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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1911)
"i T Tl Tl lift fK J dJ 1 rv P I ) t I - vfi VOL. 23 Polk Pedagogues Enjoy Most Successful Annual Session in Dallas HIT DM" FOB COLLEGE IS SHE SYSTEMATIC CAMPAIGN TO BE WAGED OVER ENTIRE CITY IN EFFORT TO COM PLETE FUND. CHANCE FOR ALL TO HELP Everybody to bo Given Opportunity to Contribute Toward Maintain ing Popular Institution in Dallas Project Backed By Commercial Club at Recent Meeting. Saturday November 4, is to be a memornUi! one in the calendar of this citv. for it is to be "Dallas Col lege Rally Day," when every friend of the popular school, every well wixher of the city and every patron of education will be given an oppor tunity to come forward and lend a hand toward establishing the insti tution on a firm basis by completing the contributions to the endowment funds now being raised. The matter was brought to the attention or the Commercial club at the regular meet inc last Wednesday night by Presi dent A. A. Winter, and the approval of the club was given to tne pro ject. The plan is to appoint a com mittee of about 50 from among the faculty, alumni, students and others who will make a canvass of the city, according to alloted districts, in an effort to bring to a close in one day the campaign for funds that has been carried on with commendable success for several months. All the larger amounts have been pledged, and the remainder are to be appor tioned to tit every pocket. Ask Assistance. A request from the Falls City Commercial Club, asking the Dallas organization to assist them in re taining the plant of the Falls City Lumber Company by helping to make a projected survey for a railroad to the coast and otherwise was male. Secretary Tooze advocated lend ing all assistance possible, and on his mo! ion a committee consisting of U. S. Loughary, Edwin Jacobson and Sectary Tooze was appointed to draft the necessary resolutions and to endeavor to obtain a reduc tion in freight rates for the benefit 'of Falls City. To Advertise County. A communication was read from the J. K. Armsby Company saying ihnt in the nrenaration of the labels to be used on the fruit shipped from their plant in this city next year, the words "Dallas, Polk County," would be given due prominence. Slops were taken to warn the membrrs of the club against patron izing any solicitation that did not have the approval of the secret corn mi '.tee, the penalty to be fines and epu!.-ion. and cards are to be print ed and furnished each business bouse notifying all solicitors to that ef fect. " m w 9 C t Vn v Son or v. u. enren wm decided to ask the president of j the Oregon Lleetne line to Duna io p.. '. S ! r n also started a move to in tt ; the Southern Pacific Company li r;n its Corvallis train from the I" i station in Portland to Cor v,s! . ! r the wav of Dallas. Rushing Work. T . ork of preparing the new , j4at- r.jis front for the store room, by J. C. Hayter's i- r on Main street, nearvourx i 1 z pushed as rapidly as poi- 4- FIRST AEROPLANE IN POLK .Falls City Boy Builds Original Glider. FALLS CITY, Or., Oct. 19. (Special) Charles Kaufman has completed the construction of a 22 foot biplane glider. The aeroplane is built on superior lines and shows excellent work- manship. It has taken Mr. Kauf man, who is only 17 years of age two months to build it. This is the first machine of its kind in Polk county, and the plans are entirely original. BURNS POWELL OF MONMOUTH AND EARL JONES OF DAL LAS EARN WAY THROUGH STATE UNIVERSITY. PLUCK, AND NOT LUCK, WINS Ambition and Ability to Hustle Car ry Two Young Men to Success and Honors in Student Life Despite Lack of Financial Aid or Out side Influence. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu gene, Or., Oct. 19. Burns Powell, of Monmouth, Earl Jones of Dallas, two of the most prominent Seniors at the University of Oregon, are demonstrating that any High school student, who has the necessary am bition and energy, can not only get a higher education without financial aid, but also may win the highest political, literary and forensic hon ors of the college. Self Dependent. Powell, editor of the Oregon Em erald, and President and Leader of the Glee Club, by playing in the town orchestra, and doing other work in the summer, has thus far kept the wolf from the door, although he is entirely dependent upon his own re sources for his support. Earning His Way. Jones, President of the Student Y. M. C. A., and editor of the Engi neering Magazine, not being gifted with musical ability, has earned his way by the more humble vocations of clerking, store sweeping, and. milking a family cow. Despite his somewhat burdensome work, Jones finds time to take part in student activities. In the summer time Jones dips sewers or does anything else that will turn him an honest oennv for use in the winter. POLK RESIDENTS TO ASK FOR CITIZENSHIP PAPERS Petitions to be Presented at Decem cember Term of Cir cuit Court. At the December of circuit court, applications for final citizenship pa pers will be presented by the follow ing residents of Polk county:- Abraham Buhler of Dallas, born in Russia, came to America January, 1903. John William Leask of Monmouth. ; born in F.nrland, arrived in America' Ausrust, I Evan Evans, of Dallas, native of j Wales, resided in this country since j 1S71. j POLK COLLEGIANS III VALUE OF Oil! DALLAS. OREGON, FRIDAY' OCTOBER 20. Grows Monster Cauliflower I . vO- XT ' L 4 v- 2 . -, ..'.-.,' -5..,-. If there are any newcomers who think that the soil of Polk county is not capable of raising big things, or if there are any old residents who have become indifferent to what Nature can do here, they should vis it Schultz's grocery and see the monster cauliflower on exhibition there. For size, it eclipses anything of the kind shown in Dallas as it weighs, stripped of fall leaves, sev en and a half pounds and is 15V MAGERS, NEGRO PRISONER, IS FRUSTRATED IN ATTEMPT Seeks Death When Confronted By Failure Was Assisted By Hewitt Awaiting Trial for Burglary. John Magers, the prisoner held in the county jail to answer a cnarge of brutal assault on several women in the vicinity of West Salem, and Charles Hewitt, awaiting trial for larceny of Craven's store in Mon mouth, made a strenuous effort to obtain their freedom last Wednes day night by prying off one of the cell doors. The discovery was made by Deputy Sheriff J. E. Richter in the morning. As a result of brute strength and continued hard work, they succeeded in making an own ing large enough to allow them to pass through. When confronted with failure, Ma pers tried to commit suicide by a quantity of medicine a doctor had left for another prisoner, and in consequence he was a very sick man for a time. Cochran, held for ob taining money under false pretenses, did not participate in the work, though he was active in the first at tempt made September 10. Called By Sickness. Mr. V. P. Fiske hurriedly left for Spokane yesterday in response to a telegram conveying the informa tion that her eldest daughter, Viv ian, who went to that city for her health, was seriously sick. Hieh Score. At the target ranee last Sunday.! Private A. IL Harris, a member of the rifle team of Company II of I this city, made the highest consecu tive scores ever made on the local range. Out of a possible 30, he made 43 in one trial and in the next made 49. SECOIID EFFORT TO IIOTEDARCilP BREAK JAIL TO SPEAK inches in diameter. The unusually large size of the vegetable may be inferred from the comparative length of the one-foot rule shown in the accompanying photograph. It was grown by 0. E. Dennis on the old Garwood place in' Oakdale in a patch of beaverdam land that has been used for a garden for many years. The plant was given no ex tra care at all, and Mr. Dennis was unaware of its unusual size until he went out to cut it for market. CONFIRMATION TO BE CONFER RED ON LARGE CLASS. His Grace Will Deliver Public Ad dress in St. Phillip's Catholic Church Sunday Morning. Next Sunday, October 22, is to be the most notable one in the year of the congregation of St. Phillip's Catholic Church of this cjty, for on that day no less a jwrsonage than His Grace, Archbishop Alexander Christie, D. D., of Portland, head of the Church of Rome in the North west, will be present to confer the ceremony of confirmation upon a large class. The news was received in this city Wednesday in a letter from Rev." Father A. II. Servais, pastor of this parish. A special program of music has been prepared worthy of the import ant occasion, and the archbishop will also deliver a public address to the congregation, to which all are invit ed. He is one of the noted speakers of the western coast and is a man of great ability. The services will commence at 9 o'clock. All children to be confirmed are requested to be present at the church tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock. CLUB LITERARY SECTION TO HOLD MEETING SOON Works and Life History of Thoreau to be Taken Up For Study Next Wednesday. The literary section of the Wom an's club of Dallas will meet at the home of Mrs. Riley J. Craven, No. 518 Havter street, next Wednesday, October" 2.", at 2:30 o'clock. The lesson subject for the metin? will be Henry David Thoreau, with roll call of peculiar facts his life. 1911 CLERK nor COUflTY TEACHER'S SUBJECT TO STATE GAME WARDEN FINLEY MAKES ACCUSATION AGAINST MANY OF STATE'S REC ORD KEEPERS. BUSINESS METHODS PREVAIL Failure on the Part of Some to Turn in Proper Amount of Game License Fees Calls Forth Ire of Oregon Official Summary of Permits Issued. That thousands of dollars are an nually withheld by county clerks, notaries and justices of the peace throughout the state that rightfully belong to the game protection fund, was the statement made recently by State Game Warden Finlay to an Oregonian reporter. Although he is unwilling to say that a system of grafting is going on through the state in the matter of collecting and reporting fees for the issuance of hunters' and anglers' licenses, he does not believe that the system now in use in making payments of . li cense money to the State Treasurer is effectual. "He believes that the lack of sys tem, coupled with neglect and mis management, may have more to do with the loss than lack of moral scruples on the part of officials. " Not Applicable Here. However much the warden may be correct and however many of the counties of Oregon may fall under his criticism, it is certain that his remarks cannot apply to the manner in which this matter is conducted in Polk county. No more careful, exact and faithful clerk in the state ex ists than County Clerk E. M. Smith, and his records from one end of the office to the other are models of correctness and system. In handling game licenses, he promptly adopted an up-to-the-minute method of con secutive numbering, and duplicate copies of every permit fcsued are on file in this office, open to the inspec tion of all who care to examine them. His quarterly reports are complete and have been sent in reg ularly. A summary of the three quarters of this year is given here with with amounts received: Report By Quarters. Kind 1st 2nd 3rd Ti'al Hunters ... $158 $ 20 $153 $331 Anglers ... 95 409 161 (Hi5 Comib'tion . 50 64 hi 184 Totals .. .. $309 $493 $378 $1180 The combination licenses permit both hunting and fishing, and there fore are charged for at $2 each, in stead of $1 as for the other licenses. While there is a noticeable falling off. in the receipts of licenses this year, much of it is doubtless attrib utable to the fact that China pheas ant hunting has been prohibited anl most of the hunters, especially those from Portland, in the past have been in search of the gamy Mongolians. Accidentally Shot Last Wednesday, while driving cattle from Rickreall to this city, Fred Auer, a prominent resident of the former pi ace.at tempted to draw a revolver to shoot a jackrabbit at the side of the road. The hammer of the gun caught and was discharged, the bullet entering his side. The bullet was removed and he is get ting along all right. NO. 67 INSTITUTE IS n PROMINENT EDUCATORS OF STATE WERE INSTRUCTORS DURING PROFITABLE THREE DAYS. MOST SUCCESSFUL SESSION Attendance Unusually Large, Prac tically Every Hazel .Wielder .in Polk County Being Present to Hear ' Exposition of Latest Ideas in the Science of Modern Child Training. The most successful annual teach ers' institute ever held in this county came to a close Wednesday after noon after a three days' session in the Dallas High school building. The attendance was unusually large, about 130 teachers being present. The program prepared by County Su perintendent II. C. Seymour was an excellent one, and the list of instruc tors which he assembled was com posed of the brightest minds in edu cational work that could be obtain ed in the state. State Superintend ent of Public Instruction L. It. Alderman, President J. II. Ackerman, head of the Oregon State Normal school at Monmouth, and practicaly the entire faculty of the Normal school were heard in some branch of instruction of value to the teach er. Much of the pleasure as well as value of the meeting was due to the addresses of II. A. Adrian, for the second time a visitor at Polk. county institutes, and easily the pop ular tavonte. Displays Made. In the broad hallways of the High school building, displays were made by various eastern school supply houses, showing the latest ideas in teaching aids, picture series, kinder garten and art supplies. Among the teachers enrolled were the following: Dallas W. I. Ford, Nola Coad, Jean Kuykendall, Maude Hart, Cora A. Rossiter, Winnie Launer, Marga ret E. MeCoskcy, Gertrude Pollow, B. A. Teats, Edna Morrison, L. II. Mallicoat, Chrystel Foersto Carrie Dahn, Alice Shindler, Ruth Beaver, Ethel E. Lucas, Alice D. Grant, Ed nelle Collins, Edna A. Scott, Carrie Evans, Addie Boydston, Vera Burns, Alta Savage, Mrs. F. H. Morrison, Alma Ruef, Sadie Lynn, Fay Han son. Independence Visitors. Indejiendence Martha A. Sker sies, Hilda B. Peterson, Helen Cook, Phil S. Brown, W. E. Buell, Ellie Thacker, Helen F. Gurney, C. M. Pimm. Edith West, Margaret Shin ners, Bertha C. Allen, Fred S.Crow ley, Carl Richards, Chloe Palmer, Mrs. Fred Crowley, E. Pearl Smith, Iva Burton, June Seeley, Thomas II. Gentle. Monmouth Meldora Jackson, II. J. Peavy, Martha Galbreath, Clara Pechin, Dora M unlock, A, J. Shiv ley, Mrs. Karen Miller, Jacobsen, Mary A. Ewing, Grace M. Davis Olive Louis Davis, Alice Mcintosh. Falls City Alice M. Voight, Er mon Wheelock, James E. Dunton, Ina B. Graham. Etta Waters, Elsie White, Elmer Barnhart, Ruth Nunn, Mae B. Lynch, C. A. Montgomery, Alma O. Huesbv. Salem Mrs. W. H. Crawford. FI'v ra Griee, Mrs. Fay Anthony. Cath erine M. Stewart. Elora Clement, Marion B. Fox, Georgia Miller, A. J. O'Reilly, J. C ISeil, Ruby V. Rotzien, Etta White. (Continued on Page Four.)