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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1912)
FOLK COUNTY OBSERVER i - SMT" BRAND FLOUR Is made by the Rickreall Mil ling Company, manufacturers of the celebrated "Blue Stem Blend." It is in great demand and we are selling big quan tities of it. New Crop Sates Just In. Simonton & Scott Court Street Dallas, Ore. GRAND FINAL Lace Curtain Sale AT DKI'OT STORE OX STREET CHURCH These flue imported goods will lie returned to Xew York City next week. In order to reduce the hulk of this tthipmeut and to afford the eopic of Dallas anil vicinity a last chance, we have arranged for a final special sale next Friday and Saturday, Slay 24 and 25, at prices a trifle above wholesale coHt. Never again will there be such an opiMH'tunlty. The Depot Store On Church Street Sunrise Restaurant I4;9VP k?iaPT, Proprietor liieais and short orders served at all hours. Everything new and clean. Specialties. ChOD Suev and Noodles Smith Building; Main and Mill Streets Dallas, Oregon Dallas Iron Works Machinists Foundryincn Pattern- Makers. SAWMILL WORK A SPECIALTY We are prepared to dc any kind of Iron and Brass work. Lumber trucks and Stock work on hand. We make the best and cheapest Stump Puller on the market Prices reasonable, West Side Marble Worlls G. L. HAWKINS. Proprietor. MONUMENTS. HEADSTONES AND CTRBING. A Complete Line of All Latest Designs. Star Transfer Company GRAVEL FOR SALE All who want Gravel please order of us. General Kxprcsa and Transfer lousi ness. Stand at Webster's Confect ionery Store. Phone 5 It. Darn Phone 1071. G. A. c L. C MUSCOTT DALLAS OREGON Sochrcn Warehouse Co. CEMENT CUREIXGS AND WALKS W handle a full line of Cedar and Oak Fence Posts, Brick. Lime, Sand and Cement. Land Plaster, Drain Tile. Shingle. Fire Brick. Hair. Wall Plast er and Hop Supplies. One block south of depot Phone 114 IMj oven s vc ARS' cc 4Jm- f tsrnt n f-r or f . K aua lMtwti' M Mrtth w rie- A t a wwa. sw a."- f,r .. 4 wmii. llMta UlM thr-ite Mutt A Scientific Jfc:ricatt, .f ; t r BP. -"IfcsV ft. BXMlMd NMftft. "HE " Tfttoc Maims 'Mitt CoviT Ac Eczema Yields readily to Dr. Bell's Ami septic Salve. You see an Improve ment after the first application. We guarantee it. It is clean and pleas ant to use. 25c a box at Stafrin's. Trout fishing is reported good this season in Silver creek and several large catches are reported. OFFICIAL STATE OFriCEES. 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 Superintendent of Public Instruction L. R. Alderman State Printer Willis S. Duniway Attorney General ... A. M. Crawford Supreme Court Chief Justice, Robert Eakin ; Asso ciate Justices, Thomas A. McBride, George H. Burnett, Frank A. Moore, Henry J. Bean. COUNTY OFFICERS. State Senator C. L. Hawley Representatives Ira u. 1'oweii F. W. Chambers County Judge Ed. F. Coad County Commissioners William Hidden ... S. H. 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 Couneilmen Ward No. 1 H. L. Fenton, . II. G. Campbell. Ward No. 2 Tracy Staats, J. G. McBee. Ward No. 3 F. J. Coad, A, J, Barham. Auditor and Police Judge Charles Gregory City Attorney ... W. L. Tooze, Jr. City Treasurer W. G. Vassall City Engineer J. J. Sammoiw Street Commis'er . P. S. Greenwood Night Policeman D. J. Grant LODGE DIRECTORY REBEKAHS Almira Lodge No. 26 meets first and third Wednesday of each month at Odd Fellows' Hall. NOLA COAD, Noble Grand. OKA COSPER, Secretary. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD Dal las Camp No. 209 meets in W. O. W. Hall on Tuesday evening of each week. TRACY STAATS, Consul Com. W. G. 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. A. F. & A. M. Jennings Lodge, No. 9, meets second and fourth Fridays of each month, in Masonic hall on Main street. Visiting brethren wel come. W. L. SOEHREN. W. M. WALTER S. MUIR, Secretary. UNITED 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 SIMONTON. Secretary. COME ON! We can do your JOB PRINTING of every description Cards. Billheads. Circulars. Auc tion and Show Bills. Pamphlets. Law Blanks, Briefs. Blank Book. Labels at Reasonable Price For Twtctieta Century PrintiEf coat to tba OZc of ths Pollc County Observer Its Tl Sest of Good FrisUzf FAfctl 4d ORCJ BY F.EIRIGG CE5frRALPC!f?Tj ROGUE RIVER VALLEY OREGON CORRESPONDENCE ft This matter must not be reprinted with' out special permission. Life has held great Joy this spring for the small boy who was so fortunate as to possess a pair of rubber boots, The wading was fine. The poultryman living in the warmer climate does not have to bother with frozen combs, but he has a correspond' ingly bigger trouble on his hands as the result of Inroads of lice and mites There are flocks of hens that net their owners from $2 to $4 per head yearly. There are others that don't net more than from 20 to 40 cents. A part of this difference in income Is due to the hens, but more to the man and the care. While the Impression seems to be somewhat general that a cow's milk is richest when she is fresh, tests show that milk contains the largest per cent of butter fat when the cow is far ad yanced in her period of lactation in fact. Just before she goes dry. California Is the only state which makes a production of borax. The outout for 1910. according to the United States geological surrey, was 42,357 short tons, having a value of a trifle over $200,000. About one-half of the amount of borax consumed Is iu the enameling Industry, in the making of kitchen and sanitary ware. In case it should be found nec essary to use seed corn of a rather low germinating power far better re sults will be secured if the seed bed is put in extra good tilth and if the planting of the corn is put over until the ground Is thoroughly warm. Such seed will need the most favorable con ditions, and those should be provided so far as possible. A good pair of eyes and a sharp knif6 may be able to distinguish with con siderable accuracy as between a dead and a live germ in a kernel of corn, but the combination falls down when it comes to telling a kernel with a vigor ous germ from one in which the germ is wenk. Herein lies the chief argu ment iu favor of the test box. which shows plainly what kernels are dead and what are strong and weak. Few farmers feel that they have time to give to an elaborate corn breed ing plot, but none of them is so busy that he can't take time to select the best hundred ears in his supply of seed and. after testing to be sure of its vitality, plant in a plot on the south or west sides of bis main field. Doing this will not only simplify the matter of selecting the seed ears next fall, but the location of the best and most thrifty type of corn in the posi tion mentioned will mean that much of the remainder of the field will be fertilized by the tassels on these bet ter stalks. A reader of these notes who some years ago lived at Trinidad. Colo., suc ceeded in ridding her house of eock rouehe after trying a number of things by putting some of the following mix ture In several places on the floor where they were in the habit of run ning: Equal parts powdered sugar and powdered borax, scented with a few drops of essence of oil of lavender. Whether the insects ate of this com biuatlon and found it did not agree with their digestive gearing or wheth er they were offended at the smell of lavender is not stated. At any rate, they quit the place. With popcorn so Npulnr an article of cor. sumption as it Is. there Is no farm iu any portion of the oru belt that should not grow a patch to sup ply the family needs. Poorn will da well on auy land that will produce a good crop of corn. It should le culti vated and cared for la the sauie gen eral tnauner as corn.' though It may be planted more closely. It ripens in about 10 days, and It should be shocked as soon as It is ripe, so that it will dry out well before huklng. It will produce from fiftr to sixty bushels of ears with a good stand, and this will ftch from f 1 to $2 per bushel. According to a recent report of th Wisconsin state dairy commissioner.!'.) pounds of American cheese wber as it comes from the rat contains fire and three-fourths pounds of milk sugar, fourteen ounces of nitrogenous mutter and flre ounces of butter fat. Of the Ihreo elements mentioned by far the Bost Important Is the milk sti-ar. but the Talue of this Is largely lost, as wbey i usually allowed to nonr. If tested at ooc to ISO degree F. tbe bacterial life contained I kiHeL with the result tbst tbe miik stsrar retains Its form aod des not chance to lactic acid. Fanner living la tbe THnitj of cheese factoclea wou'd do well to take tfcU fst rato conW!erstioo and see that tbe wbev r(Tct of tbe factory la ateriUxed la tbe ma oner sectioned. Cleanliness will do much to improve the quality of butter in fact, first quality depends upon cleanliness of the raw material. If you don't believe In keeping cows comfortable visit the stables of the men who get large milk checks. That ought to convince you. That black silk dress that you prom ised the good wife some time ago and that you have put off getting will do her a" lot more good if she can wear it to kirk or a party with you some day soon than as a shroud for her as she lies in ber coffin. If the currant or gooseberry bushes become Infested with worms the pest can be abated by dusting the bushes with powdered white hellebore or spraying them with a solution made by adding the hellebore at the rate of a tablespoonful to a quart of water. It may be evidence of a monkey an cestry to like them, but on the ap proach of spring there is absolutely nothing that goes to the spot like a dish (a good sized one) of greens. As accessories there should be boiled pota toes and a piece of well cooked salt pork. The dandelion Is a perennial pest, and worse some seasons than others. There are two methods of getting rid of it One is to take a sharp knife and cut the planls off Just below the crown. The other and this method is recommended for larger areas is to spray the young aud tender plants with a strong solution of iron sul phate or green vitriol. This puts the plants out of commission, but does not seriously injure the grass. The milk distributers' trust In the New England states has forced or is keeping the price it is willing to pay for milk down to the point where a good many farmers cannot produce it and make both ends met. with the re sult that in some sections farmers are quitting the dairy business entirely and going Into poultry raising. It would seem that If enough do this it would materially improve the market conditions for those that keep on with the cows. The severity of the past winter was shown in the freezing over of many lakes so completely that all air boles were closed. Now that the Ice in these lakes has disintegrated the result of the closing of these air holes is mani fest in the presence of thousands of dead flsh floating to the shore. At Lake Wlnoha, Minn., so many fish died by suffocation during the Winter that the health authorities had no small job on their hands disposing of their decaying carcasses. A farmer living Wear Puyallup. Wash., has carried out the color scheme 'to the limit In his choice of animals which he raises. His prefer ence is white, and he has carried it out in white buildings and fences. white horses and ponies, white cattle. hogs, sheep and goats. cbicUeus. ducks. geese, turueys aua guinea iowis. .-oi satisfied with his outlay, he bus Spitz dogs uud Persian cats, an albino elk. hree white deer, a mountain sheep und a polar bear cub. In the valley in which the writer's ranch is located there Is frequently considerable damage to older apple trees from sun sculd. the damage re sulting from the warm, bright days. followed by frosty uights. This season we bare safeguarded against this damage by tying long piue shuUes on the southwest side of each trunk. This will shade them aud keep the sap from flowing too rapidly. This sun scald damage Is likely to occur at any time during the winter, but is often most serious duriug April and May. The housewife can save herself much bard labor at housecleuning time by the use of her head that is. by study ing best methods aud by employing all the substitutes for "elbow grease" she can tiud. Along this line It will pay ber to read the household hints found in tbe various magazines published for women. While many of the sugges tions thereiu contained are imprac ticable, if not iudeed ridiculous, still some ideas are furnished which are well worth consideration and trial by busy women whose work ut best Is not light. Many a youug wife, all unconscious ly, places her husband in a tryiug po sition by Incurring expenditures quite beyond his meaus. Id many instances tbe bl.-uue for this state of affairs is chargeable largely to the husband be cause of his failure to take bis wife Into bis confidence. Many a home has been wrecked or had its happiness largely destroyed through failure on the part of the husband to luforrn his wife of his exact financial status. It Is her right to know the volume of the Income. If she does and is not willing to co-operate In making both ends meet, then tbe blame rests on herself. A bill has been passed by both bouses of congress and has doubtless ere this appears la print received the pignatura of the president, which makes some radical and much needed changes In tbenitlonsl homestead laws. In a general way the new law Is pat terned after the Canadian bomeMend laws, which are said to hare been re sponsible for much of the emigration from the felted States to Canada. Tbe period tbe bomestesder has to reside on k's cialra L reduced from five to three year, wtiie tbe entryman and kis family are allowed to he awty from tbe claim Cre oonths daring each year. "THE TIME IS COf.MG WliEli THE ELECTRIC MOTOR WILL MOVE THE WORLD" SAID THOMAS A. Certain types of engines have more than 200 reclprocatine The electric motor has but one moving or revolving part Many of the prosperous factories of the state are operated today with electricity served from central generating station. Central station electric power uur power ensuieeia win juune 1 HI 1 problems and render dependable, scientific reports, without charg, Telephone 24 Oregon Power Company 605 Are You Build ? Let Us Quote You Prices on all Your Lumber Bill Will be pleased to send our salesman to call on you upon request by mail or phone Dallas Lumber and Logging Co. Dallas, Real Estate For Sale My place of business is 608, Court St., Dallas, Oregon.) If you are interested in buying or selling Real Estate oij any kind I shall be glad to have a talk with you. V&o straight commission business and keep in touch witkj the best bargains throughout the valley. Read carefully the following list and remember I am here to serreyuu. No. 144. 68 acres of good land 1 and 1-2 miles from a good town; 20 acres in cultivation and In crop, balance timber and pasture, 105 young fruit trees, six room fram-j house, barn and other buildinsi. good well, spring and creek, ail fenced and first-class condition. Price $4,000. Terms. No. 145. 1S7 acres seven miles from Dallas, 1-2 mile from school, 85 acres in cultivation, balance tim ber and pasture, bearing orchard and 650 young fruit trees, six room frame house, new barn 30x40, gra nary and other buildings, land all fenced and has running water all year. Price 160.00 per acre. No. 18. 80 acres three miles from a good town, one mile from school, 12 acres In cultivation and more can be easily put in cultivation, small house, barn and other build ings, good young orchard Just com mencing to bear, all fenced and the best of soil, no rock or soap stone; one good team of horses, 2 cows CITY PROPERTY. j No. 5S. Large 9 room two story house, plastered and In good con dition: cellar and cement base ment, good well, chicken house, woodshed. 4 large lots, 5 bearing fruit trees. Price $1800. One half cash, balance easy terms. Will consider a trade. No. Al. Cloee in C room dwelling In first class condition. Lot 60x140 good new barn, wood shed. etc. This Is a good home and the price F. E. COOK s.. EDISON RECENTLY increases out mi t and ... X , . careuu investigations of Court Street Going to Oregon FARMS and 2 beifei calves, twa tarn. ons and in fact all tools include for $4 0 per acre; 1-2 ca" No. 81. 83 acres four miles ftoai Dallas. 2 and one-half T Falls City, one mile 25 acres in cultivation. 2 and one a In garden, balance in timber and ture, small frame house, f house, goat barn, etc., 1200 rs berries, soil good dark loam. vr. $60 per acre. Half cash. No. 46. 30 acres of land all soil dark rich loam and .11 j on a good wagon road and J railroad. Will sell all or in tracts. Price $110 per acre. S3. 5 acres Just on. - town on a gooa r..u. all the way to town. All vation and part in ' " room house, wood house house and good well: 3 fruit trees and some berries. $1700. Good terms. pn and terms very ' $1200. lot in Sr No. 62. Good nig- - , west Ilas 0xl44. Urga ban 32 with shed foil fpr side, desirable part of tow t 95 A No. 22- Two large lots on , :, part tawn, 61x14. J , this property 1. very will e'.l yta beth f 5 REAL ESTATE
