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THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1915. TERSE TALES OF TOWN LOCAL NEWS OF DALLAS AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. Personal Paragraphs Pertaining People and Their Movements, Gleaned by Observer. to Peter Greenwood, street commis sioner, has been busy the past week laying temporary crosswalks on sev eral of the leading streets of the city. that pedestrians may not soil their footwear in traveling back and forth. Thos. E. Lyons of Salt Creek was Dallas visitor on Saturday. That the regular monthly sales day. which will be held in Dallas on oatur day, .November 27, will be a success is a foregone conclusion, provided thos farmers who have given encour agement to the enterprise fail not to be present on that occasion. The street manicuring department of the city government made a raid on debris Saturday, and as a result the principal thoroughfaies of the city took on an improved appearance. There is a strong probability that the Imperial hotel will be reopened soon after the new year. Legal pro ceedings have been instituted agains Mr. Corson to foreclose the mortgage on the furniture and fixtures, and with the end of this litigation the hostelry will doubtless do business again under another management, not yet iuliy de cided upon. The Barham Manufacturing com pany has recently installed a new and modern sanding machine, which makes it possible to turn out millwork of the highest and best grade. The ma chine is a "great time-saver as well The drinking fountain recently in stalled at the corner of Court and Church streets is proving a great con venience to many passing pedestrians, whose thanks for the thirst quencher are due to the public-spirited ladies of the city. The Catherwood garage is filled to overflowing with automobiles that have been dumped into the discard during the winter months, yet "Dad" says there s always room tor another. Thirty-two cars are in storage there. The cayotte which has been killing many sheep in the bait Creek neigh borhood, and whose scalp a number of townspeople went- after a short time since is still at large, but the number of depredations have decreas ed since the hunt. The animal is prob ably waiting for the excitement) to blow over. U. S. Grant of Dallas was elected a director of the American Angora Goat Bleeders association at the an nual meeting recently held in Kansas City. 1). C. Walker of Monmouth was i Dallas visitor on Saturday. Althnug! residing in Monmouth he is still post master at Buell, his former home, the department not having as yet accept ed his resignation. Air. and Mrs. A. U Martin en, I Miss Helen Scott spent Friday in Indepen dence and Monmouth. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Ellis returned yesterday from the San Francisco ex position, whither they went a tort- night since. Mr. Ellis is loud in his praise of Oregon's exhibit, which is eclipsed only by Canada and C alifor nia. The show being made by this state he considers little less tlinn won derful, when nil the circumstances are considered. Mr. F. E. French went to Portland on Saturday, there to pack the display made by Polk county at the Land Products show for shipment back to Dallas. Mrs. Cecelia Wallen of Forest Grove has been the house guest of Mrs. Wm. Kersey. Mrs. Staibuck and daughter Edith of Portland spent the week-end at the home of Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Starbuck Miss. Marinrie Holman spent the week-end with her patents at Antioch. Miss Mildred Chapin of Falls City was in Dallas bal unlay. Mr. Walter Bnllantyne is visiting friends in Dayton. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Loughary and son, Frank, Jr.,' of Liickiamute, are visiting at the home- of U. S. Lough ary. Miss Marie Gritliu of Salem spent the week-end with her paients. Miss Esther Beehe spent the week end at ilie horn? of Miss Emma Ueebe near Bridgeport. John Eakin of Waco. Texas, who lias been visiting his brother, Hort here, has gone to Newport to spend a week or ten days. He will return t Dallas to complete his visit with his brother Hort. Mr. Bert Teats, a former teachei here, lint now of Independence, spent Saturday in Dallas. Miss Dora Hayes spent the week end with her parents. Miss Hayes is attending the Monmouth Normal. W. E. Shafer of McCoy was a week end visitor in Dallas. X. Pollack and S. E. Archibald of Albany )eiit Sunday in Dallas. Jim and Curt Hubbard left yester day morning for a fishing expedition to the mouth of the Snnship, ami ex pert to be absent a week. The I ailies of the Methodist church re making a collection of garments, which will be shipped to Portland on Thursday for distribution there. Miss .May Johnson of Falls City Iims taken the place of Miss Gladys M:.T tin at the switchboard in the tele, phone office. Miss Martin intends to remain in California and has given io her position here. The Herald, published at Hlfay. Baker county, says the schools .here. under the direction of Prof. Bones, are making splendid progress. Prof. Bones formerly taught in Indepen dence. 1 Mil. and Mrs. E. S. Longacre of Sil verton were guests of Judge and Mrs. J. L. Collins Sunday. This worthy couple is well and pleasantly remem bered by many residents of Dallas and Polk county. Mr. Longacre was prin cipal of the Dallas public schools twenty-eight years ago, while his es timable wife had charge of the prim ary department. Their daughter, Marl- guerite, who is well-known as a vocal ist and dramatic reader, is the wire of Mr. J. J. Connell of Connell Broth ers Co., Shanghai, China. The young er daughter, Anna, is the wife of Dr. J. W. Welch of Athena, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Longacre left Monday morn ing for their home in Silver-ton. They expect to start soon for a visit to their old home in Texas. Ralph E. Williams spent a part of yesterday in the city transacting bus iness in connection with the banks of which he is president. F. H. Morrison returned on Sunday evening from an extended visit in California. Mr. Morrison, who is talented singer, was very popular on the boats, both going and coming', for the entertainment his selections offer ed the passengers. t T. C. btockwell returned on Satur day from Bend and Portland, where he had spent ten days. W. L. "Bill" White spent Satur- day and Sunday on a business trip to Portland. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Strayer are vis iting Mrs. Strayer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cosper. Mis. Strayer had been here for several days and the couple will return home together. Miss Mattie Jannan was the guest of Mrs. Plank on a week-end visit at Salem, where they were entertained by friends. Mi's. C. L. Irwin of Monmouth was visitor in Dallas yesterday. Mr. Toedtemeyer of Airlie spent Monday in the city transacting busi ness and greeting friends. County Clerk A. B. Kobmson spun; Sunday in Portland. ' Phil Pnce was a Portland visiter over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gilbert of Waco, Nebraska, arrived in Dallas last even ing to enjoy a J'isit with Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Stafun. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert are enroute to the San Fran cisco exposition and before leaving Polk county will visit Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brobst at Perrydale. Mayor and Mrs. E. C. Kirkpatrick returned on Thursday from a visit to Portland. Mrs. Ethel Woods was a recent guest of her brother, Ralph E. Wil liams of Portland. AN IMPORTANT RULING LONG DRAWN OUT CONTROVER SY OVER HOPS SETTLED. After Farmer Uses Reasonable Dili gence in Cultivating Broker Must Take Crop and Pay. SOCIETY Stewart-Cleveland Mr. George Dun can Stewart of Dallas and Miss Mary Cleveland of Buell were united in the holy bonds of matrimony at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. William Ridgewav, last Sunday forenoon at 11 o'clock, the Rev. A. A. Winters of Salem performing the ceremony. Fol lowing a wedding dinner and the hear ty congratulations of those immediate elatives and friends who attended the tying of the nuptial knot, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart left for Portland and Seattle, wheie they will spend a few days before returning to Buell, which place they will make their home,' for he present at least. Mr. Stewart has been employed by the city of Dallas superintendent of its crushing plant during the past five summers, and is well and favorably known to a large number ot residents ot tins vi cinity. Miss Cleveland has long re sided at Buell, and is highly esteemed by all who know her. The young coup le havei the best wishes of all for a appy and prosperous journey adown he turbulent stream of time. An interesting case was that decid ed by Judge Hany H. Belt at Mc- Minuville last week, in which igan Richardson & Co., owners of one of Polk county's most extensive hop yards, were involved. This firm, which has a brokerage business in London, England, were the plaintiffs and Clyde La toilette, a prominent lamhill grower, defendant. Briefly the1 con troversy out of a hop contract made about three years ago whereby La bol left agreed to sell and deliver 30,000 pounds of hops to these brokers dur ing each of the five years then follow ing, at the price of 14 cents per pound. The contract had the usual provisions in it requiring advances to be made for cultivation and picking. No trou ble arose between the parties in 1913 because Dhe hops then were worth about 25 cents per pound, but last year the market had gone down and when it came time to deliver the hops the agents tor igan, Kichardson & Co., refused to accept the hops upon the ground that they were inferior. La Follette contended that the hops were prime according to contract. The brokers then demanded that La Fol lette should repay to them $2,100, which they had advanced to him dur ing the year 1914. He refused to do this and then the hop brokers brought an action for the purpose of recover- judgement against La Follette for $2,1UU. After the hop brokers had rejected the hops in the fall of 1914, and refus ed to take them, La Follette sold them for about seven cents per pound and the money he received from this sale, together with his advances, received from the brokers exceeded the amount due to him under the contract to sell at 14 cents per pound and left a bal ance in his hands due to the brokers amounting to $104.10. The jury after being out for a short time leturhed a verdict giving the plaintiffs, the brok ers, the sum of $104.10. One of the interesting questions which arose in this case was the con tention made by the brokers that be cause La Follette had agreed to sell them 30,000 pounds of hops each year tor five years mentioned in the con tract and he only produced 28,000 pounds in 1914, he had made a breach of his contract and could not recover anything. But the court decided oth erwise. The judge ruled that all the faimer had to do was to exercise reas onable skill and ordinary diligence in cultivating his hop yard and that if after having done so the crop was short and less that the amount men tioned in the contract the broker would be obliged to take it and pay lor it. lie land subject to entry in the moun tain districis is fit only for grazing purposes in- most cases. The central Oregon lands that may be entered by the homesteader are of the same char acter as those uecently brought under cultivation and which are producing da to 40 bushels ot wheat to the acre As yet there are no railroads in cen tral Oregon and facilities for market ing crops are poor. Under the present laws of the Uni ted Mates a homesteader must reside on the land three years before mak ing final proof. Because of the fact that there is little employment for men to be tound in central Oregon it is almost a necessity for a homestead er to have at least WoOO in cash in order to live during the three-year term, in these circumstances the Ckie- gon development bureau of the Port land Chamber of Commerce will ask congress to amend the homestead laws to provide that no Tesidence be required ot the entryman during the first three years after filing, but that he be required to cultivate one-eighth of the land each of the .first three years, residence to be required on the land for seven months during each of the following two years' SUNDAY LAW TO BE TESTED. Big Injunction A SALOON OF FORTY-NINE. Entertain at Cards Misses Helen and Gladys Loughary delightfully en tertained at cards Satuiday evening. rogressive r ive Hundred was played hree tables. Luncheon was served by Miss Gladys Loughary. The guests the evening were: Misses .Mar jorie Bennett, Pauline C'oad, Miriam Hart, Dorothy Bennett, Helen Casey, Maud Barnes, Muriel Grant, Hallie Smith, Knth BaiTett, Lucile Lough ary, Irene Barrett, Helen Loughary and' Gladys Loughary. Married Albert Linegar and Miss Hutoqua L. Cade of West Salem were united in marriage at that place on Tuesday by the Rev. Thomas I). Yarnes of the West Salem M. E. church. In the contest for a name for, tlte store recently purchased by C. L. Cri der from the Dallas Mercantile com pany, the prize was this morning awarded to H. C. Seymour. The name wlected bv the committee is "Crider's Eporium." DALLAS PEOPLE PRAISE SIMPLE MIXTURE Mauy in Dallas praise the simple mixtuie of buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc.. known as Adlrr-ik. This reme dy is the most THOROUGH bowel oi anser ever sold being even ned uccefiillv in appendicitis. ONE MMOXHh relieves almost ANY CASE of mnfttipation. sour or gassy stomach. ONE MINUTE after you take it the gasses ramble and pass out. Adleri-ka cannot gripe and the INSTANT action is surprising. Con rad Stafrin, druggist 6-Tne. Ill in San Francisco. Mrs. U. S. Grant, who accompanied her husband to San Francisco a fort night, since, is very ill with la grippe at Hotel St. Regis in that city. I CAN PROVE IT Reversion to Cowboy Days at Indepen dence Fountain of Remorse." In true wild western style, or at least as that style is represented on the stage, Al. Whitney and Moss Walker are conducting a saloon at In dependence in a tent since the disas trous fire in which their place of bus iness was destroyed. Whitney & Walker have long been famous as thirst quenchers at Independence, and by their business in the amber and dark brown fluids have amassed no in considerable wealth. The mere matter of a fire was insufficient to keep these venders from the sociable calling of Polk county, as well as Salem and other parts of Marion. Therefore, soon after the red embers had cooled off, Whitney & Walker were doing bus iness, a la wild west, in a tent. The canvas covered saloon is meeting all the demands that it is put to, but there are many inconveniences the owners must, put up with. The bar tenders are dressed in the stvle of a day now dead and gone. Red flannel shirts and rough trouseis, and a buck aroo hat, when hat is necessary. For the purpose of further ornamentation the bartenders wear cartridge belts, and have the prescribed unseemly handkerchief to go with the remain-, der of the outfit. A forty-niner would T . Tvxn indeed think he had awakened from a, THE CELEBRATED EEK&- Manufactory, Gets Against Law. In anticipation of a general move raent throughout the state to enforeo the provisions of the drastic Sunday closing law the Brunswick-oalke-Col lendar company pt Chicago, the big manufacturers ot billiard and poo, tables, etc., has sued out a temporary injunction against all district attor neys and sheriffs in the state of Ore gon, restraining them trom attempt ing to enforce the law and in doing so to close up all of the places of amusement and relaxation in which their products are in use. Although no effort has as yet been made by Dis trict Attorney Sibley and Sheriff Orr of this county to enforce observance of the Sunday closing law,, which af fects every class ot business except drug stores, they have been served with restraining orders from the Uni ted States district court at Portland, where the action has been brought to test the constitutionality of the act. Hearing of the case has been set for November 15. The complaint states that the plaintiff has interests in Ore gon valued at $auu,uuu, .fiu.uuu or which property interest is claimed to be represented in Marion county. EDWARD BIDDLE PASSES (Continued from page one.) rved in that office until 1907. He was for eight yearn high priest of the Ainsworth chapter of the Ancient Or der of Masons and was active in lodge woik foi many years. The lodge brothers ivifl have charge of the funeral and a brother will arrive tomorrow from Virginia City. Other members of the family live at Roch ester, N. Y., and the sad news has been sent to them. Mr. Biddle him self was the eldest of, a family of six children, but had no childien himself. Big Bridge Closed. During the high wind that, prevail ed yesterday, the inter-county bridge at Salem was closed to trathc, as per the recommendation of the inspecting engineer. SOME GROCERIES FLUCTU ATE IN PRICE WITH THE MAR KET; BUT, NO MATTER WHAT THE MARKET, OUR PRICE IS THE LOWEST. SHREWD BUYING AND A Bit, TRADE THE ANSWER. YOUR PATRONAGE ON TRIAL IS SOLICITED. PUT US TO THE PROOF. SIMONTON & SCOn Phone 18. 515 Court street. forty-year sleep could he take in the Whitney & Walker wild west show INDEPENDENCE HAS LYCEUM. Surplus of Proceeds Will Be Used for . Beautifying City. A committee consisting of about twenty members has undertaken to give Independence a Lyceum course this winter. It is backed by the busi ness men of the city and Civic Ii.i provement league. Season tickets have already been sold to cover the expense of same, and the surplus, if any, will be used for the Iientfit of beautifying the city. The first num ber on tiie course was given V. eiins daV night to a crowded hotue. The Puckner Jubilee singers rendered a pleasing and entertaining prolan:. WOULD CHANGE LAW. MANN SHOE Awarded Gold Medal P. P. L E. San Francisco, 1915. The Strongest and nearest water-proof shoes made. For Logger, Cruisers'. Miners, Sportsmen and Workers. Men'i Comfort Dress Shoes Strong Shoes for Boys Manufactured by SHOP EARLY Shop today we'll put your gifts away. ' OUR STOCK 13 COMPLETE IN EVERY MINOR DETAIL, AND WE WANT YOU TO INSPECT IT. MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS NOW, PAY A SMALL DEPOSIT, AND WE'LL PUT YOUR GIFTS AWAY UNTIL CHRISTM VS TIME. BY THIS METHOD YOU GET A SELECTION FROM AN ABSOLUTELY COM PLETE STOCK. See our Sterling Silver FlatwareNew Patterns MORRIS, The Jeweler Over 22 years in business in Dallas We Give the Trading Stamps COME IN THIS WEEK AND MAKE YOUR SELECTION OF WDTTER UNDERWEAR. OUR "MUNSING'" LINE SO WELL- KNOWN TO OUR MANY CUSTOMERS NOW COMPLETE IN ALL STYLES, MATERIALS AND SIZES WE ARE SELLING THE BEST LINE OF RUBBER BOOTS AND RUBBERS IN THIS CITY. LOOK FOR THE RED LABEL OR BALL-BRAND MARK. OUR HIGH GRADE LINE OF LADIES' RAIN COATS HAVE BEEN REDUCED IN PRICE. 'KENYON'S" GUARANTEED GARMENTS, EVERYONE BACKED UP BY THE MAKER, AND OUR GUARANTEE TO GIVE SATISFACTION. THE BEE HIVE STORE lift MINI,ECAUSE I IMW IT FIRST. l I'M A3 NEAR TO FT A1 lyOOARE. rut DIVIPM. I . I OR WRESTLE you J 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-BRUTOff COMPANY, 50 Unio. Square, New Tort Of NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned, S. S. Duncan, has been by an order of the County Court of Polk County, State of Oregon, duly ap pointed as the administrator of the estate of In in Dunn, deceased, and he has duly qualified as such administrator. Therefore all persons having claims : tiee is November 23, 1915, against said estate are hereby notified he from the date of the first publication of this notice. Dated this the 25th dav of October, 1915. S. 8. DUNCAN, Administrator of said estate. FRANK W. FEXTON, Attorney for said estate. Date of first publication of this no tice is October 26, 1913. Date of last publication of this no- and required to present Commerce Body Will Ask Homestead ' THEO. BEPGMANN SHOE MANU Law Amendment. FACTORING COMPANY During the fiscal vear ended Julv 1.1621 Thurman St. Portland, Oregon properly verified, to the nnders:gn:-d 1H1.V Fovernment land to the amount Ask for administrator at his office in the if 527.fiti8 acres were filed upon in, THE BERGMANN WATER-PROOF Oregon. There remain 15,442.178 SHOE OIL um of land subject to entry in this state. Mitch of it is dry fanning land in central and eastern ureson. Price Brothers, exclusive agents in Pub-! Dallas for Bcrgmann shoes. 69-tf. FARM MORTGAGE LOANS. Write to ns about terms, staving Court house, at McMinnville. in Yam-:01"" wanted and character and val hill County, State of Oregon, or toie of faim. location, etc. said administrator at the residence of FEAR & GRAY, Portland. Ore. H. L. Fenton, at Dallas, in Polk Conn-1 Temporary address 102 Fourth St. tv. State of Oregon, within six months T4-tf.