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(THE HOME PAPER) DALLAS. POLK CO'JNT, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1916 (TWIOE-A-WEEE) NO. 67 ; r r.EE":LDIHG VKUT- 7DENCE JZIZSANYr iDAY IB Bs I M Forr Hot. r , tt,600 and motor -it : (nnty court begun the repair lildirg of the Independence SBterday morning. Engineer I.e T 1 1 I ' . t l.n U t uruiuiu uf bujjci vim 144 ,uo PH, H. Waggers of Portland f appointed fore"" a eupenn of the work, v 111 . & L Brothers jrintendr ferkmen 1 (d of I thin i" h jity so 1, it is es- ,200 and a $6 a day ggested to v .mpetent ce ..e accepted ..g the repair 1 fi-Ti allowed toy '..iUn & Stevens re- -n t ' from! the mein..y on i-on. ,y, toe last en d. J it is understood tvme eontf m 1 t bo real I ' - L V . J . 1 .. .. r. it the e t of t 8 repair work iimty be he' J a "charge i the .. tois." Probably ( reooume f e court will now I 1 suit for jo hare r ' .1 ieineti jdent.'.', . tees 1 to the r It mr " . against two "sys a led to I meet' I elt" paster 1 M)ed wor' id rebu f of the io mon -..s and Beckett '.11 4 Stevens' ac- '.l;ey had held two Ham Brothers in c work last week, s held within ice had. been Stevens. At .. da and Beckett Urham 1 rathani to meet with f rt Thursday of laat week and Mi) time to be r Jy to give I e ' .mate of t they would '"wo.k for, 1 y the day. The ' Ijfe schedu'.i .Je by Barbara k1 f-narer ' was acceptable to t on ...ursday told the to a tt on the job Tuesday I. it others were Olfaesu. i Turoell was not. fas the 10 yesterdiay. believes the con "ngof the north ; of piers, and re ar span will take hir.) mon 1. The south span i have to le touched. Mr. Finn fcing of f e work County Judge ld a E Use citizen in Falls pr t w. mat be bad1 wash h 'i of the matter, that s..l Veils had got their to it" and they could get t t e best way they could eal f id that Commissioners d I 'kett and the contrac- fcin & Rtevens, had held court I front yard one day nd that frefus T to participate in tihe I I The ; baa been as good I word, a s name does not ap- 1 the o. r for the repair of !jdge. '.county irt yesterday gave followiDg statement regard- I bridge. on investigation it was found I tain portions of the structure independence bridge are in Midition oa far as surface con- are concerned. The structure jacked up and tested with a least double that of the great- pible live load that the bridge br be called upon to carry and rfects show up under this teat remove all danbt as to the I of the strur'ure when prop jpntpleted. 1 s middle span r;ssarily be a loss and it will be replaced. All work is be ne in accordance with the o rig- fens and the cost of the same charged to the contractors who Biased to complete their work. a V is being done under the u b of Purecll Clark, a Port- r j cf consihlting bridge engin that have followed each bi-weekly meeting heretofore, will hereafter be given each Wednesday evening for members only. After the busin meeting the following short program was given: reading, Miss Dewey; reading of short poems, J. E. Miller; comic reading, Henry Bogynska. Re freshments were served. The follow ing were initiated: Wayne Barliam, Webster Beebe, Marie Griffin, Muriel Grant, Georgia Shaw, Fritz Ilelziner, Laura Beebe, Miss Happy, Dora Ebbe, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Savage, and Jim French. CHAMBERLAIN DEFENDS PARTY Asserts Opponents Have Criticized And Offered Nothing. United States Senator George E. Chamberlain spoke to a crowded house in Wie armory last night in de fense of the Wilson administration He asserted that the Hughes cum paign had been: one 01 vindication and personal abuse 'and that the Re publican nominee had not offered one constructive criticism. The senator reviewed the acts of the Wilson, ad ministration : the federal reserve act the rural credits bill, the child labor law, the road bill, the shipping bill, Mie Alaska railroad measure, the eight-hour law and the foreign policy of Wilson's secretaries of state. In introducing Mr. Chamberlain, E. K. riasecki referred to the career of the speaker of the evening and mentioned his personal popularity. That the speaker was personally re membered during the evening was shown by the applause that interrupt ed1 bis speech several times. Mr. Chamberlain 'a ability to remember faces and-naines and anecdotes stood him in good stead. TRAFFIC CENSUS'i'tDE 21,800 AUTOS CROSS PO: r MAR ION BRIDGE IN MONTH. X J Count Was Hade by .Watchman Sta tioned on the Bridge Motor- ' : cycles An Numerous. City Crusher Is Moved. Completion of the removal of the city crusher from Elletraale to the city was accomplished Tuesday morn ing. The crustier was unloaded at the Espee repair shops. Mrs. Mabel Smith Dead. Mrs. M'abel Smith died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Stelt- ncr, in Independence, October 12. She is survived by a son three years old Visiting Haro'd Rich. Miss Pearl Rich of Chico, Cel., is visiting here with her brother, Har old Rich, iand wife. This is the first time in 17 years that brother and sis ter have seen one another. I I". I I I. Set tar. Jt tx Furniture Store. -way, who with his family t week from Twin Falls, rurcbased a half interest '.. Davis furniture store. ' is new dsCis this week o? an inventory of the r. Davie. The new firm e name, F. E. Davis hk-h the business has under by Mr. Davis. WILL REPRESENT POLK L L. PATTERSON TO FURTHER INTER COUNTY BRIDGE PLANS Appointment Made Monday By Court It Is Hoped To Have Negotiations Completed By January 1. To act for Polk county in all dis cussions with the Manon eommty court and Marion people, I. L. Patter son haa been named as Polk repre sentative by the county court. The order was signed by the three mem bers of the Polk county court Mon day. Patterson is to act as the "go between" of this county court and Marion county. He will serve with out pay and will not have power to enter into contracts but his recom mendations will be seriously consid ered. It is believed that he will be able to settle the differences between the two county courts ae to the kind of bridge and the place to erect the proposed bridge. The Marion county court wants the new bridge placed in the same posi tion as the present bridge but Polk officials have objected because this would necessitate the establishment of a ferry while the bridge wss beine constructed. The two courts have al so differed on plans. A record of all kinds of traffic over the Marion-Polk county bridge at Center street, for the month be ginning September 10 at 6:30 a. m., to the same hour October 10, has been compiled by the state highway de partment. The count was made by Watchmen MeAdams, Donaldson and Parker, who are stationed on the bridge. The figures obtained give an idea of the inconveniences which would be caused by a suspension of traffic over the structure. Toe census shows that during the thirty-day period 21,008 automobiles, 13,858 motorcycles, bicycles and pe destrians, 10,307 horse-drawn ve hicles and -923 head of stock crossed the bridge. The daily average was as follows: 700 automobiles, 464 mo torcycles, bicycles and pedestrians, 343 horse-drawn vehicles and 31 head of stock. The maximum automobile traffic occurred on Portland day at the state fair, when 1579 automobiles crossed the bridge. During two hours in the morning of that day the record shows 300 automobiles having crossed le river. The heaviest horse drawn traffic oc curred on Saturdays, the maximum being on October 7, when 479 vehi cles of that elass crossed. There are two automobiles to every horse-drawn vehicle crossing the bridge. Salem Statesman. FORMER RESIDENT HURT DEL. ELLIS IN AUTO ACCIDENT ATMEDFORD. Has Foot Bones Dislocated and Arch Bone Broken When Motorcycle .. Strikes Car. SAYS BUSINESS IMPROVES. Farmers Await Cars for Shipping Their Crops. In speaking of conditions in Dal las to an Observer reporter yesterday, a- vell-po9bed. business- man stated that business was showing marked im provement, and this winter would see it better than for several years past The only obstacle to still further improvement, he remarked, "is the car situation. The shortage has made it necessary for the holding of agri cultural products here that would have gone out weeks ago, and because the farmers cannot get their money until crops are on the car, many have been compelled to extend loans and pay additional interest on borrowed money. This condition, however, will gradually be overcome as the railroad companies are relieved of the heavy fall rush of business," he remarked. 'Crops have been far better than in the past several years and when all if the money from them is put into circulation it is bound to make a still better feeling. Everybody is anxious to sell and the stuff will go out just as fast as the railroad company can furnish the ears." Del. Ellis, proprietor of the Oak dale cash grocery at Medford, and a pioneer resident of Dallas until about a year ago, was seriously injured last luesday afternoon ait 4 o'clock when Eddie Jackson, a 16-year-old youth living near Roxy Ann, drove his mo torcycle into the ear belonging to and Idriven by Dr. E. R. Seeley, in Med ford, in which1 Ellis was riding. The accident happened when the Seeley auto came over the brow of a hill on the Crater Lake road, about a mile out of Medford. The boy was seen riding his motorcycle toward the party at a rate of 20 miles an hour on the left hand side of the road, and m order to avoid him Dr. Seeley held the auto close to the embankment. When within 50 yards of the auto the motorcycle wavered and then sud denly turned still further to the rid er's left, dashing into the auto which meanwhile had turned entirely out of the road. Ellis was in the back of the car, sitting on top of a load of camp equipment with his foot hanging over the side. When the motorcycle struck Us foot it dislocated every 'bone in it and drove the arch bone through the skin and shoe. Mr. Ellis was immediately removed' to Medford where his foot was operated upon. Mr. Lllis is a brother to Chester Ellis, assistant postmaster, and Jas per Ellis, farmer, of this city, WtELDON BLACK "NOT GUILTY' posed to deal leniently with violators of the prohibition law, but in Uie instant case I feel that the interests of society will be best subserved by suspending sentence. Mr. Shriver ia 76 years of age, has served his country well, has always borne a good repu tation and no doubt committed an un intentional violation of the Oregon law regulating liquor consignments. If I were to severely punish him un der all these circumstances, I believe that I would feel almost guilty of a crime myself. Those who are dis posed to violate this law should not, however, infer from the action of the court that there will be no sting to penalties in proper eases." 2408 IN POLK SCHOOLS GOOD SHOWING MADE OPENING MONTH. FOB Forty-Two Schools on Honor Rolls For Having Made 95 Per Cent is Attendance. TOOZE WILL STUMP COUNTY. Candidate Aroused By Alleged Un truthful Statements Mads. Walter L. Tooze, Jr., Republican nominee for district attorney, will make a thorough stump of the county, answering alleged untruthful attacks made upon (him. In a statement made today under his signature Mr. Tooze gives his reason for the active cam paign he intends to make. WILL HONOR WEDDING DATES. Verdict Directed For Defendant Charged With Manslaughter. The jury in the case of the state of Oregon vs. Weldon Black, charged with manslaughter, returned a direct ed verdiet Of "not guilty" Tuesday. The court in directing the verdict, sustained a motion of Walter L. Tooze, Jr., defendant's attorney, that the prosecutor had not proved the al leviation of gross, culpable or crimi nal negligence. The violation of the city traffic ordinance, the eourt said, did not constitute criminal negligence. COMES LONG WAY TO SCHOOL. MANNOCK IS "NOT GUILTY.' Jury Takes Little While To Reach Verdict The jury in the ease of the state of Oregon vs. Carl Mannock. indicted on a charge of selling ethyl aleohol in larger quantities than two quarts in four weeks to one person, took bnt a little time Tuesday to return a ver diet of "not guilty." Begins City Books Audit. Seth U Roberts of Portland, a member of the firm of Crandell and Roberts, certified public aeeoantanta. started the audit of the city's books Tuesday noon. Mr. Roberts would not state when he thought the audit would be finished but said the time would depend upon the condition in .Told Initiation, initiated into the Ar the reeular meeting t. Following the init ios a hort buines ! and it was derided T,!r.ew5ay ni?ht. The i .h informal, dances which the records were found. Virginia Richmond Travels Ten Miles Day. Five miles, eaeh way, every day, is the price Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Richmond and little Miss Virginia Richmond of Salt Creek are paying, so that Vir ginia may attend school in Dallas. Miss Virginia entered school Monday and she will have traveled 1650 miles before school is closed next year. As either parent must accompany her each day it means an added 1650 miles, or a total of 3300 miles the Richmond family will spend before next June. That is, provided Mr. or Mrs. Richmond do not find it neees' sary to travel back to their Salt Creek home after bringing Virginia in each morning. As they will prob ably find it more economical of time to do this, the grand total mileage will undoubtedly exceed 3300 before the 1916-1917 school year closes. Set Speaker's Dates. Edgar M. Ellis, former assistant district attorney for Cuba under the Roosevelt administration, and a dele gate to the National Progressive con vention in 'Chicago last June, will ad dress o Republican meeting at Mon moutlh next Tuesday evening, October 24. Mr. Mills has just returned from campaigning for Hughes in Nevada and Utah. The date for Congressman McArthur's talk in Independence has been changed from Monday, October 23 to Thursday, October 26. FINISH SOUR GRASS SOON. Work Win Be Dons in Two Weeks. Arthur Starr, one of the contrac tor on the Sour Grass road work said yesterdav that the work wooid be done within two weeks end that the improvement Meetings Well Attended. Considerable interest is being man ifest over the county in the road budget convention which Roadmaster Finn has called in Dallas on October 28. Meetings to select delegates to this convention have been held in vurious districts, and there have been good turnouts to them. One district in the northern part of the county, in which. T. J. Werth is supervisor, had an attendance of 38 at its meet ing last Saturday. CoL O. E. S. Wood To Speak. Colonel C. E. S. Wood of Port land, will speak at a democratic meet ing here tomorrow afternoon at two. He spoke at Independence yesterday and will end a valley speaking trip at Salem tomorrow night at 8. Mrs. Bramtrnrg Buried. The funeral of Elnora Bramburg, wife of John Bramburg, of Indepen dence, was held in Independence Oc tober 10. Mrs. Bramborg died in Portland Oetober 8 following a short illness. Q. A. R. Plans Shriven' and Lu pers' Reception Saturday. At the monthly reunion Saturday in the armory the men and women of the G. A. R. will give a reception hon oring the fortieth wedding anniver sary of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Shriver and the wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Lupe . A. M. Matlock returns. A. M. Matlock returned Wednes day morning from Salem, where he was called Friday by the automobile accident in which his mother was kill ed, and his wife and baby, and one sister, badly hurt. Mrs. A. M. Mat lock and baby are now at the home of C. N. Matlock in Salem. To Hold Fair In Airlie. Airlie will hold an industrial fair Saturday evening, Oetober 28. Mr, and Mrs. J. T. Ulrich, Herman Petrie and Mrs. C. V. Johnson were in the citiy yesterday arranging details. Branns Will Leave Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Braun will leave soon for Miles City, Montana, nfliere Mr. Braun will engage in busi- WHIPP SINGS THURSDAY THE WOMAN'S CLUB ARRANGES BARITONE'S CONCERT. Orpheum Theater Donated By Manag er Smith Girls Will Usher Mrs. Whipp Will Accompany. SUSPENDS SHRIVER SENTENCE. Judge Belt Says Violation Was Un intentional. Judge Belt has suspended sentence on H. P. Shriver, G. A. R. veteran, ould then be closed for bo pleaded guilty to an indictment 30 davs after being accepted. The erging him with receiving two li- Sonr Gravs road work is the eat off around Dolph MIL Has Finger Smashed. WMle dunning nails into the nail irr marline at the Armstiv rarttin; plant Toesdav night. Rowland Hol- mu bad the index finger of his right 'hand smashed by the nail feed. Dr. Rnllmsa was called to dress tb wouad. quor consignments within a month. In June Mr. Shriver received a con signment of liqoor two days before be was entitled to do so under the law. In suspending sentence Judge Belt took into consideration the fact that Mr. Shriver tad always borne a good Hartridge Whipp,' Portland bari tone, and Mrs. Lenora Fisher Whipp. will give a concert in the Orpheum theater Thursday evening, October 26, under the auspices of the Wo man a ciud. ine n nipps win repeal the same program, free, to the school children in the high school auditor ium Friday morning. Hartridge Whipp is a young man who seems to hava an assured musi cal future. Such singers as Soliu mann-Heink have told him so end critics over the country have praised him. In Portland he has appeared manv concerts and operas and each time has been well received. Mrs. Lenora Fisher Whipp is one of the Rose City's foremost pianists, organ ists and choir directors. As an educational featiure Mrs. Herman A. Heppner,, state chairman of music for the federation of wo man's clubs, is managing the Whipp appearances. They have appeared suc cessfully in The Dalles and Newberg this fall. The Woman's club of Dial- as is participating with Mrs. Hepp ner in the local concert. O. C. Smitih of the Orpheum theater has donated his house for the concert sod will not show pictures Thursday evening. Some of Dallas' prettiest girls will usher. Congratulate Mrs. Braden. The following congratulatory tele gram waa sent to Mrs. Winnie Bra den when the news of Polk county's victory at Seattle was published in the newspapers: Accept our heartiest congratula tions and thanks for your great work. It is a splendid victory for Dallas, Polk county and Oregon. We rejoice with yon. L L. Patterson, W. V. repots tins and the fset that he was f Fuller, F. J. Co ad and W. U Soehrea, honest about his mistake. The judge of Polk County Fair association, and made the following statement: I J. R. Craven, president Dallas Con "Ordinarily, the court is not dis-1 mereial club. The total number of pupils register-1 ed in the schools of Polk county dur ing the month closing October 6, was 2408, an excellent showing for the opening month of the year. During the month 42 schools were placed on tihe honor rolls for having made 95 per cent or over in attendance and 32 schools -were placed on the roll for having had no pupils tardy dur ing the month. Following is the re port of the schools, for the school month, ending October 6, tabulation of which has been completed by Super intendent Reynolds:' ' Number of schools reporting cor rectly and on time, 50; schools not reporting on time, Monmouth pubp lie school, Bridgeport, Polk Station, Cochran, Enterprise, Suver, Lone Star and Rock Creek; number of pupils remaining at time of last report, 10; number of pupils registered new dur ing the month, 2360; number of pu pils registered secondary, 8; number of pupils readmitted, 30; total num ber of pupils on register during the month, 2408; number of pupils drop ped during the month, 66; total num- Der 01 pupus on register at lime ol this report, 2342; average number of days taught during the month,' 8.01; whole number of days attend ance, 19,576.2; whole number of days absence, 797.5; whole number of times late, 128.3; number of pupils neither absent nor late, 1701; aver age number of pupils belonging; 2543.3; average daily attendance, 2443.8; per cent of attendance, 96; ntumber of visits by parents, 45 ; num ber of visits by members of school boards, 29. Tlbe following schools have been -placed on tihe roll of honor for hav ing made 95 per cent in attendance or over: Dallas, Smithfield, Kola, Pedee, Red Prairie, Lewisville, Salt . Creek, Parker, Valley View, Or chards, Bethel, Oak Grove, Perry dale. Gooseneck,' Rickreall, Ajitioeh, Brush College, Pioneer, Rose Garden, Fern, Maplegrove, Valley Junction,. Rogue River, ' Highland, Mountain view, West Salem, Buell, Spring Val ley, Popcorn, Harmony, Upper Salt Creek, Montgomery, Crowley, Green wood, Fir Grove, Sunny Slope, Con cord, Oakdale, McCoy, Black Rock, Falls City and Oakhurst. The following schools have been placed on the roll of honor for hav ing made no tardies during the month: Zona, Smithfield, Kola, Lewis ville, Salt Creek, Valley View, Or chards, Gooseneck, Ookpoint, Antioch, Brush College, Buell, Spring Valley, Popcorn, Harmony, Upper Salt Creek, Montgomery, Lincoln, Crowley, Mo Timmonds Valley, Greenwood, Fir Grove, Sunny Slope, Oakdale, Black Rock, Liberty, Pioneer, Oakhurst, Mouiftainview, Maple Grove, Valley Junction and Fern. POLE'S PRUNES TOP MARKET. Douglas County Gets Excited Over 62-5 Quotation. "Prunes $6.40 a Hundred" was the head over an Oregonian story from Roseburg Tuesday morning. The lead said the price "was the highest paid in Douglas county this season." The quotation was "orchard run." Polk growers have been receiving 6, orchard! run, for some time. The quotation in Dallas Tuesday morning waa 6 for 30-35 'a. Earlier in the season several growers got 7 for their crop. line Douglas sale, iurtnermore, included but 30,00 pounds whereas many Polk prune men have sold as high as 120,000 pounds for By, and 6 Buys Restaurant Business. S. WV Wingo of Falls City has purchased the restaurant lately owned by Mrs. Cook. Mr. Wingo took pos session Sunday. Mrs. Wingo nno three children, Hazel Ruby and Glenn, have moved to the city where the children are attending school. G, H. Bobbins Has New Horn. Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Robbins and family have moved into their new borne on the Bobbins place. The house haa five rooms and is neatly papered. Hew Concrete Bridge. A new concrete bridge is to be pot . in on the eounty road between Inde pendence and Albany. Material for the bridge is now oa the ground. 4 "