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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1905)
pom county Observer Stafrin : Oregon Souvenir letter nrus w that Crlder carries the very best. j v0ff is the time to paint your house. I " Mnt reduction on all paints I Ten v1 v flt Crider's Grocery. I The Stafrin Drug Company is sell- ! m books below cost. lr3 f a. Stiles visited relatives in 1 P,rtlaDd'during the week. Arnold's Carnival uompauy imu jng forth in Salem this week. . Bed Oak sugar corn at Howe's; 10 cents a can, and none better. Mrs Frank Butler, of Falls City, ffa8 a Dallas visitor, Wednesday. Formaldehyde Soap for spraying tree9, plants, etc., at Stafrin Drug Co. James Siraonton, of Eickreall, was in Dallas on a business visit, Wed nesday. Specimens of fall-sown flax grown near Salem measure 47 inches in height. Ex-County Commissioner John B. leal, of Falls City, was in town, Wednesday. Money of private parties to loan at 8 per cent on well-improvea rarms. Sibley & Eakin. 0. L. Hawley, a prominent stock raiser, of McCoy, attended the wool growers' meeting, Saturday. A. C. Taylor, a prosperous farmer of Perrydale, attended the wool growers' meeting in Dallas, Saturday. Mrs. G. N. Cherrington, Miss Per sephone Butler and Miss Sena Lynch were passengers for Portland on Saturday's morning train. A. J. Gump and family left Saturday morning for Garnet, Kansas, where they will make their home. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Johnson have moved into J. J. Wiseman's handsome new dwelling house on Church street. O. L. Hartley and family will occupy the house vacated by Mr. Johnson. N. J. Judah, of Walla Walla, formerly city recorder of Salem, and well known in Dallas, is at Hot Lake, Union county, where he is receiving traatment for rheumatism. When ufcei to Hot Lake, he had to be carried. H. L. Fenton is preparing to build a handsome dwelling house on his property at the corner of Court and Jefferson streets. The plans are in the hands of carpenters, and the con tract for the erection of the building will be awarded in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. John Murphy arrived in Dallas from Grant's Pass, Monday, and weDt to their home in Falls City, Tuesday morning. Mr. Murphy's health was greatly improved by his visit to Southern Oregon, and his complete recovery now seems assured. H, G. Campbell and family spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Campbell's father, A. Siefarth, near Oakdale. Mr. Campbell says that ripe straw berries are plentiful on the sunny slopes of the hills west of Dallas. Ripe strawberries are not usually found in Oregon until late in May, and their early ripening this year is a sure sign of a forward season. on a Going to Portland, Sunday? The Stafrin Drug Company is sell- '"8 uuukb Deiow cost, n.-i. , a bampie package of Howe's 25- ixjuiconee. Its good. William Eidgeway, of Buell, was a Dallas visitor, Saturday. Mrs. Louis Gerlinger, Jr., visited relatives in Portland this week. Austin Odom, of Smithfleld, is suffering from an acute attack of pneumonia. Read all the ads of Dallas' nn.tn. date merchants in this issue of the Observer. A Monmouth baker is Dr-finai-l display of cookies for the Lewis and Clark Fair. William Ford, an old and hichlv- respected citizen of the Bridgeport neighborhood, is seriously ill. Louis Gerlinger, Jr., general man ager of the Dallas & Falls Cif.v laiuoau, spent Sunday in Portland. Beginning with next Sunday, the evening services in all the Dallas cnurches will commence at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Karl A. Miller and little snn Bayard, of Portland, are visiting at. .l. i . . me nome or JDr. and Mrs. W. J. Farley. Frank Gibson, manager of the Eickreall Flouring Mill, made a busiuess trip to the Alsea country this week. Harry Hollister, manager of the Hub Clothing Company's store in Dallas, went to McMinnville business visit, Monday. E. D. Cosper, traveling salesman for R. M. Wade & Company, of Port land, visited his mother, Mrs. Martha Cosper, in Dallas, Tuesday. The City Auditor's office has been moved to the real estate office of Campbell & Fuller, where the city records will be kept hereafter. One million eight hundred thousand pounds of wool were sold in Idaho at 18 cents. Tuesdav. The sals is thA largest ever recorded In that state. E. C. Kirkpatrick, the well-known hop dealer, and R. E. Williams, presi dent of the Dallas National Bank, left for San Francisco, on a business trip, Tuesday morning. They will spend about ten days in the Bay City. " The Pioneer mutual telephone com pany has completed its line into Dallas, and connections have been made with the central switchboard in the Stafrin drugstore. The Dallas-j Amity commercial wire will be brought into town on the Pioneer company's poles. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Long arrived in Dallas from Nevada, Missouri, this week, and are visiting at the home of their son, E. F. Long. They will locate in Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Long were resideuts of this state for many years, and moved to Missouri about eight years ago. They are glad to get back to Oregon to spend their de clining yeai'3. W. L. Soenren nas a large force of carpenters at work on the new ware house in Dallas, and the frame is nearing completion. Theentire build ing will be covered with corrugated iron and will be practically fire-proof, so far as outside exposure is con cerned. The building is 40 by 100 feet in size, and will be one and one-half stories high. Circuit ru -i . wuu uexi Mondav. Oregon Souvenir letter albums at wmiim jjrug (JO. The best galvanized eave-troughing .uiua. iuc per root. The Observer office wants the print- Ju are particular about. Frank Waters, Mayor of Salem, was a business visitor in Dallas. Saturday. Formaldehyde Soap for spraying yams, eic, at Stafrin Drug Co. Mrs. F. K. Hubard, of Falls City, is suffering from an attack of lagrippe. John Burgard, a prominent insur ance man of Portland, was a business visitor in Dallas, Tuesday. Paul Hunter, whohashfifin flrHn in Harris' jewelry store, went to Port land, Tuesday, for an indefinite stay. Dr. H. L. Bancroft, eye and nerve specialist, will return to Dallas May 28. All Eye troubles and chronic ills permanently relieved. Dr. H. L. Toney, dentist; graduate of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Office up stairs Uglow building. Hours 8 to 12 and 1 to 5. Examinations free. Phone 45. to The new coat of paint greatly im proves the appearance of the Dallas City Hall. The building had become badly weather-beaten, and the im provement was needed. Lace curtains laundered in the neatest style at the Dallas Steam Laundry. Spring house-cleaning time is here, and you should take your curtains to the Laundry if you want satisfactory work. The drudgery of wash-day is relieved by using one of our Acme ball-bear ing washing machines the lightest running machine on earth. Don' buy until you have examined this line, Vaughn & Weaver. .Light converts were immersed by Rev. J. B. Thompson, of the Baptist church, in the LaCreole river, near the railroad bridge, last Sunday afternoon. A large crowd of people witnessed the performance of the sacred rite. Caslon Eoman and Italic, En graver's Old English and other popular type faces are used in the Observer job department. You get the latest when you order your printing at this office. We want the work you are particular about. Hiram Burt, who has been visiting relatives in Dallas for several weeks, left for his home at Gresham yester day morning. Before leaving, he sold his residence property in Dallas to Mrs. Josephine McDevitt. The con sideration named in the deed is $650. While working on the roof of the new annex to the Dallas foundry last Friday, A. E. Campbell fell to the ground, a distance of twenty feet, and was badly bruised and shaken up. The fall was caused by the slipping of a ladder. Luckily, no bones were broken, and Mr. Campbell was able to resume work in a few days. An alarm ot fire brought the two hose companies out in short order Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. The fire was in the dwelling house of Postmaster C. G. Coad, and was caused by a spark falling on the dry roof. A stream of water was soon playing on the building, and the blaze was auicklv extinguished. The dam age is nominal. A Reliable Place to Trade? Our Saturday Bargains are Great. Tomorrow only, May 6th. 8 a 1T to Style 121 Warner's Rust Proofhi Af) o a. m. to c one of our popular sellers, j UU 10 a. HI. regular $1.50 value at Y Per Pd" 10 a . IH. tO Ladies' Black Hose, combed Maco Kf 12 m. yarn, regular 25c values at AVJ pair 12 m. tO Children's "Ironclad" Hose, very Q ffkf JOC 2 p. HI. popular seller at 25c, special S W 2 p. m tO Ladies' White Shirt Waists, regu- (51 QK each 4 p. HI. lar $1.75 and $2.00 values at tJJJU 4 p. 111. tO Our complete line of Boy's SuitsOA f 6 p.m. at a reduction of VjjeiM IU 6 P. HI. tO Men's Balbriggan UndenvearO f 9 p.m. regular 50c values at garment ODD FELLOW 'BUILDING, DALLAS, OREGON Worth Bock visited friends in Salem this week. Martin Meiser was a business visitor in Portland this week. Henry S. Smith, of Lewisville, was a county seat visitor yesterday. E. J. Arnold, the Carnival man, will probably bring his big shows Dallas early in the summer. Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Wright, of Mc Minnville, are visiting Mrs. Wright' brother, A. F. Toner, in Dallas this week. George E. Johnson, manager of the Johnson Lumber Company's sawmill in Dallas, went to Portland, Wednes day aiternoon. Fred Hunter, a student in the medi cal department of Willamette Univer sity, visited his parents, Dr. and Mrs, R. C. Hunter, in Dallas this week The Charles K. Spaulding Company has purchased the Capitol Lumbering Company's sawmill in Salem. Spencer Hunt, of Newberg, will have charge of the business. George Cornwall, publisher of The Timberman, came up from Portland, Wednesday evening, and will spend a few days visiting the sawmill firms in Dallas, Falls City and Independence The Dallas College baseball team will play a game with the Normal School team, at Monmouth, tomorrow afternoon. It is expected that a large crowd of Dallas "rooters" will go over to witness the contest. Two masked robbers held up the assistant cashier of the Woodburn bank Wednesday afternoon, siezed nearly $3000 from the counter, ran two miles across the open fields and safely gained a hiding place in the denso timber alone the banks of Pudding River. The inside of the Stafrin Drug Com pany's store is being remodeled. A handsome gallery to be used for an office is being built over the prescrip tion department, and other needed changes are being made. The firm will be able to carry a much larger stock after the work is completed. Among the prominent woolgrowers of Polk county attending the meeting in Dallas, Saturday, were: Claud Lewis, of Lewisville; C. N. McArthur, of Rickreall ; James Bridwell, of Mon mouth ; E. C. McTimmonds, of Airlie ; C. C. Gardner, of Falls City, and Hon. George Myer, of Smithfleld. Dr. L. G. Spaulding, a physician and surgeon, has opened an office up stairs in the Osfleld building. Until recently, he was a resident of Eastern Washington. He is a pleasant and courteous gentleman, and will doubt less build up a good practice. Dr. and Mrs. Spaulding are delighted with Dallas, and expect to make their permanent home here. The May session of the County Com missioners Court lasted only oue day. Judge Coad and Commissioners Riggs and Riddell were present, and the accumulated business was soon dis posed of. The only order of im portance made wa3 one employing Mrs. F. A. Wolfe, of Falls City, to in stall and superintend the Polk county exhibit at the Lewis and Clark Fair. A list of bills allowed will be found elsewhere in this paper. Claude Fryer, a senior member of the 1905 medical class of Willamette University, has been chosen as house physician at Florence Sanitorium in Salem. His selection for this place is complimentary as well as ad vantageous to Mr. Fryer, one of Inde pendence's ambitious and deserving young men. ne win nnisn nib course in medicine next year while peforming the duties of house physician at the Sanitorium. West Side. A valuable mare belonging to Alvin Ireland, of Monmouth, gave birth to twin colts one day this week. Both colts were perfectly formed, and were fine specimens of their class. Owing to the death of the mother, the young animals died of starvation before they were found by Mr. Ireland. Twin colts are exceedingly rare, and it is seldom that both live. Mr. Ireland is confident that both of these colts would have lived if the mother had not died, and greatly regrets his loss. There are 60 candidates for degrees in June at the Oregon State Normal School, at Monmouth. These, in con nection with the 14 who completed the work in February, make a graduating class for the year of 64 members. This is the largest class in recent years, and exceeds the very large class of last year by 13. All the mem bers of the February class have been teaching, and nearly all the June class are now engaged to teach in the Fall. The trial of John D. Dickens for the killing of Marvin Potter at Sheri dan, is on in Judge Burnett a court in Yamhill county. The defense claims it will prove that Marvin L. Potter, a man about 40 years of age de bauched Myrtle Dickens, the 14-year- old daughter of the defendant, who was proprietor of a Sheridan hotel, and when warned to desist from the course he was pursuing he agreed to stay away until the young girl was of age, when he would marry her, for be admitted having wronged her. This he failed to do, and the shooting re sulted. s HIGH GRADE CLOTHING n AT POPULAR PRICES Most Clothiers sell clothing on its "looks." If the pattern's pretty and the cloth fair, the Suit is marked at a big profit. If the cloth looks good enough for a $15 Suit, no matter how much it costs or how it will wear $15 the Suit is marked. Our Clothing is sold on its tailoring, on its fit, on the wear of the fit, as well as on its looks. Tailoring isn't watched closely by most Clothiers because it isn't seen. Then you must watch the Clothier. What isn't seen in Our Clothing you needn't bother your head about s It's Right. it BOYS SHIRTS 4 We have a full line of Shirts for Boys, both Big and Little. All sizes. We can fit the Little Fellow or the Big School Boy. Our Boys' Shirts are made well, and made as we have them made for Men. Bring the Boy here for his Shirts. He'll get the best and He'll Be Delighted. The Uglow Clothing House MILL STREET DALLAS, OREGON -CUT THIS OUT Good for 5c 1 This coupon and 5c will buy a can of Red Oak Corn at HOWE'S j $1C3 Edward $100. The read of tbi paper will b pleased to learn that there U at least one dreaded dmiM that science ha been able to ore in all In stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure in the only positive cn re known to the med ical fraternity. Catarrh beini? constitutional ciineaae require constitutional treatment. Hah' Catarrh Care is taken internally . actinr directly upon the biood and mucous surfaces of tegvuteni, thereby detroTinf the foundation oftbedieae,ndrintb patient strength, kybaildinirop the constitution and assisting nature in doina- its work. The proprietor hat o much faith in its caratWs powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollar for any case that it fails to cure. Bead for list of testimonials. Addle, F. J. CHE KT ft CO., TOieoO.V. Ball' ruaur rui mr taw THIS WEEK ONLY O. E. Focht, of Ball8ton, wa8 In Dallas yesterday. The Dallas oak mill and handle factory will resume operations in the uear future. Fred Holman has returned to his home in Falls City from a trip to Southern Oregon. B. F. Hevland, manager of the axe andle factory, has moved his family from Newberg to Dallas. The Falls City train and the Inde penJence motor will connect- with the Conductors' excursion train in Dallas, Sunday, both going and returning. A lively runaway occurred in the business streets of Dallas yesterday morning, and a broken telephone pole and a badly damaged wagon are the result. R. J. Kinney left his team and wagon standing in front of Black's livery stable, and had scarcely got ten out of reach of the lines before the horses took fright and started to run. They dashed wildly down Main street and into Mill street, where the wagon piled up against a telephone pole, badly wrecking a wheel. The horses ran on down the street and collided with the next pole, breaking it off close to the ground. The frightened animals were then stopped, and no further damage was done. The horses received no injuries further than a few scratches. Railroad Work Progressing. The work of extending the S. F. C. & W. R. R. west of Falls City is going on at a rapid rate. The rails are now laid to within about one hundred feet of the second crossing of the river. The construction of the bridge at this point will be commenced In a few days, the abutments of which are already in. A donkey engine was brought down from the woods last week and is now engaged in getting piling Into position for loading on the cars. These piling will be shipped to Salt Lake, another evidence of the demand for Oregon timber. After this job Is finished, the engine will be used in clearing the right-of-way of logs and stumps. Chief Engineer Coovert is pushing the work of fall ing trees and clearing brush along the right-of-way and soon the men and teams will be at work grading again. Falls City Logger. Annual Pioneer Reunion. The annual pioneer reunion for the state of Oregon will be held in Port land on Thursday, Jane 15. On the day previous to Pioneer day will be the annual meeting of the Indian VTar Veterans, and on the day follow ing Pioneer day will be a celebratioD by both organizations in the Festival Hall at the Fair grounds. The Polk county pioneer reunion will be held on Saturday, June 10. To Prevent Extortion. John P. Jones, traveling passenger agent of the Southern Pacific Com pany, was in Dallas, Friday, in the interest of the Portland Service Com pany. The object of this company is to prevent over-charging by hotels and boarding houses during the Fair, and the organization has the endorse ment of every railroad company whose lines enter the city of Portland. The company has contracts for 6000 do slrablo rooms, and prices are abso lutely guaranteed to visitors before they leave their homes. Patrons wi II be met nt the depot or steamer landing by uniformed messengers and shown to the rooui3 reserved for them. If the hotel or room is not satisfactory, the messenger will accompany the visitor until the entire list is ex hausted, if necessary. If no satis factory room is found, the small advance fee will be refunded. I. N. Woods, the local agentof the Southern Pacific Company, has been appointed rgent for Dallas, and will cheerfully furnish full particulars upon application. Beth Must Hang. By supreme court decisions deliver ed at noon Friday, Norman Williams, murderer of Alma Nesbitt in Wasco county, and George Lauth, murderer of Loretta Jones in Oregon City, must hang. Lower court decisions are affirmed in each case. Justice Bean wrote the Williams decision; Chief Justice Wolvertou that of Lauth. HAMMOCKS!! Our complete line has now arrived. s For strength, comfort, beauty and low prices, they have no equal. Prices from $1.00 up. Meiser (Mb Meiser, 1 DALLAS, OREGON. BRESS GOODS Our Dress Goods Department has shown a marked increase. The reason is we are showing the right kind of stuff and selling at right prices. Have a beautiful line of Summer Dress Goods both in colors and white. We are showing an exceptionally strong line in white goods. All the Newest Designs in Lace Curtains. fft aA aft Pollock's Cash Store UGLOW BLDG. DALLAS, ORE. BICYCLES Tribune and, . Ramblers Light Lathe and Machine Work a Specialty. Have your bicycle fitted with a coaster brake and re-enameled (baked on) before the riding season opens. BASE BALL SUPPLES. LEE SMITH'S CYCLER.Y
