Polk County observer., May 21, 1912, Page FOUR, Image 4

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Polk County Observer
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cress of March S. 1879.
The way to build up Dallas is to fiat
ronhe Dallas peofilt.
WHY PROCRASTINATE?
will meet every sanitary requirement
and remove the constant expense of
maintenance. It is the only kind of
street improvement that is not a
continual burden and annoyance to
the taxpayer.
The improvement plan recently
adopted by the enterprising town of
Newberg that of using the macadam
streets as a base for the smooth
surface top-dressing is one worthy
of the fullest investigation by the
people of Dallas. If it shall be found
possible to utilize a well-built rock
foundation In the construction of a
hard-surfaced street, here we may find
ourselves able to carry out the desired
ImDrovement at a minimum cost to
the property-owners. It must be kept
in mind, however, that If this rock
base is to be used, the work must not
be long delayed. The surfacing will
have to be done while the macadam
is in a good state of repair. Xewberg
is building her pavement at a cost of
$1.70 a square yard, and it is proba
ble that Dallas could do the work for
a less amount, as the city already
owns a rock quarry and the machin
ery by which a considerable portion
e the needed top-dressing is pre
pared for use.
Let us work for every needed en
terprise here in the little city we are
striving to upbuild, but let us not for
get to talk paving, and to keep on
talking paving until the glad day
shall come when we shall see the
If the Commercial club wants to do needed improvement actually under
Will SI
something truly worth while for Dal
lasand it is to be taken for granted
that it does it will lose no opportu
nity to promote the building of hard
surface streets for the business dis
trict. While it is the duty of the city
council to help bring about this Im
portant Improvement, yet the Com
mercial club can do much to -hasten
the work, ir it will only lend its en
couragement and Its influence In cre
ating sentiment In favor, of modern
paved streets.
The pavement problem is one that
Dallas must face, If Its citizens would
hope to see their little city keep pace
with its neighbor towns In the march
of progress and civic improvement.
Every day of delay Is expensive. Al
ready ours Is the only city of over
2000 inhabitants In Western Oregon
that has no paved streets; or, at least,
that has made no move toward se
curing such an improvement. Such
a condition of affairs Is not at all
creditable to a city so far ahead in
all other lines of growth and enter
prise. Woodburn, Forest Grove, Hlllsboio,
Corvallls, Cottage Grove, Independ
ence none of them better towns
than Dallas, and some of them with
less than half our taxable wealth
have hard-paved streets. McMInn
vllle, tired of wasting good money on
unsatisfactory and unsightly macad
am, voted last year to build smooth
pavement. Through a slight error In
the legal proceedings, the bond elec
tion whs found to be Invalid and the
improvement had to lie abandoned for
the year. A few weeks ago anoth
er election was held nnd the property
owners voted for the improvement by
a larger majority than before. Con
tracts will be awarded at once and
every effort will be made to have at
least the greater portion of the busi
ness district paved before the next
rainy season begins.
The Observer earnestly hopes to!
see Dallas the next town to take up i
the work- of paving Its business thor- i itself with disturbers and seditionlsts
oughfares. This newspaper has al-j of the 1. W. W. type, public opinion
ways favored the hard-surface pave- ( will turn against it. There is no pos
ment, knowing It to be the best nnd j slide excuse for the I. W. W. It is
cheapest ill the long run. It had j an organization, Tor the most part,
hoped that Dallas would move directly I of the bums and thugs of the eoun
from the gravel period of Its existence j try. Its members will not work. If
to the smooth pavement period, and any other course Is open to them.
way. There will be kickers against it
all towns have them but once we
pave a few of our principal business
blocks, the property-owners them
selves will then relieve the council
and the Improvement clubs from
further effort and responsibility by
demanding that the paved district be
extended to include every Important
thoroughfare within the limits of the
city. This has been the experience
of every city that has ever paved its
streets, and Dallas will prove no ex
ception. Human . nature . is - pretty
much the same the world over.
But it Is to our Commercial club
that we must look for the creation of
sentiment In favor of an early begin
ning of the work; to the club and to
the .city council, whose members we
believe will be only too glad to take
up the Improvement once it Is made
known to them it Is desired by a ma
jority of the property-owners In the
business district. We need more
factories, and more people, and more
amusements but let the officers and
members of our Clommercial club,
and of our city council, appreciate
and keep fully in mind the fact that
Dallas' greatest need for future
growth on this, the 21st day of May,
In the year of our Lord, 1912, is
PAVED STREETS.
Ill GROW
OIL cj''"1
GAS PRESSURE DELAYS ALL
DRILLING OPERATIONS.
Mass of Sand and Rock Forced Up
ward Into Casing to Height or
295 Feet.
Heavy gas or oil pressure has tem
porarily delayed drilling operations at
the Whiteaker oil prospect east of
Dallas, and the workmen are striving
to clear the well of the sand and
rock which have been forced upward
into the casing from the bottom of
the 1100-foot hole.
Gas in greater or less quantities
has been escaping from the well since
the 500-foot level was reached, but it
was not until last Friday that the
pressure became, sufficiently great to
interfere with the drilling.
Gas Pressure Enormous.
When the drilling gang went to
work Friday morning, they found to
their great astonishment that the
pressure from below had forced sand
and rock into the casing to a height
of over 100 feet. The baler was at
once brought into use in an effort to
remove the obstruction, but so tightly
had the mass of sand and rock been
driven into the pipe that the drill had
to be brought into service in remov
ing it. Even with the steady opera
tion of the drill, no progress has been
made in clearing the casing. The
sand removed during the day Is re
placed by more at night and the
drillers have been losing rather than
gaining in their efforts to open the
well.
At the close of working hours yes
terday afternoon, the drill was within
50 feet of the bottom of -the well.
This morning the hole was found to.
be filled with sand and rock to , a
height of 245 feet the obstruction
having made the enormous gain 'of
195 feet in 12 hours.
The prospectors, instead of being
discouraged by the new developments,
are more hopeful and enthusiastic
than ever before, as It now seems cer
tain that either gas or oil, or possi
bly both, underlie the Whiteaker
hills in paying quantities and that
the next few days will develop the re
sult for which the company has been
i striving so earnestly for the last two
j years. It is only through fear of a
possible explosion that Superintend
i ent Uiley and his men are restrained
j from currying on the drilling opera
j tions at night In the effort to reach
: the treasure which at last seems so
UP
DAYl
Is a fine thing for any city or town.
Also for an Up-to-Date
STORE
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of thisweek
will be Clean Up Days for our
9 (oWTWPin!
AMD COATS
We have a few fine suits left in Blues, Greys and
Tans selling regularly at $18 to $25, Grand Clean
Up of Every Suit and Coat in f!1 9 AA
our store at ipijfirAMJ
We have a few Suits and Coats in Cream
Serge they all go. Alterations Made Free.
We only have about 20 Suits left and WE
can't BUY any more at this price, so Don't Wait
if you want the best bargain that you ever found
in Dallas.
t
If It bo true, as announced In dis
patches printed in the daily press of
Saturday that the Socialists have
agreed to assist the 1. W. W. In their
tight in San Diego, for "free speech"
Socialism Is taking a backward step,
and one which will injure the cause. pear at hand.
Socialism, as presented by the con-j .
servatlve leaders, contains many ar-1 piiMnr is lt vxnnvii)
guments that appeal to thousands. !
I -aw abiding citizens have been will- ' Memorial Exercises Will ISe Held at
Ing to accept the propoganda as the i Armory or Park,
honest sentiments of honest men, : The customary march to the Dallas
who believe that by its adoption the cemetery will be dispensed with on
condition of all might be improved. ! Decoration day and the exercises will
I'.ut when the party turns from the i ,e held at the armory, or in the city
Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes, Packard Shoes for Men,
American Lady Shoes for Women, Buster Brown
Shoes for Children.
COUNCIL ORDERS CEMENT WALK
Improvement Will Extend From
Smith Corner to Hotel Scott.
Little business aside from routine
affairs occupied the attention of the
city council last night. Current
claims against the city were ordered
thus avoid all costly experiments in
unsightly, unsatisfactory, and unaun
ltary macadam. It believes yet that
the property-owners would now be
money ahead, had the council shared
In this view. At no time would it
have been necessary for any property
utilrl u rwl t, l..e nim aircnf Jm.iM'a. '
pursuit of law and order, and allies , ,,:,-k This ehantre in the usual uro- ; . m, '
....... ip.iiK. 1,1 me UMlu'i pro mp,,;, ivpre author zeri Th. most
gram was voted by the members - important Improvement ordered was I '
the local Grand Army post at a meet- j tno conatrlK.tion of a cement sidewalk j
Ing held Saturday night In connection from tnp Smjtn corner fnst tQ thp .
with the committee appointed by the , Hote, ,md fr,(m thft Mmf 0
Dallas t ommercml club to outline i
the services for the day. The evening I ,
service at the Methodist Episcopal
church on Sunday, May 2t, will also I
be a memorial service.
The entire program will be in
scnting tlie Urand Army, the local
militia, and the city. Mayor Craven
and Councilman Kenton wil represent
the city; Captain Tooze the militia,
and the officers of the Post the veter-
ns. ; mri
Comrades J. II. Nies. It. It. Carpen
ter and Charles McDevItt will visit
ami they exist solely to make trouble
between the contented workman and
his employer. They are not recog
nized by organized labor that Is,
skilled labor as represented by the
trades, whose leaders understand the
menace of their friendship. Insults
owner to pay his entire assessment in j to the Flag, and bitter attacks upon
a lump sum, as the Uancrott Ponding j the constitution and methods of gov
Act was in force long before thejernment, will no gain honest re
macadam Improvement was begun, fruits to the ranks of the I. W. AV.
Ity taking advantage of this altogether j No great reform was ever brought j the city schools on May 29 and de
wise huh uesiruoie law, uny property- about In this country by resort to
owner not desiring to pay for his lm-sueh tactics. The federal Judge In
provemcnt at once could have met Seattle who recently disfranchised
the expmse in ten annual Install j a blatant sedltlonlst for Httacks on
ments.thus making the tax burden the government Is entitled to the
easy to be borne. This annual pay- commendation of all who love law
ment plan Is the one adopted by all of , and order and respect the sacred In
the smaller cities which now enjoy stitutions under which we live. If
the luxury of smooth-pa ved streets, j more of this same sort of doctrine
ami It Is a privilege which cannot be was forthcoming, it would be but a , ,a,ig
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......... . ....j ..i'.w, n mi. ui-oura noon time u Ti 1 1 1 me organization,
to avail himself of its beneficent pro-, born in Iniquity, and fed on preju
vlsions. dice, would cease to exist. The soon-
The Observer desires to urge once er the true and honest Socialists di
agaln the importance of paved vorce themselves from this outfit, the
better it will lie for them.
ner north to the Kirkpatrick prop- ;
erty.
The council listened to the reading
of several articles from the pens of
municipal engineers on the subject of
oilimr macadam streets. ' Thp oitin.
charge of a general committee ,repre- lons rx,irsspil , M(imA nf thoutt
j tributions raised a doubt in the minds
j of the city officers as to the desirabil-
These are Straw Hat Days
You'd Look and Feel better
in a New Lid.
We have
ity of the use of oil In subduing the j
dust nuisance, and it was decided to i
Stef
i r n
streets for the otherwise beautiful
ton n of Dallas. It hopes the begin-'
nlng of this all-Important improve,
mint is not far ahead, knowing full
well that with all of the prosperity
already enjoyed. Dallas real Indus- '
trial and commercial growth will date
from the day that the first yard of
hard-surface paxement la laid In Its
business streets; knowing, also, that
no matter how diligently w may,
strive In other lines of development,
the city will never attain to its de- 1
sired and deserved importance until '
It has utved thoroughfares.
This newspaper would not have It
self understood as advocating hard
paxement for the residence district,:
where vehicle traffic is light and
where well-mad macadam streets
will fulfill every practical requirement
for a score of years to come. Dallas
streets are wide and residence lots are
large, and it would b unjust to tax
property -owners for an Improvement
neither weeesry nor desired. Put
In the business district, hard pave
ment is the only surface that wi',1
ever su.-cessfully withstand th havy
It is hard to undrestand why so
many persons In the Northwest are
In favor of ltoo.xelt for president, '
when Plm hot. one of the Colonel's ,
backers, and who is helping finance'
h.s campaiKn. would bottle up the :
Northwest w ith his conservation fal- '
lacies. which is one of the Rooaev-lt'
polities. Notwithstanding all the va-
cant land In the south part of this ,
county as placed in a rexerve under '
the Pincht forestry administration;
we are Inclined to think that Some i
of our citizens hae lived in this Kit
tled up county so long that they want
more of It- This surely must have
been the motive some persons had
who otvd for Rooelt In ths south
part vt the county. Tillsmook Headlight.
liver appropriate addresses to the
pupils. Comrades A. J. Martin, W. ;.
Campbell, T. T. Xotson and I?. Love
lace will visit the college In a sim
ilar capacity.
Comrades Martin, Arnold and Car
penter will assist in decorating the
church for the services to be held
May 26. The veterans, each Wearing
are requested to meet at the
armory at 7 o'clock on that evening,
from which place they will march to
the church.
As no exercises are to be held In
the cemetery on lecoration day. a
committee consisting of Comrades
Orecnwood. Shriver. Arnold. Campbell
and Martin, was appointed to meet
there at 9 o'clock on tlie morning of ,
that day and decorate the gravts of
deceased comrades.
send a special committee to Portland
to Inspect some oiled streets there
before proceeding with the improve
ment in Dallas. The members of
this committee, Councilmen- Coad,
l-'enton and Campbell, will go to Port
land in a few days and make a thor
ough investigation and It is certain
that the action of the council will be
guided largely by their report.
ALL SHAPES
ALL SIZES
ALL PRICES
DALLAS DEFEATS WILLAMIXA
traffic. It Is the only surface that
Sp lal Annmsmnent.
Our store w ill remain ope a antU
I J p. m. tn week days and until 11
p. m. oa Saturdays until after our big
sale, bow on. Is or.
WM. HERZOO.
GOOD MOTTO FOR ALL
Forget It. my dear boy. forget it!
That's the very best thing you can
do;
It will do you no good to rememler
All the mean things said of you.
This life is too short to get even
For every mean act that you know
So forget it. my dear boy. forget It;
Forget It. and Just let it go.
Many good men have been mined.
And many good, pure women, too,
Py some knocker starting" m rumor,
And not a word of It true.
So If you hear some fellow knocking
A man or a woman's good name.
Tou can bet it' a lie so forget it.
And never repeat it again.
Charles W. Minnich.
Dallas. May If.
High Sehool llaehll team Take
Itrickmakcr lino Camp.
The Dallas high school baseball
team defeated the Willamina nine on
the latter's diamond Sunday after
noon by the decisive score of 7 to 3.
Meyers, the Dallas twirler, pitched
great ball, allowing the clay mould
ers only one hit.
llice was the bright, particular
batting star for the Polk county ag
gregation, g.-tting a total of four hits,
llerzog. of Dallas, was next in line,
with two hits to his credit.
Dallas battery. Meyers and llerzog.
-Priced from
t t;dl Dix-mcrj Reported.
j Much interest has been aroused in
, Falls City by the reported discovery
. of gold in the hills near the Willis
j Prink ranch. It is raid that speci-
icitiiu) iaipn irom tne
j prospect assay $1. In gold and 75
j cents in silver to the ton. Albert Teal
j and other men who are following up
j the prospect believe that a little de
velopment work will uncover a rich
er vein Old residents f Falls City
say that gold was discovered on the
Ford farm nearly fifty years ago, but
that the quantity was small The
owner of the land upon which the last
vein was uncovered is a Mr. Taylor,
a resident of Salem.
25c to $3.00
We have values never before of
fered in Polk County.
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Lejal blanks for sale at thi office.
THE KOAD TO PERFECT
is through perfect flour, such fori";
stance as a sack of "Oregon s W
Those who try it alwJ-s "
they would not do that If
were not satisfactory in "rJ. '
Try a sack and put it to any te
choose.
SWEENEY BROS.
IlivT ft
DALLAS,
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