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VOL. XVIII
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 30, 1905
NO, 16
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Dallas to Portland.
No lottery. No scheme.
A straight business deal.
Free to all our customers and their friends who
trade with us. Come in
it it will be a saving
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Yours for business in
Dry Goods, Clothing', Shoes, Furnishings,
Etc., Etc., Etc.
R. JACO
THE HUB
HEATH &
THE WALL PAPER
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.
MILL STREET,
SPECIAL SALE
Saturday, June 24
Ladies' 35c fancy Hose 25c
Ladies' 25c fancy Hose 19c
Men's $1.50 Shirts
Men's $1.25 Shirts
From 3 to 4 O'clock
Calico for
LIMIT 10 YARDS TO
S. C. DODSON CO.
Wilson BlocK,
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r a- 0. CAMPBELL
' FARMS
CAMPBELL & FULLER
Timber g Farm Lands, City Property
Loans and Insurance
I We have the lar6est and best selected list of farms of any firm in
I the county, including Hop lands, Fruit lands, Stock ranches, grain
J ,at3 ani those adapted to diversified farming. We handle timber
Dds in Polk, Benton and Lincoln counties, in small or large tracts,
bestead Relinquishments for sale on timber or stock lands. Busi-
p Awnuuisaments tor sale on umoer vi twv ouui
Dess chaoces looked up and located for Intending purchasers.
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Dallas,
IS Famous
WASHINGTON
ICECREAM
had in any quantity desired
at
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ctionery Store
Cool DrinKs for
Hot Weather...
Dallas, Oregon
FREE!!
and let us explain how we
to you.
DALLAS, ORE.
CORNES
and PAINT MEN.
DALLAS, OREGON
$1-25
$1-00
Only 10 yards of
45 cents.
EACH CUSTOMER
Dallas, Oregon,
W. V. FULLER
TIMBER
Oregon
HAVE YOU SEEN
OUR NEW . . ..
Japanese Goods
For beautiful designs and
rich coloring they have
no equal.
Meiser (B Meiser,
DALLAS. OREGON.
isoN a co.
oew Early Risers
The famous little pHI
THE VALUATION INCREASED
Buy Your Supplies at Home and
TL
"us increase the Value of
Your Property.
The Marble Eock Journal, of Iowa,
prints the following article in refer
ence to patronizing home industries;
Xj 1 (Vi in mAi.l .Ait . - .
.vu i0 nunuy 01 me consideration
of all consumers :
A man went into one of the Marble
Bock stores the other day and asked
ir they would oblige him by exehang.
ing an article he had bought from a
man order house for a similar article
of another size from the merchant's
stock. The merchant almost fainted
at the man's gall, but he was an oblig
ing merchant, and so he did not get
angry. He asked the man whv he
uia not return the article to the mail
order house and have it exchanged.
.because I have to return it at my
own expense," said the man, "and
even then I stand a chance of not get
ting what I want. The cost of return
ing it would be considerable, and it
might get lost or broken on the trip,
and I just thought maybe you could
sell it to some one else, and could let
me have one that fits me from your
stock."
The merchant looked sharply at the
man to see if he were joking or really
didu't know any better, and seeing it
was only the latter he told him that he
would exchange the article for him.
And he did, and the man was profuse
in his thanks for the accommodation
And then the merchant told the man
in a gentlemanly way just what he
had done. He said :
"My friend, you live in this com
munity. You have lived here a good
many years. You own a farm that
cost you perhaps $15 to $20 per acre,
and it is now worth $75 to $100 per
acre, and yet the land is not as good
as when you bought it. What has
made it worth more? It is because
it is near a good town to this town to
which you and your neighbors helped
to build up by your patronage. While
you were helping the town with your
patronage you were unconsciously
doubling or trebling the value of your
farm. The rule works both ways,
The growth of the town increases the
value of your farm, and the deterior
ation of the town injures the value of
your farm. If you buy your goods in
Marble Rock you help to make Marble
Rock a larger town and help to make
your land worth more. If you buy
your goods in Chicago you help to
make Chicago a larger city and you
leave to other people the burden of
building up your home community
and increasingthe value of your laud.
If you help to build up Chicago how
much will it increase the value of
your farm?
"You are interested in this town as
much as are the people who live in it.
You trade your produce here for
things that you want, you sell your
stock and farm produce here, or in
some other town near here and if you
are unfortunate and need financial
help, the business men here, and no
one but the business men, are solic
ited to raise a purse for you. And
they always do it whether you have
helped them or not. If you are short
of cagh, or your crops or stock are not
yet sold, you ask for credit at the
stores here and you get it, which is a
favor to you though you may not know
it. If you buy something at the store
here that does not prove as good as
was claimed for it you can bring it
back and exchange it or get your
money back. In these and a hundred
other ways you are under obligations
to this town and the merchants here
to trade with them, and yet you have
sent your cash to this mail order
house to buy what you want and have
not gotten what you want after all."
The merchant paused for breath
and the man mumbled something
about getting cheaper prices at the
mail order houses.
"If that were true," said the mer
chant, "I wouldn't complain a bit.
If vou could save money by ordering
of the mail order houses, which are
the bitterest enemies of this town, I
wouldn't say a word. Not counting
all things I have said the fact that
vou are hurting the value of your own
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farm when you nurt mis iowu,
fact that the merchants here, or in
whatever town you trade, take your
produce, lose money on it, and give
you goods in exchange ; the fact that
you can get credit here when you
haven't the cash, and can always
bring goods back and exchange them
when they are not satisfactory ; and
the fact that you or any of your neigh
bors who are in hard luck can always
get financial help from the merchants
here ia spite of all these things, if
you could get goods cheaper of the
mail order houses than you can here,
I wouldn't complain. But you can t
You have a catalogue that you can
sit around and study in the evening,
and the prices look cheap because you
t,, ninnrv of time to study them,
and the descriptions are written In
fine language. But ir you wui wiub
n onri ivk through
in your caidiuKuo - -
my store and compare prices hBui
through and I don't lurnisn jou
. 1 fx ncliflWVI
the same prices, quamy p..
that the mail order house does, r will
cive them to you. And you won't be
baying anything from a book descrip
tion either. You will see the goods
and try them on, and inspect the qual
ity, and get whatever guaranty there
is on them and if they don't suit you
afterward there will be no trouble or
risk in exchanging them or replacing
them."
"Well, I guess you're about right,"
said the man thoughtfully.
"Of course I'm right, and the more
you think about it the more you'll be
lieve what I said. Here you come into
ray store asking me to favor you by
exchanging goods that you have
bought from a mail order house.
They made the profit on the sale, they
got your cash, they ran no risk, they
will not exchange it for yousyou may
and you may not get what you want.
They pay no taxes here to help run
the community expenses and help
educate your children. Thev do
nothing whatever to help this town or
this county, or you; and their prices
are not as cheap, everything con
sidered, as those of the home mer
chants. If you really knew how to
save money and help yourself you
would never spend a cent with them.
They make a profit on their goods or
they would not be in business. And
if anybody is to get the profit why not
give it to the merchant at home?"
"I never really thought of it that
way," said the man, "and I see how
you're right ; and you've sure treated
me white in exchanging this, and I'll
remember it."
And as he walked slowly out of the
store the merchant gazed thoughtfully
after him and wondered whether he
would really remember it or not.
TWO AGED PIONEERS DIE
Mrs. Judieth Shelton and Mrs. Jane
Stump Pass Away After Linger
ing Illness.
Mrs. Judieth Shelton one of Polk
county's honored pioneers, passed
away at her home in Dallas on Fri
day, June 23, after an illness of six
weeks. Miss Judieth C. Nichols was
born in Ray county, Missouri, on
April 12, 1818, was married to Solomon
Shelton in 1839, crossed the plains in
1844 and remained through the winter
at Whitman Station. In 1845 Mr. and
Mrs. Shelton moved to the old home
stead of which Dallas is a part, where
Mrs. Shelton continued to reside until
her death. Being left a widow in 1858
with the care of eight children, her
burdens were very heavy but she bore
them with fortitude mid hardships
known only to early pioneers. Early
in life Mrs. Shelton became a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church and
ever lived a faithful christian life. Her
many acts of love and kindness to
family and neighbors alike attracted
to her many friends whose love is the
best evidence of her noble, self sacrific
ing, christian character. Six child
ren remain to mourn her death, five
of them being with her at the last.
They are: John L of Cottage
Grove ; James, of Sumpter ; Mrs. Prior,
of Woodland, California; William,
Evan and May, of Dallas.
The funeral services, conducted by
Rev. J. H. Moore, were held at the
family home Saturday afternoon, June
24, and the remains were laid to rest
in the Dallas cemetery.
After a lingering illness of sixteen
months. Mrs. Jane Stump, wife of
Oliver S. Stump died at her home in
this city on Monday, June 26. Mrs.
Stump was born in Icdiana, Decem
ber 11, 1840. In 1861, she moved to
Iowa, and was married to Oliver S.
Stump. Mr. and Mrs. Stump crossed
the plains to Oregon in 1865, and
located near Portland. They after
ward lived in Idado and Washington,
and about sixteen years ago moved to
Dallas, where they have resided con
tinuously since that time.
Four children have died and her
husband, Oliver Stump, and son,
Henry Stump, survive her.
Mrs. Stump was a kind, loving
mother, a faithful friend and had
been a devoted christian for many
years.
The funeral services were held at
the M. E. Church on Wednesday
afternoou, the services being con
ducted by Rev. James Moore. Burial
took place in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
Notice to Stockholders.
Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Dallas City Bank will be held at
the Bank parlors on Saturday, July
15, 1905, at one o'clock p. m., for the
purpose of electing officers and trans
acting such further business as may
come before the meeting.
W. O. VASSALL,
Cashier.-
We like best to call
SCOTT S EMULSION
a food berjause it stands so em
phatically; for perfect nutrition.
4 And yet in the matter ot restor-
l ing appetite, of giving new
strength to the tissues, e? peciaiiy
to the nerves, its action is that
of a medicine.
Seod for free aro?-;.
SCOTT & fa-OWHifc, CJwtkM.
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MANY MASONS WILL ATTEND
Corner-Stone of Amity Masonic
Temple Will Be Laid With
Appropriate Ceremonies.
All preparations for the big picnic
at Amity tomorrow have been com
pleted, and a fine day's entertainment
is promised. The picnic will be under
the auspices of Amity Lodge No. 20,
A. F. & A. M., assisted by the people
of Amity and vicinity, and a number
of neighboring lodges of that order as
well as the local lodges of other orders
will be invited to participate in the
festivities. A special invitation to
attend has been extended to the
brethren of Jennings Lodge No. 9,
A. F. and A. M.
The Amity Advance says : "The ex
ercises will embrace an appropriate
ceremony in connection with laying
the cornerstone of the new Briedwell
Masonio brick block. An effort is
being made to have the Grand Master
of Oregon officiate at this ceremony,
and the Advance is reliably informed
that such effort will prove successful.
An effort is also being made to secure
the services of Tom Richardson, of
Portland, to .deliver one of his
characteristic addresses at the park.
If ho is unable to be present arrange
ments for some other prominent
speaker will be made.
"There will be no lack of amuse
ments, such as band music, ball
games and other sports, and no stone
will be left unturned to make the pic
nic a most enjoyable event and one
that will be well worth coming to see.
Amity has special facilities for enter
taining picnickers. There is no more
beautiful park in the state than the
public grounds here, and a more ideal
spot for a picnic cannot be found any
where. Everybody is invited to come
and enjoy a holiday in Amity next
Saturday."
Caleb W. Curl Dead.
Caleb W. Curl, an Oregon pioneer
of 1847, and well-known in Polk
county, died at his home in Grass
Valley, Sherman county, last Friday,
after a lingering illness.
Mr. Curl was 76 years of age and a
native of Missouri. In 1847 Caleb
with his father, James Curl, came to
Oregon and located in the forks of the
Santiam River in Linn County, where
the family took up a donation land
claim. Here the boy lived for a nun
ber of years. Later he moved to
Albany and remained for a few years,
then went to Sherman County, where
he has since resided on a farm.
About 1855 Mr. Curl married Miss
Margaret Fulkerson, who, with the
seven children born to the union, sur
vive the aged pioneer. The children,
who with their families were all at the
bedside of the deceased are: James
Curl, of Spokane ; Dr. R. H. Curl, of
Albany; Dr. A. M. Curl, of Weiser;
D. H. Curl, of Lebanon ; Mrs. Sarah
Gleasing and Mrs. E. H. Health, of
Grass Valley ; L. M. Curl, of Albany.
The son, L. M. Curl, is Grand Chan
cellor of the Knights of Pythias of
Oregon.
Mrs. Ward Granted Divorce.
Judge William Galloway, of De
partment No. 2 of the Circuit Court,
held an adjourned session of the
Court in Dallas on Monday afternoon
and evening. The only matter before
the Court, in addition to some minor
orders, was the trial of the divorce
case of Manuel A. Ward vs. Oarrie J.
Ward. This trial occupied almost the
entire session of the Court, and late
in the evening, at the conclusion of
the arguments of counsel, was decided
in favor of Mrs. Ward, who was given
a decree of divorce, the custody of all
the children of the marriage, the sum
of f 10 per month for the support of
the children, and the costs of suit.
The case was stubbornly contested
throughout, and attracted considerable
attention.
Many Visit Roosevelt Cabin.
An object that attracts much
attention at the Lewis and Clark Fair
is the original log cabin occupied by
President Roosevelt from 1883 to 1886,
while he lived the cowboy life in North
Dakota. The little cabin, about 24 by
16 feet, is composed of two rooms.
Before it was moved for exposition
purposes, however, it had a lean-to in
the rear. The freshly white-washed
walls are decorated with some of the
president's personal belongings of
that time, a pair of boots, baby seal
skin "chaps," a pair of Sunday trous
ers of brown denim, a sort of leather
bag he used for a trunk, and a leather
lap robe. There is also an immense
black buffalo robe, and atanned buffa
lo hide covered with the "pictograph"
work of the Indians, and lastly the
rocking chair that he usedduringthis
interesting experience of his life.
This cabin was also displayed at St
Louis. When Miss Alice Roosevelt
isited it there, she hammered her
Initials "A. R." in brass headed tacks
on the right of the door as one enters.
Legal blanks for sale here.
The Lewis and Clark Exposition is
now wide opea. Hit the Trail !
Carts Colin Fnre&ts Pee!e!a
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 HADPK JEWELER, and
V. II. IIAIVlvl OPTICIAN
NEAR POST OFFICE -ON MAIN STREET, DALLAS, OREGON
SHOWERS AID THE GRAIN
Cool Weather For Past Week Has
Helped the Growing
Crops.
Government Crop Bulletin.
The weather the past week has been
showery and cool, especially during
the afternoons, when the temperature
was usually four or five degrees below
normal. The rains have been bene
ficial to spring grain, and the cool
days have been favorable for fall
wheat and barley, which is now head
ing and filling nicely. The damp
weather has caused the grain aphis to
become more numerous in the Wil
lamette valley, where many fields ot
spring wheat and oats are badly in
fected with this pest. Oats are turning
red in some localities, and the crop
generally is not doing as well as ex
pected. Forage crops are generally
heavy and pasturage is much better
than usual at this time of the year.
The first crop of alfalfa has been se
cured in good condition, and the
second crop promises to be above the
average in quantity. Hayiug, which
was becoming general, has been de
layed by the rains, and some cut hay
in the fields has been injured by the
wet weather. Potatoes and gardens
are making splendid growth. Hops,
although uneven, are now making
satisfactory progress. Cherries are
plentiful in the market, although the
crop is considerably smaller than
usual. Apples, peaches, prunes and
pears continue to make good advance
ment, but the fruit crop generally will
be lighter than usual, owing to frosts
and cold rains at the time of
pollen ization.
Telephone Line to Newport.
Newport and other Yaquiua Bay
points will soon have telephone com
munication with the outside world
through tho Mutual system. The
Newport News says the contract has
been let for setting the poles from
Newport to Eddyvillo. The line will
be extended to Summit, where it will
connect with the King's Valley wire.
This connection will bring the
Yaquina Bay people in close commun
ication with Corvallis, Dallas, and
other West Side towns.
Pleasant Hay-Rack Party.
The hay-rack party given by the
young people of tho Christian church
last Friday evening was a very suc
cessful affair. After a few selections
by the Dallas Band at Belt & Cher
rington's drugstore corner, three hay
racks were loaded with the members
of the band and about eighty other
young people and started for the home
of Cass Gibson near Rickreall. There
they were joined by about the same
number from Rickreall. In the fir
grove near the Gibson home, a bon
fire was built, lunch was served and a
short program rendered. An enjoy
able feature of the evening was the
marvelous fortune-telling by the
Princess Uxorita whose wigwam
swarmed with anxious youth. With
heartiest praise for tho success of the
evening, all were landed safe at home
about midnight.
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It is absolutely pure contains no secret powders or
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MAIN STREET, V .: V .-. DALLAS ORE.
Free Souvenir TV hen visiting Portland, call at "SWETLAND'S"
273 Morrison St., and present this ad. You will receive FREE an
attractive souvenir for the table.
Miss Martha Whealdon, who is a
critic teacher at the Monmouth Nor
mal school, and her sister, Miss Con
stance Whealdon, a teacher at Salem,
arrived home last night to spend their
vacation The Dalles Chronicle.
The long-talked of fast passengor
train on the Southern Pacifio between
Portland and San Francisco, is about
to become a reality, and ia a couple
of weeks and possibly sooner, a new
train will begin running over the road
at a speed never heretofore attained
by Southeau Pacific trains.
The Willamette Valley Chatauqua
Association will meet at Gladstone
Park, near Oregon City, on July 11
and continue in session for twelve
days. The program as presented is
an unusually fine one and the prom
ise of many excellent articles is made.
Some of the loading thinkers of the
day will deliver papers.
Moyer-Poika Wedding.
On Saturday afternoon, June 17,
1905, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Polka in Dallas, theirdaughter,
Viola, was married' to William D.
Moyer, of Salem, Rev. James Moore
officiating. The parlors wore beauti
fully decorated for the occasion, and
the happy couple stood under an arch
of ferns and orango blossoms. Mr.
and Mrs. Moyer left a few hours later
for Salem, where thoy will ne it home
to their many friends.
FOR FIRST-CLASS WORK GO TO
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John E. Smith's Old Stand
General Blacksmithing
and Iron Work.
Horse Shoeing a Specialty.
I have had 28 years experi
ence In this work, and can
give you a first-class job.
CAL HUTTON, Dallas, Ore.
Cbe Imported Pcrcbcrcn Stallion
"TAFIA"
owned by the Polk County Perclieron
Horse Association, will make the
season of 1905 as follows:
Farmer's Feed Shed, Dallas
MONDAY, TUESDAY
and WEDNESDAY .-.
DicKinson's Livery Stable
Independence
THURSDAY, FRIDAY and
SATURDAY.
TERMS $'25 to insure, due when mare
is known to be with foal, or parted with.
Care will betaken to prevent accidents,
but will be responsible for none.
A. II. H0LMAN,
MANAGER.
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