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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
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f ' V - ! I S
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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-
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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.
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