Polk County observer., January 25, 1907, Image 1

VOL. XVIII
CTJY BROS. &
D ALTON
THE BIG
furniture and
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Take pleasure in an
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are now ready to re
ceive your esteemed
patronage and in con
templation of the same
have added a new and
up-to-date line of Wall
Paper, Carpets, Rugs
and Household Furni
ture to their extensive
line of Hardware and
Tools, and will en
deavor to give full
satisfaction.
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Main St. Dallas, Ore.
Cut Glassware
Silverware
Your friends are getting
married; give them a
handsome, high-grade
present.
Also a full line of
OPTICAL GOODS
C. H. MORRIS
Jeweler
One door west of Stafrin
Drug Co.
The
Dallas Harness
Shop
i Is in shape to sell Harness
and Horse Goods at lowest
1 Prices. Call and get prices
and save money.
! Plush Robes, Blankets,
Whips, Etc.
F.SALFICKY
J. A. Lynch's
Barber Shop
on
Jlain Street
We have installed
FOUR CHAIRS
and are now prepared to
SHAVE YOU
in quicker time than ever
before.
1 Jewelry J
GOOD CREAM PRODUCER
Polk County Farmer Finds Mesquite
ucsl 01 All For Summer
Pasturage.
Cass Iliggg, one of Polk county's
prosperous farmers, came up from
His farm nearCrowlov.
business in Dallas, Monday. He re
ports livestock to be standing the
wtuttnerweu in his neighbor
hood, as nrnotlnoliir n .u . .
, r.uu..v..j uu ui uie iarmers
had an abundance of feed in their
barns. The recent cold snap did little
ui no uamage to growing crops, and
.i.ijiary suspension of farming
canons was the only inconvenience
caused by the severe weather.
ir. itiggs ia a flrra aa-vocate of
diversified farming, and believes that
the sooner the farmers of the Wil
lamette Valley break away from
wheat raising and devote more atten
tion todairying, stockraising, gardens
and orchards, the better it will be for
all concerned. He prophesies that the
valley will eventually become the
greatest stock and dairy country on
the Pacific Coast, but in order tobring
about this industrial change it will be
necessary for the farmers to devote
more attention to the raising of grass,
forage plants and root crops for sum
mer and winter feeding.
The greatest drawback to dairymen
and stock raisers in the Willamette
Valley at the present time is the
scarcity of pasturage during the sum
mer months. From the first of July
until the middle of October there is
practically no rainfall, and the
pastures afford a scant food supply
for the farmer's animals. To provide
against this scarcity of food during
the dry season is the problem that
now confronts the valley farmer.
Mr. Biggs says that, in his ex
perience, he has never found any
grass equal to the mesquite grass as
a cream producer in the dry, summer
months. Red-top is a stronger grass
and will grow on low land where the
mesquite will drown, but on ordinary
upland he finds it highly profitable to
sow a mixture of English rye, red-top
and mesquite. The English rye' is
unexcelled as a pasture grass from
early spring until about the middle of
May, and again after the first Fall
rains, but dries up in the summer
months. The mesquite remains green
all summer and thus helps to furnish
continuous pasturage throughout the
year.
Many farmers in northeastern roiK
have found by experience, tnai
mesquite grass makes excellent winter
hav. Mr. Riggs says that a few years
ago he put up several tons of elover
hay that was pronounced uy uis
neighbors to be the best they had ever
1. 1.1 1 .rnn f it n CI on
seen, wixea wmi iu ciuvci nao .u
occasional stalk of mesquite grass.
When Mr. Riggs began his winter
feeding, he found to his great surprise
that his cattle would careruuy nv
out these stalks of mesquite and eat
them with the greatest relish before
touching the clover. Since that time
he has found that mesquite hay is the
best winter mil and cream producer
hA has ever stored in his barns. Dorr
Gibson and others of his neighbors
have also tested the value or mis
grass and have found it a highly
profitable crop.
"Such is the experience of a lew
farmers in my neighborhood," said
Mr Riggs, "and while it is possible
that this grass might not prove such
a profitable crop in some other portions
of the valley, yet it is my opinion that
itexcels all grasses so farexperimented
with in Oregon as a cream producer
in the dry months. It has been urged
that when it is once sown it cannot be
gotten rid of, but if other farmers
it ftS nrofitable as I have,
they will be in no hurry to get rid of
it"
Prize Worthily Won.
wutiful 70 carriage robe,
The
given by the Sanford Mills, Ma.ne to
be awarded to the winner of the first
sweepstakes prize on bucks at the late
Dallas show went to U. 8. Grant o
that place, and we are sure that all
goat breeders, no matter how much
they would have prized the trophy,
wm concede tlat it was most appro
p Sue that Mr. Grant this hjd
tPhe champion buck and therefore
secured the valuable prize. Mr. Grant
Z, from the start, been the moving
spirit of the Dallas Angora show. He
has also had the able co-operation of
Messrs Ayres, Fenton, McBee and
SSThnt on him fell the brunt of
1th6!:,,? Ccn.ciallv for the first three
: The conception of the
"L--., his. and the robe naturally
ought to have gone just
did.-Oregon Agriculturist
where it
The Obsebvee office wants the print
ing you are particular about
PALLAS, POLK COUNTY,
MUST KEEP GOOD COWS
Dairyman Thinks Cows Paying Less
Than $5 Per Month Are Not
Worth Boarding.
AIRLIE, Or., January l5-(To the
lulitor.)-In last week's issue, you
printed a statement of L. A. Sears, of
Dufur, Oregon, for three months with
his herd of dairy cows, and made the
statement that he was increasing his
bank account, presumably with those
cows.
I beg space in your paper to differ
with you. I believe I can prove by
Mr. Sears' own figures that he is
losing money every day. I am in the
dairy business and I think I know of
what I speak; also, a paper having
the circulation of the Observer might
be the cause of future dairymen shun
ning Oregon for the dairy business.
Now, let's look at Mr. Sears' figures.
He tells us that from September 7 to
October 1, he milked nine cows. He
got 79 pounds of butter, for which he
received $21.338.7 pounds of butter
fat from each cow in 23 days, or $2.37
each. Do you belive we dairymen can
milk and feed a cow 23 days for $2.37
and put money in the bank?
From October 1 to November 1, he
milked 21 cows and got 290.7 pounds
of butter-fat, for which he received
$8130-13.8 pounds of butter-fat from
each cow in 30 days, or $4 per cow just
a trifle over 10 cents a day per cow.
Will Mr. Sears tell us dairymen how
he can milk a large herd of cows that
will only average 10 cents a day and
put money in the bank? Does feed
and labor cost nothing in Wasco
county? It must cost nothing, if he
can make money at those prices.
From November 1 to December 1, he
milked 16 cows and got 227,1 pounds
of butter-fat, for which he received
$65.8514 pounds of butter-fat from
each cow in 30 days, or $4.11 each.
Same old story. We have on this
ranch, and there are lots of cows in
Polk county that are making on an
average of one pound of butter-fat
per day.
These cows of Mr. Sears are not pay
ing for the hay they eat, by his own
figures. If he is feeding them mill
feed, they will eat the worth of them
selves in a abort time.
Let's hear from Polk county dairy
men. We have lots of them. Mr.
Frank Lynn, of Perrydale, told me he
tad cows that averaged $10 per
month. Mr. Vanortwick, of Ballston,
has a herd that make an average of
over $8 per month. Mr. josnua
Bowles, of Salt Creek, has cows that
averaged li pounds of butter-fat per
day last summer.
If a cow does not make you $5 a
month, she will not pay her board.
Will she, brother dairymen? This is
a fine country to dairy in, but you
must have dairy cows. These $4 cows
are the cause of people saying that
dairying does not pay in Oregon. The
cow that cannot make you $5 a month
should be branded with big letters on
one side "skidoo," and on the other
"23."
is. f iUftUJNa.
The Observer is glad to give space
to the above letter. All discussion or
this character among the farmers is
profitable, and cannot fail to lead to
the best results for the rapidly-growing
dairying industry in Polk
county. Ed. 1
Sells Branch Store.
P. A. Finseth, owner and manager
of the Bee Hive store in Dallas, Has
sold his branch store in North Bend,
Oregon, and will hereafter devote his
entire attention to his store in tnis
city. He is now in North nena
closing up his business affairs and
will return home in a few days. Mr.
Finseth had built up an excellent
trade in the Coos Bay country, and
his only reason for selling the brancn
store was its great distance from his
headquarters. W. R. Craven, who
has had the management of the North
Bend store, has not announced his
plans for the ruture. He is at present
onpnrlintr a few days on his timber
claim on the headwaters of Salmon
river. .
Will Develop Mine.
W. A. and A. M. Templeton of
Halsey, W. S. Standish of Eugene,
a n' Kevt of Perrydale, Polk
county! have been in Albany this week
for the purpose or taKingsieJs ir
the Great Northern miue on its feet
New machinery is needed. The
ntlemen here this week are all
financially interested, and it is
thought under the arrangements
agreed upon, development work will
Dow Proceed.-Albany Herald.
It is reported that D. A. Coovert has
. .m.rtv in Dallas and with
bis wife will make that city
ome.-Amity Enterprise.
his
OREGON, JANUARY
NINETY YEARS OLD
Lucklamute Pioneer Still Lives in
Cabin Built by Her Husband
In 18S6.
Hon. Isaac Simpson, former repre
sentative from Polk and Lincoln, was
in town Saturday says the Corvallis
Times. He is the father of OttoSimp
son, a well known graduate of the
O. A.'C. and is the brother of Marsh
Simpson, of Elk City. He resides on
and owns the original Simpson claim,
on which his father settled in 1845.
The woodshed that he uses is the
original log cabin built by his father
in 1846. Mr. Simpson was born in
this cabin. The latter structure was
occupied until eight years ago when a
new modern residence was erected.
The three buildings typical of the
growth and progress of the community
stand neighbors to each other, and
photos of them are in great demand
as illustrative of the growth and pro
gress of the West since the time of the
first settlers. Mr. Simpson's mother
at the advanced age of 91 occupies the
1856 house, and is hale and hearty for
one of her years. Mr. "Ike" Simpson
as he is widely known, is a well to do
farmer, with a 45 acre hop yard and a
magnificent stock farm.
Stolen Horse Not Found.
The horse stolen from M. O. Lowns
dale, near Lafayette, is not yet found.
It is said that Frank Martin, who was
committed for the offense by Justice
J. O. Rogers, took the horse in the
direction of Lincoln, Polk county. It
is thought that he sold the horse for
about $15, as aftsr making some pur
chases he had $11.50 when arrested.
The supposed thief is a cocaine fiend,
as his arm shows many signs of in
jections, and he purchased some
cocaine and a hypodermic syringe
just before he was taken into custody
by Sheriff Corrigan.
Card of Thanks.
Rev. N. Shupp and family desire to
express their sincere gratitude to the
pallbearers at Dallas for services
rendered in their late bereavement.
Veteran Minister 111.
Dr. E. J. Thompson, who has been
quite ill the past week, with an attack
of pneumonia, is reported to be much
improved, and expects to be around in
a few days. Albany Herald.
Poultrymen's Meeting.
There will be held In the County
Court room in Dallas, February 2, a
meeting of the poultry breeders of
Polk county. The meeting will be
held for the purpose of organizing an
association to hold a high-class
poultry, show annually. Everyone
interested in poultry should attend
this meeting.
Large Dairy Ranch.
The Ocean Park camping ground
near the mouth of the Nestucca river,
popular as a summer resort, has been
converted into a dairy ranch. The
large numberof pleasure seekers from
Dallas who have made Ocean Park
their headquarters for many summers,
will now have to stake their tents at
some other resort.
Lodge Notice.
The members of Mistletoe Circle,
No. 33, Women of Woodcraft, are
notified that herearter they must call
on the Secretary to pay their dues, as
it will be impossible for that officer to
call on the individual members for
the same.
MRS. NELLIE TATOM,
Secretary.
A man who arrived at The Dalles
thinks this summer weather. He
came from Calgary, where the mercury
was from 38 to 42 degrees below zero.
Mrs. William Clodfelter, wife of
one of the firm of Simpson & Clod
felter, lately gone into business in
Albany, arrived from Monmouth to
day. They will make their home In
Albany. Herald.
That's the house the Doctor built
The biggest house you see :
Thank goodness be don't get our
money,
For we take Hollister's Rocky
Mountain Tea. Belt&Cherrlngton
C. V. Averill and family arrived
from Falls City, Saturday, and will
make their home for the present at
least In this city. Mr. Averill is now
employed in this office. Brownsville
Times.
Possesses wonderful medicinal
power over the human body, remov
ing all disorders from your system, is
what Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea
will do. Makes you well, keeps you
well. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. Belt
& Cherriogton.
25, 1907.
NOTED LECTURER COMING
John Merrltte Driver, of Chicago,
Will Visit Dallas, Tuesday,
February 5.
Dr. John Merrltte Driver, the noted
Chicago lecturer, will deliver his
famous lecture on "Ultimate America"
in the Woodman Hall in Dallas on
Tuesday evening, February 5. Dr.
Driver's lecture will be the third
attraction in the Lyceum course, given
under the auspices of Dallas College,
and a large audience is assured.
Speaking of his lecture in McMinn
ville, the Telephone-Register says:
" 'The best I ever heard' has been a
frequent expression concerning Dr.
John Merrltte Driver's lecture last
Saturday night. 'America Facing the
Far East' was his subject and he
handled it in a masterly manner.
Perhaps the best comment that can be
made is the- fact that he held bis
audience for two hours and forty-five
miuutes In a room with the atmosphere
of a refrigerator without the least sign
of impatience.
"Dr. Driver's extensive travel has
furnished him with an inexhaustible
fund of information, his extraordinary
mind connects this in a logical way;
and his own inimitable eloquence
forces and fastens it upon his audience
in a way they readily understand and
do not easily forget. He expounded
the Republican dogma of expansion,
yet from such a viewpoint that it was
orthodox even to a Democrat. He
pictured America's presence, influence
and responsibility in the orient in a
way that made his audience proud of
their country and glad they were
Americans.
"His wit and humor kept the
audience in a pleasant frame of mind,
and the solid portions will be food for
reflection for many days. It will be a
long time before Dr. Driver will be
forgotten by those who heard him,
and the best luck they can wish for
themselves is that he may come
again."
Lecture on "Julius Caesar."
President B. F. Mulkey will deliver
his great lecture on "Julius Caesar"
for the benefit of the public school, in
the Woodman Hall, Friday evening,
February 1. Comet You will hear
the best literary treat of the season.
Indians Want School.
The Indians on the Grand Ronde
reservation in Yamhill county, have
petitioned the County Boundary Board
to set them off a school district. Dave
Leno Is to donate the land and there
will be about 30 children in the district
who will attend this Fall. All the
children speak English and doubtless
a teacher would have no trouble in
controlling them. Cloverdale Courier
Recovering From Injuries.
R. M. Gilbert who was injured in
the Southern Pacific railroad accident
north of Corvallis a few weeks ago, Is
in town. He is much better but has
not yet fully recovered from his late
injuries. There has been considerable
negotiation between him and the rail
road company with reference to a
settlement by reason of his injuries,
but no understanding has as yet been
reached. Corvallis Times.
Lottery Ads Barred.
No kind of lottery can be advertised
in a newspaper, not even a raffle,
nothing suggesting a drawing of any
kind or a chance in one. A few days
ago the Modesto, California, Herald
was shut out from the mails for a
couple of issues because an advertise
ment read "any one purchasing a
dollar's worth of groceries will have a
chance to obtain a buggy free of cost."
The Democrat has always refused
advertisements of this character,
knowing the stringency of the lottery
law. If the government considers it
wrong, business men should likewise
keep out of all lottery schemes. There
Is nothing like straight business
methods. Albany Democrat
Louis Lachmund & Co. are reported
as having purchased the Joe Shnoder
lot of hops consisting of 75 bales at
12 cents, medium, near Harrlsburg.
The snow now on the ground Is of
great benefit to eastern Oregon, and
the farmers there look for a bumper
wheat crop next harvest.
The largest private warehouse on
the coast is now being erected on the
west side above the Willamette Fulp &
Paper company at Orogon City.
Builds up waste tissue, promotes
appetite, improves digestion, induces
refreshing sleep, gives renewed
strength and health. That's what
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea does.
35 cents. Tea or Tablet. Belt & Cfcer-rington.
NO. 40.
COURT HOUSE NOTES.
PROBATE
Estate of Robert Metcalf, deceased
final account approved and adminis
trator discharged.
Estate of Mary M. Davidson, de
ceasedfinal account approved.
Estate of Nathaniel Holman, de
ceasedfinal account approved and
estate closed.
Estate of John W. Koas, deceased
Fannie L. Keas appointed adminis
tratrix ; bond fixed at $3800.
Estates of Dick Tipton, Bertha Tip
ton, Ellen Smith and John Smith
deceased estates closed and adminis
trator discharged.
Guardianship of Otto Jarvis, a
minor sale of real estate approved ;
guardian authorized to execute deed
to purchaser.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Sheridan Lumber Co to Franklin
Everett saw-mill and land in Polk
county, $45,000.
Argyl M Harris and hd to Edward
Bell et al, land in 1 6 s, r 4 w, $150.
Ed Patras and wife to D H Simpson,
lot in Airlie, $125.
J A Weld et ux to Yaquina Bay Co.,
land in 1 7 s, r 7 w, $3310.
Mrs E H Denny to I N Mulkey, 6
acres, 1 6 s, r 4 w, $225.
R L Chapman and wife to B Glldner,
175.39 acres, 1 9 s, r 8 w, $2150.
M 1) Ellis and wife to B Glldner,
160 acres, 1 9 s, r 8 w, $16no.
O C Campbell and wife to BGildner,
150.70 acres, 1 9 s, r 8 w, $2000.
United States to C C Campbell, 150.70
acres, 1 9 s, r 8 w, patent
R M Fowle to A C Guyer, 26.81
acres, 1 9 s, r 6 w, $700.
Sarah E Smith and hd to Rachel
Newman, lots in Monmouth, $600.
Clarence McCaleb and wife to Polk
County Lumber Company, 120 acre's,
1 8 s, r 8 w, $1300.
H G Campbell and wife to Ira Stub
blefleld, 10 acres, t 8 s, r 5 w, $500.
Ira Stubblefleld and wife to II G
Campbell, strip of land In t 8 s, r 5 w,
$25,
H S Montgomery et ux, et al, to City
of Falls City, 9 deeds to land In Falls
City for street, $1 each.
Wm Ellis, trustee, to Geo Sellers,
lot In Dallas, $50. !
A G Cutler and wife to R L Fox, lot
In Dallas, $925.
B Glldner and wife to W N Jones,
486.09 acres, 1 9 s, r 8 w, $6250.
Clara L Kinney and hd to D A and
L M Coovert, lot in Dallas, $850.
PROFITABLE NEW FEATURE
Qoat Show Public Meeting Will Give
Dallas Much Valuable
Advertising.
The public . meeting of Angora
breeders held at the beautiful court
house in Dallas on the second oven I ng
of the show was a new foature in con
nection with tho Dallas show and
proved its usefulness. It itt a featuie
which has come to stay.
Secretary Fulton, of the American
Angora Goat Breeders' Association,
did a great deal of work In advance
towards making the meeting a suc
cess, and showed special fitness for
making such a meeting both useful
and interesting. His own paper was
one which involved much work of
preparation and contained valuable
statistics which were at that meeting
made publie for the first time. Mr.
Wilson Ayres had a timely paper of
practical value to mohair growers on
the preparation of mohair for market,
and Mr. U. S. Grant secured, by
correspondence, the material for a
paper which clearly set forth what
kind of mohair the manufacturers
wish. In addition, H. M. Williamson,
. L. Naylor, Wm. Rlddell, W. J.
Warfleld and others spoke.
The papers read at the meeting will
be published in the next two or three
issues of this paper. Secretary Fulton
also had a stenographic report of the
meeting made and will publish a neat
pamphlet containing the paper! and
discussions in full. These pamphlets
will be distributed widely among those
interested in the Angora Industry,
and will give Dallas some valuable
advertising. Rural Northwest.
Week's Basketball Scores.
Willamette 23 ; Salem Y. M. C. A., 12.
Portland Y. M. C. A., 31 ; Newberg,
10.
Dallas, 26 ; Salem Y. M. C. A., 19.
Dallas, 29 ; Monmouth, 9.
Willamette, 23 ; Portland Y. M. C. A.,
19.
When you want printing that is
right, come to the Obsebveb office.