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folk fSmttittt i8 (THE HOME PAPEE) DALLAS, POLE COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1916 (TWICE-A-WEEK) NO. 86 )W 7ERIALPARTY r I T.UZZ JOBS' JIB VISITS JAPA IQRS'S GROUNDS 1 1" 1 '. . -Itea of Chrysanthemum '.j i i Tkyo Palace Gardens. C j I iror and Empress. ICss Beulah B. Balderree of this eity, passing the winter as the guest of hi sister, JTrs. Harvey A. Wheel er in Tokyo, Japan, writes the fol lowing mtr- "ng letter concerning the emfw party, 1 invitr '.. Ai -in 1 chrysanthemum garden t 20, to which she was . of a very special day M might be of interest to t home. I , jvemher 20 was an event t " , j i Japan, especially to for- !. Tor on this day the emperor f j Us i ferial chrysanthemum gar- i rarly. It indeed was a great I e to be a guest for such an oc Ion: Only those foreigners new to J, "in, and entitled to be present ed to the native ruler were u. priv ikj'-d. V. a Americans were cogni scnt once s;.iin of what our republic ir 'T.ns to us when the Englishpeople about us were denied the privilege of attT '. jsg. Only the Japanese of some o If ":.oct were invited. , 'si ati' 'if, were secured by ' ' Cie Atnerican embassy and t ;a in Japanese with the seal upon them. One could ) . i .ow entirely his own choice as a fa printed instructions in h accompanied the invitations. .. s you were properly gowned, no i you would be denied the privi i of e terig the palace grounds, a ni - 5 required to appear in i I tall silk hat. nsisting of fourteen in , in the Aoyamia mis- ,. Presently we waved e as our machines past lioyamia grounds. Af e ride we reached the , and af once wenflm- ,...! the pompous air of it sides with lnrtre bamboo canopies, be neath whioh were tables lnden with re'freslimrnts of all descriptions. In the center were a great number of tables where the guests were to feast on imperial food. The culinary was a very interesting and important part of the party. The food was foreign but arranged in Japanese style. Of course one is elaborately served by the Japanese and his affair, to say the least, proved no exception to the rule. We chatted and ate until Anally ev eryone rose to his feet, for the imper ial party was passing out. So we had a second view of the emperor and empress. As all things draw to a close, thus did the garden party. We passed out from those most beautiful grounds realizing we had enjoyed a rare priv- ilegefnot granted to many of the em peror's own subjects. SPECIAL EXAMS IN JUNE TESTS TO BE HELD IN COUNTY SEATS. ' ALL Applicants Por Special Certificates Will Write Papers From June 27 to 30, Inclusive, i DALLAS MEAT SHOPS CLEAN State Inspector Examines Markets and Slaughter Houses. The shops of the Dallas Meat com pany and Gohrke's Market were prais ed in the report of W. B. Duncan of the office of J. D. Mickle, state dairy and food commissioner, who nspected the places Inst week. The slaughter house and market of the Dallas Meat company and the market and rendering room of Gohrke's Mar ket were praised. The inspector did not have an opportunity to go to Gohrke's slaughter house. Liberty Has Christmas Celebration. The Libertv farmers' union held a Christmas celebration in the Mistle toe schoolhouse Saturday evening. Santa Clous was present. Smith Butchers Big Hog. Hugh Smith last week butchered hog that weighed 550 pounds. W. W. PERCIVAL DEAD e are several imperial palaces. ( ne with a large fountain in , was foreign style, built of ce- . t and bordered on the colonial ( 9 if building. The palace was in t ig of coarse but all were fas- & with the magnificent ground?. contained acres and acres of vhieh oi Jinarily no one was per ' to er r. As the guests pass- on: h ; a inner gate, a guard . ed tl,r entrance card and they i on to view the grounds. 1 wound around through those grounds our eyes feasted . upon the wonderful beauty , It seemed as though nature ired to do her best for the . The autumn coloring of the e espies, combined with the '. gi "a, the ponds scattered . 1 thore and dotted with ducks t. . e; a quaint Japanese bridge, the y .ple winding in and out and the autumn snn casting a perfect har" mr i zing hue over all, produced a wv. -erful eTact. As we neared the chrysanthemum exhibition all were very eager. We were duly justified for the chrysan themums of course were grand and truly wonderful. Every color was in evidence except black, I believe. Such A..' anlnn b J 1 T 1 ac seen elsewhere than in Japan. 1 procession finally came to a hi i an open space bordered with tr a which were more chrysanthe- me plays and a magnificent band. AU i e anxiously waiting the ap pro cf the imperial procession. ;i ' the band began playing the b '. air and instantly hats came c... i almost tense silence follow el music eeased and soon the ' s raxty approached on foot ' i fv.w moments were very in i ir d. la headed the procession. & j the emperor in military et panied by Japanese of i f . ek coat with bat in hand. .. eame next, dressed in a en satin gown, foreign style, 1 with white for and wearing light green plumes. She d by a number of eoort . i becomingly dressed in for Towns. Then eame the am rs f the various countries, ae , if 1 b their wive. A number people completed the pro : A second band began p)y ! of the aeveraf countries "ts "'d in behind the im- nrin. r snd around tarotgh the b til finally we to a space bordered on three Was Weil-Known Resident of Inde pendence and Polk County. Had Large Hop Interests. W. W. Percival, prominent resident of Independence and an extensive bop grower of that section, died last Sat urday evening following a long sick ness. The funeral services are to be held this afternoon at 1 o'clock from the Presbyterian church in Indepen dence, conducted by Rev. H. C. Duns- more. Interment will be made in the Monmouth cemetery. Deceased was a long-time resident of Polk county, and took a prominent part in political and civic activities. At the time of death he was aged 59 years. He was a member of the Sa lem Elks lodge, who will have part in the funeral services, and the A. 0 II. W. lodge at Independence. He is survived by the widow, one son, Carl. and one daughter, Pearl, who reside in Independence, by one sister resid ing in Salem and two brothers, M. S. Percival of Independence and I. W. Percival of Wardner, Idaho. The cause of his death, which came at 8:45 Saturday evening, was cancer of the stomach. W. L Reynolds Finishes Work Today. County School Superintendent Rey nolds finished his work as head of Polk's schools this morning and will close the office today. His successor, Fred Crowlev, will take office Tues day morning, January 2. The eonnty school superintendent's office will be closed after today and nntil January 2. Mr. Reynolds will be in Portland until Friday of this week at the teach ers' meeting. Monday, inesdav ana Wednesday of next week he will be in Salem correcting examination pa pers. Company L To Play Friday. The Company L basketball team will meet the Sigma CM basketball team of 0. A. C. at the Dallas armory on Friday evening, December 29th. A number from the regular O. A. C. var sity team are included in the visitors lineup. Regnlar prices of admission, 25 cents and 35 eents will be charged. Death Calls Petersons Away. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Peterson left Sunday for San Francisco, California, where they were called by the sud den death of Mr. Peterson's mother. They had gone to Falls City Saturday to spend 'be holidays with Mrs. Pe terson's folks, and reeeived word of the deaU shortly after their arrival Here. " Examinations of applicants for teachers' special certificates will be held in each county seat of Oregon June 27 to 30 inclusive, 1917, ac cording to announcement madehurs- day by State Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction J. A. Churchill Applicants for any of the follow ing nine kinds of special certificates will be examined in five subjects as follows: ' ' Bookkeeping: Arithmetic, compo sition, penmanship, theory and prac tice and bookkeeping. ; Domestic Art: American literature, course of study, geography, lieory and practice and domestic art. Domestic Science: Chemistry, com position, geography, theory and prac tice and domestic science. Drawing: American literature, com position, course of study for draw ing, theory and practice and drawing. Manual Training: Arithmetic, com position, theory and practice, me chanical drawing and manual training- '- I Music: American literature; geog raphy, history, theory and practice, and music. , fenmanship: Compositions geog raphy, history, theory and practice and penmanship. r Physical Culture : American litera ture, English composition, physiology, theory and practice and physical culture. Stenography and Typewriting: American literature, composition, spelling, theory and practice, sten ography and typewriting. 1 The examination questions will be taken from the following sources American Literature:. Two-thirds MAY KEEP BRIDGE OPEN COMMISSION'S REPORT EXPECT ED TODAY OR TOMORROW. If State Engineers Guarantee, Bridge May Be Kept Open For Traffic Under 3000 Pounds. PASSED AWAY LAST SATURDAY ' - AFTER L?W ILLrTEBB. ,r frnm Ameiigan. literature h& Aber- nemy ana one-utiru xruur mc xuiiuw ing American classics: (a) Haw thorne: The House of Seven Gables; (b) Holmes: The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. Arithmetic: One-sixth from the course of study and five-sixths from Watson and White. Bookkeeping: Lyons' Bookkeeping. Chemistry: An F.lementary Study of Chemistry, by McPherson and Hen derson. Composition: English Composition, books I and II, by Brooks. Course of Study: Course or btudy for Elementary Schools. Domestic Art: Textiles, by Wool- man and McGowan. Domestic Science: Practical Die tetics, by Thompson. Drawing: Applied Arts drawing books. Geography: One-sixth from the course of study and five-sixths from Tarr and McMurray. History: One-sixth from the course of study and five-sixths from Mace and current events. Manual Training: Correlated Cours- - - . r t 1 es in WoodworK ana jnecnamcai Drawing, by Griffith. Music: New Educational Music Course, and School Music Teaching, bv Giddings. Penmanship: The 1'almer Metnoa of Business Writing. Physical Culture: The Theory and Practice of Educational Gymnastics. by William A. Steeher. Phvsioloev: One-sixth from the course of study and five-sixths from Conn and Buddington Spelling: One-sixth from the course of study and five-sixths from Hicks' Champion Spelling Book, Stenography: Gregg shorthand, Theory and Practice: The Normal Child and Primary Education, by Ge- sell. Typewriting: Universal ... Touch Typewriting. Applicants for special certificates for stenography or type writing will be examined in both of these subjects, in addition to Ameri can literature, composition, spelling, and theory of teaching. An applicant who passes the exam ination with an average grade of 85 per cent and who doe not fall below 70 per cent in any subject will be granted a three-year non-renewable special certificate. This will entitle the bolder, to teach only the special abject namea in ine ceniucue, iu anv school of the state. Persons who have been graduated from standard vocational schools may. npon making proper application and famishing proof of their qaalin- eationa and fitness, be mnted special certificate without examination to teach the subject in which they have specialised. It is rumored that the state high way commission 's report on the inter- county bridge may give the structure several years more of life 'though with greatly restricted traffic. This latest possibility is contrary to the belief of Polk county officials and bridge men but is given credence in some quarters. It is understood that, in case the state highway commission rules as above, the maximum load on the bridge will be placed at 3000 pounds. Other restrictions such as distance between vehicles, direction of traffic and speed, may be suggested, Polk officials feel that a good bridge, a safe bridge, is needed across the river at Salem. They think that it would be an unwise policy that would prolong the life of a tottering structure which can not handle traffic properly. They are agreed that a new bridge should be built immediately und the men from all parts of the county who have been in the court house the past week agree with the county officers. "Build a good bridge right away ' ' epitomizes the expression of men from each section of the coun ty. They say this with the knowledge that Polk county, if it advances its one-third share of the minimum, $250,000, for the bridge, will have ex hausted its 1917 funds. They realize, in that case, that there can. be no road building in 1917. They are be ing told just that by the county judge and yet not one has even intimated that he would rather have a road than a bridge. Polk opinion seems to be solidified ,' Build a bridge." Dallas will have Uf wait. A con crete bridge, said to have been prom ised early this year by the court to a section near this city for 1917, can not be built. The covered wooden bridge that has spanned the creek at this place for the past 35 years and which is now sadly incompetent to handle the traffic will have to creak out another year of life. And so it is in all parts of the county. Each section will have to postpone, says the county court. There is just one hope that the county will have enough money to build the Salem bridge and keep up with the progressive road work that is the receipt of back 0. and C. taxes. That possibility has' gleamed for several years for the county and when it is received the amount will be reckoned with. gained entrance through the back way, broke the till open took the change and a bunch' of the store key and left by the front door. But very uncertain clues are had as to who the culprits were. The proprietors of the store are offering a reward of $o0 for their apprehension. Butler is lo cated in the northwest part of Polk county. Wallamina Times. Mill Closed Down Friday Noon. A slight break caused the Willam ette Valley Lumber company s mill to close Friday, a day before it was planned to stop for two weeks' re pairs. . Finish Giving Examinations. As no candidate for life certificates appeared before the county school superintendent for examination Sat urday the examinations were declar ed closed and the papers of those per sons who took specified examinations Thursday and Friday were sent to the office of the state superintendent of public instruction Saturday after noon. The papers will be passed up on by the county school superinten dents who will gather in Salem dur ing the second week in January, and then will be handed to the state school superintendent. Partridge To Live in Monmouth. It is rumored that B. M. Partridge, who has operated a brick and tile yard near this city, will move to Monmouth in 1917 to engage in bus iness there. He is said to have leased the Monmouth plant of C. Lorence, administrator of the estate of the late George F. Shew, and expects to start work about April 1. BUDGET UP NEXT FRIDAY COUNTY COURT WILL DISCUSS TAXES WITH CITIZENS. Meeting Will Begin at 10 a, nj, in Court House Various Items To Be Considered. Sheridan Has Community Celebration The city of Sheridan held a com munity Christmas celebration on the street Sunday night, a big tree having been placed on Bridge street, near the Hotel Sheridan, and profusely decorated and lighted for the occa sion. Christmas carols were sung by a chorus, and the chief feature of the entertainment was the rendition of "The Holy City" in song and pa geant. Other numbers were also on the program, and 600 bags, liberally filled with candies, nuts and oranges, were distributed. It was the first community Christmas held in Sheridan. W. A. Hayner Died Yesterday. W. A. Hayner died yesterday morning of heart disease at the family residence. It has not been decided whether to bury the body here but the funeral will take place tomorrow. Mr. Hayner is survived by the widow and two sons, Claud and Raymond. He was 50 years of age and s native of Otsego eonnty, New York. The Hayners have been resident of Dallas since 1904. Mr. Hayner has been as sociated with the Dallas Meat com pany and Gohrke's Market Grids Schools Opened This Horning. The grade schools opened this morning after an enforced vaeation due to an epidemic of children's dis eases. But 60 per cent of the children were present. The high school will resume classes January 2. Give Gerlingar Auto Bob. Employes of the Willamette Val ley Lumber eompny' mill hen pre sented George Grtinger. manager of the company, with an expensive au tomobile robe a Christmas present. Star at Butler Robbed. The general mercantile store at Bntler owned by Flaaery A Fnndmaa was broken into Monday after mid night nad robbed of $20. The thieve Quarterly Inspection Tuesday Night Quarterly inspection of Company will be held this evening in the Dallas armory. Captain Conrad Staf rin will be inspecting officer. SANTA VISITS THE POOR K. OF F. ANNUAL GIFT DAY WAS SATURDAY. Jo Helgerson and 'Top" Morton Were Deputized as Assistants. Food and Candy Given, "I guess Santa won't come this year" said a six-year-old little girl "because we have no Christmas tree.'' And then she was shown that Santa had not forgotten her. Santa was ordered not to forget her 'by the Mor mion lodge, number 96, Knights of Pvthias. She was just one wnose child's dream eame true because there are big hearted men in Dallas men who easily spanned the years back, back to the time when they, too, wait ed anxiously for Christmas morn. This little girl was alone when Lot Brown's automobile with Joe Helger son at the wheel, called at her house. "Mamma is at church, reading out of the Bible. Daddy is at work," she answered the questions asked ber. Her three little brothers were away. The bed was unmade and badly soil ed; the kitchen floor was clean but pots with the grease around the sides stood on the cold kitchen stove. Most likely her father and mother and brothers were happy when the got home for potatoes, a sack of flour, a box of apples and a stocking full of childish goodies were left for each child. The only difference between these children's stockings and that of their more fortunate brothers and sis ters was that they eame earlier than the others. There was one place a tent where father and mother and six children lived. There was no money there and four of the children were just recov ering from the measles. The father and mother were happy to receive tbe food; the children's eyes sparkled at tbe package of toys and tbe candy and nuts and oranges and popcorn, and da, and da, and da. An old eon- pie, over the three score and ten, were children again a they reeeived tbeir gifts. There wasn t mneh food in this bom. She can't read or writ and she lives alone. She has a daughter in Colorado who won't do anything for her. She was made happy. And so the list might be extended. 'The poor ye have always with -on" is just as true now a ever, it seems. They are right here may be next door. Jut on block off Main street ' sordid ease of pov erty. Jnst one block away Santa was marching up and down the street, dis tributing gift. But Qmta wouldn't hava reached that home nlc. and the eor lition is all important, the N'la K. of P. lodge hadn't oH-r . to go. A meeting of the taxpayers of Polk county is scheduled with tbe county court next Friday morning at 10 o' clock, when the budget for the year 1917 will be thoroughly gone into and the final levies set. Judge Kirkpat rick, who will preside at the meeting, is particularly anxious that a large number of Polk's taxpayers turn out to this meeting. A full opportunity will be given them to discuss pro or con the estimated expenditures and receipts of the county for the coming year, as proposed by the court. One of the most important items to be discussed is that of the inter- county bridge over the river at Sa lem. The court proposes to raise about $42,000 by special taxation for the construction of the bridge in 1917. This amount will have to be added to make approximately $83,000, ; which is Polk's one-third ot the to tal cost of $250,000. For this pur pose it is intended to use $25,000 from the bridges and ferries fund, on the bridge besides $12,000 as the coum- ty's share of the three-mill tax levy raised in the road districts, so that at ine ouisiae rout county wiu uuijr be able to put $79,000 into a bridge next year, unless the $50,000 back O. & C. taxes are received. Thy $70,000 raised for the bridge this year has all been expended, - ;" ine loiiowing is an ueraizea es timate of Polk County's proposed tax levy for each department of coun ty government, county office or counv ty officer, each county improvement. the maintenance of each county build and institution, the salary of eaek -county officer and employes, including those whose salary is fixed by statute. General Fund. Expense of Registration and ' " Elections, Ballots and supplies, oaiary oi ouag- es and Clerks, Total $2,000.00- Sheriff's Office. Salary of Sheriff. 1.600.W Salaries of "Deputies and Clerks L800.00 Cxpenses of Office. 1,100.0ft ' Total $4,500.0 . .. Clerk's Office. Salary of Clerk l,6O(J.0 Salaries of Deputies and Clerk. 1,740.0 ; Expenses of Office. 800.00 ' Total $4,140.00 Treasurer's Office. ' Salary of Treasurer 750.00- Expenses of Office 250.00 Total $1,000.00 Assessor' Office. Salary of Assessor 1,200.00 Salaries of Deputies and Clerks L950.00 Expenses of Office 350.00 Total $3,500.00 Surveyor' Office. Fees of Surveyor and Depu ties, Expenses of Office, Total $200.00; School Superintendent' Office. Salary of Superintendent. . 1,200.00 Traveling Expenses 200.00 Salaries of Deputies and Clerks 720.00 Teachers' and Eigth Grade Examinations 100.00' School Officers Convention. 100.00 Institute Fund, fixed by law 250.00 Miscellaneous expense, in- eluding suplies and print ing 500.00 County Educational Board. Traveling expense, member of board 50.00 Salary of Supervisor 1,100.00 Expenses of Supervisor. . . . 200.00 Truant Offieer, salary and expenses 80.01 Total $4,500.00 Court Hons. Salary of Janitor 720.00 Lights ) Water ) Furniture and Fixture...) 1,280.00 Repair .j Insurance ) Fuel ) Total 2,00O.M JaO. Jail Expenses, including board of prisoners, re pairs, supplies, ete total 600.00 District Attorney' Office. Ripens 200.00 (Costumed a last pat)