Polk County observer., July 29, 1904, Image 2

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PclK County Observer
J. C. HAYTKR,
KDITOR AND PUBU8HEH.
Published Weekly at 11.60 per
Strictly in Advance.
Yea.
DALLAS. OREGON, JCLY 22. 1904.
The way to build up Dallas is to pat
ronize Dallas people.
DALLAS OWNS WATERWORKS of ,ment wil1. PPlied 'tora
or tne resei von vj piocuv vuKe"'
Plant Was Turned Over to City
Contractor Gates, Tuesday
Evening.
A meeting of the Merchant
Marine Commission will be held in
Portland on August 1. This com
mission is required by the law
creating it to investigate and to
report to Congress on the fir6t day
of its next session what legislation
if any, is desirable for the develop
ment of the American merchant
a-n .! nA 1 A ni A. l f rv til II pnfl
and also what change, or changes,
if any, should be made in existing
laws relative to the treatment,
comfort and safety of seamen, in
order to make more attractive the
seafaring calling in the American
merchant service. The commission
is composed of the following
gentlemen: United States Senators
Gallinger, Lodge, Penrose, Martin
and Mallory; Congressmen Gros
venor, Minor, Humphrey, Spight
and McDennott. All citizens who thoroughly free from
nr0 intoiWprl in tV. mi,;.t V sediment when it enters
which the commission deals are
invited to be present ut the meet
ing and give their views in the
matter, or to prepare a concise
statement and mail to M. Mosessohn
assistant secretary Chamber of
Commerce, Portland, Oregon.
The Telegram is right in this:
It does seem to becarrying publicity
to the extreme when the dispatches
daily record the movements of Mr.
Roosevelt at Oyster Hay , and Judge this point the cut) yon is not more than
ranter at Jiopus. Matters 01 ieet wiue, tne rock walls rising
After a year's construction work, the
Dallas waterworks are now finished,
and the plant was turned over to the
city by Contractor H. V. Gates at the
meeting of the city council held on
Tuesday evening. A warrant for
$C00O, covering the last payment on
the plant, was ordered drawn in favor
of the contractor. The plant is now
the property of the city and will be
operated by Mr. Gates under a twenty
year's lease. During this period of
time, Mr. Gates is to furnish water
free of cost to the city for fire protec
tion and for theflushingof theseweis,
retaining for himself the rentals re
ceived from private consumers, the
rules and regulations being subject to
the approval of the council.
The actual cost of the plant, includ
labor, material and freight, was
$28,614.08. No charge was made by the
contractor for engineering, use of
tools owned by the contractor, insur
ance on material, orintereston money
invested, all of which expense would
have fallen on the taxpayers had the
plant been constructed by the city. A
conservative estimate of the amount
saved by the city in having the work
done by contract is $4000. The engi
neering alone for the twelve months
would have cost the city-not les3 than
$1400.
The members of the council, accom
panied by Mr. Gates and Engineer
W. L. Soehren, drove to Canyon
Creek, Sunday morning.and inspected
the intake and also the pipe bridge at
the crossing of the LaCreole rivei
above the old Hallock mill. The in
take is a fine piece of engineering,
and the city officers were all pleased
with it. The water is taken from the
bottom of the stream through a filter
bed of rock, gravel and sand, and is
leaves
the conduit.
No dams or screens are required, and
a forest fire would not interfere in the
least with the water supply, as there
is nothing to burn.
As the filtration plan is practically
new in the United States and has the
highest endorsement of competent
engineers, a brief description of the
intake at Cunyon creek may not prove
uninteresting to our readers. The
water useu oy tne city or Dallas is
taken from Canyon creek, a stream
fed by cold mountain springs, at
point one-half rnilo above where
empties into the LaCreole river. At
moment would be welcomed, of
course, but correspondents on the
spot consider it necessary to tele
graph to the world what each
candidate's breakfast consisted of,
and whether Roosevelt chopped
wood lor exercise or Parker went
swimming.
Dr. and Mrs. W. 8. Cary
home from Ohio last night.
Dr. E. J. Thompson, of Indepen
dence, will lecture in the Presbyterian
church Sunday evening on "Sight
seeing at the St. Louis Fair." All are
invited to attend. A rare treat it
promised.
iho ice cream social given in the
City Park by the Ladies' Aid Society
01 the Christian church was well
patronized, and a neat sum was netted
for the society's treasury.
Notice of Teachers' Examination
high and precipitous on either side,
The creek flows close to the foot of the
west wall, carrying about 3,00fi,(K0
gallons of water a day in the winf
and spring months, and about 800,000
gallons a day in the dry summer
months. That the size of the stream
is ample to supply a town several
times as large as Dallas is demon
strated by the fact that the amount o
water taken from the stream at the
arrived present low stage of water is scarcely
noticeable, the creek apparently being
as large below the intake as it is
above it.
ine miaKe was constructed prac
tically as follows : From the west wall
of the canyon, a diteli was cut across
the stream and diagonally across the
canyon, a distance of about 90 feet.
This ditch was cut to bedrock and is
eight feet deep. In excavating the
ditch through the rock and crrave.l
formation in the bed of the canyon, a
strong flow of water was encountered
along its full length, and this water
is saved by a linincr of cluv on the
bv The pipe leading irom me reseivun
to town is consirucieu ui icunwu
Htflvps. heavilv wraDoed with steel
wire, and is 12 inches in diameter,
This pipe is built to withstand almost
unlimited pressure, and isofsuffiient
carrying capacity to supply a town
many times as large as Dallas.
The system inside the city limits is
what is known as a gridiron system
of circulating mains. Double standard
hydrants are used in the business
part of town, and double hydrants for
small mains are distributed through
out the residence district, extending
far into the suburbs. Hydrants are
placed at every street crossing in the
business district, and at no place in
town aro thev more than two blocks
apart. Thirty seven hydrants are
now located, and three more will be
put in as soon as the council shall de
cide where thev shall be placed. This
will make a total of 40 hydrants. The
number called for by the contract was
34,
The number of miles of iron mains
in the city is 5.41 no wood pipe being
used in the circulating system. All
this pipe was coated inside and out
side with hot asphalt before laying,
and is guaranteed by the contractor
to stand a pressure of 125 pounds to
the square inch.
The official test 01 the plant was
made by the council last Saturday
afternoon and was found satisfactory
in every respect. The test was made
at an hour when the private con
sumers were using a large amount of
water and when streams for irrigating
lawns were running in all parts of
town. One 2 inch hose was attached
to the hydrant at the Uglow corner
one at the Wilson corner; one at the
crossingof Court and Jefferson streets,
and one on the 4-inch main at the
corner of Main and Washington
streets. Inch nozzles were used on
all streams. A test for height was
mtido rtn tlio amulloct main t-iv C.rtn n
nnrUT j """"
a uu r;i nr.-f- T...U J ft J
Auditor Stouffer, and the height of
the stream was found to be 102 feet.
After the firemen had held the hose
for about twenty minutes, the nozzles
were placed in the sewer manholes
and the four streams were kept run
ning at full pressure from 2:50 p. m
until 5:50 p. m. With the conduit
flowing less than half a full stream,
the reservoir was lowered only 50
inches by the three hours' test. The
contractor urged the council to attach
eight lines of hose instead of four, but
only four nozzles of the proper size
could be found. The test was witnessed
by a large number of citizens, all of
whim, with but one or two exceptions,
expressed themselves well pleased
with the effectiveness of the plant.
Mr. Gates left on Wednesday for
Klamath Falls on a business trip,
leaving his business interests here in
charge of W. L. Soehren. The latter
gentleman will at once begin several
extensions of the system, among them
bjing a main to the south end of Main
street; a private supply pipe to the
terminal grounds of the Dallas &
Falls City railroad company; a main
to Germantown ; a main to Ellis addi
tion, and one to the Improvement
Company's addition. The council
now has under consideration the loca
tion of hydrants along these mains.
Notice is hereby given that the lovver side of the ditch, which prevents
County Superintendent of Polk county " rro,n running uway. The bottom
will hold the regular examination of or t,ie dltch wa8 l'ed with large
applicants for state and couuty papers boulders, then smaller rock were
at Dallas, as follows: used, and finally a layer of gravel
Fon state 1'apkks. wus placed on top.
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commencing weauesday, August Al l"c wwer eua 01 tuo uuch is a
10, at niue o'clock a. in., and con- box about four feet long and two feet
tinuing until Saturday, August 13, at WKle into which the water flows before
four o'clock p. m. entering the pipe. Tho pipe is placed
Wednesday Penmanship, history. al)out two feet above the bottom of the
epellinp, algebra, reading, school-law. l)0X t0 prevent any sand from entering
Thursday Written arithmetic, the- tno conduit. Tho principle upon
cry of teaohiug, grammar, book keep- which tho intako works is as follows:
Ing, physics, civil government. 1110 water flowing in the stream sinks
Friday Physiology, geography, through this fitter bed, and, after bo
mental arithmetic, composition, phys- iu& 8trtllucd through ninety feet of
leal geography. rock and gravel, enters tho conduit.
Saturday Botany, piano geometry, tao 8urplus water flowing on over the
general history, English literature, Iurer uea aIia down the canyon. All
psychology. uie water not entering the pipe also
Fon county fapeks. II0W9 back the stream through
commencing Wednesday, August wnsio-gato in the pipe box. A small
10, at nine o'clock a. m., and continu- 8at0 regulates the flow of water into
ing until Friday, August 12, at four tne lipe- At no time since the works
o clock p.m. were built has there been more than
First, Second and Third Grade Cer- three iuches of water In tho conduit,
uncaces. aiiuougn it is a six inch pipe. At
Wednesday Penmanship, history, Present, with more than one-half of
orthography, reading. the supply shut off, the reservoir
Ihursday Written Arithmetic, tho- abovo town is kept amply supplied.
ory of teaching, grammar, physiology. ailJ about nine-tenths of the water is
COURT HOUSE NOTES.
MANY GET PATENTS
Favorable Action Now Being Had on
Applications for Timber Lands
and Homesteads.
Favorable action is now being had
by the Government on applications
or timber lands and homesteads,
many of which have been held up for
more than two years because of
alleged fraud and other irregularities
on the part of the applicants, says
Wednesday's Oregon ian. One hundred
and fifty patents to timber and home
stead lands were received at the Ore
gon City Land Office, Tuesday.
Among the settlers receiving patents
are J. B. V. Butler, Isaac F. Yoakum
William E. Lee. Edward Horan, C. L,
Starr, David J. Grant, David M
Metzger, Thomas E. Wright, Henry
W. Wright, Louis E. WyckofT, Hardy
Holman, Milo V. Woods, Joseph
Wankey, Frauk A. Werner, Harvey
Guthrie. F. J. Coad. Mrs. Blanche
Eakin, David J. Riley, C. G. Coad
William L. Strong, E. A. Cone, John
Castle, C.L. Fisher, Walter F.Nichols,
Cora Blake, David E. Isaac, Dora A
Guthrie. F. H. Morrison, Wilson
Webb, I. N. Woods, H. C. Eakin
F. J. Chapman, Samuel S. Ewing,
Grace F. Hodge, Susie Henkle, E. L,
Chapman and E. G. White.
Mr
Br. Pierce
ma kind advice
zvz when I wrote
Says Item Is Unjust.
In writing up the proceedings of the
Independence city council, Editor
Lyon of the Enterprise says :
'The committee on health and po
lice was instructed to notify the pn
nrietor of the Little Palace Hotel and
others in the block bounded by Eail-
road and Main, JUonmouth ana u.
streets, that steps must be taken to
improve the sanitary conditions in
that block."
Hon. J. M. Stark, landlord of the
Little Palace Hotel, feels keenly the
thrust contained in this paragraph,
and says that neither the action of the
council nor the condition of his prem
ises warranted the publication of an
item that Is calculated to create a
wrong and unfavorable impression of
his hotel in the mind of the traveling
public. Mr. Stark savs that the real
action taken by the council was to in
struct the health committee to confer
with the business men as to the advis
ability and practicability of building
a septic tank to care for the sewage
from the various business houses.
No particular business property was
mentioned, and, least of all, the hotel
premises, wnion are Kept as clean as
it is possible to keep such property in
a town where there is no sewerage
system. Mr. Stark says that the
councilmen merely ask the co-opera
tion and assistance of tho business
men in their efforts to solve the sewer
age problem and make Independence
a clean, attractive town, and in all such
worthy movements he is willing to
lend a helping hand. But he seriously
objects to being held up before the
public as a scapegoat by his town
editor and having his hotel property
advertised to the world as unclean
and unsanitary.
i-riuay urography, mental arith
metic, school law, civil government.
l'RIM.VRV I'KltTlUCATES.
Wed uesday Pen man sh i p, orthog
raphy, reading, arithmetic.
Thursday Art of questloning.theory
01 u-ttcning, methods, physiology.
C L. STARK,
Couuty School Superintendent
What are Humors?
Thp im .!( ... . , , . - ..
, .....Ku vr moruia nuuis cours
wg uie veins and affecting the tissues,
iuey are commonly due to defective digs
tton but are sometimes Inherited.
How do they manifest themselves t
la many forms of cutaneous eruption,
aalt rheum or eczema, pimples and boils,
nd in weakness, languor, Renew debility.
Uow are they expelled ? ry
Hood's Sarsc-arilla
which also builds up the system that has
suffered from them.
It Is Ute best medicine for all humors.
turned back into tho LaCreole above
the mill dam. The intake has been
in use since lute last winter and has
proved satisfactory in every respect.
xue conduit is 5.53 miles loner and
follows the LaCreole river do-n t.
the Boise farm and then over the hills
to the reservoir above town. A wire
suspension bridge forty feet high sup
ports the pipe at the river erossing
above the Hallock mill dam.
The reservoir is 4700 feet west of the
moivuu vi wun eireec, ana nas an
elevation of 1U2 feet above th at nt
level. It is constructed or cement, is
circular in form, and has a capacity
of 360,000 gallons 0,x) gallons more
than the capacity required by the con
tract Only 320.000 iri Ion nf vrotiii-
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PROBATE.
Estate of William McMillan, de
ceased sale of real estate confirmed
uuminisiratrix directed to execute
deed of conveyance to purchaser.
Estate of Gilbert McCabe, deceased
3ale of real estate confirmed and
administrator directed to make deed
of conveyance to purchaser.
instate of Oie Sampson, deceased
final account confirmed and executor
discharged.
Estate of Mary J. Leet, deceased
final account confirmed and executor
discharged.
REAL ESTATE TEANSFERS,
l h Myer et ux to I N Woods, 2.50
acres, 1 7 s, r 5 w, $250.
Thomas Pomeroy, administrator, to
niram Wood, 10.40 acres, 1 8 s, r 4 w,
$1250.
Nora Holm and hd to Isaiah Elbert,
ia acres, t 7 s, r 3 w, $1200.
Otis M Welch et ux to H H Jasper-
son, east half lots 5 and 6, block 20,
lim s Independence, $425.
J II Collins et ux to V C Earhart,lot
A Diock 5, Hill s Independence, $530,
josepn wanKeyetux to Horace C
Miller, part of lots 5 and 6, block 2,
11111 s independence, $1.
Amelia WTagner to Horace C Miller.
parts of lots 5 and C, block 2. Hill's
independence, $1.
J W Stallcop et ux to H Hirschbenr.
20 acres, t 7 s, r 4 w, f 200.
W C Brown to II Hirschberg, 20
acres, 1 7 s, r 4 w, $8.75.
W H Hall to J W Edgar, 27.50 acres
1 7 s, r 3 w, $450.
W A Elkins et ux to W II McDaniel,
und one-fourth int lots 5 and 6, block
13, Dallas, $312.50.
Mary C rercival to J H and Dora
Herron, tract in Monmouth, $250.
Polk County Land Company to
Horace C Miller, parts of lots 5 and 6,
block 2, Hills Independence, $1.
United States to John Huber, ico
acres, 1 8 s, r 6 w, patent
Farm For Sale.
Place of 81 acres, with or without
farm implements. Farm implements
are two plows, one harrow, ono new
self-dump hay rake, one wagon, one
potato digger and one cultivator.
Also, two horses, two cows, one heifer
and four pies. Address,
G. F. WEIMANN,
Dallas, Oregon.
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I am thni'' r'il lo the friend who first recora-
.1. I . ,,d babv. three weeks old.
.1. i-.tn, of -Favorite Prescription
before baby came, and the time was only cue
r: . ' ..... u-ir Hnve had five childieu, ana
hrfore this a'.wavs had a severe tinie, lasting two
or three dvs. and never was awe to 0.0 an.
' . ir mnnthi afterward. Now
do ail the work for four children My
friends say 1 look belter now than ever before,
wl told oV of my ters to take ' Favorite
Prescription,' which she did, and wheu her
child was born the time of suffering was very
short. She has better health now than since
her marriasre, some years ago. We cannot
iir vierrp's medicines enough. I tnans.
ft, i;-rrp fnr the kind advice he gave wlui
wrote to him. Whenever I see other women
"(Ti., 1 tell them about your wonderful
medicines. "
ti. kenflto rfanltinir from a consults'
tion by letter with Dr. Pierce are testified
to by thousands of grateful women who
have been maue new women uy u.vv.
ic.il advice and fatherly counsel given
absolutely without cost or tee.
mrk and ailing women, especially
those suffering from chronic diseases, are
invited to consult ur. rierce, uy 1Ci.uc,
f.-j All rnrrpsnondence is neia
etrtlv rvrivate an d sacredlv confidential
Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y,
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
, ht medicine for the cure of woman.
lv ills. It establishes regularity, dries
weRkeiiini? drains, heals innamtnauon
ami ulceration and cures female weak'
ness. It is the best preparative for
maternity, giving the mother strength to
give her ctnia, ana maKing iuc
advent practically painless.
rir Pierce s Favorite Prescription coa
tains no alcohol and is entirely free from
;. onc-iine nnrt all other narcotics,
The'eomnion Sense Medical Adviser,
1008 large pages, in paper covers, is sent
free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to
nav evnense of mailine only. Address
Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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J. EH
DEALER IN
LADIES and
CHILDRENS FURNISH
ING GOODS.
The largest and best stock of
Materials for Fancy Work
in the city.
COLLINS BUILDING
Dallas, Oregon
:::: i m store
Flour and Mill Feed
of all kinds.
LAWN and FIELD SEEDS
Hokse Medicine and Stock
Food of all kind's
We buy Wool, Hides, Furs and Tallow
One Door west of Hub Clothing Store
on uaK street.
J. L. Castle,
Dallas, Oregon
Street Improvement Notice.
To D. J. Riley :
Notice is hereby given, That the
City Council of the City of Dallas,
Oregon, contemplates the passage of
an Ordinance requiring the improve
ment of those certain streets or parts
of streets herein described, as follows,
to-wit : A new sidewalk 5 feet 4 inches
in width on the North side of that
part of Washington street adjacent to
and adjoining that certain lot or par
of lot or parcel of ground described
as Lots 3 and 4, block No. 12 of the
original town (now city) of Dallas
Oregon.
oaiu siuewaiK win De con
structed of lumber at the time and in
the manner to be hereafter prescribed
oy saia ordinance
That the cost of said sidewalk will
be assessed to the above described
property fronting and abutting there
on :
inai tue uity Council of said Citv
win su in tne council Chamber in
said City or the 1st day of August
a. u. iuu4, at 7: 30 o'clock in the eve
ning, to hear and determine objections
ana remonstrances thereto, If an
there be; and
That all owners, and other person
i merest, may attend at said timP
and place and show cause, if anv thow
have, why said sidewalk should not
De constructed.
Done by order of the Citv Council
of the City of Dallas, made on the isth
ay oi July A. 1). 1904.
Witness my hand and the official
seal of the said City of Dallas, thio
21st day of July A. D. 1904.
SaI) DAN P. STOUFFER,
Auditor and Police Judge of
the City of Dallas, Oregon. I
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AUGUST MAGAZINES
AT
MEISER & MEISER'S
World's Fair vote with every
lo cent purchase.
DON'T WATCH!
your old time-piece to see
if it is keeping correct time,
Dutouya reliable Hamilton
Railroad Watch or a Paillard
in on-Magnetic Watch.
ONEIDA SILVERWARE,
made of the best material and
a 25-year guarantee with all
articles of this brand. We
also keep the White Metal
brand Knives, Forks, Tea
and lable Spoons.
Call and See My Line of Goods
CHARLES H. MORRIS
jeweler:.
dallas, , oregon
KILLthe COUCH
AND CURE the LUNGS
WIT" Dr. King's
Nov Discovery
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FORI
CONSUMPTION
OUGHSand
OLDS
Price
50c & $1.00
Free Trial.
I !"r.f Ulce Cure for all
LES, or MONEY BACK.
WATCH THI5
SPACE
FOR OUR NEW
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ELLIS
Phone 246.
,YT
flain Street
O. H. COBB
0. w. a '
O. H. COBB & SON
MANUFACTURERS AND REPAIRERS OP
mms, Carriages, Busies and farm macfiinw!
Bern Shoeing and Plow Work a Specialty.
We have one of the best Shoers in the State.
ttUU swona-nana rigs to sell or trade.
Phone Farm 329.
North Dallas, Oregcl
SomethingNew!
Lace Berthas are the very latest have.
ueen snown in Dallas until now. To jntrodue
them will offer for Saturday only,
your choice only tlpl.jl!
Values up to $2.50
COME EARLY AND GET FIRST CHOICE.
ew Lines of Table Linens and Napkins just in -
Pollock's Cash Store!
PALLAS, ORE.
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AGNER BROS.
CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF
Single
Plows,
Shore1
J. G. VanOrsdel & Son
Shovel , Double Shovel PW Wins
nve-iooth (iiiltivQ.o TM... t-.i!.
Harm, c ' 1BU uuiMvators, reg iw
Harrows Spring Tooth Harrows, Disc Harrows, revere
with Extension Head. :: : : ....... : :
cuitivfh'roir5' Cuitivators and everything
szmzjzaasmczsasEs N cor. oak md main streets. hai i nnnr.nV.
R. C. Geer, of Portland, is in Dallas
on a bubiness visit this week. Heisa
relative of Ex-Governor T T
will be carried until the cool weather and was for m
begins next Fall, when a new coatin? the hardware business in Honolulu
H. I.
DEALERS IX-
Ciafccrand Tana Eands and City Property.
PROPBIETOR OF 05113$ QCCtllC Eigftt Plit
DeWitt's a Salvo
For Piles, Burns. Sores.
Ilodol Dyspepsia Curo
Digests what you eat
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Dallas, Oregon.
DALLAS IRON WORK5
W. C. JACKSON, successor to Ed. BiddleT
Manufacturing
and Repairs &S
Bids Contracts
GIVEN ON ALL RISES
OF WORK. I
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