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VOL. 24
DALLAS, OREGON, TUESDAY. JULY 9. 1912
NO. 38
nil mi minbii
BIG DALLAS BIG MODEL
PLANTS SBII
M'MIU'-K MHili AM) CAlt SHOPS
IHHV WITH OltDEKS AM)
JIKX EMPLOYK1) OX
FULL TIMK.
NEW DRY KILN IS READY
Modern Additions to Dallas l'laul
Adds to Effectiveness; Orders IMwi
tiful; Itnilroud Company Rebuilds
in-idjii's: Motor t ar Once More in
Commission.
There may be portions of the city
that arc quiet, and there may lie
some who will declare that times are
not any too rushing, but .there are
no impactions of lack of work around
the. plant of the Dallas Lumber and
lagging company and the shops of
the Salem, Falls City & Western rail
way. Here everything is lively and
the large force of men employed in
both institutions find plenty to do
during every work hour.
Dry Kiln Completed.
The big modern dry kiln which a
Tacoma company is building at the
lumber mill plant is about ready for
use. or will be by the end of the
week, following which it will be test
ed and turned over to the company,
if found satisfactory. This Is one of
the very latest models in dry kiln
construction and adds a material val
ue to the capacity of the big pint.
The company reports plenty of or
ders on hand and every department
or the mill Is kept in continuous op
eration during the day time. Good
time is being made on the big order
for the Pullman Car company and
..:.. rt nthpr orders, is
mis, in Huuiuiiu v.v...
giving the force plenty to do.
Itailrnad is Active.
A force of bridge carpenters in the
employ of the S., F. C. & W. com
pany is engaged in rebuilding the
bridges between Falls City and Black
Rock. These structures, of which
then- are several, have been in use
for eight years and in order to renew
their effectiveness they are all being
practically rebuilt.
The motor car. which has been off
the run for some two months, went
into service again Sunday and is
working nicely. During its stay in
the local shops the car has been
thoroughly overhauled. Many worn
parts have been replaced and the
machinery made as good as new. It
i now doing duty in place of the
coaches and the steam engine which
have been used heretofore.
The force at the car shops are
busv with repair work for their own
road and for the Southern Pacific.
Saturday a locomotive from the Mur
5dan & Willamina railroad was sent
here for minor repairs which were
completed Sunday and the engine
pent back to be rady for business
Monday morning.
II S VALUABLE WAR SOUVENIR
I. C. Koscr Owns Copy of Vav
lYlnll .1 Vlksl.ur2 D's si,-'r-U
C. Koser. of Riekreall. who was
in Dallas on Monday showed ine
'..rver a copv of the -Daily Cm
n" dated July 5. 11
I Tinted at Vicksburg during th
... . ..... i..- the federal
'-s oi mat cu; , . ,
forces under General " ? r'ra an'
the ruppiv of print papr navinc
-.n exhausted, the publisher r- sort
ed to the expedient of printme th
ie upon wall paper. in
printed upon one side only o.
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MOI)i:L MKF.TIXti DRAWS MEM-
1jkhs- fkom valley assem
i5l1es; dallas is host
for bkj gatiif.kixg.
FIFTEEN ARE INITIATED
Work Done By Dallas Team is Highly
Praised: Prominent Artisans De
liver Addresses: Elaborate Ban
quet is Feature of Successful Oc
casion: Gifts Presented.
With more than 300 members of
the order present from Dallas, Salem,
Wells, Whiteson, Airlie, and Rickre-
all, including supreme officers from
Portland and Salem, the second model
meeting of the United Artisans ever
held in the United States, took place
last night in this city and is declared
to have been a pronounced success
in every way. Fifteen candidates,
including a number from Dallas, and
from other assemblies, were initiated
by the Dallas team. Following the
ceremonies there were speeches by
prominent Artisans and an elaborate
banquet at the Woodman hall round
ed out an evening of pleasure ami
profit to all concerned.
Come in Autos.
T.arire assemblies were present
from other assemblies. They began
arriving early in the evening, anu
came in autos and auto trucks, the
latter being filled with joyous mem
bers of the order seeking a good
time. Each incoming delegation her
alded its arrival with blaring trum
pets and shouts of welcome greeted
them. The delegations met atWood
hnil and marched in a body to
the National Guard Armory where
the exercises of the evening took
place.
The interior of the nig auuuonu...
was tastefully decorated for the oc
casion and presented a very hand
some appearance. The initiatory
work was performed by the team
from the Dallas assembly under the
direction of Mrs. Ella AVatt. supreme
instructor and Mrs. Ella Metzger. lo
cal instructor, and was said to have
been one of the finest exemplifications
of the beautiful work of the order
ever seen on the Coast. For weeks
the team has been working hard to
perfect itself under the direction of
the above ladies and their success
was a credit to their individual effort
and to the ability of their instruct
ors. Speeches and Banquet.
Following the ceremonies address
es were delivered by H. S. Hudson,
of Portland, supreme master Artisan
bv Attorney-General Crawford and
b'v the master Artisans of each as
sembly participating in the merUn.
Mrs. L. A. Dibble, of Portland, a
... i...,. member oi me ........
Chr.rt address. Following
alo gave a snort auuie.
the speeches, the outgoing master ar
tisan F O. Wing, of Dallas, was
presented by the local assembly with
an elegant solid gold emblem r.ng
and Miss Winnifred Wing was pre
sented with an elaborate brooch, set
with pearls.
The members of the order then re
paired to the Woodman hall where
!an elaborate banquet p;.
! members of the Pallas assembly, was
"nw.. It was late, or rather an
erlv hour. when the ceremonies of
the night were over and the visi.in
I . ift f.,r th-ir home!., ron-
' . v-.d enjoyed one of
.i,., m.,t rieasr.e
..venincs in their
experience.
TV... rrst tnod.l m-et ng of
the
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The Scene of the Olympic Games
Of 1912 at Stockholm, Sweden
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pjw?o "mwS
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THE Olvmpic games of 1012 will take place July 6-15 In the stadium at
Stockholm. Sweden, specially built for the purpose. The structure,
which cost about $250,000. is of gray-violet Swedish brick and an
dressed granite, built In the form of a borsesnoe magnet Only tbe
arena Is open to the sky The style of the building Is 8edlBh
middle ages The two arms rest against a rocky slope and at each of the two
ooms where the building joins the bill rises a square watch tower One lap
oi the running track Is 383 meters l'-56.5 feet) The prizes of the games are
medals n dfplomae and In some cases special challenge cups The national
flan 'of the victors will be hoisted from flagstaff In the middle of the northern
arcade. The photograph shows the procession around the arena by which th.
... . J l .nlnh fQ f Al
formal opening or tne siauiuiu c....
WOKKMFX KVSII OPF.KATIOXS
OX FAtTOKY.
Adjustable KI.HtrU- Sm k-t Fom
panyN Plant I'ndcr Way: IMalK.n
Ideal For Purpose.
With work going forward on me
forward on the
, . . unr,th,.p see-
Armsby plant and. in anotn.r
tion of town a
. . ..n.
II U.M
gaged in constructing a building to
be used by the Adjustable Electric
Socket company, the "hum of in
dustry" is noticeable in Dallas' man
ufacturing district. The factory of
the latter company, a has before
been stated, will be located on the
S., F. C. & W. tracks east of the
junction with the I. & M. on a lot
purchased from J. G. VanOrsdel and
provides the company with an Ideal
location. Manager Charles W. Mm
nich savs the building will be one
storv in height and will be covered
with corrugated iron. All of the
parts of the new lamps will not be
manufactured here, but it Is in th s
factorv that a portion of the parts
will be mad- and the lamps assem
bled. It is planned to manufacture s-me
of the oth.r articles which the ..m
panv will put out in Dallas, and ma
chinery to do this Will be in-tailed.
M KAKI.K OPIHvKS MXf.I.F 1W
1'ioo.s-r of Motcincnl i Addr.
Vllr ff Saturoay-
t t. t,.fr h raMed as a ".-:-
r-'r m '-'t Kci-:at "n" will
..r, .. f... v Mnd inj .!' ..f ti
c... f-ix st tv.e coirt hoti in
!,n SM.r-i v right. J-'y 1
j..,--k. M' fl-'
I .... tre .. i- M-.'.n .th any
HlillGS 10 IKI MB IS
RISE RAPIDLY PERMITTED
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CITY SIXXiAX COXTFST IS OI'FX
TO ALL SAYS CHAIHMAX.
Five Dllr Prize Will i t IUnI
Idea: lUti-li (Onto-lant .May Subinll
As Many Slogans as He D-sli.
,-i,..iem:.n If. G. Campbell, of the
...,.,.. ani, rom.
I committee on iu""..-
.mmerclal club.
tlon OI Hie j.nim"
to whom has been referred the mat
f .electing a suitable slogan for
fer of selecting a run.i.c
. . .........
Ka ,.!.- states tnal so ai iii.-. .......
the it, states mat
been few responses to me
ih- omm'u:: : iaiii... ... be ,.. m .
IIP annuiiiT
tude is given in this contest. Any,
-!, is a l.ona-fule resident
re.ii'.s mv ent-r the
contest and
...
,nl ....!
may submit as many slogans as in, ,
-rv. nlv restriction Is that
a're- i..e -
they must no, cons.st of more than
five words each.
Here Is an opportunity for some
V to gather in the prize of $, 00
offered bv the club for tne i.e-i m-
"" ' " " .
iran It should prove an o .......
g1'1 11
f.,r original ideas. ..ncose
slogan
or Mogana In an envcope
ret her with
vour name, and a.l.iress
i. ... i a Cami.b'-ll. chairman.
hand it to him. and it ill be con
sidered. "
H,.k M-f M..,?l.
f,..m
Th.- county no K cr iMie.
plant N'. J.
r.n Suit -re.k. Oil
Monday, remose.i to o-
l., ati-T
..f the
1 , ;tv. where it will
ir-mar.der of the e;
'.rk
d u r.ng the
oiT-le T. nni- I 'Hirt.
It i Rr.r.-m.-ed '- m-el-rn
rr-le .i wn t.rr.is c.rf w1 b
.;ru.t.l en a fite - the rear
, , r,f th- Da: :a I-nrn'r
,..e,.arv ari th--
the
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w a ' t fm-
IRK ON All
PACKING PLANT
CALIFOBXIA COJIPAXV PLANS
LAltGE PLAXT FOB DALLAS:
Xt)W KXCAVATIXtJ FOB
FOIXDATIOXS.
BUILDING TO BE LARGE
Contractors to Kusli Work and Prom
ise to Complete Plant In lleatllncss
to Handle 1912 Crop; Commercial
Club Alone to He Credited For
New Concern.
Actual work upon the construction
of the big packing plant of the J. K.
Armsby company began on Saturday
morning, when a number of work
men under the direction of the con
tractors, Mclntlre & Thompson, be
gan excavating for the concrete foun
dation piers of the buildlnff which
will be located on property belong
ing to the Southern Pacific company
north of the Soehren Warehouse and
facing on Clay street. The outlines
of the foundation show that the
building will be a large one and will
he two and one-half, practically
three, stories In height. The con
tractors now believe that all diffi
culties have been overcome and an-
tlelnate no further delay In the com
pletion of the plant and the Installa
tion of the machinery which will ie
lone as ranidly as possible and In
..ir. nf tlmp- to handle the 19l
...J
crop of prunes.
"The actual beginning of opera
Hons upon the Armsby plant has
served to set at rest a feeling in the
i.i nt ... une nnlliiH neonle that
lulu.. a . ....... m-
the concern would not come here,
veHterdav. "I
sum t ' -
will confess that I had some doubts
although representatives of the firm
had given us the assurance that tne
would build. Still, one always feels
better when he knows that active op
erations are under way.
Commercial Club Jot II.
"The securing of this much-needed
Institution for Dallas Is the direct
r..u,,lt of the work of the live mem
bers of the Commercial club. With
out that organization, in place of see
ing the beginning of building opera
tions on it In this city today the
company would be constructing It
.i.u-h(. There Is no question
elsewnere. in- ie i- . - to improve m... -
about it. and even the officials of the!(, U(.(.nler was Instructed to send
. ............ v,,. the i - .. , t.i those
.i,.....lv.u deellire that th
corn pan., hi. -
activities displayed by the club
brought them here. There is mueh
In connection with this matter with
which the general public is not fa
miliar, but the facts are that a num
i.er ,.f the city s public spirited men.
,..ur,l that a representative
f the
i... imestii-'iitlng conditions
in an adjoining city and had about
. . ... t f. eon. i.l v n the
j iiiniiuoeo 10 .... .
... i.K-utinir their lr s
p ciini mn. -
, Com
. mmil,,.e ,e,l l
people heard or their comitu".
either induced the fruit man i i-'
town, or at any rate, kept 1 c. e-
. .. .. .i .,r,iii the Dallas ' ot "-. nt
, . ....m-.
gave up In d.spair an i ien
j,,,, ,,.,.
m(.n ,,v ,
, . . .trii.g h
ni.-a ns
. , er
- , at wo-
n oe n -; f
the
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irm ,v comt.any and
ked t- b'
. .
' v...;w representative i-rit
li.f. The
""!" . ,u.(.rlr ,dv
;ifl-
h;, t .,r.-r nd
, tage - - ,,.
or invite.i an ui.r...
Armsby eopb- later
were impressed by the s,.par.,r,tlv
.fi r.rt indu.-trious effort- of tl.e
! ..... .i..... .i.r .l.d d'f r-
-Z'Z,uJ of ,h. ,r P. -
it.lv on th" l.,e;,t e.r.
i,.:e t
Hie; r.... .
v.-stigate.
"He
i:,V,n in b.-ol -v ''"
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Dallas bad b.
, h:, ; fid. for- be ! ft
,! i i'1 on i.r..i
! ti.ilt the f r.'r.P-'l'
wouM om- b re. It retired ,.,..h
,, h,;-r t . g.t the plant I '
I., re s.r-1 the -..mm. r. .al
... the i-ei.L Arl jet
tv p tr. ,
s ir.-n it h-'. v r. .'t
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JOHX FHAKES (JKTS JOB FOR
$315; WILL MOVE CITY HALL
AXD tJU.VXD THEATER TO
MAKE ROOM.
NEW LOT BOUGHT FOR $525
City Acquires Site For Warehouse;
Mayor Craven Appoints Park
Hoard; Ash Street Sewer Accepted
on Conditions; lrnierty Owners to
Pay For Curbs on Mill Street.
Contract for the moving of the city
hall and the Grand theater, In order
to provide rpom to squeeze In tha
$10,000 Carnegie library building on
the corner lot at Court and Church
street, wus awarded at last night's
session of the council to John Frakes
on his bid of $315. The only other
bid submitted was for $550 and came
from Weldon Hlack. This settles the
matter, and the library will go on
the city hall site.
The finance committee to whom
had been left the matter of purchas
ing a lot upon which to construct a
city warehouse reported that they had
bought a lot from Dr. Mark Hayter
on Ash street between Church and
Main for $52 5.
Park Hoard Apixdntcd.
Mayor Craven announced the ap
pointment of the city park board as
authorized by resolution of the coun
cil adopted some time since. The
hoard as named consists of John F
Miller, N. L. Ouy and U. 8. Grant.
They are to have charge of the. city
park and all Improvements at the
park must be made under their di
rection. ....,... I'nnn rpnorted that he
had conferred with property owner
on Court street east of Jefferson, rel
ative to changing property lines to
conform to the balance of the street
and said that the owners had agreed
to an arrangement whereby a sur
veyor was to establish the lines.
To Pay For Curbs,
property owners on Mill street
having announced their willingness
to pay for the concrete curbs placed
on the street, east of Jefferson, two
years ago. when the council started
ii.. i thnrougmarc. iur
mi., f..- ih., Imorovement to those
...... i", '
affected.
Mayor Craven was authorized to Is
sue a proclamation to property own
ers and others, directing them to cut
tl. we ds ami grass along the street
in front of their property lines.
M-uor A.i-eptcd o" Condition.
(. motion it was ordered that the
)fw Ash Htr,.,., .w,.r be accepted l.y
.. , ...... .1 it I, ,n that the con
,,,e ....
- i ..... .,, i,,,niH , Christianson. place
ii' 1 - . .1,
- ,,,,.. rf!... f t),e Mreet where th
r. , ,
mounds from the tren. nc .
in as condition as previously,
a. t-all.d for In their contract.
Citv Treasurer W. fl. Vassal was
,r,ni.-il a have of absence for 0
,ivs dating from August 1.
Vrr-nts .re ordered drawn
f,H; Per Il.ftOO to take up cw
,r oi.ti.t. .rusher and roller bonds;
f.,r $'J b. pay Interest on out.tand
,K w.r bonds; for $0 m pay n
,..rest or. ..uts'anding g. tiers I fund
w arrant.
. ,.v III
,1,.,., me a-iy good.' and who rcfu.
to .upport It cm such flimsy .cu
,:, tbat.k g-.dn.ss. ,h.r. are other
pnl.hr spirited men here who look at
the matter differently and ho hT
,,e their share in helping to keep
. the H ex.-t
Itlrth
,;,.rn To Mr. and Mrs. Thos J.
Al- ,,. in North 1 .!'. Thur-lay.
J i!v 4. a P"f
,.,nTo Mr. and Mr. .Varlev
,-r.e.k th. ir home nortn of the
, ,v on Fridv. Julv 1. a "-.
,.'..rnTo Mr. and Mr-. Purr.
,;..,e. t th-.r lome on Iven. .treet.
,.n Mfidxv. J'i'y "n
, ,.rn To tr. and Mrs. ":.f Nel
...n at th r h'.n.e In S-.u'h X.V..
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