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TWO THE TWICE-A-WEEK POLK COUNTY" OBSERVER TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10th, 1913. ' THB HOME PAPER ' Gerald Volk, Editor. Issued twice week, Tuesday Friday. and Office Phone Buslneu office Main Prass room Main 19 Entered as second -class matter the Postofflce at Dallas, Oregon. Saascrlpttoa Ratest One Tear ....tl.60 Six Months 76 Three Months Tit way to build up Dallas Is to pat- rcniu Dallas ptopU. Here's a real pain To our sham friends And Champagne to Our real friends. OUR REASON The writer no doubt will be cen lured by certain parties on account of the Observer refusing to print certain article that was sent in for publication. While we believe all citizens have a right to their belief. we also believe that certain state ments made are not always advisable to aDDear in a newspaper whose readers are made up of all classes. We all have opinions and are sincere in our own, but we often question if a writer is sincere when he is on the pay roll of a certain organization A lawyer may not believe his client is innocent but it is his duty to make the jury so think. We are the jury in this case and after weighing the matter carefully we arrived at the conclusion that neither Dallas Polk County would be benefitted by the publication of the article. WHAT IS A LICENSED PREACHER We often hear the words a licensed preacher, and how many knows what constitutes one. Of course if you were going to get married you want to be sure the the man of cloth is duly licensed to perform the marriage ceremony. Recently an appointive office holder in a central state a reg istrar of vital statistics for the board of health, wrote to the attorney gen eral of that state to define what was meant by a licensed preacher. His decision was that a body of good people, devoted to the practice and faith of Christianity, may give a li cense to such of its members as may in its judgment have the proper standard of character and scholarship to expound the gospel according to the ideas of that organization. The many views of what is Christianity these days will leave no doubt in the minds of all that there is no danger of a shortage in the crop of those who will be able to officiate at a wedding. It is no sign however that a person is a good preacher even if he is author ized to marry. The fool killer can make good if he starts for New Hampshire and flog the young lady that says she is going to go into the woods and live like Eve did. If he leaves her so that she will have to take her meals standing for several months that fool idea of hers will never bother her again. The newspapers of the state are looked upon as legitimate prey for the aspiring gubernatorial candidate, who seeks by all imaginable ways to press them into free service prior to the primary and the election. And some of the papers tumble tu the hyp notic influence and pronounce it good. Sheridan Sun. Oregon must be full of easy marks in the newspaper fraternity if one should judge by the large amount of dead head matter that is sent to them each week to publish. NEWSY ITEMS THE LATEST WORD FROM ALL. SECTIONS OF OREGON Hereafter it will be unlawful in Oregon to work any woman employee more than 54 hours a week, and em ployers will be required to pay ex perienced women workers not less than $8.25 and inexpercneed workers not less than $6 a week. It will be unlawful to work women later than 8.30 o'clock at night except when absolutely necessary. Telephone and telegraph operators, confectionery stores, restaurants and hotels are not affected. Dr. S. T. Linklater of Hillsboro was killed by an Oregon Electric train near Beaverton Sunday. The doctor was prominent in lodge circles, being a member of the El Kader temple, Eastern Star, B. P. 0. E. and a prom inent Knight of Pythias. No one saw the accident and it is supposed. that the doctor tried to enter a car in which the vestibule was closed. The body was foutad lying by the track by some young people who were out walking. THE GRANGE Conducted by J. W. D ARROW, Ch(hm, N. TM Editor of Ois New York 8taU GranQ - Review RURAL CREDITS. Some Facts Concerning Co-operative Banking. One Ton of Hops to the Acre. Forty-one tons of hops on 41 acres is the record made this iast year by Conrad Krebs on his hop yard near Sidney, according to a statement made by him recently. The crop was sold for a total of $24(1 an acre. Tall in; into consideration the fact that this was the first yield from that yard and the hops were consequents not of the best quality, such a record is considered to be remarkable. A sheriff took from the Tillamook train at Hillsboro, Washington Coun ty, a Methodist preacher by the name of Charles Baldwin, for whom a war rant had been issued for alleged non support. Baldwin's family lives at Mt. Vernon, Washington, and it is charged that he deserted his fam liy about a year and a half ago. He has been preaching at Buxton and Bay Citty, Tillamook County, and was on his way to Buxton from Portland. Portland has a population of 270,- 527. This is the estimate that has been arrived at) by T. T. Hutchison, local manager of the Polk Directory company, and is declared to be a very fair and conservative figure. It is based on a multiple of 24, an ac cepted standard for such computations. Re-enacting the ceremony by which they were united in marriage 50 years ago, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Bedwell, Oregon pioneers of 1852 and 1844, respectively observed their golden wedding anniversary at Yamhill last week with about 100 of their friends, many of them attended the original marriage of the pair, present. Joe Strome and his dogs investi gated a hollow log last Friday near Junction City and found that a family of skunks had taken possession of it. But neither Joe nor his dogs had cold feet and went right after them and when all the excitement had died down, found that he had killed eleven skunks out of the one log.. W. A. Weist, who was dismissed from Ihe position of principal of one the Salem schools in January of last year, because of charges filed th the school board, lost his suit collect $575 for the unexpired portion of his contract with the school board. At Brownsville there was five can- dates for Postmaster, they agreed among themselves to let the patrons vote as to who they wanted. The result was in favor of J. P. Cooley, who defeated Miss Powell, a former teacher by 27 votes. 751 ballots were cast. II all the candidates who are up for political office were as well known to the public as their wives know them, what blesgng it would be to the masses, aa it would insure a mall ballot sheet. Legislatures are getting wise each year to the demands of the people. A bill has passed both houses that money order can be cashed at any postofnee instead of at the office where it was drawn upon. Even if Uround Hog day was a sunny one in Oregon there will be plenty of politicians who will stay out of their holes, instead of keeping in the seclusion of their sympathetic friends. M. H. Parkin of Forest Grove is possession of a very valuable relic the form of a bible that was printed in 1740. The sacred book has been handed down from one gen eration to another during the many years of its existence and still is in a fair state of preservation. Branding horses and calves led to a quarrel in a corral near Mt. Ver non, Oregon, and Delton Pope, the 18-year-old son of William Pope, a well-known citizen of Baker, Oregon, shot and killed Jim Green, aged 30. a half-breed Indian. In the death of Dr. S. Hamilton, which oecured at Roseburg, Douglas County, has lost its pioneer physic ian and druggist. He was 88 years old." What Germany's Farmers and the Jew ish Agriculturists Are Doing Along These Lines-8ystem Tends to Dis eourags Tenantry An Aid to Agri cultural Development. By J. W. DARROW. Much Is said these days about farm ers' banks, rural credits and kindred subjects. Our agricultural leaders are at sea and our farmers are In deep water over the money lending and money borrowing problem, it nas been stated recently that the 12,000,- 000 farmers of the United States add each year to the national wealth the tidy sum of nearly $3,400,000,000, and they are doing this on a borrowed capital of over $0,000,000,000, on which sum they pay annually interest charges ot over $500,000,000. If commissions and renewal charges are counted ths Interest rate paid by the farmers of this country averages 8 per cent, while the German or French farmers who borrow money from their own co operative banks pay but 8 to 4& per cent. The question then arises, If there is such a saving to the farmers of foreign countries by co-operstive bankiiur. what is the reason co-opera tive banking is not practiced in this country? The German farmers have 17,000 lo cal co-operative banks, and througn them they secure short time credit at moderate rates of Interest. These lo cal German banks are further organiz ed into central co-operative banks, of which there are about forty or fifty, and the total turnover of these banks In 1011 amounted to $2,051,955,000. While our American farmers have been waiting for somebody to come forward with a plan for easier rural credits, our enterprising Jewish farm ers have been busy solving the prob lem for themselves. The Jewish Agri cultural and Industrial Aid Society of New York has been blazing the way for all farmers aloug this line, and while our commissions have been tour ing Europe for information the Jewish farmer has been quietly helping him self to the privileges of easier money through his own bunks and loan asso ciations. The total number of these loans, according to the latest returns available, is 2,508, aggregating $1,404,- 437. They had eight co-operative banks In operation at the close of last year and probnbly more now. This as sociation is given the credit of being the pioneer of co-operative agricultural credit in the United States. Simply patterning after one of the German systems on their own account, they have started a system of banking that is proving the thing they need, and It is one that any other body of farmers can adopt and work out to success If they will use the same intelligent methods as the Jewish farmer has practiced. One or two things must be admitted. One is that farmers as well as other producers must have money to run their business and that it is no dis grace to borrow money when they need It to enhance the productiveness of their farms and make permanent improvements that are needed. And It is also to be remembered that the European farmer's credit is no better than the American farmer. It is the combined credit of a group of farm ers that forms a gilt edge security on which the money markets of the world will lend money almost as cheaply as on government bonds themselves. Why not so here? Whatever credit plan is formulated it is to be borne in mind that it is the man without property, but with am bition and character, that the credit system Is to help. It is to discourage tenant farming by making It possible for the tenant farmer who desires to become the owner of the land he tills to own It and to help new landowners to help on and keep going a thing they cannot do if they have to pay 8 per cent for the use ot the money they must borrow. PRACTICAL TALKS BY GOVERNMENT FARM EXPERTS No. VII, Profitable Dairy injj Girls' Poultry Club. Guinea Pig as Food. ,LJS Ml s iii ii I an imsansaM Lb' w r?& J (Offioial Netqe Summary of Up to Date Matters Compiled by ths United 8tates Department of Agriculture.) RECENT report of a cow census originally begun as a private enterprise by ex-Governor W. D. Hoard of Wisconsin and compiled nnder the direction of B. H. Iiuwl. chief of the dairy division, Unit ed States department of agriculture, shows that cows in the western and central states which were the most profitable were of a good dairy type, were comfortably stabled and received silage as a part of their ration. The owners of these cows were readers of dairy papers and farmers' bulletins. The investigation was undertaken be cause of the small profit on many dairy farms. The men who collected the data went Into the dnlry districts of thirteen states. The facts were collected from 2,103 herds, containing 28,447 cows in ail, and covered a period of ten years. The records show that cows of a good dairy type returned to their owners an average of $17.33 per cow above the cost of feed as compared with $2.03 re turned by the cows of a poor dairy type. The cows which were comfortably stabled made an annual average profit of $14.12, whereas those kept In un comfortable stables made a profit of only 23 cents above the cost of feed. Those cows which received silage as a part of the ration returned an av erage of 10 cents more for every dol lar's worth of feed given than did the cows which were given no silage. The cows whose owners read good dairy literature produced an average annual profit of $14.54 per cow over and above the cost of. feed. The owners who read neither dairy papers nor farmers' bulletins on dairying made only $1.85 per cow. Of these nonreaders 48 per cent actus II jv lost money in the dairy business. Concerning the results of this cow census ex-Governor Hoard says, "The one great and paramount conclusion, overtopping all others, is that loss of profit in dairying is occasioned In nine cases out of ten by a lack of sound dairy intelligence on the part of the farmer who is behind the cow." Una and South Carolina. The first poultry club was organized In Virginia and is flourishing under J. W. Ktnghorne, the department's ln-structor-ln the state. The object 4n forming the club was to give a better knowledge of the value and Importance of poultry raising and the marketing of a first class uniform product and to teach better methods for the caring of poultry and eggs; also to show the in creased revenue to be derived from well bred poultry where proper meth ods of management are pursued. There is a four year course mapped out by the founders, starting with the setting of fifteen eggs as a unit for tho year'B work and concluding with a pen of fifty chickens, forty-six of which are hens and four roosters. Points are given for the number of eggs hatched, number of live chicks, number of cock erels marketed, profit on investment and equipment. Some of the state gov ernments are offering prizes for the most proficient students of the clubs In the nature of trips to their capitals, and one Is now offering a prize of a trip to Washington to see congress in session, visit the president and Inspect the department of ngrlculture. Throughout the year meetings are held in the states where the clubs are in existence tor the purpose of discuss ing the different problems of poultry management. At each meeting, when ever possible, the department of agrl culture will have one of its specialists from the animal husbandry division present to instruct the members on poultry raising, selection and care of stock and handling demonstrations. He will also assist In securing first class markets for the sale of the poul try and eggs. In Instructing the clubs the depart ment says that each county club should hold an exhibition once a year, prefer ably In connection with the county fair, at which place a pair of the best chickens grown by each member should be placed on exhibition and en tered to compete in" the regular class Nine heads of families must answ er to charges of failing to support their wives and children, as the re sult of indictments returned by the grand jury in Multnomah County. G. F. Brown of Corrallis purchased 700 hundred head of sheep in Lane County last week paying an average of $8 a head. Large Grangs Purchases. The advantage in co-operative par chasing of farm supplies needs no ar gument where granges have under taken the work in earnest One grange in New York purchased through the state grange purchasing agency this season fertilizers, grain, feed, etc., to the amount of $20,055.87, and it is es timated that there was s saving of about 5 per cent on all purchases. If only one-half of the 837 granges In New York state had made purchases to an equal amount with the one referred to It would have meant that the total would have reached the large sum of about $8,038,000. But fanners must get together and stick together In or der to thus benefit themselves. Aye, there's the rub! Grange Coal Club. A member of Wakefield grange. In Massachusetts, started a coal club In that town about a year ago and has sold coal at a lower price than any other concern In the town. The local dealers were compellid to put down the price of coal $1 a ton. nneat, sianey ana usts ADreaeu The 1013 total production of wheat was 8.2 per cent more, barley 7.5 per cent mors and oats 0.8 per cent more than produced lo 1812 In Prussia, Bel glum, Denmark. Spain. France, Great Britain and Ireland, Hungary, Italy. Luxemburg. Netherlands. Ron mania. Rossis In Europe. Switzerland. Cana da, United States. India. Japan, Rnssla In Asia, Algeria and Tunis, according to the International Institute of Agri culture. Rome. For European Rnssla the preliminary figures of production this year are: All wheat, 638.000.000 bushels; barley, C00V 000,000; oats, 1,101,000,000. The Guinea Pig as Food. It is difficult to account for the some what prevalent notion that no rodents are fit for human food, states the ag riculturnl department's bulletin on the guinea pig. Because of such prejudice some people will not eat rabbits or squirrels. Probably many others are kept from eating such excellent game as muskrats and prairie dogs. While guinea pigs are seldom eaten In the United States, their near relationship to rabbits and the fact that they are wholly vegetarian In habits should re assure any one who may entertain doubts about their fitness for the ta ble. All the wild species of the guinea pig are accounted good game In South America. Rock cavies especially are much bunted In parts of Brazil. While the small size of the domestic spe cies Is probably the chief cause for its neglect as a food animal, yet we have other highly esteemed game animals that furnish less meat than a guinea pig- That there Is widespread Interest In the guinea pig In the United States is evident from the large number of In quiries that the department of agri culture Is receiving in connection with the proper methods of raising this lit tle animal. The bureau of animal in dustry has been experimenting on different methods of raising the pig and finds that It costs from 50 to 60 cents per animal to raise. This cost could be substantially reduced by pri vate breeders. While there Is at pres ent little demand for the guinea pig other than for laboratory purposes, the u :Emk- A) Mattison, as guardian of the said Lola Jf. Perry, a minor, (or either of them, if more than one) or all persons claiming under said de fendants, (or either of them,, if theio be more than ono) subsequent to the execution of the mortgage herein, to wn : the 24th day of January, 1908, in, of and to said mortgaged premises and every part and parcel thereof; the said real property here inbefore mentioned is described in said execution as follows, to-wit : Lot No. three (3) in Block No. four (4) in Henry Hill's Addition to the Town of Independence, Polk County Oregon, together with the tenements, hereditaments and appur tenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining. : Said sale being made subject to re demptiou in the manner provided by law. Dated I his 23rd day of January, 1914. . . 1 J. M. Grant, Sheriff of Polk Conn ty, Oregon. Jan. 27-Feb. 21 VUMBim CATARRH VICTIMS Get Immediate and Effective Belief by Using Hyomei. Hyomei is nature's true remedy for catarrh. There as no stomach dosing you brcalhe it. When using this treatment, you breathe healing balsams and effectively reach the most remote air cells" of the throat,' nose and lungs, the catarrhal germs are destroyed quick and sure relief results. Hyomei often restores health to chronic cases that had given up all hope of recovery. Its best action is nt the start of the disease when the breath is becoming offensive, and con stant sniffliiiijr, discharges from the nose, droppings in the throat, or that choked up feeling begin to make life a burden. At the first sylnptom of ca tarrhal trouble, surely use Hyomei. Ask Conrad Stafrin for the complete outfit, $1.00 He will refund the mon ey if it does not give satisfaction. HOHKHADB EGO TESTEB. for premium. An exhibition of the best dozen of eggs should also be made. The department bas Issued the fol lowing suggestions: To rid the poultry house of mites wash the pen, the roost and the drop ping board with kerosene or crude pe troleum at least once a week. Market all cockerels except those in tended for breeding purposes as soon as they attain broiler size. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given Hint the un dersigncd, I .eon a H. L.'dy, has beer, duly appointed by the C'oimiy Court f the State of Ore.o:i for Pu.'k Coun ty executrix of the estate of John T. Lady, deceased, an 1 has qualified. All persons haviiy claims against the said estate aM hereby required to present them, duly verified, with he proper vouchors within fix months from the dai'j of this nolicc to the said executrix tit. her rasideuee near Willamina, in Polk County, Oregon. Dnted and first published January 20th, 1914. : Leona K. Lady, Lxecmitrix cf the Estate of John T. L.ily, deceased. Oscar Hayter, Attorney. 1-20-2-17 Pure Food Grocers When you purchase groceries at our store you can 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 Holman&Boydston Phone 1271 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 ' duality or quantity.. Willamette Valley Lumber Co. LODGE DIRECTORY UMTKU 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. , WOODMEN. OF. THE. WORLD Dallas Camp No. 209 meets in W. 0. W. Hall on Tuesday evening of each week. J. F. Driscoll, Consul Com. F. J. Craven, 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 welcome. W. B. ELLIS, W. M. WALTER a MTJIR. Secretary. SALE SHERIFF'S NOTICE OF IN FORECLOSURE Notice is hereby given that by virtue of an execution and order of sale duly issued out of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Polk on the 22nd day of January, 1914, and to me directed, upon a judgement and decree duly rendered by said Court on the 12th market price ranges from 1 to $1.50 ,ay of November, 1913, and which apiece. Those favorably located near judgement was enrolled and docketed clUes or Institutions requiring large !; the office of tbe clerk of gai(i numbers of guinea pigs should be sble Court on th(J d of November T?n"u.em i1913 in certain 8uit then Pendint' " TbVperarlan'inetbod of dressing the in 8aid Court' wherein Lettie Wilson guinea pig for cooking Is the one gen-! was Plaintiff and Wesley Perry, Lola rally adopted wherever It Is eaten, j P. Perry and Elnora S. Mattison as Tbe animal Is killed by dislocating Its guardian of the said Lola P. Perry, neck, aftor which It goes through :a minor, defendants, and by which bout the asms process as a sucking jexeeution an(j or,ier of sale, I am pig In preparation for cooking. Its ;commande(i to sell the real property throat te rtt. It a. bung up for a few g&id exe(.ution and hcreinafter dc 72? toJl;. Kl.enJ?J bribed, to satisfy plaintiff's judge- the skin scrape with a knife, the vis-"ent herein, to-wit: The sum of cars taken out and the carcass wasb.jlS2.40 with interest thereon at the d In tepid water. It is then ready (rate of 8 per cent per annum from for th cook. Tbe Peruviana Dsns 1 1 j jthe 12th dav of November, 1913. until roast ths animals, bot tbey state that 'paiJ, ad the further sum of $20 as they are excellent eating when cook-1 Attorney's f- together with the d In any of the ways commonly ap- cogU nd disDurselnellU 0f Ma ,u;t FLESHER Meat Market WE PAY THEtilGHEST CASH PRICE FOR ALL COUNTRY PRODUCE PHONE 13 Dallas, Oregon Professional Cards DENTIST AND ORTHODONTIA DR. CLINTON L. FOSTER, New City Bank Building;. Office Phone 031. DALLAS OREGON. DENTIST M. HAYTER Dallas National Bank Building Dallas Oregon Olive Smlth-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, Uall btones and Kheumatism. Office and Res. 200 N. Liberty St. Phone Main 147. SALEM, ORE.' Dallas Iron Works Machinists Foundrymen Pattern Makers. SAWMILL WORK A SPECIALTY We axe prepared to de any kind ot Iron and Brass work. Lumber tracks and 8tock work on hand. We make the best and cheapest Stump Puller on the market. Prion reasonable plied to small game- taxed and allowed at $9 and accru ing costs snd expenses upon said ex ecution, I will on Saturday, the 28th Oils- PauKry Clua. Tho nirla' Pou It r club. unlaot or- ganliatloa started by tbe United States 'day of February, 1914, at the hour department of agriculture for the pur- 0f 1 o'clock p. m. of said day at the pose of encouraging the poultry Indus-1 we3t door D (he Court House in try of tb country. Is making good rj.n, p0k Countv, Oregon, sell at headway, particularly In tho west and i vu.Ki; anttstn ft a trial kityhoat tiMilor '.TU ! r cash in hand on day of sale,) low,. Nebraska, Ctth and Idaho, dubs aU tbe right, title, interest and es k... v HnniMi in Vlnrinta. tate which said defendants. Wesley West Virginia, Mississippi, Korea Care- 'Perry, Lola P. Perry and Klnora S. I A Osaaptrto line of AH latest Dcsigm. CityTransfer W. R. COULTER, Proprietor The world moves itself; We move anything else Piano and Furniture Mov ing a Specialty Stand Kersey's Confec tionery. Phone 1061 Residence Phone 1202 Chiropractor " Phone 1304 DR. D. G. REMPEL Nerre Specialist and Spinal Adjuster Office, 513 Church Street, near depot. Consultation and Examination Free. DALLAS, OREGON JJENTIST . B. F. BUTLER Office over Fuller Pharmacy.' Office hours from 9 to IS a. m.; 1 to 6 p. m. Dallas j Oregon Phone 118S-J R. L. CHAPMAN FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMEK Calls promptly answered day or night Dallas, Oregon. ED. F. COAD, Attorney at Law, Probata Oases a Specialty. Boom 20, National Bank Bldg. G. O. HOLMAN LAWTEB Office In Wilson Building. ATTORNEY AT LAW WALTER t. TOOZE, JR. Dallas National Bank Building Dallas Orecoai ATTORNEY AT LAW OSCAR HATTER Rooms t and (, Urlow Bldg. I Dallas Oregon ! ATTORNEY-AT-LAW D. H. UPJOHN Rooms 19-26 ' Dallas National Bank Bldg. i DALLAS OREGON. West Side Marble WorRs G. L. HAWKINS. IToprlrtuT. MOXTMEXTS, HEADSTONES AVD cniBEra. ATTORNEYS AND ABSTRACTORS BROWN & SIBLEY Abstracts promptly made. Notary Public, Collections Hill St. Down -stairs. . Dallas. Or. SIBLEY ate EARTH The only reliable set of Abstracts in Polk County. Office on Court street. Dallas, ... Orrfoa 4