Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, June 19, 1908, Image 1

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PUBLISHED SEAfl-WEEKLY
VOL. XX
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 19, 1908.
NO. 17
FOLK
El EIIE
MORE GOOD
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
we are putting on sale an extra fine quartered sawed
golden oak Entension Table, beautifully flaked. A
strictly high grade table and
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 same basis--
50 Cents on the
exactly one-half price. In
swell dressers that we are
also beds. It will pay you
means money to you."
Pallas Furniture Co.
Get our prices on the famous Mitchell line of Buggies
before making your purchase.
01
d Pioneers', Native
Sons' and Daughters'
Annual
EXESSSiS
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
I'lace, 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 yearling 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 60 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 cash. The owner reserves the right
w one bid on each article.
FREE LUNCH
P. A. Kline F. B. Lacy
Auctioneer
for elsewhere. This week
sold regularly at $30.00.
Dollar or $15.00
this same lot we got some
offering at a big reduction,
to look this line over. "It
EBEGES3HS
Picnic
Owner
NEWS OF COUNTY TOWNS
LEWISVILLE.
Thomas Williams went to Portland,
Saturday, where he will take treatment
(or asthma.
William Hoisington and family
have been visiting relatives at the
logging camps.
Mr. and Mrs. Plunkett, of Falls
City, visited relatives in this neighbor
hood over Sunday. ,
Miss Nora Kemp, of Salera, is spend
ing the summer vacation at the home
of her brother, Frank.
Percy Hadley, road supervisor in
this district, has several teams haul
ing gravel for the Bronson fill.
J. J. Leveck took a load of wheat,
and George Conn a load of fine hogs
to the Dallas market, Tuesday.
MissMattie Swann, a former Polk
County teacher, has been re-elected to
a position in the Albany public school.
Henry Lewis and family, of Falls
City, and W. L. Phillips and family
have gone for an outing at Belknap
Springs.
W. W. Smith was re-elected clerk of
the school board at the school meetlbg
Monday, and J. W. White was re
elected director.
F. M. Smith, William Burns and
W. W. Smith are all having consider
able carpentering work done on their
property near here.
Work on the new schoolhouse will
be commenced in a short time. A site
has been secured on the northeastern
corner of Mrs. McEinney's farm.
Mrs. Kate Smith is staying at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. George
Bronson, of Cooper Hollow, who is
just recovering from a severe attack
of malarial fever. ,
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Staats, Mr. and
Mrs. E. W. Staats, Mr.' and Mrs. B. F.
Smith and Mrs. Bonnie Smith attended
the funeral of the late Frank Butler
in Falls City, Tuesday.
BALLSTON.
Mrs. Frank Kimsey is quite ill.
Thomas Short is hauling milk for
the condenser at Amity.
Tom Woodley is able to be about
once more after a severe Illness.
Hon. and Mrs. N. F. Gregg have
gone on a visit to his former home in
Ohio.
Mrs. Beatrice Hlnshaw is quite ill
and has been taken to Sheridan for
medical treatment.
Quite a larire crowd of the people of
this neighborhood attended the plcnio
in Sheridan last Saturday.
8. Wilson was operated on for appen
dicitis In McMinnvllle, Wednesday,
and Is getting along nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Garrett and
daughter, Hattle, spent Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Norton,
on Salt Creek.
The craduatlnar exercises for the
eighth grade of the Ballston Public
School will be held at the Woodman
Hall. Fridav night A fine program
is being prepared, and an excellent
entertainment Is assured to all who
attend.
Mr. Andersoo, recently of Beedville,
has arrived In Ballston and taken
charge of the general merchandise
store that he purchased a short time
ago from Messrs. Budlem and fom-
dexter. Me is residing at the Lebold
property.
Tbe school meeting for this district
was bel4 Monday, and O. E. Focht
was elected director, and G. A. Mo-
Culloch clerk. It has been decided to
add tenth grade to the school and to
hire an additional teacner next year.
A new wing will be added to the
present school building to furnish tbe
extra room required.
INDEPENDENCE.
M. Merwin was a Portland visitor
this week.
The streets of Independence are to
sprinkled with crude oil again this
summer.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Moors and little
daughter are visiting relative In Port
land this week.
Ubu Orbie Tavlor returned from a
visit with relatives and friends Id
Portland, Friday
Mr. and Mrs. A. 3. Goodman, of
Pendleton, visited friends In this city
Wednesday and Thursday.
rr anrl Mrs. O. D. Butler enter
tained tbe social whist club at their
home Wednesday evening.
Mr F. H Chambers and daughter.
Misa Minnie Parker, of Eugene, are
visiting relatives in ttli city.
Un P. 1L Kirkland has returned
from a visit at tbe home of her parent
la Portland. During ber stay in mat
city, tbe also attended the Grand
Cbapter of the Easter Star.
Tbe Bebetah lodge Initiated lx
candidate Toeaday evening. By
special invitation, the members of the
Vonmouta lodge vera present, and
after tb routine of basis, a laccfe-
I
eon of strawberries, loe cream and
cake was served.
The remains of Miss Mabel Tupper,
the 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Tupper, who died at their
home in St. Johns last Thursday, were
brought for burial to Independence,
where tbe parents of the deceased had
made their home several years ago.
MONMOUTH.
The Monmouth creamery la growing
In favor all of the time.
Mat Graham Is doing some house
repairing for Mrs. McCarter.
A. L. Chute's team took a lively spin
Saturday, but did little damage.
A. N. Poole is building a fine house
for Mr. Bowman just south of town.
J. C. Rose has sold out In Monmouth
and moved to Franklin county, Wash
ington. fiobert Ground and sister went to
Newport, Wednesday, to spend the
summer.
Quite a number of the Bebekahs
attended lodge In Independence, Tues
day night
George Bogers, of Portland, formerly
of Monmouth, Is greeting old friends
in town this week.
C. C. Lewis was at borne this week.
He has been making his home with
his sister in the Slletz Basin.
Miss Esther Fisher is at home again.
She has been teaching school In East
ern Oregon since graduating in Feb
ruary. Mrs. Andrew Shlppley died at her
home, Monday night. She had been
in her usual health, and had attended
to her household duties during the
day. Death was caused by heart
disease.
OAK GROVE.
I. A. Allen was elected director and
A. Allen, clerk, at the school meeting,'
Monday.
. Tbe recent cold weather has cut
down the yield of hny considerably In
this neighborhood.
A masquerade skating party will be
given at the rink on the night of
Saturday, June 27. Suitable prizes
will be offered by the management
The picnic last Saturday was au all
around success. A large crowd was
In attendance at tbe ground all day,
and the rink was crowded at night.
All had a good time.
ONE PLANT SHITS DOWN
Dallas Lumber Company Will Await
Decision of Court in Injunction
Suit
The sawmill of the Dallas Lumber
Company has been closed indefinitely,
until tbe suit brought against the
company by Judge S. T. Burch, of
Blckreall, to prevent them from flood
ing logs down from the camps above
Dallas, can be settled.
A plentiful supply of rough lumber
Is on hand In the yards about tbe mill,
however, and a crew of men will be
maintained in tbe planing mills dur
ing the summer, to supply the local
demand and fill any shipping orders
that tbe company has now on hand.
The company has In its pond about
3,000,000 feet of uncut logs which were
flooded down previous to the filing of
Judge Burch's injunction, and these
will be held In reserve for such urgent
sawing orders as may be received dur
ing the summer. In the event that
It becomes necessary to saw, crews
will be token temporarily from the
planing mills.
It 1 thought tbat the case will be
settled this summer, possibly within
a few weeks, and that tbe mill will be
able to resume operations with a full
crew of men. Tbe closing of this Im
portant Industryha thrown a large
number of men out of employment,
and materially reduced tbe total
amount of the payroll of Dallas.
Tbe Dallas Bottling Works has not
been working under its full capacity
during the past few weeks owing to a
lack of bottles. Tbe average dally out
put Is between 125 and 150 cases. The
factory wllleonfine Its work to bottling
ciders, soda water and mineral waters
until next Fall, when more machinery
will be added, and they will begin the
manufacture of vinegar and tbe bot
tling of fruit juices.
Tbe saloon of L. Smith, In Indepen
dence, was broken into and robbed
Wednesday eight The saloon bad
been closed Tuesday by an attachment
erred by Sheriff 3. M. Grant for a
Portland wholesale house, and the
robbery was not discovered an til yes
terday. Sheriff Grant went to Inde
pendence yesterday to endeavor to
find and arrest the criminal.
It U reported that the firm of Lacb
muod & riocua, Salem bopdealers,
are sending out circulars to tbe bop
growers of Orero offering to pay
cents pound for contract on tbe
crop of I.
USEFUL LIFE ENDED
Death of Frank Butler Is Mourned by
Host of Friends and
Acquaintances.
Frank Butler was,born July 7, 1842,
at The Hall, Brentwood, Essex, Eng
land ; died June 14, 1908, at the family
home In Falls City, Polk county,
Oregon.
Mr. Butler was married April 27,
187Cto Eleanor Field Butler, of Boys-
ton, Cambridgeshire, England. In
England, three children were born to
them, two sons and a daughter. In
the year 1881, with hia wife and two
sons, the daughter having died and
been buried In the family burial
ground, Mr. Butler came to the United
States. He resided In Corvallis a year
while surveying for Col. Hogg on the
Corvallis & Eastern railroad at Ya
quina Bay. He then moved to Polk
county and purchased Oakhurst farm,
a beautiful mountain home near Falls
City, where one son died and another
was born. In 1907, Mr. Butler built a
handsome residence in the town of
Falls City, and was preparing to
spend his declining years surrounded
by every comfort and convenience, but
soon after moving to town he suffered
an attack of typhoid fever, from tbe
effects of which he never recovered.
Mr. Butler was a member of the
Episcopal Church and also of the
Masonio fraternity, having been a
member of Jennings Lodge, No. 9, of
Dallas, for over twenty years. He
was also an active momber of the
Grange and stood high in the councils
of that body. He is survived by his
wife and two sods, Dr. Arthur B. But
ler, of Washington, D. 0., and Ban
dolph Butler, of Falls City.
The funeral service at the family
home Tuesday afternoon was largely
attended by sorrowing friends and
neighbors. After the reading of the
Episcopal service, a sketch of the life
and character . of the deceased was
read by the Eev. G. F. Bounds, the
venerable pastor of the M. E. Church
at Falls City. A selected choir sang
Mr. Butler's favorite hymns, "Lead
Kindly Light," and "Abide With Me."
Tbe officers and members of Jennings
Lodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. M., who had
arrived from Dallas by the afternoon
train, then took charge of the services
and marched to the Odd Follows' cem
etery, where t he burial was held accord
ing to the ancient usages and customs
of the fraternity. Before leaving the
cemetery, tbe grave was covered with
a profusion of beautiful flowers.
In the death of Frank Butler, Polk
county loses one of its most useful and
honored citizens. As a farmer, sur
veyor, Justice of the Peace, friend of
education, and promoter of important
enterprises for his town anil county,
he was faithful in whatever he under
took and was in every way helpful to
the community In which he lived. He
was a man of fine literary attain
ments, aud bis jovial good nature and
rare social qualities made him a most
delightful companion to both young
and old. His passing at the very
height of his usefulness and Influence
Is a distinct loss to Polk county, and
we will be lonesome without him.
New Books For Library.
The following new volumes were
received at the Dallas Free Library
this week :
A History of the Pacific Northwest
Schaffer.
Madcap Violet Black. ,
Pioneers of the Kooky Mountains
and the West McMurry.
To The Front King.
The Bird Woman of the Lewis and
Clark Expedition Chandler.
The Broken Lance Quick.
A Walking Gentleman Prior.
Bachelor Betty James.
Janet of the Dunes Comstock.
Travers Dean.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and
Other Tale Harte.
Tbe Jessop Bequest Burr.
The Luck of the Dudley Grahams
Haines.
Creditable Recital.
Miss Olive Smith' class of music
students gave Its annual recital at tbe
Presbyterian Church, Tuesday even
ing, a large crowd being present
The program was well prepared and
excellently carried out and reflected
great credit both on the teacher aod
pupils. Tba members of the class who
took part la tbe recital were: Misses
Georgia Martin, Hazel Lore nee, Dol
lle Burke, Helen Baird, Buth Miller,
Ruby Ruddtck. Margety Holuan,
Pearl Smith, Esther Gates, -Edith
Griffith. Mabel Grant Helen Lou ch
ary, Gladys Loughary, Tbelma Bless
ing, Miriam Hart, Pauline Coad,
Lllah McDaniel, Lei a Friok, and
Edgar Winters, Dalton Becker aod
Laird Woods.
Mis Etta Phillip and Mis Winnie
Keily left yesterday for Seaside, where
tbey will attend tbe Northwest Con
vention or the I. W. C. A. to be held
at that place from June 13 to 29. Tbey
were joined In Portland by Mia
Cordi Gooch, who will accompany
them a a third delegate from tbe
Dallas association.
George Tick and family hare
returned to their borne in Falls City,
after an extended trip through Minne
sota, WiooDin,Missouri and Illinois.
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 $5000
residence. Call and see our cottage
plans. We can make plan for you.
See ua before letting your contract.
COY BROTHERS
CONTRACTORS
and BUILDERS
MDTCAtPHoNMH;Coy.l385
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
DALLAS
MEN'S CLOTHING
Window
& Hollister
r
We WiM Pay
for wheat at the
DALLAS FLOURING MILLS
SWEENEY BROS.
Lumber For Sale
Rough and dressed lumber for
sale at your own prloe. Let me
figure on your bill. Mutual
phone.
N, G. HARRIS.
DALLAS, - OREGON
PRICES
Never
More
Favorable
Valley.
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