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lr ; I THE TWICE-A-WEEK POLK COUNTY OBSERVER FRIDAY, JANUARY 30th, 1914. TWO THE HOME PAPER OBSERVER PRINTING COMPANY Volk & Parcels, Owners. one Plumes Business office Main 19 Press room Main 19-2 GERALD VOLK. JAS. I. PARCEL, Manager. Editor. Entered as second-class matter in the Postofflce at Dallas, Oregon. Subscription Ratesi One Tear... tlM Six Months 78 Three Months 40 Strictly In advance. Tki may to build up Dallas ts to fiat- rtmiie Dallas ftoplt. JUDICIAL POWER Cheif Justice Walter Clark, of the North Carolina supreme court, de clared in an address to lawyers in New York Tuesday evening that all power of the government, both fed eral and state, lies at the feet of "judicial oligarchy," and warned his fellow jurists to take heed lest their power prove their own undoing. He said: "In this country, as in all countries, the control of the gov ernment is in the hands of a few. The overwhelming preponderance of the judiciary was constitutionally created in 1803, when the supreme court of the United States assumed the right to veto any act of congress they choose to hold unconstitutional. This doctrine was promptly seized upon as a boon by the special inter ests. ' ' In warning his brother jurists agninst overstepping their authority, the speaker asserted that Justice Harlan has well said: "When the American people come to the conclu sion that the judiciary is usurping the functions of the legislative de partment, we shall find trouble." A free port on the Canal Zone is suggested by W. D. Boyce, of Chica go, as a sure means of making the canal pay. As we have made the isthmus sanitary for white men, Mr. Boyce would capitalize that invest ment by creating a great city the length of the zone, where no duties were coiieciea. xie prea ch inat l would then become the site of docks, were collected. He predicts that it warenouses ana lactones, aim woum necome a great commercial clearing- house for not only the merchants and manuafcturers of North, Central and South America, but of the whole world." He foresees that a city of 500,000 people would then grow up and that the income from tolls, dock age, taxes, rents, leases, etc., would pay the interest on at least our orig inal investment. The United States owns 286.720 acres of land in the zone, which would be available for lease. Mr. Boyce points to Hamburg, Hongkong, Sinapore, Copenhagen, Punta Arenas, Aden and St. Thomas as cities which have been developed by free ports. The suggestion is at least worthy of consideration in de termining our policy on the isthmus. Governor West again declares that he will not be a candidate for gov ernor this fall. How long will he keep on saying this! Uncle Snm had to pay $fi,2f(S.2fl for dog food in the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1913. This and many other unique features are contained in the first report of. the chief of the quartermaster's corps of the army, announced last week. IS'NT THIS THE KIND TOU HAVE BEEN IF VOU DIE IT IS MORE PROFITA BLE THAN ENDOWMENT ISSUED SOLELY BT COLUMBIA LIFE AND TRUST COMPANY or W. M. LADD, PRESIDENT. PORTLAND, ORE. M. X. JOHNSON, SECRETARY AND ACTUARY S. P. L0CKW00D, V. PREST. ft GENU MANAGER WILLIAM r. STILZ, SUPERVISOR OF AGENCIES C S. BU$S,GenL Agent BTLTEETON, OREGON. ALL AROUND Gleanings of Interest From our Exchanges and Elsewhere. Few housewives use waste paper as thriftly as they might. In olden times it was artfully rolled up into firelighters, but matches did away with that. Now its principal use is for kindling. It might serve a hun dred other purposes. Nothing cleans a spider or grease so well as an old newspaper. Laid over one's knees it keeps out the wind on a drive better than any blanket. Paper quilts are warmer than down. And' yet we burn this precious material. Portland Oregonian. Quite evidently it hurts the Oie- gonion's feelings to work hard all day to make a newspaper only to see it used for kindling a fire hours later. Eugene Register. Although they themselves are re sponsible for the new income tax law, under which taxes are assessed begin ning March 1, 1913, Senators and Representatives are jubilant today over a ruling which exempts them from having their salanes taxed be fore next May at least. While most folks subject to the tax are "pony ing up" for the ten months of 1913 and all of this year, the congressmen are inmune from the new tax for months to come. Bachelors of Con gress will be hit first by the new tax. They will have the one per cent, deducted from their salaries on May 4. Married Congressmen will have the tax taken from their salaries on July 4. Robert Hoe has resigned the pres idency of the great printing press factory which bears the family name. More than a century ago his great grand-father landed from England, and being an ingenious mechanic, be gan the manufacture of the rule printing presses of that day. ills original shop in a narrow down-town street is still used by the company in a small way, but the factory occu pies a large square uptown with near ly 3.000 employees, being one of the great features in a great city. Harry K. Thaw, slayer of Stand- ford White, last week was granted right to $30,000 held by the Fidelity Trust and Title Company of Pitts burg, Pa., by Judge J. J. Miller of the Orphans' Court. The amounts rep resent accumulated iterest on a sum held in trust for Thaw by the com pany. The court ruled that the law holds that one may be in custody of a lunatic asylum and still have sufficient mental capacity to handle money. The Salem Journal says that de- Ue th fact that Stato Pl.inter . ,aj tw i. ,.,iePflH ,he oontract between himself and the Allied Printers' Trades Council ab rogated some time ago and that he does not feel himself bound by the articles any more, the foreman of the state printing plant, Mr. Brock, re fused to state Saturday what his ac tion would be in the event that a non-union printer would ask him for a position. After calling the council to order last week for the first meeting since the inauguration, Mayor Curl of Al bany dealt a blow to Lady Nicotine and then the assembly proceeded to business. The mayor requested that there be no smoking during the ses sion, saying he realized that it was pleasant to many while to others he knew it was offensive. Whereupon, cigars and pipes were immediately doured. Foresters and lumbermen see in a decision of the Treasury Department in regard to the administration of the income tax a strong argument for forestry. As they interpret the opinion of the Treasury olliciuls they understand that no timberlands shall be subject to the tax until the tim ber is cut and marketed and that OF LIFE INSURANCE LOOKING FOR? IT COSTS NO MORE THAN ORDINARY LIFE IF YOU LIVE W. A. ANDERSON, DistAgt DALLAS, OREGON. then the profit only will be subject to an income tax assessment. The Forest Grove Press serves no tice that in the coming state cam paign it is not going to be found bal ancing itself "on the fence of inde cision." It is going to say exactly what it thinks, and opens its columns J- ii 1 l J- 1L. to lis reuuers mat wiey may uu me same. The closing' of the saloons in Cop- perfteld has caused te railroad mana gers to ask the commission permis sion to reduce the train service to two trains a week, instead of three. as has been the rule. They were given permission, of course. Sending o baby by pnrcel post to destination in the same zons is pos sible; but when, the distance is ex tended the rural carrier and the rail way mail clerk have legitimate ground for asking move pay for dry nursing. The board of education of Cor- vallis has called for an election to be held on February 18th for the pur pose of voting bonds amounting to $78,000 to bulild the first unit of a new high school building. Eight drownings and millions in- loss of property is the record of the receding floods throughout California. And still they call Oregon the Web- foot state; or used to. How can the congressmen expect re-election, if they don't quit Wash ington early in the spring and shake hands with every one in the district? It is the unanimous opinion of Eur ope that it is Uncle Sam's business to collect their int-erest on Mexican bonds at his own expense. Beneficial Exercise. Exercise to be beneficial must do these things: , First. It must slightly Increase the strength and force of the heart beat, so as to improve the circulation and do away with any tendency to sluggish ness. Second. It must slightly quicken and deepen the breathing rate so that more pure air is drawn into the lungs and less impure air is left behind. Third. It must stimulate into nor mal activity the myriads of glands in the skin whose duty it is to rid the body of a part of the poisonous sub stances constantly being formed with in us. Practically any exercise, if carried out with the correct degree of moder ation, will accomplish these results and so deserves the term "beneficial exercise." The trouble is that indulg ed In past moderation almost every form of exercise can do more harm than good. New York World. The Greeting of Democracy. T'ie story that the kaiser loves most to tell bis Intimates, declares Mr. Wil liam Armstrong In the Woman's Maga zine, concerns the visit of his brother Prince Henry of Prussia, to America. The Incident happened Just as the prince was lauding at New York. Be side lilra on deck stood Admiral von TIrpltz. On the dock was a dense crowd. From Its midst a stentorian voice called, "Henry. Henry!" The prince did not understand that the bail was meant for him until the admiral, smiling broadly, said, "Youi royal highness. I tlink some one wants to speak to you." Then Trince Henry looked over to ward the human megaphone, who still continued to bawl out his name. (See ing that he had caught the royal gaze the owner of the voice shouted "How's Bill?" Not Sam's Fault. Sam Snedeker, the commissary man and held in the community to be a gooa churchman, annoyed the minlstei extremely by getting up and walking out of the church while the sermon was In progress. The preacher spoke to Sam about It "It Isn't my fault, doc," Sam pro tested. "It's a sort of affliction I got." The preacher told Sam he'd bettet see the camp doctor. A few days latei the preacher met the doctor. "Did Sam Snedeker come to you foi advice?" asked the preacher. "Yes," said the doctor, "but I told Sam I couldn't do anything for him." "What was Sam's affliction?" "Affliction! He didn't say anything about that. Sam said hed been trou bllug you by walking In his sleep." New York Post. Militsnt Margarst. Militant minded women were known in England before the suffragettes, one of whom lies In Henry VII.'s chapel- Margaret, countess of Richmond, its builder's mother, with her brass effigy by Torriglano. She hated the Turk, and she made, as Camden reports, a sporting offer to the chivalrous of her day. "On the condition that princes of Christendom would combine them selves and march against the common enemy, the Turk, she would most will ingly attend them and be their laun dress In the camp." That position of laundress to the crusaders would have been an easy one, for It was the fash Ion to make tows to change no un derclothing nntil the holy sepnlcher was regained. Chicago News. A Drssm Superstition. I heard what was to me at least a new piece of superstition the other day, and when I think of the risks I've run all these years because I did not know of It my blood runs cold. I met a woman from Virginia In market, and the talk falling on dreams I re called a most blood curdling nightmare I had had the night before. "I must tell yon what I dreamed last night," I said. "Let me ask first whether It's a pleasant or an unpleasant dream?" aid the lady from Virginia. "Decidedly unpleasant" "Then for mercy' sake dont ten It!" said she. "Never tell a bad dream on Saturday, for we say In Virginia: Friday night's dream on Saturday told Xs surs to com tru, no matter now old PRACTICAL TALKS BY GOVERNMENT FARM EXPERTS No. III. Hog Cholera Potato Disease Poultry Raising. United States Soils. (Official News Summary of Up to Oat Matters Compiled by the United States Department of Agriculture.) HE United States department of agriculture is engaged in ex periments looking to the con trol and eradication of bog cholera. During the past twelve months the disease cuused a loss among swine of over JOO.OOO.ouo. While this was slightly larger than in previous years, the loss has run into many millions of dollars each year for a decade or more. 1 be Sttty-secona congress appropriated $75,000 for the department to begin work against the ravages of the disease. The work Is now going on In Indiana. Missouri and Iowa and is meeting with some en couragement, although It was only be gun In July, 1913. Hog cholera usually makes its ap pearance In the spring ana tnen spreads with Increasing rapidity until autumn. Therefore the department met in the beginning a handicap, as the appropriation was not available until July 1. The plan of the work which Is being done iu Montgomery county, Ind.; Pettis county, Mo., and Dallas county, la., is for the depart ment to place in each county in those states three or more inspectors, who will have charge of the work und who will control the administration of the department's serum to hogs. The agricultural colleges of the states will gather statistics and In form the farmers of the ways In which they can aid in the campaign, while the duty of the state veterinarian will be to control the movement of live stock and require the disinfection of stock cars, loading chutes und pens In such a wny that the chunces for dis seminating the disease will' be less ened. Farmers not only lose millions of dollars annually as the result of hog cholera, but tbey are undoubtedly de terred in many cases from raising bogs on account of the fear of cholera. It is evident that loss to the farmer is loss to the consumer, for It is not con ceivable that a large reduction in the number of hogs, such as Is caused an nuully by bog cholera, can have any other effect than to Increase the price of pork and, consequently, the cost of living. Potato Disease Quarantine. Tile federal horticultural board of the department of agriculture has made a decision of considerable Im portance to potato growers. It is the continuation indefinitely of the potato quarantine that has been maintained during the past year against certain countries from which our main Impor tations of potatoes come. The coun tries against which quarantine is to be continued are the British Isles. Ger many, Austria-Hungary, Newfound land and two islands belonging to France in the St Lawrence river call ed St Pierre and Miquelon. The object of the quarantine is to prevent the Introduction Into the Unit ed States of a dangerous potato dis ease, now unknown In this country. This disease is known as the potato wart, the potato canker or black scab. The decision of the department not only Insures the potato crops from the ravages of this disease, but will prob ably affect the price of them. The quarantine shuts off practically all supply from abroad, though it does not affect potatoes from Bermuda or Canada and means that we shall have to produce practically all the potatoes we consume for an Indefinite length of time. In 1011. the year before the quarantine was Issued. 13.000.000 bush els of foreign potatoes were Imported Into the United State. Although the London bureau of agri culture has asked the state depart ment, through the British embassy, that the quarantine against potatoes be raised or modified the federal hor ticultural board bas ruled that the risk of Introducing new diseases Into the United States la too great to Justify a change. Bsttsr Poultry Roisirg. "Keep the nest clean and provide one nest for every four hen." la the ad vice to farmers and Kuiltrymen by toe department of asricultnre "Uather the eggs twice a day and keep them In a cool, dry room or cellar and market them at least twice a et k. Sell, kill or confine all male blrda as soon aa the hatching season is over. "Begin marketing the cockerels aa soon as they weigh one and one-balf pounds or obtain a marketable weight and," continues the advice, "market white shell and brown shell eggs in separate packages. Small or dirty eggs should be nsed at home. When taking eggs to market tbey should be protect ed from tbe sun's rays. Infertile eggs will withstand marketing conditions much better than fertile eggs. "The ben's greatest prodt producing period Is the first and second years, and anleas a ben Is an exceptionally good breeder she should be disposed of r i at the and of ber second laying and before starting to molt "Few eggs cuu be expected until the pullets are matured. "Pure bred poultry means uniformi ty of products, and that means Increas ed profits if the products are properly murketed. Given the same care and food, pure bred fowls will make a greater profit than mongrels. "In order to obtain eggs it is neces sary to have bealtby. vigorous stock properly fed. A splendid mixture for laying hens is equal parts of cracked corn, wheat and oats, which should be scattered In litter. Plenty of exercise increases the egg yield. Cabbages, mangels, potatoes and sprouted oats make excellent green food, and when wet mashes are fed be sure they are crumbly and not sticky. For the first three days chicks may be fed a mix ture of equal parts of bard boiled egg and stale bread or the latter soaked In milk. From the third or fourth day until the chicks can eat wheat and cracked corn commercial chick food Is a good ration. Plenty of pure fresh water, grit, shell and green food should be available from the first day. There Is very little danger of over feeding young stock. Feed your chick ens about five times a day." Soils of the United States. "Soils of the United States" is the title of a bulletin Just Issued by the department of agriculture which con tains a comprehensive study of the soils of the country, showing the loca tions of the 1.050 different types of soils surveyed aud mapped by the de partment and their crop adaptation. The department has made soil surveys in every state, embracing an area of over 600.000 square miles. The most Important group of soils on which the majority of the trucking crops of the country are produced lies' In the Atlantic and gulf coastal plains province, according to the report com prising about 3(13.000 square miles, ex tending from the northern end of Long Island to the southern extremity of the Florida peninsula and along the coast of the gulf of Mexico to the mouth of tlie Rio Grande. These soils nre pre-eminently early truck soils, and their most economic use HeH In the production of high priced crops for the early local and distant markets acces sible to rapid transportation. The fine sands are undoubtedly the most valua ble early truck soils, as In uduptntlon they Include the whole range of vege-1 table crops. Norfolk fine sand Is an It JIK v Photo by American Press Association. SECRETARY OF AGRIGUXTURB HOUSTON. ' Important member of the group as well as being the most extensively de veloped. It Is the best early truck soil of the section. On the soils of the glacial and loes slal soil province Is grown the bulk of the great staple crops of the country. The silt loams have by far the largest areul development of uny of the groups. They furnish the greater por tion of the cereals directly produced for local consumption aud export the hay and grain used in the production of meat and other meat supplies. Dai rying Is also an Important industry. The Marshall silt loam Is the principal corn soil of the country and Is only slightly less Important for the produc tion of wheat and is also an excellent soil for the production of oats, alfalfa, tobacco and sugar beets. 8imple Canning Methods. Recently a western Pennsylvania farmer, dissatisfied at selling his peas at a very low price, decided to can them according to the method advo cated In bulletin 3."9. agricultural de partment, on the "Canning of Vegeta bles In the Home." He used the or dinary fruit jar as a container. He disposed of some to a local store, which soon took nil he had and agreed to take all he could furnish iu the fu ture. He is preparing to put up u much larger amount next year. English Cattl to Be Admitted, The secretary ut agriculture, at the request of the British ambassador, an nounces that the foot and mouth dis ease affecting cattle, sheep and swine of Enslnnd. Ireland and Scotland has been eradicated and that prohibition against the Importation of these ani mals has been removed. Auto-Hallucination. Answering the question "Will yoo please explain how a person IS lifted by four persons placing their index fi. iters under bis shoulders and legs by means of slight lifting force at time of inhaling a long breath by each T.-rson and by the person about to be lifted?" Edgar Uteicn Larkin in the New York American says: "I nave been asked this question many times. If a person actually has been lifted and those dning the lifting think that the 'law of gravity Is par tially suspended' then tbe lifters are under self hallucination or auto sug gestion in so far as their Impression of lifting Is concerned. They actually lift far more than they think, but they will not admit this, as they are par tially self hallucinated In the belief that the body of the person will rise. And If they really succeed In lifting the man two Inches they think it a foot. Auto hallucination is a remarks- 1J:"ZJ1 and In Europe with minute rare and research." Inquisitive. Nell I declare! That woman finds out everything. I never knew any one so Inquisitive. Belle That's right I believe sbe woo Id even pump sn of ganPbiladelpbU Record. r 1 An Irish Bull. An Irishman was trying to lead a bull. He tied the rope to bis wrist, and the bull took the lead. He took It with a vengeance. As the Irishmnn was Hying around the corner a friend shouted. "Where are you going, Pat?" "I don't know." he replied.. "Ask the bull "Exchange. , YOUR HAIR MEEDS PARISIAN SAGE Unsightly, matted, colorless, scrag gy hair made fluffy, soft, abundant and radiant with life at once. Use PARISIAN SAGE. It comes in 50c. bottles. The first application removes dan druff, glopj itching sea!), cleanses the hair, takes away the dryness and brittleness, increases the beauty of the hair, muking is wavy and lustrous. Everyone needs PARISIAN SAGE. CONRAD STAFRIN Highest market price paid for ma chine cast iron, stove plate, rubber, brass, copper, zinc, rags, bottles and hides. Address A. N. Halleck, Mon mouth, Oregon.. You're really dry in a Fish Brand Reflex Slicker Not a drossy "neat" water - proof, but a roomy , comfort-giving ervice coat that will protect you through thick and thin id the wetlcrt weather. $3.00 8.EK, We print plainly on every label ' SATISFACTION GUARANTEED and im mean it ei A. J. Tower Co. J by tins t mark BOSTON Catalog Tower Canadian Limi led, Toron t o Pure Fcd Grocers When you purchase groceries at our store youcan rely on, their Purity and Cleanliness We guarantee our Butter and Eggs as Strictly Fresh Our Canned Goods are of the 1913 pack Our Teas and Coffees are of good quality and reasonable in price Free Delivery HoIman&Boydston Phone 1271 FLESHER Meat MarKet WE PAY THE HIGHEST CASH PRICE FOR ALL COUNTRY PRODUCE PHONE 13 Dallas, Oregon Dallas Iron Works Machinists - Foundrymen Pattern Makers. SAWMILL WORK A SPECIALIT We are prepared to dr any kind of Iron and Brass work. Lumber trucks and Stock work on hand. We make the best and cheapest Stump Puller on the market. Prlo reasonable CityTransfer W. R. COULTER, Proprietor The world moves itself; We move anything else Piano and Furniture Mov ing a Specialty Stand Kersey's Confectionery.- Phone 1061 Residence Phone 1202 West Side Marble WorRs a. L. HAWK1XS. Proprietor. MOXrMENTS. HEADSTONES AST CURBING. . Omptete line of All Latest Designs. LUMBER V When We Hand You Our Esti mates of the cost of the lumber you require you can depend upon It that the fig ures will be as low as 'first-class, well seasoned lumber can be sold for hon estly. If you pay more you pay too much. If you pay less you get less either ' ousllty or quantity.. Willamette Valley Lumber Co. LODGE DIRECTORY UNITED ARTISANS Dallas Assem bly, No. 46, meets on first and third Moneys cf each month at Wood man hall. Visiting members made welcome. W. J. WHITE, M. A. WILLIS S1MONTON. Secretary. WOODMEN. OF. THE. WOULD Dallas Tamp No. -'09 meets in W. O. W. Hall on Tuesday evening of each week. J. I'. Driscoll, Consul Com. F. J. Craven, Clerk. A. F. St 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. Professional Cards DENTIST AND ORTHODONTIA DR. CLINTON L. FOSTER, New City Bank Building. Office Phone 931. DALLAS OREGON. DENTIST M. HAYTER Dallas National Bank Building Dallas Orego.i 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, Gall Stones and Rheumatism. Office and Res. 296 N. Liberty St. Phone Main 147. SALEM, ORE. Chiropractor Phone 1304 DR. D. G. REMPEL 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 I to IS a. m.; 1 to 5 p. m. Dallas Oregon Phone 1183-1 R. L. CHAPMAN FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER Calls promptly answered day or night Dallas, Oregon. ED. F. COAD, Attorney at Law, Probata Cases a Specialty. Room 20, National Bank Bldg. G. O. HOLMAN LAWYER Office In Wilson Building. ATTORNEY AT LAW WALTER L. TOOZE, JR. Dallas National Bank Building Dallas Orrgoi, ATTORNEY AT LAW OSCAR HATTER Rooms i and I, Uglow Bldg. Dallas Oregon ATTORN EY-AT-LAW D. H. UPJOHN Rooms 19-26 Dallas National Bank Bldg. DALLAS OREGON. ATTORNEYS AND ABSTRACTORS BROWN Sc. SIBLEY Abstracts promptly made. Notary Public. Collections Mill 8t Dowa-etalrs. . Dallam. Ore. SIBLEY Sc EAKIN The only reliable set of Abstracts la Polk County. Office en Court street. Delias, ... 4