THE FOLK COUNTY OBSERVER, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1914.
Published Each Tuesday and Friday.
BY LEW CATES
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NOT WHAT WE GIVE.
His words were shed softer than
leaves from the pine.
And they fell on Sir Latinfal as
snows on the brine.
That mingle their softness and
quiet in one
With the shaggy unrest they
float down upon;
And the voice that was softer
than silence said:
"Lo, it Is I! Be not afraid!
In many climes, without avail,
Thou hast spent thy life for the
Holy Grail.
Behold, it is here this cup
which thou
Didst Bll at the streamlet for me
but now;
This crust is my body broken
for thee,
This water His blood that died
on the tree;
The holy supper is kept, indeed.
In wbatso we share with anoth
er's need;
Not what we give, but what we
share.
For the gift without the giver is
bare;
Who gives himself with his alms
feeds three
Himself, bis hungering neigh
bor and me."
James Russfll Lowell in "The
Vision of Sir Launfnl."
is right, therefore, that it shall go to
California. 16 has survived' many
such trips and will be in no greater
danger from this one than before. To
refuse to lot it go would have caused
disappointment and given a bad im
pression. To send it out on its mis
sion of patriotism will show that
Philadelphia has a true conception of
its duty to the bell and to the country
in its role ol custodian or .biuei-ty
bell."
LIBERTY BELL COMING.
It now seems practically certain
that the famous old Liberty bell will
be permitted to travel to this coast
and grace t lie coming Pacific-Panama
exposition which will be held next
year nt San Francisco. The city of
Philadelphia, which is the custodian
of this venerable and precious relic
,.,-..i..i ;.,,.,. i;, !,., .1, ..,.. ;
'" creasing solicitude concerning the
safety of this national heirloom dur
ing recent years, and when the man
agers of t he San Francisco exposi
tion fli-st suggested another loan of
the bell it aroused numerous protests
on the part of its Quaker guardians.
Apparently, however, the latter have
finally been convinced it will be quite
safe to allow the bell lo travel across
the continent, and strong appeals hav
ing been made lo their patriotism and
generosity they are now inclined to
grant the request.
The Hist trip made by the Liberty
bell was in 1885, when it was sent to
the world's industrial cotton exposi
tion at New Orleans. At that time
Pliildclphia was all but prostrated
with anxiety for fear the precious
casting would be injured or that it
would never again return to its riglit-l
ful resting place. But after- the New
Orleans experience, the bell made five
other trips without accident of any
kind. It went to the Columbian ex
position in Chicago in 189.'); to the
cotton stales and Atlanta exposition,
Atlanta, in 1895; to the interstate and
West Indian exposition, Charleston,
in 1902; to the one-hundred and tw
ty-eight. anniversary of the bat lie of
Hunker Hill. Boston, in IHIU, and lo
the Louisiana purchase exposition, St.
Louis, in 1994. On nil of those tii)s
it was carried over somewhat cir
cuitous routes in order that as many
people as possible might see it. On
these various trips it was the recipient
of one continuous ovation, serving in
its mute way to carry forward its
mighty mission begun in July. 1776,
when it rang out the glorious an
nouncement of the nation's birth
"proclaiming liberty throughout the
land and to all the inhabitants there
of."
When application was made to re
move the bell to San Francisco, it was
expected that Philadelphia would vig
orously protest. It was promised to
take the relic upon the longest trip of
its career and into a territory that
naturally seemed perilously distant,
from the Philadelphia standpoint
But the Philadelphia newspapers have
viewed the matter in generous spir
it, one voicing the disposition thus:
"Philadelphia has the honor of being
the trustee and guardian of this val
ued relic, but it has no right to be
selfish and exclusive in possession
which is nothing if not national. It
SEED PEDDLING.
Secretary Houston of the Depart
ment of Agriculture has recommended
that the distribution of field and gar
den seeds bv congressmen be discon
tinued, and The Observer is with the
secretary, first, last and all the
while in his recommendation. The
federal government spends a good
deal of money in the purchase and
distribution of seeds. This money
could be put to better use. The pro
gressive farmer of today uses judg
ment in seed selection. He has found
that it pays him to do so. The gov
ernment does not help him any by
sending him a few packages of junk,
bought in bargain lots from seed deal
ers. There are members of congress
who are consistently opposed to this
seed distribution, but there are never
enough of them at any session to de
feat the appropriation for it. Most
of the congressmen want everything
that is eoming to them. All of them
want to keep on good terms with
the farmer. While they know the
seeds they send are of little account,
they hope their rural constituency at
least will be impressed by the fact
that it has not been forgotten.
In this connection the views of a
representative farm paper are inter
esting. The following is from a re
cent issue of Farm and Fireside:
'The peddling of garden seeds is
small business for a statesman, but
we pay some 400 congressmen .i7500
a year and mileage for doing it; Of
course they do other things, but all
the time spent in seed peddling is
paid for at the rate of $7500 t year.
As voters we ought to be too eco
nomical to hire seed distributors at
that price. When we plant our gar
den we spend some time on it. We
pick out the seeds carefully. If our
congressman spends any time in
studying our individual needs it
must make the seeds he sends us
very expensive, indeed, if we count
only the congressman's time, lo say
nothing of what the government pays
for the seeds. If he doesn't make
individual selection, but simply says
to his clerk, "Well, you may put in
the morning sending seeds to the
grangers!" it's rather insulting to
those who get the seeds. Instead of
a personal attention from his repre
sentative in Congress the farmer re
ceives a measly little dole of charity.
It is as if every year the congressman
sent the farmer's wife a calico apron.
It is exactly the same thing, save that
the apron would be a more useful
gift! In either case it would seem
rather insulting."
One of the reasons why the Post-
office Department finds it so hard to
avoid a yearly deficit is because of
the tons of stun" that are sent free
of postage by congressmen. The
seeds, perhaps, are the smallest part
of this, but if their distribution were
stopped the department would at
least experience some relief and might
be nble to handle the really valu
able matter that is carried with great
er expedition.
exception, and hotels and their thous
and adjuncts serve them as well as
oi "week days." What is sauce for
the suspender seller, livery-man, and
vender of confections, ought to be
sauce for every man who walks erect.
Why one trade or traffic should have
a preference over another passes the
understanding of man and has no
scripture waiiiant. But public senti
ment is the court of last resort; a law
which outrages public opinion cannot
long stand in any country, and still
less in this where it is at all times
supreme. . The man who finds his
neighbors uncongenial can nowadays
travel far and fast for a small
sum of money. -
THE SUNDAY LAW.
There seems to be a disposition on
the part of some neighboring com
munities to rigidly enforce the Sun
day law, permitting certain businesses
only to prosecute their regular avo
cations. When it comes to refraining
absolutely from secular labor on the
fimt day of the week the humble
citizen finds himself in trouble. A
large proportion of the population of
the Unified States earns its bread on
that day, and must have the bread.
For instance, a man who furnishes
provisions to the Sunday trains feels
that he cannot lawfully be prevented
from performing the act of charity,
necessity and profit But his neigh
bor feels, too, that he should like to
enjoy like privileges. If one man
may violate the letter of the law it
is difficult to see how in our complex
civilization the other fellow can justly
be amerced for doing likewise. Time
was if a man elected to travel on the
Lord's day, he was not only refused
food and drink, 'but was extremely
lncky if he was not pilloried in the
village market place for the edifica
tion of the populace. Sines the rail
road hat made all men neighbors,
Sunday travel is the rale snd not the
OUR FIRE WASTE.
There is little danger of calling the
attention of the American people too
frequently to the tremendous and en
tirely inexcusable fire waste which an
nually -occurs in this country. That
this waste is a needless one is shown
by a comparison of the fire loss re
cords in this land and in other na
tions. In Germany, for instance, the
average fire loss per annum amounts
to only twenty cents a year. In this
county, on the other hands, the aver
age fire loss per person per year is
$2.68. Thus it figures out that our
per capita fire loss in the United
States is thirteen times what it is
in Germany. In one year recently,
the total fire waste in this country
was nearly one-half of the new con
struction for that year, if to the ac
tual losses by fire be added the ex
cess cost of fire protection due to bad
construction and excess premiums
over insurance paid. London has
eighty-one fires for each 100,000 peo
ple while New York has 300.
This is a very practical question
because the experience of Europe gen
erally and Germany in particular
show that care of premises, in the
way of the removal of all rubbish
and other threatening material, the
cautious inspection of chimneys, the
repair of those that are defective,
and generally speaking the exercise
of constant precaution, can reduce
the fire waste to a minimum. The
question is a practical one because it
affects the pocketbook of every citi
zen whether his property burns or
not, for the man who carries an in
surance policy must help to make
good the losses occasioned by fires,
Otherwise the fire insurance compan
ies would soon go out of business.
The cost of fire insurance is high
in this country because the fire waste
is inexcusably high. Much can be
done in educating the people to the
care of their premises. This is one
of the big facts behind ' clean-up
work. A lot also can be done in the
prompt conviction and severe punish
ment, of those who periodically have
"accidental" fires. Germany has a
law making the assured responsible
for a fire on his premises and puts
the burden of proof on him that the
fire was not caused by any lack of
care on his part, or any violation of
the fire lavs.
Such a law has often been agi
tated for this country. At first blush
such a measure would appear unfair,
and unduly inquisitive but that it
works well in Germany is shown by
the fact that her per capita fire loss
is the lowest of any European coun-try.
mid-summer zephyrs gently fanned
the bronzed face of the hired man
he would majestically strido through
the dimming dewdrops in a hickory
shirt and a cherry smile, his bunions
rattling in the meadow grass like un
to oH'tificiol teeth against an over
grown gumboil, enroute to singing
school at the tailgate of a cremo cigar.
There, with a size eleven artfully
squeezed into a seven boot, a celluloid
shirt-front partly concealed by a
hand painted necktie, laced to his
bulbous bosom, he was simply ;She
equal of his fellows, an unfeared
member of the household from which
he drew his daily rations.
Sass not the hired man of today
unless you are prepared to move to
town.
ENFORCE THE ORDINANCE.
The ordinance adopted by the mu
nicipal council at its last regular ses
sion, providing for sewer connections,
should be rigidly enforced. The pow
er of local government to protect the
health of the people and restore it
when impaired is unquestioned, and
The Observer sees no good and suffic
ient ireason why some stringent meas
ure should not be taken in the prem
ises. It is important that sewer con
nections should be made wherever pos
sible, to the end that the health of the
general public shall be protected in
stead of being constantly jeopardized
by negligence. With the spread of
scientific knowledge throughout the
land there has been enormous improve
ments along sanitary lines during the
past decade, communities apparently
vieing with others for a betterment
of conditions. Even the federal gov
ernment has scattered through its var
ious departments,- a scientific service
which it is now endeavoring to com
bine under 'the direction of a single
bureau. States and cities have health
boards, and they are considered of
the utmost importance. The instruc
tions and orders of these departments
must be closely adhered to under all
circumstances, for in them lie the
safety of public health, and there is
every reason why the health officers
of the smaller towns should have
equal authority so far as their baili
wick is concerned.
TURN TO DAIRYING
The election of Mrs. Ora Cosper of
this city secretary of the Rebekah As
sembly of Oregon far the eighteenth
successive time is a glowing tribntc
to. efficiency.
Just as we get ready to softly
close the coal bin for the summer, the
old refrigerator opens with a bang
this year that nearly knocks us over.
THE HIRED MAN.
The strenuous opposition of the
State Grange to the eight hour law,
told in the news columns of The Ob
server, forcefully reminds one of how
times have changed. Th-3 resolution
as adopted deals more particularly
with the hired man, that individual
who now-a-davs has the rest of the
household holding pious hands heav
enward nine-tenths of the tim-i for
fear he will change his base, he be
ing as sensitive as an ingrowing toe
nail. Just breathe to the hired man
that the hack is designed for family-
use and he is likely to vanish through
the tall timber without even waiting
to gather up his lingerie. Drop to
your knees and suggest that possibly
he might have stripped the Jersey
heifer with too much haste and he
is apt to call for his time check in a
voice which can be heard down the
valley eighteen miles.
In an earlier day, it was different.
Time was when if a hired man object
ed to pailing nineteen to twenty cows
at 3 o'clock in the morning, and bed
ding shoats at the midnight hour he
would be most cordially invited to
chase himself into the adjacent town
ship, to the accompaniment of rosy
bned profanity. Now-a-days this meth
od of procedure would be about as suc
cessful as applying a bust developer to
a Shropshire ewe. Formerly, when the
Take a peek at the calendar. Give
the date the once-over. May, old top,
is fast disappearing into the beauti
ful beyond. Straw hat time, the great
emancipation period for the hot head,
has ail rived. The slaves in Egypt un
dertook to make bricks without
straws. Remember what happened to
them.
Beautiful lawns, magnificent roses,
decorations of home, all tend to at
tract people to a community and make
the promoters of these things more
happy and contented with themselves
and their surroundings.
Ohio housewives now are assured
of getting just what they pay for.
The state agricultural commission has
begun enforcement of the law requir
ing that all packages of food must
be marked with accurate net weights,
Every precinct committeeman of
the republican party should attend
tiie meeting of the County Central
committee at the courthouse next Sat
urday. '
The ice in the Yukon river is re
ported to be moving out. There cer
tainly is plenty of variety in the cli
mate of Uncle Sam's domain.
Some men who never drink a drop
are so blamed tight all the time that
you couldn't wring a nickel out of
them with a clothes-wringer six feet
high.
Huerta's mediators are in luck. It
is a very propitious time to be away
from home.
War is fearfully expensive. Huer
ta's unpaid drink bill alone amounts
to $2,000.
The "good old summer time"
seems at last to have arrived in earnest
The local fishermen are at it early
and lata these days.
The crops are just jumping these
days.
(Continued from Da.tre 1.)
east and in Oregon. He spent much
time looking over Polk county terri
tory and finally came to the conclus
ion that, while there was little or no
encouragement in the hope of immedi
ate success, by the proper effort and
constant work all the time, the farm
ers would beiome interested and a
good business would' be the result.
This belief was based principally upon
the farmers in Minnesota, who, 25
yars ago, were about bankrupt from
wheat raising, and who, just as soon
as they abandoned that occupation and
got into ithe dairy business, were out
of debt and had started bank ac
counts. "I know of only one man in Polk
comity who had as many as ten cows
when this creamery was started," said
Mr. Eldridge, "and that was Otis
Wolverton, of Monmouth. Most of
the farmers had one or two, and four
or five in the hands of one mau were
rare exceptions. The first winter that
we operated we averaged about 85
pounds ot butter a day. We are mak
ing at the present time approximate
ly bUUO pounds of butter a day, or,
putting it into dollars and cents, ap
proximately $11)80 per day. Over
1500 patirons now send us their
cream." Ihe output of the Indepen
dence creamery is now the largest
in the state. In 1912 its sales were
$300,000.
Hay Now is Stored.
A large per cent of the yearly crop
of hay in this county goes for a dif
ferent purpose than it once did. Hay,
formerly sold, is now stored away in
the barns of the farmers, and fed to
cows during the winter. Last sum
mer the demand for hay was strong.
.Buyers irom outside districts were
canvassing the various sections, but
very little was ior sale, f armers at
that time were busy providing more
room for hay and more stalls for
cows. As the result liverymen also
had to do more soliciting than usual
ill obtaining their annual supply. A
wide range of feed had been chosen by
the tanners and dairymen ior then-
herds. In the fall many acres were
placed into silos and large quantities
of pumpkins were stored away tem
porarily for feeding. Beets also were
in the schedule. At the present time
there are tons ot kale being used in
Polk county and it is so abundant that
wagon loads are available at small
cost. Kale has proved good for cows
on account of its qualities for pro
aucing ricli mux. and the small ex
pense required in growing.
Many dairymen are receiving
monthly cream checks amounting to
over $100, aqd some far in excess
of that figure. They have secured
much valuable information through
the extension department of the Ore
gon Agricultural College, and an ob
servation ot the leading dairies will
show that new ideas have been ap
plied. The industry occupies the en
tire county, although the south sec
tion constitutes the largest number
of districts. Along any road in the
county farmers may be. seen hauling
their cans of eream.
The increase in the annual output
of butter for the last two years has
been remarkable, and this has been
brought about by more favorable conn
ditions for keeping cows. The cream
ery men aid the prospective dairymen
by securing cows for them, and when
this is done the highest grade of stock
is brought put. A splendid spirit pre
vails between the men who produce
the cream and those who manufacture
the butter, for each is interested in
the welfare of the other. When the
creamery puts out an improved brand
of butter, the dairyman is benefitted
by a raise in the price paid ior his
cream. The product from the cream
eries has a ready market, and consum
ers in many parts of the state are on
the lists of the concerns.
For daii-ying not much land is re
quired. Money is being made at the
business on tracts of land of from 15
to 25 acres. A piece large enough to
raise an adequate supply of hay, corn,
kale, beets and pumpkins is necessary.
The feed needed, outside of that which
can be raised by the farmer himself,
is not large in many cases.
Real Center In South.
The real center of dairying in Polk
county lies toward the southern part,
although .the industry is represented
in all sections. The Luckiamute Val
ley is gaining Tapidly in its import
ance as a dairy district. There are
acres of pasture lands and fields witii
the proper vegetation ior grazing pur
poses. The land is watered sufficient
ly by small streams. The number
of "high-grade Jersey eows in the
herds of the dairymen in the Luckia
mute country is growing each yeair as
feed and room permits.
Dainng in Polk county is being
encouraged in several ways. One ot
these is the latest and best method
for keeping the boys on the farm to
get them interested. It is the study
of dairying, introduced in the rural
schools early in the school year by
County School superintendent n. C
Seymour and W. A. Bait, representing
the extension department of the Ore
gon Agricultural College. A contest
was begun among the pupils in which
monthly milk and eream analyses and
three weights of milk each month are
required. Teachers of the schools and
parents of the districts who are large
ly owners of dairy herds are Heartily
indorsing the plan. They say their
children are interested in the affairs of
the farm and are instilled with a
desire to sometime own and operate a
dairy. Several pupils, however, al
ready have eows of their own. In eases
where the parents have no cows the
milk of neighbors' cows is tested in
the Contest. -
1 The general good financial condition
of dairy owners in Polk county is
shown by the numerous recent im
prove ments on the farms and in the
bams. The most up-to-date methods
of cleanliness are in vogue, and dairy
men are constantly watching for the
best stock for milking and breeding
purposes.
M'TIMMONS VALLEY.
Sam McBeth was a business caller
at Falls City last week.
George Sullivan of Monmouth visit
ed at the home of his mother and
brothers last week.
Joe Roberts had completed his light
ing plant.
Prospects for a f miners' creamery
for this neighborhood appear to be
bright.
Strawberry Harvest Begins.
Home-grown strawberries are now
on the market, and are of excellent
quality. The weather has been fav
orable during the past fortnight, the
berries having abundant time to reach
large proportions before ripening.
Robert Fisher, who is the most exten
sive grower in this locality, commenc
ed picking on Monday.
. Mrs. Werner Very Low.
Mrs. AVerner has been quite low the
past two days, and her condition was
such yesterday that her sons were
summoned to the bedside.
THE CLASSIFIED "AD."
In learning to utilize Class
ified Advertising, you take a
"six-league" stride toward
success! There are still some
people living in Dallas and
Polk county who have not
learned to use The Observer's
classified advertising columns.
They know that there are
"such things as "want ads,"
and probably assume that
some people must find them
useful. But, for some reason
or other, they have not put
these "ads" to the test of
usefulness to themselves. -
These same people have
"caught up" with events in
many other directions. They
utilize the telephone, the tele
graph, gas, electric light, the
street cars. They adopt mod
ern conveniences for house
keeping. They utilize time
and labor-saving appliances in
business.
But, having a task for a
classified advertisement to do,
they try to find some other
way to accomplish it. If it is
a renting task, they depend
upon a placard. If it is a
property selling' task, they
put up a "For Sale sign."
If it is a position-finding task,
they rely upon personal
friends to help them. If they
have furnished rooms to rent,
they place an advertisement in
ithe window or over the door
bell.
When . these people make
their first successful use of
want advertising, they acquire
a new optimism. Irksome
tasks become mere business
matters. New possibilities
without number open to them.
They learn to utilize the "Six
League Boots" of publicity
when occasion requires and
every little daily problem be
comes manageable. The Ob
server is published Tuesdays
and Fridays, and gives re
sults. It hus been proven.
T
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Dr. Toel Returned
from Portland
Sunday
and has again taken up his
Practice
Last Tuesday Dr. Toel was suddenly
compelled to go to Portland on im
portant business. He is sorry that he
had no time to put a notice into the
newspapers betore he lett, as five
new patients called at his office while
he was gone. He is sorry these par
ties were disappointed by not finding
him in Dallas, but he hopes that they
will call again during the present
week, when they will be sure to find
him at his office.
While in Portland he took out of
storage . three more of his licenses
and diplomas and had frames made
for all six of them, that now hang
oa the walls of his office, so that all
callers can convince themselves of his
qualifications and rights to practice
medicine and surgery.
While in Portland he also took out
of storage a large electric machine '
which he needed for his cancer opera
tions and for treatment of fibroid tu
mors of the womb. .'.
As the machine was built for direct
current, and Dallas has only alter
nating current, be had to change the
machine partly so it will run on alter
nating current
This was the cause of a few days
more delay before he could return to .
Dallas.
Br. Toel is now ready to accept for
treatment any eases that may call and
he is better equipped than ever to
get the best results.