i fiifiiifii'i wi i r- i k VOL. XVI. DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 2, 1904 NO. 48. III! Sill THE HUB CLOTHING STORE R. JACOBSON & CO. G. W. HOLLISTER, Manager. UGLOW BLOCK DALLAS, ORE. THE NEW A new and complete line of Wall Paper, Paints, Oils and Glass. All sorts of Stains and Wood Finishes. Painters' and Paper Hangers' Supplies. Pictures, Mouldings, and Pictures framed to order. Painting, wood finishing, room decorating and sign lettering done. Satis faction guaranteed on all work. If you are thinking of doing See No charge for estimates HEATH & Mill Street You Can Get Your If You Buy Your Groceries of Loughary and Company. . THE VERY BEST of NEW GOODS ARRIVING BY EVERY FREIGHT. Their prices are right and All Goods are Guaranteed. LOUGHARY PHONE NO. 44 EXERCISES AT MONMOUTH Midyear Commencement of State Normal School Attracts Large Crowds. The annual reception by the junior class at the State Normal was given Saturday evening. The large assembly-room was decorated with wreaths of Oregon grape and evergreen en twined with the class colors. In the center of the room was suspended a large '05 in evergreens and just be neath this were the same figures in Chinese lanterns. Scattered among the decorations were interspersed Chinese lanterns, giving a very pleas ing effect. The whole effect of the work was among the best ever seen at the Normal. A literary and musical pro gramme was rendered and a moving picture, in which William Metzger represented Father Time, Miss Ger trude Eddy, -Spring, Miss Candace Brown, Summer, Miss Jennie Neal, Autumn, and Miss Esther Anderson, Winter. The separate characters in the play appeared from a bower of evergreen rendered the part belonging to their special season and disappeared in a grove of firs. The programme was enjoyed by the large audience and the evening closed with a grand leap-year march. The music was furnished by the orchestra under the supervision of Frank Lucas. 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Miss May Shofner delivered an oration on "A Character Study Jacob Bus," in an easy, pleasing manner. Mr. Petteys rendered a violin solo, which was well received. Miss Stella Hampton and Miss Ellen Johnson each appeared in an oration. Their subjects were well developed and they presented them well. The class will was read by Miss Bertha Leader. Miss Naomi Cowan presented the class gift, a fine, large historical painting, "The Peace Ball." The music for the evening was fur nished by the Normal Cadet Orches tra. At the opening of the evening Mr. Buell, on behalf of the freshman class, presented the eniors with a floral horseshoe. During the afternoon a burlesque game of basketball between the Hi bernians and the faculty furnished much amusement to the large crowd of spectators. SICK HEADACHE ABSOLUTELY and permanently cured by using Mokl Tea. A pleasant herb drink. Curea constipation and indigestion, makes you eat, sleep, work and happy. Satisfaction guaranteed or money back. 23 eta. and SO eta. Belt A Chtrrtngton. Dallaa, Oregon. LOST GAME TO WASHINGTON Dallas College Went to Defeat in Hardest Fought Basket-Ball Game of the Season. For the second time in her history, Dallas College has seen her basket ball team go down to defeat on -the home floor. The game with the Uni versity of Washington on Tuesday evening was a battle royal, in which strength and weight were matched with skill and science, and ' the ath letes from tho North used their super ior force to make the contest the most brutal exhibition of amateur sport ever seen in Dallas. The college boys are so badly bruised and crippled that they will riot be in good playing trim for many weeks, and possibly not again this season. McDonald, the University center, is a physical giant, and is perhaps the most perfect specimen of the trained and developed athlete on tho Pacific Coast. He is over six feet tall, weighs 198 pounds stripped, and is as quick and active as a eat. Skill counted for naught against his style of playing, ana tne Dallas men wno went up against him were swept aside like so many straws, or else crushed to the floor. When he got possession of the ball, he forced his way through all opposition and threw it into the basket at will. Tho Washington men were all large, husky fellows, and out classed the Dallas players from 20 to 30 pounds to the man. The Washing ton referee was under the control of McDonald, and did the big fellow's bidding at all times. The game was simply terrific. The first half was foot-ballnot basket ball. The second half was a decided improvement on the first, and the spectators had the privilege of seeing some of the swiftest work ever put on in Dallas. In handling the ball and in team work, the Dallas players were far superior to their opponents. In goal throwing, the Washington men were decidedly the more proficient. The score at the end of the first half stood 12 to 7 in favor of Washington. In the second half, the lads in crim son got together in old-time form, and, in spite of bruised heads and twisted knees, played their opponents to a standstill. The final score stood 22 to 16 in favor of Washington. Dur ing the game Dallas threw five baskets which were not allowed, bo cause of technicalities. Poling played a heroic game at cen ter, and held down his husky opponent as rro Oregon player has ever been able to do before. His goal throwing at critical points added materially to the Dallas score. Hoffman and Gates put up a consistently strong game at guard, and were in every play. Wil son and Teats, forwards, played grand ball and in the last half shot baskets in a style that brought the six hundred spectators to their feet with yells of delight. Although the game is lost, the de feat was far from inglorious, and the Dallas boys accepted tho result like true sportsmen and gentlemen and maintained their reputation for being clean athletes under all circumstances. While they fully realize that they were given anything but a fair opportunity to win the game, no word of complaint has been uttered by any one of them, and the ever-to-be-regretted whine that too often comes from a defeated team will never be raised by them. They played basket-ball, and played it to the limit, and are not kicking at the result. The Observer has no desire to meddle in young men's sports and games, but feels confident that it voices the sentiments of the friends of the Dallas College team when it sug gests to the team officials that they should be more firm in demanding the rights and protection which the rules of basket-ball afford against un fair referees and rough playing. The Dallas officials, as well as players, are honorable, clean athletes, and they seem always to take it for granted that their opponents are the same. This confidence is often abused, and it is time for the boys to "wise up" a bit. There is such a thing in this world as being too generous. MULTNOMAH GAME.' The game between Dallas College and the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club last Friday evening resulted in a victory for Dallas by a score of 17 to 5. The game was slow, compared with most of the games that have been played in Dallas this winter, and the Portland boys showed a lack of practice. Rasch did the test work for Multnomah, while the Dallas players all put up their usual snappy game. Poling, the college center, threw three goals from the field. Launer, who played as substitute on account of the illness of Ford, was in the game at all times, and gave a good account of himself. The two teams lined up as follows : M. A. A. C. Dallas. Steadman forward Teats Brandon forward Launer Rasch center Poling Barton guard Hoffman Percy guard Wilson A preliminary game between Dallas TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet. All druggists refund the money If It falls to cure. E. W. Grave's signature Is en each box. lie. College and Multnomah second teams resulted in a score of 8 to 3 in favor of the college boys. Interest is now centered in the games with the Portland All-Stars and tho Willamette University. The game with Portland will be played in Dallas the last week in February, and the contest with Willamette will take place on the Salem floor at a date to bo decided upon by the managers of the two teams. Corvallis Gazette Expands. Congratulations to Publisher O. A, Dearing, who has enlarged tho Cor vallis Gazette to a six-column quarto. The Gazette is a bright and ably- edited paper, and is' enjoying splendid growth under its new management. H. E. Smith, special agent of the Home Insurance Co., of New York, was a Dallas visitor, ; Friday. He says that Dallas is ' sure to receive a neat reduction in insurance rates when the new water-works are com pleted and in operation. John R. Cooper, of Independence, was in Dallas, Monday, greeting old friends and acquaintances. WILL HAVE NOlfe OF IT j 3 Business Men Do Not Favor Vertical Handwriting Taught In the Public Schools. There probably never., was an inno vation in educational methods so readily and widely accepted as that of vertical writing. Before most people had even heard that such a system was proposed, the change was in fact practically accomplished in almost all the schools of the United States and Canada. And it is not a lovable style of penmanship. It has a discouraging sameness whether penned by child or youth, girl or boy. Doubtless it is easy to teach, which may account for its ready acceptance bj teachers; but it destroys to a large extent the in dividuality of handwriting. The following remarks in this connection are from the Boise S it wvtan : The vertical syston' tfr pen nkB,n ship is now undergoing cri' i .! investiga tion in Salt' LalfcO adjUils. liiis 'h in response to ob'Ji-'etions to the system raised by a number of business men who are very pronounced against it. Superintendent Christenson has de termined to try a semi-vertical system in two of the public schools as an ex periment. The objections are that the letters are too large, that there is not enough individuality in the various hands, and that there is not sufficient freedom of movement for speed. The system has been abandoned in the public schools of Los Angeles and is undergoing investigation in other leading cities of the coast. 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( !iV SEWERAGE SYSTEM NEXT Dallas City Council Preparing to Be gin Another Important Public Improvement. If the present plans of the city council are carried out, Dallas will have a good system of sewerage in operation in the business district with in the next few months. The board held a special meeting Monday eve ning and discussed the proposed im provement in a general way, and it was decided to proceed with the work as soon as necessary plans and spoci fications for a practicable system are decided upon. The first move will bo to sewer the business portion of tho city only, and no steps will be taken toward extend ing the system to the residence district until property-owners petition for the proposed improvement. When the business houses and residences in all the blocks on each side of Main street from the public school building to Academy street are provided with sewerage, a long step will have been taken toward making Dallas a clean town. The system now under con sideration by the council would con sist of two main sowers, one on Wash ington street and one on Oak street, with laterals on Railroad, Main and Jefferson streets ; the cost of the mains to be paid out of the general fund of the city, and the expense of putting in the laterals to be assessed to the property directly benefited. No plaus have been definitely decided upon as yet, however, and no further action will be taken by the council until an examination of sewer systems in other towns in Western Oregon has been made with a view of determining the kind of system most suitable for Dallas. At tho meeting Monday evening, Councilman A. li. Muir was instructed to go to Corvallis early next week and look over the system in use by that city. Corvallis has been putting in sewerage for the last three or four years, and the system is said to be highly practicable for cities of the smaller class. Dallas is splendidly situated for putting in 'sewerago at a low cost, the natural drainage of tho town be ing unsurpassed. At no point will it be necessary to lay the pipe at a great depth, and, as a survey of the street grades has already been made, no high-salaried civil engineer will be needed to superintend tho work of putting in the mains and laterals. The business men of the city are all earnest in their demand for sewerage, and will aid the council in the effort to make Dallas a clean and attractive town. No one will be seriously burdened by tho cost of tho improve ment, and tho benefits that will be derived arc beyond power to estimate. Will Ship Wood to Frisco. Tho first cargo of cord wood ever shipped from Portland to San Fran cisco will go out next week. Those who profess to know say there is an unusual demand for fire wood in the California metropolis, the local sup ply having fallen short. It is esti mated that after all cartage and transportation charges are paid it can be laid down thero at $H a cord by be ing procured at points on the Columbia river. As the best grade of coal down that way costs 12 a ton, wood is held to be much cheaper. Shipping men say this matter is likely to develop in to a healthy industry. Timber is be coming scarce in California and it is probable that tho Oregon forests will have to be drawn on regularly. Journal. Trip Planned for All-Stars. Arrangements have been made by which the All-stars, tho crack basket ball team of tho Portland Y. M. C. A., will take a trip of the valley the latter part of the month, in order to play tho basketball teams. The team will leave Portland Monday, February 29, and will play in turn the following teams : Dallas College, Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis, McMiunville College, Monmouth Normal School, Willamette University and the Y. M. C. A. at Salem. This will bring the team home in a week after they have started. The All-stars are in good shape now and the games should be good drawing-cards throughout the Interior. Evening Telegram. Hop Contracts Recorded. The first sales of 1904 hops in Marion county have just been made public, when three contracts were filed in the office of the Cou nty Recorder last week. One of these contracts was made be tween Lillienthal Bros, and A. C. Man ning and George B. McClellan, of Gervais, and calls for 10,000 pounds of hops, the agreed price being 17 J cents per pound. The other two contracts were made by the same firm of dealers and Mike Keppinger, of Gervais, of 10,000 pounds each, one for the year 1904, and the other for the year 1905, the stipulated price in the former be ing lfi, and in the latter I f cent. EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST teacher. Use Acker's English Remedy In any case of coughs, cold or croup. Should It fall to give Immediate relief money re funded 25 cts. and GO eta. Belt A Cher- rtnrtoa. Dallaa. Oregon. Team of Heavy Weights. There appears to be no such thing as weight limit in basket-ball and the Observer is thinking seriously of get ting up a team to go against all the heavy-weight aggregations that visit Dallas in the future. Some of the following-named gentlemen have already agreed to play, and those who refuse will be "drafted" into the ser vice. The personnel of the proposed teams is as follows: Guards, J. M. Sears and Haven Smith, of Dallas center, Bill Williams, of Airlie; for wards, John Teal, of Falls City, and Bud Frazer, of McCoy. (Bud, being something less than seven feet tall, has been chosen as the man to drop the ball into the basket). The substi stitutes will be Dr. O. D. Butler, of Independence; E. W. Fuller, Jim Hayes and H. L. Fenton, of Dallas ; Hon. "'Ike" Simpson, of Suver; Ezra Conner, of Ballston, and Jay Butler, of Monmouth. How is that for avoirdupois? Some ono has asked us who will act as referee : We in tend to officiate in that capacity, out sell. Then if we can't lick any collec tion of heavy-weights that comes along with this team, we will drop basket ball as a sport and studiously devote the remainder of our days to ping pong and flinch. CHARGES ARE REFUTED Dallas-Salem Basket-Ball Game Was Postponed On Account of Illness of Players. The following letter to tho sporting, editor of the Evening Telegram re garding tho basketball situation be tween Dallas and Willamette Univer sity of Salem, explains itself; Dallas, Or., Feb. 3 This evening's paper brings an article from Salem concerning the calling off of the basketball game between Dallas College and Willamette University. It misrepresents the Dallas team and the facts in the case. Neither the first game nor this game was called off for the purpose of more practice not in the least but because of the illness of several of tho players, and the trip to be mado in private conveyance in such conditions was not considered ad visable. In fact the president of Dallas Collego refused to make this trip in their present condition. The manager of the Dallas College team telephoned Manager Winslow of the Willamette team that the cause of de ferring the game was as above stated, and not to give the team more practice. The gamo was only postponed for the time being, and not permanently, as stated by tho Salem correspondent. Tho lads from W. U. will have plenty of chances to test their skill with the lads in crimson before tho season is over. Dallas has not been blowing con-, cerningthe championship, but justly claims it, and will prove thatthey are worthy to claim such an honor. K. ALEX VANOESDEL, Manager Dallas Collego Basketball Team. Purchases Suburban Property. John M. Lynn, of Salt Creek, has purchased the Albert Meier tract of 74 acres of land, south of town, and will move his family to tho place in about two weeks. Ho will engage in hop growing, gardening and fruit raising, for all of which purposes the land is well adapted. Tho farm was formerly rented by Henry Fern, and is con veniently located, being less than one mile from the Dallas postoffico and public school. Long Sick and Nerv ous Headaches. Dr. Miles Anti-Pain Pills Cured Me. They Gave Me Instant Relief. The common affliction of all mankind is headache. From it few are entirely free. Dr. Miles' Anti-l'ain Fills will cure and in most instances prevent headache of any kind or decree. If you cannot enjoy theatre going, car-riding, dancing, if you are subject to nausea from nervous excitement, the fatigues of travel or s glit-seeing, lake an Anti-Pain Pill before an attack comes on and you will find that you can successfully ward off all disagreeable symptoms. 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The officers of tho Oregon City Land " Office announce that approved plats to three different tracts of land have been received from tho Surveyor General of Oregon, and that the same will be subject to entry during March and April. The location of the tracts and the dates on which they will lie- thrown open to settlement are as follows : Township 10 south, rango 11 west (fractional), March 22, 1901 ; township 7 south, range 11 west (fractional), April 6; township 10 south, range 9 west (fractional), April 13. , Falls City School Report. FALLS CITY, Or., February 8-The following is the report of the Falls City public school for the month end ing January 29, 1901: Number en rolled, 131; average daily attendance, 120; tardy, 4; visitors, 34; pupils neither absent nor tardy, 77. Teachers, H. C. Seymour, Lydia Campbell, Jessie Bryant. A fourth teacher, Mrs. Hopkins, has been added, owing to tho largo number of pupils. Republican Club at Independence. Tho Ilepublicans of Independence have taken the first step in tho cam paign work of 1904, by organizing a club of over 100 members. J. L. Banna- Is president of the club, and Claude Fryer is secretary. Much enthusiasm is manifested by the Republicans of our neighbor town, and tho new club starts out with bright prosjiects of be coming a powerful factor in carrying the Republican ticket to victory in Polk county. Tomorrow evening n banquet will be held, to which promi nent Republicans all over the stato have been invited. New Telephone Directors. Tho Luckiamuto Rural Telephone Company has elected J. H. Hawley, James Withrow and J. J. Thurston members of tho board of directors. James Helmick and Wm. Williams were also elected as directors to take tho placo of Tracy Staats and B. F. Smith. The "Happy Hooligan" show met a chilly reception in Dallas last Friday evening. Only a few seats were sold for the performance, and the audience was made up mostly of small boys. 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