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Pole Go Observer rrn PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 17. 1910. NO. 14 New Oxfords We are showing a swell line of Men's, Ladies' and Misses' Oxfords at popular prices. Just received two new styles in Patent Strap Sandals and Button Oxfords, they are shoe perfection, price $3.50 and $3.00. We want your shoe business and are making special effort to please our customers on shoes both in style and quality. Special values in Men's Wool Pants, $2.50. Try a pair. We have a few Ladies' Spring Jackets to close out at a bargain. All new styles. Our stock is complete and we solicit a share of your valued patronage. Campbell's Store Successor to CAMPBELL & HOLLISTER DALLAS, - - - OREGON ELECTRICITY FOR LIGHTING Is only expensive to people ulio arc wasteful and cureless. To you who are iiuliiriilly enrcftill, It does not come high. It Is economical because It can be quickly turned off when not needed, with sua 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 set some kind of artificial light for less money than elec tric light, but does It save you anything when it limits opportunities 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 eceon omy. 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, lCcp 60c. RATES FOlt BUSI NESS HOUSES 25c per drop and 6c per Kilowatt up to 10 drops; over Uc per drop and Be per Kilowatt. A drop figures lCcp or less. For power rates apply at the offlce. We are always ready to explain the "Ina ami 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 K. W. KKARNS, Manager for Dallas. Office on Mill street. Just north of the Court House. Phones Bell 421, Mutual 1297. SALEM CHAPTER VISITS Nl 11 l'"Dr, O. E. S Entertain GiicnIk from Capllol Cily. One of the pleasant lodge events of j ie year In Dallas was the visit paid j by thirty-seven members of Chadwick i Chapter, No. 37, Order of Eastern Star to Naomi Chapter, No. 22, of this city, last Friday evening. The visitors came i from Salem on the regular evening train and spent a pleasant hour call ing on old-time friends and acquaint j anees before the opening of the lodge session. At eight o'clock the visitors and the ! members of the locul chapter gathered i in the lodge room and witnessed the ! conferring of the degree on two can jdldates. The lodge had been beautt ; fully decorated for the occasion with I I'ei-ns, palms and cut flowers, and the impressive manner in which the de gree was conferred added much to the enjoyment of the session. Following the degree work, an elaborate supper was served in the banquet hall. De lightful Informal talks were given by a number of the visitors. C. L. Starr. j the popular secretary of the Oregon lax Commission, was among the guests, and In response to a request for a few remarks, told a story that convulsed his audience with merri ment. After a pleasant social hour at table, the guests returned to the de pot at 11 o'clock, where a special train was in waiting to carry them back to Salem. Among the visitors were: Mrs. J. W. Wilson, Airs. L. J. Howell, Mary Spagle, Estella Branson, Ida B. God frey, Flossie P. Shamrook, Agnes E. Dinstnnor, Ida M. Babcoek, Katherine Bernardi, Mrs. J. S. Wyant, Mrs. M. M. McCauley, Mrs. George H. Dunsford, Mrs. R. E. Downing, Eugenia Gilling ham, Jane A. Chadwick, Miriam Bur nett, Bessie L. Savage, Mrs. Roy Davis, Mary Chadwick, Lena Cher rington, Jennie B. Thielsen, Ruth M. Brown, Grace Patterson, Georgia Chapman, Edna Simonton, Mrs. Milton Meyers, Messrs. H. M. Bronson, A. W. Howell, J. S. Wyant, George G. Brown, George H. Dunsford, W. M. Cherring ton, Judge George H. Burnett, C. L. Starr, James Godfrey, Joseph Ber nard! and H. W. Thielsen. WHAT ABOUT OUR MEAT HIGH PRICES AND THE FUTURE PORK SUPPLY. Farmers Should Study Problems Sur rounding Production and Market ing of Hogs. PEOPLE YOU KNOW FISHING SEASON Opened April 1st and we are prepared to furnish you the right kind of tackle at the right price. SPALDING BASE BALL GOODS We are headquarters for the famous Spalding line and do not lie down for any others. Give us a call. VV. R. Ellis' Confectionery Up-to-date Candy Kitchen in rear. We invite you to inspect it Trusses That Fit ir ynu e. ne of our customers, after trying every truss i i8farti..n - t- i.i t.. oi.rttit ii-n veil rs and are ruptured the Smithsonian Is the only truss for you to i fr years wim was entirely cured oi ' rupture. Another customer a Gentleman Eighty ca rears suffered torture from wearing trusses that uni hi", with a Smithsonian truss and today he Is going about his u. li,,n with ease and ram fort. I 'id you ever know of any other truss equally as god? No matter how long standing your rupture, we ran certain food and in most caso effect an entire cure. No l:tr Cliarge for Fitting. t - v The Fuller Pharmacy PALLAS' POPULffRjgOffl carry the fan.on DIAMOND W" I''"1 "f Extracts I.ios Ta ",! rann"1 I. sl. brea.1 daily. The very l-t of v Hdilen can always Ik? fonn.l at onr Mn Dallas, Oregon At a period when any commodity is selling at an unusually high level, three questions naturally arise. The first of these Is, what caused the unu sual prices; the second, how long will they be maintained; the third, what factors govern the future market prices? The present winter and spring have found live hogs selling at figures far in excess of all previous records, and many well informed parties seem to think that the top has not yet been reached. The man who has pork to sell is rejoicing; the man who has pork to buy is complaining. Both are ask ing the questions just mentioned. Some people with more haste than hard sense suggested a meat boycott as a remedy for the high-cost evil, but tills Idea has already died a most .time ly death. The fact remains that our American people have been and al ways will be heavy meat eaters. When the price of meat becomes exorbitant, the only safe method of handling the question is to study the, problems sur rounding the production and market ing of this meat, and then try to apply a remedy that will really help. Must Look to First Cause. Turning to the present high price of pork, let us consider the first natural question regarding this situation; namely, the cause of these prices. Magazine writers, and the like, will tell you Btories of the greed of the packers, the enormous profits of the retail butcher, the graft of the refrig erator car, and numerous other evils. Without entering into any discussion of these things, It must be remembered that every one of them was in opera tion two years ago when hogs were selling at five dollars per hundred weight. Obviously then we must look to other sources for the cause of the eleven-cent hog. Let us see if present conditions are not absolutely the re suit of that unchangeable law of sup ply and demand. As a nation we eat more pork every year, and it is safe to say that there are less hogs in the Un ited States today than at any period during the last ten years. Note one lo cal example; Even with values at the highest point in years, the receipts of hogs at the South St. Paul market for the first two months of this year were sixty thousand less than for the same period last year, and the run last year was of only ordinary proportions. This condition is prevailing at every market in the country. We will have to go back a couple of years to find the cause for this. In the fall of 1907, pop ularly referred to as the "panic sea son," there was a short corn crop and a big pig crop. This naturally made high-priced corn and low-priced hogs. Thousands of farmers, unable to see a few days into the future, decided that hog raising was unprofitable and im mediately went out of the business, putting on the market every hog on the place. The great packing centers were flooded with one-time brood sows and great quantities of small shoats, and the farmer sold his grain on the market instead of through his hog crop. The present shortage of hogs followed as a natural sequence. High Prices Deplete Brood Stock The factors which govern future prices are neither numerous nor hard to find. Along this line the following communication was recently received at this offlce and Is of Interest: "Within a few weeks we have seen the American record price for hogs. Back of this fact, an economic opera tion is likely to proceed which. Instead of reducing the price of hogs In the future, will operate to Increase It. When the price of apples advances In any considerable degree, It operates to bring into existence more apple-bear ing trees. Exactly the opposite tenden cy arises when the prices of live stock advance. This Is due to the fact that the high prices offered for the live stock tend to Induce owners to sell, not only the animals which are not useful for breeding but those which are required for reproduction. In other words, the tendency at this time is to induce owners of brood sows to part with them because of the high price for hogs. The effect, will be seen, is not like that which follows the ad vance In the price of apples, for the apple producer can not soil his trees. Recent receipts of sows at Chicago In dicate that better Judgment is becom- HOoD RIVER, Or., May 14 (To ( (n(f prevaient among stock raisers and the Editor.) I note tnat irauas hog raisers, and that they nave Degun voted $40,01)0 bonds and is to have a ; tQ reaze that. In selling the sows, new school building. You ought to j tnpy are wlins the seed wheat of a Jjto Coinings and Goings as Told by Our Fxchnngcs. Mrs. J. I.. Hyde, went to Falls City, Saturday morning, where she will spend several months on a visit. Tol edo Leader. L. L. Shreve had business in Port land the first of the week. Arlington Itecord. Ches. Morrison, the Elk City mer chant, was in the city Monday evening. While here he purchased a hollow wire gas lighting system for his store. Toledo Leader. Cricket Iievens, of Alrlle, was in the neighborhood buying stock the latter part of last week. Albany Herald. H. F. Mulkey and J. W. Rogers of Ashland, have been elected delegates the Knights of Pythias grand lodge session that meets in Portland. They I will represent Granite Lodge, No. 23, of Ashland. Medford Tribune. ; James Clow, a Southern Pacific engineer, has located in this city with bis family, having been transferred ; from Portland to a run out of Rose ' burg. Iloseburg Review. Mr. and Mrs. A. V. R. Snyder ar ; rived from Wrangel, Alaska, last Frl 1 day night and are visiting with their daughters, Mrs. T. J. Warren and Mrs. Wilbur Cook. McMinville Telephone- liegister. ' M. F. Corrigan, who has been In strumental on different occasions in placing other people behind the bars, has now been placed In a similar po sition. He took his place there In the I First National Bank on Tuesday, where he will serve his time and also I the public as well. McMinnville Re porter. F. W. Treanor has sold his grocery business located next to the Postofflce to E. F. Anderson, who has recently come here from Kansas. McMinn- ! ville Reporter. HIGH SCHOOL PLANS SiiiHTinleiidcnt or Hood River School Offers Valuable Suggestions. amount. We ne one for me 14-room building, built of brick, future highly profitable crop; or It may be that the diminution of receipts get a with a full 14-foot cement basement j ,g dup to tne actual depletion of the - . I H.tmAMtie . . 4i 1. . . . The manual training - : numner oi sows in iw departments are in m sch-ncc It Is interesting In this connection mint, with murieen r-"" to onaerve mm wnruu .!- floors' above. The building cost ap-'ure Wilson points out that depression proximately $27,000, including $3500 ;of hnf( priceSi caused by the panic of for the heating plant. We do not have ; ,907 induced farmers to sell breeding a suitable assembly room, but the gowt so aa to diminish what, from building was constructed with the Idea; tnen existing prices, they were led that it would become a grade building t(J r(,Bar(j a, a line of unprofitable pro in the near future. I (liable production. The present high Th.re are two points relative to rlc, of h0gs Secretary Wilson Indl whool buildings that it seems to me ' cat, arBey due to the fact that have been overlooked long enough. ! hos productlon has diminished by rea- tne is the linhting; the other, the toi- mm of the .careity of breeding anl lcts The windows should be on one mal(L ,t mf.thlng like the Irony Sj,le of the room only, to avoid cross of fat to brought face to face with . ...ii. t for boys snu ... ,k conditions wnicn rnw ai ing marketed at this time. At the South St. Paul market It is next to lm possible to find any piggy sows being offered for sale. About the only sows being offered are those that have about ended their days of usefulness in the breeding pen and these are only being sold from herds that have younger sows ready to take their place. The demand for brood sows throughout the country has been so strong that even the high prices were no Inducement for selling the sows on the open market. There are Instances where grade sows have brought $40 per head at. farm sales, and every breeder of pure-bred hogs has sold clean out of brood sows and at highly satisfactory prices. The men who are paying these prices are the same ones that sold their sows and quit the hog business two years ago. It is always the same old story of everybody rush ing into the business when prices are high, and rushing out when they are low: and it is the presence of exactly such people that will always cause sharp fluctuations In the prices of pork and other farm products. While prophesies regarding future values are always worthless, It remains certain that a high level of prices will be maintained until another big sup ply of hogs is ready for market. This supply is easier to produce than any other class of farm live stock. With cattle and horses it takes from three to five years to produce a crop of mar ketable ,;e. With hogs, a man can purchase a sow and have her pigs ready for market Inside of twelve months. While this year's hog crop will no doubt be much larger than that of last year, It Is hardly likely that the recent shortage can be converted in to an over-supply in a single year. However, if present prices maintain for another year, the crop of 1911 Is likely to be a record breaker. No man who has a good crop of spring pigs this year should worry about not get ting well paid for them. Steady Production next. The statement will bear repetition, that the man who makes good money in the hog business is the one who raises as many as he can handle prop erly every year. The average farmer must have some livestock, and the hog Is about the easiest and cheapest to handle. The man who sells his hogs every time the prices of grain gets high does not show good business judgment. It Is estimated that a man can feed fifty-cent corn to five-cent hogs and make money, and with good hogs the spread In prices can be even wider. When speaking of this topic, many farmers are Inclined to charge every bushel of corn fed to the hogs at top market price, when, as a matter of fact, only about ten bushels In thousand would grade number one or anything like it. On the other hand, good hogs will take mighty poor corn and make it into top-price pork. Be sides, there will be found on nearly every farm a lot of poor grain of var ious kinds that would never find a market at all except through the hog crop. It is a safe assertion that there is not more than one year In ten that grain Is so high In price that it cannot be fed" profitably to good hogs. Tak ing the average for any period of ten years, and the man who raises and markets a good hog crop every year will be way ahead of the grain farmer. From a financial standpoint this Is a poor season In which to embark In the hog business, but If you do start, don't sell out the first time that prices go down and wait for another period of high prices in order to buy back. Give the old sow a steady Job on your farm; feed her and her pigs liberally and she will be one of the best money makers In your possession. The Farmer. STILL FINDING MONEY MORE GOLD DISCOVERED IN DEAD MAN'S SHACK. MARRIED AT DILLEY Miss Sarah Tnpier Becomes Bride of II. K. Illiinian. One of the prettiest home weddings of the season took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Porter Tupper, near Dilley, yesterday afternoon when Miss Sarah Aletha Tupper and Mr. II. E. Hinman, of Dallas, were united In marriage in the presence of a score of relatives and friends. . Rev. E. V. Stivers, pastor of the Christian church of Forest Grove, read the service. The bride was attired becomingly and carried a beautiful boquet of white carnations. For a number of years she was a school teacher and has a wide circle of friends throughout the county. Mr. Hinman Is engaged In business in Dallas, where he Is de servedly popular. At the conclusion of the ceremony a wedding luncheon was served. The young people then left for a brief honeymoon trip and will be at home to their friends at Dallas. Forest Grove News. Home of Late Perry Zmmvalt In Cor. vallls Proves Veritable Treas ure Mine. By a find of $240 on Saturday and a $100 check dug up this morning, the total sum found at the Z. P. Zumwalt home since that miser's death recently Is increased to $1015, says the Cor vallis Gazette-Times. When Mr. Zumwalt died at the San itorium several weeks ago, the under taker found 80 cents and a knife in his trousers pocket A casual search of the old man s house about two weeks later failed to bring to light either money or papers. After two weeks more Louis Zumwalt and Judge McFadden went to the home and found $200 In gold in one place, $200 in gold In another and in still another place discovered seven $10 gold pieces, and wrapped In rags they found another $5 in gold. Shortly after this visit, Geo. W. Smith, R. C. Herron and James Flett were taken out to appraise the prop erty. While there, Mr. Flett pulled a new suit of clothes from an old box or valise and as he held It up that the others might put a value on it, some thing fell with a dull thud, and when the package was examined it was found to contain $200 In gold. Fur ther search was made and it was con cluded that all the treasure had been uncovered. Find More Money. A few days ago, Ben Zumwalt, broth er of the dead man, asked Judge Mc Fadden to go with him while further search was made. On Saturday he and the Judge visited the old gentleman's shack. Ben opened an old closet that had been boarded up and there in the farthest corner found a bag contain ing $240 in gold. This morning Zumwalt came to Judge McFadden, who is administra tor, with a $100. check given by the Dallas National Bank on the U. S. National Bank at Portland In favor of Z. P. Zumwalt, All told, $1015 has been brought to light. With the exception of the $100 check, all of this was in gold. It was found scattered about In seven differ ent places, the most In any one place being the find of Saturday, $240. Any of this money might easily have been discovered by anyone who had sus picion of the money being there, and cared to search thoroughly. No one has occupied the property, and any one could have slipped away with any thing found. Lived as Poor Man. Zumwalt was thought to be In poor circumstances, for he lived as a man who had nothing. However, besides the $1015 dug up since his death it was found that he held a certificate of deposit at the First National Bank for $550. This was a time deposit and had been drawing 3 per cent for nearly a year. Judge McFadden wouldn't be sur prised to hear that someone had found another thousand or two stuck away in the stovepipe or beneath the cor ner stone of the woodshed. When Zumwalt died he was past 60 years of age and for years had placed little confidence in hanks. He lived to himself arid even his closest relatives knew little about his affairs. WAS PIONEER OF 1851 Pleasant Orchard, of Ballston, Joins Silent Majority. ROAD EXPERT COMING lights. :,...il,le tO OV ... C)nu t th- re. while if there was a u.ndine to again Impair the hog In- toilct opening "ff "-h hool room. durtry by reducing the . .., .-mild control the situation nrw.din, sows. Xnne of as in the home. - ..i,M redound i ... arranfement. It Is . .-hAr.in klsrh v.rtces. Instead of girls is l"n" " " j, ' .rsee sum i OW prices in ihi, are i wor -. number of those who Special Xoth-e to Public. If you want cut carnations or cut roses for Decoration Day, please place your orders for them with me at once. Owing to the scarcity of flowers for the occasion, I must have your orders in advance not later than May 23. j Cut flowers, boquets, mail orders, fun- ! eral boquets and designs our special-' tended to. "Quick service and satis fled customers" our motto. Call per sonally at the Castle greenhouse, or If inconvenient to do so, phone your orders at once to Main I X I . or ad dress Box Castle Floral and Vegetable Gardens D. L. Thomas. Florist. Dallas, Oregon. Muurlce O. Ehlrlilge Will Deliver Free Lecture In Dallas. An event of grent importance to the farmers of Polk County is scheduled to take place in Dallas on Friday af ternoon. May 2 7, when Maurice O. Eldridge, the wll-known Government road expert, will deliver an illustrated lecture In the Courthouse. As a result of the interest In good roads work In Oregon, the office of Public Roads, ITnited States Depart ment of Agriculture recently tendered to the leading Oregon towns a series of illustrated lectures, and Dallas has been favored with one of the dates. The lecture will be free, and every road supervisor, farmer, stockman and business man is invited to be present. Mr. Eldridge. the expert sent here by the Government, has a most pleas ing personality and Is the equal of any good roads lecturer In the I'nlted States. He had charge of the exhibit of the office of Public Honda at the Seattle Fair, where he made many friends among the good roads enthus iasts of the Pacific Northwest. The lecturer will be accompanied by Hon. Lionel Webster, of Portland. the most prominent good roads man in Oregon today. Mr. Webster recent ly resigned the Multnomah County Judgeship to take the chairmanship of the Good Roads Association. In which position he has since been ac tively engaged In spreading the gospel of good roads. Judge Webster will outline a solution of the good roads problem In this state, which may call for considerable discussion, and for that reason It Is desirable that every voter In the county be present. BALLSTON, Or., May 13 Pleasant Orchard, a pioneer resident of Polk County, died at his home here this morning at 12:30 o'clock, aged 80 years. He had been In falling health for about three years, but had been able to walk about the greater part of the time. He suffered but little during his last sickness and the end came peacefully and quietly. Mr. Orchard was born in Brown County, Illinois, In 1830. At the age of 21, he crossed the plains to Oregon In company with a small band of emi grants. The party encountered many bands of hostile Indians, one of these meetings resulting In trouble which led to the hanging of one of the party by the redmen. An unusual Incident of the long overland journey was the marriage of Mr. Orchard to Miss Eliabeth Miller at the foot of Laurel Mountain. The party continued to move westward until they reached Oregon City, Ore gon. Mr. and Mrs. Orchard came on to the Willamette .Valley and settled on a donation claim seven miles north west of Dallas. Here three children, Silas, Frank and Lucinda, were born to them. Of the children, Silas Is the only survivor. Mr. and Mrs. Orchard Joined the church soon after settling on their claim and both remained faithful members as long as they lived. Mrs. Orchard died In 1881 and was buried at Dallas. About twenty years after her death, Mr. Orchard married Mrs. Green, who survives him. Pleasant Orchard was a man In every respect. He was upright and honorable In all of his business deal ings, and was a friend to all. One of hlB admirable traits was that he never wanted to know any other person's business, and would never tell his own. He enjoyed telling of his trip across the plains, and his story was told in such a manner that one was sorry when It ended. The funeral was held In the Metho dist Episcopal Church In Ballston, Sunday, May 15, the service being con ducted by Rev. H. B. Gwlnn, pastor of the Christian Church of Amity. Th remains were taken to Dallas for bur ial. The aged widow desires to thank her neighbors and friends for their kindnesses during Mr. Orchard's last Illness. MANY PRIZES OFFERED FLE PROGRAM OF SPORTS FOR OAK GROVE PICNIC. Oregon Agricultural College Will Conduct Two Days Farmers' Institute. ALL SHOULD SIGN Luke County PniM-r Favors Restora tion of Monmouth Normal. A petition is In circulation among the citizens of our county, fathered by the alumni of the Monmouth Normal school, praying for a restoration of the Monmouth state normal school. This Is a petition that every citizen should sign, as it Is a Btaln upon the fair Btate of Oregon to be dispossessed of normal schools. No other state would think of such a thing as tear ing out the very Institutions that have made our public schools the bulwarks of America.! liberty and Independence. It was a grievous error In the state legislature to abolish, even temporari ly, our splendid normal schools. Ore gon wants Intelligent citizenship, and Intelligent citizenship is a creature of good schools, and good schools can only be had by well-trained teachers, and well-trained teachers must come from the normal schools, so when the state abolished her normal schools, it looked as if the future welfare of her boys and girls was a matter of small importance. We can't allow such an Impression to be given, as this state Is as anxious for good schools as any In the union, but some legislators sent as mis representatives from their respective districts forgot themselves and their duties to the state and cut off the most essential stream of revenue In the state. It was not wilful It was only Ignor ance, or possibly Indifference; but whatever the cause, we trust all the people of the state will rally round the flag that floats over the little red school house the strongest links In the grandest educational system to be found In all the 'world. Lakevlew Herald. AUTO GOES IN DITCH Hurl In Runaway. Lynn Jones, a young man residing In northern polk County, had a njr- I , redoing sows. .""- ""- . .u..i i .. and the arrangement I,hl,ow,phic.1Iy study the recent ad- - , " - -P-- "'""'" Simonton & Scott ti..ns in the school. tier mo,-. vances in me price. ... ,..lu,.. " Hriv- ,,. Mr,( hlm out confident hope that price, gener- , fri(fhteIled ,,, . ,way ,, 1 ally will materially decreas. ..That o,. wt. th, cart.hul ED. E. COAD. OrM ivm-sr Will Italld. Fellows of Forest Grove In the fact, obviously.' It J"" . telephone pole and Jones was n.gniy , thrown out. The young man s h e was nil orea-uina , ... , , , . ... , rroniMnK Prniie Crop. After visiting his prune orchard south of Dallas and finding the fruit i well set on the trees, II. O. Camplwll gives it as his opinion that Polk Coun ty will have a good crop of Italians this year. Considering the proepects . L- . . ..Ik... I 1 , . I . XI f the ney t.orse .k.. uaual trtim their nrrhaHfl this even thoush U-m than a full crop should he gathered. Frank K. Fields and Party Narrowly Karaite Dealh at HiietlwHI. An automobile driven by Frank 8. Fields, Clerk of Multnomah County, skidded and turned over Into a ditch at llrledwell Station, north of Dallas, Sunday morning. Five persons, three of whom were women, were In the machine, which was going at the rate of IS miles an hour when the accident occurred. All of the occupants es caped with bruises, save Frank Frls bie, of 8alem, whose right shoulder blade was broken. Mr. Frisbie was put on board the Southern Pacific train and brought Into Dallaa, where he was transferred to the Salem, Dallas and Falls City train and taken to his home. After the accident. Mrs. FIHds de clined to go any further In the car, which was righted, so the machine was b ft nt McMinnville and the re turn to Portland made on the train. The residents of the Oak Grove neighborhood are making active prep aration for their Farmer's Institute and Sport Carnival, to be held Friday and Saturday, June 3 and 4. Posters advertising the event are being dis tributed in all parts of Polk and ad joining counties, and it Is believed that the crowd attending both days will break all former records. The first day will be devoted to Grange exercises, music and sports. The address of welcome will be de livered by the master of Oak Grove Grange. A. T. Buxton, the retiring Master of the State Grange, will re spond. Literary and musical exer cises will hold the attention of the visitors until the noon hour. The en tire afternoon will be given over to the Sport Carnival. A long list of ath letic sports and games has been ar ranged, with liberal prizes for the winners of each event. O. A. C. Will Help. Friday evening and Saturday will be devoted to a Farmers' Institute, held In co-operation with the Oregon Agri cultural College. Subjects relating to Dairying, Chemistry of the Soil, Beau tifying the Home, Horticulture and General Agriculture will be presented. Stereoptlcon Illustrated lectures on Breeds of Live Stock and the Agricult ural College, Saturday evening. Every one cordially Invited. Come and bring your families and friends. Liberal Prizes Offered. Liberal prizes for athletic events are offered by business men of Dallas and Salem as follows: Best Driving Team $6.50 robe, Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co., Salem. Best Single Driver $2 whip, Mitch ell, Lewis & Staver Co., Salem. Best Lady Horse-back Rider Bri dle, blanket and clrclngle, E. S. Lam port, Salem, Best Lady Teamster $3 whip and $1.75 gloves, F. E. Shaffer, Salem. Free for All Race $2.60 pair of shoes, Dallas Mercantile Company. Boy's Race, under 12 years Jack knife, Peter Cook, RIckreall. Fat Man's Race $2.60 hammock, Craven Bros., Dallas. Girl's Race, under 16 $1 box of candy, The Spa, Salem. Three Legged Race Two knives, Watt fehlpp, Salem. Egg Race by Ladle Gold pen i,nd pencil, Conrad Stafrln. Dallas. Old Man's Race $5 hat, G. W. Johnson, Dallas. Ladles' Race, over IS years $2.60 pair of slippers, Oregon Shoe Co., Sa lem. Tug of War One half box oranges, Weller Bros., Salem. Sack Race $2.60 box of cigars, Geo. Watters, Salem. . Ball Players $2.60 box cigars, Geo. Watters, Salem, Pillow Fight $8 hat, Peter Cook, RIckreall. Best Looking Lady $2 toilet arti cles, Fuller Pharmacy Co., Dallas. Elephant Walk $8 sweater, J. L. Stockton, Salem. Half Mammon Jump One year's subscribtlon, Semi-Weekly Statesman. High Jump One year's subscription Pacific Homestead, Statesman Pub, Company. Standing Jump One year's sub scription, Polk County Observer. Base ball Game $1 bat, Hauser Bros., Salem; $1.25 league ball, W. R. Ellis, Dallas; $2 bat and ball, J. A. Lynch, Dallas. BUYS ELLIS GROCERY Hugh G. Black Is Now Owner of Main Street Store. An important business transfer was made in Dallas yesterday, when M. D. Ellis sold his stock of groceries and store fixtures to Hugh O. Black. The new proprietor took charge of the business at once. Mr. Black la a native son of Polk County, and has had fourteen years' experience In the grocery business In Dallas. The Ellis store, already one of the best In the county, will be en larged and improved under his man agement. Thoroughly familiar with every detail of the business. Indus trious and enterprising In his habits, snd strictly honorable In his dealings, It Is certain that Mr. Black will suc ceed In his venture and prove a val uable addition to the ranks of Dallas' progressive merchants. Mr. Ellis has not decided on his plans for the future, but It Is prob able that he will continue to be a res ident of this city, where he has val uable property Interests. Th have swardI . w lodse home. .h fir-t fi.-'r. t' .id fi' the contract f"T their .. The structure will be with three stnres on .n offices on the sec- r. and'todt rooms In the third i . smill V-a ItU 1 1 1 VI . .11 have a full con- this artk-le Is a good one, there is but r:l nl ,, mile danger front the source mention- r.,e ;"r; I d wM th, fne-t ed. as the farts do show that any co $l "d "V.rov great aumber of brood sows are be- pol lic buildmf in Forest .rre. the farmer to retain mala, especially sows which. In the near future, are not only likely to In crease in price, but actually to mul tiply as to value." Sale of Sows Ixlf-in -While the tirecantioa suggested la iwu p-d without injury, but the cart I mwA karMM ... W r. It t-A I A anther AdrfHtn to Crw " Born. Wednesday. May II. to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wricht. of Dallas, a son. Leeal Hanks for aale at this offlce. Rapid Wort at Oil Well. Good progress Is Ix-ing made at the reaming out the wrll and putting down the heavy l-lnch rasing. Drilling w ill be r-sutned as soon as this work Is comiieted. The promoters of the In- durtry t-rlieve that with the heavy j casing la piare. no further difTWulty j will be eiiM-rtewred from cave. ins and brok- casing-. t Irfimhcr Yard In Wn4 Kahm. The Falls City Lumln-r Company has purchased six lots In West Sa lent, and is making preparations for the construction of lumln-r sheds and other necessary buildings The buildlnas will be of sufficient site to accommodate the enormous business being transact ed hy the company, and will be mod rrnly equipped. As soon as they re completed, which will be la a com par atlvely short pwiod of time, the com pany mill open ap a yard and branch office at that place. The mala offlce and yards of the branch company are aUoatrw on Fourteenth and Oak Mntu Ha lent Journal. Catholic Church Nears Completion. Construction work on the new Cath olic Church in West Dallas is progress ing rspidly under the direction of Con tractor Oscar Holmes. Although the carpenters hsve been at work only a little over a week, the structure Is now under roof. While In Dallas, Frl dsy. the Reverend H. J. McDevitt in formed an Observer representative that the dedicatory exercises would probably be held esrly In June. Roys Tut tie ITopertj. E. R. Tultle, of Monmouth, sold his house and lot on Mala street to Reu ben K. Morris yesterday. The lot Is , IS by lit fe. t In size, and lies directly south of the new High School site. The : price paid was liud. The sale wss ; effected through the offlce of the. j Hughes Bird Land Company. Vkk Bros, are sHIing fencln snd sheeting st $t p-r thmsand fee. fnhr lumber at err"fftding; low rates. iwtmtd Words sr Monannwth. Harold Davis, of Monmouth, has be-n in the city today in the Interest of Monmouth normal school, securing signatures for submitting the Iniativa for the support of the school to the people of Oregon. Monmouth Is the plcmeer normal and deaervc-e to he put on Its fr t Albany Democrat. Legal tdar.ka for sale at this ofn. !