Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, June 29, 1909, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPUBLISHED SEAfl-WEEKLY VOL. XXI DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 29, 1909. NO. 20 PRIME UNDVALUABIE of Many Fine Orchards Re fuse High Prices Offered For i Property. i croat number of prune growers t flocking to the Willamette valley Jarch ofpruneJandsandit Is the inion of growers in this section that fnertv values will advance at a J pace a, the knowledge of the Llent conditions that exist here Is ,ning widely known by prune en everywhere. rue big Jory farm which was pur a8Pd a few days ago by Messrs. Ho i Huckestelo, Constable and Bab 'k for $U9 an acre, was subse ... nn the market for $300. htre have been several offers for -,1s land in parts dui iub uwua .'. i . .i this property off of the Market and develop the entire tract 8 a Bhnw orchard, in tnia way un iting the prune industry of the val- Otto Hansen, president of the Gold tir,inyand Milling company. 4s hud his tract of 130 acres, which .tea about 7 miles of Salem in Polk n th market for soars time, of land have been ;li,biug up at such a rapid pace eoupled with the ract tnat qis yuu doinflf so well he has , ha farm off of the market and M hold until the trees are bearing and property values have reacoeu their proper level. oaimu ACCEPTS NEW POSITION President Ressler of Monmouth Nor mal Will Have Department in Agricultural College. 'w Former Resident of Polk County, " Dr. A. B. Starbuck went down to Portland yesterday morning to aueuu ii, floral nr his grandmother, Mrs. etorhnnk who died at her home .'fhotniw Katurdav. aged 77 years n,i 7 months. Mrs. Starbuck was wn in Tndiana. November 16, 1831 and crossed the plains to Oregon in ,o!i Tn thn Snrlnor of 1866 she and her husband settled on a farm five miles west of Salem, In Polk County, ...h0 thov lived until 1893 when they moved to Portland. Rev. T. H. Str nf Portland, is her stepson. She Is also survived by her husband and the following children: Mrs. Polly Portland: Mrs. Clara .McOoraey, of Independence; Claude 'Starbuck, of California; Frank Star ! buck, of Portland ; Mrs. Laura Ruble, ! of Centralia, Washington. RECEIVES ODD LETTER County Clerk E. M. Smith Is Twenty- Seventh Man to Investigate Peculiar Inquiry. Praalilnnt V. D TipaHlpr nf the State Normal School at Monmouth, has accepted the position in tne uregon Agricultural College, -as professor of Industrial pedagogy, a branoh of Rtndv which will be taught next year for the first time. President Ressler will also make institute work an important feature of his department, nml will aid thn teachers in the differ ent- anhonU thrnushout the state to . . i 1 1 Inaugurate worK along tne lines vi Industrial training. President Ressler graduated from Otteiheln TJniversitv. Ohio, in 1891, taught in the public sctioois or tnai otutn fnr flvR vpars. and then took nnnt-prndnftto work at the Ohio State University, receiving his M. A. degree in 1R97 Ho thnn removea to uretton. where he was City Superintendent of the public scnoois at Hiugene ivi iuui voara. nrcranizlnc the first High School in that city and graduating the first class In 1901. During tne iouow ing year he was assistant professor of education at the University of Oregon, and for the last seven years ne nas been president of !the State Normal Rnhnr.1 at Monmouth, bringing that school through the last two years with nn aid whatever from tne state, anu serving without pay for over ft year and a half. TTimn thn rnnom mendation of the Roosevelt Country Commission this department of industrial pedagogy was installed in the college, not only for the benefit of the regular oollege om.ionta hut. also to Drovide a depart ment in the state where tne puouc school teachers can obtain Instruction In tha nrantlnal and theoretical indus- v" r . . . .. .v. trial training worn to do a p" ui regular grammar school Instruction In many of the scnoois oi iub maw. MEXICO'S GREAT PROSPECTS Dr. Kelty Writes Interesting Letter Concerning Wonderful Resources of Southern Republic. Form Prune Pool. A nrnna n nn I was formed Saturday which will comprehend over a fifth of the prune crop or tne wuiarae -ley, including 2,000,000 pounds of prunes. Four hundred and forty tons and bv next Saturday it is assured there will be over twice that amount which represents aooui 800 acres of the finest prune land In the entire United States. r y - - - - - BLACK'S STABLES Having purchased this well-known barn, we so licit a share of your patronage. EVERYTHING FIRST-CLASS Excellent accomodations for commercial men. SEARS & STOWE Cnuntv Clerk E. M. Smith received Saturday from the clerk of Benton county, a letter of inquiry wnicn naB aroused considerable Interest in aiuer- ent parts of this state since March 17, when it first came Into the state. Tt. was sent bv Mrs. Phillip HolllngS- head, of South River, Ontario, Canada, and was somewhat vaguely addressee, to the "Register o! Oregon." Twenty seven accommodating county clerks in Oregon had already searched their raonrria in vain for the Information desired by the author of the letter, before it fell into Mr. Smith's nanas Saturday. Thn Polk eountv records are as devoid of the information sought as have been the archives of the 27 other county courthouses which the letter has thnnfnr visited, and it will bo sent on from here to the clerk of Yamhill eountv in hoDes that he may be able to find the answer sought. The text of the letter is as follows : "South River, Ontario, Marcn if, 1909. Hon. Sir To the Register office .... y-i rr .. .1 in Oregon. Did Alexander wuumu register his title in your office to Annie Weldrich or Ann Weldrich can you tell me of its whereabouts I under stand Alexander Crofford had property . - ii and money In uregon ne weuv w " in in Oregon about twenty-five years ago and was drownded in uregou nay about ten years ago Alec told me he .. . 11TI 1 would make his WU to me wueu ue went away I cannot find out if Alex ander Croffard did roaKe nis wm vu Annie Weldrich or Ann weiaricn. Hon. Sir please let me know about it all you can my name is now iure. Holllngshead and oblige "Mrs PhlllD Hollingshead, "South River. Ontario. Th. lottor is raDidlv becoming a nif.ua rinmimant and will likely visit every county in the state before it completes its tour, it nas Deeu mm and pasted together twice already. Accompanying the letter is a uuuaumu money order for i payaDie an m "postoffioe at Uregon, u. a. Tf hoa aimatlv nessed through the hands of the clerks in the Counties of Baker, Union, Wallowa, umauna, Morrow. Gilliam, Wasco, Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook, tioos, uunji, Douglas, Josephine,. Jackson, Lake, Klamath, Crook, Sherman, Harney. Grant, Wheeler, Hooa uiver, mu, Lincoln and Benton. ROAD NEARING COMPLETION Dallas and Salem Will Be Connected By Rail Within Next Two Months. lbs J THE CORNER GROCERY We desire to call your attention to the fact that we J ession of this business, which Mr. Boyd has .ucoessf ally conducted d ing the past two yean, We solicit your liberal in return the most prompt and courteous service. We carry Wl " of Watkin's famous goods. HINSHAW & HINSHAW Fast Launch Service. Arrangements were made by the Waters Brothers Investment company with the Charles K. Denoison Boat company, at the foot of State street, to give a fast passenger service between Salem and West Salem, preparatory to carrying passengers upou mo wan ing of the laliS Ulty Oi, uuno road. A 5 cent fare will be charged. Any immediate business will be taken v. Mr. Dennison. who is a licensed engineer and pilot for the Willamette river. aaiem jumuai. Death Caused by Poisoning. The two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Werner living uo H oi Friaav umn irum poisoning. Painters had been work- r . .... i - 1. la BlinnAflM ing about me uouoo -- that the child swallowed some of the poisonous paints, eitner anwum lead. Dr. Starbuck was summoned from Dallas but was unable to reach the home in time to do anything to save the child. Successor to - Doy II Come, Help Us Celebrate The 4th of J toy AT DALLAS . ... ...1 :Aanf TiAflsure. Prepare for We promise you ?S Hate, Under the event by supplying yourself with tne necessary wear etc ... i, We are showing a guw - , R. . Don't forget we have a new snappy m - -moderately priced, we invite your n. AfcwMen'iSuitotocloaeouiMjB-- awhile cele vour 4th of July suit and save enough money to pay jour brating at Dallas. Campbell & Holister The following letter from Dr. Har vey Kelty, formerly a resmeut i Mfiflov. hut now HvinK in Altar, Sonora, Mexioo, will prove of interest to his many old-time friends in Polk County. The letter is in reply to a request for information concerning thn nirrif iiltnrftl resources of that por tion of Mexico selected by the Doctor for a home. Altar. Mexico. June 19. "I will try to give you a general report of the country in which I am located. Am sorry I oannot give you a more technical report, but since I ham vivon more of mv time to mining than to agriculture, I am not very well Informed on the latter subject. How mmr. I have elven up mining and have bought some land, with the intention of raisins wheat and barley this nominar vear. I have been nearly all over the State of Sonora in the three years that I have lived here, and haiMncr hoan raised on a farm, have Irian s of tsonditions here as to oortnllltlirA. Thio nnnntrv resembleB Eastern Oregon -that is, the greater part of it is range, while along the rivers and lowlands the Mexicans are carrying on farming and stockraising in their rttMiflA WAV. nlantlnar the around every year until it gets very dirty with weeds, then letting it lie idle until the sun and lack of water kills the weeds. To plant grain, they plow very shal low; then broadcast and harrow In fha nroin thnn. when it is ripe, they r 1 - nut it. hv hand and trample It out with horses. Even in this way they get from 30 to 40 bushels of wheat to the nfl.A hut ainftA the farmer nearly always sells his crop six months ahead and for half price, they of course never make any money or progress. livintr. and should they get a little money ahead, they stop farming until it is an gouo borrow some money and commence again. The average Mexican is lazy mri ahiftiAss. and he farms lust as his Of HUbDOtUlO J !- J " nni.ru ttiAm are exceptions to this ruin hut I am BDeaking generally. But they are good people easy to get along with, ana very poius. 111 kinrianf crrnin arrow well here, and I have seen just as large apples as are grown at Hood wiver. vego- .v.ioa arnw thn vear rouna. mo -on la at lnast two months ahead of r . it this rlatA. June 19. the .h..t in nractically all harvested and sold. There never has been an over .nni hAr with the subsequent low prices. Wheat never sells for Iobs than 90 cents; potatoes. $2 a sack; butter, 60 cents a pound; eggs never less than 60 cents a dozen, and every thing else In proportion. "Large American companies have taken the best of the very large tracts, -out no- the land for $25 an acre, but there is still a big opening fnr farmers who wish to buy 300 or 800 aores In different spots, or large tracts of grazing land, wnicn can sun Kh.,ht .han. Here where 1 am situated, the best land, with permanent ha bousrht for $12.50 an acre, and It will raise anything that our best land in uregou raise. Alfalfa grows well, as they have found out in theiasitwo yei, th.o nnt four or five crops a year. Hog raising is very profitable, since ll of the lard is imporwa. nu8. .knnt AIR "As for climatic conditions, Judged from my own standpoint, It is the ideal Tt l far ahead of California. The summer is long, but the heat is nrl we don't mind it much. J J The thermometer seiaora goo 96 degrees. tinA lhnr nan DO naa ueio w Vwu cn to 7x mnta a day the year livui w w " " - round, so you see the farmer does not have to do the hard work if he has sufficient acreage. As to the stability of the country, there is no quou. We never feel la danger ai any w UWU "J . ..t- nnininn. Mexico offer the same opportunities today that the -. aa ui Aara aeo. aiiuuu was discovered long before the States were. There Is no plaoe nero ir i.i. m.n wlthautcaDltal. M labor is both cheap and abundant Dry farming Is carried oo w iom with very good results, but In general the land require water. .! ..w ranch of 10.000 aCr old here a few days ago for SO ou an acre. This land will be worth at least H an acre within three years. These chances aw all being Ukeo up. .-a -in nnt iu innff ontil the land IBmiFHIH"" r. Urlll be high in pI1e T " f . . i. tha time to to get lana cne, - grt D H. E. KELTT, M. D." TH.. t'rliM ta Mart. in .u t.ka rrt la the Plug Cglies' parade on Saturday. July . will Ptea- be present at a hmtsibk w - Judge J. E. Sibk-y'i office, Wednesday Blgbt, at 7 JO o'clock, tor the purpoae of arranging the dXalU of toe prad ! Liberal pttaes for the be-t coatufDea, etc , wlU be offered as Indocemeot for the Toaoa mo of the city to take Summer Rates East ThnsA Innlined to DTODhecy might safely predict that the new branch of the Salem, Falls City & Western rail road, running from Dallas to oaieiu, will be completed, as far as the aotual work of track laying is concerned, by the middle of August. Thn mnrir of lavincT the steel was Hamin nnlv ahmit a DlOUth BCO and has not been carried on continuously since that time, the crew naving oeou taken back to Blaok Bock for several days to tend to some urgent worn required at that end or tne una. novm theless the track has already been pushed forward as far as tne rieree Eiggs place, about 9 miles out from A crew of 27 men are employed and thB track is bolno; advanced at a rate of about i mile a day. By July 10 a track will be fun into the gravel pit, recently purchased by tne compauy, .ur the Trauiio Dlace and the work men will begin to bring out carloads of gravel ballasting for the newly laid road. nrorHno-nn the roadbed is praotl cally finished, having been oarried up to within two miles oi tne oaiem u.minii nf thfl new road. The little HiatannA that remains to be graded m oaaiiv ha finished bv the first week of July. The bridgework is airnaHv eomoleted. amounting, in an, to about a quarter of a mile, the most important and dimoult Dnage oeiuB across the KicKreau ai iue x. Brunk plaoe near Eola. The heaviest nnta and fills have been made near Eola, where the country is rather rough and hilly. Between JJioia aim Dallas the greater portion of the land through which the road runs is quite level and the grading work was very oaallv and raDidlv completed. Aithnno-h it ia sale to preaiox luin the track laying will have been com- niatoH hv thA middle oi August. 11 Will probably be at least a month longer before everything is ready for the a! commencement or a regular itoib"1 and passenger traffic For the passenger service, n w purpose of the company to secure a fine high-power gasonne wvwi i u nominally 200 horsepower, although It is claimed tnat it can actually j.inn qok hnmADower. rne new car will weigh about 60,000 pounds and ,ui ho ks feet lontt and will nave an lAnnes of the roost up-to- liUU VUli . - date passenger coach. In addition to HActlon. a portion of the bUD (ukuu D car will be divided off for baggage transportation. 1 nannllar mature in lue nuucoi- anoe of the new cars Is their strange .k.n ThAv are brought to a snarp point in front to decrease the air resistance, and tne iact inai iuo wm Asma nrA nf the northole type, round UV". - - uot ilth tha heaviest Plate bihbb. Tho nar daveloDS great speed and power while the smoothness of its r,ir,r an a its almost total absence of jarring in starting and stopping makes it an Ideal coaon ior paBouBci ......i Tha Ralem. Falls City & bl HYDli ' - Western wil be among the first roads In tha atatA to adODt this B6W Style of car for use in Its passenger servioe. Daring the Season 1909 : . via the Southern Pacific Co. : from DALLAS, OREGON To OMAHA and Return - - - $5!"?! To KANSAS CITY and Return - $ 61.90 To ST. LOUIS and- Return - - $69.40 To CHICAGO and Return - - $74.40 and to other principal cities In the East, Middle West and South. Correspondingly low fares. On Sole June 2. 3; July 2, 3: August II. 12 To DENVER and Return - - - $56.90 On Sole May 17. July I, August II Going transit limit 10 days from date of sale, final return limit Octo toberSl. , .ttrntifAatnres in the way of stop- alicht advance over tne rates quowu. . .... Full particulars. Bleeping car reservations and tickets will be fur- Dished by any Boutnern raoiuu i Portland, Oregon WM. McMUilAl. umm" ' 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 At cat , be $ C2& nbT -7 mhonT fpSe than electric light, but dsaveyouauyvu eyesight-smokes portunities for work nd reation-ruins your M rfc you four walls-mars OTBfSt your meals SMSISW2-""8 what you Bave but how vou save that counts. mra r WILLAMETTE VALLEY OO. BA'l?s-xu - -- Kilowatt J5c: Bjs denoe JL . 'h Kn Wr T lowatt up to 10 drops; 1USINES liuuojMJ " tr. an droDs: over 40 A drop Dgurea iof v T over I0drop.tdgr KIl H roria i io uer uruu uj i , - , - ForWerratesapply at M'SU o us or We are always ready to explain thn "ins and outs oi iuo ii"""o ivk.- ," phone to us. wS are never to busy to talk business. Willamette Valley Company n m rvinm Manacrer for Dallas, . .Hh nf the Court House. Phones Bell 421. Omoe on mm sireei, jud. Mutual nvi. New Cleaning Establishment. nr TTnvt has oDened steam clean- in mnA nroaainff narlors In the rooms In the Campbell building formerly occupied by Oscar Hayter'a law office. Mr. Hoyt is prepared to Clean, and repair clothing in tne oem p i.i ..... T.arlloa work will be a speciality and all sizes of cloth-covered buttons will be maae u oru. " will clean and block hats and is pre pared to do dyeing of all kinds, ine new enterprise Is one that will doubt less meet with ready recognition u liberal patronage. Would Protect Elk. iwant&t!ve Hawley introduced a bill at the request of the order of Elks, setting aside sections 11 and 13. T. 10 8.. B. 10 W., to be known as tha Sllett Elk Preserve. The bill author izes the appointment of a superinten dent of the preserve at a salary of . i - a it.. t $900. At the meeting m u Lodge of Elks, which convened in Dallas, Texas, last year, a resolution was adopted asking the government to set aside a suitable preserve ior better protection of elk. Death Ends Safferiag. w, iw!a fitelnback died Sunday ,h. hnma of her brotner-lo-law. a F. Smith. In this city, after a loog illness, ber death being aue w w .i... r.t ailmenta. The deceased was about 48 year- of are and had j been ill Dallas about inree ""- , havtog beeo sent here from Alaska, j She is survived by her husband who is In Alaska and one son. The funeral was held this afternoon at Chapman ' Chapel and tne remains were Ukeo to the L O. O. F. ecroetery rorDoriu Traaanr Raloh Moor and bride. of Bay City, are visiting at the home of hi ancle, A. n. CampwML sor Moore Is principal of Bay City chads end Is eorouta ior where h will Uke op stodi- for life papers. DANCE j. Tom C. Stockwell The Phonograph Man Dallas, - Oregon CALL ON HENLINE POOL AND BILLIARDS All tables and equipment are strictly up-to-date. CIGARS AND CONFEC TIONERY I handle exclusively the famous White Clover Ice Cream made by Use Town eeod Creamery Com pan) . Store adjoining tha 8tar Theater. R. S. HENLINE, Proprtetar Paving For Their Land and Homes Out of The FIRST CROP RAISED RA151NO WHEAT IN SOUTHERN SINNY ALBERTA rJTlTn VJT4. r ir" wn-r. PO LAND BUYERS CLUB jll NCd-xrtUlM. Y.M.C.A. B-lMl-r Satcaa, Ortfom part ia the f-r W.