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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1912)
Tuesday, naawmy SIX Hi! POLK COUNTY OBSERVER 8 results op contest held in polk's public schools Fit I DAY, FEBRUARY 9, GIVEN OCT. COURT HOUSE PICK UPS Court Items, Real Ew.ate Transfers, Farm Names Filed and Other News Briefly Told. GREATER RESULTSEXPECTED Nearly A1J Grade Better Tlian Dur ing Prceodinjr Month IiicroaHCd Interest Shown By Parent List of VariouH School) Placed on Roll of Honor For Unusual Merit. Herewith Is given the result of the spelling: contest for the public schools of Polk county held February 9. In making: the report. Superintendent H. C, Seymour has commented as fol lows: "Nearly all of the grades in the county were much better this month than last and all teachers report that nearly all children In the county took part in the test. "There has been much interest shown by the parents of the children and we are expecting- great results from the spelling' work this year," Fourth Grade. First place Pedee, Ked Prairie, Lone Star, 100 per cent. Second place Gooseneck, Mistle toe, 98 per cent. Third place Oukhurst, Hopvllle, 97 'A per cent. Fifth Grade, First place Ward, Suver McTlm- monds Valley, Pioneer, 100. Second plaoe Polk Station, 98 2-3. Third place Harmony, 98. Sixth Grade First place Buell, Spring Valley, Harmony, McTlmmonds Valley, 100 Second place Bridgeport, Cherry Orove, 98. Third place Smlthfleld, 97. Seventh Grade. First place Ward, McTlmmonds Valley, Lone Star, 100. Second place McCoy, 99. Third place Outhrie, 96 2-3. Eighth Grade. First j3A0.ce Red Prairie, Ward, Elklns, Lincoln, Oak Dale, Lone Star, Oukhurst, 100. Second place Spring Valley, 99 1-5 Third place Concord, 98. The following schools have been placed on the roll of honor for hav ing made 95 per cent or more In th test In the following grades: Fourth grade Pedee, Red Prairie, Gooseneck, Oak Point, Popcorn, Har mony. Fir Orove, Oak Dale, Ione Star, Oakhurst, Hopvllle, Mistletoe, Valley Junction. Fifth grade Smlthfleld, Polk Sta tion. Ward, Oak Point, lluell, Har mony, Suver, McTlmmonds Valley, Outhrie, Pioneer. Sixth grade Smithlleld, llrlilge port. Polk Station, Huell. Spring Val ley, Harmony, Montgomery, Enter prise, Fir Orove, Concord, Cherry Orove, Oakhurst. Seventh grade Ward. Spring Val ley, McTlmmonds Valley, Lone Star, McCoy. Outhrie, Oakhurst. Eighth grade Red Prairie, Ward Elkln. Spring Valley, Montgomery Lincoln, Concord, Oak Iule, lne Star, Oakhurst. Result of content f.r schools of two or more rooms: Fourth tirade. Urst place Bethel, Klckr.all. 100 Second place Mountain View, 99 4. Third place Alrlle. 98 2-3. nnii Grade. First place Mountain View. 100. Second place Itlack Rock. J 1-3 Third place West Salem, 96 2-J. Sixth Grade, First flan Ri. kreall. 99 4. Second place Mountain View, H 2-3. Third place H. thel. 94. Seventh Grade. First phu. lil.ick R,ck. 100. Second pl.iee Mountain View, 99 I-J. Third place Falls City, 99. 1 iul'tli Grade. First plan Mountain View. 100. Second place Dullic. 97 lS-Jo. Third place KUkreall, 7 4. The following schools hae been placed on the roll of honor for hav ing made 95 per cent or more: Fourth grade Salt Creek. Mon mouth, All he, Bethel, rrriate, Kbkrrall, Independence, North Dal las. Kail City. Mountain View. Fifth ftu !". th-l. Hi, kresll. West Salem, ltiiena V M . Falls City, Mountain View. Sixth grade Pi th. I. Rickreall. In dependence, Falls City, Black Rock, Mountain View. Seventh grade Dallas, r.ethel. Wt Salem. Puena VUta. Falls City. Mark Rock, Mountain View. Eighth grade DalUa, Beth!. RiekwaSl. Mountain View. Marriage Ll eases Andrew E. Wells, of Hood River, and Lucy Kirks. : Harry Marshall, of Dallas, and Mae Curtis. Heal Estate Harry Lacey et ux to G. X. Newton 38.70 acres t9s, r6w, $2300. It. G. Masters et ux to T. W. Wyatt 1 acres t8s, r7w, $1. T. W. Wyatt to Dallas Lumber & Logging Co., same, 310. Jennie M. Williams and hus to Sa rah E. Morris half lot in Dallas, $180. J. L. Hanna et al to L. R. French, land in Independence, $10,000. George F. Vick et ux to M. J. Bres sie. lots in Falls City, $10. Electa L. Bancroft and hus to Aaron Walker and wife, lots in Falls City, $1200. Arabella Pye to Electa L. Bancroft, lots in Falls City, $1. Probate. Estate of Lena T. Gilbert, deceas ed. Sale of real estate confirmed. Estate of Isaac Stevens, deceased. Final discharge entered. Estate of Willard Cooper, deceas ed. Final account filed and set for hearing Saturday, March 23. Guardianship of Daniel heirs, mi nors. Two annual accounts of De cember, 1910, and 1911, filed and ap proved, subject to final report. Estate of John L. Guttry, deceas ed. Final discharge entered. Estate of James H. Chapln, de ceased. Ordered that exempt per sonal property be set aside, to widow. Guardianship of Lola Pauline Per ry, a minor. Petition to sell real es tate allowed. Estate of S. H. Peterson, deceas ed. Report of sale of real property heard and confirmed. ALFALFA ON COAST SOIL Director of State Experiment Station Speaks On Soiling Crops of Value In This Locality. OREGON SYSTEM IS SAFE ACCORDING TO DECISION Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, Or., Feb. 20. "Alfalfa will grow well on most of the well-drain ed soils along the coast, particularly the sandy-loam soils," says Dr. James Withycombc, director of the experi ment station of the Oregon Agricul tural college, in replying to a recent inquiry from Eugene asking wheth er alfalfa will grow on the bottom ground along streams of the coast range mountains where soil condi tions are the same as on Lower Sius law river, Lake Creek, Dead Wood, Ten Mile and Yaquina. "The great trouble is that it comes at a time when it is ready for hay before the season is favorable for cut ting," Dr. Withycombe continued "Again, in the coast region It is somewhat dangerous to feed alfalfa green on acount of so much moist ure. I thing clover would be the bet ter forage crop, for pasture and hay, in this section. Alfalfa would be ex cellent in this section for a soiling crop, cutting it and, after it has slightly wilted, feeding it to the cows. It will furnish green succulent feed from May until November." Soiling Pays. In response to further query as to the advisability of keeping the cows in a lot and feeding them kale and mangles when there Is plenty of good pasture, Mr. Withycombe says "where one has plenty of available pasture, soiling would not pay; but where pasture is limited and land values high, soiling certainly pays. Even where the pasture is fairly good it will pay to establish a partial soiling system, feeding some green cut clov er or alfalfa night and morning as a supplement to the pasture." MORE CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED .Aspirants Run File Declaration To For Ollice. Three new political aspirants have entered the local field within the past few days as shown by the records of the county clerk's office as follows: For State Representative J. W. Finn, of McCoy, republican. For County Commissioner S. H. McElmurry, Independence, democrat. County Surveyor F. M. Suver, Dallas, democrat. Game Licenses Issued. A total of 141 game licenses have been issued by County Clerk Smith since the beginning of the year. The ages of the applicants range all the way from 15 years to 70 years, the oldest being H. P. Shriver, of Dallas, and C. Gross, of Airlie, both of whom are registered in the book as being three score and ten. Mvrtle Point Enterprise: The good old stirring plow now at work on many of the ranches certainly looks much more Inviting than the rotary snow plow that follows up the blizzards now raging in many of the central states, and ' the croaking o the frogs in the meadows to be pre fcrred to the creak and crack of the icicles. 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. OFFICIAL Max Crandall has been employed to expert the books of Crook county. Help Wanted For that cough. Get a bottle of Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar Honey. It is the best. Sold by Conrad Stafrin. Engineers at Redmond are figur ing the cost of installing an electrical plant on the unit system. If the plans work out Redmond will soon have a plant to furnish all the power and light needed for sometime to come on a twenty-four hour service plan. Croup Causes uneasy nights but if you will use Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar Honey it will relieve in a few minutes. There is nothing better. Guaranteed by all dealers. Sold by Conrad Stafrin. TO HAVE HELP OF EXPERT Fulled Statea Court Says Only Coir Kress Can Object to Initiative and Referendum. Washington, Feb. 20. Only Con gress and not the Supreme Court of the United States, may object to the initiative and referendum method of legislation in the states, so the Su preme Court decided today. That tribunal held that the ques tion of whether a state still maintain ed a republican form of government guaranteed by the Federal Constitu tion after it adopted the initiative and eferendum was a problem for Con gress, and not a judicial one for the courts. The decision was based on the laim of the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph company that a tax up on it, Imposed by the Initiative and reierenuum meinou in Oregon, was unconstitutional. The Initiative and referendum provisions in Missouri, California, Arkansas, Colorado, Mon tana, South Dakota, Utah, Maine and Arizona hung in the balance. An adverse decision would have affected the proposed legislation of that char acter In many other states. ACTIVE .MEN AXI MONEY What Oregon Needs at lYosent Time Says Governor Went. Portland, Feb. 20. (Special) Setting aside February 22 as Colonist Day for 1912 Governor West. In his proclamation calls special attention to the sort of colonists Oregon needs. He urges people of the state to write back East to their friends and Invite those who will help clean up the thousands of acres of timber and sage brush land and assist In making of it the agricultural state It should be. The Governor says the state does not need the city man, subsisting on a dally wage, exceut as he mav fol low the Institution of the factory, the workshop or the business house. The need of the state is active men with active money and efficient effort. The colonist period this vear is from March 1 to April 15. The suc cess of the colonist day last year was most unexpected. Nearly every com mercial organization In the state imr- icipated in this most unique adver ting campaign and f t aside Its own special day for observing it. The to ll number of pieces of mail that went East because of the special ef forts made ran up Into the millions. The school iliihlr.n and many social realisations volunteered their lees in writing letters and mailing iterature. The result was Government Ollicials Will Assist Or egon Agriculturists. Portland, Feb. 20. The United States Department of Agriculture of fered to detail a thoroughly compe tent man to devote all his time to expert assistance in agricultural mat ters in the various Oregon commu nities if they would Btand one-half of the necessary expxense. Because of the necessity of taking immediate action, R. B. Miller, traffic manager of the O.-W. R. & N. company offer ed to assume the expense and Secre tary Wilson has stated that the man detailed to Oregon would begin his work about July 1. This will give Oregon the services of two men doing this kind of work The O.-W. R. & N. company has al ready had Its own expert In the field for several weeks instructing the farmers, fruit growers and garden ers In the subjects of crop rotation stock raising and diversified farming, The work of two such experts, sup plemented by the operation of dem onstration trains and the efforts of the Oregon Agricultural college, It Is asserted will result In great and per manent development of the agricul tural interests of the state. A volunteer fire department has been organized at Nehalem, with the following officers: C. E. Morrison, president; Alvin Thompson, vice president; M. J. Gersonl, secretary; O.. E.. Effenberger, treasurer; H. Todd, foreman; F. A. LaFlamboy, assistant foreman.. A Cough Is a danger signal and should not be neglected. Take Dr. Bell's Pine- Tar Honey at once. It allays Inflam matlon, stops the cough and heals the membranes. For sale by Conrad Stafrin. STATE OFFICERS. United States Senators Jonathan Bourne, Jr. George E. Chamberlain Congressmen First District . . . Willis C. Hawley 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. It. Alderman State Printer. . . . Willis S. Duniway Supreme Court Chief Justice, Robert Eakih : Asso ciate Justices, Thomas A. MeBride, George II. Burnett, Jj rank A Moore, Henry, J. Blan. MANY OFFICIALS WILL HELP Movement to Enlarge Scope of School Work Arouses Interest. Portland, Feb. 20. The state-wide movement to Interest pupils of the public schools In gardening and poul try raising is to receive the support and encouragement of the leading offliclals of the Portland school sys tem and of thirty-five principals of city schools. In addition. President Kerr, of the Oregon Agricultural col lege, has pledged the support of that Institution. It will have bulletins dis tributed to the principals, teachers and pupils of the schools. Officials of the local Y. M. C. A. reported that last season more than 300 gardens were planted by the school children of Portland, most of them in the back yards of the thickly settled sections of the city. The interest In the movement this year will result in a great Increase over the number of gardens, planted In 1911. FAVORS CRATER LAKE ROADS Portland. Feb. 20. A large appro priation by the Cnited States govern ment for the construction and main tenance of roads in Crater Lake na tional park has been recommended by Maor Morrow, of the corps of army engineers, who has recently made a survey of that region. He states that the park contains a laree a. - r . i . - amount or ripe timber, the sale of Boost item in Medford Mall-Trib une, reproduced from files of 1886 Keep your eye on the Indicator and note future developments. If things are not popping right lively In this city of Medord inside of 30 days you can put us down as a false prophet and a prevaricator ot unlimited cal iber. Satisfaction of Mortgage. The Observer haa added Satisfaction of Mortgage to Ita stock of legal blanks. Notaries and attorneys may now secure them In any quantity de ired. Phone orders, for legal blanks given prompt atttentlon. LODGE DIRECTORY m.ii r.iv.iiis Almlra 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. W. Hall on Tuesday evening of each week. TRACY 8TAATS. Consul Com. W. G. VASSAL, Clerk. AVOMEX OF AVOODCRAFT 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. . F. & A. 51. Jennings Lodge, No. 9. meets second and fourth Fridays of each month, in Masonic hall on Main street. Visiting brethren wel come. AV. L. SOEHREN. W. M. WALTER S. MUIR, Secretary COUNTY OFFICERS. State Senator C. L. Hawley Representatives Ira C. Powell T. W. Chambers County Judge Ed. F. Goad County Commissioners William Riddell S. II. Petre County Clerk E. M. Smith Sheriff J. M. Grant Treasurer Tracy Staats Assessor C. S. Graves School Superintendent II. C. Seymour Surveyor B. F. Beezley Coroner R. L. Chapman CITY OFFICERS. Mayor J. R. Craven Councilman-at-Large ..W. A. Ayres Councilmen Ward No. 1 H. L. Fenton, II. G. Campbell, Ward No. 2 Tracy Staats, W. V. Fuller. Ward No. 3 F. J. Coad, II. B. Cosper. Auditor and Police Judge BUSINESS toCAlsI 4. J. J. J. ... j . . . (Advertisements utthV are chnre-ort n n. 0 Ule word, first insertion- u ,. Cent for each insertion tbZ words or less, n per m ' M in advance. N0 Brt,.. " " Paid Berted for less IzTn FOR SAT.R n..i. ""'cu cneat j .. Hay. Raymond n,.,, "u or... .... P'ano barton z splendid tone, phone Pink 52 with I P. 0. Amity, R. , MSB FOR SALE Selected NpTTTT" Wonder potato seed; 2 Z m pound. A. G. Rempel, Dali.. J Dixie 515. ,oT.. "Oil-M-J.lj tire heavy farm wagon Used only three years; one double seated i gy nearly new, at my residence m miles northeast of Dallas, a. b Ratzlaff, Dallas. ...... 101-J.JJ FOR SAT.TT1 Cno u . lu,lae cam used for short time. Apply come, of Court and Lyle streets. A. q Reed. ' FOR SALE New Empire ere. separator; 450 pounds capacity; nev er used; cost 375; first $60 takei it Come quick. Emmerson v.v 482-2-Utf FOR SALE Eggs for hatching R Comb R. I. Reds, Anconas and White Plymouth Rocks, at $2.00 for n eggs. Moore's Poultry Plant, Inde pendence. 483-2-23 FOR SALE Good two seated cover ed .surrey. Ewing Brothers, Polk Station. Phone 15, Smlthfleld No. 481-2-11 FOR SALE Second hand church seats; fine condition; seating 200 to 250; snap for some church. Addren Box 304, Dallas. 479-2-lltf OR SALE Good second hand bug gy cheap. C. L. Crlder, Phone I, Dallas. 478-2-lltl FOR SALE 1000 prune treei tni general line of Nursery Stock. U Fosnot, Dallas, Route 1. 4JMm FOR SALE Eggs from Indian Run ner Ducks, $1 per setting. J. L Cas tle, Dallas. Phone 1143-2. 41S-M City Attorney . . , City Treasurer .. City Engineer . . . Street Commis'er City Marshal .... Night Policeman . FARMS WANTED Charles Gregory FOR SALE Indian Runner Duel W. L. Tooze, Jr. Eggs. F. D. Thlelsen, Phone Rlckre- W. (J. Vassall all Milling: Company. 472-1-1 F. H. Morrison P. S. Greenwood FOR SALE White Leghorn, Rhodi T. A. Odom Island Red, Barred Rock eggs, D. J. Grant per setting of 15; stock for sale.il- so four months' old Jersey bull call T. D. Phillips. Phone South. 470M2-2! We want Farms and Acre TracU to sell and we have almost sold out our complete list. your property with us. FOR SALE Full blooded Polul China boar, two years old; eligible for registry; cheap. F. D. Thlelw. Rickreall. Phone. 46S-1-2JU FOR SALE Modern 6-room cotUff two blocks from Main street, on Mill William Tatom. FOR SALE Oak and Cedar Poi Come In and list Soehren Warehouse Co. "u" FOR KEXT. We Also Have Acre Tracts FOR RENT Mce rooms on second floor, ton street housekeepM 61J WashlW 480-1-lStf WANTED. Houses and lots plan. on Installment BROWN & BIRD Phone 1251. WANTED Use of riding horse return for keep; good care, work. O. E. Dennis, Dallas, PM Black E1S. 484-2-22 VXITKD ARTISANS Dallas Assem bly. No. 46, meets on first and third Mondays of each month at Wood man hall. Visiting members made welcome. F. G. WING. M. A. WILLIS S1MONTON. Secretary. WANTED All kinds of iron, rubber, Dallas, Oregon, brass, copper, zinc, and M!tf Modern Store fronts Ar a specialty at GOAD'S PLANING MILL MODEKX PL.XT-SKIIXED WOUK- 51 EX CP-TO-DATE IDEAS. Shop Work of All Kinds at Reasonable Prices. out raah nrlees Daid. A. Monmouth, Oregon. MISCELLAXEOrS. . T,,harnr or If you exDect to buy an brooder, let me figure with you. mer Calkins, Dallas. rno..c - 4S9-J" li mailing m.hoh wouJ R0 faf towarJ ,v. probably i ... , , . .. he l,leSt short-time jvti.m. I ' " rf - ior me 1m- .mpalK., that any state has known. ' 1 . !.!". " . .. .. . PUl ne 81 i i hi . i i s inai u win necessary to do much of the road before this tim ber can be made accessible. Th OJJ FVllowa of ralsley hw r-oufht a building ait and will prob ably erot a building this yar. Lsl bUnks for ma.lt at thla eBce. I'aiiHMK Ijih! Mark Disappears. Tunni-I Rock, also popularly known s Kb phsnt Rock, a picturesque spot n the oce.in front about one-half mile south of Nye Creek, has disap peared. The rock has been wearinsr way by frcssion rapidly this winter anj last Friday night the overhang- n ledse fell In. Passage under neath the rock has hen considered dangerous for aome time past and pedestrians along the beach hare avoided It. Newport Signal. Madras is to revise the old system of public aalea. March T has ben set aa the date for tha first aale. "Rooraa for Kent" carJi for sak at the Observer Job 0ce. Yakima Hop Contract North Takima. Wash.. Feb. 2 0. Five hop contracts for the sale of 1J1I. 1MJ and 114 hops from H. J iv m ina j. i: rarker to T. A. Livesley A company, of Salem. Or., have been recorded for considerations aggrecating over JIO.OOO. The price paid for this year crop is IS cents a pound under both contracts, while that paid for 111! is 2 and m i IS cents. Asthma t a distressing disease. Dr. Bella Pine-Tar Honey rellerea almost In stantly. We guarantee it to give aat lsfaction. Sold by Conrad Stafrin. Cold, damp weather Is bad for those subject to Rheumatism. It chills the blood aad )rlaga on aa attack. Csa Ballard's Snow Liniment It U a Powerful Preventive, as Well as a Speedy Cure Rob it la en the parts afTected whenever the condlUoaa aeem to f 'M? P!nfl Km"lt: " warn" Oo?nt. ?-il . t, Lf' ' r"ff " Pmpt "4 r"T atl.fy mnff. t , nUvr rtU"Ted- tk rtUxed so that the aufferer fU again the strgta Md npptmm ct yo'th. For Cesh wound, cf an kinda. It , wonderful remedy Try It for cuts, burna bmi,a. .orea. rI a ciafed apota, barWVtr. Price 25c 50c and 5L00 per Bottle. t r Wee mm. r t Red! EGGS FOR HATCH1.NU-". -. r- red. the kind that lay B months of age: no bird scoring less than M P $2.00 per 15: pen two. all fin $1.50 per 15. J. 8. Macombe' las. Phone Black za. I- STRAYED Bay mare two jre , ; ifht . t ..... r. Oil '! star n ioreneau . n r F. Jaw; left Januarj 4-.tf.;4 Phone uiaca wnt- . v-r snLP v COWS BOlGtti V, w for ed. good dairy cows. sale at all times. Sheridan. Ore. ,,.1 Pi30 vrnr.iv INSTRt CTIU- a. tuning. Reasonable rate - '" ion assured. Leonard :Ssa 130 J; 1S Washington " ylrf -.i.in. v- TOUR WINTER " wre of your slab wood now ana having a good dry W''vu I can aell you either c:b trimmings. Can racfr kind of wood desired. ty oak and Sr. "O phone. 15J. ArGLrj, TTrooI' Oacar Hayter. Ter- . Cglow Buildic-