Ask for M. J. B. poffpp at Riptjs Try 8ud flour, ut Kiggs.' Try one of our Cakea ; none better, HlOGS. Home-made bread the ODly made, Rigom. City council meeting next Mouda night. Raffia for basket work at Mrs, Meteger's. P. A. Fiuseth was a Portland visitor, Wednesday. J. B. Nunn went to Portland on a business visit, Tuesday. O. E. Leet, of Falls City, was county seat visitor yesterday. The Obseuveb job office wants the printing you are particular about, Alfred Stump, of Salem, was in Dal las on a business visit, Saturday Read the new ad of Loughary & Company's grocery store in this issue of the Obseuveb. Dr. M. L. Thompson, the Palls City druggist, was in Dallas on a business errand yesteruay. Born, Friday, February 5, 1904, to Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Chapman, of Dallas, a daughter. R. Jacobson, proprietor of the Hub clothing store, was up from McMinn- ville a few days this week. New line of dress trimmings, laces, embroideries and lace curtains, Snap, py stuff at Pollock's Cash Store. Blue Audalv.siaD chickens no better in Oregon four roosters for sale ; also eggs. Zni Hinshaw, Falls City, Or, The Lewis and Clark Division will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Ellis next Tuesday afternoon. A heavy gust of wind blew down the dead wall on the lot east of the Obser veb office yesterday afternoon. Loss, nominal. Dr. H. L. Toney, dentist; graduate of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Office up stairs Uglow building. Hours 8 to 12 and 1 to 5. Examinations free. Phone 45. David R. Isaac, of Falls City, was before the Probate Court, Monday, making a final settlement of the Wil liam Beutley estate, of which ho was administrator. Dan W. Kaup, the popular agent of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, is in Dallas this week, and is kept busy acknowledging the greetings of his many friends. Rev. Leonard W. Riley, general Baptist missionary for Oregon, will preach at the Baptist church in Dallas next Sunday morning, and at Mon mouth in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Elliott left for Brownsville, Tuesday morning. They will make their home on a farm near that town, and Mr. Elliott will en gage in outdoor work in the hope of benefiting his health. F. K. Hubbard, president of the Falls City telephone company, was a Dallas visitor, Wednesday. He informs us that a meeting of the stockholders will be he.d in Falls City tomorrow to consider plans for building a due to Dallas. The Observer office want to do th; printing you are particular about. Colds and grip are prevalent in Dallas this week, and everybody is praying for a good, warm rain. Invitations are out for the wedding of Miss Laura Whiteman and Frank W. Howe, which is to take place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mc Devitt, in Dallas, Wednesday, Febru ary 24, at 10 o'clock. It is reported that Dr. Goucher, of McMinnville, and Dr. Smith, of Sheridan, are preparing to build first-class plank road from Dave Leno's ranch on the Yamhill reserva tion, to the beach at Salmon River. John J. Finn, of McCoy, was Dallas visitor, Saturday. He has purchased a handsome cottage at Newport, and expects to spend an en joyable vacation at that popular re sort next Summer. The Dallas Juvenile Band is prac ticing regularly and is making rapid progress. The boys will be a drawing card at picnics, celebrations and other public gatherings next Summer, and are already making engagements to play. Rev. J. H. Gallahorn, of California, will begin a revival at the Christian church on February 28. He is ac companied by the noted singer, Mr, Carroll, who sang for Sam Jones two years. Many people in Dallas re member Mr. Gallahorn as an able speaker and Christian worker. Louis Gerlinger, Jr., general man- agerof the Dallas and Falls City rail road, was married to Miss Blanche M. Robinson, in Portland, Wednesday. Mr. ana Mrs. uernnger win come to Dallas in a few days, and will occupy a part of D. P. Stouffer's residence on Main street until tney can secure a house of their own. The leap year ball at the City Hall last night was one of the pleasant social events of the year. The man agement of the ball was entirely in the hands of the ladies, which doubt less accounts for the success of the affair. The ladies paid for the music and supper, And all that the young gentlemen were required to do was to look handsome and dance when asked by some member of the fair sex. Music was furnished by the Comus orchestra, and the program lasted un til miduight. An elaborate supper was served at Stevens' restaurant. County Clerk U. S. Loughary issued license to wed to William I. Branson and Miss Delia Waters, Saturday. Mr. Bronson is the eldest son of Mr. nd Mrs. D. O. Bronson, of Lewis ille, and is an energetic young farmer. Miss Waters is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Waters, an honored and respected pioneer couple of Polk county. One hundred and five teachers are taking an examination for certificates before County School Superintendent C. L. Starr this week. Seventy-five of these applicants are trying for state rtificates, and the remainder are taking the examination for county papers. The class is the largest in the history of Polk county. The assistant examiners are Dr. C. C. Poling and Mrs. F. H. Morrison. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. From and after March 1, 1904, the subscription price of the Observer will be $1.50 a year. This advance i made necessary by the increased cost of producing the paper in its enlarged form. All subscriptions received before March 1 will be entered at the $1 rate, but after that date the yearly price wil be;$1.50. Our subscribers will please take notice of this change in rates. Death of Richard Tatom. Richard Tatom died at his home Dallas last Saturday, after a long ill ness or consumption, aged 36 years He was a son of the late Mr. an Mrs. William Tatom, and was born in Polk countv. He lived in Alask many years, and returned toPortlan about four years ago. Last October he moved to Sherwood, and early i January came to Dallas. He was married to Miss Mary Hoffman, i Sherwood, about five years ago. Hi wife, one son and one daughter sur vive him. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and carried life insurance to the amount of $2000 i the Ancient Order of United Work men. The funeral was held Tuesday morning, and burial took place in the Odd Fellows' cemetery. Mr. Tatom had a wide circle of friends in Polk county, and news of his death will be received with profound regret. The rainy and snowy weather of the last few days has seriousiy delayed the work of pipe-laying for the water works, and the men have been idle the greater part of the week. Come or write to the Observer office for blank deeds, mortgages, and other real estate blanks. No court blanks carried in stock. Once a user of our blanks, you will buy no other. Dallas people who attended the basket-ball game in Monmouth, Wed nesday night, say that the Wash ington team resorted to the same brutal tactics employed in the Dallas game to win. The first half was com paratively clean and the Washington team was only two points ahead of the Normal boys when the closing whistle was blown. In the second half, big McDonald went into the game and at once proceeded to start rough house. He threw four goals in four minutes, and hud things all his own way throughout the remainder of the game. The playing was rough in the extreme. Crowley, the Normal center, received a blow that broke off one tooth and loosened three more Of course, Washington didn't mind a little thing like that. They are slug gers from the clam-fed metropolis of Puget Sound, and they are out to win DISHES GOOD WARE NEAT PATTERNS LOW PRICES AT MEISERS' DALLAS, OREGON ANrotJMCEMEMT OF NEW AISISfTAlLS AT TTHEBJEE IIWVE STOIIE THIS WEEM, WOOiL IIESS IS-in many fancy styles; Mixed i.xr - Suitings, very swell, for tailor suits; All-wool Serges; New Granite Weaves; New Shades in Melrose Suit ings; New Albatross and Nuns Veiling; New Mohairs; New Silk -finished Melanche; New Voile Materials. These goods range in price from 50c yd. up to $1.50, and we know that the best values and best materials are here this season. It will pay you to come here and inspect these goods. NEW AKISIVAIiS in Toil Du Nord Gingham, the kind that wash so well and we sell them at the same price you pay for an inferior quality of goods. NEW GALATIA CLOTH for ladies' suits, in cotton fabrics, best material ever shown in that line. ST YIA SM SHOES EOIt jJIEN are here in a , great variety, patent leathers in Oxfords and higher cuts, new lasts, novelties that you only find at this store- HUTTEKICR PATTERNS FOR MAKCH noux here tell yoa all about the uiay you should look to be It. ISe BEE HIVE STORE. FARMERS ARE PROGRESSIVE Many Rural Telephone Lines Are Being Built in Polk County. The all-absorbing topic of interest among the farmers in Polk county just now is rural telephones. New lines are beingbuiltevery few months, and it will not be long until the whole county will be covered with a network of wires. The south end of the county has the greater number of rural tele phones, but the farmers in the north end have a line reaching from Balls tqn to Dallas, and are extending the system in every direction. As to the usefulness of a telephone in a farmhouse, there is no question, and farmers who have once enjoyed the convenience of this comparatively modern invention declare they would not part with their phone at any price. The only difference of opinion seems to be as to the comparative merits of the service and expense of the mutual companies and that of the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Com pany. In conversation with farmers from all parts of the county, we find some who are radically opposed to any but a mutual phone, while others de clare that the service of the Pacific States company is cheaper and more satisfactory in every way than that afforded by the mutual lines. The Pacific States system is in oper ation in all the towns of Polk county, and a farmer desiring to reach any great number of business firms in Dallas, Monmouth or Independence, is ooligea to instau one or tnese in struments in his home. A large number of farmers living north and south of Independence, and across the river in Marion county, have Pacific States phones and are given free con nection with the city systems of both Independence and Monmouth. The subscribers of the two rural lines Ieadingut from Dallas also enjoy similar privileges with the 140 sub scribers in this city. The farmers on these lines are given the same rates on long distance connections that are given to the town subscribers; they pay from one-half to two-thirds less per month for the use of their phones than do the people in town ; they have an all-night service; their instru ments are put in free of cost, and they do not have to pay any running ex penses, such as repairs, taxes, interest i i i on money invested, salary oi em ployes, etc. They have direct con nection with Portland, San Francisco, Seattle and all other cities and towns of the Pacific Coast at tariff rates. They save an outlay of from $14 to $15 for instruments.and an additional outlay where these instruments fail to work. All the farmer has to do in re turn for these benefits is to set the poles and string the wire, and then pay the nominal sum of 60 cents per month for the use of the phone.. The Observer has no interest in this matter further than that it would like to see the instruments in every farm house, town home, business house and office in Polk county connected in one system. The convenience and benefit of such an arrangement can be seen n an instant, and we are firmly of the opinion that time will prove that such a system would have been better and cheaper from the beginning than the cost of building and maintaining the great number of independent lines that are in operation in the county to- av. The mutual farmers lines are probably inexpensive and satisfactory, when considered strictly as farmer ines, but, judging from recent events Portland and elsewhere, it is safe to say that it will be many years be fore any independent company will be able to give its subscribers direct con nection with the important business centers of the Northwest. Have You Registered. Until the books are closed in May, the Observer will print the total num ber of voters registered In the several precincts each week. In the following table, the first column shows the num ber of the precinct; the second column the name of the precinct; the third column, the total number of voters registered in 1002, and the fourth column, the number of voters who ave registered to date. No. Precinct 1902 1004 Douglas 125 12 Jackson 107 41 Salt Lake 70 1 Spring Valley 78 1 Eola 126 8 Kickreall... 118 11 South Independence. .137 2 South Monmouth 115 7 Buena Vista.... 99 Suver 41. Luckiamute 176. Bridgeport 73. East Dallas 203. McCoy 89. 10 11 12 13 14 15 South Dallas 155 50 .0 . .2 .18 .9 .29 .30 16 17 18 20 21 North Independence. .206 2 North Dallas 154 19 Rock Creek 23 4 North Monmouth 102 1 Falls City .139.....97 Total 2336. ,..344 Hack For Sale. A good two-seated hack for sale at bargain. Inquire at this office. To The Public. I have or display in the courthouse yard a variety of ornamental trees for sale. You are cordially invited to in- pectthem. Also, a choice lot of fruit trees just west of Depot, in C. Hughes' garden. Plenty of walnuts and filbert trees on hand. Roses and climbing vines of all kinds. Write or phone me as to prices. J. B. NUNN. lodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. fCIfI. At? TIT A m AWI BELOW COST. The following are prifcejs oi a few of the many articleJare selling at great reductions; SILVERWARE i-: Berry Spoons o CENTS. Gfftvy Ladles 70 CENTS Meat Fcjks 45 CENTS vatias;;'. SgjiVenir .V V- CENTS , WATCHES About six doxen left to select from. Gents' 17-Jewel movement in 20-year, gold-filled case, for 11.00 Ladies Open-Face Watches, 20-year -case, sale price $600 $1 to $70 About 400 plain and set, solid gold ladies and gents rings, sale price CUFF BUTTONS, STICK PINS; CHAINS, CHARMS, PENS, ETC. ,,,, Everything Goes at a Bargain. FlLMHiG Jeweler and Optician Dallas, Oregon Wilson Block COURT HOUSE NOTES ADMITTED TO CITIZENSHIP. Conrad Stafrin, of Dallas. CLAIMS ALLOWED H Holrnan, justice court f 5 00 W A Wash, printing . 7 00 L Ground, road acct 20 00 Clarence Aikman, same 58 00 B Wilson, justico court 3 00 Mrs V Bedwell, pauper acct 8 00 J E Sibley, salary CG G5 Seth Kigfis, same 10 GO J B Teal, same 13 30 PROBATE. Guardianship of Lindley Murray, a minor annual report filed. Estate of John Ellis, deceased pe tition to deed property granted. Estate of Mary F. Riley, deceased final account approved and estate closed. Estate of C. G. Fisher, dwa-d re port of sale of real property upproved ; administrator ordered to distribute $300 to each of the heirs of said estate. Estate of William Bentley, deceased final account heard and distribution of funds orderi d. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. D G Meador et ux to E Ilenistreet and C V Hinman, 155.84 acres, t 7 s, r 6 w, $850. E C Hall et ux to John W Simpson, 31 acres, t 9 s, r 4 w, $'JHG. Charles Baker et ux to W C Brown, Cottage IIo;el property in Dullas, $3,500. State of Oregon to J T Simpson, 40 acres, t G s, r 7 w, $50. Wm. Ellis, adni'r, to Eliza Slielton, lots 3 and 4, block '20, Ellis' add to Dallas, $21.25. Delayed Shipment of Morris Chairs Owing to delay, an Eastern factory shipment of Morris Chairs that were intended for Holiday trade1 but did not arrive until January 10th, WE AIIE OVEItSXOCllEjp And will sell them at a discount of Ten Per Cent. Chairs all have spring seats, polished bartered oak frames and'exfra heavy velour and corduroy cushions. YOU ARE INVITED TO CALL AND SEE THEM " ' LARGEST STOCK ON THE WEST SIDE CHAPMAN'S - Telephone 133. MILL STREET, III is foii n mi at Roy's Confectionery Store BEEF, CHICKEN AND CLAM TEA SERVED AT ALL HOURS. ALL LEADING BRANDS OF! CIGARS AND TOBACCO SALEM STAGE OFFICE and AGENT FOR SALEM LAUNDRY. Walter Roy, ugioW Bunding, Dallas, Ore. Hay For Sale. Good cheat and wheat hay for sale by Arch Myeb, Dallas, Oregon. ; An Early Riser. A strong, healthy, active constitution depends largely on the condition of the liver. Tlie famous little pills known & DeWitt'8 Little Karly Risers not only i cleanse the system but tliey Htrenuthen ; the action of the liver and rebuild the; tissues supporting that orjian. Little1 Early Risers are eacy to act, Iht-y ut-ver j Uripe and yet they are absolutely cci tain ; to produce results that are satis aetory ' in all cases. Sold bv 15elt &Oherrinjstoii. ir. w's This! ' V.'e offer C-e H:.i:-"r.d Pollan Eewsrd fef atytiisecf Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hill's Catarrh Cure. j P J. C'HENi-Y & CO., Props ., Toledo, O. I "We the nudcisigntd, have known F. J. Che- I ney for the last 15 years, and believe him per- fectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obliga tions made by their firm. wesTaiBUAX, wnoiesaieirappisTP, loieao. v. Wai-diso, KiNNiNi Mabvih, WuoiesalaDrug- 1 (fists, Toledo, O. i Hall's Catarrh Cnre is taken internally. acting iirectly opon the blood and mncous surfaces o the system. Price, 75c. per botU. fcoldbyaJi prnnrisU. TetUroomals tr- Hall's Family Filll axe tbe best. There's Wear in Every Pair THE FAMOUS "Walk-Over" Shoe It is impossible to produce a . normal foot which we can not accurately fit in this shoe. The quality cannot be excell ed, and the price is within the reach of all. Dallas Boot ana Sboe Store MRS. J. C. GAYNOR, Proprletpr, ... H. G. OAMPBEBL FARM &AWII$. 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