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Observer
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VOL. XVII
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 24, 1904
NO. 15
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"The Ice Cream of Quality"
None but the purest and best materials used in its making.
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TO ORDER.
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Unci1
Best Grocery Store
Only first-class lines carried in everything in the way
of eatables, and sold at prices lower than can be ob
tained elsewhere. We invite especial attention to our
mOPOLE," "ROYAL CLUB'
and "PREFERRED STOCK" Canned Goods.
We are closing out a stock of 40-cent Mocha and Java
Coffee at 25c. Come quick, as there is only a little left.
Large Invoice of "M. J. B." Coffee to arrive soon-none
better in the Market.
OUGHARY & ELLIS,
Z NO. 44
DALLAS, OREGON.
: Discount Sale
OF WALL PAPER.
For the next 30 days, we will give a discount
of 25 per cent on Wall Paper.
We have a large consignment of paper on the road from the
East and must have shelf room.
Now Is the Time to Buy and Save Money.
13 Flaw Wall Paper & Paint Store.
ATM&CORNES, Mill street, Dallas, Oregon
BUYS FINE SHEEP
John B. Stump, of Monmouth, Pur.
chases Fine Lincolnshire Ram
In. England.
John B. Stump, of Monmouth, Ore
gon, is evidently determined to give
his flock of Lincolns as high a relative
standing as his flock of Cotswolds has
already taken. Mr. F. S. Peer, the
well known importer of line stock,
during his last visit to England,
bought for Mr. Stump a Lincoln buck
which he, in a letter to the Country
Gentleman, describes as "very grand."
The English correspondent of the
Amorican Sheep Breeder describes the
buck as follows:
"Lincoln breeders in the United
States have secured a very valuable
addition to their stock of stud rams
by reason of the shipment of one by
Mr. H. Smith, Jr., from his noted flock
at Cropwell Butter, Nottingham, Eng
land. The selected ram is known as
B 050, a grand, typical ram of very
superior n.erit and quality both in
respect to flesh and fleece. We have
not been favored by the name of its
purchaser but whoever he may be
there is no question but what he has
secured a grand sheep. His pedigree
shows how well, and we may add
fashionably, bred he is, for his sire is
that highly successful sire, Messrs,
Wright's Nocton Flock, 'Nocton
Record' 03G4 and its darn is A510 by
'Bayard's Baron' 4197, which brings
in that very choice line of blood with
which in days gone by Mr. Charles
Clarke, then of Asby, Lincoln, secured
so many breeding honors."
Pheaant Bill Not a Law.
In answer to an Inquiry from Game
Warden J. W. Baker, Attorney
f r m . i .
ueiiertu urawiora nas rendered an
opinion in which he holds that the
pheasant bill of 1003 did not become
law. This has been the generally ac
cepted opinion. Although the bill
was signed by the presiding officer of
each house, approved by the Governor
and filed in the office of the Secretary
of the State, the records show that it
received only 30 votes in the House, or
one less than a majority, and there
fore it did not pass the House. The
bill was intended to prohibit the kill
ing of Mongolian pheasants for
period of three years.
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You Know What You Art Taking
When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula Is plainly
printed on every bottle, showing that
It Is simply Iron and Quinine In a taate
forsn. No Cur. N Pay. I So.
Falls City School Closes.
The Falls public school closed with
pleasing exercises last Thursday and
Friday evenings. The ninth grade
exercises were hold on Thursday even
ing and the eighth grade program on
Friday evening. The young people
did their parts well and the
exercises were highly enjoyable
throughout. The people of Falls City
have good cause to be proud of their
school, as the work done is of the most
thorough character. The present
teachers have given excellent satis
faction and have been retained for
another year. Principal H. C. Sey
mour, accompanied by Mrs. Seymour,
has gone to Hebo, Tillamook county,
where he will teach a term of Summer
school. He will return to Falls City
early in September.
Old Officers Re-Elected.
The attendance at the annual school
meeting in the Dallas district, Mon
day, was the largest in many years.
one hundred and twenty-three voters
being" present. The contest for the
office of director was exceedingly close,
I. N. Woods being re-elected over his
opponent, H. S. Butz, by only six
votes. H. G. Campbell was re-elected
clerk. Many women were present at
the meeting, and all were permitted to
vote. The clerk's financial report
shows the district to be in a prosper
ous condition.
W.
. Will Leave Stayton.
A. Elkins will preach his last
sermon as pastor of the Christian
church in Stayton on Sunday morn
ing next. After the campmeeting at
Turner, Mr. Elkins and family will
go to Eugene, where he expects to
take up work at the State University
The people are sorry to see Mr. and
Mrs. Elkins leave Stayton. He has
served the church very successfully
and added many members. Stayton
Mail.
Drowned Near Salem.
The gasoline launch owned by Hill
Brothers was overturned at 5 o'clock
Saturday evening while cruising in
the government slough two miles
above Salem, and Millard Hill, a
Salem cigar dealer, was drowned be
fore help arrived. Mrs. C. D. Smith,
who was also in the boat, went to the
bottom and when rescued was un
conscious, but by dint of great exertion
life was again brought into the body,
and she is now past all danger.
New Meat Market.
Fidler & Marks opened a meat
market on Wednesday in connection
with their ice factory and cold-storage
plant in this city. They will buy their
meat from Jones & Hout, at Mon
mouth, and will place it in cold stor
age as fast as it is shipped. C. E.
Shaw will have charge of the market
as cutter.
Received Severe Bruises.
John Castle was thrown from his
horse and badly bruised about the
head and shoulders while driving cat
tle near Airlie a few days ago. The
old gentleman was riding in a gallop,
and, while attempting to rein his horse
to one side, was thrown violently to
the ground by the breaking of the
saddle girth. He received a severe
bruise on his left cheek, his left hand
was cut, and several small bones of
the right hand were broken. The
injuries, while painful, are not ser
ious, and the old gentleman is able to
attend to his business affairs as usual.
DYSPEPSIA CAN BE CURED BY usD
Acker's Dyspepsia Teblets. One littlf
Tablet will give Immediate relief or mon)
refunded. Sold In handsome tin boxes
at 15 cents. Belt Cberrlngton, Dallas
Oregon.
Berries Off the Snow Line.
A box of strawberries came to the
Glacier office Monday that should take
the prize. The berries were grown
within nine miles of the snow line of
Mount Hood, a fact of itself, sufficient
to make the fruit famous. But better
still, they are the largest and finest
berries brought to this office this sea
son. Twenty-seven of the berries
completely fill the pound box. They
are of the Clark's seedling variety,
and were grown by G. C. Ruff on
Glacier View ranch. Hood River
Glacier.
RAIN IS NEEDED
Crops in Willamette Valley buffering
on Account of Lack of Moisture.
The drouthy conditions prevailing
throughout the state, says the Oregon
w earner jsureau, were partially re
lieved by scattering showers during
the latter part of last week; but, as a
ruietne amount or precipitation was
not sufficient to do much good, and
more rain is badly needed for all
crops.
The extremely dry spell has had a
damaging effect on spring grain, and
in some sections it will be light in
yield. Fall wheat and bailey have
headed nicely and a good yield of both
of these cereals is promised.
Haying is progressing rapidly
under the favorable weather condi
tions; the crop will be light, espec
ially west of the Cascades. The first
cutting of alfalfa has nearly all been
secured in good condition ; the yield
was above the average and the quality
generally good. Pasturage continues
in fine condition, but Is beginning
to dry up some. Stock is fat and the
supply of milk in the dairy districts
continues abundant.
Fire Destroys Dwelling.
The dwelling house of Dave Boyds
ton in West Independence burned to
the ground Monday afternoon. Mrs.
A. Nelson, living a short distance
away, turned in the alarm by phone.
Several men who happened to be near
by succeeded in saving most of the
furniture from the parlor and front
bed room. The family were away
from home at the time, and how the
fire orignated is unknown. There
had been no fire in the stove since
noon. There was no insurance, the
policy having expired, three days
before. Independence Enterprise.
Notice to Stockholders.
Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Dallas City Bank will be held at
the Bank parlors on Saturday, July
16, 1004, at two o'clock p. m for the
purpose of electing officers and trans
acting such further business as may
come before the meeting.
R. E. WILLIAMS,
Cashier.
Recovering From Her Injuries.
Mrs. Sarah McQuerry, mother of
D. W. Sears, who fell and broke her
hip bone at her heme in Independence
on the 17th of last month, has so far
recovered as to be able to sit up most
of the day. Strong hopes are enter
tained that she will be able to walk
again in the near future. Her re
covery is remarkable, considering her
age.
The Observer was in error last week
in saying that Misses Uertna and
Inez Allen, of Rickreall, graduated
from the Academic course at Dallas
College this year. The young ladies
completed the Elementary College
course, which is two years higher
than the Academic course.
The Brownsville times, one of Ore
gon's bright weekly newspapers, cele
brated its sixteenth birthday last
week. The publishers, A. B. Caven-
der and F. M. Brown, are both experi
enced newspaper men and get out a
paper that is a credit to Brownsville
and to the publishers.
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SCOTTS EMULSION won't make a
hump back straight, neither will it make
a short leg long, but it feeds soft bone
and heals diseased bone and is among
the few genuine means of recovery in
rickets and bone consumption.
Send for frre sample.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists,
409-415 Pearl Street, New York.
50c. and 1.00; all druggists.
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DOWN FROM THE FAR NORTH
Well-Known Alaska Editor Visits
Old-Time Friends in the
Willamette Valley.
A. V. R. Snyder, editor and pub
Usher of the Wrangell, (Alaska,) Sen
tinel, visited relatives and friends in
Dallas, Tuesday. He had been to
San Francisco on a business trip, and
having a few days leisure time before
starting again for the Far North, de
cided to stop over and visit relatives
in Polk and Yamhill counties. Mr,
Snyder is enjoying the best of health
and is well pleased with his new home
in Alaska, a country whose most im
portant resources, he says, are "clams,
salmon and scenery."
Wrangell is an important seaport
town of 800 inhabitants on Wransell
Island, about one hundred miles
southeast of Sitka. Its chief exports
are lumber end salmon. Mr. Snyder
owns the only printing establishment
in the town, and does a large amount
of job printing for the business men
of Wrangell and surrounding islands.
His newspaper, the Sentinel, has
wide circulation throughout the Terri
tory.
Mr. Snyder went to Alaska three
years ago as deputy collector of
customs under Collector J. W. Ivey.
He was first stationed at Wrangell,
but was afterwards transferred to
some port with an unpronounceable
name in the Aleutian Islands, fifteen
hundred miles west of Sitka. He staid
at this lonely post three months and
then resigned his office and took the
first boat out. Returning to Wrangell,
he was appointed, inspector of customs
and filled that position until late last
Summer, when he decided t devote
his whole attention to his rapidly
growing printing business.
Mr. Snyder says the ciimate of
Southeastern Alaska is not disagree'
able, the Summers being delightfully
cool and the Winter weather being
not unlike that of Oregon or Wash
ugton. The cost of living is not
high, the steamer freight rates from
Seattle and San Francisco beinc
reasonable. There are no wagon
roads in Alaska, all travel being by
boat. Mr. Snyder says that during
his three years' residence in Wrangell
he has seen only two horses.
Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have a pleasant
home in Wrangell, and it is altogether
probable that they will reside there
permanently. Two of their children,
William and Pauline, are at home
with them, while an older son, Clare,
has a responsible position with one of
the prominent Northern steamship
lines. Mr. Snyder will sail for home
from Seattle tomorrow morning.
Masons Are Building.
The Masons of Independence have
begun the work of placing a
brick building next to their brick hall
on Main street and expect to have a
store building below and a fine
banquet hall above. The lodge owns
the building occupied by R. M. Wade
& Co. as a store, and it is at the side
of this building they are erecting their
new structure.
Willamette Valley Chautauqua Asso
ciation.
The Willamette Valley Chautauqua
Association will meet at Gladstone
Park, near Oregon City, July 12th to
24th, 1904, inclusive. The Southern
Pacific Co. will make reduced rates on
the Certificate plan for this occasion.
Call on any Southern Pacific Agent
for advertising matter.
Vacancy In Council.
There is a vacancy in the Dallas
city council, caused by the removal of
Councilman C. E. Shaw from the
second ward to the first ward. The
board elected W. G. Vassall to fill the
unexpired term, Monday evening, but
Mr. Vassall declines to qualify. The
vacancy will probably be filled at the
first meeting in July.
How About Your Summer Vacation?
Newport on Yaquina Bay is the
ideal seaside resort of the North
Pacific Coast Round trip tickets at
greatly reduced rates on sale from all
Southern Pacific points In Oregon, on
and after June 1st. Ask agents for
further information and a handsomely
illustrated souvenir booklet, or write
to Edwin Stone, Manager C. & E. R.
R., of Albany, Ore., or W. E. Coman,
G. P. A., S. P. Co., Portland. Oregon.
Indications Are Good.
Polk county has another attack of
oil fever. A new well is to be sunk on
the Ben Whiteaker farm, between
Dallas and Monmouth. There can
hardly be any question about an
abundance of oil underlying Oregon's
surface, the formation on this coast
being similar to that in San Joaquin
valley, California, notably in Tulare
and adjoining counties, where oil has
been extracted by the hundreds of car
loads. Eugene Register.
County Clerk U. S. Loughary
issued license to wed to Claude Boone
and Julia A. James, Saturday.
EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST teacber.
Use Acker's English Remedy In any
case of coughs, cold or croup. Should It
fall to rive Immediate relief money re
funded 26 eta and 0 eta. Belt cnar-
rt OS-ton. Dallas. Oreeoa.
Cost of Sewers.
While in Portland last week, Oscar
Hayter, the Dallas city council's legal
adviser, spent several days investi
gating the manner of making sewer
assessments and was shown every
courtesy by City Attorney L. A. Mc
Nary and Auditor T. A. Devlin, who
explained to him in detail the method
pursued by the Portland council in
apportioning the cost of sewers to the
property benefited. Portland follow
closely the decision of the Supreme
Court of Oregon concerning sewer
assessments, apportioning the cost
according to the area of land drained
with a rebate to property farthest
removed from the main sewer. One
clerk in the auditor's office, who does
no work other than to look after sewer
assessments, generously offered to
assist the Dallas council free of
charge in making the proper appor
tionment of cost of the new sewers in
this city, and, at Monday night's
meeting of the council, Councilman
H. B. Cosper was instructed to go to
Portland and have this apportionment
made. Mr. Cosper will be supplied
with all necessary plats and papers
and will be in a position to supply all
the information required in making a
just and equitable division of the cost
of the sewers.
BUYS LARGE DYNAMO
j.
O. VanOrsdel Will Greatly
Increase Capacity of Dallas
Electric Light Plant.
RECEIVE THEIR DIPLOMAS
Thirteen Pupils Complete Their
Course in the Dallas Public
School This Year.
Another year of successful work by
the Dallas public school was finished
Tuesday evening when thirteen bright
laddies and lassies delivered their
graduating addresses and received a
certificate to the effect that they have
satisfactorily completed the course of
study prescribed for the public schools
of Oregon. The exercises were held
in the M. E. Church, and the large
auditorium was crowded with friends
and patrons of the school. The
church was prettily decorated, the
class motto, "Learn to Do by Doing,'
in white letters on a purple back'
ground being especially attractive.
Earl C. Burk was the salutatorian,
and Miss Pearl Owings gave the vah
dictorv. The class prophecy by Miss
Beulah Myers was a cleverly written
paper and caused great amusement
among the young people. The mem
bers of the class all acquitted them
selves creditably, and received many
congratulations at the close of the ex
ercises.
Principal W. I. Reynolds delivered
the address to the class, and William
Grant, chairman of the board of
directors, presented the diplomas. A
vocal selection by Miss Edna Morrison
and two violin solos by Frank Miller.
of Rickreall, added greatly to the
pleasure of the entertainment.
The pupils completing the eighth
grade this year are Earl Burk, Edna
Scott, Veva Burns, Ada Osfield, Lloyd
Rice, Alice Grant, Robbie VanOrsdel,
Lisle Rice. Edna Morrison, Florence
Palmer, Bert Elliott, Beulah Myers
and Pearl Owings.
Enjoyed Fine Trout Fishing.
Prof. T. J. Newbill, principal of the
Independence public school, and Prof.
W. C. Bryant, principal of the Moro
public school, were in Dallas a few
hours Tuesday morning. These gen
tlemen had just returned from the
headwaters of the Siletz river, where
in company with John and Ben Beez-
ley, they enjoyed several days of
excellent trout fishing. They report
having had a most enjoyable outing.
Building Dwelling House.
County Clerk-elect Ed M. Smith has
purchased a lot from Robert Gaynor
at the south end of Levens street and
has carpenters at work erecting a neat
one-story dwelling house. Mr. Smith
was unable to find a vacant house in
Dallas, and so decided to build. The
new dwelling will be ready for
occupancy in about two weeks.
Statesman Is Sarcastic.
Wo haven t heard from Lola or
Buena Vista, but trust that their
grades in the public schools are not
higher than those of Salem. We are
behind Jefferson. Woodburn and
Silverton, but as long as we can out
strip Buena Vista and Champoeg we
shan't feel so badly after all. Salem
Statesman.
Building Concrete Walk.
Rapid progress is being made in the
construction of the concrete walk
around the courthouse square, and
the Main Street walk will probably be
finished before the first of J uly. The
walk will be eight feet wide on Main
street, and six feet wide on Jefferson,
Mill and Court streets, with a ihree
foot park strip between the walk and
outer curb. Contractor J. A. Lauren
son is personally supervising the
work.
Prof. W. J. Hooker and wife
returned Thursday evening from a
visit with the former's mother at Air-
lie, Polk county. Brownsville Times.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If It
fall to cure E. w. Grove's algnature
I on each box, lie.
J. G. VanOrsdel. the new nronrietor
of the Dallas electric light plant, is
taking hold of the business and mak
ing improvements in a way that gives
assurance that he intends to give the
people of Dallas a lighting service
second to none. He is putting up new
poles and wire all over town, and is
replacing old and worn-out material
with the best new material that money
can buy.
His latest addition to the plant is a
CO-kilowat incandescent dynamo.
The incandescent dynamo now in use
is a 23-kilowat machine, and has been
heavily overloaded for years, so much
so, in fact, that many customers who
have needed additional lights have
been unable to get them. The
machine will have a capacity of 1G00
lights, whereas tho capacity of the
present dynamo is only 500 lights.
With both machines in use, the inside
lighting system should be strictly
first-class.
The arc lights used in lighting the
streetsof Dallas cannot be excelled.
Traveling men who visit this city say
that these lights are the best in the
state. Tho enclosed lamps, of 2000
candle-power each, give a light that
cannot be surpassed for steadiness
and brilliancy. Sixteen of these
lamps are used in lighting the streets.
The new incandescent dynamo will
be installed early in July.
Ooes to Newberg.
The Board of Managers of Pacific
College announce that the music de
partment of Pacific College will next
year be under the charge of Prof.
Clifford White Kantner, Oregon's
young composer and distinguished
musician. Assisted by Mrs. Kantner
in piano, he will give his entire atten
tion to the department of music here
and will establish a conservatory at
Newberg. Prof. Kantner's ability is
appreciated throughout the state and
his presence here will add prestige to
the institution. Newberg Graphic.
Thomas Edgar, of Falls City, was a
Dallas visitor, Tuesday.
H. Hirschberg, the Independence
banker, was a Dallas visitor, Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Webster Holmes, of
Salem, were Dallas visitors, Monday.
Miss Lizzie Parrott, of Roseburg, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. B. Casey, in
this city.
Hon. W. H. Holmes, of Salem,
transacted legal business in Dallas,
Wednesday.
Heath & Cornes are selling all Wall
Paper at a heavy discount. See their
ad in another column.
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua McDaniel,
D. M. Guthrie and T. J. Hayter are
attending the Indian War Veteran
and Pioneer Reunion in Portland this
week.
Prof, and Mrs. Scott Leavitt, of
North Yamhill, will spend theSummer
vacation at Falls City. Professor
Leavitt will have charge of tho Day
ton public school next year.
County School Superintendent C. L.
Starr and Robert Gaynor left Monday
morning for the headwaters of Three
Rivers, in Tillamook county, where
they will enjoy a few days' trout fish
ing.
The United Evangelical church be
gan Holding a camp meeting and
conference in Independence on Sun
day and will continue for about a
week. The meetings are being largely
attended.
Judge George H. Burnett held a
short session of Circuit Court in
Dallas, Wednesday morning, and
left on the noon motor for Monmouth
to attend the Alumni banquet at the
Normal School.
Gus Bassett, traveling salesman for
a large Eastern leather house, visited
over Sunday at the homes of Dr. L. N.
Woods and Major V. P. Fiske. Mr.
Bassett says Dallas is the most pro
gressive town of its size on tho
Pacific Coast.
A marriage license was issued June
13, to C. A. Baldwin and Miss Mary
Shaffer, of Philomath. Mr. Baldwin
is a resident of Polk county, while
Miss Shaffer is a highly esteemed
young lady of Philomath. Corvalli3
Gazette.
Miss Nellie Conner, a daughter of
Mrs. Jennie Conner of San Jose, Cali
fornia, and a graduate of the Dallas
public school, graduated with honors
from the California State Normal
School this year. The many friends
of the young lady in Polk county will
be pleased to hear of her success.
George Snyder, a former Dallas
boy, is appearing in illustrated songs
at the new Star theater, one of the
high-class vaudeville houses of Port
land. The daily papers speak in
praise of his splendid baritone voice,
and predict for him a successful
career.
ACKER'S DYSPEPSIA TABLETS art
sold on a positive guarantee. Cures heart
burn, raisins; of the food, distress attoi
eating or any form of dyspepsia. Om
little tablet gives Immediate relief
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