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VOL. 27
(THIS HOME PAPER)
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1915.
(TWICE-A-WEEK)
NO. 1
WAS PROFITABLE MEET
INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS HAS
A LARGE ATTENDANCE.
Splendid Program Interests, Leading
Educators Being Among the
Day's Speakers.
The Teachers' institute held at In
dependence last Saturday was one of
the best ever held in the county. It
was well attended. The professional
spirit of the teacher was excellent,
many teachers coming from across the
county, having to start the night be
fore in order to make the trip. All
cf them expressed themselves as be
ing well pleased with the meeting,
from which they defived much good.
The' professional teacher, and the
teacher who has her work at heart,
always gets much from a county in
stitute. The following program was carried
out: Address, "Grammar," H. J.
Hockenberry of the Portland schools;
address, "Industrial Work," P. H.
Shepherd of the Oregon Agricultural
college; address, "The Old Play
'Ground and the New," H. J. Hoeken
Tierry; class demonstration, Miss
Katherine Arbuthnot of the Oregon
Normal school ; address, J. A. Church
ill, superintendent of public instruc
tion; addresB, "School Gardening,".
Mibs Alice Joyce of Portland; two
vocal solos by Mrs. E. E. Paddock
and Mrs. Claire Irviu of Indepen
dence. ,
The following teachers were pres
nt : Dallas, W. I. Ford, H. H. Dun
kleberger, Mrs. Bonnie Smith; Smith-
field, Miss Fay Henson, Miss Dora
Hayes; Eola, Vesta Gardner; Bed
Prairie, Eva Schneider; Lewisville,
Miss Cecil Dodd; Parker, Dora Bort
ner; Valley View, F. Silsbee; Mon
mouth, Miss Armilda Doughty, Miss
Alice Mcintosh, Miss Katherine Ar
buthnot, Miss Olive Dawson, Miss Su
dan Cohoon; Orchards, W. E. Buell;
Airlie, Miss Delilah McDaniel, Miss
May Tapscott; Polk Station, Miss
Norma Holman; Oak Grove, Miss
-Olive Porter; Perrydale, A. L. Apple
white, Miss Nellie Keyt, Mrs. A. L.
Applewhite; Fairview, Miss Minnie
Nelson; Rickreall, Mr. Fred &. Crow
ley;' Oakpoint, Miss Carrie Dahm;
Elkins, Miss Edith Witzel; Indepen
dence, Mr. C. F. Waltman, Miss E.
Pearl Smith, Miss Madelaine Chase,
Miss Martha Calbreath, Mr. D. Ches
ley Bones, Mrs. Margaret Dalton,
Miss Kora Browne, Miss Agnes John
ston, Miss Amanda Facklam, Miss
Jlable Stevens, Miss Bessie Graham,
Miss Stella Robinson, Miss Frances
Cooper, Mrs. George Conkey; Brush
College, Miss Almeada J. Fuller, Miss
Margaret Garrison; Buena Vista, Mr.
R. G. Dykstra, Miss A'era Burns, Miss
"Helen Cook; Spring Valley, Miss
Marie Vinzelberg; Popcorn, Miss
Flora Grice; Suver, Miss Olive
' Lembke; Greenwood. Miss Jennie
Schriver; Sunny Slope, A. J. Ship
ley; Oakdale, Mrs. Muttie Neal;
Black Rock, Miss Alice E. Quint;
Falls City, Mr. E. M. Haley, Miss Ina
B. Graham, Miss Edith Montgomery,
Miss Leta Wolverton, Miss Alice P.
Pimm, Miss Pearl R. Snedeker, Miss
Mary E. Whitman, Miss Leone Chap
in; Cherry Grove, Miss Daphne Hen
derson; Oakhurst, Mrs. J. D. Moyer;
Mountainview, Miss Esther Halver-
son; Hopville, Miss Martha Skersies,
Miss Lena Skersies; Mr. L. P. Gil-
more and Miss Mira Butler of the
Normal school faculty. Also there
were several of the students of the
Normal school present and several
visiting teachers from other counties.
The next teachers' meeting will be
held at Falls City April 10.
INSURANCE COMPANY FAILS.
Horticultural Fire Relief Petitions
for a Receiver.
With apparent assets totalling $57,-
710.70 and liabilities totaling $123,
914.60, the Horticultural Fire Relief
of Oregon, through its president, B.
J. Miles, has filed a petition in the
state circuit court asking that In
surance Commissioner Wells be ap
pointed receiver for the company. Al
though the petition does not ask for
the appointment of commissioner as
receiver of the Pacific Home Mutual
Fire Insurance eompany and the Ore
gon Merchants,' Mutual Fire Assur
ance company, Mr. Miles authorized
the state that the issuance would also
handle their affairs. The Horticul
tural Fire Relief of Oregon had rein
sured these two companies.
The proceedings were taken at the
suggestion of Commissioner Wells af
ter the books of the eompany had
been examined by an expert account
ant. Road Will Be Established.
The county court on Wednesday de
cided to accept and establish the new
road recently surveyed from Bentley
toward the coast to join the Tilla
mook county road. The road will
probably be cleared and graded this
year, and rocked next season. This
isUhe highway in which Polk, Yam
hill and Tillamook counties are
terested, it being a short-cut to the
Tillamook beach over an easier grade
than at present. The state has agreed
to aid, as has also the Automobile
club of Portland.
More Signers Are Needed.
A petition in the form of a waver,
asking for the rocking of a portion of
Uglow avenue, was before the council
Monday night, but because several
signatures of property owners on that
thoroughfare were lacking the docu
ment was not officially read; It is
probable, however, that this improve
ment will be made during the coming
summer.
SHORT LINE SUGGESTED
RICKREALL REACHES DALLAS
IN 'ROUND ABOUT WAY.
Commercial Club, at Regular Month
ly Session, Discusses Matters
of Public Interest.
The monthly meeting of the Com
mercial club Wednesday evening was
well attended, and more than ordin
ary interest was manifested in the
business coming before the body.
Many matters of local import were
discussed, 4 among others being next
summer's chautauqua, which is fos
tered by this organization; civic bet
terments and better rural mail and
telephone conveniences. Under pres
ent conditions residents of the Rick
reall neighborhood are obliged to use
the Monmouth and Independence line,
whereas a direct line to Dallas might
be had by using a ' ' dead line ' ' owned
by the Bell people. It had been sug
gested that the farmers of that sec
tion buy the wire from the Bell peo
ple at actual cost, pay ten cents per
year rental for each pole employed
to carry the line, the Bell company
maintaining the poles and the farmers
the line, and this plan appeared to be
feasible to the club. The matter will be
considered in the not very distant fu
ture by those who are inconvenienced
by this 'round about way of reaching
the county seat, and it may be that a
company will be organized among the
farmers to take over the line as sug
gested.
The committee on city and county
affairs was instructed to give the Wo
man's club any assistance possible in
its effort to clean-up and beautify the
city. This work will be prosecuted
by the civic department of the Wo
man's club, and nil effort will soon
be made to induce a general cleaning
up of all streets, alleys and vacant
lots, after which the planting of rose
bushes and other shrubbery will be in
vited and urged. Tn this effort the
ladies will have the support of the
men's organization.
TO IMPOUND CANINES
MARSHAL CHASE GIVEN AU
THORITY TO KILL DOGS.
Ordinance Given First Reading Be
fore Council Monday. Supplants
Are Adopted in 1875.
The city council Monday night
heard the reading of an ordinance
providing for the impounding of dogs
within the corporation limits, and the
measure will doubtless be adopted
when it comes up for final passage.
The ordinance provides that a public
pound be established, and that the
marshal capture and confine therein
all canines found running at large.
If the owner of a dog so impounded
be known it becomes the duty of the
officer to notify such owner, and if
the animal is not redeemed within
ten days it shall be advertised. If
the marshal cannot otherwise dispose
of the dog he is authorized to kill it,
or offer it for sale to the highest and
best bidder for cash in hand. The
owner, by the provisions of the or
dinance, is obliged to pay $1 to gain
the custody of an impounded dog.
and twenty-five cents charges for
each day the marshal has had the
animal in the lock-up. In ease of a
sale, if more than the eosts are de
rived therefrom the money shall go
to the owner of the dog, and if not
known to the auditor, who is to hold
It for six months before finally turn
ing it into the general fund.
At the present time the city has
an ordinance prohibiting dogi from
running at large, but there is no pro
visions for impounding them, hence
the marshal has been np against a
difficult proposition.
MODERNWATERSYSTEM
RURAL HOMES ENJOY SAME
PRIVILEGES AS CITY FOLKS.
Guy Brothers Installing Pressure De
vice for Supplying Water for
Several Polk Ranchers. .
The installation of water pressure
systems in rural homes appears to be
quite the fashion these days, giving
the country home the same conveni
ence so far as water supply is con
cerned as the city cousin. With, the
coming of better highways, automo
biles and the modern devices conceiv
ed for the convenience of the rural
resident the city dweller has nothing
on those who live in the country. Mr.
W. Wynne Johnson, owner of the Sid
ney orchards immediately adjoining
the city on the southeast, is among
the latest rural resident who i pur
poses enjoying the privilege of hav
ing a modern water system, he having
this week awarded a contract to Guy
Brothers. The water will be pumped
into a concrete reservoir on a hill and
the water brought to the house by
gravity. Mr. Johnson's residence is
being plumbed throughout, and high-
grade fixtures will be installed. I
The Guy Brothers have just pom
pleted the installation of a pressure
water system for S. W. Ediger, whose
place is just east of Dallas, and Hen
ry Voth of the Salt Creek neighbor
hood is another who has the conveni
ence, llie latter gentleman is erect
ing a new fruit house, a portion of
which will be occupied by the pres
sure water system, Guy Brothers do
ing the plumbing and placing the ma
chinery. Mr. Voth is one of the pros-
perous farmers of the Salt Creek
neighborhood, and is engaged largely
in the raising of fruit. He is also a
poultry fancier, and carries away; nu
merous prizes each year from the lo
cal poultry show.
The pressure water system is jone
of the latest things for the betterment
of country life, and promises to; be
more extensively used throughout this
section. A tank of 525 gallons capac
ity, intp which water is forced by
one and a half H. P. Staver gasoline
engine-, is used. -Air is also pumped
at the same time, and the water is
delivered at the house under pressure
the same as in the city.
CONTEST JN MONDAY
PLAY PIANO AMONG GIFTS OF
FERED BY THE OBSERVER.
Every Candidate to Receive a Prize,
Hence There Will Be No
Disappointments.
The Observer's subscription con
test, in which every contestant will be
a prize winner, and which opens on
Monday next, is already creating con
siderable interest among the ladies of
Polk county, a large number of in
quiries concerning it and the modus
operandi having been received since
the announcement was made on Tues
day. Several Dallas young ladies have
signified their intention of entering
the contest, but thus far only four
have filed nomination blanks with the
contest manager, leaving abundant
opportunity for many others to com
pete for the valuable 'prizes offered
We predict that there will be dozens
of ladies, both in Dallas and in the
county, who will want the handsome
$(io0 bungalow player piano, which is
offered as the capital prize, and who
will enter the contest with the hope
of securing it. There will, however,
be no disappointed candidates, for
should there be failure to land this
prize there are others, including
free trip to the Panama-Pacific expo
sition in each of the two districts,
several diamond rings, scholarships,
etc., any of which are really worth
the effort. No one will have to work
without remuneration. These prizes
will be on exhibition in Dallas within
few days, announcement of the
place being made through these col
umns. The player piano is from the
Eiler music house in Portland, and is
a guaranteed instrument of the best
known make, and retails anywhere
at the price named in the contest ad
vertisement printed in this issue.
As has been heretofore stated, the
territory has been divided into two
districts, Dallas and its rural routes
comprising one and the remainder of
the county the other. Aside from the
grand prize, the gifts will be dupli
cated in these districts. One free trip
to the Panama exposition, with all
necessary expenses paid, will go to
each district to the contestant having
the highest number of votes next to
the winner of the player piano. Tnr
thirteen other prizes will be distrib
uted in the same manner. The play-
( Con tinned on page six.)
STRAW VOTES DEFEAT
COMMERCIAL AND LA CREOLE
CLUBS OPPOSE DEAL.
Council May Be Petitioned to Repeal
Ordinance Providing for Sab
mission of Question.
"Just to show which way the wind
blows" the Commercial club, at a reg
ular meeting Wednesday night with
eighteen members present, took a
straw vote on the question about to
be presented to the people of Dallas
regarding the purchase of the water
plant. There was no arguments for
or against the proposition, but a sim
ple submission of the question, with
the result that every member record
ed a vote against the proposed buy. A
similar vote was taken at the La Cre
ole club the other evening, when of
the thirty-nine members voting only
three cast their ballot in favor of mu
nicipal ownership. These organiza
tions being composed chiefly of bus
inessmen and representative tax-paying
citizens, the overwhelming oppo
sition to the council s action in sub
mitting the matter of buying Mr.
Gates' equity in this public utility
counts for something.
A prominent citizen stationed him
self at the corner of Mill and Main
streets yesterday afternoon and ques
tioned thirty-two pedestrians regard
ing their position on the question, and
of the total number interrogated he
found but six who expressed the opin
ion that the city should possess the
water system. These things, coupled
with the remonstrance presented to
the aldermanic body by Councilman
Hayter prior to the adoption of the
ordinance calling the special election.
shows almost beyond a question of
doubt that the -measure has compara
tively" few supporters, among the men
voters of Dallas at least.
There is some prospect that the
opposition will petition the council at
its next session to repeal the ordin
ance calling for the special election
and making other necessary arrange
ments to issue bonds in the sum of
$52,000 for the purchase of Mr.
Gates' equity in the water plant, it
being believed thafthe proposition
will be lost at the polls and that
needless expense will be incurred by
carrying out the program as outlined.
GETS HIS INSTRUCTIONS
POLK TREASURER HEARS FROM
STATE TAX COMMISSION.
Those Lnquidating Charges Before
April 1 and September 1 Have
No Penalty.
County Treasurer Fred J. Holman
has received a communication from
Chas. V. Galloway, member of the
state tax commission, in which pro
visions for paying taxes are given.
Under the new conditions, if half the
taxes are paid by the last of March,
no penalty will be charged on the bal
ance until the last of ' September.
That all may know the facts in full,
the letter is published herewith:
"An act of the Twenty-eighth leg
islative assembly, relating to penalties
and interest on the second half of
taxes for the years 1913 and 1914 has
the following provisions:
" 'section 1. tio suit, action or
proceedings of any kind shall ever be
commenced or prosecuted to enforce
the payment or collection ot any pen
alty or interest or any tax for the
year 1913 in case the first half of such
tax was paid before April 1, 1914,
and the last half before October 1,
1R14, nor on any tax for the year
1914 in case the first half of such tax
shall have been paid before April 1,
191o, and the last halt betore Octo
ber 1, 1915; nor in such case shall
any such penalty or interest be made
the basis for any delinquent certifi
cate or tax Bale or constitute a lien
on any property.
' 'Section 2. All penalties and in
terest in the cases set out in Section
1 of this act which may be construed
to have been incurred or to be incur
red are hereby remitted and satisfied
and it shall be the duty of any tax
collector upon whose rolls any such
penalty or interest has been or may
be entered or extended in such cases
to forthwith satisfy and cancel the
same upon such rolls.
' ' Section 3. If one-half of the
taxes on any property for the year
1914 shall have been paid before the
first day of April, 1915, the second
half of such taxes may be paid at any
time before the first day of October,
1915, without any penally or interest
of any kind or amount.'
'This act has been signed by the
governor and will become a law on
May 22, 1915. In substance it amends
Section 3682 of Lord's Oregon Laws
(amended by section 20 of chapter
184, laws of 1913) so that all penal
ties or interest on the second half of
taxes, where the first half is paid be
fore April 1, 1915, will be canceled on
May 22, 1915, and will not thereafter
be collectible.
Taxpayers who pay one-half of the
taxes charged against their property
before April 1, 1915, may pay the sec
ond half any time from May 22 to
September 20, 1915, both dates in
elusive, without penalty or interest
ou said second half. Where one-half
is paid before April 1, 1915, the seo
ond half will not become delinquent
until October 1, 1915.
Taxpayers who do not pay at least,
one-half of the taxes charged against
their property before April 1, 1915,
will be subject to a penalty of one
per cent for each calendar month or
fraction thereof, on the entire amount
unpaid, until September 1, 1915.
Where one-half is not paid before
April 1, 1915, the amount unpaid will
become delinquent on September 1,
1915.
PICKER'S SUIT DELAYED
HEARING OF 165 PLAINTIFFS
FROM HOPFIELDS IN COURT.
Prospect of Hearing More Than 200
Witnesses Means Yet Later Trial,
Says Judge Morrow.
Oregonian-: More than 150 hop-
pickers m a motley throng crowded
Circuit Judge Miorrow's courtroom
yesterday to hear the trial of their
suit against Dorcas Bros., who, they
declare, promised them 20 days work
in the hopfields and failed to fulfill
the contract. There are 165 plain
tiffs in the suit, and each demands
$2.50 a day for 11 days. The total
amount asked is $4427.50.
The crowd was disappointed yes
terday, for the ease failed to come
on for trial. Other court business
interfered, and Judge Morrow told
the hoppickers they might as well go
home and come back later. Strenu
ous efforts of Judge Morrow to get
the attorneys in the case to settle
some of the details out of court and
avoid examination of more than 200
witnesses, who have been summoned
proven lutiie. rne defense main
tained that"tlie"case was" a manufuc
tured one, and each one of the plain
tiffs, besides numerous other persons,
should be called to the stand. In or
der to prove his case Seneca Fouts,
attorney for the 165 hoppickers, will
have to call each one of them to the
witness Bland.
The complaint, which is 226 pages
long, is said to be the most volumi
nous ever filed in the Multnomah
county circuit court. -The hoppickers
declare that they answered an ad
vertisement of Dorcas Bros, for-1000
pickers, and were told to go to vari
ous yards up the Willamette valley.
The advertisements stated that there
would be 20 days of picking at 50
cents a box.
The Portland Telegram, in its tidy
new spring gown, is as pretty as a
picture.
DALLASITESIN REUNION
PLEASANT GATHERING IS HELD
IN STATE'S METROPOLIS.
Big Basket Dinner Served at Home of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hobson
on Thursday.
A crowd of former Dallasites, who
are now making their homes in Port
land, enjoyed a- pleasant afternoon
and evening at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Hobson last Thursday.
The ladies spent the afternoon to
gether, the men coming at six o'clock,
when a delicious basket dinner was
enjoyed. The remaining part of the
evening was spent in various ways.
Mrs. btrayer entertained with two
charming piano solos and Mrs. Hu
bert Goode and Mrs. C. L. Starr sang
several numbers. The occasion was
an enjoyable gathering of old friends.
The following were present! Mrs.
Robert Howe, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Hobson, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Strayer,
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Goode, Mr. and
Mrs. Simon Grindheim, Mr. and Mrs.
George Kurre, Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Starr, Misses Sadie Lynn, Ada Offield
and Mabel Irene Goode.
Hawley for President.
It is announced that Hon. C. L.
Hawley of McCoy, holdover senator
from the Benton-Polk joint district,
is a candidate for the presidency of
the senate in 1917. He is serving
his second four-year term in the sen
ate, and is considered one of the
sonnd minds of the upper house. Mr.
Hawley has a large following, and
generally gets what be goes after, ''went to FaiU City. ,
BIGGEST OF THE BUNCH
COMPANY GETS PLEASING COM
PLIMENT AT INSPECTION.
Captain Page of the Regular Army
Says Captain Stafrin's Men Axa
Exceptionally Well Drilled.
Captain Page, representing the war
department and Colonel McLaughlin,
inspected Company L last night.
Capt. Page complimented Capt. Staf
rin on the condition of the men, say
ing they were as well drilled as the
Portland campanies. Capt. Stafrin
was also complimented on the size of
the men, it being the biggest company
physically of any in the regiment.
The percentage of attendance last
night was 99 per cent, only one man
being absent, and be will be dropped
from the roll. Sixty-five attended.
The corporals drilled their squads
first and then the Serjeants drilled
their platoons, the lieutenants follow
ing in drilling the platoons. The cap
tain then drilled company.
This was the largest company that
was assembled in the armory. A very
satisfying banquet was served after
inspection, in honor of the officers.
The banquet was attended in uniform.
The company officers are : Capt. Staf
rin, First Lieut. Fred Zeller, Second
Lieut. H. Rich.
FIFTEEN CENTS PAID FOR HOPS
Highest Price of Year Received by
Forest Grove Growers.
The hop market has gained another
half cent in value. Fifteen cents was
paid Tuesday by the Kola Neis Hop
company for the Crabtree and Reuter
lots, amounting to a carload, at For
est Grove. There is a strong demand
for contracts, but Oregon growers de
cline to sell at the prices offered, 12
to 12V2 cents. A contract for the in
stallation of an electric plant on the
hop ranch, across the river from In
dependence, of Seid Back has been
awarded to J. H. Ralston of Albany.
The contract calls for the wiring of
every building on the ranch and for
installation of a plant that will gen
erate electricity, besides power to op
erate the dryers.
Library Report for February.
Juvenile books loaned, 537; adult
books, loaned, 1018; total for month,
1555. Average daily attendance,
115; new borrowers' cards issued, 32;
new books added, 66.
The following books have been tak
en from the rental list and placed in
free .circulation: Sixty-First Second,
Johnson; Lighted Wayf Oppenheim;
Mischief Maker, Oppenheim; Mating
of Lydia, Ward; Music Master,
Klein; Mistress of Sheustone, Bar
clay; John Barleycorn, London;
Rules of the Game, White; Gold,
White; Call of the Carpenter, White;
Woman of the Twilight, Ryan; Red
Button, Irwin; Road of Living Men,
Comfort; Wheel of Fortune, Tracy;
Fortune of the Landrays, Kestor; At
the Sign of the Jack o' Lantern,
Reed; Diane of the Green Van, Dal
rymplej Lady and the Pirate, Hough ;
Light of Western Stars, Grey; Land
of Long Ago, Hall.
New Prune Orchards.
H. P. Hough, who recently bought
ten acres in the Willamette Valley Or
chards tract near Crowley, has the
ground in shape and will plant it to
pmnes. William Gath, who came here
last June from Virginia and bought
eight acres from the same company,
is also planting the place to prunes.
Miss Pearl Dennett, a trained nurse .
who has been at the Dallas hospital,
owns five acres adjoining her father's
ranch near Crowley, and is preparing
to set the tract to prunes.
In Sympathy With Work.
Mr. Gideon Stolz, who owns and op
erates a bottling works in Dallas, and
whose home is in Salem, sends a sub
scription to the Commercial club for
the present year, saying that he is in
sympathy with the club's work and
wishing it success in its every under
taking. Pro hi Club Meeting.
The Dallas Prohibition club will
hold its regular meeting next Tues
day evening at eight o'clock. A pro
gram will be rendered at this meeting,
consisting of a piano solo, a reading,
a recitation and a discussion, "Pro
gress of Prohibition." The meeting
will be held at the library and every
body will be welcomed.
Churchill Visit Schools.
Superintendent of Publie Instruc
tion Churchill, accompanied by Coun
ty Superintendent Seymour, visited
the Dallas high school on Wednesdsy
morning and in the afternoon they