Polk County observer., January 20, 1905, Image 2

Polk County Observer
J. C. IIAYTER,
RDITOH AND PUBIJSHKR.
Publialied Weekly at $1.50 per
8trlct.lv in Advance.
Year.
DALLAS, OKEGON, January 20. 1905.
The -way to build up Dallas ts to pat
ronise Dallas people.
TIME FOR ACTION.
Dr. C. C. Poling, president of Dallas
College, who has traveled extensively
in the Eastern States in the last few
months, writes that he has lost no
opportunity to advertise the Lewis
and Clark Exposition. He finds the
people interested in the Western fair
wherever he goes, and says that the
number of visitors to Oregon next
year will surpass all expectations.
He says that Dallas and the surround
ing country will get their proportionate
share of these visitors, many of whom
will come prepared to buy homes, and
adds that "money expended judicious'
ly in advertising Dallas and Polk
county will bo well invested and will
bring large returns."
Dr. Poling's experience is the ex
perience of every Oregonian who has
visited the Eastern States in the last
year. The people of the East are
interested in Oregon as never before,
and information relative to the state
is everywhere eagerly sought. The
demand for descriptive advertising
matter greatly exceeds the supply,
although hundreds of thousands of
booklets and circulars are being dis
tributed each month by the com
rapid growth In population and com
mercial importance that has won for
her a place second to none among the
progressive towns of Oregon? Do we
desire to double our population and
the value of our property? If so, we
must advertise and lose no time in
doinffso. No time is to be wasted, if
we would accomplish the best results.
The Dallas Board of Trade is receiv
ing requests for information relative
to the town and surrounding country
everv dav. and the people who are
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asking this information are entitled
to a prompt and courteous answer,
So far the officers of the Board have
answered all these letters at their own
expense, having no printed matter to
send. Those requests for information
are coming so rapidly at the present
time that it is no longer possible to
answer bv personal letter, and until
printed booklets or pamphlets are pro
vided. all inquiries will have to be
ignored.
This condition of affairs is worthy
the serious consideration of the Board
of Trade and every citizen or Dallas
and the surrounding country. It is a
matter in which all good citizens
should co-operate to bring about the
best results. As one of our exchanges
wisely remarks : "If you are interested
in the growth of your county and city,
in the value of your property, in
lower taxes, in better transportation
facilities, in better roads, better
schools, and a better market for your
goods.you will assist the organizations
that are working to bring about these
improvements."
FOR BETTER ROADS.
The opportunity of a lifetime to
secure good material for road-build
ing at a small cost is offered to the
people of Polk county by the extension
of the Dallas and Falls City railroad
into the mountains west of Falls City.
The new road will open up immense
deposits of the best lock in Oregon for
road purposes, and the expense of in
stalling a crusher to grind up this
rock would not be great. With the
excellent railroad facilities of the
county, this crushed rock could be
hauled to all parts of the county and
mercial bodies of Portland. Aiding dumped at the stations and road
In this work of publicity, are the rail
road companies, the Lewis and Clark
Fair Board, prominent real estate
firms, and boards of trado throughout
the state.
One thousand of the leading
libraries of the United States have
been supplied with advertising matter
by the Portland Commercial Club, and
hundreds of these libraries are writing
for additional information, 08 letters
having boon received in one mail a
few days ago. Many of the libraries
of the New England states say that
any material relative to the history of
Oregon and the Western statos will be
welcome to their shelves.
The great daily newspapers, in
response to the domands of their
readers, are glad to make room in
their valuablo columns for articles
descriptive of the Oregon country and
tho Lewis and Clark Fair, and the
thousunds of smallordaily and weekly
newspapers and trade publications
throughout tho United Statos are no
loss interested and enterprising. Tho
numerous articles descriptive of the
stato and its resources submitted in
competition in tho prize contest
recently conducted by the Portland
Commercial Club found a welcome re
ception In tho columns of prominent
Eastern nowspapors. M. M. Ellis,
president of the Dallas Board of
Trado, only a few days ago received a
letter from a leading Iowa daily paper
asking for an urticle describing the
Willamette Valley ard Polk county
in particular.
uieguu is uxuiy attracting more The Polk countv delegation in the
attention than any other state in the Oregon Legislature fared well in the
crossings, to be hauled by the farmers
and distributed along the county roads
wherever so directed by the road
supervisors. The railroads would
gladly sieze the opportunity to in
crease their earnings by granting a
low freight rate for hauling this
material, and good roads could be
built at a comparatively small cost,
No county in Oregon is better able
to build good roads than i3 our own
county of Polk. The county debt is
practically wiped out of existence, and
the cost of a rock crusher would
scarcely be felt by the taxpayers,
Such a purchase would result in
neat saving of money in the long run
and would farther result in good
roads being built in every precinct in
the county.
Thousands of dollars will be spent
in gravel improvements on the county
roads within the next few rnonths.and
a great portion of this money will be
practically thrown away, despite the
best efforts of the road supervisors,
hat taxpayer Is there who does not
wish that this money could be spent
for crushed rock instead of dirt,
boulders and soapstone?
If the County Court desires to win
the everlasting gratitude of the people
of Polk county, it will purchase
rock crusher and begin building
permanent roads at theearliest oppor
tunity. Such an investment of the
public funds would meet the approval
of every thinking farmer and business
man in the county,
F.t
lacft Tar.
"Tol'.v " is the word generally asso
ciat-! vit!i the jack tar. He is the
nieture of health, and the health bub
bles over iti mirth and merriment. When
oeoole are sick,
especially when
sickness attacks the
lungs the doctor
often advises a sea
voyage. But in the
large majority of
cases the sea voyage
is impossible.
It Is to the men
and women of the
workaday world to
whom sea voyages
or change of climate
are impossible, that
Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery
conies as the great
est earthly boon.
The effect oT this
medicine upon
those whose lungs
are "weak" is re
markable. Even
where there is bron
chitis, spitting of
blood, emaciation,
weakness, condi
tions which if un
checked or unskillfully treated lead tr
consumption, "ijoiueii mcumu uy
erv " in niiietv-eielit cases out oi a nun.
dred works a perfect and permanent
cure. It strengthens the stomach and
other oreans of digestion ana nutrition.
so that the body in all its parts is not
merely fed hut nourished. And it is by
nourishment that Nature builds up the
body to resist or throw off disease.
" I had a terrible couqh something over a year
ago and could find nothing to stop it, or even to
do me a particle of good," writes J. M. i-arr,
Esj.. of Cameron. Screven Co., Ga. "I chanced
sn. n advertisement of vours. and forth
w'lh bouirht a bottle of your invaluable ' Golden
M lical Discovery.' Before I had taken half
bot'le I was entirely well."
Dr. Pierre's Pellets ctue constipation,
DEATH UNDER CAR WHEELS
Conductor W. 0. Cressy Meets Fatal
Accident While Switching Cars
In Monmouth.
Governor Chamberlain's veto of
Senate bill 198 of the session of 1903,
amending the Australian ballot law,
was sustained by the senate, Monday,
by a vote of 26 to 3. The bill provides
that the Australian ballot shall be
changed so that by making a single
mark a voter may cast a straight
party ticket. The Governor gave as
hi3 reason for the veto that the change
would aid corruption in elections. The
three senators voting to pass the bill
over the Governor's veto were Lough
ary, Band, and Farrar. The veto
of the bill to purchase a mansion for
the Governor was also sustained.
Union, and this interest will steadily
increase as the time for tho opening
of tho Lewis and Clark Fair ap
proaches. Thousands of Eastern peo
pie are preparing to como to Oregon
noxt Summer, and a largo number of
them will come to stay. After visiting
the Fair, they will scatter out over the
stato to investigate tho resources and
compare tho advantages offered to
hotnoscekcrs by the various counties
with a view of becoming permanent
residents of the locality that suits
thoin best. It is needless to say that
tho county or towu putting out tho
most attractive advertising matter
will secure tho greatest number of
those 1m migrants. Tho locality that
hides it light under a bushel, no
matter how groat its advantages or
resources, will bo passed by practically
unnoticed.
lhe question now arises: What
nro wo going to do? Is Polk county
to reap tho benefits to which her
spleudid resources entitle hot? Are
her people ready and willing to assist
In the work of calliug tht attention of
these Eastern visitors to tho most
favored section of the Willamette
alley? Is Dallas to continue the
appointment of standing committees.
Senator Loughary is chairman of the
committee on education, and is a
member of the committees on ways
and means, assessment and taxation,
and insurance and banking, llepre
sentative Cooper Is chairman of the
committee on insurance and banking,
and a member of the committee on
railroads and transportation. Repre
sentative Fawk has a place on the
committee on claims and also on the
commltteo on education. The Polk
county men have all been well pro
vided for, and the people will expect
good work at their hands.
Scrofula
Is very often acquired,
though generally inherited.
cad Hygiene, foul air, impure
water, are among its causes.
It is called "the soil for
tubercles," and where it h
dlowed to remain tubercu
losis cr consumption is
pretty sure to take root.
Hood'sSarsaparilla
Removes every trace ci
scrofula. Cet Hood's.
Tor testimonials of remarkable cms
Mo4 for Book on Scrofula, No. 1.
- C L Hoo4 Co, LowtU. himt.
Polk county is modest enough, de
siring appropriations for nothing in
the way of fairs, only asking that the
Normal school at Monmouth receive
reasonable attention from the ways
and means committee. The Mon
mouth school is doing good work
This cannot be said of every normal
school. At present Oregon is suffer
ing from a surplus of normal schools.
To trade off one or two of these plants
for something more needed would be
well. Albany Herald.
Senator Ayery has introduced a bill
in the senato to abolish the office of
county recorder in Benton. The office
at present yields a salary of $1,000 a
year, but the bill introduced purposes
that the duties of the recorder be
turned over to the clerk, the latter to
be allowed a deputy with a salary of
yowjijear. inisiaawise move on
the part of our neighbor county, being
in the direction of economy and more
efilcient service.
A bill for the protection of mill
employes has been introduced in the
Oregon Legislature by Eepresentative
J. S. Cooper, of Polk and Lincoln
counties. Belt-shifters and other safe
guards, exhaust fans for dust, and
secure fences around elevator shafts
and hatchways are called for. Proper
ventilation is compulsory. Copies of
the act are to be posted in every mill
and factory. A meritorious measure,
The Indian War Veteran bill intro
duced by Senator Whealdon carries
an appropriation of($45,000. This bill
is for the purpose of making up the
deficiency in the appropriation of
$100,000 made by the last legislature.
The principal chairmanships in the
senato are : Assessments, Booth ; elec
tions, Brownell; game, Carter; horti
culture, Hobson; judiciary, Band
railroads, Croisan : ways and means,
Farrar.
Name the new county Nesmith
ri i i i....
DiocKman is nttie Detter tnan no
name at all, and there are twenty
three Jefferson counties in the United
States by actual count.
COURT HOUSE NOTES.
EEAL ESTATE TBANSFEKS.
D D Gorsline et ux to John Ellis,
24.91 acres, t 6 s, r 4 w, $1250.
A R Tozier to John Ellis, lots in
McCoy, $800.
V Macken to Plum Valley Lodge,
I O O F, lot in McCoy, $50.
a riiiar ana na to u, li Uobat, 102.72
acres, 1 9 s, r 4 w, $2500.
busie Montgomery and hd to J E
Beezley, 25 acres, t 8 s, r G w, $1.
Coast Range Lumbering Company
to George T Gerlinger, deed of assign
ment, $1.
Bible Study Institute.
ine Uible Study Institute of the
loung Men's Christian Association
of Oregon, held in 'the Evangelical
church in Dallas over last Sunday,
was, a successful meeting in every
sense of the word. Unfortunately, not
more than half the delegates who ex
acted to attend could be present, but
those did attend enjoyed the institute
to the fullest extent. Among the
prominent Y. M. C. A. workers present
were Lester McLean, of New York;
H. O. Hill, of San Francisco, and I. V.
Rhodes, of Portland. Thirty delegates
were in attendance, representing Mon
mouth, McMinnville, Forest Grove
Corvallis, Salem and Eugene.
lhe members of the Dallas College
Association wish to thank the citizens
of Dallas for the hospitality which
made it possible to hold the institute
In this city.
Warren G. Cressy, conductor on the
Independence & Monmouth Railway,
fell under the wheels of a moving
lumber car in Monmouth Saturday
afternoon, receiving injuries from
which he died a few hours later. The
accident occurred at the street cross
in gin front of the Monmouth post
office, and it is supposed that he
attempted to board the moving car,
lost his hold and fell under the
wheels. His left log was almost
severed from the body, and his left
arm was badly crushed.
He was immediately taken to his
home in Independence, where Dr. O.
D. Butler advised that he be sent to
a Portland hospital at once. Permis
sion was obtained to run a special
train over the West Side road to Port
land and the trip was quickly made,
but the veteran conductor's injuries
were of such a serious nature that he
died just as the train was entering the
city.
The body was returned to Independ
ence, and the funeral was held in the
Auditorium, Tuesday afternoon. The
services were conducted by Dr. E. J.
Thompson, and were attended by a
large crowd of sorrowing friends.
Conductor Cressy was one of the most
popular railroad men in Oregon, and
was held in the hicrhest esteem by all
who knew nim.
The following brief sketch of Mr.
Cressy's life is taken from the Inde
pendence Enterprise : '
"W. G. Cressy was born iu Brad
ford, New Hampshire, November 1,
1836, and therefore would have been
69 years old had he lived till Novem
ber of this year. He began railroad
ing at the age of 17, and with the
P exception of a few years, followed his
chosen calling since that time. His
longest service with one road was
with the Concord & Clairmont, of
which he was conductor fourteen
years. At the time of the Chicago
fire he was conductor on the Chicago
& Rock Island road, and was the first
to take a train out of the city and
brought in the first car load of pro
visions after the fire.
In 1873 Mr. Cressy was yard
master at Omaha, and from there
went to Sacramento Valley, where he
was conductor two years. In 1876 he
came to Independence and for a year
had charge of a Southern Pacific train
running from Corvallis to Portland.
When the Oregon Pacific, now the
Corvallis & Eastern railroad was
built, he was given the first train
running between Corvallis and Ya-
quina. Mr. Cressy then rested from
railroad work for five years, living
during that time at Newport. It was
Mrs. W. G. Cressy. the surviving
widow, who as landlady, built up the
name of 'Cressy House,' so popular
among summer tourists to Newport.
The estate still owns the 'Cressv
House' property. From Newport, Mr.
Cressy and family moved to Inde
pendence and for the few years past
t BUSINESS LOCALS. J
Found.
nilfts. a Masonio pio,
n have same by proving
pTpekyaod
Team and Wagon For Sale.
,n nnd harness for sale;
.. nnnrlv new. ISAAC
Moline wugu".
Elliott, Dallas, Or.
Money Wanted.
300 for three
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j ...ill fnrnisn eouu icm
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E. A. Hyde, vaiuw,
years,
estate security,
Oregon.
Notice
I have a new, superior improved
hnnd-eutter and feeder, and want an
onoln of from 16 to 20 horsepower
jrime. If anyone has an
engine, please calland see me and
make arrangements to thresh together.
THOMAS ELL1UT1,
Dallas, Oregon.
Telephone Meeting Postponed.
The meeting of the Falls City, Dal
las & Lewisville Telephone Company,
4-,- U.kta Imon Vinlfl In Falls City last
liJ llttvc u" - -
Saturday, was adjourned to Saturday,
January 21. at 10 o'clocK a. m., in
consequence of the funeral of the late
Mrs. Hunter.
FRANK BUTLER,
Secretary.
Go and see those fine bath tubs,
sinks and lavatories at Wagner Bros
A first-class plumber is in their em
ploy, and will satisfactorily do your
work.
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know it.
How To Find Out.
Fill a bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a
sediment or set
tling indicates an
iiuu ui ine (uu
rieys; If it stains
your linen it is
evidence of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass it or pain in
the back Is also
convincing proof that the kidneys and blad
der are out of order.
What to Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed', that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every
wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the
back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part
of the urinary passage. It corrects inability
to hold water and scalding pain in passing
it, or bad effects following use of liquor,
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to go often
during the day, and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. It stands the highest for its won
derful cures of the most distressing cases.
If you need a medicine you should have the
best. Sold by druggists in 50c. and$l. sizes.
You may have a sample bottle of this
wonderful discovery
and a book that tells
more about it, both sentggtejj
aosoiuieiy iree oy mail,
.Ji r. i.i n
aauress ur. ruimer sc ii,e of swanip-Roat
Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men
tion reading this generous offer in this paper.
Dallas Ice W Cold Storage Co.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Cold Storage Rates are Cheap. Our Ice Is made of Pure
Mountain Water.
WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL
MEAT MARKET
CONNECTED WITH OUR PLANT.
We Guarantee the Choicest and Best Cold
Storage Meats.
Messages over Mutual Telephone at Our Expense
We give a World's Fair Tour Coupon with
every 25c purchase.
Bell Phone 366. Mutual 21.
Dallas, Oregon :
LOOK HEREjf
If you want goods at jU8t abo (F
your own price, you can get t
now at
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The
BIG
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We are busy taking stock and
want to get rid of all Winter
uoous on nuiiu, anu are
to
sell them cheap.
announce a reduction
going f
When we h
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You Know We Mean
What We Say.
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come: est aistd sir,;
Yours truly,
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J. Q. VanOrsdel &
he was connected in one capacity or
another, usually as conductor with
the Independence and Monmouth
Motor railway.
"Mr. Cressy was a member of tho
Mount Hood Division No. 91. Ordor
of Railway Conductors of America.
Besides a widow he leaves a daughter
Miss Mabel, at home, and another,
Mrs. EramaChoate.of Concord, New
Hampshire. A brother, Frank Cressy,
also resides in New Hampshire."
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Dallas ElectrK
PROPRIETOR OF
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Office on Court Street.
Dallas, Oregon.
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COBB
O. H. COBB & SO?
MANUFACTURER? AND BEPAIRERS OF
Wagons, Carriages, Buggies and farm t
ror$e $ftoeing and Plow Ulorlu ,
We have one of the best Shoers in the State
New and second-hand rigs to sell or trade.
Phone Farm 329.
North Dalla;
A,. A f
senators were
Forty lashes with a whip or im
prisonment for one year is the penalty
prescribed by Senator Sichel's bill for
the punishment of wife-beaWs. The
punishment is to be inflicted bv the
sheriff, constable or city marshal.
Warrant Lost.
Lost, Folk county warrant No.
3435. drawn in favor of W. D. Elkins
for $4. Finder will please return to
J. R. Marks, or to this office.
KlEYSKlKrEYCOIlE
WALNUT TREES
FOR SALE
rur.ugun Mainut lrees, write to
BROOKS Q SONS.
Walnut Nursery, Carlton, Oregon
FOLEYSITOIEFTAII
Carta Caitfai Pravaata PaatMMaia
New Senators Chosen.
lhese United States
elected Tuesday:
Indiana Albert J. Beveridtre ta.
elected, and Eepresentative James A
Jaemenway.
Pennsylvania Philander C. Knox
Nebraska Elmer J. Burkett.
Utah George Sutherland, to suc
ceed Thomas Kerns.
unoae island-Nelson W. Aldrich
re-elected. '
Minnesota-Moses Ciapp, re-elected
iuiK-oenator Chauncey M.
uepew, re-elected.
North Dakota-J. P. McCumber
elected. '
Connecticut-M. G. Bulkeley
succeed Joseph R. Hawley.
Massachusetts-H. C. "Lodge
elected.and Murray W. Crane '
iuiemgan-Julius C. Burrows,
elected.
Maiue-Eugene Hale, re-elected,
Legal Blanks for sale here.
GREAT REDUCTION SA
We l(ave goic tlpoii our stock aid fiqd Vc are to
sonc lines. 0ir Sprix Goods are boat, and tfe t
make room for tliem. Saturday January 21, 1
lah a real price Gutting Sale.
72-inch Pure Linen DamasR, former
pnee $1.25, reduced to $1.00 yd.
70-inch DamasR, all linen,
!ale 75c
DRESS GOODS
$1.65 to 2.00 grades, sale
1.35 to 1.50 grades, sale t
1. '.
.65 grades, ssKf
.60 to
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to
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FOIEISHOIJETTffi
This Lot
at Cost
Rubber Boots, Mers UHdcnVl
Alex's aid Boys' Scatt
Won?ens Flecccd
TtrTnfllS
There will be substantial reduction
mies the stock
s, real money-savers, in oe'
must be reduced come and see our bargain ofc::
Pollock's Cash Store
Uglow Building.
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