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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1912)
SIX FOLK COUNTY OBSERVER iiit I A Grsst Qussn's Letters, I TTi may wonder II the world will rrer be allowed to see tbe private cor respondence a manned by tbe late Queen rvictorla,' eays a writer. "It la stored away In a strong room built Into tbe walls of Buckingham palace, and tbe queen shared ber confidence wltb no one. So long as sbe was physically able to do so sbe opened and closed (be safe herself and arranged its con tents. When sbe was too feeble to do Ibis sbe employed an old and trusted secretary, but even be bud to work under tbe royal eye. He was never al lowed to keep tbe keys nor to read tbe letters tbat be bandied. ! "Queen Victoria was always a volu minous letter writer, and sbe was In constant communication wltb most of the royalties in Europe. Every do mestic secret and privacy of royalty during balf a century Is said to be rep resented by tbe contents of this won derful safe, and it is easy to believe tbat tbe modern historian would find bis bands full if be were permitted to browse among these letters, i "But probably be will have to wait a few hundred years, and tben bis popular audience will be a languid one. It Is one of tbe Ironies of life that we can never have things when we want them." Chicago News. ENJOYABLE VALENTINE PARTY Utopians Entertain In College Dor mitory Tuesday Night , One of the most enjoyable social events of the year was the Valentine party given by the girls of the Uto pian Literary society Tuesday even ing in the society hall in the college dormitory. The young men of the college and the members of the fac ulty were the guests of the evening. The decorations which were hearts and cuplds covered taoin aoin aolnnn and cupids carried out a color scheme In red and white. The amusements of the evening were appropriate to Leap Year, proposals, broken hearts and fortune-telling being among them. At a late hour dainty refresh ments were served. Lebanon Express: The largest and finest beef placed on sale in Lebanon for the past two years was butcher ed the first of the week by C. H. Wit man & Son. It was a stall fed 3-year-old steer and dressed 900 pounds. Woodmen of the World at Milton are planning a membership - cam paign to Increase the enrollment from 53 to 100. A banquet on the evening of March 21 will end the competition. Snake Killing Ants. I It Is difficult to believe tbat ants will kill snakes, but such Is tbe case, and scientists bare discovered tbat in cer tain regions this class of reptile bas no more persistent enemy. Tbe large red t brown forest ants are tbe most Im placable, and a curious thing about tbe attack of these tiny creatures on the reptiles Is tbat they kill It for food and not on account of natural antlpatby. When some of these ants catch sight of a snake they arouse tbe whole com munity at once. In platoons and bat talions tly little fellows set upon it, striking their "nippers' Into Its body and eyes at thousands of points at once. So rapidly Is this done that the snake bas no chance of escaping. He soon becomes exhausted and dies lgno mlnlously. The ants then tear off tbe flesh, gradually stripping off tbe skin and working Inside it Not until they have carried away everything except tbe bones and the skin do they abandon their prey. i When "Lloyd's" Was a Coffee House. 1 Tbe man who gave bis name to tbe great maritime institution, Lloyd's. was not, as might be supposed, a finan cler or a shipowner, but only a humble coffee bouse keeper. Of his history nothing Is known save that he kept a coffee bouse In Lombard street at tbe beginning of tbe eighteenth century, wbkh, from its proximity to tbe Koyal Exchange, came to be a favorite assem bling place of tbe underwriters. The first mention of his bouse occurs in a poem, "The Wealthy Shopkeeper." pub lished in lwo: Then to Lloyd's coffee home to go & never rain To read the letters and attend the sales. In 1710 Steele dated some numbers of tbe Totler from Lloyd's, and Add! son also makes mention of tbe coffee house in the Spectator. London Cbron IcJe. Spring Valley School Notes. We have our boxes of cabbage seed planted and are now ready to plan tomato seed. John Simkins and Mike Smith members of our school board, visited us last Friday. They have visited us many times this year and have help ed wonderfully in making our school one to be proud of. Henry Corkins, from California, visited us Friday afternoon and gave some valuable help in railroad study. Grace Childers has been very sick since last Friday. Grace is a very bright little girl and we have missed her presence In the recitations. Mabel Smith spent Wednesday night with Evangeline Jennings. Among tnose wno made 100 per cent in the county spelling contest on February 9, are: Marguerite Holdredge, Katie Dahra, Mabel Smith, Golda Branson, Evangeline Jennings, Rebecca Lenstrom, Tora Mortenson, Alma Holdredge, Hazel Ray, Marian Zincer. Our sixth grade will get first place in the contest. The test of our drinking water has been received from Dr. Calvin White of Portland, showing the water to be perfectly safe. Our well Is 120 feet deep, cased throughout with galvan ized four-inch casing. Our school board Is preparing to fence the school ground with a board fence. The work will begin at once. That's the kind of a school board to have. Our "Home Credit" plan is going fine. We hope to make a good show ing In the garden contest. Full credit will be given for time spent In this work; watch for the leaders In our next news. Help Wanted For that cough. Get a bottle of Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar Honey. It Is the best. Sold by Conrad Stafrin. The Oregon Oriano, published at Vale, but discontinued a year ago, has been revived as a 12-page 5 col umn monthly and will be devoted to the general farming and livestock in terests of Eastern Oregon. OFFICIAL STATE OFFICERS. United States Senators Jonathan Bourne, Jr. George E. Chamberlain Congressmen First District. . . Willis J. liawley Second District... A. W. Lafferty Governor Oswald West Secretary of State.. Ben W. Olcott State Treasurer Thomas B. Kay Attorney General. . . A. M. Crawford Superintendent of Public Instruction L. a. Alderman State Printer Willis S. Duniway Supreme Court Chiel Justice, liobert Eakin j Asso ciate Justices, Thomas A. McBfitJe, George H. Burnett, Framk A. Moore, Henry J. Blan. r. Legal blanks for sale at this office. Croup " Causes uneasy nights but if you will use Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar Honey it will relieve in a few minutes. There js nothing better. Guaranteed by all j dealers. Sold by Conrad Stafrin. Legal blanks for iile at this office. 1 - wui TTTT1. ... 4 . "v.va, iubi insertion- u, 01 Per are charged at th ... o,,i re thereafter Satisfaction of Mortgage. .The Observer has added Satisfaction of Mortgage to its stock of legal blanks. Notaries and attorneys may now secure them In any quantity de sired. Phone orders for legal blanks given prompt atttention. McMinnville Telephone - Register The comfortable financial condition of Yamhill county Is well reflected in the brevity of the delinquent tax list. The time is not long past when It required from one to two pages. Now It is less than one column. Is be A Cough a danger signal and should not neglected. Take Dr. Bell's Pine- Tar Honey at once. It allays inflam mation, stops the cough and heals the membranes. For sale by Conrad Stafrin. Cloverdale Courier: That this cli mate is conducive to long life and hardy old age is exemplified in Grandma Woods of Woods. She is 5 years old and this week rode from Bentley where she has been vlsitine. Olty Attorney to Woods in an open wagon, a dls- kity Ireasurer tance of 35 miles, and stood the trip City Engineer COUNTY OFFICERS. State Senator C. L. Hawley Representatives Ira C. Powell F. W. Chambers County Judge Ed. F. Coad County Commissioners William Riddell S. H. Petre County Clerk E. M. Smith Sheriff J. M. Grant Treasurer Tracy Staats Assessor C. S. Graves School Superintendent H. C. Seymour Surveyor B. F. Beezley Coroner K. L. Chapman CITY OFFICERS. Mayor J. R. Craven Councilman-at-Large . .W. A. Ayres Councilmen Ward No. 1 H. L. Fenton, H. G. Campbell. Ward No. 2 Tracy Staats, W. V. Fuller. Ward No. 3 F. J. Coad, H. B. Cosper. Auditor and Police Judge Charles Gregory r for each woras or less ti in advance. No "7. "mtk serted for 1pS tv, .:'ll8eneat cents. 'srj a cough before It develops something mors serious. Ballard's Horehound Syrup Is The Remedy That Does tbe Work. It relieves coughing ltnmedi ately, eases soreness in the lungs, loosens phlegm and clears the bronchial tubes. It is a fine family remedy, pleas ant to take and good for chil dren and adults. price 2Sc 50o and (1.00. Buy the $1.00 slse. It contalnl five times as much as the, 250 slxe. and you sret with each bot tle a Dr. Herrick's Red Pepper Porous Plaster for the chest. JamesF.Ballard.Prop. St.Loula.Mo. Stephens Eye Salve Cures 8are JSbtQiswo Recowwe wota Bar f . CONRAD STAFRIN SALE- NerBwr - -"-OUT V FOR separator; 450 er used; cost $75. In ome Quick. pounds ! FV1LV' ft.. flrst 160 tab.. .." Emn,ers Z 48J.MIK I FOR SALE Eggs for iTTT- Reds. Annm... 'Tl I Plymouth Rocks, . ,, .J"4. Whi" I Moore's Poultrv di,... . " f " lade, f eggs, pendence. M-2S seated cow,. Brother., Polk Smithfleld & 81"2-!J FOR SALE-Secona iTi: ! seats; fine condition: smth.. ,? ! 260; snap for some church. Addr! Box 304, Dallas. r,,,r" FOR SALE Good two ea surrey. Ewlng Station. Phone 15, ne. Asthma a distressing disease. Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar Honey relieves almost In stantly. We guarantee It to give sat isfaction. Sold by Conrad Stafrin. Street Commis'er City Marshal . . . . Night Policeman . W. L. Tooze, Jr. .. W. G. Vassall . F. H. Morrison P. S. Greenwood T. A. Odom . . . . . D. J. Grant I Flying Fish. Flying Ash swim in sboals Yarying In number from a down to a hundred or more. They often leave the water at oneo. darting through the air In the same directloa for 200 yards or more, nd then descend to the water quickly, rising again and then renewing their Clglit Sometimes the dolphin may be seen In rapid pursuit, taking great leaps out of the water and gaining upon ois prey, which take shorter and shorter flights, talnly trying to escape, until they sink exhausted. Sometimes the larger sea birds catch flying fish In the air. The question whether the nylng fish use their fins at all as wings Is not fully decided. The power of Bight Is limited to the time the fins re main moist Bright Boy. vinat is your name, little boy?" quenea the street car conductor of a uiau passenger who was traveling a tone. uiie Jones." was the reply. - uai 1 your nameT John Wood." answered the conduct or. "Woodr exclaimed the little fellow. "Why, I thought wood was a noncon -uctor."-Chloago News. Inherited, as It Were. Professor V p, air, your daughter Is pretty well grounded In French, but H will, of course, take some time snd trouble for her to acquire fluency. Ka- niprneiL job know, that's rather strange to me. I had an Idea that tbe fluency would have come sort of nat ural to ben-Exchange. Mohair. Considering how fast the Angora goat Is taking its place as a regular Inhabitant of an Oregon farm, and how many more of these animals, both useful and beautiful, there will be as their value is better known, it is worth while to learn somewhat about the industry elsewhere. The consul of the United States at Flradford, in Yorkshire, England, the homo of the mohair trade, has just sent out a general sketch of much Intert'st. unui recently almost the entire supply of mohair came from Con stantinople. But now South Africa has disputed the market. In 1911 Turkey mohair was Imported to Eng land to the total of 6,650,000 pounds l ape mohair 18.110,494 pounds. A little com.8 there from Australia and from America, but American mohair Is generally sold at home and work ed up In American mills. It Is said that American mohair Is not of as good quality as either Turkish or Suth African. The Bradford market is not so very stable, as the demand and therefore the price, varies with the fashions in ladles' dress. It is used In dresses, and if bright colors are fashionable the call for mohair (trows. It is made also In braiding, and into edging for mens coats and vests. What Is known as brllllantin Is a mohair fabric. Also are llninss. plushes, bindings. Imitation seal skins, astrakhans, and nth.-r .win. are maue rrom mohair It is also used for sofa, chair, and table covers. Teddy hears, and other toys are of mohair. Most of the mohair Is made up with cotton warpa and mohair being used to Imitate furs, so mer cerised cotton Is used to Imitate mohair. The uses of It are extending; and the demand Increasing. It has now Ha regular place In the Industries of 1 orkshlre. t Is well to know that a ble mar ket exists elsewhere than In our east ern states, and one which Is well able to proxe a regular and vigorous com petitor. Portland Journal. The Klamath Commercial club is seeking to interest capital In the sugar beet Industry In Klamath, and the establishment of a sugar refinery In some part of the county. All Skin Troubles Are overcome by using Dr. Bell's Antiseptic Salve. It is as pleasant to use as pure cream and is guaran teed to give satisfaction. 25c a box at Conrad Stafrin's. Oscar Hayter, awyer. Rooms 5 and 6, Uglow Building. Modern Store Fronts Are a specialty at COAD'S PLANING MILL MODERN PLANT-SKILLED WORK MENUP-TO-DATE IDEAS. Shop Work of All Kinds at Reasonable Prices. FAK WANTED We want Farms and Acre Tracts to sell and we have almost sold out our complete list. Come in and list your property with us. We Also Have Acre Tracts Houses and lots on Installment plan. BROWN & BIRD Phone 1254. Dallas, Oregon. LODGE DIRECTORY KKlSh.K.VlIis Almira Lodge No. 26 meets first and third Wednesday of each month at Odd Fellows' Hall. NOLA COAD, Noble Grand. ORA COSPER, Secretary. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD Dal las Camp No. 209 meets in W. O. vv. Hail on Tuesday evening of each week. TRACY STAATS, Consul Com. W. O. VASSAL, Clerk. WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT Mistle toe Circle, No. 33, Women of Wood craft, meets In Woodman Hall sec ond and fourth Wednesday nights In each month. MARY STARR. Guardian Neighbor. SADIE LYNN. Clerk. Emmerson & Wash COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS Mil id I FOR SALE Good second hand gy cneap. c. L. CrhW pi. " Dallas. ' . FOR SALE-1000 prune tree, ,nd general line of Nursery Stock. 1 Fosnot, Dallas, Route 1. 477 , FOR SALE Eggs from Indian Rm. ner Ducks, $1 per setting. J. Pu. tie, Dallas. Phone 1143-8 17,., FOR SALE Indian Runner Duck Eggs. F. D. Thlelsen. Phone Rickn. all Milling Company. 4jj.11 FOR SALE White Leghorn, Rhodi Island Red, Barred Rock esgi, tl per setting of 15; stock; for sale.' Al so four months' old Jersey bull call T. D. Phillips. Phone South. 4.70M FOR SALE Full blooded Poind China boar, two years old; eligible for registry; cheap. F. D. Thielsen, Rlckreall. Phone. 463-1-26M FOR SALE Loose vetch hay; a! several Brown Leghorn Cockerels. A. G. Rempel, Dallas. Phone Dliie, 516. im-m FOR SALE Modern 6-room cottage two blocks from Main street, on Mill. William Tatom. MtDll f FOR SALE Oak and Cedar Poiti Soehren Warehouse Co. Will FOR RENT. FOR RENT Nice houscketf rooms on second floor. 619 Wash! ton street 480-1-13- WANTED. FURN El WANTED Use of riding hone I" return for keep; good care, light work. O. E. Dennis, Dallas, Ph Black 615. I, IU WANTED All kinds of Iron, rubber, brass, copper, zinc, and hides. Hlfd est cash nrices oald. A N. Mle Monmouth, Oregon. M!tf i. F. A. M. Jen nl iie-a IvWIiro v 9. meets second and fourth Fridays or each month, In Masonic hall on Main street. Visiting brethren wel come. W. L. SOEHREN, W. M. WALTER S. MCIR, Secretary. rXITKl) ARTISANS Dallas Assem bly, No. 46, meets on first and third Mondays of each month at Wood man hall. Visiting members made welcome. F. Q. WING. M. . WILLIS SIMONTON. Secretary. The effect proved or can be easily im-f marred by the! choice of the Dresser. FANS ritFDICT HOT ItVI.L CONTEST I1KRK (Continued From Pase One There are In Germany 28. HI co-operative societies of one kind or an other, having memtiorshlp of 4.3ta,- It la their ambition to , nd the ' Pride of the Waldo Hills" bark to Rilver- ton. a much humbled an.t rf. LOOK HERE! I Let Us ,,e,P Y Make Your Selection! WANTED Agent to handle test Au tomobile built in America. EidW" in this country. Built by old time Manufacturer. Life guarantee. Sdl . . V IIS. starting. Long wheel Dase. posit required. Prefer dealer sow business, but will consider live peo ple who will enter business Th ... i... rnrw- agency Includes a comi" ponding Course. Largest discos ever onered. xeai air.i tory. Address Sales Manager, Washington St.. Portland, Mi MISCELLANEOUS. "40. Hslf of the number of organl- irei;ati,.n. Wh. ther Dallas will be tions are credit and mutual loan so cieties, 203 are consumers, and S.r4 are agricultural producers' societies. Of the latter class 3,000 cover dairy Ing snd farming. Will SymI (..nt.fwv. asninirtpn. rt IS Vpon the rNjut of Superintendent of Public Instruction L. R. Alderman. Con Freosman Hawlejr bas askej the De partment of Arrlculture t ienj a man to teach Orea-on pupils to make school rsrdena. The department will lend a man for tiro or three weks, provided his tranavortatlon rip n. are pall, as was dons la California. Hawley sufrtrnrte. that Oreros ask J. J. Hill to meet the trr.r-wtatioB Item. at le to make good In thia reooect re- maina to t e, n, thouKh the fans of this city who are In clo-t touch with the team and have followed the came closely, declare there will he nothing tt t t.ut i,iUs from start to nnih. This city certainly has areai team here, one thst deserve support snd encouragement: and all want to tee thern win. Thome's Dallas orchestra will be In attendance and furnish muaic for tha oocaaion. playing before the gams commences snd durtn th Intermis sion between haWes. The rame be called at ix. m. for the benefit of the buaiaesw men. the doors pn. tnc st t n. m. Starr Express & Transfer Co Does all kinds of hauling at rea sonable rates. Stand at Wagner's Confectionery Store. Phone SI I. Parn Phone 1074. L. C. MUSCOTT Proprietor D ALL. AS, OREGON "Rooms for Kent" cards for sJ at tbe Observer JcA 0"e For Twentieth Century PrinUcj corns io me uic of tha Polk County Observer SSBBBBSBBSB nn n n I 1 1 J ins 11 mm n ar r ,1 11 1 it 1 1 -j 1 , 1 -t iip n s 11 11 mm rm rsr ainM Vf 11 Line Of iressers . . ?5t1I A SNAP IN TRADE 1 ' feet on Eighteenth and Bobts streets In Oklahoma City. OKian whlch I will trade for Dallas por erty or acreage near the city, noma City is the capital of the has 65.000 population, large sale houses, packing plants, etc. Is . jobbing and manufsctnrlW f , Mrs. Stella Lesis. Oregon. EGGS FOR HATCHING R- I J .r. red. the kind that lay months of age; eggs im V bird scoring less than r las. . . kr L- .50 per 15. J. ti a 1 r. iwn tWO. 811 vn VV yr-i r per 15. J. S. Phone Black 25 475-U--' I in many different styles and wnnriJ with prices marked according to actual value YOU ARE WELCOME TO INSPECT TIIEi: STRATEIV-Bay mare -.!,, hout 1000. has smau oB r-" star In forehead ana , jaw; ten jan" -Phone Black 251. COWS BOUGHT AND g)0L" fat ed. good dairy cows; 'w va sale at sll times. R- stft4 Sheridan. Ore. violin ixsTHVcrros- ? tuning. Reasonable " j, assured. Leonara , Ion U0J; (II Washingtoa 45 and b it for 1 " ... .;. ..t eitn-i km j- . . aar i.r can . . a Fieety TOCR WINTEK s rnnr WOOd OO' I ' I. having s good lrr vxV er ar XU Tit Hcxs ef Good Prij una si ' . e. Bend U T Tiers W Br. Sna w tl".v rfOO phone.