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THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1914. MEASURES ON BALLOT PROHIBITION AND ABOLISH MENT OF SENATE ON LIST. Twenty-Nine Amendments to Go Upon the Ballot at the November Election List of Filings. The electorate of Oregon will have the privilege of voting upon twenty nine general measures at the election in November. This is nine less than at the last general election. Contrary to expectations there was no rush of petitions on the last day for filing them. A number of the most import ant measures proposed will not ap pear on the ballot. Secretary of State Olcott will have the petitions checked at once for irregularities, but it is be lieved that all filed are within the law. Eleven of the general measures were referred by the last legislature. In addition to the general measures there are three local ones. There were Bev en at the last general election. Anoth er important amendment abolishes the State Senate. It was initiated by the officers of the Oregon State Orange, Oregon State Federation of Labor, People 's Power League, Farmers ' Un ion, Farmers' Society of Equity and Proportional Representation Bureau. An amendment for proportional rep resentation, initiated by the same or ganizations as the one to abolish the State Senate, provides that every vot er may vote for any one aspirant for representative in the Legislative As sembly and no more. Election of 60 Provided. . The voter may write or stick on the ballot the name of the person he votes for. The 60 aspirants who receive the greatest number of votes throughout the state shall be declared elected. Among the measures for which com- ploted petitions were not hied and which, consequently, will not be voted upon, was one empowering the Gov ernor to remove iiom office District Attorneys, Sheriffs and Constables, and appoint their successors, propos ed bv Governor West. An amend- menf proposed by C. S. Jackson, of Portland, which made a change in lana condemnation, will not go on the bal lot. Another amendment by Mr. Jackson, providing for the taxation of all land that is not public property, also will not appear on the ballot. Jonathan Bourne, Jr., ex-United States Senator, who advertised widely a measure proposed by him prohibit ing the payment of circulators of pe titions, failed to file a petition of the bill. A petition was not hied tor an amendment, proposed by A. M. Lraw- foird, empowering the Governor to veto certain sections in legislative bills. Completed petitions were filed for measures designed to put an end to single tax agitation, and restore part the assembly. They were initi ated by David M. Dunne, ot Portland. The first measure provides that the Legislative Assembly or the people shall pass a law for uniform and equal rates of assessment and taxation of real and personal property within the state, excepting municipal, education al, literary, etc., and a nominal ex emption of not more than $300. It is provided in the measure that it cannot be repealed unless by a two- thirds vote of the electorate. Convention Plan Provided. In the amendment relating to the assembly provision is made that pre cinct elections shall be held for se lection of delegates to a convention or meeting for recommending candidates for office. The law, however, says that it shall not be construed to affect direct nominations mado by petition under existing laws. Oilier measures for which completed petitions were filed are as follows : Graduated sur-tax amendment; in itiated by II. D. Wagnon and others, provides for a Graduated tax on lana and other resources which are held in private hands. Amendment to abolish death penal ty; initiated by Pnul Turner. Amendment to establish department of industries and public works; initi ated bv the Socialist party of Ore gon, provides for the creation of in dustries to give employment to tne unemployed and for a tax on the es tates of deceased persons to maintain them. Bill consolidating the office of Cor poration Commissioner with that of State Insurance Commissioner; initi ated by Ernest Kroner and others. Amendment to equalize the terms of count officers; initiated by R. P. Ras mussen. Bill reducing the salaries of the officers of Hood River county; initi ated by Park Grange, No. 501. Bill to provide for a commission to draft a tax code; initiated by the Non-Partisan League. Bill to regulate the practice of den tistry and to abolish the State Dental Examining Board, initiated by John T. Cochran. Abolishment of Boards Is Plan. Bill to abolish State Desert Land Board and transfer its powers and duties to the State Water Board, and the office of Superintendent cf Water Division, and to assign their powers and duties to a state water commis sioner, who shall be appointed by the State Land Board ; to abolish the of fice of State Engineer, and to assign his duties to an engineer to be a pointed by the State Land Board, and to repeal annual appropriations, initi ated by W. P. George, and indorsed by Governor West. Amendment providing J15O0 tax ex emption on homes, livestock and tools; initiated by W. S. CRen and others. Amendment making beds of naviga-' ble waters of the state inalienable and subject to public use for water com merce, and authorizing cities to con struct docks thereon or the leasing thereof upon fair rental value to be paid for the joint of the cities and the common school fund of the state ; initi ated by C. S. Jackson and F. W. Mul key, of Portland. Bill authorizing cities to construct dockson state lands; initiated by C. S. Jackson and F. W. Mulkey, of Portland. Amendment providing universal eight-hour day; initiated by Jean Ben nett, of Portland. Amendment for eight-hour day for women; initiated by the Eight-Hour League. Bill to provide a non-partisan judi ciary; initiated by W. M. Davis, of Portland. Other measures for which completed petitions were not filed were as'folr lows : Bill prohibiting conduct of business and amusements on Sunday; proposed by Washington County Christian En deavor Union. BOOSTERS, BOOSTERS, BOOSTERS, BOOSTERS. There will be a special meeting of the Commercial club, at the court house, on Wednesday evening, July 8, at 8 o'clock. That's tomorrow evening. And you, Mr. Booster, are expect- ed to be present and to par- ticipate in the deliberations, which will be for "the good or the order," Dallas in par- ticular and Polk county in general. Just because it's the good old summer time do not think that there is nothing to be done. There's something doing all the time with the Commercial club and you may as well be in on it. RECALLS EARLY FOURTH FLOAT AND OX TEAM FEATURE OF THE PARADE. Celebration Twenty-four Years Ago Saturday Had Unique Way of Financing. ' MAKING. MANY IMPROVEMENTS, Little City by the Falls Forging For ward, and Is Prosperous. Falls Citv entertained the writer for a brief season on Friday last, it being his first appearance within the boundaries of that municipality. Many new improvements are visible to the naked eye, and others are in con templation tor the immediate tuture, among them being some important street betterments, work on which will commence this week. It is the purpose of the city council to expend soiuolhinir' like $0000 this season on this work, for which the contract has been awarded. Friday was a busy dav at Falls City. ' There were a con siderable number of loggers in from the -camps, either celebrating or pre paring to do so. The merchants, ana especially those who traffic in wet (roods, were enjoying a good business, and the principal street of this pro gressive little city was thronged witn people. The celebration on the Fourth was n successful affair from start to fin ish. There were a large number of visitors from the surrounding country, while the towns of the county were well represented. Especially was this true of Dallas, there being noth ing to keep them at home. The pro gram as previously outlined in The Observer was carried out almost to the letter, and proved entertaining. Contributions to Exhibit. Mr. French, who is gathering the Polk county exhibit for the county and state fairs, reports that he is succeeding admirably, contributors "coming across" with a willingness that shows interest in the matter. Following are the names of those who have contributed for the week end ing July 4: K. B. Kugcl, cherries; B. I. Ferguson, cherries; F. Sewnld, wheat, oats, barley, grass; J. F. Hunt ley, oats, grass; Jas. Van Meter, cherries; Wes. Elliott, cherries, wheat, vetch; Fred R. Elliott, cherries; O. Nelson, cherries, loganberries, mam moth blackberries; A. H. Holmes, wheat; Ewing Bros, vetch, rye; Wm. Mackie, cherries. Finn Commends Move. Over the county 1 find that a few enterprising farmers have mowed the tall grass along the sides of the road by their farms, and have either made hay of it or burned it anyway to keep it from going to seed. This is indeed good to see, as it not only helps the looks of their farms but makes tne road look neater and helps to kill a great many obnoxious weeds. I hope many more of the residents along our roads will fall in line with this idea and boost Polk county a lit tle further along the way toward bet ter roads. J. W. FINN. Worships at Oambrinns' Shrine. Marshal Chase bad but a single vic im who fell at the foot of Gam- brinus' throne and found a resting place in the dusty recesses of the city's well-filled coop. The stranger found time sufficient to ponder over the evilness of the age by passing a portion of the nation's holiday and the following Sunday. Repentance came in the manner of a small fine and admonition yesterday imposed by Judge Gregory. Monmouth's observance of Indepen dence dav brought up early recollec tions from the older inhabitants of the celebration held there in the year 1890, 24 years ago. Monmouth's business section stood to the more eastern part of town, making up what is many times referred to now as "Old Mon mouth." These buildings were des troyed in the disastrous fire of 1890. One wing of the present Oregon Nor mal school building was standing. The morning of July 4, 1890, arrived with good weather for the celebration and at 9 o'clock the parade, if it may be called such, formed at the city hall. It was made up of two parts a float and a logging wagon, drawn by an ox team. For the float a hay rack had been carefully decorated on which the Goddess and the small children of the community rode. Miss Nettie Ground (Mrs. David Foulkes) was Goddess of Liberty and Miss Mary Coates (Mrs. T. O. Meador) acted as Columbia. The float, followed by the oxdrawn wagon which unexpectedly came from a nearby logging district, moved through the town and stopped at the normal school campus, where the pro gram of the day was held in the grove. Preceded by musical numbers, the Declaration of Independence was read. The management chose a unique way of financing the celebration. . The heads of the families brought dinner to the diuing-hall of the normal school, situated in the southern part of the grove, where a force of young women placed the "eats" in a gener al lot. At noon the lunches were sold at counters, and, although the citizens bought back what they themselves had prepared, there was no objection to the plan. Of the pioneer group who settled Monmouth in the early '50s but one now survives Mrs. Elizabeth F. Lu cas, who was unable to be present at Saturday's festivities. She resides in the southern part of the city. The celebration of 1890 was honored by the presence of the man who was re sponsible for Monmouth getting its name. It was the late Ira F. M. But ler, who was then at an advanced age. As chairman of an early meeting of the inhabitants of the town he cast the deciding vote for ' ' Monmouth ' ' in preference to "Dover." ident; Floyd Morrison, vice-president; D. L. Wood, Junior, treasurer; Q. Larson, marshal; Samuel Gardner, man-at-arms; A. Stevenson, herald; Mrs. F. Morrison, lady of charity; Leila lveison, lady of entertainment. THE MARKETS Bear With Us, Dear Reader. If The Observer is not up to its usual standard today, place the blame where it properly belongs with those who were responsible for our national independence. Printers are the most patriotic craftsmen in the game today. They labor twelve long and weary mouths between shots and shouts awaiting the coming of the G-l-o-r-i-o-ui-s Fo-u-r-t-h, and when it arrives there's absolutely nothing doing around the shop. Generally, however, they "make up the time" during the following twenty-four hours, but in this year of our Lord nineteen four teen the natal day tagged along until the tail end of the week, making it impossible to "make up," for the profesh draws the line on Sabbath desecration, and won't do it if there's anything else in sight. So there you are. William Armstrong Passes. William Armstrong, 86 years old, a pioneer of Salem, died Saturday after an illness of more than a year. He bad been a resident of Oregon 45 years, coming from County Tyrone, Ireland. Mr. Armstrong served as in spector of customs in Portland for many years, and was a representative in the Oregon legislature two years. The Observer, $1.50 a year. Grain, Flour, Feed, Etc. WHEAT Track prices: New club, 7"c; new forty-fold, 78c; new blue- stem, 80c; new red Russian, 7Gc; old club, 86e. nominal. MILLFEED Bran, $23 per ton; shorts, $26; middlings, $30. OATS No. 1 white milling, $22 and $22.25 per ton. FLOUR Patents, $4.80 per barrel; straights, $4.20; exports, $3.90; val ley, $4.50; graham, $4.80; whole wheat, $5. BARLEY Feed, $20 and $21 per ton; brewing, $21.50 and $22; rolled, $23.50. HAY Choice timothy, $16 and $17; mixed timothy, $12 and $15; valley grain bay, $10 and $12; alfalfa, $11. CORN Whole, $35; cracked, $36 per ton. Dairy and Country Pioduce. EGGS Fresh Oregon ranch, case count, 23c; candled, 25c. and 26c. per dozen. POULTRY Hens. 14y2c. and 15c; Springs, 18c. and 20c; turkeys, live, 20c. and 22c ; dressed, choice, 25c. and 26c; ducks, 10c; geese, 8c. and 9c. BUTTER Creamery prints, extra, 7'-c. per pound; cubes, 22c. and 23c. CHEESE Oregon triplets, jobbers' buying price, 10c. per pound f. o. b. dock Portland; Young America, 17c. per pound. I'OKK Fancy, 10c. and 10y2c. per pound. VEAL Fancy, 10c. and 11c. per pound. Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc. HOPS 1913 crop, prime and choice, 14c. and lG'ijc; 1914 contracts, 15c. PELTS Dry, 11c; dry short wool, 8c; dry shearings, 10c; green shenr- mge, Lc; salted sheep, $1.25 and $1.50; Spring lambs, 25c. and 35c. HIDES Salted hides, 132c. per pound; salt kip, 14c; salted calf, 19c; green hides, 12'Sc; dry hides, 24c; dry calf, 2V2e; salted bulls, 10c. per pound; green bulls, oye. WOOL Valley, 18c. and zuy2c; Eastern Oregon, 16c. and 20'2c. MOHAIR 1914 clip, 27y2e. pound. CASCAKA HAKK Old and 44e. Per pound. THIS IS We carry a large variety. The best and purest at 25c A CAN TOILET CREAMS Removes that Tan, and keeps the complexion fresh these sultry days. 25c and 50c Come in and let us talk it over with you. Fuller Pharmacy DRUGS THAT ARE DRUGS. West Side Marble WorKs MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES AND CURBING. G. h. HAWKINS, Proprietor. A Complete l ine of All Latent Designs 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 yon. G. G. KESSLER One mile north of Dallas. 19-tf. per R. L. Conner and wife of MtMinn- ville were among the many who pass ed throusrh the city Saturday on the av (o Fall Citv bv the auto route. Mr. Conner is an attorney at the seat of justice ia Yamhill county. A Peculiar Accident. Mrs. Hazel Anderson of Falls City had the misfortune to lose the third finger of her left hand. She was en gaged in a friendly scuffle and in some manner the ring on her finger caught upon a nail tearing the flesh so badly that an amputation below the second joint was necessary. News. New Lodge at Falls City. The latest fraternal order is the Homesteaders, a lodsre of which was last week organized in Falls City by State Deputy J. A. Mann, with the : following officers: Bert Iverson. pres-i INDIAN tf RIME Agency "INDIAN" MOTORCYCLES, BICYCLES AND ACCESSORIES. BASEBALL AND ATHLETIC SUPPLIES. TENNIS GOODS. When thinking of a motorcycle, bicycle or repairs, call in and let us show yon our line. L. B. Hixson,Jr., 315 North Main St. Phone 1072 PURE CLEAN IW Is a Most Wholesome Food Make Your Children Strong and Healthy on Guthrie Dairy Milk FROM TUBERCULIN TESTED COWS $ Rich, Sweet Cream Delivered to You at 20 Cents a Pint Phone T 14x7 ALSO HANDLED BY HOLMAN & BOYDSTON. Soehren Warehouse W. LLOYD SOEHREN, Manager BUILDING MATERIALS OF EVERY 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. Star Transfer Co. WE MOVE ANYTHING THAT IS MOVEABLE PROMPT SERVICE G. A. and L. C. MUSCOTT, Proprietors Phone Stands: Webster' Confectionery 511 Ellis' Confectionery 1062 Barn 1074 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 DELIGHTFUL NEWPORT "Tried and True" is this old reliable outing resort, with a wealth of natural scenery, healthful drives, a splendid beach and numerous near-by points of inter est: Lighthouse, Devil's Punchbowl, Seal Kocks, etc. Special Low Round-Trip Season Fans Week-End Fares to All Points and Sunday Excursion Fares from Albany and Corvallis. U6DE.NB5HA5TAI ROUTES The Exposition Line 1915 DOUBLE DAILY TRAINS Leave Albany, daily 7:30 A. M. Leave Albany, daily except Sunday 1:00 P. M. Leave Corvallis, daily 8:00 A. M. Leave Corvallis, daily except Sunday 1:40 P. M. Connections made at Albany and Corvallis with S. P. trains. Special Excursion Train will leave Newport every Sunday evening at 6:00 p. m., arrive Corvallis 10:15 p. m., Albany 10:45 p. m. GOOD FISHING STREAMS ALONG TEE CAE. At Elk City, Morrison, Toledo and along the Yaqui na river, also on the Brcitenbush and Santiam riv on the East End. , For Folders describing Newport as an outing place eall on our near est Agent. John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland .Oregon. An ad in the Home Paper will be read by the People