polk flttttig
VOL. 27
(THE HOME PAPER)
DALLAS, POLE COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1915.
(TWIOE-A-WEEK)
NO. 73
(sbsstvet
EXTENSION OF SERVICE
OREGON POWER CONSIDERS
BUILDING TO BUENA VISTA.
High Tension Line Would Afford
Light and Power Facilities to
Many Extensive Fanners.
The Oregon Power company is con-
sidering the advisability of extending
its service to Buena Vista from In
dependence, supplying that place and
farmers along the route, with electri
cal energy for light and power pur
poses, and will probably buna a nign
tension cable between the places men
tioned, provided fifty consumers sign
an agreement to use juice for a cer
tain period. Manager Martin attend
ed a meeting of 'the farmers and citi
zens of Buena Vista at what is known
as the Bottom school house the other
night, and the interest manifested in
the project by 'the residents of that
section indicated that they are ear
nestly in favor of introducing the
modern method. Nearly fifty people
were in attendance, and with very few
exceptions all signified their intention
of becoming identified with the under
taking. It is the purpose of the company to
build a light and power line from In
dependence to Buena Vista, via the
lower road, the farmers to make con
nections 'therewith at their own ex
pense. At the meeting Mr. martin
surprised those present by offering to
build the line between the two points
without cost ito those to he served,
the only condition being that his com
pany be given fifty patrons for a spec
ified time. Those who had taken the
matter up with him entertained the
proposition moBt favorably, and are
now engaged in securing the required
number of consumers, in which they
expect to experience little or no diffi
culty.
The proposed line would serve some
of the largest ranches of the county,
passing through the rich bottom lands
of the Willamette river, where exten
sive hop yards are maintained. One of
these is the Wigrich ranch, of which
Major Rose is manager, and w!r. is
one of the most enthusiastic support
ers of the enterprise. Mr. Fred West
went over the proposed route on Mon
day, and interviewed a number of the
farmers who contemplate introducing
electrical service, and if the project
reaches successful consummation he
will probably connect most of rthe
properties adjacent to the line there
with. This is a plan which Manager Mar
tin has been working on tor some
time past, and the construction of the
proposed line to Buena Vista, and
furnishing service to farmers, will
mean that other sections of the coun
ty will eventually follow in the wake
of the enterprising tillers of the soil
in this locality. The Oregon Power
company's plant in Dallas is of suffic
ient capacity to care for the entire
surrounding country. At present it
furnishes electrical energy for light
and power in this city, independence
and Monmouth, between which points
he farmers along the high tension
line have an opportunity to secure am
ple service for the operation of farm
machinery and the lighting of their
homes, dairy barns and outbuildings.
ELECTRICAL PROSPERITY WEEK
A. L. Martin Tells of Significance of
National Celebration.
Electrical interests in Dallas and
elsewhere are preparing, with much
ceremony and publicity, for the cele
bration of Electrical Prosperity week,
one of the most important events in
business year tor "power companies
and electrical supply houses. Electri
cal Prosperity week is to take the
form of a nation-wide educational
campaign in the advantages of electri
cal equipment. "The week will be de
voted," says A. L. Martin of the Ore
gon Power company, ' to acquaint the
public with the new and up-to-date
uses for electricity in home, store, of
fice and factory. Every possible form
of advertising, including bill boards,
window displays and newspapers, will
be used to attract publie attention to
this week, and to prompt people to
ask questions about electricity and
about electrical appliances. The field
is one of great opportunities, and the
inquirer is bound to be made enthus
iastic by what he learns."
"The wonderful developments in
the uses of electricity have eome along
so rapidly that it has been impossible
to keep the people informed. Elec
trical interests have not been able to
keep pace with the growing interest.
Not onlv these thines, but Electrical
Prosperity week will mean a 'shop
early opportunity. The week of No
vember 29 to December 4, inclusive,
will be Electrical Prosperity week.
That is just three weeks before
Christmas and will give people a
chance to select electrical gifts under
the most favorable conditions."
Committee to Hold Meeting.
Mrs. A. H. Morrison, press super-!
intendent for the loeal Woman 's ! Falls City, bruised shoulder, sawmill.
Christian Temperance union, announe-j The ftist three injured were passen
e that the executive committee of i eere on the motor ear that hit a log
the W. C. T. U. and the superinten-' train, near the shops here, last week.
dents of departments are requested to
meet at the home of the president,
Mrs. A. S. Campbell, next Monday
evening at 7 o 'clock, to discuss plans
of work for the coming year. It is
hoped that all the members of this
committee will be present. At the
regular business meeting last Monday
it was decided to let each department
have charge of one social meeting
during the year that there may be a
better understanding in general of the
work.
WANTS GOOD ORGANIZATION.
Republican County Committee May
Convene Daring Present Month.
Although the primary election is
a long way oil, there is talk of can
didates to fill the various county of
fices, and with this talk comes a call
for a meeting of the County Central
committee, which will probably be
called by Chairman Hampton for the
latter part of the month. Already the
State Central committee is at work.
and, leading republicans of Polk coun
ty are of the belief that the local
body should hold an early meeting
and arrange ion the election of pre
cinct committeemen for the torty-two
precincts of the county, who are to
be elected in the primary next spring.
The precinct being the unit, the sug
gestion is considered a good one, and
will doubtless be acted upon by the
central committee. Last year's or
ganization was the best the republi
cans of Folk county have had for
many years, and it is the purpose of
Mr. Hampton to make this organiza
tion still more effective in the coming
election.
The local offices to fill will be that
of sheriff, treasurer, clerk, school su
perintendent, assessor and county sur
veyor. John W. Orr will be a candi
date to succeed himself, while Fred
J. Holman will seek the place of coun
ty clerk, as will also Drj. Charles
Dunsmore of Independence. H. C.
Seymour will probably be nominated
to the office which he now holds.
Mention of possibles for the other
places have not assumed anything
like shape as yet, but several have
been fixing their fences for the as
sessorship. The county treasurer's
office may go begging, inasmuch as
the salary connected therewith is not
of. sufficient inducement to bring out
aspirants. When the present incum
bent was elected the office paid some
thing like $1500 per year, but since
then, because of tax collections hav
ing been transferred to, the sheriff's
office, the salary has been reduced
practically one-half.
QUIRING ASSAULTS DIEHM.
Youth Blacks Eye of Accuser Church
- is Arena for Fight.
Because be was accused by John
Diehm of participating in nallowe en
pranks, John Quiring, a Polk Station
youth, assaulted Mr. Diehm who, as
a result, is nursing a much discolored
eye. Mr. Diehm, who was no match
for his assailant because of his phy
sical condition, swore out a complaint
against Uuinng and late yesterday af
ternoon Justice Holman fined the
youth $5 and costs when he pleaded
guilty to the charge, hherin Orr ar-
-tested Uuinng by phone, and the
young man appeared at the court
house on time. The mixup in which
Mr. Diehm was assaulted occurred on
Sunday at the Mennopite church at
Polk Station, where the fisticuffs at
tracted a good audience.
Courier's Wires Are Crossed.
The Benton County Courier, pub
lished at Corvallis, has its wires cross
ed and as a consequence confounds
th'e operations of the Oregon Port
land Cement company, whose work of
connecting its quarry near Dallas by
i,ail is now in progress, with the pro
ject to manufacture a commercial fer
tilizer from limestone deposits ad
jacent to the company's holdings. The
one is real, the other prospective, the
Oregon Portland Cement company
will open its quarry here and ship
limestone to Oswego as soon as the
railroad spur of several miles has been
completed, while as regards the fer
tilizer proposition investigations
are still being made.
Co-operative Egg Marketing.
v Co-operative marketing of eges has
been taken up by the Lane County
Pomona grange. The market commit
tee of that body has made arrange
ments to buy all the eggs the members
have to offer, the scheme being financ
ed by a local bank, lbe highest
market price prevailing in Eugene
will be paid lor the eggs, xney will
then be candled and graded and-ship-ped
in bulk to the city, where the
market is best. The money received
over the price paid by the local com
mittee will be distributed among the
fanners who furnished the eggs.
Accidents Reported.
Five accidents in Polk county are
listed in the last weekly report of
the State Industrial Accident com
mission. They are: Mrs. C 0. John
son, Falls City, head bruised; Mrs.
N. A. Montgomery. Falls City, bruised
face; E. R. Lewis, Falls City, hand
en ; August Schrader, Dallas, hand
injured, sawmill; Roman Houser.
BUILDING NEW FENCES
MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION KI
BOSHES FAKE ADVERTISING
Solicitors Most Hereafter Have
Scheme Sanctioned Before Bus
- ' iness Men Contribute.
The elimination of fake advertising
by itinerants who travel over the
country catching the unwary, and
placing the soliciting of money for
chanties, picnics and all other pur
poses on a sound business basis, are
two important features of the recent
ly organized Merchants' Retail asso
ciation. From the evidence of busi
ness people, introduced at the session,
it was clearly shown that the average
merchant annually contributes sever
al hundred dollars to these causes
for which the returns amount
to comparatively nothing. While
no merchant declines to contribute to
worthy causes, the drawing of the
line between the worthy and un
worthy is difficult to distinguish with
out some investigation, and it is the
purpose of this organization to name
a committee to which such matters
may be taken for approval, without
which all contributions will be with
held in the future. This same plan is
successfully operated elsewhere in the
valley, and it is as much in the inter
est of mentonous undertakings as
those of a questionable character. Un
der the proposed new order of things
causes of merit may secure the ap
proval of the committee by applying
to the secretary or president of the
association, and when their petition
is so branded the desired support will
be forthcoming from those' members
who may elect to make contributions.
Fake advertising has long been a
source of annoyance to merchants of
Dallas, as elsewhere, scarcely a week
passing that some itinerant does not
appear upon the scene with some pub
licity scheme, which is worked with
more or less success. The association
purposes to hereafter give the home
publications the benefit of their ex
penditures for publicity, and unless
some proposition of unusual merit is
presented schemes of this character
will be nipped in the bud by the com
mittee, the members of the organiza
tion not being permitted to tender
their favors,- or their money, without I
its sanction. As one member whose
nank account nas oeen denied oy mis
class of advertising remarked: "This
fake advertising gets us nowhere; I
believe in patronizing the home pa
pers, for they are constantly laboring
to build up the community, and their
efforts in this direction gives us di
rect returns. In building a fence
around our advertising dollar we are
not only encouraging home industry
and home enterprise, but are showing
our appreciation of what the newspa
pers are doing for the whole coun
try." .
No Poultry Show.
The report, originating in the fer
tile mind of the Oregonian's Rickre
all correspondent, that the Polk Coun
ty Poultry association will hold a
show in Dallas in January is without
foundation of fact. When the Poul
try show was consolidated with th
county fair, the January event' was
eliminated.
High Tides Play Havoc.
High tides at Bar View during the
past week have caused much damage
to property, and in some instances
building lots on the beach have been
washed completely away. Several cot
tages were moved into the street to
save them.
I Attracts Much Attention
For two entire days The Observer
staff has been on a continual jump to
answer telephone calls and personal
presentations by those who found the
misspelled word on the bargain page
that appeared tor the first tune in the
Tuesdav issue of the paper. At noon
on Tuesday the rush started and even
now an occasional response comes
from some one who has carefully per
used the page of interesting and at
tractive ads. in the hope of collecting
the dollar in cash. Although the an
nouncement offered one dollar to the
first finder to personally present the
mistake at the office there were manynounce many bargains that merchants
telephone calls. Leif Finseth was the , have to offer to buyers who attend the
first, however, to detect the mistake j
and he collected the cash. The staff
had almost dispaired of getting out
the next issue of the paper when it
hit upon the plan of directing appli
cants for the award to the merchant
in whose ad. the misspelled word an-
pears each Tuesday. Therefore, if the j
finder of the mistake will personally I
present the correction to the mer-!
chant, in whose ad. it appears, he will ,
be given one dollar without further j
adno.
That The Observer's special pas i
of advertisements from a small list
of the city's enterprising merchants
attracted the instant attention of
the people of Dallas and Polk eonnty
MAY USE ENDOWMENT
DALLAS COLLEGE CONSIDERING
i CORVALLIS FOR LOCATION.
Would Establish - Divinity School to
t Replace Defunct Institution .
I of Learning.
f "
j The defunct Dallas college, conduct
ad in this city for a number of years
by the Evangelical church of the
state, and which undertook to form a
consolidation with Philomath college
after it had closed because it could
not meet standardization require
ments, may take its permanent en
dowment to Corvallis and there estab
lish a permanent Bible school, to be
conducted along the lines similar to
those of the Christian church's Bible
school at Eugene. Rev. C. C. Poling,
presiding elder of the (Evangelical
church, accompanied by Presiding El
der Mumey, this week visited Corval
lis and presented a proposition to the
commercial body of that place with
this end in view, which is told by the
Times-fiazette in the following:
j "Dr. Poling stated he is a membei
If a committee appointed to look ove;
the state tor a suitable location for
n Evangelical school in some city in
the state of Oregon, where Bible sub
jects may be taught and young people
repared tor the ministry, the com
littee is to report its findings to the
rustees of the church at the next
leeting of the conference, which will
e held April 1, 1916, at Portland.
The committee, Dr. Poling stated is
kindly disposed to establish the insti
tution at one of the cities where a
state institution of learning is estab
lished, thereby saving the church
school the expense of operating a lib
eral arts department and giving it the
opportunity to devote its entire ener
gies to the divinity school or depart
ment. According to the statement of
the Portland clergyman it is not a
matter of which city will offer the
biggest bonus, but all things will be
considered, and that Corvallis has the
natural advantages that gives her cit
izens the opportunity to bring the
school to Corvallis if they desire it.
The school, the speaker stated, would
be located somewhere in the neigh
borhood of the present Evangelical
church property, which is across Mon
roe street trom 'the u. A. u. campus,
an(j ; nn irteai location for. a divinity
school."
GERLINGER BUNK PRAISED.
Dallas Man Has Patent on Unique
Apparatus.
A tribute to a log bunk patented
by Carl Gerlinger was paid at a meet
ing of representatives of twenty rail
road companies engaged in the trans
portation of logs in this state, before
the publie service commission at Port
land on Wednesday. The representa
tives of the railroad companies wero
called together by the commission to
show that the bunks and unloading
devices on their cars measure up to
specifications prescribed by law, com
plaint having been made by Labor
Commissioner Hoff. The bunk patent
ed by Mr. Gerlinger was said to be
the best possible contrivance for the
purpose and was strongly recommend
ed for adoption. Railroad companies
operating in this vicinity which were
cited to appear at the meeting are
the Southern Pacific and the Valley
& Siletz. The Gerlinger patent bunk
was subjected to rigid tests at Wills
burcr. some time ago. along with a
large number of other patented and
makeshift bunks. It was found by
the labor commissioner to be the sat-
is conclusively indicated from the
"Treat number of replies that came in
response to this cash offer. The page
contains, each week, some very inter
esting announcements from local mer
chants, and a careful reading of the
page will not only result in a chance
to earn the cash offer but will be the
means whereby customers may effect
a marked saving by patronizing the
advertisers. The page will be of es
pecial interest on the Tuesday pre
ceding the last Saturday in the month,
when the public sales day will be a
feature of the commercial life of the
city. On that day the page will an
Saturday sales day,
Many of the applicants for the
cash award had selected a word of
which the spelling was perfectly cor
rect. The one mistake, and that for
which the dollar was paid was in the
advertisement nf Mannck's drue store.
where the word "balsam" was spell-1
ed "bolsom." A similar mistake will
appear somewhere on the page each
Tuesday and to the person who first
detects the misspelled word one dol-
lar in cash will be given upon presen-
tation of a correction to the merchant
in whose ad. the mistake appears. A
dollar may be easily earned by care-
fully reading The Observer's bargain
page every Tuesday.-
est and cheapest bunk of all, and
wns at that time recommended for
adoption. It was adopted officially
bv the Southern Pacific company, and
is in use by many other railroads
throughout the country. The Gerling-
er bunk can be tnpped from the op
posite of the car and thus avoids any
possible danger to the operator. At
the time of the tests at Willsbnrg
the Gerlinger dump unloaded five and
six carloads of logs while other con
trivances were unloading one car. Mr.
Gerlinger is working on several other
patents that seem to be equally ns
useful as is the log bunk.
MEYERS SOLVES SITUATION.
Dallas Fanner Gets Good Price for
Porkers Market Weak.
In the face of a weak feeling in the
hog market of the country, ond es
pecially at the Portland Union stock
yards, where the principal transac
tions in livestock are carried on,
Floyd Meyers whose farm near Dal
las has been the home of many fine
porkers, has solved the problem of
beating the market pnee, and his so
lution is working out to his entire sat
isfaction. In spite of the fact that
a very Bmall supply of hogs have en
tered the stock yards the price has
been unusually low, averaging $0.85
and $6.03, and those who have many
swine on hand have almost started the
funeral service over their business,
But Floyd Meyers failed to let this
effect him when be forsaw the situa
tion some time ago. He made a trip
to Portland, hired a stall in the pub-
lac market, a man to take care of it,
and he butchers, on an average, three
porkers each day, for shipment to his
market stall. By this means he gets
11 cents a pound, dressed, for every
animal he butchers and is jubilant in
the face of the stock yard depression.
He is not selling in any other way,
being very well satisfied to bank 11
cents a pound for all the meat he can
produce.
HALLOWE'EN GONE, ALSO GATES
Those Missing Property Threaten to
Prosecute Perpetrators.
Hallowe'en fun is all well and good
while it remains within the bounds bf
ifun, but it is predisposition with
youngsters to carry their play too far.
the frolicsome element that tnned
with the peace and quietness of the
city on Hallowe en night lifted sev
eral perfectly good gates from their
hinges, and so securely covered their
hiding places that owners have been
unable to recover, their property,
Though a gate may be a small thing
in the youthful mind, it is a serious
subject with owners, and more than
one whose gate is still missing has
threatened prosecution, unless their
property is returned within the next
few days. It seems that the perpe
trators of these things that have long
since eeased to be jokea are known, :n
several oases, and the owners of the
missing gates are keeping close tab
on them to determine - whether the
property is returned within a certain
time. There is very little foolishness
in the tones in which the owners say
they will bring the reckless lads to
justice unless they return the gates.
VACANCY IN FACULTY FILLED.
0. I. Shenoweth of Purdue University
Manual Training Teacher.
The board of education having del
egated Superintendent W. 1. lord
with authonty to engage a teacher in
the manual training and bookkeeping
departments, Mr. O. J. Chenoweth,
late student at Purdue university of
Indiana, has been employed and is now
in the discharge of his duties. Mr.
Chenoweth came hither from Silver-
ton, and although this is his first ac
tual teaching experience, he possesses
those qualifications necessary to suc
cess, and enters upon the work with
a determination to get the best pos
sible results. In addition to the du
ties named it will be incumbent upon
Mr. Chenoweth to assist in athletics,
and in this line he has had much ex
perience. , Operate on Harry Woods.
' Harry A. Woods underwent a very
critical operation at the Dallas hos
pital on Wednesday, when an nicer in
the stomach and the appendit were
removed. Mr. Wood has bein suffer
ing for several months with the pains
incident to these growths, but lie is
rallying splendidly after the opera
tion. Dr. A. B. Starbuck says hi- pa
tient will be in the hospital for about
three weeks. His many friends will
be visitors at Mr. Woods bedside as
soon as his Condition permit.
Adjourned Meeting Monday.
The Retail Merchants' association
will hold an adjourned meeting at the
La Creole club parlors Monday even
ing, when it is expected that several
new members will sign the roll. In
order to make the efforts of the as
sociation effective it should have the
co - operation of all merchants in the
city.
Polk Saves the Valley.
Polk was the only county west of
the Cascades to receive recognition at
the Land show, four Eastern Oregon
counties having been awarded prizes.
Polk, in getting second place, should.
be congratulated for saving the Wil-
lamette valley from utter defeat. '
SPRAY SAVES DAMAGE
FRUITMAN TELLS HOW TO PRE
VENT DISEASE TO TREES;
Marion County Inspector Consults Au
thorities and Gives Out Valu
able Information.
The following article written by C.
O. Constable, Marion county fruit in
spector and published in The Journal,
is of special interest to fruit grow
ers and particularly those owning
prune orchards :
Owing to the loss to the growers by
brown rot, cylindrosporium leaf spot
and the synetta albida insect during
the past season I have taken the mat
ter up for our mutual interest,' with
Professor Barss 'and Professor Posey
of the Oregon Agricultural college,
with a view of learning the best meth
od of control. Unless you have ob
served very carefully you do not real
ize the extent of damage that has
been done by the above.
The cylindrosporium leaf spot by
causing the leaves and fruit to fall in
aim summer, ine loss oi iruii ana un
marketable condition at drying time,
by brown rot, and the eaten foliage
and one sided imperfect and unmar
ketable cherries and prunes by the
synetta albida bug. We have out
lined for the orchards that I am in
terested in as follows:
Cylindrosporium Leaf Spots Plow
all leaves under as deep as the roots
will permit soon as possible.
bpray Bordeaux mixture 4-4-50
when leaves first appear. Bordeaux
mixture 4-4-50 every three weeks un
til rainy season is over. . '
Brown Hot Bordeaux mixture 4-4-
50 when buds first open. Bordeaux
mixture 4-4-50 soon has petals fall.
Bordeaux mixture 4-4-50 three weeks
later. Bordeaux mixture 4-4-50 one
month before picking time.
bynetta Albida When this bug ap
pears we will add to the above sprays,
two pounds of arsenate of lead to 50
gallons of the Bordeaux mixture, ,
which we think will control it at the
same time we are spraying for the
other trouble. In fact we believe that
the spraying can be so timed that the
three can be controlled at the same
sprayings.
WANTS TWO BILLIONS MORE.
War la Costing England $12,750,000
Daily, Says Asquitn.
Dealing in dizzy totals. Premier
Asquitn has asked parliament for $2,
000,000,000 additional credit for oar- .
rying on England 's share in the war
a share, he admitted, whose cost is
constantly continuing upward. In
seeking this vast new sum, bringing
the total to $7,000,000,000, Asquitn
announced that from a total of $2,- '
715,000,000 expended from April to
November 6, $2,585,000,000 had been
used in buying shells, guns and other
munitions with which to blow the ene
my to bits. Loans to aid her allies
have also continued, and of the above
total, from April, $491,000,000 was
used for this purpose. The balance
was spent in miscellaneous ways.
While picturing a continuing in
crease in England 'a daily war burden,
the premier assured the house of com
mons that the government is doing
its utmost in the way of economies.
He mentioned that creation of a joint!
England-French war council is expect
ed, while it is hoped Russia and Italy .
will also be represented. Asquith es
timated that to September VI the war
had cost $12,750,000 daily.
Holbrook Asks Reparation.
Because his horse was killed and
his buggy demolished and severe per
sonal injuries received as a result of
colliding with a rord, li. A. Hol
brook of Monmouth' has filed suit in
the circuit court against Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Nelson of Salem. Holbrook
alleges that Harry Nelson, young son
of defendents, was driving at an ex
cessive speed on the Salem-Independence
road on October 1, when he hit
the Holbrook buggy. The complain
ant asks for $300 damage for propeity
loss and $1500 for personal injuries).
We Will Have a Honev Day.
Floyd E. Smith, secretary of the
Oregon State Bee-Keepers' associa
tion, has announced that Thursday,
November 25, Thanksgiving day, has
been set aside by bee-keepers as na
tional honey day. The honey indus
try is one of the most important of
the smaller industries in this state
and the interest that will be aroused
in the product through the observance
of honey day will be a good thing lor
bee-keepers.
POLK GOATS LEAD
A dispatch from San Fran
cisco, under date of Wednes
day, says William Riddell ft
Sons of Monmouth took three
first prizes in three sections
for Angora goats. Tbe dis
patch further says: "The pros
pects are .that they will sweep
everything over Texas, New
Mexico and California in the
Angora goat entries."