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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1917)
i irLt, mmxi rArtiB. NO. a (TWICE-A-WEEK) IF SECESSION L MEETING ADOPTS jESOLUTION. of Steel Over ph Concrete Ap- . a West End. talk of secession at jug of citizens at West urdav alteruoon. In ttession was not men- Uting, despite the ef- newspapers and cit h a move on foot. simply adopted a set to the Folk county Sat a low level bridge eoncrete approach on be built at once. A lie was also chosen to solutions to the Polk tomorrow. fas well attended, the bane large enoguh to Uple who turned out. we want a bridge un- i) an outstanding fea- Arassion which prevail- isn an hour on the res- L tic ally no eonsidera- to a concrete structure, be cement bridge were si into, so clamorous ine for steel. which were adopted and signed by 85 bred: By the people of rtion of Polk County, U meeting assembled Oergon, on this 3rd in, 15)11. closing of the Inter- at Salem, Oregon, we suffer much inconveni Itiil loss. :ke apparent necessity to be done, we of all of Polk County most need of an immediate bade by our County Vrate with ithe County kite temporary means traffic across the riv- Int; second, that the '! Polk County be urg- ft in1 the true spirit of ith the County Court rty.'ln taking the nec- iwrd the construction f at once. it a saving, in engin alone, of from $15, in the cost of a bridge re most earnestly urge fs of the State Bigb,- it be accepted, and 'ring and supervision lion of a new bridge to them. dissension and dif- W'm has arisen, as to d of bridge, whether level, steel or con- ith accept the rceom- wk State Highway De- tneir recommendation be of steel, and ac- fcis for discouraging 1 and of sound reas- is a low level steel with resiuents ot, and represent ina the en tiro eastern end of Polk County con tiguous to the praised bridge, adopi these resolutions with all good feel ing towards the County Courts of both Counties interested, and recog nize the fact that each Court is act ing, and wishes to act, for the very best interests of all concerned, and that an honest difference of opinion exists, and we hereby declare it oui firm opinion that no headway can he made in this matter otherwise than by a eonipormise which will be in no manner humiliating to either Court. For these reasons therefore we adopt these resolutions, and earnest ly and profoundly urge their serious consideration by said County Courts. Resolved Further that a copy of these resolutions be mailed, or deliv ered to each member of the Polk County Court and that they be giv en to the press for publication." The following committee was ap pointed by Chairman Gibson to pie- sent the resolutions to the Polk coun ty court: A. R. Southwick, L. D Gibson, R, W. Hogg, Jlrs. Nellie Tay lor and William Pinckney. This com mittee will mteet with, the county court in Dallas tomorrow. The meeting was presided over by Frank Gibson as chairman and J. K. Chapman as secretary. Talks were made by Mr. Gibson, Mr. Chapman. R. W. Hogg, I. L. Patterson, Mi's. Nellie Taylor, L. Grice, W. 0. Mor row, D. R. Ruble, and a score of oth ers, including several Salem citizens. DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1917 DROUTH ON TOMORROW: CONVICT DEER HUNTERS BONE-DRY LAW ALLOWS NO DE LIVERY AFTER MIDNIGHT. Wells Fargo Agent Expects Rushing Business Today and Tomorrow as Result of Telegraph Activity MAY USE BLACKBERRIES PUGH CONVINCED BLACKBERRY IS SUBSTITUTE FOR HOP. Industry Would Prove More Profit able to Pickers ; Falls City Land May be Planted to Berries. The Evergreen Blackberry is the latest substitute suggested for the universally condemned hop. Flax and sugar beets are receiving the consid eration- of-Independenee -farmers, bat C. h. Pugh, manufacturer ot logan berry juice at Falls City, is con vinced that the blackberry offers tne best solution of the problem for Polk county. Mr. Pugh investigated the process in" of the evergreen blackberry a Eugene, Monday. He was the guest of the fruit Growers' association there, which has made an extensive study of berries and frnits with ref erence to their adaptability to the soil of the Willamette valley, and al so the market conditions bearing up on each product. J. 0. Holt, manager ot tlie Eugene association, assured Mr. Pugh that if enough acreage was given to the ev ergreen within a sufficiently small ra dius, that the industry would prove a valuable one to the community in general. He said: "Picking ever green berries is much more profitable than picking hops and quite a payroll rouid be built up around any town that was willing to foster the indus try The growing of the bemes is a profitable occupation, too. Factories pay 2V4 cents a pound delivered and the berries require almost the mini- reinforcedl ,, care of any product of tne sou. I Fnch bush produces an almost mcon- fspectfully urge that Livable quantity and requires only fj Court give careful j 35 days for bearing. When the clock strikes 12 tomor row night "Old Man Booze" will no longer reign in Oregon. The law says that no deliver' shall be made after five days from passage. The Wells Fargo agent, H. E. Harrison, expects to do a rushing business today and tomorrow on account of the orders jifornia as soon as Governor Withv- combe signed the bill, Friday after-' noon. The principal features in the law that made Oregon join the dry states m the inevitable march toward na tional prohibition are: Importation of intoxicating liquor tor beverage purposes absolutely pro hibited. All prohibitive provisions of pre- vious prohibition law retained. Alcohol for scientific and mechani cal purposes can be purchased only on permit from District Attorney, and then in quantities not to exceed a quart a month. Clergymen permitted to import wine for sacramental purposes only on permit from District Attorney. Drugstores prohibited from selling alcohol for medicinal purposes ex cept on prescription of physician. Prescriptions must be issued in du plicate and filed with county clerk for comparison. Purchaser must make affidavit that it is intended for me dicinal use. Drunkenness is made misdemean or by statute. Express and railroad companies have five days for completing deliv eries of goods ordered before 4 p. m. Fryiay, when bill was signed by gov ernor. All goods on hand at end of five days must be sent out of state. . A ehwmoloffV-of-liqnor legislation in Oregon shows that soon after the election in 1912 at which no liquor legislation appeared on the ballot, the tide began to turn toward prohi bition and the march, since, has been steady. The first legislation in Ore gon was in June 1904 when the lo cal option liquor law passed, 43,316 voting for the measure and 40,198 asrainst it. In 1910 an amendment entirely to prohibit the liquor traffic failed, ' 43,540 voting for the amend ment and 61,221 against it. November 3, 1914 an amendment, prohibiting the manufacture and sale n.vr& VERDICT WILL STOP HUNTING ON RICKREALL. Jury Finds James Brady and T. M. Thrasher Guilty of Waiting For Deer On Wet Stand. Hunting deer out of season was given a severe blow Friday afternoon when T. M. Thrasher and James Bra dy of Falls City were found guilty of waiting on a wet stand for deer on the Rickreall, a jury in Justice of the Peace Holman s court. The complaining witness. Rov Bremmer, state deputy game warden, says that many people in Falls City and Black Rock and a few in Dallas have been virtually living on venison all winter and that he is bound to stop the unlawful slaughter of deer on the upper Rickreall. Hunters have taken advantage of the fact that it is hard to secure a conviction in a game suit unless it can actually be proved that game was unlawfully killed, and have been hunting con tinuously since November 1, when the deer season closed. "I hope the conviction of these two fellows will stop the practice," said Mr. Bremmer, "but if it won't, I'll arrest every person I eatch on those deer stands np the creek. Four miles above Dallas, there is no one living on the Rickreall and people that trav el the EUingsworth and Buell trails and frequent the stands known by the same name are in there for deer, and everyone I catch will have to explain himself before a jury Uke these young men did. The law says it is unlawful to lie in wait for deer out of season, either on a dry or wet stand; it is not necessary to prove that deer were killed. Messrs. Thrasher, Brady and Robinson were charged with lying in wait on a wet stand, the EUings worth stand. The evidenee showed that the three men left Falls City earlv Wednesday morning and went Uaer tha.jnountain.to ..the EUings worth trail. Neanng the Kickreall, young Robinson, who is only 16 years old, left the train and made a detour around the mountain. Thrasher and Brady went down to the creefc ana stayed there at what is commonly known to hunters as the EUingsworth stand. They got to the stand short ly after nine and were still there at noon when Game Warden Bremmer arrived on the scene with his depu ty, W. H. Harrison. Th defendants eaid they were hunting coons and bobcats but the game warden testinea mat mej u. felled trees across me cree n teams placed more emphasis on .le ! fl I IDVMCU PIW'T 1PDCC fense; as soon as Dallas got the bullj UAIfl I HiLI UAN I AUlltt the whole Multnomah team rallied tv their section of the floor and waited " ' Local Talent Will Entertain at High School Auditorium. The Dallas Oratorio society concert twill be given on Friday evening, Feb ruary 9 at the high school auditorium Under the direction of Prof. Finlev of the Dallas schools, 40 voices have been practicing for the past several weeks on the sing which promises to be a first-class musical treat for Dal lag people. Besides the work of the chorus, Prof. Finley will give read ings in Yankee dialect. Mrs. Finley will sing several solos. Tickets foi the entertainment are on sale at Stafrin's Drug store. Prices 25 and 35 cents. of liquors in Oregon, carried 136,842 j" dfiar ,that might be shot while to 100,362. The legislature passed foramg and be carried down by tne a law which went into effect Janu-!current( mi tuat they had passed up arv 1, 1916, regulating me ue nmeroug coon sign, not leaving "" the plans fpr this submitted by the Commission, and ac- Poard of viewers ap- Marion County Court liouor and allowing the importation of two quarts of whiskey, wine or the like or a case.ot beer eacn monin for anyone desiring to do so. mis was not strong enough tor tne "drys," however, and at the last elec tion they succeeded in passing the " bone-dry' amendment. for the advance, geenrally securing a held ball before the attack bo- came dangerous. The feature of th. game that is hard for the fans to understand is how Fenton and the two forwards, Woods and Boydston got shut out and Matheny shot three baskets and Shaw one. Matheny was the star of the game, playing a ster ling defensive game as well as shoot ing three baskets and knocking his opponent over in a siignt "nstic en counter," which nearly caused Ref eree Jamieson to eradicate both play ers from farther participation in the evening s entertainment. ORATORIO CONCERT FRIDAY. FAIL TO ORGANIZE TO REMEDY v' MARKET SITUATION. Willamette Valley Creamerymen Charge Portlanders With Attempt To Double Cross Them. MAY CHANGE FIRE ZONE COUNCIL SEEKS BEST PLAN FOR OLD BUILDINGS. Rock Quarry Bunkers Would Cost Over $900; Fond Available Is Not Over $600. Whether it would be advisable or not to change the fire limits of the city of Dallas caused a good deal of discussion at the Council meeting last night. Councilman Staats said he was against changing the limits be cause a change for the benefit of one would let down the bars for all. (Councilman Davis said that there were some residence districts includ ed in the present fire zone ,whieh wouldn't be in the business district 20 years from now and upon which the council could not expect the own ers to build fire-proof buildings. No definite action Jf as taken but the members of the council have the matter under advisement and the fire zone may be changed soon. The con sensus of opinion seemed to be that there were purely residence districts included in the present zone which are at a disadvantage out mat 11 is a hard matter to fix the fire limits ne" "rVnr farther than without some such state of affairs 100 feet in any direction, waiting for, The present boundaries are Oak v:an Md his doe to drive, street on tne nonn, nasiungton on JUUUg the south, Church on the west and Jefferson on the. east. Two bids were submitted last night for the construction of the bunkers for the municipal rock quarry. Ho- Ttfr Pueh is satisfied thai enougu. acrease can be secured within a ra dius of 7 or 8 miles around Falls City to justify him installing machmery .;no. the blackberry. He "VJ I()r ,ri.- r- . ct the plans and as0 has a scheme for co-operu.c Uions of which are ; trflnsPortation from patch to factory, which he is anxious t tat. over wo the farmer, in his 1 " proHable that the industry win sume active proportion, within a short time. anty Clerk's office in All requirements of keen complied with, plus were accepted, let at once and ac hegun as soon as permit. FKiate the position pbera of our Court Ktefnl and extrav- P of the road and Fing the year justi bt futids provided year ago were dis- ddition Davis Furniture Company Improve. A few coats of paint and the new The gallery extends from near plete. tke foods provided; . iht ba for rugs. w .mnT will be com VIS JTiniHUi- r Iront TthVst ejear -nn d ,. wk for rues, -a b.sv"!r.r ;;,;. furnish. deficit rf PrCta newly formed '- TV"-" -: i-ement i be- rtcJT. .n. the firm to carry a ins maie m ! larger stock. Counsel G. O. Holman for the de fense objected to any evidence what soever, at the outset of the trial, be- ,1 .. T.innt vroa in the 018- aoiisp ine uiuitiiutu" t nnn 1 Th.. .t. it no to the legislature! " - fnrm. cbaTsiDg one thing or ratio Mormon dm u ana arnam to carry out the will of the people He said they were not charg-, Brothers bid , w.th a provis.on Ind January 16 Representative An-i" 8pecine thing and quoted j for allowing 5 cent, a pound for all derson of ff. county introduced ; LJ, Tart of Oregon to show; old ,ron the city has for the job and ,hT"bonery'' bill in the house.! indictment should be in the j ,0 cents . square tort tor all one Th.i witdighthang.piaUv. form. Justice fc'2 to EpS the house January 29 andthe sena , ovemJed th object on how He "Jtorf2 I ta vera or miuv'" j ;t was main euuugu - ... laHfT staday r rbeXr o7Zi th. defend- man Sweeney is chan.n, to deter " . . :a r,.- Hani' nn ants were lying in. wan i. -- aftprnoon. , ihf following - .(.nit. ine goveruu. , - - . th. Peace assessed the minimum fine of $25 and cosU ., . fnnnd ITUlltV. DlS- tne " - statements before members of the Woman's Christian lewmu ion, after he had signed the bill: "I am glad to sign this bill and so place in full effect the will of the Lople of the state of Oregon as so decisively expressed last November. The prompt and thoroughgoing man ner in which the legislature has drawn np and enacted the bone-dry bill deserves commendation. "I believe it will prove entirely Jr.Mo. Certainly, so iar u.? trict Attorney Piasecki conducted the "at.'.casUG.O.B.lman Joseph Helgerson appeared for the defense. HAED FOUGHT GAME IS LOST. Dallas Basketball Team Unable to Break Multnomah's Defense. f iwiW basketball team " ... . . 10 aliDia ior tnwr mine which bid is the lowest and whether there is enough money avail able to handle the project Tracy Staats, chairman of th. fi nancial committee, cautioned lb. eity fathers about the fund provided in th. bnget for roads and the like. He stated that there was some $1300 in tb. fund January 1, but that $700 to 300 had been spent and that the remaining $500 or ' 500 wa. not enough t build the bonkers. Free band music will b. enjoyed by th. people of Dallas again this year. A resolution was naniinouly nun last nieht creating a $420 Creameryinen of the Willamette valley and Portland failed to organ ize with a view to readjusting th. market situation at their meeting Fri day. Accusations were freely mad. that the Portlanders were attempt ing to draw the countrymen into an organization and the same time so manipulate its affairs that the Port land creamerymen would be able to control quotations and markets. Dec larations to this effect were made on the floor and a similar statement was made by J. D. Mickle, state food and dairy commissioner. Argument was precipitated by the submission of a proposed constitu tion which representatives of the country industry termed "ready made." Several of its provisions were eliminated upon grounds' fur nished by Mr. Slaughter, manager ot th. Capital Co-operative Creamery in Salem, One of these provided for three : inspectors of elections. Another pro vided for an executive board or an men, and giving the president of the proposed organization power to ap- -mint to fill vacancies on the board caused by death or otherwise. Slaugh ter contended that this would give too much power to the president Slaughter alao contended that giving the executive board power to fix sal aries would give the board virtual control of the organization. Another provision was for a nu- kctiug committee with power to reg ulate quotation on butter, cheep. and butterfat. Slaughter declared. this gave too much power to the com mittee and the provision was cut out. L. D. Nash of Nashville, A. Slaugh ter and W. O. Powell of Monmout were members of a previous eommit tee appointed two weeks ago to at tend a meeting in Portland for the ourDose of making an agreement if possible, for permanent organization, ' They reported that little had been accomplished and Nash declared in if th. Portland men had shown good faith they would have been willing to enter into an agreement whereby prices in Portland and price, in the country could be standardized. Slaughter, commenting on m point, eaid: "Our duty is to find out the fae tors that enter into th. working of ti, morliot and the underlying meth od of making prices in th. proposed butter exchange. The fellow wno eon trols the supply and the demand con trols the price situation, ouppues th. northwest are controlled largely by certain interests that are able to control market quotations. As long as the Portland creameries are mak ers and sellers of butter there ean be no compromise by the country cream eries. Our business is to sell butter. I see no way to harmonize with them. The only way is to organize our creameries and control th. sale of butter outside of Portland. Th. Port land creameries are not able to con trol unless they buy from the outside. If an organization ean be perfected outside, we ean bring the eity men into agreement." Slaughter told how big interest, work in that they may pay a price of 5 eenU in on. place and 6 cents ia another and declared that th. sam. Khem. is being worked by the Port land men. H. declared that the thing tb. Portland creameries want to to to ret away from th. oo-operaUv. system by establishing a marketing Mr Faust replied that tb. eo-op-ertfiv. system i. all right, bat thai it does not go far enough. H. de clared that the eonntry erraoien .bould bring their butter to Portlanl and sell according to the prices ot th. marketing board. , The concluding action ox w. in order to pro- astuction of this N til road improve- ttraung season, will. . have to be eur- " of the fact that ond story. Small January EainfaD. . B.infa.1 for the month of January Mb. amount ever !Tas the -jB-t-J pui (nan 2 " . , - year .1. e-io ;whes in Ja" 11 n 4 65 in January Aiwurvations neonl. f Polk .wording to P""-'" a.tw. eason, also the as compared '- ju,ry 1915 i. f M.n.rmI nr lltlO ana . , ,. . help and co-op- ., Salem. -" , V that we have absolute pro- msh tne Das that warrant the Dana s wm"" the eommuw --y - deliberately by a here in a return gam. on the ,. dH fof , nver.oih metting will b. called. Mr. Lafaritw in open election- floor. , . . , Uory committee to b. compel of i Deekebh'. oe.ete. are , W. O. An enormous erowa is ,!. miber of the council, on. mem- Po,el of Monmontn n- . . " r of Philomath, Jonn a. - 1 . n.inritV in OPeB eien-cui j . it is the dnty or every n;..OT rerv d'lrm .. . m one mwnoer 01 ine """" best interests cf witness the game; uaiiaa ians u nj on member cf. . h. hot intere?u " o ... interest. . . f . . in . body and admirers 01 Oregon, to back tn nc- fron the ,urronnd thinrt to the umu. .rtrv will no doubt be on bond "That means not only oocy i. .. Multnomah -ip law, but see that it - ov- - - wi belp the means the creation - - - " . -" rt, . . o armory, U preaeni pi" u. nili. ts me in Portland Satordav ... . "futT-nrst" affair. Both 0 of the d which win encoursre officul. m its drastie enforeemenL the Commercial club. Literary Seefcoa To Me. TV. Kimn section of th. Wo- m.nt' club will meet at the borne of f R Cur Wednseday afternoon at 2:30. An interesting eting i promised. ,t Gro e and Wingo Bee. EgglestoB- of Portland. Uaom Tree Can Comxunt A lemon tree which wa. given to the library by Mra, D. O. Broawa, eaoaing morh comment by visitor, at tb. local institution. it tow. resolved, that we ZZSZ time of the year.