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PUBLISHED SEMI-VEEKLY
VOL. XIX
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OEEGON, JANUARY 8, 1908.
NO. "46
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TT71E wish you
Happy and Pros
perous New Year, and
take this occasion to
thank you for the gen
erous help you have
given us that has en
abled us to build our
business to what it is.
On November, 7 1903,
we began the Hardware
business with a total
stock of $2000 occupying
a floor space of 1000
square feet.
In January, 1905, we
added the plumbing and
tinning department to
our hardware business,
and on January 1, 1906,
added another depart
ment, that of furniture,
by the purchase of the
Kerslake stock. This
needing more floor space
we leased the entire
Kirkpatrick building,
which we now occupy
with the addition of a
large warehouse for each
department.
We now have a total
floor space of over 9000
square feet, over 9 times
the space we had in the
beginning. We now
employ regularly ten
people to look after this
business; five times as
many as we had in the
beginning, and we are
now doing more than
ten times the business
we did in 1904, and be
lieve that in 1908 we
will do 15 times as much
as we did in 1904.
You, our customers
have made our increased
stock possible, for which
we thank you, and
promise in the year 1908,'
if we have your custom
it will be taken care of
in the same way that it
was in 1907.
Yours for a more pros
perous 1908.
Guy Bros.
Dalton
Hardware
Furniture
Plumbing
Carpets
Rugs
Paints
Oils
Glass
Stoves '
Ranges
Wall Paper
Hie store wherp v-nn
! always get your money's
worm.
Dallas,
Oregon
SOME ACTUAL RESULTS
a hew t acts of Production In Ore
gon That Read Like Fairy
Tales.
Ihe following items of interest,
taken from the Salem Statesman
New Year number, will give an idea
of what is being done by our pros
perous farmers. It is such items as
these that will make up the "One
Thousand Facts of Production," soon
to be given wide circulation in the
Eastern states :
None of the farmers around Mon
mouth have made less than $100 an
acre on green fruit since the evaporator
was built.
M. N. Bowman, of Monmouth, netted
$1400 from 10 acres of prunes.
C. E. Hanna, of Independence,'
realized $3000 from a 27-acre orchard
in spite of a very light pear crop.
W. J. Crawford, of Zena, milked 10
cows in the dry month of July, and
his creamery check was $76.16.
C. A. Templeton profits from poultry
on an eight-acre tract in West Salem,
have enabled him to buy and pay for
20 acres more.
C A. Clark, of eastern Polk, will
realize over $1000 from one acre "of
celery.
B. Southwick raised 800 crates of
strawberries on his Eola hill farm and
sold them at $1 a crate.
J. Imlah's cabbage patch in the
Willamette river bottom yielded five
tons to the acre.
J. B. Stump, of Monmouth, threshed
8000 bushels of oats from 140 acres, an
average of 57 bushels to the acre.
When B. I. Ferguson finished
marketing the cherries from his
orchard of less than two acres, the
Salem cannery gave him a check for
$1385. His total income from 10 acres
of land in 1907 was $1800.
William Morrow, of Bickreall, sells
his cream to Portland creameries and
realizes from $75 to $80 a year on each
cow.
Charles E. Brooks, of Bickreall,
finds that his cows yield him an
average of $75 each per year.
H. Q. Campbell, of Dallas, has net
ted over $500 each year on a prune
orchard of 10 acres.
W. M. Elliott, of Dallas, cleared
$1300 on his 45 acres of prunes last
year.
B. L. Chapman, of Dallas, has 40
acres of Italian prunes and made
over $4000 on his crop in 1907.
The Enns sisters, of Dallas, con
verted a 13-acre fern patch into a
prune orchard, and received over
$2000 for the crop last year, besides a
good sum from berries and grapes.
Gooseberries, currants and straw
berries paid for the land with their
second crop, and gave the family a
living while the 13 acres of prunes
were growing.
J. E. Shepard, of Zena, picked $500
worth of cherries from one acre of
trees. The fruit on one tree brought
$30.
Interesting reading, isn't it? And
these are only a few out of hundreds
of such items that might be printed
about Polk county. And the best
feature of all is that every statement
made can be proven. Come West,
young man I
MID-YEAR RECEPTION
Dallas College Students Delightfully
Entertained by Members of
Faculty.
In addition to the student body many
friends and alumni of Dallas College
attended the annual mid-year recep
tion given by the members of the fac
ulty, Friday night
Professor Metzger acted as master of
ceremonies, and when the occasion
demanded, led the students lathe col
lege yell with as much enthusiasm as
the most hilarious Junior in the
assembly could have shown. Dr.
Mock in an address of mingled pleas
antry and seriousness welcomed the
students to the beginning of the new
term's work, and bade theui enjoy
themselves to the utmost "for", he said
with'a smile, "you will probably find
the faculty in a better humor tonight
than they may ever be again." After
two Instrumental solos rendered by
Professor Caldwell, and by Miss Ada
Longnecker, one ot the students In the
music department, the remainder of
the evening was given over to social
amusement V.
Near the close of the evenlog, light
refreshments were served By request
readings were given by Miss Gertrude
Phelps and by Alphus Boyd, and after
singing a verse of the college Bong,
and giving the college yell with hearty
good-will, the students and guests
bade their entertainers good night
CANNERY FOR DALLAS
W. R. Palmer returned Sunday to
Corvallis, where he will resume bis
work in the agricultural College after
spending a two weeks' vacation at the
home of his parents in Dallas.
Miss Bertha Collins left this morn
ing for Grants Pass wnere ene win
visit for a few weeks at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Col
Farmers Meet and Organize to Secure
- Qreatly Needed Industry in
Polk County.
At the meeting of the Horticultural
Society, held at the Court House,
Saturday, the first steps were taken
toward founding what will prove, if
carried out, to be one of the most val
uable industries ever established in
this city an up-to-date fruit cannery.
It had been the intention of H. S.
Butz, the president of the association,
to call the meeting for a date some
what later in the month, but learning
that Colonel Hofer, of Salem, and
J. B. Shepard, of Spring Valley, were
to be in Dallas, Saturday, on their
campaign for 1000 facts of production
from the Willamette Valley, he called
the meeting for that time, so as to be
able to secure these two prominent
men, both of whom are experts on the
subject of canneries, to address the
meeting, and if possible, start a move
ment in favor of establishing such an
industry in Dallas.
Both Mr. Hofer and Mr. Shepard
spoke to the farmers and fruit raisers
who were present, explaining the
cannery business at length, and
answering any questions asked con
cerning the various phases of the
business. Within a radius of five
miles of Dallas, they said, there is
enough fruit raised now to support a
medium sized cannery through every
month of the summer except the sea
son of small fruits.
Raspberries, loganberries, etc., have
not yet been planted in very large
amounts near here, and during the
season in which they would be in
bearing, it would probably be neces-,
nary to eitner close tne cannery or
ship fruit from outside.
These conditions would not last for
more than two or three seasons, how
ever, as tne farmers about ualias
would plant small fruits immediately
when they found that the cannery was
an assured fact. Thereafter the entire
season would be filled, beginning in
June with strawberries and running
on through the seasons of cherries,
small fruits, plums, prunes, pears
and apples until late in the Fall.
Thoroughly convinced that the plan,
if carried out, would be successful, the
society appointed a committee of six to
begin at once the work of solicitation
among the fruit growers and business
of Dallas and vicinity. On this com
mittee the following men were
appointed : M. M. Ellis, J. L. Brown,
Henry Voth, J. G. VanOrsdel, H. G.
Campbell and Dee Dunn. All are
deeply interested in the plan and are
preparing to do their utmost to carry
it through. If the citizens of Dallas
and the fruit growers in its vicinity
give the needed support, it is highly
probable that a fruit cannery will be
in operation in this city in the near
future, adding an important item to
the list of our industries, and bringing
into this neighborhood a revenue
which was formerly secured by cities
entirely outside of Polk County.
PLAN FOR SCHOOL hAIR
Executive Committee Outlines Work
For Annual Exhibit by School
Children of Connty.
MAY GET SPECIAL TRAIN
Many Teachers and School Officers
Will Attend Institute in
Falls City.
The majority of the teachers of the
Dallas Public School are preparing to
attend the School Officers', Parents'
and Teachers' Meeting, which will be
held at Falls City next Saturday, and
if a sufficiently large crowd of Dallas
people can be persuaded to go, an effort
will be made to secure a special train
to carry the delegation from this city.
This meeting, since it is the first of
the series that the association nas
planned to hold in various districts of
Polk county within the next three
months, is more or less an experiment
and those who are most deeply inter
ested in it are doubly anxious to make
it a success, since that it will not only
benefit the Falls City district, but will
practically assure the success of the
sessions which are to follow.
The meeting will be presided over by
Ira Mehrling, vice-president of the
association in the Falls City division,
and the speakers of the day will be;
C. L. Hawley, of McCoy, President of
the Polk County School Officers' Asso
ciation ; C. C. Gardner, of Bridgeport;
Hon. W. L. Tooze, William Ellis, Mrs.
A. E. Seymour and Mrs. George Sie-farth.
The Executive Committee of the
School Childrens' Industrial Fair held
a meeting in the omce of County
School Superintendent Seymour, Sat
urday, and completed the more
important steps for the successful
engineering of the Fair which is to be
held next September.
The county was divided into several
sections, each comprising three or
four districts, and one of these sections
was assigned to each member of the
executive committee, who will thor
oughly canvass them and secure as
large a list of prize contributions as
possible.
Instead of dividing the exhibits into
four classes (two for boys and two for
girls) as has formerly been, there will
be but two classes of entries at the
coming fair, the first for boys and
girls over 12 years of age, and the
second for boys and girls under 12.
This will make it possible for girls to
compete in the agricultural exhibits,
and the boys to enter work in the
departments formerly open to girls
alone, if they are so inclined. It was
further decided to dispense with prizes
offered for local exhibits, and to make
each prize open to every child in the
county who may desire to compete for
it
Resolutions were passed urging
that teachers, parents and children
throughout the county co-operate to
make the Fair a success, and advising
the school childred to begin prepara
tion for the exhibits at once. It was
also decided that in future the name
of every child makiog an exhibit at
the fair would be placed on file and
published in the papers, as it is
hoped by this means the young
exhibitors will be encouraged, and
others who were not yet exhibitihg,
will be persuaded to make the
attempt
The success of this meeting was
largely due to the fact that every mem
ber of the committee was present and
was willing and eager to work for the
benefit of the Industrial Fair. The
names of the committee members and
the sections they represent are as fol
lows : T. W. Brunk, Eola ; T. S. Brown,
Salt Creek ; J. R. Loy, Buena Vista ;
G. W. Myer, Dallas, C. C. Gardner,
Bridgeport ; Mrs. G. L. Hawkins, Mrs.
E. M. Smith, Mrs. J. A. Lynch and
Mrs. H. G. Seymour, Dallas; Miss
Maggie Butler, Monmouth; Mrs. S. L.
Stewart, McCoy ; Mrs. George Conkey,
Independence and Mrs. Ira Mehrling,
Falls City.
IN SOCIETY'S REALM
Pleasant Parties Olven by Mr.
Mrs. VanOrsdel and Miss
Elsie Ray.
and
MANY READ BOOKS
Librarian's Monthly Report Shows
Large Increase In Number of
Borrowers' Cards Issued.
Miss Jennie Muscott, librarian at
the Dallas Public Library, submits
the following report for the month
just ended : Number of callers, 1493 ;
books loaned, 740 of which 607 were
Action, 42 non-fiction, and 191 childrens
books ; new cards issued, 22.
By way of determining the growth
of the importance of this institution
in our city, a comparison of this report
with that of the corresponding month
in 1906, is interesting. No record of
the number of callers was kept a year
ago, but the remainder of the report
stands as follows : Books loaned, 582,
of which 377 were fiction, 35 non
action and 170 childrens' books; new
cards issued, 15.
Especially noteworthy . is the fact
of the increase of borrowers cards
issued. The natural tendency would
be for the number of cards issued
monthly to decrees steadily from the
time of the founding of the library!
after the first heavy demands were
supplied, but these reports indicate the
reverse, and show a steady growth In
the sphere of influence that has been
compassed by the Free Library since
its beginning.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. VanOrsdel enter
tained a few of their friends at their
hospitable home Thursday night The
evening was spent in a very pleasant
manner, and delicious refreshments
were served at its close.
Those present were: J. G. Van
Orsdel and family, U. S. Loughary
and family, J. L. Sweeney and family,
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. VanOrsdel, Mrs,
H. C. Eakin, Mrs. S..C. Miller, Mrs.
J. B. Thompson, Misses Olive Smith,
Dessa Ridgeway, Lillian Kerslake,
May Shelton, Virginia Miller; Messrs,
Louis Gerlinger, Jr., Dean Collins,
George Gerlinger, Jack Eakin and
Moss Walker.
Edgar King, of Revelstoke, B. C, is
visiting his mother, Mrs. F. R. Rich.
After spending a few weeks In Dallas,
he will go to Kendrick, Idaho, where
he has some large building contracts.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Soehren returned
Saturday from an extended visit In
Hillsboro.
BONDS
BONDS
Waters Bros. Investment Co.
Offers a Limited Number of Bonds For Sale
Drawing Five and 1x Per Cent Interest
Security A 1, Semi-annual Interest. A Bond-. is a First Mortgage
Call on or write
Waters Bros. Investment Co.
Rooms 16 and 17
Over Bush's Bank.
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Salem, Oregon
miss jiiisie liay gave a very enjoy
able dinner party, in honor of Lisle
Hendricks, of Corvallis, and Harry
Patterson, of Eugene, at her home
Friday night. Miss Ray has but
recently recovered from a severe ill
ness, but nevertheless she presided
over the evening's entertainment and
proved herself a most charming
hostess. The guests were: Misses
Haliie Coad, Frankie Hayter, Ella
Roy, Messrs. Lisle Hendricks, Harry
Patterson, Frank Kersey and Carl
Fenton.
DARKY SINGERS COMING
Large Advance Sale of Seats for
Tennessee Jubilee Concert.
The Tennessee Jubilee Singers, a
company traveling under the manage
ment of the Interstate Lyceum Bureau,
has been secured by Dallas College
to fill an engagement in this city,
Thursday, January 9.
This company is composed of eight
trained singers, all negroes, who have
worked together on the stage for years.
Their tour on the coast during the
present season has been an unqualified
success, and demands for a return
date have been made at nearly every
town in which they have sung.
Their repertory consists mainly of
the negro plantation eongs the songs
composed by dusky skinned cotton-
field hands, and filled with those
haunting cadenoes and minor har
monies, such as can be truly Interpreted
only by negro singers. The plantation
chant, the negro dancing song, the
jubilee of the colored campmeeting all
are represented, making one of the
most enjoyable musical programs that
can be devised
Tickets for this entertainment were
placed on sale at Belt& Cherrlngton's
drugstore today, and it Is anticipated
that one of the largest audiences of
the season will be in attendance.
FIELD0N PLEADS GUILTY
Confesses That He Robbed Falls City
Saloon Money Cannot Be
Found.
At the preliminary hearing before
the Justice of the Peace in Falls .City,
C. H. Fleldon pleaded guilty to the
charge ot having robbed the Bank
Saloon last week, and is now confined
In the county jail in Dallas, awaiting
the action of the Circuit Court.
The prisoner had but little of the
money that he had secured from the
cash drawer and slot machines on his
person, but said that he had hidden
the remainder while in Dallas. An
officer was sent at once to search in the
place named by Fieldon, but was
unable to find any traces of the hid
den plunder. When the prisoner was
biought down from Falls City, Satur
day, another search was made under
his direction, with no better results.
It is believed that somebody must have
seen the young man hide the money,
and that it was probably carried away
a second time almost as soon as it
passed out of his immediate possession.
Week of Prayer.
Union prayer services, are being
held at the various churches in Dallas
this week. Last night's service was
held at the Methodist church, and the
program for the remainder of the
series will be as follows: Tonight at
the Presbyterian church, Wednesday
at the Evangelical, Thursday at the
Christian and Friday at the Baptist
church. All of the ministers of the
city will co-operate In conducting
these meetings.
Leap Year Skating Party.
Messrs. Kerslake & White will intro
duce a novelty into their week's
skating sessions tonight (Tuesday) by
conducting a "leap year skating
party." Although everybody will be
admitted to the rink, gentlemen will
not be allowed to skate only when
accompanied by a lady partner. A
liberal prlza will be awarded to the
best married couple of skaters on the
floor.
Mrs. P. 8. Dykeman and daughter,
Miss Nora Davidson, of Falls City,
were In Dallas yesterday, en route for
Portland.
LOOM ENE) SALE
AND
Annual Clearance Sale
See our circular for prices,
they certainly will appeal to
you. '
Our store is crowded every
day with people who appre
ciate our prices. ,
Don't miss our sale on shoes.
Yours for business.
Campbell & Hollister
Cash Store
Dallas,
Oregon
Dallas Oregon
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rniture
Store
Special Values for all
Economical House Women
On January 11th, We will place on sale
100 pieces of good quality TITAN BLUE
ENAMEL WARE. Study the prices, as
there is not a piece in the lot but what is a
big bargain and in some instances worth
double and trouble what you have to pay
for them.
The Following Assortment:
10 qt. Water Pails, 6 qt. Dairy Pans,
4 " Lipped Sauce Pans,
6 Preserveing .
Kettles,
5 " Preserving Kettle,
12 in. Wash Basin,
. 14 qt. Rising Pans.
Your unstricted choice of any piece in the
above assortment at the extreemly
low price of , Zt)C
Remember the Date
DallasFurniture Co,
Furniture, Rugs, Wall Paper and Farm Impl'ts.
A Full line of the Famous BANQUET RANGES
2 " Coffee Pots,
6 " Hilk Pans,
4 Dairy Pans,
5 " Dairy Pans,
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