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I i2 . .mniinii n n rf T" " DALLAS. OREGON. FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1912 NO. 25 GUM r t. ... Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and Mrs. Roosevelt, Nee Alexander I SCHOOL ATTENDANCE WILL I I LARGE NEXT YEAR. alio Failed in Recent Exanv .1 ,iB Will Be Given Chance to i Ifin Themselves m June. ty.flve pupils were successful .he 176 that took the eighth- aminatlon in Polk county two ,w. Sixty-eight others failed one or two subjects and they another opportunity in the lamination. Thirty-three pu- Ld in more than two subjects, ir also may take another ex- in in June. jghest average In the county M Der cent, made by Miss Miles, of the Elklns school, a Mary Ewing teacher, ambers of the county exam- trd are W. I. Ford, Dallas; iev. IndeDendence: J. E. rails City; W. A. Johnston, has will be presented at the jjl school picnic to all pupils Jssdatthe recent examina- il also to those who are suc 5 l the June examination. list of Graduates. Is who were successful in the 'an held May 9 and 10 are: J-Lilllan Holland. Forest Martin, Elfla U Helga Hoatvedt, Stewart Helen Casey, Gertrude "VVil 1 7 VaaMoss, Eola L. Erown, jey, Phillip Miles,. Jennie Herman Dennis. -(-Sola Trent, Earl Ferguson rt Edyth Gardner. r i Ralph Fuqua, Lois Os- in-Clifton Martin, Viola i 51 J k Carleton Shanks, Elone (U Martha Ratzloff. j-Hazel Cook, Elmer Cook. I nth Golda Wheeler, Fran pnberry, Helen Scott, Stacla t Albin Frederlckson, Oscar 1B. - j -Peter Voth. -Raymond Boyer. ove Herschel Lewis. , ile Harry Behm. - Ibby Green, Erica Moore in Laura Beebe. ; iU Kenneth Lucas, pint Grace Moore. -Lenore Miles. j-adence Lois Hewett, Shalor ft Vivian Whiteaker, Grace Soli Roy, Hazel Collins, Paul ' "" Hartman, Fred Knox, prvine, Emma Montgomery, Npe, Jessie Foster. Salem Raymond Rex. mery Samuel Muller. Tise Althea Bissell. :?-Ett Edgar, Nettle Gay. -Dora Schulson. -Ernest Ingram. -Mamle Peterson. Sock Hazel Yost. City Winnefleld Johnston, luhaw, Estella Reynolds, Wer, Xettle Hunter. James fJzA iP A v k " I I:. is V a . ' : IK ' A LS M l it ' 4' w r ''imWHu., 'imiir "'-Georgia Curtis. ? Nettie Murray. View Albert tchindler. Leo Drake. ' Junction Hugh Flannery. HOP PLE.DS GUILTY r7 RariHlier Geta Term In Penitentiary. 1 Euhop, th eastern Polk wer charged by the circuit '4 e crime of rape, with- of not guilty yesterday entered a plea of guilty. ntenc be pronounced Jljte Kelly sentenced the ' 1 term in the penitentiary Citation of time, save that , -m sentence will be three the maximum sentenca Lerailo, Indicted by the 'or the crime of sodomy. jury Tuesday after- M found guilty. He a Wftprminate sentence of Eve yeart tne pniten- er!rr,inal cae closed the term, and court was sd " o'clock yesterday morn- t jaaiW !irfi8Wi .iik-'-" Photo copyright, 1912, by American Press Association. HERB la no sign that Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. wishes to shine by the reflected glory of his famous father. On the contrary, this young man has always evinced a disposition to go about the serious business of life as If be were the son of any other American citizen. After bis marriage to Miss Eleanor B. Alexander of New York two years ago be went to San Francisco as manager for a carpet company and bas recently returned to become a bond salesman for a Wall street bouse While be Is not so mighty a hunter as bis father, Theodore Junior is fond of shooting and during bis stay in California went into the mountains tn pursuit of the puma and other wild animals. Stewart Edward White, the novelist, accompanied bim on one of these trips. Young Mrs. Roosevelt nJoys roughing It In the woods and accompanied her bnsband among the mountains. PROGRAM TQ BE AT - AMY REVEREND CHESTER P. GATES WILL DELIVER ADDRESS. Pallas City Band and Student of College and High School W ill Take Part In Parade. PAVEMENT LAID AT A MODERATE COST Portland Property Owners Save Per Cet by Tslng Old Macadam Base. 40 of Memorial Day exercises will be held In the new armory. Mayor Craven will preside, and the Rev. Chester P. Gates will deliver the adores H. John Vine will officiate as chap- Lin. -Lincoln's Address" will be re cited by John Randolph Mills, of Sa lem. H. L. Fenton will act as urana Marshal. Captain W. L. Tooze. Jr., will com mand Company H. Oregon National Guard, and will also nave c...B - the decoration of the armory. will fee assisted In this work by Com- -ade A J. Martin. Member, of the uusic committee will be Willis m tn. Fred Zeller. M. D. Ellis and the Key. Edcar W. Miles. John E. Miller 111 direct the Dallas City band. Tie veterans of the Grand Army ol tie Republic will march undr th command of Comrsde A. J. Mar tin. City School Superintendent W al- . . rr ine Pit'- 1 nar .!. J Jh tCr.iUms ,of Portland. N,Wf during the week, fsror.ta. ter Tord wi;l ind City Engineer T. M. Hurlburt, Portland, believes that he has at last arrived at a solution of "how to give property owners durable pavements at a moderate cost 8uch a pavement has Just been laid on Kearney street In that city and property owners who fought every effort to pave that atreet on account of what they deemed the excessive prices asked by the stand ard paving companies have expressed themselves as being entirely satisfied with the work. The pavement mentioned Is the well-known bitullthlc. The Kearney street pavement Is declared by the city engineer to be as good as any ev er laid In Portland, and It has been put down at a saving of nearly 4t per cent, when the fact that there was no charge for excavation is considered. The explanation of the reduced cost th.t th old macadam base of the street has been used as a foundation for the bitullthlc. Heretofore, stand ad bltulithlc has been laid on a base of crushed rock and In esse where the streets were covered with old macadam, the property owners had to p,T tor the removal of the macadam and also for the new crushed rock base. HI ILL BE CHIEF SPEAKER DELIVER PRINCIPAL AD- PICXIC. WILL 4 DRESS AT ARTISANS Dnllas Assembly Prepares to Entertain Record-Breaking Crowd of Visitors on Saturday, June 1." . governor West- will be the princi pal' speaker at the big Artisan picnic, to pe held in Dallas a week from next Saturday. ' The committee in charge of ,'the morning program has b6en anxious -to secure the . Governor for an address on that occasion and ' was greatly pleased when, on Tuesday morning, assurance was received from Opegon's chief executive that the wish wuld be granted. . ' :. " jpther speakers who will take part in:'. the morning exercises are: J. R, Craven, Mayor of Dallas; J. W. Mills, sifpreme treasurer of the United Art isans, 'arid .Doctor J. B. Olmstead, of Portland. . ,. i U. S.. Grant's Dallas band will be one of .th.e big features if the picnic. Everyone, will be anxious to hear tne great band, 'which,, although organ ized only-two years ago,' stands with out a peer for efficiency and size of mpmbership among , the musical or ganizatlons of Oregon. The ".-band will furnish music throughout the day, and In the even ihg will! give a' concert in the court house plaza. ..This will be the first of a Series of Saturday evening con fcerts, to be given during the summer months, under the auspices of the Dallas Commercial tlub. ' " Great Parade Planned. .The committee On street, parade is making good progress and promises one of the most attractive and mag nificent processions ever seen In Polk county on a public day. No money is being spared in the effort to add to the size and beauty of this great showing of floats, trade features, dec orated automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles. ; ' Cash prises of $5 will be awarded to the best- decorated automobile, the best horse-draiwh vehicle, and the best decorated trade float or feattir. One of the attractive features of the morning program In the city park will be the chorus of 60 voices under the direction of Mrs. D. M. Metzger. Many Games In Afternoon. The entire afternoon will be given over to the program of sports and games. The athletic events will begin at 2 o'clock and will consist oi mo torcycle races, horse races, foot races, pillow fights, hose races and obstacle faces. The crowning event will be a itug-of-war by the Dallas and Airlie assemblies. A baseball game Is being arranged between two strong teams, and an exciting contest is promised The Artisans are giving their pic nic wide publicity and . a record ireaklng crowd of visitors to Dallas on that day Is assured. Members of the popular order will be here In large numbers from Salem, Airlie, Rick reail and other assemblies, and the Polk county towns and farming dis tricts will turn out the usual large crowds of people who never miss Artisan picnic. Memorial Day Proclamation. Our country has two great holidays. The birth of our na- tion and Memorial day. No memory day is more fitting or worthy of observance than Me- mortal day, in which we show grateful memory to those who laid down their lives that the nation might live and proper. Therefore I desire that the peo- pie of our city reverently ob- serve May 30, the day Bet apart In which we do honor In grate- ful memory to the comrades and loved ones gone, and I would request that all business houses be closed during the forenoon of May SO, so that all who wish may have an opportunity to observe the day. ' (Signed) J. R. CRAVEN, Mayor. POPULAR SCHOOL TEACHER WOULD REPRESENT DALLAS Sec to Condemn Land. In the docket of the May term of circuit court for Douglas county ap pear two cases In which the Oswego, Dallas Roseburg Railway company la Dlalntiff. One action Is sgalnst Douglas county and the other against W. L. Cobb and others. Oscar Hay ter. of Dallas, and R. W. Marsters are the attorneys for the railway com pany; District A'torney George M. Brown will appear for Douglas coun ty; B. L. Eddy will represent the other defendants. Both actions are k rintmnatlon of land for a right-of-way. vision ot me pru - - . .. .-ill represent I R- n.n.r:.,re In a similar rspsty., pls.nt.rs. Mrt an. TheWfl m form on . a -. .,T.t k- the fc.ftl SCBOOI ' . m..lr l r.l march south on Main ty Wk ngton .-. north Court; et on ion north 4 0,urrh to the armory. where t exercises wi.l fce in. OrrwR Cowrt "" r O. Snuffer snd A. M. Fanning va v. t r.rttr et si., action for money; ."rtri.r and v. ' 1 " 1 - ft Vinton, tTOiniiu . i;.rtM for de- t si. , ,ai on 0. j A meeting 1 fondant - . Rev Elect Grand errery. Mrs. H. B. Coper was yesterday re elected grand secretary of the Re bekah Assembly of Oregon. Mrs. Coeper has served the Asembly this capacity for more than satisfactorily has work been performed that no oppo- In ten her for.sitlon has ever developed for the po- t;fn of d'fendaota. narch soutn on " - Joseph A- Comely. Mrs. Gilt eart on W.shlngt- Jacob for t:m,. AH nh on Jeffer-a Wo- for defend- r.!aint:?T; " - ,nt Jury trial; verdict j ia sura of III Ji- f the Woman's club be held fvSay. at the home oi Mrs. Giihert MarGrnw, at the cual members mut t present. portant tu ne will b trans fer ..a:rt;ff acfd Friday. May u. v..e lat meet-r.g of the year. Miss Gertrude Pollow Is Candidate for Eastern Trip to Be Given by "Pacific Northwest." Miss Gertrude Pollow, a popular teacher in the Dallas public schools, is a candidate for the honor of rep resenting Dallas and Polk county in the excursion to the Atlantic states, to be given to ten young women of Oregon by the well-known farm Journal, The Pacific' Northwest, of which Philip S. Bates, of Portland, Is the editor and publisher. . The plan upon which this excursion Is being arranged has the hearty In dorsement of the Dallas Commercial club. Miss Pollow Is receiving lib eral and enthusiastic .support from the business men .and, presidents gener ally "of Dallas, all appreciating the faithful manner- In which she has performed her duties as a teacher In the city schools, and knotting that she would represent Polk county grace fully and intelligently on the long trip through the Eastern states, where it is certain that the Oregon girls will be the recipients of a continuous round of social and slght-selng enter tainment. - The excursion will leave Portland early In June and will last about three weeks, In which time the young women will visit Chicago, New York, Washington and other large cities of the Eastern states. A large amount of literature advertising Oregon, will be carried by the excursionists and will be distributed at every stopping place. EKE OF I G ill L PETROLEUM DISCOVERED OS AVinTEAKER FARM IX 1818. Primitive Drilling Outfit of Pioneer Days Developed Strong Artesian Flow of Salt Water. COXVICTS ESCAPE AT NIGHT. Three Honor Men Employed at Any lum Make Sudden Got Away. Stealing away under the cover of night, three honor men who were employed at the asylum farm, made their escape on Sunday night. Their absence was not noted until Monday morning. The men are: Claud Franklin, from Umatilla county; received April IT, 111, on sentence of two years for receiving stolen property. Andrew Kendall, from Union county; received Mirrh is till, for five years .for humlarv. H. Raymond, from Union county; received October 18, 111 for seven years for larceny. Salem Statesman. Dr. fclarbu-k Lowes Barn. Fire totally detroyed the barn on Dr. A. B. Starbucks farm In the Eola hills Wednesday. The burning of hruah nil nearly a week before led to the destruction of the building. Flame from the brush pile set fire to an old fence, and. unnoiicea Dy m occupants of the fsrm, burned their wsy slowly but stesdily to the barn. The loss Is estimated at $400. with no inmranrt. Two hundred bushels of oats which Uncle Breeie Gibson had stored In the barn, with the Intention of selling them later to his doctor nephew at a good, strong , spring price, were also destroyed. The burning of Uncle Breese's oats seems to fully console the icior tor me loss of his barn. I'nlarge Cold W see CapHy. The Interior of the Dallas Meat Market Is being remodeled to provide room for aa additional cold-storage cabinet. This cabinet wm nae s glaM front snd Its contents will 1 visible from the street aa well ss to sll persons entering the store. It is s neat bit of workmanahlp and will add tnuh to the already modern appear ance of the market- Fred Daniels, of Fhertdan. was s Dallas visitor the last of the week. Late developments af the White aker oil prospect, three miles east of Dallas, have aroused much Interest and the promising prospect of oil or gas being found In paying quantities is the chief topic of conversation in Dallas this week. Indications of suc cess were never more favorable than at the present time and every report of progress at the well is eagerly re ceived and as eagerly discussed in the business houses, clubs and homes of the city. Although no attempt was made un til a few years ago to develop the oil prospect on the Whiteaker farm, old residents of Polk county have known of the existence of oil Indications on the premises for over half a century. As early as 1848, B. J. Whiteaker, the owner of the farmi discovered traces of salt In the water of a small creek flowing through the place. He also noticed that his cnttle were often found licking the dirt from the banks of this stream. This discovery led to a primitive Investigation by Mr. Whiteaker, who conceived the Idea of drilling a well for the purpose of ob taining salt for domestic purposes. With the aid of a spring-pole and a chisel drill, ha.soon.. succeeded in starting an artesian flow of salt water, . which it Is said yielded nearly a pound of salt to every two gallons of water. A later cause of speculation among the pioneer residents was the appear ance of an oily subBtance In many of the wells of the neighborhood. which rendered the water unfit for drinking purposes. This oily deposit was also noticed occasionally on the surface of the water In the streams flowing through the Whiteaker farm. With the discovery of the great ol! deposits in the Eastern states, where It was found that salt water and petroleum were closely associated. the significance of the peculiar condi tions on the Whiteaker ranch began to dawn upon the people of the neighborhood. It was not until about ten years ago, however, that any at tempt was made to develop this pros pect for commercial purposes. The first drilling operations on the Whiteaker farm were financed by H. Hlrschberg. the well-known Inde pendence banker. This well was sunk about a quarter of a mile from tho old salt well. At a depth of 9(2 feet, a heavy flow of natural gas and a number of associated products of oil were encountered. Numerous sea shells and other fossils almost Invaria bly found In petroleum districts, were also brought to the surface, but at this depth the drilling machinery wss found to be Insufficient to penetrate further, snd operations abandoned. No further attempt was made to sink "well until three years ago. when a local stock company, com posed chiefly of Dallas business men, and headed by George Emery, a Port land capitalist, secured a drilling out fit much hesvler and stronger than the one that had been used by Mr. Hlrsrhberg and began work on a prospect a short distance from the sbsndoned well. The new company encountered many obstacles snd dis couragements In the wsy of un skilled workmen, broken casings and sn unprecedented flow of salt water. Notmlthstanding these handicaps, the promoters of the enterprise kept bravely on with the development work, and It was nnt until a well over 1200 feet In depth had been sunk th.t the tirolect wss ftr"" r'-'H w m-fw This failure did notu. .' th explorers In the eat. but rsther en couraged them o Increase their ef forts, as sufficient Indications ol oil snd gas had been found In the old well to convince them that they had been working In oil territory. After having perfected plans for another start, snd determined to profit by past mistakes In earning on the new search, work on ths present weu begun In the early spring of this year. The officers of the company an nounce that the development work HI be prosecuted without d!ay un til it is definitely known, ooee for a!l. farther oJ or gas exists In paying quantities beoestn tr.s hills In Polk county. u p w is ! Is nl of re he ist he he lie ft ct rn r, ire nd t rs, on ng IHt i- i-fs.