Polk County Observer
J. C. HAYTEK,
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Published Semi-Weekly at $1.60 pef
Tear. Strictly in advance.
Entered as second- class matter
March 1, 1907, at the post office at
Dallas, Oregon, under the Act 01 Con
gress of March S, 1879.
DALLAS, OREGON, JULY 1, 1910.
Th way to build up Dallas is to pat
renin Dallas peopll. . . : '
KEPrBMCAN CANDIDATES.
Recommended for Nomination by the
County Assembly, held In Dallas,
June 25, 1910.
Representative
IRA C. POWELL.
Clerk.
E. M. SMITH.
Sheriff.
W. U BICE.
Commissioner.
JOHN B. TEAL.
Treasurer.
JOHN D. CASTLE.
Coroner.
It. Ij. CHAPMAN.
CONGRESS' GOOD WORK
Fulfilling the pledges of the Chicago
platform, the session of Congress Just
ended enacted more important laws
for the wefare of the people of the
United States than were ever before
secured within so brief a time. Among
this legislation may be mentioned:
The Railroad Rate Bill.
Postal Savings Bank.
Statehood for Arizona and . New
Mexico. '
Publicity of campaign expenses.
Bureau of Mines and Mining.
Use of improved safety appliances
by the railroads.
Issue of $20,000,000 reclamation
certificates.
Reorganization of lighthouse ser
vice. Two new battleships.
Punishment of the white slave traf
fic. Creation of a Commerce Court.
Agricultural settlement on coal
lands.
Creation of a Tariff Board.
Constitution for Porto Rico.
Abolition of the immunity bath.
"All funds derived from a road levy
should be used and expended in the
district in which it is raised." This is
a plank In the private platform of
Grant B. Dlmlck, who aspires to be
Governor of Oregon without the aid
of the assembly. The plank may possi
bly catch a few votes, but It la any
thing but good business policy. With
such a law on the statute books' of the
state, Oregon would not get good pub
lio roads In the next Ave hundred
years. The only way to secure a unl
form system of good roads is to make
the strong districts help the weak
ones.
The State Tax Commission Instructs
the county assessors to tax all church
property not actually used for public
worship. The commission rules that
the law specifically exempts from tax
atlon all houses used for public wor
ship and the lota upon which such
houses are situated, but that parson
ages, parsonage furniture, and any
real estate not actually occupied by
the house of worship must be assess
ed. The tax commissioners are prob
ably following the strict letter of the
law In sending out these Instructions,
but it is difficult to see where the peo
ple will gain anything by this new
ruling. Churches are not conducted
for financial profit, and are not a prof
itable Investment; at least, one would
ba led to this conclusion by the fact
that ninety-nine out of one hundred
churches are constantly appealing for
money and are obliged to depend upon
the generosity of the public for their
existence. As the expenses of a church,
over and above the amount paid by Its
members, has to come out of the pub'
lie's pocket. It Is difficult to see where
anything wilt be gained by adding the
expense of taxation to the burden of
these organisation Not one church
In fifty has any property outside of
Its churrh building and parsonage, and
It la only fair to presume that where
a church owns any Income-bearing
property, surh Income la used for the
support of the church. The people of
Oregon will gain nothing by taxing
the churches, for the money for
their maintenance will have to be
r.leed by appeals to the generosity of
the membership and the public In gen
eral. If the churches are compelled
to pa taxes, they will have to raise
more money, and this money might as
well be paid directly to the tax collect
or as at present, and thus save the
financially emharraMed churches from
needless .vorry. After all the wealthy
and predatory tax-dodging Interests In
Oregna are rounded up by our law
makers. It will then be time to go af
ter the churches If there Is st.ll a def
icit In state revenue.
FISHER BOUND OVER
JUSTICE REDUCES CHARGE FROM
; MURDER TO. MANSLAUGHTER. '
Prisoner's Bail Is Fixed at $5000
Large Crowd Attends Pre
liminary Hearing.
P. S. Fisher, charged with killing
Wright Clark near Ballston, Monday
afternoon, was given a preliminary
hearing in Justice Holman's court yes
terday afternoon and was bound over
to the Circuit Court on a charge of
manslaughter. His bond was fixed
at $5000.
Fisher was the only witness exam
ined on behalf of the defense. He oc
cupied the stand 80 minutes, and gave
bis testimony in a frank, straight
forward manner. The testimony
brought out by the examination did
not differ materially from the account
of the tragedy published in Tuesday's
Observer.
Justice Holman reduced the charge
from murder to manslaughter and
made an order admitting the defend
ant to ball in the sum of $1000. On
suggestion of the District Attorney,
and by consent of the defendant's at
torney, the amount was later raised to
$5000.
The courtroom was crowded during
the examination, many residents of
the Ballston neighborhood being pres
ent '
Deputy District Attorney J. E. Sib
ley appeared for the State. Oscar Hay
ter is attorney for the defendant.
COURT HOUSE NOTES
Court Items, Real Estate Transfers,
and Other News Briefly Told.
PROBATE.
Estate of Amanda Irene Tupper, a
minor bond filed and approved.
Estate of Franklin A. Link, deceas
ed T. P. Bevens, R. M. Fowle and R.
A. Hastings appointed appraisers.
Estate of Mary Z. Percival, deceased
semi-annual account filed.
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Allen R. Stout and Isabel F. Ray;
Earl Groblebl and Pheriton McCollum;
Guy Simklns and Elsie Neiger.
Vlck Bros., are selling fencing and
heating at $8 per thousand feet Other
lumber at corresponding low rates.
TIT TCTHTT7CC T rf AT C
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are charged at the rate of 1 cent per
word, first Insertion; H cent per word
for each insertion thereafter; 80
words or leBS, $1 per month. No ad
vertisement Inserted for less than 16
cents.
For Sale.
One yearling Clyde colt. Henry Sav
ery, Dallas. 8-28-2t.
For Sale.
Rubber tired top buggy, good as
new. Also set of good single harness.
Rev. M. E. Spahr, Dallas. 6-28-2t
Found.
Found, In Dallas, a watch fob with
emblem charm. Owner can have same
by proving property and paying for
this notice. 8-28-tf.
Help Wanted.
Wan&d, capable woman or glr for
general housework in family of three.
Apply to Mrs. S. T. Jones, corner Main
and Maple streets. 7-tf.
Aa Old rtonrer.
W. 11. Conlee, of Bait Creek, was In
a few hours yeMerday. Ha In
forms the Observer that a few day ace
he made a trip t WiHamlna te vtait
Xrt. Ran ford Butler, a taner of the
f i t Creek r.e ebborhood bow la her
K h year. Mrs. Butler has been Mind
'or t year fid has teea cor fined to
her t-ed l th last four yar. Bh
e- her home with he n. Joha
f , rr. and hs wife, who spar no
"--t to wk her as (orafortaM as
jH---.M ;B d"Hriing year.
Cottage for Sale.
One-story, six-room cottage for
rent. Apply at Fuller Pharmacy.
631-tf.
Goats For Sale.
Twenty head of wether goats for
sale. John E. Miller, Mutual Phone
Green 64. 5-13-tf.
Land Plaster.
Just received, a car of land plaster.
Soehren Warehouse Co. 84tf.
Men Wanted.
By the Willamette Valley Lumber
Co., for mill and yard work. Telephone
No. 401. Both phones. 419-tf.
For Sale or Trade.
A first class self-feeding Hay press.
Would sell or trade for team of horses.
Address I. Schneider, Dallas, Or. I22tf
Wanted.
All kinds of Iron, rubber, brass, cop
per, lino and hides. Highest cash
prices paid. A. N. llalleck, Monmouth,
Oregon. $-ll-tf.
Notice.
Partlea knowing themselves Indebt
rd to th firm of Guy Brothers
Dalton will please call and settle
accounts at the Sterling Furniture Co.
-l-tt.
Carriage for Sale.
Good carriage, used less than a doi
n times, for sale at a bargain. Apply
at Fuller Pharmacy. $ll-tf.
For Sale.
An A-l extra light buggy and har
ness for sale. M. Hayter, Dallas, Ore.
419-tf.
Phonographs at Cost,
I am closing out all of my Phono-
grapha at coat Only a few left 15
cent cylinder Indestructible records for
11 cents; 5 -cent Double Disc records
for 41 cents, aa long aa they last One
new Cylinder $18 machine for $21. A
H. Han-la. Jeweler. (14-tf.
Notice of Final Settlement
Notice is hereby given that the un-
a H - .rfmlnlatratnr II f the P-
ueraiKueiu ws u .-. -- -tate
of Jennie Shark, deceased, has
tiled his final account in me i-ounu
Court of the State of Oregon for Polk
County, and that Saturday, the 9th
day of July, 1910, at the hour of ten
o'clock in the forenoon of Bald day,
at the Court room of the said County
Court in the City of Dallas, Oregon,
lias been appointed by said Court as
the time and place for the hearing of
objections to the , said final account
and the settlement thereof. ;
HENRY G. CAMPBELL,
Administrator of the estate of
Jennie Shark deceased.
Oscar Hayter, Attorney.
Dated and first published June 10,
1910. , ... v
Summons.
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for the County of Polk. ;
Jesse T. Irvine and Dotha Irvine,
his wife; Clarence P. Irvine and Mae
Irvine, his wife; Clara G. Hembree
and W. L. Hembree, her husband,
Plaintiffs.
vs.
Lizzie Irvine and Samuel Irvine, her
husband; Temperance House Beck and
L. N. Beck, her husband; Drucllla
Burns and William Burns, her hus
band; Nancy Wilson, Hlxie Stumburg
and Henry Stumburg, and John Bur
ton, Defendants.
To Hlxie Stumburg and Henry
Stumburg and Nancy Wilson, Defend
ants. In the Name of the State of Oreg
on: You are hereby required to ap
pear and answer to the complaint
filed against you in the above entitled
suit six weeks from the date of the
first publication of this summons, and
if you fail to answer for want thereof,
the Plaintiff will apply for a decree of
this Court partitioning and dividing
the following described real property,
to wit:
Situate lying and being In Polk
County, Oregon, and being part of the
C. P. Cook D. L. C. Not. No. 1226,
Claim No. 63, T. 8 S. R. 4 W. of the
Willamette Meridian, and more par
ticularly described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at a stake 26.66 chains East
of the Northwest corner of said D. L.
C; thence South 15 chains to center
of county road on South line of said
D. I C; thence East along South
line of said D. L. C. 44 chains to the
Southeast corner of that certain 67.32
acre tract described in deed In Vol
ume 10, page 673, records of deeds for
Polk County, Oregon; thence South
9.50 chains to low water mark in left
bank of the Willamette river; thence
following down said river at low wa
ter mark in a Northeasterly course to
the division line 26 links to the North
east corner of the West V, of said D.
L. C; thence West along North line of
said D. L. C. 70.19 chains to place of
beginning, containing about 95 acres.
Excepting that certain 6 acre tract
now owned by Walter Huntly, and
that certain 2 acre tract known as the
brick yard, now owned by ;
amongst the Plaintiffs and Defendants
In acordance with their respective in
terest therein, quantity and quality
relatively considered, and that the rent
due from the Defendant, John Burton,
be proportioned amongst said Plain
tiffs and Defendants in accordance
with their interests thereon, and that
the costs and disbursements of this
suit in makin the said partition of the
above described premises be decreed to
be a lien upon their Interests so set
apart in proportion to their interests
in the above described premises.
M. I,. PIPES, and
McCAIN & VINTON,
Attorneys for the Plaintiffs.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is May 10, 1910.
Notice of Referee's Sale.
Notice 1b hereby given, that the un
dersigned, the duly appointed Sole
Referee in the case of Franklin E.
Knower, C. A. Knower and Susie De
Lap, plaintiffs, vs. Mary Emillne
Knower, an incompetent person, Su
sie DeLap as guardian of the estate of
said Mary Emillne Knower, J. W. De
Lap, Mary D. Knower and Loretta E.
Knower, defendants, will by virtue of
an order and decree of the Circuit
Court of the State of Oregon for Polk
County, duly made and entered of rec
ord therein on the 16th day of June,
1910, in the above entitled case by
which order and decree I am author
ized and directed to sell the hereinaf
ter described real property of the
above named plaintiffs and defendants
and make partition of the proceeds
thereof as directed by said order and
decree, I will on
Thursday, July the 28th 1910,
at the hour of 1 o'clock p. m. of said
day in front of the Court house door
in Dallas, Polk County, Oregon, offer
for sale and will sell to the highest bid
der for cash in hand.subject to confirm
ation by said Circuit Court, the follow
ing described real premises, to-wit:
The Southwest quarter of Section 14,
the North half of the Northeast quar
ter of Section 22, and the North half
of the Northwest quarter of Section 23
all in Township 7 South of Range 4
West of the Willamette Meridian in
Polk County, Oregon, and containing
320 acres more or less.
Dated at Dallas, Polk County, Ore
gon, this 27th day of June, 1910
THOMAS W. BRUNK.
Sole Referee in the above entitled
cause.
Notice of Final Settlement.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, as administrator de bonis
non of the estate of Thomas Williams,
deceased, has filed his final account In
the County Court of the State of Ore
gon for Polk County, and that Wed
nesday, the 20th day of July, 1910, at
the hour of ten o'clock In the fore
noon of said day, at the Court room of
the said County Court In the City of
Dallas, Oregon, has been appointed by
said Court as the time and place for
the hearing of objections to the said
final account and the settlement there
of. JOHN LAZARUS WILLIAMS,
Administrator d. b. n. of the estate
of Thomas Williams, deceased.
Oscar Hayter, Attorney.
Dated and first published June, 21,
1910.
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Executor's Sale.
Notice is hereby given to whom it
may concern, that by virtue of an or
der of the Honorable County Court of
Polk County, Oregon, duly made and
entered of record therein on the 15th
day of June, 1910, in the estate of
Eliza G. Emmens, deceased, by which
said order 1 am authorized and direct
ed to sell the hereinafter described
real premises belonging to said estate
at private sale, to the highest bidder
for cash, I will on or alter the 23rd
day of July, 1910, receive sealed bids
for the hereinafter described real
premises, to wit:
Beginning at the Southeast corner
of Lot 1 in Block 13 in the Original
Town of Dallas, Polk County, Oregon,
running thence West 100 feet, thence
North 26 feet, thence East 100 feet,
thence South 25 feet to the place of
beginning; Also beginning at a point
near the South bank of the LaCreole
river, 34.95 chains North of the South
west corner of Section 36 in Township
7 South of Range 6 West of the Will
amette Meridian, Polk County, Oregon,
and 9.26 chains North of the South
west corner of the "L" of the Thomas
J. Lovelady D. L. C. running thence
South '68.97 chains, to a point 24.00
chains South of the Southwest corner
of said Section 35, thence East 82.97
chains, thence North 28.81 chains,
thence West 60 links, thance North
22.64 chains, to a point 1.76 chains
north of the Southeast corner, of said
Lovelady D. L. C. thence to the place
of beginning and containing 180 acres
more or less,
Also beginning 9.25 chains North of
the Northwest corner of the Henry
Marshall D. L. C. In Township 7 South
of Range 6 West of the Willamette
Meridian in Polk County, Oregon, run
ning thence South 77 degrees East
12.25 chains, thence North 11.81
chuins, thence West 4.26 chains, thence
South 3.66 chains, thence West 7.68
chains, thence South 5.00 chains to the
place of beginning containing 9.10
acres more or less, excepting from the
above described tracts the right of
way of the S. F. C. & W. Ry. Co. and
subject to a lease now on the last two
described tracts of land;
Bids will be opened at 1 o'clock P.
M. of said 23rd day of July, 1910. Said
sale being subject to confirmation of
the said County Court.
Dated at Dallas, Polk County, Ore
gon, this 16th day of June, 1910.
J. D. SMITH,
Executor of the estate of Eliza G.
Emmens, Deceased.
Sibley & Eakln, Attorneys for estate.
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Legal blanks for sale at this office.
The Best is Cheapest
Our
Quick Med Gasoline Stoves
and
Automatic Oil Stoves
require 20 per cent less than other
makes. Our Prices Are Low.
Craven Brothers
Opposite Court House
Dallas, Oregon
fisjeamea Wanted.
Energetic salesmen wanted to sell
reliable nursery stork; expense money
advanced weekly. No previous exper
ience nereansry. Can mak $6 per
week. Write Albany Nurseries, Inc.
Albany, Oregon. t-l-lm
Tfc K-d Reader.
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Wood Ymr Sale.
D 70 need wood? la preparing
to place your order, remember that
I am able to furnish yoa all kinds of
lab wood fmm either of th Dallas
sawmills at th beat posalbl rate.
Mend l year orders by either phon.
Mut.aJ till; Bell 448. August
Bowman. l-4-tf
ror Rale Keart.
Tea-acr poeltry farm: (19 birds,
aa follow: laying Puff Leghorn
hen; 489 Spring rhKka. early hatches,
all full-bieod strata prise-winner; 19
Tadaa Banner dark. pr)M winners.
A t.arraln f"T nm good, steady man.
Fleety ef heme and fencing; I Ut
rthira: 12 brooder; good dwelling
u4 prj bara: Bear Dailaa. R
far eeiiinc. wt te dtaenre partner
h It4utr at thi ofiV-. Ct-tf.
Spend the Summer at
Newport, Yaquina
Bay
Only Beach in the Pacific Northwest
Where the pretty Water Agate. Mas Agates, Moonstones,
Carnellans, and Rock Oysters can be found.
Outdoor Sports of All Kinds
Including Hunting, Fishing, digging Rock Oysters. Boating.
Surf Bathing, Hiding. Autoing. Canoeing and Dancing.
Pur mountain water and the best of food at low price.
Ftesh Crabs. Clams, Oysters. Fish and Vegetable of all
kind daily. IDEAL. CAMPING GROUNDS, with strict sani
tary regulations, at nominal cost.
LOW Round-Trip Three Dw-Saturday to
r Monday Rate
from 8. P. points. Portland t Cot
tag Gro Inclusive. Including
branch line; also from ill C i
station Albany and west . Good
going on Saturday or Sunday, and
for return Sunday or Monday.
Season Tickets
from all points la Oregon, 'Wash
tngtoa and Idaho on sal dally.
A Sunday Excursion Rate of $1.50
from Albany, Corralli and Philomath, with corresponding low rate frem
points west, la effect all summer. Call on any 8. P. w C K. Agent f .r
full particulars aa to rate, train schedule, etc.; also for copy of oar
beautifully Illustrated booklet, "Outing In Oremn." or writ to
UM. McSITRRAY,
0bhwk1 PiMst7nfrrf Afwd
Portiaad, Orrfna
Men's Clothing
$12.50 Suit for
16.50 Suit for
$8.50
$12.25
$15 Suit for $11
18 Suit for $13
20 Suit for $15
20 per cent discount on Pants
All suits on sale except our Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothing
22 and 22.50 Suit for $16.50
Ladies' Tailored Suits
End of Season Sale bargains in what we have left follow:
$40 Suits for
22.50 "
27.50 "
12 " "
16
u
$20
13
18
7.50
10
$32.50 Suit for
$19.75
15 " " 9
20 " 11.50
25 " " 14.75
SHOES
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Children's Oxfords
$2.25 Oxfords $1.50
1.75 4 1.20
1.25 " 95c
2 " 1.25
1.50 " 1.15
Men's Oxfords
$5 Oxfords $3.65
4 ' " 3
3.50 " 2.75
Ladies' Oxfords
$3.50 Oxfords $2.50
' 1"
1.65
1.40
1.15
3 , "
2.50 "
2
1.50 ."
Other Shoe Bargains
A big line of 75 to 100 pairs of $1 to $2 values, your choice for 75c
See that line of Canvass Shoes on this sale for 75c
' Silk Petticoats for $2.98
A line of girls' and children's fancy hats to close 1-3 off
An odd lot of Hose Lace, colored and black for 8 1-3C
We don't advertise bargain sales all the time, but when we say we give
bargains we give bargains.
Dallas Mercantile Co.
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