THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1914,
SOLDIERS LEAVE JULY 1 3
TEN DAYS' ENCAMPMENT
BEAUTIFUL GEARHART.
AT
Extensive Preparations Perfected for
Biggest Military Display Ever
Held in Oregon.
Company L, Oregon National
Guard, Capt. Stafrin, will leave Dallas
for (iearliart, where the biggest mili
tary encampment ever assembled in
the Pacific Northwest will be held,
on a special train at 0:30 a. m., July
13, connecting with the regular train
at Salem. Here the soldiers will join
other companies from the south. The
encampment will continue ten days.
There will be about 2,000 National
Guardsmen from Oregon and Idaho
and 500 regulars from the Twenty-
first infantry in the camp on the
plains north of Gearhart. Every
preparation lias been made for the
mobilizing of the troops and the es
tablishment of a good camp with all
possible comforts and conveniences.
The program provides interesting
events for each day, the principal
features to be maneuvers, drills and
military performances of all kinds.
The Guardsmen will be furnished
with clothing, transportation, blank
ets, meals and all other necessities
free of charge and will be paid for
their services. The guard officers will
receive the same pay as officers or
similar rank in the Regular Army anil
privates will be paid from $1.23 to
$2.50 a day. Inasmuch as the pro
gramme is so complete with interest'
ing events and because the encamp
ment offers so exceptional an oppor
tunity for an interesting and inexpen
sive vacation a number of recruits is
expected to join the Guard before
the time for departure. The camp
will be in command of Colonel J. r.
Morrison, of the Regular Army. The
troops in camp will be the Third Reg
iment, Oregon National Guard; the
second Idaho Infantry, the Twenty-
first Infantry of Regulars from Van
couver Barracks; Troop A Cavalry,
of the Oregon National Guard, and a
battery of field artillery. Drills and
camp work will occupy the mornings
and pleasure events will occur in the
afternoons and evenings. The drills
for the most part will consist of ex
ercises in attack and defense by com
panies, by battalion, by regiment und
by brigade. There also will be a
number of reviews, inspections, par
ades and a series of band concerts.
Military church services will be held
on Sunday.
Arrangements for the meals of the
men have heen completed and tempt
ing bills of fare are promised. Each
company will have two experienced
fcooks. Officers will mess by regi
ments. The mess of the Third Regi
ment, Oregon National Guard, will be
in charge of Chaplain Gilbert. An
advanced detail, consisting of one of
ficer, ono sergeant and Ave privates
from the Third Infantry, will pro
ceed to Gearhart Friday, July 10, and
prepare camp.
The companies of the Third In
fanlry stationed outside of Portland
will entrain and leave their respect
ive home stations en route to Gear-
hart, as follows:
Company "K" leaves Corvallis on
special train July 13, at 5:50 a. ni.,
connecting with train No. 10, South
ern Pacific, at Albany. Company "L"
leaves Dalla,s, on special train July
13, at 6:30 a. m., connecting with
train No. 10, Southern Pacific, at Sa
lem. Company "N" leaves Salem,
July 13, at 7:23 a. m., on train No.
10, Southern Pacific. Company "I"
leaves Woodburn, July 13, at 8:04
a. m., on train No. 10, Southern Pa
cific. Company "G" leaves Oregon
City, July 13, at 8:56 a. m., on train
No. 10, Southern Pacific. Company
"A" leaves McMinnville, July 13,
at 6:30 a. m., on train No. 106, South
ern Pacific. Baltery A, Field Artil
lery and Separate Troop A, Cavalry,
entrain at Portland, at the North
Bank station Sunday, Julv 12, at
10:00 a. m. The Third Regiment of
Infantry and the Ambulance Company
entrain at Portland, at the North
Hank station, Monday, July 13, at
11:00 a. m.
them to assess the properties. The
ground is taken that , as the title is
uncertain, the company will not now
pay the taxes, but if it should Happen
that the suit brought to forfeit the
lands now -pending on appeal should
go in favor of the Southern Pacific,
which is the successor of the Oregon
California company, to which the
lands were granted, then unless the
assessment had been made there
might be some question about the col
lecting of back taxes. As a measure
of precaution the assessors are advised
to get all this property on tne assess
ment rolls. Capital Journal.
YOUTH WINS FATHER
CHINESE LECTURER CHRISTIAN
IZES HEATHEN DAD.
Dr. Ng Poon Chew Pronounce
With a Grunt the Oriental
Mark Twain.
It
If you ever had to disobey dad in
the carrying out of cherished plans.
you will know something of the ob
stacles that lay before Ng Poon
'Chew, now one of the most famous
Chinese in America, when he decided
to come to America and see for him
self iust what sort of people roamed
this land. If you wish to pronounce
Mr. Chew's name with the true Chi
nese accent you will begin with a
quick grunt Ng just as if some fel
low had swatted you in the stomach.
That gives you the first sound: The
rest is easier.
Early in life he evinced a desire
to come to America and to become a
christian. His father was filled with
all the horror that can crowd into a
Chinaman when contemplating such a
catastrophe as his favorite son being
led astray by foreign devils. But Ng
persisted, and filially his father said
lie would send him over here and let
him get his fill of this awfu.1 country.
1 ltl M Jf,w I
FINDS HAVEN AT LAST
POLK IDEAL PLACE FOR HOME
AND PROFIT.
Fruit and Dairy Farmer Is Enthus
iastic Over Results of His
Labors Here.
NG POON CHEW.
He came. He went after an educa
tion and stuck to the job until he se
cured it. And the more he saw of
America and Christianity the more he
became convinced that the joss gamo
back in China was a gold brick. When
he went back to the land of his an
cestors his father asked him how he
liked it, and to his dismay the young
man said America was great.
The returned youth soon gathered
together about twenty boys and was
teaching them the principles of
Christianity when dad again broke in
on the game. The youngster talked
to his father, and to his surprise the
old man listened with more patience
than he had ever shown on this ques
tion. Several of these talks follow
ed, and filially the father took his
boy into his arms and cried. "And
he became christian, too," says Ng
Poon l hew in telling the story.
hince then this man has become one
of the most celebrated journalists in
the country, editing the only Chinese
daily in America, has served as con
sul general in San Francisco and has
won renown as a platform lecturer.
His wit has won for him the title of
"The Oriental Mark Twain." But
perhaps the story bis audience enjoys
as much an any is this simple little
narartive briefly related here.
resided at Rickreall only a short time,
coming here from Portland. He once
conducted the Rush house at Albany.
HOW LOUGHARY WORKED IT.
General Passenger Agent Orders Spec
ial Train to Cherry Fair.
Last Friday, when the Dallas dele
gation visited the state capital to
witness the Cherry fair, Mr. IT. S.
liongliarv commented unfavorably up
on the train service between this city
and Salem in the piesence of John
M. Scott, the good fellow who pre
sides over the destinies of the South
ern Pacific's passenger department,
the Polk county booster holding that
if the railway company was as enter
prising in tact as it appeared to be
on paper it would create a more ade
quate service for the Polk county seat
of justice. Mr. Scott stood at at
tention for several minutes, each not
knowing the other, when the passen
ger man suddenly turned to the desk,
hastily wrote a note, and handing it
to a messenger ordered that it he sent
immediately to Mr. Wood at Dallas.
Jt was an order for a secial train
to be run from Dallas to Salem and
return on Saturday night, the big
closing me i nerry tair. It is some
times profitable to speak one's mind
EGGS-ACTLY FIGURED.
His
Advises Assessors.
In response to requests from many
of the county assessors asking for in
struction as to assessing the Califor
nia railroad grant lands in this state,
(be commission has addressed a gen
eral letter to all assessors advising
Sheridan Sun Man Exhibits
Mathmatical Training.
Sheridan Sun: "J. E. Bradley in
forms us that during the month of
Marcii jo.twu- dozens ot eggs were
shipped by him from the station here
to the Portland market. Now if these
102,000 hens cackled one minute a
piece for each egg, and each hen be
gan cackling as soon as the other
had finished and the hens kept cack
ling till the 102.000th egg was laid,
that would mean 102,000 minutes or
3200 hours of 175 davs or 5 and 3-4
months of straight cackling day and
night, and if eggs were worth 24
cents a dozen that would mean each
cackle was worth two cents, or an in
come of $28.80 a day. We'd like to
go into the chicken business provid
ing the hens cackled."
Wants $18,000 Bond Issue.
The Inileenileuce city council at a
meeting held lost Thursday night
passed an ordinance authorizing the
issue of $18.IMHI worth of bonds for
the purpose of paying off the paving
debt. Councilman Paddock voted in
the negative on the proposition.
Monitor.
Cephas Nelson, who has an extensive
fruit ranch three miles from Dallas,
has commenced to harvest 1ns crop
and to a representative of The Ob
server said on Saturday that while
the cherries had cracked to some
extent, from his 400 trees he would
gather a goodly crop. Peaches, he
says, will be an unusually large crop,
his 350 trees being heavy with the
fruit. Mr. Nelson has twenty acres
ot Italian -prunes and two ot the sil
ver variety, and while lie does not ex
pect more than a third crop of the
former the latter will produce above
the average. In addition to these
fruits Mr. Nelson has four acres of
Mammoth blackberries and one acre
of loganberries, and from this tract
he is now gathering abundantly. The
Mammoths lie sold on the market Sat
urday at $1.20 per crate, the boxes
being the larger size, which price is
about thirty cents below prices at
this time in previous years. Logan
berries, he said, are selling in his
neighborhood at little better than two
cents. Mr. Nelson, who is an exper
ienced fruit grower and canner, has
a cannery and dryer on his premises,
and will "put up" thousands of cans
of choice fruit this season. The can
nery lias a capacity or o,uuu cuns
per day, but seldom is it that it is
operated fully. The fruit canned here
is placed on the market under the
Sunny Crest Fruit Farm label, and is
ibsolutely guaranteed. Last year Mr
Nelson made a splendid exhibit at the
county fair, and carried off a number
of first prizes, and he will probably
e in competition again this tall. Mr.
French, who is gathering a county
exhibit for the state fair, lias se
cured some fine specimens from this
anch, and later on will get others.
At present the proprietor of Sunny
Crest Fruit Farm is manufacturing
loganberry syrup for use at soda
fountains, it being something entirely
new to this section. Not only is he
using his own berries for this purpose,
but he is buying large quantities from
his neighbors. This, he says, is more
prolitable than selling l-he green ber
ry, or even drying them for shipment.
He lias ordered a new and larger
press, which will arrive here tomor
row, when he will engage in the syrup
making business on a still greater
scale.
But Mr. Nelson does not confine his
energies wholly to fruit growing, for
he has a herd of dairy cows that are
profitable to him. At the present time
lie is milking fourteen, and is now in
the market for more. He sends his
cream to the Monmouth creamery in
preference to Dallas, giving as his
reason that the road to that place is
in hotter condition for travel than
mat to this city. Waving Had con
siderable experience in dairying in the
Middle West and in Canada, where
he was practically starved out after
ten years of faithful endeavor in an
effort to make good, he adheres to the
belief that raising feed for his cows
is more profitable than running them
principally on pasture, and on this
theory he devotes considerable land
to growing corn, beets and other ap
proved kinds of feed. He has a silo
under construction, and will fill it this
fall.
After having resided in the Middle
West and in Canada, as stated, the
greater part of his life, Mr. Nelson
came to Polk county seven years ogo.
When asked how he liked this country
as compared with places where he had
heretofore resided, he replied enthus
iastically: "I would live nowhere
else. I am more than satisfied with
my investments and also with the
results of my efforts. There is, ab
solutely, no other place that I have
seen, and I have traveled some, where
a man can-do as well financially and
at the same time enjoy a climate sec
ond to none as right here in Polk
county, provided of course that he is
ambitious. The idea that prevails in
some sections of the east that a man
can make a living in Oregon without
miK'h effort is true, but the man who
is desirous of accumulating something
for a rainy day must hustle here the
same as elsew here. Dairying is going
to be one of the big things of this
section in the not very distant fu
t in e. notwithstanding the fact that for
this industry we are directed to the
coast country. I am firmly convinced
that liroiH'ilv conducted raising
abundant feed of the right- kind in
addition to pasture there is more
good money in dairying in this section
than in anything else that a farmer
can engage in."
There is not a better section of
Oregon than southern lamhill and
northern Polk counties. The soil is
rich, the climate-is excellent, the mar
ket for produce is near and condi
tions in general are such that the peo
ple are prosperous. The people them
selves are of the class that makes
them good citizens, good neighbors.
The moral tone of the community is
such that it attracts the better class
of people. Amity Standard.
AMONG THE FARMERS
Four head of thoroughbred Jerseys,
three heifers and a bull, arrived in
Independence Wednesday from the
Isle of Jersey, a little island off the
coast of England, where the breed
originated. They made the trip over
the water in good shape and were in
fair condition when they arrived.
The bull goes to Frank Laughary,
who lives over on the Luckiamute, one
of the heifers to Guy Hewitt and the
other two to parties at Monmouth.
All will prove valuable additions to
the herds of the Jersey breeders nam
ed above. Monitor.
If the praises of S. Muncus for his
home town of McCoy are to be given
weight, that little hamlet is one of
e best in the lllamette valley.
Mr. Muncus is one of the biggest
anchers about McCoy and an author
ity on agricultural matters. He is
well pleased with prevailing condi
tions. Salem Statesman.
"There's a Reason."
Col. Miller, who spoke at the Chau
tauqua Saturday afternoon, having
been long in the newspaper game, in
sinuated his august presence about
The Observer ollice soon after his
arrival in Dallas. He wanted the
smell of printers' ink for inspiration.
He is making sixty-six talks in sixty
six days, which he considers is going
NO SEATS ON LAWN
COUNTY COURT REFUSES RE
QUEST OF THE LADIES.
Original Cost of Greensward and Ex
pense of Upkeep too Great to
Permit Parking.
Application has been made to the
county court to permit the placing
of seats on the courthouse lawn, but
Judge John Teal declined to grant it,
on the ground that to use the grounds
for general park purposes would prove
ruinous to the beauty thereof, inas
much as the grass would be killed in
spots. The county, he says, has ex
pended a considerable amount of mon
ey in establishing a healthy grass
growth, and is still spending money
in keeping it green, nnd he does not
feel that the square, or any part of
it, should be contributed to park
purposes.
It was the intention of the ladies
who applied for permission to seat
the grounds to place lawn benches
of modern design in convenient parts
of the square adjacent to Main, Court
and Mill streets that those who as
semble to listen to the weekly band
concerts might more thoroughly en
joy these musical events, and also
that a place of recreation might be
provided in the down town district
for. visitors and others. The money
is in hand for the purchase of the
necessary seats, and The Observer
would suggest that bis honor be asked
to allow them to be located beneath
the huge oaks on Court street, an
ideal place.
BULLETIN
CURRIANTS Better ojider now to
secure them. J. S. Maeombe'r.
Phone Black 25. 29-tf.
WANTED Housekeeper on farm.
Address or telephone, Jay Powell,
ir a n oa a
FOR SALE Few tons of loose oat
hay for sale. H. G. Campbell. 25-tf
BIG CELEBRATIONS PLANNED.
Y - X
COLONEL WILLIAM H. MILLER.
some. Mr. Miller is booked for af
ternoons, and gives with a merry
twinkle in his eye, as a reason for
having been assigned to this hour
that Bronte, the educated dog that
appears in the evening of the same
day, can't stand the heat of the day.
Uhe colonel expressed a favorable
opinion of Dallas, and the entire Wil
lamette valley.
CARNIVAL GIRL RAISED HERE.
A woman hates to look her age al
most as much as a man hates to feci
his age.
The Moscow hospital, the larsest in
Europe, employs over 900 nurses.
Delegation Visits Fair.
On Friday mornine a delegation of
business men from Dallas and Inde-
IKMidence went to Salem, where they
were met at the depot bv a committee
of Clierrians and escorted about the
capital city. They were served with
a splendid luncheon at noon at the
Commercial club rooms.
Polk County Produces "Fat Lady"
Traveling for Gain.
There was a carnival on at Eugene
last week, one of the attractions be
ing o girl weighing 657 pounds, a
product of Polk county, according to
The Register. She is a living ex
ample of the healthfulness of the
Willamette valley. Nettie was raised
around Monmouth and Independence,
in Polk county. Her maiden name
was Jerman, and her parents lived
for years on a farm on the outskirts
of Monmouth, the land lying between
that place and Independence. Nettie
was always fleshy, but not until the
past few years did her weight increase
io such enormous proportions as at
present. She weighs 657 pounds at
the present time, and she looks it.
Nettie lias traveled all over the
country with carnival shows and says
she enjoys it. Asked by a Register
inquisitor if hot weather caused her
any discomfort, she replied: "No,
not at all; I enjoy it, but this cold
weather gets me. I don't feel at all
well during such weather as this. I
wish it would get warm." Nettie
married a man by the name of Lewis,
and they lived around the Polk conn-
ty towns a number of years. Her
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Jerman.
Monmouth, Falls City and Other Folk
Towns to Observe Fourth.
On Independence day, next Satur
day, several celebrations will be held
in the county. Falls City and Mon
mouth will probably attract the larger
crowds, each of these towns having
completed the necessary arrangements
for elaborately observing the day.
Dr. Smith, democratic nominee for
governor, will deliver the address at
Monmouth, while equally good speak
ers are scheduled to appear at Fulls
City. The people of the Pedee neigh
borhood will celebrate with an old
fashioned picnic in the grove, and the
committee has extended a general in
vitation to residents of that localily
to participate in the festivities.
Dallas will not celebrate this year,
it having a week of chnutauqua enter
tainments immediately preceding the
fourth.
FOR SALE Property on south-east
corner of Uglow and Miller Ave
nues. Might trade. Barton Z.
Riggs. 17-tf.
FOR SALE Fifty-foot lot on E. side
of Methodist church adjoining the
alley. Fine business location at a
fair price, $3,000. Enquire of Pan
Stouffer. 26-tf.
FOR SALE A brand new "New
Home" sewing machine, at one-half
agent's price. Easy time payments
if desired. Hayter's Book Store.
25-tf.
FOR SALE Two good gentle milk
cows. See O. N. Harrington, or
phone Pioneer 5. 29-tf.
BOARD AND LODGING 906 Shel
ton street, two blocks from saw
mill. Mrs. W. W- Dawson. 32-4t-x
FOB SALE 50 cords fir wood. One
mile from town. $1.65 per cord.
W. V. Fuller. 31-2L
Professional Cards
DENTIST AND ORTHODONTIA
DR. CLINTON L. FOSTER,
New City Bank Building.
Office Phone 931.
DALLAS OREGON.
DENTIST
M. HAYTER
Dallas National Bank Buiulding
Dallas Oregon
School Publications.
The "Oriole," the high school an
nual recently issued by the students
of the Dallas high school, contains
much of interest to those interested
in high school matters. The subject
matter is generally creditable and, be
sides many pretty half tone engrav
ings, there are a number of drawings
from the pens of the students. The
cover page is printed on high grade
onyx paper and contains a handsome
two-color picture of the bird from
whence the publication obtains its
cognomen.
Another publication of a similar
nature, the "Norm," comes from the
State Normal school at Monmouth.
Nearly 70 half tones are presented in
this issue, consisting of views and
photos of faculty and the student
body. Photographer Stone ot Dallas
is highly complimented in the photo
graphic excellence displayed by this
edition, nearly every one of the etch
ings being reproductions from his
plates.
Olive Smith-Bicknell
Teacher of
PIANO and ORGAN
Studio 712 Oak St.
DALLAS OREGON
Chiropractor Phone 1304
DR. D. G. REMPEI
Nerve Specialist and Spinal Adjuster
Office, 513 Church Street, near depot.
Consultation and Examination Free.
DALLAS, OREGON
SIBLEY & EAKIN
Attorneys and Abstractors.
The only reliable set of Abstracts in
Polk County. Office on Court street.
Dallas, ... Oregon
ATTORNEY AT LAW
OSCAR HATTER
Rooms 6 and 6, Uglow Bldg.
Dallas Oregon
THE MARKETS
Suffering From Paralysis.
W. W. Kowell of Kickreall is said
to be in a critical condition as a re
sult of an accident at that place about
ten davs ago. when a team he was
driving dashed over an embankmenL
Mr. Kowell was thrown from the ve
hicle, and besides suffering broken
ribs wa rendered unconscious for a
short time. The side is now partially
paralysed. The unfortunate man has I
The Republican Ticket.
For Governor James Withyeombe.
For U. S. Senator R. A. Booth.
For State Senator C. L. Hawley.
For Joint Representative S. O. Irvine
For Representative W. T. Grier.
For Circuit Judge H. H. Belt.
For Sheriff John W. Orr.
For Clerk Ed. M. Smith.
For Treasurer Fred J. Holman.
For Commissioner C. W. Beckett.
For Surveyor C K- Canfield.
Harriet Judd Sartan is the pioneer
woman physician of America.
The following is corrected to date
of going to press, and are Portland
quotations.
Grain, Feed, Etc.
WHEAT Track prices: Club,
86c. and Valley, 86c.
BARLEY FEED, $20 and $21.
OATS No. 1 white, milling, $22
and $22.25 per ton.
CORN Whole, $35; cracked, $36
per ton.
HAY Mixed timothy, $12 and $15;
vallev grain hav, $10 and $12; al
falfa". $10 and $11.
MILLFEED Bran $23.50 and $24
per ton; shorts, .f 23.50 and $27; mid-
uiings, iiz ana o.j.
Dairy and Country Produce.
Local jobbing quotations:
EGGS Fresh Oregon ranch, 22'je.
and 23c. per dozen.
POl'LTRY Hens. 142c. and 15c;
broilers, 18c. and 20c: ducks, 10c;
geese, 8c. and 9c.
CHEESE Oregon triplets, 15y2c
BUTTER Creamery prints, extra,
274c. per pound; cubes, 22c and 23c
PORK Fancy, 10c. and 10ic per
pound.
VEAL Fancy, 12c. and 12c. per
pound.
Hops, Wool, Etc.
HOPS 1913 crop prime and choice,
14c. and lO'-jc; 1914 contracts, 15c
PELTS Dry, 11c; dry short wool,
8c; dry shearings, 10c; green shear
ings, 15c: salted sheep. $1.25 and
$1.50 : lambs. 25c and 35c.
WOOL Valley. 18c and 20Vic:
Eastern Oregon, 16c and 20 l-8c
MOHAIR 1914 clip, 27c and 28c
per pound.
CASCABA BABE Old and new,
5a. per pound.
DENTIST
B. F. BUTLER I
Office over Fuller Pharmacy.
Office hours from 9 to 12 a. m.;
to i p. m.
Dallas Oregon
S. B. TAYLOR
Civil Engineer and Surveyor
Room 10, National Bank Building'
Phone 453, Dallas, Oregon.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
WALTER L. TOOZE, JR.
Dallas National Bank Building
Dallas Oregon.
LODGE DIRECTORY
A. F. A. M. Jennings Lodge, No.
, meets second and fourth Fridays
of each month. In MaBontc hall on
Main street Visiting brethren wel
come. W. R. ELLIS. W. M.
WALTER S. MUIR. Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
Alarminn Lodge No. !(, meets every
Monday night at K. of P. hall. Dallas
City Bank building. Wayne R. Green
wood, C. C; John T. Ford, K. of R..
& S.
BUTTER WRAPPERS
MAKE THEM WORK. .
You have noticed the handsome
labels on packages sent out by
leading manufacturers of crack
ers and other similar goods ? Of
course you have. Nifty, eh J
Nice appearing labels help to
sell these goods. The label of
the National Biscuit Co. costs
a bunch of money, and if we in
clude the box, reaches a cost al
most equaling its contents.
DOES IT PAT?
You may safely gamble that it
does. A pretty package attracts
attention and makes sales. You
know it everybody knows it.
Well printed butter wrappers
do the same thing. We make
them. Butter wrappers in one or
more colors, in quantities from
100 to 1,000,000, and guarantee
the price. Let 'a talk it over.
POLK COUNTY OBSERVER.