OUNTY
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY
VOL. XX
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 22, 1908.
NO. 13
II till
NEWS OF COUNTY TOWNS
MONMOUTH.
Mr MoNeal is able to be out once
nor after a severe Illness.
Fred Huber is able to resume bla
work after bd illness of two weeks.
A construction train is at work on
the railroad south of this city, repalr-
" ng bridges.
Mrs Lora Davidson and family, or
Staytoo, are visiting at the home of
Mrs.S. M. Daniel.
Professor Paul Wyman, of Salt Lake
City a graduate of the Monmouth
Normal, is visiting friends In this
city.
Tne fruit crop in this vicinity was
but slightly 'damaged by the reeent'
severe weather, and the grain is doing
anely.
The Monmouth creamery is in full
operation, and is producing some of
the finest butter that can be procured
in Oregon.
Arthur Whitney has returned to his
home In Wyoming, after an extended
visit at the home of his mother, Mrs.
Clara Cornwell.
Many people went to Newport from
Monmouth this week and saw the big
Atlantic fleet, as it passed that point
on its voyage northward. -
Wednesday of this week was the
ninety-sixth birthday of Ira F. M.
Butler, and many of his f riends called
at his home duringtheday and offered
their congratulations.
The Rev. J. A. Goode, formerly
pastor of the Evangelical church in
this city, has been stationed at Lents,
and moved his home thither last
week. He is succeeded in Monmouth
by the Rev. C. L. Hoover.
BALLSTON.
AmosKauf has been quite ill with
the mumps. -
R. A. Campbell and C. J. Curtis
were Amity visitors Sunday.
KenDetb Campbell has returned
from a visit to Portland.
M. D. Coulter, of Dallas, was a busl.
DALLAS
The old proverb""The early bird" etc., was more than
fulfilled for our early shoppers on Monday morning.
Bright and early, before the store opened, they, waited
patiently and, their patience was rewarded. Bargains
such as were never offered the public in this city
before. This sale will be continued throughout the
week if the rockers will last. This Company is striving
to give the best the market affords for the money, and
if our many customers are any criterion to go by, we
are succeeding wonderfully.
NOTICE
None of the advertised
BARGAINS
will be sold to dealers
Closing Out Sale
MILLINERY
Greatest reduction in prices ever known in Dallas.
Trimmed hats 25 cents off on the dollar. Patterns,
Shapes, Flowers etc special price.
Sale Closes June i, 'o8
THE VOGUE
ness visitor in Ballston, Friday.
Leslie Beatty, of Indiana, is visiting
at the home of his uncle, F. B. Gould.
. Russel Harris and Will Harty have
been hauling stirfbp timber for Joseph
Davidson. .
Mr. Merritt and family, of Red
Prairie, spent Sunday at the home of
M. F. Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Chapln, of Bellevue,
spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Davidson.
Miss Rose Hall has gone to Alrlie to
be with her sister, Mrs. Will Robert
son, who is quite ill
Mrs. F. B. Gould gave a party at her
home Saturday night for her children.
A number of their schoolmates, were
present and a most enjoyable evening
was spent.
Mrs. R. L. Sears and little son,
Waldo, of Portland, are viRiting at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
May field. Miss Otta Mayfleld, of Mon
mouth, was at home Saturday and
Sunday for a short visit.
PEDEE.
P. O. Burbank was in Dallas, Sat
urday, on business.
Thomas Kinchin was a business
visitor in Dallas, Tuesday.
Miss Grace Tioe has returned to her
home in Marion County.
Henry Tartar, of Airlie, drove a fine
herd of cattle to the bills recently.
The logging work at ' Hanna
Brothers' camp is nearly completed.
Mrs. W. L. Phillips visited at the
home other daughter Wednesday.
The Burbank brothers are doing
some fine work on the roads in this
neighborhood.
Mrs. Tina Pagett, of Sumpter, is
visiting at the home of her brother,
C. S. Craton.
Ernest Seilsch, of Parker, has
hauled 6700 shakes from P. O. Bur
banks place recently.
Levi Burbank has returned from
Washington, where he has been
employed in a logging camp.
FURNITURE CO.
. Get our prices on
Columbia
House Paint
It is a world beater at
the price
POIK.
Many ripe strawberries are to be
found all over the countryside.
The fruit crops around Polk prom
ise to be exceptionally heavy this year.
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Rempel and
Lizzie Frlesen visited in Pratura over
Sunday. '
The Rev. and Mrs. Isaao Dyck have
returned from a pleasant visit to
Menno, Washington.
Frank Lynn, of Perrydale, recently
bought a One Jersey cow from Tilmon
Crook of this place. .
The present run of wet weather is
doing untold good to the grain and
gardens in this locality.
The Dolph farm, consisting of 900
acres, is being surveyed and divided
into 20 acre tracts, and will be sold.
FACTORY BEGINS OPERATIONS
Dallas Bottling Works Will Have
Capacity of Two Hundred
Cases a Day.
The new bottling factory, just In
stalled In Dallas, began operations
Wednesday afternoon, the machinery
having all been installed during the
earlier part of the week.
The machinery is operated by elec
tricity, and with the expert bottler
now employed the plant will be able to
turn out about 200 cases of bottled
goods a day.
Only the various carbonated drinks
will be bottled at present, but It is
probable that Mr. Btolz will soon
enlarge the equipment of the plant to
comprise the bottling of fruit juices,
and the manufacture of vinegars, in
which be has attained an enviable
reputation throughout the Coast states.
Polk County Horses Win Prizes. "
Although the stock of Polk County
was not represented very extensively
at the big stock show in Corvallis last
week, the animals which were sent
from this county measured up credit
ably alongside of the best exhibits
from Benton and adjoining counties.
Two first prizes were won by Polk
County exhibits, oae for the best
driver's double team and one for the
best single team. In both cases the
animals exhibited were the property
of O. F Hembree, a prominent stock
raiser and farmer of Monmouth.
v Genuine
Horton Wash
Machines
with or without wringer.
They lead in good
WASHERS
INCREASE IN REGISTRATION
Polk County Towns Show Heavy
Gains Over Vote of Two Years
' Ago.
Deputy Clerk H. B. Cosper finished
his work on the registration .books of
Polk County, Wednesday evening, and
gives the total number of voters
registered for the June election at
2905, an increase of 382 over the regis
tration of 1906.
The distribution of these votes is as
follows: Republican, 1636; Demo
cratic, 931 ; Socialist, 127; Prohibition
ist, 88 ; Independent, 65 ;not designated,
54 ; Populist, 2. This gives the Repub
lican vote a majority of 371 over all
other votes in the county. The increase
in the registration since the books
were closed before the primary elec
tion in April Is 336.
The largest increase is in the three
precinct 8 of Dallas which show an
Increase of 222 votes. Falls City
comes next with a total Increase of
153. Most of the other precincts show
a substantial growth in tbelr voting
force, but a few register from three to
10 votes less than in 1906. Only two
votes are registered in" Rock Creek.
The registration by precinots follows :
MUSC1KCT REP. DKH. TOTAL TOTAL
1SI06 1M
Douglm 5i .37 100 98
Jackon 80 42 MS 138
Salt Lake " 43 19 64 68
Spring Valley 84 30 55 ' 61
Eola 72 .47 128 ' 126
Rickroall 49 55 12ft 110
S Independence 95 62 155 176
N Independence 121 ' 88 . 219 224
BuenaViata 40 36 83 . 82
Surer 18 16 84 84
N Monmouth 58 28 95 101
8 Monmouth 51 39 112 102
Lucltiamute 90 79 175 174
Bridgeport 87 29 75 76
Falls City 272 73- 282 436
McCoy 34 18 80 78
Rock Creek 1 16
Eaat Dallaa 189 107 237 848
North Dallaa 122 55 161 198
South Dallaa 180 72 . 207 278
Tolali 1638 931 , 2f23 2906
LIBRARY ADOPTS NEW PIAN
Will Charge Small Rental to Readers
of Latest Popular Fiction.
The Dallas Free Library has found
it necessary, in order to keep pace with
the increasing demand for late popu
lar fiction, to follow the custom which
most of the large city llbtarles have
adopted, and rent out the latest books
of fiction at five cents a week.
These books cost the library $1
apiece, and it is planned to put thero
into the general circulation as soon as
each book has earned 60 cents from
rentals. The money secured Id this
way will be held In a separate fund
and re-Invested in new books of fiction.
It Is hoped that everyone will co
operate cheerfully with the librarian
In this effort to increase the supply of
books to the end that no one will lend
or borrow the books under rental,
except through the medium of the
Library. In this way, these popular
books will quickly earn the required
50 oents and then be placed freely at
the disposal of the general reading
public.
SCHOOL PICNIC IN JUNE
Superintendent Seymour Announces
Date For Unveiling Monument
at Rickreall.
Superintendent H. C. Seymour has
finally decided to fix the date for the
School Children's Picnic and unveil
ing of the monument at Rlck
reall In honor of the first school ever
opened in Oregon, for Friday,
Juno 5. The program for the day will
be about the same as the one which
bad been announoed for last Satur
day. This big picnic is worthy of the
undivided Interest and attention of
the people of Polk County, 'since it
commemorates the first step in the
development of one of our state's
most important Institutions ' and
the postponement of the date, until a
time when favorable weather may be
reasonably looked for, and when the
best possible crowd may be expected to
be in attendance, baa met with the
approval of alL
Over (.1000 bas been subscribed by
the business men of Dallas toward
tbe fund for the carnival to be held
June 18, 19 and 20, and definite
arrangements for tbe program are
rapidly being formulated. At . a
I meeting held Wednesday evening. Us
i following sub-oommlttees wers ap
! appointed: Sports C. L. Crider, Carl
j Fentoo, H. C. Seymour; grounds and
i stand privilege H. L, Crider; plo
! neer dsy-H. L. Fentoo, O. W. Myer,
C 8. Loagbary. A meeting of tbe
variouscommittees will be held tonight
to perfect further plans for the big
event.
j J. E. Allen, of Oak Grove, was a
: business visitor In Dallas yesterday.
! He says that preparations for tbe pie
ale to be brld at that place J a os IS,
: are almost completed and believes that
It will be trie root soeeessf al event
'ver held in that vicinity.
Tbe Dallas Junior baseball team
will plsy against Iadepesdeaos in
that city today aod will play la a pre
liminary at Falls City tomorrow
' afteroooa.
LARGE CROWD ASSURED
Thousands of Visitors Will Be In I
Falls City Tomorrow If Weather
Is Fair.
The preparations Tor the big Wood
man picnic to be held In Falls City
tomorrow are fully completed, and the
committees that have worked hard
and faithfully for so many weeks, are
now fully prepared to assure their vis
itors a royal entertainment, rain or
shine.
The following complete train sched
ule makes it possible for anyone to
attend thepicnio all or part of the day,
and to remain until the very last of
the entertainment, with the assurance
of having prompt and direct trans'
portatlon homeward when the picnic
closes. On Saturday trains will leave
Dallas at 7 :10 a. m., 9 :00 a. m., 11 :30
a. m.. 1:15 p. m. and 7 :30 p.m. Trains
from Falls City will leave for Dallas
at 10 :10 a. m., 2 :30 and 4 :20 p. m. and
12:30 Sunday morning. On Sunday
a train from Dallas at 12 m. will bring
back those who have remained over In
Falls City, at 1 :20 p. m. Ample accom
modations to and from Black Rock
will be furnished Saturday evening
after the picnic.
Among the special entertainment
features that have been secured, in
addition to the athletic meets and
races, will be a balloon ascension and
a sensational high dive from the top
of the falls in the afternoon. A merry-go-round
has been secured and will be
set up on W. . Newsom's property In
the central part of the city, and Is sure
to be a strong attraction to the younger
generation.
Enthusiastic in their efforts to make
the pionioone of the most memorable
events of this season, the oltlzens of
Falls City have spared no pains in
assisting the members of the W. O. W.
to prepare the best possible program
for the occasion, and it Is believed that
the crowd in attendance will be one of
the largest that has assembled in Polk
County for years.
POLK COUNTY WILL COMPETE
Cherry Growers Will Exhibit Their
Best Fruit at Salem Fair.
The annual Cherry Fair, which is
held in Salem, is being looked forward
to by the fruit growers of Oregon and
the entire Paclflo coast with keen
Interest. Indeed, fruit experts In all
parts of the continent are watching
this event, as it stands for the best
exhibition of the best cherries grown
in the world. -
Although the date has not yet been
definitely fixed for the fair, it is safe
to say that it will be held early In July,
as last year's date was July 10, 11 and
12. There is ' now every reason to
believe that a large crop Is In store for
the cherry growers of the state for this
season, as tbey have bloomed bounti
fully and, as far as can be learned,
they fully fertilized and a large crop
of fruit has set
At the 1907 cherry fair, over sixty
premiums were awarded, Including
about thirty beautiful silver cups.
The Judges upon that occasion were
leading fruit men of the Northwest
and the greatest satisfaction pre'
vailed. Salem Statesman.
Last year the exhibits from the Polk
county cherry district lying along the
Willamette River west of Salem, took
a majority of the prizes at the Cherry
Fair, and this year the cherry growers
In that vlcloity are planning to place
on exhibition larger and more com
plete display of fruit than ever before,
Twenty-Seven New Books For Library.
The following books of popular fic
tion were received at the Dallas Free
Library this week : '
The Thrall of Lief the Lucky-LU-
Jencrants
Little City of Hope-Crawford
Wards of Liberty-Kelly
Tbe Crucible Luther
Their First Formal Call Cooke
Tbe Mother of Man Phlllpotts
Come and Find Me Robins
Tbe Romance of an Old Fashioned
Gentleman F. H. Smith
The Barrier Beach
Miss Moccasin Ryan
Tbe Suburban Whirl Cutting
Rosalind at Redgats Nicholson
Ths Aogel of Forgiveness Carey
Tbe Shepherd of tbe Hills-Wright
The Msn of Yesterday Klncaid
Alice For Short DeMorgaa
Satan Sandersoo Rives
Dr. Ellen Tompkins
Aunt Jane of Kentucky HaU
Tbe New Misslooer Woodrow
Tbe Ancient Law Glasgow
The Cozy Lion Burnett
Tom, Dick, aod Harriet Barbour
Keal, ths Miller Otis
Aa Island Refuge Otis
Ears Jordan's Escape Otis
Legends of King Arthur and His
Court Greeoa.
Lodf Katie.
Stated eotnmonlcaUoo of Jen
SrValeg Lodge, No. I, A. F. ft A.
M.Friday evening. May 13. Work
la X- M. degree. Vlaltiog brothers
Invited. By order of W. If.
J. C HATTER,
BacreCsry.
Vote for W. L EAjDold.
Copyright 1 908 by Hart Schaffner &
Campbell
Coy Brothers
CONTRACTORS
and BUILDERS
Reference : I. C. School of Archi
tecture. Scranton, Pa.
MOToAtPHo;g:J.
DALLAS, - OREGON
Dallas Truck & Dray Company
Hubbard I 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. FAULL
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 olothes that will
make it right, they're
made by
HART
SCHAFFNER
& MARX
and there are no better
clothes made.
HWe show you here the
bock of one of our
VARSITY
MODELS
Very smart; look that
way on you. Let us
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clothes.
Marx
& Hollister
The Best Meats
Are found In our tender
and Juicy beef, mutton
and pork. We do our
own killing, and can
guarantee ail meats to
be wholesome and fresh. '
Give us a trial.
Barnhart Grant
Dallas, - Oregon
Lumber For Sale
Bough and dressed lumber for
sale at your own price. Let ma
figure on your bill. Mutual
phone.
N. G. HARRIS,
DALLAS, - OREGON
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