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VOL. XVII
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 10, 1905
NO. 47
NOW IS THE TIME!!
No better time than now to give our shoes
the test, for we carry the UTZ & DUNN'S
LADIES' FINE SHOES, GEO.E. KEITH'S
MEN'S FINE SHOES, BUCKINGHAM &
HECHT'S GOOD HEAVY SHOES, and
KEPNER, SCOTT'S MISSES and CHIL
DREN SHOES.
These four lines can't be beat
for fit and wear. Give us a call.
Dallas Boot and Shoe Store
MRS. J. C. GAYNOR, Proprietor.
Repairing Neatly
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE!
Our entire stock of Wall Paper will be sold from now on until there
is not a bolt left at an
ACTUAL REDUCTION OF 20 PER CENT
besides selling side-wall, ceiling and border at the same price per bolt
OUR WALL PAPER CUT is occasioned by the arrival
of a choice new lot which will be opened In a short time. Eemember,
we frame pictures and carry tacks, cloth, window shades, curtain
poles, paints, oils and glass. Prices right.
I have two practically new drop-head Singer Sewing Machines,
traded in ns part payment for the "White machines, which are the
same as new. You can buy them for $25 or $30 cash, or on the install
ment plan.
L. D. DANIEL,
EYES!
YOUR.
EYES!
I have made a study of the eyes for
years and am a graduate Scientific
Optician. Many have been success
fully fitted with my glasses and are
tod ay testimonials of my success.
Consultation free.
ClocKs!! Clocks!!
Handsome Parlor Clocks.
I have a select line of clocks
which I have bought with great
care as to workmanship and time
qualities. Handsome parlor or
library clocks at very reasonable
prices.
SOUVENIRS
I sell the Lewis & Clark Gold
Dollars and Teaspoons. The spoons
are the regular Bize and both sou
venirs of the 1905 fair are unique
and handsome.
Fountain Pens, Silver Sets
and Novelties.
C. H. MORRIS
Jeweler and Optician
Main Street,
Dallas, Oregon
DEALER IS
LIVESTOCK
Bays and ships Hogs, Mottun and
Stock Sheep. Highest market price
paid at al. timee. Iddress,
b. r. d. so. 1,
AULAS. OREGON
ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
Workmen will in a few days begin the work
of remodeling our store and thus make it
read' for the new stock of Dry Goods. We
expect to open this department about Feb.
25th or sooner. You must not miss this
opportunity to buy new and up-to-date dry
goods, but wait until we open it then come
and inspect this splendid line. You are
welcome, come in any time.
R. JACOBSON $ CO.
KIRKPATRICK BUILDING, DALLAS, ORE.
and Promptly Done.
- Dallas, Oregon
F. E. B.
We heard a man say the other
morning that the abbreviation, for
February Feb. means freeze every
body, and that man looked frozen in
his ulster. It was apparent that he
needed the kind of warmth that stays,
the warmth that reaches from head to
foot, all over the body. We could
have told him from personal know
ledge that Hood's Sarsaparilla gives
permanent warmth, it invigorates the
blood and speeds it along through
artery and vein, and really fits men
and women, boys and girls, to enjoy
cold weather and resist the attacks of
disease. It gives the right kind of
warmth, stimulates and stregthens at
the same time, and all its benefits are
lasting. There may be a suggestion
in this for you.
A Rate Treat.
Next Sabbath, and for ten days
following, gospel meetings will be
held in the Presbyterian church.
Rev. J. E. Snyder, one of the Chap
man evangelists will preach. He will
be assisted by a great gospel singer,
Mr. Wakefield, a prominent business
man of Portland. Members of all the
churches and all those interested in
the highest good of Dallas are cordially
invited. This i3 a rare and great
opportunity, and we predict an en
thusiasm when these men are heard
that will fully justify any sacrifice
made to attend these meetings.
W. T. WARDLE.
roiEiSEoiiiriffi
RAILROADS WIN OUT
Klllingsworth's Bill Is Laid on Table
After a Lively Debate.
Killingsworth's bill requiring trunk
lines to handle the freight cars of lat
erals was tabled, after a warm debate
in the House Friday forenoon. The
discussion was started when Bingham
of Lane moved to refer the bill back
to the committee on railroads and
transportation, for the reason, he said,
that it had not been properly exam
ined, and besldna W. ,T. Fentoii,
attorney for the Southern Pacific,
wanted to be heard.
Killingsworth opposed it. He said
the matter had been fully and fairly
discussed, and there was no use to go
into it further. He declared the time
had come for members of the Legis
lature to go on record either for the
railroads or for the people. It was
time, he said, for the members to show
that they were not under the dictation
of the railroads.
Smith of Josephine added fuel to
the flame by remarking that if the bill
was referred back to the committee it
would go to an untimely grave. He
declared that the railroads must be
regulated ; that they had quadrupled
rates within the past five or six years
in some instances. "And," continued
the speaker, "the people will soon
learn, if they do not already know,
that this Legislature is the most rail
road dominated Legislature in the
history of Oregon."
The question arose as to whether
there had been a meeting of the com
mittee. Bingham said he had been
informed that there had been no meet
ing and had been told by Mr. Fenton
that he had not appeared before the
committee, and that he desired to do so.
Blakeley .of Umatilla declared that
there was a meeting and that Fenton
was before the committee for an hour.
McLeod opposed re-referring the
bill, for the reason that to return it to
the committee meant certain death.
He was opposed to imposing on the
railroads, but he believed in curbing
them in the interest of the public.
Killingsworth then took the floor
and delivered a set speech. He started
out by regretting that he stood alone
on the bill among the Multnomah
delegation, gave a history of the
Southern Pacific Company and pointed
out wherein, he alleged, it had failed
to meet the demands of the public. He
said the time had come for an end of
the grasp of monopoly.
Mears thought more time should be
given for examination and moved that
it be laid on the table.
"you'll never get it off," said Smith
of Josephine, as the motion prevailed.
Evening Telegram.
Blacksmith Wins Fortune.
C. H. Waymire, a blacksmith of
Woods, Tillamook county, writes to
friends in Dallas that he is reaping a
rich reward from the sale of the patent
right to a carpenter's tool which he
recently invented. He has sold the
right to manufacture this tool in Cali
fornia for $28,000, and in Idaho for
$8000. He also received a large sum
for the right in Washington. No de
scription of the invention is given in
his letter, but it is evidently one of
great value. Mr. Waymire formerly
resided in Perrydale, Polk county.
roxEYsmEiEYCors
tSaku Kidney and Bimdisr Eiffel
RIVER GIVES UP DEAD
Body of Mrs. Mary Saylor Recovered
From Columbia Near
Skamokawa.
The body of Mrs. Mary E. Saylor, of
Portland, who mysteriously disap
peared from Skamokawa on New
Year's eve and who was believed to
have been accidentally drowned,
although other more sensational
rumors were current, was found Sun
day morning at the bottom of the
river near where she was supposed to
have fallen overboard. A professional
diver from Portland, found the body
200 yards below the dock, lodged under
a log and almost covered with mud.
She was dressed exactly as she had
left the masquerade ball on the eve
ning of her disappearance and had
all her jewelry and money on her. A
cut on the forehead would indicate
that she had struck something in fall
ing, but otherwise the body was in a
good state of preservation.
It was on New Year's night that
Mrs. Saylor was sent to the little town
in Washington by her employer, a
local costumor, to let out costumes for
a masquerade ball. After her business
had been transacted she went to the
hall and participated In the dancing
until about 3 o'clock in the morning.
At that hour she started for the room
wherein she kept the costumes to pack
them, and that was the last time she
was seen alive.
In order to get to this room, Mrs.
Saylor had to pass along the dock,
which wa3 poorly lighted and in bad
repair. There was an opening in the
boards, of which she had been warned,
but, as the findiug of the body proves,
she failed to see it and fell through
the hole into the black waters below.
Immediately after the tragedy, the
husband of the dead woman offered a
reward of $200 for the recovery of the
body and for one solid month the
river had been dragged for hundreds
of yards in each direction from the
spot where she was supposed to have
disappeared. Professional divers have
worked almost incessantly in the
neighboring waters-at Jut without re
sult beyond the 'tootling of a .hair
switch and b.airpt'asJi.'cr the spot.
Spurred on by t.ytaj evidence of the
correctness of tlio'ir surmlsea. the
divers continued theirtwork, but not
another clue developed! The husband
has- never doubted ttf.at the corpse
would be found sooner or later, and
his relief at hearing of the recovery
Sunday can better be imagined than
described.
Mrs. Saylor was a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Newton Harris, of Dallas,
and her childhood days were spent on
a farm near this city. Several years
ago she went to Portland and learned
the milliner's and costumer's trade,
and afterwards married Mr. Saylor, a
Washington street cigar merchant.
The body was brought to Dallas for
burial, arriving here on Tuesday s
evening train. The funeral services
were held at the Methodist church
Wednesday at 2 o'olock p.. m.
All Iun Down
HIS is a common expres
sion we hear on every
side. Unless there is
some organic trouble, the con
dition can doubtless be remedied.
Your doctor is the best adviser.
Do not dose yourself with all
kinds of advertised remedies
get his opinion. More than likely
you need a concentrated fat food
to enrich your blood and tone
up the system.
Scott's Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil
is just such a food in its best form.
It will build up the weakened
and wasted body when all
other foods fail to nourish. If
you are run down or emaciated,
give it a trials it cannot hurt
you. It is essentially the best
possible nourishment for delicate
children and pale, anaemic girls.
We will send you a sample free.
ELU
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in the form of a label it on
the wrapper of every bottle
of Emulsion you buy.
scon & BOWNE
Chcmisb
409 Pearl Street, New York
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ASK COUNTY COURT
Resolution Favoring
Road Machinery Passes by
Rousing Vote.
Good Roads Convention in
Number of Representative Citizens
of Polk County.
Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting of Super
visors and other taxpayers present, that the County Court
forthwith buy and sot to work a rock crusher and roller, and
also provide one four-horse-grador for each two road districts
in the county.
The foregoing is the text of a reso
lution passed by a practically unani
mous vote at the Good Roads meeting
in Dallas, Tuesday. The resolution
was introduced by Frank Butler, of
Falls City, and brief talks in its favor
were made by the author and by other
citizens of the county. The road-
making machinery named in the reso
lution will cost about $4,000, or 1 mill
on each dollar of taxable property in
the county.
The convention was largely attended
by representative citizens from all
parts of Polk county, the attendance
demonstrating the fact that the people
are awakening to the need of perma
nent roads. There are twenty-two
road supervisors in the county, and
nearly all of them were present.
County Judge Coad called the meet
ing to order and stated that the object
for which the road supervisors and
citizens had been brought together at
this time was to discuss various plans
for repairing the couuty roads and
also consider the advisability of doing
away with present temporary methods
and beginning the construction of
permanent roads. He said that the
members of the court are all interested
in the movement for better roads and
that permanent work cannot be done
without a rock crusher and rock roller.
He said that the court had practically
agreed not to buy a crusher this year,
but i that1 they might take the
matter up next year. He touched
briefly upon the subject of grading
and drainage and declared that the
large graders are not being profitably
handled. He recommended that smal
ler graders be used in connection with
the four large graders now owned by
the county.
J. S. Beall, of Portland, spoke at
length on the subject of crushed rock
roads. He compared the financial
prosperity of communities having
good roads with that of neighborhoods
less favored, and showed that perma
nent roads are not only a convenience
but a highly profitable investment as
well. He produced figures to prove
that many counties waste enough
money in temporary road repairs In
five years to macadamize all of tkeir
public highways. Attention was In
vited to the fact that farm land sells
for from $5 to $15 more per acre in
counties having good roads than in
counties where this important im
provement is neglected. Heexplained
WILL BE ONE OF THE FINEST
California Building Will Rival Expo
sition Palaces In Size and Cost.
The building which California will
erect at the Lewis and Clark Centen
nial will be one of the finest on the
grounds. The building will also be
one of the largest, and will cost
$40,000.
California's building will be of
nique and appropriate design. The
plans for the building, which have
been aDDOved by Governor Pardee,
provide for a structure in the form of
cross, each wing to represent an old
California mission. These missions
are the Santa Barbara Mission, the
El Carmel mission at Del Monte, the
Dolores Mission at San Francisco,
and the San Carlos mission at San
Diego. Each wing will present an
exterior different and distinctive, and
the reproductions of the four missions
will be faithful, and exact as to detail.
The building will be two stories high.
In the central dome a chime of mis
sion bells will be installed.
Work on the structure will be begun
at once, and it will be completed in
time for the open ing of the Exposition,
June 1.
California's elaborate and complete
exhibit, which will be collected at a
cost of $50,000, will be shown in this
building. The exhibit will show In a
comprehensive manner the resources
of the state along the lines of forestry,
mining, dairying, fruitraising, irri
gation, and fisheries. The exhibit
will be under the direct supervision of
Governor Pardee. J. A. Filcher will
be the commissioner ia charge.
Legal blanks for sale here.
rOIElSEOIiETTAIl
for eklldmmt mfo, cur. platm
FOR ROCK-CRUSHER
Immediate Purchase of
Dallas Attended by Large
the plan pursued by many counties in
building rock roads, Known as the
co-operative plan, in which the county
furnishes the crushed rock and the
farmers haul and distribute it on the
roads. The speaker closed his highly
interesting talk by declaring that
there are many methods of "building
at" roads, but that there is only one
practical method of building a per
manent rpad, and that is to provide a
proper grade and drainage and then
use crushed rock.
After a brief discussion of road
building in general, the Court an
nounced an adjournment until after
noon. The morning session was held
in the couuty court room, but the
crowd was so large that it was found
necessary to hold the afternoon
session in the large circuit court room.
Commissioner William Riddell pre
sided at the afternoon meeting and
called for short talks on road build
ing, to which several citizens respond
ed. Frank Butler made a strong plea
for better roads, calling attention to
the large amount of money that has
been practically wasted on Polk
county roads it the last twenty years
aud urging the need of permanent
improvements. He gave convincing
illust)tions of the value of good
roads m a financial viewpoint, and
assuretho members of the court that
the taxpayers would stand by them In
any effort to better existing conditions.
"We have been patiently hauling
mud and placing it on mud roaJs for
the last twenty years," declared Mr
Butler, "and it is small wonder that
we have little to show for our work.
Grading and drainage are necessary
for all roads, but these improvements
alone are not sufficient. We have
graded the Dallas and Lewisville road
almost from end to end, and vet it is
one of the very worst roads in the
county." Mr. Butler concluded his
talk by expressing the hope that the
court might see fit to place an order
for needed machinery and begin
building permanent roads at once.
Before adjourning, the following
resolution was passed almost witheut
a dissenting voice :
"Resolved, That it is the sense of
this meeting of Supervisors aud other
taxpayers present that the County
Court forthwith buy aud set to work
a rock-crusher and roller, and also
provide one four-horse-grador for
each two road districts in the county."
OREGON AND FLORIDA
Only Two States In the Union Escaped
Cold Weather of Last Week.
Oregon and Florida, at the two ex
treme corners of the United States,
had the same temperature Friday,
and were the only two states in the
Union eujoying fair weather. In
Southern California aud Texas it was
raining. Snow fell in the Central
Southern States, while in Eastern
States in the same latitude with Ore
gon, the cold was intense, ranging
from 2 degrees below zero in Chicago
to 20 bolow in St. Paul and 4G below
InMontana.accompaniod by snow and
generally disagreeable weather, ex
tending South and East. Climatic
conditions were reported as follows:
Place Temperature
Portland, Oregon 32 above
Terra Alta, Maryland 10 below
Concordia, Kansas 12 below
Kansas City, Missouri 7 below
Des Moines, Iowa 12 below
LaCrosse, Wisconsin 32 below
Cleveland, Ohio 4 below
Madison, Wisconsin 18 below
Green Bay, Wisconsin 20 below
Employ Dallas Architect.
F. H. Morrison, a Dallas achitect,
was here Thursday to arrange for
drawing the plans and specifications
for Amity's first brick structure. He
will also draw plans and specifications
for the hotel which is contemplated for
this place in the near future. Amity
Advance.
F. S. Stevens, who has been a fire
man on the Dallas-Portland run and
residing In Dallas, arrived with his
family In Grants Pass Monday and
will now make this city his home.
For the present he Is firing on the
helper between Grants Tass and
Glendale. Grants Pass Courier.
WON TWO; LOST ONE
Dallas Second Basketball Team Re.
turns from Trip to Portland
and Forest Grove.
Dallas 2G ; Multnomah 7.
Dallas 20; Pacific University, 9.
Dallas 20 ; Portland Tigers, 22.
The Dallas College second basket
ball team arrived home Tuesday noon
from their trip to Portland and Forest
Grove, with two victories and one de
feat added to their season's record.
They found their strongest opponents
in ine swirt players composing the
Portland Y. M. C. A. team, with whom
they played a tie game. In the play-
on wnicn tallowed, the Portland boys
threw the first basket and won. The
Dallas lads made a creditable record,
and are receiving manv congratula
tions from their friends. The Port
land Journal, in a lengthy account of
the Y. M. C. A. game, says :
"The Tigers had a hard task laid
out for them, but went into the work
with a will. Masters scoring the first
goal. Dallas then entered into the
game with alt the zest and confidence
of numerous victories, and though
every point was severely contested.
succeeded in running un a score of 11
to 8 by the end of the first half.
"In the second half the Indomitable
tenacity of the Tigers began to tell
and the score to creeD ud closer and
closer until a couple of minutes before
time was called it stood 20 to 18 in
favor of Dallas. Then Push came to
the front and tossed a goal that tied
the score and thus it remained until
the end of the half. In the nlav-off
which followed the ball wa3 passed to
Moore. Moore to Masters, who tried
for goal but was too closely guarded.
Then Pugh came to the front again,
leaped Into the air and caught the
ball on the rebound and with a quick
turn tossed it Into the basket, senrinir
, 0
the two points necessary to win the
game.
'Masters and Pugh scored the most
noints for the Tigers. Pugh ulavintr
a better game than ever before.
(Jraven, Launer and Arnold did the
work for JJullas, Uraven, however,
scoring the most points for then-
team.' .
OUTPIAVF.D MULTNOMAH.
Morning Oregonian: The second
basket-ball team of the M. A. A. G'.-
found an unusually tough customed''. "
in the Dallas men. When the gam
was ended the countrymen had scored 1
20 points against the 7 made by tbr
city boys. The feature of the game
was the brilliant playing of the Dallas
boys. They outplayed the club at all
stages of the game, although it may
be said that the latter wore not in just
the condition necessary owing to
injuries amongst the players.
PACIFIC WAS EASY.
Tuesday's Journal: Those inter
ested in basket-ball had the chance to
witness an Interesting game between
the Dallas team and Pacific last even
ing. The outcome was somewhat of
a surprise to the Forest Grove boys.
Dallas played In good form and had
excellent team work. The flnil score
was 9 to 20 in favor of the visiting
team.
A. C. McKinnon came down from
Portland Thursday morning and
returned to the city Friday afternoon.
He reports Mrs. McKinnon very much
improved, and hopes to bring her
home in about two weeks. Site is now
able to sit up in bed and takes nourish
ment freely. Her mind is clearing
up and it is believed it will now be
only a matter of time when she will
have fully recovered. Amity Advance.
Arrangements are being made to
extend the Amity rural mail route so
as to Include the territory in the vicin
ity of Perrydale. This route already
accommodates a large number of
farmers in the Ballston neighborhood.
DO YOU GET UP
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Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
cures maae Dy ur.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
j. It Is the great medi-
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nent luancy ana oiaa
der specialist, and is
wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou
bles and Bright's Disease, which Is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root ts not rec
ommended for everything but if you havekid
ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found
Just the remedy you need, it has been tested
In so many ways, tn hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that a special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer In this paper and f'il
send your address tOf''"" .
Dr. Klhrr.tr St Co..P!s- -. J;
hamton, N. Y. The -
regular fifty cent and Hmot s&mp-Root
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
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