Polk County Observe
Published Semi-Weekly at Dallas:
Oregon,, by the
OBSERVER PRINTING COMPANY
EUGENE FOSTER.
W. H. TOTTEN. ,
Subserirjtion Rates:
One Year $1-50
Six Months i .75
Three Months 40
Strictly in advance.
Entered aB second- clasa matter
March 1, 1907, at the post office at
Dallas, Oregon, unaer the Act or con
gress of March 8. 187.
The way to build up Dallas u to pat
ronise Dallas people.
"A wise old owl sat in an oak,
The more he saw, the less he spoke,
The less he spoke, the more he heard
Why aren't we all like that old
bird?"
NO DEFENSE OF CRIMINALS.
The mistake that most supporters
of capital punishment make, 'is the
assertion that those who oppose that
method are "defending" the crim
inals of society. Nothing could be
further from the truth. Opponents
of the extremo penalty are not af
ilicted with so-called "mawkish sen
timent" which is the glib stock and
trade argument of the adherents of
legal murders. Punishment for mur
derers is demanded but they take
the position that confinement for
life in a cheerless dungeon, beyond
all power of pardon or parole, is a
greater punishment than the taking
of life itself. "He who enters here
leaves hope behind," is a motto
chiseled in the stone archway over
a noted penitentiary in this coun
try and, it seems to us, no greater
affliction could be visited upon
criminal than to make him realize
that, when the steel doors of his cell
close behind him, shutting out the
world and its pleasures, they will
again open only to permit the pas
sage of his lifeless clay to the silent
city of the dead. A man without
hope, without a future, without
friends and the companionship of the
world, is a dreary wreck on the
rocks of crime. During all the years
while life shall last, the punishment
will go on, and on, growing, rather
than diminishing, through the pas
sage of time, with only the yawning
grave at the end. And when the
"last bitter hour" shall overshadow
his lonely pallet, and Death, with
its sable mantle, shall blot out his
earthly career, he will know that no
loved one will be there to ministe
to ins Inst needs and no tears of
sorrow will mingle, with the clods
that fall upon his narrow sepulchre.
Who shall define the misery of the
lonely hours in that prison cell, or
realize the hoielessness of that
wrecked and destroyed life f
Surely a living death, for such a
confinement must in time become, is
punishment far greater than the
snuffing out of a human life and the
ending of all earthly troubles. Pris
on records are filled with attempts
at suicide on the part of life-term
ers, showing conclusively that death
is mure to be desired than lif.
midst such surroundings and under
such conditions.
iomrjanv to erect tnir Die prune neielioornooa are sure a iorr.nnaie
packing establishment ' here, work lot. Some modern educator ha3
upon which will begin early in the brought forward a scheme whereby
spring. Negotiations for the select- pupils of schools are given so
on of a site and other preliminary Hny iUI ,T t
, ., . .. home in the way of chores, etc., and,
arrangements for the construction of
as the Spring Valley school is out
v 11 1 1 1' Ml I
a carnegie norary ounaing wm soon to win t,je championship as a .b!ua
be settled, and work upon the struct- ribbon school," it is said that the
ure itself will probably be well un- j,ovs and erirls of that district ar
der way before the year ends. Ad- doing all the work at home and the
ded to this is the assurance that parents are living at ease.
many Dallas people will erect new Farm life now is endless joy '
homes and there is also strong prob- in Spring Valley,'
ability that other substantial busi- Especially, if you own a boy
ness buildings will be erected during In Spring Valley.
the year, as the present accommoda- No more you milk the brindle cow
tions along this line are badly Nor split the wood, nor swill the sow.
or,AaA anA it t T0nt imruw. .mat sort oi stun s an over now
sihln tn loasfi a vacant st.or room iu opimg tmicj,
in anything like a good location.
New people are arriving in the
county and the large tracts are be
ing cut up into smaller acreage,
For the lad who goes to school
In Spring Valley,
Where they're working under nil
In Spring Valley,
Will attend to all the chores
abundant crops of fruit of all kinds. m . . ' ... '
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where, in a few years, will be grown
vicinity and each and every citizen
may look forward with the utmost
optimism to the possibilities and
probabilities of the new year.
Mother's chores are lighter too,
In Spring Valley,
For the girls are tried and tru5,
In Spring Valley
Now the beds thev e-Iadlv make.
T. R's presidential boom started Sweep the rooms and bake the cake
in .Nebraska the other day and was And wash. the face of little Jake,
engineered by an Omaha attorney, In Spring Valley.
John 0. Yeiser.. The writer was Peaceful life it seem8 to me
formerly a resident of Nebraska and jQ Spr;ng Valley,
remembers, along in 1896, when this That's just where I'd like to be,
same Yeiser person was a ranting In Spring Valley.
populist that he was instrumental in Where the school is up to date,
starting a boom for one W. J. B. And the pupils never late,
which up to the present moment, lls a m.ost becoming trait,
hasn't brought forth fruit although 111 DPun8 viuley-
it has been resurrected on three dif- May blessings shower upon the man
ferent occasions. Of course there In Spring Valley,
is no significance here, but it only Who evolved this modern plan
serves to show that, as a "boom ln PnnS valley
starter" Col. Yeiser leaves much to
desired, especially by the
boomee."
be
For he's worked the growing kid,
Something no one ever did,
And his light should not be hid
In Spring Valley. '
next Monday.
THE LOAFER
Tnflipnf inno ara that ihai aff
the "water wagon" will be crowded T . , . , , .
. . In the basket ball game between
to the limit once more beginning ft, ci tj:u u.i i. i.
- - HIO kiaiciu OUJiUOl UOS, Ul Hie
nnk here Wednesday night, Dallas
won hv 39 in 19 Rnmtotmi ' on.)
Barham three. Rovdsfnn throw biV
v V fouls out of nine, and Kirk of Sa-
i uon i go to cnurcn very onen-- iem threw six out of eight. The
more's the pity but when I do I Dallas team lost to the Independ
hke to see all that's going on up in ence High school at the recent game
u. pu.pu uuu me enoir ion ana tjiere by the score of 23 to 19 in a
everywhere else where they are put- hard fought and very rough contest.
ung mi aiiruciions ior me delecta
tion of the saint and the saving of
the sinner. I was there the other
night. The occasion was a choral
program given by the vocalists of
the choir and ' the seating capacity
was filled crowded, to be exact. Of
course a large portion of the congre
gation were women with hats. I
say "hats" because headgear is of
ten the only distinguishable feature
with some women. Many of them
looked like iron kitchen kettles turn
ed bottom upward on the heads of
the wearers. Others, which were no
doubt simple enough lids in the first
place, had been decorated with flow-
1 In Dallas Pulpits
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Presbyterian.
Services December 31: Sundav
school 10 a. m. Morning service and
Communion 11 a. m. Christian En
deavor meeting 6 :30 p. m. At evening
service pulpit will be occupied by
Kev. It. John Vine, of the Baptist
church.
You are invited to worship with
us. uood music and a cordial greet
mg.
Special Musir; Morning.
ng imitation p umes and el,Mnk; ''"
" ' ov vuuiiuuiuuu . . uureuz
Offertory, "Andantino". . Guilmant
Anthem, "When the Waiting
lime is Over" Wilson
Evening.
Voluntary, "Evening Hymn"
Batiste
Response, "Hear Our Prayer"
rushes in a frog pond. As it happen- ' V" V Va" " ,";;:V, iV"0'8
i,. i. v....,.j, Jiuuami Treyer
Antnem, "Another lear is Dawn-
flubdubbery until thev looked like a
June flower garden after an October
frost. One lid in particular I shall
not forget. It consisted of an in
verted stew-pan minus the handle,
nd was surmounted by a five cent
gilt buckle and a dozen rooster feath
ers that stuck straight upward like
WHAT OF THE NEW YEAR?
figuring on the basis of five to
tiH, which are the multiples most
generally employed in such cases,
the population of the Dallas school
district, as shown by the last school
census, recently completed, is 4,450.
Oilier Oregon towns are basing tlunr
population claims upon similar fig
ures, and the estimates are generally
accepted as nearly correct. Klinu
uating those living utside of the
limits of the city, which cannot
mount to more than 4iH, Dallas' i
popu'min Miotn by the mh.Hd
c""" stwthing like 4.0H). It is
pnbab!, however, that this estimate
' rather high, u tlx percentage of
floating jH.pulation is tuuth here
than in n:ny oilier cmmuraties.
.till, fipiring fnmi any angle, the
fl" i' - i Oit catUfartorv one
and lii:oi!tratr
T!
ed, the wearer of this headirear
lumped herself down in the seat in
front and every time I'd screw mv
head around to dodge those rooster
feathers, and try to see what was
going on up in front and who was
pulling off the stunt, the owner of
that lid would twist around too, in
order to see past the hat in front of
her, and so it went until you noticed
the woman on the front seat who
didti t have to twist her neck she
saw it all and she apparently didn't
give a hang whether anybody else
saw anything or not. Finally, one
of the ladies in the back portion of
the house removed her hat. another
did likewise and still others follow
ed suit until I tlioudit that the ne-
tion was going to be general.. But
hardly. To their shame be it said
the majority of the women sat with
their eyes glued to the front or
twisted their nwks to we the singvrs
nd made themselves trenerallv ridic
ulous but they couldn't remove th-ir
headgear oh, no. Thev had ben
going to church for many years and
they never heard of such a thing.
So they sat through the hour con
sciously doing their best to prevent
a lar as they posstbly eoul.l. any
one behind them from enjoying the
singing. I My "consciously" for
any woman with a big hat must
know that those bthind her cannot
ee throusrh her headpiec. All
Lorenz
Baptist
Services Sunday, December 31.
Morning worship at 10 a. m. A
New Year's Sermon. Sunday school
at 11 a. m. Iteview Lessons.
v n i . t ,
"""S i eopie s meeung p.
m. t veiling worship at 7:30. Rev,
K. Miles, of the Presbvterian
church, will occupy the pulpit.
Christian Science.
I uristian JScience services will be
held in the Adventist church Sun-
.!, ivi-riiun-r oi, ai a. ni.
fuojeet ot lesson sermon, "Chris
tian Science."
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Notice is hereby riven that the un
dersigned has been duly appointed
tne executrix of the estate of John
J. W iseman, deceased, by the County
Court of the State of Oregon, for
I oik County, and has qualified. All
persons having claims against the
said estate are hereby notified to
present the same, duly verified, to
gether with the projier vouchers
therefor, to the undersisnwd, at the
law office of Pro n & Sibley, in the
city of Dallas, in said county of
Polk, within six months from the
date of this notice.
Dated and first published iVcem-
C at Dallas is j
-tadi'v and auhstantia!!. i
OWrvrr Inline tht !.!
juiiif jrar is br'-! t i:h rnniwis 1
honor to the ladies who showed their W -v lan
innate jrentilitr and rtsrard for oih-l ' JKSSir C TrTiw-ro
I.Tccutr.t of the estate r.f J..!,n J
the i
r br rcmovtt;? th.-ir hats. It
a Cia.-cful act and merited
thai;. it rcc, ivcj in the heart of
every.!, in that big audieiic m',o
a:T,c!cd bv it.
iseman, deceased.
L D. Hrntn,
AttoTT-y for the K!a!c.
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We Need the ioney
AND
We Need the Room
FOR
Just to Start the Ball Rolling for one
Week we will Give our
Customers
20 Per Cent
Jiseoissit
On all Cash Purchases
This Means Every Article in our Big
Stock of Hew, up to date Goods
One Price to All
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