC 11. TTr . WT iuoi 1 . Liver KSs. (t5
