Polk County observer., July 01, 1904, Image 1

County
Obs
POLK
VOL. XVII
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 1, 1904
NO, 16
M!?r?j Clothing Store
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WITHIN
TWO WEEKS.
Until We Move We
Will Continue
Business at Ullrey's
Feed Store
L Jacobson Co.
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It is absolutely pure and contains no secret powders or "fillers"
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SOLE AGENT FOR
)ALLAS ----- OREGON
Special rates made for picnics, parties, etc.
Free Souvenir When visiting in Portland, call at Swetland's, 273
rison St, and present this "ad." You will receive free an attractive
venir for the table.
illas1
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
NOPOLE," "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.
LIFE IN THE ISLANDS
Large Invoice of M. J. B." Coffee to arrive soon-none
better in the Market.
LOUGHARY & ELLIS,
E NO. 44
DALLAS, OREGON.
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Discount Sale
OF WALL PAPER.
For the next 30 days, we will give a discount
of 23 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.
2 new Wall Paper & Paint Store.
:ATII & CORNES, Mill street, Dallas, Oregon
1! "APACHE ABSOLUTELY and
ien:'y cured by using Mokl Tea.
ant (I'm drink. Cures constipation
ii .gf-t ; - n, makes, you eat. sleep,
r i - y. Satisfaction guaranteed
y 1 - Jo cts. and SO eta Belt
. . Dallas. Oregon.
You Know What You Are 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 la a taste
leaa torn. No Curs. No Pay. Sfa
Walter Nichols Writes of His Ex
perience With Natives in
the Philiippines.
DAGUPAN, P. I. May 21, 1904
(To the Editor.) If you will
sparo ine a little spaco in your
valuablo paper, I will try to
briefly describe our trip to tho Philli
pino Islands. As you may have
previously learned, wo lef Seattle on
the 1st day of April. That day being
Friday seemingly effected a "hoodoo"
upon our entire trip, for we were just
six weeks in making a trip that
ordinarily requires but four and one
half weeks.
Tho weather was very good when we
loft Seattle, and continued fairly good
until tho end of tho first week out,
when wo encountered a heavy squall
on the night of the 7th. In tho mean
time, tho weather was cold and wet at
intervals, but not very disagreeable.
On the night of the 14th, just as Mrs.
Nichols was recovering from her sea
sickness, we wore made to face an 80-
milo wind. I huvo seen tho wind blow
very hard, but have never seen a
harder one than that. If a person
were walking on the deck alone the!
wind would send him running at half
speed until he could manage to get a
hold to the rail or other firm object.
Seasickness bothered me bu. three
days, until we had the severe storm,
already mentioned, then nearly every
one on board was sick again.
Thore were nine Rod Cross nurses
onboard. They were bound for Japan,
thereto nurso tho Japanese soldiers.
From what one can learn from the
Japanese papers, it seems that their
government accepted the service of
these nurses, only as a courtesy to the
United States government. Well, on
the 21st day of April, (just ono month
ago today) we sighted the cape on the
eastern coast of Japan called Inoboy
Saki. You can readily imagine how
glad we were to see land, even if it J
wore foreign territory.
Tho next morning we were piloted j
through the mines in the outer harbor
of Yokohama and were soon at anchor
in ono of tho busiest cities of Japan.
We had hardly made fast to our moor
ing when the Governor of Yokohama
and the Japanese Red Cross officials
came on board to get our nurses. That
afternoon one of the members of the
Red Cross Society of Japan said in
her address of welcome that they (the
Japanese people) were glad to be so
fortunate as to have the United States
nurses with thorn, but they would not
expect the United States nurses to go to
the front, because the J apanese govern
ment had an abundance of trained
nurses. This feeling is of course
rather humiliating to our nurses, but
I cannot see how anyone is to blame
but themselves.
We wore ashore both days we were
in Yokohama, and enjoyed the sights
in the business part of town very
much. It was in this city we had our
first ride in a jinrikisha. We enjoyed
it much better than walking, but there
is very little comfort to bo had in rid
ing in ono of the "go-carts,"
About 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
April 23, wo sailed for Kobe. This
city at present is the great shipping
center of Japan. All army supplies
for Japan come to this point and are
then distributed by Railway or boat to
the points needed. The harbor is pro
tected by a breakwater so boats can
remain there in any weather. We
found that in Kobe and Yokohama
the majority of the business houses
are built on American and English
plans. The sidewalks in these cities,
except in the European parts, are not
more than three feet wide and the
streets probably 25 or 30 feet in width.
From Kobe to Moji, through the In
land Sea, the scenery was grand.
Many of the mountain sides are culti
vated and the traveler can see barley
growing sometimes to the summit of
these mountains. The vegetation on
these hills and mountains (and
through all of Japan we were able to
see) is of a very different green than
the -color of vegetation in the states.
At Moji, our next stop, we saw the
house in which Li Hung Chang
signed the treaty ending the Chinese
and Japanese war. This house is in
the town called Shimonesaki just
across tho bay from Moji. While in
Moji taking on coal we did not go
ashore because of the continual rain.
It seems rather strange to our
Americans to see women shovelling
coal the same as men. They do not
seem to care for rain ; it was not an
uncommon sight to see a woman pass
ing coal, in that drenching rain, with
a little Jap on her back fast asleep
the rain fairly beating tho face off it.
Leaving Moji, May 2, we arrived in
Hong Kong May 8. Hong Kong is
decidedly metropolitan. We saw more
people of different nationalities in
Hong Kong than any other place we
have been since leaving home. Our
stay in Hong Kong was short because
the boat on which we came was
scheduled to be back at that city by
the 17th. .We left Hong Kong on
Monday, the 9th of May and arrived
at mooring In Manila tho morning of
tho 13th.
Wo had no warm weather until we
left Hong Kong, and though the
China Sea is usually rough, the trip
was like sailing on a lake. It was in
the China Sea we saw the first flying
flsh. Though they are small it was
interesting to watch them dip to the
water and moisten their wings or fins,
They cannot fly after their wings get
dry.
The scene of Dewey's great victory
is now as quiet ana peaceable as
though no battle had ever been fought
there. Nothing remains of the wrecked
Spanish fleet. It has been raised and
sold for old iron.
Wo arrived at Dagupan on the 15th
It is a city of about 17,000 native in-
habitants and probably 75 Americans,
situated in the province of Pangasinan,
at tho extreme Northern end of the
Manila railway and on the North
western coast of Luzon.
The climate here at present is warm,
but not so warm as a person from the
states might think. Ninety-two above
zero isthe highest that the thermometer
has registered this year. We are
only about two miles from Lingayen
Gulf, so we get a nice breeze every
afternoon. It rains here about every
second or third day. The cost of liv
iug here is no more than in the States
if one will get the staple articles from
the civil commissary. Of course beef
and foods that are required to be kept
on cold storage are expensive. I paid
GO cents for two pounds of meat this
morning. To remove any doubt that
may arise in the minds or your
readers,! will say that the prices quoted
in this letter aro in U. S. currency.
Our cook, a native, does the cooking,
cleans up the house and does part of
our marketing, and other errands for
$6.00 per month. House rent is f 10.00
per month i sweet potatoes, 40 cents
per box.
In passing I will say that the public
market place on market days, Tues
day and Friday, is a place of great
interest to one who has never seen
anything of the kind. This place is
about twice the size of the courthouse
square in Dallas, and is inclosed by a
bamboo fence. It is from this market
place that many of the native and
Chinese merchants get their stocks. It
is a great saving to buy from the
market place.
All the public schools of this Pro
vince are closed, but there is a Summer
Normal running here, and it is in this
school I am employed at present.
Began work here on the 18th and will
teach here until the 10th of June. At
that time I will probably be sent to
some other town in this Province.
Mrs. Nichols will begin work also at
that time.
We are both iu good health at
present, and are located in a very
good part of the Islands. Will write
again when I have learned more of
this country and its people.
W. F. NICHOLS.
PENSION OFFICE SURPRISED
Indian War Veterans' Appeal
Lawyer T. A, Wood Is Useless.
for
DYSPEPSIA CAN BE CURED BT uslns
Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets. One little
Tablet will give Immediate relief or mone
refunded. Sold in handsome tin boxes
at 15 cents. Belt Cherrlngton, Dallas
Oregon.
The Pension Office has not received
the resolution of the Oregon Indian
War Veterans asking that Grand
Commander T. A. Wood be allowed to
resume practice before the Interior
Department, but when it is received it
will be acted upon adversely. Wood
was disbarred from practice last
November before his case had been
taken into court. His disbarment was
ordered by Secretary Hitchcock, on
tho recommendation of the Pension
Office, because of his irregular prac
tices in handling Indian War pension
claims.
Officials of the Pension Office say
that if Wood's disbarment was justi
fied before he had been tried, it is
doubly justified by the findings of the
court, and in view of the clear case
against him, he will not be allowed to
file further pension cases before the
department.
Considerable surprise was manifes
ted in the Pension Buraeu when it was
learned that Wrood, following his con
viction, had been re-elected grand
commander. Oregonian.
Robert Gayntr was a Salem visitor,
Monday. He found the people of the
Capital City greatly interested in the
success of Dallas' three days' cele
bration, and says a large number of
them will drive over on Saturday and
Monday.
Charles Bilyeu and Alvis Lynch
arrived home Friday from an outing
on the Trask river, in Tillamook
county. They had rare sport fishing
in the North Trask, and brought home
some fine mountain trout.
We like best to call
SCOTT'S EMULSION
a food because it stands so em-.
phatically for perfect nutrition., ,
And yet in the matter of restor
ing appetite, of giving new
strength to the tissues, especially
to the nerves, its action is that
of a medicine.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOWNE, ChemfcU,
LARGEST STOCK
ON WEST SIDE.
CHAPMAN'S
MILL STREET.
PHONE 133.
HOUSE FURNISHING STORE
Artistic Picture Framing to Your OrderLowest Prices
HOT WEATHER HINTS
Vudor Porch Shades, Adjustable Window Screens, Hammocks,
Century Refrigerators Camp Stool or Chairs j j m5
ALL KINDS OF CABINET WORK TO YOUR ORDER ON SHORT NOTICE.
Century
Refrigerators
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Are the greatest.
; Ice Savers : : : :
have solid bronze
JiJ trimmings, galvan
ized iron shelves,
metal linings, re
movable drip pipe,
swinging base board
handsomely orna
mented outside case ;
finished in golden
oak. Prices begin at
- r
$9.00
Royal Sewing
Machines
A new line with us but
an old machine. 10
year written guarantee
with each machine.
3 Machines go at Factory
Price to introduce.
Our curtain department is the largest. During
July we will offer entire at 20 per cent reduction.
This will include entire line oi ruffled muslin
and nets, plain insertion, lace all overs, Point
de Calais, Bon Femme, Brussells Nets and
Irish Points.
UPHOLSTERING DEPT.
We are very busy in upholstering department
but yet not too busy to talk to you about your
lounge or couch that needs repairing. Large line
of coverings to select from. Work guaranteed.
NEW COUCHES AND PARLOR PIECES TO ORDER.
For the Glorious
Fourth
35c folding camp stools
at 20c each. Hardwood
frames and covered with
10 oz duck.
$4.00 Parlor Tables
at $2.50
Solid Oak 24-inch
tops. Brass feet and
glass balls. A bargain
at $3.50. Have three
dozen only.
While they last, all go
at $2.50
NEW MANAGER IN CHARGE
Experienced Machinist and Foundry-
man Has Located Permanently
in Dallas.
3 49MI5 iJarl Street, New York. A
5ocandi.oo; all druggist.
W. C. Jackson has succeeded Ed
Biddle as manager of tho Dallas
Foundry and Iron works, having
taken charge of the plant and busi
ness July 1. Mr. Jackson is an exper
ienced machinist and iron founder.
He was born in New Haven, Conn.,
April 24, 18G!), and first started out in
life as a machinist's helper in a New
Haven railroad shop. When 1G years
of age, he wanderpd into the Middle
West and to Chicago, where he entered
an apprenticeship to learn his trade
properly at the Falcon Malleable Iron
Works, the largest iron manufactory
west of Pittsburg at that time. After
serving that company for seven years,
he went to Philadelphia in 1893 and
secured a position with the Sheet Iron
Construction Company.
Ho remained in Philadelphia three
years, and while there constructed the
largest sheet-iron smoke-stack in the
world it being 24 feet in the clear on
the inside at tho base, 14 feet at the
top, and 245 feet high. It was built
for the Pennsylvania Steel Company,
at Texas, Maryland. He came to the
Pacific Coast in 189G and since that
year has been putting up heavy
machinery of all descriptions, in
cluding some of the largest sawmills
on the coast.
Famous Resort Destroyed.
The White House, the oldest and
best known road resort in the Pacific
Northwest, was totally destroyed by
fire about 10 o'clock Monday night.
The White House was located at tho
south end of Portland's Riverside
drive, and after it was built about a
quarter of a century ago, it was the
rendezvous of people of Portland
possessing fast driving horses. Of
late years the property has been allow
ed to deteriorate. The loss is about
$10,000
GREENBACKS WERE POISON
Salem Cashier Had Bad Eye From
Handling Dirty Paper Money.
WILL ADVERTISE DALLAS
Portland Telegram Is Preparing to
Issue Special Edition for
This City.
Another Promotion.
Announcement was made Monday
of the appointment of C. H. Markham
to the office and title of vice president
of the Southern Pacific Company. In
his new position as general manager
of the Southern Pacific, to which he
was appointed several weeks ago,
Markha m's duties have been largely
administrative. In being mad? vice-pi-esident
of the company, he becomes
the chief executive official of the
company on the coast. General
Manager Markham says his appoint
ment is merely iu line with the jxdicy
to make all general managers of the
Harriman lines vice presidents.
Albeit Hess, of Portland, is in
Dallas this week in the interest of the
forthcoming Dallas industrial edition
of the EveningTelegrani. Thisodition
will contain an illustrated write-up of
tho city and its surroundings, and
will set forth in an attractive manner
the industrial and commercial ad
vantages of Polk's county seat. Large
numbers of these papers will be
scattered throughout the country, and
an amplo supply will be sent to St.
Louis for distribution among the
visitors at the big Exposition. The
Telegram has printed special editions
of this character for Eugene, The
Dalles, Astoria, Boise, Idaho, and
other enterprising cities of the North
west this year, and the work in each
instance has been highly satisfactory
to the city having it done. Mr. Hess
is an experienced, newspaper man and
a forceful and polished writer.
Blank notes for sale here.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet.
All druggists refund the money If It
fails to cure E. W. Grove" signature
la on each box. tSc
Dry Weather Does Damage.
The Government weather bulletin
for the week just past says the dry
winds have been damaging to the
fields All growing crops need rain,
and unless it comes soon spring grain
and the second crop of hay will be
unusually light. Fall grain is fill
ing nicely, but spring grain is head
ing short. Haying has made rapid
progress during the week, but nearly
everywhere the returns show a falling
off from previous expectations. Pas
tures are drying up, but feed is still
good and stock continues in excellent
condition. Hops, although needing
rain, have made fairly good progress
during the week.
Protest For Oregon City.
Senator Mitchell and Senator Fulton
have both filed protests with the In
terior Department against reniovul of
tho local Land Office from Oregon
City to Portland. Senator Fulton op
poses the change outright, and Senator
Mitchell speaks for parties interested.
A thorough hearing will be arranged
before the matter is decided. If room
can be found for the office in Portland,
the officials are very much inclined to
order the removal from Oregon City.
The whole matter seems to hinge on
the question of available space in the
new custom house.
Claud Gatch is carrying around a
bandaged and a painful eye that has
been under the care of the doctor for a
day or two. It came about from the
handling of paper money at the Ladd
& Bush bank, where Mr. Gatch is em
ployed and has been for so many
years. Mr. Gatch is usually very
careful in the handling of . paper
money, as are all bank people who are
acquainted with its dangers. But this
time he rubbed his eye after counting
a package of "greenbacks" and con
veyed a germ thereto, which caused
tho soreness, requiring tho attention
of the physician and the bandage.
There is nothing more filthy than
money, and especially paper money.
It goes everywhere, into all sorts of
dirty places, being possessed and
j handled by all degrees of filthy and
diseased people. The paper used in
the making of bank notes and green
backs is of a kind that easily collects
and retains filth and foreign matter.
Senator Ankeny of Washington,
who owns several banks fit Walla
Walla and other towns in the Ever
green State and Eastern Oregon, when
he was a younger and less wealthy
man, and did a good deal of his own
work in his original bank, had a bad
experience in tho handling of paper
money. He had a sore on his face,
and disease germs were conveyed from
the paper money to the sore by a care
less movement of the hand which re
sulted in a serious breaking out and
the doctors had to du some cutting
and some burning with powerful
chemicals bofaro they got rid of the
sore that came from the "greenback"
germs. Salem Statesman.
Prominent Man Dead.
John ("Jack") Seiiccr died in
McMinnville, Saturday night from
paralysis, an additional attack to that
sustained last Christmas day. He
was 52 years of age, having been born
in Ohio in 1852. Ho was brought to
Oregon by his parents in infancy.
He was county clerk of Yamhill county
for four years, and city recorder of
McMinnville for a number of years.
He studied law and was admitted to the
bar about 15 years ago, and followed
the profession until his death. "Jack"
Spencer, as he was familiarly known,
possessed one of the brightest minds
of the state. Ee was often called a
walking encylopcdia of information.
There were few events, state, nation
al, or international, that escaped his
attention.
EXPERIENCE 13 THE BE3T 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 60 cts. Belt Cher
rlngton. Dallas. Oregon.
ACKER'S DYSPEPSIA TABLETS are
sold on a positive guarantee. Cures heart
burn, raising of the food, distress after
eating or any form of dyspepsia. One
little tablet gives immediate relief. 2
cts. and SO eta. Belt A Cherrlngton.
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