TUESDAY, JANUARY 6th, 1914
f
iPH IfflltyflMlffllT Cnil IT is a most important event to the people
llLlCHIliHIlUlL vHILlL of Dallas and vicinity, as it means a
THE TWICE-A-WEEK POLK COUNTY OBSERVER
15th
annual
OUR
saving of many dollars on their purchases. Our stock is unusually heavy for this time of the
year and we have decided to make the most sensational price reduction ever offered to the people
in this community. There will be no restriction whatsoever on any line of merchandise where
prices formerly were controlled by the manufacturers. We are going to cut prices all along the
line and make this January Clearance Sale the greatest sale ever known in Dallas.
MEN'S $13.50 to $15.00 SUITS
$9.85
Oood styles and well tailored garments
MEN'S $18.00 to $22.50 SUITS
SALE
$12.85
Hand tailored garments. Good assortment of sizes.
MEN'S $20.00 to $25.00 SUITS
$16.85
All the latest styles and new fabrics In Fancy Suits.
"FINCK'S SPECIAL"
$1.00 OVERALLS
CLEARANCE SALE
.79c.
MEN'S 50c. UNDERWEAR
Extra good grade
CLEARANCE SALE
.37V2c.
BLUE SERGE SUITS
All wool, hand tailored garments, every suit guaran
teed $16.50 and $18.50
BOYS' $5.00 and $6.00 SUITS
$3.95
Very choice line and well made garments.
BOYS' $7.50 to $10.00 SUITS
$4.95
Our entire Jine of Boys' high grade suits greatly
sacrificed.
MEN'S $4.00 to $5.00 PANTS
One special lot
CLEARANCE SALE ..$2.48
MEN'S and BOYS' 50c. WORK SHIRTS
CLEARANCE SALE '.. 33c.
Our line of Ladies' and
Misses' Coats, Suits,
Skirts, Rain Coats and
in fact all Ready to
Wear Garments will
be closed out at from
One-third to One-half
regular prices.
This means a great loss to us but
we rather do this than carry them
over to next season
Extraordinary Reduction on
Dress Goods, Silks, Cloak
ings, Table Linens, Towel
ing, Cotton Fabrics, Blank
ets, Comforters, Laces,
Bed Spreads, Embroideries,
and Fancy Goods
We are overstocked on Misses', Children's, arid Lot No. 4, Misses' Shoes, sizes HVi to in gun
Boys' Shoes, and we are going to slash prices some- ffietal an(J tang Bold rcgularly.from $2.25 to $2.75.
CLEARANCE SALE $1.79
thing awful.
Lot No. 1 Children's Shoes, sold from $1.00 to $1.25, . ,. t .
v v Our entire line of LADIES' SHOES at a substan
sizes 5 to 8. .
CLEARANCE SALE 69c. "cial reduction.
MEN'S HEAVY WORK SHOES
Lot No. 2, Children s Shoes, sizes 5 to 8, sold for
merly $1.25 to $1.50. 0ur $3-50 and $4.00 grade
CLEARANCE SALE ,'..98c. CLEARANCE SALE .$2.75
Lot No. 3, Misses' Shoes, 8Vi to 11, regular $1.75 to 0ne lot of LADIES' SHOES, good styles, some sizes
$2.00 values. , short, regular $2.50 to $3.00 kind
CLEARANCE SALE $1.39
CLEARANCE SALE $1.69
$1.00 LADIES' UMBRELLAS Our 10c. OUTING FLANNEL
CLEARANCE SALE ...69c. CLEARANCE SALE........ 8c. per yard
$1.00 LADIES' BLACK PETTICOATS Our 10c. BLEACHED SHEETING
CLEARANCE SALE 69c. CLEARANCE SALE 8c. per yard
Our regular credit trade with good rating paying their bills every 30 days will be considered as cash customers and enti
tled to all special price reductions
Store Will Close at
6 p. m. Except
Saturdays
The Bee I:
ive Store
Dallas, Ore.
THE HOME PAPER '
OBSERVER PRINTING COMPANY
Volks & Parcels, Owners.
Offlee Phones
Business office Main 19
Preaa room Main 19-2
GERALD VOLK,
Manager.
JAS. I. PARCEL,
Editor.
Bntered aa second-class matter In
the Fostofflce at Dallas. Oregon.
Subscription Ratesi
One Tear 11.60
Six Montha 75
Three Month! 40
Strictly In advance.
Tki way to build up Dallas it to pat-
renins Dallas psopli.
ABOVE THE CIVIL LAW
Governor West lias taken1 posses
sion of Copperfield by military force.
lie lias set aside the civi law and has
established martial law. Martial law
is entire susiwiision of all civil or
ordinary governmental processes, ami
is substitution of the rule of a null
tary commander who becomes at once
in his own person the law or whatever
law there is.
Calmly viewed, tthe OopperfieM ep
isode is an assertion of the supreme
will of the Governor of Oregon over
all the constitutional guarantees of
the average citizen. His wiirreul is
solely that the end justifies the means.
Copperfield was controlled by tJie
saloons, and long had been. The
Miyor and several Council men were
in the liquor business, and were Hit
brnuiciaries of the license privilege
parted by themselves as pub'it- i f-ficial-
to themselves as eitiaena. This
in itself it not unlawful proce;-iing,
though it is unseenly and improper ;
i.or is there any assertion fr.-n: m.y
reputable source that tlicv had been
;. ll.igraat violations of Ihw at lp
perfield by the saloons or on their
account. But unquestionably the
condition was bad. The county au
thorities would not, or could not, cor
rect in, and the Copperfield citir-em
were either powerless, or afraid, or in
different. Then the Governor took a
hand and sent Miss Hobbs to Copper
field accompanied by a militia guard
and armed with an eieeutive procta-j
nation. Now the saloon are closea,
and the Governor purposes, he says,
to keep them closed. The issue is
clearly made between the Governor,
who supersedes the civil law, and the
men of Copperfield, who have captur
ed and. have been using the machinery
of law for their own benelit, but who
have nevertheless not broken the laws.
If the Copperfield episode stood
by itself, it might not be significant
or ominous. It is impossible to de
fend or excuse the saloons there, and
it is impossible to justify the methods
by which they have been licensed and
maintained. But underlying this tin
pleasant situation is the fundamental
question of law observance and law
respect by Governor ns well as by
saloonkeepers. If the Governor of
Oregon by bis fiat and the exercise
of the military power of the state
may suppress the saloon-keepers and
destroy the saloons of Copperfield, he
may suppress the saloon-keepers and
destroy the Saloons of Portland. If
he may act in this arbitrary and ex
traordinary fashion against Hie sa
loons, he mav move against any other
institution displeasing him. He may
interfere with and control the gov
ernment of Portland or any city in
the state, or tlie slate itself, to bring
about any result whatever, and the
only limits to his executive preroga
tive are Ins ability to carry out Ins
plnns.
It does not meet the question to
say that the end is justifiable. That
may be conceded, and is conceded;
but the means are nevertheless re
prehensible. The Governor who uses
liis extraordinary power for you, in
any emergency, may by your approval
be encouraged to use the same power
against you, in any other
emergency. It is therefore
most dangerous and unwarrantable
exercise of power. It is a grave thing
to sus)end civil authority. It is an
unheard-of proceeding anywhere in
any civilized government, except in
times of rebellion or great public
peril. No such situation exists any
where in Oregon. Oregonian.
KEEP
papera for a year, the space to be
filled with cards of the different mer
chants. In effect this would be
business directory and would at least
inform the readers of the papers.
many of whom, it must not be for
gotten, are newcomers, what lines of
business are represented in Hillsboro.
This business man figured that
there are more than 100 different
concerns in the city, only a small
proportion of which invito trade or
let the people know they are in bus
iness through the columns of the
pncrs.
The Independent has believed mer
chants have not availed themselves
of this method of meeting outside
competition to the extent they might.
The business directory plan cannot
but accomplish good and emphatically
advertise the business resources of the
city, but we believe in addition a
strong effort to attract business
should be made by detailed descrip
tion of weekly offerings and if pos
sible the prices which are asked.
Of course 4 here is the merchant
who says advertising does not pay,
but he has his answer m the state
ment of the catalogue house man
ager. Used intelligently as the cata
logue house uses it, it returns a big
ler cent on the investment, hut it
should always be considered an in
vestment nnd not an expense.
Specially illustrated editions of
weekly newspapers as Christmas and
New Year's numbers, have been less
this year than usual. Illustrations
come high and most newspaer8 are
coming to the same conclusion that
the extra money invested in "special
editions" is of much more value to
the reader if divided over tlie vcar
and thus make each issue better.
MAIL ORDER HOUSES
POSTED.
As the new parcel post rates are
now in force the mail order houses
are reading the county paiers and
watch the advertisements with eagle
eyes. When they find that the mer
chants do not use tlie papers to adver
tise their goods they immediately
flood that county with their cata
louges, they well know (hat the farm
er wants to see the priced in black
and white. The Hillsboro Indeien-
dent publishes the plan outlined by
a merchant of that town to meet the
condition and give the mail houses a
setback. It says:
The plan suggested by the Hillsboro
merchant was for tlie business men
to nnite and buy apace ia the local
There is nothing an American will
not do. now where he will not go to
get motion pictures. Frederick Hur-
lingame descended 1212 feet to the
floor of the crater of Vesuvius, while
the volcano was active, and took
einematrograph pictures in a tempera
ture of OIK) degrees. Oregonian.
Notice of Settlement of Account.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned. Administrator of the Es
tate of Martha .1. Seward, deceased,
has filed in the County Court of Polk
County, State of Oregon, his final ac
count as such administrator, and Sat
urday, the "th day of February.
11114. at the hour of 1.30 o'clock p. m..
has been fixed by said Court as the
time for hearing objections In said
report and the settlement thereof.!
DIRECTORY
FIRE NOTICE!
The general alarm la rang from the
oftice of the Telephone Company. Ev
ery Telephone In tlila city la a Fire
Alarm Box. In case of lire, call Cen
tral Operator In the oroinnry manner,
stvlng- her your name and telephone
number. Then the nearest croaa street
location to the Are.
For example thaa)
Thla la John Doe, Telephone No. 341)
(There la a Are at Main uml Court!
If the public will carefully observe
thla notice, it will greatly facilitate
mattera and g-lve the Firemen an op
portunity to pick the beat route, nnd
locate the neareet hydrant to the Are.
AI ;. p. KISHKK, Chief Dallua Fire
Department.
COUNTV OFFICIALS .
C. L. HAWLET Stats Senator
T. W. BRDNK Representative
VBRD A. HILL. Representative
JOHN B. TEAL, County Judtte
H. PETRE Commissioner
GEO. A. WELLS Commissioner
ASA 13. ROBINSON, Jr. Clerk
J. M. GRANT Sheriff
TRACY STAATS Treasurer
F. E. MEYER Aaseasor
H. C. SEYMOUH School SUM-
F. M. SIIVER Surveyor
R. L. CHAPMAN Coroner
A. V. R. SNYDER. .Sealer of Weights
and Measures
HARDY HOLMAN Justice of the
Peace
J. S. ASHBAUGH Constable
DR. B. H. McCALLON... Health Officer
CITY OFFICIALS
J. O. VAN ORSDEL Mayor
MARK HAYTER, Councilman at Large
CHAS. GREGORY, Auditor and Police
Judge
ED. F. COAD City Attorney
G. VASSAL Treasurer
ED. J. HIMES City Engineer
H. L. FENTON Councilman
HENRY GOHRKE Councilman
J. MoP.EE Councilman
W. L. BARBER Councilman
AUG. P. KISSER Councilman
E. SIBLEY Councilman
P. 8. GREENWOOD Marshal
OLIVER CHASE. . . .Assistant Marshal
JOHN SHAW Night Watch
ALU. P. KISSER Fire Chief
CIRCUIT COURT
Circuit Court convenea first Monday
of February. August and November.
HON. WEBSTER HOLMES Judge
D. H. UPJOHN District Attorney
SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS
Third Wednesdays of June and De
cember of each year.
STATE OFFICERS
OSWALD WEST Governor
BEN W. OLCOTT... Secretary of State
THOS. B. KAY Treasurer
A. M. CRAWFORD. .Attorney General
A. CHURCHILL, Superintendent
JOHN H. LEWIS Engineer
R. A. HARRIS Printer
JOHN D. M1CKLE. Dairy Commiasioner
O. P. HOFF Ibor Commissioner
FRANK J. MILLER Chairman of
Railroad Commission.
CLYDE It AITCHISON Railroad
Commiasioner
THOS. K. CAMPBELL Railroad
Commiasioner.
H. H. COKEY Secretary of Railroad
Commieeion.
Q. O. BROWN Clerk of State Land
Board.
DALLAS POSTOFFICE
C. G. COAD, Postmaster.
Departure of Mails from Dallas Post
office. Dally, except Sunday.
PORTLAND 7:5; 10:20 a. m, S;
4:30 p. m.
SALEM 7:5; 10:21) a. m., 4:30 p. in.
PORTLAND CORV ALUS No. 1;
(south) 10:20 a. m.
BLACK ROCK 11 a. m.
FALLS CITY 7:45 a. m 2:50 p. m.
INDEPENDENCE 1 p. m.
MONMOUTH X p. m.
PORTLAND COKVAT.LI3 No. 75
(south) 6:40 p. m.
BUELL 1 p.m.
SUNDAY
PORTLAND 2 p. m.
SALEM 2:12 p. m.
PORTLAND CORVALLIS- No. 1 ;
(south) 10:20 a. m.
INDEPENDENCE 1 p. m.
MONMOUTH 1 p. m.
Pouches close twenty minutes be
fore train time.
DALLAS COMMERCIAL CLUB
W. V. FULLER President
WALTER H. TOOZE, JR Secretary
89, National Bank Building.
DALLAS CHURCH DIRECTORY
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Court St.
Rev. Geo. H. Mitchell, Pastor.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH. . .Jefferson St
Rev. C. C. Curtis, Pastor.
M. E. CHURCH Mill Street
Rev. !. H. Bennett, Pastor.
BAPTIST CHURCH Court Street
Rev. Owen Day, Pastor.
EVANGELICAL CHURCH.. Mill Street
Rev. C. P. Gates. Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH. .Washington St
Father W. Cronln.
ADVENTIST CHURCH, Washington St.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.. Bank Bulding
Professional Cards
LODGE DIRECTORY
DENTIST AND ORTHODONTIA
DR. CLINTON L. FOSTER,
New City Bank Building.
Office Phone 931,
DALLAS OREGON.
DENTIST
M. HAYTER
Dallas National Bank Building
Dallas Oregon
Olive Smith-Bicknell
Teacher of
PIANO and ORGAN
Studio 712 Oak' St.
DALLAS OREGON
Dr. Louis G. Altman
Homeopathic Physician,
General Practice.
Special attention to Asthma, Dropsy,
uan otones anrt Klieumatism.
Office and Res. 296 N. Liberty St.
Phone Main 147. SALEM, ORE.
LUMBER V
olt Stockton. Administrator of , . BOW1.BY State Highway
Engineer.
GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN V. 8.
Senator
HARRY LAVE U. 8. Senator
W. C HAWLET. .'. . Representative
N. J. 8INNOTT. . .r. & Representative
A. W. LAFFERTY. V. & Representative
the Estate of Martha J. Seward, de
ceased. Wheelock 4 Williams, Attorneys
for Administrator.
Jan. 6th Feb. 514
When We Hand
You Our Esti
mates of the coat of the lumtr you require
you car. depend upon It that the fig
urea will be as low as first-class, well
seasoned lumlier can be sold for hon
estly. If you pay more you pay too
much. If you pay loss you get less
either ' quality or quantity..
Dallas Lumber & Log
ging Company
Chiropractor Phone 1304
DR. D. G. REMPEI
Nerve Specialist and Spinal Adjuster
Office, 513 Church Street, near depot.
Consultation and Examination Free.
DALLAS, OREGON
DENTIST
B. F. BUTLER
Office over Fuller Pharmacy.
Office hours from to 1J a. m.; 1
to 6 p. m.
Dallas ' Oregon
Phone 1183-2
R. L. CHAPMAN
FUNERAL DIRECTOR .
AND EM BALM ER
Calla promptly answered day or night
Dallas, Oregon.
UNITED ARTISANS Dallas Assem
bly, No. 46, meets on first and third
Mondays cf each month at Wood
man hall. Visiting members made
welcome.
W. J. WHITE, M. A.
WILLIS SIMONTON. Secretary.
KEUEKAHS Almlra Lodge No. 26
meets first and third Wednesday of
each month at Odd Fellows' Hall.
NOLA COAD, Noble Grand.
ORA COSPER, Secretary.
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD Dal
las Camp No. 209 meets In W. O.
W. Hall on Tuesday evening of
each week.
R. E. REED, Consul Com.
W. A. ATRES. Clerk.
A. F. & A. M. Jennings Lodge, No.
9, meets second and fourth Fridays
of each month. In Masonic hall on
Main street. Visiting brethren wel
come. W. R, ELLIS, W. M.
WALTER S. MUIR. Secretary.
G. O. HOLMAN
LAWYER
Office In Wilson Building.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
WALTER L. TOOZE, JR.
Dallas National Bank Building
Dallas Oregon
ATTORNEY AT LAW
OSCAR HAYTER
Rooms t and , Uglow Bldg.
Dallas Orecon
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
D. H. UPJOHN
Rooms 19-26
Dallas National Bank Bide.
DALLAS OREGON.
ED. F. COAD.
Attorney at Law.
Probate Cases a Specialty.
Room 20, National Bank Bldff.
West Side Marble
WorRs
G. L. HAWKINS, Proprietor.
MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES AND
CUR RING.
A Complete line of All Latest Drxhrna.
Tresspass notices, weather pref.
for sale at Observer Job office.
ATTORNEYS AND ABSTRACTORS
BROWN Sc SIBLEY
Abstracts promptly made
Notary Public, Collections
Mill 8t Down-stairs. . Dallas. Ore.
SIBLEY it. EAKIN
The only reliable set of Abstracts In
Polk County. Offlcs on Court street
Dallas, ... Oregon
GOOD WOOD At right prices. Or-
aer yonr oiock wood and slab wood
for earlv delivers Tri
nished on short order Plntv nt
good fir and other kinds of wood now
resoy ior customers. send orders
earlv by phone to AUGUST BO
MAN. Phone 1563 706tf
When in need of anything in wb
work remember the Observer office is
th most complete in Polk County.