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Polk County rve PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY VOL. XX DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 13, 1908. NO. 39 P correspondence 1- MONMOUTH. A. N. Poole was a visitor in Dallas, Monday. Mrs. Fred Huber and daughter went to Salem last week on business. H. Miller, of Corvallls, was a visitor in Monmouth, Saturday'and Sunday. Boijart & Son have built a ware house in the rear of their furniture store. T. A. BisrKs' moving picture show is proving a very popular amusement resort. Grandpa Guilliaras received several Daioful injuries by an accidental fall last week. The new bakery is rapidly neanng completion and will soon be ready for occupancy. Mr. and Mrs. John Nichols visited last week at Mrs. Nichols' old home near Pedee. Mrs. Nan Putnam, of West Salem, was a guest at the -home of Mrs. Rose Huber last week. O. C. Zook and son have finished tbe work of constructing cement cross walks in this city. K. M. Smith has been selling the beef cattle that he klllled recently for from S to 6 cents a pound. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Teal, of Eastern Oregon, were in this city last week greeting their many friends. R. B. Chaney, of Pendleton, has purchased the Wboelock place and will make his home in Monmouth. George W. Bingman and family, of Idaho, have rented tbe Morao house and will make their home in this city. The Southern Paciflo Csmpany has built a new switch on thi west side of the depot, which makes It much more convenient forloading and unloading oars. Frank Turner, of Salem, and W. J. Southwell were over on the Siletz last week on a hunting trip. A grand masquerade ball will be held at Wagner's Hall, Thanksgiving night. Mu8lo for the occasion will be furnished by the Dallas orohestra. Mrs. Maud Favorite, a trained nurse, formerly employed In a Sisters' hospital in Alaska, has been secured to assist in Dr. Smull's hospital In this city. Arthur Trask was thrown from his wagon in a runaway near Powell's camp, Friday. One of his ankles was dislocated and he will not be able to be about for some time. William E. Wright and Miss Mary isampson were married at the home of A. .H. Dodd, Sunday. They will make their home on Mr. Wright's claim in tbe Siletz country. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Richey enter tained a number of their friends at their home Wednesday, November 4, with a pleasant party in celebration of their twentieth wedding anni versary. FALLS CITY. (Falls City Newi.) A. B. Chambers has returned from an extended visit in California. Bert Glazier, of Cascade Locks, is visiting his sister, Mrs. C. H. Trask. George Welborn, of California, has opened a shooting gallery in Falls City. George Morris Is recovering from an attack of typhoid fever. He is being cared for at tho Falls City hospital. BALLSTON. Alfred Campbell was a Portland visitor Wednesday. Randall Buell, of Falls City, is work ing for Will Yocom. Uncle Felt Sears Is reported to be seriously ill with dropsy. Mrs. Helen Moe, of Wheatland, vis ited relatives here last week. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Black, of Dal las, have been visiting relatives iu this place. B. Lebold, of Gopher Valley, spent Sunday at the home of bta mother, Mrs. Mary Lebold. County School Superintendent H. C. Seymour visited tbe school here Wed nesday and Thursday. A large number of Ballston paople visited tbe Demonstration Train at Sheridan, Friday morning. Miss Lucy Blrks gave a most enjoy able party to a number of her young friends at her home near here Satur day night. F. W. Royal, who has been in Eugene, working for tbe Southern Pacific Company, spent Sunday at his home in Ballston. Miss O'Donnell, of Portland, will teach the Intermediate grades of the Ballston public school, as It has been found that two teachers could not handle the work of the ten grades sat isfactorily. PEDEE. Gus Pagenkopf went to Alrlie, Sat urday, on business. Frank Neville has purchased a fine lot of goats from Armand Guthrie. The Corvallls Creamery has resumed its milk route through this neighborhood. Clifford Burbank has returned from Lyons, where he has been working for his brother. uesse lost recently purchased a large quantity of Beed wheat from Arthur Miller. Ernest Bush and Harry Batchelor have been slashing timber along tbe county road in this vicinity. MAY GAIN DOUBLE HONORS DallaB Will Have Strong Team at Home and In the East. Both "The Oregons" are proving invin cible in basketball, lined up in prac tice against the team of Dallas College. When Fenton, the big forward, has recovered from his sprained ankle sufficiently to take his place, the ag gregation will be nearly as perfect a basketball playing machine as can be found in the United States. The college team, although not In tbe same class with the star aggrega tion, Is proving a fast and beady team and will probably be making an envi able record in the state league, while "The Oregons" are touring the East ern States. Tbe system of play used by the college team is the same that has characterized the teams of this city for years and has made tbe name of Dallas first among the list of basket ball playing cities on the Pacific Coast. Although, as a team, the col lege aggregation is much lighter than the one of last year, the players are speedy and experienced and will prove formidable opponents to the other teams In the state league. The first league game of the season to be played In Dallas, Is scheduled for Saturday, November 28, between tbe local five and the team from McMinnville. "The Oregons" will put in the greater part of the coming month in training for their tour and will leave for the East about the middle of December. POPULAR COUPLE WEDDED Miss Meda Holman and Mr. Edwin Jacobson Are Made Husband and Wife. Miss Meda Imogens Holman was married to Mr. Edwin Jacobson at their future home on the corner of Clay and Jefferson streets, Wednesday, Novem ber 11, at high noon, the Rev. M. P. Dixon of the Methodist Church offici ating. The bride was beautifully gowned in white silk mull and duchess allover lace and carried a shower bouquet of pink carnations. Tbe rooms were dec orated for the occasion with bride's roses, carnations and potted plants. After the ceremony a fine wedding dinner was served. About thirty friends and relatives were present at the ceremooy and Mr. and Mrs. Jacobson were the recipients of many beautiful presents. Both the bride and groom are well-known in this city. Mrs. Jacobson is the young est daughter of Justice and Mrs. Hardy Holman and Mr. Jacobson is assistant agent at the Southern Pacific depot and also owner of the Jacobson Transfer Company. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobson left on the afternoon train for a visit in Portland and the Sound cities. They will be at home to their friends after November 20. PRUNE MARKET IMPROVES Sales Become More Frequent Prices Appear to be Quite Firm. and EXCELLENT REPORT GIVEN Schools of Polk County Show Excep tionally Good Record of Attendance. Edward Gerlinger and Leon Elder arrived in Dallas late Wednesday evening with Mr. Gerllnger's new touring car, having driven it up from Portland by way of Salem. You Will Find in The Dictionary All the words that are in a Balzac novel, but the dictionary makes mighty dry reading by comparison. The words are all there, but they are not put together right for the purpose of entertainment. There are plenty of concerns that will assure you most solemnly and sincerely that they have every facility for satisfying your every furniture requirement that ADAMS & BROBST has, and more besides. The answer to that is that if they have, they are not using them to a very good advantage perhaps they are not put together right like the words in the dictionary. Selling quality furniture is not a side line here, it's the main issue, it's our business, we are exclusive agents for the OREGON FURNITURE MANUFACTURING CO., of Portland, the largest fur niture factory on the coast. In buying from them we make a double saving, the jobers profit and the high freight from the east which enables us to sell to you for less than others. For example BUFFET In Royal Oak. Base 20x40 inches high, gloss finish, beveled plate mirror 9x31 inches. Price - - $11.50 v 51DEB0ARD With double top 21x41 inches; Golden quarter sawed oak finish. Beveled plate mirror 14x24 inches. Price 59.75 ADAHS & BROBST CO, Dallas Furniture and Implements Oregon County School Superintendent H. O. Seymour's report tor the schools of Polk county for the month ending October 30, shown that the year's work has begun most auspiciously and that an excellent record of attendance is being maintained throughout the oounty. The total registration in Polk county Is 2395, of which 1235 are boys and 1160, girls; the total number of pupils in actual attendance is 2303, 1189 being boys and 1114, girls. The average attendance during the month was 2276 or 95.8 per cont. Sev enteen schools report no tardies : Pe dee, Bridgeport, Valley View, Polk Station, Gooseneck, Butler, Bickreall, Antioch, Upper Salt Creek, Enterprise, Suver, Etna, Concord, Oakdale, Cherry Grove, Oakhurst and Highland. Other schools that have been placed on the roll of honor for having made a per cent of 95 or more In attendance are: Dallas, Smithfleld, Ballston, Monmouth, Scroggins, Ward, Perry dale, Fairview, Cochrane, Oak Point, Elklus, Independence, Brush College, West Salem, Spring Valley, Harmony, Lincoln, North Dallas, Guthrie, Falls City, East Dallas and Black Bock. Tbe revival of business in the east and the opening of manufacturing establishments and other enterprises employing labor has evidently bad Its effect upon tbe prune market which has been dormant for severe! weeks. Though prices have not advanoed, packers report new inquiries for fruit and Tlllson & Company. Wednesday, sold six carloads of prunes which they were unable to sell before election. Though there were a few sales dur ing the period of depression, packers did not shade their prices in order to move the goods. Neither did the prices paid by packers to growers suffer a decline, though a few purchases were made at a slight reduction. Neither growers nor packers were seeking to cut prices and those growers who held through the period of depression are generally firm holders yet. It is an almost universal rule that tbe prune crop this year was well cured and will keep well, even if held through the winter, Neither growers nor packers, therefore, are compelled to get rid of the fruit in order to avoid loss. As a rule there is confidence in the future of the prune market because of the short supply and the prospect for a better demand as a result of Improved industrial conditions. The fact that there is a good supply of fruit other than prunes creates some doubt whether prices will materially ad vance, but there is no fear of a decline from present figures, 4if for 35 's and a quarter of a cent less for each addi tional five points. Oregonian. PRETTY ROME WEDDING Miss Nettie Wells Becomes the of Mr. Eari Barham. Bride Big Sales Reported. George L. Kose, of Salom, sold the remainder of his hop crop, 903 bales, to Klaber, Wolf & Netter at 8 cents Wednesday. This is the largest single block of bops to change hands In Ore eon this year. Eph M. Young, of Independence, sold 190 bales to Balpb Williams at 8 cents. Other purchases from growers and transactions between dealers brought the day's business up to around 1500 bales. It was the most active day in tbe Oregon market since the middle of October. Oregonian Jubilee Singers Coming. Watklns' Tennessee Jubilee Singers, one of the strongest troupes of negro singers before the American public this season will appear in Dallas at Woodman Hall, Saturday evening, November 14, under tbe auspices of tbe Dallas Public School. The pro ceeds of the entertainment will be applied to the purchase of new books for the school library. The report comes from Albany that tbe Polk county exhibit at the big Apple Fair captured second prize a $76 cup, running very close against tbe Marlon county exhibit which carried off first prize. In individual exhibits also, Collins Brothers, of Independence, carried off tbe silver cup on the best box of Northern Spies. Tbe judges were Professor E. It. Lake, of O. A. C, H. M. Williamson, of Port land, of tbe State Board of Horticul ture, add Charles V. Galloway. State Land Agent Messrs. Venske & Taylor, tbe con tractors oo tbe new sewer system now under construction in this city, say that they expect to have tbe mains on Washington and Oak streets com pleted next week, after wblch the work oo tbe laterals will be begun. Unless hindered by eevere. rainy weather, they expect to have the work easily finished within tbe contract time. Ibe fourth annual convention of tbe Polk County Sunday School Asso ciation will be held in the Christian Church in Independence, Wednesday and Thursday, November 18 and It. Strong speakers bare been secured for tbe morning and evening sessions of each day and a moat uonetful and profitable convention 1 antici pated. Brv. Reeves, of Portland, will preach la the Presbyterian Cnnrcn, ext Sunday at both morning and evening eei-rice. Miss Nettie Wells and Mr. Earl Bar- ham were married at the home of tbe bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Wells, Wednesday, the Rev. M. B. Young performing the ceremony. The house was decorated for the occasion with Ivy, mistletoe and chrys anthemums. Miss Wells wore a gown of pale blue batiste and carried a bouquet of white chrysanthemums. Immediately after the ceremony, which was held at high noon, a delic ious wedding banquet was served, and the young couple lefton the after noon train for a week's visit in Port land and neighboring cities. They will reside in Dallas and will bo at home to their friends after Saturday, November 21. Former Polk County Man Dead. The following account of the doatb of W. C. Richardson, a pioneer of Ore gon and a former resident of Polk county. Is taken from yesterday's Oregonian : "W. Claiborne Richard son, a native of Iowa and a pioneer of 1852, aged 73 years, 10 months and 8 days, died in Portland, Wednesday. Mr. Richardson was born in Iowa, January 3, 1835, and, with his parents, crossed the plains to Oregon In 1852, residing for a short time in Polk county, and afterwards locating in Lane county. He was a resident of Portland from 1862 until 1871, and two years later removed to Independence, where he lived until last Spring, when he returned to Portland to live with his daughters. His sons are: Judge William E. Richardson, of Spokane, and Deputy Sheriff Frank Richardson, Solomon ville, Arizona. His daughters are: Mrs. May Farley, Mrs. Jennie Hutchins and Miss Ellis Richardson, all of Portland. Tbe remains will be taken to Dallas, for burial." An English Author Wrote: "No shade, no shine, no fruit, no flowers, no leaves Novemberl" Many Americans would add no freedom from catarrh, wblch Is so aggravated during this month tbat It becomes constantly troublesome. There is abundant proof tbat catarrh is a con stitutional disease. It Is related to scrofula and consumption, being one of the wasting dieaes. Hood's Har saparilla bas shown that what is capable of eradicating scrofula, com pletely cures catarrh, and taken In time prevents consumption. We can not see bow any sufferer can put off taking this medicine, in view of tbe widely published record of Its radical and permanent cures. It is undoubt edly America's Greatest Medicine for America's Greatest Disease Catarrh. The New Grocery. I have just opened a new grocery store io the building adjoining tbe National Bank. Everything up-to-date and of tbe best quality In stock. Your patronage Is solicited and you may be assured that your order will be filled with tbe otraoet promptness and car. Patronise my store once and I feel sore that you will continue to patronize It. 11-1J tt J. L. CASTLE. H. M. Peebles has sold bis Dallas property and will move to Salem next week. His daughter. Maggie, will remain io Dallas la ber place la tbe Bee Hive tore. Good onions for sale at Longbary's grocery wfre for II.M a sark. tt Big Reduction SALE On all Ladies' and Children's Coats. All this season's styles. Special Sale on Clothing Men's, Boy's and Youth's Suits will be sold at a big cut in price. If you need clothing it will pay you to see what we are offering. Special lot Ladie's 26-in. Umbrellas 90 Cents Campbell Hollister CASH STORE WILLAMETTE VALLEY CO. RATES Residence on Kilowatt 15c; KeMdenoe, fiat per month. 16op 60c. RATK8 Ft Willamette Valley Company E.W. K EARNS, Manager for Dallas. Office on Mill street, just north of the Court House. Phone Bell 421. Mutual 1297. SAY! HOW ABOUT THAT PICTURE Wouldn't it look better in a brand new frame? Well, there is just one place in Dallas where you can have it attended to in first-class style, re novated, reframed or remounted. That place is HALL $ HAYES FURNITURE STORE Electricity for Lighting Is only expensive to people who are wasteful and careless. To yon, 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 lot 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 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 could 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. meters, per t per month. 16on 60c. RAT KM FOR BUSINESS HOUSES 25c per drop and 6c per Kilowatt up to 10 drops ; over 10 drops 20c per drop and 60 per Kilowatt up to 40 drops; over 40 drops 17jc per drop and 60 per Kilowatt. A drop figures Iftop or less. For power rates aiiply at the ofllce. We are always ready to explain the "ins and outa of the lighting proposition to you, call on us or phone to us, we are never to busy to talk business. The Jacobson Transfer Co. All kinds of hauling promptly done. Spec ially equipped for the careful moving of fur niture and pianos. Phone orders to Belt & Cherrlngton's Drug Store Bell, 301 Mutual, 253 TTOailT T LW Ed. F. Co4o, Office la Courthouse DALLAS, OREOOS TTomrrs at Law BROWN & STOUT Abstactom KoTllf PTBLIC CdU-BTTIoWS Cgiow Bidg. DALLAS, OHEOJi J ' .1 '