Polk County observer., September 23, 1904, Image 1

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VOL. XVII
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 23, 1904
NO, 23
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medium-priced Clothing, we have it; and if you want
a genuine hand-taiiorea
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Don't your boy need a new
suit ior school? Buy him
a suit from us and he will
get a nice present with
each suit or overcoat. We
will give with each boy's
suit or overcoat a nice box
containing penholder, pens,
colored craj'ons, eraser, pen
cils, etc.
Ve have added a complete line of the celebrated
Black Cat Hose
for Ladies and Children.
'runks, Telescopes and Suit Cases for any who are
ing to travel. In furnishing goods, you will find
lost anything you want.
icobson
EiiilpatricK Building.
DALLAS, OREGON
DALLAS IRON WORKS
W. C. JACKSON, successor to Ed. Biddle.
Manufacturing
and Repairs
Bids Contracts
GIVEN ON ALL KINDS
OP WOEK.
Drawings and Estimates Given.
All Work Guaranteed
Foot of Mill St.
DALLAS, OREUON.
'alias Ice Cold Storage Co.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Cold Storage Rates are Cheap.
Our Ice is made of Pure
Mountain Water.
MEAT MARKET
UOLESALE AND
TAIL
CONNECTED WITH OUR PLANT.
We Guarantee the Choicest and Best Cold
Storage Meats.
usages over Mutual Telephone at Our Expense
We t'ive a World's Fair Tour Coupon with
every 25c purchase.
1 Pbone 366. Mutual 21.
Dallas, Oregon.
SEWERS ARE PAID FOR
City
Treasurer Reports
Assessments Have
Collected.
That
Been
Ail
livery dollar of the assessment
levied by the city council for the con
struetion of the Court and Mill street
sewers has been paid, and the warrants
given in payment for the work have
been called in and canceled. The
assessment amounted to $3184, and
nearly 100 property owners were
assessed for the improvement. This
prompt payment will relieve the city
from further trouble or expense, as it
will not be necessary to sell any
property in satisfaction of the assess
ment, and there will be no further
interest to pay on sewer warrants. It
is seldom that an improvement of
such magnitude is carried out without
the necessity of resorting to a sale of
at least a few pieces of property to
satisfy unpaid assessments, and the
ready and cheerful manner in which
this tax was paid speaks volumes for
the enterprise and prosperity of
Dallas.
At the regular meeting of the city
council, Monday evening, all of the
members of the board were present,
Councilman Boals having arrived
home from the East last Friday.
Claims against the city were ordered
paid as follows :
G. VanOrsdel, electric lights $130.55
M. D. Coulter, sprinkling streets 6.00
Frank Ludwig, work on streets 2.00
An ordinance regulating the man
ner of driving cattle through the
streets was read the second time and
was passed, the council voting as
follows: Aye, Muir, Cosper, Boals,
Belt, Simonton ; no, Muscott. This
ordinance provides that when cattle
are not led through the streets, they
must be driven by not less than two
persons, and tnat the animals must
be under the control of the drivers at
all times. Violation of the ordinance
punishable by a fine of not less
than $5 nor more than $50.
The Auditor was instructed to serve
notice on the owners of property on
Ash street, between Main and Rail-
oad streets, that the council contem
plates the passage of an ordinance re
quiring the improvement of that part
of the street by grading and gravel
ing. The council will meet on Mon
day, October 3, at 7 :30 p. m., to hear
and determine objections or remon
strances to the improvement.
Mrs. C. W. Calloway, of Falls City,
was a Dallas visitor, Monday.
Trespass notices, printed on cloth,
for sale at the Observer office.
Mrs. L. Gerlinger, Jr., left this week
for California, where she will visit
friends.
F. C. Pyle, a rustling canvasser for
the San Francisco Examiner, was in
Dallas, Monday.
Naomi Chapter, No. 22, O. E. S. will
hold a regular meeting on next Tues
day evening, September 27. A full
attendance is desired.
Mrs. F. A. Patterson, of Inde
pendence, and Mrs. D. P. Patterson, of
Eugene, visited af the home of Mr,
and Mrs. E. Hayter, Sunday.
President E. D. Ressler, of the Mon
mouth Normal school, was in attend
ance at the sessions of the Clackamas
county teachers' institute in Oregon
City the latter part of last week. Ore
gon City Enterprise.
R. Koehler, formerly manager of
the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon,
has been appointed purchasing agent
of the Oregon lines of the O. It. & N.
Co. and the Southern Pacific. The
merging of the Southern Pacific with
the other lines of the Harriman sys
tem placed the managership of the
Oregon lines of the two companies in
the hands of E. E. Calvin.
READY FOR WORK
Dallas College Opened Wednesday
With Large Enrollment of
Students.
PUBLISH ASSESSMENT ROLL
Complete List of Property Valuation
Ordered Printed In Benton
County.
PAINTS,
WALL PAPER
and .
MOULDINGS
o ll v.v Wall Paper & Paint Store.
Mil Cz CORNES,. Mill street, Dallas, Oregon
Wedded at McCoy.
George A. Purvine and Miss Violet
A. Anderson were married at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John McCrow, in
McCoy, at noon Tuesday, Rev. W. T.
Wardle, pastor of the First Presby
terian Church of Dallas, officiating.
The ceremony was witnessed by about
thirty friends of contracting parties.
Many beautiful and useful presents
were received. After congratulations
had been extended, a bountiful wed
ding dinner was served. Mr. Purvine
is a son of A. L. Purvine, of Spring
Valley, and is a worthy and indus
trious young man. His bride, who is
a daughter of Mrs. John McCrow, has
been a favorite in social circles in her
neighborhood and enjoys the friend
ship and esteem of all her acquain
tances. After a brief wedding trip,
Mr. and Mrs. Purvine will go to their
new home about eight miles from
McCoy.
William H. Zumwalt Dead.
William H. Zumwalt, a former resi
dent of PolK county, died at his home
in Merlin, Josephine county, Friday,
September 16, aged 68 years. He was
the oldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs
Isaac Zumwalt, honored pioneers of
Polk county, and came across the
plains with his parents at an early
day. Mr. Zumwalt was a useful and
respected citizen, and had many
friends in Polk and Josephine count
ies.
: . AX BK CUBED BT using ACKER'S DTSPEPSIA TABLET3 ar
sold on a positive guarantee. Cures heart
bum, raisin? of the food, distress after
eating or any form of dyspepsia. One
little tablet rlvee immediate relief T
eta. and S eta. Beit Cherrlnrtor
i Table ta. One UtUa
mediate relief or money
i handsome tin boxes
i Cherrinaton. Dallas
Move to California.
W. E. Wann and family passed
through Wednesday morning on their
way to Salem, where they will visit
awhile and then proceed to their
future home in California, probably
Tulare county. Mr. Wann has sold
his fine ranch on the Yachats and will
return in about a week to close up his
business affairs. In moving to Cali
fornia, he hopes the change of climate
may prove beneficial. The departure
of this estimable family is a source of
regret to many friends in Lincoln
county. Toledo Leader.
Merton Ellis, a former Dallas stu
dent, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Ellis, in Falls City, over
Sunday. He is employed as a sten
ographer in the office of T. S. McRath,
a wholesale dealer in lime and cement
in Portland.
Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Toney returned
from their wedding trip, Tuesday Dr.
Toney's bride was Miss Pearl Grover,
a most estimable and popular young
woman, of McMinnville. She was
graduated with honors from McMinn-
ville College last June. Dr. Toney
has been practicing dentistry in Dal
las for the last year, and has made
many warm friends by his fine social
qualities and upright business
methods. Dr. and Mrs. Toney will be
cordially welcomed as permanent res
idents of Dallas.
The Assessor of Benton county has
completed the 1904 assessment roll and
the county court has ordered the
name of every taxpayer published, to
gether with the total number of dollars
for which each is assessed. The list
appears in tnis week s issue or the
Corvallis Timas. The object of the
publication is to inform each tax
payer of the amount of his assessment
prior to the meeting of the county
board of equalization, and also to ex
pose tax-dodgers, if any there be. The
value of such publicity will be imme
diately recognized by any person who
will give the matter a moment's
thought, and it is a course that has
long been advocated by the newspapers
of Oregon. The method has the
unanimous endorsement of the mem
bers of the Oregon Press Association,
and it is altogether probable that the
next Legislature will be asked to pass
a law making it compulsory in every
county to publish a list similar to the
one voluntarily published in Benton
county. The Times says editorially :
"A list of the valuation of the real,
and of the personal property of every
taxpayer in Benton county, appears in
this issue of the Times. Its publica
tion was ordered by the county court
at a recent session, and a copy is to
be placed in the hands of every tax
payer, xsy means or it, eaen will see
at a glance what his property valu
ation for assessment purposes is, and
will, at once know whether or not he
desires to go before the county board
of equalization, which meets Monday,
September 26th, to secure a reduction,
or other adjustment.
'The function of the county board
of equalization is to make a proper
and uniform adjustment of assess
ments. It is the only body charged
with that duty. It meets for a week
and then adjourns. After that, tax
payers nave Dut little cnance in case
of improper assessment, to get an ad
justment of their taxes. Ordinarily,
the board meets and adjourns before
taxpayers know how or for what
amount they are assessed, and then it
is too late to apply a remedy. To give
them timely notice of what amounts
tney are assessed for, so tney can go
before the county board for re-adjust
ment li tney desire to, is tne reason
why the full list of the taxpayers and
their assessments appear in this issue
of the Times."
Tie school year of 1904-05 of Dallas
College was opened under the most
favorable auspices Wednesday morn
ing. The open ing exercises were held
in the College chapel and were attend
ed by the members of the faculty,
students, and friends of the school.
Many new faces were noticed among
the students, and the enrollment shows
a substantial gain over that of past
years.
Prof. D. M. Metzger, dean of the
faculty, who will have charge of the
school this year while President C. C.
Poling is in the East, presided over
the assembly, and opened the exercises
with a pleasing talk, bidding jthe
students welcome and outlining the
work of tho year. Judge N. L. Butler
and Eev. James Moore addressed the
students, congratulating them upon
the excellent advantages offered them
by Dallas College, and urging them
to devote themselves to earnest, cons
cientious work.
i-ror. a. a. winter, financial agent
of the College, gave a brief talk in
which he made a report of his sum
mer's work and told of the financial
condition of the school. He says that
Dallas College is no longer an ex
periment, but is now firmly established
on a solid and enduring basis. Dur
ing the summer vacation, he visited
nearly every county in Western Ore
gon and succeeded in adding about
$3000 tc the permanent endowment
fund. This amount, taken together
with the $10,000 already in the fund,
brings the total endowment up to
$13,000. President Poling, who is in
the East in tho interest of the school,
writes that he hopes to raise $10,000
more, and should his efforts be suc
cessful, it is thought that no difficulty
will be experienced in reaching the
$25,000 mark at no distant day. With
this latter sum at command, the yearly
interest and tuition will give the
college ample funds from which
pay all the toachers needed and
purchase sufficient equipment in the
way of apparatus, books for the
library, and gymnasium supplies
Prof. Winter met with hearty support
every place he visited, and says that
Dallas College has many substantial
friends, not only in Oregon but in the
Eastern States as well.
Prof. C. T. Whittlesey, of the chair
of Latin and Greek, spoke of the
bright prospects of the school, and
called attention to the fact that many
of America's leading men received
their education in the smaller colleges,
Prof. Dunkelberger, of the depart
ment of mathematics.and Prof.Fisher
of tho department of science, made
brief but interesting talks. Prof.
Fisher is a new addition to tho faculty
and takes the place made vacant by
the resignation of Miss Canfleld. He
comes highly recommended as an able
instructor in his branch, of study
A letter of greeting from Dr. C. C.
Poling was read, and caused much
enthusiasm among the students, who.
by a rising vote, instructed the Sec re
tary of the Faculty to send a message
of thanks and good wishes to the
absent President.
Two excellent musical numbers
contributed to the enjoyment of the
morning's exercises. Miss Olive Smith
and Miss Ella Butler played a piano
duett, and the Collego Quartet, con
sisting of Miss ltebecca Gates, Miss
Ella Roy, Lester Butler and Prof.
Dunkelberger, favored the audience
with a splendid vocal number.
Mrs. M. E. Weaver, Instructor in the
Art Department, will return home
from Eastern Oregon in a few days,
and will open her studio in the Dormi-
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Our assortment of Tablets, Pens, Pencils,
Etc., is more complete than ever before.
We also carry the textbooks
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DALLAS COLLEGE
Your Patronage Is Solicited.
Wilson Drug Company
CONRAD STAFRIN, Manager
Court and Main Streets. DALLAS, ORE.
morning with the entire faculty pres
ent. Rev. Dr. Thompson, an en
thusiastic educator, and Rev. Mr,
Brown were present and gavo some
interesting talks. Many of those en
tering have state and county papers,
and will avail themselves of the four
year course.
Along athletic lines the material is
the most promising for good football
and basketball teams, and under tho
efficient coaching of Director Greene
the teams will give a good account of
themselves. Every quarter of the
state is represented, as well as Idaho,
Washington and California.
E3l m wIm
tory about October 1. , Miss Olive
Smith, who succeeds Prof. Kantner as
instructor in music, is forming her
classes, and has bright prospects for
a large number of pupils and a sue
cessful year's work.
Miss Elizabeth Mae Pollock, who
recently arrived In Dallas from Pueblo,
Colorado, has kindly consented to
teach a class In oratory and voice
culture if a sufficiently large number
Timbers of oak keep the old of pupils can be secured. Miss Pollock
through
homestead standing
the years. It pays to use the
right stuff.
"Men of oak" are men in
rugged health, men whose
bodies are made of the sound
est materials.
Childhood is the time to Ly
the foundation for a sturdy cor
stitution that will last for yean.
Scott's Emulsion is the right
stuff.
Scott's Emulsion stimulates
has taught in some of the best schools
of dramatic expression in the West,
and has been highly successful in her
work. It is believed that a large class
can be secured for this department of
the college.
Monday afternoon was devoted to
the registration of students and 52
names were enrolled. Thi3 is a
marked increase over the enrollment
of the first day last year, and mny
students living at a distance have not
yet arrived. Judging from present
prospects, the number of students this
year will not fall short of 150.
BEGISTKATIOX AT MONMOCTH.
Registration began at the Oregon
State Normal School Tuesday. A
lariro numhpr nf nld And nw RtnrlpntH
.i r i m i i'r
tne growing powers OI cniiarer, have already reached Monmouth and
liplncs thfm hmA n firm prospects are very favorable for the
foundation for a sturdy consti
tution.
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SCOTT ft BOWNE. Chemists,
409-415 Pearl Street, New York,
60c. and $ I.OOs all druggist.
largest enrollment in the history of the
Normal. Assembly was held Tuesday
EXPERIENCE 13 THE BEST teacher.
Um Acker's Eocllah Remedr In any
can of couba, cold or croup. Should It
fail to giro Immediate reuer money re
funded 25 eta. and W eta. Belt A Cbar-
I riastoa. DaUUs. Oresoa.
Prof. C. W. Kantner, director of the
music department of Pacific College ,
came down from Dallas, Tuesday, to
make arrangements preparatory to
his work here. Newberg Graphic.
Mr. and Mrs. William Shope, who
have been visiting Mr. Shopo's parents
in this city, loft for their homo in
Winslow, Arizona, Sunday. Mr. Shope
is a bridge carpenter in tho employ of
the Santa Fe railroad.
Superintendent C. L. Starr will issue
the first number of his paper, The
Polk County School News, about
October 1. He says that subscriptions
are coming in at a lively rate and
that there is a good demand for adver
tising space. Tho paper will be printed
on the OnsEitvER press.
On September 20, 1904, there were
advertised letters in the Dallas post-
office for Miss Lou Armstrong, Mrs.
Ellen Burden, Miss Zelnm Scobert,
Miss Esther Thomas, Mrs. J. B.
Thomas, Maurice L. Arthur, Clarence
Fisher, H. S. Noier, D. E. Searles,
W. W. Wilson & Co. C. (J. Coad,
Postmaster.
It. C. Craven, of Corvallis, accom
panied by Jus wire and child, came
down to Newberg, Monday, looking
for a location for a tailor shop. Ho
rented the east room of the new
Edwards building by tho postoiTlce,
where lie will be ready for business in
the near future. Newberg Graphic.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aliskey, of
Portland, drove over from Salem,
Sunday, and visited nt the home of
Mrs. Aliskey's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Elliott. They were accom
panied by Misses Frances and Emma
Godfrey, of Salem. Mr. Aliskey is
connected with the Government Immi
gration Service at Portland.
Mrs. Delia Pratt, who has made her
home in Dallas for the past two years,
left Tuesday for her old home in
Minnesota. On Saturday evening, a
number of the women of the Presby
terian church, of which she is a
member, surprised her at her home,
each taking her a souvenir plate as a
remembrance. Mrs. Pratt is un aunt
of Mrs. Claud Dunn, and is a most
estimable woman.
Councilman Harvey Boals and
family arrived homo Friday evening
from a five months' visit to their old
home in Nebraska. They also spent
a few weeks at the St. Louis Fair dur
ing the Summer. Mr. Boals says that
the Fair is well worth seeing, but de
clares it is "too big" to bo thoroughly
enjoyed. Tho trip was pleusant
throughout, but thfe members of the
family are all glad to bo at home
again.
FIRE AT INDEPENDENCE
Undertaking Establishment of H.
Jasperson Burned nt Noon
Tuesday.
H.
The undertaking establishment of
H. II. Jasperson was gutted by fire
Tuesday. Mr. Jasperson had gone
to luuch when the fire was discovered.
The alarm was turned on and tho fire
boys responded promptly and did
effective work. The hearse was run
out and a stock of coffins carried into
the street and saved. The main office
was charred and coffin linings, papers
and tools were destroyed.
Tho loss will be in the neighbor
hood of $1000. There was insurance
of $800 on the stock, but nothing on
the building. Indepencence Enterprise.
Exhibit Brought Home.
Polk county's prize-winning exhibit
was brought over from Salem, Tues
day afternoon, and was stored in a
vacant room in the courthouse, where
it will remain until needed for display
at the Lewis and Clark Fair in 1905.
Tho exhibit will be safe from fire in
tho courthouse, and was stored there
upon the suggestion of County Judge
Coad, M. M. Ellis and others who took
an active part in assisting Mrs. Wolfe
to prepare it. The officers of the Lewis
and Clark Fair were anxious to pur
chase the exhibit and ship it to Port
land at once, but as Polk county is
preparing to make an exhibit at the
Fair on her own account, it was :
thought best to keep the present exhib
it and add to it suoh specimens of fruit,
grain and grasses as may bo collected
between now and tho opening of tho
big Fair next year.
Telephone Notice.
Members of tho Falls City, Dallas &
Lewisvillo Mutual Telephone Com
pany can obtain rules to be affixed to
each instrument at central office in
Dallas, central office in Falls City, or
from Frank Butler, Secretary.
The Polk County teachers' annual
institute will be held in Dallas,
November 9-10-11.
Conrad Stafrin and Silas Orchard
trailed residence property this week,
and each will move into tho house
vacated by the other.
The City of Salem won its suit
against the Minto heirs. This is tho
case in which the defendants sought
to prevent tho city from removing
gravel from Minto Island for other
than street purposes.
Hon. B. F. Jones, of Toledo, is
authority for the statement that a
project is on foot to build a railroad
from that place to the Siletz River, a
distance of six miles. Eastern parties
that have acquired proierty in Lincoln
County are behind the scheme, and
the object is to put in sawmills and
cut up tho lino timber in that section
and ship it out by rail. Electric
power can be secured, as the Siletz
River makes a horseshoe bend of seven
miles, flowing back within one-half
mile of the upper part of the stream.
Surveys show that a fall of 60 feet can
be secured in this distance, and in tho
event the rond is built, it will be oper
ated by electricity.
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