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THE POLE COUNTY OBSERVER, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1915. Published Each Tuesday and Friday, Office 617-619 Court Street Telephone Main 19 BY LEW A. GATES. Subscription Kates. One Year (1.50 Six Months.-. .75 Three Months 40 No subscription taken unless paid for in advance. This is imperative. Entered as second-class matter in the Fostofflce at Dallas, Oregon. OLD AGE PENSIONS. There is considerable sentiment in this country in favor of old age pen sions, and a considerable number of people who believe that eventually some plan of this kind will be estab lished in this land. It is, therefore, of considerable interest to note that Canada has gone ahead of us in this matter, for such a system has been in operation for several years in Canada, although not long enough as yet to definitely determine all its merits and disadvantages. In 1908 the Canadian government inaugurated a system of annuities which at first was under the manage ment of the department of trade and commerce, but is now: a. part of the postoffice. The object sought was to provide ;old age pensions for Cana dians on a voluntary instead of a com pulsory basis. Under the system now in operation no one can begin to re ceive a government annuity until' Hi- ty-flve years of age, although the purchase of such annuity may begin at any time. The annuity is absolute ly the property of the person lor whose benefit it was bought. It can not be mortgaged, sold, traded, or in any other way endangered. Every resident of Canada is free to contribute to and enjoy the advantag es of the system. There is no exclu sion on account of sex, no age limit, no medical qualifications as to health or strength. The annuitant pays what he can, when he can ; but the officers in charge do all that their official du ties will allow to insure the regular Davment of premiums as asrreed. If for any reason the annuitant has riot been able at fifty-five years of age to pay the cost of the smallest annuity allowed, his money is not forfeited, but iB returned to him with interest The calculations for this system aire based on four per cent interest com pounded annually, and no charge whatever for expenses or management, ,the salaries of officers and other out lays being voted by the Canadian par liament. Every postmaster has been made an agent of the annuity system and is paid a small commission on the business done through his office. According to the latest lxjpoii t the gov ernment has made 3,450 annuity con tracts, amounting to $700,000 a year. markable increase of our trade with Argentina, the same as with a similar increase of trade with other South American countries, is explained by the fact that the European war has served to cut off the usual sources of supply, so that the South Americans are literally forced to trade with this nation. At the same time, American merchants and exporters are not neg lectful of the opportunity which has been thrust upon them, and they are more active than ever before in solic iting South American trade and try ing to comply with the regulations and requirements which govern such trade. As a result, there has been a itapid and gratifying growth in the in terchange of trade with South and Central America, and business rela tions and business friendships are thereby being established which prom ise to continue after the European war is ended. That European nations will make a strong effort to regain their fotmer trade supremacy in Latin-American countries after the war goes without saying, and it is likely there will be fierce competition in that quarter for many years. The game will not be so one-sided, however, as it has been in the past, for Americans will hold ad vantages they never before possessed. They are getting a fine start in intro ducing their goods and extending bus iness relations, and they should be able to hold their customers and gain new ones, even in the face of fair competition. Comparative prices, of course, will cut a big figure, but even in this respect the Americans should be able to hold their own. JOKERS IN THE WAR NEWS. Probably Mr. Karl Wiegand, the American correspondent now in Ger many, had no intention of being hu morous when he recently quoted fler mnn naval men as expressing their keen disappointment over the failure of British war ships to "come out and fight." Mr. Wiegand says he heard this question asked repeatedly by the German sailors, with the in ference conveyed that the British are a bit timid about risking their prec ious ships. Now of course it is true that the British have been rather secretive about the location and plans of their boasted ereat fleet, yet every one knows, of course, that the Germans very easily could find and meet this fleet if they simply started to look for it. Nor is it to the discredit ot the Germans that they do not make this effort, for it is a further fact, known to all, that the Btitish navy enormously exceeds that of Germany in size, weight or armament and num ber of men, and that if the rival fleets came together the chances would be stronsrlv against the Germans. The latter are therefore wise in keeping their ships in sheltered positions and not courting disaster, from the very fact they would be compelled to face unequal terms. But it sounds funny, at least, to hear that the German Bailors are so anxious for the British to "come out and fight." And anoth er odd thing about this story is that the German censors should have pass ed it. Apparently this must have been Vlue to an excessive sense of humor, fk an entire lack of it. "GETTING THERE." Uncle Sam seems to be "getting there with respects to South Ameri can trade. As an illustration of how trade between this nation and our South American neighbors is being cited. During August of last year this country sent only about a million dollars' worth of products to Argen tina. For the month of August this year, on the other hand, American exports to Argentina amounted to four and one-half millions, or at the rate of fifty-five millions a year. Of coarse it is true that this re- v PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES. The presidential primaries which are to be held next year, for the selec tion of delegates to the national con ventions, already are commencing to excite considerable discussion and in terest in them will grow rapidly from now on. An actual majority ot the delegates to the republican national convention will be chosen in this man ner, and as the first selections will oc cur as early as March 7 it probably means that the work of crystallizing sentiment in the primary states will commence even before the turn of the year. So far as the democrats are concerned the task will be less difficult for the reason that unless Bryan man ages to cause a split- in that party there probably will be but one candi date, meaning, of course, President Wilson himself. But the republicans will liiave to choose from among a number of well-known leaders, each having his own following of admirers and supporters, and the latter will do their best to capture the early prim ary delegates for the sake of the in fluence it will have on selections to be made later. ' Eighteen states already have ar ranged 'to hold presidential primaries next year, and there is a possibility this list may be increased before the time for primary elections has passed, For instance, the Alabama legislature may make such provision before bd.iourusi while the legislatures of Kansas, Mississippi and Virginia will meet in January and it is regarded as likely that some, if not all of thee states will be added to the primary list. Vermont also has a primary law. adopted by the legislature last winter, but it will not become effective unless endorsed by the people at a referen dum vote yet to occur. However, as stated, there are eighteen states which surely will hold presidential primar ies, and they are listed as follows : "DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY" By J. A. Coleman. The above slogan in the hands of an astute business man, changed the whole practice of Christmas shopping and stimulated holiday busi ness as nothing else could have done. This man, with' the nerve of a Barnum and the judgment of a Wanamaker, grabbed the thought from the public mind and put it into big BLACK TYPE where "He who rung may read" in ithe newspaper' He backed a popular conviction with his coin and advertised the universal belief that it would be bet ter for everyone concerned if the inevitable Christmas purchases Were made at once while stocks were fresh and new and the choice was wide and ample. ' The result not only paid the advertiser as it always does but the whole county profited beside. This slogan has since slipped into practical use in every comer of commercial America, Excepting perhaps its fellow slogan, "Safety First, ' ' which reduced the accident death rate enormously, it has done more good in the world than any business phrase ever coined. It has been the means of discontinuing the time honored practice among many stores of keeping open in the evening a week or two preceding Christmas Eve. It has enabled manufacturers to prepare their goods and fill orders far enough in advance to insure clear store rooms long before the Yuletide candles were lighted. It prevented the disappoint ment of millions of Christmas shoppers who were wont in times past to wait for the more attractive novelties which turned up at the last moment. And not the least important, it saved the heartaches of neg lected ones who leant upon the broken reed of mere man's thought- That phrase, "Do your Christmas Shopping Early," was instant ly taken up and flashed before the eyes of the world through the med ium of its newspaper. Just as every other worth while thing is told this nation of readers by the ever present,, constant, reliable, news paper. Nothing the world does is done without ITS knowledge, noth ing you want the world to know can be made known without its aid. No newspaper advertiser who kept it up wisely ever lost money. The newspaper pays the advertiser. The latter merely invests in business publicity. The cost of advertising is like a phantom Zep pelin it never lights anywhere. It is a bugaboo made of thin air and a yellow streak. The common supposition that advertising expense is levied upon the consumer is likewise a fallacy. The fact of the matter is that the non-advertiser pays for it out of the business he loses to competitors who do advertise. Advertising doubles output;, halves overhead, divides selling cost and, by making two customers buy where ONLY ONE BOUGHT BE FORE, it creates a hundred per -cent, increase in profit out of which any business man can well afford to pay for his own advertising. MORAL FOR MERCHANTS: Advertise in The Polk County Ob server and do your Christmas BUSINESS early. RABID iRUDOLPH "as A LOT Of MEN WOULD LIKE v"TO SEN& THEIR. VNNES To WKOPE THIS SUMMER Ml X X. J I I I I I 1 I I ' II LU V r J I 1 w LUm ' - -Zfl L-lWF I iivjb VllI I AIHEH A STAR HITS THE BALL HE (SETS CREDIT- BUT WHEN HE HITS AN UMP HE'S fOT TO PAY CASH MJ OTHER THINGS A Rare and Curious Collection of Fact and Fancy. The Home Town Paper. When the evening' shade is fallin' at the endin' o the day An ' a feller rests from labor, smok in' at his pipe o' clay There's nothin' does him so much good, be fortune up or down, As the little country paper from his ol' home town. Anon. State Date Indiana March 7 Minnesota .... March 14 Oregon March 16 North Dakota, March 21 Michigan April 3 Illinois April 4 New York. ... .April 4 Wisconsin .... April 4 Iowa April 10 Massachusetts April 25 Nebraska April (?) Maryland .... May California .... May Ohio May Pennsylvania, May New Jersey... May South Dakota, June West Virginia, June 1 9 9 16 23 6 6 Delegates 30 24 10 10 30 58 90 26 26 36 16 16 16 48 76 28 10 16 Total 566 The next republican national con venlion probably will have 988 dele gates, 495 constituting a majority, so that control of the convention easily will rest with the delegates chosen by the primary states. Moreover, as not ed by the above list, nearly two-thirds of these primary delegates will be chosen before the first of next May, so that by that time the people will probably have a very clear impression of who likely will be nominated by the republicans. Of course, it is prob able that some of the primary dele gates will be bound neither by pledge nor instruction, but a majority is like ly to have definite instructions from tie voters who choose these delegates. This will mean that some of the most Advertisement on curtain in a Sa lem theater: "Vick Bros., Sell Au tomobiles and Fords." But Fords are not so different from automobiles that Vick brothers are not mighty glad to make a living through their sale. in these days of cold and sniffles. If you have any doubts about it, ask Oscar Holmes. He was with Joe Craven when it happened. HOW THEY FOOL YOU. Bill White, the rabbit-exterminat ing philosopher and gold m'ner, says: "Many homely men are popular with the beautiful women becausa of ihe contrast offered by such a match. That's why it seems strange that that particular phenomenon has had very little bearing in my case." A Warning. How doth the little busy flirt Improve each shining minute, And lightly go from beau to beau For all the fun there 's in it. Jean Wing. Men who are color experts are few and far between, but you would have to search tor many davs to nnd one who could not recognize the dark brown taste. Two Views. The stately fir on the mountain side; V alley rich in clover blojm ; Fabrics of beauty in glade and glen, Woven in Uod's great loom. The lure of the deep, dark woodland, The charm of the tender skies. Some of us call it Oregon, And others .Paradise. When it's raining, iraining, raining, Ana the sky is dark and drear. And all the world seems desolate, I here is naught of charm or cheer. Howls the wind on hill and moorland, In the sad and dripping dell; Some of ua call it Oregon, And others call it . F. L. Harford in "Once Over." Ben Werner, the well-known and good-looking railroader, has ordered another new suit of clothes and hopes that the vest and trousers will meet. Rome unknown person accepted the stureestion made by Rev. Bennett, at tended church Sundav evenin? and active work of the whole presidential1'1 ff Bi"-V Mi""'g nmhn,,la- the nation s big-bazooed peace propognndist is Colonel William Jen nings Bryan of the First Nebraska Volunteer Infantry. Now who'd a thoutrht that man might have been called to protect this great and glor ious country in the Spanish-American war! campaign will be done early ia the spring, and that republican sentiment Of course we wouldn't say a word in criticism of Oregon, bnt we've got will be fairly well settled long before f a sneaking notion that it is convention time. " (pretty comfortable in Yuma. Arizona. Bret Harte, in a famous and char acteristic poem, spoke of the Mongo lian thus: And for; ways that are dark for tricks that are vain, the heathen Chi nee is peculiar. And for ways that are dark and for tricks that are vain, the cata logue and mail-order houses are more than peculiar. . They will take a well-known brand of shotgun, say the Smith Hammer less, and offer it at $25.00. This gun they describe with a few lines and use a small cut or picture of it. Next page they will use a page with a large cut of their own brand of gun, and what they do not say about this gun is not worth saying. This won- Luerful gun they price at $19.85 and according to description, this gun is worth a great deal more, The reader orders the $19.87 gun, on which the supply houses moke a prof it of 50 per cent ; while if he had or dered the $25.00 gun they would not have made 5 per cent. But listing a well-known brand at a cheap price es tablishes confidence and helps them gain their points to sell their own brand at a big proht. It would set city people wild if these supply houses actually had val ues with style and quality. They would not need to leave their own cities to sell at the prices they quote as the city people would go wild over the bargains. But with style and val ue lacking, they dare not show their goods in the city, where the prospec tive customer would have the oppor tunity for comparison, but by cleverly worded and exaggerated description they make the country people believe they are offering more desirable wares than the country merchant keeps at a less price, and having no opportunity for comparison before buying, many people are actually duped. We know it is a fact that many ar ticles are priced in these catalogues cheaper, than you can nnd them in your home stores. Have you ever thought of the reason why that is ? It is not because he cannot get these goods and sell them to you at just as low prices, but it is because he is afraid to sell articles that have no merit, because you can reach him daily and expect him to make it good, because you expect to get goods of satisfactory quality or he may lose your trade. He is your personal friend and is afraid to sell you goods he cannot recommend. If he had nev er seen yon nor expected to, and was several hundred miles away and could get the money first and hold onto it, he would be in a different position. Remember we don't want to say that von can't iret goods from these customers, for we know you can, but these grades cost yon as could sell goods cheaper and every body would order their goods from them the local stores would soon be no more; you would then be obliged to send for everything. Remember, a store cannot be kept up with the small purchases if the money is sent away for the big things. You have then succeeded in ruining your home trade and you have then helped to build up an enormous corporation in some far distant city. Your home consumption and market would decrease the value of your farms, or houses would get less valuable, as you well know if a town goes back and the value of it and its surroundings decrease. Send your money away, you get nothing but the goods; spend it at home and it will come back to you in better towns, bet ter stores, better schools, better churches and better social advantages. Is not the building up of your small town more to you than the building up ot some tar-away city? Is it not a fact that if our tdwn had 10,000 population instead of 3,000 it would be better for us all? Would there not be much more employment; would not these people consume more pro ducts and consequently make a better market; would not the small homes with qne lot be doubled in value and even farms within a radius of ten miles be worth $10 to $50 an acre more? Then, it is only a good thing for the merchant or tradesman if you buy of him? Is it not just as good a thing for you 7 Membership Fee Reduced. At a meeting of the directory of the La Creole club, Dallas social organi zation for men, the membership' fee was reduced for a time from $10 to $5 in order to increase the enrollment. The club already has a large member ship, and is in a flourishing condition. TREASURER'S NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that all Road District Warrants of Polk County, Oregon, endorsed "Not paid for the want of lunds, are due and payable on presentation at the office of the Treasnrer of said County. Interest ceasing on the above men tioned warrants from the date of this notice. Dated Dallas, Oregon, November 12, 1915. F. J. HOLMAN, 73-2t. County Treasurer. GUARDIANS NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been duly appointed Guardian of the estate of Henry M. Belrry, an incompetent person, by the Hon. County Court of Polk County, Oregon. All persons holding claims against said estate should present the same to the undersigned for adjust ment, and all persons owing said es tate are hereby notified to settle same with said guardian. J. D. SMITH, Guardian of the estate of Henry M. Berry. SIBLEY & EAKIN, swer for want thereof, the plaintiffs will apply to the above entitled court for the relief prayed for in the com plaint herein, to-wit: A decree adjudging that plaintiffs are the owners in fee simple of Let 6, the Northwest quarter of the South east quarter and the North half of the Southwest quarter of Section 4, Tp. 7, S., R. 8 W., W. M., Oregon; that the claims of the defendants, or either of them, of any right, title or interest in or to said lands are void and of no effect, and that plaintiffs' title to said lands, and every part thereof be forever quieted against the claims of the defendants and all persona claiming by, through or under them, or either of them, and that defend ants and all persons claiming by, through or under them, and each of them, be forever barred, enjoined and restrained from claiming or setting up any right, title or interest to all or any part of said land. This summons is published by order of the Honorable J. B. Teal, County Judge of the above-named County of Polk, duly made and entered the 4th day of October, 1915. Dated at Dallas, Oregon, this 4th day of October, 1915. A. C. SHAW, Attorney for Plaintiffs, 819 Yeon building, Portland, Oregon. First publication, October 5th. . Last publication, November 16th. SUMMONS CASE NO. 4720. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Polk. Harrison is. Kiley and William C. Niblack, Plaintiffs, vs. Mary Aueri, Frank Laundry, and the unknown heirs of Joseph Augi, deceased, and each of them; and also all persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real property described in the com plaint herein, Defendants. To Mary Augi, Frank Laundry, the unknown heirs of Joseph Augi, de ceased, and also to all persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in and to Lot 6, and Northwest quarter of the southeast quarter and North half of the Southwest quarter, Sec tion four. Township seven South of Range eight West, Willamette Me ridian, Oregon. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given by the un dersigned taxpayers of Road District Number 3, in the County of folk, State of Oregon, who are more than ten per cent, of the taypayers of said District, that a meeting of the resi dent taxpayers of said Road District will be held on Saturday, the 27th day of November, in the year 1915, at the hour of 2 o 'clock, p. m. of said day, at the Auditorium in the School Honse in School District No. 21, in said Road District, for the purpose of voting on the question of whether or not an additional tax shall be lev ied by the resident taxpayers of said district on all the taxable property in said district for road purposes, under the provisions of Section 6321 of Lord's Oregon Laws as amended by Chapter 316, General Laws of Ore gon, 1913. At said meeting the resi dent taxpayers of said district will by a majority vote of such taxpayers levy such additional tax (if any) as they may deem advisable to improve the roads of said district. Witness our hands this 4th day of November, 1915. C. H. GILLIAM ' LEANDER CONNER CHAS. REES -J. FUDGE JOHN ZYLSTRA G. A. M'CULLOCH FELIX COMEGYS J. T. FRIAR J. J. ROBERTS G. H. RUSSELL I. J. WHITE W. H. M'KEE G. H.WOHLFORD G. G. REMPLE F. E. LYNN Date of first publication, November 5, 1915. 71-4t, In the name of the State of Oregon. you are hereby required to appear and much and answer the complaint filed against more than they do at home, with the you in the above entitled suit within exception of a few baits and leaders, six weeks from the date of the first There is still one thing to bear in j publication of this summons, to-wit, mind and which w think a serious on or before the 17th day of Xovem- one. er. ivia. Supposing the mail order houses And if you fail to appear and an- NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned as executors of the estate of John H. Ground, deceased, have filed their final account in the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Polk County, and that Saturday, the 20th day of November, 1915, at the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at the court room of the said county court, in the cky of Dallas. Uregon, has been appointed by said Court as the time and place for hearing of objections to the said final account, and the settlement thereof. ROBERT F. GROUND WILLIAM H. GROUND JOHNNIE M. GROUND Executors of the estate of John H. Ground, deceased. L. D. BROWN & J. R. SIBLEY, 67-5U ; Attorneys for the estate. The -Observer, a Tw1ce-a-Wek pa per, coma no more than a weekly.