Polk County observer., July 14, 1905, Image 1

POLK
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DALLAS, POLK COUNTY OREGON, JULY 14, 1905
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FREEH
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TicKets to the World's Fair from
Dallas to Portland.
No lottery. No scheme.
A straight business deal.
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Free to all our customers and their friends who
trade with us. Come in and let us explain how we
do it it will be a saving to you.
Yours for business in
Dry Goods, Clothing', Shoes, Furnishings,
Etc., Etc., Etc,
R. JACOBSON CO.
THE HUB DALLAS, ORE.
HEATH & CORNES
THE WALL PAPER and PAINT MEN.
JIave 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.
Jiet them figure with you on your
Spring work It will pay you.
MILL STREET,
PALLAS, OREGON
WALK
EASY
The secret of a good carriage is
proper footwear. There is an art in
fitting the feet not always known
and many persons today suffer
from various kinds of foot ailments
because of unskilled shoe fitting.
To be well fitted just visit our
store and purchase any of our shoes
and you will experience the com
fort which only can be obtained
from being fitted by skillful sales
men. Every detail that would add
to the style, wear, and comfort of
our patrons, has been combined in
our first-class line of men's,
women's and children's footwear.
Our prices are most reasonable
and our service the best. We can
fityou and please you. Come and
investigate.
S. C. DODSONS
Dallas, Oregon.
CO.
H. 0. CAMPBELL
FARMS
W. V. FULLER
TIMBEB
CAMPBELL & FULLER
I Timber i Farm Lands, City Property
Loans and Insurance
We have the largest and best selected list of farms of any firm in
the county, including Hop lands, Fruit lands, Stock ranches, grain
farms and those adapted to diversified farming. We handle timber
lands in Polk, Benton and Lincoln counties, in small or large tracts,
homestead Relinauishmpnts tor enl nn timber or stock lands. Busi-
Dess cnances looked up and located for intending purchasers.
Dallas, Oregon
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iTn wrter Clothing i Hats.
The Famous
WASHINGTON
ICE CREAM
may be had in any quantity desired
.at.
Tracy Staats'
Confectionery Store
Main St.,
Cool DrinKs for
Hot Weather-
Dallas, Oregon
PAYING THE DEBT
Dallas City Council Calls in Dallas
Water Bond for One Thous
and Dollars.
Although the debt was contracted
less than two years ago, the City of
Dallas has already begun paying off
the city water bonds. A bond for $1000
was purchased from the holder, A. O.
Condit of Salem, last week, and is now
in the Auditor's hands for cancella
tion. The payment of this bond leaves
only fourteen bonds outstanding, none
of which will be due until after 20
years from the date of their issue.
ine payment of the bond at this
early date was made possible by the
city law which provides for the estab
lishment of a sinking fund to pay the
city water debt. The charter provides
that when 20-year bonds are issued, at
least one-twentieth of the entire
amount of bonds must be collected
each year in addition to the sum levied
for interest charges. This principal
must be invested in gilt-edged securi
ties or unincumbered real estate, or in
the purchase of outstanding bonds of
the city.
Last year the council collected $7f0
on the principal and loaned it in two
amounts at 5 and 6 per cent Interest,
respectively. This year another $750
was collected and has been lying in
the city treasury awaiting a desirable
investment. The council decided,
after due deliberation, to purchase one
of the outstanding water bonds if pos
sible, and thereby reduce the annual
tax levy for the water fund. The
owner of the bond was consulted, and
was induced to part with it for
the same small premium that he paid
for it, namely, $12.50
The purchase of this bond will make
a material reduction in the amount of
water tax next year, and the portion of
the principal collected at that time,
added to the balance now on hand,
will enable the council to call in
another bond, if it shall so elect, and
still leave a neat balance on hand.
In providing for the payment of the
water bonds, two courses are open to
the city. It can call in a bond when
ever there is a sufficient amount of
money on hand, or it can leave the
bonds outstanding and compound the
interest on the sinking fund, By
pursuing the first-named course, the
water tax will rapidly decrease with
each succeeding year as the bonds are
called in, but it will be necessary to
levy a tax each year for practically
the entire 30 years. If the last-named
course is followed and the full amount
is levied each year and loaned at coin
pound interest, the debt will be paid
long before the expiration of the 20
year period. It will be seen at a
glance that each plan has its advan
tages and disadvantages, but that in
either case the interest of the taxpayer
is carefully guarded. The Dallas
water debt was placed on a practical,
business basis at the time it was con
tracted, and the burden on the individ
ual taxpayer will grow rapidly less
as property values increase and the
sinking fund aids in the payment of
the bonds.
Dismissed from Service.
Some time last April, Conductor
Berry and the freight engineer failed
to call at Whiteson for orders, while
enroute to Portland. Agent Brodie,
of Whiteson, desiring to protect the
conductor and engineer, telephoned
the orders to McMinnvilie, and Mr.
Connoway and Mr. Cogill of this sta
tion delivered them upon arrival of
the train. All five of the boys have
been summarily dissmissed from the
service for this apparent breach of
railroad etiquette. Everybody feels
sympathy for the boys, and a petition
is being circulated asking the rail
road company to reinstate the boys
here, since their offense lay chiefly in
attempting to help a friend out of
trouble. Since Harry Connoway and
Charles Cogill have had charge of
McMinnvilie station, there is a better
feeling between the railroad company
and the shippers than there has been
for some years. The boys are oblig
ing and courteous, and we would all
dislike to see them deposed at this
time McMinnvilie Reporter.
BETTER LIGHT SERVICE
Power at Dallas Electric Light
tlon Will Be Doubled
Town Is Dark.
Sta-
Extensive improvements and repairs
are in progress at the Dallas electric
light station. A large amount o new
machinery is being added, and the
plant will be thoroughly overhauled
and remodeled. The furnace room
has been enlarged and a new 80-horse-power
boiler set up by the side of the
old 65-horse boiler. The 65-horse
engine has been taken out, and a new
Improved Bussell engine of 130 horse
power will take its place. Work on
the concrete foundation for the big
engine is under way, and will be com
pleted by Contractor Olin this week.
No new dynamos will be added to
the plant at this time, as the machines
already in use are amply large to meet
all present demands. The arcmachine
has a capacity of several more lights
than are being operated, and the big
incandescent dynamo purchased a
few months ago is oarrying only half
a load. The principal drawback it
the station heretofore has been a lack
of power, and the indoor lighting
service, while better thanthatof many
towns, has not been entirely satisfac
tory to either the patrons or the
company. With the new engine In
operation, ample power will be fur
nished for a strictly first-class service.
The plant was shut down Monday to
permit the improvements being made,
and will not be started up again until
some time next week. Manager
Thompson regrets the inconvenience
caused the patrons of the company,
and says the work will be rushed to
completion as rapidly as possible.
A Sustaining Diet.
These are the enervating days, when
as somebody has said, men drop by
the sunstroke as If the Day of Fire
had dawned, They are fraught with
danger to people whose systems are
poorly sustained j and this leads us to
say, in the interest of the less robust
our readers, that the' full effect of
Hood's Sarsaparilla Is such as to sug
gest the propriety of calling this med
icine something besides a blood puri
fier and tonic, say, a sustaining diet,
It makes it much easier to bear the
heat, assures refreshing sleep, and
will without any doubt avert much
sickness at this time of year.
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.
J. C. Cooper has tendered his resig
nation as superintendent of the Yam
hill county exhibit at the Lewis and
Clark Fair.
Miss Leah Buddick was over from
Dallas the first of the week for a short
visit with Jefferson friends Jeffer
son Beview.
Miss Helen Calbreath, daughter of
Superintendent Calbreath of the Ore
gon Insane Asylum, has been elected
Dean of the College of Music of the
Willamette University, to succeed
Professor Francesco Seley.
Bev C. T. Whittlesey, of Dallas,
Oregon, who has taught for three
years in the college there, and more
recently at Albany, preached at Wald
port last Sunday to good audiences.
He was intending to return at once to
Dallas, but was induced to remain
over next Sunday and preach again
at Newport. Prof. Whittlesey delivered
the Fourth of July oration at Wald
port Newport News.
Chamberlain 9 d-ix.
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HIS DAYS DONE
E. H. Hlbbard Passes to Rest After
Long and Painful Illness,
Aged 71 Years.
Money In Cherries.
A Royal Ann cherry tree twenty-six
years old and sixty feet high, at the
farm home of B. Basmussen, two and
a half miles northeast of town, pro
duced this year 820 pounds of cherries.
Mr. Basmussen sold most of the fruit
at four cents a pound, realizing the
sum of $27.95 for what he sold. He
used the balance, which, at the price
quoted would have brought the value
of the crop from this tree up to $32.80.
McMinnvilie Reporter.
During the races of the Albany
Driving Association last week, Mrs.
Clarence Ireland, of Corvallis, was
seriously injured and a valuable
horse killed, as the result of a run
away. Mrs. Ireland was standing
upright in her buggy watching a race,
when her horse became frightened
and began plunging, throwing
her out. The horse then dashed fort
ward against a dray team the bugey
shaft striking one of the horses
hitched to the dray, piercing its side.
The animal died as a result of Its in
juries.
The Albany Herald, speaking of
the recent race meeting in that city,
says : "The races were called promptly
at 2 o'clock by W. W. Percival of
Independence, president of the Inde
pendence Driving Association. Mr,
Percival started the races, with the
ability and fairness of years of exper
ience, and received many compliments
for his good work in this trying and
important position."
Every one taking part in the pro
gram in Salem on the Fourth was
either in the newspaper business or
connected with it Mrs. Minnie De
Long-Wells is a typo. D'Arcy and
Davy and Manning, the orators;
Averill, who gave the recitation, and
Snyder, who sang, are all newspaper
men. No wonder the celebration was
a success. Capital Journal.
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in not weather; smaller dose
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w.-.i-v.:i is attached to fatty pro
due -3 during the heated
season.
Fr"d for frrt sample.
sco-rr & bowK, client,
400-41; fori Street. New York,
juc ci $1-00; iB intfiptu.
Juigar a. mbbard, a prosperous
farmer and fruit raiser, died at his
home two miles south of Dallas, July
C, aged 71 years. He had been in
failing health for many years, and
had been confined to the house since
last November. He was stricken with
paralysis on the 23rdof last February,
and sank gradually until the end
came at 10 :15 o'clock Thursday night.
Mr. Hibbard was born in Rochester,
w. r., January 29, 1834, and was the
youngest of a family of ten children.
In 1845 he went to Minnesota and took
up a homestead near Clearwater,
Wright county, where he was joined
by his parents about a year later. He
worked at the carpenter trade for two
or three years prior to the beginning
of the Civil War, and then went South
to join the army. He received an
injury which prevented him from
enlisting, however, and returned to
the North by means of the last boat
and last train that left Cairo, Illinois,
before the blockade.
After the death of his father, seven
years later, he returned to Minnesota
to care for his aged mother, and again
worked at his trade for a few years.
He was married in St. Cloud, Minn.,
April 16, 1870, to Miss Harriet Trafton,
of Lynnfleld, Charlotte county, New
Brunswick. He owned a livery stable in
Clear Water for three years, but sold
It on account of 111 health and moved
to a farm near Clear Lake, Sherburne
county, He came with his family to
Dallas, Oregon, in 1891, and lived here
until the time of his deuth.
He leaves a widow and six children
two sons, Harry and Percy, of
Dallas j and four daughters, Mrs. E. E.
Hoover, of Roseburg, and Kate, Amy
and Hattie, of Dallas. One son and
one daughter died several years ago.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. James Moore, pastor of the
Dallas M. E. Church, at the family
home, Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock,
and were largely attended. Burial
took place in the Odd Fellows' ceme
tery. Mr. Hibbard was an honorable and
industrious man, and enjoyed the
esteem and good-will of his neighbors.
In his death, Polk county has lost one
of Its best citizens, and the loss will be
keenly felt In the. community where
he had so long made his home.
Will Move Sawmill.
The Bryan-Lucas Company's big
sawmill in the mountains west of
Falls City is to be moved to the Carl
Peterson timber claim, two miles east
of its present location, and about
three-quarters of a mile west of the
old Rowell mill on Brown creek. A
largo force of men began clearing
away the timber for the new millsite,
Wednesday. A new flume will be
built to connect with the present flume
at a point near the Boughey mill, and
the company will continue to float its
lumber to Falls City, where the large
planing mill is located. The com
pany owns several hundred acres of
choice timber within easy reach of the
new site, and it will not be necessary
to move the mill again for many
years. The greater part of the tim
ber was purchased from John and
Albert Teal and ca n be easily floated
to the new mill by the aid of a flood
dam in Brown creek.
Goats to Alaska.
The government is now trying the
experiment of raising Angora goats
in Alaska, For Angoras, the govern
ment of course would come to Polk
county, and this It did. After looking
the field over, the Angoras of Polk
were selected to start the breed in
Alaska, and the first shipment out of
here was on Saturday. It consisted
of fifty head of goats and they were
billed through to Valdez, from which
point they will be driven 100 miles
Inland. The goats were shipped by
George Boothby. If the experiment
proves successful, the Alaskan country
will be stocked up with goats. Inde
pendence West Side.
Mountain Water for Corvallis.
By a vote of nearly three to one, the
oitizens of Corvallis have decided to
bring mountain water into the city
for domestic and fire purposes. Bock
Creek will be the source of supply,
and the pipe-line will bo 17J miles
long. The system will cost in the
neighborhood of $75,000. Forty fire
hydrants will be installed. Corvallis,
has only nine hydrants at present
The result of the election was a sweep
ing victory for the progressive ele
ment in the pity, and the people are
anxiously looking forward to the time
when they will no longer be obliged
to drink Willamette River water.
Miss Grace Helmick, of Monmouth,
has been elected to teach in the Albany
public schools next year.
Frank Mulkey, of Monmouth, who,
for the past two years has been runner
for the Abbey house, is with the Bay
View this season. Newport News.
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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 belter prepared than now to at
tend to the repairing department Satis
faction positively guaranteed at all times.
A. H. HARRIS JEWELERr.ciAN
NEAR POST OFFICE ON MAIN STREET, DALLAS, OREGON
INJURIES PROVE FATAL
Automobile Accident in Polk County
Causes Death of Mrs. Mary
Albert, of Salem.
Mrs. Mary E. Albert, wife of John
H. Albert, the Salem banker, died
Sunday from injuries received in an
automobile accident last Wednesday
evening while Mr. Albert was takinp
hl3 wife and Mrs Harry E. Albert for
a ride in Polk County. Mrs. Albert
sustained a fracture of the right collar-bone
and three ribs on the right
side. The injuries were not such as
would ordinarily prove fatal, but Mrs.
Albert had been in poor health for a
number of years, and her system could
not stand the shock. Mr. Albert is
olmost prostrated with grief.
Mrs. Albeit was a daughter of
Joseph and Elmira Holman, and was
born in Salem in 1844. She was mar
ried to Mr. Albert in 18G7. Her surviv
ing children are Joseph Albert,
Harry Albert, Mrs. F. A. Wiggins and
Mrs. George F. Rodgers. Mrs. Albert
was a good woman, and her death is
mourned Dy many friends. She was
a member of the Presbyterian church
and a Christian whose faith was shown
in many works of kindness and self-
sacrifice.
bummer Normal at Monmouth.
The Oregon State Normal School
will conduct a summer school in Mon
mouth, beginning June 2G and con
tinuing to August 4. While the chief
object is to prepare students for the
county and state examinations, the
instruction in each branch will In
clude some discussion of the methods
of teaching in the public schools.
In addition to the subjects required
for county and state papers, classes
will bo organized in other branches of
the regular Normal course, as re
quired. Special attention will bo
given to principals and teachers in
small high schools.
If desired, private individual in
struction will bo given at reasonable
rates. This will accommodate those
who feel the need of more time than
is devoted to general class instruction
in a six weeks term.
Private individual and class lessons
will also be given in the state course
In vocal music and drawing; in voice
culture, piano, organ and harmony ;
and In violin and other string instru
ments.
The tuition for the six-weeks' course
has been placed at $7.50. Board can
be obtained at low rates in private
homes or at the Dining Hall.
Regarding the properpronunciatiou
of "chauffeur, "the spoilers on the Trail
at the Portland fair have mastered it.
If you hear one of these hoarse-voiced
exposition followers shout, "Come
hyar, hyar, right hyar. Steninclose
hyar an' don't will that fat man let
those six ladies take his place don't
blockade the passage way. You can
go clear down the Trail and hit 'er as
hard as you want, but this hyar is the
bestshow'fur "show'fur." That pro
nunciation absolutely correct
Race Meeting at Portland.
Among the great attractions which
the Lewis and Clark Exposition will
afford the visitors to Portland during
this month will be the opening of the
race meeting given by the Multnomah
Fair Association at Irvington Park
Track, beginning on July 22. More
than 500 horses will be stabled at
Irvington during the 49 racing days,
which by the way, will be the longest
race meeting ever held In Oregon.
The horses that will start in the stake
and handicap events are the pick of
those that raced last winter at Oak
land and at Los Angeles. Very lib
eral purses will be given and some of
the best trotters and pacers from Cali
fornia will bo seen at Irvington in
addition to a stroug lot of Oregon and
Washington horses.
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Crack
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Write for Catelogue.
Pacific Pulp Plaster Co.
Phone Main 23G2
517-521 Chamber of Commerce
PORTLAND, ORE.
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
today testimonials.of my success.
Consultation free.
Cut Glass, Silverware
and High-Class Jewelry
Our display is large and shows
"just the right styles and shapes"
to meet the requirements of the
season. A great feature is their
lasting qualities, aside from the
perfect workmanship and reason
ables prices.
C. H. MORRIS
Jeweler and Optician
Main Street, - Dallas, Oregon
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Try a quart for Sunday's dinner.
Special prices for Picnics and Socials.
WALTER WILLIAMS
MAIN STREET, .-. V . V DALLAS ORE.
Fre Souvenir When visiting Portland, call at "SWETLAXD'S"
273 Morrison St., and present this ad. You will receive FREE an
attractive Lr-wia & Clark souvenir
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