COUNT
Y
ERVER
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY
i VOL. XX
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, JUNVE 2G, 1908.
NO. 18
NEWS OF COUNTY TOWNS
MONMOUTH.
Last week's tain was very beneficial
to the crops in this neighborhood.
The farmers in this vicinity will
soon be in the midst of their haying
season.
TA Kiggs has bought the J. C. Rese
property, and will soon move his resi
dence to that place.
Monroe Mulkey's new residence is
almost completed and will soon be
ready for furnishing. ,
Many people from neighboringcitiea
attended the commencement exercises
at the Monmouth Normal School.
E. H. Cattron, a former resident of
Monmouth, is here from his homo in
Spokaue.visiting relatives and friends:
Miss Lora Lewis, of Eocca, Lincoln
county, is in Monmouth visiting
among her friends after an absence of
more than a year on her claim in the
Siletz Basin.
COMMENCING
Next Monday
JUNE 20, 1908
We will put on sale a large assortment of useful and
practical utensils that make housekeeping easier and
the cooking better. This assortment consists of a large
variety of kitchen and cooking utensils, such as: Flour
Sifters, Graters, Stew Kettles, Dish Pans, Pails, Pie
and Cake Plates, Granite Dippers, Muffin Pans, Bread
Pans, Tea Strainers, Funnels, Dust Pans, Milk Pans,
Wash Basins, Soap Dishes and a great many others
too numerous to mention here.
It behooves every good housekeeper to look this
assortment over as there are some articles in this as
sortment that cannot always be found in the ordinary
store. .
We are making a uniform price on every item in
the assortment, some are worth two and three times
as much as we ask for them, but as usual will give you
a good thing at a little price. .
Yourchoice of the entire lot only
10 CENTS
Come early and get your pick before the assortment
is broken. -
The time has "come to
make your family or
test girl happy by tak
ing them out to drive
in one of these easy
riding Staver buggies.
DALLAS
FURNITURE
COMPANY
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
The Rev. J. A. Goode, of Lents,
formerly pastor of the Evanarellnal
Church in this oity, was In Monmouth
last week with his family for a short
Visit among his many friends.
C. N. Sherman, of Robinson, Illinois,
is in this neighborhood, leasins land
for oil prospecting. He has already
seoured about 2000 acres, and says
that he will endeavor to secure 10,000
acres before he begins sinking wells
POLK.
The showers of last week were tff
great benefit to the crops in this neigh
borhood." Haymaking is in full blast in this
neighborhood and the crop will be
fairly heavy.
Benjamin Nacbtigall, of Menno,
Washington, has been visiting friends
and relatives in this neighborhood.
Miss' Anna Braun returned home
Large line of milk
cans, sprinklers, wash
boilers, wash ma
chines, galvanized
tubs, and clothes
wringers always 00
hand.
from Chicago" recently, where she has
been studying for the mission work.
J. Kleblel, of Menno, Washington,
Isaac Dyck and Henry Quiring left
Monday for a few days' vacation at
Ocean Park.
The Rev. and Mrs. P. A. Kliewer
have gone toBushby, Montana, where
he will work as a missionary among
the Cheyenne Indians. .
Peter Siemmens and daughter, of
Menno, Washington, went to Pratum,
Saturday, after a short visit at the
home of Mrs. D. D. Peters.
D. O. and J. H. Bempel and Henry
Friesen are building a substantial
modern barn for Peter Buhler on the
property that he recently purchased
from Ed Richmond.
The strawberry season is nearing
Its close and the cherry crop Is just
beginning to ripen. An exceptionally
large amount of the latter fruit will be
gathered in this locality this year.
PEDEE.
I. T. Willet lost a valuable cow last
week.
H. Tingle Is visiting at the home of
his sister, Mrs. Shewey. '
Mrs. B. I. Hastings, of Monmouth,
is visiting relatives at this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Willet made a busi
ness trip to Independence, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Phillips attended
the baseball game at Airlie, Sunday,
Levi Burbank has gone to Inde
pendence for a few days' business
visit.
Dean Baughman, of Independence,
Is visiting friends In this neighbor
hood. Miss Orace Tice, of Marion county,
Is visiting relatives in this neighbor
hood.
T. J. Allen ' of Kings Valley, is
employed in the Simpson logging
camp.
William McGee is planning to secure
a ranch in this vicinity In the near
future.
The Children's Day exercises at
Pedee were well attended, and an ex
cellent program was rendered.
OAK GROVE.
Gardens are growing nicely.
Everyone seems busy at Oak Grove.
Uncle John White is in poor health.
Pickers are busy in the strawberry
patches. '
An abundant yield of fruit Is assured
this season.
Mellie White, who has been teach
ing, has returned home.
J. E. Allen has been running his
wood saw and Is doing good work.
The gravel haulers are making a
great Improvement on the road near
Oak Grove.
The weather permitting, the Chil
dren's Day exercises will be held at
the Oak Grove picnic grounds; other
wise, they will be held in ho church
next Sunday, beginning at 10 a. m.
Bring your basket and enjoy the all
day meeting.
TRAIN SERVICE TO BAY
Summer Schedule of C & E. R. R.,
Between Albany and Yaquina.
Commencing June S3, and until
further notice, the following train
service will be in effect on the line ot
the C. & E. R. R., between Albany
and Yaquina, dally except Sunday:
Train No. 16, mixed leave Albany,
7 :45 a. m. ; arrive Yaquina, 1 30 p. m.
Passengertraln No. a leave Albany,
13:40 p. m.; arrive Yaquina, C :30 p.m.
Passenger train No. 15 leave Ya
quina, 3:15 p. m.; arrive Albany,
7 KM p. m.
Train No. 1, mixed leave Yaquina,
7 00 a. m. ; arrive Albany, 11 :16 a. m.
On Sundays, service will be as
follows :
Leave Albany, 7:35 a. m. ; arrive
Yaquina, 11 :40 a. m.
Leave Yaquina. 6:00 p. m. ; arrive
Albany,!! :30 p. m.
Notice of first Meeting ef Creditors.
In the District Court of the United
States for the District of Oregon :
In the matter of Isaao Layton Hmiin,
Bankrupt In Bankruptcy.
To the Creditors of Isaao Layton
Smith, of Independence, In the County
of Polk, and district aforesaid, a
bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on toe
33rd day of June A. D., 1908, the said
Isaae Layton Smith was duly adjudi
cated bankrupt, and that tbe first
meetinirof his creditors will be held
at Dallas, In Polk County, on tbe 10th
day of July. A. D-, I, at 3 o'clock la
the afternoon, at which time tbe said
creditors may attend, prove their
. . ... . .V. '
claims, appoint a irusu, ruiim
bankrupt, and transact such otber
business as may properly come before
said meeting. WILLIAMS,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
Jane 34, 190.
R. E. Williams returned Wednesday
from Chicago, where be was owe of
tbe delegates from Oregoa to tbe
Rerblia Kational Ooavestioo.
COMMENCEMENT AT MONMOUTH
Oregon's Pioneer Normal School Closes
Highly Successful Year With
Pleasing Exercises.
The twenty-sixth annual commence
ment ot the Oregon State Normal
School began Saturday evening, when
the mythological Greek drama,
"Pygmalion and Galatea," was giyen
by (he Normal Dramatic Club, under
the direction of Miss Sarah Tuthill.
The play Is written in blank verse,
and is a portrayal of old Greek cus
toms. Each player acquitted himself
with great credit.
The program on Sunday was begun
with an Invocation by the Rev. W. F.
Chaso. -The Normal Glee Club sang
"Lift Thine Eyes," and Miss Florence
Bowden gave a selection on the violin
cello. After prayer by the Rev. L. C.
Hoover, S. W. Doughty sang in his
most "pleasing voice, "By the
Waters fit Babylon." Mr. Doughty
is always appreciated by his many
friends here. The baccalaurate ser
mon was preached by Dr. Clarence
True Wilson, pastor of the Centenary
Methodist Church of Portland, who
took his lesson from John 39 :5. The
sermon was a masterful presentation
and was delivered in Dr. Wilson's
faultless style. No other services
were held in Monmouth, Sunday
morning, and the large assembly room
was crowded.
The closing assembly was held on
Monday morning, at 9:30 o'clock. Tbe
time was spent in the usual singing
by the students, short talks by the
members of the faculty, and was
enlivened by the class songs and yells.
At 10:30, President Ressler gave the
class breakfast at his home. Covers
were laid for 48 guests. Tbe tables
were profusely decorated with roses
and carnations,1 and the service was
par excellence.
After the conclusion of the Class
Day program at 2 :30 p. m., the entire
class repaired to tbe campus,- where
the beautiful ceremony of laying the
daisy chain was executed with Its var
ious evolutions and pretty figures.
The decorations for the exercises were
simple, but very effective, and the
Junior class deserves much credit for
its tireless efforts to please. Next
came tbe Faculty reception in the
library, which was decorated with
potted plants and ferns. Tbe guests
were the students and the citizens of
the town and county, and for an hour
there was a steady throng of visitors
enjoying the annual visit and renew
ing old acquaintance.
In the evening, the literary societies
gave their annual entertainment, the
joint program closing with the laugh
able farce, "An Interrupted Court
ship." Following the program, an
open-air band concert was given .in the
grove on the campus. These concerts
are greatly enjoyed by the people at
large, and this one wa no exception
to the rule. The grove was brilliantly
Hgbted, and the scene presented in the
promenade by the students and their
friends was one ot rare brilliancy.
The graduation exercises began at
10 o'clock Tuesday morning. Orations
were delivered by D. B. Campbell,
Miss Gross, Miss Dlllard, Miss Staf
ford and Miss Stone. These papers
were all on educational topics and
were well prepared, both as to subject
matter and oonyrasltlon. Dr. W. J,
Kerr, president of tbe Oregon Agri
cultural College, gave tbe address to
tbe class. - Dr. Kerr Is a pleasing
speaker and easily holds tbe olosest
attention of bis listeners. President
Ressler presented the diplomas in his
usual happy way.
Interesting contests consisting of
baseball, tennis and basketball be
tween the school teams and members
of tbe alumni and visiting teams were
held In- the afternoon. Tbe Alumni
Association beld its annual business
meeting In the afternoon. The mem
bers pledged their hearty support to
tbe old Normal, renewing their alle
giance and promising their hearty
co-operation In every way. At the
annual reunion In tbe evening, able
addresses were delivered by Harry H.
Belt, school superintendent of Yam
hill county, and Superintendent W. M.
Smith, of Salem. One hundred guests
sat down to tbe banquet In the Gym
nasium. Many members of tbe
Alumni from over tbe state were
present, and It was long past mid
night when the jolly company broke
The whole series of exercises at Ore
gon's oldest and leading Normal
school was unusually Interesting this
year, and tbe Summer Session, which
Is to begin next Monday, gives promise
of great usefulness. In addition to
the reviews for certificate, short
courses will be given in July for
teachers wbo desire to study methods.
In August, a course will be given for
principals and high school teachers.
Superintendents F. B. Cooper, of
Seattle, and J. H. Churchill, of Baker
City, will be tbe principal instructors.
Charles Bilyeu and Roy Sparks
have purchased Mr. Williams' share
of tbe Wyant Williams saloon
at Newport, and ooe of them will
go to that place to take chsrge of tbe
easiness next week, while tbe otber
will attend totbeirbosloess la Dallas.
X. A. BiJTjr, of Moo mouth, was a
business visitor la Dallas. Tueaday.
GROVER CLEVELAND IS DEAD
Last of Ex-Presidents Passes Away at
His Home in Princeton,
New. Jersey.
Grover Cleveland died Tuesday
morning at his home in Princeton.
He was the last living ex-President ;
and in many respects occupied a
unique position among tbe notable
men of the couutry. He was the son
of a Presbyterian clergyman; was
born at Caldwell, in the State of New
Jersey, seventy-one years ago. He
was .educated largely in the schools
about Syracuse and Clinton, N. Y. ;
was a teacher for a time In the New
York Institute for the Blind. Hie
selected vocation was the law, In the
practice of which he engaged at Buf
falo In 1809. Four years after admis
sion to the bar he was made Assistant
District Attorney for. Erie County.
Two years later he was defeated as
Democratic candidate for the office of
District Attorney ; and five years later
than that was elected Sheriff ot Erie
County. Politicarpreferment followed
by election as Mayor ot Buffalo in
1881 ; by election as Governor of New
York the next year, which brought
him Into National prominence and led
to his nomination and election as
President of the United States.
Grover Cleveland's subsequent offi
cial career Is familiar matter to every
reading person. For twelve years he
was the one dominating personality
in his party; a candidate In three
Presidential campaigns during that
time, and twice elected. His character
as made manifest in bis two adminis
trations was admittedly of the sturdy,
flrm-of-purpose sort. By his friends
he was looked upon, and is still
regarded as a reformer. By many
others and especially a major per
centage of those who professed his
political faith he was and Is con
sidered as a public official whose
reform sentiments ended where the
Influence of special Interests in the
control of National affairs began.
Mr. Cleveland, in his last quiet years
of retirement at Princeton, had mani
fested little sympathy for the higher
Ideals that have been created In the
administration of publlo affairs. His
most intimate association had been
largely with men who bitterly oppose
the new order of things. His cry had
ever been that of the alarmist, warn
ing us that we are drifting from the
anchorage of sound principles. Men
who formerly were his political foes,
have pointed to Mr. Cleveland, In these
later days, as the man of wisdom ; but
in nearly every case those friends
were men who were for the most part
hard hit by the broader conceptions
Of justice as to all the people which
have lately come in vogue.
When the biography of this last ex
President shall be written dispassion
ately; when the elements of class
prejudice and class and personal
interests, either advanced or retarded,
shall be eliminated In tbe perform
ance of the taBk ; it will be said that
Mr. Cleveland was a great man ; be
cause he was an American of humble
origin who rose by bis own effort to
the highest political station lu the
land. Portland Telegram.
COMPROMISE IS REACHED
Dallas Lumber Company and Farmers
Settle Their Differences Out
of Court.
The Injunction case of 8. T. Burch
and several of the farmers residing
near RIckreall, to prevent the Dallas
Lumber Company from flooding logs
in tbe LaCreole river, was compro
mised Wednesday, arrangements be
ing made which were entirely satis
factory to tbe parties of both sides in
the controversy.
Tbe meeting was held at the Court
bouse, Wednesday afternoon, B. C.
Miles, of Newberg, representing the
lumber company, and Judge 8. T.
Burch, the people bringing the Injunc
tion. Tbe meeting was quite harmon
ious, each side showing perfect wil
lingness to concede every reasonable
claim made by tbe other."
Tbe agreements finally entered into
were substantially as follows: Tbe
mill company will be allowed to drive
logs by flooding from the beginning
of tbe Fall rainy season to tbe first of
April, without Interruption. After
tbe first of April It will be given one
week in which to flood and finish driv
ing tbe winter's cut of logs Into the
pond. ,
This last drive will bring about one
million feet of logs to the mill and
furnish material for about a month's
sawing. Tbe company has been
accustomed to cloee tbe mill during
tbe summer months, and this agree
ment will make It possible tor the mill
to be run on practically tbe same plan
as heretofore. Tbe company has
agreed to pay for all damage to fences
and temporary bridges cauaed by the
floods, and has agreed to open the
dams at regular times so that tbe
farmers living along tbe stream may
know when to expect tbe floods and be
prepared for them.
This agreement Inaares the farmers
llTioa; aioeg the LaCreole efr&iost
damage from snexperted flooding,
and restore to a piiloe of security
one of Dallas' ladlnjr Industrie,
which might have been seriously
injured ha-i the case been taken Into
court and tbe injunction made permanent.
If YOU Need 5H0ES
We have them. Just received
a new lot of
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We can please you in style, price and
quality. We have Moccasins for
boys and girls, so don't stub your
toes any longer, we have the remedy;
Campbell
HOME BUILDERS
ATTENTION
We can build you a home complete
Irom a $450 cosy cottage to a $5000
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See us before letting your contract.
COY BROTHERS
CONTRACTORS
and BUILDERS
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any wonder that trade comes
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Lumber For Sale
Bough and dressed lumber for
sale at your own prloe. Let me
figure on your bill. Mutual
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DALLAS, OREGON
PRICES
Never
More
Favorable
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