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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1915)
THE POLE COUNTY OBSERVER, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1916. BOOSTER BODY IS BUSY FURTHER FLANS FOE MARKET DAY AT REGULAR MEETING. Portlanderg Coming to Dallas This Month to Create Interest in Big Land Show. The report of the market day com mittee was presented to the Commer cial club at its regular meeting on Wednesday evening by F. E. Davis, chairman, and the club voted its mor al support to the venture provided the committee could sullieiently initer eeitl the merchants of the city to lend their assistance. Mayor Kirkpatrick attended the meeting and disagreed with the idea of building hitching packs or stalls for the convenience of farmers who come to town once a month for the sales. Unluckily all farmers are no1!) blessed with autiMiio biles, however, and it will be neces sary ito proceed with the hitching rack detail as outlined by tue oommluee. The committee will meet in the near future to develop plans for a busi nessmen's luncheon, alti which A. L. Fisher of Albany will discuss the work that is being done along this line in Albany. It is expected at tins time that much interest in the mar ' ket day plans will be created among Hhe merchants, who will profit equally with the farmers if Hie present plans carry. A communication trom ithe fore land Chamber of Commerce announc ed the visit to Dallas of A. J. Kings lev, D. C. Freeman, 0. M. Plummer and Col. H. B. Miller, representatives of the chamber, in the interest of the Manufactarere' and Iand Products . show to be held at Portland soon. These gentlemen will arrive on Octo ber 21, and will speak to a gathering of high school Children in, the morn ing to interest them in the education si features of the big show. A meet ing at noon with the Commercial club may possibly be arranged. The school board will 'receive the visitors at the train, and will accompany the gentle men to the high school. Mrs. Winnie Braden secured the passage of a motion to return to Dal las the exhibit of Polk county at the Portland show. It had been requested that Ithe display be sent directly to San Francisco and this may be ac complished laiter. The matter was re ferred to the committee of promotion and publicity, including A. C. Peter- eon, V. a. Ijougliary and J. u. ttayter. A number of bills were allowed by the club, and the account with the. Portland Automobile club was roier red to the board of directors. The cluck awarded by the S. P. & S. company, to Polk county for its display of grains and glasses ait the State fair wasi otlicially loaned by the fair board 'to the Commercial club be cause the fair board has no suitable place to display the trophy. In the absence of W. V. Fuller, N. L. Ouy, vice-jpresident, presided at the meet ing and Tracy Staats acted as secretary. $934,400.41 in all funds. The bal ance in the industrial accident fund was $109,174.88. The disbursements during the period totaled $1,490,31)0.- S5,. the receipts $759,338.50, and there was a balance of $1,565,428.56 on 'hand on July 1. The balance in the common school fund was $86,332. 98 at the end of 'the period, nad dur ing this time there was disbursed from this fund the sum of $360,499.16. ARMY OFFICERS VISIT DALLAS. Lieut. Williams Lays Great Stress on National Defense. First Lieutenant Kenneth P. Wil liams and Seieant Hathaway of the Uui'led States army spent Wednesday in Dallas. The two officers are de tailed for instruction work with She Oregon National Guard and are visit ing the national guard companies of the valley. Lieutenant Williams is considered by the United Stales war department to be one of the army's foremost authorities on automatic ma chine, or rapid fire, guns. Before com ing to Oregon he conducted extensive experiments with, various types of guns and in Portland he has attracted great credit from army circles for his work on an armored automobile, an invulnerable machine carrying the death dealing rapid fire gun. Lieutenant Williams believes, as do other military and naval authorities, (halt tile question of national defense and preparedness will be an impor tant plank in political platforms for the next tew years. MORE ROOM REQUIRED DALLAS SCHOOL ACCOMMODA TIONS ARE INADEQUATE. All Departments Are Over-Crowded and Progress Is Somewhat Re tarded By Inconveniences. BLACKSMITH GIVEN WAGES. A NEW PROFESSION LISTED. Professional Gopher Killer Appears Before Judge Belt. It sometimes happens in the court room that Ithe judge exercises his Btrongest powers of resistance in keeping his own feelings hidden to so great an extent that he can control the many onlookers. Such was no doubt the case on Tuesday when a juryman was being questioned as Jo his flltness to serve. The gentleman being questioned had all the ear marks of a merchant, a druggist, for instance. He was very well groomed, wore lanre soectacles and had an sir about him." The attorney for the defense trot around to the ques tion of occupation. "WliaO is your occupation," he asked. The juryman, adjusted his glasses, with a glint of the humor in his eyes comiug through, slicked his hair, brushed an imaginary spot from his coat, and twisted in his chair before 'he answered, wrth im portant and mighty main, "I am, sir, a professional mole and gopher kill er." Immediately the court room au dience burs into applause, joined in with a chuckle that denoted premedi tated humor, by the juryman in ques tion. The judge, lionerftly, must have bad a time suppressing a laugn. TRACKS WILL CROSS ESPEE. Jury in Circuit Court Finds In Favor of Dinuck Employe. A jury in the circuit court on Wed nesday morning awarded to M. B, Jensen, a blacksmith, $60, part of the amount of wages alleged to be due to aim for services rendered to A. 0, Dinuck, a Dallas blacksmith. Dim- ick's testimony showed that he had entered into an agreement with Jen sen to work the shop on a half and half basis, the detendent to furnish all tools and equipment and the plain tiff to do the work. The plaintiff con tradicted sins testimony in part and as the agreement had been broken off, and as he said he had not receiv ed his share of the business profits, asked for wages. The trial consumed f-Iie entire morning and the jury did not go out until early in the after noon. A' number of Dallas people were called as witnesses. Oscar Hay- ter was attorney for the plaintiff and (i. O. Holman represented the de fended. SUICIDE WAS NOT PLANNED. New Railroad Gets Permission to Construct Crossing. Permission has been granted by the state public service commission to llie Valley & Silctz Railroad company to cross the track or trie Airue orancn of the Southern Pacific. This request was recently made by the new roads sponsors, but it is not probable that the crossing will be made for some time. It baa been announced tout development work would not proceed nn til next spring. Class Officers Selected. The sophomore class of the Dallas high school held it annual election this week and the following were hon ored with the several positions: Nell Soatbwotth, president; Grant Bur ford, viee-persident; Echo Balderee, secretary; Claris Vashaw, treasurer; Keta Wilson, editor; Eugene Hart, sergeant-at-axms. i Treasurer Makes Statement According to the report of State Treasurer Kay for the quarter ending September 30, tbera was a balance of $M2.Wfi.70 on hand ia the general fund on that date, and a balance of L. R. Stinson Arranged for Future Until Time of His Death. That the taking of his own life was not a premeditated art on the part of L. R. Stinson, whose -death has sad dened a great many fraternal associ ates in Dallas and other parts of the countv, is made evident from the fact itiiat1 he planned future events up until very shortly before he took his life by shooting himself with a shot gun on Tuesday evening. Only Mon day the local lodge of Knights of Pythias read a letter received that day from Mr. Stinson in which he requested meml)ers of 'the local lodge to return the visit to the Salem mem bers who were here a few weeks ago. He said that he, with other lodgemen, were planning trips about the valley in a group to enliven the smaller lodges, and thanked the local members for volunteering to join this crusade. Mr. Stinson often visited the Dallas lodge and had a large number of friends in this community. INDICTMENT MADE PUBLIC. Four Men Charged With Complicity in Land Fraud. The federal grand jury's recent blanket indictment in the Oregon land fraud cases was removed from the secret file this week. It revealed that four men, charged with complicity in laud frauds are yet at large. They are S. D. Aubry, Ben F. I aiivliihl. A.' T. McNenamin and Charles Heaton. Federal officials say they will be able to find the missing defendants. Elev en persons have been arrested on charges in the indictment. Three men now serving terms in McNeils island penitentiary, under sen'lence from Oregon courts on similar charges, are named in the indictment. They are Fred Banter, John Cogburn and John . Logan. Death of Mrs. Bressler. Mrs. Elizabetih Bressler awav on Tuesday at tlie home of her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Gilliam near this citv. In addition to a wide cir cle of friends who will mourn her death Mrs. Bressler is survived by five children. H. 0. Bressler and Mrs. Jennie Wooley of Salem, John Bress ler of Grass Vallev, Mrs. Llizabeth Gilliam of Dallas and William Bress ler of Monmouth. The funeral was held from the Monmouth ehureh a ten o'clock yesterday morning, inter ment being in the Monmouth ceme tery. There appears to be only one way out of ithe present difficulty in the matter of over-crowded school looms. The old Dallas college building might be remodeled or renovated to accom modate a part of the grade school classes which are now housed in inad equate space in the city high school, or the school board will find it nec essary to construct another school building. The grade school building, although not so badly crowded, has more than the prescribed number of pupils, and the high school building is actually nlled to overflowing. In one grade since school started the pun pils have been utilizing front seats and extra chairs because of a lack or desk room. This particular fault has been somewhat remedied by putting in a number ot extra desks, but that lias so crowded the room that an jn convenience is worked on both pupils and teachers. There is hardly turn ing space in the room and there are so many in the room Ithat a teacher cannot possibly get to more than a very few of them in the course of a brief class period. In rooms where twenty-five or thir ty pupils are ordinarily accommodat ed there are now nearly fifty, packed in by means of extra desks that take up every bit of available space. The manual training classes, and such oth ers as can be transferred, are being held in the old college building, but it is not equipped for the regular classroom work. But throughout the schools the rooms are too full and It'he number of pupils to each teacher is too great for most effective results. The latter fault would not be the greater if the seating accommodations were adequate, but as it is both teach er and pupil work under a heavy handicap. FOB SALE Sixty-acre dairy farm in Coos county; bottom land; half- mile from postoffloe; mile from ' school; on milk route; good wintes road; good improvements. Will give terms. B. Folsom, Gail Hotel, Dallas. 52-tf. CUT RATE Anything, everything; all profits divided; where T Cnder Garage, Dallas. H. L. Crider. 62-2t FOR SALE -Beautiful piano for sale or trade. Lieu with us for quick sacrifice. R. S. care Observer. 58-tf FOR SALE Several articles of household furniture, good as new. Phone 1014, or call at 712 Fairview avenue, 53-tf. FOR SALE Some stock hogs and shoats, or will trade for calves. H. a Campbell. 57-tf. MONEY TO LOAN $1,000 up to $10,000 or farm lands. Call or write, Thos. A. Roberts, 209 U: S. building, Salem, Oregon. 57-8t. WANTED Twenty head of ewe sheep, not under two years old or over three years, on shares. W. K, Dyer, R. 1, Dallas, Oregon. 53-9t. (THE JOCKEY TIPS THE 600 D OUPSE.) 3V dUDSEHETOH MY HORU TODAY. UKC THE REM. TOBACCO CHEW" GETS QUICKER, LMTS LONGER AND OES THAN THE ORDINARY KIND r. HE'S " T5AWAV I 8 further) THEN MI'S Sure winner! I'SA.! iHHgaj ASK your dealer for W-B Cut Chewing Tobacco. It is the new "Real Tobacco Chew" cut long shred or send 10c in stamps to us. WEYMAN-BRUTON COMPANY, 50 Union Square, New York City FOR RENT CHEAP Modern six- room bungalow, 718 Stump street, Apply to J. A. Barham, Dallas. 60-tf. FOR SALE Good team, gentle and true; three cows, three calves, one Jersey bull, disc, rake, harrow, hack, buggy, wagon, scales, capaci ty 600 poinds; cider mill. Mrs. F. A. Wolfe, Falls City, Oregon. 62-lt Pythians Name Delegates, The grand lodge convention of the Knights of Pythias will be held in Portland next week, and the local chapter of the order is taking an active interest in the event. At a meeting of the lodgemen on Monday evening V. F. Compton and Wayne E. Greenwood were elected as del egates to the convention and it is probable that several other members of the grand lodge will attend tlie ceremonies to be held at chat time. L. S. Finseth, grand inner guard, al so will be called 'to the convention to perform the duties of that office. Claude McKenney of Salem spent Tuesday in Dallas transacting business. FOR RENT Cheap six-room bunga low, 718 Stump street. Apply to J. A. Barham, Dallas. 60-tf. WELL DIGGING We dig and clean out wells anywhere in Polk county, and guarantee our work and price to be satisfactory. Homer Conlee, 'phone 13x7, Dallas. 63-2t-x Star Transfer Co. WE MOVE ANYTHING THAT IS MOVEABLE PROMPT SERVICE G. A. & L. C. MUSCOTT & A. P. STARR, Props. FOR SALE OR TRADE BULLETIN ONE CENT A WORD, "PHONE 19. Trespasser Released. L L. Patterson of Eola brougM a trespasser to the bar of justice on Wednesday morning, and charged him with unlawfully hunting on private property. Before Justice of the Peace Holman Mr. Patterson (lid not warn the man confined to jail and as the man had no money to pay the F-iJ tine required, the complainant hardly knew what to do. Mr. Patterson read ily drooped the complaint when Jus- lire Holman snegessed that it was the only way orf. The accosed plead ed guilty. The charge tor advertise ments under this head Is one cent per word tor each in sertion. No discount tor suc cessive Issues. It you have anything for sale or ex 5 change; if you Want to rent or lease a house or business building; 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. Tou 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. LOST Between Dallas and Salt Creek, yellow lap robe. Finder leave at Burk's stable. 02-1 t-x FOR SALE Home canning outat good as new for half of cost. Also some California rustic. Would take good workhouse on payment. O. E. Dennis, phone Black 515, Dallas. 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 One brood sow with eleven pigs. Price $20 if taken within few days. A. L. Illings worth, phone Black 155. 61-tf. FOR SALE House and big lot at Medford. Or will trade for Dallas property. A. L. Illingworth. Phone Black 155. 01 tf. WANTED Carpet cleaning and win dow washing, both business and res idence. Mllo V. Woods, phone 1171 or 10M. 11 -tf. MONEY TO LOAN On good im proved real estate. Walter Wil liams, First National Bank. 62-tf. FOR SALE Summer cot oak and fir wood, 16 inch snd 4 feet long, phone 1404. L L. Smith 60-9t-x FOR SALE Cabbage, apply to C. W. Hat field, Salt Creek. 60-tf FOR SALE Du roc-Jersey pigs, four months old. Mrs. Anna Brock. Green 35. 60-tf. WELL IMPROVED 20 ACRES, 2 MILES FROM COTTAGE GEOVE. LEVEL ROAD TO TOWN, FINE SPRING WATER PIPED INTO HOUSE, CAN BE PIPED INTO BARN; 8 ACRES BEARING ITAL IAN PRUNES, FAMILY ORCHARD IN BEARING. WILL SELL, TRADE FOR RESIDENCE, OR LAND CLOS ER TO WHERE I LIVE. H. G. CAMPBELL DALLAS, ORE. SPECIAE MATINEE Phone Stands: Webster's Confectionery 511 Barn 1074 4eeeMe Ellis' Confectionery 102 W. E. Greenwood, Mgr. G. Stolti Company, Props, Dallas Soda Works Manufacturers of Soft Drinks Telephone 70S. 423 Ellis Street OF THE PICTURES Wednesday. Oct 13 3:45 to 5:30 toiy. 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