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CLOTHING, SHIRTS, TIES, NEW STRAW
HATS and ALL THE LEADING NOVELTIES
New Spring Line of Shoes
for Men--AU Styles.
DALLAS MERCANTILE COMPANY
Dallas,
Get Your Fare
In rearranging our enormous
lines and all shelf worn goods
It is as important to save as it is
line of ladies' ready to wear goods
We have Men's and Boys'
reacn an. . .
We are after your trade and we
by honest and fair dealing and we
to call and compare ua with others.
We pay the highest market prices
for farm produce.
THE BIG
F. A. LUCA S
STOVES AT COST
Complete line of "Universal" Stoves
must be sold in the next 60 days to
make room for another line.
A Guarantee Bond with Every
"Universal" Range.
Vaughn Weaver
Wiseman's Old Stand,
DALLAS, - - - OREGON
iWe Are Well Armedf
To meet every requirement of the purchaser,
with the latest styles and best makes of..
Ladies', Gents' and Children's
. . Shoes. . .
TTiora ;0 vnina J
guarantee that they will give good satisfaction.
We believe that a personal inspection will make
you a customer. Prices? The lowest possible
for good footwear.
DALLAS SHOE STORE
1 Mrs. J. C. Gaynor, rropneiu. -
Wain Street, -
$) 00 Pays lor the OBSERVER
and the Weekly Oregonian
one year. Iu order to take
"Wage of this liberal offer, your
rtption to Obsebveb must be
a P to date. Subscribe now.
Don't Over
Look Th?heinod
or these Low Prices. Ladies'
New Skirts and Shirts
waists, Gloves and Dress
4 Goods. The best to be had
and from fashions leadinc
markets.
In our Men's Department
we have many goods and
snappy styles to show you.
: ORTHOPEDIC 33?
Oregon
Paid to Falls City
We can save you your fare on a bill of goods
amounting to ($5) FIVE DOLLARS. Besides
you will be sure and get what you want.
We are not offering any 10 days sale but 365
days of bargains out of every year.
If you want new up-to-date goods, we have
them. If you want bargains in broken lines, we
have them.
stock we have sorted out all broken
these we are offering at a sacrifice.
to earn, if you fail to see our Spring
you are missing a chance to save.
Clothing
p
aim to get it
only ask you
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HAD THRILLING EXPERIENCE
Mrs. T. A. Wagner Telia of Narrow
y escape 01 nerself and Family
. iuiii Leam in Earthquake.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 23-
u -vio me JMiitor.) I will t.rv to Hv
k I the readers of the Observer an idea
nj ui ine earthquake horrorthat occurred
N nere on the morning of April 18. as I
experienced it. My husband arose at
5:10 a. m according to our time, (the
exact time of the shock was S :H :48,)
ana almost instantly the house stood
on end and came down with a terrible
thud, bang and twist, crashing every
thing breakable or movable. The
doors were banged shut, sealing us in
in our rooms, and my husband was
tnrown back onto the bed. The next
shock threw us to the floor. We
managed to get onto our feet, and
with babe in my arms, I tried to get
to tue yard, while my husband was
trying to rescue our other two children
sleeping in an adjoining room. Sud'
denly the back door broke from its
hinges, twisting out the lock, and we
were thrown onto the porch. Just
ahead of us in the yard, the earth
opened and closed twice, a width of at
least 18 inches. We expected to be
h pitched into it headlong, but fortu
nately were spareu sucn a rate.
We were the first people in our
neighborhood to get into the street, as
it was almost impossible for anyone
to get their doors open for several
minutes. Soon men, women and
children, in their night clothes, were
running aimlessly about, screaming,
crying, panic-stricken, and all frantic
alike. I don't believe there' was a
sane person in our neighborhood for
the first two houra after the quake.
After the first excitement, people
seemed to be on their good behavior-
even the children. My three children
scarcely spoke above a whisper for
three days. It was perfectly astonish
ing to see people watching their homes
and places of business burn, with
calm, cool faces. Fully 120,000 homes
were either burned or totally wrecked.
Imagine 25 square miles of city in
black ruins and the earth constantly
trembling !
We lived in a new, well-built house,
with concrete foundation, beautifully
and artistically finished inside. To
day it is a wreck. The lightly con
structed houses, set on the ground,
were scarcely damaged. I had just
fi nished house-cleanin g at n ine o'clock
Tuesday night. Next morning the
clean laundry, broken dishes, olive
oil, vinegar, mush, eggs, butter, wine
and everything imaginable in the
kitchen and pantry, together with the
soot from the fallen stovepipe, were in
a heap on the floor. Most of our
clothing was ruined, and my Sunday-go-to-meeting
hat was sandwiched.
After dressing, we tried to telegraph
our friends that we were safe, but
found communication cut off. We
then put baby in the go-cart and
started for the city, but found the
street cars were not runuing. We
walked six miles to the scene of the
fire, staid a few hours, then went back
to where we had lived, got some bed
ding and food, and slept that night in
the Park with 370,000, or more, other
homeless people. None of us were
injured, but we have suffered from
fright, heart-aches and pity for the
suffering and awfulness of the whole
thing. The horror of it all can never
be told. One must be among us to
realize what it is. We are now living
in our back yard, in a tent made of
my bedroom carpet, and are trying to
make the best of things. On April 19,
we ate supper by the light of the burn
ing city. We are all badly tanned by
the heat and wind. A water famine
whs threatened for awhile, as the
sewers and water mains got mixed,
but the water is better now and can be
used after being boiled.
I hope never to experience anotner
declaration of martial law. W hile It
was the only thing to do, if was
nlaoinz too much liberty in the hands
of senseless soldiers. Many an inno
cent man was shot; a boy of 14 was
blindfolded and shot for stealing, and
woman was killed for ngnting a
fire. , t.
We are giving what accommoaauons
we nave to sn uuu e.. r
We all have to help where we caD.
While we are cared for lavishly with
food, we enjoy none of it There is
rwl onflfirincr All
so mucn sono
around us ! What had taken man a
lifetime to build was torn aown m
minute's time.
I hope this letter isn't tiresome. MJ
airn wa3 to wnuj ujj . .
perience, and not hearsay. .Don t re
lieve that things have been exagger
ated I hope thai such a disaster will
neve'r happen again so long a? the
world stand... This letter has been
written under great difficulties-outdoors
when the wind and sand were
blowing a gale. I would dearly lov
to got letters from all my friend, as
this U a general letter to alL We a re
preparing to go into the city of tenia,
L our house is unsafe to live in.
Mail will reach us if adJie.d to
UU Forty-ninth Avenue, or Tent
,8, Baseball Grounds, San F'anasoo.
MRS. T. A. WAGNi.1..
Chaplain's Ccugft.RgnsiJ
GREAT MUSICAL TREAT
Two of Portland's Prominent Singers
Will Assist In Mrs. Cher
rington's Concert.
The recital to be given by Mrs. G. N,
Thursday, May 17, is looked forward
to with pleasant anticipation by the
music-loving people of Dallas and
vicinity. She will be assisted by her
teacher, Mrs. E. E. Coovert, of Port
land, anJ, Mr. Arthur Alexander, the
famous tenor of that city. A program
of exceptional meritis being arranged,
and a rare treat is promised.
The people of Dallas have been ex
ceedingly fortunate in hearing good
music the past winter, and have
shown their appreciation of first-class
talent by liberal patronage at every
concert. The exceptionally fine talent
engaged for the coming recital has
aroused much interest and enthusi
asm, and a record-breaking attend
ance is promised. Although the per
formance is nearly two weeks away,
over 100 tickets have already been
subscribed for, and as many more
will doubtless be sold. Further men
tion of this great musical event will
be made next week.
MOHAIR SOLD WELL
While Lower Than Expected, Price
Is Above Average ot Last
Ten Years.
The sale of the small pool of mohair
at Eddyville, Oregon, at 32J cents, as
reported in our last issue, proved mis
leading as an index to prices, as
nearly all the pools sold since that
time have gone at from 29 to 30 cents,
saya the Rural Northwest. The Dallas
pool was not sold on the date an
nounced for the sale, but has since
been disposed of at private sale at 30i
cents to H. Metzger, of Portland. The
amount of mohair in the pool is re
ported to be 40,000 pounds.
The Yamhill county pool of 30,000
pounds went to Theo Bernheim & Co.,
of Portland, at 30 cents. The same
firm secured at the same price the
Luckiamute (Polk county) pool of
about 20,000 pounds.
The Sodaville pool of between 16,000
and 20,000 was sold to Herman Metz
ger, Portland, at 29J cents.
The Silverton pool of 12,000 to 15,000
pounds, went to Wm. Brown & Co., of
Salem, at 29jj cents.
rhe Sublimity pool of about 7000
pounds, was also bought by William
Brown & Co., at 291 cents. The same
firm also bought the Jefferson pool at
29i cents.
Theo Bernheim & Co. bought the
Yoncalla pool at 29 cents.
The following are the figures at
which the Polk county pool has sold
each year since the pool was first
formed :
1897 21 5-8 cents
1898 30 1-2 cents
1899 33 1-3 cents
1900 29 cents
1901 .- 22 cents
1902 25 cents
1903 38 5-8 cents
1904 34 cents
1905 .32 1-2 cents
1906 30 1-2 cents!
The average price to date has been
29.7 cents, so that the price this year
although considerably below that 'of
the past three years, is slightly above
the average of the last ten years.
Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner, who has been
at Klamath Falls for a month past
writes that he will soon return to
Salem.
Have you weakness of any kind
stomach, back, or any organs of the
body? Don't dope yourself with ordi
nary medicine. Hollister's Rocky
Mountain Tea is the supreme curative
power. 35 cents. Tea or tablets. Belt
& Cherrington.
el
Emulsion
When you go to a drug store
and ask for Scott's Emulsion
you know what you want; the
man knows you ought to have
it Don't be surprised, though,
if you are offered something
slse. Wines, cordials, extracts,
etc., of cod liver oil are plenti
ful but don't Imagine you are
getting cod liver oil when you
take them. Every year for thirty
years we've been increasing
the sales of Scott's Emulsion.
Why? Because It has always
been better than any substitute
for it.
Send for free (ample
SCOTT & EOWNE, Chemist
403-413 Peart Street, New Yor
50a end $1.00. All druggist
WITH OPEN HAND
Prosperous Dallas Gives Liberally to
Aid Destitute People of San
Francisco.
The contributions made by the peo-
lief fund is uearing the $1200 mark
J. B. Thompson secured about $300
among the business houses; the
women's committee added $350 in
clothing and supplies by a canvass of
the residence district; the Johnson
Lumber Company donated lumber to
the amount of $250, and its employes
gave $21.50 in cash ; the pupils of the
public school contributed $25, and the
men in the Willamette Valley Lumber
Company's mill added about $100 to
the fund. It would be impossible to
print a complete list of those giving
clothing and bedding, as nearly every
family in Dallas contributed some
thing. Many families making liberal
cash donations gave five times as
much in clothing, food and bedding.
The list of cash contributors, as
furnished us by the various com
raittees, is as follows :
$25-Ellls & Keyt, David Peters.
$10 Ed Biddle, J. B. Thompson,
Dallas City Bank.
$6-W. L. Gilson.
$5 Matthews &Madison,E. C. Kirk
Patrick, Wes Atchison, W. R. Howe,
U. S. Loughary, Stafrin Drug Co.,
Simonton & Scott, Dallas Mercantile
Co., F. J. Chapman, William Faull,
C. L. Crider, Dallas National Bank,
Belt & Cherrington, J. C. Uglow, R. L
Chapman, F. E. Myer, C. H. Chap
man, C. G. Coad, J. C. Hayter, Dallas
Electric Light Co., Ed M. Smith, I. N
Woods, Dr. Mark Hayter, Fred Toner,
John A. Coovert, Oscar Hayter, W. H.
Boals, Dallas Water Co., J. J. Wise
man, C. Risser, Dr. W. S. Cary. "
$4 G. M. Gooch, James Howe.
$3 T. J. Cherrington, J. C. Gaynor,
N. P. Rasmussen.
$2.50-N. L. Butler, J. G. VanOrsdel,
Hardy Holman, L. D. Daniel, Guy
Bros., F. A. Stiles, G. E. Cutler, Bert
Dennis,Marion Syron, G. L. Hawkins,
Abel TJglow, F. J. Coad.
$2-J. T. Ford, J. M. Grant, J. E.
Sibley, A. N. Holman, C. S. Graves,
H. B. Cosper, Ray. & Stoner, R Y
Morrison, Mrs D M Metzger, A. H.
Harris, Miss B. Collins, V. R. Heath,
H. L. Fenton, W. D. Calkins.
$1.50 Frank Rowell, Ross Ellis,
George Kerr.
$1.25 Black Bros.
$1 J. C. Shultz, I. F. Yoakum, Dr.
C. C. Poling, Dan A. Poling, J. A.
Lynch, F. J. Wagner, D. P. Stouffer,
Frank Kerslake, H. L. Crider, E.
Hayter, Tracy Staats, C. H. Morris,
Miss Retta Campbell, M. W. Walker,
V. P. Fiske, M. D. Ellis, J. H. Lawton,
W. H. Weaver, John Richardson,
W. A. Hanor, F. S. Ramsey, Ah Coe,
Ed E. Coad, H. G. Campbell, J. H.
Frakes, Cash, H. 0. Eakin, J. B.Teal,
A. M. Trent, Dr.tB. H. McCallon, Miss
MayShelton, B. Friesen, Mrs. Mary
Hayter, J. G. Brown, J. G. McDonald,
W. A. Wash, IT. S. Grant, Mrs. M. V.
Smith, George Schneller, J. F. Hol
man, I. V. Lynch, August Risser,
T. B. Hill, L. R. Adams, J. H. Brown,
William Greenwood.
50 cents A. E. Williams, Cash,
Frank Kersey, Cash, Henry Williams,
Cash, James Ross, Mrs. Morton, F. E.
Palmer, Cash.
25 cents Cash.
Dallas public school $25.39.
Johnson Lumber Company 20,000
feet of lumber,' $250.
Employes Johnson Lumber Com
pany's mill C. J. Hanks, $1 ; Thomas
Gleason, $3 ; C. A. Rice, $1 ; H. W.
Stump, $1; C. M. Wertz, $1; F. R.
Rich, $3.50 ; J. P. Aldrich, $2; A. P.
Starr, $1 ; M. Wick, $1 ; J. Wick, $1 ;
S. R. Kennedy, $1; J. L. Culver, $1;
J. C. Klauck, $1 ; C. Griffiths, $1 ; A. A.
Launer, $1 ; R. H. Robbins, $1. Total,
$21.60.
Employes Willamette Valley Lum
ber Company's mill $100.
Clothing, bedding, and supplies,
donated by people of Dallas and
vicinity, $350.
In addition to the above contribu
tions, cash was secured by the women's
committee as follows : Mrs. S. Miller,
$2.50; Mrs. Sarah Richmond, $2; Ed
win Cutler, Mrs. J. D. Smith, Mrs.
E. C. Kirkpatrick, $1 each ; Mrs. Carl
Gerlinger, Mrs. August Gerlinger,
Mrs. C. L. Barnes, Mrs. G. W. Starr,
50 cents each ; Cash, $5. Total, $14.50.
The editor of the Capital Journal
bad a sister living near Mt Vesuvius
during the eruption, a son atStanford
during the earthquake, and himself
bad" a narrow escape at the Oregon
direct primary. Journal.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Thielsen left
this week for Buffalo, N. Y. They
took with them the body of Mrs. Thiel
son's father, William N. Ben net, who
died in Salem a few months ago, for
interment in tho old cemetery on the
home place adjoining Buffalo.
Edison Kimsey, a pioneer of 1847,
died at his borne at Macleay, Marion
county, last Thursday. He was born
in Howard county, Missouri, and was
80 years old. Besides his wife, whom
he married in 1H52. he leaves to mourn
his death two sons, John, of Silver
Creek Falls; James, of Macleay, and
two daughters, Mrs. M. E. Tull, of
Barlow, and Mrs. H. A. Kimsey, of
Arizona.
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The United States Agricultural Department
has issued (and circulates free) a valuable report
giving the results of elaborate experiments made
by and under the direction of the Department,
which show the great saving from baking at home,
as compared with cost of buying at the bakers.
All bread, cake, biscuit, crullers, etc., are very much
fresher,cleaner,cheaper and more wholesome when
made at home with Royal Baking Powder.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK,
FOUND HIS RELATIVE
A Polk County Farmer Returns From
Oakland, Where He Looked
After a Niece.
R. M. Fowle, a prominent young
farmer of Airlie, Polk county, arrived
in Albany, Thursday afternoon, from
Oakland, California, after spending a
couple of days there to look after his
niece, a young girl who lived with her
mother in Han Francisco when the
recent earthquake shock and fire oc
curred. On hearing of the catastrophe
that overtook San Francisco. Mr.
Fowle immediately started for Cali
fornia, the niece being his only blood
relative in the world, and his anxiety
for her was great. Arrived in Oak
land, he was fortunate enough to find
the girl in that city, where she had
arrived a short time before, and after
caring for her and providing for her,
he returned to Oregon. Mr. Fowle
did not cioss over into San Francisco,
an he said he could see all the trouble
in Oakland. The people swarming
the streets of Oakland, he said, showed
tneir misery in tneir races, ana yet a
quiet courage pervaded all, and the
indications were that San Francisco
people will soon recover from this
serious blow. Albany Herald.
Lawyer Piled Brick.
S. L. Kline and J. Fred Yates, of
Corvallis, went to San Francisco on
last Sunday evening, and, aocording
to reports current here, Mr. Yates on
entering the ruined city had quite an
adventure. The report goes that he
was sight-seeing when a . militia
soldier, thoroughly impressed with
his importance, halted the lawyer and
made him pile brick out of the street
for a day, enforcing his orders with a
threat to inflict dire punishment in
case of refusal. Mr. Yates is said to
have piled brick with the skill and
speed of a union bricklayer, nor did
he file a demurrer in the case. Albany
Herald.
Heney's Papers Site.
Francis J. Heney special prosecutor
for the United States, arrived in San
Francisco from Washington, Thurs
day, and went to the Kohl building
where his office is located. He found
the contents of his safe untouched by
the flames, and papers bearing on the
Oregon land fraud cases safe.
I. D. Pitman who has been buying
goats was in town Thursday with a
bunch procured in Tolk county. The
prices paid vary from $2.50 to $3.50
per head. Corvallis Times.
The Amity end of the mohair pool
sold 7000 pounds of wool this week to
Portland people. The price received
was 30-cents per pound. Amity Enter
prise. U. L. Frazer, of Independence,
spent yesterday afternoon on a visit
with L. L. Swan. He left lastevening
forScio to visit a brother. Mr. Frazer
was a candidate for tho republican
Domination for sheriff, but lost the
nomination by a few votes. Albany
Herald.
Have you pains in the back, inflam
mation of any kind, rheumatism.
fainting spells, indigestion or consti
pation, Hollister's Rocky Mountain
Tea makes you well, keepn you well.
15 cents. Belt & Cherrington.
George Schneller, of Dallas, formerly
of this place, was in town Saturday.
He is engaged in the livery business
there and is well pleased with the lo
cation and community. Sherwood
correspondence In Hillsboro Inde
pendent. It pours the oil of life Into your
system. It warms you up and starts
the life blood circulating. That's what
Hollister'a Rocky Mountain Tea does.
35 pents, Tea or Tablets. Belt & Cher
rington.
New Patterns in
....Dinner Sets
English Semi-Porcelain Sets,
Poppy decoration, a neat
pattern in 3 colors, $0 7 A
60 pieces pO.IV
Gold Decorated Edges, gold
band on inside, handsome
new shapes, 5G (JA AA
piece, only v".VV
American Sets, all white,
fancy shapes, 42 fr 7C
pieces, only
Blue and Brown decoration,
gold trimmings, some
thing different, 42' I 1C
pieces, only ItLo
Many other new patterns
worth seeing.
MEISER Q MEISER
Dallas, Oregon
OF PORTLAND, ORE.
Pays Sick Benefits of $40 to
$50 per month.
Pays Accident Benefits class
ified according to occupation.
Payj Surgeon's Fees
Pays Funeral Expenses of
from $100 to $150.
No Medical Examination.
Membership Fee, $5.00, pay
able only once in a lifetime.
Dues,$1.50 and $1 per Month
W. V. Fuller, Agent
Dallas, Oregon.
SPECIAL SALE
Boy's Two and Three Piece
Suits, regular values at $4.00
to $6.00 at almost half the
price.
NEW LINE OF LACES
Picture frames a new line
just received handsome pat
terns at reduced prices.
Our Boast that our line cf
hos ie ry es j ee ial ly worn e n s
and children's has never
been equalled in Dallas.
Hacket Store
Main Street, Dallas, Oregon
Cteicrteia's Ccr!i l:z:ij
Curt Col4, Croup tui W :.piof Coob.