THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1914.
Roll the Dollars Our Way and they will Roll Back to You.
Business Men of Dallas have what you want when you want it.
M. D. ELLIS, Manager CARL H. MANOCK, Pharmacist
In Dallas National Bank Block
ELLIS' DRUG STORE
Drugs, Stationery, Rubber Goods, Drug Sundries, Etc.
Fancy Imported Cigars
PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY
PHONE 1622
The Ug'low Clothing House
The Most Up-to-Date Gent's Fur-
nishlng Store in Polk County
Copeland-Ryder and Fldrsheim Shoes
Anderson Tailored Clothes
C. H. MORRIS
Jeweler and Optician
LARGE STOCK, LOW PRICES
BRING YOUR EYES TO US FOR GLASSES
S. F. WATCH INSPECTOR
PHONE 531
Dallas Garage general
C nrniinniA
ncrHimnu
General Repairing Cheaper and Better than any other
. place. Storage Very Cheap. Everything in the
repair line kept in stock. We have anything
in the Accessory line.
Thos. Catherwood, Proprietor
M. M. DUNGAN
C. W. DUNGAN
STORIES OF THE ROLLING DOLLAR
TO THE WAGE-EARNER
Copyright, 1914
DUNGAN BROTHERS
PAINTS AND WALL PAPER
Glass, Picture and Room Moulding - Painting and Decorating
Phone, Main 1512
"I'm mighty glad to get back to
Centerville," said The . Rolling Dol
lar to the 1800 dollar.' "That Scott
Valley is no place for me. Poor crops
there this year, so the merchants have
lots of business. That is no joke
either. Those people send all their
money away when they have a,ny, and
when there is no cash for money or
ders they still have to eat. Where
do they got Why, to the merchant
they passed by when they had the
cash.
'Four years ago there were twice
as many stores in Scott Valley, but
the mail order bug hit the people, so
the store closed up. Everybody was
busy saving money by buying from
the catalog houses.
"Now crops are poor and cash
mighty scarce. .-So the folks are go
ing to the few storekeepers left and
asking for credit and getting it of
course, let the merchant has to bor
row money from the bank to pay his
bills because he is carrying such a load
of credit, for a man who isn't patron
ized when you have the cash can't be
expected to have .much ready money
when cash is shout.
'The bank wouldn't loan the most
of them enough to live on for a year,
or until the new crop came in, so the
storekeeper is the only crutch to lean
on. Where would those people be if
all the stores had closed up?
"Over on Plains Creek conditions
are different. It is a new country,
and like Scott Valley the farmers 'de
pend on one crop. But they realize
that without their stores they would
be gambling with little to gain and
everything to lose. Public sentiment
is all against buying elsewhere. If
the merchant has not in stock what is
wanted they expect him to get it for
them. Consequently the merchants
can cany the farmers until they get
their crop money, and nobody suffers
physically or financially. Plains
Creek people know they would be cut
ting their own throats by patronizing
the mail order houses and forcing
flheir stores out of business. The
storekeeper is really the banker of the
community, but he is willing to be as
long as he gets a fair shake.
A catalog house has only two
ways of selling. "Cash with Order
and "Collect on Delivery." Where
the fanner has to wait a year for his
money how can he meet those con
ditions if that is the only way he can
get what he needs?
"The country town storekeeper in
some districts has about the worst
job on earth. If his people have
cash he doesn't get it. If they are
short of cash he has to borrow money
and pay interest so that he can give
those people what they must have un
til they get some cash again. And
then he won't see them in his store
until the crops fail another year.
"I wish one of those Scott Valley
people would ask a mail order house
for a year's credit. The clerk who
opened the letter would fall dead."
BOOST, DON'T KNOCK.
Well, Brother, does Dallas suit you?
And are you really pleased?
I mean just what I say,
Are all your wants appeased?
If not, who do you blame for it?
Do you do all you would
To make Dallas a better place,
Just as we each one should ?
It doesn't help to hang back
Or criticise, or knock;
But jumping in to help someone ;
Will beat it by a block.
None of us are "such a mush,"
When all along we go,
We must depend on unity
If we would truly grow.
P. S. : Do it now. Dallas Steam
Laundry. Phone 1053. Ouir wagon
goes everywhere.
Correspondents Wanted.
The Observer wants a cor
respondent in every communi
ty in Polk county not now
represented, and is desirous
of getting in touch with some
person in each locality who
will send in the news of that
locality. Write this office for
particulars. Do it now.
firs. Gregory Invites the Ladies to come in
and look over her line of Corsets. Both back
and frout lace. $1 to $5. She is also showing
a fine line of Ladies and Children's Under
wear and Hosiery
You want what you want
when you want it
LET US DEMONSTRATE TO YOU THE
Parker Lucky Curve Fountain Pen
THE KIND THAT DOES NOT LEAK
THE FULLER PHARMACY
Black & Robbie Garage
General Auto Repairing. Vulcanizing. Auto Supplies
Prest-O-Lite Service. Complete Stock of Tires
Exclusive Agents for Maxwell Cars in PolK County
Come in and g'et a demonstration
Telephone No. 364
TELEPHONEJ10S3
A TRIAL BUNDLE SOLICITED
Dallas Steam Laundry
WORK UNEXCELLED
WORK CALLED FOR
AND DELIVERED
A. E. THOMPSON
Proprietor
SMOKERS, ATTENTION
If you want "The Best Smoke" try the high-grade
brands found at
THE BELVIDERE
J. V. CHITTY
326 MAIN STREET
PHONE 934
Matting Rugs, . $1.50 to $3.50
Crex Rugs, . . $5.50 to $11.00
Wool Fiber Rug, $1.50 to $10.50
Some beautiful patterns in Body Brus
sels, Wiltons and Axminsters
BE SURE TO SEE THEM
THE ONE-MINUTE WASHER
is the Easiest Running and Most Durable Washing
Machine we know of . . Price $14
Davis & Horn
THE RELIABLE HOMEFURNISHERS
-- iftiin lift" fj i j-f i J' i
When you get a Bridge & Beach Stove or Range you
get 100 Cents value for every dollar invested.
Price of above Range is $50
PREACHING ON BIRDS.
The Oregonian having perused in
The Observer the sermon on birds
recently preached by Rev. Bennett
makes the following editorial com
ment: "It most have been a refresh
ing change for the Dallas church
goers to sit and listen to the Rev.
George H. Bennett's sermon on
"BirdsJ' The venerable themes of
baptism, dancing, theater-going and
Sabbath-breaking are pretty well out
worn both in city and country church
es. The congregations are hungering
and thirsting for something new and
occasionally there is a minister who
rises to his opportunity and supplies
it.
"Mr. Bennett evidently knows a
good real about birds. Some of those I
golden moments which too many of
his brethren spend poring over He
brew texts he has devoted to the
study of God's outdoor works with
immense profit to his soul, we should
say. And it stands to reason that
just as soon as a minister begins to
amass real profit for his own soul be
cannot, to save himself, hinder it
from overflowing upon the souls of
his congregation. The true reason
why so many sermons are arid and
meager is that the minister himself
is spiritually starving. What be
needs is a session or two with the
birds, the fishes or something else
equally wholesome and religious.
"Dr. Bennett has been led by his
studies to think highly of the birds.
He says they are perfectly able to
take care of themselves, thereby set
ting an excellent example to human
beings, some of whom are always
whining because nobody coddles them.
Then again the birds are true to their
instincts. They all live the simple
life and addict themselves to no vices.
Mr. Bennett knows of no bird that
chews tobacco, smokes cigarettes or
drinks whiskey. They follow the
laws of their unspoiled nature and
thus pass their lives in good health
and reasonable happiness. -
"Nor is that all the story. The
birds not only take care of them
selves, but they help take eare of us.
Without these little auxiliary soldiers
in the agricultural army what would
become of our crops f Who could
raise grain or fruit without the aid
of the birds f And when they have
helped us earn our livings by their
unpaid services they go a step farth
er in generosity and soothe our ach
ing bodies with their songs. Truly
the Rev. Mr. Bennett chose wisely
when be took the birds for a text."
Monster Logs for Exposition.
Shipment of the 48 logs to be used
as columns for the Oregon building at
the Panama-Pacific Exposition will be
completed within the next two or
three days. The Oregon Commission
sent out seven cars yesterday, contain
ing 21 logs. Three ears of logs will
be sent from Central Oregon and one
from Southern Oregon, and 12 logs
will be sent by steamer from Coos
Bay. The logs are assembled from
different points on the Columbia and
Willamette and are donated by the
lumber interests of the state. Ore
gonian.
Farm Quarrel Serious.
When William Crater, an emolove
of the Charles Spaulding Logging
Company, hauled a load of lumber to
a farm on the Dundee Hills, near
Newberg, occupied by Dr. W. L. Bish
op, an altercation arose over the un
loading of the lumber. Dr. Bishop is
reported 4o have said it was in the
wrong place. Crater was struck two
blows on the face, it is said, and he
picked np a piece of wood and struck
Dr. Bishop in the side. It is reported
that one or more of Dr. Bishop 's ribs
were broken and that the injury is
considered serious.
Doarlai Snffen Shortaf.
The Donglas eonntv prune crop will
be between 33 and 30 per eent of the
normal crop, according to estimates
there. This will mean approximately
100 cars of nrunes from that county.
SUNDAY EVENING.
YOUNG MAN! YOU WILL MAKE
NO MISTAKE
WHEN YOU TAKE HEE
TO DINE AT THE GAIL,
West Side Marble
WorKs
G. U HAWKINS, Proprietor.
MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES AND
CTK RING.
A ConplMe t hie of All l ueat Dentcm.