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DALLAS, OREGON, TUESDAY. MAY 20, 1913
NO. 23
:' SI2L ib V ISM -IV
I
Incorporation For Dallas
Fair Put Under Way and
Success of
Ilans promoted at lunch
eon WITH NEARLY ALL
SECTIONS OF COUNTY
REPRESENTED.
leading Citizens Take an Active
"f
Part in Advocating Polk County
Fair Association; County Court
Appealed to by Resolution and
Large Delegation.
With incorporation under way of
he 1 OIK V OUIII.y laii unmnuiHui
permanent county fair for Dallas
assured. K. V. D. Paul, A. B.
fliiir, W. A. Ayres, -J. h. Ulnch and
L Tubundt are the incori)orator.s
the association. At a large tneet-
Tuesday before the county court
aie quesuoii ol wiieuiei wie uiwnc.y
Jhwrnl liv the lew ot one-tenth ot
(lie mill should be turned over to the
ftiir came up.
This morning; over 40 citizens ot
iideneiidenee arrived in Dallas ap-
aring before the county court with
,,11 i i. .:..
ie request uiai any decision relative
, , ' - i . x'
p the aiiDropriaiion in money
limntv fairs be withheld until the
une term of the court and this re-
icst was granted.
Cliiens from practically all sec-
ioiis of the county are showing keen
ifiterest in the plans ot the folk
lountv Fair association ns now be
. .ii
nir incorporated nere.
Impetus to the movement was giv
Saturday afternoon at a luncheon
iven hy the Jjanas ommerciai
nli tn reside nts of Polk county liv-
h outside of Dallas and a number
df Dallas residents. At this meet
Jig which was held at the Hotel Gail
Bract ically every ' section of Polk
fcuuity was represented and those
present unanimously indorsed the
fcove to place the fair on a perma
nent footing- by incorporation and to
ijpciire from the county court all
funds which might be available for
flint pui'ixise.
I Talks are Enthusiastic.
I Many enthusiastic talks were giv
4ii. Superintendent Seymour de
clared that he has in his ollice lists
flowing that over 2000 school chil
dren oi' Polk county are contcniplat
8iy I'lirnishing articles for display
at the county fair and that each
fliild will have from one to 50 such
rticles indicating what an exiinm
ill he furnished. He stated that
ie had placed in the nanus oi eveiy
Imol child in the county a state
ment that prizes will be offered at
the county fair and urging the chil
i-en (o participate and stated that
failure of the fair would result m
(iiisiderable confusion. Attorney
Harry H. Pelt told of the success of
fhe S'aiuhill county school fairs and
the great work that had been accom
plished in that .county. Frank Lynn
Urged that livestock be made a fea
jnre of the fair, declaring tliat Polk
fminty is not surpassed in the Unit
ed States for its pure blood live
stock and that there is no place in
the country, perhaps in the world,
where climatic conditions are equal
i those in Polk county for the de
velopment of such stock.
' "Teach the children to develop
livestock as well as to develop the
agricultural resources" was his plea.
He believes that the fair can be
inade a source of developing" this
jraln.ihle asset of Polk county to an
slim t Incalculable extent.
I Many others spoke and all were
f the opinion that the fair should
)e pei H-tuated and lie fnade an or
aiiiation of county wide signifi
ance and an organization In which
'merv citizen of the county should
li!!:iy a patriotic interest,
j It was decided that the temporary
'ig::iization named some time ago
f-li"!ii,l go ahead and perfect the de-Jail:-
of incorporation and that incor
poration papers be forwarded at
Jie to the Secretary of State. The
haivs will lie valued at -fl apiece
that they may be distributed over
,ilie widest . possible territory and
Vn-' all citizens an opportunity to
law a working interest in the fair.
Dallas Girl Wins First Money
I -annul- ca Usla.tv 1 the
D;i..i,-s store, was the first person to
"j.'i'M the cash prize beinT offered by
j'fi,- uierver on Tuesday for a traus
j word. She brought The Oh---rw-r
i-iintaininjr the rror t the of-
'- la-t Saturday and received the
1 1 The or.i mhieh was trans
! of-curred in the disidav adver-
, i- t ... i,t of t,. Federal Ti'uM V.
.'-' !'- six. the word Ialla being
!r '.M---d to "nalDal." There were
"?' "therx who railed with copies
, ' ! I- (llN-npr with errors in a l
; ti.i, ts. Kut they were simply
'i-' a ;.J not a deM-ribe.l in the
i - . .TTiiii; the rivine ( 'he
Plan is Assured
: :
The following resolutions were
adopted for submission to the comity
court :
Adopt Strong Resolutions.
Whereas, We, the undersigned cit
izens of Polk county, state of Ore
gon, feel that a permanent County
Fair for Polk county will be of great
benefit to (he citizens of Polk coun
ty, and will tend toward the devel
opment, both physical and education
al, of the county and the citizens
thereof, and
Whereas, The Dallas Commercial
club has, during the past two years
held such a fair at its own expense,
and we feel that; inasmuch as this
matter is one in which the whole
comity is interested and the burden
should rest upon the county as a
whole, rather than upon one partic
ular section of the county; and
Whereas, We are informed that the
County Court in making its levy for
this year made provision for the lev
ying of one-lent h of one mill for this
purpose, which one-tenth of one mill,
when collected, will raise approxi
mately $1474; and
Whereas, We feel that this money
should be used for the purpose of
giving a County Fair in Dallas next
Fall as heretofore .outlined to the
Court and that dual decision in this
inatter should be made at once ow
ing to the fact that a premium list
anil other arrangements for such fair
must necessarily be made without
further delay; and
Whereas, We represent practically
every district in the county and de
sire to become members of a perma
nent county fair association, and
know that the prevailing sentiment
in each of our resjiective districts
is in favor of holding this fair and
in favor of the county appropriating
at least this amount for this pur
pose, now, therefore, be it
Resolved :
1. That the County Court be ask
ed to make the appropriation as
above mentioned and place the same
at the disposal of the Polk County
Fair Association for the purposes
hereinabove mentioned, and that def
inite action with reference to the
same he taken at once.
2. That W. V. Fuller, Dallas;
K. V. D. Paul, Duel I; J. F. I'lrich,
Airlie; John Simpkins, Spring Val
ley; Hubert Ewing, Polk Station;
and Frank Lynn of Perrydale be
and they hereby are authorized, em
powered' and directed for and on be
half of the Polk County Fair Associ
ation to present this matter to the
County Court at its meeting to be
held next Monday, May 1!), and to
request prompt action upon this mat
ter at that time.
K. V. D. Paul, J. F. Ulrich, S. II.
Pet re, Mark Holmes, Fred Koser,
Frank Lynn, C. C. Gardner, John
Simpkins, Robert Ewing, W. V.
Fuller and II. C. Seymour.
NEW SAWMILL ON SALT CREEK
Harris & Martin to Develop Fine
Body of Excellent Timcer.
viu im v roll of about $1500 a
rr.,,.,; Martin will start a
1I1IM111I ' ( - .
mill in operation the hrst ot next
week in t he nil i reeu .
about four ami one-half miles north
west of Dallas on the Dan Iloliman
place. Mr. Harris visited The Ob-
I ... . .1.. ni'utu
server ollice receiun r
known their plans relative io me
new mill. , , .
They have a fine body of young
and old growth timber and will in
stall a modern planer capable ot do
i.r all kinds of sizing, matching and
moulding and will cater iai? n .
i....i ......u u u-..ll as shipments. .
lOCilt nam- .... . ,
G. Harris and W. A. Martin, part-
w.iv in the firm, aie i.otn expei.en.ru
in the timlier business and in the
manufacture of rousrli anu o.rssyu
lumber. With the location i
mill and the quality oi
available the project should be sm-
cessful from the start.
To be Black.
The Salem. Falls City & Western
,idge across the Willamette n vei
ls Wing painted black to replace he
original red color which was on the
steel when the bridge was omma!l
completed a few months ago.
The Observer today will d.-j-i!
at the IVe Hive Store in Dallas hve
,,.Han. that 'e given to t-
P..lk county ,-op!e !... piwt.t the
advertisement with the word "Mun
sinewear" invei.ed-that is l -.de-down.
Mr. F.nseth ill. mm -cr the
eah or sell the Mu.ng-:r.
. . .,t.iir.ir.ir the er-
. i ;u 1- s,.nt t" I
n.r menii'ioe.i -
rountv ,r,.Ie. !
the pruprM'T f ''" "
i ,ha, is 7
i d-iiars an.l r.Ti i r..s
!,h store..!!- T!rM'"',
Hue the advent :t .th ,!'"
rbancl a a'-ve sta'e-1.
COMMITTEES FLOODED
Keen Interest In Finding Name For
Jfew Addition Causes Selection to
Be Delayed.
An avalanche of names has smoth
ered the committee which was des
ignated to select the best name for
the Miller tract being- opened by the
Federal Trust company into an addi
tion to Dallas and as a result it is
impossible today to make announce
ment as to who will be the winner
in the contest. The contest closed
May 15 and The Observer was to
have announced the fortunate one to
day. It will be necessary to allow the
announcement to go over until next
Friday's issue. Interest has been
keen in the contest and from the
great grist which has enveloped the
committee it is believed that an ex
ceptionally appropriate name may
be picked for the beautiful addition.
FMlflO BE
WEEK
RAIN CAUSES POSTPONEMENT
UNTIL NEXT SATURDAY.
Yamhill Agrees Also to Postpone
Dual Meeting Until Following
Week; Big Event Expected.
The grocery stores of the citv
have arranared to close on Sat-
urdav moininii' from 10 o'clock
to 12 o'clock during the field
meet of the Polk county schools.
The field meet of the Polk County
schools will be held at Dallas next
Saturday. Rains practically all day
last Saturday blighted the hopes
that had been held out for good
weather and caused a sudden post
ponement of the meet which had
been billed for that day.
Pv arrangements made with the
superintendent of Yamhill county,
Suierintendent Seymour succeeded
in securing a postponement of the
dual meet, at McMinnville until the
following Saturday. It was first
thought that it would be necessary
to hold the Polk county meet to
morrow in order to allow, competition
bet.ween the winners in the Polk
county and Yamhill county contests
next Saturday and this would have
been required had the Yamhill coun
ty authorities tailed to make the
concession.
Tim meet here and all of its ac
cessories will be pulled off as origin
ally lulled, the program not to uevi
ate in any particular according to
Superintendent Seymour.
This iiromises to be one ot I lie ing
ntlwdtie events of the vear and larsre
crowds are expected from various
sections of the county.
Winners in the meet next Satur
day will meet the Yamhill county
Those who take first, sec
ond and third places in the various
(Continued on Page Four)
MANY G0IN0T0 SALEM
Special Train Will Carry Dallas Peo
ple to Moose Carnival Next Fri
day Evening.
In a sjiecial train Dallas people
will leave here for Salem at 7 o'clock
Friday night to attend Salem-Dallas
day at the Moose carnival. While
all the Moose in the vicinity are ex
acted to go this is not by any means
an exclusive Moose affair and all the
jH-ople of Dallas are asked to partic
ipate. The train returning from Sa
lem will leave at midnight.
Friday afternoon there will be a
big parade and all auto owners of
Dallas aie asked to take part in this
parade. Secretary Tooze of the
Commercial club requests that at
least -J5 automobiles from this sec
tion be in the parade. Banners and
other decorations for the machines
will be furnished by the Commercial
club. Secretary Tooze asks that he
W notified bv all automobile owners
at once as to who will be in the pa
rade so that arrangements may be
made for providing for the banners
and decorations.
The Commercial club will also fur-ni-h
riblfoiis to be worn by Dalla-;
i..ple. These will be given out at
the train, or to any who po eailier
in the day the may be secured at
The l-rver othVe.
In the eveiiimr the Dallas delega
tion will also parade through the
ktre-t 'f Salem headed by fltmo
l,ii,.s and it is exjte l that this city
hm.I make one of the banner sho--ii
i at the carnival. The Dallas
j,a",d will al- accompany the s-cial
I
FIHORKSr wscorr
AT 1EEII OF
IE
FENTON AND MAYOR HAVE
SMALL SIZED CLASH OVER
THE QUESTION OF
CURBS.
TO BURY DEAD ORDINANCES
Ladies of W. C. T. U. to Install
Beautiful Drinking Fountain; City
Also to Install Several Fountains;
Private Meeting Tonight to Dis
cuss Water Question.
Fireworks flashed and the tension
was acute for a few minutes at the
city council meeting last night when
Councilman Fen ton made an effort
to apportion the assessment for the
eost of the curbs on Mill street,
placed some time ago.. Mayor Van
Orsdel, who lives, on Mill street and
who is directly interested in the
question of these curbs declared to
the council that the curbs are not
located in the right place, that they
are out of line and that they should
be torn up and replaced if the street
is to be hard surfaced.
"If the council wants to go ahead
and attempt to collect this curbing
assessment they can have all the law
they want," asserted the .Mayor.
The question evoked considerable
discussion. Fenton stated that the
curbs had been laid and that for the
first time after over a year and a
half objection had been made to them
because they were out of line and
not placed in the proper place. He
stated that two of the residents
along- the street had already paid for
the curb and he believed it but just
and fair that the balance of the
property owners also pay.
llayter advised caution in going
ahead on a move which might result
in an end only in the Supi erne Court
and urged that perhaps t he cost of
such litigation would lie more e.ien
sive than the cost of the curbing.
"If we start anything I believe in
finishing it" be said, "but I think
we should weigh well the situation
before we start."
The motion of Fenton was lost.
Mayor Van Orsdel stated that he had
been a citizen of Dallas for many
years and had always paid his taxes
and assessments promptly. "When
hard surface pavement is put in and
the curbs are properly laid the city
will get its money and every cent of
it," he concluded.
A beautiful fountain for Dallas
probably on Main street either in
front of the court house or directly
across from the court house on the
business side of the street is practi
cally assured through the ladies of
the W. C. T. U. A delegation t,i
those ladies headed by Mrs. Van
Orsdel waited on the council last
night and took up the question. On
motion of Fenton it was decided to
place four or five public drinking
fountains in convenient places. The
ladies present, however, stated that
it is their desire to place something
of a more elaborate fountain than
those contemplated by the city and
will raise the money for the purpose.
A committee consisting of Kisser,
Fenton and Hayter was named to as
sist the ladies in locating the foun
tain and the services of the city en
gineer will also be extended.
"The ladies will please take notice
that I placed. Councilman Kisser at
the head of this committee," said the
Mayor as the women were about to
leave. ."Inasmuch as he is some
what of a ladies' man I thought the
place appropriate for bine"
On motion of Fenton the memlicrs
of the street committee were named
as a purchasing committee for the
city. On suggestion of Hayter the
ordinance committee will draft or
dinances repealing some dead wood
in the ordinance books. One of these
relates to a city pound; another to
a railway grant on Mill street and
another to a city license which many
vears ago was charged on automo
biles used for hire.
A committee will also investigate
the question of the cost of road oil
ing and the mileage that it will be
necessary to oil this year. On sug
gestion of Fenton it was also decided
to scrape the macadam streets as
(Continued on Vaee Four)
j Mr. J. K. Craven was elected
president of the Dallas Woman's
club at its meeting on Tuesday, May
,6. Mrs. Craven is one of the l-t
known women f the city and for
.two years has served as secretary of
the organization of which fbe is now
the bead. Her election to this oflice
lis looked upon as a fitlinp recogni
tion of her talent and a reward
which she has richly earned. Inde-
1 pendente Monitor.
Owner Compelled to Enlarge Room
ing Quarters; Construction Will
Begin at Once.
Among the improvements in the
city during the season will be that
of enlarging the rooming quarters at
the New Scott hostlery. J. AV. Cri
der, owner of the New Scott, arrived
this week from San Jose, California,
to superintend the enlargement of
the New Scott, and states that he
will remain here until the "work is
completed. The addition to the
building will be in the form of a
second story extending to the west
of the main building and will occu
py a floor space of 28x100 feet. Mr.
Crider brought with him his family
who will remain at their old home
during the time necessary to make
the improvements on the hotel.
Mr. Crider reports that the Cali
fornia weather has not been all that
the inhabitants of the state had de
sired during the past few months, a
drought having interfered with farm
ers and fruit raisers in the vicinity
of San Jose.
ONE OF PLANS TO BE DISCUSS
ED AT FALLS CITY.
Special Train to Carry Big Delega
tion to Monster Meeting This Ev
ening; Band Going.
Plans are germinating for the big
booster meeting at Falls City tonight
which may develop into the organiza
tion of the Greater Polk County De
velopment league. With monster del
egations expected at Falls City from
Dallas, Independence, Kickreall and
from the boosters of lalls City itselt
those behind the move declare that
the perfecting of such an organiza
tion would be one ot the big-gest
steps yet taken toward the general
commercial development of Polk
county.
The suggestion tor the organiza
tion of such a league will undoubt
edly be made tonight and it is be
lieved that, there is a sufficient sen
timent to consummate the desired
end.
It was the primary object when the
Falls City boosters asked the com
mercial clubs of Dallas, Iudcjiend
ence and Kickreall to join with them
to establish a closer bond of rela
tionship among the communities and
to more firmly cement the bono
which already exists. The plan was
to secure a spirit of co-operation
through which the various commit
tees could work jointly in taking up
questions in which the county as a
whole is interested and to push
through these questions of county
wide interest to a successful con
clusion. Out of this idea grew the
suggestion for the (Ireater Polk
County Development league. If the
league plan becomes a certainty it
will stand in relation to the commer
cial clubs of Polk county much the
same as the Oregon Development
league now stands to the commercial
bodies of the state.
The sH'cial train carrying the Dal
las boosters and it is hoped that,
there will be at least 200 of them
will leave Dallas at 7:30 o'clock to
night and along with the Dallas del
egation will go the Dallas band. It
will leave Falls City returning at
midnight.
In addition to the monster meeting
which is planned there will lie a big
dance at Wagner's hall with music
by the Dallas orchestra. Secretary
Tooze of the Commercial club urges
that Dallas send all of its available
men to Falls City tonight. Falls
City, it is Hiinted out, has co-ojmt-ated
heartily with Dallas when it has
held its county fairs and it is ex-x-eted
that Falls City will send a
big- delegation to Dallas to partici
pate in the Fourth or July celebijs
tion mid in co-operation he urges
that Dallas go enmasse to the meet
ing tonight.
NEW LEAGUE GAINS STRENGTH
University Referendum Petition! to
Be Strongly Opposed.
P.ut little headway will be made
in this part of Polk county, at least,
with referendum etition designed
t delay the Fniversity of Oregon
appropriations if the advance which
has been made by the Dallas branch
of the Oregon Citizens Kducat ional
league is any criterion. Although
organized the latter part of last
week a large number of Dallas citi
zens Lave evinced a decided interest
in promoting it welfare and prom
ise f a larger menilerfiip is given.
No university appropriation refer
endum ' titions w ill tie niirned by
the memlier of the league and they
will make every effort to e-ause oth
er to desist from siirninc fiich eti
tions in event aay should pjear in
this eountv.
COUNTY Wl
Cmcrete sp
an
At Independence; Decision
Reached By County Court
PLANS FOR STRUCTURE TURN
ED OVER TO ENGINEER
HIMES TO DETERMINE
SELECTION.
Two Companies Bid on This Bridge;
Contract Delayed Awaiting Engi
neer's Decision; Awardi for Four
Wooden Bridges go to Ira Mehr
ling; Many Bids Received.
Contracts for three wooden bridges
in Polk county have been awarded
by the county court to Ira Mehrling,
while plans and specifications and
bids for a concrete bridge at Inde
pendence have been turned over to
Engineer Himes of this city for ex
amination and what recommenda
tions he makes as to the bridge will
probably be adonted by the court.
Contracts for the Ellis bridge,
Brown bridge and Grant bridge were
awarded to Mehrling. The Ellis
bridge is to cost $234; the Brown
TO SHOW DALLAS PEOPLE
High School Girls Best Cooks and
Prepared to Prove it at Public
Luncheon Friday.
Next Friday at the supper hour
people of Dallas will be given the
first opportunity to ascertain just
what advancement is being made by
the domestic class of the Dallas High
school. At that time a public lun
cheon will be given in the basement
of the school at which Dallas citi
zens will be "iven the chance to see
the work which is being done by the
16 pupils in the class.
Miss Hose Sheridan, instructor of
the domestic science department,
taking over the first work of the
school in that respect, is extremely
proud of the class of young ladies
and is "satisfied that the impression
which they will make with the public
luncheon will be such that Dallas
people will be more than pleased
with the work which has been done.
While the primary object of the
luncheon will be to demonstrate just
what has been accomplished and the
young ladies also wish to furnish. a
dining room and the proceeds will
be used for that purpose. Members
of the class will sell tickets them
selves for 50 cents and it is probable
that the capacity of the room will be
taken care of some time before the
luncheon. The luncheon will be held
at 6:30 o'clock after the stores close
so as to accommodate the business
men.
Yesterday afternoon Principal
Ford, Chairman McCallon of the
Board of Directors and newspaper
men were entertained at a luncheon
served by the young ladies. If the
public luncheon equals that served
yesterday the public will fully real
ize jiist what an excellent work is
being accomplished by Miss Sheri
dan. The young ladies predict that
it will be even better.
Year of Progress For Schools
Many Close in County; Nine Year
Old Miss Gets Honors at
Buena Vista.
After a year of progress which Su
Krint-iideiit Seymour Im lieves one of
the best in the history of rural
schools of Polk county, a large iium
ler of those schools closed theii
work Friday and Monday. One ol
the school closings was attended
with a fair in which exceptionally
line work of the pupil was shown.
Another had the distinction of grad
uating nine pupils who had all, dur
ing their school work, taken the
teachers' training course an I had all
secured high honors in this work.
At the Buena Vista school fair
Friday, which marked the elosintr of
that school, a nine-year ol I girl. Vio
let Snyder and a member of the
third grade, captured the first prize.
Prizes were offered at this fair for
the artiele manufactured showing
the most inventive spirit, the most
careful work and the article which
would indicate the most practical
u-e.
Little Mis Snyder's offering was
an apron. Berniee Wells secured
second prize for a dressed doll, the
dress being the feature of the work
whirh gave her the prize. She is 13
vean old and in the third grade.
The third prize went to Clady Key
nold of the ninth grade and was an
apron. She is 15 year old. The
fourth prize went to F.iidora P.run-
to Be Built
bridge $234 and the Grant bridge
$240, these" all to be wooden struct
ures. Comparatively close bidding was
made for the concrete bridge at In
dependence, two firms submitting
their figures. The Atlas Bridge
company submitted two bids, one for
$6584 and the other $5984.
Another bid was submitted by E.
A. Miller, W. B. Kane and John G.
Bromberg. This bid was $0128.18.
The court reached its decision as
to the wooden bridges this morning,
but decided it advisable to allow the
engineer to make a careful examina
tion of the- question of the concrete
bridge at Independence.
Much interest has been shown
throughout the county in the ques
tion of these bridges. A large num
ber of bids were received by the
county court. They were opened
yesterday" and the court room for
awhile was swarmed with represen
tatives of the companies that were
competing.
The court had planned to spend
most of the day Tuesday going over
the bids but its' work was interrupt
ed by other delegations and decided
to reach no .conclusion until this
morning.
COUNTY COURT GOES TO VIEW
LaCREOLE SITUATION.
Conflicting Interests Represented at
Hearing Saturday Morning Pre
sent Arguments for Their Claims.
After once deciding that Bowers
ville should have the new bridge
over the LnCreole the whole situa
tion was reopened again today and
the commissioners went to view the
ni-miosed locations. Judtro Teal ' did
.not accompany them. It is believed
a decision will be reached this week
as to the location of the bridge.
At a meeting held last week con
flicting interests were represented
and some warm discussions devel
oped. Many of the citizens spoke as well
as the' attorneys. Moth sides repre
sented expressed' themselves as lie
lieving that the location of the
bridge at either of the respective
points would work for the betterment
of the communities as well as for
the entire county.
Judge Teal assumed the altitude
that inasmuch as the court had
practically decided to locate a bridge
at Boweisville and had taken the
preliminary steps toward such loca
tion that he would be opposed to
making a change at this late date.
He expressed the opinion that the
county at the present time cannot af
ford to construct both of the bridges
and that it would be unwarranted to
(Continued on Pane Four)
dedge for a house stand. She is in
the third grade and 10 years old.
The fifth prize was awarded to Viv
ian Emmons for a cocoa nut cake.
She is in the third grade and nine
years obi.
Bethel Graduates Nine.
At the Bethel High school, which
also closed Friday, there were nine
graduates and all of these had also
completed the teachers' training
course. F..ra Buyer was president of
this class, Mary Wyatt, vice-presi-lent;
llailey Shields, secretary and
Nellie Stewart, treasurer. Oilier
graduates were Ava Shields, Venla
Hubbard. Ie M.Kee. Willoid Jen
kins and Klma I'.over. Oradualing
exercises were bell in the evening'.
At the West Salem school, which
also closed Friday, the event was
celebrated by a siipT given by the
Parents' and Teaches' association.
This association, states Sux'riiiteicl
ent Seymour, has lx-cn a decided fac
tor in the school work of that dis
trict and has aided in upbuilding
the school. A program was given in
the evening by the school children.
One of the hiest crods ever sent
at a school eve:it in that district was
present at the exercises and the suj
jier. Buena VUta. West Sahrn. ami
Bethel school are all standardized,
having achieved that distinction dur
ing the past year.
At Kickreall a pr cram was chm
in the evening Friday to celebrate
the school closing. Cochran and
Salt Creek m-rWls ' closed Fll
dav. Oak Dale rising Monday.
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