Polk County observer., May 26, 1908, Image 1

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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY
VOL. XX-
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 26, 1908.
NO. 14
Where did you go so early this morning, Mrs. Wise?
I was down to HALL & HAYES to get onetrf those
Silk Floss Mattresses
they make. They are strictly all floss and each bed
guaranteed, and they have the most, complete line of
Carpets, Rugs, Matting, Lace CJurtains, etc. in the
city. And say, those Couches, they make are just
simply grand. And they said they would not, be
beat on prices.
HALL & HAYES
Successors to F. J. Chapman. ' '
Electricity for Lighting
Is only expensive to people who are
wasteful and careless. To you, who ,
are naturally careful, it does not
come high. .. v .,
It Is economical because it can be quickly turned off wnen not needed.
With gas or kerosene there is the temptation to let light burn when
Dot needed to save bother of lighting and adjusting. In some homes
the electric light bills amount to only one or two dollars per month.
You can probably get some kind of artificial light for less money
than electrio light, but does it save you anything when it limits op
portunities for work and recreation ruins your, eyesight smokes
your walls mars decorations and increases household work. You
could probably save a dollar tomorrow by going without your meals
but it wouldn't be economy. It is not so much what you save, but
how you save that counts.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY CO. RATES Residence on meters, per
Kilowatt l6o ; Residence, flat per month, 16cp 60c. RATK8 FOR
BUSINESS HOUSES 25c per drop and 5c per Kilowatt up to 10 drops;
over 10 drops 20o per drop and 6o per Kilowatt up to 40 drops ; over 40
drops 174c per drop and 6c per Kilowatt. A drop figures 16cp or less.
For power rates apply at the office. We are always ready to explain
the "ins and outs of the lighting proposition to you, call on us or
phone to us, we are never to busy to talk business.
Willamette Valley Company
E. W. K EARNS, Manager for Dallas.
Office on Mill street, Just north of thfi Court House. Phones Bell 421,
Mutual 1297.
LINCOLN COUNTY ABSTRACT
COMPANY
It is not business to buy real estate without an ab
stract of title. Let us make it; we guarantee same
to be correct.
t
C B. CR0SN0 and C L HAWKINS, Abstractors
TOLEDO, - ... - OREGON
POPULAR HEAD OF SCHOOLS
H. C. Seymour Is Doing Splendid
Work For Educational Interests
of Polk County.
One of the candidates for office in
the present campaign who Is entitled
to the favorable consideration of every
voter is H. C. Seymour, the Republi
can nominee for County School Super
intendent. Mr. Sevmbur was appointed
to the office upon the resignation of
superintendent Starr a few months
ago, and the able manner in which he
has conducted the school affairs of
the county proves that the County
Court made no mistake when they
selected him to fill that responsible
position.
Mr. Seymour was born in Rock
Island, Illinois, thirty years ago. He
came to Oregon at the age of 12 years,
and has resided in .Polk county con
tinuously since that time. He was
educated in the publio schools of the
county, and was graduated from La
Creole Academy, now Dalian College.
He has taught in the Upper Salt Creek,
Oak Grove, Rickreall and Falls City
schools, filling the position of Princi
pal in each. His success as an edu
cator Is shown by the fact that he was
always re-elected to the positions for
a second and third, and even a fourth,
time.
His splendid management of the
Polk County School Fair last year
proved his ability as an organizer
and manager, the- success of that
enterprise having left nothing to be
desired. He U again busy with his
plans for the Fair for next Fall, and
the friends of the public schools of
Polk county may restassured that the
Fair will be in every way superior to
those that have been held heretofore
Mr. Seymour is unable to make a
personal campaign of the county, as
bis office work just at this busy sea
son of the year, when the eighth grade
examinations are under way and the
interest of the School Fair must be
looked after, cannot be neglected. He
is willing to leave the voters to judge
the record he has made, as it is upon
this record that be stands for election.
In view of the fact that he has made
good in every sense of the term during
the few months of his appointive term,
It would seem only right for the people
to give him an elective term so that
he may continue his good work for the
school children of Polk county. He is
the right man in the right place, and
the people will make no mistake when
they vote to keep him at the head of
the public school system for the next
four years.
AH members of the Mistletoe Circle
are requested to be present at the regu
lar meeting tomorrow night (Wednes
day). The election of officers for the
ensuing six months will be held at
that time, and Mrs. Emma Royal, a
special organizer, will be present and
address the women of the Circle.
Mrs. F. H. Muscott is visiting rela
tives In Portland.
DALLAS FURNITURE CO.
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
BAROAINS 9
be sold to dealers
Get our prices on
Columbia
House Paint
It is a world beater at
the price
Genuine
Horton Wash
Machines
with or without wringer.
Thev lead in good
WASHERS
HAS MADE GOOD RECORD
Congressman Hawley Is Active in
Looking: After Interests of
His State.
CORVALLIS, May 17 "Sentiment
in favo'rof there-election of Congress
man W. C. Hawley is so nearly unani
mous that there can scarcely be said
to be a Congressional campaign in
progress"'saId Chairman C. V. John
son, of the First District Committee
today. "The people of this district,
regardless of party lines, appreciate
the fact that Hawley is ''making good"
at Washington. They recognize In
him a man of high Intellectual attain
ments, tireless industry and rare ora
torical ability. The Republicans of
the district were so well satisfied with
their Representativethat they re-nominated
him without opposition.
"It has been gratifying to the people
of this district to read In the news dis
patches from time to time that by his
earnestness, his sincerity and his
devotion to duty, Hawley has made a
favorable impression in Washington.
Though the unwritten rules forbid a
new Congressman to thrust himself
forward, we are glad to learn that
Hawley has made many warm friends
in the House of Representatives and
that during his first session he had
opportunity, in discussing the Oregon
& California land grant resolution, to
demonstrate his ability as an effective
public speaker"
- "Here in Oregon we know Hawley
as a man fitted both by native talents
I and by education for the work of a
statesman. All his life he has kept
himself well informed upon all publio
questions. We are justified, therefore,
in believing that he will soon attain a
position of influence In the House of
Representatives. We all understand
that it takes time for any man to rise
to leadership and we expect to keep
Hawley in Washington until be has
had a chance to work his way to the
top."
"Hawley 's persistent efforts for the
cancellation of the railroad land grant,
his' system at lo work in behalf of a
government appropriation for free
locks at Oregon City, his advocacy of
river and harbor improvement's, and
his attitude in favor of tariff revision
while maintaining the protective prin
ciple, have met the, hearty approval of
the people of his distriot. This satis
factory public record, together with
the personal esteem in which he is
held because of his high moral char
acter, bis genial disposition and his
Intellectual attainments, make it a
pleasure for the people of his district
to vote for him regardless of party
lines."
AN EFFICIENT OFFICER
The splendid reoord made by County
Clerk Smith insures his election for
another term by a rousing majority.
It is a satisfaction to every taxpayer
to know that the affairs of the Clerk's
office are being conducted in a thor
oughly careful and business-like
manner and that they can always
count upon being courteously and
obligingly treated when they have
any business to transact with their
officer or his competent deputies. It
means much to the taxpayers to have
CHOPPERS HAVE THEIR DAY
a man In the Clerk's office who is
thoroughly familiar with the records.
Just as the success of any fraternal or
business organization depends largely
upon choosing opmpetent secre
tary, so does the usefulness sod
efficiency of the public service depend
largely upon baring a competent
man for County Clerk. The people
made no mistake when tbey elected
E. M. Smith, and be will be found
among the leaders of bis ticket when
the votes are counted next Mooday
night '
Notice t Contractors.
Sealed bids will bs received by the
undersigned for the construction of a
school house In School District No. SI,
Polk coanty. Oregon. Plans may b
seen at the office of School Superinten
dent H. C Seymour, or at D. J. Grant's
furniture store In Falls City, All bids
to be sent to J. U. Farley, Dallas,
Oregon, to be opeced Jane. 1908, The
Board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
J. U. FABLET.
S M-X District ClrrL
Thousands of People Gather at Falls
City and Enjoy Woodman
Picnic '
It would have been difficult for the
Woodmen to have chosen a better day
than last Saturday for the big pionio
In Falls City, which closed the mem
bership campaign that has been
carried on by the various camps of
Polk county during the past three
months. Encouraged by the certain
promises of a fair day, visitors began
to throng Into the city at an early
hour, and before nine o'clock the
streets were filled with a typical picnic
crowd, restless, light hearted, and
bent on spending a pleasant day.
At 10 o'clock the parade formed on
Main street and took up Its maroh
toward the city park, where the morn
ing program was to be held. The
parade was headed by the Dallas
band, closely behind which was driven
an ox cart bearing the emblem of
woodcraft, and after this a loog pro
cession of representatives from various
Woodman camps of Polk county. On
the flanks and in the rear of the
procession, drifted the crowd of pionio
visitors, as bright and changeable as
the colored pieces in a kaleidescope.
The program at the park was short.
Hon. W. L. Tooze, with an appropriate
address, welcomed the visitors to Falls
City in behalf of the local camp, after
which several young women gave a
beautiful tambourine drill, and the
K. P. Quartette gaveNone of its fine
musical selections. C. L. Hawley
delivered a forcible address' on the
effectiveness of the trait of human
sympathy when organized as In fra
ternities, and paid a glowing tribute
to the Woodmen of the World, as the
strongest and most virile of fraternal
insurance orders. The program of the
morning was closed with an address
by Professor W. I. Reynolds, princi
pal of the Oregon State Reform School,
on the growth and development of the
nation's educational system.
During the afternoon, the crowd
although materially increased by the
arrival of new delegations of visitors
on the noon specials, was more widely
dispersed than In the forenoon, a por
tion going back to the park to attend
the baseball games and the concert by
the Dallas band, while the remainder
preferred to concentrate about the
various shows and other amusement
features, pitched in the main part of
the city.
Two baseball games were played
during the afternoon, one between the
junior teams of Dallas and Falls City,
and the second between the first teams
of Monmouth and Falls City. Dallas
was victorious la the first game, the
score being 7 to 6, and the second
game was won by Monmouth by a
score of 6 to 2. After the baseball
games the'erowds lined up for nearly
400 yards on each side of Main street,
and the remainder of the afternoon
was consumed with several exciting
horse races.
Although the majority of the visitors
from the rural districts left in the
early evening, the special train at
7:30 brought an additional crowd of
visitors from Dallas and other neigh
boring cities, and the scene on the
streets was scarcely less lively than it
had been throughout the day.
At 8 o'clock the Woodmen assembled
In their lodge hall, for Initiation exer
cises, the work being put on by the
Dallas degree team, the team that won
the $20 prize In the morning parade
as the most appropriately uniformed
body of Woodmen from any of the
camps represented.
In the meantime the otowd bad
again divided and a portion thronged
into the big skating rink, while others
went to Wagner's Hall, where the
Woodmen were closing their picnic
with one of the largest dances that had
been given in Falls City this year.
The day's entertainment was con
tinued far into the night, and May 13
bad slipped Into May H before the last
groups of plcnlo visitors trouped down
the street from the danos ball or the
rink, past the quiet tents where the
stand keepers bad shouted their wares
all day long, and across to the depot
where the last train was waiting to
carry them borne.
' Sunday Afteraooa Concert.
Tbe Dallas band gave an open air
concert In tbe city park Sunday after
noon from S to 4 o'clock. A large
crowd assembled and listened to ths
Cos musical program that bad been
prepared, heartily applauding every
number. A paper is being circulated
and maoy of the citizens are
subscribing liberally' to a fund for
tbe maintenance of tbe band. It la
ths intention of tbsyouog men to give
a concert similar to the oo given last
8onday, every Sunday afternoon dur
ing the coming summer.
Job a Hiltibrsnd was ia Dallas yes
terday on bis way to Independence.
Mr. Hiltibrsnd was seriously Injured
In a runaway while driving borne
frcnn tbe plccle in Falls City. Satar
fdsynlgbt, receiving several painful
' bnilsee about tbe bead and body. His
wife and deogbter were with him. bat
Lief FiBseth U In Xewberf this
week assisting J. H. Kroger Is patting
ou a sale.
both escaped ODborL Mr. H II tf brand
was takes back to Falls City, where
bs rested over Monday under lbs ear
of a physician.
" ' w4'
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