PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY
K, XXIII
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OKEGON, FEBRUARY 21, 1911.
NO. 2
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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.
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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,
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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.
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