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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1916)
in f: in It POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1916 - - - , - --T--T : 1 Professional uarui i fldvant Spending TOPICS ARE GIVEN OUT COUNTY COMMITTEE PRESENTS PARENT-TEACHER SUBJECTS. Advises Preparation Be Made in Ad vance to Insure Good Results From Work. The Polk county committee of the Parent-Teacher association lias given out a list of subjects for parent teacher meetings held in this county during the J910-17 school year. The list was prepared in hope that the in dividual associations might be assist ed in planning something definite that will help in their own schools, but as the committee merely suggests the use of this program the various as sociations may use them or not as they see fit. It is also suggested by the committee, which is composed of F. C. Bwing of Salem, president, Mrs. C. V. Johnson of Aiirlie, secre tary and M. 8. Pittman, that at each meeting a Short program should be offered by the children not to exceed fifteen minutes, except in certain cast es indicated in the list. The leader should see that the subjects are well distributed and properly prepared so tJiat they may be discussed briefly, clearly, land with definite knowledge where knowledge is needed. The State library at Salem, and the Agricultur al college at Corvallis, as well as the Bureau of Education and the Depart ment of agriculture at Wiaaiiington should be used freely for assistance in these programs. Following is the suggested list of subjects : October. Subject: Looking Ahead. 1. What do we need to make our school a success this year? 2. Who shall do these necessary things T 3. When -shall they be done? 4. A few tasks suggested : Fix all roads leading to the school house; test water and provide it for con venience and abundance; see thajt light is abundant and from the right direction for the school; provide play shed; have good literary society; or pnnize community band, etc. November. Subject: Educational Thanksgiving. 1. School children should present a thirty minute program. 2. The parents should present a thirty minute program. 3. Suggested topics for the parents to discuss: (a) AVftiat we have to aprcciate in our American School System, (b) The elements I like best in our Oregon school system, (c) WJittt I am proud of in our Polk countv schools, (d) What I am thankful for in our own school. Note: Write to the State Librar ian at Salem for information on these subjects. December. Subject: Gifts. 1. Wibat is a good gift? (Read Emerson's essay on Gifts). 2. What are poor gifts? Unwise gifts? . 3. What shall we give our school this year? WHiat will it cost in time, money, work? How can we get the money? January. Subject: New Year Resolutions. 1. What were some of our greatest weaknesses laRt year? (Answers giv en by several). 2. How can we correct those weak nesses this year? 3. My New Year resolutions that will help the school. (A number should speak on tins). February. Subject: Producers. 1. Is our community producing what it should and as much as it eould ? 2. How could we improve our pro duction ? 3. Are we .using the 0. A. C. as we Should in order to get the greatest amount of help from it? 4. How many attended tlie Fann eirs' short course this year? Report from one wlio was present. 5. What farm journals are taken in the district? Which are best? Whv? Are there others we should have? 6. What shall we do this year to help the industrial club work ? How aan we help most ? When shall we begin? 7. What sliall w do now to guar antee good exhibit at our l.x-al. eounty, and stat fairs XEXT FALL? March. Subject: Good Health. L What are some of the causes that prevent good health in our com munity? 2. How may these causes be re moved? 3. What are the diseases we slmnld guard against in our schools? How may we do this? What is the teach ers' do' 7 in this matter? 4. Some good health rules to ob serve: (A good physician or tome other well informed person should present these). ApriL Subject: Good Hooseksepiaf. 1. Bow to plan the house work so that the housewife may grt most done in least time with a minimum' of steps, lifting, and worry. 2. How to keep the house clean without driving the children out. 3. How to plan a menu for the family that will be as good a bal anced ration 'as we could plan for our live stock. 4. How to cook the common dishes BEST that all have from day to day. Reports from the good cooks' of each dish. 5. What to put in the school lunch and why. May. Subject: Play. 1. What can the old folks play? 2. What can the old and the young folks play together? 3. Shall we have u neighborhood play day ? 4. How can we stimulate the ath letic spirit of the community? (Study the Play Ground Manual by Church ill). June. Subject: The Old and the New. 1. What have we done this year? 2. How and where shall we get our new teachers for next year? Why should our old teachers be retained as long time as possible? 3. What shall we do for the chil dren during the vacation? 4. What shall we do during vaca tion to improve the school building, equipment, and grounds? 5. Wfliat shall we do to keep up the social life of the community during vacation. WHAT DALLAS NEEDS You have asked me for my opinion as to what Dallas most needs. Don't be surprised when I tell you. Wjhat Dallas most needs is for ev ery citizen to take a layoff. On that layoff I would have each citizen do what I did Friday after noon. I took a look at my own town. I was surprised. I went through the Armsby Packing company's plant. I thought I would find 30 or 40 girls working. I found over 100 men and women. I thought I would see a few prunes. I saw the place choked with splendid fruit. Then I thouglht: Dallas had to fight hard for every thing she has already gotten. She had to go out and get the packing plant we now have. Her citizens had to do the same thing when the Falls City railway went through. Now things will have to come to her. "What," I thought, "will have to be here to accommodate the thous ands of acres of lwnring fruit trees that will come in each successive year now?" I answered myself: "There will have to he packing plants, cold stor age plants, evaporating plants, ware houses, canneries. These things will come because they will be needed. Polk will have to import Asiatic labor to harvest the ever increasing fruit. This year the growers had a hard time to get the labor and what will it mean next year with the added fruit ? What if the hop market Should suddenly boom next season?" T admit it; I am enthused. I think anyone who took the time and made the trip would also become enthused. Dallas will become a city of 5.000 or li.Oiie before many years. Fruit will do it for this city as fruit has done it for San Jose, Cal. And then when I go to look at the new industries I'll have to walk further than two blocks; I will have to pass through more than two blocks of business houses. E. C. KIRKPATRICK. Lee Hendricks Remembered. A resolution of sympathy with the family of I.olninl O. Hendricks, '15, whose father is R. J. Hendricks, pub lisher of the Salem, Ore., Statesman, has been passed bv the student body. Leland Hendricks, a graduate in jour nalism, was managing editor of the Statesman when drowned in the Wil lamette river at Salem, September 15. SO DECEPTIVE. Many Dallas People Fail to Realize the Seriousness. Backache is so deceptive. It eomes and goes keeps you iruessing. Learn the cause then cure it. Possibly it s weak kndneys. Tliat's why Doan's Kidney Pills are so effective. They're especially for weak or dis ordered kndneys. Tlere's a Dallas ease. Mrs. J. N. Dull, 815 Levens street. Dallas, says : "I gladly confirm what I said in my former statement re garding the merit of Doan's Kidney Pills, for same is true. I have taken them on several occasions, when my back has felt weak and lame and they have always overcome the trou ble. I couldn't recommend more reliable medicine than Doan's Kidney Pills." Price 30. t all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doaa's Kidney Pills tlie same that Mrs. Dull had. Foster-Milburn Co, Props, Buffalo, X. T. j DENTIST W. C. SCHAEFER Office over Fuller Pharmacy. Office hours from 9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 5 p. m. Dallas Oregon JJENTIBT M. HAYTER Dallas National Bauk Buiulding Dallas Oregot ATTORNEY AT LA VP OSCAR HAYTER Dallas City Bank Building. Dallas Oreaw BROWN-SIBLEY ABSTRACT CO. 610 Mill street, Dallas. Only up-to-date set of abstract 0' Polk county. Posted every mornint from county reeords. S. B. TAYLOR Civil Engineer and Surveyor Office. City Hall Phone 791 or 542, Dallas, Oregoi Olive smlth-Bicknell Teacher of PIANO and ORGAN Studio 401 Court St. Classes in Fundamental Music Training HIMES ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION CO. SURVEYORS, ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS Phone 602 616 Mill Street DALLAS :: OREGON F. N. Woodry The Live Stock Auctioneer . Farm stock sales a specialty. If you want what your chattels axe worth I can get it for you. Give me a trial and he convinced, I guarantee satisfaction. No sale too large or too small. I work for the man that employs me. Address 1140 South 15th St. ' Salem, Oregon. Phone 511. Buy Popular Priced Tailoring See the Gooas in the Latest Patterns from A. E. Anderson & Co. Tailors Chicago "The Tailoring You Need" J. C. TJGLOW Local Representative . V ' , . - , ' ' Dr. W. L Holloway Chiropractor Office ever 8tafrin't Drug Store. Phones: Kes. 882; Office 522. mm o Yoi mm ey. at to Every one has the right to buy where he can $ , the most for his money. That "most" includes qi ity, price as well as promptness in receiving theal . cle purchased. f', If it is a question of purchasing in or out of yot ; home town, there is one more consideration. . All other things being equal, buying at homesj your own personal interest for every dollar spent ( -home increases the prosperity of your own commit x ty; while every dollar you send away helps to W schools, churches, streets, parks, for some other tor In many cases, after you pay the freight, etc,tl v goods bought out of town cost you more than similf articles purchased at home. ' Then, too, in buying here you see and examin and if you desire, try on the article before you You know exactly what you are getting because ji" .. see the article itself and not just a picture of it. . We carry many standard advertised lines of ml . chandise. You don't take any chances in buying su ( goods, because their quality and price are standar. ized. For example: We sell and recommend "St , Brand" (all leather) shoes because we have implic confidence in them. They are made by the worf, largest shoe manufacturers in all grades, styles aiK ' prices for men, women and children. They are rig here for you to try on and be sure of a fit and yoi shoes must fit you if you would have comfort. Here, as in other lines, our stock is complete $ well selected. ; Buying from us and other home town merck'. . will pay you both in money saved and satisfaction: your purchases. And it means added prosperity ' growth for your community. Isn't it worth considering Home Trade Means Home Prosper! 7& cy& , V 3r jr m et J.C.Pennev Co. nc. mm 6 per cent Farm Loan ON FIRST CLASS FARMS Long Time Prepay Privilei . i " -WRITE . " j H. E. MORTON, Dallas, 0r