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VOL. XVIII
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SALE
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 2, 1906
NO 47
SATURDAY (Tomorrow) will be the last day of our
onsolidation Sale. Some of our Salem goods have already
lived and will be displayed as soon as we can arrange the
lira counter space.
j We also have received a shipment of New Goods
iombs, Brushes, Feather Dusters, etc. that we are offering
f exceedingly low prices lor example:
lothes Brushes good stin stock just the thing ; C
1 to remove the mud I 3C
3oth BrusheJ a large assortment ranging inC to 25c
price from JC each.
air Brushes black backs, good stiti white C
t bristles, only 2jC
3inbs a choice line from which to select prices 5c and up
arKey Feather Dusters made up lOOfeathers,' C - to
I all rarfifullv selected, black handles Ji50c
I Our Kitchen Hardware Counters have received a
number of necessary helps for the cook. Perhaps
f you are in need of some these come in and see.
I Meiser S Meiser
ALLAS
POLK COUNTY,
OREGON
't'
GREAT
'REDUCTION SALE
Of Steel Ranges
; In order to reduce our stock of Steel Ranges, we J
will give
$6.50 Worth of Goods Free!
i with each range sold during this sale. All the stand-
, ard makes, "Quick Meal," " r idge-Beach" and J
"Moore" Steel Ranges: $
Dallas, Oregon
WM. FAULL,
Main Street,
-FULL LINE OF
Columbia Phonographs
Big StocK
of Records
and Supplies
L. D. Daniel's Wall Paper Store,
Main Street. Dallas, Ore., 'Phone 225
TTORNBY AT LAW.
f Oscar Hayter,
'pstalra In Campbell building, Mill St
OREGON.
.ttorney8 at law.
Attorney at law
B. F. JONES
Office in Cooper Building.
INDEPENDENCE, - OREGON
I Sibley & Eakin,
Dallas,
The only reliable sei or Abstracts in
county. Office on Court St
OREGON.
iTTOEKEy AT LAW
I Ed. F. Coad,
Office in Courthouse
DALLAS. OREGON.
ST AT LAW.
N. L. Butler,
, fflce over Dallas City Bank.
DALLAS,
OREGON.
-WSEIATLAW
J- H. Flower,
r Office uext door to Postoffice.
JALUS. OREGON
Wiw PrevMU Pneumonia
JJentist.
M. Hayter,
Office over Wilson's Drug Store
DALLAS.
OREGON.
J3HYSICANAND 8CBGBOJ.
L. N. Woods, M. D.,
Does general pracUce In any part of
the county. Office on Main street
DALLAS, OREGON.
Physician asd subgeon
Dr. R. C. Hunter
Room 6. Uglow Building
DALLAS, OREGON
TTOBXET AT LAW
J. L. Collins
Main Street, Near Postoffice
DALLAS, -. - OREGON
"office stationery, the rigbt kind, at
the Observes office.
TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE
g AS A HIRED HAND. f
The following article, from the pen of a well
known citizen of Polk county.dealawith modern
conditions in the labor world, and is well worth
reading It is published bv permissioti.-EDiTon
(Continued from last week.)
I sent in a card, and was soon
ushered into the presence. I made a
dignified, properly polite bow and
introduced myself. He said, "How
are you?" and immediately picked up
a newspaper and began to read. I
was not even asked to be seated.
Presently a hold-over State Senator
introduced himself. How difffrpnf.i
To the State Senator, with a vote, all
dignity, politeness and respect: to the
man with the overalls, positively dis
courteous by simply ignoring his
presence. If this ever reaches the
eyes of Stanley of Kansas, I want him
to Know that, in memory of this call, I
helped to put up the combination that
defeated him in his aspiration to be
benator.
"While speaking of making calls. I
will say that in my pilgrimage I made
four calls on chief executives Stanley
of Kansas, Shaw of Iowa, both Re
publicans; Dockery of Missouri and
Davis of Arkansas, both Democrats.
By Shaw and Dockery, I was treated
with dignity and politeness : bv Davis.
with fulsome palaver ; by Stanley,
with positive rudeness. To all four, I
stated that I was a plain laboring
man and had called to pay my respects
to the chief executive of the state. I
have faith in the sincerity of Shaw
and Dockery.
I soon found myself out of the state
house ; that is, I just walked out, and
the first labor-question scale fell from
my eyes. It was soon "All aboard."
and I was bound for the wheat-fields
to look for a job. In fact, I thought I
was going to a place where I would be
hailed as a hero, with big wages
offered and jobs by the hundred wait
ing for me.
Why did I think so? I will tell you.
For a week before 1 started. I had
been reading in the Kansas City and
bt. Joseph papers, articles headed
something like this :
1500 MEN WANTED AT GUM LOG
TO HELP HARVEST THE
GREAT WHEAT CROP
HANDS SCARCE IN KANSAS WHEAT FIELDS
Farmers Are Offering $2.50 to $3.50 a
Day and Board for Help 400 Men
Wanted at Sucker Creek, Etc.
Article after article was published
as news to beguile the unwary out to
the harvest fields. The farmers and
railroad men sent the word, and the
papers published it. but I soon be
lieved that all knew it was not true.
Arriving at the little town of Cheney,
west of Wichita, the 18th day of June,
in company with several men seeking
tVin 9 an a Hav nnd hoard. T exneeted.
of course, to find a large number of
farmers anxious to engage the whole
crowd. One man of our number had
been there before, and knew how much
faith to put in the "reliable press."
1 met a quiet looking man near tne
depot, and he very courteously asked
me if I was looking for a job. I said
ves." He said he would not mind
having one good man if he could find
one who would agree to stay with him
ntil his wheat was put in the stack.
Of course, I asked what wages he
would pay. He answered, un, tne
soine wages." "Well, what was that?
He said he really didn't know. I
said, "It is but fair to know ror
certain." After some hesitation, ne
ought "$1.25 a day and help with
the chores." I said, "I guess not
We finally agreed upon $1.50 a day
and no chores.
Before taking employment with him,
had looked around and found that
nly ten men were wanted, and there
ere twelve of us in town looking for
wnrt T learned afterwards tnat at
least 50 farmers were in town looking
for hands and that they knew before
our arrival just how many we were,
so they settled among themselves who
would get the men and how to proceed
oivi pnmnetition. The others
m V VIVA w I
waited for the next lot of suckers. ,
Now, if a lot of men should combine
to put up the price of labor, or any
other commodity, these same men
would make a howl that would put a
Kansas cyclone to shame; but when
hined to beat down the price,
which is another term for raising thel
price of money, it was all right n tney
were the beneficiaries of the combine.
All men are opposed to the other man's
monopoly.
Out through the wheat-fields I rode
that afternoon with my employer,
under contract to stay with him until
his wheat was cut, shocked and put
into the stack. The next morning at
4 -30, 1 was called to get up, go about a
third of a mile through the grass, wet
with dew, to drive up the horses, get
them fed, and properly curried and
harnessed before breakfast. All day
long, from about 5:30 a. m. until 8
p m with an hour off for noon, I put
wheat into shocks. It was Saturday,
FOIETSEKIHTCtnS
BkM KMT BUddar ESS
and I was never so glad that Sunday
is a day of rest as I was that Sunday
after the first day's manual labor I
had performed in ten years. I thought
I had nearly a million muscles that I
had never used before.
About the third day, my boss asked
me to help him milk the cows, as he
did not feel well, I helped. Again
the next evening, he asked me to help,
but made no sick excuse. ' I helped.
The next evening, he asked me to milk
all the cows alone only seven. I
asked him if there was any extra pay
in it. How he did howl about the
laziness of hired menl I quietly re
minded him of our bargain. I have
no doubt that man thought I ought to
do all kinds of such work in addition
to shocking wheat, and that it was
preposterous for me to expect compen
sation. If the work was of value to
him, I thought he could afford to pay
for it, and if not, then I preferred rest
ing. I had sold him so much of my
time for so much per day.
I worked faithfully until July 4. It
was the next day that I learned my
first lesson in staying with a job. At
the little celebration given by the citi
zens of the community, a gentleman
came to me and-wanted to engage me
to go with his threshing machine at
$2.50 a day, as a feeder, work to begin
the next morning. My employer was
there and reminded me that I had
agreed to help him through with stack
ing his grain, and that there was three
days' work yet to finish. I tried to
arrange with the machine man to take
me after the three days, but he wanted
a man for next day. I returned home
with my employer to finish his job.
The next morning, he said that his
father was coming on a visit and it
would be pleasant to the old gentle
man to ride around, so he thought
that he would settle up with me; that
the house would be a little crowded
anyway, and finished up by handing
me my wages. I said, "Did you know
yesterday that your father was com
ing?" He said, "yes." "And you
knew the size of your house yester
day?" "Yes," he answered. "Then
why this settling up?" "Well, I think
it to my interest to do so," was the re
ply. Then I had my' say.
"Mr. , I now offer to perform
my contract ; as the lawyers say, I am
ready, willing and able to perform,
and so offer to perform." He looked
at me in astonishment and said he
had nothing for me to do. "Then, in
that case, you owe me $4.50," and I
took great pleasure in making him
pay it. Had I been some neighbor,
under similar conditions, he would
have told me to take the job with the
machine; but I was a stranger, and,
when it was to his interest to let me
go, he would do so regardless of the
cost to me.
The lesson I learned bjs- that and
similar experiences and observations,
and will here state, is this : The em
ployer will let out a hand when it is to
his advantage to do so, regardless of
his contract and the interest of the
hired man, unless he is tied tight
Then, why not the hired man let go
of his job whenever he can better him
self, regardless of the interest of hl3
employer? I learned this lesson, yet
had not the heart to put it into practi
cal use until it was drilled Into me.
Well, there I was, July 5, the har
vesting about over, with the threshing
just beginning, crews made up, and I
out of a job because I had lived up to
a rule sound in morals, but sadly out
of play in the modern game of bread
winning. After tramping all day, going with
out dinner, (for It is hard to get a meal
in some places, even if you offer to
pay in advance,) about 6 o'clock in the
evening I found a German farmer
whose wife was sick and he needed a
hand for a few days, so I engaged to
him to help stack wheat I got a good
supper, bed and breakfast one gener
ally does of a German farmer.
I went to the field after breakfast to
pitch bundles, while he loaded them
on the wagon. The wind in Kansas
blows all the time at this season, and
i3 from the south. My employer drove
the wagon up on the south side of the
shock. After I had pitched it on,
against the wind, I asked him to
drive on the north side, supposing he
had driven to the south side without
thinking. He paid no attention to my
request and again I pitched against
the wind. Again I asked him to drive
to the north side of the shock, and
again he paid no attention.
I asked him if he heard what I said,
and he answered, "yes." I asked him
why he did not drive to the other side.
He said, "Well, I hires you, and your
time is mine, and it makes no differ
ence." I told him it was just as easy
for him to drive on the other side, and
that if he wanted me to pitch that
grain he would have to let me have
the advantage of the wind. He did
not offer to change, but flatly refused.
So I stuck the fork in the ground and
started. How he did turn loose and
curse tramps 1 Of course, as I was
not a tramp, his words did not apply
to me. He informed me gratuitously
that laboring men were getting too
ornery fur anything, that they wanted
the best of everything and big wages
and to give nothing In return. The
wind continued to blow, so did he, and
I struck out I was cot quite poor
enough to be a slave, but that seemed
to be his idea of what a hired man
ought to be.
For three days I hunted work. It is
much harder to hunt work than to do
work after it is found. That evening
I found a freight train headed for
Oklahoma. I paid a brakeman one
dollar, and was stowed away in a clean
box-car. I slept soundly, and awoke
at Wellington, Kansas, where I was
directed to the home of an old gentle
man about a half mile west of town.
It was Sunday, but he said I could re
main until next morning and he would
give me a job for five days at $2 a day.
Two other men were there, waiting to
go to work next day.
It was here I met one phase of the
employer's side of the question.
(Continued next week.)
New Library Books.
The list below is of books whioh are
the most recent additions to the public
library. The library is trying with
the limited means at its disposal to
meet the demands for all different
classes of books, and the librarian is
always glad to have suggestions made
as to desirable books to buy.
Seats of the Mighty Parker.
Lady Rose's Daughter Ward.
The Cost Phillips.
. A Gentleman of France.
Luck of Roaring Camp Harte.
Maid of Maiden Lane Barr.
Christmas Carol Dickens.
Abbe' Constantin Halevy.
Mulvaney Stories Kipling.
Sh akespeare Jameson .
David Copperfleld Dickens.
Cloister and the Hearth Reade.
Uarda Ebers.
Thelma Corelli.
Vicar of Wakefleld-Goldsmith.
Nicholas Nickleby Dickens.
Monsieur Beaucaire Tarklngton. -
Legend of Sleepy Hollow Irving.
Hugh Wynne, Quaker Mitchell.
The Pit Norris.
The Octopus Norris.
Bourne Has No Claim.
We fail to see wherein Mr. Jonathan
Bourne, Jr., has any claim to the
senatorial toga. Until such time as
the primary law is made so that the
person receiving the majority of votes
cast in his party is the nominee, it is
going to be hard to determine who is
the party's nominee. For instance,
suppose there are three aspirants for
senator in the primary and they all
poll about the same number of votes,
the one receiving the largest number
of votes would get the nomination.
Herein Is where the direct primary law
is weak, and until such time as the
law is amended so as to give an oppor
tunity to decide who can obtain the
majority of votes cast in either party,
aspirants for state senators and repre
sentatives don't have to pledge them
selves as to who they will vote for U. S.
senator, for that power is still vested
in the state legislature. It is a political
trick engineered by politicians of
Jonathan Bourne's stripe, which is
boss rule. Tillamook Headlight.
Press Personals.
Lee Fenton, of Dallas, was a busi
ness visitor to McMinnville on Satur
day... Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Grant, of
Dallas, visited in McMinnville this
week... Miss Ethel Rowell, of Dallas,
is visiting in the city this week, the
guest of her cousin, Mrs. T. J.
Warren.. -.Miss Dora Sears, of McCoy,
visited several days in this city this
week, the guest of Miss Ona Estes...
Mrs. Mattie Martin visited from Satur
day until Monday with her daughter,
Mrs. John Uglow, at Dallas... R
Jacobson returned Thursday evening
from San Francisco, where he has
been with his family for about two
months past. McMinnville Telephone
Register. Grandma Churchman, of
Sheridan, was a visitor at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Campbell this
week, and accompanied by Mrs. Camp
bell and children went to Dallas Tues
day evening to visit with relatives.
McMlnnTille Reporter.
Candidate's Cards.
The Observer job office is prepared
to print cards for candidates on short
notice. The candidate's photograph
will be printed on the card, when de
sired, at a slight advance In price
Cards are not expensive, and are a
genteel means of introduction to the
voters. Candidates of all parties are
invited to call and see samples.
The Southern Pacific company have
a force of men at work building fences
along the line from Lafayette to St
Joe. McMinnville Reporter.
Drs. Matthis and Woods have bought
out the drug firm of Harris & Yeo, of
this city, and will hereafter conduct
the business in connection with their
practice. Amity Enterprise.
Good looks bring happiness. Friends
care more for us when we meet them
with a clean, smiling face, brlghteyes
sparkling with health, which comes
by taking Hollister b Rocky Mountain
Tea. 35 cents. Belt & Cherrington.
The people of McMinnville are to be
complimented on the fact that the
audience at the Imperial Theatre last
Thursday night, "froze up" in short
order when Sam Jones, at one point
completely overstepped the bounds of
decency. McMinnville Reporter.
Jw CkJm vrtl 1,1. I JL.
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DISTINCTIVELY A CREAM OF
TARTAR BAKING POWDER
It does not contain an atom of phos.
phatic acid (which is the product of bones
digested in sulphuric. acid) or of alum
(which is one-third sulphuric acid) sub
stances adopted for other baking powders
because of their cheapness.
The S. P. to Burn Oil.
Tho Southern Pacific company will,
within a short time, change all its
locomotives in Oregon from wood to
oil burners. In making this great
change it Is necessary that oil tanks
and stations be constructed so that a
supply of oil can be had at different
locations.
The Guard is reliably Informed that
large steel tanks for this purpose have
been ordered, and just as soon as they
are ready the change will be made
from wood to oil. Roseburg, Ashland
and Portland will have tanks of a
capacity of 30,000 barrels each. St.
Joseph and Grants Pass will have
tanks of 15,000 barrels capacity, while
the following places will have a sup
ply of 5000 barrels each : Springfield,
Junction, Albany, Woodburn and
Corvallis.
As soon as the work on the present
road is finished and these oil tanks
are up, all passenger and freight ser
vice will be run on new schedules
equal to speed made on other trans
continental lines. Eugene Guard.
SILETZ VALLEY IS RICH
Praises Goat Show.
The annual goat show held at
Dallas, January 18 and 19, was a great
success. There were many goats on
exhibition, and much interest is mani
fested in the mohair industry. Polk
county has developed the industry to a
wonderful degree, and while there are
many well bred Angora goats raised
in the United States, yet, Polk county
breeders rival the best there is to be
found, and by constantly buying the
best blood have kept up the standard
to the highest degree. Gervais Star.
For Ttiin
Babies
Fat Is of great account
to a baby ; that is why
babies are. fat. If your
baby is scrawny, Scott's
Emulsion is what he
wants. The healthy baby
stores as fat what it does
not need immediately for
bone and muscle. Fat
babies are happy ; they do
not cry ; they are rich ;
their fat is laid up for
time of need. They are
happy because they are
comfortable. The fat sur
rounds their little nerves
and cushions them. When
they are scrawny those
nerves are hurt at every
ungentle touch. They
delight in Scott's Emul
sion. It is as sweet as
wholesome to them.
Send for frmu sample.
Be sure that this picture In
the form of label l on the
wrapper of every botlla of
Emultion you buy.
Scott Sr Bourne
Chemists
409-413 Ptarl Jtrmrt
Mm York
50c. and J 1 00
A.l DroggliU
Railroad from Newport to King's
Valley Would Open Up Large
Tract of Fine Timber.
DALLAS, Or. January 18 (To the
Editor.) A railroad should, and soon
will, be built from Newport, in Lincoln
county, to some point on tidewater on
the Siletz river, a distance of about 18
miles; object in going to tidewater is
to get where there is a commodious
and safe chance to locate a log boom.
From this point the road ought to, and
will, run up the Siletz valley by a very
easy grade, passing directly through
the School Farm and Agency ; thence
up right bank of Siletz river to some
point near the mouth of Hock creek;
there cross the Siletz and keep up the
right bank of Bock creek to the mouth
of Little Rock creek, on the Sam
Center place; thence up Little Rock
creek to the mouth of Steer creek ; then
following the valley of that stream to
near its head ; thence, by an excellent
pass and easy grade, over the Bummit
of the Coast Range, by Big Luckla-
mute pass, to King's Valley ; thence
down the Lucklamute river to some
point at, or near, Airlle. The total
distance from Newport to Old Fort
Hoskins, by this route, would be 09
miles.
What would this railroad do? It
would tap and soou control the entire
output of logs from the Siletz valley,
where is certainly the largest and best
body of untouched, yellow fir timber
in the United States today. The Siletz
river flows almost through the entire
body, furnishing an easy way to get
the timber to the boom.
When the Government established
the Siletz Indian Reserve, it gave the
various tribes a home in the very best
part of Oregon west of the Coast
Range. The valleys are wide, and the
land is of the very best, often yielding
enormous crops. Wheat, oats, barley,
potatoes and grass are among the
crops we have seen grown.
Tho Siletz valley is a fine stock and
dairy country, and it is never found
necessary to feed stock cattle or sheep.
There is undoubtedly an abundance
of coal, fine specimens having been
found in Depot and Rock creeks.
Here Is found a whole mountain of
granite, and there is plenty of sand
stone. We do not think the old granite
State of Vermont can beat our granite.
Game Is plentiful, and tho streams
abound in fish.
With all these resources, and many
more unthought of, we believe there Is
no part of earth today that offers so '
easy a chance and so speedy returns
of handsome profit on the money in
vested as the building of this road
would offer. This is our candid
opinion, and our name is
OLE OLESON.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Dungan re
turned to their home at Dallas Tues
day, after a month's visit in our
town. Jefferson Review.
Methusela was all right, you bet,
For a good old soul was he,
They say he would be living yet.
Had he taken Rocky Mountain Tea.
Belt& Cherrington.
From the Globe, we learn that the
new bank building in Condon is to be
constructed of concrete blocks. The
machine for moulding jhese blocks
has been shipped from Portland.
Have you been betrayed by promises
of quack3, swallowed pills and bottled
medicine without results except a
damaged stomach. To those we offer
Hollistea's Rocky Mountain Tea. 33
cents. Belt & Cherrington.
Direct Primaries.
Plenty of blank petitions for candi
dates, at the Observes job office.
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