Polk County Observer
J. C. HAYTER,
EDITOR AND PDBU8HER.
Published Weekly at 1.50 per Year.
Strictly in Advance.
DALLAS, OREGON, AUGUST 19, 19W.
The way to build up Dallas is to pat
ronize Dallas people.
Republican National TicKet
FOR PRESIDENT
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
of New York.
FOK VICE-PRESIDENT
CIIAS, W. FAIRBANKS
of Indiana.
For Presidential Electors :
G. B. Dirniok, of Clackamas county
A. C. Hough, of Josephine county.
J. N. Hart, of Polk county.
J. A. Fee, of Umatilla county.
The dispatches from Washington
this week contain the welcome news
that President Roosevelt has instructed
the General Land Office to restore to
entry over 300,000 acres of agricult
ural and grazing land heretofore
included in the Blue Mountain Forest
Reserve withdrawal and 17,000 acres
of similar land included in the Wal
lowa withdrawal. The order of the
President was quite a surprise to offi
cials of the Department, who had
instructions from Secretary Hitchcock
to release no land from withdrawal.
This Is the second time President
Roosevelt has demonstrated his disap
proval of the method of the Interior
Department in handling public land
affairs in Oregon. Last Winter, after
a statement by Senator Fulton, the
President ordered the Department to
desist from the practice of humiliating
Oregon cntrymen under the timber
and stone act. This time he has made
it plain that where thore are agricult
ural lands and grazing lands remain
ing in the public domaiu, they shall
bo placed within reach of entrymen,
the same as in other states.
The city council is deserving of com
mendation for its action in raising
tho license of transient storekeepers
and auctioneers of oankrupt stocks to
$10 a day. These venders of Cheap
John trash contribute nothing to the
prosperity of the community, pay no
city taxes, spend as little money as
pojsiblo while hero, and carry away
all tho hard cash they can get their
hands on. Their game is to work the
town for all they can get and then pack
up their goods and move on. They
benefit the town in no possible way,
and tho council has acted wisely in
placing a license on their business
that will virtually amount to prohibi
tion. Tho way to build up Dallas is
to patronize Dallas people.
It now develops that tho big brewery
interests of St. Louis were behind the
criibade for Sunday closing of the
world's fair to sightseers. The crowds
which would have had refined pleas
ure in viewing tho attractions of the
exposition grounds now indulge in u
less refining and elevating pleasure in
quailing thousauds of foaming bev
erages in tho countless resorts which
abound in tho Missouri metropolis.
The moral reformers have realized
when too late that a mistake has beeu
made. Thoso who havo advocated
this step In tho moral conduct of the
Lewis and Clark exposition should
take mental note of the St. Louis pre
cedent. Eugene Register.
Rev. A. A. Wluter, financial agent
of Dallas College, returned this week
from a trip through Southern Oregon
in tho interest of the school. He found
that Dallas College has a good name
abroad, and iu every town visited he
found friends of tho institution who
wero glad to lend him a helping hand
In his work. As a result of his visit,
many new btudents will come to Dul
las from Southern Oregon this year.
He was also successful in adding
2"00 to the permanent endowment
fund of the college.
Low Rates to California.
Tho Triennial Conclave Knights
Templar will be held at Sau Fran
cisco, September 5th to nth and the
Sovereign (J rand Lodge I. O. O. F.
will be held at same poiut September
l!th to 25th. For these occasions the
Southern l'nrit).' dtmmtnv will tln.v
in effect the extremely low rate of one !
aud one third faro for the round trip, j
not to exceed $25.00, tho rato from '
Portland. Thoso who are planning a
trip to California should take note of
theso rates.
"THE HILLS OF LIFE."
The Observer ia pleased to present
to its readers another poem from the
pen of Miss Ruth Crocker, of Portland.
Miss Crocker is the 17-year-old daup li
ter of Conductor J. W. Crocker, of the
Dallas-Portland passenger train, and
her poetical productions are all of a
high order of excellence, showing a
depth of thought and beauty of
expression notofteu found in the lit
erary efforts of young people not yet
out of their 'teens. Her latest ana
best poem, entitled "The Hillsof Life,"
was read at the eraduating exercises
of the 1904 class of the Portland High
School, of which class the young lady
was a member. This poem is wormy
of a place In every scrap-book:
A trawler, in his long nn1 weary climb,
Hud reached a knoll above a pleasant plain,
And giizinR downward at his starting point,
Review'd the trials of the climb wgaln.
The hill was steep, and difficult to scale;
Great roclts and boulders often blocked the
way;
With brambles, too, the pathway was beset,
And thick-grown shrubs nhtit out the light
of day.
Oft had his feet been tripped by bramble roots,
Oft hud the boulders mode the pain seem
hiird,
Oft had the deep and difficult ascent
All hopeofsmnoth and steady progress barred.
Vet, struggling up again, each time he Slipped,
Hnlmri.bv uerseverance. climbed the knoll:
And though above lilm .lowered more lofty
heights,
He firmly hoped that he could reach the goal
(ircat heights they were, and rocky mountain
crags,
With sides of high, precipitous abcent:
Vet guiding hope, which led him up the knoll,
He felt, would stay him, though his strength
weie spent.
We. havinir reached the summit of a knoll
Needing lirm courage which through trial
goeis
Look back again, ns did the traveler,
And view the paths on which we lately rose.
The stumbling blocks which oft beset our path,
Likewise the pleasant places meet our view.
Those nleasant moments, dear and close to ns
Which beautified the course we struggled
through.
Before us rise S'ill higher mounts to scale,
Just such as met the traveler's upward gaze
The heights are steep, aud often pathless seem,
Yet we must keen advancing, all our days.
The same (inn lioDe which ltd us on thus far
Increased by tares with w hich our days arc
rife,
And strengthened by muture experience.
Will guide our steps o'er all the hills of life
FOREST FIRES ARE RAGING
Thirty Square Miles of Fine Timber In
Linn County Have Been
Destroyed.
BUYS MANY FINE SHEEP
Prominent Shipper Says Polk County
Animals Are Best He Has
Seen.
A big stock shipper has been in this
county for several days buying all of
the buck sheep he can secure, says the
Independence correspondent of the
Portland Journal. He wishes to ship
three double-deck carloads of the very
best graded stock to eastern markets
which ho represents. He is taking
only the registered stock as it is of a
superior grade, paying as high as $2i
and $30 for some of the best stock.
He mentioned as among his principal
receivers, big glowers in Colorado,
Montana, Wyoming and the southern
states.
He states that the stock here is of
the very best grade grading in his
judgment higher than the very best
in the English market and in the east
ern states. lie accounts for this by
the warm weather tho year around,
and that the stock not having to be
stall fed, is of better bone and build
and of an evener and longer and finer
grade of wool. "In fact," said he, "I
consider that the Willamette valley
growers should produce nothing but
tho very highest grades of stock,
horses, goats and sheep, because the
climate is conducive to the best results
and no country under tho sun can
equal tho Willamette valley in this
industry. I have shipped from
almost every locality, and I expect to
keep this market as my best future
market and will ship from here annu
ally in the future."
He secured all of the best stock he
could obtain from Riddel!, Stump
Griggsby and Brunk, and stated that
he would probably not make a jer
soual visit here iu the future, but
would leave the matter with ageuts
whom he knew to be thoroughly com
petent to seen ro the class of stock he
should desire. Ho camo hero from
Yamhill county, where, he stated, he
had picked up all the best stock obtainable.
One of the most distastrous fires in
the history of Linn county commenced
Monday iu the forests about 14 miles
from Lebanon, in the eastern part of
the county. Already the large shingle
mill of Gilbert Bros., together witn
75,000 shingles, the family homes and
a number of buildings adjacent there
to, have been devoured by the greedy
flames, and the end ia not yet. Resi
dents of that section of the country
have been fighting the conflagration
with a desperation born of necessity,
but as yet have made no impression
on the flames.
There are a large number of small
mountain hamlets and settlements in
the eastern part of the county, which
are in the zone of the lire, and which
are utterly without protection against
such danger. Sweet Home, Foster,
Sodaville and Waterloo.all settlements
of more or less importance, are situ
ated in the midst of thick growths of
fir and pine timber, and will certainly
be destroyed should the wind carry the
fire to their immediate neighborhood.
At the present time the fire is headed
toward Foster and spreading rapidly,
but is some distance away. The fire
is now beyond human control and
spreading with alarming rapidity.
There is not a finer body of timber
in Oregon than that which dresses the
the mountains of Eastern Linn county
through which the fire is now raging.
Already 30 square miles of magnifi
cent timber has been converted into
charred stumps, and the loss is thou
sands of dollars,
The fire has already crossed three
mountain streams, each of which the
lire-fighters had hoped would check
the mad flames.
The only hope is now that a rain
will come to quench the flames. No
loss of life has yet been reported.
Should the flames be unchecked until
they reach the mountain villages.how
ever, fatalities are almost sure to follow.
Gilbert Bros, lost all their property
in the holocaust. The fire started from
the camp fires of blackberry pickers
who were camped in a large field of
vine-covered logs near Gilbert's mill.
Citizens of Lebanon were called
from their work Monday by the ring
ing of the fire bell, to find that fire in
tho timber near the city threatened to
wipo Linn County's inland business
center from the map. The people
turned out and by heroic exertion suc
ceeded in checking the flames and
finally getting them under control.
Only prompt work prevented a very
destructive fire. The fire originated
about two miles from Lebanon, and is
supposed to have started from a camp
fire.
FEW FAIL TO PASS
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FLAMES UNDER CONTROL
Large Force of Men Succeed In Sub
duing Forest Fire Near Falls
City.
Blauk Bills of Sale are sold hen
Scrofula
J-V ar entirely frtWroin it.
It may Uevi'lop to slowly us to cause
bi.'.ts it any uiaturbarve during the wbol
period of ehlltlbooJ.
It nwy then produce Irrv-nilarlty of th
ito:ii:ich Htid Ixwls, dyspepsia, eat.irr!.
srul marked tmlenoy ti consuiupUoi
before manifesting itst-if in much cutant'o'.i
en:itiin or glandular spoiling.
It ii bent to be sure i.'iut you are quit;
free from it, and fur its complete ensdiw
tion you can rely on
Hood's Sarsaparillc
Dt bMt t all adUlBM tot all buawrs.
The forest fire which has beeu rag
ing in tho mountains southwest of
Falls City, and which threatened for
a time to destroy tho barn of the
Bryan-Lucas Lumber Company, is
now well under control and it is be
lieved that no further damage will
result. Tho Coast Range Lumber
Company has a crow of twenty-five
men patrolling tho woods to prevent
tho fire from spreading.
Both mills had large forces of men
in the woods last week, and effectual
work in checking the vages of the
blaze was done by digging trenches,
cutting down dead trees, and back
firing. The extett of the damage
caused by the lire is not known, but
Lis genorally believed iuFalsCiiy
that it will be small, as only the uuder
brush and smaller trees were burned.
Twenty-Two Applicants for Teachers'
Certificates Are Successful in
Recent Examination.
County School Superintendent C. L.
Starr, Mrs. F. H. Morrison and Miss
Dora Roy, sitting as a County Board
of Examiners, finished the work of
grading teachers' papers, Monday.
Certificates to teach were granted as
follows :
First grade George Murdock, Edith
Montgomery, Ralph Hill, M. E.
Wheeloek.
Second grade Evangeline Hart,
Hallio Morrison, Ethel Brown, Ida M.
Smith, Lueile Reid, T. J. Gill, Hester
Coburn, Tressa MolTitt.
Third grade Frances Luckey,
Sa mantha Hart, Pearl Burk, Edna
Hayes; Mrs. F. H. Buchanan, of
Yamhill county; Myrtle Davis, of
Marion county; Joyce Arant, Vir
ginia Owens, Beatrice Burkhead. and
Christie Burkhead, of Wasco county.
CHAPEL CAR COMING
Baptists Will Hold Revival Meeting
in Dallas Early in October.
The Baptist chapel car "Immanuel,"
now in California, will be in Dallas
early in October, and a ten days'
revival meeting will be held. The
church building in Dallas is soon to
be repaired and re-painted. The trus
tees have also authorized the building
of a largo shed for wood and for shelt
ering teams in rainy weather.
Rev J. M. Green pastor of the
church, will preach at Bridgeport
uext Sunday at 11 a. m., and at Lib
erty schoolhouse at 3 p. in. Rev. J. B.
Thompson will fill the pulpit here.
J. M. GREEN, Pastor.
Lungs
Pror. and Mrs. E. E. Coad, of Dal
las, were in Lebanon, Monday, to
confer with the trustees of Santiam
Academy iu rvgard to opeuiug the!
school. Tror. Newell, of Portland. I
was also here last evening for the!
same purpa. Lebanon Advance.
DeVitt's 2Ea Salvo
For Pile, Durns, Sores.
Notice of the Meeting of the Board
of Equalization.
Notice is hereby civen that on Mon
day, the 29th day of August, 1004, the
1 oard of Equalization will attend at
the office of the County Clerk of Polk
County, Oregon, and publicly examine
tho assessment roll and correct all
errors in valuation, description or
qualities of lands, lots, or other prop
erty, and it shall be the duty of per
sons interested to appear at the time
and place appointed, and if it shall
appear to such Board of Equalization
that there are any lands, lots, or other
property assessed twice, or in the
name of a person or persons not the
owner thereof, or assessed under or
byond its actual value, or any lands,
lots, or other property not assessed,
said Board shall make the proper
corrections.
Dated at Dallas, Oregon, this 12th
day of August, 1904.
F. E. MYER,
Assessor for Polk County.
Kodol Dyspepsia Curo
Cigetts what you eat
Dr. Pierce's G-olden
Medical Discovery
CURES Weak
Lungs.
$3,000 FORFEIT
Will be paid by the World's Dispensary
Medical Association, Proprietors, Buf
falo, N. Y., if they cannot show the ong-
-: f tVia individual VOlUn-
lnai siuuaiuic ui , ,
ial hplow. and also
of the writers of every testimonial among
the thousands which they are constantly
publishing, thus proving their genuine
ness.
"When I commeneea laituiK r Ti-
eighteen months ago, my health was completely
broken down." writes Mrs. Cora L. bum er and
of Chaneyville, Calvert Co mo. -j -
coulfl not even waiK aero
ssry ch, !!!?z;fz!Z'Z
said I had lung iroumr, " 7," pi-rc,'.
well again. At last I concluded to try Dr. Pierce s
mprticines. I boueru a wmc wi
to? Tuvery,' tSok it. and soon commenced
tofeel a littli better, then you directed me to
SteboMi the "Golden Medical and
the 'Favorite Prescnntion.' which I did. Alto-
pether I have taKeu ewm ,r Vl
SrKS? I7e vials of Mtett I am now
Sst entirely well, and do all V r.khm,(
out anv pain whatever, and can run with more
cube uiuii j
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleanse
and regulate the bowels.
ANOTHER 'PHONE DIRECTORY
Observer Will Print List of Mutual
Subscribers rsexi
Th rHas telephone directories
printed by the Observer job office for
-otMirniid distribution were evidently
appreciated by the patrons of the
Pacific States xeiepuouo
. ... .,,v,. rxt rnllfl we
judging irom ui uumu
k,. hnrl for them. Next week we
lit v m m
will print a list of the subscnoeis 01
the Mutual telephone companies uav
ntrAl connection in Dallas
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This list will comprise tne uamco u
the patrons of the City mutual
Exchange, the Salt Creek company,
the Oakdale-Liberty company, w
TDL.iaiiiA comDanv and trie i-ans
JJV - j-
Citv company. Subscribers or mew
companies need not taKe me uuuu.
f nf rhA list out of the Observer, as
l,J MU " c .
we shall leave plenty of copies of tne
directory printed on cardDoara at uic
central office in the Wilson drugstore
for free distribution.
Do You Want Lumber?
wv,nvA h11 kinds: also Moldings
a ,.Qr,rthino- needed in building-
All made of soft Yellow Fir at lowest
prices. Send us your specincauuua
and get our ngures.
BRYAN-LUCAS LUMBER CO.
YE FAITHFUL SCRIBE
Rural Correspondent's Items Gleaned
at Random From Our Exchanges.
Oh, my ! hot and smokey !
Andrew Siefarth has dug a new
well.
George Miller is the proud possessor
of a new gun.
The Becks, of Shedds, Sundayed
with the F u gates.
Mr. Osborn recently lost 11 valuable
mule of heart trouble.
You're not the only tin can in the
valley, Wolfer Prairie, 'cause you
rattle lots.
Philip Miller was working for
Frank Meeks of Gribble Prairio one
day last week.
Wright and Lot Gardner, two Indus
trious boys, are picking blackberries
on the shares.
We don't know what ails Mr. George
Soper, that he never comes to Sunday
school since the little school teacher
left the hills.
We saw one of our sweet girls mak
ing goo-goo eyes at the front of our
bank, and heard her giggle to her
companion that Leonard looks real
cute behind the (bank) bars. "So
mote it be."
Well, Bert, many thanks for your
kindness in starting the engine,
Wood flew in the air Monday, the
engineer handled the throttle as he
does the reins of his flyer, and we all
got a wiggle on ourselves.
Levi Stehman traded horses and
started down the lane and the suppo
sition is, he has not found room
enough in the county to turn around
so ns to get back home. Well, Levi
we will milk the cows and feed the
pigs.
Notice to Hop Growers.
See Vaughn & Weaver before buy
ing Hop pipe. Guy Bros, old stand
on Mill street.
TlmSmirhern Pacific is getting its
bridges and grading to the; Willamette
bar at Independence almost completed.
The company expects to use this bar
to gravel and ballast tne enuie
west side division of its lines, as well
as for the use of the Falls City rail
road and the motor line. County
Judge Coad says that arrangements
may be made to have the Southern
Pacific haul gravel for use on the
county roads in the west and central
part of the county where it is impos
sible to get gravel at the present time.
BARGAINS
IN
MATTED PICTURES
that you should not miss.
MT. HOOD in colors, 20C
A Great Many other . rn
Scenes, at ,5
Stereopticon Views, c pa
tho $2 kind, dozen, J'U
AT
MEISER MEISER
A. it.
D BALER IN
LIVESTOCK
FUiys and ships Hogg, Mutton and
Stock Sheep. Highest market price
paid at al. times, ddress,
R. F. d. no. 1,
DVLLAS. ORKGON
m j. m.
DEALER IN
Horse and Buggy For Sale.
Horse and buggy for sale. Inquire
of E. M. Smith, County Clerk's office,
Dallas, Ore.
LADIES and
CHILDRENS FURNISH
ING GOODS.
The largest and best stock of
Materials for Fancy Work
' in the city.
COLLINS BUILDING
Dallas, Oregon
Flour and Mill Feed
of all kinds.
COURT HOUSE NOTES.
NOTARIAL COMMISSION
J. N. Hart, of Dallas.
PROBATE
Estate of David Stump, deceased
petition granted for an order closing
estate nunc pro tuuc as of Monday,
December 6, 1886.
Guardianship of minor heirs of EB
Martin, deceased guardian's bond
fixed at $600.
Estate of Bertha Ohms, deceased
final account set for hearing Septem
ber 17, 1904, at 1 o'clock p. m.
Estate of James I Ball, deceased
R. C. Craven, E. J. Craven and F. E.
Myer appointed appraisers; petition
i to sell persona Dronertv orranted.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
A J and D L Hedges to J E Willson,
16.50 acres, t 8 s, r 4 w, $200.
Silas Orchard to Elias W Hinshaw,
lot 2, block 16, Dallas, $175.
E A Thorp to A L Wallace, lots 3, 4,
5 and 6, block 33, Thorp's Inde
pendence, $100.
H B riurumer, trustee, to Mrs
Fannie Brown, lot 3, block 20, Imp Co
add to Dallas, $50.
E C Keyt et ux to Nellie Wise, 311.75
acres, 1 6 s, r 4 and 5 w, $i.
Mrs M A Montgomery to Margaret
Wan key, tract in block X, south side,
Falls Citv. $275.
United States to Jacob Doran et ux
639.47 acres, t 6 8, r 7 w. patent.
Ella A Nelson to A T Cross, tract in
John E Murphy's add to Monmouth,
$700.
Mary T Cressy and hd to George E
Brey, parts of lots 7 and 8. block 25,
Hill's Independence, $300.
iodo! Dyspepsia Curo
Digests what you eat
LAWN and FIELD SEEDS
House Medicine axd Stock
Food of all kinds.
We buy Wool, Hides, Furs and Tallow-
One Door west of Hub Clothing Store
on Oak Street.
J. L. Castle,
Dallas, Oregon
DON'T WATCH!
yorn old time-piece to see
if it is keeping correct time,
but buy a reliable Hamilton
Railroad Watch or a Paillard
Non-Magnetic Watch.
ONEIDA SILVERWARE,
made of the best material and
a 25-vear onarantpp uh oil
... o on
articles ot this brand. We
also keep the White Metal
brand Knives, Forks, Tea
and Table Spoons.
Cafl and See My Line of Goods
CHARLES H. MORRIS
JEWELER
DALLAS,
OREGON
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OLDS C,.. T-i.l
threat ftc!Ee" Cum for alT
THROAT and LUNG TTtfiTTTi
LE3,o, MONEY BACK.
WATCH THIS
SPACE
FOR OUR NEW
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MANUFACTURERS .ND REPAIRERS OF
Wagons, Carriages, Buggies and farm Itlaci
Ior$e Shoeing and Flow Work a Specialty.
We have one of the best Shoers in the State.
New and second-hand rigs to sell or trade.
Phone Farm 329. North Dallas, Ore
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OUT
Will close out our stock of eroceries at
once to make room for Shoes and other
lines which are now in transit. NOW
IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
Good Cider Vinegar
at, per gallon
18c
Bring your
gallon jugs.
Pollock's Cash Stoi
UGLOW BLOCK, DALLAS, ORE.
117
w.
AQNER BROS.
CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF
I Single Shovel Plows, Double Shovel Plows, Wing &
I Plows, Five-Tooth Cultivators, Disc Cultivators, P? l
N Mni.. f 1 ,
I a..MBj cprmg looth Harrows, Disc Harrows,
with Extension Head. ::::::::: :
All kinds of Plows, Harrows, Cultivators and everything
cultivate a hopyard or orchard.
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