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VOL. XVI.
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREQON, JANUARY 29, 1904
NO. 46.
On Feb
ruary
The
Big
We also have a big line of Blankets and-Comforts
to go in tlus sale. Everything goes, except Over
alls and Slickers, at 15 per cent off. 20 per cent
off on Overcoats.
Remember, Only 8-More Days.
R. JACOBSON & CO.
G. W. HOLLISTER, Manager.
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SHERIFF COMMITS SUICIDE
Henry H.
Kills
Alderman, of Tillamook,
Himself in Fit of
Despondency.
Henry H. Alderman, Sheriff of
Tillamook county, shot himself in his
own barn early Sunday morning,
death resulting instantly.
Sheriff Alderman had been seriously
ill for more than a month and in
addition to his physical troubles there
had arisen unfortunate gossip grow
ing out of a dispute with accountants
regarding a discrepancy in his books,
which he declared he could and would
make good, in full.
Combined with his ill health, his
financial troubles apparently unsettled
the Sheriff's mind temporarily, and
he became despondent. When he
arose Sunday morning he had appar
ently no thought of committing the
deed, as he at once began the usual
routine.
About 7 :30 o'clock he got up and
awakened tho hired girl. Then he
apparently went immediately to the
barn, a short distance away.
When the girl went to the barn half
an hour after to milk she noticed
blood stains upon the ground floor.
Going to the upper floor she discover
ed the body of Sheriff Alderman lying
prostrate upon the boards. Evidently
when alone in the barn his despondent
condition had reached its climax, and
prompted by his characteristic im
petuous nature, he had committed the
deed instantly. The pistol from which
he had sent a bullet into his mouth
was lying a few inches away.
Sheriff Alderman was about 40 years
of age. He had lived in Tillamook
county for many years, and had held
the office of Sheriff for the past seven
years. A month ago he made a trip
to the southern part of the county,
and there suffered a spell of sickness
from which he never fully recovered.
He left a wife and one child.
The dead Sheriff was a member of
the Masonic order, as well as of the
Oddfellows, Knights of Pythias, Wood
men of the World and Ancient Order
of United Workmen.
The financial troubles reached their
height on last Friday, when a warrant
was made out for his arrest, it being
alleged that his accounts were $7000
short. By his residence of many years
in Tillamook county Sheriff Alderman
had acquired property worth con
siderably more than the sum said to
be missing. He also carried a heavy
life insurance. He had declared that
he was able to fully pay for any un
conscious error in his books, and if
the report of the accountants is con
firmed, this will be done. A number
of friends have stood by him faith
fully, never doubting his integrity.
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sold on a positive guarantee. Cures heart
burn, raising of the food, distress after
eating or any form of dyspepsia. One
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Dallas. Oregon.
1, 1904
Discount Sale closes at the
HUB CLOTHING STORE.
Have you availed yourself of the op
portunity of this sale? If not, you
have 8 more days to do so We will
say this, that you never had a chance
like this before in Dallas to get good,
well-made Clothing and Overcoats at
any such prices as we are selling them.
WALL PAPER. AND
PAINT STORE f
any papering or painting
Us
on labor or material.
CORNES
Dallas, Oregon
Won Game at Salem.
"The Dallas College second basket
ball team defeated the Salem Y. M.
A. second team on the latter's court
Saturday evening in a fast and ex
citing game. The team work of the
Dallas boys was too much for the
Salem players, and the game was won
by a score of 31 to 10.
More Rural Telephones.
Arrangements are complete for
another rural telephone line from
Monmouth. The line will run north
from Monmouth about six miles and
will serve a thickly populated farming
community. The plans for a line
running west from that town are also
being made, and, if successful, the
entjre rural section of the south part
of the county will have telephone con
nections.
mm
Consumption is a 'human
weed flourishing best in weak
lungs. Like other weeds it's
easily destroyed while young ;
when old, sometimes im
possible.
Strengthen the lungs as you
v-ould weak land and the
"ceds will disappear..
The best lung fertilizer is
scotts Emulsion. Salt pork
is good too, but it is very hard
to digest.
The time to treat consump
tion is when you begin trying
to rude it trom yourselt,
Others see it, you won't.
JJont wait until you can t
deceive yourself any longer.
Begin with the first thought
to take Scott's Emulsion. If
it isn't really consumption so
much the better; you will soon
forget it and be better for the
treatment, it it is consump
tion you can t expect to be
cured at once, but if vou will
begin in time and will be
rigidly regular in your treat
ment you will win.
Scott's Emulsion, fresh air,
rest all you can, eat all you
can, that's the treatment and
that's the best treatment
We will send you
a little of the Emul
sion free.
Be sure that this picture in
the tanm of a label a on the
wrapper of every bottk of
JLauuuoa too buy.
SCOTT & BO WISE,
Chemists,
409 Pearl St., N. Y.
50c and ft; all druggists.
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OREGON SHEEP ARE BEST
Such Is Judgment of Ohio Breeder,
Expert and Writer.
A. A. Bates, of Ohio, left Saturday
night for home, after having attended
the livestock convention in Portland
acted as judge of sheep at the Dallas
Livestock Show, and visited several
localities in this state to study the
sheep industry. Ho is a writer for
the American Sheep Breeder, one of
the leading journals of that branch of
the livestock industry, and is himself
a breeder of fancy stock. His high
opinion . of Oregon will therefore be
effective in deciding breeders through
out the country where conditions are
unfavorable to look in this direction
for locations, and those whose flocks
need improvement will turn to Oregon
for strong, healthy animals. He said
"My observations have convinced
me that Oregon is the best place in
the United States for breeding sheep
and goats. With an abundance of
green stuff, mild climate and every
advantage for production of the best
foodstuffs' to make prime mutton,
there is no other place to compare with
it. Lambing is early and the lambs
can have the best of range, going to
higher altitudes as the season ad
vances, where they have an abundance
of shad pure water and at all periods
plenty of fresh grass, stimulating
growth and making it possible to grow
the largest, soundest animalsT have
ever found in any locality.
GOOD GRADE OF SHEEP
"The grade of stock grown is also
good. The Baldwin Sheep and Land
Company,' in Eastern Oregon, in
Crook County, have some of the finest
rams I have seen. Moreover; the
climate seems particularly well adapt
ed to the best development and growth.
The rains wash the wool clean and
there is extraordinary freedom from
diseases that beset flocks in some por
tions of the country, where more
severe weather occurs.
"Oregon -is rapidly becoming the
breeding ground for the best classes
of sheep in the country. It is today
the breeding ground for the supply
demanded in Middle States feeding
lots, because there is no other place
where such a large percentage of
lambs can be saved.
"It may not be generally known,
even here in Oregon, but the Willam
ette Valley is the only place la America
where long-wool sheep can be grown
successfully. I have seen flocks of
the long-wool varieties that could not
be excelled in England, and Great
Britain has been given credit for the
best in the world in that line. When
the Oregon breeders fully realize their
valuable advantages for this breed
ing, the rest of the country will come
here instead of going abroad for rams,
The wool is of the best fiber, clean and
long, and the animals attain greater
weight than elsewhere. There were
some animals at the Dallas show that
could not be surpassed anywhere.
GOAT8 DO WELL HERE.
"I have paid some attention to goats
also, but my visit to Oregon has been
the means of giving me some con
ception of the importance to which
that branch of the livestock Industry
has come. There were 20 exhibitors
of goats at Dallas, having some 60
animals. I have never seen better,
and they were of greater weight and
produce better mohair than those of
the Southwest. The fiber is longer
and of good quality, while their skin
is white and free from blemish, the
mohair commanding a higher price
in the market than is paid for mohai
grown in other sections.
"The sheep breeding business is in
its infancy here, as it is throughout
the country, and growei'3 are just be-
ginning to grasp the details that
should be adopted and mean most for
its future. In the Willamette Valley
there are more of such animals grown
than in any other farming region of
the country. But the farmers should
adopt some lessons from their English
cousin. Kutabagas, carrots, beets
and other succulent roots and grains
can be produced in abundance. By
feeding these things properly mutton
can be made of flavor to command
the highest market prices. In Great
Britain mutton for certain consump
tion is fed entirely on certain rations.
Some people laugh at the idea, but it
is proved beyond dispute."
Ned Gerlinger Returns.
Ned Gerlinger (Edward E. Garrick)
returned Saturday from Chicago to
his home in Portland. Mr. Gerlinger
has been with the "Billionaire" Com
pany during the entire season and
returns to his home for a short visit
on account of the disbandment of the
Billionaire" Company, whose ten
weeks' engagement at the Iroquois
Theater has been cancelled on account
of the fire. Nearly all of the scenery
of the company had been installed in
the theater and was destroyed by the
re. Mr. -Gerlinger is the youngest
son of L. Gerlinger of Portland. Sun
day Oregon ian.
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Cctrricrton, Da II, Oregon.
DALLAS IS MAKING STEADY
AND HEALTHY GROWTH
Population of City
People Inside the Corporate Limits
Is 1449.
Dallas' population has passed the 1500 mark. The census just completed
by the Observer shows that the total number of inhabitants of the city at the
present time is 1523. Of this number, 1419 are inside the corporate limits, and
74 live in the immediate suburbs. The population inside the city limits in
1900, according to the. Government count, was 1271. It will therefore be seen
that the gain in population in three
The Observer's count of the number
of people living in Dallas was com
pleted last Thursday. A careful
enumeration shows the number of in
habitants to be 1523. Mr. F. G. Elliott,
wno maae- tne count, visited every
residence, hotel and lodging house in
the city, and carefully enumerated the
people living at each place. No in
formation relative to nativity, occupa
tion or nationality was sought, the
only object of the count being to
ascertain the exact number of people
living in Dallas at the present time.
The result cannot be other than
gratifying to every citizen, as it proves
that Dallas is making a steady and
healthy growth. It is true that in
dividual estimates have placed the
population as high as 1600 or 1800, but
such estimates are optimistic as a
rule, and a "count of noses" is needed
once in awhile to keep us from placing
our figures too high.
The population inside the city limits
by wards is as follows :
First ward 508
Second ward 501
Third ward.. 440
No people outside the city limits
were counted except those who may be
properly classed as suburban resi
dents. Taking the courthouse as a
starting point, our enumerator covered
the following territory : North to the
Chapman prune orchard; East to the
W. W. Miller house; South to J. B.
Nunn's farm, and West to the reservoir
site. The property cnbraeed in this
area is all st rietly subuiban, and uone
of tbe-pointn lii-iw r.j,'t,ir.cd lift' more
than one-fourth of c iiyue outside the
city limits.
The count was made by visiting
every business house and residence in
the city and ascertaining the exact
number of people living in each house.
No enumeration was made of college
students whose homes are outside of
Dallas, and none of the laborers em
ployed in "the sconstruction of the
waterworks were counted except those
who are actual residents of the city.
GENERAL SUMMARY
The following statistics as to sex,
age and domestic conditions will
doubtless prove interesting to the
Observer's readers :
Married males 342
Married females 338
PLEASED WITH HIS PURCHASE
N.
C. Mathers Says American Goat
Breeders Are Recognizing the
Value of Large Angoras.
N. C. Mathers, . a prominent goat
breeder of Cambria, California, writes
the Bural Northwest as follows :
"I notice that in your issuo of
November 15, Mr. Hoerle seems to take
some satisfaction in the fact that some
of the American goat breeders
recognizing the value of large
nro
An.
goras, such as he has always favored
I concur with Mr.
Hoerle in his ;
opinions and I have tried to follow
his advice since I entered the goat
business eight years ago, but have
had rather poor success in tho matter
of size on account of not being able to
get such bucks as I wanted. A short
time ago, however, I purchased a buck-
kid from Mr. U. S. Grant, of Dallas,
who advertises in your columns, and
I am glad to say that I now have an
animal that just suits-my fancy. He
is very large, being almost the size of
yearlings, symmetrical in form, with
a grand carriage, and carrying a
fleece that hangs in long spiral ring
lets all over his body from his horns
almost down to his hoofs, and if it
continues to grow -as it is now doing,
the hair will reach tho ground before
spring. I have been unable to find
any kemp at all in his fleece. I con
sider him a beauty and believe in
time he will be a match for Cortez.
"I hope that success will attend the
efforts of all who are trying to build
up the Angora and mohair business
in all its branches, both of production
and manufacture."
A Hard Story.
Fifty years ago Breeze Gibson and
his brother, George D. Gibson, now of
Pomeroy, Washington, when they
were small boys on the Polk county
farm in the Eola hills, cut open a
small oak sapling and inserted in it a
small stone. They agreed that in
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money tf it
fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature
Is on saxh box. Sia.
Is 1523-Number of
years, in the city proper, is 14 per cent.
Unmarried males over 21 years . . .134
Unmarried females over 18 years. . 73
Widowers 28
Widows 55
Male children under 21 years 299
Female children under 18 years. .254
Total 1523
The number of voters inside the city
limits, as enumerated by wards, is as
follows : First ward, 153 ; second ward,
155 ; third ward, 175, Total, 483.
The total number of voters in Dallas,
including the suburbs, Is 504.
The number of dwelling houses, by
wards, is as follows : First ward, 128 ;
second ward, 12(3; third ward, 83
Total 337. At tho time of tho enumera
tion, only two vacant dwelling houses
were found in the-city -one of these is
an old, tumbled-down shack in Ger
mantown, so dilapidated that it is un
fit for occupancy ; the other is a house
in Second Ward from which a family
has recently moved, and which i
already rented to other parties.
The per centage of families owning
their homes is as follows : First ward,
60 per cent ; second ward, G9 per cent ;
third ward, 64 per cent.
The number of small families in
Dallas is remarkable. If a similar
state of affairs exists elsewhere in the
United States, our worthy President
has good grounds for his fear of
"race extinction." Eighty-three fam
ilies are childless, and in each of 76
homes there is but one child. The
number of families with two children
is larger, and in many homes the
olive branches number from four to
six. One good couple has been blessed
with nine children, and in one happy
home in the Second Ward seven small
boys standing in a row remind one of
a flight of stairs.
Our enumerator found the people of
Dallas cheerful, contented and pros
perous. No visible signs of squalor
or privation were any whore in evi
dence, and improvements were noted
on every hand.
The census just completed shows
that the town is steadily moving for
ward, and that tho growth is of a sub
stantial character. At tho present
rate of increase in population, the day
is not far distant when Dallas will be
a busy and thriving town of 2000
inhabitants.
fifty years they would return to the
spot and cut down the tree and see
how it had taken care of the stone.
They found tho tree over a foot
through, and it had completely grown
over the stone. What is more strange,
the wood around tho stone has itself
turned to stone. This piece of the oak
treo, with the stone ingeniously im
bedded and grown over is now at the
Statesman office, and it will bo put in
the museum of tho Stato Historical
Society at Portland. Tho tree stood
on the farm that now belongs to
James Sykes. Salem Statesman.
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FIRE PROTECTION FOR DALLAS
Canyon Creek Water Will Be Flow
ing in City Mains Within the
Next Three Weeks.
Canyon Creek water will be flowing
in the mains in the streets of Dallas
inside of tho next three weeks. Tho
force of workmen who have been lay
ing the conduit from the mountains
to the reservoir site have about finish
ed tneir work, and the city water
mains will soon be completed. Con
tractor H. V. Gates informs us that he
will not wait to finish tho reservoir be
fore turning tho water into the mains,
but will make the connection as soon
as the conduit pipe is all in. Work
on the 300,000 gallon reservoir will be
gin in a few days
Mr. Gates says that the mountain
pipe will carry a sufficient volume of
water to furnish two good fire streams,
even without the use of tho reservoir.
and he is anxious to give the city this
greatly needed protection as soon as
possible. When the reservoir is com
pleted, there will be an inexhaustible
supply of water for six or eight
streams. The extent of lire nrotoetion
will then depend entirely upon the
amount of hose furnished by the city.
Thirty-six hydrants have already
ueen uisu iDuced over town, and more
will bo provided if necessary.
This
is a greater number of hydrants than
J . i . . . t ..
is louna in many towns twice as
large as Dallas. In the business por
tion of the town, there is a hydrant at
every street crossing, and it will be
possible to reach many business build-
lags with eight streams of water. This
number of streams, however, is greater
than is ever used in a town where the
buildings aro only two' and three
stories high. Tho hydrants in the
residence portion of tho town extend
tar into tne suburbs, and the protec
tion will bo ample
-ine jjanas water-works are con
structed on the plan that is most
highly indorsed by all insurance
companies and tho lire departments of
the largo cities that of a gravity, eir-
dilating system. With a water system
of this kind, the clanger of loss from
lire is reduced to the minimum. Tho
people of Dallas will hail with satis
faction tho installation of a water sup.
ply that will afford them relief from
the burdensome insurance rates they
nave been compelled to pay in past
years. With a reduction In rati
many merchants will increase the
amount of insurance carried, and
Arms doing business iu the wooden
rows, where Insurance is now im
possible to bo had, will be enabled to
secure protection for their stocks of
goods. The amount of money saved
each year by a reduction in insurance
rates snouiu ue sumcient to pay every
cent of tho interest on tho water bonds,
mil tho Observer, believes that such
win be tiio case when tho present
system of water-works is completed.
Mrs. B. Casey visited in Portland
Wednesday and Thursday.
Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Young, formerly
of this city but now living in The
Dalles, are visiting relatives near
Lewisville.
The new Southern Oregon State
Normal School building in Ashland
win bo dedicated on the evening of
January 2!). An appropriate program
will be given by the faculty and
students. President Mulkev has sent
out neat invitations to tho friends of
the school to be present and participate
in tho exercises.
The Salem correspondents of the
Portland dailies were sadly mixed in
tneir reports or tne basket-ball game
between the Dallas and Y. M. O. A.
teams at Salem, Saturday evening,
giving out tho information that the
Salem team won by a score of 31 to 10,
The score was 31 to 10 all right, but it
hapi'iis that the Dallas boys had the
winning end of it.
Alfred G. Wathall, the composer of
"The Sultan of Sulu," has recently
placed with his publishers, M. Wit-
mark & Sons, a number of new coin
positions, among which are two
Spanish novelties, "In Old Havana,"
and the "Girls of Luzon," both of
which are full of tho charming atmos
phere of Old Spain ; and a dainty coon
lullaby, which has not yet been given
a title.
Have Moved to Portland.
J. C. Adams and son, Louis, left for
their new home in Portland, Tuesday.
Mr. Adams has purchased a desirable
lot in City View Park and will build
upon it this Summer. Before leaving
Dallas he sold all of his property in
Polk county. Dr. Mark Hayter pur
chased his lot and house on Wash
ington street, and Kev. M. B. Young
bought the 10-aere prune orchard
south of town. Mr. Adams came to
Dallas from Eastern Washington
eleven years ago, and has practiced
law Here since mat tune. Jiis wile
died recently, and ho decided to move
to Portland, where his daughter, Mrs.
Marshall Blessing, will keep house
for him.
EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST teacher.
L'ge Acker's EngMph- Remedy In any
case of coughs, cold or croup. Should it
fail to Kive Immediate relief money re
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rlrjgton. Dallas. Oregon.
nr
Absolutely Pare
THERE iS NO SUBSTITUTE
WANT LOCAL OPTION LAW
Prohibitionists Would Invoke the Aid
of the Initiative to Secure De
sired Legislation.
Members of the Stato Prohibition
Alliance are making a strong effort to
enact the local option law under the
initiative. The bill would allow local
option to counties, towns and precincts
as to traffic in intoxicating beverages.
The Prohibition people must secure
signatures of 7200 qualified voters on
a petition in order to initiate their
measure and they must file the petition
F. I. Dunbar, Secretary of State
not later than a week from next Satur
day. Should they succeed, electors
will vote on the bill at the general
election next June. Should more votes
be cast for the bill than against it, in
tho election, the measure will become,
a law.
In that event, 10 per cent of tho
voters in any county, or in any sub-
division of any county, or in any pre
mnct, can require an election in their
county on the question of prohibiting
S!ll of liquor. Should a majority of
the electors in the respective locality
declare themselves for prohibition,
any person therein who should sell
alcoholic beverage would be liable to
punishment.
O. II. Cobb circulated a petition in
Dallas this week and secured a con
siderable number of signers. The pe
tition will be forwarded to the S-.-i-ifta ry'
of Slato at once.
Hops About All Sold.
The number of bales of 1903 hops in
the hands of tho growers in the stato
at the present time is small. The
Salem Statesman estimates the num
ber at 1 too bales, more than one-half
of which are held by Marion county
fanners. Sales at prices ranging
from 2(i to 28 cents were made in Yam
hill county last week.
Celebrated Sliver Wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Belt celebrated
their silver wedding anniversary last
Friday evening at their home. About
40 relatives and friends were present.
The evening was spent in music and
games, and in having a good time
generally. A chicken supper, with
ice cream and cake, was served dur
ing the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Belt
were tho recipients of many costly and
useful presents. This was considered
one of the most brilliant social affairs
of the season. Sheridan Sun.
New Officers Installed.
LaCreolo Encampment, No. 20,
I. O. O. F., installed officers Monday
evening, as follows:
F. II. Morrison, C. P.
J. E. Sibley, J. W.
A. W. Teats, II. P.
P. J. Coad, Treas.
F. A. Stiles, Scribe.
W. A. Ayres, J. W.
J. L. Castle, O. S.
T. B. Rowell, I. S.
Bidding Was Lively.
The Sheriff's sale of real property to
satisfy delinquent taxes for tho year
1902 was held at the courthouse, Fri
day forenoon. The amount of de
linquent taxes was the smallest in the
history of Polk county, only $353 re
maining unpaid on the roll when the
sale began. The bidding was spirit
ed, and tho county was obliged to bid
in only two small tracts of land. The
average rate of interest bid was 20 per
cent. Deputy Clerk W. F. Nichols la
making good progress in the work of
extending the 1903 roll, and it will be
n the Sheriff's hands for collection
about February 10.
Played Out.
lJull Headache, P'-.s In various part;
of the body Sinking at the Pit of tne
Stomach, Loss of Appetite, Feverishness,
1'lnipli or Sores are all poaitive evidence
of itrpure blood. No matter how it be
came so. It must be purified in order to
obtain good health. Acker's Blood Ellxit
has never failed to cure Scrofulous ot
Syphilitic poisons or any other blood
diseases. It Is certainly a wonderful
remedy and we sell every bottle on a posi
tive guarantee. Belt & Cherrington, Dal
las, ornron.
DYSPEPSIA CAS BE CURED BY Dlng
Acker's Dyspepsia Teblets. One llttls
Tablet will give Immolate rc!!sf or rr.nv.'y
refunded. Sold In handsome tin boies
at 2a cents. Beit Cherrington, Dal.a,
Oregon.