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PUBLISHED SBMI-AVBBKLY
VOL. XX
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 20, 1908.
NO. 40
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CORRESPONDENCE
MONMOUTH.
Matt Glaze was over from Dallas,
Monday, on a visit.
g T Anders, of Shorty Valley, Cali
fornia, is visiting his daughter, Mrs.
yf. W. Newman. y '
Hon. 0. L. Hawley. of McCoy, was
a business visitor in Monmouth, Mon
,iav and Tuesday.
A. L. Chute butchered eleven fine
hogs Wednesday for shipment to tne
Portland markets.
Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Chaney and
family, of Amity, were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. D. Hampton over Sun
day. D. M. Hewitt has had his old house
moved and A. N. Poole Is building a
fine new residence for him on the site
of the old one.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Brown and child
ren, of Dallas, visited lira. Brown's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Robertson,
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Staley and
children, of Fort Morgan, Colorado,
are visiting at the home of Mrs.
Htaley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.
Graham.
Eadek & Smith's new brick Is
rapidly approaching completion. The
plate glass front was put In a few
days ago and the building will be
ready for occupancy within a short
time.
the Dallas orchestra and supper will
be served at the hotel.
Rev. and Mrs. Paull, of the Method
ist Church, were given a pleasant sur
prise party by the members of their
congregation Tuesday evening.
FALLS CITY.
(Falla City News.)
Mr. and Mrs. E. LIpton were visitors
In Corvallis last week.
Leonard Judson, of Salem, is visit
ing his sistors, Mrs. C. P. French and
Mrs. J. M. Card.
C. H. Trask finished hauling house
hold goods for his son, Sidney, to
Airlie last week.
Thanksgiving services will be held
at the M. E. Church in this city next
Thursday at 10 :30 a. m.
H. C. Brown has returned from
Portland, where he has been In the
hospital for several weeks.
The local skating basketball team
will play its first game on the home
Moor Friday night, against the five
from Dallas.
A masquerade ball will be given In
Wagner's hall on Thanksgiving
night. Music will be furnished by
BALLST0N.
Stanley Edwards made a trip to
Rickreall last week.
Mrs. G. W. Newbill visited her par
ents in Lafayette, over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Harty, of Sheri
dan, visited friends here Sunday.
Miss Leota Foster visited relatives
in Monmouth, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. J. S. Newbill is In Dallas at
the bedside of her son-in-law, Ray
Craven.
School Superintendent H. B. Belt, of
McMinnvllle, paid a short visit to the
school here Thursday.
Mrs. Lebold went to Willamina,
Sunday to see her brother, Leonard
Tharp, who is in very poor health.
Mrs. T. L. Butler and son, Clirenee,
of Willamina, visited over Sunday at
the home of her son, J. H. Butler.
Mrs. Henry Savery, of Dallas, has
been visiting at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Otcinger.
Mrs. R. A. Campbell left for Bel ling
ham, Washington, Thursday, to at
tend the funeral of her sister, Mrs.
Andrew Williams.
POLK.
The rainy weather has stopped farm
work for the present.
The farmers have done more Fall
sowing than usual this year.
The Mennonite Sunday School Is
preparing a program for Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Dyck visited at
the home ojt H. J. Rose in Rickreall
over Sunday.
The road supervisor and several of
the property owners have baen repair
ing the roads in this vicinity.
John Neufeldt, recently of Rich
mond, Texas, Is building a neat cot
tage on his property In Dallas.
Rev. P. R. Aschlerman, of Colfax,
Washington, held protracted meetings
in the Mennonite church at this place
last week.
The County School Superintendent
visited our school last week and re
ports It to be under good management
Miss Alta Savage deserves a good
share of the praise for the success of
the school.
Legal blanks for sale at this office.
LIST HAS BEEN DRAWN
Names of Jurors For the Term of
Circuit Court Beginning
December 7.
City Will Have to Determine Whether
Or Not Meters Shall Be
Installed.
Following is the list of jurors which
was drawn Tuesday afternoon to serve
during the December term of Circuit
Court:
Dallas F. H. Pepper, merchant;
S. T. Smith, farmer; A. J. Martin,
painter; G. B. Zumwalt, farmer; J. H.
Foster, farmer ; George Cutler, capi
talist. Independence J. S. Cooper, capital
ist; George Con key, merchant; H. G.
Rose, farmer.
Monmouth W. E. Burns, farmer;
J. L. Murdock, farmer.
Ballston W. A. Sloan, farmer;
George Ball, farmer ; Van B. Sears,
farmer ; Wallace Yates, farmer.
Airlie E. W. Staats, farmer; Roy
Byerley, farmer; James Atwater,
farmer.
McCoy Albert Domes, farmer ; J. D.
Slagle, farmer ; A. B. Athey, farmer.
Salem R. Brunk, farmer, R. 2. ;
G. A. Purvine, farmer.
Parker G. A. Wells, farmer ; W. V.
Acocke, farmer.
Buell A. W. Fletcher, farmer.
Rickreall T. R. Crook, farmer.
Suver Adolph Aebi, farmer.
. Perry dale John A. Wolfe, farmer.
Sheridan J. M. Dickey, farmer.
Buena Vista R. A. Prather, farmer.
Died in Monmouth.
Funeral services over the remains
of Mrs. Dempster Treadway were held
at the family home at Monmouth,
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, Rev.
Neff of the Salem United Brethern
church officiating. The body was
taken to Salem for burial. Mrs,
Treadway was 68 years of age and
her death was said to be the result of
a gradual decline. Her husband died
in April, 1905. She Is survived by two
sons, A. W. and C. Treadway.
Call For Warrants.
Notice is hereby given that all Polk
County warrants endorsed "not paid
for want of funds" prior to September
4, 1908, will be paid on presentation at
my office. Except those endorsed Sep
tembers, numbering above 7788.
No interest will be allowed on same
after date of this notice.
' Dated at Dallas, November 19, 1908,
EDD C. DUNN,
County Treasurer.
Good onions for sale at Loughary's
grocery store for $1.50 a sack. St
To The Highest Bidder
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A $40.00 Banquet Range
to be sold to the highest bidder regardless of price and without reserve, for cash.
The BANQUET RANGE is without a peer among the steel ranges on the
market today and we have adopted this plan of calling the attention of the pub
lic to the merits of this particular range.
BANQUET RANGES embody the many features of practical excellence you
expect in the product of one of the largest stove plants in the world. The oven
walls are lined with asbestos, concentrating the heat around the oven, economiz
ing heat and making Banquet Ranges quick and perfect bakers.
You run no risk when you buy a BANQUET RANGE. You can try it for
30 days, and if it will not bake and cook as good as any range, we will take it
back and refund your money.
Sealed bids will be received for the range up to the 24th day of December,
1908, at 12 o'clock noon, and no bids will be opened until that time. All bid3
must be securely sealed and marked, "bid on range", and addressed to ADAMS
& BROBST CO., Dallas, Oregon, with your name and address and bid enclosed.
We will be glad to show the range and explain its merits to anyone and if
anyone bids on the range without seeing it and after seeing it they are not satis
fied, they will be under no abligations to take it as it will then be awarded to the
next highest bidder.
(In answering this adTrrtiroent please mDttoa tb name of thii paper.)
ADAHS & BROBST CO.
Dallas Furniture and Implements Oregon
PLAN LEFT TO COUNCIL
RULES FOR EXHIBITORS
Chairman Williamson Makes Public
Conditions Governing Entries
at Apple Show.
Hon. H. V. Gates held a conference
Tuesday afternoon with Counollmen
Cosper, Ellis and Coad and City
Engineer Morrison, who had been
appointed on a special committee to
discuss with him the advisability of
putting meters on all irrigation
hydrants in the city during the sum
mer season, for the purpose of pre
venting wasteful use of the water aud
assuring adequate fire protection.
While no definite conclusion was
arrived at, Mr. Gates reiterated the
statements made before the Council at
its regular meeting Monday night.
He outlined what he purposed and
was willing to do if the city decided to
adopt his plan, and placed the decision
of the matter entirely in the hands of
the council.
He maintained that the matter of
fire protection, which was one relating
10 the general welfare, was paramount
to the individual interest or tnose
using irrigation and that If no other
measures could be adopted to assure
proper protection against danger of
fire, he would feel justified in cutting
off all Irrigation during the season of
low water supply, if the situation
demanded such action.
This however he believes to be un
necessary, if the users of water can be
prevailed upon to avoid wastefulness,
hence his proposition to install meters.
He agreed to the committee to grant a
10 cent meter rate, which, If the irriga
tor uses care, will actually make It
possible to save money in the Irriga
tion of his lawn or garden without
allowing them to suffer in the least
from want of water during the dry
months.
A meter will be sent up to Dallas
and given a test on a lawn sprinkler,
so that those who are curious on the
subject may gain some Ideas of the
method of its working and the man ner
of measuring the supply of water.
Mr. Gates' reason for introducing
the matter before the council at this
time was that the orders for meters
must be placed early In the year In
order to secure them in time for use
next summer, in case the city deter
mines to adopt the new system.
An interesting fact, and one hereto
fore not generally known, was brought
to light in Tuesday's meeting. The
water company, according to Mr.
Gates' statement, is not charging, and
never has charged, since the system
was installed, the full rent for irriga
tion which the contract authorizes It
to charge.
The contract rate for irrigation,
similar to the Portland rate, allows a
charge of $1.50 a month for every lot
or fraction of a lot 50 by 100 feet,
regardless of the amount of ground
space that may be occupied by build
ings and consequently out of irri
gation. Had the company followed
out the letter of the contract in fixing
its irrigation rates, nearly every
property holder in Dallas using water
for irrigation, would now be paying
from two to three times as much as
has been regularly charged ever sinoe
the plant was installed.
Polk county fruit growers, many of
whom are Intending to enter exhibits
in the big show of the Oregon Horti
cultural Society in Portland from
December 1 to 6, will be interested in
the following rules governing the
exhibits, which have been made public
by Chairman W. E. Williamson of
the exhibits committee :
All apples and pears must be wrap
ped except top layer.
All apples must be exhibited in
boxes of one of the following dimen
sions, inside measurements: 9$xllx20
Inches, or I0jxlljxl8 inchos, or
10x11x20 Inches.
No fruit can be entered for more
than one premium.
The judges will allow, in judging
apples and pears, 33J points for color
and form, 33j for pack aud uniformity,
and 33J for freedom from blemishes.
No grower shall make more than
one entry for the same premium.
No names will bo allowed on
competitive exhibits uutil after the
ugding.
All exhibits of fruit must be made
by the growers thereof.
All fruit winning a premium will be
the property of the donor of the
premium.
No fruit shall be removed from
exhibition hall without written permit
from secretary of society.
All boxes entered for a given
premium shall be placed In the same
group.
Intending competitors are requested
to notify W. E. Williamson, care
Portland Hotel, at earliest possible
moment, of number of boxes and
varieties they Intend to exhibit.
Items of Interest From the Records
in the County Offices
Briefly Told.
The New Grocery.
I have just opened a new grocery
store in the building adjoining the
National Bank. Everything up-to-date
and of the best quality in stock.
Your patronage is solicited and you
may be assured that your orders win
be filled with the utmost promptness
and care. Patronize my store once
and I feel sure that you will continue
to patronize it.
11-13 8t J. L. CASTLE
Georce Duren.a laborer In one of
lumber camps near Falls City, was
struck In the right eve Wednesday by
a fragment from a steel wedge, a very
delicate operation being required to
remove the sliver of steel. It bad
pierced the ball of the eye so that it
became necessary for the physician
to cut clear through the outer coatings
Into the anterior chamber In ordor to
extract It. It Is thought that Mr.
Duren will recover his sight in that
eye, Id spite of the seriousness of the
Injury.
The church social which was to have
been given by the Epwurth League at
the Methodist Church tonight, has
been DostDoned Indefinitely 00 account
of the funeral services over the re
mains of the late Henry Howe, which
are to be held at the chuJcb this after
noon. The committee lo charge of the
entertainment will arrange for another
date lo the near future which win be
made publio a soon as it Is deter
mined upon.
N. F. Heed arrived in Dallas. Wed
nesday, to take bis place in "The
Oregons" team. Mr. Reed was for
several years the star player on the
ba'ketball team of the Oregon Agri
cultural College, and Is considered
ooe of the speediest aod trickiest
players on the Tacific Coast He will
play forward in the Dallas aggrega
tion. ! Among those from Dallas who are
attending the Sunday School Convec
tion in Iodepenlenee this week are:
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Van Orsdel, L. A.
XaKbews, W. H. Boals.
COURT HOUSE NOTES
PROBATE.
Guardianship ot Emily, Alex,
Andree. Mamie. Elinor and George
Peterson, minor heirs of Gust Peter
son, deceased guardian authorized
to soil strip of land for right of way to
Salem, Falls City & Western Railway
Company for sum of $187.60.
Estate of John C. White, deceased
Maranda M. White, widow, appointed
administratrix; J. E. Allen, J. W.
Edgar and Seth L. White appointed
appraisers.
Estate of John Campbell, Jr., de
ceasedfinal account approved and
distribution ordered.
REAL ESTATE.
J M Sears et ux to J M Grant, lot iu
Dallas, $150.
Sadie A Toozo and hd to William
Hunter et ux, lots in Falls City, $150.
James W" Allen et ux to Marlon F C
McDonald, 1 acres in Monmouth,
$1,150.
F S Llndley et ux to James M Wil
son, 30 acres, t 8 s, r 5 w, $100.
Charles M Bailey ot ux to Langdon
Nichols, 40 acres, t 8 s, r 0 w, $2,300.
E B Doty et ux to J P MInch, land
In 1 10 a, r 8 and 7 w, $1.
O O R R Company to Henry Hulso,
40 acres, 1 10 s, r 7 w, $114.
M M Ellis et ux to E M Cochrane,
lot 6, Dallas Fruit Farms, $450.
James M Wilson to Moses and
W H F Mansto'n, 13.17 acres In Dallas,
$5,000.
D C Crider et ux to W D Collins,
land in Dallas, $2,100.
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
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
Good Roads Meetings.
Judge John H. Scott, president of
the Oregon Good Roads Association,
was in Dallas yesterday to arrange
a Good Roads Meeting In this city.
Owingto the fact December 8, the only
date in his Itenerary which he could
give to this city, comes in Circuit
Court week, andnohallcan be secured
In which to bold the rally, he will be
unable to include Dallas In the series
of cities In which the meetings are to
be held. A big rally will be held In
Independence on Monday, December
7. Citizens of Polk county who are
unable to attend that meeting will
have an opportunity to attend one In
Sheridan, where Mr. Scott will prob
ably make bis next date, Immediately
succeeding the Independence meeting
A party was given the members of
the Christian Endeavor of the Presby
terian Church at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Conrad Stafrln, Wednesday
night About 20 guests were present
and the evening was spent In a most
enjoyable manner with various games
and music. Dainty refreshments
were served during the evening.
In the bop reports In yesterday's
Oregonlan a shortdispatch says: "It
was learned that Henry L. Bents bad
made offers of 81 cents for choice lots
in lbs I ndependeaoe section. On the
domestic side BL L. Hart bought 434
bales from growers and dealers at an
average ot i cents.
R, Alexander, of Falls City, was In
Dallas, Wedoesdsy.enroute forHateni
on a business visit.
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 lie quickly turned off wnon 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.
You can probably get some kind of artificial light for less money
than electric light, but dons it save you anything when it limits op
portunities for work anil recreation ruins your eyesight smokes
your walls mars decorations and Increases household work. You
could prohably 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
Kilowatt 15c; Residence, flat per month, lflcp 60c. RATK8 FOR
BUSINESS HOUSES 2.0c perdropand 6c per Kilowatt up to 10 drops;
over 10 drops 2c per drop and 60 per Kilowatt up to 40 drops ; over 40
drops 17Jc per drop and 60 per Kilowatt A drop figures 18ep 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 buxy to talk business.
Willamette Valley Company
E. W. K EARNS, Manager for Dallas.
Office on Mill street, Just north of the Court House. Thones Bell 421,
Mutual 12tf7.
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 & Cherrington's Drug Store
Bell, 301 . Mutual, 253
l TToalET AT LAW
Ed. F. Cod,
Office in Courtnouse
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