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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1910)
Polk County Observer J. O. HAYTER, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. Published Semi-Weekly at J1.B0 per Tear. Strictly in advance. Entered as second-class matter March I, 1907, at the post office at Dallas, Oregon, under the Act or Con gress of March S, 1879. DALLAS, OREGON, APRIL, 8, 1910. The way to build up Dallas is to pat ronise Dallas peoplt. IT ALL DEPENDS. The Observer Is asked what It thinks about the vote of Monday by which the City of Dallas was made a separate road district. The Observer thinks it will prove an unbusiness like blunder, unless It may be found possible under the law to expend a portion of the road tax collected In Dallas, In improving the county roads leading into the city. Dallas owns an excellent rock quarry and valuable road-making machinery including a modern crusher and steam road roll er, and the city could not spend its money in a better way than to keep this machinery In operation at least six months in the year in helping the farmers build good roads Into the city. The Salt Creek road, the Cooper Hol low road, the Oakdale road, the Lib erty and Independence and Salem roads all need attention and should have it. When all of these roads are improved so that It will be possible for the farmer to drive into town with his produce any day In the year then Dallas will be the city it ought to be, and not before. It is true that these improvements will cost money, and lots of It, but the benefits would fully compensate the city for the ex penditure. The work would require a special tax each year, and this tax would have to be voted by the people of Dallas; but it will not do for Dal las to seek a separation from the county merely to avoid taxes. Such a policy would mean business suicide. By showing a neighborly spirit tow. ard our farmer friends and assisting them in improving their roads, we will be helping ourselves while helping them. The benefit will be mutual. But if we undertake to hog the game, It will be the worse for us. Dallas, by the vote of its people Monday has placed itself in a position where it will be a strong factor for good or ill in the work of developing the country tributary to the town. The die has been cast, and It now rests with our people to say what the outcome shall be. If It is found, upon investigation, that none of the money raised by tax atinn in Dallas can be used for road purposes outside the city limits, then the quicker the vote of Mondny is re considered, the better It will be for the town. plied threats of boycott are not In frequently made by the unscrupulous solicitor. The movement to rid the business world of this system of petty graft is at last claiming its rightful share of attention among the business men of Oregon. While the Rose Fair pro. grams can hardly be classed with the traveling echemes, the Portland news, papers cannot be blamed for throw ing the weight of their influence against the proposed plan of the Fes tival management to print several thousand dollars' worth of advertis ing in an official program. The money received from such a source would have reduced Just that much the in come of the newspaper publishers who are boosting the enterprise, and with out whose aid the successful festivals of nast vears could not have been held. Perry Zumualt Dead. Perry Zumwalt, a son of the late Isaac Zumwalt, died of pneumonia in Corvallis, Sunday morning,- aged 68 years. He was born in Missouri and came with his parents to Oregon in 1846. The family settled near Lewis ville and were well known among the early pioneers. Perry Zumwalt was never married. He is survived by five brothers and three sisters. The broth ers are Jack Zumwalt, of Eddyville; Benjamine Zumwalt. of Corvallis; Lew Zumwalt, of Hillsboro; George and Newton Zumwalt, Of Spokane. The sisters are Mrs. James Atwater, Mrs. L. H. Atwater and Mrs. Wiley Norton, of Polk County. Burial took place in the Montgomery cemetery near Lew- isville. Issues Neat Booklet. The Jacobson Land Company has recently had printed a neat booklet telling of the opportunities for home seekers in Polk County. The booklet contains an entertaining description of the county and a list of the town and country property for sale by the company. The center-piece Is a beauti ful half-tone cut of the city of Dal las. The advertising is of the kind that pays. The firm mailed 160 of these booklets Wednesday evening to people living east of the Mississippi River and the remainder of the large edition will be sent out at once. MERCHANTS AWAKEN. Program advertising got a hard jolt In Portland when the newspapers of that city vigorously opposed the the printing of an " official program" of the coming Rose Festival. The Portland dailies have been staunch friends and supporters of the annual Festival, and the success of the enter prise has been lnrgely due to the pub licity given by these papers. George L. Hutchin, manager of the Festival, announces that in view of the fact that the newspapers of Portland are hostile to the "official" program scheme, it has been decided to drop It. The subject was made the topic of dis cussion by the Portland Ad Club at the noon luncheon Wednesday, when "program advertising" was handled without gloves by the men who write advertisements for the business men of the metropolis, and who, by nature of their profession, are qualified to Judge tha relative values pf the various kinds of publicity. C. C. Chapman, founder and man ager of the Chapman Advertising Agency, and an acknowledged author ity on publicity work, referred to the proposed festival program as a scheme discreditable to the advertising pro fession and discreditable to Its back ers. "No doubt the official program la considered a legitimate field from the solicitors point of view," said Mr. Chapman, "but I think we all agree that as an advertising medium, such publications are of so little value that not a slnxle merchant would buy pace In it without personal solicita tion and persuasion." Leading business men In every Im portant city In Oregon are devising mays and means of ridding themselves of the fake advertising nuisance. The Dallas Merchants' Protective Associa tion only recently adopted measures to protect tta members and the city from the scheme of traveling adver tising solicitors, who, by Implied threats of boycott or appeals to the spirit of charity, use some local ben evolent or charitable Institution in reaping a rich harvest of dollars and then leave the local merchants to pay the bill. The Dallas buslneaa men have an arrangement whereby no patron are la given to any so-called advertis ing scheme unless Its promoter la able to show a letter of Indorsement from the officials of the Protective Associa tion. The plan Is admirable and re lieves the merchants of the city of much annoyance and useleea expense. In the Urge cities, the churches, j schools and benevolent Institutions are made the Innocent accomplices of theee program solicitor. The travel ing adventurer gets np programs for festivals and entertainments, and col lects often as much aa SIM or tit front the basinets mea trho are vic timised into advertising, though the roet of the sheet may not be over II. The faker gxa several hundred dol lars, the printer get II. and the Will Commence Work Soon. W. T. Grier, manager of the Falls City Lumber Company's big plant In Falls City, and a member of the city council at that place, was a business visitor in Dallas, Wednesday after noon. Mr. Grler says that work on the new municipal waterworks system will be commenced as soon as necessary preliminaries can be arranged. The city has not yet definitely decided on the source of supply, but it is probable that water will be piped from some one of the numerous excellent moun tain springs near the thriving lum ber town. Lust Day In Da Huh. The name of K. Bezemer was In correctly printed as "K. Bczema" In the advertisement of the Othello Im provement Company In Tuesday's Ob server. Mr. Bezemer was a resident of Dallas thirty years ago, but for many years has been In the real estate busl ni-ss elsewhere. He will be at the Ho tel Gall until tonight only, and persons Interested In the live town of Othello should call on him today. Delinquent List Small. The time limit for the payment of taxes without Incurring a penalty ex pired Monday afternoon at 6 o'clock Money has been coming in so rapidly that no footings of the collections have been made, but It Is known that more money has been paid this year than was paid up to the same date lust year. Sheriff Grant says at least seven-eighths of the taxes of Polk County are paid now. Vote Yea for Monmouth. You will be asked to settle the Nor mal School question by your ballot In November. You want the schools sop arate from politics. You want the boys and girls educated. It will cost you four cents a year, If you pay taxes on 11000. Don't fall to vote YES for Monmouth. Pallas Wins Second Place. Dallas College, represented by II. E. Itarnhart, won second place In the oratorical contest held In Philomath, Saturday night. Dr. C. C. Poling and the Rev. C. T. Whittlesey, of Eugene, were among the Judges. The winner for Dallas was elected President of the Inter-collegiate Association. Legal blanks for sale at this office. REPORT No. 74 72. OK THE of the CONDITION Shore's Department Store Sale on Ladies' Waists The largest Stock anywhere to be found and at prices much lower than the big stores in the cities. Just received and placed on sale today a complete assortment of Laces, Embroideries, Hosiery and Ties. Look these lines over and get our prices. We are sure we can save you big money. Ladies' Hats This line must be reduced. Special price will be made to make room for other goods. Shoes Get our prices. You are sure to save big money. Hats Men's, Boys' and Children's Hats, the largest assort ment anywhere to be found. Prices Way Down Watch the Dallas papers and save big money on your Spring purchases. SHORE'S DEPARTMENT STORE Nearly Opposite The Postoffice Y DALLAS. nil .lonT nave w v -mtu anv competition to win a good clothes prize in this town; the question is settled for you, and there's no doubt about the result if you come here and ask for Hart, Shaffner & Marx fine suits and overcoats There's a thoroughbred quality and style about them which makes the wearer completely, at ease; every fabric is strictly all-wool, and all the tailoring is perfectly aone. These are such clothes as the most critical of you all can wear without any doubts; correct in style; the best clothes made. The home of Hart, Shaffner & Marx clothes is the Copyright Hirt Schaifner St Mar DALLAS MERCANTILE CO, ICC ListofLfrefYrmstAatarema&iniri DALLAS one of the feadimfMamiact turingiownsoftfie Northwest, j PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRIES AND BV1LD THEM VP. OREGON mm insist on Your Dealer Giving You these Goods WiHamette Valley Lumber Co. LARGEST INDUSTRY AND LAU- GKST PAT ROLL IN POLK COUNTY COY BROTHERS CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS Plans and Estimates Furnished Modern Store Fronts Are a specialty at COAD'S PLANING MILL MODERN PLANT-SKILLED WORK MENUP-TO-DATE IDEAS. Shop Work of AH Kinds at Reasonable Prices. Dallas National Bank At Dallas, In t; State of Oregon, at the close or business, Murch 29, 110. Itonourwa. Loans anil Discounts $138,993.15 Overdraft secured and unsecured 5,429.(2 U. 8. Bonds to secure cir culation 25.000.00 Bon. In, Securities, etc.... 61, 897. SI Hanking; house, r-urnlture. and Fixtures 1,000.00 Due from Slate and Private Hanks and Ranker. Trust Companies, and Savlnss Hanks 79$, 81 Due from approved Re serve AKents 19,614.85 Checks and other Cash Items 788.28 Notes of other National Hanks C1S.00 Fractional Paper Currency. Nickels, and C'enta 141.20 Lawful Money Reserve in Hank, viz: Specie 119,224.40 Ix Kill-Under notes 100 00 19.424.40 Redemption fund with U.S. Treasurer S per cent of circulation) 1.2S0.00 ..:S5.1 14 County of Polk 1. K K. Williams. President of the church rets tha programs, but none i al-ove-named bank, do solemnly swear Total Liabilities. Capital stock paid In t 21.000 00 surplus fund s, 000.00 Individed Profits, less e- penees and Taxes paid.. 2,182.(2 National Hank Notes out- stand in. 24,109.00 Due to state and Private Hanks and Hankers 1.424. 18 Individual lA'posits suh)rct to check 221.982.01 Demand Certificates of De posit 1.4(4.91 Total State of Oreaon DALLAS GARAGE ABSOLUTELY FIRE-PROOF Best equipped Garage In the State. Constructed of Concrete Through out Automobiles stored at reason able rates. Expert machinists In charge of Repair Department. D. F. HARRIS, Proprietor. DALLAS BAKERY C. C. COAD, Proprietor. Do not .send your money away to Portland for bread. Buy good Dallas bread and keep the money at home. It will help us and help you. Itell Phone 51. Mutual Phone S24V. "WHITE CLOVER" CARTON 5UTTER Manufactured by T. S. TOWXSEXD CREAMERY CO. Creameries at Portland, Astoria. Salem, Gardiner, Dalla. Xnlicolla, Lyons, Seattle. W. J. COY, Phone Mutual 1194 G. II. COY. Phone 138S "OREGON'S BEST" Manufactured Solely by DALLAS FLOURING MILL Guaranteed to be the best soft wheat flour In the Willamette Valley. Sold by all Grocers In Dallas. Otho Williams Merchant Tailor All the New Fall Styles and Patterns. Solicits your orders for Careful and Conscientious Workmanship. Dallas Made Handles SELL THEMSELVES But you can also assist us by helping us keep supplied with material. . PACIFIC COAST HANDLE MFG. COMPANY MUTUAL PHONE 181. COSY CORNER CANDIES Try our fine Home-made Candies and our tlolk loo Ice Cream GEORGE R. COAD West Side Marble WorKs G. L. HAWKINS, Proprietor. MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES AND CURBING. A Complete Lino of All Latest Designs. F. J. WAGNER.! MECHANICAL EXPERT Tires Set while You Walt Agency for International Harvester Company s Auto Buggy best Auto for farm and country purposes Have just added a complete line of Farm Implements and Machinery. GLEN 0. GRANT Contractor and Builder Estimates Furnished on All Classes of Buildings. Store and Interior Work a Specially Dallas Iron Works Machinists Foundrymcn Pattern. Makers. SAWMILL WORK A SPECIALTY We are prepared to do any kind of iron and Brass work. Lumber truck and Stock work on hand. We make the best and cheapest Stump Puller on the market Prices reasonable ill if &sar. ml Lfl?? o Uglow House THE HOME OF MichaelsStern Clothes Florsheim Shoes w B. Stetson and Mallory Hats. Werner Made Trousers. Indestructo Trunks. Your Spring Suit is waiting for you here. Uglow Clothing House The Home of Classy Clothes Have your printing done the server way the linotype way. Ob- Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure any ease of kidney and bladder troub le net beyond the reach of medicine. Xo medicine can do more. .Sold by Conrad tHafrin. Legal blanks for sale at this oillce. OXE who was F. H. MORRISON Architect Structural Engineer Mataal Tries-tone. Soaih 4. CONDUCTOR CURi.Il. Mr. Wilford A lams la his name, and he writes about it. "Some time airo I was cniined to my bed with chronic rheumatism. I used two bottlts of Fo ley's Remedy wilh good effect, and the third bottle put me on my feet and 1 resumed work as conductor on the Lexington. Ky.. street Railway. It save me more relief than any medi cine I had ever us. d. and it a ill do all you claim in cases of Hi, i 's Kidney Ueniodv or.. ,h... For malism ny eliminating tlx from the Mood. Sold by r uric acid r.rad Staf- The Observer wants th you are particular about printing WHAT GIVES MORE SATISFACTION THAN Pure White Linen SBSaBBSBBBaaBBBBasaajSaBaaaBBBBBBBBBSBaBBlBBBBBBBlBBBBBaiBBaaaaBaBBBBSSBaBaaa Laundered to Perfection? We make this class of work our jl specialty. Phone in your order. Our wagon goes everywhere. Dallas Steam Laundry If you have Use Kllth..rl..n.t - .., ' " r..1Kle r-.ve Salve. It is Hood for noth.nc llt the ev. ,. u u i painless an(i harm, ss. ar-d i p. ! tetund jour money, b II your neighbors. 23c a tube. sore ees of any kind so e uill Try' It and then Sold very here. .I1H.M4.14 of the ra&h. Pusineaa men are solicited to pat ronise tha r-rocram on the plea that they are helping- some benerolent roeaaure alone, but tha vtctims are only helping tha faker, ho leaves town aa acm aa be has worked the charity racket to Oit fulies eateet Blackmail ia often employed, and Iro- that the atwive statement la true to the beat of mv knomleoce and belief. H. K- WILLIAMS. President. Subscribed and nron to before me this kin day of April. 11 W. V. KTU.KR, Notary Public Correct Attest: 8ealJ M M. rt.US. WALTFK WILLIAMS L N. WOOl Directors. W. W. Ullrey Dealer In Second Hand Goods latrrest stock in Polk Covnty at prices mhirti will mens a substantial aaoary saving to yon. An klmls of SKc-oad-band Furniture boaftit at best prices. CO CRT STREET. DALLAS, OREGOX Third Annual Horse Show and Stock Sale f SaJcm, Oregon, Priday and Saturday, April 5-9 W.ax- Than Italk-u. "o. t- nae oft- Xo Entry Fee Thoroughbred. Standard Pred. German Couch. Frerwh Two Day. Coach, o-., Hays. Cly.lsedales. Percheron. Hackneys. Momna. IVlr-anm. Shires. r-on mules, be stallion. 1, t. i years old r over; best mares 1. I. i ejt , ij , over: Best stallion and a-et 1-eK mare and produce: four-in-hnn I . grade teams, farmers' draft teama, grade drafts, roadsters, saddlers. SIM IS PKEM1EMS DISTRIItrTVD. INDIES' DRIVING AND RIDING CONTESTS. In connection with this, the third annual Horae Show, a Mar sale n rsuse.i l, M - " than lt, TV II .. man. i.urnniTton. XI-.. ,ot the armv. .. -ara -,:, r-J( kVn's Ami., .un-d me h,n , wrti-a. ,. n-'- W.BBd I "a. iwl i m S LIGHT ROOM TClUAl i . . ..j V In mile tl , family to read or work ia any part of the room is V - uwiocr uutt wastes its Dest onm--j - 7k,B( :f Tk, Angle , down apoa year boo".,., I, oU Inline smoke. meu, and .bo"? t, r methods. et "'Tott cheaper to bars IMS diaary lamps. tiik liters ctoiju find, it 'o k-eo hi. . . ' ; II -. 1 ' - dt. ... . , . . - 1 .. . 1 . , , ... . --I"- - e . hit im K- - ' ' ' i-'e e1-' w. i-. -j . mil, o Here fronj all r",mm that k,.n.i,t, tiona Partiea havinr stnk for sale will pl-.f l,M the same w,th the T ! ,htr kerp , wtv . ' ,un1 of : retarr aa soon aa possible Theee aUI be tabulated In onW . t i. . m i.,arl s Sr.ow to proepectlv, b..yera It la tha latentioa to make this a prominent feature 1 for rhJ . l'c4 A ea Ol our annual rinmiiHm. ; ----.. -.n. Call or writa tha secretary for further Information. R. C PACTA'S, Secretary, care Paletn rtnlt Cnton. Send for Premium List. C L. DICK. Preaident throat, lame 1 ark. coma, ban iocs and c and cut. spraina. X na pric j; V J The ANGLE LAMP appearance and n s peri5 J. nV1 l ia ooeratinr coneetuence- 11 V ,s!1 or tarned . ertinrauiied hke rs- ".""I-, i'jt " 17,S' SafT ailed who. "fJZ p eodi iu-ai t 7-, '" ererr corner of a rooam, vior 1)RT G. REM PEL, Asrt J0V
