C
OUNTY
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY
VOL. XX
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 24, 1908.
NO. 41
OBSERVER
MRS. POWELl PASSES AWAY
Highly Respected Young Woman Dies
at Her Home in Monmouth.
Mrs. Ira C. Powell died suddenly at
her home in Monmouth, -Thursday.
Mrs. Powell was formerly Miss Lena
Butler, a daughter of A. D. Butler, of
Napa, California, and granddaughter
of ra F. M. Butler, of Mon mouth. She
was born on July 18, 1869, in Oregon
nod spent her childhood in this county.
Her father was at one time president
of the school in Monmouth and she
was educated there, taking her degree
from Christian College and later from
the State Normal.
She was married on December 12,
1894, and leaves her husband and three
children. Her oldest son, Clares, is 12
years old, there is a boy of six years
while the baby Is only two days. old.
The immediate cause of her death was
an attack of pneumonia.
Funeral services were hold at the
Christian Church, at 2 o'clock Sun
day. Mrs. Powell was well Known in
this city, having at one time been a
teacher in the Dallas public school.
Dallas Wins First Game.
The skating basketball team of Dal
las opened the season auspiciously
Friday night by winning its first
game, played in Falls City with the
local team of that place, by a score of
21 to 7. The game was fast and inter
esting in spite of the uneveness of the
scores, Falls City playing an excellent
game, considering the fact that this
is the first year of the team's organi
zation and the first match game it has
ever played. Both of the Falls City
forwards and the center secured a field
goal and Siefarth threw the foul goal
that scored the seventh point. In the
Dallas team, Magers led in goal throw
ing scoring 8 points; Elder and Brown
each threw three field goals and the
former scored an additional point on
foul throwing. Both teams are well
pleased with the success of their fl rst
game in point of patronage. Arrange
ments have been made for a return
game to be played in the Dallas rink
Friday night, November 27.
Pacific Homestead Representative Gives
His Impressions of Polk's Fertile
Farming Land.
Program at Electric Palace.
Tonight and Wednesday the follow
ing pragram will be given at the Elec
trio Palace in the Riley building: pic
tures, The Bridge of Sighs, Sandy Mc
Pherson's Quiet Fishing trip, Ten
Piccannies; songs, Make Believe, and
Little Boy in Blue.
Boy Wassam returned Monday
from a visit toNewbergand Portland.
Mrs. Wassam accompanied him to
Newberg last week and will remain in
that city for a week's visit with rela
tives and friends.
Hon. U. S. Loughary was a Port
land visitor over Sunday.
December Bulletin Price List
Owins- to a ffood manv late shipments, we find that our stock is too heavy for
this time of the year and in order to reduce it before the first of the year
quote the following prices :
we
CO samples of Ladies' and Misses' Dress Skirts (val
ues from $6 to $8) December price $4.85
10, 15 and 20 per cent discount on all our Ladies' and
Misses' Dress Skirts
10 to 20 per cent discount on all our Ladies' and
Misses' Tailor-made Suits, Cloaks and Furs.
The entire stock of Children's Coats at Cost.
' " ' " Millinery at S3? off.
Big reduction on Ladies' and Misses' Coat Sweaters.
G5o Ladies' Union Suits (Gray) Dec. price 43o
75 & 85c " " ' C3o
$1.10 " ' ' ' 78c
$1.60 " " " " .' ' $1.18
Closing out at Cost all the Black Cat Ladies' and
Misses Woolen Hose.
$1, 1.15 and 1.18 Ladies' Sample Waists, price 78c
$1.38, 1.50, 1.65 " . " " ' $1.18
All higher priced waists cut in proportion.
I2jc Outing Flannel, this seasons, Deo. price 9c
50c Dress Goods, late novelties 42o
66o
$1.00
$1.25
including blue and black
48c
820
98o
25 discount on all Fancy and Figured Silks.
To close out a lot of Kid Gloves, values to $1.50 85o
Hundreds of good things are still to be had from our
line of "Manufacturers' Sample Sale."
Odds and ends in Shoes at almost your own price.
AT OUR CLOTHING STORE
We buy from the most reliable manufacturers and
sell at moderate prices.
Men's all-wool Suits and Overcoats from $7.60 to 12.50
Men's worsted " ' " " $12.60 to 20.00
H. S. & M. hand made " " $15.00 to 25.00
Young Men's Suits from $5.00 to 16.60
Children's " " $2.50 to 7.50
The largest stock of Men's Women's and Children's
Shoes in the county.
Remember that every article sold at our store is guaranteed. If not right we
make it right. Before buying your Fall bill come in and get our prices.
D. M. NAYBERGER
Former Partner aud Successor to R. Jacobson & Co. McMinnville, Ore.
To The Highest Bidder
T""ifrrliiillh llliiiyHM(u--i:i'- 'iiwWliijiiii
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AS OTHERS SEE IS"
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 bids
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 thi advertisement, please mention tbe name of thi paper.)
ADAHS & BROBST CO.
Dallas Furniture and Implements Oregon
E. A. Ehoten, field representative
for the Paoiflo Homestead gives an
interesting outline, in the last issue of
that paper, of a recent trip through a
portion of the fertile farming land of
Polk county, telling what he saw and
sketching briefly what some of the
leading farmers and stockraisers of
the county are doing in their lines.
The article, which follows, is highly
interesting and gives a good idea of
theexoellent advantage the representa
tive farmers of the eastern portion of
Polk county are taking of its magnifi
cent resources.
"Taking my new horse, that was
named "Bill" before I got him. I left
Salem for a little trip across the Wil
lamette River into Polk county.
"As I neared Eola I came upon the
construction gang working on the new
railroad from Salem to Dallas. The
work was going rapidly on and, when
completed, the road will be a great aid
to the traveling publio as well as
bringing logs from the mountains
near Falls City to the Willamette
river.
"A little past Eola I came to the
Spring Brook farm from whence has
"sprung" some of the best Poland
Chinas in the West. Thomas Brunk,
the proprietor, was found busy in the
field with his team putting in the fall
crops. He was sowing vetch and oats
on the drier part of the field and cheat
and vetch on the lower lands. This
is a practice among a good many
farmers, as the cheat stands the damp
ground better than the oats and either
with the vetch makes excellent hay.
Mr. Brunk also grows considerable
clover for hay.
"Fred Koser, near Kickreall, was fin
ishing digging his crop of "spuds"
which had turned out well. In many
places in Western Oregon it is the
practice to leave the late potatoes in
the ground until ready to ship. Last
winter I found soma large growers
digging potatoes as late as February,
and the crop was coming out nicely.
Mr. Eoser bad just finished threshing
his clover seed and while not up to
last year's yield, it was fairly good
and better than many got this year.
From one fifteen-acre field he secured
eighty bushels and from another forty
acres he got 248 bushels. Mr. Eoser
makes "good money" out of his clover
seed, but his chief pride is in his regis
tered Berkshire swine and Cotswold
sheep that he raises nearly to perfec
tion. "W. O. Morrow lives near and is an
enthusiastic dairyman. He showed a
nice bunch of Jerseys at the recent
Oregon state fair and while he did not
win as many prizes as the old exhibi
tors he made a good showing and ex
pects to be out next, year with a strong
herd.
"My next stop was at C. I. Ballard's,
toward Monmouth. He has a nioe lot
of fancy poultry and O. I. C. swine. It
isn't said that he raises his hogs and
turkeys together but each seem to be
doing nicely and he reports doing a
good business.
"Two of the best breeders of Angora
goats and Lincoln and Cotswold sheep
live near Monmouth viz : J. B. Stump
and William Blddell & Sons. Both
are old exhibitors at the state fair.
The last year or so Mr. Stump hasn't
come out but is planning to be out
strong next year. He is also breeding
pure Percheron horses and expects to
have a string of them out next year.
He Is quite enthusiastic over the grow
ing of English walnuts and thinks
there Is a great future in this industry
in this valley. He has quite an acre
age of young trees.
"The Biddells always exhibit a
strong flock of Angora goats, Lincoln
and Cotswold sheep at the fairs and
'Dave' Rlddell had only been borne a
few days from making the fair circuit.
Tbeir Angoras, as usual, captured by
far the big end of the prizes offered at
the fairs. Mr. Bid Jell said that he
followed the old system of wheat farm
ing until be was nearly bankrupt and
badtoqultit Now, be and his several
sons are making large financial profit
raising theep, goats, clover seed, and
vetch seed. Tbey are now making
money and the farm is getting richer
every year, while exactly the opposite
was true under the old style of
farming.
"Both the Biddells and Stumps
report goat tales not up to tbe usual
trade; in fact, I Bod tbe same true all
through the country, but tbe demand
for sheep baa been good.
"On southwest from Monmouth live
the two Hewitt brothers, on separate
farms. E. E. Hewitt Is making a
specialty of raising Toland Chin
awioe and bas a number of floe ones
oo band. O. O. Hewitt is getting into
tbe registered Jersey cattle business,
havlog purchased tbe entire pure-bred
herd of W. J. Loooey besides having
several before. Tbia will make him a
Bice start and we predict and wUb
him aucceaa.
"Back toward Salem I traveled,
stopping at U Kelson home bear
Independence. They bave about fifty
pore-bred Jerseys and sell whole milk
to be retailed ia town. Tbey Lave a
amber of heavy rrodueera in their
herd and are making money wttb
their milk business. By selling the
whole milk and thus saving no skim
milk It makes calf raising rather
expensive so they are selling good
registered male calves very cheap.
One of the things of especial interest
on this farm is the transformation of
an old orchard, that is so common in
this valley. A year or so ago this
orchard was in the 'worthless' list and
it is paid that a sound apple would
have been hard to find; pruning
shears and spray barrel have changed
this and this tall they have over a
thousand bushels of fine marketable
apples. I examined one bin contain
ing several hundred bushels of Bald
wins and failed to find a wormy apple.
They were nice, large, well-colored
apples and free from disease. Here is
a good example of what is possible
with these old orchards.
'Charles E. Brooks was busy caring
for his pure-bred herd of Holstein
cattle. He has a well-bred, useful
herd and he markets bis crop at a big
price by feeding to these cattle. Like
a good many otnors tnis year, ne
failed to get his corn crop put into bis
silo. An unusual early and heavy
frost came the latter part of September
and nipped the corn and only those
that could put the crop in tbe silo
soon after the frost, put It in at all.
Mr. Brunk failed to get a machine
until his corn was so dried that he
thought best to feed it otherwise. A
good many silos throughout the Wil
lamette valley stand empty for the
same reason."
RIVER RETURNS ITS DEAD
Body of Walter Thomas, Missing
Three Weeks, Finally Found
and Identified.
Lying in the Willamette river near
Fairfield, 18 miles down rivor, tied to
the bank, the body of a man presum
ably that of Walter Thomas, drowned
several weeks ago, after working on
the Mathloma, is being washed by the
rippling currents awaiting the cor
oners arrival this morning. The dis
co very of the body was m ade Th u rsd ay
afternoon and Coroner Clough was
immediately notiflod. He visited the
scene Friday morning. Thomas was
drowned in the river many weeks ago
while with friends he was in a boat
which capsized. His friends stuck to
the boat, but Thomas was a good
swimmer and he started for the shore.
The current was so swift however he
was unable to combat it and sunk to
his death. Authorities dredged the
river for many days but with no
result. While no definite information
has been received It is probable that
the body found is that of Thomas, as
there have been no reports of other
drownings in the Willamette recently.
The publication of the foregoing
paragraph in the Statesman, Satur
day morniug, was followed Sunday by
a dispatch to the effect that the body
of the drowned man had been posi
tively Identified by Perry Thomas, of
Dayton, as that of his son, Walter i .
Thomas. The remains were taken to
Dayton and were buried near that city
yesterday afternoon.
Captain Skinner Dead.
Captain George Skinner died at his
home in Independence, Wednesday,
November 18, from an attack of dia
betes, after an illness of only a few
days. Captain Skinner operated a
launch on the Willamette river be
tween Salem and Independence tor
more than twelve years and had be
come one of the well known characters
of bis home city. He came to the
Pacific Coast in 1882 and settled in
Independence in 1890. He was a na
tive of Ohio, having been bora In that
state In 1817. The funeral services
were held at the Methodist Church in
Independence, Thursday afternoon.
The Thanksgiving season will be
celebrated this year with two dances.
The first will be given by company H
la Dallas, Wednesday night, and on
the following evening a grand mas
querade will be given at Wagner's
Hall in Falls City. Tbe committees
in charge of both affairs are using
every effort to make them tbe best of
tbe season. Tbe dance in Dallas will
be tbe second given In this city this
winter, and so great was tbe success
of tbeir first dance that the young men
of the Company are anticipating an
exceptionally large attendance tomor
row night.
The employees of the Spaulding
Logging Company bave been bard at
work for several days repairing tbe
wall on tbe east bank of tbe mill race
near tbe camp ground, where a
stretch of embankment nearly 300 feet
in length gave way and fell Into tbe
race last week. The vrail was built of
timbers and these had rotted away, al
lowing the whole structure to cave In.
Tbe rompaoy will be unable to drive
log down from the campa to tbe mill
pond until tbe damage bat been re
paired and tbe race bed cleared of
debris.
Tbe repair work on tbe Adventiftt
eaarch It progressing rapidly and
ben Bobbed will make It one of tbe
beet appearing and most convenient
buildiogt of It kind la Dallas.
Hood Craves returned to bit claim
oa Sal moo River yesterday after a
0 lUti tuinea visn in isanaa.
Big Reduction
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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 STORJ,
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 be 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 tome homes
the electric light bills amount to only one or two dollars nor month.
You can probably get some kind of artificial light for less money
than electrlo light, but does it save you anything whon 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
butitwouldn t be economy. It is not so much what you save, but
bow vou save that oounts.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY CO. RATES Residence on meters, per
Kilowatt 15c: ltesldence, flat per month, lflep 60c. RATES FOR
BUSINESS HOUSES 2iic per dropand 6c per Kilowatt up to 10 drops;
over 10 drops 20c per dropand 60 per Kilowatt up to 40 drops; over 40
drops 17Jc or drop and 60 per KIlowBit. A drop figures l p or less.
For power rates apply at the oflioe. 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. K EARNS, Manager for Dallas.
Offiee on Mill street, Just north of the Court House, Fhonet Bell 421.
Mutual YlJl.
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
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Ed. F. Coo,
Office Id Courtnouse
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