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THE POLE COUNTY OBSERVER, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1915. Published Each Tuesday and Friday. Office 617-619 Court Street Telephone Main 19 BY LEW A. CATES. Subscription Bates. One Tear U-60 Biz Months .76 Three Months .40 No subscription taken unless paid (or In advance. This is Imperative. Entered as second-class matter In the Fostofflce at Dallas, Oregon. LOOKING BACKWARD. It is helpful and refreshing to oc casionally take a Jook into the past and read on the pages of history the thoughts and impulses that moved men in the long ago. It is especially interesting with the approach of the annual day of thanksgiving to mcdi tate over the hopes and aspirations that gave courage to the patriots in the early days of the republic. George Washington, John Adams, Ben t rank lin, Thomas Jefferson and the scores of brave patriots who lived in that early period had a prophetic vision of what this country was to be and in the public addresses of these men there were evidences that in some manner, they were able to foiiwee .the wonderful transformation that. tva.i to come because of the victories that resulted during the revolutionary per iod. There were no steamships and navigation was crude and tedious; there were no railways and travel was slow and laborious; there were none of the implements for tilling the soil sueh as we now have and agri cultural pursuits were confined to the bare necessities of the time; there were no factories and home-made ma terials furnished the goods for wear ing apparel; there were no telegraph or telephone lines and communica tion was largely by passing reports from one community to the other. There was nothing present to point to future greatness except the faith and courage of the men and women who had a vision of what tle future years would bring to this country. In 1824 Lafayette, the French pa triot, who had assisted the struggling, colonies in gaining their liberty, paid a visit to the young republic which he had helped to establish. At that time Henry Clay was speaker of the house of representatives and it) de volved upon him to deliver an address of welcome upon the occasion of Gen, IaPayette's visijt Ito congresp. fn the course of his address of welcome Mr. Clay said: -' ' The vain wish has been sometimes indulged that Providence would al low the patriot after death to return dividual growth and commercial de velopment to the great conflict in which they are engaged 1 A wan is the most wasteful business in the world. Not only does it smother in dustry and hinder commerce, but it destroys the human units needed in all lines of endeavor. And while we are at peace and reas onably prosperous, we should look forward to what is likely to happen when the world conflict is over. Will not our hoarded wealth be a tempta tion to replenish the lean coffers of the European powers? From present indications it will be impossible for the victor in the war to extract an indemnity from the vanquished. All will have been drained alike by the time the conflict is over. But with an overflowing treasury our country is likely enough to be ' a tempting prize for the conqueror in the strife. intermediate changes which had taken place; to view the forests felled, the cities built, the mountains leveled, the canals cut, the highways con structed, the progress of the arts, the advancement of learning and the in crease ot population, lienors!, your present visit to the United States is a realization of the consoling object of that wish. You are Tn the midst of prosperity. Everywhere you must have been struck with the great changes, physical and moral, which have occurred since you left us. Even this vety city, bearing a venerated name alike endeared to you and to us, has since emerged from the forest which then covered its site. "In one respect you behold us unal tered and this is in the sentiment of continued devotion to liberty and of ardent affection und profound grati tude to your dciwrted friend, the fatJier of his country, and to yon and to your illustiious associates in the Held and in the cabinet, for the mul tiplied blessings which surround us, and for the very privilege of address ing you which I now exercise. This sentiment, now fondly cherished bv more than 10.000.000 eple, will be transmitted with unabated vigor down the tide of time, through the count less millions who are destined to habit, this continent to the latest pos terity. " HOME MADE. According to a Washington dis patch, Mis. Gait is planning to make her own wedding hats. This, as the old saying goes, is "important if true." As the future mistress of the White house and officially the "first lady of the land," anything that Mrs. Gait does or plans becomes of wide spread interest, and when she sets a new style, or does anything out of the ordinary, it is bound to encourage more or less imitation. Feminine fashion and vogue, in fact, is largely a game of "follow the leaders." And because Mrs. Gait soon will occupy a position of exalted leadership she al ready exerts a decided influence in that direction. Therefore, when it is announced that Mrs. Gait will' make her own hats, 'after ti-ying in vain to find something ready-made to suit her taste and fancy, thousands of wo men all over the country will sit up and take notice, among them a large number who will .commence to won der, why they should not follow ,t he same plan. Of course, many women already design and construct their own hats, either from motives of econ omy or because they like to follow out their own ideas in such matters, but the vast majority are dependent on the professional milliner to pro vide them with headgear. But if one clever woman, both rich and a recog nized "leader," decides that bought bats are not so good as those design ed and made at home, it is very likely to lead an untold number of other women to emulate her example. And this explains why the an nouncement concerning the plan of Mrs. Gait is truly important. Hats are one or twe expensive items of a woman's wardrobe, and the. impres sion widely prevails that the average "stylish hat represents an enormous perhaps an excessive profit to the maker. If, (therefore, the avfcragle careless of national danger, And & ten-years or so, these critics of the plan predict, the "Continental army" will have dwindled away and all the millions that have been spent upon it will be wasted, Even if it were admitted that the army would thus "dwindle," it does not follow that the money expended would have been wasted, because all OTHER THINGS Yet not in either lies the curse 's because - know which loss hurts the worse A Rare and Curious Collection of Fact and Fancy. $ The Sceptic. Mv Father Christmas passed away , , V . , hen 1 was barely seven, the yo.ii.ng men who had been trained t tAnt.n .ii,...,i in aims would be ready for a call, to t .,. v f ,.... lorm UHf nucleus ot a volunteer army. ,r Nevertheless the danger is one to be ,e' ' considered. If the "Continentals" j- ou'd kno, cannot be kept up to the figure out- worse lined, tie plan will not have been en- htfy God or Santa Claus.' Service. tirely successful. J Lier finsetn says lie unci a terrible Nntwithstandinff the fact that time during the first year of his mar- building operations and improvements "f? ? in properly and resrtftilly of various characters have been al- P""""" " "" , , , u- , , i , 1 V IMS CtrlliUl Willi bUC XtUUHVi most at stagnamon point mrougnou ini at the aame time TetaiasA the tne Willamette valley aunng tne past moj will ot hv a;mDv address!. season, Dallas has more than main- ing the lady as "Say.''' "But after tained its reputation as being a pro- the first yean it came easy, says gressive city. A goodly number of Lief, "I just called her Grandma, rmiitpnnM rtf lYinHurn awliifochiml tip.-l " : i. !,;.,,..., I larey nayier, tue wen-Known Dacu- iiiii c elor, went into John Uglow's music d ocks nave gone up, twenty 'biocKsot week gnd J( in to street, improvements nave oeen roiu- p, a wng by a prettv sonsstress on pleted, and general betterments have t)le phonograph. So" John selected been wrougiu aiong various lines, tne prettiest singer or lus collection With improved financial conditions ct phonographic artists and she sau throughout the land Dallas will forge ' Abide With Me." And Carey made forward still more rapidly. Jolm Plav. " tw"e and then wen f uticK to uis own store unu iiuu ur "As a result of the war, we have Glass of Fashion and the Mold of become a great creditor nation, says the Portland Journal, S democratic newspaper. Form read poetry to him. Doc. Bollmnn still travels-in thnt The usual practice is to Lew automobile and we are still boast of our commercial status and waiting for that ride, because Breeze assume that it is a -healthy, normal uibson always rides with Hoc. star- condition upon which confidence can buck, and anyhow Doc. Starbuck's be placed. The admission that the car isn't big enough for two when war made us a creditor nation carries with it the practical admission .that the close of the war will end our Doc. is in it. portations. woman gets it into her head that by t hi- ennntrv ami tn contemning -tW "V ' OL M 4 j:-.- -i ...i.:.i. i j 4i.0 ht making she can both economize and make use of really original ideas. she is pretty sure to try her hand at designing and constructing her own hats. In fact, with Mrs. Gait set ting the example, it is not improb able. That the home hat making indus fry..all receive a remarkable impetus in this country, and that original styles and designs will multiply accordingly. ABUNDANT MONET. The snpply of money in this coun try is rapidly accumulating, and al ready it has given this nation a fi nancial prestige second to none in the world. According fo a report just is sued by the federal comptroller of the currency, the banks of the Uni ted States now ha a surplus reserve above legal requirements of $868.000,. 000. Under the new currency law this vast sum is surticient to base new credits approximately for $f.000.000,- 000, in spite of the fact that we have just financed a big European war loan and are likely soon to be called on to care for another. As the war progresses from day to day more anl more capital is attract ed here. We are practically the only great producing nation now, but the Tmtin naturally iriscj as to how lone present conditions will last. In other words, can such vast individual nations as Enelsnd and Germany de vote their entire existence to the one issue, and subordinate all their in-j old a'Sys of indiftWnee and become "CONTINENTAL" ARMY PLAN. Considerable discussion has already been aroused by the president's pro posed plan of enlisting a so-called "Continental" army of 18.1,000 men a year, the soldiers in which are to serve two months a year for three years and thereafter are liable to be called ontj for duty, in the event of an attack on this nation, for another three years. Such a plan, its advocates sov, will give us the necessary million men for a defense force within six years and at the same time will not make it necessary to enlist a vast standing army. Ilie very name "Continental" is regarded as a happv one, being leminiscent of the army under Wash ington which won America's indepen dence. And these friends of the plan believe employers of lalmr in large numbers will co-oierate with the gov ernment by allowing their workmen who desire to enlist, in this force to have flie necessary two months a year off without suffering in their jobs or chances of advancement. On "the other hand, there are not a few critics of this sugpestion. includ ing some who, while generally agree ing with the president s sentiments, do not regard this particular plan as entirely practical. They make the point that while the country is arous ed over the need of preparedness there probably would be a general re sponse to a call for enlistments, but they argue that when 'aee has again settled over the earth there will be a lagging of interest, and likewise of enlistments, which might leave this nation in no better shape than before. After the initial enthusiasm has wan ed, they say, emplovers will become less lenient to those who join the "Continentals," young men will be come afraid of- losing their join, or at least their equal chances of getting ahead in their places of em1oynienr. and if public will ship bark into its He Who Laughs Last. Boots" Kersev. the tanker, and advantage ana, witnin a snort time, watt. Vassall, the banker, ate iroin make us a debtor. That is exactly to the football game tomorrow to see what will happen unless we enact a the winner win and to pay the bets they tariff law that will have the. same w"l lose. We 've got a laugh coming effect as the war in shutting out im- ana- w"1 take it out on them atter tne victorious u. A. v. team gets through being, carried around on the a ..... . lino f a....nn..4.... The passing of Booker T. Washing- ' i-i ton, the foremost negro educator of Mark Ellis was to spend a month the world, is a distinct loss to his in San Fraicosco, but he came back race. Although his color was black alter one week. Mark said it looked he was a man amonsr men. and not so much like rain there that he only the south will mourn his demise, thought he best come home. U..I AU H. 11 TT. 1. J urn, me jmriu as wen. xxe uati at mi 3 U' i 1 t ft. A i- i - i a... it.. tf jti. . o i uMiiiunw aviAiL . -eves: T W compustiea more lor tne uputt or nis tu who wa. .;. tin"-f people man an oiner agencies com. fVyDt. and of whom most action! nhil. bined. The vacancy at Tuskegee in- dre'n have read, had fifty sons. Ev- stitute will be hard to fill. - ery one of these married daughters of Uanatis, and the bndes killed their When the president goes walking husbands on the wedding night in ev- he carries, we are told bv a veracious er.V case except that ot Lvnceus. Washington correspondent, a pocket-M1086 wie Hypermestra, seemed to Fl rA' npiLmKa tn fanA In fl. v ictwuiliiuie. J. HO 111 U I tieillls WlVe of which, the despatch adds, he ihT7 punishment, were forced to forever pour water through a sieve. very fond. AVe thought as much when, following the elections of 1014, he handed out- so many pocketsftil It may truthfully be said that Dave of crumbs to the democratic ducks in niiey of llallas is the father of Lin- congress. ton, one of the most prosperous sub urbs ot 1'ortland. Some years aa"o After discussing the partial restor- l4 tl,ere ""f1 instructed and op- ation of prosperity a democratic pa- ,lement t, wllich hag ..u. per says: "lime neals an wounds." increased until today Linton has a '""m 1 " .Yujf population ot several thousands. And that "a burned child avoids the fire." the plant established bv Mr. Rilev The wounds suffered by American in- has also grown until it is one of the dustry will undoubtedly be healed by big sawmills of that locality. Dave time, though many a scar will remain, tived of the mill business and came But the injured will not forget. to. Dallas to loaf, but after six months ui idleness ne became restless anil n.,Dot l... i.: .tt just to pass away the time and. in h. iw T-'fi J n,.; ii;i Mentally for further financial gain- c..:i r -i c i Ue commenced electing business says in big, boin type, mat tie win it ever since. His latest addition pot support any repumican candidate is the block at the corner of Main who was an active participant in the and Washington streets, which, when thett ot his nomination tour years luliy completed, will have necessitat- ago. eu an exieniiuure ot approximately 1,1100. John Bird has ordered a Webster's unabridged dictionaiy from Chicago with a view to ascertaining whether or not this column has been slander ing his friend, Bill White Unfilled orders on ,th books of the United States Steel corporation in creased nearly a million tons during the recent month of October. Which is another straw to show how fast our new proserity is growing. The Lincoln County Leader rises to inquire, "Are We Civilized?" Wc Better attend to that early sh ip- sometimes think we are. But our an- ping and have it over with. cesters are alleged to have been sav ages, and we are troubled with this malady. PRIVATE JONES NOT SLAIN. Mistakes and Omissions. The editor of a newspaper is not a spirit He does not know everything: he cannot see everything. It is impos- Report That Polk County Man Was siiue lor mm to attend every arrival Killed in Mexico Untrue. and departure ot trains, automobiles, p :,.. ir. i n, : . I, 4 4 1 l I . "ui.,. .4. o'.nr, tui; Allien' -..u-,,, ..v., . .. m, cumes can sodicr reported killed bv a strav and goes; he cannot truthfully say builet Hring the Mexican battle of turn, .c i8 . iuup.U- As:a j,,ieta a e of weekg agn ous or the bride b ushed when he was has written Xne itemizer tliat tne re. im iteu 10 . ..v . . aim eat ooiieo I)ort of Ms deatl, WBg erroneous. Two beans and fried bacon; he -cannot for- United States soldiers named Jones eer .. me mis, stone to see were wollnded during the tiehtine be- wnere 11 leaves us oiinien. and cannot (,,, n,. v.i i-;n. ... , , , 1 1 1 I V 4iv MM 1-9 VI ucuciaii iita possioiy print, everytmng lie hears. ad ralles. W. K. Jones was shot AS to me matter 01 small mistakes ,hrmi(rn the abdomen. and it was he in priming, or even giunng errors, wno died. Ham-Jones, who former- did you ever ngure tnat to set an or- i.. i;...i s,.,-, pit . 1 ; AAln,n Ac : iiinnn - ... ' ' ......,, i..,Umi. , ... rrp.i.cs J".""" n-ounded in the aim, and is now con sitions in which each letter may be iv,..... Ari.n H in. tl..i piaceo ana mere are over juiuriu .. trn K..r. cnances to make transpositions. In der were in the trenches about five tne sentence "lo oe or not to be." i,. A,,ri .k;i. h..iu. f,m K...1, o iiansptwiions aione it is possible Mexican armies flew over their heads. to mane o.ua,ia errors. Atter due consideration ot the foregoing, do you New Lunch Room Open. wonder why yon sometimes see an er- Willi. v,nir ,U mnH i.m.h ror m a newspaper! t-xchange. r,wm on Conrt street, next lo the uarry wooos necovenni. siartine lo satisfy the jaded appetite 1 He condition ot tlarrv Vt ooils in a manner tliat looks toward a ho was operate.! upon at the liospii- brisrht future. Mr. Finlev fomierlv al recently, has so creatlv improved ; had a similar eslahlishment at Fall that his physician. Dr. Starbuck. says City. He is an experienced cook. He the patient will be removed to his will caler especially to the trade that home within a day or so. . demands liciit lunches. RABID GVOOtPff ALL THEf fools aren't I ROCKlN? BCATS 1 Pk A STVTCH IN TlMe MI?HT SAME7 N(NE BUT NOT THE ST. LOOEY NIHE- 3! THC KAISER TREASURER'S NOTICE. Notice is lweby given that all Road District Warrants of Polk County, Oregon, endorsed "Not paid for the want of funds," are due and payable on presentation at the office of the Treasurer 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. m . County Treasurer. Professional Cards Olive Smltn-BlckneU Teacher of PIANO and ORGAN Studio 401 Court St. DALLAS OREGON GUARDIANS NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been duly appointed U-uardian of the estate of Henry M. Beirry, 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 & EAKTN, NOTICE. Notice is hereby given bv the un dersigned taxpayers of Road District Number d, in the County of Polk, 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 House 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 tor road purposes, under the provisions of Section 6321 of Lord's Oregon Laws as amended by Chapter Jib, 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 (i. A. M'CULLOCH FELIX COMEGYS J. T. FRIAR J. J. ROBERTS 0. H. RUSSELL 1. J. WHITE W. H. M'KEE' O. H.WOHLFORD O. G. REMPLE . F. E. LYNN Date of first publication, November 191o. Tl-4t. DENTIST B. F. BUTLER Office over Fuller Pharmacy. Office hours from to 11 a. m.; 1 to S p. m. Dallas Orega' DENTIST M. HAYTER Dallas National Bank Buiulding Dallas Oregon S. B. TAYLOR Civil Engineer and Surveyor Office, City Hall Phone 791 or 642, Dallas, Oregon BROWN-SIBLEY ABSTRACT CO. 610 Mill street, Dallas. Only up-to-date set of abstracts ofl Polk county. Posted every morning from county records. DR. A. McNICOL OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Booms 5 and TJglow Bulldlnf DALLAS. OREGON R. W. BAIXANTYNE PIANO TUNER Player Pianos Regulated and Repaired Phone 1774 H. LEE WILLIAMS CIVIL ENGINEER & SURVEYOR M'COY, OREGON ATTORNEY AT LAW OSCAR HAYTER Dallas City Bank Building. Dallas - Orecoa SIBLEY & EAKTN Attorneys and Abstractors. ' The only reliable set of Abstracts la Polk County. Offlcs on Court street. Dallas, . Oregon ATTORNEY AT LAW WALTER L. TOOZE, JR. Dallas National Bank Building Dallas Orecoo ERNEST HANSON Carpenter and Contractor, Wall-pa pering and Painting, Cement and Brick Work. 612 Orchard Ave. Phone West Red 63 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned as executors of the estate John H. Ground, deceased, have tiled 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 said day. at the court room of the said county court, in the city of Dallas, Oregon, has been appointed said Court as the time and place or heannz 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, 57-5t. Attorneys for the estate. Send It By Parcel Post 8end us your laundry by parcel post The ru.sl carrier Is no authorised to transact this business. It costs but s few cents. Well return It promptly DALLAS STEAM LACNDRT. tP" HEN in need of Athletic Sup plies, Flash lights and Batteries, Pock et Cutlery, Bicycles, Mo torcycles, Sundries, Blast ing Powder, Gun Repair ing, Umbrella Repairing, Bicycle and Motorcycle Re dairing, or in fact any light Mechanical Repairing, call on L. B. HIXSON, Jr. PHONE 1072. 315 MAIN ST. West Side Marble WorKs O..L. HAWKINS, Proprietor. MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES AND CURBING.