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FOLK COUNTY OBSERVER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1912.
Polk County Observer
Published Semi-Weekly at Dallas,
Oregon, by the
OBSERVER PRINTING COMPANY
Ofllce Phones.
Business office Main 19
Press room Main 19-2
EUGENE FOSTER.
W. H. TOTTEN.
Entered as second-class matter
March 1, 1807, at the post office at
Dallas, Oregon, under the Act of Con
gress of March 8. 1879.
Subscription Rates:
One Year $1-50
Six Months 75
Three Months 40
Strictly in advance.
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The way to build up Dallas is to pat
ronite Dallas people.
A LETTER AND A REPLY.
Editor Observer, Dear Sir:
In a recent Issue of the Ob
server, an editorial discussing the
defeat of the Initiative printing
bill contains these words:
"The Observer pointed a
way out of the trouble and
since election Mr. Harris has
. issued a circular letter boldly
claiming the entire proposal
as his own."
If the Observer has ever sug
gested anything truthful or sensi
ble In connection with any plan
to correct the abuses of the state
printing law now in vogue, it
should not let its jealous fears of
being deprived ,of the honors
cause it to resort to such errone
ous statements as the above.
While the suggestion of the Ob
server was not, by any means,
original with the Observer, It did s
not originate with me and I have
never made any such claim. I
admitted defeat of the Initiative
bill and repudiation of the flat
salary law. I offered to lend my
assistance to any honest plan no
matter whence it emanated.
You owe It to me, to yourself
and to your readers to correct
this maliciously false and mislead
ing statement. Will you do it?
Sincerely, R. A. HARRIS.
Salem, Nov. 25, 1912.
Expert R. A. Harris, Salem, Ore.
Dear Expert: Since you are much
given to letter writing and have bur
dened Uncle Sam's mall In the state of
Oregon with your various Epistles to
the Epheslans and others during the
lust few months, It seems meet that I
should answer you In kind. It appears
from a careful reading of your note
that you are out of patience with me.
This Is a matter of much regret on my
part, especially for the reason that I
have always made It a point to get
solid with all "experts" and members
of the "profesh," but I fear that here
after when we meet that you are go
ing to pass mo the frozen face. Now
my dear Expert, you are entirely
wrong In your Judgment regarding the
attitude of The Observer. It Isn't
Jealous. It Is supremely satisfied with
Itself and the part It took In the -de-fen
t of the little scheme engineered by
yourself to give you a better Job at
the expense of the taxpayers of this
grand old state of Oregon, and It ap
pears that you are the Individual con
sumed with the passions of the "green
eyed monster." You have had much
to say during your struggle for the
adoption of your pet measure, about
the "erroneous statements" of those
who opposed you, yet alwoys you
have, by telling half the truth, misled
the people and sought to befog the
real Issues In the Btate printer fight.
You have resorted to any subterfuge
which you thought might aid you and
your small coterie of cohorts, and
have attacked the state printer with
out reason, at the same time endeav
oring to pose before the people as the
only true and conscientious disciple
of the people. You have abused those
who differed from you, and accused
them of all sorts of ulterior motives.
You have had much to any about the
"present abuses In the state printing
department," when, as ,a matter of
fact, the greatest abuse observant at
this time Is the fat salary which you
draw annually from the strong box of
the stute treasury. From an expi-rl
ence of many years In the printing
business, I nm constrained to believe
that the state of Oregon needs a
"printing expert" about as badly as a
yearling pup needs two rniidal ap
pendages. If The Observer ever "suggested
anything" more "truthful or sensible
in connection with any plan to correct
the abuses of the state printing law
now In vogue" than the amputation
of jour official neck, anil the elimina
tion of your salary, I don't know
what It Is. I am not Interested In the
state printing law only Insofar as It
affect the people of the state. I don't
expect to gain or lose by the adoption
of your plan for a printer on a flat
salary, or any other plan. I only ad
vocated the rejection of the pending
law because I have had experience In
other states where your plan was ef
fective, and I have had abundant ac
raslon to know of the graft and the'
"abuses" of which you so glibly prate!
Is true, and honest, and a paragon of
virtue amidst all this corruption and
vice. Oregon Isn't nearly as close to
bankruptcy and financial disaster as
thought. If we only possessed a few
more "experts" life would Indeed be
one elysian dream.
But what's the matter with permit'
ting the peope to handle this matter,
my dear Expert. They showed them
selves competent to do It when they
swatted the life out of your pet meas
ure with a majority of three-to-one.
I really believe, in all frankness, that
they are not asking for adlvce from
you or from me, In this matter. You
will forgive the implication that we
are both "butting in" before our ad
vice has been asked, although I hon
estly believe that I stand In a better
position In this connection than you
do, inasmuch as your most loved plan
has been repudiated. Don't you think
It rather presumptious to come for
ward at this time, with suggestions for
improvement of conditions? Why not
i nnwmtf .1-. nun , i Vi , ,n . i aMtreraai
I something? You have been licked
my dear Expert, most empnattcany
and forcibly sat upon, and it appears
to me that you are out of it. It is evi
dent that the peope didn't fall for th
stories you peddled, and It Is rather
Imposing upon good nature fpr you to
bob up serenely with other plans. As
mean as I nm, I wouldn't think of ad
vising our Democratic friends who won
everything nearly In the recent
election, how to conduct their affairs,
and they would probably tell me to
"go chase myself" even If I had the
gall to do it. Take a tumble to your
self. Expert, and just go on expertlng
and experting until the people grow
expert themselves and lop off your
salary, In which event your valuable
services may again be employed In
building up a large and lucrative
business for yourself.
Since we are discussing this printing
business, I am going to take occasion
to call your attention to the fact that.
In all your valuable additions to the
literature of the state, you have failed
to tell the people of the great saving
made In the operation of the state
printing office under the management
of the present state printer. This
was undoubtedly an oversight on your
part, as It is Impossible for me to be
lieve that any Individual so consclen
tlous as yourself, would for a single
moment fall to give credit where cred
It is due. And don't you think you
were in rather small business to make
your recent grand stand play lopping
off $200 from the bill of the state
printer for printing the voters' pam
phlet when, as a matter of fact, you
know he is entitled to it and that he
made no unjust charge In the matter?
But all this contention and these
allegations may be arranged by the
creation of a competent commission,
as suggested by The Observer, which
commission shall formulate a sched
ule of prices fair to the state printer
nntl fair to the people of the state and,
when It shall be adopted, there will be
no further opportunity for the serv
ices of an "expert" and, being so
thoroughly Interested In "any honest
plan to correct present abuses," you
will undoubtedly accept the ultimatum
and pry yourself loose from your
present remunerative salary.
Nice weather we're having, Isn't It?
Sincerely yours,
EUGENE FOSTER.
PAVING IS POPULAR.
Encouraged by the street Im
provement recenly made, the people
of WHlamlna plan to do more pav
ing In the near future. There is
also u possibility of a new store
building and another hotel to be
erected. Work on the new depot
Is progressing , satisfactorily and
the new structure which Is of
pressed brick, will be a creditable
addition Xo the modern buildings
In the town. The probable loca
tion of the new hotel will be about
five blocks from the present loca
tion of the postoffice. McMlnnvllle
News-Reporter.
So things look promising In WHla
mlna. Willamina, the thrifty little
village In Southwestern Yamhill
county with a population, according
to the last government census, of
37C, and with a system of paved
Btreets. Think of it a city with a
population in 1910 of 1,748 less than
Dallas, and yet with paved streets,
while Dallas people flounder in the
mud! This is but another evidence
of the short sighted policy which
side-stepped the paving proposition
two or three years ago.
On Saturday, a road scraper, two
teams and three or four men were
engaged all day In scraping up the
mud on the macadam streets. They
scraped and they scraped, and they
piled an immense quantity of mud
In the center of the streets but they
hardly started In their work. Came
other men and other teams and other
wagons and hauled off the mud. In
a few weeks the same thing will
have; to be done over. It will have
to be done every few weeks until the
Spring comes and the sun shines and
dries up the. streets and the mud
turns to dust. Then the city council
will have to spend another $700 or
$800, or even more, in a system of
oiling or in sprinkling with water
which will cost more. Then another
winter will follow and another long
period of scraping the mud and
hauling It off. So It goes lndt flnlt.ly
and Interminably and It all costs mon
ey and good money, too. Isn't It re
markable that many people cannot
see where they are getting off at
"the small nd of the horn" In this
matter? We spend large sums in
building our macadam streets and
then we spend other large sums In
trying to keep them In passable con
dition, and when someone occasion
ally laments the fact that hard sur
face paving wasn't started years ago.
some ultra-conservative property own
er will send up a doleful wall to the
effect that "property values won't
stand it." Yet. had all the money
favor of permanent streets; many
property owners, we believe the ma
jority, also insist that It must come
some time. This being the case, why
not have the Improvement at once, or
as soon as possible? Why continue to
spend large sums on the dirt streets
which virtually amounts to scraping
up and carting away the dollars 'of the
taxpayers and the property owners?
Why not get Into the metropolitan
class and place Dallas in the forefront
of progress.
Every community, large or small,
that has tried hard-surface streets has
been pleased with the experiment.
What is true in Willamina has also
been the experience of all other cities.
Once the paving Is started, It immedi
ately becomes popular and property-
owners clamor to have the Improve
ment carried to their streets. Paving
Increases the value of their property
and makes their mercantile buildings
more desirable for rental purposes,
hence they ask to have their holdings
Included In the Improvement district
Some there are who will object; they
always object to everything which
makes for better conditions; but their
horizon Is bounded only by the
thought of the "awful expense." Cer
talnly paving costs money, the first ex
pense is heavy but, in the end It has
always been found far cheaper than
any other method.
The Dallas Commercial club could
not perform a greater service for the
city and the people than to start an
agitation for hard-surface paving
which would unquestionably result In
giving us this much-to-be-desired 1m
provement. Let us unite in an en
deavor to get out of the mud of rural
Ism and on to the paved streets of
progressiveness. It would be a money
saving proposition In the end and
even those who object now would
praise the day which saw the first
block of hard surface laid In this city.
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IMPROVE THE CITY PARK.
The Observer sincerely hopes that
the Idea promulgated at the recent
meeting of the Commercial club when
It was proposed to utilize the city park
as a fair ground, will prevail. The
only question appears to be as to
whether the deed to the property will
permits its use as such. If this tech
nicality can be satisfactorily arranged,
and the fair management shall decide
to make use of the park, It will then
be up to the people to raise the money
necessary to fit it for the purpose.
Such repairs and Improvements would
result in changing the park from its
present condition to one of beauty and
comfortable surroundings. It would
make It the real place of pleasure it
ought to be. In proof of this, we have
only to observe the results attained at
McMlnnvllle, where a city park has
been made Into a bower of beauty and
one of the show places of the city, and
where the annual Yamhill county fairs
are. held. During the balance of the
summer months the park is available
for picnics and for the use of the
public generally, and it Is a very pop
uar place.
Dallas has a city park in embryo.
rt can be made into a beautiful tract
of ground. It will require money and,
nder present conditions, It will prob
ably be a number of years before the
city would be Justified in the expense.
But, if the county fair association
shall definitely decide to permanently
locate the county fair at Dallas and
will do so unquesetionably If this
city shall guarantee to provide exhi
bition grounds there will be ample
return for the money Invested In im
proving the park. It Is far and
away the most available tract of land
for the purpose. As has before been
stated. Its use as a fair ground would
in nowise detract from Its possibilities
as a park, in fact it would result In
making It even more desirable than
ow.
And .it Is but proper that Dallas
should provide the county fair asso
ciation with a permanent exhibition
quarters. The association, for a few
years, will be hampered by lack of
funds. Every cent that may be se
cured from the county court and in
other ways, must be used In financing
the fairs, and in giving premiums to
Polk people, for the encouragement
of agriculture and stock raising; it
should not be hampered by a heavy
debt for grounds, at the outset. That
the holding of the annual county fair
will be advantageous to this city Is not
questioned, and it will grow still bet
ter with each succeeding year as the
success of the fair becomes more fully
established and as it attracts atten
tion throughout the state.
If all other Impediments are elim
inated, and It shall be found that the
park may be utilized for this purpose,
The Observer does not believe that
the peope of the city will refuse to
raise the money, by taxation or other
wise, to improve the park and place it
In condition for the use of the fair
association.
Yellow Band Milk per can
7c
Regular 25c Peaches, can
17c
3 cans 50c
3 lbs Oregon Walnuts
50c
King Apples, packed and
wrapped, per box
65c
Oregon Grown Prunes, 10
lbs. packed- in a neat box,
per box
F4
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(rik
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$1.00
Oregon Yellow Danvers
Onions, 110 lb. sack
$1.35
2 big cans of Salmon
25c
HEW GOODS
IIIC.lt SCHOOL NEWS.
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In your many appeals to the people . j that has been expended In unsurccss-
Posslhly I wnsn't the first to a.lvo-jfnl efforts to eliminate the mud and
cate a commission to revise the pre-1 tht dust on Iallas' business streets
A most delightful affair was afford
ed by the Junior class of D H. S., on
last Saturday evening, when the mem
bers entertained a number of school
friends in the high school receDtion
hall. The room was tastefully deco
rated In potted plants, ferns and car
nations. Misses Elva Lucas and Louise Miles
' presided as hostesses of the evening.
I Those present were: Misses Dora
j Hayes, Pauline Coad, Josephine Leub-
khe, Oeorgla Ellis, Carolyn Gohrke,
j Ruth Campbel, Marie C.rlffln. Ruth
j Littlepage, Elva Lucas Louise Miles,
miu uauir .Messrs. UBLITQ
Woods, Frank Willson, Lynn MathtMy,
James Ourney, Jack Eakin, Elmer
Italderee, Ray Bnydston. Fred Qooch.
j Herman Hawkins and Allen Cadle.
I Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Ford, Mr. B. A.
i TVats and Miss McDonald were guests
; of honor.
ent printing schedule; I understand
the former proprietor of this paper
advanced that Idea, but I do believe
that The Observer was the first and
In the last six
Mnnv n m 1 1 mi n ir v a rt-i nlm
years been expended i i lr,i w... . '..:
in hard surface paving I, would have ! rUrfl Mri, 0 another
"uinviriu v iHr rrrj wrwi in j Afler
nr i-unium uivtiui auu FX. It'll 41 Iflf
light refrehment the iarty
only publication to advocate I. dur.ng , Improvement a long distance Into the; 1 rf-M Idea "for good
the recent campaign, and my Ides was ' residence section. fellownhlo "
1 odtnmlmlnn composed entirely of I Itollss people visit McMlnnvllle, i
practical printing men rather than I Newtw rg. Willamina, Independence, J say S. P.
experts. I'ossiiiiy therein lies the'.n.any. Salem, and all other towns.'
Will lie Trolley line Jan. 1.
Jnhn l &r-oft arAMAral
real reason for your recent exploion. j big and little. In the Willamette valley, i agent, and II. A. Hlnshaw. general
You would prolably welcome a com-'and every time they do, they praise the
minmon that Included you ss one of! fine streets they find In these cities,
the immbcrs. and I have no doubt They say "these are thfe kind of
that that was your motive In issuing streets to have," and when they return
your recent circular, a copy of which and behold the mud and the streets
you forgot to send me. by the way. in :filhd with water and slushy oose. don't
w hich you advocated such a commis-! th.-y feel a pride In their cltv Dallas.
inn. I note that you are willing, and, the only community In the Willamette , tne putting of the road
iiaiwu. m eerve tne eisie in meiiie oi any prrienvions inwara mei
furtherance of "any honest plan" and ropo'itanlsm that Is still floundering
the people of the state ourht to te ' in the mud of the rural days,
mighty thankful that they have at 1 ' The Ot.eerver la not criticising the
least one conscientious cititen w ho 1 city council for their efforts to keep 1 1- Colic
bravely atands att he very door of, the streets presentable they are do- or ,,- bowel trouble Dr. Bella Anti
the state treasury, with one hand in inn the best they can making the'Paln acts l.ke magic, relieves almost
the strong box and the other w ielding bee of a bad bargain. But we do oh. instantly. Also good for alt external
a threatening sword warning all ma- l-ct to the short-sighted policy which pains. Sold by Conrad Stafrin.
rauderssway. It m certainly comfort-! haa made such a condition possible, j
aMe to feel that there Is one man w ho 1 Practically every fcuslneas ns an Is In ! I-egal blanks for sale at this office.
freight agent, of the Southern Pacific
lines in Oregon, stated Friday that the
electrification of the west side branch
of the Southern Pacific would In all
probability be completed by the first
of the year from Portland to McMlnn
vllle. Weather conditions mar delay
In operation
by the first of the year, but this Is not
anticipated. McMinnville Telephone.
Regisi. r.
Golden Yellow Dates,
pounds for
25c
Fard Dates, per pound
20 c
New Walnuts & Almonds
Beach Nut Bacon, sliced
ready to use, per pound
30c
Taste Tell Boiled Ham,
' per pound
40 c
Dromedary Dates the clean
kind, packed in one pound
boxes, price
15c
Umbrella Figs
Candied Figs
. B. The newspaper
people tell us that it pays
to advertise, so we are go
ing to try the proposition
for one month and will let
you know the result.
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Dallas, Oregon.
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Dallas Oregon
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