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TUESDAY March 1X31 It POLK COUNTY OBSERVER Polk County Observer Published Semi-Weekly at Dallas, Oregon, by the OBSERVER PRINTING COMPANY EUGENE FOSTER. W. H. 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 poet office at Dallas, Oregon, under the Act of Con gress of March 3. 1879. The way to build up Dallas is to pat ronize Dallas people. WHY THEY OPPOSE IT. The recent disgraceful mob scene in Portland which Insulted a distin guished guest of the city, and prac tically prevented free speech in a large auditorium, has awakened a large amount of discussion which may result In finding out some things and in showing up a class of citizens In their true light. The principal objections to Gener al Baden-Powell and the Boy Scouts, as voiced by the Socialists, and their allies, the I. W. W. "neverworks," ap fMwa that the Scouts are being train ed in military tactics and anything that smacks of the military has the condemnation of these people. Why? Is it because they really believe that the military Is not necessary in this country and a menace to prosperity, or Is it for the reason that they see in it means to curb their Indiscrim inate encroachments upon law and their attempts to interpret the law for their own benefit. There is no question but that the military and lawful organizations of all kinds, are viewed with abhorrence by these men or at least by the loud-mouthed agi tators on soap boxes, who make their living naranguing the multitudes on the street corners. Inasmuch as the Jaw generally places a curb on their utterances, and as it is often found necessary to invoke the aid of the law to protect society and prevent open revolt and even sedition, it is but natural that these frothy-mouthed malcontents should object to all who uphold the law and to those who en force it as represented In the organi xatlons of military societies. There is no menace to government in the teachings of pure Socialism, ns we understand It. But, like every other movement, the agitators have found it a field for their endeavor and an opportunity to muke a living without working while posing as the j friend of the laboring man, and such are doing the cause more harm than Its open enemies can possibly accom plish. The writer believes in peace, as a general proposition but, at the same time, he believes that the best way to have It, Is to be prepared for trou ble, anil the more formidable is our showing In this regard the more cer tain are we that peace will be pre served. The city with a large and efficient police force Is freer from crime thun the poorly protected com munity, and the city with wholesome laws and conscientious officials to enforce them, is the first to place the bun on the street corner anarchist. It is no wonder, then, that any thing that smacks of the military, or that represents the enforcement of the Uw. is detestable to the agitators who dally Insult the flag of the coun try, deride the constitution, attack our Institutions generally and thrive on violations of law, and decency and order. But the Boy .Scouts Is not a military organisation. The simple fact that they are drilled in military tactics does not necessarily mean that they I are taught to make warfare on their fellow man. The military teaches men respect for the flag. It teaches patriotism and love of country. It teaches respect for constituted au thority. Incultates In the mind low of law snd decency, and all these things are absent from the lexicon ,vf the I. W. W. loafers and their cohorts. A vituperative writer In the Ore gonian declares that thou who at tempted to break up the Baden-Powell meeting did no "because the folks attending the meeting were humans and were unable and unwilling to sit Idly by while the plastic minds of the little children were being craftily moulded to worvhiD the red-fan?.d rod of militarism." Ye gods, listen to that! Who Is there among all the peopl of Tortland, or of this coun try anywhere, who would not rather our institutions and our women from insult. Only the other day, a gang of I. W. W. men liberally besprinkeled with Socialists, marched to a number of the lumber mills in Hoquiam, Wash ington, and induced the employes to strike. The men had no grievances, they were at peace with their wage scale, and were supporting their fam ilies and satisfied. The mills had but recently resumed operations, and their employes were anxious to get in every day's employment possible, following a winter of idleness. Yet this horde of loafers, and men who earn whatever living they get, often by questionable methods, and who prate about the "rights of the labor ers," invaded private property and induced a large number of weak minded workmen to throw up the jobs they needed so badly. A com pany o military handy when that invasion began, would have been a godsend to those laborers and would have assisted in keeping the bread in the mouths of the dependent fam ilies who must now face more pri vations, at the behest of a collection of renegades and rufflians whose one and only ambition appears to be to make trouble and engender strife. Is it any wonder that such as they ob ject to the military? And men of such character prate about the "plastic minds of the little children!" Faugh. Give us more military and enforcement of law and such ene mies to society will cease to be. 13 STRAIGHT IIS IS SEASON'S UD DALLAS BASKET BALL TEAM HAS NO DEFEATS TO MAR REC ORD FOR 1912; WIXS BY BIG SCORES. AVERAGE SCORE 39.9 TO 12.9 mm Season Xot Success Financially Ow ing to Weak Visiting Teams; Strong Clubs Failed to Keep Dates; "Pee bo" Shaw Has Best Individual Record For Locals. ' JUDICIAL RECALL. How the people can be fit to de cide when a man shall begin to work for them as a judge, but un fit to say when a man shall quit working for them as a judge, will someone please explain. Wood burn Independent. In this case, who are the people? Those who oppose some decision of the judge, for that is what the judic ial recall will mean in the end? We had a very emphatic illustration of this, in the recent attempt of dis gruntled Douglass county people to recall Judge Cake. The trouble hing ed on a question of the proper in terpretation of the law and the in structions given to a jury by the Court. When it comes to matters like this where is the 'man, whose inter ests, and even life and liberty itself, Is affected, who wants to leave his fate in the hands of, "the people" unversed in law and subject to petty prejudices and the subtilitles of scheming politicians, to decide. What rot and buncombe. If "the people" or a majority of them, are dissatisfied with a Judge, they may supplant him with another;' we have elections in this country, but to subject the courts to the wiles of every Tom, Dick and Harry who doesn't happen to agree with their administration of Justice, is to render the right of every man to a fair trial a howling farce. Games at Home. Dec. 8 McMinnville 15, Dallas ,. 53. Dec. 15 Chemawa 8, Dallas 36. Dec. 22 Philomath 12, Dallas 34. Dec. 30 Amicus 13, Dallas 36. Jan. 2 0 Newberg 7, Dallas 23. Jan. 26 Multnomah 17, Dallas 23. Feb. 9 Mt. Angel 12, Dallas 38. Feb. 17 Silverton 13, Dallas 44. March 2 Vancouver 19, Dallas 30. March 11 U. of W. 13, Dallas 16. Abroad. Dec. 25 Dallas 22, Silverton 17. Jan. 12 Dallas 20, Mt. Angel 9. March 16 Dallas 24, Multnomah 13. The new knitted mesh, pure thread silk top with Mess aline Flounce and Silk Dust Ruffle. A Klosfit Skirt of pure silk PRICE $6.09 T. It.'s Jury days are over. After appearing regularly at the court room at Mlneola. L. I., the former president was excused by the Court, who said that he believed that Roose velt's presence In the Jury box on any case would exert such a disquiet ing effect on the other jurors that their attention would be drawn from the trial. Possibly, the Court thought that, in the event that T. R. voted to convict or acquit the accused, he might later declare that "he had not really Intended to do so but what he did mean, etc., etc." in keeping with other progressive communities McMinnville has taken the preliminary steps looking toward paving a section of her business streets. Some day Dallas neonle win grow tired of wading In the mud and do likewise. And when it Is once begun it will be impossible to keep up with the demand for more of the same kind. That has invariably been the history of other communities and human nature is essentially the same the world over. Oregon has scored again. The flag of the state floats over the most sightly portion of the Panama expo sition grounds in San Francisco and the state building, which it is hoped itm nt rreci mere, will oner a transient home for Oregonians sec ond to no other in all the great ex panse of the fair. Ioc Cook's press agent has been selected as the head of Roosevelt's publicity bureau. Here is direct and indisputable evidence that consisten cy Is still a Jewel. Said agent is cer tainly qualified for the job. If Seattle could only manage to have a few more elections yearly, the saloon problem would be solved. Every day would be a "dry" day. CamliiUlew n plenty Foe Polk Coun ty Judgeship Plum. With the Cling yeaterdar of tv. trust the "plastic mind" of his child i dwiarations of eandidarv o r.m. to the Influence, of General Baden- R Teal. Fall. City, and Jamea Powell and the ennohllnr teachinn ,Wr f Twit.. . " " - ; - -... . .', iuv vuioe i MANY WANT THE JVDGE JOB of the Boy Scouts, than to those em Inatlng from the street corner agi tator who curse the laws of the land and denounce their Creator In the Mine breath. When one calmly contemplates the Increase in the number of these rib ald gentry, and the latitude given them In sunt of our citica. one la impressed with the belief that more military is an urgent necessity if we re to prwrve our la and protect county Judge, the total number of aspirants for thla office I brought p to six four Republicans and two Democrats. The Republican candi dates are Ed F. Coad. present Incum bent, and 1. R Loughary. F. K. Hub bard and 3. R Teal. The Democrat ic aspirants are X. F. Gregg, of IU listen, and Jamea Sweener. of Dallas. With a total of 13 games to their credit, and a clean record of victo ries without a single defeat, the bas ket ball team of company G, Third Infantry O. N. G., of Dallas, closed their season Saturday night In PorN land. The average of the scores for Dallas in relation to their opponents is 32.9 to 12.9. The greatest score was made against McMinnville and the smallest in the game with Washington uni versity. In fact the latter was the only contest of the .entire season where there was any question of the outcome and In that battle the Dallas quintet had to work for every poln they got Season Xot Succtkn. From the standpoint of games won the season was a success, of course out the financial side of it presents a different aspect. While the season closed with no deficit in the treasury there was no surplus, either, the club simply breaking even on the season work. This condition is attributable to the poor attendance at home, but at the same time the managemen has no complaint to make over the support given the team here. It realized that the weaker teams do not draw crowds and it was found impossible to secure the strong teams At the beginning of the season, games were arranged with the O. A. C, Uni versity of Oregon and Washington College and it was expected that these games would result In much "is" aiienuunce. iiUl, lor one cause or another, the games were cancelled, leaving only the Washing ton university men who stood bv their word. Generally, the compet Ing teams from the big schools and universities, found some technicality wnicn permitted them to evade the terms of their agreement with the local team. The Dallas team was too strong for the smaller towns, and in terest in In the games, therefore were nil, except when Washington Vancouver and Multnomah played here. "PeeW Shaw Has H-ord. "Peebo" Shaw, the big center of Dallas, has the best individual record in the team. During the season he threw a total of S3 field goals to 10 for his opponents. Ten foula were called on him to 12 on his opponents. fcach member of the team however haa a record of which to be proud and very material Imurovement in their play was noticed as the season progressed. It is not decided whether the com pany will maintain a team next sea son, and at the present time, there la talk of omitting basket ball ao far aa the militia is concerned and sub stituting therefor a football aggrega tion. It is said that there is much good material in the company for a gridiron bunch and it is believed that oeuer crowds will attend. So far aa baseball ia concerned It is announced that the company will not maintain a em during the coming season. The New Petticoats of Changeable lessafine In the latest shades of Green, Blue, Red and Brown, An All Silk Messaline at $3.00 Don't wait if you want one of these skirts at this price THE COMBINATION SUITS of the newest Knitted Mesh Silk with Messaline Flounce are attracting a great deal of attention. Ask to see them. PRICE $6.00 Plain and Fancy Silk Petticoats in Taffata and Messa line. All colors. $3.50 to $10.00 Sateen, Heatherbloom and Fancy Ginghams 50c to $3 Home of Hart SolialTncr & Marx Clothes, Packard Shoes for Men, American Lady Shoes for Women, ' Buster Brown Shoes for Children. The family Is well-known in Dallas where they lived for about 10 years and the news of Humphreys' arrest and following confession has created much Interest here. Grant Worked on Case. Sheriff Grant, of Polk county, was called on the case soon after - the murder, the proecuting attorney of Corvallis, even at that time, suspect ing Humphreys. Although very busy In his office here, Grant made .uuic ul iripu 10 rniiomatn an each time talked with Humphrey a. 11. I 1 ... nun wnoin ne was personally ac quaintea. Although he did his best to Induce the man to confess, or to make some slip which would lead to fastening the crime upon him. Hum phreys maintained his innocence and did it so convincingly that Grant be nevea mm. Humphreys' mother, Mrs. King, was also convinced of her son s innocence and declared in Sheriff Grant that "George was home all night" of the fateful Jnn av wnicn ended the life of Mrs. Grlf nth. It is certain that Humphreys will have a speedy trial as the grand Jury for Renton county begins its regular term this week and the regular Jury terms of circuit court convenes next Monday. A charge of first degree murder will be lodged against the man and the mass of evidence, all linked together and incontrnwrtihi.. of auch a nature, it is said, that sentence for the crime is certain. Last week, after being taken from Ka 4:i vim-, i.m jon at iiiiisiioro, wnere he was first locked up, to Corvallis, Hum phreys agreed to go over the scene his crime with the officers and thla was done on Friday afternoon in.m proceeding supplied whatever missing links there may have been In the evidence against the man, and """ conviction and sentence for first degree murder beyond all doubt. LOW FARES WEST Lerl Winks for sale at this office. CONFESSES KIM J Ml OF PHILOMATH WOMX (Continued from Page One.) man broke down completely and told the full details of hia crime. Mother Rarted Hera. The remains of Mr. King wre brought to Dallas Sunday, March la. and were buried In the cemetery here following funeral services at which George Humphrey was one of the mourner. After the funeral he re turned home and was arrested. CALIFORNIA RA1XS ARE BOOST FOR BCSIXESS (Continued from Page One) territory which may be served by rail mills. Local Mill Bray. "Although conditions could he im proved here," continued Mr. Gerling er, -we are not discouraged, and will do our best to keep our mill In oo- wation. We are todar lni .v.. . wir Brat car load of material for the ap proaches to the new Salem t,ri. which the Salem. Falls City at West ern will build over the WKlamett river, and we expect to get oat the b3snc h the material aa rapidly as DAILY March 1 to April 15th POINTS IN WESTERN OREGON FROM Chicago $33.00 Cincinnati 37.00 Milwaukee 31.50 St. Louis 32.00 New York 50.00 Detroit 38.00 St. Paul ... Denver .... Kansas City Omaha 25 00 Des Moines $25.00 . J5.0 . 23.00 27.83 Indianapolis s5',i From Other Eastern Points in Proportion Tell your friends in the East of this opportunity of molng West at low rates. Direct train service via Burlington Bonte, Northern Pacific. Great Northern and "North Bank" lines to Port land, thence via Southern Pacific or Oregon Electric Ry. De""" will be furnished on request. W. K. COMAX, Genl. Freight and Pass. Agt S. P. & S. Ry. Co., Portland, Oregon. arrangements for the construction of the bridge are now completed and that the actual work of sinking the pitrs will begin about May 1. Steel for the bridge has already been or dered and will be ready long before the piers shall have been comnleted. The building of the piers will require me most time, although it has been demonstrated by surveys and investi gations that it will not be necessary to sink the foundations to a great depth, on account of the strata ex isting In the bed of the river and Its banks. The nlers will h of nd will be sunk In the ordinary manner, by the building of cassions and the removal of earth by hydraulic means. more visited the Hew store on MaJn street Friday night o. the occasion of the formal op nt r.iac of business. " ..... t- , to usle during the rveB- An orchrt- tra partially screened by palms ferns in one corner of the room courseu seri - j. ing and visitors were rm corned by Mr. Hertog and i No good, were sold but even was welcomed and bidden to the store Jnd its furnishing WELL KXOWX VOMAX CALLED i Thi ELECTIOX XOTICES ARE MAILED County Clerk Smith Xotiftes Official of Coming Primary. r-rnmptiy at the opening of business this morning election notices for the coming primary election on Friday, i, were mailed by County v lent E. M. Smith n the county and to the Judge and clerka of election at the different rot- ng place. This required aomethinr ke 2M letters and was quite a tittle ob in itself. It is understood that preliminary MAXY ATTEXD STORE OPEXIXG Heraoc nothing nowe is Aurartiba For Tug Crowd. Peerle to the number of 504 or n-.it ih Dies at ner Home Momin .t Advanced Mr. L. C. Koser ily residence at BJf" ing at 10 o'clock of C.noral crViCeS Wll D,i..!i church Thursday. 21 ger, ... . r, cre-A after a snon iii- ,h be nem Rickreall cnunu yi- !1. at 10 o'clock, by R- u- of Dallas. Vbdts Her Sfc4r- rw.meller departs for -jtfal Dallas Wednesday wnere -- feJ. M remain for w time pf sister who is m. ,!!!tr. IS - ho is HI- m-hich she thought this an cpr-- -fr to the the rive her surprw- n. c.t.nr evening enmasw ana m- prise complete. A n ft evening was r" " " Sheridan Sun. ssr- r.-