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V I I I 1 Til IV VOL. 25 DALLAS. OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY 23. 1913 NO. 24 E 1 I 1 . 10 ADVERTISE CITY mm MANY AUTOMOBILES FROM DALLAS TO LINE UP IN PA RADE AT THE BIO MOOSE CARNIVAL. CITY'S BOOSTERS BACK PLAN Banners Will Tell of Fourth of July Celebration and Chautauqua; Com mercial Club Takes Up Other Mat ters; Securing Stock Subscriptions For Polk County Fair Association. At lnst 25 automobiles from thin suction of Polk county will be in the Moose parade at Salem today repre senting Dallas on Salem-Dallas day of the Moose carnival and tonight it is expected, that nearly 200 Dallas people will take advantage of the special train to go to Salem. The special train leaves at 7:20 o'clock, leaving for Dallas returning at midnight. These things developed at the meeting of the Dallas Commercial club last night. Walter L. Tooze, Jr., and D. II. Upjohn were named as members of a committee to make arrangements for the appearance of Did las automobiles in the parade and owners are responding liberally so that an excellent - representation is assured in event the weather contin ues good. . Interest was shown in the plan to exploit Dallas today at Salem. Large banners will be stretched from the automobiles calling attention to Hie Fourth of July celebration and the chautauqua at Dallas and smaller banners will advertise the "Prune City of the World." It is believed that through this advertising that possibly 500 extra people may be in duced to attend the Fourth of July celebration and many to take advan tage of the chautauqua. Mr. Guy reported at the meeting last night' that railroad officials had given assurance they will make im provements desired at the railroad station and on the grounds here. Articles of agreement relative to stock subscriptions in the new Polk County Fair association were read ami President Fuller was authorized to name a committee to solicit sub scriptions throughout the county. Shares of stock will be $1 apiece and it is believed that no difficulty wi be encountered in securing a full subscription list early. Discussions relative to band con certs, the work of the finance com mittee and other detail work of the club filled the rest of the time of the meeting. CONTEST OF POLK COUNTY ATHLETES TOMORROW. Keen Rivalry Promises to Make This One of the Best Meets Ever Held in the County; Expect Big Crowd. Tomorrow will be the day of the hi- tield meet of the Polk county schools held on the campus in Dal- las. Disappointed once in iaunu; . l:..ld the field meet last Saturday the buys who will be contestants in the meet have been petting in even finer lVttle during the week and warm (.ntests are predicted. Crowds are exacted to flock to Dallas from all sections of the coun- ntriS WHO II READINESS FOR IEI will participate in the long string of ex it ins; events which has been ar ranged fr. One of the features will be the 'all game Itetween Dallas and Air be. Keen rivalry devebed over the baseball championship of the county and each of the respective teams are satisfied that they will drag down 'be honor which will give them the undisputed title for the year. N'-t only are the contestants in the Various event anxious to rapture l'are in the Polk county meet for the honor of tbe various schools iiif-h they represent, but they are k-n for place so as to be given a haiiee to participate in the dual "-- which mill be bell at McMinn 'il'.e next meek lpctween the best of Po'k cur.ty and of Yamhill eoui.ty. ".perintenderit Seymour i 'is- Cor.tinue on Pare Four) Honors for Dallas Woman " . & , Mrs. Ora Cosper of Dallas for the seventeenth consecutive time has been named Secretary of the Assembly of Rebekahs of Oregon. This honor was again bestowed on her Wednesday at their annual state gathering. Mrs. Cosper has served in the capacity of secretary for 16 years and with her re-election will enter into her seventeenth year. rUID HI IS PULE IS 10 I III flit! HAVE GRAND comer picnic SPAN AT INDEPENDENCE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED BY FIRM OF PURCELL & GALLAGHER. INDEPENDENCE FIRM LOSESILONG LIST OF PRIZES GIVEN Engineer Himes Submits Reports Showing Alleged Defects in the Bid of the Independence Firm Which Causes County Court to Reject That Company. Purcell & Gallagher, general con tractors of Portland, were awarded tlie contract for the new concrete bridge at Independence, over the In dependence firm, the county conn being advised by Edward J. D engineer, to whom the plans and specifications were submitted, of nu merous alleged defects in the bids ot Miller, Kane and Hromberg, the in dependence bidders. The cost for the bridge under the ...... .a ..uiir.leil is a shade less run 1 1 m i than $5000. In explaining to the county couit the reason whv the Independence bid should not be accepted and why the other is preferable. Engineer Dimes submitted tlie iollowing re- P"Ve herein submit to you our re port as to the plans and specifica tions received by you for the con struction of a reinforced concrete bridge at Independence Oregon "Consider first the design submit ted bv Messrs. Miller, Kane & I.rm berg of Independence: K r'. . .. . . ..' ol.l.-C ions to I 1 lie Kcvnoie "i ; tl,e-e plans is that the bidders are .a ain.ed with .he details of he j",as and s-citicatmns submitted i b'.. Further the plans are very incom plete and neither the plans nor the I specifications cover many important "No shear steel in column ba-e or cat's. . . . "No steel in wing wa.i-. 'Shear not su-ienily ,.p.te-i.d !in gird.-rs. 'o steel in iM-am-. -Half of d-ad load and pra;ti.-ai. M "te load i- rarrie .-n n ,,r column mithnt extra i--, -The outer columns carry ; centric loadi.u' .. protected. ; rails are t- lavy for re.... . .. provided fr the uard ra.l- -The M' " ' r an ,!ow'the contrac.or. . . C- . regard.r.g detail- B-can- -f above noted fact. " '.'J TjZl fully tmn..n.l Ut ... r I. M b..l-d..r.ot r:Ht;e ..:: submits! iy l r i tii Pare four) ANNUAL AFFAIR THIS YEAR PROMISES TO EXCEL ALL EFFORTS FOR PAST CELEBRATIONS. Musical and Literary Program Will Be Exceptionally Fine; Two Good Base Ball Games Are Assured; Prominent Speakers and Leading Educators to Take Part. Details have been practically per fected for the annual grand picnic to be held at JLiillianrs Grove three quarters of a mile north of Perry dale by the Perrydale concert band and school on Saturday, June 7. At 10 o'clock in the morning the day's festivities will be started by a superior program both musical and literary. Aside from the address of the day by some prominent citizen, whose name has not been as yet def initely decided upon, a number of leading educators will speak during the picnic. Two good ball games are assured as well as a carnival of athletic events which promises to be a draw ingg feature. The sports will be started at 2 o'clock promptly. Prof. Willson is chairman of the committee on arrangements. Cyrus Jones is to have charge of the sports; Mrs. Klsie Kevt of the music and Miss Marion Fox of the literary pri i:ram. These annual picnics at Perrydale are always successful affairs. Per rydale has one of the finest bands in Polk county and that section has dis plaved its warm appreciation of the accomplishments of tlie band by giv ing it its most hearty support. The program of sports which has been at ranged is as follows: (0 yard dash. First prize. . pair shoes: second prize. JlJiO shirt. Kio vard dash for high school boys. Fiist prize. ."2..V bat; second prize, 1 shirt? . 7" vard f."t man s race, for all over Xl't .unds. Firt prize. pair gloves; second prize. .e pair overalls. 7.- vard three legged rare, first prize." ?1.V shirt- second prize, .V ceiit necktie. r vard oil man's race over ui years." First prize. 125 knife; sec ' .1 prize. " cent knife. :;i yard ladies race, free for all. Fir-t prize. 1 pair glove. varl named ladies race, first prize." 17. i-t pattern: 'second pnze. 1 iair pl-ve. Vi jarl race for boy under 14 vea-s" First prize. 1 ball and bat; (fontitnied on VZ Four.) POLK COUIHY IK AS LEADER III STATE N. C. MARIS GIVES IT BANNER POSITION FOR RESOURCES AND BEAUTY IN STATE OF OREGON. NEEDS OF OREGON NAMED Field Worker for Industrial Fairs Visits all Sections of the County; His Plea for School Children to Make Living By Work As Well As By Wits. Polk county is the banner county of the state. This is the declaration of N. C. Maris, field worker for the state industrial fairs, who has been visiting the schools of the county this week. Mr. Maris has, for two years, traveled over the entire state visiting schools in every section in the inter est of these fairs and his declaration as to Polk county carries more than the ordinary weight. Tuesday evening Mr. Maris was at Falls City with the Dallas delegation of boosters and gave one of his char acteristic talks in promotion of the agricultural interests of . the state. Wednesday he was at Smithfleld, Ballston and Perrydale schools ad dressing the children and n the ev ening addressed the adults at the Perrydale school. Thursday he was at' the Dallas, and Falls City schools during the day and at Aiilie at night. Today he will speak at the Monmouth, independence andGuth rie schools. Mr. Maris is particularly anxious to see agricultural and live stock in terests developed through the school children of the state. His work is a part of the broad general new ed ucational idea which would teach children to work with their hands in conjunction with their heads. In his address Mr. Maris explain ed the plan and object of the move ment and tells something of tlie splendid refills' obtained through i! in other states in the East and South and of the excellent start made in Oregon last year. 0 He gives figures to show the great need of more producers, saying that Oregon, though naturally a great dairy state, last year imported $12,- 000.000 worth of butter, and tliougn there is no better place for poultry production, $1,000,00 worth of eggs were shipped into rortiaud last year, He states for several years we have been sending from seventeen to twen tv million dollars out of the state an nually for meat animals and meat products that should be produced here. This he claims was largely on account of the exodirs from the farm to the city and too much speculation and not enough production. He says if we would prosper we must raise something else besides big red apples and the price of real estate. He states our educational system is responsible in a large degree for present conditions, the tendency of (Continued on Page Four.) IIEI'JBRIE FINAL DECISION REACHED BY COUNTY COURT. Contract is Awarded to W. W. Mon son to Build the Structure; Other Location May Get Bridge Later. Final decision was reached by the county court before it adjourned to locate the disputed bridge over the LaCreole at liowersville as originally planned. The contract for the bridge was awarded to W. M. Monson. The location of this bridge has caused dissension aid discussion for many months culminating recently in a final hearing before the county court at which the question was thor oughly threshed out by both side. At that time the court decided to ad here to its original decision and place the bridge at Bowersville. A few day later it wa again de cided to reojen the question and a part of tbe court the two commiit Monem visited the cene of the two proposed location. No change waa made from the orig inal plan following this visit. It i powible that tbe other bridge may be bnilt at a later date. II VILLE GETS Jack London Buys Polk Goat With John Barleycorn Money "Oregon Lad" to be Sent to Valley of Moon Ranch at Glen Ellen Home of Famous Author. One of Polk county's finest goats will become the property of Jack London on his Valley of the Moon ranch as a result of his story "John Barleycorn" which was' printed re cently in the Saturday Evening Post. Jack London said in regard to this story that from its proceeds he intended to stock the Valley of the Moon with the finest Angora goats in the country. As a result he sent to Polk county to get the best breed there is. . U. S. Grant will furnish London with "Oregon Lad," sired by the fa mous South African buck "San- ford." "Sanford" is now in Texas. His sire was imported from South Africa and Sanford was born on the trip to this country. "Oregon Lad" will be one ot tlie finest bucks on the coast. Mr. Grant is taking a keen interest in Lon don's' experiment to make his Glen Ellen ranch another goat paradise. It is a peculiarly strong compli ment for Polk county at the same time. London has spent much of his life rambling over the world and he is familiar with practically all of its nooks and corners. As a result when he wanted the best goats he knew where to look for them. In writing to Mr. Grant from las Valley of the Moon ranch at Glen Ellen, Somonto county, I alitornia, London says: "In reply to yours ot May i, 1U1.5, please -find my check for amount. I want you to ship me one of your an gora bucks. Please do your best by me and give me a good one. I am farming 1500 acres here and 1 am going to do some things with angora goats and for say yourself. "1 imagine there is notuing Fate of College Whether Institution Will Remain Here Up to Commissioners; Meet in Portland on June 2. Whether Dallas college is retained for this city will be decided at a con ference of the commissioners of the three churches, United Brethren, United Evangelical and Evangelical association which will meet in Port land, June 2. According to present indications the chances for the col lege to be retained here seems doubt ful. Some discussion of establish ing a school in southwestern Wash ington has been heard and it is pos sible the commissioners will take an action in that direction. If Dallas can make a proper pres entation to the commissioners with the required inducements it is pos sible for the school to remain here. With the question of uniting the col "Miller st" Name for New Tract Portland Party Makes Selection; Not Entitled to Prize and Another Plan is Decided On. "Millerst" is the name which will be given to the beautiful Miller tract which has been placed on the market as an addition to Dallas by the Federal Trust company. After considerable pondering and weighing of the large number of names re ceived this was the final decision. By a strange twist of fate this name was suggested by a Poitland WATER COMPANY BUSY Work of Excavating Streets Where Pavement Will Be Laid Started for New Mains; Paving Work Soon Work of excavating the streets for the laying of new water mains . ... , i . if i was started Wednesday morning, ii. j V. Gate of the Dallas Water com pany apjieaied before aav-nii-oflicial private ession of the council Tues- day evening and discussed the water, situation at lenglh. Satisfactory plans for the work of the water com pany in connection with the new. mains mere outlined. The comany promises that the work will lie done in an expedition manner and that it will keep veil enough ahead of tbe paving company mi that work on tbe paverm-nt will not be delayed. ' Paving company representaf iven Mate that they expect to start the. work of placing tbe new curbing by I against immediate shipment of the buck you selected for me; keep me informed of time of shipment and when to expect, etc. "I have over 300 grade angoras now. I 'should like to breed them up with bucks like yours. For in stance I will take a portion of the best of the does and breed them with the buck I get from you. Now if I keep selecting and breeding in this fashion can I manage later on in some succeeding generation to regis ter the descendants? r "SANFORD" Sire of Polk County Goat to be sent to Jack London. "I am a new man at this game although for some time I have been breeding pigs, horses and cows, all registered stock. What bothers me is this, I do not understand the situ ation with angora goats at the pres ent time as far as registration is concerned. (signed) Jack London. In response to London's question relative to the interbreeding to se cure goats that would be proper to register Mr. Grant answered in tlie negative. "Oregon Lad" will not be sent until September as Mr. Grant be lieves that London will be more sue cessful with him if he is sent at that time. Is Undecided lege with Philomath practically set tled iu the negative considerable in terest attaches as to just what action will be taken. Two plans are in view one for an affiliated college and one for an en tirely new location as suggested for Washington and the latter solution seems to be as probable as any just at the present time. , Some talk has been had of affiliat ing Philomath with Willamette University, or rather a lederated school with that school. Should that be done the federated school would he a college of applied Chris tianity without the liberal arts de partment and the affiliation would al low the liberal arts education at Willamette. Apparently, as far as is known now, Dallas may lose the college in side of a year at the lutest and it seems, from expressions of those con nected with the college that, an at tractive proposition would be neces sary to save it tor this city. parly and inasmuch as the contest was limited exclusively to Polk county K'ople, who wins the grand prize will be derided in another man ner as indicated by the advertisement of the company in another section of The Observer today. Mrs. Grace Miller won the second prize, a draft for $"0, with the name "Millerd Park." Mrs. Homer Cal kins, submitting the name "Miller mead" won the third prize of $'J." and Mrs. John Ixckuiau the fourth prize of $1.". A long list of contestants went out after the various prizes, their names lteing given elsewhere in this issue of The Observer. next Monday and that they will con tinue as rapidly as conditions will ' allow and push the pavement to a ' rapid completion. . ! WELL KNOWN RESIDENT DIES Commodore Bevens Dies on His Way to Dallas Hospital Commixlore Itevens. familiarly known as Tug.'." died at H:M) 'clock Tuesday evening while licing taken from bis home in Kings Val ley to the Dallas hospital. He had been nick but .'Wi hours. He ma "t years old. He wa lxrn at Airlie and lived lit life in Polk and Un ci. In count !. He is survived by three daughters Mr. Klkin. at In-de!id'-nc and to younger. He ma also a brother of T. V. P-ven. known a "Cricket." He i a!si survived by a brother. T. V. Iteen. of Airlie; a sister. Mr. Anx H..I man of Dalla.; a brother. J. H. P- v en. marshal of Dadao; F. D. of Cor valli. also a brother, and a sister. Mm. Marshal Sin j -on of F.Ik City. The funeral will be beld today at K!k City. v. v , . FALLS CITY GIVES WELCOME III DALLAS OVER 200 DALLAS MEN TAKE TRIP TO THAT CITY TUES- , DAY NIGHT ON SPECIAL TRAIN. LEAGUE NUCLEUS IS FORMED Development League to Be For the Whole of Polk County; Temporary Delegates Named for Falls City and Dallas; To Meet Here Tomor row to Formulate Plans. With over 200 Dallas boosters par ticipating the nucleus was formed Tuesday night at Falls City for the Polk County Development league which it is anticipated, will be one of the ruling factors in developing those projects which are for the ben efit of the" people of the county as a whole. Falls City outdid herself in enter taining the visiting delegation from this city. Arriving on a special train at 8 o'clock the delegation from here marched (through the streets headed by the Dallas band and dis banded at the center of the eity. At 8:30 o'clock the meeting was called in Wagner's hall and the seating ca pacity was strained. Several fine se lections by the band preceded the actual work of the business meeting. President Mahr of the Greater Falls City Commercial club opened the meeting with a few appropriate remarks as to the necessity of com munity building and of home build ing and offered a itoken of apprecia tion for the interest which was shown by Dallas in so liberally re sponding to the inviation for meet ing to co-operate for the benefit of all Polk county. Secretary Tooze of the Dallas Com mercial club also spoke, pointing out some of the opportunities which are offered in the line of the development of Polk county which he termed "the garden spot of the world." During the ourse of his speech he offered the suggestion that the Polk County Development league be an offspring of the meeting. This plan was heartily concurred in by short talks from Mayor Hub bard", W. F. Nichols, of Falls City, W..V. Fuller, president of the Dal las Commercial club and others. It was decided to take preliminary steps toward the formation of ithe league at once and President Mahr was named to select five temporary delegates from the Falls City club and President Fuller to select five from the Dallas Commercial club. (Continued on Page Four) FEARLESS HIGH SCHOOL GRAD UATES SMASH 13 HOODOO. Will Graduate Friday the 13th in 1913; Mystical Number Holds No Terrors. "We should worry." This would be an appropriate mot to for the graduating class of the Dallas high school this year. In the fare of the fates and shattering all siierslitious prceedents the class will graduate on Friday. June 13, 1913. Just to top it all off there are 13 members in the class. Inasmuch as practically every fortunate occur rence in history has either happened on a Friday or on tlie 13th day of some month or in some manner has had the mystical 13 connected with it there are many that believe this das mill start out iu the wrioua business of life under the most pro pitious circumstances. Anyway all of the graduatea art happy over the prosject and are hav ing mi fear about the 13 boodoo. These are the 13 fearle onr: I! nth Virginia Campbell. J -ph-ine W. I.ucl.ke. M. P rl Phillips Ktbel Claudia Brown, Iena O. hker sc. Mis t'an.Ivn A. Gohrke, Mis Alice M.les. Mis Hath M. Shaw. V. May Iiovdton, Iren O. I'.atler, Frar.k 11. Will-n. Fratk II. Camp bell. Juhu A. Hcnr.-g. WE SHOULD WORRY SAYS CLASS CCont