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THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1915. SWEEPER Photo by American Press Association. , New York youngsters took a band In cleaning ap when the city organized a tidying campaign recently. DOINGS IN POLK COUNTY STORIES BY THE OBSERVER'S CORRESPONDENTS. Personal Paragraphs Pertaining Movements of People Whom You All Know. MONMOUTH NORMAL. Monmouth, Juno 8 George H. Himes, secretary of the Oregon His torical society, spent Friday at the normal school. He read an Interest ing paper to the students at the chapel 'period on "The Beginning of Govern ment in Oregon." The literary BOclety program which the three societies give Jointly every quarter was given ' Friday evening. Several short plays and dramatiza- tions were given. Music was furnish ed by the Normal Glee club. Special chapel exercises were held for Mrs. Macy Monday when she re turned from her wedding trip. The chapel exercises were opened with a favorite chorus of Mrs. Macy's and her favorite Victor record. She was presented with a large bamboobasket filled with roses as the gift ot the stu dent body. The normal school Instructors were in much demand to deliver graduating addresses during the past week. . President Ackerman delivered ad dresses at Moro, Bend, Newbeg and Buena Vista. M. Gentle was called to Alsea. Mr. Pittman gave words of ad vice at Falls City, Mllwauklc and Lib erty Hill. Mr. Butler visited Arlington and Mr. Evendon went to Halsey. Friday evening the senior class en joyed a picnic at Lucklamute. about six miles from Monmouth. They went on hay wagons, returning about 10 o'clock. Saturday the Y. W. C. A. girls enjoyed a picnic much In the same manner, when about thirty girls spent the afternoon and evening at the Lucklamute picnic grounds. The high school class gave an op eretta entitled "Polished Pebbles," last Friday and Saturday nights. The purpose of the entertainment was to raise money for the piano fund. AIRLIE. Assistant State Superintendent of Public Instruction Carlton, delivered an address on "The Standard School" . , at the High school Monday afternoon. A large number were present. Mr. . Carlton was accompanied by County Superintendent Seymour. Mr. C. V. Johnson was wearing an 14-karat smile Sunday. As Mr. Kes ter, a farmer residing near the Valley View school house, was attending Sun- ' day school at that place he found secreted about the building all of Mr. . Johnson's private papers that were taken from the safe In the postofflce, which was blown open last September. The papers consisted of notes and checks valued at about 1460. J. Bagley has purchased a new Ford and will now make us "go some" to avoid him when our telephone rent Is due. Quite a number from here attend ed the dance at Johnsonvllle Saturday night. We hear that the Railroad com mission Is going to visit us soon, as various complaints have been made about our train service. Last Sunday A. Ft. Lewis and family and A. B. Packard decided they would ' hie themselves to the shady spots along the Lucklamute and Indulge In the favorite sport of Izaak Walton, They fished all day without results when A. R. found a good deep hole that had the ear marks of a very good fish resort. He made a very pretty cast and became enthused over the prospects, when a farmer fired him from his land for Ashing In his well. CROWLEY. Henry White and Hugh Farmer mo tored to Dallas one day last week. J. W. Myer ot Smlthneld was caller here Friday. H. M. Edgar and family and Miss Iva Stanley of Dallas were callers at R. J. Williamson's one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Nen Fulkerson ot Marlon county were callers here last week. Cass Rlggs was a McCoy caller the ' latter part of last week. Malcolm Pewtherer was an Oak Grove caller Tuesday. Edward Doytel finished taking the 8th grade examination Friday. R. J. Williamson and family and Miss Stella Smith motored to Dallas Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Cass Rlggs were Dal las callers Saturday. Mr. O. C. Smith Is still very low. Henry White has been breaking this week. Mr. Wilson finished sowing clover a few days ago. Miss Josle Holmes called on Mrs. Henry White the first of the week. Mrs. Ouy Ott returned to her home at Hood River Friday after spending BRIGADE IN CLEANUP DAY. - 3 m ' ( L in RAYMOND D. FROST Graduate of the Buena Vista high school, 1916, winner' of free scholar ship to Pacific University at Forest Grove. This student maintained an average of 98 per cent throughout the high school course In spite of the fact that he worked his way, paying all his own expenses. few weeks at the home of her father, G. C. Smith, who Is very ill. M. F. White was a Dallas caller the middle of the week. MIsb Stella Smith was a Salem call er on Friday of last week.. A number of farmers In this vicin ity are buBy cutting hay. Mrs. Hamilton was having some dental work done In Dallas last week. Thomas Canfleld was a Dallas call er the flrBt 'of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Kaner Trent were vis itors at M. F. White's Tuesday. Mrs. J. W. Edgar was a visitor at F. M. Edgar's Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Breeding of Mc- Mlnnville visited Saturday and Sunday at the home of her brother, C. H. Farmer and family. Jim Morton has been breaking a horse for Alex Holmes. R, J. Williamson and family spent Monday at J. W. Edgar's, near Salem. Hugh Farmer was a Dallas visitor Tuesday. OAK GROVE. Charley Mangus sold his driving horse a short time ago. A goodly number attended the la dies' aid at Mrs. Allen's last week. Mr. H. Vandervert of Salem was a caller here one day last week. Mrs. J: Fawks' little grand daugh ter oljfalt Creek has been visiting her. ' Mr. and Mrs. J. Edgar visited their son Jimmle and family near Salem, one. day last week. A large crowd attended children s day exercises here Sunday. Mr. Wolgamott and family expect to move to Idaho this week. Jesse Williamson and family of Crowley and Frank Edgar of Salem were Sunday visitors at J. W. Edgar's. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Roberts have returned from camp meeting. It Is reported that "Dick" Wlggs, a prominent citizen of McCoy has purchased a new 1915 model, "Cadll- lac 8" car. If all reports are true It looks as though "Dick" might en- Joy many an "automobile" ride. . . Mr. Frank Fawk, prominent hop grower of Salt Creek was a Salem visitor Saturday. POLK STATION. Dunn Bros, are kept busy picking their choice peas and taking them to market. The farmers are cutting their clover hay, which Is good this year. Mrs. Lola Dunn la spending her va cation with relatives here, and at Dallas. Mr. Hartman of Independence, vis ited his daughter, Mrs. Jake Redde- kopp, last Sunday. Dr. Hayter la marketing his May Duke cherries. Miss Alma Light worked for Mrs. Dunn the first of the week. Mr. P. F. Friesen Is spending the week In Portland. His daughter. Mi: Llxsie, la working there. Mary McNulty and John Tilgner will graduate from this school. Mrs. Chsuncey Teats and sons spent Saturday and Sunday in Dallas. Henry Quiring of Dallas was visit ing his mother here last Sunday. HON MOUTH. Married, at the Evangelical parson age. June t. lilt. Mr. Yost snd Miss Rurhank. both of Pedee. F. M. Fisher officiating. E. F. OrifTa left Saturday for hu old home In the east, vis San Fran cisco. He expects to return this falL Miss Orhs Tate and sister. Mary, of Dallaa were guests of their grandfath er three days of last week. The district school snd high school close this week. Q. C. Winters ot Cbrvallls was In tewn Tuesdsy, bemg on his way home, j TERSE TALES OF TOWN r,nf!ATj NEWS OF DALLAS AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. Personal Paragraphs Pertaining People and Their Mavements, Gleaned by Observer. Miss Anna Louise Scott, a friend nf Rev. and Mrs. Bennett and family, and a teacher In the Anacortes high school, is a visitor at the Methodist nflrsnnaere for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Barager of Salem, who are enroute to California, have been guests at the Arthur Dirrimick home this week. Mrs. Dtck, who had been In Port land for treatment for heart trouble, hnfl returned home much, improved. Weather permitting the first band concert of the season will be held on the courthouse lawn tomorrow even ing. Mr. C. S. Graves of Ballston has been In Dallas the greater part of the week. Mrs. Lew. A. Cates, Miss Florence Kopan and Miss Gertrude Pollow were Portland visitors on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Lovelace left Tuesday afternoon for Portland, where they are visiting their daughter and wit nessing the Rose show. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Martin left yes- terdav for San Francisco, going with Corvallls friends by automobile. They expect to be absent from the city about three weeka. At the Baptist church next Sunday, Pastor W. T. Tapscott will preach at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. The morning subject, "Old Wells Re-opened"; even ing subject. "Conversion lllustrateo by a Notable Example." Sunday school at 9:46 a. m.; B. Y. P. U. at 7 p. m. The pastor has been con ducting a class on Thursday evening on "The Dawn of Christianity," which is attracting many. The McMlnnville News Reporter tells what can be done with gooseber ries. It says: "One of the heaviest yields in the vicinity is that at McKIn lev orchards in Polk county, over 14,000 pounds of fruit from . 1 1-8 acres." Gus Boman has returned to Dallas to again make his home after several monthB of valuable experience as a farmer. "God the Preserver of Man" will be the lesson-sermon at Christian Sci ence church next Sunday morning. A Boston firm has ordered 20.000 pounds of Willamette valley's dried loganberries. Once advertised In the east the loganberry Is bound to be come a good seller. Mr. August Rlsser was a Portland visitor this week. Sheriff Orr left today for Portland, taking thither two delinquent chil dren from Independence. Mr. and Mrs. George Scott, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Pillar and Miss Nalda Scott, attended the marriage of Mr. Ernest Miller and Miss Maude Mc Laughlin at Corvallls Wednesday ev ening, going thither by automobile. Mr. and Mrs. Miller left the folowlng day for San Francisco by automobile, being accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Martin of this city. Miss Ava Coad was a Portland vis itor this week. Dr. and Mrs. Starbuck and Breeze Gibson spent a portion of the week in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Dalton witness ed the Rose festival this week. Miss Georglana Flske was among those who witnessed the Rose festi val at Portland this week. Miss Lucy Kopan, a former teach er in the Dallas schools, now teaching at Dufer, Eastern, Oregon. Is a guest of her sister, Miss Florence Kopan, at the Imperial hotel. She will teach at Hood River next year. Miss Katherine Van Voorhees, who had been visiting friends in Portland and seeing the Rose carnival, return ed home Wednesday evening. Mrs. Fred Koser of Rickreall was a Dallas visitor yesterday. The Dallas band will open the con cert season on Saturday next with a program on the court house plaxa. The newly organised Institution Is said to be rspldly rounding Into form under the new director. H. Brown, employed In the woods above Falls City, was accidentally cut on the leg the first of the week. The accident will lay him up several days. He had been teaching school In East ern Oregon, and stopped off to see his many friends of the Normal. Mr. and Mrs. N. Q. Henley made an auto trip Into Kings Vslley, Mon day. A. N. Poole and family and W. Bar- nett and family of Independence spent Sunday afternoon In the grove at Oak Point. Robert Steele of Surer was In town Tuesdsy. The Normal exercises begin next Sunday snd the students are quite busy. X SOCIETY t :". . Observes Birthday Six of his com rades assembled at the home of David Darling last Saturday evening and en Joyed a few hours in social intercourse and in relating reminiscenses of the unpleasantness between the north and the south of half a century ago. The occasion was the seventy-first anniver sary of Mr. Darling's birth. As Com rades Carpenter, Arnold, Smutz, Lovelace,- Greenwood, Fuqua and Braden approached the Darling residence they heard - the strains of "Marching Through Georgia," and upon ap proaching nearer they discovered that It was a phonographic greeting from their host. Bountiful refreshments were served, after which the veterans departed, wishing for their host many more happy returns of the day. Mrs. Patterson to Entertain. Mrs. Isaac Patterson, state regent of The Daughters of the American Revolu tion, on Flag day, June 14th, at her country home, Eola-on-the-Hills, will entertain with a tea the ladies of Sa lem who are forming a chapter in that organization. Invitations have also been extended .to eligible mem bers of the organization In Dallas, McMlnnville, Jefferson and Sllverton. Green-Lehman William' J. Green and Emma M. Lehman were united In marriage on Tuesday evening last. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. W. T. Tapscott of Dallas and occurred at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Leh man of Suver, R. F. D. In Holy Wedlock Mr. Wm. L. Os trander and Miss Elsie t Bush, well known and popular young people of Alrlie, were united in holy wedlock at the Methodist parsonage on Wed nesday afternoon, by the pastor. Rev. George H. Bennett. Miss Frances Bartlett of the Nor mal spent the week-end with Miss Arlene Bennett In this city. BULLETIN ONE CENT A WORD, 'PHONE 19. The charge for advertise ments under this head is one cent per word for each In sertion. No discount for suc cessive lBsues. If you have anything for sale or ex change; if you want to rent or lease a house or business buildfng; if you want help or a job of work; if you have lost or found anything; If you want publicity of any kind, try this column. You are sure to get results others do, why not you. Tel ephone your "want ads." or address all communications to The Observer, Dallas, Oregon. Count the number of words to remit with order. Telephone No. 19. ABSOLUTELY FREE We will fur nlsh modern bungalow plans, ac cording to your own idea, prepared by one of the foremost architects on the coast, free to all who pur chase material at our mill. Come and let us talk it over. Dallas Planing Mill, Dallas, Oregon. LOST A. H. S. pin, Finder please return to The Observer office. FOR SALE: A chance to get some good dairy cows. My six head for eale: none reserved. John W. Orr, Dallas, Oregon. FOR SALE New hornless talking machine, ten double records, new, $16. Davis & Horn. 28-tf. FOR SALE Sulky In good condition. $9. Davis & Horn. 28-tf. FOR SALE On place first-class sec ond growth cord wood. Apply Anne Ladstock, phone 1602. June 80. FOR SALE Twenty acres planted to two-year-old prune trees; half a mile from court house In Dallas; good barn, spring water. Price $200 per acre; good terms. Apply to The Observer. 26-tf- FOR SALE Hay, at Derry ware house. Address H. W. Thlrlsen, In dependence, R. F. D. 1, or call at Thlrlsen farm, Rickreall. 19-'.f. FOR SALE Iron Age seeder and cul tivator, $6. Davis & Horn. WANTED Machine, cast and stove plate iron, brass and copper, sine and rubber, and rags of all kinds; In fact. Junk of all kinds. A. N. Halleck, Monmouth, Oregon. 8tf. FOR SALE; National $15. Davis & Horn. cash register, 28-tf. WANTED Your lame horses to shoe. Williams, the horseshoer, Monmouth. Oregon. . 8-tf. WANTED Carpet cleaning and win dow washing, both business and res idence. Mllo V. Woods, phone 117$ or 1092. H-tf. FOR 8ALE Good dry summer cut second growth fir and oak wood, - will sell in woods or deliver. I. L. Smith, phone 1404. 22-9t-x FOR SALE Two saddles, $7.50 and $2. Davis Horn. 18-tf. FOR RENT Good modern cottage. Sheldon street. Enquire at 518 Church street. FOR SALE Burbank seed potatoes. $2.16 per sack. A. H. Dennett, Crow ley Station. 27-t SCREEN DOOR8 No flies to swat if you fortify with our screen doors and windows. We can serve you quickly with the galvanised or black screens In regular or special sizes. Dallas Planing MilL li-tt. TREASURER'S NOTICE. Notice Is hereby given that all war rants drawn on Road Districts No, and No. 21, and endorsed "Not paid for want of funds," are due and pay able on presentation at the office of the Treasurer of Polk county.,. Interest ceasing on the above men tioned warrants from the date-of this notice. Dated at Dallas, Oregon, May 29th, 1916. F. J. HOLMAN, County Treasurer. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Notice Ib hereby given to whom It may concern, that the undersinged has been duly appointed administrator of he estate of Mary E. Halsey, deceased, by the Hon. County Court of Polk County, Oregon, and has qualified. All persons holding claims against said eBtate are hereby notified to present the same to the undersigned, duly verified, on or before six months from the date hereof, and all persons in debted to said estate are hereby no tilled to make immediate settlement thereof. Dated at Dallas, Polk County, Ore gon, this 28th day of May, 1916. ALBERT TEAL, Administrator of the estate of Mary E. Halsey, deceased. SIBLEY & EAKIN, Attorneys for estate. 26-4t-x NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice Is hereby given that Paul Fundman, the administrator of the es tate of Eliza Day, deceased, has filed his final account as such administrator In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Polk County, and that Sat urday, the 26th day of June, 1916, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the Courtroom of said County Court, in the Court House Jn the city of Dallas, Oregon, has been appointed by said Court as the time and place for the hearing of objec tions to the said final account and the settlement thereof. Dated and first published, May 28, 1916. PAUL FUNDMAN, Administrator aforesaid. OSCAR HAYTER, Attorney. 25-4t-x GUARDIAN'S SALE. Notice is hereby given, that by vir tue and in pursuance of an order of the County Court of the State of Ore gon for Polk County, sitting In pro bate, made an entered of record In said Court on the 1st day of June, 1915, in the matter of the estate and guardianship of Irene Westfall, a mi nor, authorizing and licensing the un dersigned as guardian of the Estate of said minor to sell the read property of said ward, hereinafter described, at private sale for cash, In the man ner prescribed by law, the undersign ed as such guardian will, from and after Wednesday, the 7th day of July, 1916, at the law office of Walter L. Tooze, Jr., Esq., In the National Bank building, in the City of Dallas, in Polk County, Oregon, proceed to Bell the said real property at private sale for. cash in hand on day of sale. In accordance with said license of sale and In the manner prescribed by law. subject to confirmation by said County Court; said real property being par ticularly described as follows, to-wit: An undivided one-ninth Interest in and to the following described prop erty' to-wit: Lots 1, 2, and the East half of Lot 3, In Block 3, in Cattron'B Sub-division of Out Lot No. 5, in Mon mouth, Polk County, Oregon. Dated this 7th day of June, 1915. MARY F. WESTFALL, Gardian of the estate of the above named Minor. WALTER L. TOOZE, JR., Attorney for the Guardian. J.8-J6 ADMINISTRATRIX' NOTICE. Notice Is hereby given that the un dersigned by an order of the County Court of Polk County, Oregon, has been appointed as administratrix of the estate of F. J. Page, deceaaed. All persons having claims against such estate are required to present them within six months from the date of this notice, with the proper vouch ers, to the undersigned at West Salem, Oregon. Dated this 28th day of May, 1915. ALICE E. PAGE, 26-t6 Administratrix. NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION. Notice Is hereby given to the legal voters of School District No. 2 of Polk County, Oregon, that the annual elec tion of said District will be held at the High School building, from 2 o'clock p. m., until 6 o'clock p. m., on the third Monday of June, being the 21st day of June, A. D-, 1915. Thla election Is called for the pur pose of electing one director to serve for five years and to vote a special tax of six mills to assist in the main tenance of the school and take care of the bonded Indebtedness of said district as itemised in the budget ad vertised in the two newspapers pub lished in the district. . Dated at Dallas, Oregon, this 6th day of June, 1915. C. G. COAD. Chairman Board of Directors. Attest: TRACY STAATS. District Clerk. 28-lt. THROW OUT THE LINE. Give Them Help and Many Dallas People Will Be Happier. "Throw Out the Life Line" Weak kidneys need help. They're often overworked they don't get the poison filtered out of the blood. Doan's Kidney Pills have brought benefit to thousands of kidney suffer ers. Dallas testimony proves their worth. Mrs. J. N. Dull, 815 Levens street. Dallas, says: "For a long time one ob) my fsmily complained of a lame and sore back and pains darted through the kidneys. Nothing re moved the trouble until Doan's Kid ney Pills were used. They brought help from the first and soon the pa tient's back was strong and free from pain and lameness." Price 60c. at all dealers. Don't sim ply ssk for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Dll recommends. Foster-Mil-burn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. j SHERIFF'S SALE Under and by virtue of anxecu tlon Issued out of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Polk, on the 28th day of May, 1915, upon a decree of foreclosure and sale given and made by said Circuit Court -on the 13th day of February, 1914, in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant, Falls City Or chards Company, In a suit then pend ing in said Court wherein Vancouver Trust & Savings Bank, a corporation, was plaintiff and Falls City Orchards Company, a corporation, Mrs. C. .A. Jones and William Carlson were de fendants, (Register No. 4310,) and to me, the undersigned, Sheriff of said County of Polk, directed, I am com manded to levy upon and sell at public auction, in the manner prescribed by law, the following . described real property, situated in the County of Polk and State of Oregsn, to-wit: The East half of the Southeast quar ter, and the Southeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 83, and the Southwest quarter of the North west quarter of Section 34, and the South half of said Section 84, all in Township 8 South, Range 6 West of the Willamette Meridian; and also the Northwest quarter of the North west quarter of Section 3, in Town ship 9 South, Range 6 West of the Willamette Meridian, excepting there from 16 acres, to-wit: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Section 34, Township 8 South, Range 6 West, and running thence North 30 rods; thence West 80 rods; thence South 30 rods and thence East 80 rods to the place of beginning; all being situate In Polk County, State of Oregon, and containing 605 acres, more or less: Otherwise known and described as Tracts numbered 1 to 50, Inclusive, of Falls City Orchards Tracts, as shown by plait thereof filed April 13, 1910, and found at page 9 of Book 2 of the record of town, plats of said County of Polk, in the office ofl the County Clerk of said County. Notice la hereby given that on the said 28th day of May, 1916, I duly levied upon the said read property, and that on Wednesday, the 30th day of June, 1915, 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 Ore gon, I will, in obedience to said execu tion and order of sale, sell the above described property to the highest bid der, for cash In lawful money of the United States, in the manner prescrib ed by law. Dated this 1st day of June, 1915. JOHN W. ORR, Jl-29. Sheriff of Polk County, Oregon. SHERIFF'S SALE. Under and by virtue 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, 1915, upon an order of sale and decree of foreclosure given and made by said Circuit Court oh 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. Hanslmalr, George O. Sloan and Daisy A. Sloan, were defendants, (Reg ister No. 4628) for the principal sum of $13,000.00 and Interest thereon from March the 2nd, 1914, at the rate of 6 per cent per annum until paid, together with the sum of iThree Hun dred Dollars, attorney'sLft, with costs and disbursements IfffffTii, taxed at $30.05, and the further sum of Two Hundred Ten and 92-100 Dollars for taxes on the premises set forth and mentioned in plaintiff's com plaint, and whereas It was further or dered and decreed by said court, and to me, the undersigned, Sheriff of the County of Polk, directed,. I am com manded .to sell, at public auction In the manner prescribed by law, the fol lowing described'real property, to-wit- The Southwest quarter ( ?4 ) of Sec tion -fourteen (14) the North half (H) of Northeast quarter (14) of Section Twenty-two . (22) and the North half. () of the Northwest quarter ( ) of Section Twenty-three (28), all In Twp. 7 South Range four (4) West of W. M. Notice is hereby given that on Sat urday, the'28th day of June, 1915, at one O'clock p. m. of said day, at the front door of the County Court House, in the city of Dallaa, 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 lawful money of the , United States, In the manner prescribed by law. Dated this 26th day of May, 1915. JOHN W. ORR, Sheriff of Polk County, Oregon. S. M. ENDICOTT. Attorney for Plaintiff. Mar28-J25 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 con struction of three reinforced concrete bridges and one mass concrete pier. Plans and specifications are on file In the County Clerk's office. A certified check for f 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. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Notice la 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, 1916, at I o'clock p. m., for the crush ing and putting In the bunkers at the Spring 'Valley quarry of 1600 yards of rock, more or less, 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 the Court. Furthermore, bids will be received for setting up crusher, building bunkers, and opening quarry, A certified check for 5 per cent of the amount of the bid must pany each bid. . The Court reserves the r't to re- lect any and sll bids Mayt S-It . J. B. TEAL, County Judge.