Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, September 13, 1907, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextPolk County Observer Mias Inez Allen, of Oak Grove, waa a Dallas visitor Wednesday. Ralph Adams returned from a short . business visit in Portland, Wednesday, M. D. Coulter, of Sheridan, was a business visitor in Dallas, Wednesday. i G. W. Cone and daughter, Bern ice, went to Portland, Wednesday, for short visit. " Mias Eula Phillips returned Tues day from attending the Y. W. C. A. convention at Seaside. Mrs. Nellie Dew, of Nelsouville, Ohio, is visiting her sister, Mrs. O. S, Clark, whom she had not seen for over 24 years. P. H. Morrison returned Tuesday from a week's stay in Portland, where he has been studying their methods of building streets with crushed rock. Prof. D. M. Metzger returned from Portland, Wednesday. J. Y. Maxwell, of Eugene, came up with him, and will attend Dallas college this winter. Norval Gates arrived home Wednes day, from Haines, Baker county, where he has been staying for the past ten months with his uncle, Grant iloberg. J J. H. Dancy was in town this week on business connected with the Pacific States Telephone Company, of which be is the Polk and Marion county representative. ' Von Casey visited at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Casey, Sun day. He has been making his home in Southern Oregon for the past few years, but left on Monday for Montana. The new bowling alley recently installed at the pool room is proving quite an attraction, and rivalry between the young men of Dallas for the highest score, is growing stronger every day. 'Howard YanAuken and Chester Phelps, of Los Angeles, arrived in Dallas, Wednesday, and are visiting at the home of the latters uncle, A. H. Phelps. The young men will probably spend the winter here. - Cornelius Hughes called at the Observer office yesterday, and left some samples of his curious apricot- plum which was mentioned in one of oar former issues. The fruit is of an excellent flavor and good color, and can doubtless be cultivated into a val uable marketable product. The Townsend creamery is now well under way and is receiving a rapidly increasing patronage from all the farming country bordering on our town. The churning is done every other day, and many visitors are attracted thither to watch the inter esting process of manufacturing butter by strictly modern methods. Mrs. Roy Webb was very painfully injured, Tuesday, by being thrown from a buggy in a runaway. - The horses became frightened at the Falls City train near the crossing beyond the old Harris property and bolted, throwing Mrs. Webb out of the rig upon her face, Her nose was broken and she sustained several severe bruises on her head and body, but it la thought that none of her injuries are extremely serious. Frank Pepper went to Portland yes terday on business. Mr. and Mrs. George Gerllnger wero visitors in Portland, Wednesday. Charles Mayfield, of Alrlie, was a business visitor in Dallas, Wednes day. John VauOrsdel and'Harry Byers have gone to Newport on a cruising expedition. E. A. Carlson and family, of Olym pia, Washington, are visiting this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Johnson. Kerslake & White offer a pair of roller skates to the boy having the best collective exhibit at the school children's Industrial Fair. George Moore, of Buena Vista, offers a reward of $1000 for anv information which will lead to the capture of the murderer of bis wife. Seventy-five cents for a quarter is what you get if you dine at the Dallas Hotel, Sunday. The dinner is worth it, and you will be loser If you fail to come. Wednesday's rainstorm fortunately came too late in the season to cause serious damage in the hopyards, as nearly all of the crop had already been picked. Several people have reported seeing large flock of wild geese headed southward Wednesday morning. Ifj this is true, it would appear that we must expect an early and hard winter. John Woods arrived in Dallas this week from Starbuck, Wash., and is visiting his mother, Mrs. Sarah Woods. Since leaving Dallas, he has been engaged in railroad work, the greater part of the time in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. Prof. I. M. Glen and family, who have been spending the summer on the Lyle farm, will go to their home in Eugene today. Mrs. H. L. Veazie will also return to her home in Port land for a few days stay and then leave on a trip to Japan. W. R. Howe has harvested and dis posed of his entire crop of peaches, and there are still many people desir ing to order from him. The excellent quality of the fruit made the demand for it so great that it was impossible to furnish peaches to all who desired them. A floe "Clipper" seed cleaning ma chine is being set up in Ray & Stoner's feed store and will be operated by their electric motor recently secured from the Willamette Valley Electric Company. They are already using the latter to rua the chopping machine, and are highly satisfied with its evi dent superiority over the gasoline motor that they formerly used. H. C. Dimick, owner of the Dallas Derry stage line, was a visitor in Portland this week. Returning home, he was accompanied by Mrs. 0. E. Scovill, a sister of Mrs. Dimick, who is now visiting at the Dimick home. Mrs. Scovill's former home was in Portland, Maine, but recently she came west to Seattle. The two sisters had not seen each other for 43 years. Mrs. Scovill is 76 years old and Mrs. Dimick is 64. The two sisters are enjoying a glad reunion, and before parting again will have their photo graphs taken to send to another sister still residing in Portland, Maine. Attorney Oscar Hayter was in Cor vallis on a business visit yesterday, Henry Clanfleld, of Salt Creek, was a business visitor in Dallas yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hopkins, of Falls City, were visitors in Dallas, Wednesday. Miss Hortense Kimball, of Port land, is visiting her father, S. P. Kimball, in Dallas this week. Born. Thursday, to Mrs. Will Jost, at the home of her parents, Mr, and Mrs. T. D. Phillips, a son. Mrs. S. J. Richmond acd grand daughter, Miss Leone Williams, went to Portland yesterday for a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Moffat and Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Dillard, of Texas, have been in Dallas this week trying to secure houses, as it Is their inten tion to make their homes here. Rader, of Willamette University, famous in the northwest as a full back, and well known to the basket ball fans of Dallas for his ability in that game also, will attend the uni versity at Pullman, Wash., during the coming year. John Wyatt was in town, Saturday, to take home a thoroughbred buck that arrived that day from the Stump farm in Polk county. The animal weighs 310 pounds and was a first prize winner at the St. Louis exposi tion and again at the Lewis and Clark exposition in 1906. Corvallis Gazette. W. R. Howe has sold his grocery store to the Dallas Mercantile Com pany, which took charge of the establishment and began invoicing the stock yesterday evening. This department of their business will for the present be conducted in the build ing it now occupies, as there is not room to install the stock in their other store. Wr.H. McDaniel was a heavy loser by Monday's fire, which destroyed the bam on his farm near Rickreall. The building contained 1200 bushels of wheat, 800 bushels of oats, 30 tons of loose hay, 25 tons of baled hay, and several sets of harness. Two fine colts were also burned to death. Mr. Mc Daniel says no gasoline or other explosives were stored in the barn, and the origin of the fire is a mystery ine .Dallas puolic school will open September 23, and Principal Hill desires that all pupils commence on the first day, as a day or week lost $ hard to regain. The Oregon Text book Commission has adopted a large number of new books, but the pub lishers will allow a 50 per cent reduc tion in the exchange of old books. No allowance will be made in the exchange of books of different grades. W. D. DeVarney, of the Home Tele phone Company, Albany, accompanied by W. F. Jeffries, of Portland, and a mechanic, drove over to Dallas from Salem yesterday in his fine Knox touring car. Mr. DeVarney said that he was surprised to find that the road between Dallas and Salem was in much better condition for auto- mobiling than any of the other roads in this part of the valley. The distance between the Willamette Hotel, Salem, and the courthouse square, in Dallas, is exactly 15.2 miles according to the register of his autometer. New Arrivals AT- The Bee Hive Store In Hosiery and Underwear New Line of Douglas Shoes for Men $3.50, 4.00 and 5.00 Dress Goods and Waistings, New Plaids, Etc. Men's Shirts and Furnishing Goods THE BEE HIVE STORE A Reliable Place to Trade. I. 0. 0. F. Building, DALLAS, OREGON The Renewal a Strain. Vacation is over. Again the school bell rings at morning and at noon, again with ten3 of thousands the hardest kind of work has begun, the renewal of which is a mental and physical strain to all except the most rugged. The little girl that a few days ago had roses in her cheeks, and the little boy whoso lips were then so red you would have insisted that they had been "kissed by strawberries," have already lost something of the appearance of health. Now is a time when many children should be given a ionic, wnicn may avert ruuen ser ious trouble, and we know of no other so Highly to be recommended as Hood's Sarsaparilla, which strength ens the nerves, perfects digestion and assimilation, and aids mental devel opment by building up the whole sys tern. Smoke the Leader cigar. Swetland & Son's Famous Ice Cream at Ellis's. Real estate that's all. VanOrsdel & Barham. Try the La Fama and Leader cigars, You will like them. L. D. Brown, for Abstracts. Notary Public; typewriting. Ralph Adams sells furniture for less than trust stores. Come and list with the hustlers. VanOrsdel & Barham. Come and skate at the Colosseum rink Saturday evening. Ask your dealer for the celebrated La Fama cigar ; none better. The Observer office wants the print ing you are particular about. For the best cigars and freshest candies, call on Horace Webster. Skating at the Colosseum rink, Saturday night. Band in attendance, The stage fare between Dallas and Salem has been reduced to CO cents. Money of private Darties to loan at 6 per cent on well-improved farms. Sibley & Eakin. Patronize the new barber shop on Main street. T. W. Reel, the proprietor, guarantees first-class work. W. R. Ellis, agent for Daily Ore gonian and Eveuing Telegram. Have a daily paper delivered at your house by the week, month or year. No extra charge for delivery. Legal blanks at this office. Wo can sell your farm or city prop erty. Butler & Dunn. 2t Good music and plenty of skates at the Colosseum rink, Saturday evening. Apprentices wanted at once or imme diately after hop picking at Mrs. Ella J. Metzger's millinery store. Hires Root Beer, the coolest and most pleasant of the soft drinks, is now on sale at Johnson Bros.' confec tionery store. Come in and try it. it Smoke the La Fama cigar. Legal Blanks for sale at this office. Everything for that fishing trip at W. R. Ellis.' estate. Van- We can sell your real Orsdel & Barham. The Colosseum rink will be open Saturday evening. Band in attendance. I have on display a nice assortment of "Spalding's" sporting goods. All guaranteed. W. R. Ellis. The neatest Ice Cream parlors in town and good service guaranteed. Give us a trial. Ellis' Confectionery. Johnson Bros, are the only confec tioners in Dallas who sell Hires Root Beer. This is the very best of the soft drinks. Try it and see for yourself. it Mrs. Ella J. Metzger has her fine line of Fall hats on display this week. The formal opening of tho season will be on September 21. The ladies of Dallas are cordially invited to call and examine the stock, which is by far the best that has ever been brought to Dallas. 9-10-3t Are You Talking -"yyv Is- " , vs Through Your AT? We are; or at least we are letting our Hats do the talking for us. We now have on display in our window our early Fall and Winter HATS. You will agree with us that it is the finest line of HATS that has ever come to the city. HATS from the swellest Dress HATS to the modest street HATS. Great assortment to select from and prices that will suit all. We have taken great pains to select only the very best HATS, both in style and finish. Come in and see them, we consider it a pleasure to show them. Don't Forget Our Next Great Saturday Surprise Sale, September 14 Tooze Dept. Store Walter k alls tity, - - Oregon Legal blanks at this office. We have parties wanting small fatms; perhaps you have the place that will suit. Butler & Dunn. 2t WANTED Oah Grubs and Butts Suitable for Ax Handles. Highest cash prices paid, de livered, or i. 0. d. cars. Address, Western Handle Mfg. Co. Dallas, Oregon WANTED OAK TIMBER. Suitable for sawing into Lumber. Give quantity, location and price asked. Address "OAK," Dallas, - Oregon . Care of Observer. FOR SALE. Real and Personal Property. 1 GO acre Stock Ranch, known as the A. Siefarth place, J mile west of Oak- dale schoolhouse, has 40 acres good larming land, balance pasture and wooded land, finely watered by run ning springs, fine large house well painted and papered, good barn, best water on earth, high and healthy location, fine outside range for stock, place all fenced, will sell on good terms, $1000 cash, time to suit on bal ance. Price only $2500. -- 100 acres of good land, 40 in culti vation, large new 2-storv 8-room house old barn, watered by smalt streams of cold water, fine fruit in abundance, close to school and church, only $3000. 205 acres. 2 miles of Perrvdale. Polk County, 60 acres or more under plow, about 60 acres stumpage, well goated, balance fine oak grub land all suit able for farming when cleared, all fen ced, house and barn, plenty water. Only $18 per acre. $l5oo cash. 4 years time on balance at 6 int. 40 acres. 1 mile of Dallas, has a good house and barn, good orchard, well fenced, fine spring water for stock, ideal fruit land. Only $50 per acre. Many other land bargains too num erous to mention. 320 acres good saw timber. Benton County, cruised at ten million. $5000. 160 acres good saw timber. Tilla mook county, will cruise seven mil- ion, turn. One good sound workhorse about 10 years old, gentle and true anywhere, good for truck, will weigh about 1500 pounds. Price, $150; refused 200 in the spring for him. 48 or 60 head of good Angora goats, about two-thirds nannies: 4 good milch cows ; good set of plow harness; one nice yeaning mare colt, black: old buggy ; wagon, etc. If you want anything come and see me. l nave a large list of farms for sale Also agent for lots In Levens Third Addition and Ellis Addition to Dallas Ore. Yours for business. H. O. CAMP WHEN IN DALLAS GO TO THE DALLAS HOTEL Under New Management Strictly White Help. Big Sample Room and Special Accommodations for Commercial Men. RATES: $1.00, $1.25, $2.00 per Day r THE SWELLEST BUNCH Rockers and Morris OF ( I Chairs Ever brought to Polk County is now on exhibi tion at our store. You will be surprised to learn how low the prices run. Your inspection cordially invited. Chapman's Largest Stock on West Side. Wake Up! Get Wise! Come and See Us We have some good things to show you. SHOES OF ALL KINDS At the Right Prices. Educate Your Daughters at SALEM In addition to its natural attractions, this charming city has the advantage of being one of the principal and best developedtownsin the Willam ette Valley, and the state capital. Young Ladies ltu school, therefore, may receive not only a thorough education from books, and the accomplishments resulting from in struction in art, needlework, domestic science and music, and association with their instructors, but they also acquire a poise and culture in manner due to privileges of observation and environ ment which Salem, more than any other city in Oregon, affords. Complete cost for tuition, board, etc., is only $40 per half session of ten weeks. Music, two lessons. a week, per half session, $15. Send today for nrw announcement. Academy SL Sacred Heart Salem, Oregon m liTe Dallas Shoe Store, Mrs. J.C. Gaynor, Proprietor THE ORIGINAL LAXATIVE COUGH SVRUP KENNEDY'S LAXATIVE HONEYTAR led Clover Bloikom tad Hooey Bee on Every Boltlt Tin hi-limila signature 01 OASTOniA, ' 1 ca e'er vrappos LUCKIAMUTE TIE CO. ALL KINDS OF Rough Lumber $10. Per Thousand Can also furnish FINE MAPLE LUMBER Mill three miles west of Airlie On Pedee Road BROWN LINK The Olds Gasoline Engines I handle the "Olds" the beat Gaso line Engine in the market. Just tho thing for Wood Hawing, Pumping .Spraying, Feed Mills, Churning, Etc. Come and See the best gaso line engine made for farmers' purposes. Ed.Biddle, Agent Dallas, Oregon. KILL the COUGH and CURE the LUNGS WITH Dr. King's Hciv Discovery PRICE IAa i tlflA OLDS Trial Bottle Free AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES. Ffir! OQUCHS GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY! OR MONEY REFUNDED. Real Estate New real estate firm in Dallas. Farms, Ranches, City Property Bought, Sold and Exchanged. Exchanges in Portland realty a specialty. Call and list your property with us. BUTLER & DUNN Office, North Main Street Dallas, - - Oregon .ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft .ft ft ft ft ft .ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft BELL.