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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY K, XXIII DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OKEGON, FEBRUARY 21, 1911. NO. 2 1 RED fcESOLVED , THAT VHEN YoU BUYFfcOM m YoU CAN You ARE BUWtf.'AND BESIDES YoU ARE PEMDING YOUR, MONEYAT HOME WHERE YOUR, INTERESTS LIE PROBLEMS OF NORTHWEST NOT WANT YOU TO COME AND BUY YOUR FROM MS, INSTEAD OF ORDERING THEM CATALOGUE HoUJE, BECAUSE WE ARE HOME PEOPLE, BUT THIS 1-5 WHY: YOU E WHAT YOU BUY BEFORE YoU PAY OUT 'lONEY IF YOU COME TO VS. YOU WON'T TO WAIT ALWAYS TO GET IT. WE Do SS IN THIS COMMUNITY ONLY, AND-oUR QF dOOD.S FIT.5 THE PEOPLE OF THIS CoM YOU CAN .SEE HOW .OUR JHOE.S AND :S AND EVERYTHING, LOOK, FIT AND FEEL, : YOU BUY THEM AND YOU DON'T HAVE f THEM WHEN YOU .SEE THEM IF YOU WANT TO. OUR PRICED MUJT BE RIGHT. ioDY MUr MAKE A PROFITEVEN THE R-DER HOUSES. as Mercantile Co. LAN RAY POWER OUTFITS n '111: it At It 12 Z ; Is 1 E 3 'V- r v in-. V, i s r . - liable in Price , Host Economical to Use Brothers, Agents DALLAS, OREGON lleforoxtatlon ami Intensive Agrlcul tnro Salvation of Denuded Area. Western Oregon, as well as West ern Washington, faces two great prob lems, according to a timber man In an address at Vancouver, Washington. The problems are getting the man on the land, and preserving the lumber business in its fullest development. For many years he has studied condi tions In the West, in Oregon, Wash; ington and Idaho, and he declares that the same general principles must be applied to the entire northwest timber belt in order that the best re sults shall be had. for future genera tions as well as that development shall be quick and on economic lines. "Nowhere else in America can" be found natural conditions comparable with those in the great strip of coun try west of the Cascade mountains," said he, in an address which occupied an hour and covered . many of the phases of settlement and improvement of logged-off lands. "The lumber re sources of the country are its princi pal asset, and the work of bringing the man to the land, establishing him in agriculture that he may succeed, and perpetuating the timber supply, are problems that have called forth the best thought of some of the most able men in the country. The lumber industry must be preserved, hence re forestation must come; intensive ag riculture is the only salvation of the timber-denuded area, hence the man must be brought to the land. When the man arrives he must be made to succeed or the effort will fail, and it will be much more difficult to get an other man to take his place. Every failure has a tendency to invite an other. "Every acre of land fit for agricul ture should be gotten in shape for a man to live upon and make a compe tency for himself and his family. Ev ery acre that has been or will be cut over that is not available for agricul ture should be given back to forests, and that without delay. The day will never come when agricultural pursuits on the rich lands will not pay better than any other pursuit, but next to ag riculture the timber industry in its natural state will represent more money to the people than any other. These two facts should be considered jointly in any effort to get the man on the land. The Moses who can lead us out of the wilderness will appear, if he has not already been heard, but it will take many years of careful study to avoid the mistakes whjch may mark failure in the early effort to plant families in the great timber area of the Northwest." EXPLAINS CHAR-PITTING EXPERT DEMONSTRATOR GIVES METHOD OF CLEARING. Says System Is Practical and That Land Can Be Cheaply Cleared Thereby. WILL NEED MANY WORKERS Installation of Waterworks, and Other Enterprises to Begin Soon. That Kails City will be a very busy place before long is becoming more apparent as the spring time ap proaches. Several new undertakings will be under way soon that will fur nish employment for all surplus labor now available, and later on there is sure to be a demand here for many workers from other sections of the country. Among the enterprises soon to be started, are trie following: The city rock crusher, employing about twenty men. The new J. C, Kramer wagon road. The new county road from this city to Black Rock, connecting with Mitchell street and crossing the Luckiamute river near the railroad bridge; several men are now at work on this road, under the new plan of day's work now being tried out by the county court in the construction of roads and bridges. About $20,000 will be expended by the city for labor, piping, etc., on the water works system; home folks will be given an opportunity to bid for the construction work. Falls City News. JANUARY HEALTH. SUMMARY The Detinilion of Reliability? i ' . when you can buy good, reliable home grown stock, i ; rices, that you are saving time and money; it also -i are assured of a better orchard as your soil con r,. . same, thus not retarding the growth from the start. man, of Creswell. Ore., says of our stock: "Of the purchased of you last Spring, we did not lose one rd is the best for the time being planted, of any In Sold for U0 per acre in less than six months after "Treat others as you wish to be treated." ce you. A trial :TTE M'RSCRY COMPANY Lafayette Oregon Interesting Statistics Obtained From Records of Polk County. The report of the County Health Officer, Dr. B. H. McCallon, for the month of January, 1911, shows there were a total of t births and 7 deaths in that period. The rate of births was .066 and the death rate was .052 per 1000 population. The statistics are given herewith in detail, in compari son with those of the corresponding month in J910: BlrtliK. January. Male. Female. Total. 110 7 8 15 1S11 4 6 t Decrease J S Deathit. January. Male. Female. Total. 111 J 4 7 110 .... 1 4 Increase 1 2 I POPULAR GROCERY the famous DIAMOND "W" brand of Spices, Coffee, Tea and Canned goods. 1 dailj. The rerj be?t of fruits and reg i a wars be found at our tore. & Scoff Dallas, Oregon Grand C1ianeollir VMIh. Marmion Lodge, No. , Knights of Pythias, was honored Wednesday night by a visit from Grand Chancellor Com. mandt-r D. E. Toran. of Eugene. A large number of members of the local lodge were out to greet their, head) officer and many Knieht were In at-1 tendance from Independence and Falls' City. After an eloquent address by the. Grand Chancellor, an elaborate lunch j was served, and a pleasant social hour! was en'nyed. Marmion Lodge is tnak-j ing a steady and healthy growth, and the kindly encouragement and wise counsel of the grand officer of the Or--eron Jnrisdk-tioo will stimulate the officers and members to still greater: interest and activity. Mr. Toran left' for McMinavllie on Thursday morn ing's train. As an aid to enabling a man of small means to clear a piece of logged off land at small expense. Professor H. W. Sparks, supervisor of the dem onstration farm at the Washington State College at Pullman, says his method of burning stumps -and logs will work a revolution in this part of the country.. While he realizes the importance of the method which he has perfected, he is withal modest. His method, which he daily is dem onstrating in Vancouver m connection with the convention of the South western Washington Development As sociation, reports the Telegram, is attracting a great amount of atten tion, and at one of the sessions here it will form the base for a plan for the formation of a $10,000,000 corpo ration to buy up logged-off land and convert it to use. Professor Sparks says: Method Simple. "Two "years ago I learned of a man who had burned stumps, using what was locally called the 'charcoal' method. I visited him, and sure enough, he was burning stumps. It seemed to be a very simple method. He put a little fuel around the stump, covered it over with a little sori, gave it a little attention every day, and the stump was finally burned out, far down into the ground. Having mas tered his method, as soon as I could I went out on farm institute work and told others how to do the work by that method. Later, in coming back over the same route, I learned that many persons who had ' tried this method had failed. I was, therefore, concerned to know the cause of their failure.- Upon investigation, I learn ed that failure in some instances was due to differences in the soil, others to Improper understanding of the method, and so on. V"I discovered that the difference in soils was not due so much to texture as to other characteristics, which were principally, the conductivity, or non-conductivity, of the soil. There is another factor which I believe to be important. That is 'radiated heat.' A well-established rule of radiated heat is that the heat diminishes in intensity as the square of the distance from the radiating body increases. Cost Per Stump, Near Chehalis, Washington, Harry Thompson and myself fired 100 stumps. We tended to them and charged 25 cents per hour for the time we worked. The stumps were removed in this way for less than 40 cents each. Harry, Yount, of Wood land, Washington, removed stumps for about 35 cents each. Mr. McCor maek, editor of the Woodland JBcho, owns a stumpy field that has been plowed for years in the same - way, piling up the soli on the upper side (the field slopes westward and toward the prevailing wind), and plowing away from the lower side. He con tracted to have the stumps remdved for 50 cents each. The man who took the contract had some skill for the work, and, perceiving the natural ad vantage of conditions, fired the stumps on the lower side only, result ing In his taking out the stumps for about 25 cents each. I could tell of dozens of men who have taken out stumps successfully by these methods. "The principal thing is to adapt the method to local conditions of soil and climate. I believe ! am justified in saying that it is more difficult to burn during the season of extreme rain fall where soil is not well drained, and that the sandy or gravelly soil burns Just as well, if not better then, perhaps because the sand packs or bakes better around the roots when wet, and also because there is better draft in cooler weather. In our re cent experiments we found several roots not burned as deep as they should have been in clay soil. Oil For Fuel. "We have been experimenting with different fuels to find something cheap and practicable for use In place of the wood on the ground for unfa vorable seasons, and have found fuel oil very good. It costs but 50 cents per barrel if bought In quantities. This is the same fuel that fa used by oil-burning locomotives and so on. We paid S3 a barrel In small lots (single barrels), and used from one to two gallons to each stump. Having previously prepared the stump by taking off the bark and digging away the surface soli about the depth one would plow and about one foot out from the stump at the surface, with the side of the trench sloping In to ward the stump at the bottom, we first put In some sawdust; or In the absence of sawdust used chips, small pieces of wood and bark, making good 'kindling wood' of It. The kindling Is necessary for the purpose of furnish ing the necessary heat to Ignite the oil. which, like coal, will not burn well until heated. We then pour the oil over the kindling, and with some wood and bark over the top to hold the covering up. we cover with clay, cinders or the soil around the stump. If fit for the purpose. We soon see the effect in the burning stump. After ward the care Is about the same as with all methods. Keep the fire cov ered. We do not think It necessary to use the fuel oil In dry seasons. hole we ha dug In between the roots. We next started a fire in the pit, using not more kindling and wood than would be used to make a fire in a heating stove. ..All could be carried easily with one armful. This we cov ered with soil and started the fire. , - "After several hours when the fuel had burned down to a bed of coals, we poured s one pint of the fuel oil down each of the augur holes and covered It over lightly to prevent too strong a draught. We found the next day that the stumps had been success fully fired. The advantage of the augur holes was that there was af forded the opportunity to supply the fire with concentrated fuel w4thout disturbing the cover, and the auger holes furnished a vent through and under the wet sap wood, absorbing the heat and preparing the wood for the fire to follow. ' Questions Answered. Here are some of the questions which are' most generally asked, and the answers given:' Q. Do you stand the wood on end? A. We use the wood we find at hand, using some of it long, which must be laid standing or fiat. In some places the short wood is set up on end, being easier to 'fit' around the sharp angles of the protruding roots. However, we wish a fairly uniform amount of this fuel, so that it will burn out evenly and the cover will settle d,own uniformly. Q. How long does it take a stump to burn out? A, The time ,varies. A stump will burn out quite completely in five or six days in some cases, and again, an other stump will take as many weeks. I think the difference is due in part to depth of cover, condition and size of the stump. Q. Have you burned any of the hard wood stumps? A. We have not. had much experi ence with them. Have fired hemlock successfully, however. Q. How small a stump Is practica ble? " ... A. In our "experimental work we have found that anything less than 15 inches in diameter had better be moved with a little powder, or by horsepower and sometimes a combin ation of both. Q. Do you get the roots out? A. v Yes. The fire works right down into the roots and will do the work as thoroughly as ' any other method. , WAS OREGON GOVERNOR WILLIAM PAINE LORD, EX-EXEC UTIVE AND JURIST, DIES. End Came After Long Illness While He Was In San Francisco Hospital. OPENS UP BIG TERRITORY Twenty-Two Towns Made Tributary to Portland By New Hond. Twenty-two towns, with a total population of 3000, with a distributive area containing 40,000 people, will be thrown Into daily contact with Port land by means of a dally train ser vice on the Oregon Trunk Railway on March 1. Many of these towns are new places on the map, some of them having been in existence only a year or two,( awaiting the arrival of the Oregon Trunk. Some were stage stations before the arrival of Presi dent Stevens In Central Oregon. They are along the line construct ed through the Deschutes Canyon and up on the plains of Central Oregon. Back of the canyon are the Agency Plains, the Warm Springs Reserva tion, Jrout Creek, Big Plains and Lit tle Agency Prairie. Some idea of the importance of this event may be real ized when it is known that this rail way mileage brings to Portland the products of 600,000 acres of tillable land. It changes the entire map of Central Oregon, for It provides better railway facilities for the country as far south as Burns, east beyond Prine vllle and west beyond the Crooked River Into the Three Sisters country. It contains 402,000 head tof sheep, 60,000 head of cattle and 20,000 horses. It produces 1,000,000 bushels of wheat and its property is assessed In millions. The kcilway will make possible Bawmills in the canyon, at Bend and at Redmond, and there are 5,000,000,000 feet of lumber available for use of the mills. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER Receipts and Sales at Portland Union Stock Yard. PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 18. Re ceipts for the "week have been: Cattle, 1275; calves, 24; hogs, 599; sheep, 7212; horses, 20. The week has been one of recov ery in almost every line. Cattle ad vanced from the low point, 25c. Hogs made a gain of practically 60c and the sheep market has been fairly steady. Choice steers brought $7 and good to choice $8.85. The high point In the Chicago market last week on cat tle was $6.90 for four lots of Here fords. They weighed 1500 pounds and were considered fancy. This mar ket was fully $1 higher on cattle than Chicago. The hog market was poorly sup plied and prices took a sharp upward fturn. Friday's offerings sold at $8:75 for the best. There -was a big run of hogs on the Eastern markets last William Paine Lord, ex-Governor of Oregon, and at one time United States minister to the Argentine Re public, died in Hahnemann Hospital, in San Francisco, Friday morning, says a special to the Oregonian. Death came as the result of a long illness and was caused by heart fail ure. The patient had been in the hos pital for more than a month, and was suffering from the result of overwork and from a complication of diseases. He was 73 years old. The widow and a daughter were witn mm at the time of death. The body will be sent to Salem Saturday morning and it will be accompanied by the widow and daughter. Judge-Lord left for San Francisco with his wife and daughter a few weeks ago. Of his two sons, one, W. P. Lord, Jr., is employed in the State house, and the other, Montague, is in Hawaii. Judge Lord had until shortly before his death been preparing the new Ore gon code, for which he had been giv en a contract by the Legislature. Regan Practice in Salem. William P. Lord was born in Dover, Deleware, in 183 8. He graduated from. Fairfield College, New York, in 1860, at a time when National affairs were approaching a crisis, which fin ally culminated in the Civil War. He began the study of law when the war was just breaking out. After serving through the war as major of a Delaware cavalry regi ment in the Union army, he beean the study of law. He was later com missioned as lieutenant in the regular army and serve in Alaska until 1868, when he resigned from the army and began the practice of law. In look- ng for a location he met his old classmate, Colonel N. B. Knight, of Salem. Colonel Knight was in the law, and the two formed a partner ship and began practice in the Capital City. The partnership lasted until Governor Lord's accession to the bench. In 1878 Mr. Lord was elected to the State Senate from Marlon County as a Republican, to which political organization he has always adhered with faithfulness and consistency. He served one session as Senator and then resigned on rceiving the nomina tion of the Republican State Conven tion for Judge of the Supreme Court, to which office he was elected by the people in 1880. This was the first election of judges under the act pro viding for the election of Judges of the Suprme Court In distinct classes. He was elected to the short term, and thereby became Chief Justice. Held High Office. j In' 1880 he went to Baltimore and married Miss Juliette Montague. They returned to Salem. In 1882 he was nominated by his party as his own successor without opposition and re ceived a clear majority of the votes cast. He took his seat as the junior member of the Supreme Court for a term of six years. At the expiration of Judge Waldo's term he again be came Chief Justice and presided until his third election, which took place In 1888. At this election he received the largest number of votes ever cast for a candidate at a single election in the state. He became prominent in the Re publican party of Oregon, and for 14 years was a Judge of the Supreme Court. From 1895 to 1899 he was i Governor of the State, and from 1899 to 1903 he was Minister plenlpoten-: tiary and envoy extraordinary of the United States to the Argentine Repub lie. He was one of the commissioners appointed to codify the laws of Ore-j gon, and Lord s Oregon Code was the result of much labor and considera ble care. WANT MOHAIR IN PORTLAND Polk Conpty ('rowers Can Find (mmI Market Near Home. O. Iieiitlcy, of the Multnomah Mo hair Mills, at Portland, was In the city Saturday, conferring with Angora goat owners In regard to this season's crop of mohair. The establishment which he represents was built at a cost of about a quarter of a million dollars, and Is the only one of its kind on the Coast. They were In the mar ket for the first time last year, snd many of the growers of Polk County shipped to them. "We want to Induce more of the growers here to ship their mohair di rect to us, instead of shipping It di rectly or indirectly to the Fast. We have built up a large manufacturing plant in Porttland. and we want to see them patronise home Industry. We save the grower the middleman's profit, andd we give them just as good prices as they can get in the Fast, less the freight charges. "We will be in the market this I VMI la ftaJla.. The Cosiwrif I Ksufcetball team visited Palils. Saturday, snd (.laye week and prices broke from 25c to Ec. The supply of sheep was liberal spring for ail the mohair we can get with the majority of offerings medium" and all the grower will have to do Is to poor quality. ! to ship It to us. snd we will grade it. One lot of SO-pound lambs brought an! I ' lh, m accordingly. The shlp $. and a lot of yearling wethers. ; ping address is WillKburg. Oregon,' weighing pounds, brought $4 5. ,!'"' shipping tsgs will be furnished The horse market showed a con-lon application." siderable amount of Inquiry for bet-i " when we can gather the material that ,Pr quality drafters, with a light sup-j , .vkcrman Will Kpeak. will burn weH. During the wet aem- P" band. There was little or no! rw.icor J. II Ackermsn. president son, however, whew all the wod onjdMnn' for ponies or range stock but o( h, j,tat(. Slfrmnl hm.l, at Mon the ground la w-t. we think there Is' taT r 20 pounds, matched mou(h , M ,. 4 ,h, principal an sdvantage In some fuel f this "s there was an aetive Inquiry. i ,,.Mkers at a Joint celehrafion of kiad. We must have a good start. R. preventative vales hsve befl as ,,,, ,nhdv. to be held by I -e of Avar llnln. i ioiiows; Meers, If to 17: calves. "Recently tf have made some e-t'- lo ; rows. $1 IS to $5.J: periments with the view of reducing $. wethers, $4 4 to $4 5: the amount of fuel nrrr mm ry to start. $$ "S; hors, $7.2S to $.7S. We el-ted stumps where two roots. The "Tw trea-week" Observer and were located about the right distance apart for a fire between hm, and removing the bark, dug rat small hole between thra atxmt one foot "Better Fruit" for $2 a year i ing of cents. Subscribe now. A boat Appewxllrttia, Dallas ppe can now I'-arn Just the East Side Masonic organisations of Portland. Wednesday evening. Feb ruary 22. This event has been msde In the past one of the greatest Mason ic snnusl gathering. It Is the one meeting of the year when members of all the allied Washington Masonic bodi.-s of the East fid met togeth er with their families fr a Joint celebration. the Company H team of that town in j sWbl TTw h bored an anger hole! the evening. The score waa 14 to 11 j with a smail aurer from the opposite n isvor o, , mpF " "-r j. s,e ea.n roetnortag 4.B and ' how Apped,cJtis starts and hew they were rorany treats fr o immmm fat the asr cane can F.AULT prevent It. Ask for the 12. whoa you arept the Observers team and ritf.. of Daas Wod rt abt hslf way dawn fcetwe. the fre Af pendirtti, lxw ,t Conrsd KUf-: special clubbing rate fr IVtfr burn ladepeswleet. grewad and the t-oftoni of the rt a, draggix, f-aHas. j Fruit" Tu gH H i worth of papers for SPRING GOODS ARE ARRIVING Ginghams - Silks - Organdies We can show you the swellest line ever shown in Dallas. We also have a few new Suits and Waists. Our Oxfords and Spring Shoes are in. See them before buying. We have the largest and smartest line of Men's Hats ever shown in Polk County. Comity, iANBjint?nEaj ft ' mm '0m has that perfect fit which lends distinction to the close-fitting gown. Made for women by women who knowfwr particular requirements A shape, size and fit to give style to any figure, whether tall or ihort, itout or slender, or medium regular sizes and extra large sizes. Mads of finest grade, of lisle, ilk-and-liale, ailk-and-cotton, mer ino, wool, and ulk-aod-wool, in graded weight. Union suits and two piece garments. Perfection in Pit, Style and Finish-Dainty Durable. We invite your in spection of our very at tractive line of these splendid garments. V.lit Number F. W. I A.? ..' (S columns wide) ', ''fW'-' DALLAS MERCANTILE CO. There are Seven particularly strong Reasons why Rup tured Persons should wear "SMITHSONIAN" TRUSSES f IT GIVES THE BEST RESULTS, i ir.ur aI J ! 1 I , it TRADE CORRECT muss HOLDS IN ANY POSITION. v j j - - " - - ,, 'JZZ.'-' " ..x ."- - -' S I. TtKf srr WriifW- In conxtraatinn and anatomli-all? mrwt. 1. Thrjr srr tlw maxrr effort of a man sliwr lite la born pciit la llw startv of rn urr and Its Irvmlrwtit. . 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