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POLK COUNTY OBSERVER FOUR Polk County Observer Published Semi-Weekly at Dallas, Oregon, by the OBSERVER PRINTING COMPANY EUGENE FOSTER. W. II. TOTTEN. Subscription Rates: One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 Three Months 40 Strictly in advance. Entered as second-class matter March 1, 1907, at the post office at Dallas, Oregon, under the Act of Con gress of March 3. 1879. 1 he way to buiLU up Dallas is to pat ronizt Dallas piople. want the live, the progressive, and the substantial citizen, and to all such Oregon offers unlimited possibilities, the Centra! Labor council, of Port land, to the contrary notwithstanding. THE COLLAPSED BOOMLET. Although his friends may deny it there is no question but that the La Follette presidential boom is fast slipping into oblivion. It Is probable that the Wisconsin man's name may be presented to the Chicago conven tion but, unless there is a radical change of sentiment in the country. the present signs point unmistakably to the belief that it will be a forlorn hope. The possible activity of the Oyster Bay "receptive candidate" which first sent consternation into the LaFollette camp was the means of divorcing a considerable number of his followers who, while professing friendship for the Badger senator, Basket Ball Tonight. Company G basket ball team v will meet the strong Mt. Angel college team at the amory in this city tonight and the contest promises to be interesting. The college five are coming stronger than ever and declare that they will give the guardsmen a run for their coin. Don't fail to at- . tend. Reserved seats at Fuller's. FIRST LEAGUE DEBATES Dallas High School Team to Meet Falls City Orators in Assembly Room Here Tonight. fact that President Taft's popularity Is Increasing and he is growing stronger with each attack made upon him by the ultra-progressive element j In his own party and by the senseless attacks of Democracy in their pres ent Congressional session, which is. In reality, but an attempt to manu facture political capital for their own benefit. From all present appearanc es the future outlook should cause mendation of the committee. Sys terns In Dallas, Corvallis, McMinn ville, Newberg and Forest Grove were Inspected and, while some of them were found to meet all ordinary re quirements, the Dallas . system was declred to be excellent both for domestic consumption and for fire fighting purposes. According to their report made to the city council of Hillsboro, they found the plant well managed and a credit to the city. While this has been well- known to the people of this city, It is ( none the less gratifying to have Its worth endorsed by a committee of competent and disinterested par ties. KXOCJUXG THE STATE. The Observer does not believe that the Central Labor Council, of Port land, represents the sentiments of or ganized labor of that city, This newspaper does not believe, for a mo ment, that the working men as a class are fighting the development of Oregon and we believe they condemn as harshly as any one, the unwarrant ed accusations against the state of their sovereignty contained In the Ms cent circular emanating in the Central Labor council and mailed to the gov ernors of all Eastern and Middle Western states and to the more in fluential newspapers In the same ter ritory. There can be no possible excuse for a circular of this kind. It is un warranted, libelous and a shameful perversion of facts that brands its authors and circulators as enemies of their state and slanderers of the com munity In which they earn their dally bread. What explanation can there lo for the circulation of the state ment that "Oregon, comprising a ter ritory of 96,000 square miles, with a population of 700,000 people, Is In the main, a great wilderness of forests and mountains." or the further false hood that "open country suitable for farming, has long ago been taken up and prices are very high. Railroad transportation throughout the state 1s very poor. The orchard lands are held .for fabulous prices, in the hope that Easterners may be fooled Into buying them. The same trick was played 20 years ago in Southern Cal-, ifornla when orange orchards sold for $1,000 an acre." , , That the first statement above Is untrue It 1 only necessary to state that right here In Polk county, ulone, are thousands of acres of as fertile soil its the sun ever shown upon, which may be purchased at very rea nonuhlc prices, and which will sustain In alllui'tice a population four times hs great as at present. Railroads reach every Important territory In the state, with possibly one exception, and a new line Is being built Into that locality as rapidly us men and money can do It. In no state In the union, we honestly believe nre land prices as reasonable as in Oregon. Thousands of newcomers from the East have found them so, during the past five years, and new arrivals ev ery day confirm this belief. If the Central Labor council de sired to warn laborers that the de mand for workmen here was not equal to the supply and to advise Eastern men to stay away from the state, thus giving an opportunity for home itcoplc to find employment, there could be exception to a circular wetting forth this condition, but why the Portland labor body should take occasion to strike a blow at every In dustry of Oregon, and seek to prevent the development of the state by the preparation and circulation of the base ulatnl. r above referred to, passes understanding. With all their howl about trusts and monopolies. Is or ganised labor, as represented by the Central Labor council, endeavoring to create a labor monopoly In this state? IVi they fear the coming of men from other states, anxious to better their conditions and live In a more equable climate, ho arc look ing loiiKlnnly Westward to the Pacif ic coast, where health and fortune ait ul who come with a determi nation to remain, and give of their l-rwln and brawn to the Industrie of which will assure them a substantial return in proportion as they employ their t.ilents In Its development. ; Nothing ha happened In recent months that hus caused so wide- j spread denunciation as this action of; the t titral IjO.or council, and from! nil ortion of the state com con- j demnatlon. Hundreds of Commercial ; organizations In the live communities! of Oregon, condemn such action ( ... h rr) great extern, unless otner newspapers for their week- It shall be promptly counteracted by ! ly publication. This offer ill exposing the falsehood, will undo the hold good for a limited time on- Hmui inej are trying to tlo. New pee-; K- and it WIi.mvm .. . a. w hat or. K,.n your order In esrlv. The first debate of the South sec tion of the Polk County High school were only doing so because they werei debating league will be given tonight, not so much his friends as unfriend- February 9. The schools represented ly to Taft and they looked upon the in this series of debates are Inde former as the most likely candidate pendence, Monmouth, Falls City and to oppose the president. But, upon Dallas. In all cases the negative the slender chance that Roosevelt team will travel, the Monmouth' neg- mlght again become a candidate, ative going to Independence, the In- they forsook the standard of LaFol- dependence negative going to Falls lette to ally themselves under the City, and the Falls City negative flag of T. R. As the weeks went by i coming to Dallas. the deflection from the LaFollette The following program will be giv ranka became more apparent untH en ' in the Dallas High school assem flnally it is announced that Medill bly room this evening at 8 o'clock. McCormick, formerly the manager of Admission 15c: the Senator's campaign has announc- Instrumental Duet, Miss Josephine ed that he will no longer be found Luebke and Miss Pauline Coad. in that column. Vocal Solo Miss Edna Morrison All this points conclusively to the Debate: "Resolved that direct legis- Remeer raffed The Best For Economy of Material lation should be more generally adopted throughout the ' United States." Affirmative, Roberta Bal lard, Pearl Phillips, Dallas. Neg ative, Lavilla Buell, Edna Seymour, Falls City. Instrumental Duet Miss Dorothy Ben nett and Jack Eakin. Stylish Lines Were Married Here. William W. Lang and Miss Cora President Taft and his friends no un- Buffum, both of Independence, were easiness. married last Tuesday by Rev. Leon L. Meyers, minister of the Church of It will be decidedly cheering news Christ, at the latter's residence in to Dallas people to know that among tnis e'ty' v v ' " w Bring Suit mi. nee uuiu me jii.iBomo uny uuui.eu The Eiers. Music House, of Port reoently, that of Dallas made the best land, through its attorneys, has filed showing and called forth the com- suit in Department No. 1 of the cir cult court of this county against Er nest Zielesch, to recover a balance of $275 alleged to be due on a piano bought at a price of $325. A Sudden Singe. Conrad Stafrln is devoting the most of his time lately to explaining to his friends why his personal appear ance has so suddenly changed. The Dallas secret lies in the fact that while working with an alcohol lamp Wed nesday morning the flame accident ally flared up into his face and burn ed off his eyebrows and eylashes and so badly scorched his hair that he had to have it clipped off. "There s nothing the matter with Oregon," declares Governor West In a statement condemning the circular Issued by the Portland Central Labor council. True, Governor, but there's something the matter with the Labor council that certainly needs attention. In Dallas Pulpits Well, now that company G, of Dal las, has Its new armory completed and accepted by the state, the local citizen soldiery are looking for more worlds to conquer and are ready for a try at the Mexican revolutionists any time the powers that be, say so. Baptist. Sunday services. Sunday school at 10 a. m., "The Boy Jesus In the Tem ple." Morning worship at 11 a. m., Profitable Prayer." Junior society at 2:30 p. m., "The Story of a Long Journey." Young People's meeting at 8:30 p. m., "Christian Virtues." Evening worship, "Conversion of a Puncher. Up-to-Date Novelties I I Perfect Pitting Dresses Cutting Accurate to Size Embroidery Patterns HOME DRESSING Guide Chart With Each Pattern Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes, Packard Shoes for Men, American Lady Shoes for Women, Buster Brown Shoes for Children. 1 Ceived a percentage of 87 and two ninths per cent, and the second pupil passed well in all the subjects but three in the final eighth grade examination. Bids Wanted. Sealed bids will be received for the sale of the old Guthrie school house at two o'clock p. m., Febru ary 10, 1912; the board reserving the right to reject any or all bids. The baseless ranting of some alleg ed editors in support of a judicial re call and other freaks of legislation leads a dispassionate observer to the conclusion that the recall extended to matters aside from politics might be advantageous. Kvangcllcal. Sunday school, 10 a. m. Junior Endeavor, 2:30 p. m. Senior Endeavor, 6:30 p. m. 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. m., Dr. C. C. Poling, presiding elder, will preach. Communion at the morning service. There will be no prayer meetings during the Evangelistic services at the M. E. church. C. P. GATES, Pastor. "Straw votes'" are well named. They are worth Just about as much as the designation applied to them. Farmers In this country usually burn their straw. "Corvallis after Itooze Sellers," re lates a headline in an upstate news paper. Why. how this? Does the lid tilt somewhat? has The liule city of Willamina caiiKht the spirit of substantial .:n firovement and will next season pave .ts main street Smv1i1 dubbing Offer. Remember you can get the Twioe-a-Vc,k Polk County Ob- server and the Daily and Sun- day nrrgonian for JS.OO per year the price of the Oregon- Ian alone. Remember also, that The Observer is published twice j each week 104 papers a year' and gis you all the real news while it is still news.. R is the paper you want and must have. Clu-istlance Science. Christian Science services will be held at Adventist church Sunday, February 11, at 10:30 a. m. Subject of lesson sermon, "Spirit." Christian. Remember the Bible school and at tend It promptly, 10 a. m. Communion service, 11 a. m. Morning subject, "Brotherly Love". Junior C. E., 4 p. m. Senior C. E., 6:30 p. m. Evening subject, "Why does not God Kill the Devil." You can't afford to miss the serv ices. The evening subject will con sider questions concerning tiie orisrin and continuance of evil. God's re sponsibility in the matter of the ex istence of evil. You are welcome. Special music at eaeh service. LEON L. MYERS. Minister. Spring Valley School Notes. Our report for January is as fol lows: Number of days taught, 19;; being: highly pleased with the work attendance, 617; absence, 10; tardies, , he saw. when, we will see that they are de livered in season and as cheap as you can buy them in Salem. tGolda Branson spent Thursday night with Evangeline Jennings. Tora Mortensen, Mabel Smith, Gol da Branson and Evangeline Jennings presented Mr. O'Reilly, the teacher, with a beautiful hand made cover for his desk. The needle work on it is first class eveidence of the wonder ful ability of these girls along this line of work. Supervisor Parsons visited us last luesuay ana expressed himself as BETTER THAN EVQ The 27; per by 0; pupils neither absent or late, average number belonging, 33; cent of attendance, 98.5; visits parents, z; by school officers, 4. Alma Holdredge has finished a nice bird house. We now have four hous es in the trees, two by Carl Alder man, one by Jack Simkins and one by Alma Holdredge. We are very busy now sowing cab bage and tomato seed. Each pupil is sowing a box which will have about 150 cabbage and 150 tomato plants. The plants will be taken care of at school and offered for sale to the farmers when ready for trans planting. We plan on having some 10,000 plants for sale. If those who are interested In our success will kindly let us know by person or mail how many plants they will want and Our school average in spelling for January was 97; in deportment 98. Our average for the year is 99.2. We are going to keep our average above 99 per cent. D. J. Crosby, specialist in indus trial education in Washington; D. C, is inquiring into Spring Valley "Home Credit" plan. Inquiries have also been received from Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota. Our teacher is keeping a daily rec ord of each pupil. The record con tains information on posture, health, industry, elements of leadership, wil lingness to cooperate, altruism. In cluding politeness, home industrial work and scholarship. They are marked on a scale of 10 for perfect. The child may know daily just how he is graded on each of the above. Walter I Tooze, Jr., Lawver, New Hank P.uil.lin-. Ward ScImhJ News. ve, j The basket social riven Thnr.ia " me county new evening. Fehruarv 1. was a splendid every one was pleased you to get pie and new blood is need and what nhe must have If her resource hll be developed, and it i m necessary to misrepresent, norj View IJhrary Plan, exscserate. to eeur them. All the Mr. George Gerlinger. of rvallas. people ask Is that intending hro- I spent a day in Newberg last week as e krr i-hHU come anj investicate for ; the Cil.t pf Mrs. C. K. Spau'.'ng themselves. We do not want the j While here she made a critical ex professi.mal burner. We want the 8m. nation of the new library build roan who honestly want a home and ; in with s view of (retting Meat for w ... urti.ie Kirn tnersns the t arnegie library that u.hi ge n:m in atvurlnr it. We i,rmifj rwn ha been -Newbers Graphic. with the entertainment. One hun dred and fifteen guests were present for the occasion. The Kings Valley bras band of fourteen piece furnish ed the music which every one enjoy ed. Theodore Bevens well filled the position of auctioneer. The baskets netted something like $J7. The last school report shows an attendance of per cent, with no tsr.lie. In the spelling contest last month j th fifth grade won first place and ! the seventh and eifhth grade won! secon d. i ADVICE on the subject of flowers usually takes the form advising the pur chase to be made from us. Every blossom in our stock is CHOICE AXD FRESH. We advise you to visit our store, if you have not done so recently. You will be surprised at the beauty of the display and the small prices at which the flowers are selling. fx Worlds Imanac For 1912 Now on sale at J. C. Hayteri am Store. The best handy reference work published. Give a man a Bible, a Dictionnrf. and a World's Almanac, and it wo"11 be possible for him to do without other books and still be wen m ed. Make your purchase early, supply will not last long. for fl A rm-TTY GIRL surrounded by flowers is an une qualled sight. If you have the pretty girl, we can supply the flow er. PERHAPS Yor TIIIXK that flowers are always expensive. This is cot the case. Flowers have their high and low seasons, like vegetables. Ever blossom bought here is fresh and the choice of its kind. J. C HAYTER Bookseller and Stationer 428 Main Street "i "HELMET BRAND FLOUR Centra! Willamette Valley Flora! Co. D. L. THOMAS, Prop. One of the ehth grde purl'.s re-BOX 168, Phfjlie 1221 Is made by the EickreaH J ling Company, mannf of the celebrated "Bl Sifi f Blend." It ia in Fat t asd we are I titiee of it. I Kew Crop $ Just In. t ! Simonton S Scott I Court StrxcfDO Dallas, Ore. 4