Polk County observer., February 16, 1906, Image 1

FOLK
OUNTY
VOL. XVIII
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 16, 1906
NO 49
Coming Events Cast Their
Shadows Before
February 1st marked the begining of a new firm
at the old stand. Preparations have been making for
n Withs past for this change and for an increased busi
ness. Oar efforts have been to select such goods as we
know have merit and value, and at such prices that
will commend your confidence.
i Our every line will be complete in due time for
your spring shopping. Those who wish to see or wish
to buy will do themselves a favor and enjoy a shop
per's feast by looking at our many new and snappy
things for spring.
A full and complete line for men and women, Dry
feoods, Clothing and all the pretty things that you
will need. A nice line of Spring Overcoats lor Men
just received by express.
We solicit your patronage.
I
Dallas Mercantile Company
I Successors to R. JACOBSON S CO.
SlERE IT IS!!
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I "Always the Same"
anufactured by
fCKREALL MILLING COMPANY,
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I GREAT
reduction sale
j Of Steel Ranges
f In order to reduce our stock of Steel Ranges, we
j will give $
$6.50 Worth of Goods Free!
j with each range sold during this sale. All the stand-
lard makes, "Quick Meal," "r idge-Beach" and
f "Moore" Steel Ranges.
SALE NOW ON.
! WM. FAULL,
Main Street, - Dallas, Oregon
-FULL LINE OF-
Columbia Phonographs
Big StocK
of Records
and Supplies
L D. Daniel's Wall Paper Store,
Main Street Dallas, Ore., 'Phone 225
A Wrong Impression.
Some voters have the idea that
;J. er the provisions of the direct
fflary law a person can sign only
(.-.candidate's Petition for each office.
; Ia rong. A voter may sign
-? number of petitions of candidates
y one office. The only require
' is that the voter must be regis-
as a member of the same politi
Partv no ti i
ae
! signs.
SUk,
kea and wood tor sale at
"7 s grocery.
mmfa, mr Jim nplat
Another Cut-Off.
c...v,,r, Papiflo ceode are con
templating a continuation of the
good work begun with the building of
the St. Joe cut-ou, auu u -to
benefit this section will very likely
be a new track from Amity west to
Briedwell. thus shortening the road
to Dallas about a mile, and giving to
the town of Amity direct and frequent
railroad communication with the
county seat and other towns in the
valley, as well as with Portland.
McMinnville Beporter.
Hop Yard For Rent.
Hop yard for rent Inquire of Fat
Baowx, Dallas, R. F. D. 1.
8 TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE
AS A HIRED HAND. g
The following article, from the pen of a well
known citizen of Polk county.dealB with modern
condition, in the labor world, and is well worth
readine. It is published bv permission.-EmTOR
(Continued from last week.)
My next trial was at an employment
office. I was guaranteed a iob. at $fiO
a uiontn, tnat I could hold so long as
my work was satisfactory. I took the
od, and was given a card to a certain
omce. i was promptly employed and
sei 10 worn posting books. I had been
at work for perhaps 20 minutes, when
the boss began to growl at nothing,
for I knew how to keep books, and in
less tnan a minute I was discharrzed
As I walked through the main office, I
saw a man sitting there with a "want
a job" look, and he was sent right into
tne back office.
I was somewhat suspicious of the
place, so just loitered on the walk for
perhaps an hour, when another man
with the expectant look entered the
place. In less than five minutes my
successor came out. I hailed him
ana we compared notes, and I found
that he had been unreasonably criti
cized and fired. We waited for nor
u ... :. r
uaya au uour, wnen tne rourtn man
entered, and in less than no time the
third man came out. Then we all re
turned to the employment office and
demanded the return of our money.
One of the men had put up his last
cent, and when he began to pull his
coat, backed as he was by two others,
and to tell the fellow that we had come
to collect six dollars, there was a look
in his eyes that collected that money.
buch fraudulent employment offices
exist in all the large cities, the sup
posed employer and the agent (?)
dividing the profits. Many employ
ment agencies carry on an honorable
business. As a rule, when a man is
buncoed out of his deposit fee, it is
cheaper for him to let it go and nurse
his loss and his wrath.
My next venture was at the free em
ployment agency, maintained by the
city and its attendants appointed by a
political pull. These offices are run
on hours. You can go early and wait,
or go a little late and wait until next
day. The pleasant; politician took my
name and address and what I could
work at, and in about a week I re
ceived a postal card telling me to call,
a job had been reported. In the
as
meantime I had explored everywhere
without success, and when I called at
the place to which I had been directed
by the free agency, I found the place
had been filled three days before.
Such is a sample of government run
ning business.
I gave up looking for work in Kan
sas City and shipped down South to
help build railroads. My laborer's
pass took me to Ft. Smith, Arkansas.
When I arrived, I was told that the
engineers department inrenaea to
send some men out surveying. I did
not look like a dude by thi3 time, but
cleaned up and applied to the proper
person for a job. While talking with
the head clerk, a higher official stepped
in and called to the clerk, and I over
heard him say, "Do not ship any
more hobos to the front." When the
clerk returned, he informed me that
the crew was filled. As I passed the
higher official, I quietly remarked,
I am not a hobo, and if any of your
best mathematicians get bothered in
figuring excavations, just call on me
and I will solve the problem for them."
The only thing left" for me was to
oin the gang and go out at hard work
and $1.75 a day, with $4 a week off for
board. Of all the robbers and tyrants
that ever infested this earth, the firm
by whom I was employed easily take
first rank. A man working for them
is looked upon as a dog, and is robbed
and cheated and cussed accordingly.
stood it a portion of one day, and
then said "good-bye."
I went to work the next morning ror
the Diamond Construction Company,
of Springfield, Missouri, who had the
rock contract on the road. Mr. Dia
mond had creneral charge, and was in
every way a man, but the foreman of
the rock quarry under whom I worked
was a swelled-up fool. Here 1 learnea
how uniust is the rule announced by
many Judges of the courts in various
states called the "Fellow Servant
Doctrine." How I wish tnat tne nrsi
udge to announce that rule couia De
brought to life and placed as l saw
men placed then and afterwards.
Tr is all very well ior a wuu
salary of several thousand dollars a
year and a job. perhaps for life, to sit
in hi3easy cnairm a u aiu..
and say, "A man should not go into a
dangerous place to work, and lie can
not recover damages for broken limbs
if the accident is caused by the care
lessness or incompetency of a fellow,
servant" .
In removing the rock from the
quarry, a large four-fold tackle was
used, and a team did the pulling. It
the duty of a "leiiow :iaUw
wArninirin time, so an uuu3
.... arav hut he did not
could get out vi iuo
and there were several narrow
C-J
escapes from serious injury,
was 1
give
At one
Kidney a4 B!addr
time, I was working in a place right
u nder where the big stone would Bwlng
If I remained there. I kept a watch
for myself. Presently I got out of the
way and stood waiting. The foreman
said, "Old man, Shorty will let you
know when to get out." I said
Shorty does not care, and I have to
watch for myself. I am the judge of
the danger." "Well you go to work,"
said the foreman, "or ouit." Just
then the rock swung out and around
my way, and, when over the spot
where I would have been at work, the
rope broke". If I had been at work
where the foreman told me to work, or
where Shorty would have let me work,
I would have been crushed beneath
that rock, and my family would have
run up against the "Fellow Servant"
doctrine.
l told the foreman I proposed to
watch for myself and 1 would not wait
the indifferent attention of anybody,
The foreman said he proposed to be
boss, but just as he was about to give
me my bounce, Mr. Diamond came
along, and the story was different
when I explained it.
A few days afterward, a "boot leg
ger," as they are called, came along.
This was in Indian Territory, and the
U. S. Government forbids the sale of
whiskey there ; but it is sold, just the
same, by men who carry it with them.
They are called "boot leggers." Most
of the men found him that evening
and got gloriously or foolishly drunk,
For two days the work was off, wait
ing for enough hands to sober up to
run the works. Of course, all went
broke who wanted to be liberal, as
they called it.
In about a week, another one came,
and the boys wanted to borrow money
from me for another drunk. I said,
"All right, if Mr. Diamond will go
security, payable any time I quit."
Of course, he would not do that, and
how those chaps did growl at me for
being stingy. I replied that they
were more selfish than I, for they had
spent all of their money for them
selves and now wanted to spend mine.
The next day, after we got two miles
from camp, the foreman gave me my
discharge. I laughed and said, "You
do not owe me a cent." I was dis
charged simply because I was not a
fool to work hard and then throw my
money away making a drunk fool of
myself. Why men will work hard
and then throw their money away is
beyond my comprehension. Yet, many
do ; and not only that, they will do all
they can to annoy a fellow workman
who is man enough to want value re
ceived for his money. I here record
this statement : I believe that "booze"
does mora to cut down the wages of
laboring men than all things else
combined.
I got my pay promptly and started
to walk from Eufaula to Cbecota along
the railroad. It was between these
two towns that I met the meanest man
on earth. There is but little show to get
water along the road, and at the water
station of the M. K. & T. road I
stopped at the house of the station
keeper and asked for a drink of water.
It was a very warm day, and I was
urely thirsty. He stopped me at the
gate and said ha had no time to fool
with tramps and for me to "git," or
he would put the dogs on me. And
all because I had simply asked for a
drink of water. In the economy of
nature, hell is a necessity.
(To be continued.)
TACKLED WRONG MAN
Ex-Governor (jeer Stirs Up a
One in Editor Flagg, of
St. Helens.
Live
Straightforward Candidate.
Every little while a candidate floats
into Eugene. Dr. Witnycombe, who
would give his best Jersey cow to get
his feet into Mr. Chamberlain's shoes,
was here recently. It's hard to
understand how Dr. Withycombe ex
pects support, when he is ready to
state boldly without reserve, nis
opinions on any public question. If
you want his views on any topic, you
can obtain them by asking for them.
He is a man with opinions, and it is
conceded, able ones. Perhaps, after
all, he is just the man who will emerge
from the primary election with votes
to spare. It would be no surprise.
Eugene Register.
Candidate's Cards.
The Obsebvkb 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.
Press Personals.
Mrs. O. M. Pickett returned from a
visit with her parents at Dallas Tues
day morning. Newberg Graphic.
Mrs. J. C. Uglow and little daughter.
Marguerite, of Dallas, spent a part of
the week in the city with Mrs.
A. N. Martin. McMinnville Telephone
Register.
Mrs. AdaShulU, of Dallas, is visit-
. . . r
ng tnis wees witn ner aunt, iurs.
Harvey heal. McMinnville Telephone-Register.
Marsh Simpson, a well-known man
of Elk City, passed through Corvallis,
Thursday, enroute to Polk county,
here is he to visit relatives. He will
visit awhile In this county on his way
home. Corvallis Times.
A few weeks ago, E. H. Flagg, editor
of the St. Helens Mist, published an
editorial disapproving the candidacy
of T. T. Geer for Governor, and ex
pressing the belief that Mr. Geer
could not be elected if nominated.
This caused the Ex-Governor to take
his typewriter in hand and pay his
respects to the down-river editor in a
column article, which was published
in the Salem Statesman. In his com
munication, Mr. Geer called attention
to the fact that Flagg had once been a
Democrat and had flopped to the Re
publican side of the fence. The reply
to Mr. Geer's communication appears
in a recent number of the Statesman,
and proves that the Ex-Governor
stirred up a bad man when he tackled
Flagg. The reply is .as follows :
"I am very sorry you have angered
Mr. Geer by copying a short editorial
from' my pen. If there is anything I
can do to make amends to you I will
be pleased. I do not remember asking
Mr. Geer's consent to join the repub
lican party. Possibly I should have
done so, but I overlooked it at that
time and it is too late now to correct
my error. I am fifty-three years old
and I have 'flopped' once. In company
with several thousand democrats in
Oregon, I changed from the demo
cratic to the republican party when
Mr. Bryan was nominated at Chicago.
It is political history that had it not
been for the work of those accessions
to the republican party, Oregon would
have gone democratic and Mr. Geer
might not have had the privilege of
being governor of Oregon for even
one term, if Mr. tieer tnlnks he
makes a point for himself by stigma
tizing these men as 'Hoppers,' he is
welcome to the opinion, but it must be'
admitted that in doing so he places
party far above patriotism.
"As to Mr. Geer's support of Furnish,
volumes might be written upon that
subject and they would change no
one's opinion. There is a sort of sup
port that is more damaging than open
opposition. You will, remember that
Jap Minto supported D. C. Sherman,
and yet Sherman's friends failed to
appreciate hi3 efforts.
"But this is not a personal matter
between myself and Mr. Geer. It is a
question to be decided at the primaries
whether it is not better to nominate a
candidate for governor who has not
been identified with either faction and
who could command the united sup
port of the republican party.
"As for my humble self I will sup
port Mr. Geer, if he is nominated ; but
I have a man working for me the
foreman of my office whom I am
afraid I cannot control, and if he
wears a Chamberlain button I assure
you it will be against my earnest
remonstrance."
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raising food under any circumstances. So detrimental are alum
baking powders considered, that in most foreign countries their
sale is prohibited. In many States in this country the law com-
pels alum powders to be branded to show that they contain
this dangerous acid, while in the District of Columbia, Congress
has prohibited the sale of all food that contains alum.
Alum baking powders are sold to consumers at from io
cents a pound to 25 ounces for 25 cents, or 25 cents a pound,
and when not branded may generally be distinguished by iheiu
price.
ARGUED IN SALEM
Polk County Case Given Hearing in
Judge Galloway's Department
of Circuit Court.
HERE'S A SATIRIST
Douglas County Man Has Fun
Expense of "Local Interest"
Candidates.
at
bet,
Methusela was all right, you
For a good old soul was he,
They say he would be living yet,
Had he taken Rocky Mountain Tea.
Belt & Cherrington.
S E E D
TIME
U,; experienced farmer
has learned that some
grains require far differ
ent coil than others;
come crops need differ
cr.thandlins than others.
II3 Lnow3 that a ereat
dl depends upon right
planting et the right
time, and thsit the soil
must be kept enriched.
No use of complaining
in summer about a mis
take made in the spring.
Decide before the seed
is planted.
best time to reme
dy wasting conditions in
the human body is be
fore the evil is too deep
rooted. At the first evi
dence of loss of flesh
Scott's Emulsion
should be taken imme
diately. There is noth
ing that will repair
wasted tissue more
quickly or replace lost
flesh more abundantly
than Scott's Emulsion.
It nourishes and builds
up the body when ordi
nary foods absolutely
fail.
We Tpff ftnJyoQ a ttmfU fret.
ilk
Be lure that this
picture in the form
of lbcl is on the
wrpper of ertrjr
bottle of Emulsion
jon bujr.
SCOTTC&
BOWNE
CHEMISTS
409 Pearl Street
N t W YORK
y- end ti :
a.l druggist
The case of L. B. Denny vs. Agnes
Bean and J. T. Ford, as sheriff of Polk
county, occupied the time of depart
ment No. 2 of the circuit court for
about four hours and a half lastTues
day afternoon, not being concluded
until after 6 o'clook p. in. From the
complaint it appears that one V. S.
Bean sued and obtained judgment
against L. B. Denny in Justice Clark's
court at McCoy in 1890 for about $23G.
An execution was issued and a small
sum paid on the judgment leaving
$211 unpaid. In 1)03 Agnes Bean,
the wife of V. S. Bean obtained a
divorce from her husband and also
an assignment of the judgment
against Denny. She proceeded to
transcript the judgment into the
circuit court and there issue execution
on it and levy upon tho property of
Denny (an interest in an old donation
land claim in Folk county) and sell it
and cause the sale to bo confirmed
and is now waiting for the year to
elapse before she will be entitled to a
deed.
This suit was brought to cancel the
judgment and enjoin the sheriff from
issuing a deed to Mrs. Bean, and for
that reason the sheriff is made a party
to the suit. Mr. Denny claims that he
had au oral settlement with Bean but
never required the judgment to be
cancelled on the records. Mrs. Beao
denied this and introduced the deposi
tion of her former husband in which
he swears that the judgment has never
been paid. No witnesses were present
at the time the settlement Is claimed
to have taken place and the case was
apparently submitted on the testimony
of Denny claiming that it was paid
and that of W. S. Bean denying the
same.
Attorney Frank Holmes brought
the suit for Denny and Oscar Hayter
and Bonham & Martin appeared as
attorneys for Mrs. Bean and Sheriff
Ford.
Dallas Loes to Corvallis.
The Dallas College basketball team
tasted the first defeat of the 1905-06
season last Friday evening, when it
lost to Corvallis by the close score of
18 to 17. The game was won by the
visitors In the last minute of the play,
the home team having maintained a
lead up to that time. A moment of
carelessness on the part of a Dallas
player was quickly taken advantage
of by Corvallis, and a field basket was
thrown, scoring the necessary 0 umber
of points to win the game. Shaw, the
crack Dallas center, was disabled and
could not take part in the contest, but
his place was well filled by Edgar
Craven, a second-team man. "Beck"
played a gilt-edged game, and demon
strated his fitness for a placo cn the
first team, where he will hereafter
play. Morton also played brilliant
ball for the locals. Swann was easily
the star for the visiting team, his
goal-throwing being up to his usual
high average. A return game will be
played in Corvallis early la March.
Louis Barzee, of Iloseburg, is some
what of a satirist. He furnishes his
picture to the Roseburg Valley News,
and with it his announcement of con
sent to run for governor, with the
platform on which he will stand, the
usual catering to local interests being
finely taken off. We give parts of his
"platform":
1st. The inauguration of a system
of good roads in and for Douglas
county.
2nd. Curtailment- of expenses in
all other parts of the state.
3rd. The erection of a $20,000 resi
dence (in Roseburg) for the private
use of the governor.
5th. Dredging and otherwise deep
ening the main channels in Rose
burg's best streets, that they may be
navigable the year round.
Cth. Suppressing all expenditures
for higher education. (Roseburg has
no normal or state school.
8th. Creating a channel sixty-five
feet deep deep at Coos Bay.
9th. Creating a just law, making
it a misdemeanor for any person to
make it known that he is dissatisfied
with tho policy of the governor.
11th. The building, by the state, of
a railroad from Roseburg to Coos
Bay, same to lie kept up by the state
and owned by Douglas county.
12th. Raising the governor's salary
to $10,000 a year same to begin with
my term. This will enable me to pay
my debts and re-establish my credit
Have you been betrayed by promises
of quacks, swallowed pills and bottled
medicine without results except a
damaged stomach. To those we offer
Holllstei'a Rocky Mountain Tea. 35
cents. Belt & Cherrington.
Wool Is Strong.
No future buying of wool is being
done in this state, beyond that already
reported. In the Eastern markets,
the pupply of all kinds of Oregon
wool is practically gone. Eastern
Oregon staplo is in demand, but little
can be obtained and quotations there
are largely nominal. The general
market Is extremely strong and East
ern speculative dealers are very firm
in all their holdings. The strength
developed at the London sales, the
successful opening of tho New York
goods market and the lightness of
stocks are responsible for the under
lying strength of the market Ore
gonian. The Forest Grove Times is out
sioken against candidates for the
legislature signing "Pledge No. 1,"
Good looks bring happiness. Friends
care more for us when we meet them
with a clean, smiling face, brig-teyes
sparkling with health, which comes
by takiDg Hollister's Rocky Mountain
Tea. 35 cents. Belt & Cherrington.
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