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THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, TUESDAY, MAY, B, 1914. SERMON ON THE BIRDS REV. BENNETT PREACHES SPEC IAL DISCOURSE SUNDAY. Feathered Neighbors Teach Us Nu merous Lessons, One Being Habit of Industry. The Rev. George II. Bennett preach ed a special sermon last Sunday tak ing for his theme, "liirds Our Bene factors and Schoolmasters," the pur pose being biid protection. In dis cussing the subject Mr. Bennett held that the birds teach us many valu able lessons, and hence they me our schoolmasters. The sermon follows: Behold the birds of the heaven!" Our feathered neighbors are very close kin to ourselves. They are creatures of the same Creator, and recipients of the thoughtful care of the same Heavenly Father as our selves "your Heavenly Father feed eth them. " The birds are our schoolmasters. They teach us many valuable lessons. They do not sow, nor reap, nor gather harvests into barns anil granaries, as we do, nevertheless they teach us the habit of industry, tor every bint labors from sunrise till sunset in the search 'for food provided, by divine provi dence. The robin which draws the eai'thwonu from the sod, and the sparrow which hunts for seeds among the weeds by the roadside surely are examples of industry to nil the "lords of creation." The birds use the knowledge and power they possess and take care of themselves, and perform a very not able and worthy work in the world, while a good many men waste their knowledge and power, never return to society any worthy service for what they get out of it, and are merely parasites upon society living olf the toil of other people. The birds nre our benefactors. They render valuable service. Society de pends upon agriculture for its daily food supply. But agriculture has its problems. One of the chief problems in agriculture is the destruction of the weeds which infest all cultivated lands. Among the most active and efficient checks upon the overwhelm ing crop of weeds which annually menaces the fanner are the birds which cat the seeds of the weeds. The birds attack these enemies of the farmer at a vital period in weed life, the seed time. One seed may produce a weed which will yield lift' thousand seeds. So the work of the birds becomes easily apparent. Fifty species of our native birds live chiefly upon the hurvest of weed seeds. It is not uncommon for the crow blackbird to eat fifty seeds of tho smartweed, or for a field sparrow to eat one hundred seeds of crabgrass, or for a tree sparrow to devour seven hundred seeds of pigeongrnss at a single menl while a snowllake has been known to eat a thousand seeds of pigweed nt a single meal. Our native birds thus attack more than vestigation has shown t hat the 'birds John Eid8ew7 Dies at HU Home slaughter continues. The food of kingbirds consists of ninety per Cent of weevils and other injurious insects. Robins eat ten times wore noxious in sects and seeds than seed and berries and fruits useful to man. The pros beaks eat a few green peas, but they will rid your potatoes patch of Col orado beetles. The small damage done by a few species of native birds is vastly more than repaid by their beneficial service to society. Behold the birds of the heaven! The Biological Survey reports that meadowlarks, which feed principally upon grasshoppers, save $365 for ev ery township ot thirty-six square miles in Iowa, by protecting the crops. And it also reports that during a year in the state of New York the native birds destroy three million bushels of noxious insects which prey upon the orchard, woodland, and cultivated field. Yes, the birds are our bene factors. But behold the birds of the heaven! They are also our schoolmasters. They are ever before us as examples of industry. But see how true the birds are to their native instincts. They live up to the light that is in them. But see how false we often nre to reason and instruction, to conscience and revelation. The birds bear the call of nature, and their migration begins. One hundred and fifty-five species of warblers range from Ar gentine to Alaska. The black poll is the greatest traveler. It wings its way from Brazil to Alaska 7,000 miles. These feathered midgets do not follow the string of islands across the sea, but fly in. a single night across the Gulf to Florida a distance of seven hundred miles. How wise and beneficent is that divine providence which thus leads the little wayfarers across the pathless sea! The birds are true to their instincts. They flee from their enemies and from danger. But men they often are not as wise as the birds to avoid evil companions and bad habits. Too of ten do thev rather cultivate evil as sociations and bad habits, and so, run into danger. The prisons and asylums are filled with people -who were not as wise as the birds, for they wilfully trampled upon both reason and instruction, conscience, and revelation. Behold the birds of the heaven! They fill their places in nature with honor and distinction. True to its instinct, the bird builds its nest and cares for its own. It thus becomes an example to all men in courage and patriotism. But there is an in creasing host of men who care for no one, and live for nobody but them selves and are they not beneath the birds in courage and patriotism? But divine providence takes care of the birds, and they thrive and prosper, and all because they are true to their instincts and live up to the light that is in them; and so, divine providence can prosper mankind only as the voice of duty is obeyed. COLLISION ON HIGHWAY Walter Mueller Suffers Injuries at North Dallas Sunday.. Walter Mueller, while motorcycling on the North Dallas road Sunday morning collided with an automobile on a sharp turn, sustaining quite ser- hous injuries. Both automobile and motorcycle were speeding along at a rapid pace. 'It. is said the auto turn ed to the wrong side of the road. The unfortunate Mueller' was taken to the home of Mr. Mitchell, and a physician called. He was afterwards removed to the Dallas hospital. Mu eller, in the fall, had several ribs broken, and his machine was demol ished. - " CAPT. WATCHFULLY WAITING. PASSING OF A PIONEER, eat an average of a quarter of ounce of weed seed daily; and upon this basis, and with a fair estimate of the number of birds to the square mile, it is calculated that in Iowa alone the Ireespnrrows annually de. strov 875 tons of weed seed. When the boys fare forth to shoot birds let them remember they arc making war on their best friends. Thirteen quail examined had eaten 5,58'J weed seeds. Several motirnini doves were examined. One had de voured 7,500 seeds of the yellow wood sorrel, another ti,400 foxtail grass seeds, and another had eaten il.200 seeds of several kinds of weeds. The cheery "Bob-white" of the quail, and the soft cooing of the dove ought to turn the heart of the hunter from slaughter to praise and protection of these little toilers. Another serious problem in agricul ture is the destruction of the horde of insects which prey upon orchard, forest, and field. But in solving this problem the birds again come to the assistance of society. Many species of birds live upon the ground. Their food consists largelv of insects found on the furrowed field, or in the grnss. or among the leaves. Other species, like the swallows anil flycatchers, spend I heir lives on the witur or watching from some isolated twig, and so destroy the insects which swarm in the air. And other species still, like the warblers and woodpeck ers, devour other kinds of insect pests which inhabit the lives. So the turd hosts advance in three i:rand di visions upon the ainiies of insect pests. Fifly-one species of Near Buell. John Ridgeway, one of the oldest pioneers in this section of the sfate, died Friday at the old Ridgeway homestead, near Buell. Mr. Kidge way crossed the plains in the early forties with his parents, when but four years of age, his father settling on the Luckinmute river, near Dallas. In 1849 the family moved to a home stead near Buell, where two more gen erations of Ridgeways have lived since. He leaves two sisters, Mrs., josepn Diacic oi iJatias, anu .Miss Ridgeway of Buell, and three broth ers, Henry of Salem, and Joe and Charles ot Buell. Dallas Company Ready, Although Or der is Unlikely. "While Company L Third Infantry, Oregon National Guard, stationed in this city, is fully equipped and in readiness to move upon a few hours'' notice, it is not probable that it will be. called into service. The recruiting officers of the local company received many new applications for enlistment, provided the company is ordered into active service. Captain Stafrin ap prehending a crisis in the Mexican sit uation, has maintianed a state of pre paredness for some time past. The commanding oflicer, however, is still "watchfully waiting. V Pure Food Grocers FRESH VEGETABLES RECEIVED DAILY 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 Fhone 1271 Lewis Will Talk To Grange. Officers of the state grange have in vited State Engineer Lewis to dis cuss the proposed constitutional amendment providing for the issu ance of state bonds for the construc tion of irrigation, drainage and water power projects, and for clearing logy-ed-off lands, at the meeting of the grange at Monmouth, May 19. He was asked to outline a feasible plan whereby the resources can be made available for use by men of limited means. I Undergoes An Operation. Mrs. Harry Blodget of Airlie is an inmate of the Dallas hospital, where she underwent a surgical operation on Saturday, from the effects of which she is rapidly recovering. Mr. Blod get accompanied his wife, and is still in the city. Prepares For Fair. Preparations are under way in the farming districts of South Polk coun ty for exhibits at the county fair to he held at Dallas in September, the Oregon State J1 air, and the ranaiua- Pacific Exposition in Wlo. Children have formed industrial clubs for coun ty fair work and are also working to secure prizes at the State Fair, HEARD IN DALLAS SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER. Big Ranch Near McCoy Goes to Sat isfy Judgment. By virtue of an execution and or der of sale issued out of the Cir cuit Court last March, Sheriff Grant on Saturday sold the farm property belonging to A. M. liolmes, two miles south of McCoy, to satisfy a judgment of J.i!)7.3S. j. p. Kogers of the I'nited States National Bank of Sa lem was the purchaser, his bid cover- j ing the total claim. S. S. Gordon was the principal creditor, he having a j claim of $15,000 against the property. The farm consists of 443 acres. 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 work. Dallas people are telling about it telling of bad backs made sound again, i ou 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. Follow 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. Sperrv had. Foster-Milbum Co., Props., Buffalo, X. Y. CityTransfer W. R. COULTER, Proprietor The world moves itself; We move anything else Piano and Furniture Mov ing a Specialty StandKersey's Confec tionery. Fhone 1061 Residence Phone 1202 When We Hand You Our Estimates of the cost of the lumtcr you require you can depend upon It that the fig- urea 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 lest either quality or quantity.. Willamette Valley Lumber Co. Soehren Warehouse W. LLOYD SOEHREN, Manager BUILDING MATERIALS OF EVERT KIND, (EXCEPT LUMBER) Cement, Sand, Gravel, Brick, Shingles Plaster, Fence Posts, Drain Tile Building Paper and Composition Roofing, Metal Lath, Corner Beads, Fire Brick Hop Supplies of Every Description OFFICE ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF DEPOT AMERICAN WIRE FENCE Heavy and Medium Weights. Patent Hinge Joints Extra Galvanized Terms Cash at Low Prices CRAVEN HARDWARE CO. DALLAS, ORE. MODERNIZE YOUR HOME! WITH ELECTRIC LIGHT j New Buildings Under Way. Harvey and Irvin liucket has com pleted the 1'ouudation for a bungalow jon Hnvh street, between Main and j Church, to cost when completed about 112H0. It will be 28 x i2. one and a "' !"v i half stories. onus irru cMiieiiv upon n:urv c:iior- i;,.,i,n -:n - i.. ....... pillars. Thirly-eiulit speeies feed low with n ..l.litinn thrt Kih upon plant lice. A scarlet tamper street, the same to cost $1,000. He as , e,,, moms tha3 con ,cted the tddhion and win the rate ot tl,,rtv-t,ve per minute for while at WQrk 0Q ,he majn eighteen minutes. A pair ot w arb- truptlre jrn picKeii up .1..100 piani nee in io-iv minutes. A red-winared blackbird was evainineil w hich hail eaten I wen. ty-cicht cutworms at a single meal yet the farmers drive the black bird from their cornfields! Insect life lays an enormous tribute upon our country. The Hessian tly recently caused a loss of .:t.nno.OOi in one year in the state of New York alone. The total annual loss in tim ber, fruit, and crops has been esti mated at fSOO.000.000 in our country. Kut how vast must be the daniau'C without the aid of birds! The 1S..I1- weevil threatens the cotton planta tions of, the Nuith. It is spr at the rate of fifty nules KILL THE CATARRH GERM-USE HYOMEI It's the direct-to-the-spot method you breathe it. Do not delay and continue to suffer from catarrh, heail colds, bronchitis or sniffles. It is not only needless and annoys your friends, but dangerous to your general health. Befin the Hyomei treatment at once. It is one of the easiest, quick- est, and surest way to clear the head and quickly and permanently banish catarrh. Hvomei bein? medicated Bir im mediately reaches the gore and irri tated membrane and tissues its an tiseptic and germicidal healing begins at once. Yon will surely like Hyomei its re lief is not only immediate but last T'lirty-riirht siwcies of bird feed uin i orders than I have eccs to sell. When this destructive insect- ct birdl this rush is over I'll try it again." 1). Y. Allen, who some months since" bought the Thomas greenhouse at the corner of Jefferson and Mill streets and moved it to Birch street, is build-.! ine. Money refunded by Conrad ing another similar glass-house 16 i;,tSafrin if you are not satisfied. 04. He has 10,000 tomato plants and Get the complete outfit 1.00 sjze. 17.000 cabbage plants ready for mar- Druggists everywhere sell Hyomei. ket. West Side Marble WorKs 6. I BilTICn, Proprietor. MO.VCTf ECT, KEAIHJTOJrES AJTD CTKKIXG. A Coatpine I to W AN Lata Dertca John MeRee has just finished a gar age in the rear of his dwelling on Church street. Want Ad. Gets Results. Stop mv want advertisement." said Mr. J. C. Maeomber to The idi nc 1 Observer. "It has brought me more ir. I Advocate. "It has brought me more PEERLESS MAZDA LAMPS Prices Again Reduced. 10 Watts, 8 C. P $ .30 15 Watts,' 12 C. P 30 20 Watts, 17 0. P 30 25 Watte, 22 C. P 30 40 Watte, 36 C. P 30 60 Watte, 56 C. P 40 100 Watts, 98 C. P 70 150 Watts, 167 C. P 1.10 250 Watts, 278 C. P 1.80 BUT HERE NOW FRED. B. WEST ELECTRIC SUPPLIES 525 Court Street Phone 18 Electric wiremen now "fish" the wires walls and ceilings are not harmed floors are 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 Inconvenience In Comfort In Safety In Economy It will save work save expense in dec- orating keep the air purer increase the value of your property Telephone 24, for a cost estimate for . wiring your home OREGON POWER COMPANY I 605 Court Street FLESHER Meat MarKet WE PAY THE HIGHEST CASH PRICE FOR ALL COUNTRY PRODUCE . PHONE 13 Dallas, Oregon Star Transfer Co. WE MOVE ANYTHING THAT IS MOVEABLE PROMPT SERVICE G. A. and L C. MUSCOTT, Proprietors t Phone Stands: Webeter's Confectionery fill Ellis' Confectionery 1062 tlarn 1074 McCANN & COLLINS I Livery, Feed and Sale Stables Opposite Gail Hotel DALLAS, ORE.