THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19..191B.
WORK OF IDLE DREAMER
fieial, connected with the guard. The
efficiency of the company is higher
today than it has ever been. This is
not said to detract Irom anyone s
SO SAYS STAFRIN CONCERNING ;vork because it is a natural law that
improvement comes wnu ai?e, miu
REPORT OF DISCONTENT.
Company L of Dallas Repudiates
Statement Made by Correspon
dent of Metropolitan Press.
A mean and untruthful report,
without a leg to stand on in fact,
and emanating from the Dallas car
Respondent to the Portland Journal,
tells of alleged discontent in the
ranks of Company L, Oregon Nation
al Guard, located in this city, and
misstates the conditions that exist
here. Wheiever the gentleman, whe
added twenty cents to his bank ac
count by wilting the story, got his
information is a mystery. It certain
ly did not come from the officers or
non-commissioned officers or the lo
cal company. In the first place the
correspondent is in error in giving the
enlisted strength of the company at
73 men, when it really is only 69,
and has been at that tigure for some
time. That barely a dozen members
attend the weekly drills would not be
surprising if it were true, but there
aire many more than a dozen ito an
swer every roll call, according to no
less an authority than the command
ing officer, Captain Stafrin.. ' ' At this
season of the year every militia com
pany in the state suffers slightly from
. a light attendance, lie says. "Ihe
fall season is the season of upbuild
ing, of constructive work in the ranks
and it is customary that the full at
tendance does not report to drill. The
companies prepare for a period of
' strenuous work in the winter months
and at this time the attendance is as
good each week in Company L as it
has ever been in the local organization
at this time of year. Men have tak
en advantage of the fine fall weather
to stay in the field and camps longer
than usual, and to further account
for the usual email attendance the
armory here was rented to an evan
gelist for several weeks, so that drills
could not be held. There is nothing
unusual in the light attendance, ' ' says
the captain and the non-commission-ed
officers of the company. '
That a spirit of quiet discontent
prevades the company atmosphere, as
stated by the Journal correspondent,
is new to the officers and men with
whom The Observer has conferred.
"I have had not the slightest know
ledge of discontent within the com
pany," said Captain Stafrin yester
day, "and I do not believe that it
exists." If the quiet spirit of
discontent prevades the company it
must be unusually quiet, for officers
and men would have heard of it. Be
cause a militiaman is not in sympathy
with certain phases of state or na-
tional government does not mean that
his allegiance to a cause or to his
company or local officers would in any
way be effected. It is not evident
that discontent of one kind or anoth
er exists. It is true that there are
l some few in the national guard who
denote their disatisfied natures by
heckling, but this spirit is notably
absent in the local organization. Some
few men have expressed their person
al opinions, perhaps, of the adjutant
general and of some of his stuff, but
onmo ntAn. Ave lovnl to the cause
since the very day it started the Dal
las company has enjoyed a steady im
provement, which I am confident will
continue. We have in the eompany
some of the best young .men in the
city, and to think that they could
cherish any discontent is hardly pos
sible. They are loyal . and are hard
workers, always interested in the
company's welfare. '; There is noth
ing to these reports."
Koy rinseth, ru st sergeant lot Com
pany L, and one of the capable and
popular members of the company,
laughed at a suggestion of discontent.
"There is no such thing in Company
L," Roy said, "at least not among
those who are interested iu the work,
and I can say that there are very few
who are not working ,hard lor the
company. 1 he quiet condition is char
acteristic of the' season, and is not
as serious by any means this year as
it has been in the past. Why should
we caie who presides over the desk's
at Portland? We are interested in
and working for Company L, and its
welfare is all that concerns the mem
bers of Company L. ' '
THE CHURCHES
THAT MISSPELLED WORD
By carefully examining and
reading The Observer's week
,ly bargain page, which ap
peared for the second time in
the Tuesday issue of the pa
per, many people found the
misspelled word, which was
more securely hidden from the
casual gaze than in the first
issue. A number, as in the
case of the first issue, found
imaginai y misspellings, but'
those who found that accom
modation had two m's surpris
ed Price Brothers by their
numbers. "Accommodation,"
misspelled iu Price Brothers'
advertisement was the word
for which this paper paid some
careful reader one , dollar in
cash. Just to provq to the
advertiser that the' advertis
ing pages of this paper are
widely read we referred the
inquirers to the merchant in
whose advertisement the mis
take appeared and you will
note that the advertising of
the particular' merchant is
again founds , in, this issue,. The
appreciation the' business1 men
have for a good tiling keeps
them advertising in The Ob
server and thereby keeps a
spirit of life in their business
even during the very dullest
times. Professor H. H. Dun
kelberger was the first to pre
sent the correct spelling of ac
commodation to the Price
Brothers' store, and received
it lie dollar for his time.
LAND GRANT PROBLEM.
State and Railroad Company Discuss
ing Disposal Question.
The Oregon & California Railroad
land grant committees, named at the
conference at Salem last September,
met at Salem yesterday with a repre-
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The services in the Presbyterian
church next Sunday, morning and
evening win ue rro-manKsgiving ser
vices, and the subjects of the sermons
as well as the special music by t lie
choir will be selected with that end
in view. At the morning service, the
pastor, Rev. D. A. MacKenzie, will
speak on the theme, " Ihe Three Pu
lars of American Civilization a Free
School, a Free .Church, and a Free
State Plus God." Daniel Welister,
in his oration on the first settlement
of New England said: "Our ances
tors founded their government on nior
ality and religious sentiment. They
were brought hither by their high
veneration of the Christian -religion
They journeyed by its light, and la
bored in its nope. They sought to
incorporate it with the elements of
their society, and to diffuse its influ
ences through all their institutions,
civil, political, social and education
al. " Ihe subject at the evening ser
vice, 7:30 p. m., will be: "Thanks
giving Day Its History, Purposes
and Possibilities ' ' A plea for the re
vival of national religion in this re
public. The Bible school will be ad
dressed by Colonel J. S. Hamilton of
Portland next bunday, at 10' a. m.
The Christian Endeavor will meet for
the completion of its organization at
6:30 p. m.
Tire, third quarterly communion for
Dallas charge will be observed on
next Sunday by the Dallas and
Bridgeport congregations of the Uni
ted Evangelical church. Kev. S. S.
Mumey, presiding elder of Salem dis
trict, will be at Dallas at 11 a. m., and
at Bridgeport at 3 p. m. to preach and
conduct the communion services.
Quarterly conference at Dallas on
Satiuiday evening, November 20, at
7:30 p. m.
The subject for the lesson-sermon
at Chiistian Science church next
Sunday will be "Soul and Body."
Meetings are held in the Dallas City
bank building at the regular morn
nig hour.
The Ladies Aid society of the Pres
byterian church will hold a New Eng
land dinner at the church on Friday
evening. The lame of these dinners
has spread widely and the announce
ment of a repitition of the event will
be welcomed. The dinner will start
about five o'clock and the charge
will be 40 cents a plate.
The Rev. M. Tapscott's subject for
the morning service at the Baptist
church is "Living Tasks for Living
Men." In the evening "A (iood oa
maritan" will be the subject.
At the Christian church Sunday
Minister Howard McConnell will take
for his morning subject, "Fellowship
With Christ in Service," and for his
evening sermon, "Judas Betrayer.
The annual members social and
roll call wlas held ait the Baptfst
church on Tuesday evening with a
lairge attendance present. Reports on
various phases ot the church wort
were bo good as to be very encourag
ing and the splendid spirit displayed
by those who attended was probably
enhanced as much by the good reports
as by the fine supper that was served
at the conclusion of the program and
business meeting.
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Victor-VictroU XVI, $200
Mahogany or quartered oak
You can give a box party
to your friends whenever you wish
with a Victor-Victrola in youf home.
You can give them the privilege of hearing the world's
greatest opera artists, the popular singers and comedians,
the most celebrated bands and orchestras, the foremost
instrumentalists an infinite variety of musical entertain
ment, and all kinds in the same evening if desired.
And your friends vill enjoy it all just as much as
though you had really taken them to the Metropolitan
Opera House or one of Broadway's biggest theatres.
You can get a Victor-Victrola from $15 to $200 come in any
time and we'll gladly demonstrate this instrument lor you. Terms
can be arranged to suit yuur touvenience.
STERLING FURNITURE CO.
L has re-enlisted willihgTvI We do"
not ask, nor do we accept re-enlistments
from the very few who are
not in harmony with the majority of
the men in the eompany, or who are
not desirable soldiers. Every man
whose enlistment has expired recent
ly has renewed hit allegiance, and
that those whose time will anon be
.out will do likewise is practically
.certain. The members of the eom
pany are working for Dallas and Com
pany L, and for th entire national
guard; not for an individual, or of-
'lurkeVs W1IHMI limn mine uur
ing the present week to Portland will
bring raisers of the birds something
like $500. C. V. Johnson & Com
pany, who conduct a general merchan-
dnng establishment at chat place,
have been devoting much of the week
in making purchase for the metropo
lis market, paying 15 eents per
pound for all they could secure, some
of the farmers of that seetien are
holding for the Christmas holidays,
believing that prices will be higher
at that time.
AGED CITIZEN PASSES.
otable Pioneer Breathes Last at
Daughter's Home.
On Sunday, November 14, there
passed out a life that was notable
among the aemaining few Oregon pio
neers, when John C. Kruetz died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Emma
Anderson, at Buena Vista. Mr. Kruetz
and his family crossed the plains to
Oregon in 1864, and in 1866 moved
to Buena Vista, where he lived until
his death at the ripe old age of near
ly Vi years. Mr. Kruetz was born
in Prussia in 1823 and at the age of
twenty-two undertook the 27-day voy
age across the Atlantic to America.
He spent several of his early years
m this country in the eastern states,
where he learned the shoemaker and
soapmaker trades. The funeral ser
vices over the old gentleman were
held on Tuesday afternoon from the
home ot N. C. Anderson, a grandson,
and interment was in the I. O. O. F.
cemetery. The Rev. M. J. Ballantyne
of this city had charge of the last
rites.
and on part of the other. They are
lonsr and stout enough to be brush
knives, but for the want of proper
information the weapons will remain
more or less of mystery until instruc
tions for their use arrive. Among the
consignment of equipment that was
received Was a stretcher for hospital
work, and it is probable that Captain
Stafrin will detail a detachment to
conduct ambulance drills when the
men get down to serious work during
the winter months.
WOULD KEEP MONEY AT HOME.
Im-
SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSED.
Tentative Tax Budget Would be Ar
ranged by County Court.
Although the next regular meeting
of the Polk county court is not to be
held until early in December, Judge
Teal is considering the advisability
of calling a special session to discuss
the tax budget for the next year.
This meeting, if it is held, will take
place in the court house sometime
next week, according to present plans.
the meeting will be devoted to a dis
cussion of ways and means by which
it wilt be possible, if it finally be
comes necessary, to include in the
budget an appropriation for the cost
of Polk county's share in the inter-
county bridge. The entire budget will
be tentatively arranged, however, it
time pftrmits, and it is thought that
this plarV will alleviate the labors of
the judgeand commissioners at the
regular metjting when the budget will
be finally arranged.
Guardsmen Art Pusxled.
Members of Company L, O. N. G..
are at a loss as to bow to classify
a consignment of dangerous looking
tools of war that were received at the
armory on Wednesday. The equip
ment consists of a long and unusually j
shaped knife, very sharp on one edge'
Airlie Business Interests Seek
provement of Highway.
In order to keep at home trade that
is now going to Benton county towns
the business interests of Airlie, at a
meeting the other evenjng, appointed
a committee to wait upon the county
court at its December session and ask
a special appropriation for the im
provement ot about three and one nan
miles of highway south from that
place. The committee is composed of
Messrs. C. V. Johnson, G. A. Conn
and M. K. Crowley. The Benton coun
ty road to the Polk county line is in
excellent condition throughout the
year, and for this reason many rural
residents of that section of Polk coun
ty spend their money elsewhere, pre
ferring to travel a longer distance
over good roads than to .take chances
with being mned during tne winter
months. The merchants of Airlie
have frequently contributed to main
tain this highway, but are unable to
put it in the condition that it should
be, and are now about to seek the
aid of the county court in making a
permanent improvement. Ihe super
visor of that district has fifty-two
miles of road in his district, and with
the monev available from year to
year finds it a physical impossibility
to more than keep the highways jn
fairly good repair. It is said that
there is a good ledge of rock in close
proximity to the proposed improve
ment, and that ir tne county conn
would place one of its several rock
crushers there for a short time dur
ing the summer sufficient material
might be secwred at a (reasonable
charge to make the improvement ask
ed for.
i Henry Serb, DALlas.OREGON
PROPRIMTQa. . - , ,
THANKSGIVING TURKEY DINNER
Special Menu from 12 to 1:30 p. m.
and front; 6 to 8:30 in the Evening
Enjoy v real Thanksgiving Dinner at the Gail.
FOR SALE Span, mare and horse,
Belgian and Percheron, coming 4
and 5 years old. Worth $300, will
sell for $100 each. Jy 6. Brown,
North Dallas. . ' 74t-Xj
FOR SALE Buildings"1 suitable for
private garages. Will trade for
wood. R. L. Chapman. 73-tf.
2 World-Famous
Brands
FOR SALE Choice building lots, or
trade. Bollman and Staats. 73-tf.
WANTED Machine, cast and stove
plate Iron, bran and copper,' sine
and rubber, and rags of all kinds
In fact. Junk of all kinds. A. N.
Halleck, Monmouth, Oregon. 8tf.
Amity Elects Officers.
At the general city election of Am
ity the following officers were elected :
A. B. Watt, mayor; E. E. Robbins.
Richard Marvin and Charles Schaef
fer, councilmen; Soren Sorensen, re-
cordeil, and E. Vt. Kea, treasurer.
There was no contest for any office
except that of recorder, which was
contested at a late hour in the election
by W. L. Harpole, whose name had
to be written in on the ballot. He
was defeated by seven votes.
MONEY
proved
TO LOAN On good im
real estate. ' Walter Wil
liams, First National Bank. ; 62-tf.
FOR SALE Sixty-acre dairy farm
in Coos county; bottom land; halt-
mile from postoffice.; ,mile from
school; on milk route; good winter
road : good improvements. V ill
give terms. B. Folsom, fiail Hotel,
Dallas. -. ir.ptL
FOR SALE Potato sacks eheap 'Ew
ing Bros., Dallas; phone 19x15.
FOR SALE Fine pigs, six weeksTold,
J. D. Anderson, Dallas, Ore. 66-tf
Nora Burbank has returned home
after a two-months' visit with friends
in Portland.
BULLETIN
OXE CENT A WORD, THOXE 1.
FOR SALE Fine fresh Jersey eow.
seven Tears old. Price reasonable.
Cass Riggs Soath Red 15. 75-tf.
NOTICE OP APPOINTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATOR. Hi
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, o. 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 Irvin Dunn, deceased, and-j
he has duly qualified as such adminis
trator. Therefore all persons having claims
against said estate are hereby notified
and required to present the same
properly verified, to the undersigned
administrator at his office in the
Court house at McMinnville, in Yam
hill County, State of Oregon, or to
said administrator at the residence of
R L. Kenton, at Dallas, in Polk Coun
ty, State of Oregon, within six months
from the date of the first publication
of this notice.
Dated this the 23th day of October,
1915. S. S. DUNCAN,
Administrator of said estate
FRANK W. FENTON,
Attorney for said estate.
Date of first publication of this no
tice is October 26, 1915.
Date of last publication of this no-i
tic is November 23, 1915.
Each thm hst vf U cou. 2
tpltndid grain at 2 diffmM
prices.
Old Master
and
San Marto
Coffee
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DALLAS MEAT COMPANY.
Read the advertisements.
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When We Hand
You Our Estimates
of the cost of the lumber you requirt
yon can depend upon it that tha Ag
ar! will be as low as fint-claaa, mil
aeaaoned lumber can b told for hon
atly. If yon pay mora yon pay too
nch. If yon Py leas yon get leas
either la tnxlity or quantity.
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