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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY
VOL. XX
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 5, 1908.
NO. 11
A GOOD
BUGGY
FOR
LITTLE
MONEY
The above top buggy represents one of the many kinds we carry in stock ex
pressly made for this western trade. Body, 54x24; Leather quartertop; Leather
y trimmed; Spring Cushion
teed hickory, all complete
-
The famous Mitchell wagon always on hand, the most durable and easiest run
ning wagon on the market today.
ACME PAINTS
Lead them all. House,
barn, wagon, carriages,
Id tact a complete line
for all kinds of work.
Dallas
LOW
RATES
EAST
WILL Bl MADK THIS SEASON BT TBI
SOUTHERN
PACIFIC
(LINES IN OREGON)
FROM DALLAS, OREGON
AS FOLLOWS
BOTH WATS
THBOCOH
ONI WAT
VIA
CALIPOBNIA
(89.40
84.40
83.65
76.90
76.90
TO
Chicago
St. Louis
St. Paul
Omaha
Kansas City
PORTLAND
$74.40
69.40
64.40
64.40
64.40
TICKETS WILL BE OH SALS
May 4, 18
June 5, 6, 19, 20
July 6, 7, 22, 23
August 6, 7, 21, 22
Good for return In 90 days with
stopover privileges at pleasure
within limits.
REMEMBER THE DATES
tot any further Information call on
I. N. WOODS, Local Agent
or write to
WIS. McMURRAV
GMwl Pent Afoot, PortUnd. Orefna
We Will Pay 1
for wheat at the
DALLAS FLOURING HILLS
SWXINEY M0&.
Lumber For Sale
85c
fcwgb and dressed lumber for
Jyourow prtea. Lrt m
"f your MIL Mutual
pbooo.
K. t E1SIS,
BELLAS. . OEEOON
and back; One-inch Tire; Wheels made out of guaran-'
with shafts for the small price of
$66.50
1
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Dallas Furniture Co.
Oregon
TIMBER LANDS
Fuller & Elliott
Only Real Estate Arm in Polk County
handling Timber Land exclusively
Don't fail to call or write If you have
bave timber to sell.
Office in Crider Building
Dallas, - - Obeooh
Coy Brothers
CONTRACTORS
and BUILDERS
Reference: I. C. School of Archi
tecture. Scraoton, Pa.
f O. H. Coy, 1385
Mutual Phones w j, im
DALLAS. - OREGON
The Best Meats
Are found in our tender
and Juicy beef, mutton
and pork. We do our
own killing, and can .
&uaraotee all meats to
wholesome and fresh.
Give ns a trial.
Barnhart Grant
Dallas,
Oregon
LOOK HERE!
ThcOIvExpressiTransferCo.
does all kinds of bsullnar at
roasooable ratea. 8taad and both
pbooee at Webster's Coo fecttaoery
Store.
'MUSCOTT & STARR
rYoeriebort
ft A! I AS ORXCON ,
THE
BUGGY
THAT IS
MADE TO
WEAR
Open half -platform wagon
wnnaouDie spring in iront.
jviaae witn 1 1-8 men axle
and 1 1-8x5-16 tire; body
81 inches long, two seat
and two full lazy backs,
leather trimmed all com
plete with brake. A good
serviceable wagon, at a low
price - - $80.00
SPRAY PUMPS and
LAWN MOWERS at re
duced prices. A full
line of Camping Tent
now in stock.
DIES OF CANCER
Mrs. Sarah Piper, Former Dallas
Woman, Passes Away in
- Portland.
Mrs. Sarah E. Piper died of cancer
of the stomach at the Oood Samaritan
Hospital In Portland, Thursday, aged
67 years.
Mrs Piper had been for the past 33
years a resident of South Salem, and
she bad a large circle of friends who
will regret to hear that she has passed
away. Eer husband, E. B. Piper,
died at the family home in Salem
about nine years ago.
One son, Ernest 0. Piper, and a
brother, Frank H. Grubbs, of Port
land, Oregon, one brother, T. M.
Grubbs, of Pleasant Hill, Oregon, and
two sisters, Mrs. Odell of Eugene, and
Mrs. Harding of Boise, Idaho, are
left to mourn her loss. Salem States
man. Mrs. Piper was at one time a resi
dent of Dallas, and is well remem
bered by many of our older citizens.
Students Enjoy Outinr.
The students and faculty of Dallas
College celebrated thelranonal Spring
holiday by riding to Black Rock on
the Friday morning train and spend
ing the day in the woods. Although
the weather was quite damp and dis
agreeable, the young people succeeded
in getting a whole lot of fun out of
their holiday, fishing, hunting botany
specimens, and watching the big
donkey engines in the logging camps
dragging aawlogs down to the rail
road for loading. At noon a delicious
basket dinner was served, and later
in the afternoon they boarded the train
for the return trip, somewhat bedrag
gled but still ready to get what fun they
could out of the twelve mile ride to
Dallas. Fifty-three students and all
the members of the faculty composed
the party.
Normal Staff Selected.
At a meeting of the board of normal
school agents, beld recently at the
office of Secretary Starr la the state
house, the following were elected to
places on the staff for the summer
session of the Monmouth ccrffial:
E. D. Resaler, president ; E. K. Barnes,
May Bowdea Babbitt, Florence Bow-
den, H. B. Beckham, B. W. Kirk,
O. Powell, A. C Strange, L. K.
Traver, F. B. Cooper and J. B. V.
Butler.
R. R. Rlnra. prosperous farmer of
Bridgnort. m la Dallas. Saturday.
looboti
NEW COUNCIL GETS BUSY
Plans Extension of Sewer System to
Cover Practically All
of City.
Dallas' new council is a business
like body. This fact was demonstrated
within two minutes after Mayor Mulr
bad finished reading his annual mes
sage lust night, The Mayor had laid
much stress on the importance of
extending the sewer system so as to
include practically the entire residence
district of the city, and he had scarcely
taken his seat before Councilman
M. M. Ellis was on his feet and offer
ing a motion that the City Engineer
be instructed to begin the survey at
once and that plans for the complete
system be prepared at the earliest
possible date. The motion was
adopted without a dissenting vote.
In this brief and business-like
manner, one of the most Important
improvements ever undertaken by the
city of Dallas was gotten under way,
and to Councilman Ellis, who had
been In office scarcely IS minutes,
belongs the credit for the prompt
action. To the large audience of bus!
ness men and citizens present, it
seemed like getting back to the good,
old days, when city councils were
always busy making Dallas a better
town and taxpayers were given
important and permanent Improve'
ments in return for their money.
The new sewer district will include
practically all of that portion of town
North of Mill street and all of the
area South of Court street to a line
midway between Clay and Maple
streets. No purchase of rights-of-way
through private property will be neces
sary, as connection can be made with
the present city sewer at the foot of
Mill street by digging less than three
blocks of deep sewer on that street,
thus providing an outlet for the
sewage of the entire northern portion
of the city at a nominal expense to
each individual property-owner.
The usual monthly bills were ordered
paid, and much other business of a
routine nature was transacted. A
committee consisting of Councilmen
Ellis, Cosper and Coad was appointed
to take up the matter of the appoint
ment of a nlghtwatchman, and after
conferring with the business men, to
report at the next meeting.
Standing committees for the coming
year were announced as follows:
Finance Cosper, Myer, Ellis.
Streets Coad, Stafrin, Myer.
Ordinance Shaw, Cosper, Ellis.
Health and Police Stafrin, Coad
Uglow.
Fire and Water Uglow, Shaw, Ellis.
Mayor Mulr's annual message was
brief, being devoted almost entirely to
the subjects of street Improvement
and an extension of the sewer system.
The text of the message follows :
MAYOR'S MESSAGE
Gentlemen of the Council :
In pursuance of that section of the
City Charter which makes it the duty
of the Mayor to submit a message to
the council at the first meeting In the
month of May of each year, I desire
at this time to call your attention to a
few matters which I consider of flrat
Importance to our oity.
In my annual message one year
ago, I urged upon the Council the
importance of purchasing a rock
crusher, steam road roller, and other
street making machinery necessary
in the improvement of Dallas' thor
oughfares, which bave long been
inadequate to the constantly increas
ing traffic of the city. The prompt
action of the council in heeding the
demands of the taxpayers, as set forth
In that message, is highly gratifying
to your presiding officer, and I am
sure that your work is Indorsed by
every progressive citizen of the town.
Having first obtained a suitable
rock quarry, at a very reason able cost,
a large crusher and steam roller both
first-class machines of their kind
were purchased, and are now ready
for operation. An ordinance, recently
passed, provides for the grading and
macadamizing of nine blocks in the
business portion of the city, together
with the improvement of the inter
sections of the streets. Thattblsorder
meets the approval of the property-
owners is demonstrated by the - fact
that not a single objection was urged
against It by any of the persons
Interested.
I would recommend that this work
be proceeded with as rapidly as the
weather will permit, to the end that
further improvement may be made
before the rains begin next FalL I
would further recommend that as soon
as the improvement of these business
street is well underway, an ordinance
be Introduced covering such portions
of the residence district as you may
fit to improve daring the earning
summer.
As the work of building rock streets
is new to all of us. I would urge that
every officer Of the city give It all of
the study aod persooal attention
possible, ia order that the very best
result may be obtained with the least
possible coat to the property-owner.
I would recommend that all cross
walks hereafter built la the business
district be eoostrocted of concrete In
stead of lumber, as such walks will be
Dracdcallv permanent and will not
itAta tbe frequent teexln up of
the macadamised street, as would be
the case were the use of lumber con
tinued and renewals made every few
years.
The convenience and advantages of
the sewers already constructed in the
city have caused a widespread demand
for an enlargement of the present
sewer district, and I would urge that
you give this matter your early atten
tion. The good results already attained
fully justify this extension, and the
cleanliness and good health of the
city demand It The property-owners
on Washington street are insistent in
their demand for a sewer, as are also
those living north of Mill street.
Sewers for Washington and Clay
streets can be connected with the city
sewer outlet at the foot of Mill street
at a small cost to the city. To properly
handle the sewage from the more
extended district north of Mill street,
It will be necessary to build a second
sewer on Mill street from the Shelton
street crossing to the city outlet, a
distance of about three blocks. This,
inmy judgment, will be a cheaper
plan for the city than to purchase a
right-of-way through private property
at the foot of Oak street, and will
prove more satisfactory ,to all con
cerned. The three blocks on Mill
street would be practically an exten
sion to the oity outlet sewer for that
distance, and the expense of its con
struction, being equally distributed
among all property-owners benefited,
would fall lightly on each individual
taxpayer in that district.
I would recommend that theicouncil
take the initiative in the proposed
Improvement and order an ordinance
prepared in ample time to permit of
the work being completed before the
coming winter.
Dallas has reached a stage In Its
growth and development where the
neod of ordinances regulating build
ing and plumbing are apparent to all.
The health, appearance, convenience
and safety of the city demand that all
building and plumbing hereafter done
be carried out under rules and regula
tions similar to those In force in all of
the more Important and progressive
cities of the Northwest, and I urge
that you give this matter early con
sideration. In my message of one year ago, I
called your attention to the heavy
expense inourred in lighting the city
under the then existing contract, and
expressed the opinion that the service
was not worth trie large amount of
money paid for it each month, the
monthly light bill being one of the
heaviest and most burdensome drains
on the city treasury. The contract is
still In force, and will continue In
force for about two years more. I
again recommend that before the con
tract expires, the council should make
a complete investigation of the cost of
providing a municipal lighting plant
and plans for operating the same, and
then submit the question of the city
doing its own lighting to the voters
for their approval or rejection.
The subjects briefly set forth In the
foregoing paragraphs are those which
I consider of first Importance to the
city, and while it Is Impracticable Co
enter more fully Into their discussion
here, I trust that you will give them
earnest consideration. Dallas' great
est need Is better streets and Improved
sanitation, and we should not rest
until the desired improvements have
been successfully accomplished.
A. B. MUIR, Mayor.
BUSY BEE BIVE BURGLARIZED
Thieves Break Open Safe in Finseth's
' Store and Secure About $20
in Cash.
A brace and bit, a half dozen chisels
and a light sledgehammer on display
In Sheriff Grant's office are the only
tokens (barring a few footprints) left
behind by two burglars who entered
P. A. Finseth's drygoods store Satur
day night, opened the safe, and carried
away about $20 In cash.
There were no shutters on the rear
window and it was a comparatively
easy task for the thieves to break the
light catch, pry up the sash, and gain
an entrance to the building. Once
Inside, their position was fairly secure,
as the safe was far back In the store
and it would have been Impossible for
any chance passer-by to have seen
them at their work.
The burglars knocked off the knob
on the door of the safe, using a lady's
cloak taken from a near-by counter to
muffle the blows, and seem to bave
bad but little trouble in working the
combination, which was doubtless
done by means of a fine wire. Mr.
Finseth had fortunately banked the
greater part of bis money earlier la
the day, and the thieves made a com
paratively light bauL A money
drawer within the reach of the safe.
and containing nearly $20, was over
looked by the men In their baste.
The authorities are In poeeession of
no tangible clues by wblcb to trace
the robber, although various vague
surmises are current A ttrangrr
was la the store late Saturday Bight
and left without making a purchase,
after having walked about for tome
time and priced some of tbe goods. It
Is thought that be may bave beeo a
party to the robbery, but there U no
T of determining who be was. The
tools with which tbe thbres worked
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Campbell
were stolen from the Hughes wagon
shop near the LaOroole bridge. '
Nlghtwatchman Odom, who had
been employed by the business men
for the last few months, had resigned
only recently to accept the office, of
day marshal, leaving the town entirely
unprotected during the late hours of
the night It is believed by many
that the burglars were aware of this
fact.
Pensions for Widows.
Congressman Hawley writes 1 a
friend in Salem that the pensions of
all widows now on the roll nnder tbe
new law will be Increased dating from
May 4, without any application at all.
The Government Itself is attending to
the business. The law provides for a
pension of $13 a month for the widows
of any soldier who served In the army
or navy, for 90 days or more, honorably
discharged, to be paid during widow
hood. Salem Journal.
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Daring Burglars
Foiled!
The residences of several of our best citizens were
attacked by a band of blacklegs now infesting this
city, in the shape of Flies, Mosquitos, Gnats, Pugs
and Worms. But we are pleased to state that the
blood-thirsty villains were foiled at every house
where we have sold Wheeler screens -the only real
Scientific Screen.
These Screens are really "burglar-proof," for they
are the' only Locking Screen; a burglar would have
.to cut the wire which would waken any one! Peo
ple who sleep on first floors appreciate them.
Ten-Day Free Trial
On any or every window you wish to screen. No
matter what you thought to buy, or what yo"ur
thought to pay, first use the Wheeler ten daj-s free,
and learn all that a Screen must do to satisfy year
after year. '
Off thev come after the trial if thev fail in any way.
Wm. FAULL
DALLAS - OREGON
IP YOU
THINK
A MINUTE
you'll realize that as
many people see your
back as your front
The out of your coat, '
the hang of It, the way
it fits your back you
can't see It yourBelf,
but a lot of other peo
ple can. You want it
right, and we offer you
the olothes that will
make it right, they're
made by
HART
SCHAFFNER
& MARX
and there are no better '
clothes made.
H We show you here the'
back of one of our
VARSITY
MODELS
Very smart; look tfiat'
way on you. Let us
show you this kind of
clothes.
Sc Mux
& Hollister
Buy Black's Stable. , - .
Blaok's stable la Dallas, well and
favorably known to every traveling
man In Oregon, has been sold by
Sears & Son to the Stowe brothers.
The new proprietors took charge of
the property on the first of the month.
They are experienced horsemaiv-and
will keep the barn and stock up to the
standard of excellence that has given
the stable Its present popularity. ; The
Stowe brothers are industrious, pro
gressive men, and are fully deserving
of all tbe patronage that may be
accorded them. Walter Sears, the
retiring manager, has not decided
upon his plans for the future, but will
remain in Dallas until he finds some
business to his liking. .
Eugene Byerley and Tom Mageia
returned from Salem, Sunday,' with'
Mr. Byerley's new auto, which he
purposes to put on the stage run
between Dallas and Salem.
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