Polk
Observer
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PUBLISHED SEMMVEEKLY
VOL. XX
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 24, 1908.
NO. 23
NEWS OF COUNTY TOWNfr-
INDEPENDENCE.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Moore returned
from Newport, Monday.
Mi83es Ivy Cooper and Bertha Bo
DanDon are Falls City visitors.
Mrs G W. Conkey visited her
brother, Travis McDevitt, in Corval
lis, over Simday.
Mr and Mrs. Dave Sears returned
from Portland, Wednesday, and will
make their home here.
Mrs. J. M. Stark and Johnnie and
Ailene Stark, of Eugene, are visiting
friends here this week.
Mrs. John McCready was down from
Black Boek the first of the week visit
ing relatives in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Kutch and Mr.
and Mrs. Dee Taylor have returned
from a weeks' fishing trip.
Mrs. A. Whitney and little son
returned from a visit with friends and
relatives in Eugene last week.
Mrs. John Dickinson entertained
the ladies of the Leisure Hour Read
ing Club at her home last Thursday
afternoon.
The steel bridge at the north end of
Main street is now in the course of
construction, and will be completed
and ready for travel in a few weeks.
TIMBER LANDS
Fuller & Elliott
Only Real Estate firm in Polk County
handling Timber Land exclusively
Don't fail to call or write if you have
have timber to sell.
Office in Grider building
Dallas,
Oregon
Money of private parties to loan at
I per cent on well-improved farms.
Sibley & Eakin.
Electricity for Lighting
Is only expensive to people who are
wasteful and careless. To you, who
are naturally careful, it does not
come high.
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
not needed to save bother of lighting and adjusting. In some homes
the electric light bills amount to only one or two dollars per month.
Tou can probably get some kind of artificial light for less money
than electric light, but does it save you anything when it limits op
jxmunities for work and recreation ruins your eyesight smokes
your walls mars decorations and increases household work. You
oould 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
Kllowntt 15c; Residence, flat per month, 16cp 60c. RATES FOR
BUSIX ESS HOUSES 25c per drop and 5c per Kilowatt up to 10 drops ;
over 10 drops 20o per drop and 6c per Kilowatt up to 40 drops ; over 40
drops l7jc per drop and 5c 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, lust north of the 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
C B. CR0SNO and C HAU'KINS, Abstractors
TOLEDO, - OREGON
BLACK'S STABLES
"Having purchased this well-known barn, we so
licit a share of your patronage.
EVERYTHING FIRST-CLASS
Excellent accomodations for commercial men.
. 5TOWE BROS.
STREET DALLAS, OREOOM
FALLS CITY.
(Falls cyy Kewa.)
W. E. Newsom, of fianier, was here
recently attending to business. -
Mrs. Ira Mehrling and daughter,
Ella, have gone for a visit in Idaho
and Washington.
The mill resumed operations, Mon
day morning after being closed
temporarily for repairs.
8. H. Tetherow came in from his
ranch the last ot the week where he
had been during hay harvest.
" W. P. Lewis and family left Mon
day for their home in Lake county,
They went in company with Erio Bow'
man, of Dallas and will make the trip
in a wagon.
Charles W. Rice and family, of
Myrtle Creek, visited at the home of
her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Rounds
over Sunday. Mr. Rice is editor of
the Myrtle Creek Mall,
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Lucas drove up
from Portland, Sunday, in their auto.
Mr. Lucas made a timber deal and
returned home Tuesday, leaving Mrs.
Lucas here for a visit with her parents.
AIRLIE.
-A. N. Newbill is running George
LOOK HERE!
The City Express & Transfer Co
does all kinds of hauling at
reasonable rates, Stand and both
phones at Webster'sConfectionery
Store.
MUSCOTT & STARR
Proprietors"
DALLAS,
OREGON
DR. ELBERT E. FISHER
Specialist In diseases of the '
Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat
Office, Rooms 12, Over Bush Bank
SALEM - - - OREGON
Conn's binder for him at present, Mr.
Conn being unable to work on account
of a sprained back.
Miss Lena Tarter, of Corvallis, is
visiting relatives near here.
Farmers are through haying, and
grain cutting is now under way.
The little son ot Charles Cooper was
painfully injured this week, a heavy
gate falling on him and breaking his
leg near the hip joint.
The lumber for our fine new two
room school house is already being
hauled, and J. M. Staats will begin
work on the building in a short time.
One of George Conn's little girls
fell from a load of hay a short time
ago and broke one of the bones in her
arm just above the wrist.
Wallace Richardson died at his
home near this place Monday morn
ing, and was buried in the English
cemetery, Tuesday. He was about
35 years of age and was unmarried.
A. M. ALLEN DEAD
Brother of Mrs. Hardy Holman Dies
at His Home in The Dalles
After Long1 Illness.
Mrs. .Hardy. Holman received news
yesterday of the death of her brother,
A. M. Allen, which occurred at his
home in The Dalles, Wednesday at 5
o'clock p. m., after a long and severe
IllDess.
Mr. Allen was born January 23,
1848, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Allen, being pioneers of 1844. His
grandfather, J. B. Riggs, was well
known among the older citizens of
Folk county, and was for many years
a resident ot Dallas. During the
earlier part of his life Mr. Allen lived
with his parents on the Jacob Pfau
farm between Eola and Rickreall, his
removal to The Dalles being made in
later years.
He is survived by a wife and nine
children ; a brother and two sisters,
C. A. Allen, of The Dalles; Mrs.
James Crawford, of Pendleton, and
Mrs. Hardy Holman, of this city.
The deceased bad numerous friends
and acquaintances throughout Folk
county, to whom the news of bis death
will be a source of deep regret.
Rev. Winter Seriously 111.
Rev. A. A. Winter, pastor of the First
United Evangelical Church, East
Tenth and Sherman streets, has small
pox and was removed from the manse
to the Isolation Hospital, Saturday.
Dir. Winter was taken ill ten days ago
with what was supposed to be nervous
prostration from overwork, but until
Saturday, the attending physician did
not pronounce the case smallpox. Mr.
Winter was preparing to leave for rest
and recreation on a farm in the Wil
lamette Valley. Up to Friday a great
many of his friends called to see and
chat with him, but Saturday the case
was pronounced smallpox and he was
at once removed to the pesthouse. The
attack is mild and there is believed to
be small danger that it will spread
among friends, who continued to call
as late as Friday. Oregonian
Establishing Cherry Driers.
The anxiety of growers regarding
the future of the cherry and logan
berry Industry in this valley, caused
by the dull market for these products
this year, has been allayed to some
extent by the favor with which the
drying process is being received and
the extent to which it Is being prac
ticed. Several large growers in Mar
lon and Polk counties are drying large
quantities of loganberries and experi
ments are being made In several
plaoes in drying cherries. A repre
sentative of McClure, Kilton & Com
pany was up from Ponland today for
a conference with local fruit men. He
states that there is a good market for
dried cherries, and there is a belief
here that the drying plan may solve
the market problem. Oregonian.
Y)ies After Long Illness.
Mrs. J. D. Fenton. wife of Dr. J. D.
Fen ton. died at her home on Overton
street Wednesday night at 7 o'clock.
Death was due primarily to goitre of
longstanding, which about one month
aro confined ber to her bed. The fun
eral will be held today at 10 JO from
Trinity church, of which Mrs. Fenton
has been an active member and a
worker in the Ladies' Guild. Rev.
A. Morrison will officiate. Mrs.
Fenton was the eldest daughter of
Mrs. Kate Brasel, an old-time resi
dent of this city. She leaves, besides
her husband and a son who is 2 years
of age, five sisters and one brotner.
Portland Journal.
Dr. Fenton Is a brother of H. I
Fenton of this city.
Mrs. Nellie RsysMmd Dead.
Mrs. Nellie Raymond died at ber
home in Caldwell, Idaho, Sunday,
July 5, after a long Illness. She was
born In Ohio la 1S97, and on July 6.
1884, she married Fred Raymond, of
Hillsdale. Michigan, and came wun
him to Oregon six years later. After
13 rears residence In Oregon tney
moved to Caldwell. Idaho la 1901 The
damaged Is survived br two sons and
three daughters, her husband having
died a few years after tney went. to
Idaho. Mrs. Raymond was well
knowa among the residents of both
Dallas and Falls City.
OREGON CHERRIES PEERLESS
Fruit Exhibited at Cherry Fair Last
Week the Finest in the
World.
In regard to the culture of cherries
in Oregon, as exemplified at the recent
Cherry Fair in Salem, the Oregonian
speaks as follows :
The cherry fair held in Salem last
week was an epoch in the history of
horticulture In Oregon. The distinct
success of the fair and the high qual
ity of its exhibits draw attention to the
fact that the people of Oregon and
especially of the Willamette valley, do
not appreciate in any degree the re
markable possibilities of our section
in the growing of cherries. We speak
indifferently of our beautiful and
lucious Royal Annes, American Lam
berts, but until some official test is
made we do not appear to understand
that in Western Oregon are natural
olimatic and soil conditions whidh
produce cherries of the highest qual
ity and ot the largest size ever shown
In the world.
The Royal Anne is a native of the
south of France and is the standard
among white cherries. But in its
native home it is not the Royal Anne
of the Willamette valley, where it is
grown 1 inches in diameter and
supreme In quality. Yet the Royal
Anne has been surpassed in the esti
mation of connoisseurs by the Bing,
the Lambert, the Hoskins and several
other varieties, all of which have been
originated in the Willamette valley.
Here, in their native home, these
varieties have excelled the products of
all ages, and emphasize the claim that
Oregon is unsurpassed in this tempt
ing line of horticulture. However,
excellent as these varieties seem to be,
we have not been able to introduce
them to the markets of New York and
Chicago. The juciness, the very lus
cious quality that endears these fruits
to us, has hitherto been their undoing,
robbing them of their carryingquality
for distant shipments.
Experiments to obviate this tender
ness in our cherries and berries have
been in progress for some time, and it
is now thought that the difficulty will
be overcome by cooling the fruit before
it is put into refrigeration. It Is
planned to load cars with cherries and
run them into, cooling stations,
allowing them to stand a few hours,
or until tne temperature ot tne
fruit drops gradually to the proper
point, and then to ice the cars
in the ordinary manner of refrig
erating. It is thought that by this
plan cherries, loganberries and all
other tender fruits will carry in per
fect condition to New York. Thus far
these experiments indicate the solu
tion of the tender cherry difficulty.
THE REPRIEVE OF JOHN.
BV DEAN COLLINS.
The Standard Oil magnate receiving
the message
That bummed on the wires from the
Court of Appeals,
Flopped down on a fine Turkish rug
in the hallway,
And, wildly hilarious, kicked up bis
heels.
Then clapping his hands, which were
horny and calloused
With clipping away at the lengthy
coupon;
He settled his wig on bis smooth
shining skull piece,
And skipped through the doorway as
light as a fawn. . ,
He skipped down the hedgrrows and
sped toward the golf links,
As agile and free as the tricksy mus
tang. And lifted bis voice in a heart-happy
cbauntry,
And these are the jubilant words that
be sang:
"Jadge Landis, Judge Landis, the
sins that a man does',
Though redder than scarlet and slimy
as eels,
Yet whiter than wool, when the meas
ure Is full, then
They'll wash 'em all out la the Court
of Appeals.
My lean days are ended my woe is be
friended, By those who in sympathy sweetly
have spoke
The soft soothing speech that has
stopped up the breach that
Long threatened to put the poor mag
nate clean broke.
Now thicker than freckles I'll scatter
my shekels.
And turn on my charity faucet anew.
And colleges many who haven't bad
any
Of my hateful rhino shall see me come
through.
O gladder and gladder I'll grin while
the madder
The people will roar at my lucky
escape
As the 5(9,000,000 they're waiting for
still, yon
They'll see In the distance, a fleet fad
ing shape.
O Kenesaw Landis, I'm feeling as j
grand as
A Kaiser, or Cxar, or an Emperor,
feels,
I'm gay as a eolt o'er your un looked-
for jolt ; '
Hip, hip, hip, hurray for the Court of .
Appeals 1"
The Randall Company has rented
tbe Crider building on the corner of
Oak and Main streets, and Is Install
ing seat and other fixtures, prepara
tory to opening a moving picture
theater. Tne new am one men t ball
will be ready to open by tbe first of
next wiwk.
WILL ENCOURAGE IMMIGRATION
Campaign Throughout Oregon Planned
to Reduce Acreage of Farm
Holdings.
A campaign throughout the Wil
lamette Valley for the increasing of
Oregon's population by reducing the
size of individual farm holdings in
the valley counties is being widely
discussed among the commercial
clubs, real estate dealers and railroad
companies, and a concerted effort is
contemplated fca bring about a division
of the larger holdings into small sized
tracts, which may be parcelled out and
sold to newcomers at fair prices, thus
Inducing an inorease in the current of
immigration to our state.
The Portland Journal, Wednesday
evening, makes the following notice
ot a meeting held in that city for the
purpose of discussing these plans.
"A campaign of education for
smaller farms and more farmers in
the Willamette valley was started by
the Portland realty board at a meeting
held Tuesday afternoon at the Com
mercial club. Railroad officials who
have been making a study of con
ditions attended the , meeting and
joined in the movement. A committee
was appointed to formulate a plan of
campaign.
"The situation in the valley at the
present time does not hold out encour
agement for increased population and
larger production. The farms are
still held In large tracts, hundreds of
acres being under single ownership
and neither cleared nor tilled in
reasonable proportions.
' "The coyutry Is Imperatively iu
heed ot more active agricultural oper
ations.' The industry seeins to have
been held back by the contentment of
those who hold the lands, or by the
settling of estates of deceased pioneers,
or by the ownor's failure to adopt
modern methods of diversified farm
ing. The lands are rich and will pro
duce Immense crops if properly culti
vated. There is but a small proportion
ot the lands under continuous culti
vation, and a vast acreage, is still in
virgin timber. .
'Dr. James Withyoombe, director of
the Oregon agricultural college exper
iment station, urged the board to go
on with Its proposed campaign, and
said any change from present condi
tions would be a benefit to the people
of the valley."
Fine Specimens of Cherries.
J. B. Nunn has brought in this week
from bis cherry orchard south of Dal
las, several remarkably fine spoclmens
oT the Lambert cherry, large finely
colored samples of fruit, with small
pits and exceptionally fine meat. Mr.
Nunn was unable to send any ot his
fruit to the. Cherry Fair held In
Salem last week, on account of
Its slowness In ripening, but tho speci
mens brought In this week wore un
doubtedly of a prize winning quality.
Mr. Nunn's cherries are of the same
variety as those exhibited by J. R.
Shepard last week, which won the
sweepstakes over the combined exhib
its of four counties.
Mrs. A. R. Martin and son, of Junc
tion City, are visiting at tbe homo of
her parents, Judge and Mrs. N. L.
Butler.
Elbert Parrlsh is suffering from a
light attack of blood poisoning caused
by bruising his right hand while feed
ing one of the planers at the Willam
ette Valley sawmill.
SOME
LIKE
We do not make a practice of traveling about the
country doing this kind of business but will meet any
"Cut Price that others wish to make.
My Price Others Cut Prices
Standard Binding Twine 10c 10 3-4c
Plymouth " " 10c 10 3-4c
The
DALLAS
MID-SUMMER
SPECIALSALE
Commencing Thursday July 9th, on
our entire stock of Ladies' and Men's
Oxfords-Tan, Patent or, Vici.
. Ladies' Shirt Waists, Silk or Lawn,
to close out at a big reduction.
Wash Goods in Lawns, Organdies,
Dimity, Mulls etc., all go during this
sale at cut prices.
Owing, to the cold, backward
spring we are overstocked on these
goods. Space will not permit of
giving prices, but the price is low.
COME and SEE.
Campbell & Hollister
' Where did you go so early
I was down to HALL &
Silk Floss
they make. They are strictly all floss and each bed
guaranteed, and they have the most complete line of
Carpets, Rugs, Matting, Lace Curtains, etc. in the
city. And say, those Couches they make are just
simply grand. And . tney said they would not be
beat on prices.
HALL & HAYES
Successors to
TTOBHSY AT LAW.
Oscar Havter,
Upstairs In Campbell building. Mill BL
DALLAS. OREGON.
TTORNSYS AT LAW.
Sibley & Eakin,
The only reliable set or Abstracts la
Polk county. Offlcs on Court St, ,
DALLAS, OREGON.
MERCHANTS
TO CUT PRICES
Wm. FAULL
Man for a Square
this morning, Mrs. Wise?
HAYES to get one of those
Mattresses
F. J. Chapman.
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, - OREOON
Deal
OREGON
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