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Fouc County PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY VOL. XXI NO. 5 I-' DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OEEGON, MARCH 19, 1909. J '7 tyv Absolutely Pure The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar. e CORRESPONDENCE MONMOUTH. Mrs. C. Tate left Monday for a visit in Brownsville. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Poole aod sod visited in Salem, Saturday. Work has already been begun on Monmouth's new ice factory. Mr. Remington baa rented and moved into the Robinson bouse. Monmouth is in need of both a har ness shop and a first class meat mar ket. Mrs. George Frazier, of Oakland, is visiting with her sister, Mrs. R. M. Smith. Spring plowing and early garden ing are in order in this neighborhood at present. John Nichols has sold bis property here and has moved to his farm near King Valley. Charles Tate has returned to Crab tree, Linn county, where he ban been employed in a cream station. Mr. Bingman, of Idaho, has pur chased a fine farm near Liberty, where he will make bis borne. Mr. Moore, recently from Idaho, hai moved bis borne, to Buena Vista, where be has secured employment in a liopyard. A large delegation from this city went to Salem, Monday to work for the interest of the normal school In the special legislative session. The fourth quarterly conference of the Evangelical Association will con YOUR III! HiiIii. W V Spring Hats and Neckwear will arrive in a few days. Wait, see the new goods. UGLOW CLOTHING HOUSE The Home of Classy Clothes DALLAS, - - - OREGON 'Baking Powder vene in this city Saturday, March 20. Presiding Elder Launer will conduct the conference. Mrs, Robinson left Saturday for Oakland where she will spend a short timawith her mother, after which she will go East and join her husband, Professor Robinson. Allen Johnson was quite severely injured recently. He and James Gra ham were engaged in hauling lumber from Independence. While they were loading the wagon, their team became frightened and ran away, knocking Mr. Johnson under the wheels. One of the bones in his leg was fractured and his back and shoulders were severely bruised, but he will suffer no permanent disability from any of his Injuries. INDEPENDENCE. H. Hirschberg was a Salem visitor Tuesday. Mrs. Charles Irvine visited in Salem this week. , Mrs. O. A. Kramer was a Salem vis itor Tuesday. Mr. Gillespie and family are mov ing to Eugene this week. Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Allin have returned from a short visit in Port land. Mrs. D. A. Hodge and daughter, Margaret, were visitors in Salem, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. MeCready, of Black Rock, are visiting at the home of their daughter, Mrs. W. Earhart. "The Face at the Window" was pre sented to a crowded house Tuesday evening, by the home dramatic club. SPRING ki Our big stock of Spring Clothing has arrived and is now ready for your inspection. We invite you to call and look it over, whether you are ready to buy or not. You will find everything that is new and classy in Men's Clothing, at prices a little lower than you would have to pay in the large city stores for the same high-grade goods. SPRING SHOES Our line of Spring Florsheims is far more complete than that of any previous year. The perfection of high-class shoe making is here. If you buy without seeing this line first, you will regret your haste. OUTING PANTS Spring Outing Pants in all the late patterns are awaiting your choice. They will give a play In the near future for the benefit of the Indepen dence Free Library. Miss Pearl Martin has returned to her home in Southern Oregon, after a visit at the home of her sister, Mrs. Homer Hill. The ladies of the Methodist church served a chicken pie dinner Wednes day evening in the I. O. O. F. Hall. A neat sum was realia d. Miss Clara Bently, of this place, and Mr. Livenwnud, assistant agent at the Southern Paciflcdepot lu McMinnvilie, were married in that city Wednesday. A book shower was given by the Independence Free Library Associa tion at the opera house Wednesday evening. A literary and musical pro gram was given and a number of addresses were made. Mrs. George Gerlinger, of Dallas, was present and gave a very interesting talk on the methods of establishing and main taining a free libaary. Nearly one hundred books were donated and Mayor Jones reported that the city council had given $100 to the associa tion. Punch and wafers were served and a pleasant social time enjoyed by the large crowd present. FAILS CITY. (Falls City News.) Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Tooze, Jr. were over from Dallas the first of the week visiting his parents. M. L. Thompson writes from New port that he is much improved in health and expects to be home the last of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Bell, who have been visiting ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luckey, left for their home in Eastern Oregon, Monday. Dr. T. A. Snook and fam ily left for Idaho, Wednesday morning. He has been here for several months and has made many friends. Dr. Becker bought bis interests here and has moved into the office occupied by bim. Signs of prosperity are very evident in and around Black Rock and every man that wants work now has it. The mills and camps are all running full handed and logs and lumber are being sent out by the train load. One or more extra trains have been run each day for the last two weeks to keep the track clear. Just above Master's camp a new track is being built out to more and better timber. Much of this new track is through solid rock and in places the cut is as much as twelve feet deep. At the foot of the long heavy grade below Master s camp a safety switch is being put in. It is no SU child's play to get this timber out to the mills and much money is required to keep the works going. K Ll'CKIAMUTE. . Grandma Hiltibrand is quite Hick with lagrippe. C. W. Stewart was in Monmouth Friday on business. Mrs. N. Steele is quite sick with cancer of the stomach. Quite a number from here attended the Lowery sale Friday. Mrs. Orrie Bruce, of Portland, is visiting at M. Scrafford's home. Strong's mill started sawing again Monday after a three months' layoff. E. Chamberlain, of Corvallls, was a business visitor iu Monmouth, Wed nesday. Commissioners Teal and Riddle were looking over the roads In this section Tuesday. The funeral of the late J. H. Patter son, father of Mrs. M. N. Suver and Robert Patterson, was held at Inde pendence, Saturday. A Sunday School was organized at Fair View, Sunday with Mrs. C. W. Stewert, superintendent; Mrs. E. Hilti brand, secretary and treasurer; Mr. A. Aebl and Miss Nellie Williamson, teachers. Word reached here last week that Marcus Bevens, of Rainier, was not expected to live. He is suffering from consumption. Mr. Bevens will be well remembered here as a former Luckiamute citizen. POLK. The Ewlng brothers have moved onto their new farm near Folk Station. Charles Hill is setting out about three acres of strawberries on the O. H. Robbins place, P. G. and J. H. Rempel went to Pra tum, Oregon, Monday, and attended the funeral of the Rev. P. J. Oerlg. Will Garner is nearly through with the work of planting his fruit and nut trees. He has been setting out Alberta peaches, apples and walnuts. The residence. of John Rempel was entered by burglars recently during bis absence and blankets, clothes, money and other valuable were taken. All farmers are busy plowing and sowing, early gardening seems to be the order of the day and spring work in every department is progressing rapidly. Cornelius Penner, of Mt. Lake, Minnesota, who has been traveling extensively this winter, visited for a few weeks with friends in this vicinity recently. The Rev. P. A. Penner, Mennonlte missionary in Champa, India, preached here recently, giving much intereeting information concerning the miision work among the people of that country. BALLSTON. Will Harty has been quite ill. Miss Ethel Royal was a Portland visitor Wednesday. James Ottloger, of McMinnvilie, was a Ballston visitor Thursday. Professor Dunton was a Portland visitor Saturday and Sunday. W. A. Yocum was a Portland vis itor the latter part of the week. Mrs. Minnie Fessler, of Hlllsboro, is visiting ber sister, Mrs. 8. A. Ball. The hopmen have taken advantage of the good weather and are busily engaged in working their yards. A meeting was held Saturday to vote on the proposition of building new Bcboolbouse or repairing the old one. The vote was 31 to 16 In favor of building a new bouse. Bl'ENA VISTA. Plowing has been started in this locality. C. C. Hall, commercial traveler of Portland, spent Friday at this place. Jacob Becker sold bis place and left Monday morning for Eastern Oregon. N. E. Tyler is shipping clay to the Pressed Brick Company at Portland. Mrs. Fred Dixon, of Salem, is visit ing ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kolgb- ton. F. M. Donaldson ia having timber hauled to erect a Dew store building for bis stock of goods. Ha will put in a complete Una of general merchan dise. BARMOM. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Flak were Dallas visitor Sunday. Mrs. Van Dickey is slowly recover ing from ber severe Illness. Hiss Lillian Short, of Ballston, was a visitor In Harmony, Saturday. Misses Velnaaod Msdle Blair spent Sunday at the borne of W. A. McLean. Howard Goldsmith, of Sheridan, was a Harmony visitor Saturday aod Sunday. A pleaaaut party was given at the home or Mr. and Mr. Harry Strick ler, Saturday Bight. Mrs. Walter Nichols, u down from Fall City yetferday on a visit j HOLD BOOSTER MEETING Tom Richardson Addresses Large Audience on' Subject of Effective Community Advertising:. The booster meeting Tuesday night brought out a large crowd of the men and women of Dallas. H. L. Fenton's outline of the trip of the Oregons and his report of the condition of the enterprise which they represent was listened to with attention, since there was scarcely a person in the audience who was not personally Interested in the venture. The meeting was closed by Tom Richardson, a prominent Portland publicity man, who spoke at length on the value of community adver tising. He told what it has accom plished and is accomplishing for many of the cities of Oregon today and pointed out the necessity of Dallas joining the general publicity movement if. she desires to reap a share of benefit in the Increased wealth and population, which will result from the present extensive immigration from the East to Oregon. At the close of bis address be called for pledges of sums of money payable monthly to the publicity fund of the Development League. A number of those present agreed to subscribe from $5 to $10 each, but the amount guar anteed in this manner did not prove sufficiently large and It was finally decided to erase the list and arrange for a campaign of personal solicita tion to secure the required amount. The advertising work for Dallas has already progressed far enough that the people can even now begin to realize its benefits and it is probable that there will be little trouble in securing pledges for a sufficient sum to carry the venture to a con summation. Spaulding Company Enjoined. An injunction was filed Tuesday against the Spauiding Logging Com pany, to restrain it from using its flood dams in bringing logs down from the mountains to its sawmill in Dallas. The complaint against the company is that the flooding injures the property of a number of persons owning land along the channel of the river. The trouble has been pending for some time and the company shut down its logging camps and laid off its crew of loggers about two weeks ago. Roy Wassam, the local repre sentative of the company, says that the mill will probably be closed about April 1 until the matter can be brought to a final settlement. Cannery Company Elects Officers. The annual election of officers for the Independence Cannery Company was beld In that city Tuesday. The new board of directors is S. E. Irvine, S. H. McElmurry, H. Hirschberg and W. L. Bice. The old board of inquiry was re-elected with the exception of S. H. McElmurry who was not eligible, having been elected to the board of directors. The board of inquiry is J. B. Parker, A. Nelson, P. M. Kirk land, D. A. Hodge, W. H. Murphy. C. P. Wells, C. O. Butler, Verd Hill and Dr. O. D.Butler. The report of the treasurer showed that the Institution is in good condition and practically out of debt Militia Will Give Ball Tomorrow (Saturday) night tbe Social Committee of Company H, will give a dance at the Armory. It is the purpose of the committee to hold these dances every two weeks from now on until the -close of the season. Tbe dances given in tbe past have been very successful, tbe young people of Dallas giving the committee the best of support. The weekly dancing school will be beld every Thursday night as usual. J. A. Boyd in monologue at tbe Star Theater, Saturday night Builders Attention The Chas. K. Spauiding Logging Co. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Lime, Sand, Brick, Cement, Wood and Hair Fiber Plaster, Malthoid and Mikado Roofings, Doors, Windows, Mouldings, etc. We carry a stock of Yellow Fir Flooring, Ceiling, Rus tic, Finishing Lumber etc., manufactured at our New berg plant which is second to none in quality and grade. Save time and money by purchasing your building materials all at one place. Lowest prices and best materials. Give us a chance to figure with you. NEW GOODS ARRIVING DAILY An elegant line of New Wool Dress Goods, White Goods, Percales, Ginghams, Calicoes, Embroideries, Laces, Belts, Plain and Fancy Hosiery. Try a pair of Black Cat Hose. A swell line of Men's Hats for Spring 1909. All the new shapes and shades. If you want a good hat try a Kingsbury, none better made for the price, $3.00 We are showing a swell line of up-to-date Boy's Knee Pant Suits. We invite your inspection. New Oxfords just arrived. Take a look at them, they are certainly a swell lot of shoes. Yours for business, CampbellHollister CASH STORE 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 wnen not needed. With gas or kerosene there is the temptation to let light burn when not needed to Bave 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 eleotrio 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 Bave that counts. WILLAMETTE VALLEY CO. RATES Residence on meters, per Kilowatt 16o: Residence, flat per month, 18ep 60o. RATK8 FOR BUSIN ESS HOUSES 25o per drop and 60 per Kilowatt up to 10 drops ; over 10 drops 20c per drop and 60 per Kilowatt up to 40 drops ; over 40 drops l7Jo per drop and 60 per Kilowatt. A drop figures I6cp 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 busy to talk business. Willamette Valley Company E.W. KEARNS, Manager for Dallas. Office on Mill street, just north of the Court House. Phones Boll 421, Mutual 1207. PHONOGRAPHS AND PHONOGRAPH RECORDS Complete stock of Edison and Victor machines. 2000 Edison and 400 Victor records to choose from. All records up-to-date and the list being added to daily. Second-hand furniture bought and sold. TOM ST0CKWELL, successor to J. Crowther Uglow building adjoining Simonton & Scott it '