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THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVES, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1915. DOINGS IN POLK COUNTY STORIES BY THE OBSERVER'S CORRESPONDENTS. Personal Paragraphs Pertaining Movements of People Whom Yon All Enow. to BALLSTON. Lawrence Newbill was a Hopewell visitor during' the week. Mrs. F. B. Gould has been on the sick list. Gerald Tillery left Sunday for Cor- vallis to take a short course at the 0. A. C. Vera Sampson spent the holidays with her mother at Willamina. Mrs. G. W. Newbill attended the funeral of her uncle at La Fayette Thursday. C. A. Ball was up from Portland the first of the week. There was a house party at James McCauley's Saturday night. Jack Brooks of Marion county is visiting his brother here. Ed. Koub and John Bentley spent the holidays at Salem. Mrs. N. E. Tuflord returned Mon day night from Portland, where she ... has been visiting relatives. A. L. Newell and family have re turned to their home in Eastern Ore gon after a few days' visit here. Mr. Moore of Newberg is visiting his niece, Mrs. G. W. Newbill. Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery of Per rydale visited at James McCauley's Saturday night. Lawrence Fudge visited friends in Portland last week. . Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Barnett of Sheridan visited their daughter, Mrs. T. J. Short New Year's. Snm Hillvcr and family are makin ...rniinns to leave for Arizona snnn. Marie Short left for Neskowin the nt tlm week after spending the ImliilnvR nt. home. Hra. E. F. Craven and son Allan of Riekreall were visiting friends here V,o Inst, of the week. Earl Sampson and family were vis itini? at Hopewell during tlie weeK Mr. and Mrs. R, H. Brooks were viaitinv relatives in Marion county last week. Earl and Edna Conner have return. cd to Corvallis after spending the noi irlnvn nt home. left Saturday for Klamath Falls, where he is teaching, after a few days' visit with his par ents. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Chandler. - -The Women of Woodcraft installed the following oflieers Saturday night Guardian neighbor, Mrs. T. J. Short adviser, Zelma Butler; clerk, Cassie Sears: banker. Mrs. J. 11. riiitler; at- tondnnt. Lima Yocom : magician, Mrs. w A Vncnm: inner sentinel, T. J. Short: outer sentinel, C. L. Gibson W. A. Yocom, Ed. Miller and Mrs. H. S. Fudge. Mrs. Porter and daughters, Jessie and Anna, spent Christmas with her daughter, Mrs. Mattie Stout of Me- hama. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ely have return ed to their home at , Morgan after spending two weeks with Mrs. Elip parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Adams. Friends of Ross Hedden were very sorry to learn of his death Sunday mining. Funeral services will be held Tuesday. ZENA-SPRINO VALLEY. Miss Mable Taylor has returned to Salem to resume her studies in the hich school there. Miss Greta Phillips of Salem spent part of the Christmas holidays at her home here. Mrs. Milo Matthews and daughter of Salem visited last week here at the home of Mr. i nd Mrs. Lynn Purvine, Donnel Crawford returned Sunday from a few days' visit at Portland and Oregon City. The party given Tuesday night by Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Purvine was much enioved bv the large crowd present. Miss Elsie Taylor has returned to k the Monmouth Normal. Mrs. Cal Do Harppert of Salem was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Ired Purvine for a few days last week. At a meeting of the school voters last Tuesday, it was decided that a new building be built in the spring to replace the one recently burned. In the meantime, school is being held in the old schonlhouse. A large number of friends and neighbors attended the funeral of Mr. Gerth Sunday afternoon at the Zena church. Mr. Gerlh was a native of Germany and nearly seventy-five years of age. For the last thirty years ho hail pursued me irauo oi blacksmith at Lincoln. His death was caused from a fall from a stairway He leaves to mourn his loss a widow a son, and two daughters. MONMOUTH. At the reunion held at the home o: J. R. V. Butler on Christmas ther were seventy-five present instead of fifteen, as stated in last week's Ob server. Born, to Mrs. E. Dieger on Januar 5, 1015, a ten-pound son. Mrs. Martin Sacre, after a sojourn of auout four months in Eastern Ore gon returned home Sunday. II. Miller of Corvallis was the guest of his sister's family, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Halleck Monday and Tuesday, S. Hastings of Airlie was in town Monday. Mrs. Treat and daughter, Mrs. Ed Rogers, were in Dallas Tuesday on business. i'i. N. Halleck and Amos Sellers were in Dallas on business Tuesday It had been reported that Dallas was dry, but we had never seen more wat er on the streets than on this date. Mrs. J. Winegar is convalescing nicelv. She will soon be up again. A. F. Huber and family went to Portland last week, returning home Tuesday. Mr. Lefever on Tuesday received the sad news of the death of bis fath er at Ellendale, Washington. He left for there on Tuesday. The rains since the freeze have set tied the ground, and the cold snap did not hurt the fall crops any, hut ruin ed about all the potatoes that were in the ground. C. E. Herren lost over a hundred sacks from the cold weath er. The new city officials were properly installed on Monday and they entered into the year's business with the cal dilation of having a clean and law abiding town. J. II. Moran and D. M. Hampton made a business trip to the county seat on Wednesday. CROWLEY. Cass Riggs and son Cecil were Dal las visitors one day last week. A number from here attended the dance at McCoy last Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Farmer were visitors in Yamhill county last week. Seth Smith was a caller here last week. F. M. Edgar was a business caller in Dollos the middle of last week. Mrs. Farmer was a caller at the Cadle home, near Riekreall, last Thursday. R. J. Williamson was a Dallas visit or one day last week. Dr. Bollman was called Friday to see George Smith, Jr., who was quite sick, but who is now much improved. Verda Williamson, who has been caring for her grandmother at Oak Grove the past five weeks, returned home Monday, as her mother is very sick and has been confined to her bed for over a week. OAK GROVE. Several from here attended the par ty at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Farmer on Wednesday evening of last week. J. W. Edgar, Jr., of the Eola hills, called last week to see his mother, who is now so much improved as to be able to be np most of the time. Miss Mella White and Miss Ruth Starbuck returned to Portland Satnr- dav. Mr. Chas. Warren was a business caller in Salem the middle of last week. Mr. Gardner was in the Crowley vi cinity on business Mondav. Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry White were callers here Mondav. taken a contract to grub seven acres of ground for C. B. Sundberg. John Southworth and John Macomber are assisting them. Mrs. Joe Murphy has been visiting her mother, Mrs. D. Shepherd for several days, but is home again. She has been suffering greatly with rheu matism. Miss Frances McDonald returned to Salem on Sunday, where she is attend ing school. J. W. and Mrs. Robinson spent Sun day with their daughter, Myrtle Bird. Mr. ond Mrs. C. J. Bruce spent Sun day at Roy McDonald's. Roy McDonald is working for Chas. Bird. . THT. CENTER OP THE UNIVERSE POPCORN-MOUNTAIN VIEW. Everyone around here enjoyed their Christmas holidays in the good old Christmas spirit. Mr. and Mrs. L. Grice visited their daughter, Mrs. Cannoy of Harrisburg last week.. Chas Kohnke is having a bouse built on his tract of land. Frank Earner if doing- the work. Mr. and Mrs. Roy McDowell return ed home Saturday from their wedding trip to Newport. They were welcom ed horn by a good charivari. 01iv Porter has returned to her school duties at Oak Grove. A erowd of younfc people enjoyed the watch party at the Charlie Moore home immensely. The evening was pent in playing games and music. OAKDALE. Martin Wilkinson started to the Dal las schools Mondav. His father will move to Dallas in a short time. Mar in is a bright, pleasant boy and will be greatly missed by his schoolmates. Little Kama Robinson has been hav ing an attack of tonsilitis. Mrs. Kimball has been quite poor ly for the last few days. Prof, and Mrs. Horton of Tnrner, Marion county, have lately visited the Y. D. Miller family. Professor Hor ton is principal of the Tnrner public schools. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. Don Miller and sons visited Hoy Bird 's at Pioneer Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Neal spent the holi days in Dallas. Will Dennis visited over Snnday with Ernest Robbins at Pioneer. Mr. and Mrs. George Robinson and children spent New Year's at her father's, C. Nelson of Antioch. There was gay party and a big neighbor hood dinner there on New Year's. Mrs. Chas Bird and son, Harold, are suffering with tonsilitis. 3. W. and George Robinson have (By Rev. Geo. H. Bennett.) Where is the center of the uni verse? This question is often asked Someone has suggested that Sirius is the great central point; others have named Arcturus, which shines with the brilliance of five hundred and six teen suns, and others still think Alcy one, the giant orb of the Pleiades, which pours the glories of twelve thousand suns down the infinite spaces, is at the local point or crea tion. Canopus is the latest suggested center. But no, none of these is the center of the universe. Listen now : Every creature that has life, and needs, and hopes is the center of the universe, So far as life and need, and hope are concerned, every little insect which whirls away over the meadow, every timid bird that nests in the thicket, every beast that roams the forest or field, and every member ot the human race is a center arouna which uie whole universe revolves. Consider now: Every citizen of the vast kingdom of earthly life has personal interests. Those personal interests are of supreme importance to that citizen, whether it be a cater pillar dangling at the end of its silken thread under a tree, or the rich mer chant among his costly wares in a ten story building. The life and interests of one creature are just as sacred to it, as are those of others to them selves. But we find there is a law of prey in the world. According to this law one species preys upon another. Tennyson perceived the operation of this law when he wrote the lines : "For nature is one with rapine, a harm no preacher can heal ; The mayfly is torn by the sparrow; the sparrow is speared by the shrike; And the whole little wood where I sit, is a world of plunder and prey." It is also a law of nature that species do not prey upon themselves, and so become self-destructive. This law is observed among all the living creatures in the world, with one not able exception and that exception is mankind. From ancient days the strong have preyed upon the labor and property, upon the virtue and good name, upon the liberty, nnd even upon the lives of their less fortunate neighbors. Selfishness has ruled the human heart from the founding of the race. It has blinded the mind to the great truth that the life and rights and hopes of one person are just as sacred as (hose of another. It forgets every human life is a center around which the universe re- olves. The march of progress down the ages has everywhere been checked and resisted by human selfishness. Sometimes by violence the strong ave beggared the weak, and enriched themselves vastly beyond the needs of their lives; sometimes by law the strong have beggared the weak, and surrounded themselves with property and luxuries far bevond the needs of lifetime. In both instances, wheth er the weak be beggared by violence or by low, the sorrowful result is the same. It is the strong preying upon the weak. It is a gross violation of the law of love, to which the Almighty will hold men accountable. Man has often degraded himself below the brutes, bv his inhumanity to man. What kind of a life then, should we leadf We should live the unselfish life. It is base selfishness which hoards money beyond the needs of a lifetime. It is noble chanty, which gives to the needy the excess of riches. If a wave of unselfishness could but sweep over the world, the over-rich would distribute their superfluous riches among their poor and strug gling neighbors ; the hanghty monopo list would cease to crowd the poor to the wall, but wonld be glad to "live and let live." Then would the doors of opportunity be opened to ev ery ambitious person, and the terror of poverty would cease to haunt the heart- and then would labor, property, good name, liberty, and life itself be accorded their true values; and every life would be the enter of a joyous existence, ministered to by the world revolving around it When Scipio defeated Hannibal and conquered Carthage, the territory of Rome was greatly enlarged. As a reward for his brilliant services, Scip io was awarded a triumph by the sen ate of Rome. On the day appointed the conquering hero was met at the triumnhal gate by the senate and magistrates of state in rich apparel They led the gorgeous pageant, and was followed by a band of trumpeters, and a long train of wagons loaded with the spoils taken from the con quered lands. Models of cities made of ivory and inlaid wood; landscapes of fertile lands, broad rivers and forest clad mountains; loads of gold and silver, together with fine fabrics and beautiful works of art from many temples and palaces, were displayed to the exultant Roman populace. Then came a band of flute players. Slaves led white oxen with gilded horns, and covered with garlands of flowers, ready to be sacrificed. Strange animals in leash, and trains of captive princes in chains, followed. After these came twelve officers of the em peror bearing ensigns and wreaths; and Instlv. the triumphant general rode in a chariot drawn by four pranc ing horses. His garments were cov ered with jewels, in his hand he held a scepter of gold, and a wreath of Delphic laurel graced his brow. It was a proud day for Scipio, the conqueror. But, lest Scipio should forget, at tlie command of the emperor, a Nubian slave stood behind the hero bearin; crown of Etruscan gold, and he was instructed to whisper in the ear of Scinio. "Remember" thou art but a man." Success in the affairs of business, or in the world of politics, or even in the church sometimes has an intoxi cating effect, and the successful man foreets the rights of others. Be hon est now are you living the unselfish life t Not Remember then the teach ing of the scriptures, "Love worketh no ill to his neighbor." Making Its Arrangements. The Oregon Power company is mak ing arrangements to commence install ing the proposed new street lighting system as soon as the referendum lim itation on the ordinance expires, which will be January 21. Several weeks will be necessary in which to complete the work. A large amount of new material will be assembled pre paratory to pushing the work to com pletion with all possible haste. i WANTED Modern house, preferably furnished. Apply at The Observer office. 85-tf. FOR SALE Four heifer grey Jer seys, due to freshen July or August. A. G. Rempel ; phone Dixie 515. 80-tf. WANTED Veal calves and chickens. Will pay the highest market price. Call 5 Shorts A. D. Line. 89-tf. WANTED Pruning to do by experi enced orchard man. Phone 1551. 89-lt-x WANTED I have a client who wants to borrow $2500 on two or three years' time, on good first mortgage real estate, the assessed value of which is $5,500, but the real value is not less than $8000. I would be pleased to hear from anyone having that amount of money to loan; can give you all information in regard to same. Good rate of interest. H. G. Campbell, Dallas. 80-2t. 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Ad dress J. A. Kerr, Corvallis, Oregon. A SNAP $3,000 buys Kaegi's ten acre tract, for 30 days. Fair house; fruit. Phone Dixie 153. 74-2mo.-F.-x FOB SALE Registered Jersey bull, two years old; solid color, silver grey, the Hazel Fern combination. C. Kelson, Monmouth, Ore., phone 54 Antioch. 79-tf. Star Transfer Co.! WE MOVE ANYTHING THAT IS MOVEABLE PROMPT SERVICE G. A. & L. C. MUSOTT & A. P. STARR, Props. Phone Stands: Webster's Confectionery 511 Ellis' Confectionery 1062 Barn 1U7 ESTRAY There came into my en closure the middle of July, 1914, one Holstein colored steer, two years old. The owner is notified to call, par charges and take animal way. Sooth of Ellendale bridge. Geonra OiesbrechL 83-3t. TO WHOM IT MAT CONCERN. I wish to state that I will not be responsible for any debts contract ed by my daughter, Edith Allen, a T. Allen. 8S-3L iQrinting... THE KTNt) THAT SATISFIES. There's nothing too large, nor too small, for us to tackle. Our facilities are unequalled In this sec tion, while our workmen have that "touch" so nec essary in the execution of "good work." . . . THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVES Try An Observer Want Ad
