THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVES, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1915.
HELP ALONG SALES DAY
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETE FOR
SECOND MONTHLY EVENT.
Committee Provides Accommodations
For Everything That May Be
Brought Urges Attendance.
The importance of the occasion
makes it permissible to again call at
tention through these columns to the
monthly Sales day, which will be held
in this city on Saturday, November
27, and for which the committee in
charge has completed all the neces
.gary arrangements to make it the un
qualified success1 it should be. It on
ly remains for residents of the rural
realm to do their part and expecta
tions will be met. Farmers of the
county are urged to come to Dallas on
this day, and bring with them some
tliing they wish to dispose of. The
committee will afford all an oppor
tunity to drive their own bargains,
and failing in this the article will be
sold at auction without cost to the
owner. Attorney Walter L. Tooze,;
Jr., has volunteered his services as
auctioneer, and will sell from the
block those things given him to dis
pose of in this manner. At the Burk
& Shepherd stables, which have been
secured for the sale, stalls have been
provided for stock that may be
brought in, while ample accommoda
tions are afforded for vehicles, fann
ing implements, tools, etc.
This will 'be the first monthly Sales
day under .the auspices of the Dallas
Commercial club, Mr. F. E. Davis
having hitherto conducted previous
evente of this character personally.
As chairman of the committee, how
ever, he is devoting much time and
attention to the matter, and with the
co-operation of the rural communities
this day promises to become a per
manent institution in Polk county. As
has been said, other communities are
making monthly sales days important
events in local history, and there is
no good and sufficient reason why
Polk county should not. It can be
done if the farmers take sufficient in
terest, and The Observer is of the
opinion that the number who will be
present on Novemben 27 will be sur
prisingly large. A considerable num
ber of people from the countryside
have promised their support and co
operation, and with .these will come
others. -
BOWERS CASE ON AGAIN.
Fight For Custody of Child Goes to
Supreme Court.
After many months since the bill
of exceptions was prepared and an ap
peal granted, the much-discussed
Bower's case is to be heard by the
Supreme court at Salem on December
1. This case was tried before Judge
Belt last February and he denied the
mother, Mrs. Mollie Bowers, the cus
tody of her four-year-old child which
was in the keeping of Mr. and Mrs.
M. B. Grant. In his opinion Judge
Belt said that the child could' not
have as good a home with its mother
as with Mr. and Mrs. Giant, and he
ordered that it remain in their care.
The case was brought into the Polk
county courts from the juvenile court
at Portland, itie latter is saw iu
have taken jurisdiction over the child
in 1913. and that an order was made
by Judge Gatens making the child a
dependent and a temporary ward of
the court. Mrs. tsowers was given
temporary custody of the child by
another order of Judge Gatens, ac
cording to the petition for writ filed
by Mrs. Bowers at the time of the
trial here.
INVENTS EFFICIENCY CHART.
A. C. Snyder Determines Percentage
oi Accuracy Automatically.
It is just possible that a little time,
energy and talent have conspired to
noi-o A r SnvHsr famous. Some
time ago Mr. Snydery who has been
employed by the uiegon rower com
pany for several years, tired of the
task and waste of time necessitated
by figuring out the percentage of ae
otter rending- on electric liirlit
meter. He solved the situation by in
venting or constructing, with pen. ink
and ideas, a cnart mat auroiuaui-nnj
.rii-oa th noifentne-e of accuracy. The
chart is a simple circular design with
a conglomeration or ngures mar
,,ri otortlo most anv one except an
electrician or engineer. By placing
a straight edge on one spot, determin
ed by the meter reader, and reading
directly opposite on tne cnarc me jeir
centage of accuracy is automatically
determined. The chart is on the or-j-.
t th N,1 nilp. nr the old circu
lar slide rule, and for his invention
Mr. Snyder has received much praise
foom officials of the Oregon Power
company, electrical engineers and
large corwraoons mar nave hbjicic.
j ..J it, ohirt The contrivance
nuu u ..... .
is a great time-saver and from the
favor with which it has been received
mav come into- general use in the
work for which it was oesigneu.
Polk County School Items.
U P. Harrington and X. C. Maris,
field worken from the state srperin
tendent's office, each spent week in
Tit Minniv nwentlv workins on In
dustrial club work, visiting schools
during the day and talking with trie
children relative to this work and at
tending night meetings in the eommu
nitv at night.
The Industrial work in Polk county
M starting out in an excellent way.
W. A. Barr of the Oregon Agricul
tural college has also been in the
county the past two weeks and has
been working with the children on the
dairy herd record keeping,' in which
work many of the pupils over the
county have entered. The schools
now have the best enrollment in this
work that they have ever had. The
plans am such that the children are
taking great interest in it and it is
going to be much more profitable than
it has even teen in the past. . .
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
The following is a complete list of
realty transfers recorded during the
week ending yesterday as reported for
The Observer by Sibley & Eakin, ab
stractors, 515 Court street, Dallas: I
W. L. Barber and wife to E. H.
McDougal, lots in Dallas, $501.25.
W. B. Stevens and wife to Gudron
and Ole Elle, 2 acres, T.-8-6, $10.
John W. Orr, sheriff, to G. A.
Withee, 39.68 acres, T.-6.5, $3110.61.
James 0. Rountver to Louis P.
Beno, lots in Eagle Crest orchards,
$10.
' James D. Hubbard to Mary E. Hub
bard, 73.76, T.-8-6, $10.
Louisa Robbins to J. J. and E. E.
McDonald, 16.75 acres, T. 7-5, $10.
Frederick Gerlinger and wife to G.
E. and K. Rempel, 10 acres, T.-7-5,
$2900.
John W. Orr, sheriff, to H. G. Stone,
tract in Monmouth, $4724.39.
dear View Orchard Co. to Ada H.
Coleman, lot in C. V. 0., 10 acres,
$2100.
Julius G. Voget and wife to J. C.
and Iva 0. Clearwater", 34.33 acres, T.-7-3,
$1.
Herbert L. Stevens and wife to
Evan Evans, lot in Applebower tract,
$1.
O. B. Guisness and wife to Vernon
and F. Bennett, lot in Clear View or
chard, $10.
Helen Anderson to Mary Hunter,
lots in Dallas,. $10.
Clear View Orchard Co. to Wini
fred Johnson, lot in Clear Ciew or
chard, $1825.
Andrew Smith and wife to A. R.
Ford, 24 acres, T.-6-7, $850.
Emma K. Skibbs and husband to
H. H. Jaspcrson, lots in Indepen
dence, $25.
Clear View Orchard Co. to A. T.
Guiulerson, lot in Clear View orchard,
$1200.
Clear View Orchard Co. to 0. B.
Guisness, lot in Clear View orchard,
$1200.
Perrie Mark and wife to Max B.
Luck. 320 acres, T. 6-6, $10.
John W. Orr, sherid to V. H. Boals,
lots in Falls City, $460.15.
William W. Wood to C. C. Wood,
lots in Dallas, $1.
United States to Joseph Carmack,
patent.
John B. Fitzpatrick and wife to
Anthony Mnllaney, 10 acres, 1. B-7,
$600.
M. W. Mix and wife to Sarah E.
Nelson. 2.96 acres, T. 8-4, $592.
L. D. Brown and wife to Franr
Lane, 2 acres. T. 7-5, $1000.
James I. Hoopes to Naomi Rows
$10.27 acres, T. 8-5, $10.
S. L. Stewart and wife to Karl R,
Stewart. 20 acres, T. 6-4, $1600.
C. E. Harren and wife to C. J.
Brace, 26.10 acres, T. 8-4, $10.
Eliza J. Crowley to James T. Crow
lev, lot in Independence, $1.
Mary G. Lynott and husband to
Maude A. McKennon, etal, 98.0 acres,
T. 9-4, $10.
Caioline James and husband to Car
oline Ferguson, 312 acres, 9-4, $4000.
Standard Schools.
The following schools have become
standard:
Buena Vista, November 8, teachers
Mr. W. E. Buell, Mrs. Jrrstina Kil-
dee and Miss Marie A. Smith. School
board, S. W. Leonard, J. A. Reynolds,
J. R. Lov and Cleve Prat her.
Pedee, November 10, teacher, Miss
Winifred Glossop. School board, J.
H. Trueax, F . U. Kitner, Frank Shey
the and Mrs. H. M. Lacey.
Elkins. November 11. teachers. Miss
Edith Witzel and Miss Phoeba G
Denney. School board, G. B. Jones,
A. E. Tetherow, Frank Ijoughary and
E. A. Tedrow.
Oaknoint. November 11, teacher,
Miss Carrie Dahm. School board,
Guss Sperling. Edward Rex, J. G.
Arehart and H. B. Wolfe.
The Gooseneck scliool became stand
ard on November 12, with Miss Ella
Mehrling as. teacher and the following
as members of the school board: Mr.
White. Ed. Kircher, J. F. Rhodes and
Mrs. Elsie Bartlett, cleik.
Burton Joins Marine Corps.
James R. Burton of Polk county,
who enlisted in the marine corps from
the Salem recruiting office, November
9, has been accepted by the Portland
office and is now undergoing the reg
ular training of a marine at the gov
ernment barrack on Mare Island near
San Francisco. Francis J. Stewart
who was accepted by the Salem office
at the same time, was refused by the
authorities at Washington, as he was
but 18 years of age.
New Books at Library.
About sixty-five new books, a little
library in themselves, have been add
ed to the nearly 2800 volumes on the
shelves of the Dallas library within
the present week. The added volumes
include a wide range oi winjeeis wnn
a number of books for children. Some
of the new fiction included in the col
lection is especially interesting. .
J. A. Selig of Falls City wa a Sav
lem visitor on Tuesday.
DRUG FIEND IS IN JAIL
CORNELL PASSES FICTICIOUS
CHECKS ON DALLAS FIRMS.
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After Many Years of Successful Op
eration Salem Man is Halted at .
Command of Brother.
For several vears Shelley H. Cor
nell of Salem has been living an easy
life by passing checkB, ' signed with
his own name, and payable by hie
brother's bank in Southern Oregon.
The brother has submitted .to this for
a long time, but when Cornell started
another rampage in which he issued
checks when he had no funds and
cashed them with two Dallas mer
chants and with Col. Matthews at
Falls City, the brother called a halt.
At) first the brother refused to in
tercede in the wayward one s behalr,
but in recent telephone conversations
with Sheriff Orr he has intimated
that he would be willrng to settle fi
nal accounts and have the man turn
ed over to Federal authorities to be
taken to McNeil's island for treat
ment for the drug habit.
Cornell is a confirmed user of nar
cotic drugs, and was in a semi-stupor
from the effects of these when Sheriff
Oit arrested him at a local hotel on
Sunday afternoon. Cornell is confin
ed in the county jail and unless ac
counts are settled for him and he is
committed to McNeil's island he will
be held for the grand jury when that
body meets in the spring. District
Attorney Sibley has said that prose
cution will be carried out if the man
is not to be eared for by the govern
ment. Cornell has had no funds in
the bank which his brother runs, but
until the present time he has been
successful in getting his brother to
pay the damages from his fictitious
papers. The sufferers in this city
were pool halls, and in one instance
a check fori $10 was issued. Col.
Matthews at Falls City is eaid to have
cashed a check for $30 for the man
and other reports say that that dis
penser is behind about $100.
Cornell is about 40 years old and
for many years has been a drug
addict. He has fleeced his brother
out of many hundreds of dollars in
late years by passing the same kind
of fictitious checks that have brought
him to the bars this time.
"CRIDER'S EMPORIUM."
H, C. Seymour Wins Prize Offered in
the Name Contest.
On Tuesday morning a committee
opened letters in the name contest ad
vertised by Mr. C. L. Crider and se
lected a name for the store he recent
ly purchased from the Dallas Mercan
tile company, the one submitted by H.
C. Seymour, county superintendent of
schools, having the preference. Sev
eral contestants came near to the
title selected, but the committee
thought it advisable to have the own
er's name incorporated in the title,
this being an important feature for
identification. Mr. Seymour suggest
ion was "Crider s Emporium, ' Sug
gestions by others follow:
Ralph Morrison The Emporium.
Mrs, A. B. Muir The Dallas Em
porium. J. C. Talbott The Dallas Empori
um. W. S. Muir Crider's Department
Store.
D. C. Getchel The Square Deal
Store.
Mrs. J. E. Sevier The Bon Marche
Mrs. H. G. Campbell The Metro
politan, The Hub, The Ideal, The
Model, The O. K. Store.
Friank M. Bethel The Tradeatho-
mium.
A. G. Rempel The Square Deal
Store.
Miss Addie Gobot Bon Marche.
Mrs. G. W. Curtis The Old Reli
able.
Velma Curtis Crider's Busy Store.
Georgia turns. The Busy Store.
Eugenia Curtis Crider's Daylight
store.
lira Fishback The Quality Store.
Mis. S. Ouderkirk The Rock Bot
tom Store.
Mrs. T. S. Brown The Hub.
Edgar Miller The Dixie Store.
Mi's. Maggie Miller The Surprise
store.
L. G. Miller The Grand.
R. Y. Morrison The Emporium.
Mrs. C. B. Stone Crider's Mercan
tile Store, The Crider Mercantile Co.,
lire Dallas Leader.
A. V. Oliver The Criderion.
H. C. Seymour Crider's Empori
um.
Mrs. J. E. Goetz Dallas Empori
um. Nellie Ouderkirk The Good Luck
Store.
' Clover Seed Pays Big.
Farmers in Marion, Polk and Linn
counties sold more than $175,000
worth of clover seed this fall, accord
ing to seed dealers. One firm in Sa
lem alone bought 600,000 pounds of
clover seed in Juanon county and
500.000 pounds in Linn. The average
mice this year was 16 cents, as com
pared with 11 and 12 cents a year
ago.
No Rain Too Mncb Rain.
After offering up many fervent
prayers and beseeching all the weath
er gods to send npon them great gob
of rain. Polk eoantv farmers, and
many others in the Willamette valley
have their hands np calling for help.
It seem that the rain gods haw tak
en the farmers too literally in answer
ing prayers and have failed to turn
off the fawcett, or put a kink in the
rain hose, the continued downpour,
though it will eventually be for the
general good of the soil itself, makes
if minraKihlA tor tire farmer in ti
the soil. Before the rain it was tool
dry to till and now it is too wet. There
has been only one frost near Dallas
that has been generally noticed, but
it was so light that it did no harm.
What seed is in has mostly had a
good start. There will be great cele
bration if the rain will let nip long
enough to allow tilling, and the frost
will keep out long enough to permit
seeds to start.
WILL DISTRIBUTE SUNSHINE.
Dallas Knights of Pythias Planning
for Holiday Season.
Following its custom of former
years, Marmion lodge, Knights of
Pythias, will look after the worthy
poor children of Dallas during the
lrinsiurtu uuiiuajo, seeing it i.u
none have a cheerless Yuletide sea
son. At a meeting of that order Mon
day night Messrs. William times,
Walter Young and Fred West were
appointed a committee to carry out
the wish of the lodge, and after con
sulting the charity organizations will
make arrangements to supply .me less
fortunate youngsters with not only
useful presents but witn gins ior
their amusement as well. The Knights
last year shed a ray of sunshine into
several homes that would otherwise
have passed a cheerless Christmas,
their- good offices being without osten
tation or show, but of that character
that is all the more appreciated, and
which counts in the long run.
POLK'S VALUATION INCREASED
Assessments of State as Whole Shows
Decrease of $10,406,236.
A .WrAnae of $10,406,236 in the
state's total assessed valuations for
1915, not including public utilities,
which are assessed by the State Tax
commission, is shown by figures com
piled by the commission, as compar
ed with valuations in 1914. The to
t,oi vnlimtinn of taxable Drooertv in
.the thirty-five counties of Oregon this
year is $812,516,640, exclusive ot puo-
lic service corporations while m J.wi-t
tr, wol 822.922.870. While
there is a notable decrease in most
of the counties there is ail l. -.crease in
the 1915 valuation over that ot 1911
in Polk county of $224,120.
Invading New Territory
"R J Rernlmrrlt. representing the
Buffalo Brewing company of Sacra
mdnln f!n,li fnrnin. WAS in Dallas this
week making preliminary arrange
ments ton an advertising campaign in
Polk county early in December. , The
n.r;vn wmi.tv - will he i-'lrcularized.
The Buffalo Brewing company, ac
cording to this authority, is uie nrsi
to provide full quart bottles to its
nnetnmora. nnd exnecta to make this
point in its favor stand out in bold
llehef. It requires more than hve
ordinary beer bottles to hold a full
gallon," says Mr. Bernhardt, "and
in order to give the customer what he
nova for under the Oreiron law our
company has substituted full-measure
bottles for those formerly in use.
This is new territory to the Buffalo
company.
Falls City Adopts Budget.
The city council of Falls City at its
resrular meeting Tuesday night adopt
ed its budget for the following yearr1
and levied a tax ot 15 mills, the ten
tative budget prepared two weeks age
called for an 18-mill levy, 2 mills lest
than last year, but in the formal res
olution making the levy the amount
was reduced to 15 mills.
River Receives Ashes.
After, having been cremated ir
Portland the ashes from the body oi
W. S. Potter, who died last Saturdaj
at his home north of Salem, were yes
terdav scattered upon the waters ot
the Willamette river from the Polk
Marion county bridge.
AT THE DEPOT STORE.
On account of overbuying: Sny
del 's Catsup, fresh stock at 20 cents
per bottle. Standard Golden Syrup
large and small, at cost for shop
time.
J. C. RICKLI
A Rainy Day Need
Not Be Dull
Cheer up I Get to work
in a Fish Brand
Reflex
Slicker
$3.00
SH-rmcr MAT fittinff.
light, and water
proof, absolutely.
Reflex Edges stop
water from run
ning in at the front
Black. Yellow or Olive-khaki. -rw
Protector Hat. 75 centa PtS
A.J.TOWER CO.
BOSTON 'i--EW"
Genuine Sorghum
Molasses
MANUFACTURED TROM POLK
COUNTY CANE BY J. 0.
HUNNICUTT
FOR SALE BY
HUGH G. BLACK
GROCER
1 1E
Bouncing Health
and Active Brain
come naturally with childhood, but in later years
are usually the result of right living ;
Proper Food Plays a Big Part
Many Foods especially those made from
white flourare woefully deficient in certain min
eral salts which are essential to life,, health and
happiness. v
To supply these vital mineral elements, so of
ten lacking in the usual daily diet, a food expert
originated
r
QrapeNuts
This food, made of choice wheat and malted
barley, supplies all the nutriment of the grains, in
cluding phosphate of potash, etc., required for the
daily rebuilding of the body and brain.
Grape-Nuts has a delicious-nut-like- flavour- ,
is ready to eat direct from the package with cream
or good milk, and is complete nourishment.
(
There's a Reason" for Grape-Nuts
Sold by Grocers everywhere
CUT FLOWERS AI1D FLORAL DESIGIiSI
I HAVE ACCEPTED THE AGENCY FOR THE SWISS FLORAL
COMPANY OF PORTLAND AND AM PREPARED TO FURNISH
ALL KINDS OF FLORAL DESIGNS ON SHORT NOTICE.
FOR DESCRIPTION AND PRICES CALL AT THE DEPOT
STORE. CHOICE ROSES OR OTHER FLOWERS AND SHRUB
BERY FURNISHED. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
J. C. RICKLI
- Phone 744