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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1915)
TEE FOLK COUNTS' OBSERVER, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1915. 1L il HAS ROSY HUE mom 7 OF UPPER LUGKLAMUTE "NEIGHBORS BRIGHTEN. ption of Industrial Operations and Influx of Settlers Host En large Business Scope. i The extension of business opera tions that are promised for Falls City within the near future leads a cor respondent at that place to believe that better things are in store for the people of that community. An influx of settlers to the timbered regions of the Siletz basin, increased agreage in prunes and smaller fruits, the intro duction of dairying, and the resump- tion of logging and sawmill opera- tions in the city by the falls are among the reasons given by this au- thority for an improved condition in that section of Polk county, which is recognized as the center of logging operations for a number of mills. With the erection of a sawmill at Falls City in 1905 a growing business commMiity sprung into existence. Fir logs cut from virgin forests in the neighborhood of Black Rock, near the summit of the Coast range of moun- tains, have since that date found their way by rail to Falls City, there to be manufactured into the mer- chantable product, the plant under the management of the Falls City Lumber company employing abmit 400 workmen in woods and mill. The ceasing of operations by this com- pany because of financial troubles Jlrought temporary disaster !to the community, but the news that soon another strong corporation is about to resume work brightens conditions. and when the industry is again in full swing after the first of the new year Falls City will be characterized as one of the lively towns of the val- ley. Under normal conditions the output of this mill is 100,000 feet of lumber per day, approximately two and a half million feet per month. Three years ago shipments reached a record of twenty million feet, but a stagnant market naturally decreased the output. An enormous value is represented in the standing timber. Within the borders of Polk county are 152,720 acres 150,000 privately own- ed and 2720 in the national reserve. White pine, oak, larch, hemlock and cedar are found in considerable quan- tities, but Douglas fir is the principal variety. The Willamette Valley Lum- ber company of this city has exten- sive timber interests above Falls City, ' from which source it gets its log sup- Ply- , u Falls City activity in logging has prompted a recent review of the early economic development of the Upper Luckiamutc valley. Early-day set- tiers left the . best lands and built their cabins on the barren hillsides where timber had been burned off by the Indians. Roads were built to the mills and as the influx of settlers in- creased the falls became the logical center of trade, for a considerable surromiding territory. A postottice, established one-iHid- one-half miles. east of there in 1881, was moved to Falls City in 1885. Chinches and schools enme. An early grange was the first economic organization which bound the inhabitants together and led to incorporation in 188!). The arrival of the railroad in 1903 marked the beirinninsr of the second period in industrial development. The donkey engine came, logging opera tions were extended and the annual output leaped. Thousands of cattle during the past year have been placed to graze on the logged-off area of the Falls Citv country. Tests ot stump ing methods are being made and one process of burning the stumps nas been adopted by owners of small tracts. The prune industry has taken firm root in the hills near Falls City, but the increase in acreage waits on the clearing of the stumps. Many or chards are ten years old. The ex tension of the dairying operations in the surrounding count 17 since its re cent introduction shows that the real future of the Falls City valley lies in the development of dairying. A campaign is on fur the development of the tile and brick industry there. The soil is ideal and fanners are de manding more of the product. Day Exercises," Kellogg: "Good Stories for Great Holidays," Olcott; "Teacher's Everyday Plans," Petti crew; "Holiday Programs for First Grade," Barnes & Nunney; "Stories of the Pilgrims," Pumphery; "First Thanksgiving" in Stories From the Pilgrims;" "How the Pilgrims Came to Plymouth ' in "Colonial Stones; "Pilgrims and Puritans," Moore; Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen' in O. Henry 'g " The Trimmed Lamp ; " Betty Alden, Austin; "otandish of Standish," Austin; "Thanksgiv ing Now and 100 Years Ago," Ladies Home Journal, November, 1909; "First Thanksgiving Day," one-act play for schools, St. Nicholas, Novem ber, 1912; "Thanksgiving Festival," Ladies Home Journal, November, 1913. THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION REPORT OF LIBRARIAN. Circulation and Attendance Shows Increase Over Last Tear. The monthly report of the activi ties of the public library, was pre pared yesterday by the librarian. Miss Muscott, and shows a marked in crease in many ways over the cor responding month of last year. In October 384 children's books were circulated and 717 adult books went out of tlie library, making a total cir culation for the month of 1101 books. The attendance during thafr- period was 2592, and 42 new cards were is sued. Miss Muscott has noticed r cently the very heavy demand for fie-i tion works as compared with non action. This is somewhat due to the fact that non-fiction is largely refer ence work, and such books are used within the library, thereby making it impossible to keep a record of their use. In response to requests -Miss Muscott has prepared a list sty. Thanksgiving stories and helps for children and grown folks in selecting holiday programs for meetings, par ties or entertainments. Among the books recommended sre: "Thanks giving," Sehaufoer; "Holiday Facts and Fancies," Denton; "Pieces For Every Occasion," Le Row; "Special President Wilson, in a proc lamation designating Thurs day, November 25, a Thanks giving day, called attention to the fact that the United States has been at peace while most of Europe has been at war, and to abundant crops, ample financial resources and pros peiity. The proclamation says: "It has long been the hon ored custom of our people to turn in the fruitful Autumn of the year in praise and thanks giving to Almighty God for His many blessings and mer cies to us as a nation. The year that is now drawing to a close since we last observ ed our day of national thanks , giving has been, while a year of discipline because of the mighty forces of war and of changes which have distuibed the world, also a year of spec ial blessing for us. "Another year of peace has been vouchsafed tie; another year in which not only to take thought of our duty to our selves and to mankind, but also to adjust ourselves to the many responsibilities thrust upon us by a war which has involved almost the whole of Europe. "We have been able to as sert our rights and the lights of mankind without breach of friendship with the great na tions with whom we have had to deal, and while we have as serted rights, we have been able also to perform duties and exercise privileges of suc cor and helpfulness which should serve to 1 demonstrate our desire to make the offices of friendship the means of tru ly disinterested and unselfish service. "Our ability to serve all who could avail themselves of our services in Oie midst of a crisis, has beeiiljncreased by a gracious Providence, by more and more abundant crops; our ample financial resources have enabled us to steady the mar kets of the world and facili tate necessary movement of commerce which the war might otherwise have rendered im possible; and our people have come more and more to a so ber realization of the part they have been called upon to play in a time when all the world is shaken by unparallel ed distresses and disasters. "The extraordinary circum stances of such a time have done much to quicken our na tional consciousness and deep en and confirm our confidence in the principles of peace and freedom by which we have al ways sought to be guided. "Out of darkness and per plexities have come firmer counsels of policy and clearer perceptions of the essential welfare of the nation. We have prospered while other people were at war, but our prosperity has been vouchsaf ed us, we believe, only that we might the better perform the functions which war rendered it impossible for them to per form. "Now therefore, I, Wood row Wilson, president of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thuisday, the twenty-fifth of November next, as a day of Thanksgiv ing and prayer, and invite the people throughout the land to cease from their wonted occu pations and in their several homes and places of worship render thanks to Almighty God." . . , MAG WINS FROM DALLAS (Continued from page one.) Watch for This Swindler. Watch for a subscription swindler who is - working toward Dallas. He offers Saturday Evening Post and La dies,' :Home Journal for any amount lie ran collect. Also offers them in chibs with other magazines. Swind ler is described ss weighing about ISO pounds, blue eye . grey hair, grey mustache, '.sWaden 'build, age about 50. If surh man visits your home, kindly telephone ns. HAYTER'S BOOK STORE. the diet kitchen and to the surgical quarters. Entering the surgical room Mae gained nothing, but the team ire deemed itself by gaining-25 yards around end. Mae gained on several plays and was penalized for offside play. On Dallas' 25-yard line Mac failed at a pass. Mae punted to Scott who fumbled and regained on his own 15-vard line. Seott made 25 yards on next play and Balderee added 5 more. Mac s left tackle, a repeater at offside plays, lost his team 10 yards. Berg, Scott and Baideree mala good gams. Berg got away irom tne field on the next play and made 15 yards to Mac's 17-yard line. Scott lost a small yardage on the third down. Berg went through Mac's line for yardage and Mac's left end lost his team 5 yards at a critical time by an offside play. This brought the ball to Mac's 3-yard line in Dallas possession. Balderee made a good go for half the remaining distance and in a rapid and strong play Scott broke throush for a touchdown. Dal las 6 points. Balderee missed goal Balderee kicked off to Mae and the ball came back 10 yards on the re turn. A. Wilson of the Dallas team held up the game for a few moments by a slight injury. Mac showed signs of coming to life before the close of the quarter, but just before the whit tle that closed the first half, the Mac left tackle lost another 5 yards by offside playing. Third Quarter Second Half. Balderee for Dallas kicked to Mac and the ball came back lo yards, where Scott made one of the prettiest tackles of the day. Mac punted 40 yards to Cutler who failed in an ef fort to advance at the wrong time. Balderee returned the punt and Mae brought it back 5 yarns. Alter a ser ies of short gains Mac placed the ball on Dallas' 1-yard line on the first down. The next play brought chagrin to the Dallas supporters and team and joy to the visitors and the score changed to 6-0. When Mac kick ed the goal the visitors nad a one noint advantage in a 0-7 score. Mac kicked off to Dallas and in returning the ball Dallas made some good ad vances, and annexed yardage twice, The play was very slow at this stage 01 the game, and the onrushes ot tne visiting team was telling on the Lfal- las boys. But for some reason the play on Dallas' side did not open up as it should have done. Scott's pass was mteicepted by Mac, giving that team time to make yardage once and put the ball on Dallas' lu-yard line. Fourth Quarter. Mac started out to do things in the last quarter, but the minute between quarters gave Dallas enough wind to hold the heavy opposing line for downs on the first series of plays. Dallas took the ball on its own 2-yard line and Balderee punted out 40 yards. The good punt was spoiled by poor suppoit and Mac carried it back nearly 35 yards. On the next play Scott threw his man for a loss of three yards. Mac was within strik ing distance and a well-directed place kick went squarely between the goal posts, making the score 10-6 with the home team on the short end. Mac kicked off to Balderee who advanced 8 yards. Cutler sent Balderee through again for 2 yards. After a few value less plays in which a Mac player was laid out for a breathing spell Scott fumbled the ball for Dallas and Mac recovered-in center field. Dallas got another penalty at this point for off side play. Martin of the Dallas team was knocked out in the next play, but recovered after a short time. Mac made yardage several times by a ser ies of good plays against the lighter line. But the Dallas team was play ing for all that was in the game. The team played harder than at any stage of the game. With two minutes to play and the ball in Mac's possession on Dallas' 2-yard line the visitors put the pigskin without one toot ot the score line, first bucking one of the strongest little offenses that has been displayed here in many moons. The next plav netted a touchdown and Mac failed a goal, making the final score 16-6. There was little to be desired in the game as far as fight was con cerned, but the lack of practice stuck out all over the Dallas team, loach Rudder aavs that hunting and auto mobile lxstimes cannrtt produce a foot hall team, no matter how much coach ing it gets, and that tells the tale of defeat for Dallas. Bill Champion, left half back on the Mae team. Holmes, right half and quarter back Ralph Champion were the briehtest stare on the visiting team, the en tire personnel of the Dallas team play ed sterling football of the variety it selected, with Berg. Wilson, Martin. Cutler, Scott and Balderee making manv of the valuable gains that fea tured the play. The lineup of the two teams was as follows: Dallas Mae Bennett R. E. Eckman Brock R. T. Manning Martin R. G. Jackson Dennis C. Wilson L. O. Hart L. T. McCann L. E. Cutler Q. Scott R. H. Balderee F. - Berg -V-U,Jf H. Taylor Lawson Brown Martin R. Champion Holmes J Nunn W. Champion Jones, urwis. Henry" Sen- leff. Sunday afternoon for Quinry, Wash, in response to a telegram telling of the dangerous ill ness of his father, Michael Serr. The elderly gentleman suffered a paralytic ;.: j 1 1 u... n.n.. m.nn. nnAAmw Jim lout. Irwnen, .. I Substitutes: Mac Bowman and Van Orsdals. Dallas none. Touchdowns, Scott, W. Champ ion. Nunn. Coaches: Msc E. CI THANKS TO FRIENDS HAVING DISPOSED OF THE SUNRISE HOTEL TO LEE KA MARI AND HARRY MIYAMOTO, I DESIRE THROUGH THIS METH OD TO THANK MY MANY PATRONS OF THE PAST FOR FAVORS EXTENDED ME, AND TO WISH FOR MY SUCCESSORS A CONTINU ATION OF THE SPLENDID BUSINESS THAT I ENJOYED. IT WILL BE THEIR PURPOSE TO SERVE ALL IN THE SAME EXCELLENT MANNER THAT HAS MADE FOR THE SUNRISE HOTEL AN ENVI ABLE REPUATION. AGAIN THANKING MY OLD CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR PATRONAGE, I BEG TO REMAIN RESPECTFULLY, LLOYD KOHARI WHAT'S DOING IT? Strange, isn't it? But it is true, isn't it? The way some of your old friends and customers send their money to folks they do not know and for goods they have never seen. Yon would naturally incline to the belief that people would prefer to buy goods after having had an opportunity to inspect them, and to make the purchase from people whom they know. There was a time when shopping was largely a matter of personal contact. Today the distant store and the mail order house get into close touch with thousands, who are made acquainted with their goods and their methods of doing business. How is this done? Advertising con stant and effective advertising. Many arguments are used to make customers out of the readers of advertising. These advertisements draw business from yon and the other local dealers. Consider the results obtained by the national magazine advertisers, and yon will cease to wonder what is the magnet that draws to the city department store and the catalogue house, hundreds of miles away, the trade that yon should enjoy. It is surprising that they do not take more dollars out of this community than they do. Now mind yon. The Observer is not talking just for its business but for yours as well, and for your neighbor's. For if yon do not thrive, The Observer will not. Naturally, and somewhat selfishly, The Observer is in terested in this community.