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VOL. XVII
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 15, 1904
NO. 18
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SUCCESS OF SEPTIC TANKS
New Plan of Sewage for Private
Residences Is Rapidly Grow
ing In Favor.
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OF WALL PAPER.
Tor 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.
? Is the Time to Buy and Save Money.
hw Wall Paper & Paint Store.
: c CORNES, Mil! street, Dallas, Oregon
Since the publication of the success
rui installation or the septic sewage
tanks at the Chemawa Indian School,
the Asylum Farm at Salem, and
other places, many Inquiries are daily
being made from districts suburban
to Portland and from country sections
where there are no sewerage facilities,
asking questions concerning the con
struction of the tanks and the in
stallation of the service.
The system is being adopted at the
Mount Tabor Sanitarium, and Dr.
W. T. Williamson, of that institution
has explained, for the benefit of those
desiring to know something of the
theory of the process and the con
struction of the septic tank.
A septic tank is, freely translated, a
case of bug eat bug. It is as old as
the cesspool of the farmhouse, and.
according to medical authorities, yet
in its infancy, not being understood
but by a few people who have taken
time to investigate the subject.
There are two bugs mixed up in the
eternal conflict of nature to purify
conditions, but for these to do the best,
peculiar conditions must be observed
It is the province of the septic tank to
provide these conditions. In the first
place, the whole success of the process
depends upon lack of current. The
contents of the tank must be as nearly
absolutely quiescent as is possible.
In the second place, the tank must
have a certain specified size, pro
portionate to the size of the buildin
to be served, in order to do away
with as much of thedisturbingcurreut
as may be, it is necessary to place the
point of deposit for the sewage as
nearly on a level as possible with the
pipe of ingress at the tank. This is
done to cause a slow feed into the tank.
Again, the pipe of ingress must be
bent downward from the surface, the
point being about half way from the
surface of the contents to the bottom
of the tank, being so arranged as to
create the least disturbance in the
fluid mass by the influx from the pipe,
The pipe of egress is constructed
like the other, being bent downward,
the whole scheme of construction be
ing to allow the first fluid emited into
the tank to escape first, with as little
disturbance as possible; the more
complete the stagnation, the more suc
cessful the process.
The tank itself is made of brick,
stone, or cement, and must be tightly
covered to exclude the light.
The theory of septic sewage is the
warfare of microbe, or bacteria, upon
decaying matter. It is a process of
chemical change, induced by these
bacteria.
There are two active agents in the
sewage process, the aerobe, the bac
terium having a great affinity for
oxygen, and which thrives and works
in the light, and the anaerobe, the
of the first, which perishes in the
light, but which in the dark and
oxygenized contents of the septic tank,
is a highly vitalized argosm, which
seizes and devours every atom of a
nonoxygenic nature coming into its
reach.
The anaerobes live and multiply in
great numbers on the under surface j
of the crust forming on the top of the
fluid contents of the septic tank, and
as fresh material is emptied into the
place, it is attacked by these bacteria,
and changed from a poisonous sub
stance into that which is perfectly
harmless and nonpoisonous.
It is estimated by medical author!
ties that about 78 per cent of the
poisonous contents of a rightly-con
structed tank will be converted into a
harmless, tasteless, odorless and
colorless fluid by the chemical changes
undergone in the process of fermen
tation. It is also estimated that 10
per cent of this poisonous remainder
can be emptied onto the surface of the
ground or into a stream without
detrimental effect to the people. There
is, then, a small margin left which is
not affected by the anaerobe, but
which will be converted by the aerobe
when it emerges into the air or water
at the outlet of the tank.
The outlet is so constructed, then,
that the outgoing liquid passes
through a filter in which it is exposed
to the light and air, and when it
emerges at the final outlet, has neither
taste, color nor odor. All the solid
matter has been converted by chemical
change into gas, which is neither
harmful nor poisonous. The change
is so complete ana tne process so
thorough that in a year's time there
was left in the tank at the Insane
Asylum Farm a residunm of less than
one-thirtieth of an inch upon the
bottom. There are in the neighbor
hood of 400 people supplying the tank
with refuse matter.
William Manning built the first
small septic tank in Salem and used
it in connection with a dwelling
house. The tank was made of con
crete and has a capacity of about 125
feet The outlet leads to a ditch at
the side of the street, but the pipe
used is ordinary tiling and the water
soaks away before reaching the ditch
There is no offensive odor, even when
tne top is taken off the tank. All
sewerago fronr the premises passes
through the tank. ""Z'-- p
ine largest septic tank in that
vicinity is that in use at Chemawa
lhis tank is about 15 by 30 feet and
eight feet deep. The walls and bottom
are of concrete, but the roof is of wood,
All the sewerage from the school
where 600 persons live, is turned into
this tank. At the outlet a stream of
clear water runs continually, and
there is no odor that can be detected
insiue me tanK tnere is only a very
slight odor. Though this tank has
been in use about a year, there is very
little solid deposit in the bottom of the
tank.
i A 1 1 1
ai r,ne asyiurn tarm tne sewerage
was formerly drained into a low place
in a field near the road, and it became
very offensive to the traveling public,
11 . , .
aooui a year ago a septic tanK was
constri) fed and all the sewerage was
turneduto it. All that comes out of
the tank is a clear, odorless liauid.
and upon examination it was found
that in course of a year less than an
inch of solid matter had accumulated
in the bottom of the tank. Very little
odor can be detected at the top of the
tank when the lid is removed. Ex
perience with this tank was so satis
factory that septic systems have been
built at the Reform School and the
Blind School.
DRY IN THE VALLEY
Rain md Wind Causes Damage to
Growing Crops in Eastern
Oregon.
(Government Crop Bulletin.)
During the past week the rainfall
in the eastern sections of the State has
been ample, and in some limited areas
it has been excessive and attended by
high winds and hail, which have done
considerable damage to the crops
lying within the tracks of these
storms. In the western section of the
State drought continues and no rain
of consequence has occurred since
June 2nd, except in some of the coast
counties and the high level sections
of Southern Oregon, where local rains
have fallen and greatly improved late
crops.
Fall wheat is filling nicely and its
harvest will become general ihis week.
Fall barley is also maturing and
promises to yield above the average.
Early sown spring grain is ripening
and a fair crop will be harvested.
Late sown spring wheat in the Wil
lamette valley is very poor ; some of it
has already been cut for hay and
some will not pay to cut even for this
purpose, uood rains within the next
few days will help some fields of late
sown spring wheat, but most of it is
too far advanced to be benefited, and
this part of the wheat crop, which,
fortunately, comprises but a small
proportion of the whole, is considered
failure. Oats are heading short
and yields below the average are ex
pected. Corn is doing fairly well.
Pasturage is drying up. Stock
generally keep in good condition, but
there is a falling off in the flow of
milk, among the dairy herds. Haying
is nearly finished, and the crop,
although light, was secured in ex
cellent condition.
Hops, potatoes and gardens are un
even ; where rain has fallen they are
doing well ; where drought prevails
they are from poor to good, depend
ing upon their cultivation and the
capacity of the soil for retaining
moisture.
Peaches are beginning to get ripe
and a fair crop will be picked. The
cherry season is drawing to a close,
and the yields were much better than
expected.
WILL AID OUR FAIR
Many Exhibits Will Be Brought
From St. Louis to Portland,
December 1.
(St. Louis Globe-Democrat.)
Some of the speakers at the dedica
tion of the Oregon building a few
days ago on the World's Fairgrounds
intimated that the St. Louis Fair will
aid the Lewis and Clark Exposition,
which is to be held at Portland, Ore
gon in 1905. They were correct, too.
It would seem, on first thought, that
the fact that the two fairs come within
a few months of each other would
injure the latter one, more especially
as the earlier Exposition in this case
is far larger than the latter one will
be, or has aimed to be.
Nevertheless, St. Louis will help
Portland in this instance. Many of
the exhibits which would not other
wise be sent to the Lewis and Clark
Fair will be transferred from SiLouis
to Portland as soon as the Exposition
closes on December 1. The cost in the
shipment from here to the Pacific
Coast will be comparatively small.
As the exhibits are prepared, the ex
penditure necessitated by their display
in the Oregon metropolis will be
slight. Portland will have the use of
them after they have served their pur
pose in St. Louis and the Pacific Coast
enterprise will thus bo a large gainer
by the circumstance that it follows
soon after the big Fair here.
rortiana is to be congratulated on
its good fortune in the date of its Ex
position. The Lewis and Clark Fair
is a worthy enterprise, which deserves
the patronage of the entire country,
Portland is not so favorably situated
as is St. Louis for drawing on the
country and the world for visiters.
Portland Is a wide-awake and intelli
gent community. It is growing rap
dly in population and wealth. The
drain upon it caused by the Lewis and
Clark Fair has been heavy, and
evinces a public spirit which deserves
recognition. The Lewis and Clark
Exposition will call the world's atten
tion anew to the growth and the capa
bilities of the Pacific Coast, and will
thus be an enterprise in which the
entire American people will have a
direct concern.
The open season for deer will com
menco today, but only male deer
can be killed until August 15. The
hunting season closes on November 1
The Normal Cadet Band, of Mon
mouth, gave an open-air concert in
Independence, Saturday evening,
rouowea ny a dance at the opera-
house.
Miss May Pollock, a prominent edu
cator of Pueblo, Colo., is in the city
for a visit with Miss Olive Baltimore,
She is a graduate of Albany College.
Albany Herald.
"When will the St. Louis Fair be
held?" Inquired the diffident young
man from New Haven. "I think that
is for you partly todecide," murmured
IF! Tri ii . t .
luiss willing, tne t. mollis young
woman who has never been accused
of procrastination.
The houso occupied by Clarence
Clodfelter, at Independence, and
owned by J. A. Veness, caught
fire on the roof Saturday, burning
the roof off before the flames
were under control. The furniture
was saved. The loss is $1000, fully
insured.
On July 11, 1904, there were adver
tised letters In the Dallas nostoffice
for C. N. Burget, Mr. Benson, J. M.
Berry, Frank Cole (2), Charles Davis,
August Deckert, S. H. Ellis, Tom
Handley, John Heibert, Charles Hen-
drix, Edward R. Newlon, Isadore
Plomandon, Bodie Robinson, Milton
H. Smith, H. B. Smith and D. A
Shaw. C. G. Coad, Postmaster.
PLUCK BRINGS SUCCESS
Polk County Boy Fights Ills Way to
the Front Through Many
Difficulties.
-V EE CURED BT using
a Tablets. One little
-mediate relief or monej
'i handsome tin bex
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggist refund the money If ft
fails to rur EL W. Grstve's signature
la on mark box. lie.
SICK HEADACHE ABSOLUTELY aar
permanently lured by using Mokl Tea
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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, 1904, at two o'clock p. m., for the
purpose of electing officers and trans
acting sucn runner ousiness as may
come before the meeting.
R. E. WILLIAMS,
Cashier.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Bryan, of
Falls City, were Dallas visitors, Tues
day. Mr. Bryan reports the big mills
of the Bryan-Lucas Lumber Company
at Falls City running on full time
and turning out a large amount of
lumber. He says that some difficulty
is experienced in obtaining cars for
Eastern shipments, but that the car
shortage is not so great as it was at
this time last j-ear.
Blank notes tor sale here.
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In hot weathers smaller dose
and a little cool milk with It will
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which Is attached to fatty pro
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season.
Send for free sample.
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The J. E. Cooper brick factory at
Independence is preparing to resume
work. About 15 men will be employed,
and the output of brick this Summer
will be at least 400,000.
The bill of exceptions in the Norman
Williams murder case was settled and
signed by Judge Bradshaw, at The
Dalles, Friday. Judge McGinn,
counsel for Williams, made an appli
cation at the same time for a certifl
cate of probable cause for appeal, for
the purpose of staying the execution,
but Judge Bradshaw denied the appli
cation, holding that there was no
probable cause for an appeal.
The Newberg postoffice was broken
into Wednesday night and the big safe
blown open, probably with nitro
glycerine, and robbed of all the cash
it contained, together with most of the
stamps and a blank money order
book. Including some private funds
of Postmaster E. H. Woodward and
his deputy, about $300 was secured.
It being near the first of the month,
there was not much postal funds on
hand.
Senator Fulton met with an acci
dent Saturday afternoon that rendered
him unconscious for a few moments,
and for a time it was feared his
injuries might result seriously. He
was watching a game of baseball near
his home in Astoria, when a battod
liner struck him on the side of the
head, felling him to the ground in
sensible. He recovered, however, in a
few minutes and was able to return
to his home. He is nursing a badly
bruised face, but is otherwise un
injured.
Mrs. Mary A. Dunn, who crossed
the plains with her parents in 1845,
being six years old at that time, died
Monday morning at her residence in
Portland. Mrs. Dunn was reared to
womanhood on a farm in Polk county,
her father being the late James E
Williams, well known throughout
Oregon. She was married in 1859 to
Luther W. Doolittle. then a merchant
of Corvallis, who died in Albany in
1873. Subsequently she was married
in Albany to David M. Dunn, who
survives her. She is also survived by
one dauerhter and three sons. Port
land Journal.
The eight-months-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Eeece Bobbins was
found dead in her bed at the family
home in this city Saturday morning.
The cause of the child's death is un
known. When Mrs. Bobbins went to
her little daughter's bed at eight o'clock
in the morning, she was horrified to
find her lying cold in death. The
child had been enjoying the best of
health, and her parents had noticed
nothing unusual in her appearance
or condition when she was put to bed
the night before. The grief-stricken
parents have the sympathy of many
friends In their sad loss.
In the east there is an Oregon boy
who by determination has gained a
name for himself that redounds to his
credit and to that of his native state,
says the Portland Journal. Sidney C,
Miller, a prominent merchant of
Chicago and Albion, N. Y., formerly
in the furniture business in Portland,
who is here on his summer vacation,
tells the story of the boy's pluck.
The boy is Charles D. Bronson, who
for three years was a private secretary
and stenographer for the H. C. Breeden
Furniture Company of Portland.
During those years Charles spent
his nights studying law," said Mr.
Miller. "He left the humble home of
his parents up the Willamette valley,
where he was born, had como to Port
land to make a success in life, and
had decided that to make this success
he must work hard and must haven
business or a profession of his own.
"As a result of this study ho was
admitted to the bar in this state a
little over three years ago. After his
admission he decided to utilize the
money he had saved while working as
a stenographer and take a finishing
course in the law department of the
Columbia university, Washington.
Ho had been at Columbia only a few
n.onths when his eyes failed.
But during his brief stay at the
college his perseverance, his determi
nation and his undaunted pluck had
won for him the admiration of the
faculty and of ail others whom he
met, aDd who learned of the fight he
was making.
"Through theso acquaintances he
obtained a position as private secre
tary for J. H. Patterson, president of
the National Cash Register company,
of Dayton, Ohio, and removed to Day
ton. With but little intermission he
continued his night study of the law
while in Dayton. His familiarity
with the law attracted the attention of
Mr. Patterson and he was promoted to
the legal department of the Cash
Register company.
"To make a perfect success, and to
practice his chosen profession in the
courtsofOhio.it was necessary that
Charles should pass the state exami
nation there, as he had not practiced
the profession for five years in any
other state. In June ho came forward
in a class of 181 to take the state ex
amination in Columbus, and gradu
ated well at tho front of that class, a
class in which 30 of the native sons of
the state failed.
"In commenting on his examination,
the Dayton Daily News, Dayton.Ohio,
of June 21, tells of the rigid require
ments of the examination. It also
speaks of Charles as one of the sua
cessful young men.
"While in Portland Charles was
alwpys a member of the Multnomah
Athletic club, was fond of athletics
and by his clean, wholesome life, to
my knowledge, made many friends
who will be delighted to hear of his
success. Raid Mr. aimer.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Independence Editor Reads a Lecture
to the Dallas Celebration
Committee.
Ira A. Phelps is the new editor and
publisher of the Harrisburg Bulletin,
W. W. Briggs, the former proprietor,
having retired from business. Mr.
Phelps is an experienced newspaper
man, having published the Scio News
for many years. He will make the
Bulletin a bright and newsy paper,
and deserves to succeed.
You Know What You Are Taking
When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill
Tonic because tne formula Is plainly
printed on every bottle, showing thai
It Is simply Iron and Quinine la a taste
leas torn. No Core, Ne Fay. ito.
ACKER S DTSPEFSIA TABLETS art
sold on a posiUve guarantee. Cures heart
burn, raising of the food, distress after
eating or any form of dyspepsia. On
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DaOlas. Oregon
For skill in the art of making
mountains out of molehills, commend
us to the new editor of the Indepen
dence Enterprise. He makes the
little blaze in the courthouso tower on
the night of July 4 the subject of a
column editorial in his last paper, and
proceeds to lecture the members
of the Dallas celebration committer as
gravely as if they had committed some
great and unpardouablo sin. His
article is full of inaccuracy, and is
"yellow" from one end to the other.
Highly thrilling is his graphic descrip
tion of tho flames roaring upward
through the courthouse tower; of
Judge Sibley leaping from a second
story window to save his life; of H. L.
Fenton breaking out of his prison of
flame with scorched hair and blistered
skin ; of tho miraculous escape of Cap
tain V. P. Fiske, who, having none of
the asbestos qualities of tho Hebrew
children in the fiery furnace, hiked
for the cool night air.only to be soaked
by three or four thousand gallons of
water from the firemen's hose. Lastly,
ho tells of tho charred and blackened
appearance of the circuit court room,
where, he would have his readers be
lieve, wreck and ruin greet tho eye on
every sido. His whole story would be
amusing, were it not for the fact that
it is silly and u;itr;. '
ho one wtT. ifjiuul i:; t'.; t
ment attending the 4Uv, , ti.e
flames did not reach the circuit cnu:r'
room or any of the county offices. The "
blaze was at all times confined to the
small room in the tower whore it
started, and at no time was the build
ing in danger of destruction. That
tho fire could gain no headway with
in the stone walls of the tower is best
proved by the fact that it was subdued
in less thun one minute after the water
was turned into the room. Experienced
painters and decorutors say that the
damago caused by the fire can be re
paired for less than $50.
Granting, for arguments sake, that
a mistake was made by the celebration
committee in firing a few rockets from
the front balcony of the courthouse,
what is the use of making all this
fuss about it? If a mistake was made,
(and tho Ouservek believes that such
.s the case,) there need be no fear that
will ever be repeated. No one re
grets the incident more than do
Judge Sibley and the meu associated
with him on the celebration comm ittee.
These men are all substantial citizens
and taxpayers, and have a deep
and abiding interest in the wel
fare of Polk county,. They are
sorry that the accident occurred,
unlooked-for though it was, and for
this reason there is no sense in tho
course pursued by Mr, Lyon in his
paper. Tho Ouseiivf.h is offering no
apology for these men, for no apology
is needed. The people of Dallas are
not kicking about the accident, and it
safe to say that nowhere else in
Polk county are the people more
interested in the preservation of the
county buildings than in Dallas.
They have at least as much interest
in the safety of the courthouso as has
-r-well, say for instance, the editor of
the Independence Enterprise. Stop
the anvil chorus, Walter!
ALONG THE WILLAMETTE
Hops Are Light, But Quality
Be Excellent.
Will
Crop conditions in Eastern Polk
county are described by the Indepen
dence corresiondeut to the Portland
Journal as follows: "Old settlers
here state that they do not remember
a time when it has continued so long
without a rain during this part of the
year. Crops generally are not in good
shape. Hops will be light, but grow
ers prophesy an excellent quality of
hop.
"The hops are armiug out much
butter tiian was at first predicted, and
those farmers and hop men who culti
vated thoroughly their hops and land
generally, and are continuing the
same method now, have much better
prosiects for a good crop than those
who are not plowing and cultivating
deep, and packing the soil so that the
moisture raises near the surface.
"The hay crop is most all harvested,
and the crop, though short to a certain
extent, averages far better than was
predicted. Spring sown grain is look
ing very poor, and oats and wheat
and other crops will mostly be cut for
hay. A good rain will do no damage
now, and some of the hop men state
that it would be of great help to their
crops of hops, and there is no question
but that it would do much good to tho
spring crops of every kind."
Mrs. A. T. Thompson and mother,
Mrs. Singleton, returned Friday from
a visit with relatives at Dallas. Rose
bury Review.
The State Library contained 3000
volumes in 1871. Librarian J. B.
Putnam informs a Statesman reporter
that the number now exceeds 26,000.
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Use Acker's English Remedy in any
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