Polk County Observer
J. C. HAYTER,
KDITOR AND PUBIJ9HKR.
Published Weekly and Semi - Weekly at
11.50 per Year. Strictly in Advance.
DALLAS, OREGON, JUNB 21, 1907.
The way to build up Dallas ts to pat
ronise Dallas people.
COMMITTEES AT WORK
Many Fine Attractions Are Secured
For Big Fourth of July
Celebration.
CREAMERY WILL COME.
The Obsebver received a letter
yesterday from T. S. Townsend, presl
dent of the Townsend Creamery Com
Danv. reauestioer that a copy of the
lease for the Brown building on Mill
street be turned over to Mr. Brown
This paper had been left in our hands
Dendiner Mr. Townsend's decision as
to whether he would open a creamery
In Dallas. The order to deliver
cony of the lease to Mr. Brown means
that the company is ready to proceed
with the enterprise. Mr. Townsend
writes that an order has been placed
for the machinery, and that the
creamery will be started immediately
upon its arrival. This is the best
news the Observer has had for the
people of Dallas and the farmers of
the surrounding country for maDy a
day. Everybody will join in wishing
Mr. Townsend the greatest success in
his new venture.
On the stage of fruit farming-xit
strawberry ; enter cherry.
According to estimates made by
Oregon prune packers, about 75 per
cent of the crop of 1907 has been con
tracted by the growers, at prices
ranging from 2i to 3 cents, basi3 price.
This would mean from 4 to 4 for the
40-50 size. The high price will probably
more than compensate the growers
for the light crop this year.
The large colored posters advertis
ing Dallas' Fourth of July celebration
and Pioneer Reunion are off the
press, and within the next day or two
will be posted in every village and
hamlet in Polk and Yamhill counties.
The posters are very attractive and
will call widespread attention to the
big celebration to be held in "The
Town That Does Things."
Willis Simonton and F. S. Ramsey
went to Portland yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Otho Williams will go
to Portland today to stay over Sun
day. George P. Jester, a prominent rail
road man of Grant's Pass, visited his
sister, Mrs. Dr. L. A. Bollman yester
day.
Mrs. Mattie Janzen returned to
Portland yesterday afternoon, after a
visit at the home of her sister, Mrs,
Taylor Dunn.
Joe Metzger, of Albany, was in
Dallas yesterday with a party of
friends. They will go to Falls City
for a few day s fishing.
Mahlon Guy, one of Polk's old and
respected citizens is seriously ill at his
home In Dallas, and little hope Is
entertained of his recovery. He is 83
years old.
We have just received a shipment
of handsome and serviceable deeor
atea Uhinaware. You are invited to
call and examine it. Boyd & Son,
Corner Grocery.
Judge J. L. Collins and Hon. George
W. McBee returned yesterday from
Portland, where they attended the
reunion of the pioneers and Indian
War veterans.
Hariey C. Wilson and Mary G
Porter were married Wednesday eve
nlng at the home of Mrs. Walter Coy,
a sister of the bride, the Rev. N. W
Sager officiating.
Dr. B. H. McCallon has sold a half
interest In the business property on
Main street, occupied by Bilyeu &
Sparks, to R. E. Williams. The con
sideration was $3,500.
The cherry trees in James Wilson's
orchard are beginning to ripen; but
judging from the notices posted
around in prominent places, they seem
to have a tendency to disappear under
cover of night.
Some of the farmers about Dallas
are bringing strawberries into market
which, according to those who should
know, are in no wise inferior to the
best product of the Hood River valley.
The difference is that the berry
growers of Hood River have had more
experience in packing their fruit so
that it will show to the best advantage,
J. B. Nunn, Fruit Inspector for
Polk county, was in Rick real 1, Wed
nesday, attending to official duties.
lie says the prune and cnerry crops
promise well, but the apple crop will
be lighter than usual. However, the
condition of the trees is much better
than ever before, and they will
probably redeem themselves in the
next year's crop.
The Dallas Lumber Company flooded
the LaCreole yesterday in an attempt
to break the big log jam south of
Arthur Dimick's place. The effort
was partially successful, over a
thousand logs being driven down to
the mill pond. This was the last flood
of the season, and a large force of
men will soon be put to work on the
channel of the creek.
If the Pioneer Reunion and Fourth
of July celebration in Dallas do not
furnish the finest two days' entertain
ment ever offered the people of Polk
county, It will not be for any lack of
enthusiasm on the part of those hav-
intr the arrangements in charge. All
of the committees appointed to pre
pare the program of sports and at
tractions are working like beavers,
and, with almost unlimited money at
their command, are meeting with
splendid success In securing the very
best class of attractions.
The committees held an enthusiastic
meeting Wednesday evening to report
progress and further discuss the plan
of work. Many valuable ideas were
suggested, and when the meeting
adjourned each committeeman went
home pledged to work more earnestly
than ever for the success of the big
celebration.
Two new committees were appointed
at this meeting one on the Liberty
Car and the other on the Pioneer Ban
quet. The members of the Liberty Car
committee are Mrs. F. A. Stiles, Mrs,
George L. Hawkins, Professor W. I
Reynolds and H. L. Crider. The com
mutee on the Pioneer Banquet con
sists of Mrs. H. B. Cosper, Mrs. J. D,
Smith, Mrs. Dr. Mark Hayter, Mrs.
G. L. Hawkins aud Mrs. Ed Shaw.
This committee will be given full
power to provide the banquet and to
appoint young women to wait on the
various tables.
The committee on sport3 reported
that they had secured the McMinnville
and Chemawa baseball teams and
negotiating for others. The
WILL VOTE ON NORMAL
Grangers Prepare Bills to Decide
Which Schools Shall Be Retained.
were
schedule of games has not been defl
nitely arranged, but it is probable
that the P. A. Finseth team of Dallas
will play the Indians on Pioneer Day,
and that the winnerwiil play McMinn
ville on the Fourth. This, however,
will be decided later on. It is suffi
cient to say that all of the teams
signed are playing' crack ball this
year and the people can rest assured
of seeing fine exhibitions of the Na
tional game both days.
Chairman Stockwell, of the music
committee, has employed the Mon
mouth and Dallas bands, and is
negotiating for another. One of the
principal attractions of Pioneer Day
will be the open air coucert on the
Courthouse lawn in the evening.
Frank Kerslake and R. L. Chap
man are busily rounding up material
for the Plug Ugly program, and are
meeting with excellent success. Much
attention is being given to this time
honored feature of a Fourth of July
celebration, and tho "parade of the
horribles" will in Itself be well worth
coming to Dallas to see. The Plugs
will furnish fun for everybody.
The fireworks arrived from Port
land this week and have been safely
otised awaiting the night of July 4,
when a pyrotechnical display such as
as never been witnessed in the Wil
lamette Valley will illume the skies of
Old Polk. The display is very large
and consists of hundreds of beautiful
illuminations and costly set pieces.
The Baby Show, in charge of Mrs.
F. H. Morrison and R. E. Williams,
Is in good hands and is destined to
prove thedaintiestand most attractive
feature of the entire program. Just
wait until you see that exhibition of
lovely infants and you will have to
admit that the celebration managers
knew what they were about when they
named the members of one committee,
at least. Committee'man Williams
says the usual difficult task of securing
judges will not worry him for a
minute, as he considers his judgment
of pretty babies as good as tho best
and is only waiting for an opportunity
to judge them himself.
The committee on parade is meeting
with unexpected success in securing
floats for the big morning procession.
An endeavor will be made to have
every prominent business house and
fraternal society in the city to be
represented by an appropriate float
Tho committee realizes that the cele
bration will be judged largely by the
parade, and is therefore putting forth
a special effort to make this feature
one of unusual interest.
The Marshals of the Day will be:
J. F. Groves, of Independence : T. J.
Graves, of McCoy ; W. E. Williams, of
Alrlie, and William Ridgeway, of
Buell.
O. DeHaven was a Portland visitor,
Monday.
Frank Robertson is up from Port
land on a visit.
Harry Dunn is up from Portland
for a short visit
George Gerlinger was a business
visitor in Salem yesterday.
Mr. and Mr3. Elbert Parrlsh visited
relatives in Dayton, Sunday.
The Rev. I. N. Mnlkey, of McCoy,
was the guest of E. Boyd, Sunday.
The fare on the Btage between Dal
las aud Salem has been reduced to 50
cents.
Flags of all Nations something
entirely new In souvenir postal cards
at L. D. Daniel's.
Mrs. H. .P. Shriver and Mrs.
Georgia Jennings have been visiting
friends In Salem.
J. A. McConoell, of Clarksburg,
West Virginia, is visiting the Sweo
ney brothers in Dallas.
Smith Brooks has moved his shoot
ing gallery to Newport- He will
return to Dallas io the Fall.
States of the Union souvenir postals
nothing like them ever brought to
Dallas before. When you see these
pretty cards, you will buy them. All
the other new ones at L. D. Daniel's.
Mrs. Clara H. Waldo and Jacob
Voorhees, of theState Grange, were in
Salem, Tuesday, In consultation with
Attorney-General Crawford for the
purpose of preparing the Initiative
bills to decide the Normal School ques
tion. They are preparing four sepa
rate bills, each establishing a Normal
School and making it mandatory upon
the Legislature to carry out the wish
of the people 'as expressed by their
votes upon these bills.
If the bill declaring tho establish
ment of the Monmouth Normal School,
for example, should receive a major
ity vote in the affirmative, the Legis
lature will thereby be instructed to
make provision for its maintenance
by appropriation. If the majority
should be io the negative they must
discontinue appropriations. The bills
provide that the Normals thus estab
lished shall be under the control of
the one board created by the last
Legislature.
COURT HOUSE NOTES j
BUSINESS LOCALb.
n, Uavtar Dentist. Office over
Wilson's Drugstore. Dallas. Oregon,
Oak Posts For Sale.
White oak costs for sale. Cochrane
& Black. Mutual phone Black 54. tf
Cherries For Sale.
Cherries for sale by W. N. Elliott
one mile south of
phone 1220.
Dallas. Mutual
C-21-2t
Shakes For Sale.
Shakes for sale at Pedee mill, on
good county road.
Ronco at the mill.
Inquire of J. V
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Fir Wood Wanted. ,
From 200 to 500 cords of dry fir wood
wanted. Apply to Salem, Falls City
& Western Railway Co.
Oak Posts For Sale.
Sawed oak posts for sale at $15 per
ino TiTTrKiAMtrTE Sawmill vo.. inree
miles north of Alrlie. Address, Mon
mouth, Or. 6-18-lm.
Items of Interest From the Records
In the County Offices.
REAL ESTATE.
David Peters, et ux to Gerhard D
Braun, 350 acres, 1 6 s, r 5 w, $13,300.
George M Humphrey et al to Elsie
V Weitman, 67 acres, 1 7 s, r 5 w, $1100.
Eli S Eaton et al to Nelson P
Wheeler, 610 acres, 1 6 s, r 7 w, $19,200.
Alice Handley and hd to Mae
Nichols, lots In Falls City, $1000.
M J Lemmon et ux to Armallie J
Barnett, lot in Independence, $500.
Elizabeth Ellis to Michael McCann,
lots in McCoy, $850.
Joshua McDaniel et ux to Sarah E
Cadle, 10.50 acres, 1 7 s, r 5 w. $25.
A Bargain.
We have for sale about 75,000 feet of
second-class rough lumber, all sizes,
at $6 per 1000. Voqet Lumber Co.,
Falls City, Or. v 4-23-lGt
Lost.
Lost, in the postofflce, or between
the postofllce and Miss Smith's music
studio, a girl's green hand-bag.
Please leave at this office. 6-21-2t
Separator For Sale.
For sale, Russell "Cyclone" Separa
tor, size 38-56, equipped with blower;
new drive belt; used 5 years; in good
repair. Will sell very cheap; a rare
bargain. Address this office. tf
Missionary Tea.
At the home of Mrs. J. G. VanOrsdel
Friday afternoon of last week, a most
delightful Missionary Tea was given,
by the Ladies' Missionary Society of
the First Presbyterian church. The
home was, beautifully decorated for
the occasion, which was very pleasing
and appreciated by about forty who
were present.
The program for the afternoon was
much enjoyed and was also very help
ful and instructive. The subject stud
ied was '"The Mormons." Mrs. Reed,
returned missionary from Utah,
gave a very aoie address upon this
subject. During the afternoon Mr.
Paul R. Hoppy rendered special
musical selections and the Rev. D.
Julian Becker sang the "The Port of
Heaven" after which a delightful tea
wa3 given.
The people who are holding the tent
meetings in East Dallas are greatly
annoyed nightly by a crowd of boys
who discharge firecrackers, loosen the
guy ropes of the tent and indulge in
all sorts of ribaldry outside the tent.
These youths are arrogating to them
selves a lot of undue authority. If it
becomes necessary to suppress the
Tongues of Fire," that duty will de
volve upon the officers of the town and
not upon a crowd of hoodlum young
sters. Any further efforts on their
part to take matters into their own
hands should be promptly repressed.
Horsemen, Attention!
The imported German Coach stallion
Albon" will make the season of 1907
at the Farmers' 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.
Timber Lands.
Highest prices paid for relinquish
ments ; locations made, timber cruised
and estimated on the Siletz and
tributary country. Options taken on
patented land. J. B. McMillan, Box
201, Falls City, Oregon. 6-10 8t
Extra Good Slabwood.
Hereafter we will sell slabwood of
improved quality, by carefully select
ing it to suit the customer. Small or
large wood in lengths from one foot
up. We will also supply farmers
with wood. Call and see the different
grades of wood we handle. Place your
orders early, so that you may be bet
ter able to select the quality of wood
you want W. D. Mathews, Dallas,
Oregon. 5-28-tf
For Sale.
One 24-horse power, jacketed Uni
versal engine, burns straw, coal or
wood ; one 32x54 inch, large cylinder,
separator and clover-huller combined,
together with two large round water
tanks, each with pumps and hose;
cook-wagon, furnished with cook stove
and cooking utensils; wagon racks
and everything ready for the field.
Although this machine has only
thrashed about 59 days and when not
in use has been well housed and is In
fine shape, I will sell the whole outfit
for much less than half its first cost,
as I have given up farming.
JAMES ELLIOTT.
WOOD FOR SALE.
Until further notice, the Willamette
Valley Lumber Company will sell
slabwood at the following prices :
FOUR-FOOT WOOD
Slabwood, green, $1.25 per cord at
mill.
Slabwood, dry, $1.50 per cord at the
yard.
SHORT WOOD.
16-inch Block Wood, $1.75 per load
delivered.
16-inch Kindling, dry, $2 per load
delivered.
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Rush for New Clothes will son, .Spring
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everybody will want evervt i.
your selection now, while there Km Make
time to please yourself thorono-hW Jr.
season's wear out of vour suit g 1 a full
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SMART HATS.
The Spring styles are particularly attract
We have several new shades and shapes that
very swell. K
COLLARS AND CUFFS.
We want the Collar trade of the man that
predates good Collars. We sell no other sort.
SPIUNG HOSIERY
vv e re reaay ior tne spring trade with some
new and handsome effects in Men's Hosiery.
LATEST SPRING SHIRTS
Men of taste will appreciate our handsome Shirts the moment they clap their
ft eyes on them. Made of beautiful fabrics and in new Spring patterns. The
New Negligees are ready, and a finer line we've never seen. Every one of them
has a "Worth More" Appearance. All our Prices are Just EIGHT.
MICHAELS-STERN
FINE CLOTHING
MlCHMl. ItIM CO.
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LEADERS IN MEN'S CLOTHING
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MILL STREET, j j fi DALLAS, OREGON
WHEN IN DALLAS GO TO THE
DALLAS HOTEL
Under new management
Big Sample Room. Strictly White Help.
Special Accommodations
for Commercial Men.
RATES: $1.00. $1.25, $2.00 per Day
Electricity for Lighting
Is only expensive to people who are
wasteful and careless. To you, who
are naturally careful, it does not
come high.
It is economical because It can be quickly turned oft wnen not needed
with gas or kerosene there la the temptation to let light burn when
not needed to save bother of lighting and adjusting. In some homes
the electric light bills amount to only one or two dollars per month
lou can probably get some kind of artificial light for less money
than electric light, but does it save you anvthing when it limits op
portunities for work and recreation ruins your eyesight smokes
your walls mars decorations and increases household work You
could probably save a dollar tomorrow by going without your 'meals
but it wouldn t be economy. It is not so much what you save, but
how you save that counts.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY CO. RATES-Residence on meters, per
mTKtpcl5CTn?l4eD flat Jr m,nth' 16TP 50c" RATES FOR
J3LtiiNt,ba tiOLb.LS 2oc per drop and 5c per Kilowatt up to 10 drops
over 10 drops 20c per drop and 5c per Kilowatt up to 40 drops : over 40
drops I7jc per drop and 5c per Kilowatt A drop figures I6cp or less
For power rates apply at the office. We are always ready to explain
nguiiug huhj5iuuu k you, can on us
phone to us, we are never to busy to talk business.
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Willamette Valloy Company
E. W. KEARNS, Manager for Dallas.
Phones Bell 421,
Office on Mill street, just north of the Court House
Mutual 1297.
It is not Economy
To do the family washing
at home. When you figure
up the cost of water, soap,
starch, extra fire and 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,
you will see that you can't
afford to wash at home.
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.
Flush Robes, Blankets,
Whips, Etc.
F. SALFICKY
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tops tixm coxil ud blluntf a
J. A. Lynch's
Barber Shop
on
flain Street
We have installed
FOUR CHAIRS
and are now prepared to
SHAVE YOU .
in quicker time than ever
- before.
Lace
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We have some very nice new patterns, but
they came in late, so we had to mark them
VERY CHEAP. They range in price from
60c, for a nice new design in Nottingham,
to $5.00 for the best; Brussels Net. Come
in and see them as we have the best bar
gains ever offered in the city.
Shirt Waists Long Gloves
Summer Underwear
Lace Hose White Oxfords
Just the thing for hot weather. .
Men's and Boy's Clothing that is made right
and at the right prices too.
Agency for Packard
and Flintstone Shoes.
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