Polk County observer., August 11, 1908, Image 1

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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY
VOL. XX
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 11, 1908.
NO. 26
ECHOES FROM ENCAMPMENT
GAINS ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
BUILD MANY SCH00LR0USES
BARNUM & BAILEY COMING
Member of Company H Gives Impres
sions of the Work of the
Dallas Troops.
Evangelical Association Formally
Nine Polk County Districts Lead
Will Make One Day Stand in Salem
Adopts Dallas College, Practically
Doubling Its Resources.
Movement 15 More Will
Follow Soon.
on Thursday, August
27, 1908.
PAUL SIMMONS DISAPPEARS
Believed to Have Committed Suicide
, in Fit of Despondency Was
Resident of Dallas.
"You need not look for me ; I've got
consumption and can't be cured, and
I'm going into the woods and kill my
self." -
This is what Paul Simmons, aged 22
years, wrote Tuesday to his mother,
Mrs A. E. Simmons, and his sister,
Mrs M. C. Weatherford, of Roseburg,
sod also to his brother, W. Z. Sim
mons, who resides at Wilbur, eight
miles north of Roseburg. The letter
to his sister and brother were written
by Simmons at Salem and the letter to
bis mother at Eugene. Simmons has
been working in a blacksmith shop at
Dallas, Polk county.
The police at Eugene and Salem
were notified to search for Simmons.
They have been unsuccessful, and his
relatives think he has ended bis life,
although they scout the Idea that he
had consumption.
Oo the day that he wrote to his rela
tives Simmons also sent his personal
effects to Roseburg. A violin he con
signed to his brother by express and a
trunk and telescope valise arrived as
baggage, the checks for which were
Inclosed in the letter t5 his sister. The
letter received by Simmons' mother
contained a money order purchased at
Eugene and some small change. Sim
mons' personal description follows :
Nearly 6 feet high, weight 105
pounds, blue eyes, dark hair, medium,
complexion and smooth shaven. Sa
lem Statesman.
Fred J. Wagner, proprietor of the
Wagner Implement Shop In this city,
says thatSimmonsentered his employ
early last spring and during the whole
of the time be was with him proved to
be a sober and steady young man and'
an excellent workman. His health
however was poor, and he gradually
grew worse until it was impossible for
bim to continue bis work and he asked
employer for a three weeks' lay off,
hoping tbatafterhe had rested awhile
he might be able to resume his place.
He left Dallas a week ago last Sat
urday, and from that time Mr. Wag
ner beard no news of him, until the
report of his supposed suicide ap
peared in the Friday papers last week.
Light Attack of Smallpox
Professor D. M. Metzger is confined
to the detention hospital in Portland
by a light attack of smallpox. A short
time ago Mr. Metzger paid a visit to
the Rev. A. A. Winter, pastor of the
First Evangelical Church of Portland,
who was quite ill at the tfme although
the nature of his malady bad not yet
been discovered. It later developed
that Mr. Winter was suffering from
an attack of smallpox, and Mr. Metz
ger Is supposed to have contracted the
disease at that time. Mr. Winter has
already recovered and has been re
leased from the hospital, and Profes
sor Metzger is reported to be doing
nicely. The Rev. M. J. Ballantyne
will fill his appointment at Troutdale
each Sunday during his illness.
"Maltona"
When heat and .the dust puts a
crimp in your windpipe ;
lour tongue is all dry; you can
scarce speak a word ;
Oo slake your rich thirst with a
glass of "Maltona,"
The soft summer beverage. Sold by
John Bird. 8-11-lt
Company H Is undoubtedly having a
good time atthe encampmentat Amer
ican Lake, its members enjoying
themselves as only a crowd of Amer
ican young men out on a semi-holiday
occasion can enjoy themselves. The
sun is hot out near the Lake, and the
drill work is none too light, but such
is the spirit of the young guardsmen,
that they can turn their work into
play, and get an abundance of amuse
ment out of even the most trying cir
cumstances. '
A few notes taken by one of them,
serves to give a good Impression of
the way they are enjoying themselves,
and will no doubt prove interesting
and entertaining to the many friends
of the young men, who are numbered
among those 'ieft behind." The cor
respondent says:
"Company H is making good. The
officers and men of the organization
have been personally complimented
by Major Hammond, the battalion
chief, on their splendid appearance
and excellent work.
"After reaching camp Monday
night, the remainder of the time until
"taps" was spent pitching tents and
making' camp. Privates Teats and
Blodgett had the misfortune to lose
their hats while enroute trom Portland
to Tacoma and have .in consequence
been compelled to stay in the kitchen
detail, for the sun is hot on bare heads
here at the Lake.
"The total number of men encamped
in the vicinity of American Lake is
about 6000. Oregon has two regi
ments, Washington one, and the
remainder are men of the regular
army.
"One of the boys was requested to
secure 60 yards of skirmish line, and
Innocently went to nearly every officer
in the camp before he discovered the
joke that bad been played on him.
"The boys are enjoying their work
Immensely and are rapidly acquiring
form and confidence, and when the
company strikes camp this week, they
will have gained a considerable
amount of useful knowledge for future
use in drill work and tactics."
Spaulding Company Grows.
A recent dispatch from Albany pub
lished in the Oregonian announce
that the C. K. Spaulding Logging
Company has at last become identified
with Albany through the purchase of
the C. W. Spink lumber yards In that
city. The Spaulding Company is
becoming one of.the largest and most
powerful concerns of its kind in the
Northwest. It has recently acquired
the sawmill of the Dallas Lumber
Company together with Its extensive
timber holdings in the vicinity of Dal
las, and has' also possession of six
other large mills in other important
cities of the Willamette Valley.
Percy M. Stroud and Miss Hope
Rodgers, both students at the Mon
mouth formal, were married Friday
at the Methodist parsonage, the Rev.
M. P. Dixon officiating. They will
make their boms in Monmouth, tem
porarily. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Crider, of Dal
las, are among the recent arrivals in
the city of tents at Nye Creek. Telegram.
Dr. C. A. Mock, president of Dallas
College, returned Friday from attend
ing the Union Campmeetiog of the
United Evangelical Church and the
iVangehcal Association, held at Jen
nings Lodge near Portland last week.
This meeting, he says, has been one
of primary importance for"" Dallas
College, and resolutions were adopted
which will mean the opening of- an
era of unprecedented prosperity for
for that institution in everv rerject.
The Evangelical Association has'
formally adopted Dallas College as
Its representative educational institu
tion on the Pacific Coast, which means
that, In that transaction,' Dallas Col
lege practically doubled its strength
and its resources. Where it was form-
A live business training school. Endorsad by business men. The school
whose graduates- secure positions and bold them. Living expenses low.
School in continuous session. Send for catalogue.
SALEM, OREGON - AV. I. STALEY, Principal
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DALLAS COLLEGE
eraly forced to rely principally upon
the membership of the United Evan
gelical Church for Us patronage, it is
now backed by the additional patron
age of the Evangelical Association,
and its attendance must necessarily
show a marked and permanent in
crease in the future.
While no immediate financial assis
tance from the new denomination can
reasonably be expected, it will be a
matter of only a very short time until
matters may be shaped so as to assure
this also, and the college may look for
a period of greater prosperity than
she has enjoyed at any previous time.
The Evangelical Association having
no other representative school on the
Pacific Coast, the strength and stabil
ity of their additional patronage and
support can be readily imagined.
It is the purpose of the two denomi
nations to co-operate In both church
and school affairs in the future, and
the resolutions adopted at Jennings
Lodge last week are regarded by the
leading men of both denominations
as the first step toward their ultimate
organic union..
The United Evangelical Church has
granted the Evangelical Association
the privilege of electing a representa
tive on the board of trustees of Dallas
College, and the Rev. Hoover, of Mon
mouth, has been nominated to that
position, thus bringing it about that
the new clientage of the Institution
may have an Immediate and active
part in its conduct ,
Another forward step which is rum
ored to be pending, is the union of
Dallas and Philomath colleges. Al
though no formal negotiations have
been entered into by the parties of
either side, there Is a strong sentiment
in favor of such a move among the
members of the Evangelical Church,
represented by Dallas College, and of
the United Brethren; represented by
Philomath. .
Should this plan be carried through,
with the energies and support of three
strong denominations crystallzed
about it, Dallas College will become
one of the strongest and most pro
gressive denominational schools in
Oregon, and will be placed In a posi
tion to have a wider and more bene
ficial influence in this state than any
of its other educational Institutions,
with the exception of the Oregon Agrl
New schoolbouses here, new school-
houses there I Not for years has this
branch of educational advancement
in Polk county received such an
Impulse as during the present sum
mer. It seems almost as if the school
boards in the various districts had all
awakened at the same time to the need
of the school children for comfortable
and commodious quarters, and. bad
all started in at once to raise the "old
country schoolhouse" out of its pro
verbial condition of unfitness, to a
place where it can be compared with
out discredit, to theschoolhouses built
in the more favored city districts.
In nine of the rural districts a total
sum of $14,800 will be expended in the
erection of new schoolbouses, while
new additions and extensive repairs
in 15 other districts will swell the sum
to be applied on schoolhouse improve
ments to a still larger figure.
The list of the districts that will
build or have already built this sum
mer, and the cost of the new school-
houses, are as follows :
Lewisville ...$ 1.000
Alrlie , ' 1.P00
Oakdale.... 1,000
Grand Ronde 1,000
Dist. 6T (East of Dallas) 800
McCoy f.500
Lincoln 1,500
Ballston 5,000
North Dallas 1.600
Total, $14,800
Improvements and additions to
schoolbouses are contemplated in
Independence, Dallas and many other
districts.
"THE SCHOOL OF QUALITY" .
Tenth and Morrison, Portland. Oregon A. P. AroMtroag. LL.B-. Principal
CWe occupy two floors 65 by 100 feet, have a $20,000 equipment,
nploy a large faculty, give individual instruction, receive more calls
for office help than we can meet. Our school admittedly leads all
others in quality of instruction. It pays to attend nca an institution.
(Said a BasiaeM Maai Keep hammering awy ererUstintf T oa thorough
"k- It win win out lathe end.- Said aa EJaeaUn The quality of iastn
fcoa given ia toot school nuke it the standard of its kind la the North wgL"
COpenaHthe Tear. Students admitted at any time. Catalogue free.
Aay buk. any newspaper, aor boataeo. la PortUod.
jaEWPWtt c, a. moce
cultural College and the University tif
Oregon. . ,
Dallas College has excited consider
able comment In tbe Jforthweet, be
cause of Its rapid and stable growth
during the few years of lu existence
aa a college, but the progress lo tbe
coming years, which recent oceur-
rances seem to presage bids fair lo be
even more rapid, more stable and
more extensive than has been enjoyed
at any time io the past.
Teacher's Examination.
Notice is hereby given that the
County Superintendent of Polk County
will hold the regular examination of
applicants for state and county papers
at the Court House in Dallas, as fol
lows: FOR STATE PAPERS
Commencing Wednesday, August
12 at 9 o'clock a. m., and continuing
until Saturday August 15 at 4 p. m.
Wednesday Penmanship, history,
spelling, physical geography, reading,
psychology.
Thursday Written arithmetic,
theory of teaching, grammar, book
keeping, physics, civil government,
Friday Physiology, geography,
composition, algebra, English litera
ture. Saturday Botany, plane geometry,
general history, school law.
FOB COl'NTr PAPEBS
Commencing Wednesday, August
13 at 9 o'clock a. m., and continuing
until Friday, August 14 at 4 p. m.
Wednesday Penmanship, history,
orthography, reading, physical geog'
raphy.
Thursday-Written arithmetic, theory
of teaching, grammar, physiology.
Friday Geography, school law,
civil government, Euglish literature.
Yours truly,
H. C. SEYMOUR, '
School Superinten
7-31-4t dent of Polk Co.
It is a pleasure to announce the fact
that on Thursday, August 27, the
Barnum and Bailey Show will give
two performances in Salem, thus af
fording an opportunity to the people
of this city to visit the greatest amuse
ment enterprise the world has ever
known. ,
For fifty-four years the Barnum and
Bailey show has led the world in all
matters pertaining to big amusements;
There is not a country on earth where
it is not as well known as in America,
nor a city of any size in the world
where its mammoth -tents have , not
been pitched. Royalty has applauded
it and tbe peasantry has marveled at
it, and all the world, civilized and
savage, has contributed to its multi
plicity of attractions.
The spirit of its great founder, one
of the most wonderful men in all his
tory, P. T. Barnum, still lives in the
policy of the present management,
while the perfect system put into oper
ation by tbe great James A. Bailey, is
still in operation This season, the
show Is much larger than ever before,
and additional interest attaches to it
because the parade, a feature which
for several seasons has been missing,
is again in its place.
For four years artists, soulptors and
mechanics have been working day and
night at the foreign work-shops of the
show at Stock-on-Trent, England,
building this great street pageant, and
the result of their labors now is ex
pressing Itself in the most costly and
longest street parade that ever passed
through the streets of any city.
The program in the great exhibition
tent opens with a new spectacle. Tbe
acts that follow are all European and
of great novelty and variety. Of the
375 performers, nearly 300 have never
toured,Amr!ca before. The climax of
tbe bill Is tbe most daring and -awful
exhibition of nerve and death-daring
ever attempted. The act is called
"Autos that Pass in the Air." As the
name briefly explains, it is the passing
of two automobiles high above the
heads of the people, while leaping a
50-footgap. Thoveloolty is gained by
a llghtening-like dash down a steep
incline, one machine hugging close
behind the other. A sharp upward
terminal of tbe track sends the auto
mobiles up into space. One grace
fully arches across the gap to a spring
platform, the otherturolng a complete
somersault around it and landing be
hind it
Tbe circus this season numbers
1,500 people, 700 horses, 108 cages of
animals, 6 railroad trains, 20 camels
and nearly all the elephants in America.
NEWPORT
YAQUINA BAY
Oregon's Matchless Beach Resort
The Place to go for Perfect Rest and Every Conceiv
able Form of Healthful and Delightful Recreation
ITS FACILITIES ARE COMPLETE Best of food and an abundance of
it. Fresh jvater from springs. All modern necessities, suoh as telegraph
telephone, markets freshly provided every day. Fuel in abundance.
Cottages partly furnished or unfurnished to be bad cheaply. Striot mun
icipal sanitary regulations.
NEWPORT is reached by way of the Southern Paciflo to Albany or Cor
vallis, thence Corvallis & Eastern B. B. Train service dally and the trip
a pleasure throughout. ,
Dntf fnr Sennn (DALLAS
Ticket From
S5.75
? DERRY 4.50
( INDEPENDENCE 4.20
Saturday to Monday Ticket SNDENCB
DALLAS
$3.60
2.65
2.S0
Our elaborate new Summer Book gives a oonoiBe description of Newport,
including a list of hotels, their capacity and rates. Call on, telephone or
write
I. N. WOODS, Local Agt. Dallas
WM. MCMURRAY '
General Passenger Agent, Portland,)regon.
Frank Iugbry returned to bis
home near Lacklamute, Friday, after
a visit with bis brother. U. 8. Lough
ary. P.alph McColm left Mooday evening
for Dallaa where be baa employment
la the lumber yard. Dayton Optimirt.
Dates Set For Poultry Show.
Claud Shaw, one of tbe most enth us
lastio members of the Polk County
Poultry Raisers' Association, says
that tbe committee is preparing for an
even bigger and better show this year
than was held last and already they
have fixed the date and are bard at
work on the preparations. Such
Interest taken lo last year's show
that several of the prominent men of
Polk county have promised to furnish
valuable cups for tbe prlzo list, and
tbe committee hopes to be able to hold
out much better Inducements (o exhib
itors this year than they oould last.
Tbe dates for the exhibit have been set
at December 16, 17 and IS,. and Elmer
Dixon, of Oregon City, will be secured
forjudge again .this year, bis work
having given excellent satisfaction
during the 1907 exhibit.
J. B, Sbepard has returned from a
trip to Klickitat county, Eastern
Washington, where be has been Inves
tigating a large tract of laod, for a
Portland firm. Mr. Sbepard stated
that tbe wonderfully fertile tract of
laod lying north of the Columbia river
which heretofore bad been used by
sheep men for grazing purposes, is
coming into great demand on account
of tbe opening of tbe new North Baok
road. Salem Statesmao.
One passeDger coach was Oiled Mon
day morolog with O. N. O. boys from
Dallas ob tbelr way to tbe aooual en
campment of tbe Oregon and Wash
ington National Guards at American
Lake, where tbey will participate lo
Joint maneuvers and field work for
tea day a Ke berg Graph Ic.
J. 8, Cooper, wife and daughter, of
Independence, and Dr. A. Slarbuck,
of Dallas, are atnoog tbe late comers
at Nye Creek. Tbey will remain for
two week a Telegram.
Prof. W. Petteya, of tbe State Nor
mal at Monmouth, and Mrs. Petteya,
are visitiog friends aod relative lo
tbia city. Tillamook Headlight
' We are selling all oar Oxfords at a
big 'discount. Campbell & Hollurter.
Krebs Will Enforce Payment.
Judge William Galloway today
overruled a motion for amendment
findings of fact in the Krebs-Llvesley
bop suit, and has refused to stay exe
cution. Krebs has judgement for
$10,000 and is proceeding to enforce
payment. Tbe suit has attracted wide
attention in bop circles because of the
prominence of tbe parties and the
magnitude of the contract The con
tract provided for the delivery of
100,000 pounds of hops each year for
five years at 14 cents. Tbe contract
has two years yet to run. Livesley Is
the purchaser. Oregonian.
Notice to Contractors.
Tbe clerk of the school board of dis
trict No 8 will receive sealed bids for
tbe construction of a schoolhouse In
said district. Bids to be filed with tbe
clerk on or before Thursday, August
20, at lOo'clock a. m. Plans and spec
iflcations may be found with the clerk
of the school board ; in the office of tbe
County School Superintendent; or at
the Falls City Bank, in Falls City.
Tbe school board reserves tbe right to
reject any or all bids submitted.
W. M. Smith, Clerk of School Board,
District No. 8, Monmouth R. F. D. 1.
8-ll-3t
Electricity for Lighting
Is only expensive to people who are
wasteful and careless. To you, who
are naturally careful, it does not
come high. .. s
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 oneor two dollars per month.
You can probably get some kind of artificial light for less money
than electric 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
oould probably save a dollar tomorrow by going without your meals
but it wouldn't be economy. It Is not so niuoh what you save, but
how you save that counts.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY CO. RATES Residence on meters, per
Kilowatt 15o ; Residence, flat per month, 16cp 60a RATES FOR
BUSINESS HOUSES 25o per drop and 6c por Kilowatt up to 10 drops ;
over 10 drops 20o per drop and 5o per Kilowatt up tti 40 drops; over 40
drops l7Jc per drop and 5o 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. KEARNS, Manager for Dallas.
Office on Mill street, Just north of the Court House. Phones Bell 431,
Mutual 1297.
DALLAS COLLEGE
Places an education within the reach of every ambitious
young man and woman. The earnings of vacation will pay a
full years' expenses.
Offers advantages equal to those of any similar school In Ore
gon. Courses: Classical, Scientific. Elementary Academic
and Musical. Special work for those preparing to teach.
TERM OPENS SEPTEMBER 23.
For Catalogue and Information address the president.
C. A. MOCK
Dallas, Oregon
Morris Darter Released.
Tbe bearing of Morris Darter, ac
cused of forgery, was held before Jus
tice of the Peace Hardy Holmam, Fri
day morning. Previous to tbe bear
ing, tbe boy bid made full confession
and ail of tbe money drawn on tbe
forged checks bad . been recovered.
On motloo of tbe prosecuting attorney
the case waa dismissed and 00 pay
ment of costs the prisoner waa re
leased, bis previous record having
been perfectly clear.
C. K McDevitt says that the Free
land Mining Company bas been prom
ised $.5"00 from Marlon county for the
construct ioo of a road toils mines lo
tbe Cascade Range. Tbe road being
now assured, steps are being taken
for tbe Immediate construction of a
big 100 ton smelter to handle tbe out
pot of ore from tbe mtoea.
County Clerk E. M. Smith Issued
J license to wed to Percy M. Strood and
I Hope Fvodgra, and to W. L Araot
aod Norma E. Daniel this week.
Mrs. W. Tyler Smith returned Tues
day from Dallas where she baa beea
' visiting at tbe home of ber daughter,
Mrs. Jos. Craven. KberMan 8uo.
"CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS"
. rwtw1 nrnvprh Ko low 10 IT OUl ID1S IIDO OI rcoouuiug
we are missionaries to the good of the general public We
will call at your door for your aoiiea noen ana win raum
' clean and white as Mt Hood snow. We laundry Carpets,
Rugs, Blankets. Quilts and Lace Curtains. Will wash and
press your suit Io fact, anything that Is done In a first
class laundry. Despite the vast superiority of our work our
prices are the lowest Phone In your orders to the DALLAS
STEAM LAUNDRY. Mutual Phone 197.
A. E. THOMPSON Dallas, Ore.
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.
I STOWE BROS.
r uiiu cTDrrr DALLAS, OREGON
rroasaTS at law.
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The onlr relUbt set of Abstract la
Polk county. Offloe Court 81 .
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