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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1916)
THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1916 Published Bach Tuesday aad Friday Office 617-619 Court Street Telephone Main 19 BY H. W. BRUNEI Subscription Rates. One Tear 1160 Six Months 76 Three Month 40 No subscription taken unless paid for in advance. This Is Imperative. Sintered as second-class matter the Postofflce at Dallas, Oregon. HUGHES AND FAIRBANKS. DID YOU GIVE HIM A LIFT? Did you give him a lift T He 's a broth er man, And bearing about all the burden lie con, Did you give him a smile T He was downcast and blue, And the smile would have hcljicd liim to battle it through. Did you give him your hand f He was slipping down hill, And the world, so I fancied, was us ing him ill. Did you give him a word? Did you show him the ronil 1 Or did you just let him go on with the load? Do you know what it means to be los ing the flgiht, WJien a lift just in time might set everything right? Do you know what it means just a clasp of the hand, When a man has borne about all a man ought to stand ? Piil you ask what it was? Why the .quivering lip, Why the half-suppressed sob, the scalding tear drip? Wlere you a brother of his when his time name of need? Did you offer to help him, or didn't you heed? campaigns of improvements, replace ments and extensions. A tendency in this direction already is noticeable, and it is having its influence in speed ing up the general prosperity of the country. The strength of the issues on the New York stock ex change also reflects the confidence whieh investors are coming to feel in railroads as an investment. It is certain" that the country re joices in the stronger position Jin which the railroads now find them- salves. The public is not unfriendly toward these corporations, in spite of insinuations which have been made to this effect. Thinking people real ize that general prosperity is large ly dependent on the success and pros perity of the transportation compan ies, and they are therefore glad' to see the railroads grow and make fair profits. So long as the railroads treat customers and employes fairly, and so long as they do not try to control legislatures, practice extortion or re sort to other grave injustices, they will liave the good will and the friend ly co-operation of the general public, And it would seem that many of the higher railway officials are commenc ing to appreciate this point and to make use of it m regaining the con fidence of the people. ' A CASE OF NEGLIGENCE. An inixitant part of the duties of county commissioners is the intelli gent administration of the county road and bridge affairs. This coun ty, unfortunately, luis not always had the bridge and road matters wisely attended to, as witness the recent con crete bridge collapse at Inde)endence, where a structure was paid for before tho county court had accepted it and which became a wreck when the forms were removed. Had wise precautions lieen taken in constructing the bridge, a thoroughly experienced man would: have been placed in constant super vision during its erection and the contractors would have been required to furnish good and sufficient bond for faithful execution of the work. This was not done, however, anil now the court finds itself in the embaras inff position of "fixing up" the bridge by day labor. The commissioners say it is the intention to liold the cost of the work on it "as a charge against said contractors. " Whether or not the contractors' can be made to "dig up" for the cost of tins re pair and reconstruction work will probably remain for the courts to de cide, but the people of the county feel that a repaired bridge will be on ly a makeshift and that they have not had proper returns for the $0300 they pirt into that structure. And the peo ple of the county certainly do not feel like putting any more of their money into it. RAILROADS ARE PROSPERING. Reports made by various railroad companies continue to show a most Gratifying condition as regards their earnings and profit. Witlliout ex ception, so far as noted, these reports Jbdirate that the jroads are Sn H highly prosperous condition, which is in decided contrast to the lean years through whieh the companies recently have passed. Some of the roads frank ly acknowledge that their earnings and profit during recent months have made new records that they are doing more business and enjoying more prosperity than ever before in their history. With the railroads' present pros perity, and especially if it continues for any considerable time whicfh teems more than likely, the receiver hip wb;,h now east a cloud over a large part of the eountry rail lines should toon ba removed. With die companies steadily increasing their revenue, they ahoald find it possible to speedily prt rid of emharassing indebtednesa, and to inaugural new I WAR AND WHEAT PRICES. The price of wheat has reached high level as a result of the European war and a rather short crop yield for the present year. In this country. tor instance, although an average crop has been harvested, the demand for the bread staple has been strong enough to advance wheat prices to a point where bakers all over the land are increasing the prices of their product, insisting this is necessary to secure a fair profit for themselves. Some of the bakers and others, more over, are agitating the question of putting an embargo on exports of wheat, arguing that by so doing it will tend to reduce the cost of liv insr to Americans. Still others main tain that this would be injurious to American interests, both by depriving American farmers from getting the highest possible prices as regulated bv the law of demand and supply. and by interfering with a branch of foreim trade that is helping to btuld up American prosperity and eonstant- 'v adding to the accumulated nen'Mi of this nation. The real solution of this problem appears to rest on the farmers of this country, who already are being urged to raise more wheat during the com ing years. Tlio farmers might be more inclined bo follow this advice, were they assured that present high prices would continue, and Tlio Min neapolis Journal endeavors to show that this assurance is reasonably cer tain. It declares that following ev ery great war of the past century the price of wheat, the universal bread staple, has ruled, higher for several years Mian even during the progress of the war. And it believes the same experience will lie repented at the close of the present war, wherefore it stronelv advises American farmers to raise more wheat. Some of the statistics presented by the Minneapolis paper will be of in terest to tjie fanners. They show that following the war of the revolution. wheat rose from ninety-eight cents at the close of the war to three dollars a bushel three years later. The Nit poleonic wars closed in T8T5 with wheat at $1.75 a bushel. The next tiwo years it went to $2.85. Tn 1861. wheat was sixty-two cents. Tt reach ed $2.28 in ISM and 3.8! in 1807. the same price as in 18T7. And if these past ex)eriencs are any criter ion of the future, the price of wheat is likely to remain high for at least several years, which will he a strong incentive to the farmers of this land tvi raise more wheat. out any consideration of market val ue. "Estimates of the taxes that the Istate and its civil divisions wouUd lose from the public utilities under the operation of this amendment run as high as 65 per cent. "Friends of the measure dispute these figures of diminution of valu ation and revenue, and hint that there is authority hidden away in the amendment to assess the utilities on the basis of value due to special priv ilege. This is not true to begin with, and if it were true, it furnishes one more reason wny tne amenumem should be rejected. 'If there are arbitrary powers se creted in this measure, or to be read between its lines, by virtue of which any board or other administrative au thority may issue edicts and decrees against property, then the amendment is all the more dangerous, not alone to the utilities, but to every other class of property owner." To select a county commissioner who is fully qualified to attend to the duties of that office, which in cludes a wise administration of coun ty road and bridge matters, should be the thought of voters when they enter the polls in November. Exper ience in handling our road and bridge work is an asset that few men who run for the office can claim, but Mose Manston, ia no novice in this line. For over thirty years the Republican candidate for county commissioner was active in road and bridge build ing and ten years of this activity were spent right in this section, in a supervisor's capacity as roadmaster of the Salem, Falls City & Western. Mr. Manston 'a qualifications for the office he seeks are second to none, and Polk county voters will make no mistake in electing him to tlie place. SOME THINGS To Try Potato Bread. Potato bread, a la- Germany, as one means of cutting the high cost of liv ing, will be tried out by Denver house wives, who have been experimenting with recipes furnished by the foreign ( ffice of the United States department of agriculture. This was the announce ment made this week by Charles H. Jacobson, presilenl of the Denver Housewives league. League members .i,,;m the new bread is appetizing, alliolesome and nutritious and much eheaper than wh -at Hour bread. George Ado and Meredith Nichol son, Indiana unmoors, j -v0 a political debate on a monograph electric sign situated in the center of Indianapolis. ' The incandescent de bate bee-ins with the display of a fnrtv-nve word argument favoring Woodrow Wilson's re-election which was written by Nicholson. After run ning seven nights, Mr. Nicholson's wnl'lls W ill be followed for a like period by a statement in support of woman suffrage written by his wife. The last' week before the election, Ade's argument for Charles fc- Hughes' election will he mislied on the sign in answer to Nicholson. Professional Cards DENTIST ' W. C. SCHAfiiitt nfflea over Fuller Pharmacy. nm. hnnni from 9 to 12 a. m. ; 1 bvr v f ' Tlalla. W DENTIST SSI. nai ,,. n.ii.- xr.,i;..,,al Rank Buioldinff LUUitO j,w,iwu - riallM 0 ATTORNEY AT LAW OSCAR HATTER Dallas City Bank Building. Dallas Oregoi BROWN-SIBLEY ABSTRACT CO mn Mill street. Dallas. Onlv uo-to-date set of abstract, o) Polk county. Posted every mornins from county records. S. B. TAYLOR Civil Engineer and Surveyor Office. City Hall Phone 791 or 642, Dallas, Oregon Olive smlth-Blcknell Teacher of PIANO and ORGAN Studio 401 Court St Classes in Fundamental Music Training ' A MAN IN DALLAS The American people do not want president who will "butt in" to trouble recklessly and without reason, but they do want an executive who will say what he means and then stick to it. And the voters of this country are convinced' that Hugfjcs s just that) kind of a man. We are tolif that Mesieo is com mencing to experience an industrial revival!. As the nature of the indus tries affected is not mentioned, how- over, one naturally wonders if it lioi anything to do with the making of fresh revolutions- The farmers and the politicians dif fer on the weather. The fanner is now praying for rain and the political aspirant is hoping for a continuance of the sitiMhinc at least unull after NTovcmbnr 7. No matter who yon agree to i bus ness wii a stranger or the- wife't relatives do not start without a def inite written ngrenmcnt as to what each party must do. Hurnl New Yorker. The lute James J. Hill left n es tate valued at SlOOvlWO.OOO. Pretty good for a man wiu started out with no money, no inftbantial barkimr and only a common sciiuol education! Some- of the New York restaurants now eStirge for swots an well as for orders- of food. Leave it to New York to find! ways to "get the money." . aoivu minese novelist re.inees in iho name of Mr. Ring Ding. And one run: easily lmnginc that his stories must have pleoty of "pop."" Tie's the sort of fellow yon like to call "Dad." He's "as common us you be." He's the sort of compan ion you'd want to take with you to the woods. Somehow, it's hard to say just why but, you like him. Yon smile when yoni see him lumbering down the street. You don't expect him to have a grouch for he's never troubled with mental indigestion. You don't hear him knocking. On the other hand lie's a bom booster. T( there is a movement on hand to help Dallas or Polk county somewhere up nenr where the vanguard marches you'll find him. Somehow he has lots of time, lots of energy, lots of en thusiasm, lots of sacrifice in his sys tem for his "neck o' the woods." He likes his home town. Romeways it's just a little better, a little brighter. a little pleasanter than most other places and it's worth while. Is he winited to serve on a committee; is he needed to attend a meeting doesn't matter where-;' is his automo bile of service; is he wanted to tell a "lumberynck" story f He has nev er been known to refuse nnless In positively had to. And by the way, lie wais "lumberjack" perhaps this explains why he is democratic and just a wholesome, helping citi zen. I liis little sketch will not try to enumerate even a: fair representa tion of the things he has done for Polk county. ITere-'s to von, V. V. Fuller.. HIKES ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION CO. SURVEYORS, ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS Phone 502 616 Mill Street DALLAS OREGON THE CELEBRATED MANN SH0I Awarded OoU jjifci t , P.I. E. SanPrandmi. d b t r a T, . The Strongest and neareit vik hoes mul ' For I Loggers, Cruisers, Miwri, Men's Comfort Urea St. Strong Shoes for C Manufactured k. . THEO. BERGMANN BHOU F AO TURING OOMpA. 621 Thurman St. Porting i Ask for , TUB BERGMANN WATftl SHOE OH, PRICE BROS, DALLAS AJ West Side Mai Works 1 O. L. HAWKINS, Promt MONUMENTS, HEAD8T01J CURBnro ATTORNEY AT LAW WALTER L. TOOZE, JR. Dallas National Bank Building Dallas Oregon SIBLEY Sc. EAKIN Attorneys and Abstractors. The only reliable set of Abstracts it Po'.k County. Office on Court street Dallas, ... Oregon Buy Popular Priced Tailoring CORPORATIONS WOULD BENEFIT How the railroads and the other big cororations would avoid paying their share of the state taxes if the measure named on the November bal lot, the "Full Rental Value Land TaK and Homemnkers' Loan Fund Amendment," is adopted was pointed out recently by Henry E. Reed, as sessor of Multnomah countv, before the members' council of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. This is the measure which was call ed the "People's Land and Loan Measure" while signatures for the petition to eet it upon the ballot were being circulated. It appears on the ballot now, however, under a different name. "The amendment does not make adequate provision for the taxation of railroads and public service cor porations, which paid rexes in 1916 upon a valuation of $123,000,000, or 13 per eent of all the taxable prop erty in the state," said Mr. Reed. "The personal property and land improvements, including stations, ter minal buildings, rolling stock, tracks. wire and pipe line of these corpora tions wonld be exempt. "The neht of way and other land wonld he taxed in the same manner as the land of an individual ; that is. npoa the hsmis of the rent that a rent er would pay for the land, leaving OTHERS' OPINIONS . The Place for a Home. i ne choice tor a site for a country home is extremely important more so thaji in town, where tho choice is limited, anyway. In the countrv the location may be varied to suoh an ex tent that it requires good judgment to get it right. " To begin with, it should be so plac ed that it will he convenient to the members of the household and still be out of the odors of outhouses and stables. It should be not too far from the road, but still not so placed that it will receive a dust bath every time an automobile or wagon passes. It should be close to water protection in case of fire, and if electric wiring is near, that ia an item to be considered. And so we misrht go on. multiplying the different things that should be considered, and we have not half ex hausted them. But it is better to pw it this way: The site for the farm home should be one which considers the convenience of every member of Che home circle using it ; it should be placed tastefully, where it will ap pear to best advantage, and it should be protected from danger of every sort. The best we ean give is not a bit too good for a house that ia a home. Oregon Farmer. There have been thirty men who have received vote in the electoral "oIIpct who have never been elected president. Bat it wilk a FISH BRAND REFLEX SLICKER Keeps out aH the wet DIALERS EVERYWHERE Waterproofs. 1JQJ Absolute. jfm are Marked thus Isujmb A J. TOWER CO. BOSTON See the Gooas la tne Latest Patterns from A. E. Anderson & Co. Tailors - Chicago "Tit Tailoring You Ntttf J. C. 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Phono S1L TwlcM-Wk Obaernr JUS a rN, When We Hand You Our Estimates of ths cost of the lumber you regnlr. rou can depend upon it that ths fl ores will Vs as low as Urst-class, wel seasoned lumber can he sold for kos tly. If you pay mors you pay tot . U you pay Jess m ... u-. ! either ia tuality or e,uantity. Willamette Valley Lumber Co. TUMOf No knife and loss of W plasters and pain f or how f POLYPUS, PILES, n DISEASES Of J WOMI DR. TO! electro-thhW AND I ELECTRO-SURG8 DALLAS, 01 OPFICE SUITE M. DALLAS NATIONAL J BANK Biff Dr. W. L. Chiropractt Office ow Stafrin'i W; Phonea: Eos. 882; 04; I Getting out. bedonthert side is only of the game; A cup of k coffee m sure a woof fui day. j Golden West Is -Just m Semi-Weekly Obr,f r ! ' t 1 (a t'J flti Ge Jot T.-i J. I Dal Job Bui A. C. . V. Edl Dal Ha Gla r. , Dall Hay Dall r. 1 Vre hay Dall J. F 3. B . A C. V 1. D hide e. i Jinb Rich Ores Dall: Polk Dall H. T. a. h. r s. . v. t Ceon Roii'i Willi N 1 Iew Myrt: H. G Dr. " R. I. K. h H " I. 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