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.
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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.
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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.
Accuracy, Promptness
Pure Drugs
No matter what physician writes
your prescription it will be
given careful attention at
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971 Mission Street
Near Sixth
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Modern methods of profitable
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OREGON POWER CO.
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TO EXCHANGE For Dallas proper
ty, a block of about 12 lots with 8
room house; rents for $20.00; good
barn, fruit, etc., near paved street,
situated on College Hill, Corvallis,
Oregon. Price for 10 days only
$4,000; joining lots sell at $500
each. A quick deal or no deal. 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." . . .
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