Polk County observer., May 15, 1908, Image 1

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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY
VOL. XX
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 15, 1908.
NO. 12
NEWS OF COUNTY TOWNS
BRIDGEPORT.
Spring crops are nearly all planted.
Several cases of mumps are reported
In this neighborhood.
The Strong sawmill will soon -be
moved to a new location.
The recent frosts did considerable
damage to the fruit In this vicinity.
Mr. Moser is building a large new
burn on his farm in this neighborhood.
0. A. Riggs. of Vancouver, Wash
ington, has been visiting relatives in
this vicinity.
A. W. Plankington Is recovering
rapidly from the effects of a severe
attaok of lagrippe.
James Murphy is preparing to build
a fine new residence on his wife's
property near Falls City.
n i ..ai.1. In tVila nnlchhnrhood in
xvuau -o
progressing slowly on account of the
frequent and heavy rains.
The Sullivan brothers have been
farming on the property that they
recently purchased near Pedee.
Misses Jennie Gilson andAnnleand
Amelia Peterson will take, the final
examinations from the eighth grade
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Brown have
gone to San Franelsco, where they
will see the Atlantic squadron during
Its stop at that port.
George McCollom, who has been
suffering for a long time with a can
cer, has gone to Lovelock, Nevada,
hoping that the change of climate
may do him good.
MONMOUTH.
Mr. and Mrs. T, J. Pettit are visiting
In Portland.
Sheriff J. M. Orant was a Monmouth
visitor Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. MonroeMulkey visited
their farm near this city last week.
Bishop Bryfogle, of the Evangelical
Association, will preach in this city
tonight. a
Mr. Shew will have his new tile
factory completed and ready for oper
ation in the near future.
Mrs. William Brown, of Bridgeport,
Is visiting at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. Robertson.
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These rockers are not made out of
wood so commonly sold, but of a good
wood, well made and braced.
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The creamery Is in active operation
at the present time, and everybody is
highly pleased with its work.
Many of the roads In this vicinity
have been graded recently, and will
be covered with a good coat of gravel.
Messrs. Poole, Howell and Doughty
are building a fine residence for Mon
roe Mulkey on College street.-north of
the Hampton hotel.
Val Huber, of Eastern Oregon is in
this city with a herd of horses for
sale, and will make his headquarters
In Monmouth during the greater part
of the coming summer.
The Rev. J. A. Goode attended the
con ference of the Evangelical Associa
tion at Little Falls, Washington, last
week. His daughter, Mav. filled the
pulpit in this city Sunday morning
ana tne tie v. ttrengie preached in the
evening.
INDEPENDENCE.
Harry Delllnger, of Portland, is
visiting in this city.
Work on the caunery building is
progressing rapidly.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Conkey were
Salem visitors Wednesday.
Dr. Hewitt, of Oregon City, has
located in Independence.
E. E. Paddock went to Portland,
Wednesday, for a short visit.
Captain Spong, of Carson Springs,
Washington, spent Sunday In this
city.
Attorney Oscar Hayter, of Dallas,
was a visitor in Independence, Sun
day? '
Edwin Wallace, a student in the
O. A. CU visited in Independence last
week.
Miss Ella Robinson, of McMlnnville,
spent Sunday at the home of her
parents iu this city;
Mrs. P. H. Drexler returned last
week from a short visit with friends
and relatives in Portland.
Mrs. H. E. Wagoner returned to her
homo in Portland, Saturday, after a
short visit with relatives in Inde
pendence. Fred McTimmonds returned to Dal
las, Wednesday, after an extended
stay on his ranch in the Siletz country.
ROCKING
CHAIR
SALE
A luckv ourchase with
spot"cash.put us in position
to offer a large assortment
of arm and sewing rockers
at the phenomenal low price
$1.69
A rocker that will give
satisfaction in every
way. This assortment
consists of iron-braced
- arm-rest, high and
medium back, or in
plain sewing style with
cobbler, cane or wood
seat. -This sale will
commence Monday,
May 18, and will be
continued for one
week ending May 23.
As usual the early
comers get first choice
This sale is for cash
only.
No deliveries toad at the
'ebov prion. Kfwnbrr to
above date it meara
moor j to you.
Dallas Furniture Co.
Oregon
LOGGER PAINFULLY INJURED
James Sevier, of Black Rock, Badly
' Crushed by Rolling Log.
James Sevier, of Black Rock, was
severely injured while working in the
timber Saturday, by a log rolling up
on his leg, crushing and mangling it
fearfully.
Dr. A. B. Starbuck was summoned
from Dallas at once, but the young
man bad not sufficiently recovered
from the terrible shock to make it safe
for an operation to be performed.
The Injured limb was temporarily set
and on Sunday afternoon when the
patient had recovered somewhat from
the shock, an operation was performed
and the leg was set. Mr. Sevier is
recovering nicely, and it is believed
that he will regain complete uso of the
injured member.
Mail Carriers Will Meet.
The annual meeting of the State
Association of Rural Mail Carriers
will be held in Albany, Friday and
Saturday, May 29 and 30. There are
over 200 rural mail carriers In Oregon
and the majority of them belong to
the State Association. Those from
Folk county who will attend the meet
ing in Albany are: M. B. Grant, of
Dallas, State vice-president of the
National Association of Rural Mail
Carriers ; B. F. Wells, of Dallas, sec
retary of the Polk couBty association ;
Joseph Parker, of Independence, pres
ident of the Polk county association ;
L. B. Dickinson, of Independence;
O. J. Bagley, of Suver; Flnley Edgar,
of Rtckreall; C. G. Turner, of Airlie,
and Fred Huber, of Monmouth.
Notice of Stockholders' Meeting.
A meeting of the Stockholders of the
Freeland Consolidated Mining Com
pany will be held at the office of the
Company (Sibley & Eakln office) on
Court street in Dallas, Polk County,
Oregon, on the 2gth day of May, 1908,
at 7 o'clock p. m. for the purpose of
electing five directors and for the
transacting of such otherbusiness as
may be deemed advisable. '
H. O. EAKIN,
Secretary.,
Oliver Sevier, of Black Rock, was
painfully injured Saturday, by the
accidental discharge of a gun, the bul
let'striklng him in the side and rang
ing down through the groin. He was
taken to the hospital In Falls City at
once, and the wound was carefully
dressed. The wound Is not necessar
ily dangerous and a speedy recovery
is hoped for.
the
the cheap, soft
quality of hard
Special o desUros
WALL PAPER
at pric that ars sur
prisingly low.
PROSPEROUS FALLS CITY
President of Willamette Development
League Tells What He Saw .
There.
Editor E. Hoter, president of the
Willamette Valley Development
League, recently attended a booster
and development meeting in Falls
City." He was charmed with the town,
and, a few days later his paper, the
Salem Journal, contained a three
column story of the Colonel's observa
tions In and around Polk county's
live lumber town. Among other
things, he said :
Falls City held tbe first Booster and
Development meeting at the opera
house last Monday, and will now
gather facts of production and prepare
advertising matter for a publicity
oampaign.
On May 23 there will be a big Wood
men of the World convention held
here, with an all-day program, prizes
and parade, publio speaking, grand
ball and picnic. Fourth of July will
be celebrated on a fine scale and with
all the usual features of an Inde
pendence Day celebration. '
The Salem, Falls City and Western -railroad,
which doesn't start at Salem
nor stop at Falls City, Is doing a fine
business, hauling traloloads of logs
daily to Dallas and Newbergt It is
being extended into the timber as fast
as new camps are opened.
It was a revelation to the writer to
go to. Falls City this week and spend
a few days in its clear mountain air,
beside its clear mountain stream, and
realize tbe remarkable growth made
by that little gem of Oregon cities In
the past few years. It Is a question if
it does not hold the belt for having
made the most rapid growth of any
town in the state. It is L. Oerlinger
and, son's town, and the projector of
the Salem, Dallas, Falls City and
Western railroad has a warm place in
the hearts of the people here.
The natural beauty and advantages
of the place are great. Besides an
almost inexhaustible timber supply,
that keep's from three to five logging
camps running, as many sawmills
going, and a large planing and re
sawing mill in the city itself, the rail
road is being extended into the coast
range more and more. The local
manager of this manufacturing plant
is W. T. Grler, a regular captain of
industry, who also manages the Falls
City sales agency for the rest or the
mills in tbe mountains, a distributing
business that amounts to millions of
feet annually.
People are coming slowly to realize
the fact, that the entire foothill coun
try from Dallas west and southwest is
Just as floe a fruit section as Hood
River. Annual productions and ship
ments are increasing, and hundreds
of acres are going into orchards where
the solidest apples, that for high color,
flavor and shipping quality are going
to be world renowned, are produced
plentifully and profitably. These
lands are still to be had for a song.
One orchard we visited was Glen
alder fruit farm, owned by Miss Nellie
Collins, for many years a school
teacher, but who has become an
enthusiastic orcbardist. She has
built a big cozy mountain home for
herself and her sisters and father and
mother, Judge Collins and wife of
Dallas, when the Judge gets ready to
retire from law practice.
Dr. W. H. Becker of Salem has
located here and has a good practice.
I found two old Journal office em
ployes. Alvin Bowman, former press
man, and Billy McAdams, who sold
papers for me when be was a kid.
C. L. Starr, now secretary of the state
normal schools, has been tbe live
newspaper man of tha town, and one
of his brothers here Is on - the school
board. It has run In the blood of the
Starr family to have more or lees to do
with school matters for several gener
ations. Falls City has ten-grade school
conducted by F. 8. Crowley. There
are five teachers, and a branch school
at Black Rock, tha upper lumber
camp, with two teachers. Tbe school
board are Ira Mehrling. secretary of
tbe Commercial club, O. M. Tlce, Wal
ter Williams and H. E. Htarr. This
board Is not afraid to run a good
school and employ bright and capable
teachers and pay tbem good wages.
Falls City has IU full quota of
churches.
The beautiful waterfall at Falls
City Is owned by W. E. Kewsoin, of
Portland, who has converted part of
the power Into electric current for
lighting tbe city. The scenic beauty
or 'tbe falls attracts people from far
and near. Tbe caoyoo U overhang
j with firs and alder, hawthorn and
isyliogas, and other flowering shrubs,
'and has great scenic beauty that
! should be preserved. It will always
be om of tbe greatest drawing cards
of this city to have these falls and tbe
natural beauty of this caoyoo pre
j served.
Falls City has two fl ds faotrls, either
of which would be a credit to Salem.
They do a large business with boroe
steadera, timbrrmen, and tourists aed
traveling me a, who all like Falls City
for Its hotels. Tbe Tsrro Is coo
docted ty H. Fugttt and family.
Califonla hotel Baa aad real estate
booster who csaie bere several years
' agn. Tbe Walker to ras ly CoL Vat-
thews and Moss Walker, who came
from Lebanon, both experienced men
in catering to the publio.
Walter L. Tooze came here from
Woodburn a year ngo, and bought out
F. A. Lucas, the pioneer merchant and
tiinberraan. Mr. Tooze has -extended
the trade, until lie does n large busi
ness, employing 14 people, aud run
ning a branch store at Black Rock.
Mr. Tooze Is also presidentof the Com
mercial club aud is putting the town
on the map.
It would take a column of a news
paper to mention the other boosters
and live men who have made Falls
City the bustling, buzzing place It Is,
and It can all be summed up by say
ing the place has great material for
making a fruit shipping center and
has splendid attractions as a health
and summer resoit, and the mails are
being extended.
T. D. Hollowell has about a quarter
of an acre on the side of a bill and
takes seven or eight hundred dollars
worth of strawberries off each year,
Mr. Hollowell understands the prin
ciples of soil drainage, heat radiation
and a lot of things not taught in any
agricultural college, and best of all
he shows the products, and what every
acre of these hills is capable of.
One of the founders of the town is
F. Kr Hubbard, who Is now running
a big dairy business and supplying
pure lacteal fluid for the babies that
seem to thrive on It
A drive into the mountains will sur
prise anyone who has no idea of their
richness and productiveness.- Every
acre will grow fruits, small and large,
vegetables, grains and grasses, has
water all over and under it, ana nne
bouses are being built along the roads,
dairying is extending, chickens and
pigs are multiplying.
County Commissioner J. B. Teal
lives near bere. -He has a fine family
of sons and daughters, has a big goat
ranch, lots of timber lands, fish ponds,
believes in good roads and bridges,
and is In for giving Polk county a
good progressive business adminis
tration. THREE DAYS ENTERTAINMENT
Plans Well. Under Way for Street
Fair and Carnival in June.
The meeting of the business men of
Dallas held at the Courthouse, Tues
day night, for the discussion of plans
for a street fair and carnival to be
held in Dallas in June, was well
attended, and everybody present
entered eagerly Into, the first work of
preparation. Editor V. P. Fiske, of
the Itemlzer, was elected chairman of
the meeting, and W. R. Ellis was
chosen for secretary.
Arnold's Carnival Company will
furnish the attractions, and for
three days, June 17, 18 and 19,
Dallas will probably be thronged with
one of the largest orowds that has been
assembled for years. The two com
mittees appointed by the business men
of the city will begin the work of prep
aration at once. Tbe personnel of the
committees is an follows: Committee
on finance, O. N. Cberrington, Charles
Bllyeu, and V. E. Johnson; commit
tee bo entertainmont, J. C. Hayter,
Frank Eerslake and N. L. Guy.
Monument Is Erected. '
The monument erected by tbe publio
school children of 1908 to mark the
site of the first school ever opened in
Polk County was completed and set
-in iu place on tbe McDaniel farm
near Rickreall, Wednesday afternoon.
The ceremony of unveiling . will
be held tomorrow afternoon, and
Superintendent H. C. Seymour says
that, thus far, the preparations for tbe
program have progressed with practl
callv no 'hindrance. Should tbe
weather be favorable be believes that
over 1500 publio school children will
be present and assist in the celebra
tion. Dallas Plays Good Ball.
Tbe Dallas baseball team played a
practice game against Cbemawa,
Wednesday afternoon on the Cbemawa
field, losing by tbe close soore of 9 to 8.
As the Dallas team bad only two or
three days of real practice together
before the meet with Chemawa, all
feel highly satisfied with the showing
made, and are quite confident that they
will be able to defeat the Indians lo
tbe return game. Dallas will play lo
Sherwood Sunday afternoon.
Tbe Dallas baseball team Is practlc
Ing faithfully In preparation for the
coming season of playing, and will
a-iake strenuous bid for first place
among the teams of the Willamette
Valley. Sbaw and Barbara are
developing an exceptionally strong
battery. Feotoo Is playing his usual
faultless game, and tbe other mem
bers of the team are ebowlog up lo
excellent form. They will play tbe
first game of the season with tbe Mon
mouth team at Bickreall tomorrow.
The Lebanon mohair pool, consist
ing of tbe clip from about 1.000 goats,
was sold to tbe Ross Wool Scoarlog A
M an u ract a rl n g Com pan y, of Portland,
Moeday, tbe price paid being lJ ceoU
pound. A boat i tool have already
been delivered and tbe entire amount
of the pool will probably be turned In
before the end of tbe week.
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Dallas Truck & Dray Company
. Hubbard & Brown, Proprietors
Phone and stand at Belt &"Cher-
rlngton's drug store. Bell and Mutual
Phones. All kinds of hauling Wood
for sale.
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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, Bugs
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 you
thought to pay, first use the Wheeler ten days free,
and learn all that a Screen must do to satisfy year
after year.
Off thev come after the trial if they fail in any way.
Wm.
DALLAS
IF YOU
THINK
A MINUTE
you'll realize that as
many people see your
back as your front
The cut of your coat
the hang of It, the way
it fits your back you
can't see it yourself,
but a lot of other peo
ple can. You want it
right, and we offer you
the clothes that will
make it right, they're
made by '
HART
SCHAFFNER
& MARX
and there are no better
clothes made.
We show you here the
back of one of our
VARSITY
MODELS
Very smart; look that
way on you. Let us
show you this kind of
, clothes.
Marx
& Hoflister
The Best Meats
Are found in our tender
and juicy beef, mutton
and pork. We do our
own killing, and oan
&uarantee all meats to
9 wholesome and fresh.
Give us a trial.
Barnhart Grant
. Dallas, - Oregon
Lumber For Sale
Rough and dressed lumber for
sale at your own price. Let me
figure on your rW. Mutual
phone.
N. G. HARRIS,
DALLAS, - OREGON
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