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TCKSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1912 two POLK COUNTY OBSERVER Polk County Observer Published Semi-Weekly at Dallas, Oregon, by the OBSERVER PRINTING COMPANY Office Plionea. Eusineas office Main 19 Frps room Main 19-. EUGENE FOSTER. W. H. TOTTEN. Entered as second-class matter March 1. 1907, at the post office at Dallas, Oregon, under the Act or con gress of Marcn 8. Subscription Rates: One Year $1-50 Six Months 75 Three Months Strictly in advance. The way to build up Dallas is to pat ronize Dallas people. CAKXEGIE'S NEW SCHEME, There Is a grim Scotch Joke in the Carnegie fund for the pensioning of ex-presidents, and he IntendB it to be on all of us, as a people, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. In the conditions to govern the pensioning of ex-presidents, and their unmarried widows, to the amount of $25,000 an nually, it is stipulated that the fund shall continue, and the pensions be naid. only until such time as the gov ernment makes a similar provision, or a more liberal one. This is the only thing which saves the plan from denunciation as a piece of supreme impudence. Mr. Carnegie would be pushing his philanthropy entirely too far but for this saving clause, as tne case stands, we can only make our selves ridiculous by heated protests of our ability to take care of our own. When we say that, Mr. Carnegie can answer with the three short words: "Do it now," supplemented with the assurance that he will take care of them until we are able to do so. A question remains, of course, whether, after paying a man $300,000 for four years' service, and perquisites enabling him to maintain a respecta ble state without greater drafts upon his salary than he might well make in private life, we are under obliga tion to pension him for the rest of his life, and his family after his death, at a figure commensurate with the maintaining of a large establishment. Pensioning an ex-president if the jus tice and necessity of such pensions be granted, need not mean pensioning them at a figure sufficient to main tain opulence. Such pensioning would not accord with American ideas and Ideals. It smacks too much of the huge appropriations made annually by the Parliament at London for the Rupport of the members of the royal family, parasites on the body of or ganized society. We Bhould do noth ing which cnn be taken to be a step toward the recognition of caste In this country. Mr. Carnegie, plainly enough, Is willing to take such a step. It Is clear that he has aimed to fix the mini mum at which the government shall llx the pensions of ex-presldents, and their widows, for he sets out, In un mistakable words, that he makes the pension large In order to enable the recipients to live without work. We, the people of the United States, will have to see about that. Klrst, we shall have to consider whether we owe anything more to a man we have paid so handsomely as to have en abled him l provide for the future. After that, if we think a continuing pension Bhould be added to large tem porary wages, we are likely to be careful not to put it at a figure more than enough to maintain a gentleman and his family in comfort. Pension ing people to live in Idle splendor, as they do such things In Great Hrlt aln, is not a part of the American genius. If after we have acted, either In falling to pension, or in pensioning lower than Mr. Carnegie's notions oi sucn inings lie sliouhl con tinue willing to pay ex-presldents, or their widows, $26,000 a year, he will have turned his joke upon himsi'ir, particularly It none of the men he offers a pension should accept It when offered. Ing and a bit Instructive to know what some of those things are. It helps the better to appreciate the stu pendous character of the task under taken on the Isthmus and now about to be completed. When the formal notice ocmes that the canal is ready for use ,lf the read iness Is to be practical in effeet, all comers must be accommodated as rap Idly as the business will permit. In the first place the announcement will mean a rush of craft to the Isthmus for transit east and west. These ves sels must be handled In order, and there must be preparation to handls them properly In every detail. There must be provision for docking, for coaling, for cleaning, for supplying with sstores, and all such Provision must be made on a stupendous scale. In addition to all that the ships must take their turn, which will mean that there must be long piers at either ter minus. On the Atlantic side a great breakwater will have to be built to protect ships at their berths from storms. Coaling plants of fOO.OOO and 200,000 tons must be installed at Panama and Colon. Oil fuel tanks must be put up with a capacity of at least 10,000 barrels as estimated. There must be tugs and lighters and floating cranes' as part of the auxil iary equipment. Finally there must be range towers at the entrance and along the route, and a complicated system of lighting Installed. It will be seen from all this that even to complete the work at Pana ma would make strenuous demand upon executive genius. Portland Telegram. I- OCR ADVERTISERS. From all portions of Oregon objec tion is made regarding the probable hanging of live condemned murderers at the state penitentiary on Friday, December 13, as announced by Gov ernor West. The Governor has made this decision following the rejection of the bill at the recent election, pro posing the abolishment of capital punishment in this state, and some of the loudest howls against the proposed proceedings come from those who worked and voted to defeat the bill. The Observer cannot see wherein they are justified in their present position. The people said they wanted legal murders continued and what differ ence does it make whether one man or a dozen men are killed on the same day? They have all been con demned to death by the courts and why prolong the agony? BIO PRIZES FOR KXOWIXG HOW Howards Will Be Made for Knowl edge of Dallas Affairs. Familiarity of the people of this city, with the business houses, com mercial and manufacturing institu tions and professional men Is a con summation to be wished for and en couraged by every conceivable means and all sorts of publicity. It is im portant alike for the people and the commercial Interests of Dallas. As means to this end The Observer will this week inaugurate a novel feature to be called the "knowledge competition." A numlner of brief sketches of business institutions will be printed giving some of their dis tinctive features and from theRe de scriptions the public Is asked to iden tify them. To stimulate the competition sev eral valuable prizes will be awarded to those who can Identify them quick ly and correctly. If you are not fa miliar with the city's growing com merce, It behooves you to get familiar both for the sake of local pride and of winning some of the prizes offered. This interesting feature has been used In many other cities of the west and it has beipn found a great success in disseminating knowledge of home Institutions and drilling It Into the minds of the people. Also It has proved a most excellent means of publicity. (By P. M. B.) THE thinking and scheming de partment of every successful business concern is the adver tising department. The highest sal aried men In a city department store are the men who write the advertise ments or decorate the windows. Very few business men have studied or un derstand . the proper method of at tracting buyers to their places of business. The skillful copywriter flls his story to the newspaper read rs rich with buying reasons and buy ing attractions. I am sure that Ob server readers have In times past read with Interest the advertisements of the Bee Hive Store of Dallas. These have been Invariably planned by Mr, P. A. Finseth who has given not only special study to the art of advertising but understands every detail of the business. Having climbed from the bottom of the business ladder, counter lumper at first in Sioux City, Iowa Portland, Oregon, and then starting In a small way In Dallas several years ago, studying every detail of the business as he steadily progresses he has been able to meet with the best of success. "Without proper ad vertising," said Mr. Finseth, "I could pot have won out." I want to say to the readers of this column that there are some other clever advertising writers whose stories are each issue printed in The Observer. It may be well to state also that this is not an advertisement for Mr. Finseth's store. Mr. Howe, of the Dallas Mercantile company, A. S. Campbell, the Herzog store and others running in the reg ular Issues, are trade pullers for Dal las. That the advertisements are properly arranged by advertiser and printer, we wish to reproduce a letter received recently by Mr. Finseth from the Munsingwear people at Minneap olis. Minnesota: "Through the courtesy of our Mr. Kemper, we are in receipt of your fine Munsingwear advertisement which appeared in the Polk Coun ty Observer, Tuesday, November 19th, 1912. We like both the ar gument you have used and the way in which the advertisement is dis played. It would seem to us as if the advertisement must have at tracted attention and should pro duce business for your underwear department throughout the entire season." New Advertisements Today. The Campbell Store. Rlckll's Depot Store. Dallas Mercantile Co. Craven Bros. Oregon Power Co. Sweeney Bros. Smith & Ellison Electric Co. The Morris Jewelry Store. H. A. Woods & Co. Sheridan Horse Breeders' Ass'n. Quarantine at Falls City. County Health Officer MaCallon has ordered the school closed, one teach er, Miss Stevens, being III, two or three families are quarantined and several cases are recovering at Fnlls City, according to the News of that place. No services will be held in the M. E., F. M., or Christian church es (and perhaps others) for the pres ent. School children are not allow ed on the streets, and must stay at home. No need to be nlarmed, the danger will soon, be passed, adds- the News. Diamonds and Cameo's In rings and brooches make elegant Christ mas presents; best quality anl right prices; open every evening until 8:30 p. m.; Saturday 10 p. m. Shepherd's Jewelry Store. 12-20 AS TO POSTMASTERS. The following, from the Portland Journal, has so much local signifi cance that The Observer gladly gives It place here: "The political atmosphere is thick with applications by Democrats for postniasterships. It Is no reproach on me iK-mocrats, lor In the open season, Republicans do the same thing. "One of the symptoms is the re quest by applicants for the Indorse ments of alleged prominent men. Why seek the aid of the politically prominent for a pwtniastershii? "What better credentials for such an office than enthusiastic Kiipxrt by residents of the community? One's own people's support and one's own fitness for the office are the best resources of an applicant, and without these no one is entitled to cotmidcrn tlon. "The overwhelming home support of all the merchants, ministers, law yers, farmers, doctors and others to be served by the postmaster is the best Influence by any man who has it at his back, to make him postmaster. It Is wry probable that Woodrow Wil son, who is an example of the old JetTV-isonlan simplicity In office, holds exactly such a iew. 'The local community know brst as to qualifications and fitness. Prominent persons in distant places know r.ir less, and their endorse ments should go for nothing. It is the backing of the home people that counts, and that should count." i Xo Kick nt Neuherjr. The Southern Pacific don't appear to be rushing the work of electrifying the Yamhill line at a rapid-fire rate, but with the service the company is giving Newberg, we have no kick to make. The fact Is, better coaches are being used on this line than one will find on many of the roads running out of Indianapolis, and four passen ger trains a day each way between Newberg and Portland, make com munication with the metropolis quite easy. Newberg Graphic. BUSINESS LOCALS (Advertisements under this head are charged at the rate of 1 cent per word, first Insertion; M cent per word for each insertion thereafter; 30 words or less, $1 per month If paid In advance. No advertisement Inserted for less than 15 cents. FOR SALE Or exchange for Dallas property, two Portland suburban lots two blocks to car line and highly re stricted district. N. a. Harris, Dal las, Ore. 052 12-3 MOTORCVCYK 1911 5-h. p., Indian, in good order; $15 attachment goes with machine. Price new $290. For good reasons owner will sell for $100. M. Dalton. 646-tf 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 65 c Oregon Grown Prunes, 10 lbs. packed in a neat box, per box THE IS ALWAYS THE SAF1 "F? (so HP cm dtt all We have given you a chance to buy the best at a big saving on the regular prices. We still offer you the choice of the Best ' Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits and Overcoats For Only $1.00 Oregon Yellow Danvers Onions, 110 lb. sack $1.35 2 big cans of Salmon 25c For Christmas presents don't for get those diamonds, cameos, inde structible mesh bags, cuff links, rrliKs. chains, charms, watches, bracelets, brooches, scarf pins, tie clasps, silver ware, cut glass, clocks, sterling silwr, etc.. etc., and the reduction in silver hollow ware and cut glass, all make excellent Christmas presents. Shep herd's Jewelry Store, o n evenings. FOR SAI.F. Oood second hand organ also three Ancona roosters for breed ing purposes which took prizes at Dallas fair. Phone 13x7. 643tf FOR SALE Vetch seed in any quan tity. A. O. Rempel, Dallas. Phone Dixie, 615. 610tf FOR SALE Vetch seed. U. S. Grant, 618 Main St., Dallas, Oregon. 609-tf ArtiT the "IHH'k." Albany is still working upon th (ask of driving the "blind pig" ele ment from the city. A local paper of that city thinks that determined of ficials can stop the Illicit traffic. Cor vallis has demonstrated this. Foolish fellows will ever now and then Imag ine they are shrewd enoiiKh to escape detection and attempt the Illegal trade, but they will be caught and punished. Albany's determination means an end to that foul animal, the blind pig. TYPEWRITERS For rent or Hayter's liookstore, Dallas, Ore. tale. 588-tf FOR SALE Oak and Cedar Soehren Warehouse Co. Posts. Iltfl8 FOR SALE Thirty-five horse power center crank Atlas engine, good as new. F. J. Cond, Dallas Planing Mill. 680-tf FOR RENT. CAN I j OPF.MXti. Temlier'n Examination. Notice is hereby given that the County Superintendent of Polk Coun ty will hold the regular examination for applicants for State papers at the Court House at Dallas as follows: Commencing Wednesday, December 18. at 9 o'clock a. m until Sal unlay, ivoemlver II, at 4 p in. Wdnesd.iy Forenoon Writing. I'. S. History, Physiology. Wednesday Afternoon Physical Geography. Reading. Com position. Methods in Reading. Meth ods In Arithmetic. Thursday Forenoon Arithmetic. History of Education. PsychoJoity. Methods In Geography. Thursday Afternoon Grammar. Geography. American i Literature. Fhisica, Metheds In Ijin tiiatf, Thesis for Primary Certificate. Friday Forenoon j Theory and Practice, Orthography. I English literature. Friday Afternoon School lar, Polanr, Algebra. Ciol ' FI'ltNISHED ROOMS Inquire of Mrs. II. E. Smith, til 9 Washington Street. K53 11-2S FOR rent. RENT Furnished Apply "19 Mill St. room for 621-tf IOST. I.OST Spin og about eight months old: please return to E. H. Craven. Dallas. 655-12 Stf WANTED. WANTED Room and board in nrl- and continuing .,,. fHmiy. by aincl.- man. Address. or call Observer office. .i-U- The Xw York Sun calls attention to the things essential to be done he fore the Panama Canal mill be ready for actual, practical us-. It is not merely a matter of finishing the last lot of masonrv, advertising the fact mat tho canal w ill t,r ready for the ; Government first ship by a o-riain day. and hen ' Ktur.lav Forrn.vm the ship arnxes opening the gat-.j Geometry. Geology. and with a rn.tar.hort.al "there you j Saturday Afternoon . go" set thinrs to mofng from one Om-ral History. pookkeepin. ocean to the other. There are var-i Yours respectful! v. ious and sundry matter to be looked' It. C. SEYMOl'R. after as well as the completion of the Superintendent f Schools. Polk Coun canal work proper, and It la Interest-! ty. Ore con. ii i n i: WANTED Fifty young men to pre pare for Wireless Operators, for new Msitlon o pene, I on March 1st. call or write The Paeitte Coast Telegraph Institute. 603 Commonwealth Hudd ing. Portland, Oregon. tH 12 WANTED Pome one to buy 5fl0 feet -lnch second-hand teas pipe, in good shajH". Watson's Second Hand Store. (Sl-tf WANTED All kinds of Iron, rnM-er. brass, copper, sine, and boles. High est cash prices pat.l. A. N. Halle, k. Monmouth, Oregon. i-lltf MISCKLLAXKOtK. VOIR WINTERS WOOD Order ! your alab wood now and be sure of j having a food dry supply for Winter. ' I can sell you eithc slabs. Mocks or j trimmings. Can furnish any other .kind of wood desired. plenty of ftwvl oak end fir. S-nd In your or.lrs t.v ! Phone, lid ALOlsT LOUAN. NEW GOODS Golden Yellow Dates, pounds for 25c Fard Dates, per pound 20c New Walnuts &, Almonds Beach Nut Bacon, sliced ready to use, per pound 30 c Taste Tell Boiled Ham, per pound 40 c Dromedary Dates the clean kind, packed in one pound boxes, price 15c Umbrella Figs Candied Figs N. 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. i Jaal'l'Wi'fttjrri'IJMiw'n i I $18.00 Copyright Hrt Schiffhcr & Marx Another Sacrifice All Our Fine Line of $15 Suits and Overcoats Drop to $11 You will never have the chance again to buy our High Grade $15.00 Suits at this price. Other stores ask $18.00 and $20.00 for this grade of Suits. They are bargains at $15, but we over-bought in this line and we won't do it again. Watch those Green Suit Boxes, they are going into the homes of the best dressed Men and Boys of Dal las. Let us show you what Eleven Dollars, will do at the W. R. HOWE, Manager Criers General Store "HELMET" BRAND FLOUR Is made by the Rickreall Mil ling Company, manufacturers of the celebrated "Blue Stem Blend." It is in great demand and we are selling big quan tities of it. New Crop Dates Just In. Simonton & Scott Court Street Dallas, Ore. Star Transfer Company All who want Gravel please order of us. General Express and Transfer Busi ness. Stand at Webster's Confect ionery Store. Phone 511. Ilnrn riione 1071. G. A. & L. C. MUSCOTT DALLAS, ORKC.OX. Emphasize Your Business To The Passing Crowds Scientific show window lighting produces even distribution of light over your entire display. Every corner of your window Is attract ively and brilliantly illuminated there is no "spotty" effect. Volume or quantity of light, however, should not be mistaken for good illumination. Glare is as bad as too little light. Scientifically planned by lighting engineers, a good window lighting Installation will make your store prosperous. Multitudes pass your store nightly. Thej are all prospective cus tomers and not one of them can resist the attraction of well dis played g(Nds set off by electric window IlKhlln?. You want your window displays to reflect the character and enter prise of your establishment. Call us up now. Oregon 605 Court Street Power Co. Telephone 24 West Side Marble WorKs G. L. HAWKINS, Proprietor. MOXCMENTS, nEADSTOXES AND CCRBIXJ. A Complete Line of All Latest Designs, j Modern Store Fronts Ara a specialty at j tOAD'S PLANING MILL j MODERN PLANT-SKILLED WORK MEN' IP-TO-DATK IDEAS. Shop Work of All Kinds at RoNonable Price. Sir, will you pay $45.00 r for this dainty little jL Lady Elgin" Watch: M TT will surely please the one A X to whom you give it. It has a P solid gold case, an attractive f dial and is in every way a gift that will delight the feminine heart. 'A It's practical in every respect for it Iterpt poo.1 i time and its upkeep is low. You can't find 'A niore suitable CliiUtmas gilt. C. H., MORRIS, Jeweler Official Watch Inspector Far S. P. Ry. Co. i ISM We Compete With Portland. Salem IWr $.00 per lW. T2 qt. line Itlemhtl Kje and I-Mir. Ihmk ft." and up Ceilar llriNik ItoUk-rf in IihI. 4 or one eal. fi no t", sal. fie year old rUi IVwl Wine Si.SH Kutl Mea-ire. all ItciT. 3 for .".Or 4. Ilka Kummel $l.t; Oram d- Menlh 7.V. OLYMP1A WINK Ct. Italia. r-n. TIIK TII.WKSGIVIXG PIK pudding or rake w ill taste all the let ttr if made with Orefron'a V. flour. Just try it and you will aee that thin is no empty tioast. Order a Back today lie fore you forjr et it. The txst cooks in town use Orecon'a I'.. t flour and you will be coniderKl one of them if you follow thHr example. SWEENEY BROS. 1 DALLAS, ORfXiOX f