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FOI Oes QUNTY , E1RVER PUBLISHED SEM-WEEKLY VOL. XX DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OKEGON, JUNE 10, 1908. NO. 17 DISTRICT IN GOOD SHAPE COUNTY COURT ENJOINED END SUCCESSFUL YEAR MORE THINGS It is always a pleasure for us to be able to give our trade something good; something better and for less money than it can be bought for elsewhere. This week we are putting on sale an extra fine 'quartered sawed golden oak - Entension Table, beautifully flaked. A strictly high grade table and sold regularly at $30.00. We were fortunate in buying a small lot at 50 cents on the dollar, and are pleased to state that we are in a position to sell them on the 50 Cents on the exactly one-half price. . In swell dressers that we are also beds. It will pay you means money to you." Dallas Furniture Co. Get our prices on the famous betore making Old Pioneers', Native Sons' and Daughters' Annual Picnic In conjunction with Arnold's Amuse ment Company in a Big Carnival and Free Street Fair TO BE HELD IN DALLAS JUNE 25, 26 and 27 AUCTION SALE We will sell to the highest bidder, at our ranch' on Soap Creek, which is known as the Ira Hunter Ilace, seven miles north of Corvallis, and four miles southwest of Wellsdale, on Thursday, June 25 At 10 o'clock a. m., the following Live Stock: 12 head three and four-year 17 vearling steers and heifers old steers 1 fine four-year-old filley 12 head of milch cows 1 work horse 1 pony 17 head of dry cows 1 two.year-old colt 20 head two-year-old steers GO head of fine Angora Goats and heifers 3 fine brood sows Ninety days' time on approved security at 8 per cent 2 per cent discount for casn. The owner reserves the right to one bid on each article. FREE LUNCH P. A. Kline F. B. Lacy Auctioneer GOOD same basis Dollar or $15.00 this same lot we got some offering at a big reduction, to look this line over. "It Mitchell line of Buggies your purchase. Owner No Bonds Needed For Building Con templated Addition to Dallas School Building. The annual school meeting for District Number 2 was held in the Courthouse yesterday afternoon and Dr.-B. H. McCallon was re-elected to serve as director for a term of three years, while H. O. Campbell was re elected to the office of clerk of the school board. The financial affairs of the district are to excellent shape, thanks to care ful management on the part of the board, and the year Just closed leaves them with a balanoe of $1200 on band. This sum will be used, as far as It goes, to pay for the building of the proposed additional school room, which has been made necessary on account of the enormous increase in the attendance in the Dallas publio school. About 15 sections of land were added to District Number 2 this year, but came In too late for taxation in the last levy, and it is thought that it will not be necessary to issue bonds, since the revenue derived from these addi tional lands will hot only pay the regularexpeuses of the school, but will also afford whatever expenses may be incurred in the building of the new school room, not covered by the $1200 balanoe already la the treasury of the district. BRIDGE CLOSED FOR REPAIRS Big Steel Bridge at Salem Found to " Be Unsafe For Traffic. The big steel bridge connecting the city of Salem with Polk county was closed for repairs Saturday morning, and trafflo will be carried on by means of a ferry, until the renewal of the foundation structure at the west end of the bridge makes it safe for travel once more. Friday evening the discovery was made that the 120 foot span of combi nation, wood and steel on the Polk county side had been undermined by the decay of the woodwork, and that the bridge had become unsafe even for pedestrians. A consultation of representatives from Polk and Marlon counties and the city of Salem was held Saturday, and it was deoided to close the bridge at once and establish a temporary ferry line between Salem and the west side. C. F. Royal, an experienced bridge builder and contractor, has been given oharge of the work of reconstruction and it Is expected that the bridge will be opened for trafflo in about 10 days. Pleasant Family Reunion. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Gosper and daughter, Vera, went to Salem, Sun day, and assisted in a pleasant sur prise party given in honor of the seventieth birthday of Mrs. Cosper's mother, Mrs. Mary E. Palmer. All of Mrs. Palmer's children and grand children were present and the reunion was a most enjoyable one. The guests were: Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Cosper and daughter, of Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Crosby and children, of The Dalles; Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Cooper, of Albany ; Mr. and Mrs. B, E. Morris, of Harrisburg; Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Morris, of Portland ; Miss Lucy Gard, of Albany ; Miss Zadie Palmer and Fred Palmer, of Salem. C. L. Hubbard was painfully hurt while working at the stave camp near Falls City, Saturday, lie was struct bv a tree tallica unexpectedly, and his left arm and wrist were badly crushed and shattered. His Injuries though quite severe, will not cause him any permanent inconvenience. nr. (T W. LoW. the well-known optician of Eugene, is at the Hotel OalL The Doctor has been making regular professional visits to uaiias fnr nAirlr ia vaara. and has fitted hundreds of Polk county people with eyeglasses witbio that time. Ha will be in the city today only. Mr and Mrs. T. J. Havter. Mrs. Abel TJglow and daughter, Alloa, Mrs. Alien Dempsey. Mrs. Willis Slmontoo and Mrs. E. V. Daltoo attended the funeral of the lata Mrs. Phoebe Leonard in Monmouth, Fri day afternoon. A eard from townsman Ed Blddle. dated Rochester. N. T., Ju ne 4, requests as to bold his Observer ia the Dallas postofflcs. This request would indi cate that he la on his way borne from his extended Eastern trip. The Pacific SUM Telephone Com pany ha a crew of men at work la Dallas, changing Its entire system of telepbooe pole, and resetting them to the lines prescribed la the city ordi nance. Tha botrrards in the vicinity of n,!!u which are aader cultivation. are well advanced considering the comparative earllneas of the ae on. and promise to yield a a excellent crop. Dr. C A Mock aad Professor D. M. Uicum aad T. E. Flsber returned Saturday renlng front a vry sacoBas ful time dsys' fishing trip on the Rlckreall aad neighboring stream. H. L. reoton returned Yesterday from a fw day Tialt at Xewport. Bilyeu & Sparks Bring Suit to Set Aside Local Option Election in City of Dallas. Declaring the recent local option election, so far as it affects the City of Dallas, to be in violation of the Con stitution of Oregon, Charles Bilyeu and Roy Sparks of this city have begun a proceeding to enjoin the County Court from deolariog the result of the recent election, under the terms of the Local Option law, which provides that such result must be declared by the Court within 12 days after the election. The first order of injunction was signed by County Judge John H. Scott, of Marion county, and was ignored by the Polk County Court. A docket entry was then made declaring the result of the vote, but before the entry could be made In the Commis sioners' Journal to be signed by the members of the Court, an Injunction was secured from Circuit Judge Gallo way and served on Judge Coad. This latter injunction coming from a higher Court, was recognized by the County Court, and farther proceedings were dropped. The case will probably be brought before Judge Galloway upon its merits at an early date. For their cause of suit, the plaintiffs allege: That the City of Dallas is duly incorporated as a municipal corporation by virtue of a Legislative act passed in the year 1891 ; that under the provisions of said charter, the city was and is fully authorized and empowered to lioense and regulate the sale of liquors within the corporate limits thereof; that said plaintiffs are conducting their business by virtue of a license issued them by said oity ; That in the election of June 1, 1908, a majority of the votes cast in Polk county as a whole were for prohibition, including the territory within the corporate limits of Dallas; that all of the proceedings leading up to said election, and the result of said election so far as it affected or affects the terri tory within the corporate limits of Dallas, are null and void ; That the Local Option Law, under whiob the election was held, ia a gen eral law and does not repeal, amend, modify or superoede the act of the Legislative Assembly Incorporating said City of Dallas as a municipal corporation, nor take away from said city any right or authority to license or regulate saloons or the sale of intoxicating liquors within Its corpor ate limits; That said Looal Option Law does not in any manner attempt to modify, amend, or repeal said charter, nor superoede the same In any manner whatever; that said pretended election and the threatened order of said County Court with reference thereto, so far as it affects the territory within the corporate limits of Dallas, Is in violation of the Constitution of Ore gon, which gives to the legal voters of each incorporated city and town the right to enact and amend their own laws; and, further, that under the provisions of said Local Option Law, the legal voters of any voting precinct In any Incorporated oity or town at any city election oan vote upon the the question of prohibi tion, Independent of any other portion or political division of the county. Wherefore, plaintiffs pray for a re straining order, restraining the County Court from declaring the result of said vote at said election, and for a decree of the Circuit Court making said restraining order an enjoinment perpetual upon the final hearing of this suit, and for their costs and disbursements, and for such other and further relief as to the Court may seem meet with equity. Webster Holmes, of Salem, appears as the attorney for the plaintiffs, aod the matter will probably come before Judge Galloway for hearing within tha next few days. IMPORTANT NOTICE All committee appointed to arrange for the Free Street Fair and Pioneer Bean Ion are requested to meet at the Itemizer office this (Tuesday) evening at 7 JO o'clock. Business of Import ance Is to be transacted, and It Is nec essary that tbe number of all com mittee be p recent. Remember tbe hoar. Dr. J. H. Coleman, former president of Willamette University, has been given the presidency over tbe Univers ity of Pacific, Methodist Institution located at San Jose, California. Jame Shlvea, formerly of Dallas, was on of tbe winner In th gentle men' doable in the tonal tourna ment for Oregon, held at Irvlngton last week. Dr. T. V. B. Embree returned from a visit la Portland, Saturday. While la that city be attended tbe reunions of tba Indian War Veterans and Pioneers. , Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Campbell and Mr. aad Mrs. H. G. Campbell wr o Iadepettdea, Sunday, visiting at the born of Mr. and Mrs. J. C Morrison. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Toons, of FalU City, wen la Dallas yesterday return ing bom from an (W Sanday visit wnb friends la Woodbara. Dallas Public School Graduates Hare Highest Average in Polk County This Year. Thecommencement exercises of the eighth grade of the Dallas Publio School were held at the Woodman Hall, Saturday night, and a large crowd of the friends of the young graduates was in attendance. Owing to the size of the class, only a few representatives, chosen by the other members, took part In the pro gram. Every number was exoellently rendered and showed diligent prepar ation on the part of the pupils. The Rev. C. P. Gates, of St. Johns, deliv ered the address to the class at tbe close of the program. Miss Bermce Cone was awarded the gold medal for excellence in scholar ship, having a yearly average of 97 percent. The contest for tbe medal has been exceedingly close this year, and among leading contestants were Misses Elma Harris and Ruth SImklns who gained yearly averages of ninety five and seven-ninths and ninety-five and one-ninth per cent respectively. The Dallas graduating class holds the distinction of having gained a larger average in Its grades than any otherolass graduating from the eighth grade in Polk county this year. A membership of ,twenty gives it the further distinction of being also the largest class. The members of the class are : Misses Ethel Johnson, Elma Harris, Born Ice Cone, Katie Hughes, Ollie Coulter, Berta McBride, Amy Whiteborn, Anna Garner, Lilah McDaniel, Ruth MoJrl son, Ruth Simklns, Velma Hlnshaw, Edna Clifford, Georgia Fiske, Hattte Coovert, Bessie Miller, Messrs. Norval Gates, ArlleSimpklns, Homer Calkins and Marvin Schowelller. COURT HOUSE NOTES Items of Interest From the Records in the County Offices I Briefly Told. PROBATE. Estate of S. L. Emmett, deceased final account set for hearing July 11, at 10 o'olock a. m. Estate of Owen W. Lloyd, deceased Walter Williams appointed admin istrator. Estate of H. D. Moore, a minor guardian authorized to sell real prop erty. REAL ESTATE. Sarah L Good fellow and hd to H D Goodfellow, 360 acres, 1 8 s, r 4 w, $10. W B Duncan et ux to G L Lake, 8 acres, t 7 s, r 3 w, $100. C LStarr and E Lipton to H E Starr, Interest in land In Falls City, $26. J W Caldwell to Margery I Caldwell, lot In Dallas, $1. H D Sears et ux to L E Rowell, Interest In 14 acres, t 7 s, r 5 w, $1. A 0 Guyer et ux to F A Link, 7 acres, 1 9 a, r 6 w, $301. R M Fowle to F A Link, 2 acres, t 9 , r 6 w, $100. M L Henry to L Mand A J Barham, 68 acres, 1 8 s, r o w, $2200. A J Barham et ux to M L Henry, land In Dallas, $1200. George E Lewis to M S Moo res et al, land in 1 7 s, r w, $1000. H H Dunkelberger et ux to H R Grant, land In Dallas, $800. Lewis Edwards et ux to A C Miller, land In 1 9 a, r 8 w, $400. Patent Is Issued. Henry Ruddick has been granted a patent on his grain cleaning and separating machine. He has been working on this Invention for many years, and has at last br jght it to a high state of perfection and practi cability. Tbe machine is used for preparing wheat for seed purposes, and will overcome the difficulty heretofore experienced In removing retch and other seed. Two of these machine are already In successful use one In the Dallas flouring mill aod tha other In the Perrydale mill. F. 8. Ramsey and Willis Simonton left Sunday afternoon for the SileU Basin, where they will spend several days camping and trout fishing. Judge William Kaiser, of Salem, will deliver the occasional address at the Polk County Pioneer Reunion in Dallas, Thursday, J una 25. Mr. and Mr. J. Crowtber returned Saturday evening from Portland, where they attended the Grand Chapter of th Eastern Star Lodge. Mr. and Mrs. K. Dornsife left Uft week ror Brickleton, Washington for a visit at tbe home of Mrs. Dornsife's sister, Mrs. E. Carter. J. M. Murney, Polk county manager of the Pacific State Telephone Com pany. was a business visitor In Port land yesterday. Mr. and Mr. David Van V 00 roe ar down from Washington for a visit at to home of her parent, Mr. aod Mrs. W. 8 Simson. Mrs. Geonre GerUnger went to Port land. Fridsy, for a short vUlt among ! friends and relative. Mr. aad Mr. John Van Oradel. of FalU City, were visitors la Dallas over Sanday. BIG REDUCTION On our Entire Stock of See our Campbell HOME BUILDERS ATTENTION We can build you a home complete irom a $450 cosy cottage to a $3000 residence. Call and see our cottage plans. We can make plan for you. See us before letting your contract. COY BROTHERS CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS MOTUAI,PHONfflH;goy;138J DALLAS, OREGON HOW COULD IT BE OTHERWISE After years of honest endeavor to please our customers, is it any wonder that trade' comes our way? We call your especial attention , to our stock of BUILDERS' HARDWARE VARIETY Greater Than Ever Wm. FAULL The largest, most complete, up-to-date Hardware in the Valley. DALLAS - OREGON MEN'S CLOTHING Window & Hollister We Will Pay 1 for wheat at the DALLAS FLOURING MILLS SWEENEY BROS. Lumber For Sale Rough and dressed lumber for sale at your own price. Let me figure on your bill. Mutual phone. N. G. HARRIS, DALLAS, - OREGON PRICES Never More Favorable 85c