Polk County Observer
J. C. HAYTER,
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
Published Weekly smd Semi Weekly
J1.50 per Year. Strictly in Advance.
DALLAS, OREGON, March 29, 1907
The wayto build up Dallas ts to pat
ronize Dallas people.
county can meet and discuss this very
Important matter?
JAMES ELLIOTT.
OPPOSES SPECIAL SHOWS
James Elliott Would Combine All
Exhibits In One Big County
Fair.
DALLAS, Or., March 25-(To the
Editor.) I see by one of your late
issues that we are to have a special
Cherry Show in the near future. Oood
for Polk county and Dallas! It may
be news to you, Mr. Editor, but from
what I have heard I expect we will
soon have a special Cat Show and
possibly a few jackrabbits, just to
make the thing look a little more
spicy and humbug the people a little
longer. Barnum said we American
people liked to be humbugged.
I have no doubt, Mr. Editor, but
you will find fault with this rabbit
proposition and say it will bo impos
sible for us to compete with several
other counties, as there are counties
in Oregon that can produce 10 jack
rabbits to our one. Well, you know,
this can be . very easily fixed, as we
can call this special cat and rabbit
show just about the time wo hold our
annual Qoat Show, right in midwin
ter when the roads and weather are at
their worst. By this plan we can
advertise our special show open to all
comers and beat every state in the
Union.
I have been wondering for a long
time how long will the people of Ore
gon allow themselves to be hum
bugged by these special shows, and
also at the way our agricultural
interests are being crippled at our
State Fair, where we ought to have
one of the finest exhibitions In the
United States every year. Our State
Fair has become little more than a
gambling den a place to demoralize
the youth of our fair state and have
on exhibition a class of horses that
Oregon has little or no use for.
Strange to Say, the people allow
these demoralizers to run our State
Fair at a time of the year to suit
themselves, just when a great portion
of our farmers are in the midst of
their hop and prune harvest and
many of them are not through their
grain harvest and hauling. Hundreds
of dollars of the prize money are set
aside for these things they call horses,
while we hayseeds may possibly get
$2.50 for a fine draft stallion, brood
mare, or blooded bull, any one of
which is worth more to the state of
Oregon than all the race horses that
have been at the State Fair for the
last 25 years. Fine encouragement
for an agricultural fairl
I think it is high time for us citizens
of old Polk county to wake up and
attend to our own business business
that we ought to have attended to
years ago, the neglect of which Is
losing us thousands of dollars each
year. Many of us think these special
shows do us much good. I certainly
think they do.just to a limited few ;but,
for every $10 they bring to the county,
a good, well-arranged County Fair
held here every year some time in the
last half of October would in a very
few years add more than $1000 each
year instead of $10 as it now is.
Why do we allow this kind or man
agement to go along from year to year,
when we have a county that has in it
everything to make a Nation? Why
don't we use a little bit of common
sense, go to work and buy about eight
or ten acres in a central place in the
county and hold a County Fair each
year? Such a location should have
good railroad facilities and water
works, both of which are vitally
essential to a first-class fair ground.
The ground Is right here, almost In
side the corporate limits of Dallas,
where we could have a good grand
stand on an elevated site in the center
of the tract, with sheds all around the
edges of the grounds and a driveway
Immediately inside these sheds. On
thlsdtlveway we could show how our
heavy draft horses move when hitched
to a wagon; thon our carriage horses
in harness, our single buggy horses
and rigs, and our saddle horses and
riders. Inside of this enclosure we
could have a plot of ground for judg
ing our show animals.
We would also have a very large
building where we could display all
kinds of farm machinery, farm pro
ducts, ladies' needlework, butter,
bread, and other farm products. I
tell you boys, twenty years from now
some of you will feel awfully sorry
that you did not go into partnership
with that girl that took first prize for
bread. You would Dever have known
what dyspepsia was, had you been
smart enough to make the trade.
This Mr. Editor, is only a very
Bmall description of what we can do
right in this county. We have every
thing here, and In sight, and I think
the time is ripe now. There Is cer
tainly nothing wanting but the will.
I see there is to be a Horse Show la
Dillas next Saturday. Why can we
not get together and secure some large
hall where all the citizens of Toifc
The Observer desires to lend its
heartiest indorsement to Mr. Elliott's
advocacy of a County Fair, and we
believe that a large majority of the
people of Polk county are strongly in
favor of such an enterprise. Senti
ment in favor of an annual County
Fair has been growing steadily for
many years, stimulated largely by the
success of the goat shows, poultry ex
hibits, apple fairs, and other indus
trial exhibitions, and all that is needed
to get the enterprise under way is for
a few enterprising farmers and busi
ness men to take the lead, The people
will be found ready and anxious to do
their part. While indorsing Mr.
Elliott's views on the County Fair
question, the Observer can not tolerate
for a moment his assertion that the
people are being humbugged by the
goat shows, apple fairs, and other
special shows. Mr. Elliott Is an
enterprising farmer and a consclen
tious citizen, but he is clearly in the
wrong when he attempts to build up a
County Fair by belittling the work of
the men who have made these special
shows such a valuable factor In the
development of Polk county. The
Goat show alone has done more to
advertise Polk county In every state
in the Union than all other agencies
combined, and it has also built up
and strengthened an industry that not
only brings thousands of dollars to
the pockets of tho farmers each year
but is of . more value than all other
agencies In clearing tho waste lands
and preparing them for profitable cul
tivation. The Apple Show, held in
Dallas last Fall, did more to quicken
interest in fruit-growing than could
have been accomplished by talk In
rorty years, wnne tne exnioit was
small, it demonstrated the fact that
Polk county is capable of producing
apples equal to the best in the world,
where care and intelligence is exer
cised in handling the orchards, and
the farmers went home with a deter
mination to produce better fruit in
future by trimming and spraying
their long neglected trees and convert
ing into a source of profit one portion
of the farming industry, that for
many years had yielded them no rev
enue whatever. The Poultry Shows
have added to the wealth of tho county
and the benefits of the School Child
ren b industrial f air last lull were
great beyond measure. The Observer
believes that Polk county will have a
County Fair, and that soon; but if
such an enterprise is established, it
will be because these special shows
have paved the way for it by educat
ing people to the value of the greater
exhibition. The promoters of the
Goat Show aud other special show
are the strongest advocates of ;
County Fair and stand ready to do
their full share in getting the project
under way. Let us have the County
Fair, but let us continue to encourage
and support the smaller shows until
such time as the people shall see fit to
combine them all in one big exhibit.
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Express Wagon For Sale.
Second band light express wagon
and single harness for sale cheap.
Address Ed Smith, Box 2G3, Dallas.
Phone Mutual No. 1200. tf.
Eggs For Hatching.
Eggs for hatching from thorough
bred stock: S. C. R. I. Red $1.50
per setting of 15 ; White Wyandottes,
$2 per setting of 15. B. I. Ferguson,
Salem R. F. 1). 2. tf.
For Sale.
Five room house, In good repair,
two largo lots ana Darn in uanas.
Good terms. Apply at this office.
For bale.
180 acres of land, fine
grain,
stock and
Boyle, Dallas.
for fruit,
dairying. C. W.
3-19-4t.
Extra Special Values in Men's r
I Suits and Overcoats.
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Fir Wood Wanted.
From 200 to 500 cord3 of dry fir wood
wanted. Apply to Salem, Falls City
& Western Railway Co.
Eggs For Sale.
Full-blooded S. C. White Leghorn
ocrars. 00 cenw ior iu, o. iu. iiuin.
Rickreall. 3t
RITST1SIT7SS I Cr A T 5
Dr. llayter. Dentist. Office over
Wilson's Drug Store.. Dallas. Oregon.
For Sale.
Two good milch cows for sale; also,
a set of second-hand harness. D. A.
Critohi.ow, Dallas.
Fine Chance to Make Big Money With
Small Investment.
I will teach you how to do all kinds
of optical work scientiucaiiy, viz:
Test eyes, fit all kinds or glasses, and
do all kinds of prescription work, and
will soil you a complete canvassing
nnifH. Address. EdwarU Smitn, isox
2C3. or Mutual Phone 1209, Dallas, Or.
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i Are to be had here every day in the week values that are ri
unmatchable. You will find upon investigating that our J
prices are appreciably lower than other stores ask for the 4U
same class garments and that our style assortment is larger.
But it is not the saving of money that should interest you in
our offering of
MICHAELS-STERN
FINE CLOTHING
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, As much as its snappy, original style, superior hand-tailoring
I and excellent fit all of which will convince you beyond
I question that this noted clothing is the peer of the best to-
order-made garments. Come see the distinctive styles and
exclusive fabrics we offer in
I Men's and Young Men's Winter Suits at
ft
$12 to $30.
Single and double-breasted Sacks of approved fashion in
ultra or conservative cut, made of beautifully patterned
ft worsteds, cheviots and cassimeres; fully worth $15 to $35.
MICH AELS-STERI
FINE CLOTHINO
MICHAIU, 8TKRN 4 Cfc
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Fine Pup For dale.
For sale, one fine male puppy; half
Scotch collie and half Australian
shepherd : only $3. M. A. Coni.ee,
Buell, Or; phone Mutual Mill
Shakes For Sale.
Shakes for sale at Pedee mill, on
good county road. Inquire of J. V.
Ronco at the mill. tf
Horsemen, Attentlonl
The imported German Coach 9tallion
"Albon" will mako the season of 1907
at tho Fanners' Feed Shed in Dallas.
Terms, $10, $15 and $20. W. H. Mc
Daniel is prepared to furnish pasture
for mares.
HUBBARD & McDANIEL,
tf Dallas, Oregon
men s ana loung men s uvercoats at $12 to $20. i
PAJAMAS
The man who discards night shirts for Pajamas, is glad, as a rule he rmflMiio
1551. tr. I change. Pajamas are becoming more popular from year to year as a sleeping
1 garment for Men. It would be difficult to find better Pajamas than ours . .
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Uglow
Clothing
House
Brick For Sale.
Thirty thousand second-hand brick
for sale cheap. Inquire of Willamette
Valley Co., Dallas.
It is funny to hear some of the can
didates for re-election howling their
heads off for a rock-crusher, who
were working as strenuously for the
defeat of the movement two years ago,
The rock-crusher idea Is not new. It
was started by the old council, but lost
out by one vote, being savagely fought
by some of the same men who are now
asking for office on the claim that
they favor street improvement, al
though they have had two years In
which to improve tho streets and have
clone nothing (but raise taxes to the
highest limit ever known in Dallas
Now, of a sudden, they want a rock-
crusher. Looks like a sort of death
bed repentance, doesn't it?
The Observer heartily favors the
purchase of a rock-crusher by the
city. The streets of Dallas have been
neglected until they are a positive dis
grace to our otherwiso beautiful town
But remember, friends and neighbors,
that tho undertaking is large and
that tho financial end of the Improve
ment will have to be most carefully
handled at all times, else the already
over-burdened taxpnyers will find it
the heaviest load they ever attempted
to carry. The improvement will be
all right, if it is handled right.
WHEAT 68 CENTS.
We are offering G8 cents per bushel
for good wheat delivered at the Dallas
flouring mill,
tf SWEENEY BROS.
!tat3 oj Onto, City of Toledo, (
Lucas County. I
Frank J. Chunky makes oath thftt he Is the
:eiiior (.aruicrof the linn of V. J. Chkmby&Co. ,
luiiijj businuM in tho City of Toledo, County
ind t:tto Uriiil. and that said firm will par
he sum of ON U HliNDKEU DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that cannat ba
jured by Uie uue of Hall's Catarrh Ci-rb.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in m
presence, thu ulh day of December, A.D
Jsbal. j
A. W. GLEASOK.
Aotary Public
Hall's Catarrh Core is tat en internally sntl acts
Jirectlr on the blood and mucous surfaces of
Uie system. Bend for testimonials, free.
'. J. CHKMKY CO., Toledo, O.
Ct ''nlil V DravftsU, 7Se.
Ball's Family Pills are the belt.
KILLthi COUCH
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Price
rUn I OUGKSand SOetSf.OO
Fre Trial.
Burest and Quickest Cure for all
THROAT and LUNO TROUB
LES, or MONEY BACK.
Dry Slabwood For Sale.
The Willamette Valley Lumber
Company has some fine dry slabwood
for sale eheap ; also 10-inch slabs and
block wood.
Eggs For Sale.
Full-blood Buff Leghorn eggs for
sale at $1 per setting. E. M. Smith,
Dallas, Or.
Hay For Sale.
For sale, clean vetch and grain, or
grain hay. W.C.Lewis, Rickreall;
Bell Phone 6(5. tf.
For Sale or Rent.
Six room house, good outbuildings
and four acres, in South Dallas. In
quire of F. M. Jackson.
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Wagon For Sale.
Good 3J farm wagon for sale.
Mark Hayteii, Dallas, Or.
Dr.
Cows For Sale.
Five cow3 for sale; three giving
milk ; two fresh in a few days. C. E.
Wheelock, one mile west of Mon
mouth. 3-13-4L
LEADERS IN MEN'S CLOTHING
AND FURNISHING GOODS
I MILL STREET.
DALLAS, OREGON
For Sale.
One 24-horse power, jacketed Uni
versal engine, burns straw, coal or
wood ; oue 32x54 inch, large cylinder, OKa3S3
separator ana clover-n u i ior com oi neu,
together with two large round water tj. j TTI AVV1Tr
tanks, each with pumps and hose; 1L IS 110 1 JliCOnOlTiy
cook-wagon, furnished with cook stove
t nsl rsfr inn ntona! la VO n CTf n Yffz a
and everything ready for the field. To do the family washing
Although this machine has only af home. When VOU fienre
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urasneu uoout ou uuya bcu wucu uui
in use has been well housed and is in UF UA wawa,
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fine shape, i will sell the whole outfit starcn, extra nre ana
for much less than half its first cost,
as I have given up farming.
JAMES ELLIOTT.
soap,
time,
and most of all the mess and
trouble that it makes, and
compare it with our price of
6 cents a pound, washed,
starched and dried and 25
cents a dozen for flat pieces,
that you can't
Wood Wanted.
Notice is hereby given that by order
of the County Court of Polk County,
Oregon, sealed bids will be received
cords of clean, straight, oak-grub yuu WIU bee
wood and 20 cords of old-growth fir afford to Wash at home.
wood ; grub wood to be not
less than 2 inches . nor more
than 10 Inches In diameter:
all wood to be delivered at the same
time, at the courthouse, not later than
September 1, 1907. Bids will be opened
Send your washing to the
Dallas Steam Laundry
Phones: Mutual, 197, Bell, 203
The
Dallas Harness
Shop
Is in shape to sell Harness
and Horse Goods at lowest
Prices. Call and get prices
and save money.
Plush Robes, Blankets,
Whips, Etc.
F. SALFICKY
FOLEKnoIIEFTAn
tope Ua,e eoul nct bala langf
J. A. LynchY
Barber Shop
on
flain Street
We have installed
FOUR CHAIRS
and are now prepared to
SHAVE YOU
in quicker time than ever
before.
A nrll O 1Qfi7 of 1 Vol-knlr t m WUn
Court reserves the right to reject any CSS-y'
and all bids.
E. M. SMITH,
County Clerk,
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...Now Is The Time...
For you to decide what you want for
THE NEW YEAR
We have a fine line of Men's Women's
and Children's SHOES in the latest
styles. Also a nice line of Slippers at
the right prices. We know they are
what you want, but we want you to
know it.
Repairing Neatly Done.
Thi Dallas Shoe Store, Mrs- Jymr'
i EASTER RIBBON
..SALE..
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RIBBON
RIBBON
F op Cou;hs, Colds csd Creep
To Builders and Contractors
WE SELL
CONGO ROOFING, SHINGLES,
FIRE BRICK AND FIRE CLAY,'
"IDEAL" WOOD-FIBER WALL PLASTER
LAND PLASTER AND DRAIN TILE
LIME, CEMENT, SAND, BRICK,
Also do a General Storage Business.
For prices, write or call on W. L. Soehren
Both Phones. "
SOEHREN
LIIUUJL
One block south of S. P. Depot. DALLAS, OR.
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XfJSiu e have bought a double line of All Silk Taffeta and Liberty
77 Iwi ' -80 OTS to rive the public a chance to buy these
Ribbons, ranging m width from No. 7 to No. 60, at the remarkable
low price of 9c per yard.
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SEE OUR WINDOW.
All Silk Taffeta
9c per yard
ELLIS KSYT
Liberty Sift
9c per yard
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