THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, TUESDAY, APRIL 28th, 1914
TOLD TO MAKE MONEY
STUDENTS WILL CONDUCT GAR
DENS FOR PROFIT
Polk County Industrial Fair May Re
ceive Benefit From Prof. Gil
more 's Unique Idea.
Prof. L. P. Gilmore, bead of the
department of science at the Mon
mouth Training Normal, in conjunc
tion villi other instructors, has in
stituted a practical garden contest
among the boy students of that school
which cannot fail to result in the
accomplishment of good from an in
dustrial standpoint. A three-acre tract
of land has been divided into small
plots for cultivation. Kach student
will be given charge of from one to
three pints as his unit. For those
who wish to exhibit nt the Polk
County Industrial Fair next fall, pro
vision will be made for ground up
to one-eighth of an acre. The plow
ing and other teamwork is furnished, to
be repaid at time of cropping. The
children are to- furnish seeds and
plants, which will be charged against
"cost of production." Only under
special conditions will a student be
allowed to raise more than two dif
ferent crops at the same time, but
at home be may exercise his own
judgment, tempered with advice. The
varieties, however, will be at the op
tion of the students.
The purpose of the contest is to
train the pupils in question of buying
and selling, supply and demand, and
to give them practical business
knowledge that will serve them in
later years. A bookkeeping system,
designed by II. M. Mabray, has been
adopted for school garden use. Each
pupil will be given a simple account
book in which records of all costs
find snips must he kent. The Nor-1
mal dormitory will buy usuatfle pro
duce, if prices are reasonable, but
will purchase elsewhere if lower
prices are secured. The pupils may
sell to any party, but their accounts
must show that no more than market
prices were received.
The books riuist be balanced eacl
week. After the harvest season the
pupils' accounts, with a composition
outlining the procedure' and general
methods used, will be submitted to a
committee of judges. The winner will
be the student who realized the
greatest profits, kept-(he neatest and
most accurate accounts, wrote the
best composition and "showed fhe
greatest skill in buying and selling.
FIRE FIGHTERS TO CONVENE
Plans for Prevention of Forest De
struction Will Be Discussed.
On Friday and Saturday of the
present week ollicials connected with
forest lire prevention work m West
ern Oiegon will convene at Salem for
the purpose of formulating definite
plans for lighting lire the cumin;
season. Mr. V.' V. Fuller, secretary
of the Polk County lire Patrol Assoc
inlion, and Supervising Warden Frank
Jlcvdun will nt tend the meeting and
participate in its deliberations.
The continued success of the forest
protection wolk, according to Stat
Forester Klliotl, demands the active
co-operation of government, associa
tion and state ollicials, anil this meet
ing will afford an excellent oppor
tunity for those interested to get bet
ter acquainted and exchange ideas as
to the work. The Polk County Av
sociation, for the creation of which
strong organization Mr. Fuller is
largely lesponsible, protects approxi
mately eight billion feet of standing
timber. The limber owners have in
Supervisor llevdon a faithful ami
cllieient warden.
Much Road Work Done.
Messrs. Koss Nelson of Indepen
dence anil Allen Chirk of Monmouth,
both prominent merclinnls in their
respective towns, spent Friday night
in Dallas, having come hither to r-e-coupi'iale
fioin a slrcnoiis day's work
on Hie roads thai day. The gentle
men assert that people exhibited much
cnllmsiaMii on Ihe occasion of tionil
lioads day, pulling Ihe highways from
Independence to Monmouth, from In
dependence to Ilrunk'from Indepen
dence to the cross roads four miles
from Dallas, and the road from Inde
pendence toward Corvuliis in splen
did shape. On the latter road Super
visor Dnrrell assorted that the same
work could not have been done for
Irloll.
pollen from flower to flower as the
hive bees. Their intelligence, their
energy, their social habits and the
ease with which they are kept under
control stamp them at once as no
mean ally to the tiller of the soil.
The practical beekeeper in any dis
rieulturists and others engaged on the
laud are instructed in pruning, graft
ing budding and other concomitant
adjuncts for obtaining a living from
the soil, but none of these are more
necessary than an acquaintance of
bee management the practical part
of it at least. Apart from the profits
from the sale of the honey, or that
used in the home (there is no food
more heathful and invigorating,) the
presence of bees on a hamestead are
husbandry, if not more so.
Sir John Lubbock, in "Bees, Ants
and Wasps," referring to the color
sense of bees, says: "The consider
ation of the causes which have led
to the structure and coloring of flow
ers is one of the most fascinating
parte of natural history. Most bot
anists are now agreed that insects,
and especially bees, have played a
very important part in the develop
ment of flowers. While in many
plants, almost invariably with the in
conspicuous blossoms, - the pollen is
carried from flower to flower by the
wind, in cases of almost all large and
brightly colored flowers this is effect
ed by the agency of insects. In such
flowers the colors, scents and honey
serve to attract insects, while the size
and form are arranged in such a man
ner that the insects fertilize them
with pollen brought from another
plant."
SHOWS MORE STRENGTH
DEMAND FOR OREGON PRUNES
IS BREAKING RECORD
BASEBALL FORTY YEARS AGO
Judge Teal Then Played the Game on
Present Grounds.
The Hon. J. B. Teal, himself some
thing of an artist on the greensward
nearly half a centuiy ago, still takes
a lively interest in the national game
ot baseball and daily scans the scores,
In conversation with the Judge a few
days since, the venerable servant of
Polk county related how forty years
ago he and others manipulated the
sphere on grounds three blocks north
of the court house, which grounds
are still in use by the present invine-
lbles and on winch many an exciting
contest has taken place during the
past few years.
In Judge 1 ears day the players
were always in tine pliysical condi
tion, labor keeping the muscles hard.
Spikes in the shoes were unknown,
for the reason that shoes were not
a part of Ihe paraphernalia. The ah
sencc of footwear toughened the ped
al extremities to withstand almost
anvthing.
Judge Teal, with that familiar 18-
carat smile overspreading his coun
tenance, reminiscently recalled a
nine of ball plaved in 1872, when a
number of now prominent citizens,
hoary with age, participated in nn ex
citing contest and won a vietmry.
Yes I still like baseball and attend
a game whenever time permits, but
I please excuse me a moment ; and
the old-time baseballist gave attention
to n tiller of the soil who had sought
him on road matters. Just what his
concluding sentence would have been
remains as a tale untold.
Grange Fails to Materialize.
Mr. I?. I?. Riggs, n native of Brdigc
port and still a resilient of that place,
was in Dallas on Friday. The resi
dents of that locality undertook to
organize a local grange last x week,
but owing to the meagre attendance
the matter was deferred to some fu
ture time. Mr. Higgs is road super
visor for his district and expects to
gravel nt least two miles of high
way during the coming summer. Ac
cording to this authority his road is
one of the worst in Polk County, not
withstanding the fact that it was
the first military road between Port
land and the California line.
Bees and Crops.
The workers of one" bee colony eas
ily cover as much as twice the dis
tance between the earth and the moon
in one day. The distance of the moon
from the earth is 237,600 miles.
Therefore the gathering of about 10
quarts of honey means, totaling the
flight of all the workers of the col
ony, a flight of some 475,200 miles.
It will therefor be seen that there
is no insect so highly developed for
carrying the imperatively essential
Civil Service Examination.
The United Slates Civil Service
Commission announces an open com
petilive examination in Dallas on
Mav 21!, as a result of which it is
expected to make certification to fill
l vacancy in the position ot rural
arrie.r at Independence and other
vacancies as they may occur on rural
routes at post offices in the county
f Polk, unless it is found to
le in the interest ot tne service ro
Mil anv vacancv bv reinstatement,
uinsfer, or promotion. The usual en
rance salurv for rural carriers is
from iptino to $1,100 per annum. Ago.
IS to u.i. on the date ot the exami
nation. The maximum age is waived
cases of persons honorably dis
charged from the United States mili
tary or naval service. An applicant
must have his actual domicile in the
territoy supplied by a post office in
the county for which the examination
is announced. The examination if
open to all male citizens of the Uni
ted States who can comply with the
requirements.
Eastern Buyers Endeavoring to Close
Contracts on Future Crop at Ad
vanced Prices.
According to the latest advices the
demand for prune contracts in Ore
gon exceeds that of any previous
year in the history of this industry,
and bids made by eastern and Cali
fornia interests are higher. Crop
condi (ions in Oregon," and especially
in Polk County are favorable, the
dropping having been less severe
than in California, where the crop
will be comparatively light, and the
outlook for record prices were never
better. Old crop prunes are prac
tically exhausted at all centers.
There will be no carry-over to speak
of at any point and in some of the
leading markets prunes are so scarce
at this time that they have ceased to
he quoted. This, therefore, will give
the new crop a clear field and the
outlook is therefore most hopeful
from a price standpoint.
Oregon prunes continue to lead in
the east over those from any other
section, and this being the case,
prominent buyers from all parts of
the world appear to be eager to con
tract Growers, however, are confi
dent that they will profit by playing
a waiting game and are slow to tie
ud their crops at present values
The slight damage done by frosts in
some localities will more than De over
come by higher prices.
Railroad Work Progressing.
C. J. Cook, the contractor in charge
of the construction crew on the Val
lev & Siletz road, out from Hoskins,
moved his outfit Thursday last to
the Bush place where a big cut and
fill is to be made around the lull at
this point, says the Independence
Monitor. Monday the company put a
crew ot men to woi'K cleaning me
lit of way west from Hoskins into
the timber. There is. some rock work
to be done along this part of the road.
The surveyors that were doing the
nermanent location survey west from
Independence, two weeks ago, finish
ed their work on ttos part ot tne
road, were sent to the west end of the
line bevond Hoskins. .
thereon are said to be a disgrace.
The particular place .referred to near
the Wallace orchards is in a com
munity that has always contributed
handsomely nearly every year. Hun
dreds of yards of gravel have gone
on this road for maintenance with
out cost to the county and in view of
this fact the comity court will Ser
iously considtfr the construction or an
improved highway at this poiuC
HEARD IN DALLAS
Artisans' Entertainment.
The members of the Dallas Artisan
Lodge, who are somewhat noted en
tertainers, will have on open meeting
of the lodge on Monday next, to which
the public is invited. A program will
be given, followed by a basket social
and dance. The program will start
at 8.30 o'clock. Following is the
program : Selection, High School or
chestra; reading, Mrs. H. H. Volheim;
solo, Pearl Owings; selection, Male
quartette; reading, Mrs. F. O. Si
monton; selection, Girls' High School
quartette; violin sold, Jack Enkin;
solo, Elva Lucas; selection, High
School orchestra; sale of baskets, and
lunch time; dancing.
Odd Fellows Visit Sheridan
Sheridan Sim : A. V. R. Snyder
and J. E. Richter were two Dallas
representatives at the Odd Fellows
meeting held here Saturday evening.
The former is an old newspaper man
in these parts and rocked Moses in
the cradle of the deep when he was
rescued from the bull fishes some
years ago. The latter is a democrat
but can smile as serenely as .a re
publican, and confidently expects to
keep right on smiling, even after he is
nominated for county treasurer in
Old Polk.
How Bad Backs Have Been Made
Strong Kidney Ills Corrected.
All over Dallas you hear it. Doan's
Kidney Pills are keeping up the good
woik. Dallas people are telling about
it telling of bad backs made sound
again. You can believe the testimony
of your own townspeople. They tell
it for the benefit of you who are suff
ering. If your back aches, if you feel
lame, sore and miserable, if the kid
neys act too frequently, or passages
are painful, scanty and off color, use
Doan s Kidney Pills, the remedy that
has helped so many of your friends
and neighbors, lollow this Dallas
citizen's advice and give Doan's a
chance to do the same for you.
E. L. Sperry, carpenter, 318 Maple
Street, Dallas, Oregon, says : "My
back and kidneys bothered ' me for
quite awhile and I was advised to try
Doan's Kidney Pills for relief.
Short use rid met of the trouble and
not a sign of it has ever returned.
It is several years since I took Doan's
Kidney Pills, but I haven't forgotten
haw greatly they helped. me."
Price 50c. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mr. Sperry had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
Bulletin Now Available.
Announcement has been made by
State Engineer Lewis that the United
Slates Department of Agriculture
now has ready for distribution bulle
tins on tile drainage of farms. This
bulletin was prepared by A. G. Smith,
and contains matters on drainage
which arc especially useful to the peo
ple ot Oregon.
Your Grocery Phone-18
(SIMONTON & SCOTT)"
YOUR Grocery Troubles grow less when you deal
with a Grocery firm wnose Groceries are Stan
dard as well as Fresh and Palatable. Prompt ser
vice at the store and quick delivery mean much to
particular customers to whom we appeal. A satis
fied customer is our friend. When we do up a bun
dle of Sugar, Coffee, Spices, Davis Hard Wheat Flour,
for which we are exclusive agents, the new customer
becomes permanent and the old customer is satisfied
with his purchase. Become a customer if not now one
Market Price for Fresh Butter and Eggs
SIMONTON & SCOTT 525 Court St.
. DALLAS, OREGON
SPRING STYLES
in
Hurd's Stationery
Promoting a, Cannery.
The Commercial club, alive to the
fact that Dallas needs a cannery, is
endeavoring to interest some one in
establishing one here. President AV.
V. Fuller was in Portland on Thurs
day to interview a cannery man, and
while no definite conclusion was ar
rived at the outlook is encouraging.
"If Dallas does not get a cannery
this season," says President Fuller,
"it will not be for lack or any hust
ling on the part of the Commercial
club."
Loganberries and Hogs.
Messrs. Howard Atkinson and Lee
Oibson of Portland have purchased
thirtv-two acres of land in the tract
known as Guthrie acres, three miles
southeast of Dallas, and will forth
with plant thirty acres to loganber
ries. The gentlemen have also leased
a considerable amount of land adja
cent to their rrarchase, on which they
will engage in hog raising. They ar-
most favorably impressed with this
section of Folk County.
Adding to Garage Building.
The increasing business of the Dal
i Garage on Jefferson street, be
tween Court and Washington, con
ducted by Mr. Thomas Cathcrwood.
demanding additional housing facil
ities. Mr. D. J. Riley has under con
struction nn addition 02 x 7li feet to
the present building, affording i
commodations to sixty-five auto
mobiles. The present garage has a
housing rapacity of twenty machines.
The addition, like the main structure.
is of concrete and will necessitate an
expenditure of about $2,000.
Makes Second Application.
Senator Chamberlain made another
application on the War Department
to convert the Oiegon Coast Artillery
into infantry for service, if needed in
Mexico. He said if the request was
not irranted he believed a bill con
taining provisions under which the
transfer could be made would be pass
ed by Congress.
School' Is Making Furniture.
The school at Falls City has a de
partment for turning out furniture,
and is placing various articles on the
market. Benches, book-cases, cabi
nets, writing tables and chairs are
among the output for the past two
weeks, which were sold to the busi
ness men. The school has been aided
financially by the new work.
Hen Lays Big Egg.
A Black Minorca hen, belonging to
C. A. Dick, tried to beat the world's
record one day last week by laying
an egg that measured seven and three
fourths by six and one-eighth inches.
As far as anybody knows no hen ever
laid a bieeer egg, says the Indepen
dence Monitor.
We are now showing all of the new
Spring styles in Hurd's fine station
ery, including the latest shapes and
shades in note-paper, envelopes and
correspondence cards.
Hurd's Tuscany Linen, a paper
made by hand, is the very last word
in renned and dignified stationery.
It sells at $1 and $1.50 the box.
Many new styles of paper in the
new Pastel Grey.
After you have seen these new
styles, we feel sufe you will agree
with us that there are only two kinds
of stationery in the world Hurd's
and the other kind. .
Hayter's Book Store
428 Main Street
MODERNIZE YOUR HOME
WITH ELECTRIC LIGHT
Electric wiremen now "fish" the wires
walls and ceilings are not harmed
floors are i not ripped up except in a
closet or out of the way place
The work is done quickly and at so low
a cost that small incomes can afford it
ELECTRIC LIGHT IS A BIG DIVIDEND
PAYING INVESTMENT ,
In Convenience
In Comfort
In Safety
In Economy .. . r
It will save work save expense in dec
oratingkeep the air purer increase the
value of your property
Telephone 24, for a cost estimate for
wiring your home
OREGON POWER COMPANY
605 Court Street
Road in Bad Shape.
County Roadmaster J. W. Finn has
heard from Mr. Stick-in-the-Mud.
over near the Wallace orchards on the
i : t-,-il- ... X1 ; .1 . .. i. .j narrrinnirill-SnleTn hichwav. This
COMPARE THESE PRICES
To all orders within 50 miles,
pay parcel post charges.
Gohrke's Home Cured Meats.
HAM, smoked 19c.
BACON, smoked 22c,
LOIN BACKS, smoked I6V2C,
PICNICS, smoked 14c.
HAMS, salt 18c.
LOIN BACKS, salt 15c
SHOULDERS, salt 15c.
SALMON BELLIES, salt 12c.
SALMON BACKS, salt 10c.
LARD He.
CARNATION FLOUR, 50-lb. sack
$1.35
POTATOES, 100-lb. S lots, sack 85c
to $1.10
Feeds of all kinds. Chicken Teed
Speciality.
Prices Right.
Bring in your chickens, we can as
sure yon best price. Farm produce
bought and sold.
HillsBros
mi i n
TEA
nd
COFFEE
FOR SALE AT
Loughary Grocery
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 Buiuldirig
Dallas Oregon
We have the exclusive selling of the
famous Henry Oohrke home cured
meats. -
is one or tne most important roaas
in Polk county, and several places
GOHRKE & BRADEH
620 Mill Street, Dallas, Oregon.
When you feel Jjoi.
Stretchy, Rait Slot
Blue and Out of Sort,
look to the Liver; It Is
Torpid.
HERBINE
la tke Remedy Toe Need
It Is an Invigorating tonic for
a torpid liver. The first dose
brings Improvement, a few days
use puts the liver In fine vigor
ous condition. Herblne also ex
tends Its restorative Influence
to the stomach and bowels. It
helps digestion and food assimi
lation, purines the bowels snd
brings back the habit of regu
lar dally bowel movements.
When the stomach, liver and
bowels are active, bilious Im
purities no longer obstruct
functional processes, the result
of which Is renewed energy,
mental activity and cheerful
spirits. '
Pile Se 9t Bottle.
JamesP.BsHard.Prop. 8t.Loule.Ma.
Im Stephens Eye- &lv
SOT fc-yo. It UlTMi
Conrad Stafrin.
Watch the feet of the colt. As they
grow the horse will be valuable or
not.
The old-fashioned, well-kept, well
selected garden is not now as common
as it should be.
Olive Smith-Bicknell
Teacher of
PIANO and ORGAN
Studio 712 Oak St.
DALLAS OREGON
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 to 12 a. m.; 1
to 6 p. m.
Dallas Oregon
Phone 1183-1
R. L. CHAPMAN
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
AND EMBALM KB
Calls promptly answered day or night
Dallas, Oregon.
S. B. TAYLOR
Civil Engineer and Surveyor
Boom 10, National Bank Building
Phone 453, Dallas, Oregon.
LODGE DIRECTORY
UNITED ARTISANS Dallas Assem
bly, No. 46, meets on first and third
Mondays of each month at Wood
man hall. Visiting members made
welcome.
W. J. WHITE, SI. A.
WILLIS SIMONTON. Secretary.
WOODMEN. OF. THE. WORLD
Dallas Camp No. 209 meets in W. O.
W. Hall on Tuesday evening of each
Week. J. F. Driscoll, Consul Com,
F. J. Craven, Clerk.
A. F. A A. M. Jennings Lodge, No.
t, meets second and fourth Fridays
of each month. In Masonic hall oa
Main street Visiting brethren wel
come. W. R. ELLIS. W. M.
WALTER a MTJIB. Secretary.