mtmx VOL. 27 (THE HOME PAPER) DALLAS, POLE COUNTY. OREGON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1915. (TWIOE-A-WEEK) NO. 64 BRIDGE GHOST BOBS UP INTER-COUNTY STRUCTURE UNDER DISCUSSION. IS QUARRY TO BE OPENED Polk Not Inclined, to Consider Build ing Proposition at This Particu lar Time. When the county court visited Sa lem last week to confer with the Mar ion county court relative to the con struction of an inter-county bridge across the Willamette river between Salem and West Salem, Judge John B. Teal discouraged 'the building of the proposed bridge at this time, he appreciating the indisputable fact that the tax-payers 'of Polk county are sufficiently incumbered withoutt adding to their expenditures for the consummation of the proposed under taking. It is estimated that Polk county's proportion of the cost would be approximately $70,000, but that estimate would probably be exceeded by from $20,000 to $30,000 before the bridge was finally completed.' With the expressed opinion that the pres ent structure is safe to traffic, and will be for several years to come, the Polk county count will be in no hurry about assessing the people in order to gratify a longing on the part or Marion county. And, besides, under present conditions it would be quite impossible for this county US raise an amount sufficient for the purpose without taxation beyond the limit permitted by law. The two courts visited the bridge and1 discussed fthe matter quite fully, whereupon a request was made that a site be selected, but this matter was of no particular interest to this coun ty and the commissioners declined Ito participate in that part or. the pro gram. That the bridge is in safe con dition is the opinion of Judge Teal, the structure having received a num ber of repairs recently, among them being new decking. One of the points made by the Marion county people who are interested in having a new bridge at that point is that the floor is rough for travel, but lthis may be easily remedied, says Judge Teal, by applying hot asphaltum and rolling a quantity of sand therewith, thus mak ing a Bmooth wearing surface that would last for many years. The on jection made by the Marion court Ito this proposition was that it would add too much weight to the bridge, and further endanger it, but the argumenlt does not appear to be well supported. When the structure was re-decked last year several tons of weight were re moved by taking out a large number of unnecessary stringers of huge pro portions, and the elimination of these strengthens the belief that the bridge would easily carry the weight of the proposed mixture. While Marion county would have a bridge with a thirty-foot roadway, the Polk countty court is of the opinion that a heavier structure should be built in order to care for the years to come. The probabilities are that within the not very distant future there will be need of a street car track from Salem to West Salem, and by leasing the inter-oounty bridge for this purpose some revenue might be derived, but this could not be taken advantage of with a thirty-foot .rood way. West Salem is fast developing as a residential section, and the time is soon coming when many Salem peo ple will make their homes in that portion of Polk county, and inlterur ban transportation facilities will then become a necessity. Taking all the existing facts into consideration Judge Teal believes that it will be ito the best interests of all persons con cerned to hold the matter in abeyance for a time. The bridge will accommo date present traffic in safety; (the people aie illy prepared to meet) the expense necessary to carry out the project; later requirements should be considered in the construction of Ithe bridge. These are the things that are being taken into account by the Polk county court in declining to entertain the proposition of the Marion people to put an amount necessary to build the bridge into the 1SI1B budget. ticipated in the show at which little Miss Fideil, daughter of Mr. and Mm J. J. Fenton, and Billy Oviatt were united in the mock marriage cere mony. The children are both less DEPOSITS NEAR BRIDGEPORT than five years old. The clergyman waa Edward Moore and the entire list of attendants was made up of the lit tle folks of Independence. PRUNE CROP IS SMALL. Estimate Yield is About Two Thirds or Normal Crop. Present indications, with the liar vesting of the 1915 prune crop just about complete, are that about two- .thirds the normal crop has been pick ed. J his means that about 10 per cent will be the increase over last year. The J. K. Armsby company is packing probably the greatest portion of the crop, and the prunes which the company has were purchased early in the season at about 5 cents a pound, when growers leaved a marked de crease in price. Those who have not already figured that they will come in, at high prices, in the sale for export. The war has had some effect upon the export trade, and according to ex perienced buyers, the shippers will necessarily depend to a great extent upon the New York markets for the disposal of the Polk county crop. In spite of the market conditions and the less-than-average crop that has been harvested the last two seasons, there is no noticeable decrease in the usual prune acreage each year. Just as many new trees are being put out, and just as much interest is taken in the industry by the growers. The greatest! demand is for prunes for fancy packing and the J. K. Armsby plant is shipping many carloads of tins fine fruit each week to eastern markets. WILL EMPLOY MANY. Oswego-Portland Cement Company Crew Laying Track to Property. Operation to Start at Once. ARRESTED FOR RESISTANCE. Warden' Bremmer Has Interesting Session With Pheasant Hunter. After paying a fine of $50 and court costs William F. Breitzkie has decided that Ithe high cost of living is materially increased by offering re sistance to a game warden. On Thurs day evening when Warden Roy Brem mer asked the gentleman to permit an inspection of his very weighty and suspicious looking game bag Breitzkie V'efused and turned his gun danger ously close to the pic of a certain un armed warden's stomach. Bremmer then asked to see the hunter's license and when Breitzkie "refused "this the warden warned him that he was treading on dangerous ground;, and left him. On Friday about ithe time Bremmer was swearing to a complaint against the man, he appeared and gave himself up to the authorities. having been told by friends the pen alty that he was liable to. Breitzkie pleaded guilty before Justice Hol man, who fined him $30 and an addi tional $5 for court costs. The hunter also forfeited his license. REAL LOGANBERRIES. College Authorities Explode Burbank Statement. That the famous loganberry juice as produced in Oregon is made from the loganberry and not from the phe nomenal berry, is -the declaration of Professor C. I. Lewis, chief of the Agricultural College Department of Horticulture. This declaration is sub stantiated by the men chiefly instru mental in propagating the loganberry and tlie phenomenal berry in this state. It has been widely reported that Luthur Burbank, the originator of the phenomenal berry, has said that the Oregon berry grown and market ed as the loganberry is not the logan berry at all, but is the phenomenal. He is further reported to have said that the real loganberry is a greatly inferior berry, being small and of little account, and that in some man net' the phenomenal became known as the loganberry. M'LEAN ASKS FOR DIVORCE. That work will be started within the next few days on the property of the Oregon-Portland cement company is a welcome announcement to the many in Dallas and other parts of the county, who are interested in this important industry. Within the past week stakes have been set for the railroad spur from Bridgeport to the company's property about 4 miles southwest of town and at the present time teams are engaged in hauling ties to the right ot way. The grade for the road bed was built about three years ago and approximately a mile of track was laid at that time. But operations were suspended pending the reorganization or the company. arid from the manner in which the company is again taking up the work it is evident that it means business. The survey of the property and es tablishment of lines was made by S. B. Taylor and his crew and it is ex pected that before the week is ended the company will have a large crew at work laying tracks. According to the word received here the company contemplates de velopment of its limestone deposits' as soon as the trackage is completed. It is said that under the extensive scale which development is proposed that about 75 men will be employed at the quarry as soon as it is opened. Presi dent Aman Moore said, at the tame a reasonable railroad rate was prom ised between Dallas and the plant at Oswego, that development would not be delayed. But the track laying crew went quietly to work and had made much progress before the fact that it was at work was discovered. All possible haste will be made to get the track laid, and, according to plans the quiarry will be immediately open ed. The new road, together with the other portions that are being built, will be called the Oswego, Dallas & Roseburg railroad, a subsidary of the Portland -Ctement"mpnyrAmftn- Moore of ithe cement company, said Saturday Jiight that four miles of track worild be built at Roseburg, three and a half at Dallas and two and a half at the Oswego plant. The company owns limestone quarries at Roseburg and Dallas and the road now being laid by the Oswego, Dallas & Roseburg company will connect the rtroitertv with the Southern racihc. Work on the track at Oswego has be gun and will be completed within 60 days, Mr. Moolre said. The company is now being reincorporated and Mr. Moore refused to predict when its Oswego plant would be opened. POULLAS SELLS LIQUOR SHERIFF ORE CATCHES ALIEN AT BOOTLEGGING. Transient Committs Two Crimes in One Day Will Spend Fifty Days in Sheriff Orr's Hotel. "You're a sweet-scented scoun drel," cried Sheriff Orr, as he quietly stepped from nowhere, in the vicini ty of the high school building, on Sat urday night and collared William Poullas, a9 he was taking a dollar for a bottle of whiskey from a customer. The sheriff had arrested the man ear lier in the day for stealing a pair of gloves from an employe of the Sunrise hotel, and he was fined $7.o0 for that. offense. Poullas is a Greek or Ital ian, and had only been in the city a few days. He will remain here for fifty days, however, as a special guest ot buenif Orr, as a result et the sen tence imposed upon him on Monday morning by Justice Holman, who ask ed for a fine of $100 or fifty days in jail. The culprit accepted the jail, Poulas was soliciting on the street Saturday evening and attracted the Sheriff's attention when he stopped two men and plied his trade with them. The men parted company with foullas and went toward the high school building with the sheriff fol lowing closely. Soon the bootlegger, appeared and transfered a pint bot tle ot whiskey into the keeping of his patron, taking therefor a silver dollar. No sooner than he had the money safely in his hand when Sher iff Orr nabbed him. So sudden was the shock that Poullas dropped' his money, and in reply to the sheriff's exclamation said, "ies, I guess am." When he -was lodged in jail Poullas was searched and his pockets yielded seven pint bottles of the fiery liquid. It is the belief that the boot- fcggep disposed of a great quantity of the staff before he was arrested Poullas pleaded guilty to the charge against him when he was arraigned before Justice Holman yesterday morning, and was sentenced to Hrty days in jail, or the alternative of pay ing a fine of $100. present year was very good. The rill O PTV 0 IIIDII 1 UT quality of the nuts grown in that sec- ALLO Ul I I 10 JUOlLAN I nun i vAA?pi-iuiiiu. oome oi tne nuts are almost the size of a walnut. It is a fact that there are but few bear ing filbert! orchards at present, but many are planted and when they oome into bearing within the next year or so tne nlbert industry will be an im portant one in this county. FATHER FORCES MARRIAGE. Elopers Found at Vancouver and Par ent Witnesses Union of Couple. There was no prosecution in the REPORTED THAT COBB & MITCH ELL TAKE OVER MILL. Logging Railway Will Be Extended Into Extensive Timber Holdings of New Owners. It is reported from Falls City, on case of Edwin Johnson, 25, and I5.wht seems good authority, that with- year-old Ruth Thompson, the couple that eloped from Blodgett last Sun day. The irate father of the young girl iollowed the pair to Vancouver, where Johnson had been held bv the civil authorities on a charge of ab duction, instead, Mr. Thompson took the couple before Judge R. H. Back and witnessed their marriage in the Vancouver courthouse on Thursday. The couple eloped from Blodgett last Sunday, going to' Koseburg, whore they attempted to secure a license and Tuesday evening they returned to Vancouver. On, Wednesday when they appeared at the courthouse to take out a marriage license,- notice had reached the sheriff's office and the pair was arrested and . held until Thursday, awaiting the arrival of Miss Thompson's father and the sher iff: of Benton county. Upon the ar rival of Mr. Thompson the pair was turned over to the sheriff and the father marched them upstairs 'to the judge's chambers, where they were quietly married. HELD TO THE GRAND JURY. i A REAL GYPSY WEDDING. r- ---ii-i' mumimI w il.i '. ,1 m' JOHNSON HEARS THE LAW. ONE BULLED IN AUTO. Salem Youth Loses Life, Others In jured in Accident. Carl Anderson, 21, son of S. Ander son, proprietor of a Salem garage was killed instantly on Sunday night, and Keith White, 19, was seriously injured, when the automobile in which they were riding overturned on the 'Independence road. Anderson waa driving the car, returning to Salem from Corral Irs. The machine struck plank in the road near Brunk's bridge. Are miles from Salem, plunged into the ditch, and Anderson was pin ned beneath the ear and crashed. White sustained severe burns when the gasoline became ignited. He will live. Tom Thumb Wedding. The Civie Improvement league of Independent! staged a benefit per formance at tne opera boose in that city last nurht, the event taking the form of a Too Thumb wedding. One hundred Independence children par- Wilful Desertion Alleged in Com plaint Filed by Husband. In spite of the great attention and kindness he displayed toward his wife, the ladv left his home and board and moved to California, according to a divorce complaint filed on Fit day afternoon by Joseph A. McLean, a resident of this county, against his wife, Mildred H. McLean. The two were married in the state of Washington August 18, 1911, and have no children or property. Life was happy in the McLean household until a year ago, when the spouse wilfully deserted for no apparent rea son, and moved to California, where she has lived in the meantime. Ivan O. Martin and Carey F. Martin of Salem are attorneys for Mr. McLean. Salem to Have Market Day. The Salem Commercial club has ap pointed a, committee to make plans for a farmer's market and sales day. The Dallas Commercial club did the same thing about a month ago, after plans had already been practically worked out by F. E. Davis. "But," say those who have followed the fid dling of the local committee, "Salem will probably bold its first market day a month before the Dallas or ganisation finds oat what it wants tc do." Too Many Pheasant Hens Are Expen sive for Independence man. Too many hens of the pheasant species cost E. M. Johnson of the firm of fluke Johnson, indepen dence grocers, $25 in the justice court on Saturday when he pleaded guilty by wire to a charge or killing more than the legal limit of female birds. arden Roy Bremmer placed John son under arrest and he did not ap pear for a hearing. He mailed his check, covering the fine, to Justice Holman. Warden Bremmer confiscat ed Johnson's game, bag and hunting license and remarked that there will be one addition to the rapidly growing list of law abiders for the remainder of the year. Teachers Will Read. A more complete reading circle course for teachers of Oregon, com piled by J. A. Churchill, superinten dent of public, instruction, was issued late last week and is being sent to law provides that every teacher mast read at least one book a year pertain ing to the profession ot teaching and that the books must be selected by the superintendent of public lnstrnc tion. The leading this year will be done nnder the supervisicn of the Lniversrty of Oregon and the Oregon Agricultural college. Naturalist Burned Ont. Father Oeorge Sehoener of Brooks, the "Luther Burbank of Oregon," is penniless and homeless as the result of a fire which destroyed his house and the church Saturday night. Prac tically all the results of his five years of experimentation and labor on breeding of new varieties of flowers and fruits were wiped out in the fire, for his best experimental gardens were close to the house and the church. Band Near Independence Holds Gay Nuptial Ceremony. What was perhaps the first gypsy wedding ceremony ever celebrated in Polk county was an event of last week at Independence. The "cere mony" started on Tuesday morning and concluded on Wednesday evening with a great burst of speed, charac terized as a Gypsy high jinx. The principals in the interesting affair, about fifty in number, were camped at the state fair grounds during the time of the fair, but fire water, dear Ito the Gypsy heart, was too scarce in that vicinity, so the tribe moved its belongings to Independence and pitched a colony of tents. The Salem band attended the ceremony, receiv ing good American coin for its ser vices. The band music was a feature of the opening of ithe ceremony on Tuesday morning and on the follow ing morning the band played for a dance given by the party. The dusky couple which was ceremoniously unit ed, decked out in the most gaudy col ors in silk and satins and were orna mepted with cheap jewelry. The king of the Gypsy band "officiated' at tne ceremony. SOEHREN AND GWINN PAY. Charles Stinnett Will Be Tried on Serious Charge. Charles E. Stinnett, a farmer living near town, was indicted by the grand jury yesterday on two counts, as sault with a dangerous weapon and thneat to commit a felony by shooting his wife. At a hearing before Judge Bell), Stinnett pleaded not guilty to both charges. The man is elderly and is the father of a well-known and reputable family. Several outbreaks are said to have recently occurred! in his household. In the rampage on Suhday Stinnett is reported to have attacked his wife with a pistol and threatened her life. He alarmed mem bers of the family and they appealed for assistance, with.Jhe, result that the case was brought to the attention of the grand jury. It is a common belief that the man is mentally unbalanced. The circuit court will convene again .tomorrow and after disposing of a damage case, will hear Stinnett s case. in the ensuing ten days a corps of en gineers will commence surveying for a cailroad into the Siletz basin from that point, or rather from the termi nus of the present logging road oper ated in connection with the lumber ing business of the defunct Falls City Lumber company. It is said that Cobb & Mitchell of Portland, who have extensive timber holdings in the territory to be tapped by the propos ed railroad, will soOu come into poe session of the manufacturing plant in the city by Che falls, and will con duct the same on a large scale, re ceiving logs at the mill from the ba-" . sin over the extension. The people of Falls City are jubilant over the prospects of this new undertaking and the resumption ot operations at) its only industrial institution, and ad here to the belief that under the man agement of Cobb & Mitchell the mill will run continuously for yeapU to come, providing employment for more workmen that heretofore in- both plant and woods. The railroad, constructed by the Falls City Lumber company, now has its terminus near the summit of the Coast range mountains, and its exten sion into the Siletz basin, and the timber owned by the Cobb & Mitchell interests, may be accomplished with out difficulty. Following the survey ing as closely as possible will be a crew of right-of-Jway men, who will probably remove the timber along ttie route during the winter that grading may be inaugurated as early as weath er will permit. The exact distance from the terminus of the present road Bo the timber of Cobb & Mitchell is not known, but it is estimated that at least ten miles of- railroad will be built. YOUNGSTER HAS CLOSE ESCAPE Rob J. 0. Penney Company. Word has been received by the man agement of the Golden Rule stone here thai the J. C. Penney company s establishment at Dayton, Wash., was robbed on Thursday night. Elmer Cantril of Dayton, held oe a charge ot robbing the Walla Walls, store, is oareted or the latest robbery. For Shooting From Public Highway Citizens Are Held. W. L. Soehren and Everett Gwinn made up a purse on Saturday to con tribute to the large fund that is be ing gathered from gome law violators. Soehreni and Gwinn were guests of a third party and were riding along the highway when the host spied a pretty pheasant. He missed the bird, but the game warden got the number of Soehren 's car and swore out a com plaint ncainst him on Saturday. Neither Soehren or Gwinn were re sponsible for the shooting, they say. but rather than divulge the name of their host they contributed equal shares to the fine of $25 and 'costs that was assessed against them by Justice Holman. Son of James Braden Standing Near Window Where Rifle Bullet Hit. ' A reckless hunter barely escaped injuring, or probably killing the lit tle son of Mr. and Mrs. James Bra den on Sunday when a carelessly aim ed bullet hit a window casing of their home, not more than an inch from where the lad was standing. The bul let from a high powered 22 rifle im bedded itself in the window casing at least two inches, and the boy was standing near the window, inside the house. Had the bullet gone an inch closer it would have shattered the glass and hit the boy somewhere near the waist line, with probable fatal result. The source of the shot was not determined. CIRCUIT COURT TOMORROW. Lad Looses Fingers. When a dynamite cap which he was carrying in his pocket exploded, Chauncey Davis, a Falls City young ster, suffered the loss of a thumb and index finaer. The accident occurred on Tuesday and Dr. Hellworth of Falls City hurried the lad to the Dal las hospital, where Dr. Star-buck as sisted in amptnating the mangled dig it Filberts Important Crop. One of the industries of the county that is of constantly increasing impor tance is the growing of filbert nuts. At the county fair this year there were a mrmbrr of fine samples of the nuts displayed. Children took s great interest, too, in exhibiting the ants from trees that tbey had eared for. Many plots near Monmonth have been planted to filberts and the yield of the Today Being Non-Judicial Jury is Dismissed Until Wednesday. The circuit court session which was announced for Monday will not meet until tomorrow, today, Columbus birthday, being a non-judicial day. After the session on Thursday jurors were dismissed until one o clock Mon day, and when they assembled at that time the grand jury indicted one man, and all adjourned until tomorrow. The next case on the docket, that of Joe Fritz vs. the southern racinc com pany, will probably require an unusu al amount of time, and could not have been disposed of on Monday. As soon as the Fritz case is settled the judge will hear (the case of Charles E. Stin nett, indicted on Monday on two counts. Falls City in Darkness. The water is lower in the Little Luckiamute than for many years, and as a consequence that city is prac tically in darkness, an insufficient quantity being available to operate the electric lighting plant. Mir. Child Ellison, who recently became the sole owner of the system, hopes by next season to have made improvements to the plant that will insure lights even though the water be low, but at present he is helpless and devotes Hie greater part of bis time to listening to complaints and in praying for rain. Allege Wages Unpaid. Alleging that $102.58 is due them for labor claimed to nave been per formed by the defendant between September 1 and November 1, 1914, David White and Ida White filed suit in eireait court of Marion eonnty against Fred Gooch. Tbey allege the amount originally doe to nave been $157 J9, but that $54.61 has been paid. DEPUTIES JOIN SEARCH. Pat Murphy and Independence Fore Look for Peculiar Thief. One of the deputy sheriffs at Inde pendence received a call from Falls City last) week requesting him to ap prehend E. Bruce, who had stolen a shotgun and other things from the cabin of "Gypsy" Joe in the Siletz basin, and a merry time was started in both cities. At Independence the several deputies kept watchful eyes wide open for a light complexioned, bald beaded, grey moustached and blue-eyed nervous man about five feet, eight inches tall, who was heading toward Albany, and when spoken to would wheel round suddenly, and walked with a hobbling gait. All this information was given over the phone by a stranger, who also told his story to Pat Murphy, Falls City marshal. The search was concluded, however, late in the evening when Pat saw his informant in the last stages of a beautiful reunion with Falls City intoxicants. Many New Silos at Monmonth. Much activity in building silos within the past two weeks is reported fiom the farms in the vicinity of Monmouth. Especially within the past week has there been a rapid increase in the number of silos to be found. It is said that fifteen first-class struc tures were erected in that time. Where farmers had but one silo there are now two and in more than one case, three. This is attributed to the rapid increase in size of dairy henls in the district. The new feed store houses are now being filled, and it is expected that the farmers will find a shortage of corn for the purpose. That district hasn't sufficient corn to fill all the new structures and their builders did not take this shortage in to consideration when they hurried the completion of the new silos. Pat Investigates Scars. Pat Murphy, good Irish marshal of Falls City, investigated a burglar scare at the home of Lloyd Ellis late last week and is now undecided as to whether he got into a burglarized or a haunted house. Mrs. Ellis and Velrna Miller were in the house when they beard footsteps on the stairs. They speedily deserted the bouse and called the marshal irom the home of Mrs. Mary Miller. Murphy searched the premises carefully, found, noth ing missing and everything in prop er order. If there were thieves in the house (hey retreated before the object of their visit was completed. mr. win was ont bunting when the incident occurred. Fined By Proxy. For shooting from a public high way, C U. Johnson of Salem was fined $25 in the justice court on Fri day. Johnson sent bis attorney, S. T. Richardson, from Salem to enter a plea of guilty. He was placed nnder arrest on Thursday evening by Deputy Warden Roy Bremmer.