THE FOLK COUNTY OBSERVER, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1015.
CHINA'S FIRST LOCOMOTIVE
Wily Old LI Hung Chang' Rebuke That
Waa Llnkad With a Wink.
There la a curious story concerning
the first locomotive ever seen In China.
. LI Hung Chang was given permission
to construct a railway from the sea to
his mines upon the condition that
steam power should not be used, and
for several months the cars were haul
ed by mules.
Then Mr. Kinder and some of the
foreign machinists secretly construct
ed a locomotive out of such material
as they could find In China. It waa a
rude affair, and It was never able to
make more than five or six miles an
hour, but It was a great advantage over
the mule teams, for It could haul seven
or eight cars of coal at that speed,
Where It took four mules to haul one.
But when the mandarins at Pektn
learned that foreign devils were using
a fire eating monster on the railway
they Immediately made a tremendous
fuss about It and called LI Hung
Chang to account for violating his con
cession. The old gentleman took It very cool'
ly and pretended not to know anything
about It, but he afterward restored
himself in favor by Issuing an order
rebuking Mr. Kinder and his associates
for their presumption and forbidding
them to Introduce any more new tan
gled foreign notions Into China. Short
ly after he secretly patted them on the
back and raised their pay.
The excitement quieted down and
was soon forgotten. Then Mr. Kinder
got up steam In his clumsy old engine
again and was allowed to run It with
out Interference. Later a couple of
regularly made locomotives were Im
ported from Europe and have since
been hauling the coal trains on that
road.
ELECTRIC SPARKING.
Light on a Puzzle That Has Worried
Many Car Owners.
It is a sad and common experience to
men In motorboats, automobiles, etc.
to find that something Is wrong with
the spark. Often It is the case that
when the spark plug Is taken out and
tested In air It shows up all right and
will ignite gasoline poured around It,
but when put back Into position It will
not work. This Is a puzzle to a great
many people today.
The reason lies In the simple fact
that the spark, when it takes place in
the cylinder, has to spark in compress
ed gas, and when in the air It doesn't
It Is a well known scientific fact that
the pressure of the gas determines how
far a spark will Jump under a given
voltage. If the spark Jumped a quar
ter Inch In the open air and was placed
In a vessel with most of the air pumped
out, it would Jump several inches; and,
on the other band, if placed In com
pressed air it would not Jump more
than a fraction of the quarter Inch. Of
course the thing to do in the clrcunv
instances Is to get new, batteries, and If
. , so situated that that is inipossime tne
two little terminals of the spark plug
should be pushed closer together. Then
the spark will pass In the compressed
gas inside the cylinder.
If explosion does not take place then
the spark is probably so small that It
Is wholly Immersed either In air or In
the gasoline vapor, and to have an ex
plosion It must be immersed In a mix
ture of the two. The carburetor should
then be tinkered with. The probabil
ities are that a part of the time ex
plosions will take place and will be
sufficient to keep up a forward motion
at reduced speed. Chicago Herald.
Literary Inspiration.
It la enough to stun and scare any
body to have a hot thought come crash
ing into bis brain and plowing up those
parallel ruts where the wagon trains of
common Ideas were Jogging along In
their regular sequence of association.
A lyric conception bits me like a bul
let In the forehead. I bnve often had
the blood drop from my cheeks when It
struck and felt that I turned as white
as death. Then comes a creeping as of
centipedes running down the spine,
then a sudden flush and a beating In
the vessels of the bead, then a long
sigh and the poem Is written. Holmes.
Sad Camela.
It Is a well established fact thai
even young camels never play. They
are born sad, and thereafter their life
is one protest against being made to
work, although work has been their
portion since the beginning of the
memory of man. How largely they
have been domesticated from the earli
est times we know from the statement
that Job possessed 6.000 camels. Lon
don Opinion.
The Clock Was All Right.
A man went into a clock store and
banded out the pendulum of a clock,
which be wished to leave for repairs.
The clockman asked him why be
didn't bring the whole clock.
"The clock is all right." was the re
ply. "It's the pendulum that won't go.
As soon as I pulled that out the rest
went like the very dickens." Judge.
Equal to tha Occasion.
"Did you ever try to board a train?"
asked the facetious man of the board
ing house lady at breakfast.
"Oh. year said the lady without a
suggestion of a smile "A man named
Train stopped here at on time."
Yonkers Statesman.
Coming Back.
It waa the beginning of their wed
ding; trip.
-Dear." aba Inquired anxiously, "in
tb excitement of leaving did you say
A. idby to papa and mamma r
V 'No," ha replied. "I said aa revolr."
Pack. i
A Typical Letter From the Author of "The
Story
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ERE Is Bhown an important letter, reproduced to show the genius and
order and originality that characterize this brilliant orator. It waa
written to the general manager
tems, which are supplying the
Patrick J. MacCorry fa a Paullst father, which marks him as an orator and
a powerful missionary. He is a man of wide renown In his church for his
brilliance. Using his wide Influence, he has managed to secure faithful re
productions of paintings by great masters. To fully carry out the spirit of
the scene a great baritone will sing appropriate songs, making a feast of the
senses not often experienced. .
ORIGIN OF A PHRASE.
Gretlay Was Not the Firat to Say,
"Go
Wast, Young Man."
Who said, "Go west, young manV
The phrase has often been credited to
Horace Greeley, but be was not the
first to use it and once denied that he
said It It was written by John B. L.
Soule, a brilliant young man who ed
ited the Terre Haute Express in
1851-3. Richard W. Thompson of
Terre Haute advised him to go west
and grow up wltb the country, adding,
"Why, John, you could write an arti
cle that woqld be attributed to Horace
Greeley if you tried."
Soule modestly doubted It, but
Thompson Insisted, ,. and -Soule prom
ised to try. The result was an article
In the Express on the opportunities
offered to young men by the west,
which began by saying that Horace
Greeley could never have given, bet
ter advice than that contained In the
words "Go west, young man." It was
a supposititious quotation from Gree
ley, but the article was copied, and
pretty soon the supposititious phrase
was attributed to Greeley himself.
After it had received wide circulation
the New York Tribune came out with
reprint of the Express article, ac
companied by a footnote by Mr. Gree
ley saying that he was not the author
of the expression, but be fully In
dorsed it and Joined in saying, "Go
west young man; go west." Indian
apolis News.
AN ALCOHOLIC ENIGMA.
Fewer Persona Seam to Drink, Yat
Mora Liquor la Coneumed.
It la tbe testimony of the Internal
revenue receipts of our own" govern
ment that notwithstanding tbe note
worthy extension of tbe dry areas by
reason of state wide prohibitions and
local option laws, consumption of al
coholic liquor has greatly Increased.
In addition to the dry areas establish
ed by political action (we use the term
in its broad sense) there has been wide
promotion of personal abstinence be
cause of rules against drinking estab
lished by large employers of labor,
who realize tbe wisdom of guarding
tbe safety of employees and the pub
lic against accident as well as pro
moting general efficiency.
We know that in addition to these
powerful influences there has grown
up a social opposition to intemperate
habits that bast a wholesome effect
against overindulgence In Intoxicating
liquors and in favor of total abstinence.
In any circle of acquaintances the per
sistent drinkers tbe men who "make
business of It" do not appear to be
numerous.
Tbe question naturally arises in con
sequence, Wbere does all the liquor go,
and who uses It? Increase of popula
tion In tbe wet areas does not account
for all of It. Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tel
egraph.
An Earl'a Dual With a Butlar.
About the middle of tbe last century
tbe Lord Rosebery of that time was In
Paris, and in paying a call.one day he
was received so rudely by tbe butler
that he complained to bis friend of tbe
servant's conduct But the butler had
been a noncommissioned officer in tbe
French army, and as such be chal
lenged Lord Rosebery to a duet Tbe
earl accepted, and two shots were ex
changed without result But Lord
Rosebery was angered at his own con
descension and afraid his antagonist
might lay aside his military rank and
resume his duties as a servant, thus
exposing an earl to tbe reproach of
having fought with a butler. So he
settled an annuity of 250 on tbe man
on condition that he did not return
to domestic service. The condition was
faithfully observed on both sides.
Shops Go on Shorter Time.
The Southern Pacific- company has
reduced the number of working days
In the local shops from five and a
half per week to four days, the order
to obtain Indefinitely, according to
workmen employed at this Institution.
No reason Is given for the shut-down
which. It is thought and hoped, will be
only temporary.
Twicea-Week Observer, $L50 a year.
Beautiful"
&irttr.SKaa.
A jc N -V
of the Ellison-White Chautauqua Sys
talent for the assembly here. Father
LOCAL NEWS.
Why be bothered with two pairs
of glasses? Call at Oail hotel parlor,
Tuesday, June 1, and have Dr. Lowe
show you the new Torio Invisible bi
focals with which you can see all dis
tances. No split or seam in the glass
to catch dirt or strain the eyes. No
cement to blur or come apart. He
guarantees his glasses to give satis
faction whether they cost $2 or more.
One charge covers entire cost of exam
ination, frames, lenses. Free demon
stration. Scores of references. Will
be in Falls City June 2.
F. E. Kersey has in his employ an
expert candy maker and' invites the
public to try his goods. Some of his
specialties are: Log Cabin creams,
Oregon nugat, peppermint chews, Mt.
Hood nugat, Turkish nugat, milk taf
fy, almond butter, cream wafers, op
era creams, milk dipped chocolate,
log rolls, opera cream bars, English
fudge, cream caramels, Geneva cream.
cream paddles, cream chews, fruit nu
gat, cinnamon chews, Bologna saus
ages. 15-tf.
S. C. Brown Leghorns, Barred
Rocks, Mottled Anconas, Runner
ducks, Pure White Runner ducks,
eggs, day old chicks and ducklings,
Wm. F, Lee, Falls City, Ore. 16-23X
Order your tomato plants from W.
R. Tapscott, phone Dallas 1143. 92-tf.
Farm loans; five years time with
optional payments at current rates of
interest. Write for Information, Ore
gon Title & Land Credit Co., 209 U. S.
National Bank building, Salem, Ore.
Try Kersey's home-made candies,
manufactured on the spot by a pro
fessional candy-maker. Absolutely
pure. 15-tf.
Screen doors and window screens,
Dallas Warehouse & Manufacturing
company, Barham & Son, proprietors.
There Is more to hair cutting than
merely cutting oft the hair. Try us
for an up-to-date stylish hair cut.
C. W. Shultz. 13-tf.
Try the Imperial Hotel, homelike,
every convenience, first-class board
and room, $6.50 and up. ' 19-tf
Dr.Rempel,Chtropractor,513 Church
Dr. Stone's Heave Drops cures
heaves. Price $1, for sale by all drug
gists. Adv. 79-tf.
Our Abstract plant Is posted to date
every morning from Polk-County rec
ords. Brown-Sibley Abstract Co., John
R. Sibley, manager. 94-tf.
If you have a sweet tooth try Ker
sey's home-made candles. Tne Best
ever. Guaranteed to be absolutely
pure. 15-tf.
See Van Orsdel and Manston for
old line fire insurance the Queen
Liverpool, London & Globe, company
13. The oldest and best on the coast
John R. Sibley, lawyer, 610 Mill
street. S4-tf.
When you want Insurance or surety
bonds, call on Prichard.
The Dallas Wood company is ready
to furnish you with mill wood. Good
loads and good service. All wood cash
on delivery. Phone 492. 103-tf.
Increase your crops with land plas
ter, best grade, Dallas Warehouse &
Manufacturing company, Barham &
Son, proprietors.
Our entire line of Children's Sum
mer Coats at a price that will take
them away In a hurry. Pongee, White
Serge and other materials in values to
14.00, now at $1.69. The Bee Hive
Store.
Dr. C. L. Foster, dentist City Bank
building. Dallas. 7J-F.
The Observer costs no morl than
others.
Children's Parasols, 19c, 25c, 39c,
49c. to 98c The Bee Hive Store.
DON'T BE MISLED.
Dallas Citizens Should Read and Herd
This Advice,
Kidney trouble" la dangerous and
often fatal.
Don't experiment with something
new and untried.
Use a tested kidney remedy.
Begin with Doan's Kidney Pills.
Used In kidney troubles S9 years.
Recommended here and everywhere.
The following statement forms con
vincing proof of merit
Joseph Wint ( High street 8a-
lem, Oregon, says: "My kidneys were
disordered and , my - back seemed to
lose Its strength. Short use of Doan's
Kidney Pills sown fixed me up all
right. I know that Doan's Kidney
Pills are a fine kidney medicine and I
willingly recommend them."
Price 50c. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mr. Wlnt had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
BULLETIN
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cessive Issues. If you have
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If you want help or a job of work; if
you have lost or found anything; if
you want publicity of any kind, try
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No. 19.
FOR SALE On place first-class sec
ond growth cord wood. Apply Anne
Ladstock, phone 1602. June 30.
LOST A grey mare, weight about 900
pounds, last seen between Dallas
and Falls City. Please pasture and
notify F. C. Thomas, Rocca, Ore.
22-2t.
ESTRAY A dark bay mare came in
to our enclosure, east of Fern Sta
tion, which animal the owner is re
quested to call for, pay charges, and
take away. Phone A. D. 25.
FOR RENT Nice newly furnished
3-room apartment; bath, electric
light, 312 a month. Apply Imper
ial hotel. 20-tf.
FOR SALE Empire cream separator
No. 43, 650 pounds capacity; nearly
new. Davis & Horn. 19-tf.
FOR SALE Hay, at Derry ware
house. Address H. W. Thirlsen, In
dependence, R. F. D. 1, or call at
Thirlsen farm, RIckreall. 19-tf.
FOR RENT Modern five-room house.
Inquire Bollman & Staats. 18-tf.
FOR SALE Nice light buggy as good
as new, price 330. Cost 3136. Have
no use for It. F. K. Hubbard, Falls
City.
FOR SALE Gasoline range, 3 burn-
r, 10. Davis & Horn. 19-tf.
FOR SALE Matthews' New Univer
sal combined hill and drill seeder,
No. 22; nearly new. Price 39 at
Davis & Horn's.
FOR RENT Three-room apartment,
newly furnished, bath and electric
light. Apply Imperial hotel. 20-tf,
WANTED Machine, cast and stove
plate Iron, brass and copper, zinc
and rubber, and rags of all kinds
in fact, Junk of all kinds. A. N.
Halleck, Mnmouth, Oregon. 8tf.
FOR SALE-rComplete clover hulling
outfit. Apply at The Observer of
fice. - , 8-tf.
FOR SALE One 5 -horse kerosene en
glne; excellent condition. Guaran
teed. A bargain. Dallas Warehouse
company, Barham & Son, proprie
tors. 6-tf.
WANTED Your lame horses to shoe,
Williams, the horseshoer, Monmouth,
Oregon. 8-tf.
WANTED Carpet cleaning and win
dow washing, both business and res
idence. Milo V. Woods, phone 1173
or 1092. 11-tf.
FOR SALE Light driving horse, or
will trade for motorcycle. Apply
to L. V. Macken, city. 18-tf.
FOR RENT First-class furnished
housekeeping rooms at 818 Levens
street Phone 774. 19-tf.
FOR SALE 33(4 acres, well improv
ed, good land, one mile from town,
good road. Will take city property
in part payment, terms on part
Fred E. Wells. Dallas, Ore., R. R. 2.
19-4t
WANTED Milk customers for rich
milk from four fresh cows; 6 cents
quart or 31.80 per month. Deliver
twice a day. Phone Brown 152.
Florence M. Bird. l-3t
FOR SALE Good dry summer cut
second growth fir and oak wood,
will sell In woods or deliver. L L.
Smith, phone 1404. 22-9t-x
FOR. 8ALE A good family driving
horse, good traveler. -Mra, L. A.
Dickinson, phone 8 63. 24-4t-x
SPECIAL SALE Fertiliser, for lawn
and garden. While it lasts at coat
Phone 831. Mahren Warehouse.
24-2t
Notice to Contracture.
Notice la hereby given to whom It
may concern that blda will be opened
by the County Court of Polk County,
on Tuesday, the 16th day of June,
1915. at 1 o'clock p. m.. for the con
struction of three reinforced concrete
bridges and on maaa concrete pier.
Plana and specif! cations are on file In
the County Clerk's office. A certified
check for 6 per cent of the amount of
the bid must accompany each bid.
The Court reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids.
J. B. TEAL,
May25-Junell. County Judge.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for the County of Polk. In
the Matter of the Guardianship of the
Estate of Irene Westfall, a Minor
Child. '
It appearing to this Court upon the
verified petition this day presented
and filed by Mary F. Westfall, the
guardian of the Estate of Irene West
fall, minor child, praying an order of
sale of certain real estate belonging to
her said ward, viz: An undivided one
ninth Interest in and to the following
described real premises, to-wit: Lots
1, 2, and the E. half of lot 3, In Block
3, In Cattron's Sub-division of Out Lot
Number 5 In Monmouth, Polk County,
Oregon.
That it is necessary and would be
beneficial to said ward that such real
estate should be sold; on motion of
Walter L. Tooze, Jr., Esq., attorney for
the said guardian.
It Is hereby ordered that the next of
kin of said ward, and all persons in
terested in the said estate, appear toe-
tore this Court on Tuesday, the 1st
day of June, 1916, at the hour of 10
o'clock a. m., at the Court Room of
this Court, In the County Court House
In the City of Dallas, in Folk County,
State of Oregon, then and there to
show cause, If any they have, why a
license should not be granted for the
sale of such estate.
And It is further ordered that
copy of this order be published at
least three successive weeks before the
Bald day of hearing in the "Polk
County Observer," a newspaper of
general circulation, printed and pub
lished in Dallas, Polk County, Oregon.
Dated April 26th, 1915.
J B. TEAL,
A true copy: County Judge.
WALTER L. TOOZE. JR..
Attorney for the Guardian. Maj'i-25
SHERIFF'S NOTICE OF SALE IN
EXECUTION OF FORECLOSURE
Notice is hereby given that by vir
tue of an execution issued out of the
circuit court of the State of Oregon,
for Polk county, on the 4th day of
May, 1915, and to me directed upon a
judgment which was enrolled and
docketed In the office of the clerk of
said court on the 17th day of April,
1915, in a certain suit then pending in
said circuit court wherein I. Mendel
sohn was plaintiff and George A
Looney and Clara Looney, his wife,
were defendants, a judgment was ren
dered in favor of the above named
plaintiff and against the above named
defendants, George A. Looney and
Clara Looney, his wife, for six hun
dred eighty-seven and fifty one-hun-dredths
(1687.60) dollars, with inter
est thereon from said 17th day of
April, 1915,- at the rate of seven (7)
per cent per annum, and the further
sum of twenty-two and fifty one-hun-
dredths (322.50) dollars costs of suit
and accruing costs; and whereas it was
further ordered and decreed by said
ceurt that the following property
should be sold by me to satisfy said
execution, I will on Saturday, June 5
1915, at the hour of one (1) o'clock
p. m. of said day at tha front door of
the court house at Dallas, Polk county,
Oregon, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash In hand on
day of sale, all the right, title and in
terest and estate which said defend
ants or either of them have, and all
persons claiming under them have in
or to the hereinafter described prem
ises, and every part thereof. Said
property Is described as follows:
Lot one (1) tract "D" containing
4.46 acres. In Monmouth Walnut
Tract, more, particularly described as
lot one (1) tract "D" of the southwest
quarter, of the southeast quarter, of
section thirty-one (31), In Township
eight (8) south, range four (4) west
of the Willamette Meridian.
Said sale being subject to redemp
tion In the manner provided by law
and as provided in said decree.
Dated this 8th day of May, 1916.
JOHN W. ORR,
Sheriff for Polk County, Oregon.
May 9-June 4.
NOTICE OF F1XAL SETTLEMENT.
Notice is hereby given, that Conrad
Stafrln, the administrator of the es
tate of W. H. F. Manston, deceased,
has filed his final account as such ad
ministrator in the County Court of the
State of Oregon for Polk County, and
that Wednesday, the 9th day of June,
1915, at the hour of ten o'clock in the
forenoon of said day, at the Court
room of said County Court, In the
Court House in the city of Dallas, Ore
gon, has been appointed by said Court
the time and place for the hearing
of objections to the said final account
and the settlement thereof.
Dated and firat published. May 11,
1915.
CONRAD STAFRIN,
Administrator aforesaid.
OSCAR HATTER, Attorney. M.U-J.t
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Notice is hereby given to whom It
may concern that bids will be opened
by the County Court of Polk County,
on Tuesday, the 15th day of June,
1915, at 2 o'clock p. m for the crush
ing and putting in the bunkers at the
8prlng Valley quarry of 150 yards of
rock, more or leas, according to spec
ifications on file In the office of the
County Clerk. Also for hauling and
delivering same on county road at
points to be designated by tha Court
Furthermore, blda will be received for
setting up crusher, building bonkers,
and opening quarry.
The Court reserves the right ts re
ject any and all blda
May2S-3t J. B. TEAL, County Judge.
SHERIFF'S SALE. '
- Under and by ylrtue of an execution
Issued out of the Circuit Court of the
State of Oregon, for the County of
Polk, on the 18th day of May, 1916,
upon an order of sale and decree of
foreclosure given and made by- said
Circuit Court on the 5th day of May,
1915, in a suit then pending In said
Court wherein Theadore Lengele, was
plaintiff and Mrs. B. McN. Moore, J.
M. Hanslmair, George O. Sloan and
Daisy A. Sloan, were defendants, (Reg
ister No. 4628) and to me, the under
signed, Sheriff of the County of Polk,
directed, I am commanded to sell, at
public auction in the manner pre
scribed by law, the following describ
ed real property, to-wit: '
The Southwest quarter ( ) of Sec
tion fourteen (14) the North half
() of Northeast quarter () of
Section Twenty-two (22) and the
North half () of the Northwest
quarter (54) of Section Twenty-three
(23), all in Twp. 7 South Range four
(4) West of W. M.
i Notice is hereby given that on Sat
urday, the 19th day of June, 1916, at
one o'clock p. m. of said day, at the
front door of the County Court House,
in the city of Dallas, In Polk County,
State of Oregon, I will, in obedience to
said execution and order of sale, sell
the above described property, to the
highest bidder, for cash, In iawfiul
money of the United States, in the
manner prescribed by law.
Dated this 18th day of May, 1915.
JOHN W. ORR,
Sheriff of Polk County, Oregon.
S. M. ENDICOTT,
Attorney for Plaintiff. M21-J18
The Observer, a Twice-a-Week pa
per, costs no more than a weekly.
Do You Know
That we have opened a
butcher shop in the old Lewis
building at Airlie? Well we
have, and we want to get ac
quainted. Call and see us.
And don't for get to watch
i
this space. It will pay you to
do it.
Airlie Meat Market
C. W. SPEING, Proprietor.
Airlie, Oregon.
CityTransfer
W. R. COULTER, Proprietor
The world moves itself;
We move anything else
Piano and Furniture Mov
ing a Specialty
Stand Kersey's Confec
tionery. Phone 1061
Residence Phone 1202
BICYCLE RIDERS
ATTENTION
Do yon realize that this is the be
ginning of the season for riding bi
cycles. The man who has bis wheel
overhauled in early spring economizes
for the reason that be accomplishes
two things at one cost of labor his
bearings properly clear and oiled
bad bearings replaced at same time
(if any) at practically one cost. Oth
erwise one thing goes wrong here,
another thing there at different times
which makes it inconvenient for yon
and also adds to cost of repairs. We
are well prepared to meet your de
mand in this line. Work guaranteed.
Bicycles from f 22.60 to f 15.00. Tires
from $1.50 to $10.00 per pair. Bi
cycle and motorcycle sundries, base
ball and athletic supplies.
Indian motor cycle agency.
L B. HIX01I, JR.
315 Mais Street
" DR. STONE'S
POISON OAK
REMEDY
A snow white medietas, soft and
soothing to tha akin, applied every
hour at one relieves and soon cures
POISON OAK.
Pries 2 Sc. and For sale by all
drugclata.