THE POLK COUNTY nmmHTER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1916
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
5TH ANNUAL COUNTY FAIR TO
OPEN WEEK FROM TUESDAY
Address by Governor, Auto and
Stock Parades, Judging Con
tests Are Features.
.The program for the fifth annual
Polk County Fair, to be held in Dal
las froni September 19th to 21st, in
clusive, has been announced by the
secretary, Mrs. Winnie Braden, and
included features which will make
this year's show one of the best and
most interesting ever held. Balloon
ascensions each day, an automobile
parade on Tuesday and a stock par
ade on Wednesday, an address by
Governor Withyeombe, stock judging
contests, band concerts, singing by
Mrs. Hallie Parrish Hinges of Sa
lem and acrobatic feats by the Ar
nold Amusement company, comprise
a few of the features of this year's
exhibit.
Following is the complete program
for the three days:
TUESDAY
10 a. m. Balloon ascension.
1 p. m. Automobile parade.
2 p. m. Address by Governor
Withyeombe.
2:30 p. m. Vocal solo, Hallie Par
rish Hinges. '
3 p. to. High dive by Captain
Henry Kerns.
3:30 p. m. High wire walkers.
4 p. m. Flying Trapeze and La
Schell act.
4:30 p. m. Slide for life by Wbn
gowed Wonder. '
7 p. m. Band concert.
8 p. m. Vocal solo, Hallie Parrish
Hinges.
WEDNESDAY
10 a. m. Balloon ascension.
1 p. m. Stock parade.
2 p. m. Boys' and girls' saddling
and riding contest. Premiums to be
given by the Bank of Falls City.
3 p. m. Vocal solo, Hallie Parrish
Hinges.
3:30 p. m. High dive by Captain
Henry Kerns.
4 p. m. High wire walkers.
4:30 p. m. Flying trapeze and La
Schell act.
5 p. m, Slide for life by Won
gowed Wonder. .
7 p. m. Band concert.
8 p. m. Vocal solo, Hallie Parrish
Hinges. i ,
THURSDAY
10 a. m. Balloon ascension.
1 p. m. Stock judging contest.
Dairy cattle judging open to every
boy and girl of school age in Polk
county. Premiums offered by the bus
iness man of Periydale. First, trip
to State tair and .$2; second, $2.50;
third, ifl.50; fourth. $1; fifth, 50c.
3 p. m. Vocal solo, Hallie Parrish
' Hinges.
3:30 p. m. High dive by Captain
Henry Kerns.
4 p. m. High wire walkers.
4:30 p. m. flying trapeze and La-
Schell act.
5 p. m. Slide for life by Won
gowed Wonder.
7 p. m. Band concert.
8 p. m. Vocal solo. Hallie Parrish
Hinges.
an expert travels from farm to farm,
spending usually one day at a place.
Each cow's milk is weighed and test
ed, as is her feed. An account is op
ened in the ledger for each animal
and at the end of the year the profit
or loss of each one can be ascertained.
The heifers of good cons should be
selected and the poon- cows should go
to the slaughterhouse, otherwise they
may be the means of ruining the own"
er's business. -A cow-testing associa
tion is a co-operative organization
with local otlicers, and one that can be
of use also for advertising the sale of
cattle. The results obtained with such
advertising have often been remark
able. Dairvmen and breeders are cer
tain to be interested in such a move
ment for the bettering of the busi
ness. At u(i esent about 350 of the organi
zations keep the records for abom
150,000 cows owned bv about 7,500
farmers. These men are realizing the
benefits of co-operation. The dairy
business is well adapted for co-operative
organization, and concerted ef
fort by dairymen usually means much
greater profits on milk and cream
through the elimination of waste, the
application of more economical meth
ods of production and manufacture,
and the development of more produc
tive cows.
County Fair Notes.
W. O. Morrow of Rickreall, Frank
Longhary and G. G. Hewett of Mon
mouth and McArthur and Stauff of
Rickreall have entered dairy cattle
for competition.
John M. Scott, general passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific lines in
Oregon, and Ben W. Olcott, secretary
of state, have acknowledged receipt
of their special tickets and have
promised to speak to county fair audiences.
County School Superintendent Rey
nolds and County School Supervisor
Moore report a keen interest on the
part of the school children through
out the county in preparation of ex
hibits for the fair. The two officials
covered the entire county the first
four days of the week.
HOPS BADLY DAMAGED
RAIN HAS CAUSED MOULD AND
HONEY DEW.
Some Yards Will Not Start, Others
Pick But Part River Growers
Most Discouraged.
With prices disgustingly low be
tween six and eight, with mould and
houev dew attacking the hops and
more rain, the lot of the hop grower
is not an enviable one this year. The
most disgusting part of it to some of
the lion men is that the hops are big
and fine, and just turning black. C.
L. Cridcr's yard is in this latter class.
Some yards, particularly along the
river, will not start picking; others
will pick a kiln full and call it good.
Last night's heavy shower has fur
ther discouraged the hop men and
picking today started with a lack of
interest.
Over in the Independence section
where hops are the big crop, it is ex
pected that not over 50 per cent will
be harvested this year. The low price
is responsible for non-activity in sev
eral yards, while others will not pick
because of the bad condition of the
hops.
Court House News.
The Oregon Hop Growers' associa
tion has purchased the 1916 crop from
the following county growers: B. R.
Oliver, L. H. Carufel, H. Laliberty
and Lloper Brothers. Oliver has a
ten-acre yard six miles north of Sa
lem; Carufel has 16 acres one and a
half miles south of Independence,
known as the George Ruef farm ; Lal-
iberty 'has ten acres in hops on his
place near Independence; Slopei
Brothers have 72 acres six miles
south southeast of Independence.
Judge Belt has dismissed, without
costs to either party, the case of H.
Horenstein vs. Dottie Phelps and
Harry G. Phelps.
Pack Prunes October First.
The J. K. Armsby company is ex
pecting to start up its big prune
packing plant i Dallas about the first
of October, and it now seems prob
able that the pack this season will
run between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000
pounds. Prunes were never better
than this year; all conditions have
been favorable to their growth, and
with continued good conditions dry
ing will start in the orchards by (lie
15th of the month. The price has been
running between six and seven cents
to growers this year and at this rate
the prune crop will bring very profit
able returns.
After being started the supply of
raw material should be governeu u,
t, ..,,Uv of the rilant and will ui
determined by the treatment accorded
the grower by the management. The
development of a labor supply should
he a natural one ana wnu iuci...s
,.;im.,l facilities favorable transput'
i,:., n.i;i;,,ns should be worked
out.
The successful production of traits,
berries, veaetables and root crops de
mand the highest type of intensive,
culture. Small tracts can be maae iq
nroduce as much income as many ot
tlio nresent larse faiins. To secure
best results irrigation and fertiliza
tion will be resorted to in many
CflSCS.
The dividing of our large farms
into small tracts that will provide
homes and incomes for many fami
lies, increasing the population den
sity of the territory tributary to
Dalla9 will automatically add to the
population and business development
of Dallas. A look into the future
shows many of the "little farms" in
that part of the Willamette valley
adjacent to Dallas. But to reach this
state of development it is absolutely
necessary to provide a market for
the potential products of the "little
farm" and it would seem that Dallas
should be able to meet the five re
quirements necessary for the logical
answer a cannery.
R. U. STEELQUIST.
CONGRESS QUITS TODAY
WITH AGREEMENT ON REVE
NUE BILL SOLONS REST.
Senators and Representatives
Home, Happy as Children Re
leased From School.
Go
Smithfield Warehouse Ready.
The warehouse of the Smithfield
Co-operative Exchange is ready and
all that is now needed is the license
from the county court. The Exchange
will do a general warehouse business.
CO-OPERATIVE DAIRYING PAYS
Elimination of Waste and More Eco
nominal Production are Results.
There are so many leaks in the
dairy business that only by the use of
the best business principles can it be
made permanently profitable. Indi
vidual cows must each make a profit
. over the cost of feed: this can lie de
termined only by weighing each cow's
milk and the feed that she consumes.
The old argument that the best cows
are known may have some foundation,
but few men know the jxiorest cows,
and the latter go to make up the av
erage as well as the good cows. No
dairy is better than its average pro
duction." If this is too low, the herd
is not paying a profit. Business prin
ciples must therefore be applied to
lowering the cost of milk production.
Efficiency is as much a necessity on
the farm as in the factory. Few men
feed their cows in proportion to the
quantity of milk prodm-ed. yet what
could be more simple and more nearly
right? With little regard for her
needs, feed is put before the cow Jn
plenty if it is cheap and in less quan
tity if the pjrice is high. Cows use
about fiO per eent of their feed merely
to keep their bodies working, and it
is the quantity that is fed above this
fixed necessity that furnishes the ma
terial for the milk. Too often the
dairyman says "I would do all the
up-to-date things if I had the time."
Can the storekecer afford to run his
business without keeping books? Yet
that is what the farmer is doing.
Working in eo-operat ion, dairymen
can obtain the benefits of business
methods at a vey small cost through
the organization of a cow-testing as
sociation. An organization of this
kind that hire an expert to deter
mine the teed cst of milk or fat pro
duction for each cow in the herds of
the members isf easily possible. Such I
The Seal Ring,
The seal ring dates back to the days
of the Old Testament, and products of
tue glyptic art, as gem engraving was
called, were known In the most remote
times. In Exodus xxvtli, 17-20. men
tlon Is made of the following stones,
upon which the names of the twelve
children of Israel were engraved: The
sardius, the topaz, the carbuncle, the
emerald, tlie sapphire, the diamond.
the llguro, the agaie. the amethyst
beryl, onyx and Jasper. In verse 2
of the same chapter we find mention
of the engraving of signets upon the
hardest stones. It is believed that the
Egyptians instructed the Israelites In
the art of stone engraving. The Egyp.
tians used the lapidary's wheel and
emery powder and knew the use of
the diamond In engraving other hard
stones. Among the Assyrian and
Babylonian ruhis were found One spec
imens of signets on gems, many of
them set In rings.
Dublin Cattle.
Dublin castle has a history of over
seven centuries, for It was King John
who in 1204 ordered it to be built, "well
fortified, with good fosses and thick
walls strong enough to defend or con
trol the city." Henry III., when about
to visit Ireland in 1243. ordered the ad
dltlon of a hall, "with sulBclent win
dows and glass casements." and other
Improvements were made in succeed
ing reigns, particularly by the Duke of
Clarence, son of Edward III., who as
viceroy spent much money on the cas
tle to make it convenient (as bis father
complained when railed niion to payl
"for, his sports nnd other pleasures."
London Standard.
MAINTENANCE OF
AMERICAN RIGHTS.
Had this government by the
use of both informal and formal
diplomatio opportunities loft no
doubt that when we said "strict
accountability" we meant pre
cisely what we eaid and that we
' should unhesitatingly vindicate
that position I am confident
that there would have been no
destruction of American lives by
the sinking of the Lueitania.
There we had ample notice in
fact, published notice. Further
more, we knew the situation, and
we did not require specifio no
tice. Instead of whittling away
our formal statements by equiv
ocal oonvereations, we needed
the straight, direct and decisive
representations which every dip
lomat and foreign office would
underetand. I believe that in
this way we should have been
epared the repeated assaults on
American lives. Moreover, a firm
American policy would have been
etrongly supported by our people
and the opportunities for the de
velopment of bitter feeling would
have been vastly reduced. From
Mr. Hughes' Speech of Acceptance.
Another for the Cannery.
I believe Dallas' greatest need
re present time, is a well equipped
rannerv. iMtuiiteil as it is, Dallas is
Mi-rmmidcd bv numerous small land
holders who are not possessed
enough land to make a living by rais
ing grain or stock. These men niusi
of necessity, spend n portion of the
year working away hum their own
land in order to support their fami
lies. A well equipped cannery at Dal
las would enable these people to nil
lize their very rich soil in the pro
duction of small fruits and vegetables.
There are many different kinds of
bind in close proximity to Dallas,
which would make it possible to raise
almost, every kind of fruit or vege
table handled by a cannery. Such an
institution would make prosperous
small farmers out of the men who are
now casting about in a futile attempt
to gain a livelihood; it would fur
nish lucrative employment, not onlv
to people within the city, but would
also turn to profitable labor the time
of many women and children in the
surrounding districts.
A prosperous farming community
will certainly add to the prosperity of
its commercial center, therefore 1
believe a cannery to be the greatest
industrial need of this connminitv.
A. B. STAR BCCK.
WHAT DALLAS NEEDS
Realistic Play.
"Can't you children play without con
tinually ringing the doorbell r asked
mother, who had been trying in vain to
get an afternoon nap.
"Xo. mother." said Alice. "It's quite
Impossible. You see. Edith and I are
playing house, and Freddie Is the col
lector."-SL Louis Post Dispatch.
Long Time Between Showers.
In liii ruin foil in the nitrate terri
tory of Chile for the first time in near
ly nair a eniiiry. and for the first
time In man' tm-mory tbe coast towns
were free from dust
Enough Said.
"Thrifty, is s!ie;'
"Thrifty! won't go Into a long dis
course. I roerclv tell roe that she
banks money tn Iwx-emlier."
Just as .mo are nlwj at flndlna
fknlts yon are displeased at ODdtn
perfection - l-eratrr
Says Cannery is Needed.
Industrial and agricultural devel
opment are probably the keys to the
development of a greater Dallas and
when one industry can directly ac
complish both of these results it3
claim for attention should merit some
serious consideration.
Mr. Fuller, in the. Observer of Sep
tember fifth has suggested that a can
ning and preserving industry be de
veloped and that seems a promising
field.
To the writer the five essential
for a cannery project in the order of
their importance seems tn be: a ean-
abl management, adequate capital, a
sufficient and reliable supply of raw
materials, a pood labor market .and
economical transportation facilities.
I pon the management devolves iln
risk of capital, the production of
class A product, the marketing of the
output, and perhaps most important
of all, tactful dealings with the
growers to insure proper plantings
ana the enpply of raw materials in
the quantities and of the qualities de
sired for full capacity operation of
the plant. Proper capitalization
should provide a complete plant with
the best equipment, furnish funds
for purchase of supplies and for the
most satisfactory results, should per
mit of cash payment in full for the
raw materials as delivered to the
plant
CHLOROFORM IN SURGERY.
The Horrors That Were Stopped by Ite
Use ae an Anaesthetic,
Sir James Simpson, who was con
nected with the medical department of
Edinburgh university, If not actually
the discoverer of chloroform, was at
any rate the first to introduce Its em-
pity meat as an anaesthetic into sur
gical practice. This wns in 1848.
Previously all operations were per
formed without anaesthetics, the pa
tient being drugged with whisky and
held down by strong men while the op
"""" wus Pcrrormed. No medical
discovery ever did more to alleviate
uuiuau Buuenng.
Sir James Is generally given credit for
the actual discovery of chloroform, but
it is stated in some works that it was
discovered some years previous to his
first experiments by an American doc
tor named Guthrie and by a French
Physician named Souberian. In any
case, it was Dr. Simpson who proved
ts great value as an anaesthetic, and
the room in which he made his first ex
periments stiU exists In Edinburgh
chloroform on himself and two medical
. lo3- They proved "8 efHcy by
toultaneonsly falling beneath Ve
LJ t James had siderable
Prejudice to overcome before chloro
form was adopted generally by the
meaieal profession, it being denounced
at one time as dangerous to health,
momh, and rellgioI, Pea
Congress adjourned tit ten this
morning after nine months labor.
Protruded sessions in both houses
last night to approve the conference
agreement on the emergency revenue
hill to raise approximately $200,000,
000 needed by the administration to
meet the extraordinary appropria
tions for national defense and the
Mexican crisis, were held. Eager to
iich home to visit their families and
constituents, congressmen began leav
ing Washington on the midnight
trains last night. The coming politi
cal campaign is drawing many who
want to be on the ground to take cure
of their fences.
The revenue bill as it went to Pres
ident Wilson for approval today eon-
tains drastic provisions empowering
I lie president to retaliate against foi
eign interference with American com
merce, creates a non-partisan tariff
commission, increases the duties on
dyestutl's to encourage their manufac
ture in the United States, provides
means to prevent dumping of cheap
foreign-niaile goods into American
markets after the war, and provides
for income, (inheritance, munitions,
corporation stock, liquor and miscel
laneous iulerual revenue tuxes.
During consideration of the report
in the senate, Senator Chamberlain
protested vigorously against elimina
tion by the conference committee of
a retaliatory provision ngainst Cnna-
linn control of Pacific coast fisheries,
and Representative Gardner of Mas
sachusetts, enlivened the house with
hitter denunciation of the retalia
tory provision ngainst foreign inter
ference with American commerce.
Representative Gardner charged
congress with hypocrisy and his crit
icism of the administration aroused
the ire of some of the democrats, two
of whom Representative Decker of
Missouri and Cullop of Indiana-
made speeches in reply. Representa
tive Bennett of New York, republi
can, said he disagreed with both rep
resentatives Gardner and Becker, but
that there were questions of national
honor that rose above partisanship.
Representative Becker, amid lounds
of applause, thanked God that there
was m the Wlfite house a president
who was willing to resort to negotia
tions, before resorting to the sword.
suggested that the views of Mr.
Gardner and of Mr. Roosevelt were
pro-ally.
Brave
FISH I
A,
N"ow is thetiaa
Peaches mim;
J wy company.
m
lights andBatil
et Cutlery, Bij!
torcycles, SucdJ
ing Powder, K
ing, Umbrella I
Bicycle and Motel
pairing, orafai:
Mechanical Rep
LB.
PHONE 1072.
BULLETIN
FAVORS WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Some time ago . consideration
of our economic condition, and
tendencies, of tue a
ot Zia SaiUfUl aions
of the nature and course of the
'and. led me to tbe conclu
Judgment cannot defeat tht
OXE CENT A WORD, 'PHONE 10-
BU A HEADY BUILT HOUSE
e furnish ready-cut buildings, and
alt materials, including hardware,
inside and outside paints, lnth, plas
ter and shingles in fact every
thing complete for erection except
foundation and brickwork. Before
you build see us in regard to our
cuts nnd plans. If you find nothin
satisfactory we will give you prices
on your own plans. For further in
formation address Jack Syron
Sheridan, Oregon. 53-0t-x
LOST Bunch of keys. Finder please
return to Observer office. 54-55
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WE PEKI M
observes rmi
W ANTED Prune packers at the Dal
las v arehouse & Manufacturing Co.
FOR SALE-$.-,0 Columbia Grafonola.
used very little, for .$30. Will give
six records with machine and will
sell other records at half nrice.
i'hone 1151; no Main street. 54-55
FOR SALE Louvain setter dog, W2
years, $15. Joe Gladh. 54-60
TO EXCHANGE-2i2-year-old sad
dle and buggy mare for a first class
cow, coming in. L. Zorn, Dallas,
54-lt-c
i,1" dr? 'Waning of all
k'-ds. Phil Begin. Phone 109 t
LOST In town Sunday, new gold
Pin, black set with small brilliant,
rmder leave at Observer office. 54tl
FOR SALt-Une span matched driv-
' pomes, covered buggv and dou-
Also few pieces of
inquire, J. S. Ash-
52-3t-x
FOR SALE-Malleable steels i
air cooled, two horsepower gasoline
en?,ne, New batteries and coil
t-o casn. Pnce Brothers. 50-4t.
ble harnes!
good furniture.
baugh.
WX7EIrA for funeral house
work. Call Rickreall 51. 53-2t
Pearhos . " ?
f .7 ivars ior can-
mng. Dallas Grocery eompanv.
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