THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1915.
DOINGS IN POLK COUNTY
STORIES BY THE OBSERVER'S
CORRESPONDENTS.
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining
Movements of People Whom
You All Know.
to
BALLSTON.
Mr. and Mrs. Newman Fredickson
returned on Wednesday from a visit
to her sister at Oregon City.
Superintendent Seymour visited the
high school at .this place on Tuesday.
Mrs. Rea Craven of Dallas was vis
iting her mother, Mrs. J. S. Newbill
during the week.
Mrs. Mary Black of near Dallas
was visiting her son, J. E. Bowman
during the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Comegys and
his mother, Mrs. Maggie Comegys,
who have been visiting relatives in
this vicinity, returned to their home
at thornton, Washington, Wednes
day. A meeting for the school patrons
was held at the school house Tuesday
night. Besides Superintendent Sey
mour, froressor W. A. iiarr of the
0. A. C. and Mr. Ilarrington, state
representative of the Industrial club
work, were present and gave talks
along their respective lines of work.
An effort was made to form a parent
teachers' association, but not much
interest was shown. It is hoped to
have one later, however.
Mrs. Maggie Comegys of Thornton,
Washington, Mrs. Mary Black of near.
' Dallas and Mrs. V. B. Sears and Mrs.
Comegys, both living near Ballston,
met at the home of Mrs. Black's
son, J. R. Bowman, Tuesday after
noon and bad a group picture taken.
The four ladies are sisters and are
all old residents of this place, being
daughters of the late Isaac Kail, who
was the founder of this place.
Ross Clark is canvassing Multno
jnah county for ,the Cox Publishing
company.
John Harris has been helping Ezra
Graves make some improvements on
his place.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sundberg ar
rived home from Nebraska Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hamilton mov
ed to Portland Wednesday.
Mrs. C. L. Gilson was a McMinn
ville visitor Wednesday.
James Hill, the Watkins man from
McMinnville, was in town Friday
H. F. Poynter and family moved
to their own property Monday.
Mrs. J. B. Hatch will give a recital
at the M. E. church Friday night.
The admission will be ten and twenty
cents and the church will receive half
the proceeds.
Mr. Wilson and family, recent ar
rivals from Idaho, moved into the Ed.
Yocum house last week.
Russell Harris of Willamina was
visiting relatives here the last of the
week.
The Women of Woodcraft will give
an entertainment at the W. 0. W. hall
Saturday night, November 20th. A
literary program will be given, con
sisting of songs, recitations and tab
leaux, after which a "jitney" supper
will be served.
Road Supervisor Henry Dorton is
quite sick with pneumonia at his home
west of town.
Mrs. A. M. Tillery is again quite
poorly and returned to the sanatoii-
.urn at Portland on Monday for an
indefinite stay.
Paul Reese of Perrydale and Miss
Lillian Mitchell of near Amity were
visiting m this vicinity Sunday evening.
Mr. Paulus of McMinnville was vis
iting his daughter, Mrs. Savage Odell
Saturday and Sunday.
to McCoy Monday for Mr. Farmer to
ship. i
Jim Bu'tterick of McCoy unloaded a
car of gravel at Crowley Monday.
Miss Etta Edgar went to Canby
Sunday to visit her sister, Mrs. Harry
Sherwood.
Miss Pearl Dennett went to Dallas
Tuesday for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Kaner Trent were
Rickreall callers Monday.
OAKDALE.
Mrs. N. Hughes has been a guest
of her daughter, Mrs. N. L. Guy of
Dallas, a portion of the week.
Fred Hughes is erecting a woven
wire fence between the properties of
himself and ithat ot George Hawkins.
Fred Hughes attended a meeting of
the Walnut association, held in Port
land last week.
John Macomber is building a house
on his place near George Robinson's
home.
George Stroud of Dallas visited his
ranch here last week. He expects to
move there in the latter part of the
winter.
Jamie Wilson of Dallas visited Joe
Dennis over Sunday.
Will Dennis of Falls City visited at
the home of 0. E. Dennis last Wednes
day.
Henry Quiring of Dallas is moving
to the Unas. Bird place, which ne
traded for a short time ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos Card visited at
the home of C. Nelson at Antioch
Tuesday.
JVlr. and Mrs. James Koss visited in
Dallas over Sunday. '
BRIDGE IS IN BAD SHAPE
INDEPENDENT ENGINEER SAYS
STRUCTURE DANGEROUS.
Steel That Appeared Sound Found
Rusted to Center While Making
Repairs Ordered.
OAK GROVE.
Mr. Evans of Dallas was in this
neighborhood the first of the week.
Herbert Fawk was a caller here last
week.
Mr. Vincent hauled some lumber
from Dallas last week to improve his
place here.
J. w. Edgar was a business caller
in Dallas one day last week.
Emerson Harris took some hogs to
McCoy and sold them the first of the
week.
A goodly number was in attend
ance ait the party here Friday night
and ail seemed to enjoy the evening.
Quite a number of member of the
Ladies' aid met with Mrs. Warren
Allen on Thursday of last week and
spent a pleasant atternoon.
Mr. Farmer was here on business
the latter part of last week.
Mrs. Ida Williamson has been quite
sick for several days.
J. K. Sears of McCoy called here
last week.
CROWLEY.
Seth Smith came over from Salt
Creek to spend Sunday at home.
Mrs. Tom Burch and Mrs. Fred
Koser were recent "visitors at Mrs.
Fred Avers.'
Knrnum Mi reeve ot Dallas was a
caller in this neighborhood one day
last week.
C. H. Farmer shipped hogs from
McCoy Tuesday.
Miss Stella Smith sjKnt a fen days
last week with Mrs. Rodney Coulter
of Dallas. She returned home Fri
day.
?. J. Williamson and family and
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Edgar spent Sun
day with J. L. Gay and family near
Corvallis.
(ieorge Smith and Plin Wilson at
tended the basketball game at likk-
reall Friday night.
Mr. Hamilton was a Dallas caller
Saturday.
Mrs. Jones of Rickreall spent a few
days last week wuh her sister, Mrs.
Hugh Farmer.
Mrs. Valliere was a Dallas caller
Saturday.
Mr. Hill of Rickreall was a caller
here Friday.
Quite a number from this neighbor
hood attended the party at Oak Grove
Friday night,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Hodge and daugh
ter Irma spent a few days last week
with his parents near Sydney.
R. J. Williamson, Miss Anna Far
mer and Mrs. Lloyd Mallicoat and
children motored to Clackamas eounty
Friday. Mrs. Mallicoat and children
remained there with Mr. Mallicoat,
who is teaching school.
. Mrs. Cass Riggs and daughter Alice
attended ladies' aid at Mrs. Warren
Allen's at Oak Grove on Thursday of
last week.
Claud Trent of Rickreall called here
Friday.
Mr. Muno took two loads of hogs
OAK POINT.
Mr. John Underwood, our wide
awake road supervisor, has been do
ing Bome good work on the road be
tween Oak Point and Greenwood,
which was very much needed.
The Oak Point school is progress
ing very nicely under the manage
ment of Miss Carrie Dahm.
' Mr. Finn, our general supervisor,
was inspecting the roads of this vi
cinity one day last week.
Miss Mable Becker is staying with
Mrs. Carroll, while Mr. Carroll it at
tending the Panama-Pacific exposi
tion. Mr. Zumwalt and family have mov
ed to Independence.
Mr. and Mrs. Becker and Mr. and
Mrs. Montgomery spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. John Robbins.
The Misses Florence and Ruth
Walker spent the week-end with par
ents. Mr. Hilke of Independence has been
doing some plowing for Mr. Hayden
with his bull tractor.
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POLK COUNTY
The West Salem band has been re
organized with W. C. Heise as man
ager. About twenty members have
been attached to the band, and Brush
College will join, thus making it one
of the largest musical organizations
in the county outside of Dallas.
F. J. Stewart, son of a Polk county
fanner, passed the examination for
admission into the Murine corps, held
at Salem, and is now in Portland to
undergo further tests, including the
medical examination. If he pusses
tl
The weak and wobbly steel bridge
was in for another examination this
afternoon which will in all probability
result in the permanent closing of the
structure, says the Capital Journal of
Wednesday evening.
"The bridge is safer after being
repaired than it was before, but still
is not sate," said Assistant Highway
Engineer Holmes this afternoon, "and
it there were another bridge avail
able within any reasonable distance
the steel bridge would be closed to
night."
When the workmen began their re
pairs on the bridge it was found that
steel that looked to be in a good state
of preservation was rusted to the cen
ter. Rivets that appeared to be solid
were broken in the fingers and one
plate three-fourths of an inch in thick
ness and eight or 10 inches wide was
broken in the hands of the workmen
as it was taken out of the bridge. In
view of these conditions the state
highway engineering department call
ed in H. Morse, who is the western
representative of Ralph Mojeska to
make another examination of the
structure.
The bridge department of the state
highway coommission is standing
squarely behind their report when
they prononuced it imperative that
the bridge be closed and state that
the repairs now being made are sim
ply replacing members that have en
tirely deteriorated. As other mem
bers are being uncovered it has been
found that the steel was in worse con
dition than anticipated and will never
be sate though it will be improved by
the repairs. In order that an entirely
unbiased opinion might be rendered
on the bridge Mr. Morse was called
in to look over the structure.
The bridge department and the
county courts have considered the ur
gent public demand that the bridge
be kept open in view ot the business
that daily passes over the bridge but
if the report of Mr. Morse is that the
bridge is unsafe even for light traffic,
it will be closed by the county court.
Mr. Morse had not finished his report
this afternoon bnt the further he dug
into the rusted steel the more dubious
was the outlook for the life of the
structure.
The bridge has also developed a de
cided leaning upstream and the weak
ened laterals will not permit tighten
ing to draw the structure back into
line. The report of Mr. Morse will
be made to the highway engineer's
office and then submitted to the coun
ty court. '
It has been estimated that the clos
ing of the bridge would cause a daily
loss of $600 to the city of Salem and
it is in view of this fact that every
effort is being made to keep the bridge
open. The expenses of repairs now
being made are but a small percentage
of the loss that would be sustained if
the bridge were closed for any length
of tune and the bridge department
considers that the money spent in re
placing the rotten plates is well spent.
Misunderstands Court's Ruling.
An Independence newspaper has
criticised Judge Belt tor his ruling in
the injunction case recently heard in
the circuit court heie to settle a con
troversy as to street lines, in North
Independence. The criticism is mis
directed because of the writer's mis
understanding of the facts in the case.
The suit in which Judge Belt ruled
against .the city was not one to estab
lish lines, but was a suit oy injunc
tion to restrain the city of Indepen
dence from creating new street lines.
thus depriving certain property own
era of their legal holdings. Judge
Belt had no alternative in the matter
and decided that the established
street, under the conditions, was the
lesral one and that the property own
ers could not legally be deprived of
their holdings.
Wins Prize for Prunes.
Fii"st prize was awarded the Wil-
showing interest in the Marion coun
ty meet which will be held January
11 to 14 inclusive, and a number of
exhibits from here are assured for
that occasion. Judge B. F. Keeny has
been secured to place the awards, and
Sherrell Flemming assisted by H. S.
Carter will have supervision over the
exhibit.
SEEKS TAX REDUCTION.
Espee Greater Benefit to Taxing Dis
tricts Than to Stockholders.
Declaring that the taxing districts
wherein the Southern Pacific company
and its subsidaries operate this year
received bigger returns from the rail
road than the bond and stockholders
themselves, and that 33 per cent of
the road's net earnings in 1914 went
for taxes, William M. Colvig, tax and
right-of-way attorney for the South
ern Pacific, has appealed to the State
Tax Commission for a reduction in
valuation on its Oregon properties
amounting to $8,585,266. The 1914
assessed valuation of the Southern
Pacific and subsidaries was $44,409,-923.
Verdict for Defendent.
In the suit of Bochm and Nye vs.
the City Bank of Dallas that was
tried in Judge Belt's department of
the circuit court last week, a verdict
was found in favor of the defendent.
The suit was an action of replevin to
recover certain papers left in eschow
with the City bank as depository.
Elks Plan Banquet.
The Dallas Elks, of which there are
about thirty, are planning a get-together
banquet for the near future.
The local members of this fraternity
recently organized a club, of which
Mayor Kirkpatrick is president.
'This," said Sim Heckle yester
day, ' ' ought to be a good year for the
lozenge makers. All of the politic
ians and a good many ot the states
men have lost their voices."
,ese he will be sent Mare Island, amette Xalhy plune association by
near San Francisco for still further
examination and drill.
One of the big events throughout
the pounty today will be "Go to
School Day." and hundreds of par
ents and other persons interested in
educational work will visit the schools
of the various districts this after
noon. Superintendent Seymour ex
ists fully 2500 persons to show their
interest in the schools of the county
by making 4he visit.
Thos. Brunk of Eola lfl the first
of the week for the Panama exposi
tion. George B. Jacob recovered a judg
ment against J. H. Biiunam in the
circuit- court yesterday for the sum
of $125 and $25 attorney's fees.
Plaintiff also received en order to
sell attached property in Polk coun
ty. Salem Statesman.
Mrs. Frank Ellis of Black Rock is
ill at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Fred Saxby of Falls City.
Mrs. J. C. Talbott of Falls City has
been visiting in Portland this week.
Guild's Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Dallas
Needlework Guild is bein held today
at the home of Mrs. M. M. Ellin, and
open house will be kept from 2 o'
clock throughout the afternoon. G.T-
utnts and other wearing fcpoarel wiiV
be on display. :
he Manufacturers and Land Pro
ducts show in Portland for its dis
play, coming under the classification
of more than 500 pounds of evarat
ed fruits. Oregon's and Oregon French
or Petite prunes constituted the great
er part of the display, shown in Jo
pound boxes, although the Chevalo
IVsert in glass, Silver and Pheasant
Perfection were prominently display
ed. Early Settler Dead at lone.
Edward T. Perkins, who lived in
Polk county, near this city, thirty
years, moving to lone, Oregon, about
twenty years ago. died at his home in
that city on Tuesday, aged 68 years.
He has no immediate relatives here,
but a daughter, Dallas Perkins, makes
her home in Portland.
Births of the Week.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. James
Hubbard was brightened on Friday by
the birth of a son. The youngster
tips the scales at 11 pounds.
An eight-pound boy was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. IVmpwy ear
ly last week.
Marion's Poultry Show.
Since the poultry show has been
consolidated with the county fair, and
is held in September instead of Jan
nary, Polk county poultry fanciers are
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COME TO DALLAS
Saturday, Nov. 27
And attend the Second Regular Monthly
Sales Day, conducted under the auspices
of the Dallas Commercial Club. Every
farmer in the county is requested to bring
something which be wishes to dispose of.
Others will be there to buy the very things
for which you have no use, Stalls are pro
vided for stock. .
This Day Is for Farmers
and it is necessary to have their help and
co-operation in order to make it the suc
cess it should be. The sale will be held at
Burk & Shepherd's barn, on Main street,
where articles may be left at any time
previous to Sales Day. You have the op
portunity to trade or exchange, with your
neighbor, or if you prefer, the article will
be sold at auction to the highest bidder
for cash.
All should lend their co
operation.
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