Pot ikT
c
OUNTY
4
' 1
VOL. XVIII
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, HAY 12, 1905
NO, 9
I EVERYBODY GET READY TO GO TO THE GREAT FAIR
BURGLARS KILL WATCHMAN
WARM WEATHER NEEDED
Peter E. Raverty is Murdered in
I AND WE WILL HfcLr YOU TO GET READY
Good Rain Followed by Sunshine
Would Benefit All Growing
Crops.
Johnson Lumber Company's Office
in St. Paul, Minn.
3 "
am"' he5WW:
1
ON SATURDAY
MAY, 6th,
WE WILL OPEN A
GEEAT FAIR SALE
on
all our Men's, Boys' and Children's Suits. Our prices at this I
I sale will be a great help to you as this is a money saving chance. 1
I i(
whuw tuu she, ir iin OUR. "AD" IT'S SO.
Our entire Stock of HIGH CLASS SUITS will be offered i
.i i j ii o. - . a
at areat v reaucea -onces ah new Dnnp- mv m Npu Patamc s
!u. J, . 1 - O "vrr x unv-llio g
S IU lit V',"JJVJ iv "' murvtio rwiUWIl LU lllc ClOUl-
VV vi iv.
! MEN'S SUITS
from
$5.40 up
CHILDREN'S SUITS 3 to 12 years
knee pants 7 in
Li, IV UJJ
from.
BOY'S HIGH-GRADE SUITS-from
13 to 15 years, long
pants.
$4.45 up 1
MEN'S TWO-PIECE OUT
ING SUITS from..
4.85 up I
Now is your chance and this is the place. Come and
let us show you real bargains.
HEATH & CORNES
THE WALL PAPER and PAINT MEN.
MILL
Have the only exclusive wall
paper and paint store in Polk
County.
The New Spring Stock is arriving,
and comprises all the latest novel
ties in interior decoration.
Let them figure with you on your
Spring work. It will pay you,
STREET, DALLAS, OREGON
NEW ARRIVALS
THIS WEEK Ladies' Collar
and Cuff Sets, and Collars
10c to 75c
See our new arrivals in Men's
Shirts. Very Nobby.
We have a new line of Ladies'
Shirt Waists at prices to suit
everybody.
S. C. DODSON CO.
Wilson BlocK,
Dallas, Oregon,
y H- 0. CAMPBELL
JABMS
W. V. FULLER
TIMBEB
CAMPBELL & FULLER
Timber g Farm Lands, City Property
Loans and Insurance
have the largest and best selected list of farms of any firm in
e county, including Hop lands, Fruit lands, Stock ranches, grain
rannsandH,0 -j.Jl-j , i w handle timber
jndsin P0ik( Benton and Lincoln counties, in small or large tracts,
v ;mefadRelin(luishmeDt3 for sale on timber or stock lands. Busi-
chances looked up and located for intending purchasers.
Dallas, Oregon
A .A, V, Z. A TZJmJt-tZ-
1 00 Pays for the OBSERVER
and the Weekly Oregonlan
Tanta ne year- Iu order t0 take
5rtt tti3 liberal offer, your
P must be
CJ te. Subscribe now.
PRUSSIAN STOCK FOOD
PRUSSIAN POULTRY FOOD
For sale by
S. M. RAY, Dallas, Oregon
Neighbors Express Good -Will.
As a token of their esteem and good
will, about forty friends and neighbors
of John Dickens met in McMinnville,
on the evening of his acquittal by the
jury for the killing of Marvin Potter,
and gave him a farewell reception,
prior to his departure for Eastern
Oregon. Among those present were
friends of the family from Sheridan,
McMinnville and Dallas, and all ex
pressed their warm approval of the
action of the jury in acquitting Mr.
Dickens of any orime in the killing
of one who had invaded the sanctity
of his home. Mr. Dickens was visibly
affected by these expressions of good
will, and could scarcely find words to
voice his appreciation of this kind
ness. The evening passed most en-
joyably to all.
Among those present were: Mr.
and Mrs. Saliug, Mrs. Elsie Oviatt,
Mrs. Rosa Fletcher, Mrs. Frank
Brown, Mrs. Anna Pruitt, Mrs. Alice
Dimick, Grace McCoskey, Clara
Arthur, Anna Sparks, Bertha Town
send, Grace Henderson, Monda
Reeves, Rev. Snowden, Hon. James
McCain, J. Simpson, Wilbur Long,
E. F. Long, J. M. Lauch, Fred
Thompson, Chester Coffey, George
Todd, Chester Caldwell, Nathan Stone,
B. S. Clark, Henry Matthews, A. C.
Dimick, Andrew Heater, B. E. Oviatt,
Charles Fletcher, William Bowers
and Bert Townsend.
Inspects Saw Milts.
O. P. Hoff, State Commissioner of
Labor, is in Portland, inspecting the
various lumber mills and woodwork
ing plauts for the purpose of making
suggestions to operators to guard
against accidents and injuries or
death to employes. Mr. Hoff will ex
tend his investigation to all parts of
the state and has already visited a
number of mills in the vicinity of
Portland and at points along the'
Columbia River and its tributaries.
After inspecting the mills in the vicin
ity of Portland, Mr. Hoff will go into
Central and Southern Oregon, where
there are many plants that he believes
will need looking after. He finds the
millmen very courteous and some of
them actually welcoming his visit, as
it is really for their protection as well
as the employes-Telegram.
Took But One Drink.
Reports have been in circulation
since the execution of Guglielmo, that
the doomed man was given drugs to
enable him to undergo the ordeal with
fortitude, and that he was drunk
when he appeared on the scaffold.
This is denied, not only by the super
intendent and warden of the peniten
tiary, but by the day and night death
watches The condemned man was
given one drink of whiskey a few
minutes before be left his cell for the
execution chamber. Stimulants are
usually given men in the shadow of
the gallows. It was the first glass of
liquor Guglielmo had tasted since he
was returned to the penitentiary from
the Multnomah county jail by Shenff
Word.
The final account of the estate of
Jacob Pfau has been filed in the
Marion county court. MrsancyJ.
Pfau and Mark Capps are the co-exe-cutors.
p,ev M J. Ballantyne, Presiding
Elder' of the Dallas district of the
United Evangelical Church, preached
in Corvallis, Sunday, morning and
evening.
Peter E. Raverty, a special watch
man, was shot by burglars in the
office of the W. W. Johnson Lumber
Company, in St. Paul, Minn., on the
night of May 3, and died of his
wounds a few hours later. George E.
Johnson, manager of the company's
sawmill in Dallas, received a copy of
the St. Paul Pioneer Press this week
giving a full account of the crime.
The shooting of the watchman was a
cold-blooded deed, the course of the
burglars being cowardly in the ex
treme.
Raverty, accompanied by a hack-
driver and a policeman, went into the
office at 3 o'clock in the morning, with
no suspicion that burglars were there,
their purpose being to play a joke on
a friend by telephoning him that
twins had been born at his house.
Mr. Raverty said that the nearest tele
phone was in the lumber office, and,
as he had a key to the place, he would
take them there.
The burglars, on hearing the officers
enter the building, hid under a high
desk, and just as Raverty reached up
to turn on an electric light they fired
three shots through the back of the
desk. One of the bullets struck the
watchman in the abdomen, inflicting
a fatal wound; a second passed
through the open door, grazing the.
hackdriver's head. The third bullet
could not be traced. The burglars
jumped through an open window and
escaped in the darkness.
An examination of the office dis
closed that the robbers had blown
open the door of one of two safes,
which stood behind the desk. Soap
was spattered about the office, show
ing that the cracksmen had used it in
drilling. They had not, however,
gotten inside, as the plaster of paris
lining was still intact. They bad also
attacked the wrong safe, which con
tained only books, while there was $80
in the other.
A large force of detectives were
immediately placed on the track of
the fleeing burglars, and a few hours
later two suspects were captured in
the suburbs of the city after a fierce
struggle. The Chief of Police is con-
fident that the right men are captured.
In Memorian.
To the husband, children and
friends of Mrs. Elizabeth May White-
horn deceased: We as a committee
appointed to draft resolutions of con
dolence, beg to. submit the following :
Whereas, One of our members has
passed to her eternal home, it is fitting
that when a good woman such as Mrs.
Lizzie Whitehorn passes to her rest,
her name should be held in remem
brance and honor. She was an
earnest and active worker in our
Missionary Society, where her presence
will be sadly missed; also, a most
zealous member of the Christian
Endeavor Society, in which her all
absorbing desire to save souls and
bring them nearer to their Heavenly
Father, was first;
Resolved, That we take pleasure in
expressing high appreciation of her
Christian life, her devotion and faith
fulness to the claims of church and
humanity;
Resolved, That, in behalf of our
Missionary Society, we desire to
express the regret we feel at the loss
of one of our number whose earnest
work and example has emphasized
the words "loving duty";
Resolved, That we desire also to
express our heartfelt sympathy to her
bereaved family who will miss her
loving influence in the home. Let us
remember she is at home among her
kindred, and beckons us onward,
upward and heavenward.
Mrs. Jas. Wilson )
Mrs. W. S. Cary V Committee
Miss Jessie Wiseman J
FOR BOTH
One disease of thinness in
children is scrofula; in adults,
consumption. Both have poor
blood ; both need more fat.
These diseases thrive on lean
ness. Fat is the best means of
nvprrnminfr them: cod liver oil
. . . . f-y ,
makes the best and healthiest
fat and
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
is the easiest and most effective
form of cod liver oil. Here's a
natural order of things that
shows why .Scott's Emulsion is
of so much value in all cases of
scrofula and consumption. More
fat, more weight, moie nourish
ment, that's why.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists
409-415 Pearl Sitttt, Nw York
50cna1.00 s ' AfldroBUtt
(Government Crop Bulletin.)
The weather during the past week
was favorable for the growth of field
crops. Good rains fell east of the
Cascade Mountains on Tuesday and
Wednesday, but in the western portion
of the State the rainfall was very light
and occurred at widely scattered
places, and more rain is needed in this
section. As a rule, the weather was
too cool for rapid growth, and a few
warm, sunshiny days would be very
beneficial to all vegetation.
The condition of the grain crop,
both fall and spring sown, continues
excellent. Fall wheat is turning
yellow in some localities, but this is
confined mostly to that sown on low
land. Oats, rye and barley continue
to head satisfactorily. Hops in the
old yards have come up unevenly, and
there are complaints of many missing
hills. In the new yards, where
properly cultivated, the condition of
the crop appears to be more promising.
Reports, however, as to the general
condition of the hop crop are conflict
ing, varying from excellent to good.
There is an absence of vermin, except
possibly in a few places along the
river bottoms, where the vines were
shaded by tall timber.
Gardens, potatoes and corn, while
growing slowly, are generally in ex
cellent condition. Corn has come up
well, and in Southern Oregon culti
vating has begun. Grass, clover,
vetch and pastures are growing
rapidly.
Prunes, peaches, early cherries and
gooseberries were mostly killed by
the frosts, but pears, late cherries,
currants and some varieties of early
apples promise fairly good yields.
Strawberries appear to have escaped
injury by frost in some sections, while
in others the crop was quite badly
damaged. Late apples indicate a
rather light yield.
Comedy by Home Talent.
The young people of Dallas College
will present the charming comedy,
"Mr. Bob," in the City Hall on
Wednesday evening, May 24. In
addition to the two-act comedy, there
will be a good musical program and
several select readings, making a
fine evening's entertainment. The
affair will be under the direction of
Miss Elizabeth M. Pollock, of the de
partment of Oratory and Expression,
which fact alone is a sufficient guar
antee of a successful performance.
Rehearsals are now in active progress.
Following is the cast of characters
for "Mr. Bob :"
CAST OF CHARACTERS.
Philip Royson Chester Gates
Robert Brown, clerk of Benson
& Benson Walter Critchlow
Jenkins, Miss Rebecca's butler
Orrle Arnold
Rebecca Luke, a maiden lady
Ada Osfleld
Kathrine Rogers, her niece.
Nola Coad
Marion Bryant, Katherine's friend . . .
Florence Palmer
Patty, Miss Rebecca's maid.
FrankieHayter
Cut Rates for Telephones.
As a result of a petition to the Pacif
ic States Telephone Company, which
was numerously signed by Linn
county patrons ot the company, a
reduction has been made in the tele
phone rates between Albany and
Shedds, Halsey, Brownsville, Leba
non, Scio, Crabtree and Jefferson, the
principal towns of the- county. The
rate was reduced from 25 to 15 cents,
and is good only for subscribers to the
Pacific States system. This is con
sidered by many as the beginning of
the war between the independent tele
phone lines and the Pacific States
lines In Linn County.
Was Dean of Clergy.
Rev. Nehemiah Doane died of
paralysis at his home in Portland,
Friday. He was the oldest minister
of the gospel in Oregon, having been
connected with the ministry of the
Methodist Episcopal Churck in this
state since 1849. He was a native of
Massachusetts, and was born in 1820.
A wife and five children survive him.
One son, Dr. O. D. Doane, of The
Dalles, was formerly a resident of
Dallas.
Burned to Death.
Dorothy, the 3-year-old daughter of
Hon. and Mrs. Schiller B. Herman, of
Myrtle Point, died just before mid
night Monday, from the effect of
burns received Sunday afternoon.
The little girl was playing in the yard,
and there found a bunch of matches.
They became ignited and set fire to the
dress of the child. The older sister
tried to extinguish the flames, but a
high wind was blowing, fanning them
up again. The screams of the child
dren drew the Indian servant girl to
the scene, and she wrapped the child
in a blanket and rolled her on the
ground extinguishing the blaze. The
flames had done their work, however,
and the little one died after intense
sufferings.
WATCHES, JEWELRY, FOUNTAIN PENS
GOLD AND SILVER SOUVENIRS
If you expect to buy anything in Watches,
Jewelry or Gold and Silver Souvenirs or
Fountain Pens, you should call and see my
new goods before you buy. I am offering
some very fine goods at prices that are
very reasonable. My Souvenir Goods and
Fountain Pens are exceedingly fine. I
was never better prepared than now to at
tend to the repairing department Satis
faction positively guaranteed at all times.
A. H. HARRIS
nniC JEWELER, and
OPTICIAN
NEAR POST OFFICE ON MAIN STREET, DALLAS, OREGON
A FARE AND ONE-THIRD
Single Fare to Exposition Only to
Parties and on Excursion Days.
A subject of common inquiry is
whether the railroads will give local
cheap rates daily from the various
towns on these lines in Oregon during
the Exposition. The rate prevailing
locally throughout the whole ' Ex
position period will be a fare and one-
third for the round trip, with a 30-day
limit. A further reduction, good dur
ing the entire Exposition, Is provided
for by the railroads, as follows :
Single fare is to be charged for
parties of ten or more who come and
go on one ticket. The time limit of
this rate is ten days, and all those
taking advantage of it must come to
Portland and return to their homo on
the same trains.
When the party numbers 100 or
more, a single-fare rate will be
granted, good for ten days, but allow
ing individual tickets. That is, each
person of a party of 100 may return to
his home at whatever time he thinks
best within the ten-day limit.
The excursion rates announced are
good only on the special excursions,
and are in nearly all cases less than
single fare. They will bo granted on
the various cities' days and. on any
other special dates that may after
wards be arranged for by the bureau
of excursions. Evening Telegram.
TWO STATES GET INTO LINE
Colorado Decides to Erect Building
at PairArizona Asks For Space.
Not Even Hard Cider.
The sale of hard cider has been
stopped In Corvallis. For some time
the city officers have believed the
beverage intoxicating. Various per
sons locked up for druukeuness In
variably insisted that they had only
drunk cider. Generally speaking, the
story was not believed, and efforts
were made to locate something else as
the intoxicant. Monday a bottle of
cider was secured, and an analysis
showed it contained 7.60 per cent
alcohol. The per cent of alcohol In
beer is only four or five. Many wines
contain only about 5 per cent. As a
result of the discovery, the police noti
fied all places where cider was sold
not to sell it any more, under penalty
of arrest and prosecution for violation
of the local option law. Corvallis
Times.
Keep the Balance Up.
It has been truthfully said that any
disturbance of the even balance of
health causes serious trouble. Nobody
can be too careful to keep this balance
up. When people begin to lose appe
tite, or to get tired easily, the least
imprudence brings on sickness, weak-'
ness or debility. The system needs a
tonic, craves it, and should not be
denied it; and the best tonic of which
we have any knowledge Is Hood's Sar
saparilla. What this medicine has
done in keeping healthy people
healthy, in keeping up the even bal
ance of health, gives It the same dis
tinction as a preventive that it enjoys
a3 a cure. Its early use has Illustrated
the wisdom of the old saying that a
stitch in time saves nine. Take Hood's
for appetite, strength and endurance.
With the opening day of the Lewis
and Clark Exposition but three weeks
away, two western states which hith
erto have shown themselves not es
pecially interested in the enterprise
have come to a sudden realization of
its importance and are now making
strenuous efforts to secure suitable
representation..
The state of Colorado, which, it was
announced, would makeonly a mining
display, has now decided to erect a
building at the Fair for the reception
of visitors and the housing of an
extensive agricultural exhibit. Col.
A. W. Hagle and E. H. Grubb, are in
town ana have selected a site for their
building in part of what was formerly
the experimental gardens. Colorado
will have also.ln the Mines and Metal
lurgy Building, one of the finest mine
displays at the Fair.
From Arizona came a telegram
announcing that the territory had
decided to participate if there was sttll
room for late comers. The Exposition
management wired in return assur
ances that the territory was as wel
come as if she had been among the
first to come in, and that space would
be provided.
The Exposition management is
delighted with the interest which Col
orado and Arizona have taken in the
Fair, and especially so as they regard
it as an indication that the citizens of
these commonwealths are Interested
In the project and will attend in largo
numbers, when the gates are thrown
open on June 1.
Two Opinions of First Kiss,
In the (no doubt) hustling little City
of Pocahontas, two Arkansas editors
have found time to give their opinions
of kissing. The Times lead off by
saying : "The greatest surprise to a
girl who gets kissed the first time Is
that there Is no tasto to it." To this
the editor of the Star, jealous of the
fame of Pocahontas, replied In a burst
of eloquence : "No taste to it? Well,
by the hen feathers on Cupid's dart,
but the Times man must be color
blind in the palate. Thoy tell us,
those who have tried it, that it tastes
like the double-distilled essence of,
honey spread thick on a piece of
pumpkin pie. Away back in the dim
and joyful years ago, before we lost
our teeth and our cinch on the beauty
prize, the prettiest girl in all the world
told us with her own eyes that it felt
like a covey of quails flying out of
each ear and ended up with a sensa
tion like a flock of angels pouring
molasses down one's back. No taste
to the first kiss? Great Scott! It
would make a wooden cigar Indian's
hair curl and his toenails quiver iu
ecstacy. The Times must be an ice
house." In the line of similes we be
lieve that these two from Pocahontas
will long remain supreme. "Felt like
a covey of quails flying out of each
ear," and "like a flock of angels
pouring molasses down one's back."
Hats off to Arkansas! Oregonlan.
it
. A Tv TTv TrT Ttv T I? j iT7rn .
It
i
!
;
;
;
!
i
i
;
t
!
!
,
:
:
;
I have made arrangements again this season for
..the exclusive sale in Dallas of.
SwctlantTs Ice Cream
This famous delicacy has stood the test for 17 years,
with a constantly increasing sale. Beyond all
question, it is the Pest and Purest Ice Cream, and
has won a reputation as "The Ice Cream of Quality"
Served at, our fountain and in our Cosy Ice Cream Parlor.
Special prices for picnics and socials.
WALTER WILLIAMS
MAIN STREET, .-. V . V DALLAS ORE.