Polk County Observer
J. C. IIAYTER,
EDITOR AND PCBUSHER
Published Weekly at 1.50 per
strictly In Advance.
Yeai.
NO MOKE CONFETTI
City Council Whl Put An End
This Nuisance by Ordinance.
to
DALLAS. OUKtiON', Jl'lY . 1WM.
The way to build up Dallas is to pat
ronize Dallas people.
If the ordinance authorized by the
city council Tuesday evening becomes
a law, (and there seems to be no doubt
that it wilt receive the required num
ber of voles to place it on the city stat
ute books,.) the throwing of confetti in
Dallas will hereafter bo strictly pro
hibited, and any person indulging in
this senseli S3 and annoying pastime
will be subject to arrest and punish
ment. The throwing of confetti at
street carnivals, picnics and other
public gatherings has become an in
tolerable nuisance, and the council
has decided to put an cud to the prac
tice. With an ordinanco passed at
this time, the business men will have
due warning not to purchase any of
;the abominable stuff another year,
I and thus no loss will fall on them,
i An ordinance was also ordered
drawn limitiug the speed of auto
mobiles inside the city limits to six
miles an hour. Transient persons
runniDg these vehicles for hire will
be charged a license of live dollars a
The county officers who were elected j day.
in June assumed their respective! Councilman Belt, chairman of the
offices, Tuesday. All the new men street committee, reported that a new
were sworn in with the exception of crosswalk was needed at the intersec
Carl S. Graves, who will supersede tion of Clay and Jefferson streets, and
ASSUME THEIR OFFICES
County Court Approves Bonds of
Newly-elected County Officers.
F. E. Myer as County Assessor. Mr.
Myer's term will not expire until Jan
uary 1, 1005, when, under the new law,
Assossor-elect Graves will begin his
four years term of office.
In the Sheriff's office, John T. Ford
who was elected to succeed himself,
will retain his present deputy, Tracy
Staats. Mr. Ford's bond for $10,000
was approved by the County Court
yesterday. His sureties are S. T.
IJurch, of Eickreall; S. B. Irvine, of
Independence ; W. E. Burns, of Lewis
ville ; J. W. Lewis, of Eickreall, and
T. W. Bruuk, of Eola. Mr. Ford also
gave a tax bood of 10,000, with the
following-named sureties: B. F.
Smith, of Lewisville; W. P. Ireland,
of Monmouth ; John Young, of Inde
pendence ; N. F. Gregg, of Ballston,
and J. II. Burns, of Bridgeport.
Ed. M. Smith, the newly-elected
County Clerk, announces the appoint
ment of A. N. Holman as Deputy,
Mr. Holmuu was deputy under Clerk
U. S. Loughary during the last few
months of that officer's term. Mr.
Smith's bond is for $10,000, and the
sureties are : M. D. Ellis, i?2000 ; It. E.
Williams, $2000; William Faull,
$2000; Dr. B. H. McCallon, $2000;
F. J. Coad, $1000, and I. N. Woods,
$1000.
In the County Treasurer's office,
E. V. Dalton is succeeded by J. Beez
ley. Mr. Beezley furnishes a bond in
the sum of $20,000, with these sureties :
11. C. Craven, $5000; Ii. E. Williams,
$5000 ;M.M. Ellis, $2500; Dr. B. H.
McCallon, $2500; W. G. Vassall,
$2500; N. L. Butler, $2500.
County School Superintendent C. L.
Starr succeeds himself, and will serve
another four year's term of office. Mr.
Starr is up to his eyes in work, check
ing and compiling the annual reports
of the several school districts in the
county. He is assisted in this work
by his private clerk, Miss Dora Hoy.
Johu P. VanOrsdel, successor to
County Surveyor L. Ground, will
have his desk in the electric lightoffice
ou Court street, being associated with
his father in handling real estate.
Mr. YunOrsdel furnishes an official
bond of $5000, with J. G. VanOrsdel
and E. E. Williams as sureties.
E. L. Chapman, the new Coroner,
gave bonds to the amount of $3000,
his sureties being J. C. Hayter, G. N.
Cherrington and Charles F. Belt.
J ustice of tho Peace and Constable's
bonds were approved as follows:
Justice II. Holman, $2000; sureties,
J. D. Smith and F. E. Myer. Justice
B. Wilson, $1000; sureties, G. W.
Whiteaker and Charles Mattison.
Justico J. E. Shepard, $1000:
sureties, Sam Phillips and J. N.
Skaife; Constable J. H. Morau,
$1000; sureties, J. M. Mitchell and
I. H. Ingrain. Other Justices' and
Constables' bonds will probably be
filed today.
The new members of the County
Court are Ed. F, Coad, county judge,
who succeeds J. E. Sibley, and Com
missioner William Biddell, who suc
ceeds Johu Teal. These officers are
not required to furnish bonds.
Tho appointment of a janitor for
tho courthouse has not been made,
although there are a large number
of applicants for the position. Milo
Woods, the present janitor, was ap
pointed four years ago, and receives a
salary of $40 per month.
The retiring officers were all faith
ful in the performance of their duties,
and step back into private life with
tho respect and esteem of all citizens
the construction of a three-boardwalk
was ordered.
The Auditor submitted a statement
showing the amount due the Jacob-sen-Bade
Company on the Court, Mill
and Lyle street sewers and the outlet
sewer to be $322S.15, and the statement
was approved by the council.
The cost of the Court and Mill street
sewers was estimated by the council
at $3200, and the Auditor was ordered
to serve notice on all property owners
in interest that the council will sit in
the council chamber on July 18, at
7 :30 p. m., to apportion and assess the
cost of these sewers to the property
benefited, at which time all owners of
property and other persons in interest
may appear and offer objections, if
any they have, to such apportionment
and assessment.
JUMPS FROM BIG BRIDGE
Unknown Man Commits Suicide
Salem on Monday, July 4.
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An unknown man of about middle
age committed suicide Monday after
noon by jumping from the steel bridge
at Salem. The body has not been
found, though the liver was dragged
for several hours. Only a very in
definite description can be given, but
it is known that he was over medium
weight,bald on the top of the head and
wore a white braided straw hat, a
white shirt with red stripes, a black
vest and no coat.
Several persons crossing the bridge
saw the man leaning over the rail, but
as there was nothing unusual
about him they did not notice him
particularly. Suddenly, when no one
was near, he sprang over the rail and
fell 50 feet to the water. He soon came
to the surface, and a boat started to
his assistance. He swam away from
the boat, and frequently let himself
sink, as though trying to drown. Be
fore the boat could reach him he sank
for the last time. He is supposed to
have been a stranger in Salem.
LATER : It developed late Tuesday
afternoon that the unknown man
who jumped from the high steel bridge
across the Willamette Eiver and
drowned after swimming away from
three men in a boat who tried to res
cue him was J. A. Eotan, a former
business man of Salem. Eotan was
once a wealthy furniture merchant of
the Capital City and built the brick
building now occupied by Eckerlen's
liquor house. lie met with financial
reverses and lost till of his real prop
perty and a part of his personal prop
perty as well. For tho last few
months he has been afilieted with
disease and almost blind.
Floyd Daly was a Salem visitor,
Wednesday.
Miss Pearle Walker is visiting
friends in Albany.
Willi am Livermorc came up from
tho Soldiers' Home at Eoseburg last
week for an indefinite stay.
Oscar Hayter left for Toledo this
morning to attend the July term of
Circuit Court for Lincoln county. He
will return home about next Wednesday.
Commissioner William Biddell was
called home last night by a message
informing him of the death of his
mother-in-law, Mrs. White. The old
lady made her home at Mr. BiddelPs,
and was about SO years of aire.
( 'I . n.ln r .,,.1, ., !.,
who appreciate competent work. The L, ,, " ft . , . ' " " . , "
,v . , ,, , ! ot his left foot while assisting in side-
new ollicia s are capab o men. and a . , .
, , , 1,11 " iluu, " tracking a llat-car near Fa s City a
successful administration of the!f ... , , , , J
, '" few weeks ago, was brought home
county's affairs is expected. . i, 0 i . yl"o" ,UMllt
J from a Salem hospital last night. The
! surgeons found it necessary to ampu-
i.....i.i i.x. r ism' s uauusoiue new tate a part of the foot
icMuencc on jiui street is beginning lieved that the
to assume proportions.
but it is be-
young man will be
able to wear a shoe and walk about as
Smith, of this city, has ! well as ever in a short time.
Ii's amusiug how excited some
papers become over a new gold find.
Some of the papers are reporting
stories from Grants Pass to the effect
COURT HOUSE NOTES.
Notice of Proposed Sewer on Court
Street and Mill Street.
PROBATE.
Estate of Lee Short, deceased
for filing iuventory extended thirty
days.
Estate of F. E. Weider, deceased
petition to sell grain granted.
Estate of Sarah Nichols, deceased
bond filed and approved.
Guardianship of Edward Bricker, a
minor final report filed and guardian
discharged.
Estate of Leah Nichols, deceased
bond of $1000 filed and approved.
REAL ESTATE TEANSFERS.
United States to E L Ketchum, 100
acres, t 7 s, r 7 w, patent.
L E Ketchum et ux to E L Ketchum,
1G0 acres, t 8 s, r 7 w, $1.
L E Ketchum to Ann E Ketchum, w
i lots 7 aud 8, block 4, Hill's Inde
pendence; also, lot 1, block O, Falls
City, $1.
Mareellus Reid to Bessie Eeid, 130.73
acres, t 8 s, r C w, $900.
C E Shaw et ux to Joel Shaw, lot 3,
block 7, Levens LaCreole Hd add to
Dallas, $05.
T E Gay nor to E M Smith, lot 5,
block 12, Levens LaCreole Hd add to
Dallas, $130.
S W Fletcher to Stanley Fletcher,
180 acres in Polk county, $2.
J C Friuk et ux to J M Lynn, lots 1
and 2, block 27, Ellis' add to Dallas,
$70.
Alex Courter et als to H M Buell
and wife, 3 acres, t 8 s, r 0 w, $150.
Charles P Oleman to L L Olemau,
100 acres, 1 10 s, r 0 w, $100.
D J Grant et ux to Tryphena Lowe,
lots and tracts in Falls City, $90.
Charles E Dant et ux to B B Hall,
100 acres, t 7 s, r 7 vv, $1500.
L B Palmer et ux to Eugene Bogert,
tiact in Monmouth, $1000.
JT Ford, sheriff, to II II Jaspcrson,
lots 4, 5, 0 and 7, block C, Damon's
add to Monmouth, $1500.
E C Keyt et ux to Francis E Keyt,
110.07 acres, t 0 s, r 5 w, $1.
COMMISSIONERS' COURT
In the matter of appropriation of
funds to Eoad District No. 21 It ap
pearing that work to the amount of
$39 has been donated in said district,
it is ordered that $39 be transferred
from the General Eoad Fund to said
district.
CLAIMS ALLOWED
PAUPER ACCOUNT.
W T Eigdon, $35; Viola Bed well,
$10; CE Huntley, $32.75; McCready
&Earhart, $0; C E Huntley, $40.50;
F S Wilson, $24.
SALARY AND F.XPENSF.S.
A N Holman, $05; Arminda Loug
hary, $31.25; E V Dalton, $95; US
Loughary, $150.4G ; C L Starr, $134.70 ;
J E Sibley, $0G.C5 ; Tracy Staats, $05 ;
Milo Woods, $40; J B Teal, $13.60;
Dora Eoy, $0; J T Ford, $153.88; Mrs
F E Myer, $52.50; W B Daggett,$21.25
F E Myer, $130.50.
ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.
Johnson Lumber Co., $15. Gl ; AVest
ern Clay Co., $79.84 ; W Cauthorn,
$1.05 ; W E Martin, $4G.20; Williams
& Gosser, $3; Independence Lumber
Co., $32.72; John Manver, $1G.25;
Buttrick & Slagle, $15; J D Slagle,
$30; E M Wade & Co., $1.35; J C
Talbott, $105.
ELECTION ACCOUNT.
H Holman, $3; Bolt & Cherrington,
$2.55; D A Critchlow, $32.50; Enter
prise, $78.94.
MISCELLANEOUS.
B Wilson, justice court,
Vaughn & Weaver, plumbing,
E W Fuller, livery hire, $2.50; Glass
& Prudhomme, $4.40; J G VanOrsdel,
electric lights, $15; Midland Chemical
Co., $13.25; L Ground, $40.50;
Loughary & Ellis, indse., 75c.
The Dallas Ice Factory is running
on full time and turning out a large
amount of frozen Canyon Creek water
daily. The proprietors find a ready
sale these warm days for all the ice
they can manufacture, shipments
being made to Independence, Mon
mouth, Falls City and McMinnville
and other valley towns by every
train.
Lost.
Between Dallas aud the Garl Mc
Bec place, a lady's black parasol.
Finder will please leave at this office,
or return to Morris Hughes.
KILLthe couch
and CURE the LUNGS
Xolau 1
been offered a position as forage
master in the (Quartermaster's depart
ment of the United States Army at
Monterey, California.
"Dr. King's
Urn Discovery
F0RC
To Ella Eeynolds, John Wolfe, M. 0.
tunoyron, J. C. Morrison, M. j. uxi,
Abel Uglow, E. J. Beynolils, aiico u.
Grant, Hanna E. VanOrsdel, J. G.
VanOrsdel. II. C. Eakin, C. E. Snyder,
J. L. Collins, Trustees of the M. E.
Church South, Polk County, Ed M.
Smith County Clerk of said Polk
County. D. J. Riley, Sibley & Eakin,
M. Hayter, Mrs. E. J. Morrison, II. J.
Osfield, Samuel Coad, J. D. Smith,
A. M. Miller, Mrs. E. G. Emmons,
Mrs. Nancy J. Friuk, Trustees of
Baptist Church, Mrs. Rachel Haw
kins, Mrs. S. J. Richmond, Win.
Faull, J. J. Fidler, G. M. and Amelia
Gooch, Mary E. Hayes, H. C. Chace,
F. J. Coad, Helen Webb, Mrs. Fannie
Conkev, H. L. Fenton, Mrs. M. J.
Cospcr, Mrs. M. C. Wilson, W. C.
Brown, Mrs. Mary E. Williams, A. R.
Thompson and J. B. Thompson,
Walter Williams, Mrs. Hattio Rhodes,
F. A. Stiles, Trustees Presbyterian
Church, R, E. Williams, Johu Hol
man Adm'r of Nat Holman Estate,
Mrs. M. Hubbard, R. C. Craven,
Charles McDonald, Mrs. E. S. Levens,
J. E. Sibley, Ora Cosper, II. P.
Shriver, E. M. Dornsife, Mrs. Mary
V. Kirkpatrick, L. N. Woods, H. L.
Crider, Dallas City Bank, Mrs. Sarah
L. Shultz, A. B. Muir, Conrad Stafrin,
Mrs. E. A. Powell, Mrs. Jane Brown,
Mrs. Maude Butler, David Ashbaugh
heirs, Robert Howe, Mrs. Jennio 11.
Coad, Mrs. M. C. Savage, Mrs. Alice
E. Townsend, Trustees of Evangelical
Church, Trustees of M. E. Church,
Dan P. Stouffer, C. Eisser, J. J. Wise
man, Maurice Klinger, C. W.
Matthews, W. F. Pfeiffer, E. C. Kirk
patrick, Mrs. M. E. Smith, J. E.
Smith, Mrs. A. E. Campbell, T. B.
Hill, H. Hanisch, J. W. Crider, Mrs.
E. J. Smith, A. Byerley, Mrs. E. G.
Dalton, Mrs. S. P. Biggs, T. A. Eij-'gs,
V. P. Fiske, Mrs. Hetty Fiske, Clarissa
C. Woods, Mrs. Margaret Peterson,
and to any and all other persons own
ing real property within the herein
below described limits in the City of
Dallas, Oregon :
You aro hereby notified that the
City Council of the City of Dallas,
Oregon, has estimated the cost of the
sewer on Court street from Hayter
street east to the public county road
at the east end of Court street ; and on
Mill street from Hayter street east to
Lyle street and on Lyle street from
Mill street south to connect with the
above mentioned Court street sewer,
as in ordinance No. 50 provided to be
made to be $3200.00;
That the cost of said sewers as above
described will be assessed to the real
property to be benefited thereby, and
within the limits described as follows,
to-wit: (1) The half of all those
certain lots or blocks or parcels of
land to the width of 150 feet facing,
abutting upon or adjacent to both the
uorth side and the south side of Court
street beginning at Hayter street and
running thence east along said Court
street to the publie county road at
tho east end of said Court street ;(2,i the
half of all those certain lots or blocks
or parcels of land to the width of 150
feet facing, abutting upon or adjacent
to both the north side aud the south
side of Mill street beginning at Hayter
street aud running thence east along
said Mill street to Lyle street; (3) that
certain lot or lots or parcel of ground
150 feet by 150 feet in size situate on
the southeast corner of Mill and Lyle
street; (4) that certain lot or lots or
parcel of ground 150 by 150 feet in
size situate on the northeast corner of
Mill street aud Lyle street; and (5)
that certain tract or parcel of ground
150 feet in width situate on the west
side of Hayter street and described as
beginning at a point 190 feet north
and 40 feet west from the intersection
of the ceuter lines of Mill street and
Hayter street and running thence
south at a width of 150 feet to a point
190 feet south and 40 feet west from
the intersection of the center lines of
Court street and Hayter street ;
You are further uotified, that the
said Council will sit in the Council
Chamber in said city on the 18th day
of July. 1904, at 7:30 o'clock in the
evening, for the purpose of apportion
ing the cost of said sewers, and assess
ing upon each lot or part of lot or
parcel of ground liable therefor, its
proportionate share of such cost ;
That all owners and other persons
in interest may attend at said time
and place and show cause, if any they
have, why such apportionment and
assessment of cost should not be made.
Done by order of the City Council
of the City of Dallas, Oregon, made
on the 5th day of July, 1904.
Witness my hand and the official
seal of the said City of Dallas this Gth
day of July, 1904.
(Seal! DAN P. STOUFFEE,
Auditor and Tolice Judge of
the City of Dallas, Oregon.
$15.45;
$5.50;
as. .
''Pay
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record such as no other remedy or tl e
diseases and weaknesses peculiar to
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The Vice-President Independent Order
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"Favorite Prescription" makes weak
women strong, sick women well. Ac
cent no substitute for the medicine
which works wonders for weak women.
!) Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser is s?nt free on receipt of 21 one
cer.t stamp-; for the paper-covered book,
or x stamns for the cloth-bound. Ad
dress Dr. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
FREE TO LADIES. J
For ten days, I will give a
fan with each 50c purchase.
White Front (Iuockiiv.
Another shipment of our
POPULAR ENGLISH
TEAPOTS
has arrived.
Come in and See Them.
MEISER & MEISER
II J, IB!
DEALER IN
LADIES and
CHILDRENS FURNISH
ING G00D5.
The largest and best stock of
Materials for Fancy Work
in the city.
COLLINS BUILDING
Dallas, Oregon
DON'T WATCH!
your old time-piece to see
if it is keeping correct time,
but save time and money by
buying a reliable Hamilton
Railroad Watch or a Paillard
Non-Magnetic Watch.
ONEIDA SILVERWARE,
made of the best material and
a 25-year guarantee with all
articles of this brand. We
also keep tho White Metal
brand Knives, Forks, Tea
and Table Spoons.
Call and See My Line of Goods
CHARLES H. MORRIS
JEVVELEK.
DALLAS, - OREGON
Flour and Mill Feed
of all kinds.
0NSUMPTI0N
OUGHSand
OLDS
Price
50c & $1.00
Free Trial.
Surest and Uuickest Cure for all
THROAT and LUNG TROUB
LES, or MONEY BACK.
Catarrh
Is a constitutional disease.
It originates in a scrofulous condition c
the blood and depends on that condition.
It often causes headache and dizzincv
Impairs the taste, smell and luariiifr, a
foots the vocal organs, disturbs the sUm.ac'
It is always radically and pernriner?''
cured by the blood-purifying, aiicrutlv
and tonic action of
Hood's Sarsaparillc
This crcat medicine has wrought t.'ie rv. -wonderful
cures of all diseases ikpenJ:.
on scrofula or the scrofulous habit.
iiooD'8 Fills ar th txut ailmiiC
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in.it wnoie families are carrying off; N T -w j
SSSSSI J. U. V AN UKSDEL CC bON
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The first watermelons of the season
arrived in Dallas early in the week
and found a ready sale. These melons
came from California, and unlike
most of the early melons from that
state, were sweet aud juicy. Cante
loupes are also in the market.
DEALERS IX
posed at present, but that indications j S
point strongly to the fact that when ! N
Uncovered a ledupnf mire ruliwli
seven feet high and half a mile lone. I ij KMlVt Tflrifl CflndS and C.lW PrMMfV
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will undoubtedly be revealed. That
a good find has been made is no doubt
a fact, but some of the extreme reports
should be taken in homeopathiedoses.
Roseburg TUindealer.
DeWitt's RS Salvo
Fop Piles. Burns, Sores.
LAWN and FIELD SEEDS
House Medicine and Stock.
Food of all kinds
We buy -Wool, Hides, Furs and Tulbw
One Door west of Hub Clothing Store
on Oak Street.
J. L. Castle,
Dallas, Oregon
A. If. BROWN
DEALER IX
LIVESTOCK
Buys and ships Hogs, Mutton and
Stock Sheep. Highest market price
paid at al. times. Address,
niTTl , B. F. D. NO. 1,
DALLAS, OREGON
Frederick Levin
CUSTOM
SHOEflAKER
All Kinds of
Leather and Rubber
Goods repaired sub
stantially and at
reasonable rates
West of Wilson Block, Dallas, Ore.
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Wwm, Carriages, Busies and farm itocMnfli
fiorse Shoeing and Plow Work a Specialty.
"He have 0110 of tho best Shoers in the State.
New aud second-hand rigs to sell or trade.
Phone Farm .120. North Dallas, Orejf
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Pollock's Cash Stored
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Dallas City Market
Murrell, Haldeman & Gorke Prop'rs. tl
Refrigerated fleat
of All Kinds.
Fish, Game and Chickens
you want a nice juicy steak
or a tender roast, call and see us.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
DalIas, Oregon.
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