Polk County observer., August 31, 1906, Image 2

PolR County Observer
J. C. HAYTER,
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
Published Weekly at $1.50 per
Strictly In Advance.
Year.
DALLAS , OREGON , Auou RT 31 , 1906
The way to build up Dallas is to pat
ronize Dallas people.
The County Board of. Equalization
is in session. A visitor to the court
house would not know that such Is the
without being told, as Judge
case
Coad, Clerk Smith- and Assessor
Graves are to be found In their
respective offices, attending to their
usual routine work. The reason for
this inactivity on the part of the
nffirarH as an equalization board is
found in the fact that so far no tax
payers have appeared to object to their
assessments.
The tax roll for the year 1906 con
tains manv items of interest to the
taxrjaver for the reason that the old
method of placing low valuations on
the various classes of property has
been abandoned. Perhaps the changes
of greatest interest are found in the
valuations placed on the property of
the railroads and other public service
corporations this year as compared
with the assessment of the same
property last year.
The Southern Pacific Company's
roadbed on the Yamhill division is
assessed at $7000 per mile, as against
$3000 last year. The West Side lines
are assessed at $8000 per mile, as
acrainst $3500 in 1905. The timber
land owned by the company reaches a
total of $800,080, as against $321,310
last year. The valuation of the com
pany's contract lands has been raised
from $41,440 to $121,010. The valu
ation of the company's rolling stock
was doubled, and amounts to about
$840 per mile.
The Oregon Telephone & Telegraph
Company is booked for $16,670, as
against $7,500 a year ago.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany will be called upon to pay taxes
on $4000 worth of property this year.
Last year the assessment was only
$2450.
The valuation of the Spauldiug Log
ging Company's lands has been in
creased from $11,640 to $40,130.
The property of tho Salem, Falls
City & Western Railway Co is assessed
at $62,850 as against $22,530 last year.
W, C. McClure's timber holdings in
the Siletz country are booked at
$125,000. Last year these lands were
assessed at $37,210.
N. P. Wheeler, whose timber land
In northwestern Polk county was
largely purchased from the Indian
reservation, will pay taxes on $92,00',
as against $33,320 in 1905.
The Siletz Timber Company, which
owns L. Gerlinger's original holdings,
is assessed at $32,400.
The above showing includes only a
few of the larger and wealthier cor
porations owning property and doing
business in the county. Tho assess
ments of numerous sinallercompanies
and corporations have been raised in
like proportion, and real estate valu
ations have been practically doubled.
The total valuation of assessable
property in Polk county will be about
$8,760,000 this year, as against
$4,035,000 last year. In adopting the
policy now in vogue in all the counties
of the state, that of assessing property
at something near its cash value,
Assessor Graves has made a conscien
tious effort to give all classes of
property-owners a fair deal. The
plan of assessing property at its cash
value is new in Oregon, and it re
mains to be seen whether it will prove
popular. That the taxpayers are will
ing to give the plan a fair test is
shown by the fact that few, if any, of
them have appeared beforo the Board
of Equalization to object to the raise
in the valuation of their property. If
a reduction is made in the tax levy in
proportion to the increase in valua
tionand there is every reason to be
lieve that the County Court will
make such reduction there will bo
little cause for complaint in any
quarter, and Polk county will make a
much better showing to the outside
world than under the old system of
low valuations and high levies.
The Graphic would have It appear
that Newberg led all other valley
towns in freight shipments for the
month of July, and publishes a state
ment furnished by the local station
agent in support of its claim. The
editor boasts that his town was second
only to Portland in the number of
cars shipped during the month, and
that Dallas, with a total of 137 cars,
was third in importance as a shipping
point in Oregon. The Graphic took
its figures from the monthly statement
of the Pacific Northwest Car Service
Association, and anyone who knows
how these reports are made up knows
that that they do not show anything
like the actual amount of freight
handled at each station. The publi
cation in the Newberg paper is un
important further than it makes a
claim for the town that cannot be
substantiated by the actual figures,
Newberg is a lively town and is grow
ing rapidly in commercial importance,
But it is not the second city in Oregon
any more than is Dallas the third
citv. It is hichlv probable that the
Southern Pacific agent will get
strong call-down from his company
for giving out such misleading in
formation.
Opal -Goodman, of Cottage
is visiting her mother, Mrs,
from a
first of
INDEPENDENCE NOTES
Mrs. Ed Owens is visiting in Port
land.
Mrs.
Grove,
Thorp.
Prof. T. J. Newbill returned
hunting trip on the coast, the
the week.
Mrs. O. M. Locke and Mrs. M. W,
Wallace returned from Portland
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. D. A. Hodge and children
have returned from Newport, where
they spent the summer.
Dr. W. R. Allin left Wednesday for
his annual hunt on the McKenzie
river, in the blue river district.
HoD-Dickinct will commence in one
or two yards Saturday, in several
others on Monday, and will be in full
blast in another week.
Miss Vena Goff returned to Mon
tana. Monday, after spending the
summer with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. Goff.
Miss Laurie Burnett returned to
her home in McMlnnville, Saturday,
after a visit with her sisters, Mrs
C. W. Irvine and Mrs. J. D. Whiteaker,
Rev. Elayer has finished two years
work as pastor of the Methodist
church here and left Monday for Mt,
Vernon. Miss., where he will have
charge of a church.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Methodist church gave the pastor,
Rev. Elaver and wife a reception at
the home of Judge and Mrs. B. Wilson
Friday evening. The house and
lawn were beautifully decorated and
refreshments were served during the
evening.
Will Depart From Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Collins are pre
paring to leave for their new home
near Walla Walla, Wash., and will
sell their household goods at public
auction tomorrow morning. Mr. and
Mrs. Collins greatly regret to leave
Dallas, where they have lived for so
manv vears and where they have
formed so many fond ties and associ
ations, but feel that the change Is for
the best, as Mr. Collins enjoys much
better health in the high altitude of
Eastern Washington than in the moist
climate of the Willamette Valley
Their departure will be deeply re
gretted by a wide circle of friends.
The Independence West Side sug
gests that the Polk cou nty roads should
be kept oiled during the summer
months. Has Editor Lyon ever
figured how many barrels of oil it
would take to oil the main traveled
roads of the county? And how much
the oil would cost laid down where
needed? Polk county is a long way
from the oil fields.
Teams Wanted.
Teams wanted to haul wood ; $4 a
day. Ed Cochrane, Dallas, Or.
Get Rid
of Scrofula
Bunches, eruptions, Inflammations, sore
ness of the eyelids and ears, diseases of the
bones, rickets, dyspepsia, catarrh, wasting,
are only some of the troubles It causes..
It Is a very active evil, making havoc of
the whole system.
Hood'sSarsaparilla
Eradicates It, cures all its manifestations.
sum tunas up me wnoie system, j
I Accept no substitute.
flop Picking Commences.
Hop picking will begin in most of
the Polk county yards about the mid
die of next week, although a few
growers of early varieties may com
men'ce work on Monday. The con
dition of the hops is improving
steadily, notwithstanding the ex
tremely hot weather, and the crop is
absolutely free from vermin. Pros
pects were never more bright for a
gilt-edged crop In Polk county, and
nothing but continued heavy raiu
can now occur to cause any damage
whatever. No complaint of a scarcity
of pickers is heard in the Dallas
district.
Order your hop tickets and wheat
receipts at the Observer office.
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PALM CAFE
H. V. Andrews
Meals Served at All Hours.
Oysters Served Any Style.
Main Street, Dallas, Or.
Street Improvement Notice.
To Rortha D. Oilman:
Notice s hrrebv given, that the City Council
of t:ie Uy of Dallas, Oregon, contemplate the
pHBNae oi ail oruiuauce mjiiiiuii wit) iiu (rut c
nient of those certain street or parts of streets
herein described, as follows, to-wlt: A new
sidewalk S ft. i in. In width on the South aide of
that part of Clay street adjacent to and adjoin
inr that certain lot or part of lot or parcel of
uniiind, described aa uhb i, 2 and 3, block li
1 la I In b l.ami and improvement company
Addition to IXHIis, ureiton.
That such sidewalk will be constructed of
lumber at the time and In the manner to be
hereafter prescribed by mien Ordinance.
That the coat of such sidewalk will be
assessed to the above described real property
(routine and alumina thereon;
That thet'iiy Council of said city will sit in the
Council Chamber In said City on the 3rd day of
September A. I). ISuS at 7::) o'clock In the even
iiiv, and at asid time and place will hear and
determine objections and remonstrances there
to, if any there be; and
That all owners and other persona in Interest,
may attend at said time and place and show
cause, if any they have, why such sidewalk
should not be coi.structed.
Tone by orderof the City Council of the City
of Dallas, made ou the 20th day of August A. D.
W itness mi hand and the official seal of the
said City of Dallas, this 21st day of Aurust A. D.
ISeal DAN P. STOl'FKER.
Auditor and Police fudge of the
City of Dailaa, Oregon.
A Trite Saying.
Tt Is a trite savins that no men Is
Stronger than his utomach. Dr. Pita-cos
Gulden ivjeuical Discovery strengthens
tho 8ionuch puts it in snape to maio
pure, lieu blood helps the liver and
kidneys to expel tho poisons from the
body and thus cures both liver and kid
ney troubles. If you take this natural
blood purifier and tonic, you will assist
youraystem in manufacturing each day
a Dint of rich, red blood, that is invigo
rating to tho brain and ntrves. Hie
weak nervous, run-uowu, ubuuibi
condition which so many people sutler
oisons in
ly pimples
, tno taco
from, is usually tho effect of pt
the blood; it Is often indicated bj
mnnar nc on mo SKin.
becomes thin and the feelings "blue."
Dr. Pierce's "Discovery" cures all blood
humors as well as Icing a tonic that
makes one vigorous, strong and forceful.
It is tho only medicine put up forsalo
through druggists for like purposes that
contains neither alcohol nor harmful
habit-forming drugs, and tno only one,
every ingredient of which has tho profes
sional endorsement ot uie luuumg memcm
writers of this country. Some of theso
endorsements are published in a little
book of extracts from standard meccal
works and will bo sent to any address
free, on receipt of request therefor by
letter or postal card, addressed to Dr. R.
V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. It tells just
what Dr. Pierce's medicines aro made of.
The "Words of Praiso" for tho several
Ingredients of which Dr. Pierce's medi
cines are composed, by leaders In all tho
several schools of medical practice, and
recommending them for tho cure of tho
diseases for which the "Golden Medical
Discovery " is advised, should have far
more weight with tbo sick and afllicted
than any amount of tho so-called "testi
monials " so conspicuously flaunted beforo
the public by those who aro afraid to let
the Ingredients of which their medicines
are composed bo known. Bear in mind
that the "Golden Medical Discovery" has
thk badge of honesty on every bottle
wrapper, in a full list of its ingredients.
Dr. Pierre's Pleasant Pellets cure con
stipation, invigorate tho liver and regu
late stomach and bowels.
Dr. Pierce's ereat thousand-nage illus
trated Common Sense Medical Adviser
will bo sent free, paper-bound, for 21 one
cent stamps, or cloth-bound for 31 stamps.
Address Dr. Pierce as above.
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I BUSINESS LOCALS.
Dr. Hayter. Dentist. Office over
Wilson's Drug Store. Dallas. Oregon.
Tent For Sale.
New 8 by 10 tent for sale by Dr. M.
Hayter.
Cook Wanted.
Good cook wanted ; will pay $26 per
month at this season, ana not iuju
than $20 per month at any time, in
quire at Obsekveb office.
For Sale.
Seven acres of land. Improved, near
Bridgeport. Inquire or V. v. d.
Falls City, Or.
Girl Wanted.
Girl wanted for general housework.
Apply to Mrs,
Handle Blanks Wanted.
E. Hill has leased the Dallas handle
factory and wants to contract for
blanks delivered at the factory. He
will furnish bolter and pay $16 for
No. 1 axe blanks and $10 for pin
blanks. In his absence, call on D. J
Switzer for particulars.
Public Sale.
On Saturday, September 1, I will
sell at public auction, at my place one
mile east of Rickreall, the following
described property: One fine work
mare, one black gelding, four colts,
fine Cotswold bucks, binder, mower,
seeder, rake, disc plow, sulkey plow,
walking plow, harrows, wagon
harness, and other articles. Sale
commences at 10 a. m. Free lunch
will be served at noon. ,
C. N. McARTHUR.
Owner.
ENGINE FOR SALE.
The Observer office has for sale a
Fairbanks-Morse gasolineengine, one
and one-half horse power, with auto
matic sparker attached, ine engine
has been used but little, and is in good
condition. Our only object in selling
it is that we desire to install an electric
motor as soon as the new power station
is completed. We cannot guarantee
delivery of the engine before October
15. The outfit cost new $155, but will
be sold at a good bargain for cash
Here Is an opportunity ror some
country publisher who cannot obtain
electric power to get away from the
hard work of kicking his job presses
and turning his newspaper press by
hand. The machine would be suitable
for a farmer's purposes or for some
small manufacturing concern. Call
or write for price.
George E. Johnson.
Angora Bucks For Sale.
Registered Angora Bucks for sale
at fanners prices. n. e. ui.
Dallas, Or.
1 69 Cents w tents
. Money to Loan.
Loansat6 percenton FirstMortgage
Security. L. D. Brown.
Wheat For Sale.
Wheat for chicken feed or seed for
sale at farm near Dallas. Clarence
Bhown.
For Sale.
ins aere hill ranch. 3 miles north
of Dallas with buildings and stock.
Chas. Rhetjde.
Notice.
All who do not pay switch-board
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services will do requirea irom ims
date to pay for telephone service out
side or the city limits.
Dated August 10, 1906.
0. H. MORRIS.
Manager Dallas Independent Tele
phone Exchange.
Farm For Rent.
Good farm of lfiO acres, 4J miles
north of Dallas, for rent; 60 acres
good farming land, 90 acres of pasture,
and 10 acres of hops. Will rent for
one or three years. Teter Hansen,
Dallas, Or.
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for every Hop Ticket.
HOT TICKETS
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H O P T 10KETS
Our New Fall Goods are here, so
tatte advantage of this great offer
60 Cents
Cents
Help Wanted.
Wanted, a woman foi general house
work. Apply to Mrs. George Ger-
LINGER.
ELLIS
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HAIN STREET,
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Wagon For Sale.
One new 2 wagon for sale.
Hughes, Dallas, Or.
N.
Loggers Wanted.
. Wanted, loggers to put in 125,000
feet of oak, before October 15. Apply
to Martin & Blodgett, Dallas, Oreg.
Horses For Sale.
I have a fine lot of horses, which
can be seen at the Robert Howe place,
at reasonable prices. My address in
Dallas is the Feed Stable. Ira Stub-
BLEFIELD.
House and Lot For Sale.
Six-room house and lot, less than
one block from courthouse yard,
for sale cheap. Pantry and bathroom
supplied with hot and cold water. In
quire at Observer office.
Fir Wood Wanted.
From 200 to 500 cords of dry fir wood
wanted. Apply to Salem, Falls City
& Western Railway Co.
Stock Ewes Wanted.
About 50 or 60 stock ewes wanted.
Write or call up Samuel Orr, Phone
50, Rickreall.
Notice to the Pupils of the Dallas
Public Schools:
In order to make preparation for
the Industrial Fair in September,
would like to have the names of all
pupils who intend to make an exhibit
with the name of each article to be ex
hibited. I hope that all of our pupils
have taken an Interest in this and
that we shall have an exhibition
from district No. 2 that will enable us
to win the piano. Be sure und send in
your cards and I will write to each,
giving instructions how to prepare
your work for the fair. You may rest
assured that if you bring in the
vegetables, flowers, bread, cake, jellies,
etc., that I will bo prepared with a
good committee to arrange them so
that they will show to the best ad
vantage. Yours truly,
W. I. REYNOLDS.
Bull For Sale.
The fine thoroughbred registered
Hereford bull "Sulem" is for sale.
Call on or address, J. T. Hughes,
Falls City, Or.
Gasoline Wood Saw.
We have a gasoline wood-saw, and
are prepared to saw all kinds of cord
wood on short notice. Reed & Hayes,
Dallas, Or. Bell phone 333.
An Odd Flower.
Mrs. Anna Coad, of this city, is the
possessor of one of the most remark
able plants known to the floral world
the night-blooming cereus. The
plant belongs to the genu's cactus and
Is peculiar in that its flowers endure
only for part of a single night. The
flowers bear some resemblance to a
water lily in shape, and are almost
snow-white in color. The buds begin
to open soon after dark and the flowers
usually reach their greatest perfection
about midnight. An hour or so later
they begin tocUseand beforedaylight
diop from the stem. Surely, the night
blooming cereus is one of the flowers
that are "born to blush unseen," and
its sweetness would be wasted were it
not for the fact that Mrs. Coad's neigh
bors often call at the house and watch
these buds until a late hour that they
may at last behold the flowers in
their full fragrance aud beauty.
Returned From Outing.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Ellis and Miss
Mabel Guy arrived home Tuesday
afternoon from Newport, where they
enjoyed a pleasant five weeks' vaca
tion in their cozy cottage. Mr Ellis
comes home thoroughly rested and
refreshed, and ready to take up the
management of his big store and
prune orchard with renewed energy.
He says the outing season is prac
tically over and people are leaving
Newport at the rateof several hundred
a day.
A Great Bargain.
I have just secured a lot of very fins
cards at a great bargain, ana until l
use them up I will make one dozen
finest finish cabinet photographs for
$2.60. I have never used a finer card
on a $3.00 per dozen photo. Will
make groups and all kind3 for $2.50
per dozen while these cards last. Don't
delay If you want a bargain. All
these will be made with my fine
Dallmyer lens.
T. J. CHERRINGTON.
For Sale.
2 Wagons, sizes Z and 2.
1 Buggy.
1 Set double buggy harness.
1 Set single buggy harness.
1 Set good team harness.
1 Work horso 1200 lbs.
1 fine yearling eolt.
3 Plows 10, 12, 14.
2 Double shovel plows.
1 Single shovel plow.
1 Disc reversible.
1 Mower and Rake.
1 Harrow.
FRANK ROWELL,
Dallas, Oregon.
DALLAS COLLEGE
INSTITUTION
CO-EDUCATIONAL
We Offer Thorough Instruction in Complete
Courses at Minimum Rates.
SCHOOL WILL OPEN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19.
OUR COURSES INCLUDE
CLASSICAL, SCIENTIFIC,
ELEMENTARY, ACADEMIC,
MUSIC, ART, BUSINESS,
SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING.
We have just concluded an agreement with Prof. (!. B. Hardin of the Eclectic
Correspondence Schools, whereby our students may take a course in the
most modern method of
SHORTHAND and TYPEWRITING
at greatly reduced rates.
The Music Department will be under the instruction of Prof. William Caldwell,
who has studied under Prof. Emil Winkler, of Leipsig, Germany, Prof.
Edward B. Fleck, of St. Petersburg, Russia and other eminent teachers.
Our corps of teachers is particularly efficient and we give to our students a
practical, thorough education. For further information address
C. A. MOCK, A. M., Ph.
PRESIDENT
Dallas,
D.,
Oregon
SPECIAL SALE
A Bargain.
Having given up farming, I offer
for sale my threshing outfit consisting
of one 24 horse-power Traction engine
with round tanks, pumps, and hose
complete; one 32x54 inch 20-bar large
cylinder Separator, with patent ad
justable riddles and wind stacker,
together with cook-house, cook stove,
tanks, cooking utensils, etc., and a
full set of wagon racks and forks, all
ready for first-class work. All the
machinery and wagon-racks have
been carefully housed and kept dry
when not in use. Although this
machine has only worked about 69
days, I offer the whole outfit for cash
or on time at much less than one-half
the first cost. JAMES ELLIOTT,
Dallas, Oregon.
Notice of Final Settlement.
I hve this dy filed in tho Comity Conrt for
Polk l ounty. Drieon, my final account (j aa
TOinistrntor of the wtate of Matilda Cook,
(ItppuHHl, ami Hon. Ed . road. County Judge,
hag "t Auenst 31. l'.lKi, at thp bonrof teu o'clock
a. m. for the Dual bearing of the same.
B. F. MI I.KEY.
Administrator.
DiW Early Risers
The famous tittio dIIIs-
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.
Oar Boast that our line of
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uusiery especially women's
and children's has never
been equalled in Dallas.
Racket Store
Main Street, Dallas, Oregon
A
Neat Line of
FURNITURE
added to my
Stock of
HARDWARE
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
contain Jffercurj,
s mercury will ior!y dastroy the tense ol
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering it through the macoua inrfaces.
Sach article should neTr be naed except on
prcscriptiona from reputable physicians, as the
:ima?e they will do is ten fold to the rood yon
-33 possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh
J-r3, m-nufactnred by F. J. Cheney A Co..
.oledo, O., contains no mercury, -and is taken
.u:i-.niiT.CTinBaireciiy upon the blood and I
C aiarrh Cure he sure vou ret the rtMine. It is
Ukcn internally and la made in Toledo. Ohio.
brF;J-JCneSe,&CQ' Testimonials free.
CJ- Soid by Drurgisu. price 75c. per bottle.
Hall's Family Pi U are tho best.
GEORGE
Ballston
W.
HAYNES
- Oregon
The Olds Gasoline Engines
I handle the "Olds" the best Gaso
line Engine in the market Just the
thing for Wood Sawing, Pumping
Spraying, Feed Mills, Churning, Etc.
Come and See the best gaso
line engine made for farmers'
purposes.
Ed. Diddle, Agent
Dallas, Oregon.
FOIIBHOIIErIAn
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OCCIDENTAL
High Service and
Low Rates.
C. W. NIXON, Proprie
Corvallis, Oregon
R. C. Cruven. Pre. Cashier
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