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KTttVU. .' . . . . .. I i I i ill rrsr'Ma r 7 II III III! Ill VOL. 24 DALLAS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1912 NO. 33 Will DEFEATED; 1L LEAD "PROGRESSIVE" NUT Theodore Roosevelt has been prac tically lelimlnatod as candidate for president of the regular Republican convention and ho has his plan ar ranged for the formation of a new "Progressive party" In the event that he is defeated, which now seems cer tain. That the credentials commit tee when It reports to the conven tion upon Its reassembling tins morn ing, will seat all the contested Taft delegates in the contested states is certain and, this will give Taft abso lute control of the convention. Talk of a compromise candidate grew by leaps and bounds In Chicago yester day and It is evert stated that many of the Roosevelt managers have agreed to eliminate the Colonel If the Taft men would do likewise with the president and thus permit the conven- THIRTY-ONE SCHOOLS OF COIN TV STANDARD FOR YEAR. Roll or Honor list For Final Month Shows Many Schools Have Made Satisfactory Showing. Report of the schools of Polk county for the school month ending June 15, 1912: Number of schools reporting cor rectly and on time 25. Number of pupils remaining at time of last report 1462. Number of pupils registered new during month 0. Number of pupils registered sec ondary 3. Number of pupils readmitted 67. Total number of pupils registered during month 1532. Number of pupils dropped during month 105. Number of pupils remaining at time of this report 1427. Number of days taught durn? month 9. i Whole number of days attendance 16964.5. Whole number of days absence--802.5. Whole number times late 144. Number of pupils neither absent or late, or late 952. Average number of pupils belong ing 1974. Average daily attendance 1884. Per cent of attendance .96. Number of visits by parents 69- Number of visits by members of school boards 14. The following schools have been placed on the roll of honor for the eounty for having made a per cent of attendance of 95 or more: Salt Oeek. Ballston. Orchards. Fairview. fak Point (100). Elklns (100). In dependence, Antfoch, Brush College. Harmony, Enterprise. Suver. Sunny P. Falls City. Black Rock. Pio r. Oakhurst (100). The following schools have been Placed on the roll of honor for not having made any tardies during th? onth: Lewisville. Salt Creek. Or chards. Cochran. Oak Point. Har-"""-. Enterprise. Black P.ork. Oak Ila'. Pioneer. Oakhurst. Valley Junetinn. The following schools have become anrtard schools for the year: Sprw Valley. North Dallas. Buena Visti. Lincoln. Oakhurst. Orchards. "Ward. Sal.rn Oak Point- Mtlt. rty. Mountain View. Guthrie. Vsviiie. Perrydale. Bethel. Fru'h Hnpville. Alrlie. Fir Grove. R"l Prairie. Dallas Public School. ''IToienr Public School. Fa r V-. Ballston. Antioch. Ind'pr.d Ef H:ch S-hool. PaHas hf"'!. Falls City, Monmouth P--- 1 r F hr-1. Monmouth High School. H- C. Seymour, School Sur' t'nr.t polk County. Ore en. ilY REPORT OIL Of SCHOOLS tlon to unite upon some otlicr man. Tlds plan has been put up to the Taft men and has, it is declared, not been ilatly refused.. In the event that this program shall be adopted, it la be lieved that Governor Herbert S. Had- ley, of Missouri, will get the nomin ation. The convention held but a short session yesterday as It was found that thq credentials committee could not report until very late, and the conven tion then took a recess until 11 o'clock today. It is also stated that, in the event that Roosevelt bolts the convention, a very large number of the states now favorable to him will not follow his lead In this regard. There Is a grow ing sentiment among the delegates that party fealty should be placed above obligation to any individual. ILL THUDS HARD STRATA AT WHITnAKEH WELL PROVES SLOW DRILLING. Six Inches Is Sum Total of One Day's Work; Oil Indications Abundant: McBcc Drillers Work Steadily. Out at the Whiteaker oil well pros pect on an oak-clad hillside, south east of Dallas, 3500 pounds of steel and Iron is being alternately raised and dropped upon a solid rocK siraia about 1200 feet below the surface . The drill has been crashing regular ly and incessantly on this rock for several days, but very slow headway Is being made. Experienced drillers declare that the rock is the hardest they have ever encountered. Wednoi day only about six inches was the re sult of the day's drilling, but stead ily the work goes on, and it is only a question of time before the barrier shall be penetrated and much Is cx ,tH hen this rocky gateway to jthe wealth below shall reveal its se cret. It is said that the gas showing Is not so strong as a few days ago, but oil indications grow more encourag ing as the rock is penetrated, which indicates that, hard as it is. it is of porous substance and Is filled with oil When the drill Is removed a constant rumbling can be heard from the depths, and sensational develop ments would not te surpr.s...., v time, declare tnose in operations. No unuusual developments have been noted at the McBee prospect, southwest of the city. Drilling Is still going on and the Wtt now down something like 1400 feet. It Is said Gas Is showing in considera te quantities and while there ha. been no pronounced oil '"cation, the successive strata through which the drill has passed ha. been ueh a. ,o greatly encourage the promoters Thu. the prospecting goe. on at each of the wells wth the utmoit con fidence in evidence among the pro- t,le in the city are inter- Z too .id the daily auestio. "anion .H side. is. "What is doing at the od wells?" Inpr-tM Iroprrtk". F U Callahan, of Chicago, manag er the new busing d-prtnnt of ,he M. M. r.O-y compan,. the r,-r.t,.n for the Or. J.r., of the k on a tour of t e ..,,r prrp-rt:.-. in or-en. wni.u: - Fi-t. KWriT J. M- r'rant 'n , 'r .-nf in f.rcB.i K V. D. PuU cf La Sal r.'h. in,he city o.l'sl Tt'' day. Wants to Head New Party I , L..r:vSv f ' V - ! I S (5 by American Pres. Association. RSEVELT For two terms Prudent of the United States . 2 al Republican electorate, he now proposes to run for a third term the head of a party of his own manufacture. MARTIAL BOHD IS FLOYD HOUGHTON GETS DECREE FROM JUDGE GALLOWAY. Ca Heard March 3, Decision Conies AVlm-lay; Other Alons Settled by Court In Department No. 2. After having had the case undr advisement for some time. Judge Galloway, in Department No. 2, of the J Polk County Circuit court on Tuesday granted a divorce to G. Floyd Bough ton from Nellie Boughton. and ren dered a decree In which plaintiff was ! directed to pay the costs and disburse ment, of suit. C. W. McArthur ap peared for the plaintiff and Lot D. Crown for the defendant The casi was tried and argued on March 3. 1 Action in other case, was taken a. follows: Harry E. Finch v.. Clara Kauff ,man. foreclosure of lien; Judgment for plaintiff other than cost, and at torney, fees, each party to pay their own costs. U D. Brown for plaint ft. Oar Hayter for defendant. S A. Bigg. vs. A. M. Holmes et al.. fnrel..sure; decree of foreclosure granted a. per stipulation on file. R L. Conner for plaintiff; Frank Holme, f.-r defendant. It. S. Bentley et al. n A. O. Srff et al. action to cancel contract; d rr.um-r overruled. defendant given U. in m-hkh to f.ie aner. r ITled. New caf. have t-een filed In de partment No. 2. fiowi: it E. Urman vi Ge-o. Giboa. rccistration cf tf.le; S-mp.'-n & Lw is for plaint;!?. J. L. Har.r.a 't al. vi ThfJ. O. Clc felter. action to jut title; B. Swope for jia st:?. SEVERED SPECIAL TRAIN LS run DALLAS BOOSTERS WOULD MAKE TRIP TO ALBANY FOURTH. Employment of Band Depends Upon Sin-cess of Movement; Fare ft Round Trip Will Not Exceed $M0. If it shall be found possible to arouse sufflcelnt interest in the forth coming celebration at Albany on July . ...n l?5 round-trip railroad tickets from Dallas, which shall war rant the guarantee for a special train, the Dallas band will be engaged to furnish a portion of the music at the celebration at Albany. Without a special train, which would leave Dal las In the morning ana rem time during the following night, the local band will not get the Job o.l rr the sreat expense, a the . u ..ihKin have to lose .. .. . ,h. round trlD Will Oe llCKCia 1", - .old for U.40 in the event that 12 5 v.... ..,.t.t- Of the 125. the band agree, to take JJ ticket., thu. leavln? . i, i,.,. to be sold to local peuy A committee from the band 1. today Interview nig " other, in an effort to find out how o The railroad company . . i i.minpu men anj demand, a guarantee of $1T5 for the tpcial train, and thi. amount must v.. .t. r,v some one before the i m .tmA. riede are thui irain " '-' for !n ord r that arrangement. may 1 made. It 1. necessary that mtter Le aettled soon, a. there . t .lemar.d for roli;ng .tock on July 4. and the company must know far enough in advance In order to ot certain to have th- necewary eiu p m.nt on hand t hand: th crowd. ... i.m.rr.T, nt Genai. trans acted l:n. in tfa- city Thursday wmw ROAD iy BE SOOII BUILT COMMERCIAL CLUB IS INFORMED THAT COUNTY COURT AL READY HAS MATTER UN DER CONSIDERATION. ROAD VIEWERS APPOINTED Road Conimltce Will Look After It; New Road Signs Being Placed; Want More Favorable Railroad Schedule;, Saturday Sports Pro gram Proposed. Prospects for a new road from Dal las to "Cooper Hollow" are encourag ing, according to a report made to the Commercial club at Its regular meeting Wednesday night, by Chair man W. V. Fuller, of the committee roads and highways. The neccs slty for the road was suggested at a previous meeting of the club ana tne matter was referred to the roads com mittee. Mr. Fuller reported that he hurt Interviewed the county court re garding the matter, and had been in formed that viewrs had been ap pointed by the court and that their report would be considered at ine next regular meeting in July. People living in the "Cooper Hollow" neigh borhood must now travel over some steep hills to reach this city but, with the mew road completed, tney coma eliminate the difficult portion of the route and reach Dallas by a com paratively easy way. Mr. Fuller stated that several of the road signs showing the way to Dallas had been placed in position, but that there were several more to put up He said that three of the signs, which it was planned to place at important cross-roads in the coun ty, were more elaborate and were about three feet square. On them would be painted a background showing an orchard tract and over this would be the lettering directing the traveler Dallasward. Better Time Wauled. Dr B. H. McCallon called attention o the need of better train arrangw- ments on the railroads In order that .,.nl from Alrlie vicinity might reach this city as easily and as quick ly as they now travel to points oui .1,1.. the rountv. He cltedthe instance of conveying a resident of Alrlie to a Salem hospital rather than to uanas, for the reason, as he had been in- fo-merf' thnt much better time couiu be made to that city. He urged upon the club the advisability of securing a schedule. It possible, which would not discriminate against Dallas. The matter was referred to the commlttoo on railroads. I w a. snort I'rogram. Announcement was made that the Dallas lodge of Artisans had express- A lA t.A their desire to turn over iu i"-- Commercial club the funds In its ..o..,.mn collected for a program oi sports, which were to have been held at the time of their annual i"i"- here on June 1, and which failed t materialize, the Idea being to have .he club null off a serie. of races and ...u. ...ori. in this city on some oi 1 1 . i - Saturday afternoon or nigni. ... referred to the amuse- 1 1 1 i 1 1 ' . " - ment committee. Minor Matters. Tk. committee on publicity ard MmIiin renorted that It had made arrangement, to send the local new- paper. to legitimate Inquirer, rcg-r. ing Polk county conditions, land val ues etc. Secretary Tooie saia in. mnv letter, from East ern partie. asking about Dalla. and Polk county ana. - Hevrd that the partes really might .. .. ... , m-ht-re It wu v (Continued ou Page rlve.) Band Concert IYogram, Saturday, Jams &, 1-M P- Two-st.p. "On Wisconsin- Purdy March. "Easy Streef Sc iti "A Iav in the Cottonfield" b' re-jue.t) Hmith & Z"''''n Po'ka The Twittering Birds," Moran Two-s't-p. 'The Chancellor- Lawrence Joy to the World" (by request) Barnhous To-'tep. 'L'ark Tomn Jabilee- Gear'i Id OIWECriON IS MADE REGARDING LOCATION OF CARNEGIE BUILDING ON CITY HALL SITE, AS PROPOSED. TOO CLOSE TO RAILROAD Proximity of Tracks and Switches Objected, To; Need of Larger Tract Is Urged; Want Corner at Mill ami Jefferson Streets; Finances Bother hi New Selection. Believing that the site selected for the proposed Carnegie library build ing, at the corner of Court and Church streets is not sultabel for such pur poses, both on account of the prox imity of the railroad and the switch tracks, and the limited space availa ble, a movement has been started among a number of enterprising Dal las citizens to find a location for the building elsewhere. In selecting the site above men tioned, the city council merely did the best possible. Borne of the mem bers themselves wefe not In favor of locating the library there, but, owing to the condition of the city treasury, they did not feel that Dallas could afford to go to additional expense at this time for the purchase of a site, o the matter was decided, and it was' planned to locate the library on city property. Would Hold Location Among those who oppose the slt at the city hall corner are some who believe that the city should hold the property for city purposes exclusive ly Thy say that that corner Is the ideal location for the city hall, and that, in the future, when the city outgrow, its present city hall build ing, It will be necessary to ounu . mora eomm ndlou. structure and. If the library shall be located on the corner it will be impossible ic ao , and a new site will have to be pur chased. They believe that the comer i. oo valuable for the purpose, in tended, and that some arrangement should be made to locate trie posed library building elsewhere. Kite Are NumiTou Tv,,r a r a t.lentv of available sites for the proposed building, it I. said. but the one wleh nnus mosi at the corner of Jefferson ana mui streets, facing the court house pla.a. and now occupied by the greenhouse. of the Central Willamette vaney I.-,,. ! ,mi,nnv. It Is urged tnai library building should have tasteful surroundings. That It should be lo cated on a tract of ground of suffi cient size to permit or lawn. nu Mower beds It would be Impossible to have either of these at the pro posed site at the city hall corner. Aside from permitting the beautify ing of the grounds, the proposed lo cation at the corner of Jefferson and Mill streets. It Is urged, would be prominent, and yet In harmony with the .urroundlngs. It would be much preferable to locating a $10,000 build ing In a more obscure position, where (Continued on Page Five.) DALLAS COMPANY WILL BUILD LUMBER MILL Gn..T Lumber Onm-ny Bu 60 Acre, of IVnlon County Timber at KummK. With a capital stock of $000 the , lumber company ha. M-n . Gam , compOM1 of A. S Garnr. Mile. Davl. and F. II. Ward for the building of a sawmill l jnton county, work upon which ha. already begun. The mill will be located at hummit. on th Corvallis Eastern railway, where the com pany has recently puihwl li a. r . of f r timber of exceptional i cellen'e. It I. declared. Tne machinery used In the mil. li be taken from the Ward m!U hi.h ha been In operation for mv eral year, at Oak Pale, in thl county. ! II l 't l If 1 i
