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HOME BUYING HELPS.
An educational campaign on mail
methods of buying would do
more toward stimulating home buying
in Dallas than any other one thing,
and it would be profitable to all con-
iprnpfl were it undertaken. Ihe mer
chants of Dallas buy only standard
goods and get the quality they order.
The mail order concern dictates its
-,.lmaino. nrice. It is a fact
OWU puil.'liniii jji.vw.
Iliac ouyeia ii wn "'ut
proach the manufacturer, of an ar-
tide and tell him they must have
the goods at a certain figure. It is
ever a question of price ami not
mialitv. The manufacturer gives the
mail-order concern an article which
he has cheapened until he can make
a margin of profit in spite of price
stipulation. It it Happens iu ui ""
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m-tinle rmido of metal, then an infer
ior grade is used, or paint is used in
stead of enamel, or some other mcth
od employed to force the cost of man-
ufacturing down to meet me
..,io- Vm-uor's mice. T)f course, the
outward appearance of the article
may be the same as the one carried
by the merchant in this town, but
The merchant paid more, but he
got more for his money. If yon buy
of him you will too. Then again a
mail-oirder house will sell an article
at a loss to attract attention. These
"leaders" are a bait. The catalogue
buyer compares this with the price
he would have to pay here and, not
ing the difference, jumps at the con
clusion that every thing in the mail
order house must be less expensive.
Paradoxical as it may be, the mail
order goods are cheaper but no less
expensive.
If these arguments are logically
sound there is still the social, moral
and religious view to be considered.
The retail merchant is the backbone
of the country town. The mail-order
house is his worst enemy. The
farmers need the town and the town
needs the farmers. If the persons
in this town who buy of mail-order
houses can he brought to realize that
buying inferior goods at low prices
is not always a saving of money, a
big step would be taken toward
.eliminating the mail-order evil.
LET 'ER SIZZ.
We are reminded by the rapid ap
proach of the soft-drinks season, and
!. mar.itinna mnktmr hv Dallas
venders, that these beverages have
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es alongside hops, prunes, butler and
autoinobilcs in the scale ot lite s
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been placed up on a marble pedestal homes, which ill turn indicates pros
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ship oh men, summery girls, middle
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lured ladies, and luvaehers. r.very n
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.i .,.i..r,,iii uii.n-o mir nicklc over
iiu. iic (iiiriu".!
t,e ba slab and murmur humbly
that a destiny would be untnllilled tin
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or a "pistachio royal sundae" with
given trimmings. And all tins means
things in cold, comparative figures
that slick in your brain and make you
think of economy and the inci eased t
price of living.
K.,.n iimt.lipmiitii'Hllv inclined in
dividual savs that ten billi
of
niikles aie 'spent every year at soda
fountains in this country, ami as there
are onlv a billion nicklcs in circula-
tion, it is plain to be seen that eacn
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one of them would have to make ten
trips to the soda fountain if only
nickles were used; that the nation's
expenditure for soda water and car
bonated drinks this year is estimated
at $.")00.000,0(M1. It makes it all the
more appalling when yon think that
is half a billion dollars, which would
buy hard-surfaced roads for every
county in Oregon, and is over twice
the value of the yearly output of
automobiles and would pay the debts
of all the American churches four
times over and would defray the uni
versity expenses of half a million
slmlents and is more than double
the combined yearly cost of the army
and nav,v. The amount of sihla water
rnnsunied ye::ly is estimated t
479,062,500 gallons. And in these
days the soda fountain is sizzling
summer and winter. From year's end
to year's end the hiss and jingle ot
the soda fountain in Uncle Sam's
domain never ceases. The time was
when for balf the year the fountain
was about as idle as the straw hat
and the parasol. Public fancy has
changed all that, and now the dispens
er of sizzing sweetness works nearly
as hard in January as in the dog
days. Soda fountain drinks tickle
the palates of the countless numbers
the year round, and thus it happens
that the disher the handy little
tool that soda fountain attendants
have for scooping up the cream
never gets a vacation.
FLY A MENACE.
Althoueh "swatting flies" has fur
nished the humorists of the country
with new material for their jokes
the anti-fly campaign is not a joke
bv any means. Even these sad-faced
lone- haired humorists appreciate the
importance of it. Their bright, sharp
way of turning a laugh out of this
very important work, is in itself the
nur. ...
"coi ..t
Tjn!m anything is important enough
to fld jts way into the joke column,
;s noj important enough to attract
National attention,
jjle anti-fly campaign has done
The scientists have demon-
strated beyond the slightest shade of
(Jouhjt that flies breed disease. If
flies connnea ineir uueniwu soieiy
til.- 1......1 flin oMctavr!
to the susrar bowl and the custard
pie; if they were born, lived and died
at the garbage can, there would be no
serious objection to them. They
would men De merely pesis, ramei
than plasrues. But since flies are
born in filth, fatten on filth, and
make only side excursions to the
susrar bowl, with early morning trips
to the slumber couches of perfectly
healthy people, they are a menace
TTnon their tinv feet are carried the
germs of innumerable diseases. The
only good fly is the dead fly. It is
impossible always to keep out of the
home the flies that seek admittance.
Be the windows and doors screened
to the limit, there will still be flies
on the inside. But it is possible to
eliminate to a large extent the fly
nuisance. AVe should not treat the
anti-fly campaign as a joke. It is
a serious matter and every precau
tion should be taken to eliminate
this daily peril.
GOOD SIDEWALKS.
Dallas is setting a good many con
crete sidewalks, and these walks are
a valuable asset to the city, not only
because they aire substantial, but be
cause they are permanent and sightly
as well as safe. Then, added to this
thev brins about conditions of im
provement which otherwise cannot be
had. When the concrete walk has
been nlaced it is permanent and the
yard can be graded and the grounds
leveled to correspond with the walk
as the owner has something establish
ed to build from, and work is carried
ahead with the assurance that there
will be no change. This cannot be
M.rno wlipnp nnlv temnorarv walks are
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in use. Good walks become a stimu-
his to help in the building ol nice
varus nn nice varos suirircsi wen ilkui
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have their tendency for the upward
ivirniia am, mnnpn npdii R unit hii
life ot humanity.
Taking this view we sometimes
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wonder why various persons are loam
to put a lew dollars mio a ueiuiuu-
ent sidewalk when the value of their
property will be increased more than
t be cost 01 construction, uuv men c
are reminded of " Huckleberry Fin
and his old barrel.
AVe are too apt
o eet into a stale of inactivity from
which onlv the power of energy can
move us and too often that energy
must be applied from outside forces.
Man has the opportunity and the
ability, wnen using ms u-6m
privileges, to rise to an intelligence
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surmounted only by his creator, but
in order to reach the condition out
lined he must move out in the right
direction and strive with that energy
which knows no abatement, to nil out
the measure of his creation and be
what his maker intended him to be.
This altitude can be reached only by
progressive action, and as the spirit
ual and temporal laws are closely al
lied so also are the spiritual and
temporal needs and inaction or lack
of energy is but a clog in the pro
gress of the individual.
The cordial reception accorded The
Observer by the citizens of Dallas
and Polk county is, indeed, gratify
i,,ir in the mauasement of the publi
cation. Words of commendation to
THE POLE COUNTY OBSERVER,
a newspaper are an encouragement
and stimulus, and the editor who
does not push forward under such
circumstances is certainly unappreci
ative of good will and well wishes.
It is The Observer's aim to be a
newspaper in the truest sense of the
word; a medium of publicity second
to none in the state; a eredit to
Dallas, and. one that will herald its
name and fame abroad throughout the
land. And in the accomplishment of
these objects we hope to enjoy the
hearty co-operation of the people.
BROWN IS QUALIFIED.
The Oregonian sees in George M.
Brown qualifications for the office of
attorney-general that are not to be
overlooked. It says editorially:
"Mr. Brown has had a long and wide
experience as a prosecuting attor
ney in one of the most important
judicial districts of Oregon and has
served the state zealously and ex
clusively for eighteen years. He has
tried many cases involving liberty
and life, with great benefit to the im
partial and correct administration of
justice, and he has besides had in
charge a great variety of important
general matters, involving public in
tdrests, in the several counties of his
district. All who have had direct
dealings with - Mr. Brown testify to
his unusual legal ability and single
minded zeal and industry; and his
reputation generally throughout the
state as a true example of the devoted
and useful public servant is most en-vinble.--
"Mr. Brown's fitness for the office
of attorney-general is not questioned
anywhere. The state has an oppor
tunity by his nomination and election
to ireward faithful public service and,
far more important to secure as its
attorney-general a man who is ad
mirably fitted for the place. It is
an opportunity for the state. On
that ground chiefly the Oregonian
commends him to the voters."
OCCUPATIONS OF WOMEN.
Out of the 305 gainful occupations
of the United States there are only
eight in which women do not appear.
In all the other 297 theie are accred
ited representatives of the coming
sex to the number of 6,000,000. The
eight occupations in which women do
not appear fall into two classes, in
Hie first of these classes the absence
of women is due to the tyranny of
men. There are no women soldiers in
the United States army. There are
no women sailors in the United States
navy. There are no women marines
in the navy. And there are no wo
men firemen in the municipal fire de
partments of American cities. All
this is simply because women have
been ruled out. With different reg
ulations there might be different re
sults. In Sweden there is a fire de
partment in which women are fre
nneiitlv enrolled. And the fighting
done by the women at the siege of
Saragossa in Spain during the Na
poleonic wars has always stood as a
spectacular and sufficient proof of
feminine valor. In the remaining
four of the eight womanless occu
pations in this country the absence
of woman cannot be so readily ex
plained away. It must be simply due
to feminine neglect that at the time
of the last census there were no wo
men apprentices and helpers to roof
ers and slaters, no women helpers to
l.roas.workers. and no women street
car drivers. The next census will
probably repair this defect. There is
no reason why women should not
enter these four trades. Already
they can be found in tirades which are
similar but more difficult. Only four
occupations, therefore, are today be
yond the reach of women in the Uni
ted States. They can not be federal
soldiers, federal sailors, federal mar
ines, or municipal firemen. Every
where else they have knocked and
have been admitted.
PUBLIC DEBT OF OREGON.
In a bulletin issued by the census
bureau of the Department of Com
merce it is said that in the li years
Inst passed the public indebtedness
of the state" has decreased materially;
for each $1000 owing in 1890 there
was but $653 owing in 1913.
The debt of the state was at no
time large and shows a marked de
crease during the period, while the
population more than quadrupled;
these two causes resulted in a very
small per capita debt. In 1880 the
total debt of Oregon at the close of
the year was $511,000; in 1890 it
fell to $2,000, but in 1912 amounted
to $31,000. The population of the
state increased from 175,000 in 1880
to 731.000 in 1912. In 1880 the per
capita debt was $2.93; in 1890 it fell
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1914.
to $0.01; reaching the maximum,
$0.(18, in 1900; and subsequently de
clining to $0.04 in 1912.
In contrast with the state of Ore
gon taking tne entire neoi oi no
states per capita debt according to
the- latest report is $3.52, or $3.48
more than the per capita debt of Ore
gon. Comparing tne decrease in me
per capita debt of Oregon and the
48 states for the period, we find that
$5.48 fell to $3.52 in the average for
the 48 states, and '$2.93 to $0.04 in
Oregon.
At the present time about 0.8 per
cent of the total population of the
United States will be found in the
state of Oregon, and less than one
tenth of 1 per cent of the total debt
is attributed to this state.
PIONEER DAY.
Believing that those sturdy pio
neers who blazed the first trails and
made it possible for others to follow
into the "Oregon Country" should
be honored whenever opportunity of
fers, the Dallas Chautauqua associa
tion has invited the early settlers of
Polk county to be its guests on the
opening day. It is but fitting that
we who today are enjoying a multi
plicity of privileges through the ef
forts, of these brave and heroic men
and women who came among savages
t establish homes and develop a
territory second to none upon the
hemisphere, should display an inter
est in those still with us, remem
bering the departed ones with sincere
gratitude. It is largely due to the
pluck, energy and hardihood of, the
courageous pioneer who first beat the
paths of this grand country that such
broad and magnificent acres are now
beheld on every side, and we should
not only take unlimited pleasure but
deem it an obligation to inject sun
shine into their declining years when
ever possible. Let us join in making
pioneer, day, on June 27. an event
that will long be remembered as hav
ing been thoroughly enjoyed by both
guest and host.
Twenty million baseballs are made
annually in this country. Somebody
must hit 'em out of the lot occasion
ally. The Observer libeled County Clerk
Robinson when it stated in Friday's
issue that the list of registrations
would not be completed for a day or
two. He finished the work Friday
afternoon, and the complete regis
tration by precincts is given else
where in this issue.
Marriage always changes people,
but unfortunately it doesn't always
alter them for the better.
Every republican in Polk county
should go to the polls next Friday
and express a choice of candidates
for the various offices.
Isn't it about time for our es
teemed and honored friend, the gov
ernor, to stop another fight.
Wait a minute! Teddy is enroute
home.
Those people who are continually
predicting Secretary Bryan's resig
nation should bear in mind that this
is the first office William Jennings
has held in twenty-five years of al
most continuous effort.
A fi.000.000 etre shipment from
China adds the promise of a foreign
yolk to the yellow peril.
The republicans of Polk county
should be gratified over the result
of the registration.
The list of Americans killed and
wounded in Mexico continues to grow
while we are "watchfully waiting.
The inoepenoence "i
spruced up considerably of late, and
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UH1V nun uc L""'". B
papers.
A number of republican candidates
fnr nublic office have declined the en
dorsement of the prohibition party,
evidently preferring to win or Jose
flying their own colors.
Some people are satisfied to take
what thev can get, and others get
what they can take.
Women imitate the men in many
things, but you never hear of a girl
chewing tobacco.
Knowing a good thing isn't enough;
you've got to know a bad thing when
you see it.
Some genius may yet be able to
make breakfast food of wild oats.
Some men drop out of sight of their
own free will. Ut tiers marry pnm
donnas.
Editor Observer: I was talking to
a grocer the other day. There come
times in the lives or all men wnen
they must talk to grocers. I might
go so tar as to say uiai nine me
some grocers to wnom 1 am very
proud to talk. And there is one to
whom I am very anxious to talk each
month immediately after his active
and enthusiastic assistant has slipped
that annoying little statement of ac
counts through the mail slot in my
door. In anticipation of the never
ending demand for another month's
groceries I always go to the corner
and slip a check to the said grocery
man and he, in his exuberance over
receiving it, invites me to take a
smoke with him. It is not a real
smoke, just 'a dried vegetable that
never would have been saleable in its
natural fresh state and was, in con
sequence, kept in storage until it de
cayed sufficiently to assume the color
of real tobacco. But the smiling
good will that goes with it always
persuades me to accept and I sit on a
condensed cream box while my food
producing friend pours out the dregs
of trouble from his ever-agitated
heart.
"I don't know what the grocery
business is coming to," he wailed last
Saturday, after he had bowed over
the customary presentation of the
quondam cabbage. As the fumes
floated above my head when I had
set fire to the parched salad he con
tinued: Nowadays folks insist on
their butter being fresh and their
eggs being newly laid. They must
have seedless jraisins and boneless
chicken. Crackers are put up in
sealed wax-paper boxes, vinegar is
bottled and molasses comes in tins
instead of bulk. It costs me more
and it costs them a little more. It
is not the high cost of living that
is the matter with this country it
is the cost of high living. Long and
loudly he raved while I fumigated
myself with my facial bonfire. He
sputtered of "the good old days"
when the grocery business was a real
business. I suppose he was think
ing of the times when a cat slept in
the box of crackers if it happened to
be in a sunny spot. Of the vanished
days when the molasses dripped out
onto the flo and offered to the cas-,
ual visitor an excellent opportunity
to do a spectacular neck fall.
The fault that this man possesses
is that he is blind to the things of
the present he is living in the past.
And his condition is very much like
that of a lot of other people. They
look backwards and dream of the
good qualities or other times without
remembering the bad ones. There
never were such good groceries as
there are right now. Business was
never better, as a whole. Grocers
are better oil than they have been
in the history of the world. There
is not an item that can be mentioned
that is not an improvement over its
predecessor in the past. The groc
erymjan that sobs for a return of the
days when he sold oysters out of an
open barrel that sat in the street and
served as a landmark for the village
dogs is still more retrogressive than
the actor that sighs for the narrow
gauge period when the janitor filled
the footlights with coal oil and the
only steam heat noticeable came from
the pot-bellied stove upon which those
in the front row expertly expectorat
ed. Keep your "gool old days"
stuff for scrap-book musings these
days are all right if you keep up with
them. OPTOMISTIC.
Wants Correction.
P. J. Halem, of Monmouth, sends
The Observer the following, with a
request to correct a wrong impression
given out last Tuesday:
Monmouth, May 9. In regard to
the collision of an automobile and
motorcycle as per your account in
paper of this week.
You state that -the automobile was
on the wrong side of the street where
the accident occurred which is a mis
take. Also the motorcyclist's name
I understand is Frank"" Mueller in
stead of Walter, as you have it.
Now after the accident quite a
crowd collected and they were going
to hold me until some one in authori
ty could get my name and number
of car, but after pointing out the
wheel tracks and seeing where the
motorcycle hit the machine they
agreed the cyclist was to blame.
1 also asked Mir. Mueller if lie
wanted my name or number of ma
chine and he said no;, that he was in
the wrong and consequently it was
his fault.
Toll? to olinan Trliifli mnv evnloin
why. we are given so much gratuitous
advice.
BEAUTIFUL HAIR--A
CLEAN, COOL SCALP
Use Parisian Sage. It Makes the
Hair Fluffy and Abundant.
Tt U needless for vou to have hair
that is anything short of perfect. If
it is falling out, losing color, spiiiiing,
t tha cialn Knrni Anil itches, im
mediately get from Conrad Stafrin or
any drug counter a 50-cent bottle of
Parisian Sage use it frequently
the first application removes dandruff,
invigorates tne scaip, ana oeauuum
the hair until it is gloriously radiant.
Parisian Sage supplies hair needs
is perfectly harmless. It contains
ilm Taet elements reanired to make
the hair soft, wavy, glossy and to
make it grow ttncK ana oeauuiui.
Yon will surely like Parisian Sage.
It is one of the best and most de
lightful hair tonics known.
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WANTED An old mare in good con
dition, apply to L. G. Miller, phone,.
Black 1551. W-4t-
FOIt SALE Property on south-east
corner of Uglow and Miller Ave
nues. Mieht trade. Barton
Riggs.
17-tf..
FOB BENT Furnished house, 80
Jefferson street. Vacant June 1.
20-4t.
FOB SALE Cheat hay, baled. U
S. Grant, Dallas, Oreon. 18-tf.
FOB SALE Recleaned red clover
seed 10y2 cents per pound. No. 1
grey oats. Telephone 24155. C. S.
Calkins, Airlie, Oregon. 18-tf.
JUST RECEIVED A car of cedar
fence posts. Sohren Warehouse.
LOST Purse containing $15.00 gold.
Return to this office and receive
reward. 18-2U
FOR SALE All the lumber from a
30 x 30 barn, taken down and
piled; $15 takes the pile. Must be.
sold not later than Saturday night.
J. S. Macomber. Phone Black 25.
FOR RENT Why pay out your cash
for rent when you know that you will
never get a cent of it back. Mr.
renter, why not live in the house and
pay a small rental every month and
in a very short time your monthly
payments will cease and the home is
yours, no more rent. Also vacant
lots, same plan, build a home to suit
your own ideas. Phone 544.
16-tf ' W. M. McQueen
FOR SALE Land plaster at the L.
A. Westacott Warehouse, Rickreall.
Phone Lucas & Price. 9-tf.
TO TRADE Twenty acres, with good
new bungalow, barn, wagon sheds,,
chicken house, and outbuildings-,
some prunes, loganberries, family
orchaiul, water-piped to house and'
barn from mou,ntain spring, ten
or more acres may be irrigated'
from branch on the place, two miles
from Willamette town of 3,000..
Three saw mills less than a mile
away, land hog fenced. , An ideal
small ranch. Will trade for Dallas
property. Enquire at The Observer
office. 21-tf..
WELL DRILLING
Having purchased a Standard Well
drilling machine I am prepared to
contract for this class of work, at
REGULAR PRICES
I can drill a six-inch hole to a
depth of 900 feet. Give me a call
and let me figure with you.
G. G. KESSLER
One mile north of Dallas. 19-tf.
HillsDros
FOR SALE AT
Lcughary Grocery
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 mad
welcome.
W. J. WHITE, M. A.
WILLIS 8IMONTON. 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. M. Jennings Lodge, No.
9, meets second and fourth Friday
of each month. In Masonic hail osr
Main street Vlsttlng brethren wel
come. W. R, ELLIS. W. M.
WALTER & MUIR. Secretary.
Get your bntter wrappers at the
Observer office.
COFFEE