County
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PUBLISHED 'SEMI-MTEKLY
VOL. XX
DALLAS, POLK-COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 21, 1908.
NO. 27
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NEWS OF COUNTY TOWNS
NEWPORT NOTES.
nr and Mrs. W. S. Gary arrived at
Newport, Friday, for a short vacation
Verne Johnson and Eugene Byerley
were among the visitors arriving here
Friday to stay over Sunday.
Mrs. F. J, Goad weflt to hor home in
Dallas, H.ituraay, iui
visit, returning to Newport, Thursday.
o ,iov'a arrivals were Mr. and
rr J. Whitney, Mr. and Mrs. E. M
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. WilUam Fault,
Mr and Mrs. J. M. Campbell, Mr, and
Mra W. V. Fuller, J. T. Johnson and
fumilv. Miss Edna Scott, Mies Fay
F-ercival and Attorney Oscar Hayter.
The launch "Lady Mario was
chartered Sunday for a trip to Toledo
and return. A large party made the
short cruise and It proved to be a most
eniovable affair. Among those in the
party were: Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Dai
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woods, of
Cliemawa; Ur. and Mrs. Charles Bii-j-eu
and little jonPaul ; Dr. and Mrs.
M. L. Thompson, or 'Falls City ;' Mrs.
Ed. F. Goad and daughter, Ava ;
Misses Hallie Coad,' Emma Dempsey,'
Frankie Hayter Lucile Dalioh, Evelyn
Woods ; Messrs. Boy Sparks and Carj
Fenton.
Just at present, the lat of those
departing for their'hqines after having
spent their vacation at the seashore,
is considerably larger than trie list of
arrivals. Qn Friday! Dr. A.' B, Star
puck returned borne after a three
peeks' stay, and on Saturday, D. 0.
priderand familyMra. Hardy Hol
Ban and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. 0.
falbott. Mrs. Lydia D'Lashmutt, Mrs.
W. W. FUrcy, Mis Ella Butler, Miss
Essie Frakea, Mitchell Butler and
Nolie Dimick. Those returning on
Monday were Dr. and Mrs. M. L.
Thompson, Mrs. A. F. Toner, Miss
Nora Robertson and E. V. Dalton,
and on Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Whitney, Mrs. Mary Miner, Mra. T. J.
Hayter, Miss Emma Dempsey an
Miss Frankie Havter, i ' " '
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MONMOUTH.
Mr. and Mrs. 4. Qrover a.re. visiting
(P Albany,
Charles Herren returned from a
trip to Tillamook, Thursday. '
Professor Roblnsqn la spending hs
summer vacation, in Chicago.
The wheat yield In this vicinity is
averaging about 30 bushels to the
acre,
Mrs. Stella Hampton, of Donley, is
visiting relatives and friends In Mon
mouth.
Mr. Bogart will soon be ready to
move his stook of furniture In his fine
new building.
The Monmouth cannery has been
temporal lly closed but will soon be re
opened aud running again.
The people of Monmouth are having
some difficulty in becoming accus
tomed to the new train service.
Mrs. H. Butler baa several carpenters
at work rebuilding the house which
was destroyed by Are this summer.
James Huntley's farm near Inde
pendence yielded 100 bushels to the
acre this year. A truly remarkable
record.'
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Saturday for Eugene, where Mr.
Campbell has a position in the State
University.
J. B. V. Butler and Dr. O, D. Butler
returned Saturday from a successful
bunting . and fishing trip in the
mountains.
William Evans, of Barlow, baa
rented the Gordon property and will
make his home in this city. He has
purchased the Normal Book Store and
haa already taken charge of the new
business.
JNPfENQENCE.
Miss Grace Jones returned
Newport, Monday.
from
W. H. Eiggs was a Portland visitor
the last of the week.
J. A. Mills, of Salem, was in town
the fjrst of the week.
Mrs. S. Qoff haS' returned from an
outing at Slab Greek. -
Clyde Hill, of Eastern Oregon, is
visiting relatives here.
Clarence Clodfelter, of Jefferson,-
visite relatives here this week.
Clarence Irvine, of Portland, la
ooking after business Interests here.
Mrs. James Robinson died at her
dome here Sunday night, after a long
illness.
Mrs. Q. W. Cqiikay a yisitlng her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mc:
Dev(tt, iq Dallas.
Cement walks, are being put iq front
p,f Vil80fl's grqeery sto,ra and, Mo
Paleb's phptograph gallery.
Mr. and tyrs. IL H. VVflgoner, of
Pqrtaud, are viaitlng at the home of
their daughter, Mrs, W. Ti AHin,
The new steel bridge at the north
end of Main street Is almost completed
and will soon be opelPto public travel.
Mrs. J. It. Cooper and daughters,
Ivy and Lavilla, have returned home
from Black Rock, where they epft
the past few westta ' !l '' u"d ' ' ,
:he members, ot the Leisure Hour
Reading Club were entertained by
several of the ladies at tb,e h,aroe of
M,rs. A. elsn ?rld,ay atternoo.n.
FALLS CITY,
(Kails City Kewi.)
Born, tq R:r, a,nd M.ra. Willet, Mon-
day, August IT, a aoq.
J. M- Card and family, of Dallas,
were Falls City visitors Thursday.
A. E. Myefa ft.qd family returned
last week from a trip to the coast.
Mrs. 0. W. Travis returned last Fri
day from a visit with her ohildren in
Idaho.
Charles Godley and J. H. Hembree,
of Elk City, were Falls City visitors,
Saturday,
County Fruit Inspeotor R. B. Nel
son, of Independence, was an. offlolal
visitor In Falls City last week.
Charles Palmer has been summoned
to Duluth, Minnesota, by the news of
the critical illness of bis mother.
Charles Hartung left Saturday for
Bolae, Idaho, for a vlait with his
mother whom he has not seen for more
than 16 years. ' '
' 'Justin Hunter was severely bruised
recently while attempting to throw off
he belt of a, thires,hii'qg njaGhlna, with
a grabbing hoe.
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W. I. STALEY, Principal
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SOME RAMBLING THOUGHTS
Notes By the Way From the Former
Editor of the Polk County ,
Observer.
PUEBLO, Colo., Aug. 12-(To the
Editor.) Before leaving Dallas on
my tour of idleness, I was asked by a
number of readers of the Observer if I
purposed writing occasional letters to
the paper. I answered that if, at any
time, I should happen to observe any
thing that I. thought might be of
interest, I would write otherwise, not.
I have all too little patience with those
well-meaning, but misguided people
who occasionally wander from their
own firesides and pester their friends
with souvenir postal cards and their
ocal papers with dry, dull letters,
descriptive ot places with which many
of the readers are doubtless more
familiar than they are.
How often do we pick up our home-
newspaper and read, something like
this : '.'Dear Editor Having promised
my many friends to giye them an
account of my trip, I shall now
endeavor to carry out that promise.
We bade our friends good-bye on the
afternoon of August 1, and, after a
pleasant ride of five hours, arrived in
Portland, where at 10 :3p p. m., we
boarded the train for Saq Fraoc.isco,
in wblch city we arrival hours
later,'1 and so on and so forth. I was
about t say, "and, soon, ad nauseam."
It evidently never occurs to these
well-meaning trayelerg that hundreds
of people ride between Portland and
San Francisco every day of the year,
and that if a passenger (ia a, ticket,
and stays, qn fna trio, and doesn't
falj off, be will arrive in San Francisco
as sure as death and taxes, o simply
can't help Ji'fflaelf. fco what's the use?
If qpe were traveling In, a foreign
land, where the country was new and
strange, and the oustoinsot the natives
different from those of the people at
home, there might be some excuse for
desoriptive letters; but even then It
must be remembered that few writers
have the gift of making such Utters
really entertan,, ,
ere iq our own country, wnere tue
Industrie and resources and scenery
and the habits of the people of one
state are familiar to. a targe portion
qf the inhabitants of every other state,
there Is absolutely no place in a local
newspaper for descriptive corres
pondence, unless, que Is ah,la to draw
aemparisqna ad present new Ideas
that will prove beueflcial to the people
of one's home community and of
Interest tq one's friends,
There Is, however, one exception,
and that applies to visitors from the
Eastern and Middle states who may
chance to visit the Western country
and write back to their" borne papers
to tell of its resources and advantages,
The tide of emigration is ever West
ward, and any literature descriptive
of the Pacific Coast states la eagerly
read by the people living east of the
Rocky Mountains, and therefore
possesses news value. But I take it
for granted that no one from Oregon is
contemplating moving to Colorado,
or New Mexico, or Arizona, and for
that reason I shall attempt to give the
Observer's readers nething farther
than a few personal experiences and
observations,1' 'from time to time,
accompanied' by such suggestions as
will, Id my humble Judgment, proye
beneficial tq the people, pi my home
town an county.
If, by studying the various methods
of farming and stockraising pursued
by the people of the Southwestern
states, or by observing the different
systems of municipal Improvement Id
the many towns visited, I may be able
to Bhow how Dallas and Polk County
are In the lead, or in the rear of the
march of progress, and how they may
profit by the experience of the people
of other communities, I shall be con
tent. Such comparisons, taken to
gether with a few brief descriptions of
places of principal Interest to me, wil
be all that I shall attempt to fli
rnisp
your readers. Be It understood that I
am taking tht8 tr'P tor re8t aDd recro
ation and that I am not going to exert
myself In any capacity for the pext
few months. It mlbt not be out of
place (o eonoedethat, having patiently
followed my writing for seventeen long
years, the readers of the Observer are
also emitted to a few months' rest.
Enroute for San Francisco, I pur
chased a copy of the Oregonian, and
my attention was attracted by the
headline, "Patients Well Cared For."
Following was an article highly com-
plimentary to Doctor Steioer, the oew
supennienaeui oj mo uirjuu ""
Asylum. After describing at leogtb
how ably the Institution Is being man
aged, and how well the patient are
heinff cared for, the paper said : "Dr.
Steioer Is taking a great Interest In
jbe detail work of the Int!tution and
w may 100 it lor grei huiuic.ucu,
in the near future io the care of our
insane," Praise that was worthily
bestowed and richly deserved.
4 few day before leaving Oregon, I
visited the asylum and had ao oppor
tunity to obwrre the practical mo
sgwneot of the big institution tbst
shelters withio Us walls over 1700 of
the state' unfortunate people. While
ooe cannot fail to be favorably Im
pressed with toe well-planned system
ia effeet lo every dvpartmeot, tt is of
the SuperintMideat himself that I "la-
sire to 8 peak. I can truthfully say
that I never had a more gratifying
experience than that of my visit
through the wards in company with
the kind and humane Doctor who has
charge of Oregon's asylum for the
insane. Stopping here to exchange
greetings with a physician or attends
ant, (all of whom, it is plainly evident,
hold him in the highest respect and
esteem); pausing there to fondle some
poor, deformed ohild, to exchange
pleasantries with the men, or to gently
shake the band of some silver-haired
grandmother; listening patiently to
all complaints, and then offering a
kindly word to soothe the dissatisfied
spirit; holding the had and looking
with tender solicitude Into the dull
eyesof some unfortunate child, mean
while talking calmly and earnestly,
as if In hope of leading the poor, wan
dering mind back Into the path of
reason oh, well, it was all done as
only Dr. Stiener can do It.
Nearly every o,ne o.f the patients
seemed to recognise the Superinten
dent aa'Tscjan aa he stepped into the
ward, and It was a pleasing, yet pa
thetic, sight to watch the smile of
eager expectancy lighting up the sad,
tired faces, aa he greeted them in tqrn
and called each by name, A kind
hearted; good man, who deserves all
the complimentary things that the
people or press of Oregon may aay
about him,,
I know wh,at the Doctor will say
whpn he reads these lines, and I know
that I will have to account to liira per
sonally when return to Oregon next
spring) but he will please remember
that the asylum Is a puhjio institution
and tunt we uqve a right to vlait It as
often as we like, and to tell about it,
if we want to. And I want to for the
care of the inaane ia a matter of deep
Interest to every right-minded man and
woman iq Oregon, and it will be com-
fortipg to all to know. that these
unfortunate people, are In good hands.
San Fraqolacol Two. years ago a
aoena of ruin and desolation such aa
was never seen in any other elty of
the world ; today, a live and bustling
metropolis, juetiy holding the title pf
the yueen City of the Pacific Coast
The "rebuilding of the business dis
trict io the face of unfavorable finan
cial conditions has. been nothing less
than marvelous, and is the best evi
enqe of the spirit that has made the
Golden Gate city one of the great com
mercial centers of the world. Earth
quakes may wreckTand fire destroy,
but the San Francisco spirit will go
right on living.
Market street presents a scene of
remarkable activity, aud the burned
territory to the north is being slowly,
but steadily, rebuilt with modem
structures of steel aud iron. It is too
much to say that the oity will be as
good as new within the next five years,
or probably within the next ten years,
Jbut it ia fair to predict that within the
next quarter of a century no evidence
will remain ot the awful diasaater of
two years ago. The work may be
progreaslng slowly, but it la a pretty
safe bet that it will be finished before
Heney and Burns secure the punish
ment of Hebiew Abe and the Fiddling
Mayor; not that these two, worthies
are not guilty, but rather because the
Spreckies sack ia long and the city
treasury big and easy.
Construction work of all kinds Is
praptically at -a standstill now on
account of the closeness of the East
ern mopey market, but San Franoisco
is feeling the depression 00 more than
dozens of other large cities In the
United States. The people are all
hopeful, and the prediction Is freely
made that next year will see building
activity under full way again. Plucky
oldFriscol 8be may be badly bent,
but she lacks a whole lot of tx-ing
broken.
Coming over from San Francisco to
Ogden, it was my misfortune to find
thyself in the same oar with a Duncn
of Eastern tourists one of those part
ies that goes out to visit the Western
county expecting o see aomeioing
wild and wooly and returns home
disappointed. Have you ever trav
eled with ooe of these excursion part
ies? If you have, it Is needless for
me to warn you to avoid theui as you
would a pestilence. A lot of loog-
hairpd men and loud-voiced women,
who in some way, manage to dig up
just enough money to pay the cheap
railroad fare and buy seats 10 me
Pullman car, and theo proceed to
make lotolerable nuisances of them
selves. They bog I ue the word
advisedly they hog the best of every
thing, and then go home cussing the
country. Ob, they know all about
the country, although tbey have only
seen It from tbe esr window. Th-y
a now everything there Is to know.
'and when tbv pass away, an asow-
! lege and wisdom wiil die with tbem.
i rraei,ter the tourist Mark Taalo
JeBOoantered io the Holy Land, and
with whom he was obliged to travel
! for a few days Mark called tbem
' Tbe Pilgrims, and bis description of
! tbem is -ligbtf uily arousitg. Well.
Itbese people reiuiod me or Marks
pKftrini. They saw everything first.
and tbT saw some things ttwy unol
w.r initiDiv: VFhito erosslnff
,haodvdertoB tbe western shore
of Rait Lk, tbe f ilgrirna saw the
water about i miles ueiore wm now
in sight of it With theory of f'water,"
they would all rush out onto tbe plat
form, only to see the waves receding
in front of the train and closing in
behind It Then they would all come
sneaking back and busy themselves
criticising the country until some
other Pilgrim would see water and
sound the alarm. Somehow, it never
occurred to any of the rest of ua to
inform them that the atmosphere in.
this high altitude often plays queer
pranks on the eyesight Why should
one trouble one's self to tell things to
people who know it all, anyway?
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The Great Salt Lake valley is one of
the garden ppots of the world and
yet, a more desolate and forbidding
country than that immediately sur
rounding It would he difficult to imag
ine. Bugged, barren mountains,
whose summits reach Into the very
olouds, wall it In on the north, east
and, south, while on the west ia the
lake with Its dreary waste of desert
shore. One cannot help, wondering
what were the feelings of tbe little
band of followers of Brlgbam Young
when they arrived footsore and weary
from their long- journey across the
plains and beheld the first glimpse
of the Promised Land a desert of
sand and sage that would have made
an ordinary ash heap seem moist and
fertile I It may have been that the
deep and abiding faith In the wisdom
and foresight of their leader was
what saved hlua from summary pun
ishment at the hands of his meek and
lowly followers, but I have often aur
mlsed that the only reason he was not
promptly banged on the spot was
because there was nothing to hang
hi in to.
But those old Mormon leaders were
wise beyond their day and generation.
fhey foreaaw then what It took the
Government nearly a half century to
find out, namely, that the sagebrush
desert of tun Western states needed
only the magio touch of water to
transform it into a veritable paradise
for the husbandman. And so, the first
thing they did was to put their dlsetples
to work digging a water ditch, and
they kept tbem so busy at that that
there was no time for grumbling, or
much of anything else, save on one or
two occasions .when holidays were
declared tor the purpose of killing off
a few Gentile emigrants who chanced
to be passing that way.
When the big ditch was finally com
pleted, the water was turned into it,
but tbe ground was so thirsty that the
flood, mighty as was its volume, could
gain only a few Inches each day. So
while the desert valley was taking Its
big drink, tbe Prophet gave his people
a little more light exercise this time
in the nature of laying out a city and
building a place of worship. And your
Uncle Brlgbam didn't do things by
halves. He laid out hia city on
generous lines, and be hewed to those
Hues and let the chips take care ot
themselves. And he builded a temple
tbe like ot which Is nowhere else to be
seen a pile of stone and mortar that
makes tbe other famous temples of
history seem about the size of an
ordinary hen bouse by comparison.
To my mind, that temple is the biggest
thing between Mount Shasta and the
Chicago stock yards. You can eee it
40 miles (approximately) before reach
ing the city, and you can see it 40
miles (on a right clear day) after
leaving. It's magnitude and evident
costliness of construction make Uncle
Ed's big trestle across the lake look
like ao amateur's balf-try. It iea't
quite as tall as the Rocky Mountains,
but it Is larger.
If my readers doubt any of these
assertions, or It my history of the early
Mormons ia slightly mixed, they may
refer to Judge Coad or George
Hawkins for more accurate informs,
tioa- George and tbe Judge used to
live out here la Salt Lake City, but
they took tbe precaution not to move
here until scalping strangers bad
ceased to be a popular pastime.
But to get back to our temple.
Please to remember, you good old
brother who are always kicking eveiy
time your church needs a new roof,
that this place of worship was 40 years
ia the building, and that each '
Individual "saint" was required to
dig up one-tenth of hi yearly income
to help foot tbe bill while at the same
time be was building numerous borne
and buyiog numerous Spring bonnet
for hi numerous wives, and rustling
bread and meat for bis modest little
Roosevelt family of 40 or (0 children.
Now, don't get the idea io your bead
that I am comparing you to a Mor
mon, but utsi think the matter over,
and then, when your church needs
cew blinds, and you are asked for a
quarter, don't make a hois like tbe
oue Juto Grsnt hears about tbe 1st cf
March of each year, but go and bay
your one wife that summer dreaa she
is loDging for. od la too timid to ask
tor, and oext Sunday when tbe two of
you ga out to moroiog service aod
the deacon slip the plate around your
way, drop lo a dollar Instead of a
okkel and be thankful that you are
oot a Mormon 1
Kprakloe: of Brlgbam: Just north
jot Proro. high op 00 tbe mountain
11 ntiua am ran 1
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 Beat of food and ao abundance of
It Fresh water from springs. All modern neoessities, auch as telegraph
telephone, markets freshly provided every day. Fuel In abundance.
Cottages partly furnished or unfurnished to be had cheaply. Strict mun
icipal sanitary regulations.
NEWPORT ia reached by way of the Southern Paciflo to Albany or Cor
vallls, thence Corvallls & Eastern B. B. Train service daily and the trip
a pleaaure throughout.
Rate for Season
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I. N. WOODS Local Agt. Dallas
Witt. MCMURRAY
Genoral Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon.
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 ia economical because It can be quickly turned off wnen not needed.
With gas or keroaene 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.
You can probably get some kind of artiflolal light for less money
than eleotrio light, but does it save you anything when it limits op
portunities for work and reoreatlon ruins your eyesight smokes
your walls mars decorations and lnoreases household work. You
oould probably save a dollar tomorrow by going without your meals
but it wouldn't be economy. It ia not so niuoh what you save, but
how you save that counts.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY CO. BATES Bealdenoe on meters, per
Kilowatt 15o ; Residence, flat per month, lcp 60c. BATES FOR
BUSINESS HOUSES 25o per drop and 60 per Kilowatt up to 10 drops;
over 10 drops 20o per drop and 60 per Kilowatt up to 40 drops ; over 40
drops 171c per drop and 60 per Kilowatt. A drop figures lflcp or less.
For power rates apply at the oflloe. 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.
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E. W. KEARNS, Manager for Dallas.
Office on Mill street lust north of the Court House. Phones Bell 421.
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