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PUBLISHED SEMMEEKLY
VOL. XX
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 4, 190&
NO. 29
CORRESPONDENCE
MONMOUTH.
Grandma Lucas has gone for an
extended visit in Portland.
Tbe threshing season in this vicinity
will be dosed thii week.-
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Angel, Tues
day.Auguat, 23, a daughter,
Frank Byers is having an addi
tional story built onto his house. .
Mrs. Rioa Quilliams and daughter,
ofYaquina City, are vifittng In this
city.
' iii-a Rnseiia Neil, of Pennsylvania,
is a guest at the home of John Fuller
and family. ,
Many people are leaving the city
temporarily for employment In the
hopyards. v
Eugene Bogart is having several
neat improvements added to hla resi
dence in this city.
Professor Rice, of Portland, formerly
principal in the training school, was a
Monmouth visitor Monday. ;
Mrs. Retta Powell left Tuesday for
Eastern Oregon, where she will be
employed in the Weston Normal,
Mrs. Hattie Whitney returned Satur
day from Whitney, where she has
been visiting for nearly two weeks.
Mr. Mott ha8.sold his Monmouth
property to a Mr. Wood, of Hood
River, and has moved to Independence.
Phillip and Mi9S Lottie Boche left
Mooday for Monument, Graut county,
where they will be engaged lo teach
ing. Mauy strangers are coming Into
town every day gettlug ready for tbe
opening of the winter term of the State
Normal School.
H. A. Groves and family returned
Thursday from an extended trip
through tbe Willamette Valley and a
visit to Newport.
The Rev. T. T. Vincent, formerly
pastor of the Evangelical Church In
this city was a guest at tbe home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Hal leek over Sun
day. Mrs. DeWitt, of this city, Mr. and
Mrs. I. G. Singleton, of Falls City,
and Mrs. Martha Roberts and son, of
Portlutid, returned to Monmouth,
Saturday from an outing at Newport.
Mr. Blodgett, a young man living In
' nimli'ptt's Vullev. was taken to the
Salem hospital Monday as a result' of
Injuries received in a runaway In
Monmouth last week. The horses were
frightened by the train and became
unmanageable. Ip their wild run
away the'wagon was overturned and
bBdly shattered, and Mr. Blodgett
received a broken leg and several
severe internal bruises.
EOLA.
Mrs. H. B, Biophy is visiting rela
tives in Southern Oregonr
L. Grice has finished work with his
threshing machine in this vicinity.
T. W. Brunk had nearly 6,000
bushels of-grnin threshed on his farm
this year.
Work on the right of way for the
Salem, Falls City railroad extension
is progressing rapidly.
The peaches from the Thomas Hol
man orchard at this place are selling
at $2.50 a bushel this year
Mrs. T. A. Odomahd family, of Dal
las, are camping near Eola. They
will pick hops for Thomas Holinao.
James Elliott, of West Salem, Is
reported to be improving slightly
after suffering two strokes of paralysis.
Mrs,,Leona Thacker is very'ill at
her home in Oregon City, and , her
mother, Mrs. Hayden, Is at her bed
side. B. I. Ferguson is finding a ready
sale at good prices for the One blooded
Rhode Island Red poultry that he
raised this summer.
Hop picking in this vicinity will be
commenced next Monday. The work
in the hop yards and the work on the
right of way for the new railroad gives
Eola a very lively and business-like
appearance.
ORGANIZATION COMPLETE
Polk and Marion County Growers
Unite For Development of
Their Industry.
BALLSTON.
Mrs. Pleasant Orchard is quite ill.
Alfred Campbell was a Portland vis
itor Friday.
A dance was given at the Woodman
hall Saturday night.
, Mr. Sloan, of Monmouth, has been
visiting his son, Willnrd.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Riggs, of Van
couver, are visiting friends here.
Thomas Bowman, of Black Rock, Is
visiting his brother, J. R. Bowman.
F. J. Merrick and Ross Rowell, of
Buell, were Ballston visitors Sunday.
Miss Phena Anderson has returned
from a visit with friends at Reedville.
Miss Ethel Berry spent Sunday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Dorton.
Newbill & Campbell have again
started theirclover hullqr arter several
days' lay off on account of the rain.
Mrs. G. W. Morgan, who has been
visiting relatives here, has returned
to her home in Winlock, Washington.
The organization of the prune
growers of Polk, Marion and adjoining
counties is now Completed, and tbe
new association is ready for business.
By-laws were drawn up at a business
meeting held In Salem, Tuesday, and
plans are being prepared for an active
campaign for the development and
improvement of the prune growing
industry. Controlled as it Is by clear
beaded, far sighted business men, the
association is in a position to be of
untold benefit to the prune growers
throughout the Willamette -Valley.
The following complete account of
Tuesday's Important meeting, given
In the Salem Statesman of Wednesday,'
gives a good idea ot the new organiza
tion and thescope of Its proposed
influences.
"At a meeting of the board of
directors of the Northwest Fruit Asso
ciation, held In the offices of Attorney
A. O. Condit, Tuesday afternoon, a
full set of by-laws and regulations
were formulated, considered and
adopted, and the association has been
thus placed upon a solid business
foundation. The board of directors is
composed of L. M. Gilbert, chairman,
Enos Presuall, S. A. Laselle, O. L.
West, L. M. Crozer, S. P. Kimball,
Salem, and M. M. Ellis,- Dallas.
"After the business meeting, during
which the by-laws were adopted, an
Informal discussion was entered into
when It was announced that a number
of the prune growers around Salem
have subscribed for stock in the newly
formed association, and that $1500
worth of tbe stock had been sold In
the Albany district. Those who are
promoting the interests of the new
association also announced that they
are receiving much encouragement
from prune growers generally, and
others incidentally, and that the suc
cess of the enterprise seems practically
certain.
"Under the provisions of the by
laws stockholders of tbe association
will be allowed only one vote for each
share of stock held In the corporation
and a majority' of the stockholders
will constitute a quorum. The board
or directors, consisting of seven mem
bers; meets once each year apd five
members constitute a quorum. The
executive committee is composed of
three members of the stockholders and
board of directors.
"Section 3, of article four of the by
laws provides that 'it Is hereby
mutually agreed by and between the
stockholders In this -association that
no person shall own or vote more than
ten per cent of the capital stock of
this corporation, and that no transfer
of stock of this corporation shall be
made on the -books thereof without the
approval of the board of directors.'
This section is evidently intended to
shut out the possibility of any person
or group of persons from securing a
monopoly of the stock of the associ
ation and thus cod trolllug its Interests.
" 'Itta also provided that a manager
of the business of the association shall
be employed by the board of directors,
who, In turn, may employ a weigher,
Inspector, grader, bookkeeper and
such other help as may be needed In
and about the packing house, but the
manager "shall not buy, sell, ship,
pack or handle any fruit on his own
account which will in any way conflict,
Interfere with or come in competition
with the business of the association."
"Onceach year the board of direc
tors shall make full and complete set
tlement of the business of-tbe associa
tion and the net proceeds of such busi
ness, after paying all operating
expenses," says article eight, shall be
disposed of as follows :
" 'Such sum as the board of directors
shall deem necessary shall be sl't aside
for repairs and Improvement of the
packing plant. From the net proceeds
remaining a 'dividend of not more
than eight per cent shall be declared
on the stock of the association. The
remainder of the net proceeds shall be
rebated and repaid to all growers of
fruit who are stockholders in the asso
ciation and whose fruit was packed
and sold through the association dur
that year. The said sura so rebated
.to be divided pro rata among said
growers according to the value of the
product packed and sold for their
respective accounts.
" 'The Increase in weight or. the
value thereof of the cured fruits Inci
dent to processing and packing shall
revert to the members whose fruit has
been packed by this association. To
be divided pro rata according to the
amount so packed foreach member.' "
Prepare For Prune Harvest.
Owners of prune driers In this vicin
ity are busily engaged In getting their
buildings In readiness for handling
the prune crop which will be ready
for picking within about two weeks.
Although the drop of prunes la no'
nearly so heavy In the orchards of
this neighborhood as in those lying
nearer the Willamette river, the crop
will nevertheless be considerably
lighter than that of last year in many
of the orchards.
Mrs. M. J. Cosper returned Wednes
day from a visit among friends and
relatives in Portland aud vicinity.
CEMENT DISTRICT GROWS
Six
Blocks of Sidewalk Laid Within
Past Year Making Total of
. 15 Blocks. .
The city oounoil has ordered a cement
walk laid along the Crider property on
the west side of Main street, betweon
Mill and Oak. Workmen are already
at work building cement walks along
other portions of the block and when
the improvement on the Crider prop
erty is finished It will make a contin
uous line of concrete along the face of
that block.
This new strip of sidewalk will re
quire considerable skill and labor 'to
install since it will lie directly over
the mill race, and it will be necessary
to build a concrete arch to support the
heavy structure of cement.
The concrete district in Dallas is
spreading more rapidly than ever
before tb Is summer, and In the busi
ness portions ot the city, wooden side
walks Qave already become the excep
tion and not the rule, while property
owners in the residence portions are
giadually replacing their wooden
sidewalks with neatly built walks of
concrete, with wide and beautiful park
strips and substantial curbing. At
the rate this movement is progressing
it will doubtless be a matter of only a
few years until the old wooden side
walk with its need ot continual repair
will have been crowded baok into the
outskirts of the city.
The total number wf concrete side
walks laid lu tbe olty at presont
amounts to more than IS blocks, of
which nearly six blocks have been
laid within the past year, aud addi
tions to this goodly total are being
made so rapidly and continuously
that it is a diffloult thing for even the
keenest observer to keep pace with
fhe rapid advance of this branoh of
the city's progress from day to day.
Public Auction at Savery Farm.
On Saturday, September 2G,' com
mencing at 10 o'clock a. m., Messrs.
Savery & Turner will hold a public
auction of livestock and farm imple
ments at the old J. H. Savery place
near Ballston. All livestock for sale
are first class animals, and the num
erous implements and farm machin
ery are in the best possible condition.
The terms of sule are as follows:
amounts up to f 10, cash in band ; more
than $10, 6 per cent discount for cash ;
where credit is extended, purchasers
must give bankable notes. The sale
will be conducted by M. F. White, of
Rickreall.
C. B. Brooker. of Pedee. was In Dal-
las, Wednesday, on business.
NEW
GOODS
New Arrivals in
SHOES
DRESS GOODS
UNDERWEAR
BLANKETS
KINGSBURY HATS
Campbell Hollister
CASH STORE
A live business training school. Endorsed by business men. The school
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SALEM, OREGON
W. I. STALEY, Principal
BLACK'5 STABLES
Having purchased this well-known barn, we so
licit a share of your patronage.
EVERYTHING FIRST-CLASS
Excellent accomodations for commercial men.
STOWE BROS.
MAIN STREET
DALLAS, OREQON
ADAMS &
; BROBST COMPANY
Great Reduction Sale on Furniture, Farm Implements and Vehicles.
We have got to have room and in order to reduce our big stock it will go on the market
regardless of cost for a short time
Critic Steel Frame Lever Harrow
the best harrow on the market, has no holes through
the bars, every tooth and all other .parts are clipped on
giving greatest possible strength; it is flexible, which
enables it to touch all uneven portions of the ground.
Dallas Furniture Company's price . . $15.50
Adams & Brobst Company's price . . 13.00
RUGS
9x12 Brussel Rug
Dallas Furniture Co's. price $23,00
Adams & Brobst Co's. price 17.50
9x12 Axminster Rug
Dallas Furniture Co's. price $35.00
Adams & Brobst Co's. price 26.00
9x12 All-wool Art Square
Dallas Furniture Co's. price $12.50
Adams & Brobst Co's. price 8.50
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No. 8 Granite Tea Kettle, regular price p d Hk t , straivht Foot Pillars. 1 1-16 inches full brass top
No. 74-Bee Line Top Buggy just like cut; 15-16 axles, scroll auxiliary spring, S1-25' P f mounts, iron rods 1 3-8 inches height of phfad GO inches. Dallas Furni
center sprSg, leather quarteV top, steel body corners. Dallas Furniture Com- 2 qt Granite Coffee Pot, regular price ture Co's. price $9. Adams & Brobst Co s. price $7.
Danv Dnrp SS5 Adams & Brobst ComDanv's Drice $75- COc, sale price . . 4oc 4??U-Rraj THmmpd Red Post 1 5-16 inches, head 65 inches high,
-oia ff A7 inrhpa hirrh hms ovals, eastinrrs ornamented wun cm. uuuas
Leather Quarter-Top Buggy with end springs, 15-16
back. Dallas Furniture Go's, price $70. Adams & Bi
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axle, spring cushion and Bread Boxes, regular price 90c, sale foot 47 inches high, brass ovals, castmp ornament with gilt
Brobst Co's price $58.
price
Room Drevents us from listing more good things that we have,for you but if you can give us a call, Sol Blessing will show
you goods and prices.
ADAMS & BROBST Co.
Successors to,
Dallas Furniture Co.
Dallas, Ore.
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